Daqin: Assist Zulong at the beginning and become a public enemy

Chapter 430 Crowd Tactics
Chapter 437 Crowd Tactics
The Huns did not rush to attack, but took a rest in place, but the feeling of oppression made everyone on the city short of breath.

Just after noon, as the desolate sound of the horn pierced the earth, the satiated Hun cavalry mounted their horses one after another.Obviously the Huns can't wait to start their first attack.

When the soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army on the city wall heard the sound of the horn, they all clenched their strong crossbows or hard bows.A huge, large-scale continuous firing crossbow machine slowly lifted up amidst the sound of "creaking and creaking", aiming at the city wall.

The sound of the desolate horn stopped abruptly.

The Xiongnu barbarians, who had mounted their horses and stood still, suddenly moved when the sound of the horn stopped.

Not one direction.

Instead, the Donghu and Hun cavalry around the four walls of Jiuyuan City moved together.

Numerous Xiongnu cavalry shouted and desperately urged the horses under their crotches to form an unusually scattered formation and rushed towards Jicheng.Behind these cavalry, there are densely packed Donghu barbarians who dismounted and temporarily transferred to infantry.

These Donghu barbarians, who had become temporary infantry, carried long ladders, and rushed up behind the Xiongnu cavalry who charged ahead, obviously intending to use bows and arrows to suppress the soldiers of the Nine Plains Army on the city wall.

The distance of five miles was only a moment's work when the Huns cavalry were desperately mobilizing their horses.

Two thousand steps.

Eighteen hundred steps.

One thousand six hundred steps.

The Xiongnu cavalry, who scattered like locusts and rushed forward, had already entered the effective killing range of the large-scale continuous shooting crossbow of the Jiuyuan Army on the city wall.

"Bang Bang Bang!"

The continuous and dull bangs of bowstrings sounded one after another from the walls of Jicheng.

At the moment when the bang was still ringing, countless sharp whistling sounds resounded throughout the world, even covering the roar of the galloping horses of the Xiongnu cavalry.

Countless thick crossbow arrows, three feet long and thick as arms, suddenly appeared above the heads of the Huns cavalry as if they were teleporting, and fell fiercely.

Although Jicheng was destroyed several times successively, the defensive facilities in the city were almost completely destroyed.But it doesn't mean that Qin Jun has completely given up the defense here.

On the contrary, after Yinggang put forward the overall strategy, Jicheng has always been the top priority of Qin army's northern defense. There are no less than [-] defensive or siege weapons such as large continuous shooting crossbows alone.

Although the quality cannot be compared with those used by Qin Jun, the power is not comparable.

There are [-] large continuous shooting crossbow machines, at least three spear-like thick crossbow bolts in one large continuous shooting crossbow machine, and as many as six.Simultaneously fired at the moment the Hun cavalry came within range.

Nearly [-] huge crossbow arrows with long phantoms, under the action of the powerful bowstring of the giant continuous shooting crossbow machine, appeared above the heads of the Hun cavalry the moment they left the city as if directly across the space. .

After several fights, Mao Dun knew exactly how strong the Qin people were.The Jicheng in front of him was much taller and larger than the fortified city that he had seen before, and it was guarded by the most elite Jiuyuan Army of the Qin people.

The elite of the Nine Plains Army don't need to be tested.There is no need to test this tall city wall.Any temptation can only cause more casualties, and it will add more military exploits to the Qin people.

Although Mao Dun itself is to consume the 30 young and strong Donghu people.

However, it is clear that this battle is foreseeable to be protracted and arduous. If the Donghu people can avoid unnecessary casualties, then the Huns will be able to reduce casualties.

Excluding the nearly 20 real Xiongnu elites where Maodun was located, the rest of the East Hu cavalry under the walls of the southeast, north, and south walls dispatched 3 each for the first time out of the city.Ten thousand of these 3 were cavalry.Twenty thousand are Donghu people who dismounted and became pawns.

Donghu and Xiongnu are nomadic tribes on the grassland, it can be said that they are people living on horseback.For the Qin people's sharp weapon, the large-scale continuous shooting crossbow, which the Jiuyuan Army will inevitably equip, Maodun has long been prepared.

Therefore, the Donghu cavalry who rushed towards the three walls were extremely scattered.With the length of the city wall of Jiuyuan City, even a one-time investment of [-] cavalry can be deployed, but the formation is much denser.

The reason for choosing each side is to dispatch only [-] cavalry.It is the best way to find out that Maodun has not effectively suppressed the terrifying large-scale continuous shooting crossbow machine of the Jiuyuan Army standing on the city wall at all.

Jiuyuan City is square and square, but not every wall is the same length, but most of them are about six or seven miles long.The [-] Donghu cavalry spread out and rushed one after another to line up next to each other, just enough to cover a city wall with a length of six or seven miles without being too dense.

However, it can only guarantee to reduce the damage to the Donghu cavalry caused by the large continuous firing crossbows on the city wall.

"what!"

"hold head high!"

The mournful cry of the Donghu cavalry before their death was accompanied by the mournful cry of the horses, and they sounded from under the three city walls at the same time.

The huge three-foot-long crossbow arrows fell from the high city wall with a slanting arc, and the huge force instantly tore the simple sheepskin waistcoats on the Donghu cavalry.It passed through the body, pierced through the man and the horse together, and was nailed to the ground.

The gurgling blood rolled down the ground along the thick giant crossbow bolts, soaking into the blue and yellow ground.

Nearly [-] three-foot-long crossbow bolts sank deep into the ground, and the corpses of Donghu cavalrymen and their horses were strung on the crossbow bolts.Under the three city walls, a shrub composed entirely of giant crossbow bolts suddenly grew for no reason.

Some Donghu cavalrymen, who were not in a hurry to stop, bumped into the Donghu cavalrymen who were nailed to the ground in front of them, and flew far away with their horses and men.

In this wave of crossbow arrows, the [-] Donghu cavalry from three sides rushed towards the city wall, causing more than [-] casualties.That is to say, [-] large-scale continuous shooting crossbow machines and nearly [-] crossbow arrows on a city wall killed more than [-] people.

Obviously, Modu's dispersal tactics still played a certain role.

The soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army on the city wall were indifferent to the killing and damage of the large-scale continuous shooting crossbows. They fought countless times with the Huns.This is to be expected.

The soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army who were in charge of the large-scale continuous shooting crossbow machine, after the crossbow bolts were fired, several people quickly pulled the thick bowstring of the crossbow machine together, and the rest of the people quickly filled the crossbow bolts.

When the Donghu soldiers were still far away from the city wall and had not entered the range of the strong crossbows in the soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army, the large continuous shooting crossbows in their hands were the only sharp weapon that could kill the Donghu cavalry.

The Jiuyuan army, who had learned the cavalry and archery skills of the Huns countless times, knew very well that once these Huns cavalry approached the city wall, the Jiuyuan army defending the city would face overwhelming arrow rain.

At this time, every time they released an extra crossbow arrow, every time they killed a few Hun cavalrymen, the casualties suffered by the Jiuyuan Army would be reduced by a few points.

The Donghu cavalry cannot be said to be accustomed to seeing life and death, but at least the casualties of more than a thousand people have not been able to destroy their fighting spirit.After all, there are so many beauties from Qin people in the city, and there are countless rare things.And behind them, there are Huns who seem to be more vicious than the Qin people watching.

The Donghu people knew that the huge arrows of the Qin people could not be fired continuously, so after the first round of crossbow arrows attacked, they passed the corpses of the clansmen who were nailed to the ground by the crossbow arrows, and desperately urged the horses under their crotches to quickly approach the city wall.

Although a wave of giant crossbow arrows fired by a large-scale continuous crossbow machine did not destroy their fighting spirit, anyone who saw the clansman who was running in front of him a moment ago would be thrown from the top of his head by a giant spear three feet long the next moment. Life and death, even if people and horses are nailed to the ground and become a bunch of things like mutton skewers, they will feel chills in their backs.

No one wants to die.If you don't want to die, then obviously you can only run faster.

Although you will be attacked by the powerful crossbows of the Qin people if you approach the city wall, it is better than dying if you hit the giant crossbow.

(End of this chapter)