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A war horse could not hold back its rush, and a front hoof was stepping on it. The war horse suddenly had a front hoof, and it roared forward like the previous war horses, raising a burst of smoke and dust.

"Territes!" a squave centurion shouted.

Bala also looked shocked: "It's the sling!"

This caltrop is a defensive weapon that had been used in urban defense wars as early as the Warring States Period. "Six Strategies. Tiger Tao" records: "The narrow paths are small, and the caltrops are four inches high and eight inches wide." After the Qin and Han Dynasties, caltrops became a common defensive equipment in the army. In addition to being arranged on roads, defense areas, and around cities, the troops were also arranged around the camps. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the types of caltrops have begun to increase, and they are all kinds, and the vassal states have been widely used. Even the grassland tribes far away outside the border have begun to learn to use caltrops. When Bala was fighting with other tribes, he used caltrops densely on the road at night, and then fought at dawn to pretend to be defeated and retreated. When the enemy pursued and passed, seven or eight out of ten caltrops in the war horses, he counterattacked and defeated the enemy tribes.

This caltrop is just a general term. In fact, it has already been in various styles today.

For example, in the Qin army, there were iron horns specially set up in the water, ground astringent on wooden boards, hoofs used to block horses, and even ghost arrows that applied poison to the thorns.

For example, the sling hoof, which is specially used to deal with cavalry, is made of four iron pieces, with a diameter of seven inches. There is also an iron sturtle like a barb in the middle and is stuck on it. It is specially designed to block the horse. Once the iron hoof of the war horse is stepped in, the iron sturtle in the middle will jamm the horse's hoof and damage the horse's legs. This is a weapon that is even more powerful than trapping a horse pit.

The Qin army's cannon just now was not hit, but their cannon bags contained this kind of caltrop. Before the Hu people attacked, they did not find this kind of caltrop, so they were relieved to charge. As a result, they did not expect that the Qin army actually used a catapult to drop caltrops. The caltrops were put in the explosive bag and used a catapult to throw it out when they were about to approach. They used the blast of gunpowder to spread the caltrops like flowers and blocked the way to charge. They caught them off guard, and many cavalry did not notice it at all, and as a result, the forwards were hit one after another.

Kaltracts are dead, especially in such open wilderness, and it is difficult to preset them. However, the Qin army is now very powerful. It was not until the cavalry was about to approach that they suddenly projected with a catapult, which was completely unexpected.

However, the effect is excellent. This kind of defensive equipment that is simple to make, convenient to shoot, and can be recycled repeatedly. At this time, it gave the attacking Hu people a blow.

The war horses stepped on the snatched hoofs one after another, and then the horse fell off its front hoofs.

Zhao Zhang held up the observation mirror and looked at the scene happily, which was really satisfying. The effect of the hoof was far beyond his expectations.

The charge of Hu cavalry was already blocked, and the cavalry charged behind them slowed down one after another. The originally scattered formations became dense.

"It's now!" Zhao Zhang shouted: "Thunder throwing car, projecting sulphur bombs!"

"Yes. I'm all right, I'm sure you're ready." The third ace gunner responded loudly, and directed his men barely to start moving out the black clay pots carefully.

The torch ignites the lead, and then, with a sharp pull, the clay pot with the flames flew in an arc towards the increasingly dense tribal soldiers.

The 20-pound clay pot weighing tins were flying at high speed and smashed into the enemy in front of the formation. With a bang, the broken clay pot pieces scattered out like sharp blades. A cavalryman's eyes flashed, and half of his head was cut off. After the smoke of gunpowder, the ground was overturned. The tribal soldiers within a few feet were beaten to pieces, with broken hands and feet, rotten flesh flying everywhere, blood sprayed like rain, broken shields, broken swords and guns, and flying broken leather robes everywhere.

After the sulphur bomb swept down all the people within the range of three meters, its lethality did not end.

The clay pot burst, and the tincture oil inside was splashed out, like a shower suddenly sprinkled in the sky, and black and viscous liquid was sprinkled everywhere. A cavalry's right arm and half of his shoulder were cut off by pieces, revealing his pale shoulders, and some broken muscles remained beside him. Blood gushed out from the huge wound like a fountain. Before he could scream, a wisp of black smoke rose from the wound, and a black flame began to burn from his wound.

The black fire burned very quickly. He gritted his teeth and patted it with his other intact hand. But after a few slaps, it did not disappear. Instead, the palm began to burn.

A moment later, amid the screams of despair and fear, the whole cavalry burned and turned into a huge torch. He struggled to death and rolled, but ignited the black liquid on the ground one after another. Soon, within a few feet of the radius, there were beating flames everywhere.

"ah!"

The screams of hissing were heard one after another, and the burning tribal warriors rolled all over the ground in horror, with great despair in their voices. They had never seen such fire, and they could not extinguish them, and they could not extinguish them, and they could burn everything.

Amid the terrifying screams, countless pots flew in the sky, and then bursts one after another in front of the Qin army formation, followed by countless screams, and the smell of barbecue drifted in the air with the wind.

The first round of shells directly bombed and burned hundreds of Hu soldiers, but what shocked the Hu people the most was not the casualties of these hundreds of people. In such battles, sometimes a rain of arrows fell down hundreds of them. What really scared them was this strange fighting style. They still don’t understand why the fire is so powerful. They would rather be killed by a knife or shot to death by an arrow, but no one would be burned to death like this.

Shi Wei Zhihu's face turned pale, holding a wolf-toothed scimitar in his hand, holding a large shield in front of him. His hands were stirring, and his heart was chilling. He looked at the place not far away in front of him, which was already a hell on earth. The war horses and cavalry that fell down in the iron caltrop, the warriors who were splashed by the splattered shells, and the "big torch" nodded by the ghost fire, and could only scream in despair. In a blink of an eye, the hundreds of people rushing to the front were almost gone.

Before he got closer to a hundred steps, and was still outside the range of the bow and arrow, his forward Warriors fell hundreds of times, and a team of thousands had almost been broken up. I heard that the Qin people's artillery was powerful, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful. When he was in Yunzhou City, he thought that it was already the most powerful power of the artillery. But now he thought that this place was definitely more powerful than the artillery in Yunzhou City. At least, under Yunzhou City, the Qin people used very little fire. He had always thought that the Qin people were powerful, but not too many, and being hit was bad luck. But now it seems that the Qin people had many artillery and more sufficient gunpowder.

There was another cannon sound on the opposite side, and white smoke rose from the trench cannon formation in front of the camp. His heart trembled violently. Dozens of shells roared with smoke and fire, and a piece of mud and smoke rose not far away in front of him.

This time the shells were not sulphur bombs, but just ordinary burst bombs. The fragments and the broken nails and iron inside shot out like flowers of the goddess, causing the guys who were lucky in front of them who were not hit in the first two rounds.

Balaxin was twitching. These were all warriors of the tribe. Although not many of them were hit this time, the bleeding wounds on each person made him understand that these soldiers were not dead for a while, but they were not much better. If they suffered such severe injuries, they could die from bleeding. Even if they could retreat, they lacked medical treatment, especially in the hot weather this month, the wounds were more and more likely to ulcerate. How many could they survive?

Zhao Zhang looked at them with satisfaction with just a few rounds of artillery to stop the Hu people's charge, with good killing effect. After wiping the sweat on his face, he looked up at the sun in the sky, hoping that it would be darker and darker, so they would not be so relaxed.

The smoke on the position was blown away by the wind, and the gunners quickly cleared the catapult cart and continued to load. There was an observer in front of each catapult cart and crossbow cannon cart, responsible for observing and ordering. In addition, there were different loaders and bomb senders.

The Qin army's artillery stopped, and Bala looked carefully and the position opposite was quiet.

"Run!" Seeing the Qin army stopping, Bala immediately shouted loudly. Maybe the Qin army's artillery would take time to load, maybe the Qin army did not have enough gunpowder to continue firing, but no matter what, the Qin army's artillery was suspended at the moment, and it was the opportunity to rush over and approach. He had seen that the Qin army had indeed many artillery, but it seemed that there were not many soldiers and horses in front of the artillery array. If they could rush across this distance, they would have the chance to destroy the Qin army's artillery.

However, the only trouble is the caltrops that the Qin army had just shot in front of the formation. This is a simple but very effective defense against cavalry charges. If he charges directly, many cavalry will fall under this small thing.

There is no other way, so I can only let people get off the horse and clear a way out. Although this method is too simple, there is no way.

A team of thousands of people from a small tribe was sent up. They held their shields and scattered very wide, carefully searching for the caltrops on the ground and putting them in bags.

"Du Tou, Hu Gou is coming. They are cleaning the caltrops and preparing to charge!" the third brother shouted.
Chapter completed!