Chapter 635 Thousands of Arrows Fired Together

"Don't fire without my order!"

Xu Huang shouted loudly, staring closely at the Wuhuan cavalry that was running towards him. His eyes estimated the distance between the two armies, and his heart beat violently, as if he was beating a drum. His heartbeat was like a beating drum, bang. Boom!

Two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps, one hundred and twenty steps!

"Fire the arrow!"

The archer who had stretched out his bow and stringed his bow had been preparing for a long time. After hearing the order, he released the bowstring in his hand without hesitation and sent out the bow and arrow.

Bang bang bang!

Whoosh whoosh!

The sound of the bow string vibrating and the sound of the arrow piercing the air complement each other, like a symphony, aiming at the approaching Wuhuan cavalry and falling on their heads.

This time, it was really a volley of thousands of arrows. The dense arrows fell from the sky, like endless raindrops, covering all the Wuhuan cavalry under Wu Yan.

"Forehead!"

"ah!"

The arrow fell from the sky with huge kinetic energy, drew a curved trajectory in the air, and first fell into the neck of a ferocious-looking Wuhuan soldier. The sharp three-edged arrow had excellent armor-piercing ability, easily piercing Wuhuan Bing's shriveled skin, and passed through from the other side without any hindrance.

The Wuhuan soldier only had time to make a muffled sound before his entire body was carried through the ground by the force of the arrow. Although the arrow penetrated his neck, he was not dead for a while, struggling to hold the arrow and pull it out.

However, before he could make a move, the sound of horse hooves sounded behind him.

Click!

The galloping war horse raised its huge hoofs and landed heavily on his head. It was as simple as crushing a watermelon, crushing his head to pieces, and red and white things splattered everywhere.

Thousands of Wuhuan cavalrymen were like him. They were shot off their horses by arrows falling from the sky, and then their comrades behind them stepped over their bodies without hesitation. Blood and corpses were everywhere for a while, even if they were not dead. There are only a few breaths left.

There is no way, cavalry charges are like this. Once unfortunately fell from the horse, the possibility of survival is basically zero. Even if he does not die by the enemy's sword, he will die under the hoofs of his comrades.

Since the charge formation was relatively dense, the archers of the Liangzhou Army hardly needed to aim. They aimed at the Wuhuan cavalry, drew their bows, and fired. A round of arrow rain covered the loss of nearly a thousand cavalry, and Wuyan could not help but be frightened and angry.

"Damn Han dog!" Wu Yan shouted hurriedly: "Order the army to disperse their formations, quickly."

The Wuhuan cavalry learned the lesson and now spread out, like a ball of dough being pulled apart, and the formation became obviously sparser.

"Fire the arrow!"

Whoosh whoosh! Xu Huang gave the order and fired thousands of arrows again, but this time only wounded more than 600 people. Obviously Wu Yan's strategy worked.

"Fire the arrow!"

The third round of arrows was fired again. Together with the arrows fired in the first two rounds, a total of more than 2,000 Wuhuan cavalry were killed and injured. The total number was close to one-sixth of Wu Yan's cavalry, and the Liangzhou army still There was no trace of damage, how could this not make him feel heartbroken?

"Damn, damn!"

Wu Yan gritted his teeth with hatred and said coldly: "We can only take three shots before the battle. As long as my Wuhuan warrior rushes into the enemy's formation, it will be like a strong wind sweeping through the grassland, and the enemy's corpses will be everywhere!"

There were only three shots before the battle. At this time, the Wuhuan cavalry had already entered within fifty steps. It could be said that they would arrive in an instant. At this time, it was too late for the archers to release arrows.

The morale of the Wuhuan cavalry, who had suffered several rounds of arrow rain just now, was finally restored. They whipped their horses crazily, trying to rush into the Liangzhou army and show their majesty.

However.

Liu Ye raised the command flag in his hand and lowered it heavily: "Throw your spear forward!"

The soldiers in the front row stepped aside, and more than a thousand soldiers were revealed, holding a wooden gun in their hands. They had one foot in front and one foot behind. They twisted their waists slightly and used their arms to throw forward.

Whoosh whoosh!

More than a thousand long wooden spears fell from the sky. The charging Wuhuan cavalry couldn't help but look stunned. What is this?

The expressions of the few Wuhuan cavalry changed drastically. Isn't this the weapon of the Youzhou Army?

And in this stunned moment, more than a thousand spears fell from the sky and landed hard on the Wuhuan cavalry formation.

The thick and long throwing spear carried heavy falling force and penetrated the Wuhuan cavalry fiercely. Because the Wuhuan cavalry rushed into the formation intensively, even a wooden spear directly penetrated two Wuhuan soldiers, or even three Wuhuan soldiers. Soldier! Some wooden guns even penetrated both men and horses, like large mutton skewers, pinning people in place.

The Wuhuan soldier who was penetrated clenched his teeth and held the wooden gun tightly. The blood in the wound slowly dyed the wooden gun red. He wanted to pull it out, but he couldn't use the strength.

"Second row, step forward!"

After the first row of spearmen threw the wooden guns, they immediately moved out of the way, while the spearmen in the back row quickly stepped forward, threw the spears in their hands, and then gave way again, while the third row of spearmen Then he continued to step forward and threw the throwing gun in his hand.

Whoosh whoosh! More than three thousand spears were thrown out, driving countless Wuhuan cavalry through the place and nailing them to the ground. People and horses were crowded together, and the sound of wailing could not be heard.

The three rounds of firing thousands of arrows just now killed more than two thousand Wuhuan soldiers, and the three rounds of throwing spears actually killed nearly four thousand Wuhuan cavalry! Because the length of the spear is very long, one spear can pierce two people or even three people, and its lethality is very significant. For a time, the Wuhuan cavalry suffered heavy losses. Nearly half of the 12,000 Wuyan cavalry were lost. Such a high casualty ratio caused the Wuhuan cavalry to almost completely collapse.

There were dead or injured Wuhuan cavalry all around. Some had their bodies covered with arrows, and some had their bodies pierced by a spear. There was a pool of blood on the ground, and the sound of screams and wailings spread throughout the fields.

But Liu Ye shook his head slightly, for no other reason. When he was observing just now, he found that after the wooden guns were thrown out, only half of them were actually able to kill the enemy. Many wooden guns lost their accuracy in mid-air. Fortunately, the enemy soldiers were Wuhuan cavalry, and they were wearing leather armor at most. , or even only linen shirts, if replaced by Han Dynasty cavalry all wearing armor, wooden guns may not be able to achieve great results.

"It seems we still have to use an iron gun."

However, this has advantages and disadvantages. Although the wooden gun is not lethal enough, it is more convenient to make and has sufficient raw materials. At this time, the land of China had not yet experienced extreme reclamation and destruction. Even the north was lush and full of trees, and production could be done on the spot at any time.

The iron gun is just the opposite. It costs countless money, which is enough for Liu Ye to build a brand new weapon.