Nanming Engineer

Chapter 169
The violent explosion shook the heavens and earth, and the billowing smoke almost covered half of the sky. The right wing of the Kuizhou soldiers was shrouded in black smoke, and the figures of five hundred cavalry disappeared inside.

The pieces of flesh and blood flying around have already answered this question.

Wang Xiang's frontal army approached within a hundred paces. They were feinting to attract the frontal attention of the Kuizhou soldiers, so that they would have no time to support the right-wing battle.

In order to achieve this goal, it must be done in a similar way, and at the same time, it will be easier for the cavalry to rush into the remaining formation after breaking the formation, and defeat the Kuizhou soldiers in one fell swoop.

Within a hundred steps is the range of the crossbow arrows, and the swordsman has already walked in front of the gunner, holding his round shield high to defend against the arrows.Wang Xiang's [-] armored gunmen walked at the back, responsible for the task of guarding the Chinese army.

The sudden explosion on the right wing made the entire battlefield tremble. Everyone in Wang Xiang's army was stunned, looking at the billowing smoke over there at a loss.

"What happened?" Everyone was asking in their hearts, but no one could answer.

It's dynamite!Wang Xiang suddenly came to his senses, Kuizhou soldiers must have planted explosives on the right wing!Only pre-laid explosives can make such a big movement, too cunning, how did they calculate that the cavalry would attack from the right flank?Could it be possible to predict the prophet?
"Junmen, the cavalry seems to have been ambushed by barbarians' explosives!" Not only Wang Xiang thought so, but soon some generals around him shouted.

"How did they calculate that our cavalry would pass by from the right?" Someone asked with a pale face, "Is it witchcraft?"

Wang Xiang's face changed, and he thought of the ancient legend. In the place where the cavemen inhabited in the east of Sichuan, there were ancient witches and philosophers. At that time, great witches appeared in the world, and with their abilities, it was easy to predict the movement of a cavalry.

The theory of ghosts and gods is always mysterious in the minds of people in this era, and they would rather believe what they have or not. This theory suddenly spread like a plague in the hearts of Wang Xiang.

Kuizhou soldiers are possessed by gods! ?How can we fight this battle?
"Witchcraft..." The speaker was still yelling in panic, but before he could finish speaking, a big knife slashed at his head, cut off his body along his neck, and chopped him into two living pieces .

Surprised to the left and right, Wang Xiang's hideous face, blood splattered all over his face, shouted like a ghost with a big knife in his hand: "Witchcraft is a fart! The barbarians must have planted explosives on the left and right to lure me to attack. How cunning as a fox!"

He flicked the big knife, and the blood on the knife flew around, and said sharply: "Since there must be explosives buried on the left and right, there will never be any more on the front. Taking advantage of him at this moment to divide the troops on the left and right, our army on the front is twice as large as the barbarians. , sent an order to beat the drums, crush him head-on, smash his front army, and hit the middle army directly!"

The body of the slain Pi Jiang, who was divided into two halves, was still bleeding, and the effect of murder made others shut up immediately. After all, Wang Xiang was much more terrifying than the illusory witchcraft.

"Boom boom boom!"

The war drums started again, and the sound was thick and powerful, penetrating into people's hearts. Wang Xiang's generals yelled like crazy, urging his soldiers to move forward.

Wang Xiang's five hundred servants in armor and long spears walked viciously at the end. If anyone dared to turn around and run away, they would directly stab their hearts out.

"Come on, if you go back, you will die. It's better to get rich and honor. Those who break the formation will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!" The officers shouted hoarsely, encouraging the infantry to advance bravely. Thousands of people maintained a line formation, He stepped forward step by step and quickened his pace, and when he reached the distance of eighty steps, he started to run, trying to quickly pass through the shooting range of this crossbow.

The archers on both sides started to draw their bows and arrows while running, aimed at the white-robed soldiers in the distance, and shot upwards.

"Don't move, hold on!" Zu Bian shouted with red eyes, holding the spear firmly, staring at Wang Xiang's army charging forward.

The three rows of Kuizhou soldiers were as solid as a rock, without any sign of panic. The shield in the front row held a shield in one hand and drew a waist knife in the other. The fire rope wrapped around the right hand, waiting for the signal to throw.

The archers' arrows began to fall from the sky, some hit the shields, some fell on the open ground, and some accurately hit the white-robed soldiers.

The white-robed soldiers were protected by rattan armor and white robes, but the top of their heads was weak. There was only a piece of white cloth wrapped around them. It would be fine if the arrow hit the body, but it would be fine if it hit the head.

Some white-robed soldiers were hit by arrows in the head and fell down with a muffled grunt.

"Shake the barrel of the gun and dial the arrow!" Zu Bian roared again.

The dense gun barrels swayed towards the sky, and some arrows were pushed away, but this method was not effective, only a small part of the arrows could be removed, and most of them would still be shot through the gaps.

Wang Xiangjun in the front had already run sixty paces away, and it was too late to put down his spear to get the crossbow bolts at this time, so there was no other way but to stick to it.Zu Bian was also shot in the shoulder by an arrow, and the arrow stick stuck in the rattan armor like a grass flag, but did not hurt his body.

"Persevere! Persevere!" The captain and the centurion shouted in hoarse voices. At this time, there must be no chaos, and everything will be over if there is a chaos.

The harsh formation training showed its effect at this critical moment. Hundreds of white-robed soldiers were shot down by arrows, but no one bowed their heads or ran away. None of the white-robed soldiers looked at the flying arrows in the sky and gritted their teeth. He stared at Wang Xiangjun who was rushing towards him with his eyes wide open.

"Mountain-destroying crossbow shooting!" A high-pitched voice rang out from the side of the ancestor who was about to gnaw his teeth.

A wave of crossbow arrows flew from both sides of the front of the ancestors, and flew towards the archers who were running and shooting arrows. The density of arrows and the frequency of shooting were much greater. A wave of arrows passed by and immediately suppressed a thousand bows and arrows. hand.

This was Wang Huan's voice. After the cavalry was dealt with, the three rows of spearmen who formed the hollow square formation immediately changed their formation again, divided into two teams, and ran to both sides of the front formation. While widening the front, everyone raised their waists. The mountain-destroying crossbow was used to suppress the archers on both sides of the opponent with all its strength.

In terms of accuracy, crossbowmen are not as good as archers, but in terms of shooting speed and durability, archers can't keep up with crossbowmen. Fifteen hundred crossbowmen shot tens of thousands of arrows in a breath, and shot down a lot of archers in an instant. Amidst the screams of ghosts and wolves, Wang Xiangjun's archers scrambled back.

"Speed ​​up, rush over, the barbarian's crossbow arrows are coming!" Wang Xiang, who was watching the situation on the battlefield, rode his horse behind the five rows of front troops, and clearly saw that his archers suffered from the crossbowmen's shooting. , As long as the crossbowmen free their hands, there will be a big wave of arrows raining on their heads.

The sound of "dong dong dong" drums became more rapid, like pearls falling on a jade plate, so fast that people's hearts would beat a few times when they heard it.

"Ah~~! Kill~~~!" Wang Xiang's soldiers have begun to roar, roaring like wild beasts as they run. There are many spears on both sides, and the blades of the spears flashing with cold light are like thorny jungles.
(End of this chapter)