Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 460 454. One-sided

"How is it possible... Lord Kanbei..."

These servants, who were always proud of their bravery and felt they were superior to others, were actually frightened and took a step back involuntarily. They were not even as good as the officers and soldiers, so wouldn't it be a waste if they went up?
"Don't be afraid, come at me! No matter how powerful he is, he can't possibly take on everyone!"

Seeing Bao Yi's bravery, the king of the Malulu Kingdom was timid and immediately ordered all his retainers and foot soldiers to go out.

"Tsk, barbarian. Shoot!"

Seeing that the other side seemed to want to fight in a group, Bao Yi did not want to fight anymore. He grabbed the Han slave like a chicken, put him on the back of his horse, and rode back to the formation. After Bao Yi returned, the Han soldiers immediately shot all kinds of crossbow arrows from the Han army formation like rain.

"Na...Nani?!"

The King of Mulu looked at the dark cloud rushing towards him in horror. The angle of a crossbow is generally smaller than that of a bow. Generally, crossbows are rarely used for projectiles without special needs, because crossbows emphasize high force and high penetration, so flat shooting is more common.

When this dense "arrow curtain" came straight towards the foot soldiers and servants of the Malū Kingdom, without exception, everyone's face turned pale and their legs were trembling.

It was nothing, they had never seen such a battle. In the past, even if the two sides fought a battle involving thousands of people, there were only hundreds of bamboo and wooden bows, and the sparse stray arrows usually flew nowhere.

Occasionally there were a few archers who could shoot more accurately, but those crudely made arrows could not cause any effective damage to the servants who were wearing some basic protective clothing - after all, after being consumed by air resistance, even if those stone arrowheads hit, at most they would cause some superficial injuries and it was difficult to kill them with one shot.

Not to mention the foot soldiers. Only the local wealthy families could use iron tools. Most of those recruited as foot soldiers were just given a bamboo spear and wore bamboo armor they had woven themselves. They were considered the elite among them.

Thanks to this situation of weaklings fighting each other, although the Kingdom of Malū frequently had conflicts with neighboring countries, such as the Kingdom of Idu or the Kingdom of Fumi, the two sides would often fight each other fiercely, and the final statistics of casualties were basically within three digits, and even single digit or even zero deaths were possible. Even if there were injuries, they would not be too serious, and there were rarely cases of disability or serious injuries and death.

But the Han army would not fight them with such tactics. The crossbows and arrows were all made of iron arrowheads that could either kill or injure, and even had blood grooves. The swords and spears were also extremely sharp iron tools, and were definitely not made of bamboo to make up the numbers.

Therefore, with just the first wave of arrows, a large number of people from the Mulu Kingdom, which was a hundred meters away, were shot down. Some bodies even had more than a dozen arrows stuck in them, and those who survived by chance mostly hid behind others or simply used their companions to block the arrows.

The "one thousand strong army" that the Mulu State had finally gathered "with the whole country's strength" was shot dead by more than 200 people in just one encounter, and countless people were wounded. This was only possible because the Han army still shot at the right direction.

"Enemy-killing crossbow, projectile!"

However, Bao Yi is also a fierce general who has fought in the entire Eastern Expedition with Feng Xi. After learning from Feng Xi, Xu Shu and others, he is no longer the reckless man who only knew how to wield swords and guns in Baojiazhuang. Now he can command the battle in an orderly manner.

Seeing that the enemy was relying on the corpses of their companions to withstand the first wave of attacks, Bao Yi immediately ordered the team's enemy-killing crossbows to fire.

As a product imitating the Ming Dynasty's crossbow, the Ke Di Crossbow also pursues high lethality at close range, so its range is not long, but like an ordinary bow and arrow, it can naturally be thrown.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh--" The crossbow of the enemy-killing crossbow creaked, and a large group of black locusts flew out from the Han army formation again. This time they no longer flew straight towards the people of the Mulu Kingdom, but flew into the air first and then jumped down.

The people of Mulu State had not yet recovered from the first round of attacks by the Han army when they saw a second round of arrow rain falling from the sky, which made them terrified. They could only try to escape from there as if they had two more legs.

Unfortunately, unless they can shrink the distance to an inch, the Han army's rain of arrows will definitely be faster than they can run.

With one scream after another, the 1,500 "elite" foot soldiers of the Maluo Kingdom fell down like wheat being cut. The servants with high martial arts skills were not much better off. They were mortal bodies and would die on the spot if hit in the vitals by the Han army's arrows.

At least there is good news for the King of Mulu State, that is, he doesn't have to be heartbroken about it anymore, because the King of Mulu State himself died in the first wave of arrows from the Han army, and now his body is lying on the road, and no one has time to care.

"Kill! Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy!"

Bao Yi waved the painted halberd in his hand, and the sword and shield soldiers who had been impatient for a long time, together with the sickle spearmen behind them, immediately rushed towards the crying and shouting light troops of the Mulu Kingdom.

"Hannu, it's time for you to show off."

Bao Yi handed the Han slave a tin horn similar to the one Feng Xi used, signaling him to persuade them to surrender. Otherwise, these people would be completely wiped out, and Feng Xi would not care.

"Soldiers of the Maluo Kingdom! Put down your weapons, we will not kill you!"

Han Nu nodded and tried to shout loudly, but the distance was a bit far. At this time, Han Nu had already been brought into the formation by Bao Yi, and was at least a hundred meters away from the enemy formation. In addition, Han Nu was not a warrior like Feng Xi and Bao Yi, and he did not have enough strength. Coupled with the fighting of the Han army in front, his shouting was vague, and only a few people could hear it.

However, these soldiers of the Mulu Kingdom did not choose to lay down their weapons. They preferred to flee directly. After all, they had no idea how the Han people would deal with them after they were caught. Instead of giving their lives to others, they would rather choose to believe in their own abilities.

However, Bao Yi did not stipulate what the fate of these escapees would be, so before they could run a few steps, they were shot to death one by one by the crossbowmen who followed the front team like hunting rabbits, and no one escaped.

Some servants who had managed to survive the rain of arrows saw the Han army rushing towards them and were not willing to be outdone. They took out their weapons and fought with them.

Although the martial arts of these servants were only third-rate or even inferior in the eyes of warriors, ordinary Han soldiers were still no match for them in a one-on-one fight.

However, the Han army has always been famous for its strict enforcement of orders, not to mention the Shenwu Camp that Feng Xi brought out from central Sichuan. They were the elite troops that followed Lao Liu into Sichuan, and later participated in the Eastern Expedition with Feng Xi in many large and small battles. They had already mastered the coordination as easily as eating and drinking.

These servants were like wild beasts caught in a trap, waving their weapons around wildly, but they were easily blocked by several sickle-hook spears, and then the weapons were locked directly by the interlaced sickles, unable to be pulled out even a little bit.

They could only watch helplessly as the Han army's swords chopped off their heads or their sickle spears pierced their hearts.

(End of this chapter)