The rate of fire of crossbows has never been high. An archer can shoot fifteen or six arrows in one minute. A quiver contains thirty arrows and can be shot in two minutes. Not so with crossbows, which are usually strung with feet. It depends on waist strength. You can't play without a lot of strength.
As the saying goes, an arm cannot twist a thigh. No matter how strong the arms of the nomads are, they are still not as strong as the thighs of the farming people. Because the thighs bear weight, they do farm work, carry things, bend down to harvest, and hoe the ground. It all depends on waist and leg strength. Therefore, as soon as the crossbow came out, the advantages of the nomadic people's bows and arrows were offset.
Nomads have been riding horses since they were young, and they need to clamp the horse's body with their legs, otherwise it will fall off. As time goes by, the legs will take root. Moreover, riding a horse is actually a matter of sitting, especially when running at high speeds. The rider hunches forward and stands with his feet in the stirrups. The butt is actually not touching the saddle.
This is actually the origin of horse steps. They have been riding horses since they were young, and their legs are naturally rooted. When fighting, it would be difficult for the farming people to overthrow them. Their base is stable.
Everyone knows that the first foundation of martial arts training is the horse stance. However, what many people don’t know is that only farming people need to squat on horseback. This is to imitate the nomads riding horses. Nomads do not need to squat on horseback, they have already practiced it in their daily lives.
However, when the crossbow came out, its greatest impact was on archers and mounted archers.
An excellent archer requires more than ten years of training and consumes countless resources. The same goes for a good fighting warrior. However, with a crossbow, even an eight-year-old child can aim, pull the trigger, and kill archers and warriors.
The cost of war has dropped as never before.
The bow power of a crossbow is generally much greater than that of a bow. After all, it is wound with waist and legs. It is also particularly suitable for aiming while looking for the best shooting opportunity.
The crossbow also has an aiming device, and a ruler when shooting parabolically, which is the mountain of sight. This thing has a scale. In terms of shooting range, whether it is direct shooting or projectile shooting, it is far ahead of the bow.
The only drawback is that the rate of fire is too slow, two shots per minute. The archer can reach fifteen or six rounds.
Therefore, when farming people deal with nomads, they use crossbows. There are only two ways, one is to use it on a large scale. An instant concentrated fire strike, knocking the enemy to pieces.
The second is to use the formation to shoot alternately in three, or even four or five stages. For example, Li Ling's 4,000 elite troops went deep into the Huns to fight against Shan Yu's 100,000 cavalry. Just relying on the formation to strengthen the crossbow, more than 10,000 people were killed and wounded.
Now, with the help of modern advanced technology, Yang Fan installed a power-assist pulley group in the machine case. Pull the charging handle to wind it. It is faster than a bow and can shoot at a rate of twenty rounds per minute.
And the pulling force is very small, so it’s not tiring at all. Not like an archer. After shooting a quiver of arrows, I couldn't even lift my arms.
At this time, the archer is useless. Can neither shoot nor fight. Need to step back and rest.
At this time, the second round of crossbow arrows flew in, exerting greater penetrating power. Because the distance is closer. The Mongolian cavalry charged at high speed.
Another round of people fell off their horses, this time more than twenty people fell off their horses.
Aru Buhua's heart is bleeding, this Centurion is his brainchild. It took him several years to select good seedlings and then undergo rigorous training. At this time, they were shot to death by these hateful Han people for no reason.
He wasn't back on the horse this time, either, and he knew it. Since the interval between the two rounds of shooting is so short, maybe the third round will come soon.
Sure enough, everything went as he wished. The third round of shooting came as expected. This time more than twenty people were shot down.
Aru Buhua was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
After three rounds of crossbows, there were still thirty-seven or eight of his men still on horseback.
Fortunately, they had already rushed within thirty meters of each other. He was immediately back on his horse. Shouting: "Warriors of Alxa, pick up your sabers and kill these despicable Han Chinese."
At this time, after three rounds of shooting, Zhao Yongtang gave an order and the scouts began to hedge. The three flags raised their three-eyed guns in unison.
Then, the insidious fire ignited by the fire crackled and burned, and the three-eyed gun roared in an instant.
Thirty men, ninety guns. Shot in a very short time. At this time, the two sides were close to a distance of fifteen or six meters.
At this distance, the power and accuracy of the door gun are maximized.
The dense bullets knocked more than a dozen people off their horses again.
Immediately afterwards, the cavalry from both sides finally collided. The horses' necks met, and their swords were added to their bodies, and they started to kill each other. The Mongols raised their scimitars. The scouts swung their empty three-eyed cannons. Slam the enemy hard.
Yang Fan did not equip them with sabers. Letting these rookies play with the Mongols with knives is equivalent to giving away their heads. Although it is said that a stick is used for a lifetime and a sword is used for a lifetime. But sword skills still depend on time accumulation and fighting experience. There is no way Yang Fan can teach them these things in a short period of time.
What these farmers are best at is doing farm work, just like the Mongolians riding horses and archery. The weapons they are most familiar with are flails for threshing wheat, or tools for smashing. These do not require learning or training. It’s ready to use right away. They are incredibly skilled.
These scouts are equipped with crossbows for shooting. Melee equipment multi-barrel firearm three-eyed gun. Combat equipment flail.
The flail is also the nemesis of breaking shields and heavy armor. It's simply not very useful.
At this time, between the light of the calcium carbide fire. The two sides collided and there was no time to change their flails. At this time, quick response is more important than choice. The scouts swung three-eyed muskets as heavy weapons and smashed them at the Alxa cavalry who came towards them with scimitars raised and roaring ferociously.
When Yang Fan trained them, he didn't teach them any protective moves at all. It's all about perish together. Although this is very immoral and cruel. However, you must know that Yang Fan does not have the time to improve their fighting skills. They fought with the Mongols and died without any chance of survival. There is no point in dying like this.
Only sacrifices that kill or injure the enemy are meaningful. Therefore, Yang Fan could only let them fight hard.
Otherwise, if you hesitate for a moment, your soldiers will be chopped down by the Mongols. Only the death-to-death play style has the highest consumption ratio. If the Mongols are afraid, they can just dodge and the initiative will be in their own hands. Moreover, when the cavalry clashed, the opportunity for a confrontation quickly passed by the two sides.
In normal training, speed, strength and accuracy are mechanically required. Allow them to become numb during training and develop muscle memory. At this time, there was no thinking at all, and he naturally hit the opponent's vital points.
As for the machetes chopped down by the Mongols, just use cotton coats and thirty layers of densely sewn silk armor to resist them.
