Dasha and Taiji instantly understood that An Sanxi had a large number of crossbows. Just by hearing the sound of firing, they knew they couldn't be bows and arrows.
It is difficult to release arrows uniformly. Each person releases his own arrows after hearing the order.
Only when the crossbow is controlled by the trigger can it produce such an effect with just one command.
They are all people who have fought for their whole lives and know the difference clearly.
Everyone knows that a crossbow throws farther than a bow.
Because bows and arrows are drawn with the arms, and crossbows are usually strung with the feet, the so-called arms cannot twist the thighs.
What they don't know is that the pulling force of a ratchet-strung crossbow far exceeds that of a stretched crossbow, and the force of a person's thigh pedal plus waist strength is not as powerful as the pulley block.
Although the Mongolian cavalry bow is a recurve bow and an angular bow compound bow, when a light arrow is thrown at high speed, the range is only 150 meters. The direct shooting distance is only 60 meters, or even 50 meters. Many Mongolians, like the Jiannu, use heavy arrows to ensure the accuracy of shooting, and do not release arrows until they reach ten meters.
This guarantees that it is powerful enough to penetrate armor and kill with one hit.
Yang Fan's crossbow is made of steel, and the crossbow arm is made of yellow steel. The projectile can reach 300 meters or more. Direct fire also has a range of 90 meters.
When a general riding bow shoots light arrows, the muzzle velocity is only about 35 meters per second. When using heavy arrows, the muzzle speed is probably only a little over thirty meters. Heavy arrows rely on speed and weight to win.
At this time, the range of infantry individual crossbows was generally longer than that of cavalry bows, and also exceeded that of infantry large bows. The throwing distance of the infantry's big bow is about two hundred meters, and the direct shooting distance is estimated to be more than seventy meters, which is slightly worse than the individual crossbow.
These weapons are much different from Yang Fan's steel crossbow.
Yang Fan's steel crossbow is ratcheted, which is very labor-saving. It can fire one or two hundred rounds without any problem.
Ordinary crossbows don't work. The archer can't lift his arm after firing thirty times. The person becomes useless and can no longer wield a knife. The pulling force of the crossbow is greater. Even when the crossbow is cocked, it is stepped on the crossbow with one's feet and bent over with both hands. It is estimated that the person will be useless after being launched thirty times.
This kind of steel crossbow also has shortcomings. The firing speed is slow at first. After all, the stroke is used in exchange for labor saving when ratcheting. It takes time to turn the ratchet, unlike a bow and arrow, which can be fired just by nocking the arrow. It takes an average of six seconds to fire a round.
In addition, the recoil when launched is very large. It will hurt your shoulder.
Daza and others were horrified to see that before the first shot was fired, the arrow flew into the sky.
After just one or two breaths, the second shot was fired. Breathing is a concept in Chinese medicine. One breath lasts for about three to five seconds.
At this time, almost everyone changed their color.
Daza immediately realized that he could no longer use his normal charging pace and had to rush over as soon as possible.
At this time, an overwhelming barrage of crossbow arrows fell.
On the front of the Tumut cavalry, there was a sound of thumping and thumping.
Almost all of the current Mongolian cavalry are light cavalry. They are better equipped and have leather armor made of cowhide.
But the vast majority are conscripted soldiers by herdsmen. It's just a leather robe, with no stomach at all.
The ones who can use Jiawei are at least Taiji's soldiers and Na Ke'er, or the herders and Na Yan.
These crossbow arrows flew down from high altitude, whistling like lightning, making a terrifying sound that shook the soul. They came straight towards the dense group of cavalry. The sharp steel arrows directly penetrated these cavalry and war horses.
Dasha and Zhu Taiji saw the dark clouds falling on the heads of the cavalry, tens of thousands of crossbow arrows, and thought that the ground instantly seemed to grow like a piece of thatch, with arrow shafts with trembling tails stuck on the ground.
A large number of people and war horses fell to the ground, and many war horses were shot and wounded, jumping and neighing madly. The rider loses control and may even be thrown off his horse.
The area covered by crossbow arrows seemed as if the ground had collapsed, and large areas of men and horses fell down.
The front line looked like a layer had been shaved off. It's like a piece of pie with countless bites.
However, before the Mongols had time to respond, the terrifying roar came from the sky again, and everyone changed their minds in fear for a while.
here we go again!
At this time, many people who were not hit by the arrow began to think of ways to resist.
Some held the small bucklers on their arms above their heads to cover their heads and faces. Some were playing hiding in the pedals, relying on their good riding skills to get under the horse's belly. More people shook their bodies in panic, trying to avoid this.
However, these methods are all useless. The crossbow arrow is a short, heavy arrow made of all steel. Its huge muzzle velocity and recoil determine the momentum of the arrow when it dives from a high altitude, which cannot be blocked by an arm shield.
The arm shield, which was only covered with a thin layer of iron and covered with rawhide and wooden boards, was directly penetrated. The crossbow arrow penetrated the arm shield and then shot through the forearm.
Because the arm shield is fixed on the forearm with a leather sheath.
More than a thousand people fell to the ground. He was trampled to pieces by the cavalry behind him.
Da Sa's face was ashen. Thirty thousand cavalrymen were beaten like this by ten thousand crossbowmen with two rounds of arrows.
Who is the nation that rides and shoots? It has brought shame to the Mongols.
"Blow the trumpet, attack at full speed, rush up and shoot at them. Kill those who fall behind," Daza roared.
More people will die slowly like this. So he made a prompt decision and launched a high-speed charge in order to quickly engage the enemy. At this time, if you want to reduce casualties, the key is to speed up the engagement with the enemy.
Standing hard like this and being shot down non-stop, not to mention casualties, Daza was even worried that the spirit of these herdsmen conscripts would be destroyed, they would collapse directly, and they would scatter in all directions before they could charge forward.
A large number of horns sounded, which was the order to attack at full speed.
Along with the horn blowing, dozens of cowhide drums were also beaten.
Suddenly, the sound of rumbling drums shook the ground.
The Mongols knew that this was an order issued by Tumut's most severe military law. Everyone must charge at full speed immediately.
The chaos immediately stopped visible to the naked eye, and the military qualities of the Tumut people that were stronger than other Monan tribes were revealed.
Everyone no longer ignored the crossbow arrows falling from the sky, and immediately arranged themselves and their horses, bypassing or jumping over the dead people and horses on the ground, and rushed towards the enemy.
An Sanxi sneered, Daza, this old immortal, is really capable. So far, his response has been correct.
The Mongols faced the six-second round of crossbow arrows and charged desperately.
Charge at high speed, because the performance of the horses varies widely, the gap between the cavalry groups widens, reducing casualties.
But every time the black cloud fell, at least four to five hundred people were shot to death. After all, there were tens of thousands of arrows covering each wave.
Soon Ma Su was lifted up. He quickly rushed to 200 meters. He endured rounds of crossbow arrows and huge casualties. Push forward with all your might.
When they reached one hundred and fifty meters, the Mongols grabbed their riding bows and launched them at the enemy.
The Mongolian projectiles were so messy that it was impossible to measure the range and launch them uniformly.
At this distance, the Mongols used light arrows. Arrow clusters are small and sharp. Shooting arrows at this distance is completely disturbing the opponent. Disrupt the opponent's crossbow formation.
Light arrows must be used to throw, heavy arrows cannot be thrown.
Light arrows can only deal with enemies that don't have armor-piercing stomachs. Or shoot the part of the body exposed by the armor-piercing stomach.
And heavy arrows are armor-piercing arrows.
It must be used at a distance of forty or fifty meters. Heavy arrows are too heavy and have strong armor-piercing capabilities, but they just can't fly very far.
When the Tumut people saw the Han people opposite, all wearing black cloth cloaks and hoods, they thought they were not wearing armor.
In this case, light arrows are enough to kill them.
Mongolian archers shoot light arrows on horseback very efficiently. A good shooter can shoot once every two seconds. All thirty light arrows in the arrow pot can be shot out in one minute.
When they marched westward, they were covered by a storm of light arrows, blinding the European infantry and cavalry. The formation was directly destroyed and then massacred by the heavy cavalry. At that time, the Mongols had 40% of their heavy cavalry.
At this time, in Daza's view, Changshengtian was also on the side of the Mongols.
Because the wind is blowing from the west today.
The wind blows from the Mongols to the enemy.
Although the wind is not strong, it will still give a certain bonus to light arrows. Increase power.
In the blink of an eye, the crossbowmen had fired four rounds of crossbow arrows, and nearly two thousand of the charging Mongols were shot down. This is a very heavy casualty.
As the distance got closer, the Mongols raised their riding bows and fired. The dense light arrows rose, flew, and fell like dark clouds covering the sun. Fly towards the enemy in a steady stream.
