When the Parthian soldiers attacked 300 steps away from the city wall, Cao Ren ordered the catapults to open fire.

Boom!

Twenty catapults opened fire together, and all of a sudden, rocks flew into the sky and fell towards the Parthian soldiers.

The Parthian soldiers, who were lined up in an orderly formation, saw countless stones falling from the sky above their heads.

Suddenly, the entire Parthian army's offensive formation was in chaos, and the Parthian soldiers were running around to avoid being bombarded by stones.

chaos!

What a mess!

Bang bang bang!

Stones of different sizes all over the sky hit the Parthian soldiers' attack formation accurately. All of a sudden, countless Parthian soldiers were hit hard, their brains overflowed, blood flew everywhere, and some bodies turned into piles of flesh.

miserable!

Horrible!

The shields were shattered one after another, and the Parthian soldiers holding the shields also had their heads bleeding, and the entire Parthian battle formation was smashed to pieces.

The Parthian soldiers were like headless flies, running around in all directions. In the battle formation, people fell on their backs, and countless Parthian soldiers fell in the collision with each other.

Actually?

To say how powerful a heavy siege weapon like a catapult is is sheer nonsense. If a stone hits it, the damage is really not great, and not many of the Parthian soldiers died.

But what?

Being bombarded by catapults, the miserable scene made people frightened and caused a huge psychological shadow.

Too bloody!

Too cruel!

The miserable appearance of the Parthian soldier who was hit made the other Parthian soldiers feel afraid and gave rise to a sense of fear.

Twenty catapults could cause at most dozens of casualties to the Parthian soldiers, which was completely negligible for the 5,000 Parthian soldiers.

The Parthian soldiers stagnated and ran around in place. No one wanted to run under the city wall for fear of being bombarded.

Boom!

The catapult still fired a second wave of stones, taking this opportunity to hit the Parthian soldiers' formation in chaos.

A large number of stones appeared in the sky, and they were about to hit their heads again, which scared more Parthian soldiers to flee.

The general who directed the Parthian soldiers to advance kept shouting, telling his Parthian soldiers to continue fighting and not to be afraid.

The problem is that in this case, no one is willing to listen to the general's orders, and chaos still exists.

The very angry General Xi took out his scimitar, swung it at the running soldiers, and beheaded one of the running soldiers.

After killing more than ten roving soldiers in succession, the Parthian soldiers were stopped and order was slowly restored.

But what?

The catapult threw a third round of stones. The stones in the sky reached the heads of the Parthian soldiers like lightning and fell down.

In the moment of life and death, who is not afraid of death?

Seeing that a stone is about to hit you, you must dodge. Who would stand there stupidly, wouldn't it become a wooden pile?

At this time, the Parthian soldiers ignored the shouts of their superiors and continued to run around.

You can survive if you escape, but if you are hit by a stone, you will die immediately. As long as the soldier is not a fool, he will not stand still.

On the city wall:

"General Xu, the catapults are really effective in defending the city!"

Cao Hong laughed loudly.

Xu Shu shook his head.

"Heavy siege equipment such as catapults do little damage to soldiers, but have a great psychological impact.

We threw three rounds of stones, but in fact not many Parthian soldiers died, only a hundred or ten."

Xu Shu said.

Several other generals nodded in approval.

"General Xu, if we let the catapults fire, we should be able to attract the Parthian heavy infantry to attack the city, right?"

Cao Rendao.

hehe!

Xu Shu laughed.

"It should indeed be possible to deceive General Muhamofei. He should be watching from a distance. If nothing else happens,

The Parthian Empire's heavy infantry will definitely appear in the next attack. When the time comes, Qin Nu will open fire and destroy as many Parthian heavy infantry as possible."

Xu Shu said.

The performance of heavy infantry is so incredible that ordinary light infantry cannot deal with it. Even if the cavalry division is allowed to attack, it will cause huge casualties.

Unless heavy cavalry is used to rush into the formation, there will be no obvious effect. The problem is that Xu Shu does not have heavy cavalry in his hands. Xu Chu's three thousand tiger and leopard cavalry remain in Loulan City, responsible for the safety of Loulan City and ensuring the supplies of the expedition army.

"General Xu, speaking of war horses, the more than 20,000 Arabian war horses we captured are indeed peerless horses.

Not only is it tall in stature, its limbs are thick, its impact power is amazing. If this kind of war horse is used to form a heavy cavalry, the effect will be very good."

Ma Chao said.

Um!

"My general has inspected it and found that it is indeed a good horse. However, we have to report to the lord how to deal with it."

Xu Shu said.

"General Xu, among the seized scimitars, I found several scimitars of good quality, which are no weaker than the swords in our hands."

Pound said.

Um!

"This general once heard from my lord that the Parthian Empire produced an Arabian scimitar, a very powerful scimitar.

The production is limited, and only those at the general level can use it. It is said that the scimitar with good performance is also very expensive, and not ordinary people can afford it."

Xu Shu said.

Rest in Peace:

General Muhamofei saw that his soldiers were in great confusion on the battlefield. No matter how much they shouted, it had no effect, and he felt angry in his heart.

"Someone is coming!"

General Muhamofei shouted loudly.

"General, please give instructions!"

Send orders to soldiers.

"Take a team of inspectors up there and chop down a soldier who was running around and trying to escape."

General Muhan said.

"As you command!"

Send orders to soldiers.

Next, a team of inspectors came out of the Parthian army, with cloth scarves with the word "inspector" tied on their sleeves.

This is the inspection team under General Muhamofei. They are known for their brutality and are never merciful. As long as they commit crimes, they will be punished if caught.

The inspection team arrived on the battlefield, waved their scimitars, and beheaded a Parthian soldier who was running around.

In a short time, the inspection team killed nearly a hundred fleeing Parthian soldiers, and suddenly frightened the running soldiers.

"Those who retreat will be killed without mercy!"

One of the inspectors shouted loudly.

When the Parthian soldiers saw this formation, they were all frightened. Who didn't know that they were selfless inspectors?

Now the Parthian soldiers have two options in front of them. One is to continue to flee, and the result is to be killed by the inspection team.

One is to run under the city wall, brave the rain of arrows from the Xiakou army, and use stones to attack the city wall in one go, and completely capture the city wall.

There is an 80% chance that this road will fail.

If you retreat, you will die, but if you press forward, you still have a chance to survive. Do thousands of Parthian soldiers have any choice?

boom!

Parthian soldiers, carrying scimitars and shields, quickly ran up to the bottom of the city wall. In an instant, more and more Parthian soldiers rushed towards the bottom of the city wall.

The effect is remarkable!
To be continued...