Suddenly, the familiar sound rang out again. Cao Rui felt a dark shadow flying past him, and along with the sound of impact came half of a human body, probably the left shoulder, arm and part of the chest. Of course, there was also some blood and internal organs, which hit Cao Rui's cheek.
The Qinghe Army fired their crossbows again.
This is unscientific. Why can their soldiers reload so quickly? Don’t they have to embezzle training funds?
But it was not a big problem. It was just that two more large shields were broken and a few people died. For a team consisting of 400 large shields and more than 5,000 people, these were not a problem.
Unless morale collapses.
Cao Dadang quickly shouted: "Don't be afraid, there are only thirty steps left. They will never launch a third missile. Brothers, follow me."
Yes, if they walked another thirty steps, they would be within the distance where the infantry could launch an attack. The veteran in the team looked ahead and felt that retreating now was not a good idea. Besides, the people in Qinghe County were all archers, and their hand-to-hand combat ability must be very poor. As long as he rushed forward and swung his knife, he would definitely win.
The young men looked at the veterans tremblingly. The veterans looked at each other, then finally shouldered their shields and continued forward: "Brothers, the last thirty steps, they won't be able to fire a third arrow, charge!"
"Their morale is good. They just let Cao escape." Although Ma Wen felt a little regretful for not being able to kill Cao Rui, Ding Lin quickly said, "First, we can't be sure that Cao Rui is behind the first shield; it's just speculation. Second, they don't know that the principal has upgraded the crossbow's firing mechanism, using a gear mechanism for winding and firing, which saves a lot of time and manpower."
"That?"
"Um."
The third wave of crossbow arrows arrived, and although they only destroyed two shields, no matter how the leader Cao shouted, or even risked coming out from behind the shields to whip the strong men, it was of no avail. The strong men threw down their shields and ran back.
"A bunch of idiots!" It was understandable that the young men he had trained not long ago would collapse under such pressure, but even if they wanted to run, they would retreat slowly with their shields. In this way, even if some of their weapons would be damaged by the crossbows, at least they would not have to fear Qinghe's crossbows. But now, these idiots threw away their shields and turned themselves into living targets.
Qinghe's rain of arrows arrived as promised, and only one in ten of the more than 3,000 able-bodied men survived.
After fighting for half a day, both sides had suffered less than a hundred casualties, but now, in an instant, there were more than two thousand corpses on the battlefield.
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