Chapter 194
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Chapter 194: Overwhelming Destructive Power
His body heavily hit the ground.
Falling from a height of 10 meters, some people die, and some don’t.
Zhang Peng was clearly one of those who didn’t die, but the fall still left him disoriented and in pain all over.
Clenching his jaw, Zhang Peng gasped continuously.
He struggled to his feet, his gaze fixed on the culprit that destroyed his Sentry Tower, an arrow enlarged dozens of times.
The end with the copper arrowhead instantly obliterated their Sentry Tower, then flew a considerable distance before carving a deep gash upon hitting the ground.
“Crossbow?!”
As a player of this game, Zhang Peng had clearly researched various ancient siege weapons.
He immediately thought of the ancient celestial dynasty siege cannons, which were crossbows.
“Damn it! What kind of international joke is this?”
“The firepower isn’t even on the same level system?!”
As he yelled this, Zhang Peng felt his heart tremble.
However, the system obviously wouldn’t answer his question, only another deafening roar responded to him.
Facing this weapon of war, the defense of the ancient city wall was laughably fragile.
The city gate, which should have been sturdy and reliable, was easily breached, forming a gaping hole.
The shield-Axemen stationed behind the gate had no time to react and were instantly killed by the heavy crossbow bolt that pierced through.
All at once, the morale of the defending forces plummeted to rock bottom.
Inside the city gate, there was a deathly silence, so quiet it was almost unbearable.
Meanwhile, outside the city gate, as the invading party, Luo Ji and others were at the opposite extreme.
“Hahaha, hahahahaha…”
Luo Ji excitedly pumped his fists as he watched the Three-Bow Crossbow display its might.
If he wasn’t mindful of his image as a Chief, he would have probably jumped for joy.
Archers of this era, while ensuring the lethality of their arrows, generally had an effective range of only about 100 meters.
His Three-Bow Crossbow, however, could stand 300 to 400 meters away and inflict devastating damage on the enemy’s city gate.
“I can hit you, but you can’t hit me.”
What could be more invincible than this.
Of course, this invincibility came at a considerable cost.
Deploying a single Three-Bow Crossbow incurred a military expense of 30,000 civilization points.
This price didn’t even include its specialized heavy crossbow bolts.
This military expenditure, to be honest, made even him feel a pang of heartache.
For ordinary unranked players, being able to afford it was one thing, but whether they could even build it was another question entirely.
After all, while the crossbow, a formidable siege weapon, existed during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the Three-Bow Crossbow was only developed during the Song Dynasty.
How many dynasties did that span.
The reason Luo Ji could construct this siege weapon, which far surpassed his current era, was partly due to the significant increase in success rate provided by the gold-grade blueprint.
Another reason was thanks to Ye Xuan, a military expert with a 5-star intelligence cap.
Moreover, the Three-Bow Crossbow currently before Luo Ji was not yet in its complete form.
The complete version would likely be even more expensive in military costs, and its destructive power and range would undoubtedly be stronger.
According to Ye Xuan, based on the current technology of their Armament Department, they were temporarily unable to overcome some structural challenges in the Three-Bow Crossbow, so she made some modifications and created a weakened version first.
When Luo Ji heard this, his reaction was something like, “Mhm.”
What else could he say.
As expected of a 5-star military expert.
A gold-grade design blueprint, the crystallization of human wisdom in the cold weapon era, she modified it as she pleased, and even built it after the modifications.
It was impossible not to be impressed.
The Three-Bow Crossbow’s attack continued.
This overwhelming destructive power unreservedly revealed the disparity in strength between the two sides.
While blasting through the city gate, it also instantly shattered the confidence of every enemy soldier, including Zhang Peng.
How could they fight.
Faced with such an attack, they couldn’t even resist.
With each resounding boom, their morale suffered a devastating blow.
“Liu Meng! Liu Meng!!”
Zhang Peng, in a panic, desperately called out the name of his strongest general.
“Chief.”
Hearing Zhang Peng’s frantic calls, Liu Meng, a middle-aged man, approached him with a forced smile.
At this moment, even this fierce general of his looked pale.
Every deafening sound sent shivers down his spine.
The city wall, which should have been sturdy and reliable, was now practically riddled with holes by the terrifyingly destructive weapon on the other side.
“Hiding here means certain death.”
“The crossbow on the other side is beyond the range of our archer unit.”
“We can’t win a long-range battle.”
“To win, we have to charge out and fight in close combat.” Zhang Peng’s voice trembled noticeably.
He tried his best to make his voice sound more confident, but he couldn’t.
Just thinking about the crossbow outside the city continuously firing at his city gate made him unable to stand steady.
Even as he said this, he himself had no intention of going out.
Humans are sometimes such foolish creatures.
Even though he himself had said that hiding here would lead to certain death, he understood this perfectly.
But what good did understanding do.
He was afraid.
He couldn’t do it.
At this moment, Zhang Peng was completely unable to overcome his fear of death.
Even though he knew it was a dead end, he would rather pin his hopes on others, then huddle in a corner, trembling and praying that a bolt of lightning would strike down the crossbow, and ideally, the surrounding enemy troops as well, turning them all into charred remains.
This ridiculous wish obviously wouldn’t come true.
Liu Meng’s eyes flashed with disappointment as he watched Zhang Peng tremble in the corner.
Then, gripping his stone axe and shield, he roared.
“Brothers! In this situation, doing nothing and hiding here means there’s no way to survive!”
“Instead of waiting for death, let’s charge out and fight for a chance, maybe we can carve out a path to survival!”
“Those willing to fight, follow me out!”
No sooner had Liu Meng finished speaking than, whether by coincidence or not, the overwhelmed city gate finally collapsed after enduring another heavy crossbow bolt.
He didn’t look back, or rather, he didn’t dare to.
He feared that the despair and fear emanating from behind him would swallow the courage he had just mustered.
Taking a step forward, Liu Meng seized the interval between the two attacks of the Three-Bow Crossbow, and filled with with determination, charged out.
