Zhu Kuangcong, who was standing beside him, suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "Grandmaster, this roar must be the war elephant of the Han army! No wonder the Han army spent so much effort, it turned out to be to protect their elephant cavalry to move in! Now our army is surrounded in this radius. If we do not try to break the shield wall, the consequences will be unimaginable once the elephant cavalry arrives..."

Li Yuan nodded and said in a deep voice: "Xie Gui wants to eat us in one breath! However, there may not be no solution. It is too late to move the catapult...

Forget it, Zhu Kuangcong immediately carried all the Fuyuan crossbows in the army! He originally wanted to use it to deal with those elephant riders, and now he can try to destroy the shield formation first!"

Zhu Kuangcong was stunned and said, "Governor, this shield wall is next to the wooden wall of our camp. If the iron shield cannot be broken, it will defeat its own camp. This is-"

Li Yuan's eyes were like a torch and said, "I have a clear idea in my heart! The elephant rider is coming, don't talk too much!"

"I will obey the order!"

Soldiers from both sides of the camp were fighting bloody battles, and the terrifying sounds were approaching. How could Zhu Kuangcong dare to neglect them? He immediately took people to carry the secret weapon Fuyuan Crossbow he specially carried on this trip.

Among the Tang Dynasty's technology, there is one that can be called the Tang Dynasty's killer weapon: crossbows. The Tang Dynasty's laws clearly stipulate that it is strictly prohibited for the people to practice shooting crossbows. It is even more unanimous to discuss which one of the ordinary people dares to hide crossbows privately, and it is even more unanimous to be imposed on the army to jail.

The crossbow is a high-end and sophisticated secret weapon of the Tang army, which is difficult to match in all dynasties, but the most lethal force is the Fuyuan Crossbow.

(Note: Volume 16 of "Tang Six Dictations" records that there were seven types of crossbows used by the imperial guards during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty: "One is called the Biao Zhang crossbow, the second is the horned crossbow, the third is the wooden single crossbow, the fourth is the big wooden single crossbow, the fifth is the bamboo pole crossbow, the sixth is the big bamboo pole crossbow, and the seventh is the Fuyuan crossbow.")

Fuyuan crossbow uses red pine wood, mulberry wood, beef tendon and other materials to make crossbow arms through multiple layers; silk, hemp, beef tendon and other mixed into strings; the crossbow body has a bronze receiver and is hidden in the mechanism; there is Wangshan on the receiver, and it is equipped with a special eight-inch steel-headed crossbow arrow, which can shoot 300 steps and penetrate heavy armor.

With such huge lethality and ultra-long range, this cruel guy fought on the battlefield in one breath, which was simply a full-scale three-dimensional bombardment.

Unfortunately, the production process of this kind of crossbow is very complex and has a high degree of precision, resulting in extremely high manufacturing costs, so it was rarely used after the decline of the Tang Dynasty.

In order to deal with the proud elephant cavalry of the Han army, Li Yuan specially ordered the military weapon supervisor to urgently create this kind of heavy crossbow with amazing lethality before leaving Langzhou. However, time was too urgent. More than a thousand craftsmen rushed forward and only made twenty.

Zhu Kuang soon brought his men to carry all the twenty Fuyuan crossbows in the camp. Dozens of personal guards immediately brought the huge rocks that were originally used as rocket shells, and quickly built them into a row and fixed them on both sides of the Fuyuan crossbows to prevent the huge impact force generated during shooting.

The twenty operators quickly put the Fuyuan crossbow into place, shaking the shaft of the machine to tighten the thick bowstring, and putting the iron-headed crossbow arrows as thick as children's arms into the groove.

"Grandmaster, where are you shooting?" the operator adjusted the angle and asked.

"There are iron shields around you, let alone where?" Li Yuan shouted.

"As for the order." The soldier looked up at the black python surrounding the camp, reached out to hold the rope of the transmitter spring, took a breath and pulled it up.

With a "buzzing" sound, the Fuyuan Crossbow almost jumped up from the ground, and several huge rocks were still firmly supported so that they would not lose their position.

At the same time, the crossbow arrow, as thick as a child's arm, shot out rapidly. The next moment, a "clang" sounded, and even in broad daylight, you could see the splashing sparks. The iron head of the crossbow first penetrated the wooden fence directly, and then hit the smooth surface of the iron shield, making a harsh sound.

Li Yuan and the soldiers beside him stared at each other wide eyes, but saw that the crossbow arrow did not shoot through the shield. After it hit, it bounced up on the shield and slid along the layers of shields, and then landed on the ground.

Zhu Kuangcong called out disappointedly: "It's useless!"

Before he finished speaking, he saw the crossbow arrow, the surface of the iron shield seemed to collapse, as if a few tiles on the roof were pulled out, but after a while, he returned to normal again.

"No, who said it's useless? It's very useful. Don't look at the solid appearance of the iron shield, it's under the pressure of human power. The governor has predicted that the Han soldiers holding the shield will definitely not be able to withstand the impact, and they may have fainted and vomited blood! Follow the order, and concentrate on the Fuyuan Crossbow to shoot in one place, and they will surely achieve success!"

Li Yuan shouted loudly, and Zhu Kuangcong hurriedly ordered the soldiers to concentrate the Fuyuan crossbows. Twenty Fuyuan crossbows were lined up. The soldiers quickly twisted the strings and installed crossbow arrows, and then set the targets of all Fuyuan crossbows on the shield formation near the camp gate. At this moment, the Wuping soldiers guarding there received orders and hurriedly dispersed to both sides to avoid being accidentally injured by heavy crossbows.

With a command, twenty operators pulled the spring at the same time, and twenty iron crossbows shot out with a faint sound of wind and thunder. A sharp sound of metal and iron attacks came instantly in his ears. This time, the sparks that emerged were clearly visible. Twenty crossbow arrows shot the overlap of four shields at the same time, and they also bounced up in the air and slid far away to the ground, but this time the effect was very different.

The shield that was shot was sunk, and then dozens of shields around him collapsed at the same time, just like the roof of a house collapsed.

"Ping Ping Pong" a chaotic situation. Dozens of Han soldiers holding shields seemed to have suffered a huge collision, screaming and vomiting blood and rolling on the ground. In this way, a team of Han army spearmen who were on standby behind the shield were shocked and at a loss.

It seemed as if a mouse hidden in the cave had been lifted off the lid of the nest, and suddenly it was exposed to the sun. These guys were stunned.

"Shoot the arrow!" Li Yuan seized the opportunity and shouted loudly. Before he finished speaking, an arrow shot out from his side. He was desperately holding on to the throat of a Han army soldier holding a shield bleeding from the corner of his mouth. The soldier turned over and fell to the ground, and the collapse of another shield array beside him. After this exciting arrow, it was the dense rain of arrows from the crossbowmen of Wuping that shot all the hundreds of Han soldiers exposed.

Li Yuan couldn't help but exclaim: "Good arrow technique!"

"Thank you for the praise of the governor!" Wang Jingguo's voice sounded beside him, and Li Yuan immediately turned his head and immediately responded with praise to the heroic young man. When he turned his head, Zhu Kuang started the second round of shooting from the Fuyuan Crossbow.

A moment later, another shield formation collapsed. This time, without ordering, the archers shot arrows at the moment when the shield formation collapsed. The Han soldiers were immediately shrouded in the dark clouds of the bows and arrows as soon as they were exposed to the sun.

The Elephant Cavalry behind was accelerating. The Han soldiers were just trying hard to support the shield formation to ensure that the Elephant Cavalry was unobstructed, so they tried to connect the shield formation again. However, how could the Wuping Army give them a chance? As the Fuyuan Crossbow continued to concentrate and shoot, the shield formations around the camp were shot to pieces.

The iron arrow of Fuyuan Crossbow is actually quite critical. Although it does not seem to penetrate the shield formation, it is this iron arrow that hits the shield at an extremely fast speed. The impact force and shock force are enough to make the Han soldiers holding the shield behind unable to support it.

The harsh sound of the collision between iron is also the key, just like a few people hiding in the big iron bell, and people outside ring the bell with a big iron hammer, the sound inside will definitely hurt people. Many Han military shield soldiers and soldiers on standby behind were shocked by the loud bang, and some people even lost their power of movement.

In short, Li Yuan's move was definitely a mistake. He originally wanted to use the powerful impact force of the Fuyuan Crossbow to break the shield, but he did not expect that the shield was not broken. The impact force and noise had already made the Han soldiers unbearable and fell down.

Whenever a shield wall in the camp was destroyed, the archers of Wuping Army ruthlessly covered the area in time and ruthlessly, shooting the exposed Han soldiers. Even though the nearby Han soldiers wanted to extend the shield to fill the gap, Fuyuan Crossbow's fierce shooting still discouraged them.

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