Time Travel: The Foolish Lady is Forced to Become a Female General

Chapter 189 Crossbow Cart, Crushing Battle

"In the battle array, the Ruyi Chariot is outside, with flags as a barrier, and the Crossbow Chariot is at the gate. On top of it is a crossbow. The arrows are as big as the chisels of the crossbow chariot. One arrow can shoot several people, and three arrows can reach hundreds of steps." Xia Qin muttered to himself, "This is the Crossbow Chariot."

The enemy troops who were still approaching the city gate just cast their eyes curiously at the strangely shaped machines above their heads. Although they felt a little uneasy in their hearts, they did not dare to stop at all due to military orders.

"put!"

Following an order, dozens of crossbow carts began to turn and aim their arrows at the approaching enemy.

These ballistae were specially designed to launch large arrows, and their appearance immediately attracted the attention of enemy soldiers.

When they saw those giant arrows flying towards them, many people were stunned and unable to move for a while.

These "arrows", each about two meters long, are made of solid wood, with a sharp iron tip on the head and a diameter of more than an inch.

Their speed was extremely fast, far exceeding the speed of ordinary bows and arrows. Almost in an instant, the first wave of arrows had reached the enemy camp.

While they were stunned, several soldiers were pierced through the body by giant arrows.

They didn't even have time to make any sound or struggle before they died on the spot with blood gushing out of all their orifices.

The other soldiers looked at the tragic scene in front of them in horror, their hearts filled with fear and despair. The huge "arrows" that continued to be shot out from the city, and the tragic deaths of their companions had completely caused the soldiers' psychological defenses to completely collapse.

"Raise your shields! Raise your shields!" a lieutenant reminded the soldiers loudly.

The shield soldiers who reacted immediately raised their shields and stood at the front of the army, trying to resist this horrible weapon.

However, they soon found that their efforts were useless. Their shields were either pierced directly by giant arrows, or they were knocked more than ten meters away with their shields.

Under such a powerful impact, the shield soldiers had no chance of survival. Their bodies flew out and blood splattered all over the surrounding land.

Faced with such a horrific attack, the enemy soldiers fell into confusion and panic. They didn't know how to deal with such a powerful weapon, and could only watch their comrades fall one by one.

The entire battlefield was filled with the atmosphere of death and blood, and fear enveloped everyone.

"Run for your lives!" Under such negative emotions, they finally ignored the Yan warriors who were supervising the battle behind them, and threw down their weapons and ran back.

The ground was wet and slippery, and the bodies of dead soldiers were scattered all over the ground, causing soldiers to slip or trip constantly. Many soldiers also died from being trampled on by each other.

The horrific scene made Xiaoyu on the city wall cover his eyes.

The Yan tribe warriors killed several soldiers who were leading the escape on the spot, but it still didn't have any effect.

Moreover, the crossbow cart has a very long range and is placed on a four-meter-high city wall. Even the Yan tribe warriors four hundred meters away are completely within the attack range of the crossbow cart.

Before long, dozens of Yan tribe warriors died on the spot, and the two ladders were shot to pieces by the crossbows, and one of them even collapsed.

Qin Haoran, who was far away, also had a flash of horror in his eyes, and his heart was filled with shock and hatred. When had he ever experienced such a war?

"Bastard! Bastard!"

He cursed loudly to vent his anger. Thousands of casualties were still nothing, but in the eyes of those soldiers who fled back or waited for subsequent attacks, he saw fear and confusion.

In this state, how could he charge into battle and capture cities? What made him even more uncomfortable was that he actually had the same feeling in his heart.

"Go around!" He knew that in this situation, a frontal attack would have no effect, but retreating like this was unbearable for him.

Even if he had to take a detour of ten miles, he had to cut off Jingzhou City's retreat and make this city a completely isolated one.

Moreover, he had an army of 100,000, but he had only lost 3,000 men, which was still about five times the number of the enemy. It was impossible for him to return home because of this setback.

"Lie Shu, Zhao Nande, each of you will lead 30,000 troops and go around from the roads on both sides to cut off the connection between Jingzhou City and other cities in Jingzhou. I want to trap them to death!"

Lie Shu and Zhao Nande looked at each other and said in unison: "We obey your orders!"

The road that was destroyed by Xia Qin was already extremely difficult to pass, and the drizzle made it even more muddy.

They passed through cautiously, carefully guarding the woods on both sides, fearing that some inexplicable strange weapons would appear in them.

Mo Ye on the tower said quietly, "Xia Xia, Qin Haoran is just as you expected. He finally made this choice."