Updated: 2012-04-28

Chapter 98: The Crossbow Shows Power

After picking up the hand axe, a group of orcs stood on the slope again, standing stupidly, waiting for Xiao Yu to continue giving orders.

The cavalry commander's face looked very ugly. He also knew that Xiao Yu had a classic duel at the Colosseum in Benghazi City. However, he thought it was just a coincidence. He had three thousand cavalry, could he not defeat the opponent's five hundred orcs?

No matter what, he would never have thought that this ambush would be so twists and turns. He first waited for no one to wait, and then finally found it, but so many people died in the first meeting. Moreover, there is no way to attack now.

"Master Commander, if we continue like this, it will be difficult for us to attack." The adjutant couldn't help but say next to the commander.

The commander said coldly: "What advice do you have?"

The adjutant looked at the obstacles in front and said, "Those obstacles have completely limited the performance of our cavalry. If we want to attack, we must give up the horses and attack with short weapons. Ten people are a team, and through the ten-man surround and killing formations we usually practice, we will conduct short-term attacks on the orcs. The flying axe they just now is indeed powerful, but once we rely on the shields to get up and use those obstacles as cover, and slowly kill them, their flying axes will not have that much effect. Although those obstacles greatly hinder us, they can also provide cover for them. As long as they get close, their long-range weapons will not be able to be used. At that time, are we still afraid of just five hundred orcs with such well-trained soldiers? The ten-man surround and killing tactics we usually train are specifically for powerful individual units like orcs and fighters."

After listening to the adjutant's suggestion, the commander nodded. In fact, he also realized that the horses were completely useless here. However, he was a little unwilling to give up the horses, after all, they were cavalrymen.

However, they are all elite soldiers, and even in infantry battles, they are not afraid of anyone.

Even if five hundred people died just now, there are still two thousand five hundred people, and the other party is just five hundred orcs, what are they afraid of?

If you beat one of five, you can't beat the orcs?

They are not without organizational soldiers, but are usually well-trained, with ten people and a small team forming a small square formation to attack, and they are the nemesis of this orc.

If he had time, he could use delay tactics to trap Xiao Yu here. After all, although Xiao Yu now occupies the terrain, he is also an isolated terrain. If he adopts the siege tactics to block the way out and prevents them from coming out to purchase supplies, he can surround them sooner or later.

But he didn't know that if he adopted such a tactic, Xiao Yu could have many ways to deal with him.

So the commander ordered everyone to dismount, then picked up the shield and dagger, and prepared to engage in melee battles. The spears were intended to be thrown and caused damage to the orcs.

You have flying axes, and we have spears.

Xiao Yu saw that they all got off the horse and was preparing for a stint in the field, and his eyes immediately narrowed.

"Do you fight in the infantry? I think it's enough for infantry battle? Prepare a crossbow chariot."

The cavalry now became infantrymen, holding shields in their left hand, spears in their right hand, and short swords hanging around their waists. When they reached the right distance, they could throw the spears, and then take the opportunity to charge up and engage in close combat.

With the experience of the last time, these infantrymen were scattered and tried not to concentrate together, so as not to suffer the extinct attack of flying axes all over the sky.

Moreover, they had already chosen the location of the obstacle and were about to rush over and immediately find the obstacle to hide it. In this way, the other party's flying axe would not be able to hit it.

The obstacles were too large, and did resist the charge of their war horses, but also provided good cover.

The first echelon has reached the vicinity of the obstacle, started charging, drilling under the obstacle, and then preparing to fight in close combat.

However, at this moment, when they thought the orcs were about to start throwing their axes again, they found that they suddenly retreated toward both sides.

They were slightly stunned, not understanding what these orcs were doing, but soon, they discovered that after the first row of orcs evacuated, they were exposed to a row of orcs holding a huge giant crossbow and five thick and long crossbow arrows, urging at them.

In an instant, their hearts beat violently.

The next moment, these crossbow arrows were whistling with a sharp whistling sound, as if they were the chirping of strange birds, cutting through the sky.

Puff puff puff...

Flashes of blood exploded, and many soldiers were shot in half by thick crossbow arrows. Then the crossbow arrows penetrated and penetrated several people in a row before they stopped.

In such a meeting, dozens of people died of life, and the death was extremely terrifying.

"Charge, hurry up and cut off their crossbow arrows, otherwise we will all die." At this time, a hundred people shouted loudly. His judgment was correct. The range of the crossbow was too long. If they escaped, they would be penetrated before they could run out.

Now, instead, rushing up quickly and getting closer, so as to effectively prevent the orcs from continuing to attack.

However, what they did not expect was that the orcs fired much faster than they thought.

After the first row of orcs shot, they directly held these huge crossbows and turned around and ran back from both sides. The second row of orcs were already holding the huge crossbows and shooting.

Puff puff puff...

Their shield could not resist the powerful power of the crossbow, and it penetrated directly, and the orcs ignored the soldiers who hid under the obstacles.

In fact, they did not aim at all. They just followed Xiao Yu's orders to conduct a range-coverage shooting. They could shoot if they could, and they could not shoot. They quickly went back to continue filling.

If it is an ordinary crossbow cart, it is very difficult to operate and requires two people to push it away. It is definitely not so flexible. However, the orcs can easily change positions by holding the huge crossbow cart, so that the back can come up and the front can take down to load arrows.

Xiao Yu set up five rows for them, each row of ten crossbows. After the first pai was shot, he immediately returned to the back and filled it. Then the second row followed and shot, and after the second row, the third row followed. When the fourth pai shot, the first row was basically filled.

The shooting accuracy of the five-trough crossbows is indeed not that high, but the coverage is very wide. Ten crossbows can shoot out fifty crossbow arrows at once, and as long as they hit, they can penetrate several of them.

"Ah... they have them, why do they have so many crossbows?" These soldiers were panicked now, either hiding under obstacles and not daring to show their heads, or they retreated quickly and escaped from the range of the crossbows.

Now, the psychological defense of each soldier has collapsed again. The power caused by this giant crossbow is much stronger than the shock of the flying axe just now.

Because the shooting speed was very fast and the density was very high, the escaped soldiers were still pierced one after another. By the time they left the range of the crossbow machine, more than 500 people had died.

At this time, Xiao Yu ordered other orcs to rush down and kill all the soldiers hiding under the obstacles. If people from afar dare to come to support, they would shoot with a crossbow.

As a result, all the soldiers hiding under the obstacle were killed again.

In the blink of an eye, with only two waves of attacks, more than a thousand people had died on the other side. They were only three thousand cavalrymen. If they continued like this, if two more waves of charges were made, they would basically die.
Chapter completed!