Chapter 182 The World's No. 1 Divine Crossbow
Rumble ~
A team of chariots and horses and cavalrymen was racing on the plain, with grass splashing everywhere and dust flying. It was Zhao Hao and his team of soldiers.
Zhong Shidao was right. The rivers of the Great Liao Dynasty were falling, and the soldiers were concentrated in the Huanglong Mansion in the northeast. There was only a symbolic stay in the south. The hinterland was completely empty. After passing the Yanjing area, there was no need to lie down on the day and walk at night. It was unobstructed. As long as they did not attack the city, there was no military force to stop their companions.
The so-called traveling through the Liao land thousands of miles is just full of dangers. Otherwise, how could Zhong Shidao come up with this strategy?
Zhao Hao just stared at the Yandi Rivers and Mountains south of the Great Wall. The generals behind him were full of light in their eyes, just staring at everything that was showing in front of him.
The Youyan Plain unfolded before them. This land produced almost everything that any powerful country in this era needed. Rich food, enough fish and salt, forests, iron and stone... The rich and vast plain in front of me stretched out to the end of my sight. I don’t know how far away. The Xiaoxiaogushui River in the distance hangs like a jade belt in the distance, and Jizhou City is dotted among the vast plains. This vastness has been away from the Han people for a long time.
Xi Yuyu!
Zhao Hao stopped his feet, pointed to a small river in front of him, and said loudly: "Let's rest for a while."
The military order was quickly passed, and the soldiers cheered and dismounted and ran towards the river. Only a few soldiers who knew Qin Opera were shouting loudly on purpose.
The river water was gurgling, and the soldiers untied the water bag and filled it with water bag. They chewed the dough and jerky in big mouthfuls, eating with relish.
The sun sets, and the setting sun is like blood.
Zhao Hao took the beef jerky and water bag handed over by Fang Baihua, and looked at the soldiers bathing in the sunset, feeling mixed emotions.
More than half a month ago, he was a royal family member with a rich family, a fourth-rank official, and the commander of the Jinyiwei who was walking with his arms around in Bianliang City. Now he is sleeping with a group of brothers, living and dying, and rushing to Liaodong. The difference is too great, but... I like it!
Suddenly, a rumbling sound of horse hooves came from the front, stirring up like thunder on the plain.
Zhao Hao was shocked and looked up quickly
With the sunset, a dark cloud rushes over and over again. When we get closer, hundreds of cavalrymen are surrounding everyone.
Zhao Hao, Yang Keshi and others' faces turned pale in an instant.
That was the soldiers of the Liao people!
Five or six hundred Liao cavalrymen, moving forward without stopping, rushed towards Zhao Hao and rushing fiercely, as if they were more than two miles away.
Yang Keshi shouted anxiously: "Get on the horse!"
More than 300 well-trained elite cavalry immediately turned over their horses and raised their weapons, and soon entered a state of combat. Fang Baihua, Liang Hongyu and Wu Song led dozens of elite cavalry of the Jinyiwei surrounded Zhao Hao.
Seeing the enemy getting closer, Yang Keshi breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, it was not the Liao people's far-blocking cavalry... lined up and prepared crossbows!"
More than 300 elite cavalry immediately formed a formation under the command of Han Shizhong, Lu Zhishen and others, and raised large crossbows together, took arrows and aimed at the front.
Divine Arm Crossbow!
Zhao Hao stared at the big crossbow in the hands of the three hundred cavalrymen, and felt a little excited.
The Divine Arm Crossbow, also known as the Divine Arm Bow, has a bow body of three feet and a string of two feet and five feet. It is actually a powerful crossbow. The crossbow body has hidden mechanisms and has a range of more than 340 steps. It is said that when shooting elm trees more than 240 steps, it can still penetrate half an arrow, which shows its amazing penetration power, which is far beyond the reach of ordinary crossbow arrows.
This is simply the most powerful crossbow in the world. Unfortunately, the production process is too complicated. Even skilled craftsmen have to make one for several months, and there are only more than a thousand in the entire Song army.
More than 300 elite cavalry of the Western Army seemed to have not taken the Liao cavalry in front of them at all, and their eyes were filled with strong murderous aura.
As the enemy got closer, the shouts of the Liao cavalry in Khitan were gradually heard, and the powerful crossbows in the hands of the soldiers were raised higher.
Three hundred and fifty steps!
Three hundred steps!
Two hundred and fifty steps!
Yang Keshi shouted: "Shoot the arrow!"
Swallowing ~
The sound of air being penetrated was loud, and three hundred crossbow arrows shot out, shooting fiercely at the enemy cavalry, as fast as a meteor.
Zhao Hao saw the power of this world's No. 1 crossbow for the first time in his life.
Puff puff puff ~
The terrifying lethality of the Divine Arm Crossbow caused the Liao cavalry in the front row to fall down from the horse's back one by one like straw, and many war horses were also shot down by crossbow arrows. This terrifying penetration power, whether a person or a horse was shot, was either killed or seriously injured. For a moment, the flesh and blood were torn apart, screams, and horse neighing were endless. The formation of the Liao cavalry was in an uproar.
After a round of crossbow arrows, the enemy had already fallen by hundreds of people. The army in front was severely damaged and was trampled by the rear army, which affected the formation of the rear army. The formation of the enemy was in chaos.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the leading enemy general hurriedly raised his sword and roared loudly.
The fierce Liao cavalry, who were fearless, were immediately energetic when they heard the enemy general's roar, and their voices were like thunder. Without any slowdown, they still rushed forward.
"Put the arrow again!" Yang Keshi roared.
At this time, the enemy still had a distance of more than 200 steps. As long as the speed was fast enough to shoot within a hundred steps of the enemy. Of course, only the elite Western Army could achieve this speed.
Sure enough, when the Liao cavalry approached within a hundred steps, the elite Western army had already loaded the crossbow arrows.
Swallowing ~
With Yang Keshi's order, he shot out again. The Liao cavalry fell a large area in the crazy rain of arrows, and lost nearly a hundred people.
This time, because the distance was close and the power was even greater, Zhao Hao finally knew what "both shattered" was.
He saw a crossbow arrow entering the war horse under the crotch of the enemy cavalry through his neck, and then rushed out again. After shooting into the chest of the cavalry on the horse's back, only the tail of the arrow was shaking.
There was also a crossbow arrow that even penetrated the throat of a cavalry in front and penetrated into the chest of a Liao army behind it. After breaking through the barrier of armor and flesh and blood, it could still shoot through again.
The Divine Arm Crossbow is indeed the No. 1 crossbow in the world, so terrifying!
After two rounds of arrow rain, more than 500 Liao troops were left, and the forces of the two armies were already equal.
Yang Keshi yelled with a battle gun and shouted loudly: "Kill!"
Before he finished speaking, a general was the first to rush out from his side. The war horse was like the wind and the crescent sword was like lightning, rushing towards the rebels, and it was Lu Zhishen.
After returning to the army, Lu Zhishen had already returned to secular life. He put on armor and used a Zen stick to be a little inappropriate. He then returned the 61-pound water-milling Zen stick to the furnace and then created a 61-pound Yanyue sword. Compared with Guan Erye’s treasure sword, there was only one green dragon missing.
Lu Zhishen has not passed through the battlefield for a long time, especially because he is deeply regretful for missing the battle against Xixia. Now he is returning to the battlefield, he seems particularly excited. Therefore, when he heard Yang Keshi's order, he rushed out impatiently.
kill!
kill!
kill!
Yang Keshi, Han Shizhong and the elite cavalry of the Western Army shouted loudly, followed closely behind Lu Zhishen, and roared away.
In a blink of an eye, Lu Zhishen had already rushed into the Liao cavalry, and then slashed two roadblocks, killing and slashing all the way, as if entering a no-man's land, heading straight for the flag of the rebels' central army.
Seeing that he was only a dozen steps away from the Liao army's chief general, Lu Zhishen let out a thunderous roar, and the Yanyue sword in his hand was swayed like a splattering wind. The sharp sword force scared the enemy soldiers so much that they dodged and made a way out.
Lu Zhishen rushed towards the Liao army commander who had not yet reacted like a whirlwind. The 61-pound Yanyue Sword was like thunder, and he was moving forward. He had a strong attack and shocked the sky.
The panicked Liao army general hurriedly stretched out his long sword to block it.
As soon as the long sword was stretched out, the unstoppable Yanyue Sword had hit his neck. The sharp blade broke down from his neck into his flesh and blood. Blood gushed out like a fountain. The long sword in General Liao fell to the ground and died immediately.
The Yanyue Sword was lifted up obliquely, and the body of the Liao army's chief general was hanging in the air.
At the same time, Han Shizhong, who came first, also rode his horse into the enemy's formation and roared, and the big flag was also slashed down by Han Shizhong's flag-holding soldiers.
Half of the troops were lost before the battle. Now the main general was killed again and the formation flag was cut down. The Liao cavalry did not have the fighting spirit. They shouted together and turned around and ran away. Those who ran slowly were squeezed off the horse and stepped on it to death.
The Liao army came quickly and retreated faster. In the blink of an eye, it ran away cleanly.
The red sunset shines on the corpses and blood all over the ground, shining with bright light, like blood and fire.
In this battle, 245 enemies were killed and 200 war horses were seized. One person was seriously injured and 12 were slightly injured, which was a great victory.
Zhao Hao knew that such brilliant results were all thanks to the Divine Arm Crossbow. In fact, the two armies had not fought in close combat for a long time. Although the Song army was elite, in this short period of time, only thirty or forty people were killed, and more than ten people were injured. The two rounds of crossbow arrows were the ones that made contributions to the enemy.
Zhao Hao secretly used five life therapy on the seriously injured Baiye soldier, which stabilized his injuries. He also freed up four carriages and allowed the injured to lie in it to recover. Then he led the crowd to slowly head north towards the bright red sunset.
Zhao Hao was thinking about the Divine Arm Crossbow. His armor shop could also exchange for crossbow arrows, but he could not exchange for divine crossbows like Divine Arm Crossbow. It seems that the system needs to be upgraded as soon as possible.
While thinking, he saw Yang Keshi approaching and whispering: "Young Master, now our journey has been revealed, and the Liao people have set their sights on us. I am afraid that they will be hiking at night again."
Zhao Hao was shocked and asked, "How do you know it?"
Yang Keshi said: "The last general knows Khitan language. Just now, the Liao cavalry was shot down by crossbows and arrows one after another, and suffered a lot of losses. It was already in chaos, but because the Liao general shouted, "Catch the envoy of the Song Dynasty, reward one million yuan, and upgraded the title to three levels," so everyone rushed forward... The last general guessed that he was afraid that the person in the capital wanted to harm the young master had reported the news that the young master had entered Liao territory to the Liao Gou court, so he sent a large army to search and pursue him."
Zhao Hao's expression changed and he asked in surprise: "General Yang said that these Liao dogs came directly to someone. Wouldn't they bring a steady stream of pursuers here?"
Yang Keshi smiled bitterly and said, "This group of people is not the elite of the Liao army. If they encounter Liao Gou Yuanluo, who will win this battle, it is still unknown... Liao Gou Yuanluo's bravery is not under the Baijia army."
Chapter completed!