Rivers and lakes in another world

Chapter 534 Northern Xinjiang ([-])

The quarter-hour intensive offensive finally stopped when the five or six thousand slaves were exhausted.

At the outermost end of the circle are stones and corroded ground.

The prairie people moved very quickly, and the second batch of slaves quickly came up to hand over the work, and then there was another round of indiscriminate bombing.

This time, the prairie man was very patient and not impatient, as if he was about to forcefully blast the magic circle before attacking.

It was also the first time for Chen Zheng to see a siege battle. Although he had experienced several times in his "memory", they were all fleeing for his life as a resident.

As a city defender, standing on the top of the city and watching is naturally a different feeling.

Stones much larger than people, disgusting explosives, standing at the first sight, very impactful.

Don't think about using your own martial arts to smash these things, that's something only warriors above the innate realm can do.

Warriors under the innate realm only penetrate the meridians, after all, they are still flesh and blood of mortals. No matter how talented they are, no matter how exquisite their martial skills are, they are still irresistible in the face of the naturally formed power.

Only after stepping into the innate realm, the human body has a little more extraordinary possibility, and it is possible to smash such a huge stone head-on.

It's just that how many warriors above the innate realm can there be in Daxing Pass?The number is not large, no more than twenty people, they can almost be said to be the core combat force and command layer of Daxing Pass, their opponents are not these big stones, but the high-level warriors among the enemies one by one.

Their energy and endurance must be used on the blade, so before the enemy general takes action, the entire battlefield is filled with competition and competition between the soldiers of both sides.

The defensive circle was already on the verge of crumbling under the scour of the second wave of attacks.

Then the prairie people didn't care and sent a third wave of people up. Now is the stage where everyone is testing and consuming each other.

Because he was standing in the front line, Chen Zheng could clearly see that the light curtain of the magic circle was already very transparent.

Soldiers from Wu Tong's side also came to inform that the stored vitality stones were about to bottom out. It is estimated that the magic circle would not be able to support this wave of attacks.

Wu Tong nodded to make it clear, and at the same time ordered the soldiers to prepare to face the enemy head-on. The soldiers with large shields were in front of them, and they were going to defend against possible arrow attacks by the prairie people.

And in the back are the archers of the Zhenbei Army. They don't need to aim, they just listen to the order and shoot. The pass has a length. You need to aim, you only need to perform mechanical bow shooting, and you will definitely be able to hit the enemy.

As for the ballista, the continuous crossbow and other equipment still need to wait, now is not the time for them to make a move.

All eyes on both sides were fixed on the crumbling light curtain, waiting for the moment when it shattered.

"Boom!" "Wow!"

As another stone bombarded the light curtain, the previously shaky light curtain finally shattered.

The various stones and explosives that followed finally touched the city wall of Daxing Pass.

Some passed over the heads of the crowd and entered the buildings in the pass, and some bombarded the city wall, bringing up a cloud of dust, and at the same time, one could feel an obvious vibration.

Some landed on the top of the city, and the soldiers near the landing point took the time to avoid the attack of the boulder. Those with higher cultivation could try to deflect the direction of the boulder a little so that it would not cause too much damage .

But the corpse mixture is very troublesome.After the explosion, all kinds of dirty things inside came out at once, and the city walls, qi shields, and armors would all be corroded accordingly.

If there is an unlucky person who doesn't use zhenqi to resist it in time, it will soon become a pothole when it touches the skin, and it needs to be treated as soon as possible.

According to normal principles, if the magic circle is destroyed, the grassland people will stop the catapult attack and start using their human wave tactics, but this time the situation is a bit unexpected.

The prairie people did not stop the catapults, and a new wave of slaves came up. They decided to empty all the ammunition before attacking.

Such a change immediately made Wu Tong and Yan Xuelan feel that the commander style of the prairie people seemed to have changed this time.

It's a bit like a battle between the Central Plains countries. You don't have close contact, but start to suppress your morale from a distance to produce a suppressive effect.

It is indeed not a good thing to be beaten passively all the time. Morale will definitely be affected, so Wu Tong must fight back even if he risks being attacked by catapults.

So Wu Tong ordered all the high-cultivation warriors on his side to go to the Liannu and Ballista, and focus on protecting these defensive weapons.

Then he ordered the ballista and the crossbow that had been aimed at the side to fire at the position of the trebuchet.

At this time, the catapult in the prairie team had just fired a round and was being reloaded. It was during this critical process of loading ammunition that something unexpected happened.

As the sound of a huge machine sounded, huge crossbow arrows were shot down from the Daxing Pass. At the same time, dense arrows poured down from the Daxing Pass. The target was also a catapult, which was already theirs. The extreme position.

As soon as the terrified expressions appeared in the eyes of the slaves, the attack had already arrived.

The huge crossbow arrows fired by the ballista are at least three meters long, and the arrows alone are bigger than a person's head.

Even if it has been aimed, but there is no test firing, everything is judged by the experience of the shooter, and it is not impossible to lose the aim.

The crossbow arrows used in this kind of crossbow have very strong penetrating power, and the arrows are multi-pronged. They have penetrating power and can tear at the same time. It is very beneficial whether it is destroying the enemy's siege equipment or destroying the formation.

Among them, those that accurately hit the catapult directly penetrated the parts of the catapult. These siege equipment are very precise. If there is a problem with a small part, the entire catapult may be unusable.

If it is a country in the Central Plains, they may have corresponding craftsmen who will directly repair and replace with the prepared accessories.

But the grassland people don't have this ability. Their workmanship is rough, and if it breaks, they are almost no longer needed, because there is no need, so they just piece together something that can move.If you want to fix it, it's better to rebuild it faster.

As for the crossbow arrows that missed, they just plunged into the pile of slaves directly, just like a string of candied haws, nailing a string of several people together, no need to look at them, they will never survive, a hole as big as a human head , the organs on his body probably exploded in an instant, and those who didn't die on the spot were a kind of torture instead.

The effect of the continuous crossbow is also very good. Although the dense continuous arrows cannot penetrate the catapult, they are used to harvest the lives of the slaves very quickly.

Just like cutting wheat, one brush is all it takes, and it's all shot like a hedgehog.

Some of the more miserable ones were hit by more arrows, almost being shot into a pulp.

The slaves who received the attack would not stay there stupidly and let others shoot. They began to hide behind. Some even turned around and ran behind, facing the enemy with their backs. They committed a very common behavior in Yuanwu Continent. The obvious mistake is to never leave your back to the enemy at any time, let alone the enemy's weapon facing you.

During this run, more people were hit by arrows, and some were shot directly in the head, resulting in sudden death on the spot.

They also let out panicked cries.

"Run for your life."

"Go! You move quickly, I don't want to die!"

Words like this abound.

The other slaves cited were also timid.

Even the slave leaders wielding their whips could not stop these slaves from retreating. The effective scolding and force in the past did not seem to work at this time.

But soon these escaped slaves fell to the ground with their eyes wide open.

Some were hit by arrows in vital parts such as their foreheads or throats, others had their heads cut off in a flash of a knife, and still others were hit hard with sticks and other weapons, leaving a big hole in their chests. When he fell to the ground, he had taken in too much air and had lost too little air.

The blood splatter in front of them finally made these escaped slaves realize that the attack on the pass was more dangerous, but the prairie jackals behind them were more dangerous than the arrow rain at the pass.

"You lowly slaves still dare to escape? Is it itchy? Anyone who dares to run away will be killed on the spot. The corpses can still be used as ammunition. Now go back to the catapult immediately and take these crossbows for me." Destroy the cannons and crossbows!" A group of prairie cavalry formed a human wall, blocking the retreating slaves, and the first man dressed as a general waved a mace with a red and white thing on his hand. He yelled at these slaves.

At the same time, he also ordered the execution of some slaves who had escaped for the first time and caused panic, as well as several slave leaders who were not managed well just now.

Although they usually show off their power in front of the slaves below, they are only slightly higher-level slaves. For the grassland people, it is natural to kill them whenever they want.

These slaves had no choice but to face the rain of arrows at the pass when they went back to pull the catapult. They were shot and died.

But if you go back, you can't survive. The cavalry of the prairie people are watching, and the slaves who retreat can be killed every minute.

If you go forward, you may still survive, but if you go back, you will definitely die immediately.

So these slaves gritted their teeth, returned to the trebuchet, continued to pull the trebuchet, and at the same time began to adjust their positions, aiming their firepower at the location of the ballista and repeating crossbow. However, they had little operating experience and were relatively unfamiliar with their movements, so they could only rely on their naked eyes. Come and observe.

The efficiency is a little lower, but it has begun to fight back.

It's just that the accuracy of the head is relatively poor, and the corresponding target has not been touched many times, and the deviation is too far away.

The two sides are still in a state of confrontation, but professionals are still better.

As long as the ballista of the Zhenbei Army is successfully launched, without the interference of grassland warriors, it will surely hit the catapult after one or two shots, making it unable to work.

So even if the tribal warriors on the prairie people's side started to protect the safety of the catapult, they did not achieve much results.

As for those slaves, grassland people will not protect them. Wouldn't it be good to let these slaves consume the arrow rain of the Beiyan people?

In the end, two-thirds of the fifty or sixty catapults were knocked out by Beiyan's ballistae, and the remaining one-third might not have been retained if the prairie people had not protected them.

However, Daxingguan was not without losses. Fourteen of the ballistas and continuous crossbows that were exposed were also damaged by the trebuchet.

Nine of them have been smashed and cannot be repaired and reused. The remaining five can be repaired before going to the battlefield. This is also impossible.

The crossbows and repeating crossbows are not small in size. It is really difficult to move them before the attack arrives. If the attack cannot be interrupted midway, we have to abandon these city defense machines and save human lives first.

Ballistas and repeaters were destroyed and could be recrafted for a small amount of money.

However, soldiers who are proficient in the use of city defense machinery are indeed rare. Their experience requires a lot of time to train, and those with good talent can even train more soldiers who are proficient in the operation of equipment. Each of them is a treasure, and things will not change. Protecting these talents is more important than some dead things like machines when facing the enemy.

In terms of casualties, everyone's losses can be said to be small, all of which are skin injuries, and it is an exaggeration to say that they hurt muscles and bones.

No more than [-] people died at Daxingguan, mainly because these people were unlucky enough to escape quickly enough, and were directly hit by boulders or a mixture of corpses, and were either directly crushed into meat sauce, or corroded. Body.

Most of the rest are wounded, which will not affect their combat effectiveness too much.

As for the [-] slaves on the prairie who were responsible for pulling the catapults, no more than [-] of them survived the rain of arrows, and half of them were nailed to the ground or on the catapults by arrows. They shouldn't be able to die for a while, but no one will give them a good time, maybe they will eventually die due to excessive blood loss.

The remaining 400 or so were not shot to the point, but their eyes were full of panic, even though they were all warriors, but after so many years of hard work, the pride and courage that belonged to warriors have almost been worn away, and the whole person is scared. Slavery has arisen. In order to survive, you can do anything.

As for the slaves who have not yet gone up, although they are a little scared in their hearts, their emotions are relatively stable.

Fortunately, fortunately, they can still live for a while longer.

Then under the order of the general of the grassland, a new batch of slaves was ready.

But this time the state of the slaves was different from what Wu Tong remembered.

Normally speaking, the next step for the prairie people is to use the sea of ​​people, such as ladders, siege towers, and siege vehicles, to carry out frontal attacks.

But the scene below was different from what he had been exposed to before.

(End of this chapter)