Chapter 1034
"accelerate!"
The speed of Zhang Wenbi's bow cavalry has once again increased to a new level.
This cavalry was originally the elite of King Zhao's army, and many young men from Hou Jin joined them, allowing the cavalry to fully utilize the original tactics of Hou Jin.
At the moment of acceleration, the archer takes action!
"jump!"
"jump!"
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
The sound of arrows piercing the air was followed by the sound of bow strings crashing.
These bow riders are equipped with heavy arrows at this time. Although their range is shorter than ordinary arrows, their power when thrown is better than ordinary arrows, and their penetration is not inferior to that of divine machine crossbows. Through chainmail, leather and leafmail.
The defense power of the Longwu Army's crossbowmen is not low. The archers and crossbowmen of the Zhao Wang Army are all equipped with leather armor. After all, they are not expected to block much damage. Moreover, these people are equipped with waist knives, and when necessary, they can put down their bows and crossbows to fight in close combat.
Traditional archers are elites in the military, with better physical fitness and strength than ordinary soldiers. Archers should be physically fit and strong enough to draw a bow.
For example, Zheng Chenggong's elite "Iron Man Army" in the Ming Dynasty. According to the "Records of the Military Expeditions", Zheng Chenggong's Iron Man Army: "Each class has six squad leaders, two Yunnan horses, two Kongs each, and the whole class is equipped with bows and arrows. "
Many Blue Star games in later generations linked archers with agility attributes, which was purely misleading.
Bows and arrows are much more tiring than wielding weapons and shields, because the user cannot use explosive force, and the bow will be easily damaged, so the bow needs to be fired steadily and slowly. When aiming, the user is still in a stalemate with the bow while pulling the bow with all his strength. Even if it only lasts for a few seconds, the consumption is very large.
A traditional archer is still a good hand with a broadsword and axe.
Long Wujun made "small" changes to this.
Taking crossbowmen as the center of army construction was something only the army of the former Song Dynasty did before.
There are very few archers in the Longwu Army, but there are indeed countless crossbowmen.
Both crossbows and bows have their own advantages and disadvantages, but for the Longwu Army, the crossbow is much easier to use.
After the crossbow is opened, there is no need to exert effort to hold it, and it can be held in the hand and aimed calmly, so many crossbows can be fired at the same time according to the command. Bows cannot store mechanical energy for a long period of time, and they generally fire very quickly on the battlefield, basically pulling and shooting.
For an army like the Longwu Army that relies on salvo tactics to deal with the enemy, this advantage of the crossbow is crucial.
While an archer needs great strength to shoot, a crossbowman does not.
The draw force of a crossbow can be made very large, even to the point where it far exceeds that of a bow.
The most common crossbow can generally be drawn with the arm, and its power is equivalent to that of a bow. The difference is that the bow stands up and down, while the crossbow is placed horizontally, and it has a crossbow machine and a mountain looker, which is the so-called arm-drawn crossbow.
Above the arm-tension crossbow are the kick-tension crossbow and the waist-tension crossbow. The kick-tension crossbow relies on pedaling force when pulling the string, while the waist-tension crossbow has a waist hook design. The whole person sits on the ground and uses waist strength and both feet to kick. Power on the string.
Therefore, more people with average physical fitness can become crossbowmen.
Not only that, the Longwu Army's strong crossbowmen were not equipped with leather armor, but with light silk mail armor. It is an armor made by smelting fine iron into filaments, braiding them into small iron rings, and then twisting them together. It is heavy, light, soft and comfortable. Wearing it will not have much impact on your movements, and you can still shoot your bow freely. . It can resist arrows, but it has no good resistance to the chops of broadswords and heavy axes.
This is also the result reached by Yang Qingyuan and Cao Xueyang after weighing.
Because of the Longwu Army's special tactics, long-range arms occupy a pivotal position in the Longwu Army, so the equipment of the Longwu Army's crossbowmen is also extremely important.
Not only are they equipped with divine machine crossbows on a large scale, but these strong crossbowmen are also equipped with light silk chain armor, completely abandoning melee equipment such as waist knives, and only have a short sword for self-defense.
The main one can't suppress it from a distance, so I won't fight in close combat!
Zhang Wenbi's bow rider was covered with a shower of arrows. If he were an ordinary crossbowman, he would be basically lifeless under the attack of throwing heavy arrows. The force of the falling heavy arrows could even penetrate his body.
However, in the face of the mail armor equipped by the Longwu Army's powerful crossbowmen, although the arrows could penetrate the mail armor, their power was exhausted when they penetrated the mail armor. Therefore, although the Longwu Army had more than 600 crossbowmen injured by arrows , but very few died.
"Serial God Machine Crossbow! Fire!"
The Continuous Divine Mechanical Crossbow is a new type of crossbow made under the design sketches of Yang Qingyuan and supervised by skilled craftsmen. It is better to call it a crossbow than a crossbow.
The design concept is very simple. It just strengthens the divine machine crossbow, reduces it, and installs it on a movable crossbow vehicle.
The serial divine machine crossbow can shoot fifty crossbow arrows in an instant.
Legend has it that the Yuanrong Repeating Crossbow used by Zhuge Wolong, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, could fire ten arrows in a row. In the Battle of Mumen Road, Cao Wei general Zhang He died under this repeated crossbow.
This became a weapon for Shu Han to use infantry against Cao Wei's cavalry.
Later, Liannu was captured by Cao Wei and was sent to Cao Wei to Ma Jun, who was involved in the incident. When Jun saw Zhuge Liannu, he said: What is clever is clever, but it is not perfect.
He believed that the Yuanrong Liannu had not yet reached the state of perfection, so he worked hard to study it. On the basis of the continuous crossbow, "the performance can be increased five times." The continuous crossbow can shoot ten arrows at a time. If the power is increased by five times, it should be able to shoot fifty arrows at a time.
Of course, although there are historical records, both the Yuan Rong Crossbow and the Ma Jun Crossbow have been lost long ago. The Xuanji Crossbow of the Great Zhou Dynasty only restored part of the technology of the Yuan Rong Crossbow, but it was still inferior in power.
Yang Qingyuan doesn't know tricks, but he has ideas.
Although the current serial crossbow is huge, its mobility can be improved by mounting it on a vehicle.
It can fire fifty crossbow arrows at a time, and its penetrating power is even better than the divine machine crossbow.
It is said that at the beginning of the design, Yang Qingyuan wanted to name the serial crossbow car "Katyusha", but he encountered strong opposition from the general supervisor and the Sixth Army Governor's Office.
This name is not only difficult to explain, but also extremely convoluted. It was only after negotiation and compromise between the two parties that it was named the Lian Shen Ji Crossbow.
In front of the Longwu Army formation, the originally tight shield formation suddenly opened. Behind the large shield, more than a hundred ballistae were slowly pushed out.
Zhang Wenbi noticed the problem as soon as the Longwu Army's formation changed, and immediately turned his horse around.
Regardless of whether the Longwu Army wanted to use light cavalry to pursue them or use some other method, there was definitely nothing wrong with running now.
Thousands of archers, under the command of Zhang Wenbi, swung their tails in a beautiful arc in front of the Longwu Army's formation, trying to repeat their old tricks to avoid the Longwu Army's arrow rain.
But the subsequent development of things made Zhang Wenbi feel suffocated.
One hundred and thirty-six serial divine machine crossbows were aimed directly at the cavalry of King Zhao's army after being launched.
"put!"
Suddenly, countless crossbow arrows shot towards the cavalry archers of King Zhao's army.
In the span of ten breaths, these ballistas actually fired fifty crossbow arrows.
Such a dense level of crossbow arrows made it impossible for the bowmen and cavalry of King Zhao's army to hide and escape!
Six thousand eight hundred flat-firing crossbow arrows exploded in an instant, and their power was even more powerful than the divine machine crossbows equipped by the Longwu Army.
The archers of King Zhao's army were caught off guard and fell off their horses one after another. In just one salvo, they killed more than two thousand horse archers of King Zhao's army.
The corpses of knights and horses lay on the ground in front of the Longwu Army. Some horses and knights were still alive and wailing. The blood continued to seep into the earth and was swallowed up by the sand, making the red leaves of Hongye Plain even more charming. .
"What kind of device is this? It's so powerful?!"
Zhang Wenbi, who had escaped unharmed, looked at the serial divine machine ballistas that were slowly retreating, with a look of shock on his face.
In just an instant, these more than a hundred crossbow carts triggered such an overwhelming rain of arrows, and they were still flat-shooting crossbow arrows.
What's important is the power of the crossbow!
Zhang Wenbi even saw that many crossbow arrows continued to fly after piercing the horses, and their momentum continued unabated.
The power of this kind of war equipment is really amazing. Now they are still the archers who mainly attack and harass. If there are cavalry charging in groups from the front, Zhang Wenbi can't even believe the scene.
But soon, Zhang Wenbi calmed down. Although this kind of crossbow was powerful, it definitely had huge flaws.
Otherwise, why would Long Wujun bother to defend and counterattack with himself? !
Wouldn't it be enough to just use this ballista to push it flatly? ! With the current equipment of King Zhao's army, it is simply difficult to withstand the power of this serial divine machine ballista.
Judging from the situation just now, I am afraid that this kind of ballista can only be activated once in a long time.
It has to be said that Zhang Wenbi's reaction was indeed at the top level, and he could easily see the weakness of the serial crossbow car.
Yang Qingyuan wanted to name it "Katyusha" not only because it burst out with powerful firepower in an instant like Katyusha, but also because it tested the logistics of loading...
This serial crossbow car belongs to the category of "shooting is fun for a while and filling the crematorium". The loading of these fifty crossbow arrows took four soldiers an hour to complete, even with the assistance of a winch.
It is also for this reason that the Longwu Army did not produce this kind of serial crossbows on a large scale. Its limitations are still too great, and its amazing power can only be exerted under specific circumstances.
Zhang Wenbi had a guess in his mind, and without much hesitation, he immediately wanted to take action, but when he turned his head to look, the eyes of the archers behind him were full of fear.
The scene just now left them with a really strong sense of shock. There were more than 7,000 archers and cavalry under Zhang Wenbi's command, plus the soldiers and horses assigned to him by Zhang Shimei, but in just one salvo just now, there were more than 2,000 people. The horse was killed.
If we follow this calculation, they can withstand three and a half rounds of arrows, and they will all have to be reimbursed here.
The most taboo thing on the battlefield is to fear the enemy like a tiger. Once you are afraid, no matter how powerful your combat power is, you will not be able to use it.
Zhang Wenbi can also understand. The scene just now, let alone these soldiers and captains, even he was shocked beyond measure.
Zhang Wenbi retreated two miles with his bow cavalry before stopping, and then turned to face the soldiers of King Zhao's army.
"Brothers, I know that the scene just now frightens you. If the Longwu Army can continue to inspire Liannu like this, I will be scared too, let alone you!"
Someone soon caught the meaning of Zhang Wenbi's words.
Zhang Wenbi's words clearly meant that Long Wujun had no way to continuously activate the serial divine machine ballistas.
This is the effect Zhang Wenbi wants to achieve. If Zhang Wenbi directly told them that the Longwu Army's ballistae was not good and could not be used continuously, 80% of the people would not believe it.
But now Zhang Wenbi has sold a small flaw and let them read the meaning by themselves, and the credibility will be greatly improved.
Such is human nature!
Soon, there was a burst of whispers in the archer camp.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Wenbi had no expression on his face, but the faint smile on his lips betrayed him.
"I will take the lead and lead a thousand brothers to prove it to you! Who dares to go into battle with me!"
It is at this time that the blood is most likely to surge, and soon dozens of cavalry are riding out!
"I am willing to follow the general, life or death!" The cavalryman who had been with Zhang Wenbi for a long time was out of the queue.
Not long after, a cavalryman with a money rattail came out on horseback. Judging from his riding skills, he was even better than those knights just now.
"Not only you Zhou people have warriors, but we Jurchens also have warriors! Harimu is willing to follow the general!"
As this person came out, more and more people followed.
There were Jurchens and even more Zhou people, and they quickly gathered a thousand elites.
"Okay! Brothers, you are all warriors! Today, I, Zhang Wenbi, will work with you to kill all directions and let these Longwu Army know what a strong army in the world is! Kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
…
The sudden shouts of killing among King Zhao's army made Cao Wenzhao shudder. From his point of view, the chain of divine machine ballistas just now was enough to demoralize these archers and make the army lose their will to fight.
Unexpectedly, in such a short period of time, the archers of King Zhao's army regained their high morale. The opponent's leading general was really a difficult person to deal with!
Before Cao Wenzhao could wait, the archers of King Zhao's army came again! It was still the same as before, galloping back and forth in front of the Longwu Army's formation.
These horse archers were like a pack of wolves, waiting for the Longwu Army to reveal their flaws amid repeated attacks.
As everyone knows, when the wolves are spying on their prey, the hunters are also spying on the wolves.
This elite cavalry under Yang Si's command is a hunter. After repeatedly observing the attack rhythm of Zhao Wang's army's archers more than ten times, Yang Si has mastered its trajectory and habits.
Although Zhao Wangjun's new bow and cavalry tactics are powerful, she now has a way to break them.
"Everyone, get ready! Mount the crossbow and draw the string!"
"yes!"
Now the fighter planes have appeared.
The power of the serial divine machine crossbow just now obviously had a big impact on the archers and cavalry of King Zhao's army. At this time, the number of archers and cavalry led by Zhang Wenbi was only about a thousand, which was different from the more than 5,000 cavalry just now.
As long as she seizes the opportunity, Mrs. Yang Si is confident that she can defeat this elite bow cavalry of King Zhao's army in one fell swoop and capture and kill its leader.
…
Zhang Wenbi was so fashionable and didn't know that he was being targeted. He was still using the bow and cavalry tactics.
When the number of people increased to a thousand, this strategy became more flexible.
"Zhang Gong!"
(End of chapter)
