"Tell the soldiers to act with caution!" Zhao Kuangyin said with a serious expression.
That huge shield is enough to completely cover a person. The shield formation, which looked like a copper wall and an iron wall, was no different from the walls of some small cities, and it could still move.
It is said that the unknown is the scariest thing. If you know it in advance, there is nothing to worry about!
Now, with the tall shield wall blocking everything behind, Zhao Kuangyin immediately raised his vigilance to the highest level, worried that Yue Fei was planning to play some conspiracy!
"Crossbow, shoot!"
"Here!" Bi Zaiyu nodded, waved his hand, and a row of crossbowmen holding crossbows quickly stepped forward, separated by a distance of nearly 250 steps, and began to shoot at the shield array.
"Bang bang bang bang..."
The dense arrow clusters hit the thick shield, and many arrow clusters were directly bounced away.
Of course, such a huge shield cannot be made of steel. If this is really the case, then I'm afraid Li Cunxiao and the others will have to be the shield soldiers.
If such a large shield were made entirely of iron, not to mention how much pig iron would be consumed for just one shield. Just talking about this weight, how can these shield bearers be able to carry it? Therefore, if a shield of this size is made of all iron, it is simply unrealistic!
The large shield was covered with a layer of cowhide, and there were iron plates inside. Ordinary bows and arrows could not break through the shield's defense.
"How far?" Yue Fei looked up at the observation tower and asked.
"Two hundred and fifty steps!" the flag officer bowed and replied.
"Two hundred and fifty steps?" Yue Fei was a little surprised, but he also understood in his heart that the other party had improved the crossbow.
Han crossbows mainly use stones as units and are divided into one-, three-, four-, five-, six-, seven-, eight-, and ten-stone crossbows. According to Han bamboo slips, the range of the three-stone crossbow can reach 189 meters, the range of the four-stone crossbow can reach 252 meters, and the range of the ten-stone crossbow can reach up to 600 meters.
Of course, these are talking about the longest range, not the effective range.
Although it is theoretically possible to shoot that far, the power of the crossbow must have declined in the end. These crossbows are more powerful the closer they are to each other. At close range, they can even be as powerful as bullets.
As for a crossbow with an effective range of 250 steps, it is not a crossbow used in large quantities in the army.
"Counterattack with bows and arrows! Target, the enemy is in the rear!"
Following Yue Fei's order, a group of crossbowmen quickly came out, quickly divided into six rows, and came to a place some distance behind the shield formation.
The crossbowmen in the first three rows were half on the ground, ready to fire at any time, while the crossbowmen in the last three rows were ready to fire, and the crossbow machines in their hands were obviously different from those in the first three rows. Just eight feet.
Although the enemy's crossbow surprised him a little, the crossbow he equipped this time will definitely make the enemy even more surprised.
"Buzz..." The crossbow string trembled, and two thousand crossbow arrows roared in, screaming into Bi Zaiyu's military formation, and a puff of blood mist bloomed along with the shrill screams.
However, Bi Zaiyu breathed a sigh of relief. The power of the arrows just now was really not very good. Not only was it not accurate enough, but its strength was also much worse.
But immediately afterwards, Bi Zaiyu was dumbfounded. Just like magic, the crossbow box on the opposite side shot out crossbow arrows one after another, forming a black waterfall and pouring down.
"Lian Nu!" The princes watching the battle from behind all widened their eyes and looked at the scene in front of them in disbelief.
In the early Warring States Period, "Mozi" records include the "Liannu Chariot". Therefore, the Liannu actually existed long ago. However, it has many shortcomings and has basically been lost.
However, Li Xiang has a great talent like Zhuge Liang in his hands, and has been secretly developing the Liannu since the Battle of Jingbei. And Zhuge Liang lived up to expectations, just like in history, he once again created the Yuan Rong Crossbow. And Li Xiang directly named it "Zhuge Liannu" with a stroke of his pen.
Compared with single-shot crossbows, although repeating crossbows have a relatively higher damage rate and are almost impossible to repair on the battlefield, this kind of powerful crossbow that is automatically loaded and can fire continuously is far more lethal than ordinary crossbows.
Of course, what is said here about being able to shoot continuously is not literal. At least after each arrow is fired, the crossbowmen have to pull the auxiliary winding wrench to achieve semi-automatic winding. Moreover, every time they shoot ten arrows, they must Reload ten crossbow bolts into the crossbow box, but no matter what, the shooting interval of this kind of repeating crossbow is much shorter than that of ordinary crossbows.
If the damage rate is completely ignored, the shooting interval of the repeating crossbow is less than half of that of ordinary crossbows, and the efficiency is more than doubled.
what does that mean? This means that five hundred serial crossbowmen can be used as a thousand crossbowmen. In fact, its effective resistance to enemies is stronger than that of a thousand crossbowmen, unless those thousand crossbowmen adopt the 'second stage' Shoot' or 'three-shot' tactics.
But repeating crossbowmen don't need this tactic, because they only need to turn the wrench to shoot the next arrow immediately. In theory, as long as the repeating crossbow is not damaged and there are enough arrows, they can always maintain continuous suppression of the enemy.
Of course, in addition to the damage rate, repeating crossbows have other shortcomings. Nothing in this world is perfect.
It is difficult to add feathers to an all-iron arrow. Featherless iron arrows will lose their balance and roll over when flying over long distances, thus failing to function as a long-range weapon. The production of Manba wooden arrow shafts requires high precision and is difficult to make manually, making it difficult to mass-produce and use.
The requirements for the arrows of the Liannu have affected its practical effect to a considerable extent.
Therefore, although Zhuge Liang developed the repeated crossbow, the Jin army did not change its equipment on a large scale and only equipped a small number of troops.
"Careful! Shield hand raises shield!"
Bi Zaiyu, who was commanding the crossbow formation, did not expect that the opponent's crossbow machine could actually fire continuously. However, he was experienced in battles and was not as stunned as those soldiers, so he quickly ordered.
Many shieldmen subconsciously raised their round shields to protect the crossbowmen behind them. Although the continuous crossbow greatly improved its shooting efficiency, it also sacrificed its shooting power to a certain extent.
However, facing the enemy's shield, Yue Fei's dark face showed no expression. He just always had such a serious face and raised his right hand to signal.
Upon seeing this, the command flag bearer immediately waved the command flag in his hand. The crossbowmen in the first three rows stopped shooting, and instead, the crossbowmen in the last three rows began to release the firepower in their hands.
(End of chapter)
