The distance is getting closer and closer, eighty meters! Seventy meters!
"rush!"
Zhao Ming gave the order, and everyone began to drive the horses towards the opposite side. They clamped the horse's belly and patted the horse's butt hard at the same time.
The horses accelerated faster than usual, and everyone began to lower their bodies in unison.
There is no so-called avoidance, only neat and orderly movements, fifty meters!
Generally speaking, the shooting range of bows and arrows, for some excellent shooters on the grassland, can achieve a good accuracy at about 100 meters.
However, mounted archery is different from infantry archery in that they are different in nature.
The range of the cavalry archery bow is much weaker than that of the infantry archery bow. This is because it is difficult for the cavalry to pull the infantry archery bow while riding, so the pulling force of the cavalry archery bow is relatively low.
Generally, the effective shooting range of mounted archery is about 30 meters, so the basic weapons of Mengqi are two or three bows, a mounted archery bow, and a standing or dismounted archery bow.
But there are exceptions. The Qing bows and mounted archery bows of the previous dynasty are equally powerful.
As for the people in front of them, they were still drawing their bows when they reached fifty meters away. It was obvious that they were all using mounted archery bows.
Their waists are straight, and their legs can easily control the riding direction, and as the distance gradually reaches forty meters.
Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh!
Densely packed arrows suddenly shot out.
puff!
Poof!
Bang bang!
The sound of sharp weapons breaking through the body, the sound of breaking through the air, the heavy impact of arrows and flesh, and the muffled sound of someone falling off the horse almost came out one after another.
Zhao Ming staggered, and an arrow pierced his left shoulder directly. Severe and tearing pain swept through his body, but he gritted his teeth and continued to lower his body and charge forward.
From the corner of his eye, he saw that out of the eighty brothers, more than twenty of them fell off their horses in just one round of mounted shooting, and the remaining twenty or thirty people were also hit by an arrow.
There were also several people whose horses were shot in the hoofs, and they stumbled in front of their horses, causing them to fall and fall on their backs.
Before the confrontation, almost half of Zhao Ming's team was injured, and the number of people on Zhao Ming's side was directly reduced by twenty or thirty.
How to fight this?
Zhao Ming had a trickle of sweat on his forehead, but he still gritted his teeth and shouted, "Get closer! Get closer! Rush over and kill them!"
From the beginning to the end, everyone wanted to find a glimmer of hope, so they had to fight into the crowd and use horse sword skills to find a glimmer of hope.
However, the first wave of mounted shooting was over, and the opponent did not covet the second round of mounted shooting. The leader made a gesture.
Soon the large group of cavalry quickly retracted their bows, divided into two groups and dispersed in different directions.
This also means that the opponent wants to use mounted archery to kill Zhao Ming and the others alive!
"Prepare your gun!"
Seeing this scene, Zhao Ming didn't hurry or hurry. The brothers could mess with him, but they couldn't mess with him.
After hearing this, the already panicked brother quickly calmed down, and the one with a gun quickly took out the spear hanging from the horse's belly.
There were more than forty brothers who had already picked up their guns. Fortunately, the brothers with guns had not been seriously damaged in the previous round of riding and shooting.
The fifty guns he brought are Zhao Ming's only support now.
"Directly ahead, free fire!"
Zhao Ming continued to give orders, and as soon as he finished speaking, bang bang bang!
A burst of smoke filled the air, and the following cavalry fell down more than a dozen people before they had time to disperse. Some horses were injured, which made the team even more chaotic.
At first, there was no need. Zhao Ming wanted to compete head-on with the opponent, but he couldn't compete with him.
Shooting from the front is even more impossible. If you want to shoot, you must have more space for your body to stand upright and more holes. With the opponent's riding and shooting skills and the number of people, I am afraid that in one round, some of the opponent's people will be killed. , there will only be more casualties on our side!
However, he lowered his body and charged fiercely, which greatly reduced his position and reduced his weaknesses.
I just didn't expect that these thieves would want to wander around, so naturally Zhao Ming couldn't tolerate them.
Sure enough, after discovering that Zhao Ming and the others also had long-range shooting capabilities, the other party suddenly became a little anxious.
Yaoyao, the leader of the two sides who had separated, looked at each other, and immediately made another gesture to continue to move forward, close up in front, turn the horse's head, shoot another wave, and launch the final charge.
Because the first wave of arrows had already caused heavy casualties to Zhao Ming and his party, the next wave would probably leave only thirty or forty people able to sit on their horses.
Nearly five hundred people versus thirty or forty people, no matter how hard you think, there is no chance of another accident.
The idea was beautiful, but Zhao Ming was not willing to give up the opportunity to continue the pursuit. Without saying anything, he directly chose one of the two, choosing one side to flank the enemy cavalry to pursue and shoot again.
The fifty long guns purchased by Zhao Ming were all made in Hanyang. Although they were not capable of continuous fire like automatic rifles, they were not like ordinary guns that required poking the barrel to fire. As long as they continued to load, they could continue shooting.
The shooting accuracy was very limited. I shot while chasing, giving up the time to load the gun and aim. I chased for two or three minutes and only fired three rounds.
A total of more than ten people were shot down in three rounds of shooting, and the hit rate was simply terrible.
But this also succeeded in angering the other party and disrupting the other party's deployment.
Seeing this, the enemy cavalry who had readjusted their position directly attacked Zhao Ming and his party from the flanks, intending to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao.
It stands to reason that there are five hundred of them who don't need to take care of so much.
Zhao Ming and his party only had 80 people, and they shot down more than 20 people in the first round of mounted fire. They just had to fight hand to hand.
But those who wear shoes are a bit afraid of bare feet. There are obviously better shooting rangers with lower casualty rates, so they naturally want to avoid casualties subconsciously.
But one wrong step leads to a wrong step!
Zhao Ming had been observing the situation around him and caught a glimpse of another wave of enemy cavalry twenty or thirty meters away that had gathered and was preparing to charge here.
Without any hesitation, Zhao Ming shouted, "Kill!"
The moment the command was given, his fingers pointed in the direction at the same time. All the brothers in the Song Zhen army subconsciously couldn't help but subconsciously complete the coordinated movements with Zhao Ming, and deviated slightly from the direction of advancement.
Looking from a distance, Zhao Ming was chasing well, but then quickly completed a forty-degree deflection turn. A group of brothers also completed it in coordination, and their movements were as neat as one.
These brothers in the Zhensong Army may not be good at riding and shooting, and their swordsmanship is not as good as that of the real Guanzhong swordsmen, but they have followed Marshal Liu for many years in the early years, and they are all from bandit gangs. They have order in the army and have the fighting skills in the world.
That fierceness was aroused as he followed Zhao Ming to fight several times, and it was even more intense than before!
Finally caught you!
The distance of twenty meters is reached in the blink of an eye.
The enemy cavalry on the opposite side obviously did not expect that the group of people on the opposite side would be so decisive. They gave up their clinging tail and resolutely faced them head-on.
You must know that in a cavalry duel, if one's own cavalry is bitten by the opponent's cavalry, and the opponent also has a certain long-range shooting ability, it is actually a very unfavorable situation.
After all, the cavalry is very disadvantageous in turning the front and rear directions, especially when galloping, it needs to go around a large arc to turn.
This was also the reason why their wave of cavalry came to support them, but they did not expect Zhao Ming and the others to be so decisive.
Bang bang bang!
Whoosh whoosh!
The sound of gunshots and arrows piercing the air sounded almost at the same time, and after completing the first wave of shooting, the people on both sides quickly threw their spears or bows into their wallets and took out their swords at the same time.
Both sides have received professional riding training and know very well what they should and should not do.
