The wind was strong from the west and the temperature became very low.
Duohu comforted the heavily armored war horse under him, flexed his hands, stared at the Ming army formation in front, then clamped his legs together, knocked the war horse, and whispered: "Hongni, are you ready?"
Red mud is the name of the war horse Duohu rides.
The war horse seemed to understand Duohu's words. It snorted, raised its right front hoof, and lifted the armor in front of it with its thigh. The horse's hoof fell and stepped on the ground, turning up some soil.
Defeat Zhe drove his horse and walked slowly past the six thousand heavy armored cavalry, inspecting this powerful force. They had torn apart the enemy's battle formations on many battlefields and won every victory.
Now, they will go to win greater glory.
"The Sultan is watching us, the *** is protecting us, Ming's army is in front, and your glory is in front! Whoever can break the formation and take the enemy chieftain will be the greatest warrior of the Sultan! Take out your spears and draw Draw out your swords, go fight, go kill!"
Failed Zhe shouted loudly to boost morale.
Six thousand heavy armors shouted in unison: "Fight, fight, fight!"
Failed Zhe held his spear, pointed at the Ming army formation to the east, and shouted sternly: "Charge!"
boom!
The earth trembled and air waves swept across.
Zhu Di, who was five miles away, felt a chilling atmosphere and said to Yuan Yue, Liu Qixia, Tan Yuan, Qu Neng, Yang Rong and others beside him: "As expected, Timur used heavy armor in the first battle. cavalry."
Yang Rong, Yuan Yue and others looked into the distance. Smoke and dust were already rising before the enemy came.
Regarding Timur's battle, the generals of Zhengxi had deduced it. Zhu Di, Song Sheng and others had the same view. The capture of Harry and the destruction of 40,000 cavalry would definitely anger Timur.
No matter how calm Timur was, he put a lot of baggage and logistics in Shicheng, and even sent the people he brought to dig karez, as if he would stay for a long time and occupy it permanently, but he really needed a victory. Boost morale.
Looking at Timur's army, the most elite one and the one that can best guarantee victory is only his strongest Samarkand heavy armored cavalry. He cannot tolerate failure in the first battle.
Liu Jun felt that the earth was trembling and said solemnly: "Timur needs to win the first battle, and so do we. Only by defeating Timur's heavy armored cavalry and knocking out Timur's most powerful force can we completely defeat Timur." Destroy Timur's military morale."
"That's right!"
Tan Yuan said solemnly.
Zhu Di looked at the torrent of black armor in the distance and said to Yang Rong and Li De, "Do you still insist on giving it a try?"
Yang Rong and Li De nodded.
Zhu Di shook his head slightly. These two guys are really persistent. In this case, let's target them: "Then you are ready, Liu Jun and Duan Yun, hold down the position, Zhou Dazhi, use the Crouching Tiger Cannon as the backing."
The generals take orders.
Defeat Zhe urged his horse to charge, and heavy cavalry kept passing by him. Calvin, Taylor, Bart and other lieutenants led the heavy cavalry to charge forward. In order to get the first victory, Duohu even rushed out and rushed to the front of the team.
The earth is like a war drum, being beaten by countless mallets. The countless roars merge into a compelling momentum, oppressing the space in front of you. The powerful pressure sweeps across the vast grassland, and red tassels rush up!
By virtue of his military exploits, Gao Zhongguang became a member of the Shenji Battalion, commanding a thousand gunmen. Hu Rui and Qiao Fang of the Hundreds stood beside Gao Zhongguang with firm faces.
"Prepare!"
Gao Zhongguang's voice was very loud, and a thousand muskets were raised, aiming at the heavy armored cavalry charging in front. Then he looked at Yang Rong, waiting for Yang Rong's military order.
Click, click——
A dense sound came out, and two thousand crossbowmen drew their bowstrings and buckled them on the expansion machine. Li De issued the order: "Get ready!"
A powerful crossbow was raised, and combined with the fire gun soldiers, they formed three military formations.
Liu Jun stepped forward and said to Yang Rong and Li De, "Why bother? The enemy is coming with heavy armored cavalry."
Yang Rong stared forward: "It is precisely because the other party is coming with heavy armored cavalry that it is valuable. The craftsmen of the Second Artillery Bureau said that firecrackers and
There must be real data on how far firearms can travel. Timur sent heavy armored cavalry, and we can use actual combat to check the effect of fire gun soldiers against heavy armored cavalry. "
Li De pulled out an iron arrow and said coldly: "I also want to see how much damage the crossbow array can do to the heavy armored cavalry. If it doesn't work, we need to improve the crossbow arrows after we go back."
Liu Jun knew that he couldn't persuade these two people. Although there had been tests of fire guns and crossbows penetrating heavy armor before, it was not a battlefield after all, and the target was not high-speed moving cavalry.
Anyway, if you have a chance, let’s give them a try.
Duohu urged the war horse under him, holding a long spear in his hand, the wind was blowing, and through his visor, he could clearly see the Ming army formation in the distance. The sergeant at the front was holding a strange weapon. Others were carrying crossbows.
Oh, is this the Ming Dynasty’s army?
Don't they know what heavy armored cavalry is? Don't they see the heavy armor they are wearing and want to fight with these weapons?
ridiculous!
If Harry had a heavy cavalry, he wouldn't be defeated and captured, right?
Duohu shouted and took the first step of two hundred steps!
Feeling heavy cavalry at close range has a completely different perception from light cavalry.
What is even more troublesome about the light cavalry attack is that their mounted shooting, speed and fighting force do not give people a strong sense of oppression. However, this is not the case with the heavy cavalry. They are covered in black armor, like a black cloud and a torrent of steel. It was as heavy as a huge force, as fierce as a flood, and it swept over. This pressure shocked people's souls and gave people an unparalleled feeling of powerlessness.
If it were an ordinary army, if it were just ordinary recruits, if there was no strong military discipline, military spirit and will, facing this majestic charge, the sergeants might not even be able to hold their weapons, let alone fight!
Yang Rong and Li De watched the heavy armored cavalry cross the lime line at 150 paces, and shouted at the same time: "Shoot!"
boom!
The fire blunderbuss was fired suddenly, and a powerful sound came out, suppressing the sound of the machine expander being pulled down and the bowstring flicking. The lead and iron arrows formed a dense attack, piercing the west wind and hitting the heavy armored cavalry directly!
Duohu, Bart and others suddenly heard a sound and saw a rain of flying arrows, as well as small lead pieces!
Ding ding!
Duohu felt something hit him, and even felt a powerful arrow hit him, but he felt no discomfort at all, his horse was not damaged, and he was also intact.
"Is this all the Ming Dynasty is capable of? Hehe, it's time for him to make military exploits!"
Duohu didn't care at all about these harmless blows.
Ding ding——
There were constant sounds all around, and suddenly a scream came out. A heavy-armored cavalry fell from his horse. Before he could stand up, he was trampled by the heavy-armored war horse behind him.
It was an accident, maybe it hit the eye.
"kill!"
Duohu didn't care behind him. More and more heavy armored cavalry appeared around him. He wanted to be the most powerful warrior and couldn't let others take the lead!
One hundred steps!
Quick, faster!
what happened?
Duohu stared at the Ming army formation. The sergeants who had just fired crossbows and lead bolts all retreated. Although the infantry were still at the front, at their feet was a pile of small-arm-thick wood with sharp front ends. Iron heads, and beside these infantrymen are strange wooden beds.
Three bows are hung on these wooden beds. Two bows are forward, like four huge horns. One bow is backward. The three bows are hung on the same horizontal line. In the wooden slots above the three bows, there are A wooden arrow three feet five inches long.
What is this?
Liu Jun raised his eyebrows and after the firecrackers and crossbowmen withdrew, he immediately issued the order with Zhu Di's permission: "Fire the arrows!"
"arrow?"
Duohu seemed to understand the language of this foreign land, and then saw a terrifying scene! Countless thick pieces of wood flew out instantly, and the shadow of a piece of wood almost covered the ground, leaving only shadows!
Duo suddenly looked at one
A piece of wood suddenly dilated in his pupils, and he subconsciously avoided it. The piece of wood passed by him, and he heard a scream from behind him. Duo suddenly saw the cavalry behind him fly out directly from the horse, and he was in the air at a loss. Dancing around, he hit another cavalryman hard, and the two of them rolled and fell to the ground.
"rush!"
As soon as Duohu shouted, there was a dull thump, and a thick wooden arrow hit the war horse Hongni's head! Although the war horse's head was protected by steel, the powerful impact had no buffer and hit the horse's head directly!
The whining war horse shook its neck and fell down. Duohu tightened his grip on the spear, thrust it into the ground, and took advantage of the momentum to roll out. He looked at his red mud and fell to the ground. His back body suddenly lifted up, and the whole horse slid forward. , and then smashed it to the ground, looking at Duohu with a whine.
"Red mud!"
Duohu stepped forward and reached out to stroke the horse's head. Hongni looked at Duohu and wanted to stand up, but struggled with his hooves and couldn't get up.
"Wait for me here. I will come to you after I kill the Ming army!"
As soon as Duohu finished speaking, he felt a heavy hammer hit his back. He was lying directly on the neck of the war horse. He couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of blood. He turned over with difficulty and lay on the ground, his fingers trembling slightly.
What a great power!
Duohu stood up with difficulty, feeling that his whole back was cracked. Although he had heavy armor to resist swords and guns, he could not withstand such a powerful force!
forward!
I want to make military exploits and fight for the Sudan!
A thick arrow hit Duohu's chest, and the sharp iron arrow penetrated the iron armor with great force! The originally hard armor suddenly dented, and the huge force hit Duohu straight away!
It landed heavily next to Hong Ni!
The red mud war horse moved its blood-soaked head, whining and screaming, sticking out its tongue to lick Duohu's cold hand, and a big teardrop flowed from the horse's eye.
Duohu looked at the blue sky. The clouds no longer moved and it was frozen.
Calvin was hit directly in the face by a heavy spear, and his not-so-hard face armor shattered instantly. The thick arrow gun took away half of Calvin's head. The cavalry charging at the front was completely restrained by the powerful Eight Ox Crossbow. Stop the offensive!
Eight Ox Crossbow, also known as Three-bow Crossbow.
The name the world gives it is: One Gun, Three Swords and Arrows.
The arrows are made of wood and iron feathers.
This type of weapon is a super bow and arrow from the Song Dynasty, with a range of up to 700 steps. It was originally used for siege operations. With its huge power, it was shot directly into the city wall. Soldiers stepped on the thick crossbow arrows to climb up the city wall. Historical records record that five hundred steps away, an arrow could "pierce the hole through three or four people."
However, the real Eight Ox Crossbow requires too many operating soldiers. It requires thirty or fifty sergeants to turn the axis to draw the string and draw the bow. The operation is complicated and the speed is too slow. The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty improved the Eight Ox Crossbow. Like the crossbow, a pulley was introduced, which reduced the required strength. Only five sergeants were needed to operate an Eight Ox Crossbow. Although the power was not as good as the Eight Ox Crossbow of the Song Dynasty, it was guaranteed to be 200 It’s okay to have few opponents in Bu Nei.
Zhu Di made a list of weapons and equipment for Zhu Yunqi long before he took command. One of them was the 580 oxen crossbow and the 200 bed crossbow. These weapons also became the first weapon for the army to restrain the heavy cavalry in the expedition to the west.
