Chapter five hundred and ninety-six: trap, or trap
Zhang Jia’s arrangement outside the camp was extremely insidious.
There is no rule for tripping ropes to follow. One east and one west, one tall, and one short. There are still caltrops sprinkled among countless tripping ropes, digging some unobtrusive small pits. These things are not eye-catching, but when they get into a horse, the effect is excellent.
When Zhang Jia shouted, the raid cavalry led by Asdullah, as he said, were all over the place. At this time, dozens of trenchers in the camp prepared the second round of offensive. Compared with the first round, the range of the trenchers whose throwing arm angle and counterweight were adjusted suddenly decreased, and the throwing area happened to be in this chaotic area.
The Tubo army, which uses cavalry as its main attack method, has excellent cavalry skills. At the moment when the war horses fall, most of the soldiers can escape from the fallen war horses in time, but the stone bullets that followed have become a powerful weapon to chase the soul.
They had no extra space to turn around and move. Huge stone bombs came into the air, and with a huge whistling sound, smashing the people and horses into a mess.
Under such circumstances, once the attack of the cavalry was launched, it was extremely difficult to stop. Subconsciously, these Tubo cavalry began to concentrate in the middle because they found that in this area, war horses could pass without obstacles.
Of course, the fact is not that simple. There must be other traps in this passage, but they have no thoughts and just subconsciously control the war horses to concentrate here.
When the cavalry that had been flooded with the flood approached the opponent's camp, they were suddenly trapped and turned into a torrent of a storm that was even more turbulent but had a small exit.
The buzzing whistling sounded in this sound.
Powerful crossbow.
Dozens of powerful crossbows were divided into three waves, and about thirty powerful crossbow arrows were fired at a time. Their target was this narrow space of only more than twenty feet.
The range and shooting range were calibrated in advance, so that the soldiers could only shoot, install crossbows, and then shoot. Three-band shooting was continuous, and countless cavalry fell on this narrow passage.
Being shot by a powerful crossbow is completely different from being shot by a general bow and crossbow.
What does it mean to die without a complete corpse? It is reflected here in a concentrated manner.
Astula's eyes were congested. Before he could even touch the Tang people's camp, more than 500 cavalry fell on the way to attack.
The front army was basically completely destroyed. When the cavalry that rushed across the blockade line bravely rushed towards the earth wall about one person in front, they were shot into hedgehogs by dense crossbow arrows.
Ashiduna, who reorganized the army and formed an offensive lineup again, organized the second wave of offensive without hesitation. He used the losses of more than 500 cavalry to clear the obstacles on the offensive road.
More than a thousand cavalry charged again, and along the way where their companions fell, stepped on their flesh and blood, and rushed towards the right Wuwei camp with angrily shouting. The knights either bent their bows and arrows, or smashed heavy weapons such as meteor hammers in their hands toward the camp.
The powerful crossbow is still roaring, and the stone bullets are still flying in the air, but the threat has been greatly reduced for the cavalry that scatters attack. If you want to use the stone bullet to attack the cavalry that advances at high speed, you can only rely on luck.
The short wall, which was more than one person high, was nothing to these elite cavalrymen. Along with the reins of the horse, the war horses jumped up in the running wildly, easily jumped over the short wall and fell into the wall.
The Tubo cavalry were already fantasizing about the scene of rushing into the Tang army and killing people.
Horses fly in the air, and people look underground.
Then the cavalry shouted desperately and panickedly.
The Tang army inside the low wall retreated quickly, but while they retreated, rope nets bounced up from the ground, more than a foot above the ground, with holes slightly larger than their fists, and now they were like open mouths, waiting for their arrival with a brutal smile.
When the war horse fell, the knights immediately bent down. Some of the superb riding skilled people hung on the horse's belly with just one leg and one hand, waved the sword in their hands, and cut desperately towards the rope nets.
The rope net trembled and was not subjected to force. With one knife, he could cut off one or two pieces of wire, but the war horse was already deeply trapped in it.
The horse still wants to run.
So, they lost their center of gravity without surprise and fell to the ground with a slap.
The more than a hundred cavalry who jumped in first, without exception, were all entangled by these rope nets. Those who knew it immediately took off their horse's back, lay in the rope net and rolled forward quickly. The reaction was a little slow, and they were immediately covered by crossbow arrows, and were shot to death by the Tang army.
The remaining cavalry continued to charge, and the Tang infantry in the camp was still retreating, but they had no distance to retreat, because not far behind them, there was already a position of crossbows and catapults. If they retreated, these heavy weapons would lose their guard. If these things fell into the hands of the Tubo people, they could immediately turn around and bombard the front camp of the Right Wu Guard.
The Tubo people saw hope for victory.
Hope of victory paved with blood.
Step forward.
Then I went down and stepped on the empty space.
The place where the Tang army had just retreated has turned into a trap at this moment.
A long trench appeared before them.
The trench itself exists. It is just that a layer of wooden boards is laid on it, and the soldiers pass by it in an orderly manner, which is not enough to make them till they are trapped. However, when the war horses carried the cavalry and stepped on it, the wooden boards broke immediately, and the Tubo people and the horses were planted into the pit.
What's even more terrifying is that a big fire ignited in the trench, and a wall of fire suddenly appeared in front of the cavalry.
The first cavalry had now become a fireman. Someone who had been lucky enough to crawl out of the trench screamed and ran, burning all over, then fell to the ground, and then stumbled silently. Only the body that was still burning occasionally twitched, but it made the people who saw it even more frightened.
The war horses following closely behind, out of natural fear of the fire, turned their heads and retreated, while others stood up, and the surging cavalry were in chaos.
Then, they were greeted by dense crossbow arrows, powerful crossbows that were shot flat before, with even greater power.
Astula was completely frozen outside the camp.
In just a short incense stick, his elite cavalry team was half lost. Looking at the iron heads of the Tang army that appeared after the low wall, he knew clearly that none of the cavalry attacked would be restored forever.
He never thought there were so many ways to deal with cavalry.
In the past, when he launched a group-style cavalry charge, his opponent would basically be destroyed in the cavalry wave like bubbles in the sea after a little resistance. But now, his opponent is like a reef in the wind and waves, smashing the waves again and again without any damage.
Do it again?
God knows how many traps are waiting for him in the camp.
And until now, he has not had a formal confrontation with the Tang army.
But the form is very clear. The other party has been on guard against their back attacks, which has led to such a complex and meticulous defense arrangement.
When the surprise attack is no longer in the surprise, there is no meaning of existence.
Cavalry is used for field battles, not for attacking difficulties.
"Retreat!" Astula yelled unwillingly.
Zhang Jia laughed loudly in the camp and raised his middle finger high at Ashidula who was leaving.
"Bad guy!"
He spat on the ground.
Unfortunately, I don’t have enough cavalry in my hands now. If my direct cavalry is still there and if Li De’s rangers are still there, how could Ashidula leave so easily?
Zhang Jia, who had eaten enough of the Astula cavalry, turned around and shouted loudly: "Take the catapult turns and bombard me in front of me."
The throwing soldiers suddenly became busy, and iron drills that fixed the trenchers were lifted out of the ground. Dozens of soldiers rushed to the trenchers' chassis and inserted the iron drill into the holes on the chassis, pushing the chassis like a push mill. After a while, the trenchers' throwing arm turned 180 degrees and aimed at the front of the camp.
This catapult is the latest product of Zhenzhou. The base is fixed. On the base, there is a large load-bearing turntable that can rotate freely. After being placed in place, the iron rods are penetrated through the holes on the turntable, and through the base, deep into the ground, playing a fixed role. When you need to turn, pull out the iron rods and you can turn the turntable to achieve the 360-degree rotation of the catapult.
Chinan, Delhi, could not see the attack of Asdura in the rear battalion, but could see the stone bullets thrown high in the battalion. Although he was surprised that the Tang army used such heavy weapons for field battles, he was not too worried. This weapon did not pose a great threat to the cavalry.
But when he saw stone bullets flying up, crossing the sky and falling towards the center of the Yellow River, he was shocked.
The Right Martial Guard changed the attack direction, which could only explain one thing.
Astula failed.
At this moment, he didn't think about why these large stone-cattering functions changed directions to attack in such a short time.
The stone bomb weighing more than 100 kilograms fell on the ice. Even though it was winter at this moment, and even though the Yellow River was extremely thick, after this, the ice still made a panic-like explosion, and cracks quickly extended on the ice.
"The ice is about to crack!" Someone shouted, and the soldiers of the Tiande Army who were attacking forward through the ice face suddenly panicked. When they lowered their heads, they saw dense cracks extending under their feet. After shouting, the people turned around and ran towards the road.
If the ice cracks and falls into the water at this time, it will basically mean you die.
What sent them away respectfully was the vast crossbow arrows covering the sky and the sarcasm of the Tang army.
Chapter completed!