Three days later, after resting and recuperating, and the army's energy and spirit having returned to its peak, Cao Cao finally ordered his army to march out in full force.
Troops of armies marched out of the camp in an orderly manner, their armor shining brightly in the sunlight, which pierced the eyes of the barbarian guards and hurt them.
"Ho ho ho!"
With the loud drums, Cao Cao's soldiers roared, and the sound spread ten miles away. This is Cao Cao's consistent strategy, using the uniform discipline of his soldiers and the advantage of numbers to intimidate himself. of enemies.
And the roar, the shouts of all the soldiers, the uniform shouts, are the best way to enhance one's reputation. No, Cao Cao stood on his high platform and looked at the soldiers on the opposite city wall. , now his face was pale and his whole body was shaking.
There is a saying in the art of war: if the enemy is doubled, attack it; if it is ten times, it is to encircle it. However, Cao Cao didn't want to talk about the art of war at this moment. He already outnumbered the enemy ten times.
And the emperor told himself before he set off that it didn't matter even if all the troops and horses were lost at this moment.
Then I can follow my own ideas. If my hands are tied because of the loss of soldiers, I really feel that I can't let go!
"Send the order, the crossbowmen will fire ten rounds of covering fire!" With a clang, Cao Cao pulled out the sword from his waist, swung forward suddenly, pointed at the camp in front, and ordered.
The messenger quickly conveyed Cao Cao's order using the military flag. Weiyuan General Tai Shici, who was commanding bows and arrows from a distance, saw the order from his commander Cao Cao and immediately ordered the 10,000 crossbowmen under his command to prepare to shoot.
With the sound of dispatch, the crossbowmen quickly formed a formation. The camp in front of them was not big, but the defenders had 3,000 people. Except for the side in front of his army, which had 1,000 people to defend, the other Only 500 people were stationed in the three left, right and rear positions.
The people in the camp had already been sent away to the mountains and forests by Jones, hiding themselves in case they failed to surrender and were instead massacred by a large group of enemies to vent their anger.
At this moment, there were two people standing on almost every part of the 500-meter-long city wall. It can be said that they are strict with themselves, tightly packed together, leaving no loopholes.
However, this also happened to give Cao Cao what he wanted. They were crowded together and didn't know how to defend. Isn't that a perfect target? If you don't give them several rounds of covering shots with bows and arrows first so that they understand what it means to rain down arrows, how can you break their determination to resist!
Jones stood at the top of the city, frowning, looking at the group of people outside, one by one, lining up in front of the gate of his camp, only staying two hundred meters outside the city wall, and never moving forward.
But they didn't see any ladders or battering rams on them, any of the tools used to siege the city. There was no long hair on those soldiers, and even their swords were only short, only fifty centimeters long.
Facing it like this, how can we attack our city, which is well-defended and has strong soldiers? Jones was puzzled because the barbarian's skills had been separated from the mainstream of the mainland for who knows how many years.
Ever since I came to this hellish place, I have been worrying about survival. How can I have the time and ability to retain the memory of making crossbows
Perhaps the Kingdom of Ryan, which migrated in from the north, has one or two well-made crossbows, but they are just toys for the nobles, for viewing and fun.
The Ryan tribal kingdom is also a barbarian branch, but it is just a migration from the barbarian kingdom farther away and closer to the center of the continent.
Because they are close to the mainland and have certain exchanges with the mainland, they can secretly smuggle in some crossbows from various kingdoms on the mainland.
But this quantity is not much, and can only be used for fun by the upper-class nobles, to decorate their status. Which kingdom does not strictly monitor the craftsmanship of making real crossbows
If we only focus on military and national weapons that affect the survival of the country, how can we allow this kind of technology to leak out? Even if other kingdoms also have the same technology for making crossbows, just like the red fire beast, the effects of the crossbows produced by different production techniques are also different.
Therefore, in the barbarian kingdom, although some people imitated some crossbows, they were all crossbows that could only shoot him a few dozen steps, or no more than a hundred steps at most.
Moreover, the power is very small. Against those who are full of fighting spirit or wearing armor, even their defenses cannot be broken. They are so weak.
Therefore, this kind of craftsmanship imitated by the people is of no great use at all. Naturally, it was abandoned by the barbarian military and was only left to the hunters for hunting.
And naturally, the barbarians who migrated to this lost land would not bring such useless folk-made crossbows.
Therefore, none of the barbarians on the entire plain have heard of the existence of this kind of crossbow, except for the high-level officials of the Ruian Tribe Kingdom in the north. But until now, except for a few older people, they have only heard of it.
"Three, two, one, let go!"
As the countdown sounded, the first batch of 3,000 crossbowmen had fully drawn their bowstrings, and the soldiers who had raised their crossbows aimed at the enemy in front of them.
"Bang bang bang!"
With the sound of the bow string relaxing, the sound floating in the air came. Sharp arrows pierced the sky and fell towards the barbarians on top.
"Puff puff puff! Ta-ta-ta-ta!"
The sound of long arrows piercing flesh and the clicking sound of the wooden camp, accompanied by the screams of the barbarian soldiers, resounded throughout the entire camp, like a sonata, extremely magnificent.
In just an instant, the long arrow shot out and pierced the body of the barbarian soldier. The whole process took only three seconds, but the number of soldiers on the city, which originally numbered 1,000, was instantly reduced by 300.
A large area was cleared in an instant, and the somewhat crowded city walls suddenly became much emptier, allowing the soldiers who had previously complained about the crowds to feel a real sense of emptiness.
However, they had no intention of cheering. Instead, they were horrified and turned pale because of the scene in front of them.
However, before they could return to their senses, the second round and the third step of bows and arrows came over. The crossbowmen fired in the first round have already loaded their bows and arrows again.
They would shoot round after round until they had exhausted all ten bows and arrows in their quivers, and then they would stop and retreat to the rear to resupply. The barbarian soldiers on the city wall could also win a period of relaxation.
In view of the fact that it is like rain, falling one after another, as if it is continuous and non-stop, as if it cannot stop without him for a while.
This continuous offensive made the barbarians in the city, who had never experienced such an attack formation, feel waves of horror and despair in their hearts, completely defeating the bottom line determination in their hearts.
Some people even gave up on themselves and ran out, allowing those arrows to shoot them to death and take away their lives, so that they could escape from this hell of torture in their hearts.
The situation on the battlefield suddenly fell into decadence, and the guards on the city wall seemed to be in danger. As long as the arrows rained on him a few more times, the entire city's defense could be broken down, leaving no one on top of him to stand.
(End of chapter)