Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 352 Thousand Crossbow
If the situation is not critical, don't use it lightly.

When the army arrived and confronted the Dali army head-on on the battlefield, they fired five thousand crossbows at once, trying to shoot down tens of thousands of Dali troops at once.

So Gao Chang regards this secret weapon as an absolute secret.It has not been used.

But today, now, the situation is critical enough.

"General Gao! If we don't use it anymore, the enemy cavalry will break the formation, not to mention all of us will be killed, and these treasures will fall into the hands of the Dali army for nothing."

Chang Yuanshou's reminder immediately moved Gao Chang.

That's right!Even if I don't use it, after the defeat, this secret will not be kept.

That's only useful.

As for the dream envisioned by King Xiao Tarase, in front of the unsuspecting Dali army, the dream of killing tens of thousands of enemies at once can really only become a dream.

"Rear Army! Load the crossbow arrows!"

"Front army! Resist desperately! We will be able to turn defeat into victory soon."

The Khitan army, which was on the verge of collapse, immediately cheered up again as if it had been injected with chicken blood.The horse army desperately resisted the Dali army.

Pieces of Khitan troops were cut down by cavalry, overturned by the horseshoes of the cavalry, the sound of broken bones, the screams of soldiers before they died, the neighing of war horses, the sound of sabers waving through the air...

The sound of the cruel battlefield covered up the sound of reloading the crossbow.

This is also one of the disadvantages of the Liannu.

Even Zhao Dezhao's [-]-shot Liannu has not been popularized in a large area, and a large part of the reason lies in this.

Reloading is cumbersome and slow. During the war, after firing a burst, it takes a lot of soldiers and a lot of time to reload.

Of course, the one-time power is also big enough, but that is relatively speaking.

Compared to the Khitan Army's repeating crossbow, which only had eight rounds, this was still considered a new type of heavy weapon.

But for Zhao Dezhao, who has more choices, it is a bit tasteless.

If it is said that tens of thousands of continuous crossbows can reach or even surpass the Gatling machine gun in an instant, then Zhao Dezhao's siege cannon is equivalent to the musket of later generations.Even stronger.

One thousand continuous crossbows and eight thousand crossbow arrows.

Finally, in Gao Chang's rear army, the loading was completed.

Gao Chang received the prepared report and breathed a sigh of relief.

Tens of thousands of infantry have been smashed to pieces by [-] cavalry.Destruction is imminent.

And at this moment, he could finally shout loudly, "All the front troops lie down, the rear troops! Shoot!"

Suddenly, the remaining soldiers in the front army suddenly rushed forward to the ground.

Show the rear army that was suddenly exposed in front of the opponent.

The Dali army, which had the absolute upper hand, was instantly stunned.

what's going on!
Even Mabori, who was directing from a distance, was stunned.Then, a sense of foreboding enveloped him.

Mabori was about to order everyone to pay attention.

In the rear of the Khitan army, there was a large area of ​​blackness, and the rain of arrows drifted over like raindrops.

There was also the piercing sound of a whistle like an empty whistle.

"Oops! Yes, it's Arrow Rain..."

Ma Hori and all the Dali soldiers had this thought in their minds.

Immediately afterwards, the cavalry, who were still showing off their might just now, were enveloped by the rain of arrows like a dark cloud.

"what!"

"Well……"

"what……"

Eight thousand crossbow arrows wrapped the cavalry rushing to the front without warning.

Of the [-] Dali Jingqi, at least half were shot.

And, almost none survived.

Even if there are those who did not die on the spot, death is only a matter of time.

The soldiers who were shot by the rain of arrows died very tragically, and everyone was hit by more than one or two crossbow arrows.

Penetrated, disemboweled, shot as a hedgehog...

Even hundreds of war horses could not escape bad luck.

He was shot dead on the spot.

With the power of a thousand crossbows, even the Khitan army was taken aback, no one even cheered.

Everyone looked at the Dali soldiers struggling among the arrow branches like trees.She was stunned and opened her mouth wide.

The Dali army was even more frightened and drenched in sweat.

"...The rear army! Continue to load the crossbow arrows. The front army, follow me!"

After all, Gao Chang is a general. Although he was stunned for a moment, he immediately came to his senses and issued an order.

In fact, it was just for the Dali army on the opposite side to hear.

Because loading the crossbow is not so easy, a crossbow with eight arrows can't be loaded in a short time.

Of course, once the loading is complete, it will be the beginning of a new round of slaughter.

"Come on!"

"Kill!"

"Soldiers! Revenge..." The sober Khitan army was finally surrounded by the joy of victory, and charged forward courageously.

The remaining cavalry of the Dali Army have not recovered from the super terror just now.

No one has seen it with their own eyes. In just an instant, thousands of elite knights fell into a pool of blood.

This will be a nightmare for these people for a lifetime.

The horses ran wild, and the smell of blood was tangy. The survivors were completely frightened, and they beat the horses desperately and fled back.

They were all terrified, no one knew the reload speed of the crossbow, so no one didn't believe Gao Chang's words.

Among the corpses everywhere, it was already difficult for the horses to keep their balance, and the cavalry trampled on them crazily, knocking their former infantry into the ground.

Then he rode his horse and fled, leaving behind the infantry, who were massacred by the overtaking Khitan army.

Ma Hori felt a pain in his heart and almost vomited a mouthful of blood.

The game that was supposed to be a sure win was instantly reversed by Gao Chang.

and.Now it seems that the morale of the army has been dissipated, and it is impossible to regain it today. For the current plan, the only way is to order the troops to withdraw immediately.

"Withdraw the army..."

The Dali army, whose morale was already in disarray, was defeated like a tide.

The Khitan army chased after him fiercely, but they didn't chase too many people, so they didn't chase too far.

After all, their loss today is also very large, if it weren't for the last Liannu to turn the tide.

I'm afraid they are the ones who will wipe out the entire army.

Gao Chang saw that it was almost done, so he ordered to stop the pursuit, clean up the battlefield, and retreat to yesterday's camp.

The next day, it was almost time for reinforcements from both sides to arrive.

In the evening, Gao Chengyun sat in the army tent, staring at the briefing on the table, in a daze.

This is the field fifty miles away from the bank of Nanchong Lake.

The army will be able to reach the frontal battlefield tomorrow.

Today, I received a military briefing about the disastrous defeat ahead. This is a bad omen.

Gao Chengyun is in his thirties this year, handsome and unrestrained, with some beard blemishes under his jaw.

He stretched out his hand to hold one, quietly thinking about something.

There are no immortals on the battlefield, but today's front line seems to have lost a lot, it is said that it has reached as many as 5000 people.

The Dali army is only 10,000+ in total. If Tiantianzhao loses so much, it won't last a month.

And this is the strength of the world-renowned King Xiao Daset Cao?

(End of this chapter)