The Eight Ox Crossbow is also called the Three-Gow Bed Crossbow. As the name suggests, it is a bed crossbow composed of three large wooden bows. This kind of bed crossbow is roughly composed of a front bow, a main bow, a rear bow, a pulley, a traction hook, a winch, a bed frame and other components.
Although this Eight Ox Crossbow is huge in size, it is very inconvenient to carry and very difficult to operate. It requires the cooperation of thirty soldiers to use it. But its power is great enough to match its size and difficulty of operation.
Theoretically, a eight-niu crossbow in good condition can launch a spear eight to nine feet long to a distance of three to four hundred paces. Moreover, gunpowder barrels and fire oil barrels can also be attached to the spear (when the Mongols attacked Baghdad, they used the Eight Bull Crossbow to fire a crossbow with a fire oil barrel attached) to kill the enemy.
It can be said that before the emergence of artillery, or even in the early days of artillery's emergence on the historical stage, the Eight Ox Crossbow was the most powerful weapon in the world... bar none!
Even the legendary return gun (counterweighted stone machine) is difficult to compare with.
Because the return gun cannot be used in the field, because it cannot shoot directly and can only be thrown, it is difficult to aim at moving targets. Moreover, the Huihui Cannon is larger in size, and its range is not as good as the Eight Ox Crossbow.
Of course, the Eight Ox Crossbow, which was so powerful that it was even comparable to early field artillery, did not exert much power in the hands of the Song army. The most noteworthy achievement is that he shot and killed the Liao army general Xiao Taolin in the Battle of Chanyuan, which to a certain extent contributed to the conclusion of the Chanyuan Alliance.
The main reason why this powerful weapon failed to exert its due power in the hands of the Song Army is that, in addition to the Song Army's cowardice, the Song Army's enemies usually have strong battlefield mobility. The Eight Ox Crossbow is difficult to carry and particularly troublesome to handle. By the time the Song Army set up the Eight Ox Crossbows in place, the enemy had already moved.
But today is an exception... The battlefield under Niangzi Pass is too narrow, and there seems to be no place for the Jin soldiers to move except turning backwards.
And now the more than 10,000 Song troops in front of Niangzi Pass are like chicken blood...His Royal Highness King Yun can say that these are troubled times, so he wants to share the world with warriors like them.
So they have a share in this world, and if the gold thief wants to rob it, they can't agree!
"Hey! Hey! Hey..."
Amidst the sounds of labor chants, 20 eight-niu crossbows were carried to the front by 600 crossbowmen from Zhending Prefecture (they were Liu Kai's men and had been stationed at Niangziguan before). They were not scattered, but concentrated in the center of the Song Army's front line!
These Song Army crossbowmen were not good either. They had so many large crossbows and they didn't know how to block them with anything, so they just put them on in a swaggering manner.
This scared the Jurchen soldiers in the center of the Jin Army's formation... They had seen this kind of crossbow when they were fighting in Hedong a few days ago!
This thing shoots like a spear, and it doesn't matter how many layers of armor it wears, it's free. If you shoot it correctly, you can shoot a lot of it!
Seeing that they were about to form a "string", a group of Jurchen soldiers all started shouting.
"Suppose the horse is strong, the Song army has giant crossbows!"
"Suppose Ma Meng'an, we can't stop such a big crossbow!"
"Meng'an, order the attack quickly!"
"We Jurchen warriors can't stand upright and let the giant crossbow shoot..."
Wanyan Sheyema and Yelu Yujian also saw the Song Dynasty's crossbow! There were twenty of them, all gathered in one place, right opposite where Shi Yema and Yelu Yujian were! Looking at the distance, they both seemed to be within the range of the bed crossbow!
If this is aimed at, it will be a bit uncertain. If the shot is shot into a string, even the gods will be unable to save it.
"Yelu Governor, did you see it? Is that a bed crossbow?" Wanyanshe also turned over and dismounted while talking, and even used the body of the war horse to block himself. This sharpness is not that of the elderly Yelu. I can't compare it to anything!
Of course Yelu Yujian had seen those Eight-Niu Crossbows, and he also knew how powerful the Eight-Niu Crossbows were... There were no invincible warriors in front of the Eight-Niu Crossbows. They were all shot in a row. .
"Shuye Ma Langjun, that's a bed crossbow, and it looks like the most powerful eight-niu crossbow among bed crossbows!" Yelu Yu saw that he was a veteran who had experienced battles for a long time. At this time, he was not panicked at all, but rather unhurried. He suggested unhurriedly, "Lang Jun, why don't we withdraw first, secure the camp, gain a foothold, and then slowly fight the Song army... As long as the deputy marshal captures the Pingding Military City, We are sure of victory!"
"This is not possible!" Wan Yanshe interrupted Yelu Yujian before he could speak, "Pinging down the military city is not easy to attack. I don't know when it will be broken! The East Route Army is also unknown. If Niangzi passes this How much food can we, the Western Route Army, have to consume if we continue to consume it endlessly?"
In fact, the West Route Army broke many cities in the east of Hedong and seized a lot of grain. However, it was not easy to deliver this grain to the Jin Army marching eastward... This is why Zong Han wanted to besiege Pingding Military City. . Pingding Military City is a good place to store grain and supplies, and there must be Song people's reserves in the city. If the military city of Pingding can be captured, Wanyan Zonghan will have a reliable storage base for logistics supplies.
Shi Yema gritted his teeth and said, "At worst, there will be some casualties... Are our Jurchen warriors still afraid of death? Governor Yelu, please immediately mobilize 2,000 Khitan warriors to lead the battle first. A certain family will personally lead 2,000 Jurchen warriors to hold the battle for them." !”
Yelu Yujian's official position was actually higher than that of Sheyema, but he did not dare to disobey Wanyan Sheyema's order. He had no choice but to order his confidant Han Funu to mobilize 2,000 Khitan infantry troops originally deployed on the left and right wings to move forward and form a large horizontal array. Some strong men were also arranged in the front row, holding large poles to block the crossbows fired by the Eight Ox Crossbows...
Shi Yema also really ordered 2,000 Jurchen soldiers, and also formed a large horizontal formation, pressed behind the Khitan people, and pushed them forward. These Jurchen warriors did not carry long weapons. Instead, they all carried Jurchen large bows, ready to step on the Khitan "strings" to approach the Song army and shoot heavy arrows.
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"No arrows allowed! No arrows allowed! Shoot closer! Shoot closer!"
In front of the Song Army's formation, Li Xiaozhong's loud voice was heard at this moment. This guy is taking the lead today!
Among the 2,000 infantry troops sent to the front line by Han Shizhong, 1,500 were from Li Xiaozhong, so the temporary assignment of "Front Capital" was given to him!
This was not something Han Shizhong forced him to do, but something he requested himself.
And his people can indeed take the lead! His men were all simple men from the northwest, most of whom were archers or young men from Fan archer families, all of whom were eager to make meritorious deeds.
This group of people is different from those veterans of the Western Army... Most of the veterans of the Western Army have fought in the north and south for many years, and many of them took advantage of the opportunity of Square La to make a fortune!
However, Li Xiaozhong's men were all "evil wolves" with empty hands and did not know why the Jurchens were invincible. Most of them had never heard of the Jurchens before leaving Shaanxi.
Since we don’t know the Jurchens, we certainly can’t talk about being afraid. So right now, they were holding the divine arm bows with arrows attached, and they were not panicking at all.
The god's arm bow is not their only weapon. In front of them, there is a spear with the tip of the gun thrust downward into the soil, and a sword with a ring head on its back... I will finish shooting later. Crossbow, you can directly pick up the spear and attack!
"Stretch! Stretch! Stretch..."
Li Xiaozhong was running back and forth in front of his formation, shouting and screaming, when he suddenly heard a series of loud bow string shooting sounds in his ears!
Li Xiaozhong hurriedly turned his head and looked around, and found that the Eight Ox Crossbow placed in front of his formation was firing the crossbow!
More than twenty eight-foot-nine-foot long spears were blown out by the strong wind, and headed towards the Khitan Erlang who was charging ahead with a big raft. Some of the crossbows were fired high, but most of the crossbows crashed into the Khitan's horizontal formation... They hit each other in a row!
What wooden poles, iron armors, and warriors were all pierced and strung together by spears... What a tragedy!
When Li Xiaozhong saw the power of these eight-oxen crossbows, he became even more angry and shouted loudly: "Brothers, have you seen it? The golden thief is vulnerable... I, the Song Dynasty, will win!"
A group of ignorant soldiers under him also followed suit: "The Song Dynasty will win!"
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