boom!
boom!
boom!
Hundreds of squatting tiger cannons sprayed tongues of flame, and lead pierced the void and enveloped the other side.
With a range of one hundred feet, it is easy for the river surface which is only two hundred meters.
The panicked Jiannu hid behind the overturned carriage, but no matter how fast they were, they couldn't match the speed of the Crouching Tiger Cannon. The Jiannu sergeants who couldn't evade were hit by lead bullets and fell to the ground.
The sergeants hiding behind the carriage thought they had escaped disaster, but they didn't know that this was just the beginning.
The crossbow had been reset with the efforts of thirty strong men, and the huge arrow shot through the air again. In an instant, it was nailed to the overturned carriage, causing the carriage to roll over again, revealing the Jiannu sergeant and the squatting tiger cannon behind it. Also fired.
The two cooperated very well, round after round. After five rounds, there was no longer a Jiannu sergeant alive.
Then, the crossbow was slightly adjusted and aimed at Jiannu's watchtower, and several giant arrows directly destroyed the watchtower.
"The Ming army is mighty!"
"The Ming army is mighty!"
"The Ming Dynasty will win!"
Ming Dynasty will win! "
…
This scene excited the Ming army and they all cheered.
The other side's Jiannu were all frightened, especially since a sergeant had just been shot by the main arrow. The arrow passed through his body, and his whole body was cut in half by the iron leaves at the tail of the arrow. His internal organs were scattered all over the floor. .
The small arrows shot through three or four soldiers, and finally nailed the soldiers to the ground.
This terrifying and bloody impact filled their eyes with fear.
Huang Taiji looked at the tragic situation on the shore through the telescope. When he saw the fear in the eyes of the sergeant beside him, his face was so gloomy that water could drip from his face.
The reason why the Daijin army was able to confront and even gain the upper hand against the Ming army, which had a large number of firearms, was that in addition to the corruption of the Ming army and the unparalleled volleys of Daijin sergeants, the biggest secret weapon was the carriage.
The shield on the cart is made of thick wooden boards covered with cowhide and iron sheets. Small bricks and stones will not move when hit, large bricks and stones will roll down when hit, and firewood will not burn if thrown.
Not only did it play an important role in unifying various ministries in Manchuria, but it also played an important role in the later attacks on Kaiyuan, Tieling, and Shenyang.
Unexpectedly, the secret weapon was directly cracked by the Ming army, and it was not cracked with firearms.
"Khan, that's a crossbow!"
"How come the Ming army has ballistas?"
Bao Chengxian on the side looked at the tragic situation by the river and exclaimed, his eyes full of horror.
Without waiting for anyone to ask, Bao Chengxian immediately said: "Great Khan, if I remember correctly, this kind of chariot crossbow was an important weapon for siege in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is also called the three-bow bed crossbow, the pattern chariot crossbow, and the eight-oxen crossbow.
As the name suggests, it requires eight oxen or thirty men to pull it. It is a large composite crossbow. It is also called one gun, three swords and arrows in the military.
The range is as low as 600 steps and as far as 1,000 steps. Calculating the new size standard issued by the Ming Dynasty, it is 900 to 1,500 meters.
It is said that Xiao Taolin, the general who captured Song Zhenzong alive, was shot directly by an arrow from a thousand meters away when he besieged Chanyuan City, and died on the spot.
Before the war started, the general surrendered first. The Liao army had no intention of fighting and immediately withdrew.
Empress Dowager Xiao lost her military support, so she negotiated peace with the Northern Song Dynasty. As a result, the Chanzhou Alliance was established, and a hundred-year-long peace situation emerged in the Northern Song Dynasty. "
"Because the Yuan Dynasty was unparalleled in cavalry and archery, this large crossbow could not be adapted and was only used for city defense.
However, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, firearms developed rapidly and the proportion of firearms and equipment increased. This kind of crossbow was basically eliminated. There are only records in history books. Whether it can be done is still a question.
The Ming army had Hongyi cannons and general cannons. How could they make such a heavy bow? How strange! "
If the Minister of Industry and the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty heard this, they would definitely give him an answer, because they were punished by the emperor for the fierce oil tank incident. The two went back and read through all the books they could find. It was developed through research.
Then when the cabinet was conducting offensive and defensive exercises, they took this situation into consideration and made dozens of them.
The firearms battalion of more than 300 people was completely wiped out, and all 15 carriages were scrapped.
If it were just these losses, forget it, the most important thing is that the morale he had just raised was directly knocked back to its original form.
"Great Khan, our warship is coming!"
Bao Cheng first reminded him, attracting everyone's attention.
A few hundred meters upstream from the Ming Army bridge pier, more than a dozen black-tailed boats, nearly 20 meters long, were moving down the river. Under the rowing of the boatmen on the boats, the speed was getting faster and faster.
"Crash into it!"
"We must hit it and knock over the bridge pier!"
"Come on!"
"Faster, faster!"
"If the bow of the boat is tilted a little further, what are the eyes for? Can't you see if it's not aligned?"
…
Jiannu and others had unlimited hope for the warship. This was the only way to prevent the Ming army from continuing to build bridge piers. If it couldn't be knocked over, they could only watch the Ming army successfully cross the river.
Amid everyone's roars, the Ming army moved.
Dozens of crossbows moved upwards in unison. Amid the neat chants of the sergeants, they moved up a hundred meters and formed a row.
"Numbers 1 to 3, capture the first ship! Number 4 is on standby. If No. 1, 2, and 3 fail to capture it, take action immediately!"
"Number 567 Crossbow, capture the second ship! Number 8 is on standby. If No. 567 fails to capture it, take action immediately!"
…
"Archers and gunmen are ready!"
"Mo Dao team is ready, ready to board the ship and kill the enemy at any time!"
"The Royal Thunder Camp is prepared to blow up the ship immediately if the crossbows cannot catch it!"
"The water ghost enters the water and binds the enemy ship at the same time."
…
Military orders were issued one after another, and when Jiannu's black-tailed boat was still two hundred meters away from the bridge pier, the crossbow moved.
However, this time it is different from before. Only the main arrow and the iron feather at the tail are smaller and thinner, and the tail is designed with a round hole.
The main arrow crossed the river and was instantly submerged into the cabin, leaving only a round hole outside.
At the same time, the water ghost who had dived into the water also hung the ropes with hooks on the round holes.
Hundreds of sergeants shouted slogans and quickly pulled several hemp ropes. The black-tailed boat, which was rushing downwards, instantly moved sideways and headed towards the shore.
At the same time, the gunmen on the shore opened fire, and countless plumes of lead enveloped the black-tailed boat, killing more than half of the Jiannu sergeants who were operating the boat in an instant, and the rest could only lie on the boat.
Even those who wanted to stand up were called upon by the archers one by one.
Because the bridge piers only reached the center of the river, these boats were also close to the Ming army, less than a hundred meters away. With the efforts of dozens of sergeants, in just a few breaths, the boats reached the shore and ran aground.
The Mo Dao team, which had been waiting for a long time, rushed onto the cargo ship under the cover of archers, and neatly killed the Jiannu sergeant on the ship.
With the success of the first ship, the second, third... and eighth ship failed.
With the excitement on their faces, the Jiannu-Gao coalition rushed towards the bridge pier. But in the next moment, their smiles were frozen by the unexpected situation in the river.
