Chapter 44: The Mo Dao Counterattacks and Defeats the Enemy

Swoosh!

Swoosh!

Swoosh!

In a flash, thousands of ten-foot-long arrows, with a shrill sound of breaking through the wind, drew countless graceful arcs in the air above Panlong Pass.

When the Turkic cavalry, who were charging and attacking from above, realized that something was wrong and wanted to retreat, it was too late.

Long arrows as thick as spear shafts pierced through the armor of the Turkic cavalry without any effort, and easily shot them off their horses.

Some Turkic cavalry reacted quickly. Seeing the thick rain of arrows coming, they immediately used the stunt of "hiding in the stirrups", bending their bodies close to the horse's belly to avoid being shot by arrows.

However, the war horses under their crotch were not so lucky.

Arrows as thick as spear shafts, under the huge shooting inertia of the crossbow cart, it was easy to penetrate the body of the war horse.

For a time, the Turkic cavalry camp that rushed to Panlong Pass was filled with screams and the wailing of war horses.

Due to the trapezoidal terrain of Panlong Pass, which was "wide at the bottom and narrow at the top", the Turkic cavalry group charged. The closer they were to Panlong Pass, the denser their sprint formations became, and all the men and horses were exposed to the range of the Qin crossbow carts.

In addition, the Qin crossbow carts were also equipped with lookouts (scopes), so that the Qin warriors operating the crossbow carts could aim at the target more accurately and improve the shooting accuracy.

To describe the power and characteristics of the Qin crossbow carts in a more popular way, you can think of it as an ancient version of the Katyusha rocket launcher.

Therefore, the Qin warriors led by Wang Jian dealt a heavy blow to the Turkic cavalry in the first round of crossbow car shooting.

The Turkic general Arsleng, who was lucky enough to survive the first round of arrow rain, had red eyes and glanced left and right behind him.

All around, there were ownerless war horses, relying on the animal's survival instinct, continuing to follow the large army to charge.

A rough calculation showed that at least more than 3,000 Turkic warriors fell under the first round of shooting by the Han army's strong bows and crossbows.

Arsleng had no time to stop charging and mourn for the dead grassland warriors.

He just madly knocked the belly of the warhorse under his crotch, urging the warhorse to go faster and faster.

As long as he crossed the distance of a thousand steps and waited for the imperial cavalry to step onto Panlong Pass, he would make those Han soldiers pay blood for blood and life for life for the dead Turkic warriors.

Similarly, Sulerheke, the leader of the Turkic Mergi tribe on the other side, had the same idea as Arsleng at this moment.

In the previous round of arrow rain, the casualties of his Mergi tribe were more severe.

That was more than 2,000 lives of the Mergi warriors!

If this revenge is not avenged, Su Rileheke will have trouble sleeping and eating for the rest of his life.

At the same time.

In the command tower of the central army, Liang Erhu, a Turkic surrendered general, was horrified and took a deep breath.

The crossbow cart was actually a powerful strong bow crossbow cart!

Liang Erhu beat his chest and stamped his feet, regretting it.

He should have thought that Chen Huaian's army would definitely be equipped with large crossbow carts.

This thing is not only extremely lethal to cavalry charging in dense formations, but also to large-scale infantry on the move.

Although, the vanguard of his Yunhui Army was also equipped with a large number of crossbow carts, which were pulled by war horses and ranked at the forefront of the army's offensive sequence.

However, from his visual observation just now, the crossbow carts equipped by his Yunhui Army vanguard, whether in terms of quantity, power or range, are far inferior to the crossbow carts equipped by the Longcheng soldiers and horses in Panlong Pass.

Even if the two armies were face to face, the Yunhui Army would be completely defeated.

Chen Huaian, this bastard, has become much more powerful after not seeing him for a few days!

Liang Erhu roared in his heart, but he immediately ordered the messenger: "Messenger, immediately order the vanguard and the jumping team to speed up the charge!"

"Got it!"

Soon, the messenger stood on the central army command tower, waving the triangular signal flag in his hand, and issued Liang Erhu's latest combat order.

The commander of the Yunhui Army Vanguard and the commander of the jumping team, who received the order, immediately urged their soldiers to speed up the sprint and shorten the distance with the enemy at Panlong Pass.

The sound of the drums also became intense and urgent from this moment.

In the Panlong Pass camp, General Wang Jian was as solid as a rock and calm when facing the Turkic coalition that accelerated its marching speed and swept in like a storm.

Behind him, the elite super soldiers of the Qin warrior phalanx did not show any panic. They calmly loaded arrows and adjusted the angle of the crossbow cart.

"Nine hundred steps!"

"Seven hundred steps!"

"Five hundred steps!"

Wang Jian's eyes were like torches. He counted calmly, holding the three-foot sword in his hand horizontally, and the tip of the sword pointed directly at the Turkic cavalry who were close at hand.

When he counted to five hundred steps, he shouted: "Shoot--"

"Shoot!"

"Shoot!"

With a thunderbolt, the arrows shot out like dragons.

The thick arrows in the sky seemed to have turned into the cold sickles in the hands of the god of death at this moment, ruthlessly harvesting all the lives where the rain of arrows passed.

Whether you are a good horse on the grassland or a warrior in Mobei, all beings are equal under the crossbow.

Suddenly, the sound of arrows breaking through the wind, the collision of the ownerless horses, and the screams and neighs of the seriously injured Turkic cavalry and horses intertwined and resounded throughout the Panlong Pass.

Arsleng and Surileheke, who had once again brushed shoulders with death, had tears in their eyes and bleeding hearts.

After this round of arrow rain from the Han army, the casualties of the two Turkic cavalry units exceeded one-third.

Fortunately, they were getting closer and closer to Panlong Pass, and they could chop the scimitar in their hands onto the heads of the Han soldiers in no time.

"Warriors of the Turkic Empire, the opportunity to take revenge and make achievements is right before you!"

"The infantry of the Han army had no time to reload arrows. They followed the pace of my general and rushed forward to chop off the heads of these dog-Han people with their scimitars. They crushed their bodies with their horse hooves to avenge the fallen prairie men. !”

"kill!"

Als, who was galloping on horseback, howled wildly, regardless of whether his shout, which was destined to be drowned in the sound of rolling horse hooves, could be heard by the Turkic cavalry warriors behind him, just to vent the anger in his heart.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

Following closely behind were Als Leng's personal soldiers.

Their hoarse shouts of killing immediately penetrated the thunderous sound of horse hooves and reached the ears of countless Turkic cavalry who were still sprinting.

Those Turkic soldiers who survived two rounds of arrows had already turned into crazy beasts with blood-red eyes, howling and roaring tirelessly under the stimulation of adrenaline.

On the other side, Panlongguan Camp.

General Wang Jian, after ordering Qin Rui Shi to complete two rounds of shooting with the ballista, immediately ordered: "Qin Rui Shi, retreat!"

"Team Modao, the entire army attacks!"

With an order, Qin Ruishi's phalanx at the front of the camp began to retreat lightly and evacuate in an orderly manner.

And on the deliberately left passage between Qin Ruishi's square formations, countless black armor soldiers with tall figures, heavy armors and long-handled swords came out and rushed to the front line of Panlong Pass.

Due to the restricted field of view of the upward attack, the Turkic cavalry who charged forward only saw the retreating Great Qin Rui Shi, but did not see the Xuanjia Army Modao Team coming up against the retreating direction of the Qin Rui Shi.

I thought it was the Great Qin Rui Shi who wanted to escape.

The Turkic generals, Surel and Ke, who were riding their horses at the forefront, saw this and roared with ferocious expressions on their faces full of flesh:

"The Han army wants to escape, catch them up and hack them to death!"

"kill!"

The next moment, the sweaty horse with a dark body and well-developed limbs and tendons under Su Rile and Ke's hooves leaped high into the air, carrying Su Rile and Ke to be the first to rush to Panlong Pass.

What came into view was the dark mass of the Black Armor Army's Mo Dao Team, wearing heavy armor and holding long-handled swords.

The soldiers of the Xuanjia Army swung the long-handled Mo Dao in their hands and formed a battle formation facing the rising sun. The "sword shield" composed of tens of thousands of Mo Dao looked particularly dazzling under the sunlight.

It especially stung the eyes of the Turkic generals, Surel and Ke.

"Mo Dao team, use the "wall push" formation, attack with the entire army, kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"