Chapter 41 Crossbow
A shower of fire and meteors not only turned the entire city gate into a sea of fire, but also the large number of stones thrown by the catapults and the numerous corpses almost completely blocked the three city exits, each 4 meters wide. If they wanted to risk their lives to get out, they could only rush out with the fire rain on their heads and the burning corpses of their close comrades not long ago. After breaking through these, they were still greeted by huge crossbows.
Within 100 meters outside the city gate, it has become a desperate area for the Black Wolf Legion. In a distance of a full 100 meters, the cavalry divisions sent by Hegma have been engaged in battle one after another, but the result is like a meat bun hitting a dog, and there is no return.
The subsequent catapult attacks on the rear of the city gate made the Black Wolf Legion even more desperate. The front army could not break out, and the large number of cavalry troops gathered behind the city gate were suffering from the torment of the rain of fire. Finally, Hegma could not bear such a blow to his elite troops, and desperately retreated his cavalry to the rear. Hegma knew that if this situation continued, the city would be completely destroyed in less than a week.
Those few Black Wolf Cavalrymen who had escaped the attack of crossbows and trebuchets rushed through the pits full of pits and fearlessly rushed towards the nearby trebuchets, holding the burning objects in their hands. Without the imperial army to stop them, the trebuchets and giant crossbowmen had no time to find weapons to defend against these cavalrymen. As long as the trebuchets were burned, there would be a chance to turn the tide of the war. Otherwise, as their commander said, they would be annihilated or even massacred.
Looking at those fanatical soldiers who were like a group of people who were bewitched by a cult, I didn't have the chance to sigh. The order was directly passed down by my messenger. Brave soldiers are the objects that all warriors should respect, but now we are on the battlefield, and the other side is just a group of abandoned poor bugs.
When the Black Wolf Army stopped rushing out of the city gate, I knew the war would be suspended. The remaining fish that slipped through the net will give those soldiers a practical lesson!
"Anti-cavalry formation... crossbows ready to fire volleys..." As the messenger shouted loudly, and as the archers who came to protect us and some of them were sent to load crossbows were confused, nearly 2,000 soldiers under my command stood in front of the row of low-lying horses in two crossed rows, holding the crossbows on their backs tightly in their hands. If someone noticed, and this person knew the characteristics of the crossbow, then he would be very confused after seeing my soldiers loading crossbows. . . . . .
"The shooting interval is 5 seconds, the front and rear rows cross-fire at an angle, with the city gate as the benchmark, single shot~~~shoot!"
As the order to shoot was issued, nearly a thousand crossbow arrows were fired each time, and two rows of crossbowmen fired a volley every 2.5 seconds, plundering the lives of the fish that had escaped the net. Although my soldiers did not have good accuracy, the soldiers who had been trained by me in covering shooting still plundered the lives of the enemies in rows.
The crossbow I modified was no longer a straight-pull style like theirs before, but a gear transmission style. Although the shooting speed was slowed down, the power was multiplied. If the light cavalry wearing only leather armor was hit by an arrow, they would almost be pierced from front to back.
When the last hundred light cavalrymen rushed towards us with desperate eyes, I gave the order to fire three bursts of shots. Without a doubt, the hundred light cavalrymen were shot into hedgehogs by nearly 6,000 crossbow arrows. Absolute hedgehogs. Each cavalryman had at least 10 crossbow arrows on him, and the most had nearly 100. . . . .
When the last cavalryman fell to the ground with a thud, no one uttered a word for a whole cup of tea on the battlefield except for the sound of the soldiers quickly drawing and loading the crossbows.
After glancing at the imperial elites who were still in a daze, I gave the order to return to the camp after the gate of Huangshi City was closed. When the sound of the carriage dragging the catapults and crossbows rang out, Thacker and a group of senior imperial officers came to their senses. But the eyes looking at me and my soldiers were very different. Of course, most of them were admiring or worshipful, or there was some jealousy and flattery, but there was also a cold and hateful gleam. Damn guy, although I don't know what role your family plays in the imperial capital, but with Thacker daring to treat you like that, and now I am playing a role, then as long as I hold on to this thigh, why should I be afraid of you
No one said a word, and no one came up to congratulate them. All the troops were taken back to the barracks by their respective commanders. But after I returned to the barracks and settled the soldiers, I felt that the atmosphere in the barracks was different. Why was it so depressing
But I soon found out what was going on. My tiny military camp was surrounded by the entire Flame Legion. From time to time, there were large groups of soldiers patrolling the perimeter. There were squadrons stationed at intervals outside the entire military camp. Although my soldiers had undergone my bloody training, being surrounded by a large number of jackal-like iron-blooded troops and not knowing what was going on would definitely have a great impact on their mood.
After carefully observing the actions of the patrolling soldiers, I confirmed that they were not targeting us internally, but were guarding against possible attacks from outside. Based on their key defense positions, I found that apart from the military camps, the positions where we placed catapults and crossbows, the places where carriages, horses and other sundries were placed were not given any attention at all.
After seeing this, I gathered my subordinates to arrange possible attacks tomorrow. Although they were attacked so strongly, I don't think they will surrender. I think Thacker and his men will definitely feel what happened this morning. Based on this, even if the Senke Federation surrenders, it will not end well.
Of course, it would be best if they didn't surrender, because then I could have my subordinates continue smashing the walls until everything within 300 meters of the city wall was smashed clean. Damn it, let them know the consequences of killing prisoners...