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Chapter 231

Duan Wei's complexion changed drastically and he ordered loudly: "Capture this person!"

More than ten Western Liang knights kicked the war horses and stepped forward to siege Huang Zhong. Huang Zhong was calm and raised his bow and shot several arrows in succession. The arrows were shot and counted down. Seeing this, the Western Liang knights were shocked and tied up their mounts, either holding their shields to cover them, or raising their bows to shoot. Huang Zhong drove the horse away, and turned around and shot while running. Relying on the powerful bow power and superhuman accuracy, he shot several people and left.

Duan Wei was furious and pulled out his long sword and roared: "Attack!"

The sound of trumpets sounded, and the Xiliang cavalry on both wings shouted and rode their horses towards the wings of Sun Ce's battle formation. Hundreds of people pulled their bows and shot out a rain of arrows.

The horse's hooves were loud and the arrows were speeding. The battle suddenly began.

Zhang Liao, who was fighting with Sun Ce, was shocked when he heard the sound of war drums. He turned around and saw that the Xiliang cavalry on both wings launched an attack. The infantry on the front was approaching and was about to come behind him. It was impossible for him to fight with Sun Ce. He turned around and was about to talk to Sun Ce, but found that Sun Ce had run into the formation. The infantry on both wings closed and quickly connected the huge Wugang chariot together and drove a powerful crossbow.

Zhang Liao did not dare to be careless. Even if he was strong, he would still hang up when he encountered a strong crossbow shooting and retreated quickly. As soon as he left, five hundred Xiliang infantry rushed to the front of the formation. The sound of war drums was loud, mixed with a long roar, hundreds of powerful crossbows shot volleys, and a rain of arrows shot from Wugang's chariot. Instantly, he arrived in front of the Xiliang infantry. The sharp arrow easily pierced through the wooden shield of the Xiliang infantry, pierced through their simple leather armor, pierced through their bodies, and the infantry rushing in front was shot down like wild grass, with blood splashing and screams everywhere.

Zhang Liao tied his mount and looked at the roaring Wu Gang car, his mind was shocked.

When he saw these big chariots, he knew that they were used to block cavalry, which was equivalent to a large shield with strong protection. Not only could it deal with cavalry used by knights, but even ordinary three-stone crossbows might not be able to shoot through. However, he did not expect that these Wugang chariots were crossbows, which were both offensive and defensive weapons. The range of crossbows was farther than that of bows, and their strength was stronger than bows, so they were heavier than bows, which was difficult to control. It was indeed a solution to install them on the chariot. It was convenient to lose, carried a large number of arrows, and protected by the car wall. The crossbowman could hide behind the chariot and shoot unscrupulously.

But this cost is high. The crossbow car is by no means comparable to an ordinary car. The crossbow itself is more expensive than an ordinary car, and the cost is likely to increase several times.

For Bingzhou and Liangzhou people, this is definitely a weapon piled up with money, and I can't even imagine it.

In the moment of Zhang Liao's surprise, the two hundred crossbows on the front of the formation had already shot out two arrows, shooting down a large number of attacking Xiliang infantry. In front of these crossbows, the simple-equipped Xiliang infantry had no ability to resist and could only rush forward in the rain of arrows.

But Zhang Liao immediately issued a more uneasy question. These crossbows fired faster than ordinary crossbows, and they were not capable of such a size. The Xiliang infantry rushed out of a distance of 100 steps, and the crossbows that had just been fired once began to shoot for the second time. Another group of Xiliang infantry fell down. This time, they got closer, and the crossbows were more lethal. Many crossbow arrows shot through the body of a Xiliang infantry, and then shot down the people behind them.

The Xiliang infantry suffered a severe injury, and most of the 500 forwards were shot down in a blink of an eye.

The sound of the horn in the distance sounded again, and Duan Wei was about to launch a second attack.

Zhang Liao suddenly woke up and immediately drove his horse toward Duan Wei's central army. Duan Wei was too far away from the front and didn't know how powerful these crossbows were. The rash ordering infantry attacks would only cause greater casualties. The troops on both sides were very different, so it was exactly what Sun Ce wanted to fight like this.

"General!" Zhang Liao ran to Duan Wei, strangled his mount, and the war horse stopped suddenly. The man stood up, his two front hooves stepped in the air, and the soil was thrown on Duan Wei's face. Duan Wei was furious: "Zhang Liao, what do you want to do?"

"General, you can't attack, Sun Ce's crossbow cart is amazing-"

"Zhang Liao, you have all cut off your robe and have no meaning. Do you still want to speak for Sun Ce?" Duan Wei sneered. Before Yang Jin finished speaking, he was shot to death by Huang Zhong, but he had heard a few words and saw Sun Ce's actions of cutting off the corner of the robe. The truth was about to come out, and there was no mood to listen to Zhang Liao's explanation. While scolding Zhang Liao, he quietly gestured to the knights of his guards, signaling them to encircle Zhang Liao.

When Duan Wei's personal guard knight moved, Zhang Liao knew what they were going to do. He was anxious and turned his horse's head and shouted: "General, don't be caught in Sun Ce's trick. I don't know him. He is going to disagree with us. General, Sun Ce--"

Duan Wei was furious. "Take it down for me!"

The knights of the personal guards walked forward, some raised their spears and halberds and stabbed Zhang Liao, while others raised their bows and arrows to shoot Zhang Liao. In a blink of an eye, Zhang Liao was surrounded and hit a few arrows. Zhang Liao was very anxious and swung his halberd gear, stabbed the two of them, opened a gap, broke out of the encirclement, and ran away. Some knights rode their horses to chase him, and Zhang Liao killed several people. Then they were a little scared and dared not chase him again, watching Zhang Liao escape.

Duan Wei cursed. "Bingzhou's men are all unbelievable people. If you don't kill all Bingzhou's men, Taishi Dong must follow the footsteps of Dingyuan. I, the people of Liangzhou, will not be buried."

Zhang Liao broke through the siege and ran out of his position. Although he did not hear Duan Wei's curse, he knew that the misunderstanding was deep and he could not explain it. He glanced at the battlefield in the distance, thought of the amazingly powerful crossbow chariots, and then looked at the familiar faces beside him, gritted his teeth.

"withdraw!"

Although Zhang Fan and others were surprised, they carried out Zhang Liao's order without hesitation. More than a thousand Bingzhou infantry and cavalry quickly evacuated the battlefield. When Duan Wei received the news, he became even more angry and cursed. At this moment, a scout came to report, Wen Pin led two thousand people out of the city, and there was a momentum of attacking Sun Ce. Duan Wei was also panicked and dared not fight, so he ordered a retreat.

With the sound of the horns, the Xiliang cavalry retreated first and quickly left the battle formation. Immediately afterwards, the infantry attacking head-on also began to retreat. They suffered heavy injuries and suffered heavy casualties. They had no fighting spirit at all. When they heard the order to retreat, they immediately dispersed. No matter what formation, they had no cover for each other. They rushed to the front and turned around and ran away. They were completely a group of mobs.

Seeing this, Huang Zhong issued a counterattack order in time. Under the command of the powerful crossbow commander, the crossbowmen began to shoot and expand their killing. The commander Tian Hongcheng led the infantry of Benqu to penetrate the Wugang chariot battle formation, running while raising his sword and roaring.

"Thousands of Army--"

Five hundred soldiers lined up in a tidy formation, with a rainbow of momentum, and shouted loudly.

"Break! Break! Break!"

In the middle army, Qin Mu led the guard cavalry out of the battle formation, staring at Duan Wei's battle flag, and chasing him. Hearing the thunderous shouts of killing behind him, Duan Wei did not dare to stop and ran away under the protection of the guard cavalry.

The defeat was like a mountain of defeat, and the Xiliang soldiers were abandoned and their armor was defeated.
Chapter completed!
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