Chapter 169: Can a mere crossbow arrow hurt my cavalry?
Xiang Yu's intention is obvious. If you want to destroy my cavalry, your Snow Dragon Cavalry must stand up and fight me one-on-one!

"Ugh--"

On the city wall, Han Xin sighed softly: "Xiang Yu is indeed not an ordinary person."

He waved the flag and ordered the Snow Dragon Cavalry to speed up slightly, break away from the infantry formation while maintaining an appropriate distance.

The two armies were only a mile apart and were now galloping face to face, so the generals could only engage in the first round of fighting in a battle of formations.

At present, it seems that the two sides are tied.

At this moment, the 500 Great Snow Dragon Riders in the front had separated from the infantry and were less than a hundred meters away from Xiang Yu's cavalry!
The two cavalry units rushed towards each other, and the distance of one hundred meters was shortened in an instant.

80 meters…

70 meters…

50 meters…

At this moment, Xiang Yu has held the Overlord Spear in the most advantageous position for use, ready to fire both guns at the same time and take both lives the moment of contact with the enemy!
At this moment, the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry in the front row clearly felt the murderous intent flashing in Xiang Yu's eyes.

At this moment, a mighty command suddenly rang out: "Crossbows ready!"

In an instant, five hundred Great Snow Dragon Riders leaned forward in unison and reached into the quivers under their saddles.

When they stood up, each of them held a huge wooden crossbow that was more than one meter long.

This scene surprised both the Chu and Qin armies. What kind of unknown weapon was this?

……

The rain gradually stopped, and the ground outside Hangu Pass was wet and muddy.

The three thousand cavalrymen under Xiang Yu faced Hangu Pass, only fifty meters away from the first echelon of five hundred Snow Dragon Cavalrymen.

The two armies were facing each other. Suddenly, five hundred Snow Dragon Riders simultaneously pulled out half-man-high wooden crossbows from their horses, and the crossbow arrows were pointed directly at Xiang Yu and others.

Xiang Yu was stunned for a moment. What was this?

Where did they get such novel weapons?
Crossbow?

Can a volley of crossbows from just 500 people easily take away the lives of hundreds of knights?
His subordinates are the equestrian elites from the six countries!
What's more, most of them were already wearing Qin's cavalry uniforms, and these crossbows did not pose a fatal threat to them!
Despite this, Xiang Yu still decisively ordered: "Be careful to avoid the enemy's crossbows!"

In an instant, three thousand cavalrymen leaned forward, clamped their legs tightly in the stirrups, and were ready to change their posture at any time to avoid the flying arrows.

The cavalry behind, especially the First Emperor, were also quite curious about this.

Because this crossbow is a unique equipment of the newly joined 500 Snow Dragon Riders, they do not understand its power.

It was unknown how much damage they could do, but there were only 500 of them, and they were dozens of meters apart from each other. Even if the crossbows were powerful, they could only shoot one arrow.

Even if the estimate is made to the extreme, only 500 enemy cavalry can be destroyed, and this is already the theoretical limit.

"Alas, it's just a weapon that's better than nothing."

"This little gadget may not be able to influence the outcome of a battle, but it is definitely not useless."

"Forget it. The final victory or failure depends on our desperate efforts."

Fifty meters...

Forty meters...

Thirty meters…

The distance between the two cavalrymen was rapidly shortening. The next moment, perhaps, they would engage in close combat. Suddenly, a command came from the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry: "Shoot!"

Bang bang bang bang!
A crossbow arrow cut through the air like a violent storm, sending up a cloud of white mist.

Wherever the arrow passed, it created waves of high-energy air!

The entire space ahead was instantly engulfed by the white air wave. Five hundred crossbow arrows shot at Xiang Yu's three thousand cavalry at an astonishing speed, leaving a trail of afterimages and air wave tracks in the air.

The distance of thirty meters passed in a flash, and many of Xiang Yu's cavalry could only vaguely sense the shadows approaching from afar.

They instinctively tried to dodge, but no matter how agile their horses were, they could not escape the blurry, lightning-like shadow!

"boom!"

"Boom boom boom boom."

Although many cavalrymen managed to change direction, the blurry shadow with terrifying speed and power still penetrated their bodies.

In the torrential rain of arrows, not a single one missed.

Every crossbow arrow, even if it just grazed the skin, could penetrate armor and go straight into the horse's belly, or tear through the flesh and nail deeply into the soil, leaving only the trembling arrow feathers exposed outside.

At this moment, they were shocked to find that it was an unstoppable crossbow arrow!

Among Xiang Yu's personal cavalry, only Xiang Yu himself was within the range of the crossbow arrows and yet remained safe and sound.

With strength that was close to that of a god, he forcibly deflected three flying crossbow arrows.

However, the rest of the people were either knights, horses, or both killed. More than half of the remaining 497 crossbow arrows accurately hit the target!

This wave of volleys ruthlessly took away the lives of more than 200 brothers around Xiang Yu!
"What a killing weapon this is!!"

"The power is so terrifying!"

Xiang Yu was furious and extremely shocked!
Why did the Qin Dynasty possess such a sharp crossbow? !
He could actually pierce through a horse and a man with one arrow!
Such a magical weapon, not to mention on the battlefield, even if ordinary people face cultivators, those below the Grandmaster level would probably not be able to resist!

Fortunately, the distance was less than thirty meters, and Xiang Yu could lead his troops to rush past in just one breath.

A breath of time may be enough to do a lot of things, but it is not enough to replace a new crossbow arrow!
All these deadly weapons will become my, Xiang Yu’s, possession!

If I could have these crossbows, once I encountered a volley of enemy fire on the battlefield, who in the world could stop me?
"Brothers, they've finished shooting, follow me and charge!"

"Kill the enemy! Seize the crossbow!"

"Kill the enemy! Seize the crossbow!"

More than 2,700 cavalrymen roared in unison, straightened their bodies, jumped from their horses, slapped their horses' bellies wildly with greedy and ferocious smiles, and galloped forward.

However, the next moment, the 2,783 cavalrymen were stunned, the hideous smiles on their faces froze, and were replaced by fear.

In the back, Ying Zheng witnessed his five hundred companions in front of him drawing out their angry arrows. Five hundred sharp arrows streaked across the sky, and he was also horrified.

Being in the middle of it, he felt that even a great master would find it difficult to resist most of these 500 powerful crossbows.

It is very likely that the protective true qi will be directly penetrated, turning it into a hedgehog with holes all over its body.

Xiao Shisan, it seems that this thing is not a toy, but a weapon with great strategic significance!

Only five hundred?

If there were eight hundred of them, and each of these Great Snow Dragon Riders had one, wouldn't they be able to reduce the 3,000 enemy troops by more than half with just one move?

How to fight against that?

Even so, five hundred guns were already a considerable number, and after one round of volleys, the first row of the enemy cavalry was almost wiped out.

The power of this crossbow arrow is truly terrifying!
Then, Ying Zheng heard the other side’s angry shout of “Kill the enemy and seize the crossbow”.

My heart was startled and I felt extremely anxious!

No, we must not let them take away the crossbows, otherwise this battle cannot continue!
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng urged his horse frantically, ready to rush forward to protect the five hundred comrades.

However, when he looked up, he was stunned, his mouth wide open in disbelief.

(End of this chapter)