King Ruoqiang was shocked.≯ > He had already predicted that this would be a tough battle. He could do it by using his military strength to continuously attack, and gradually exhaust the strength of the Han army, exchanging the lives of five, six,000 or even ten thousand knights for the major losses of Liang Xiao and his 1,000 knights, and then launching a full-strength blow.

But he didn't expect that the gap between the two sides was so big that a thousand Loulan cavalry was easily destroyed by the other side, and the remaining two thousand cavalry did not have the courage to come forward to fight. The plan was deadlocked from the beginning. How would the next battle go on?

The King of Ruoqiang was hardened and once again urged the two thousand cavalry to come forward to fight, and issued the final spy. If the order was not executed, there would be no mercy.

These two thousand knights are from Khotan, and one thousand are from Shache. They are all powerful countries. Of course, they are not afraid of King Ruoqiang, but their king is by the side of Tianlang. If they do not execute the orders, their king will undoubtedly die.

Under the order, they bit the bullet and charged again.

The sound of hooves rumbled like a death knell.

After Xie Guanglong led his troops to easily destroy the Loulan people, he drove back and formed a formation after the crossbow. Guo Wuze led 400 cavalry through the middle of the crossbow and first faced the thousand Khotan cavalry on the right.

As usual, the 20 crossbow chariots of the Tantric cavalry began to shoot. In a batch of ten crossbow chariots, three hundred crossbow arrows were shot at the battle flag of the Khotan people, and then another batch. Once the shooting was completed, the shooters in the carriage would quickly turn the strings. With the help of the pulley set, the powerful crossbows that usually require four or five people to operate can be completed by one person, and the second shooting can be carried out within ten breaths.

Before contacting Guo Wu and others, the Khotan cavalry suffered five batches of shooting, and 1,500 iron crossbow arrows poured into a range of thirty steps centered on the flag. Like the Loulan people, the Khotan cavalry, who had no experience in coping, suffered heavy damage. The general in charge was shot and killed on the spot. The first half of the charge formation was completely destroyed, and the second half was tripped by the suddenly falling to the ground. The formation was in chaos. Only one or two hundred cavalry in the front could really come forward to fight. They were not affected by the crossbow arrows and quickly faced Guo Wu and others.

Another one-sided massacre.

On the south side of the battlefield, the cavalry of a thousand Shaches were shot continuously by thirty crossbows. Thirty strong crossbows were divided into three batches, shooting continuous rain of arrows. Unlike the battle situation on the north side, these bivalry not only sniped the generals of Shaches, but also ruthlessly blocked the cavalry in front.

One by one, the war horses fell to the ground by arrows, and knights fell off the horse's back, making them dizzy. Someone was suppressed by the war horse and could not escape. He watched the companions behind him rushing towards him, and were shot by crossbow arrows and fell to the ground.

Hundreds of steps became the life and death line for Shache cavalry. Countless knights and war horses fell to the ground by arrows, but they were unable to break through the Han army's arrow formation. The war horses neighed, the knights wailed, and the crossbow chariots roared, and they met together.

Liang Xiao and Xu Le held their eyes wide open and stared at the battlefield on the south side without turning their eyes. Whether the thirty crossbows could block a thousand knights? Although they had conducted experiments before, the actual combat was the first time. The Western Regions were vast and sparsely populated, and the Han people were foreign forces, so they were destined to take the elite military route. Strong and even somewhat mysterious military weapons became an indispensable choice. These crossbows designed by Deng Guobin were the greatest hope. If they could succeed in a battle, the Han army's journey to control the Western Regions would be much easier. If the predetermined goal could not be achieved, they could only temporarily put aside their plans and even think of other ways.

Judging from the current situation, the effect is still very ideal. Thirty crossbows formed continuous shooting and firmly controlled the situation. The Shache cavalry suffered heavy casualties, but they could not move forward. Only a very small number of knights survived and broke through the arrow formation and had the opportunity to approach the crossbows. However, they were immediately killed by Xie Guanglong and others behind the crossbows, and none of them were spared.

Liang Xiao was not surprised to see this side of massacre. He came from the 21st century and knew how powerful the technology was. Once revolutionary weapons appeared on the battlefield, they would have a subversive impact on the old combat methods. These crossbows equipped with clairvoyances have a range of 500 steps and a high accuracy. In addition, the labor-saving system provided by the pulley set is undoubtedly the most powerful weapon of destruction in the world.

All of this was done by Deng Guobin. Although he was guided by him, the specific technology was designed and improved by Deng Guobin. After several years of brewing and accumulation, the technology finally began to exert amazing power.

After this battle, the Han army not only possessed a powerful weapon, but also invested more effort in technology.

Liang Xiao turned his head and looked at Xu Le.

As if he had a heart of touch, Xu Le also let down his eyes and sighed: "Deng Guobin is the meritorious service of this battle. With this crossbow, he can be granted a marquis."

"Then ask the military supervisor to write to the court and ask for a title for him."

"Sure." Xu Le sighed. "I know why only Junhou can win more with less. This is not luck, but Junhou has paid more attention to these skills. Stirrup, iron smelting techniques, and current crossbow chariots, with these powerful weapons, it is simply unreasonable for Junhou to not win."

Liang Xiao laughed. Xu Le had such a view, and he felt that it was more meaningful than Deng Guobin's design of a crossbow.

The victory and defeat were clear. The Khotan Knights were defeated by the repeated rushing of Guo Wu and others. Only more than 200 knights were left, and they fled in a panic. Guo Wu and others wiped out the Khotan Knights and rushed towards the Shache Knights. The Shache men were tortured by the crossbows and only had the last breath left. Seeing the Han knights rushing over, they didn't even have the courage to fight and followed them into deserters.

On the battlefield, corpses were lying on the battlefield, people and horses were lying together, and blood was overflowing. There was almost no sound. People died and horses were dead, and even the howling had stopped, leaving only a suffocating silence.

The crossbow chariot stopped shooting, and the crossbowmen were urgently checking to replace the crossbow strings, pulleys, and replenishing arrows. In just a short time, fifty crossbow chariots shot nearly a thousand cluster arrows, with a total of 30,000, and the results were also impressive. The three thousand Qiang cavalry who attacked the first were almost wiped out, leaving only less than five hundred cavalry and fled back.

The battlefield temporarily returned to calm, and the breeze gradually rose, blowing the unsolvable smell of blood into the noses of Batu and the Qiang soldiers behind him.

They were five hundred steps closer to the battlefield and thousands of steps away. They could not see the specific situation at all. They only knew that the enemy had charged twice but failed to break through the Han army's position. They didn't even know how the Han army did it. They blocked the charges of so many enemies with just a thousand cavalry and fifty strange carts, and it was an overwhelming victory?

Batu, who has a clairvoyance, knows the most. He also found out some news from Liang Xiao and knew that Liang Xiao had made a lot of preparations for this battle. These cars should be one of the preparations. Seeing the Han army so strong, his worries could finally be put down.

This is true in Batu, and the Qiang people are the same. With such a powerful Han army standing in front, why are they worried about the Tianlang? Stay up and wait for a counterattack. More than 20,000 war horses, weapons and various supplies, this is a huge wealth.

King Ruoqiang was also looking at the battlefield. He could not see the details on the battlefield clearly, but the destruction of the Three Thousand Knights made him frightened. He realized that he had encountered an unfamiliar opponent. Compared to the last time, the Han army seemed more fierce and more difficult to deal with.

Or, it is impossible to deal with it at all.

He did not dare to neglect and immediately ordered people to capture the escaped knights, ask carefully, and avoid panic. His own subordinates were limited, and most of the knights came from other tribes, and they were inevitably suspicious of each other. Once the morale of the army was shaken, it would be difficult for him to control it.

Before the knights could come back from their horror, many people did not see clearly what happened on the battlefield. They only knew that their companions suddenly fell down, and then the formation became chaotic, from charging to defeat. They were smarter and noticed that the arrows were raining all over the sky, and some even noticed that these arrows were different. Although they were less than half of the commonly used arrows, their lethality was not bad at all. They often penetrated the body, and even shot through the body of war horses.

King Ruoqiang quickly obtained more than a dozen iron arrows.

Holding those two feet long, bright and heavy iron arrows, Ruoqiang King was panicked. He knew that the Han army's crossbows were very powerful, but he didn't know what kind of crossbows could shoot such arrows. And as far as he knew, although the crossbows used by the Han army were shot far, they were slow, and fifty crossbows were difficult to form the dense rain of arrows that the knights called.

King Ruoqiang did not dare to be careless and immediately sent someone to give the iron arrow to Tianlang and asked Tianlang to decide. Tianlang is a magic archer, and the archers around him also have very good archery skills and are familiar with the Han people. He may be able to guess what weapons the Han army used.

Wu Dan was sitting on the podium with support, and saw the situation in front of the formation, with a pale face. Even if he didn't know what happened on the battlefield and what the specific situation was, he knew that the hope of winning this battle was slim. Liang Xiao was well prepared, but he didn't know what killer moves Liang Xiao had prepared. This feeling of inaccuracy made him very uneasy.

After seeing the iron arrows and knights sent by King Ruoqiang and after careful inquiring, Wu Dan couldn't think of what weapon Liang Xiao was using. He had never seen such iron arrows, and he didn't know how these iron arrows were shot out.

Wu Shan pondered for a moment and ordered King Ruoqiang to continue attacking. This special iron arrow is not easy to make. No matter how much reserves are, there will always be a time to use it up.

King Ruoqiang received the order and had to order the attack again. He adjusted his tactics. Since one thousand cavalry and two thousand cavalry could not form a military advantage, since Tianlang wanted to use human lives to consume the arrows of the Han army, he would simply send more people. After asking Tianlang for instructions, he sent five thousand cavalry in one breath, and even led one thousand cavalry to participate in the attack.

Five thousand knights came out and divided into five charge formations. From south to north, they almost filled the entire valley and rushed eastward.

Seeing this, Liang Xiao also issued a combat order. Wu Shan's reaction was as expected. None of these people were his subordinates, and Wu Shan would not care about how many people died. If Liang Xiao could be killed, Wu Shan would probably be willing to accompany all the countries in the Nanshan Mountains as long as he could still control it.

The battle is only at this time that it really begins.

The battle flag shaking, and the Han army began to change formations. Each crossbow chariot retreated quickly under the guidance of two horses, and retreated more than 400 steps in one breath, only a few dozen steps away from Batu and others. The valley here is narrower, fifty crossbow chariots line up, leaving only ten steps away from the two cars, becoming closer. When the crossbow arrows shoot out three hundred steps, they will converge together, forming a network of communication without blind spots.

Seeing the Han army retreating, the Qiang people were a little nervous. They just felt that the Han army was invincible, so why did they suddenly retreat?

Batu was also a little upset, but he believed that Liang Xiao would not give up. He mustered up the courage and said loudly: "Look at your cowardly appearance, what's there to worry about? The general said that if you don't break the Tianlang, you will never be just one step in the stone tablet. Now the Han army is still twenty or thirty steps away from the stone tablet. Are you afraid? Don't worry, even if Tianlang comes, there will be my Yuezhi people. When our Yuezhi warriors are all killed in battle, it's not too late for you to surrender to Tianlang again."

Seeing that Batu was so confident, the Qiang people finally became more stable.

The Han army's crossbow chariot retreated five hundred steps, which also made King Ruoqiang breathe a sigh of relief. In this way, the Han army's defense line was not unshakable. Wasn't it backing back? He blew the trumpet and ordered the attack while increasing the degree.

The war horses ran faster and faster, gradually forming a torrent, and their momentum increased sharply.

Just when the Han army's crossbow was still seven or eight hundred steps away, the knights in front suddenly fell to the ground. Then, more war horses jumped around, not only throwing the knights on the horse's back, but also disrupting the rhythm of the charge. The cavalry that had just started running suddenly became in chaos, but the knights behind didn't know what happened and continued to add. When they saw something wrong, it was too late to stop moving forward.

More and more knights crowded over, making the formation more crowded.

King Ruoqiang was panicked and didn't know what happened again. When he was lifted off his horse by a war horse, landed on the ground, and his butt was penetrated by an iron arrow, he knew what was wrong.

Countless iron arrows shot into the soil, revealing only a small part. Although the arrows were rushing up, the iron arrows less than the size of a little finger were extremely dangerous to the galloping war horse. Once the horse's hooves stepped on these iron arrows, every step of the war horse would bring unbearable severe pain. Even if it was tamed, it would be in a terrible pain.

Ruoqiang King woke up from his dream, raised his head in horror and looked around.

Wherever you see, the ground was densely filled with iron arrows, some were covered with blood, while others were shining with silver light and the cold air was thrust.

He knew what was going on, but he didn't have time to remind his subordinates. A crazy war horse jumped over and kicked his face hard by the horse's hoof pierced by the iron arrow. King Ruoqiang had no choice but to flash a ball of stars in front of his head and his eyes, and he lost consciousness.

The five thousand cavalry, except for the two charge formations in the south and the north, were not affected, the three thousand-man teams in the middle were all conspired by iron arrows. Half of the 30,000 iron arrows shot by the Han army hit people and horses, and the remaining half plunged into the soil, without wasting. Now it has become a nightmare for the knights. On the ground that is more than 300 steps wide and more than 200 steps long, the iron arrows are like thatched grass, clustered in the east and clusters in the west, like hidden hunters, waiting for the arrival of their prey.

Three thousand knights were attacked, trampled on each other, and messed up, and collapsed before fighting—

(To be continued.)8
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