"Pass my order to place the Han Army flag within a hundred meters, and the musketeers will attack again." Zhou Yuji began to order. "The artillery loaded with shotguns, and after the Han Army Flag launched a general attack, follow my orders and fire five rounds of shotguns rapidly."
"Each artillery group of ten guns is only allowed to fire two guns in each round." Zhou Yuji continued: "All the Rumi gunmen went up the wall. After the enemy entered a hundred meters, they started firing in groups of ten."
The first batch of Han Banners sent out ten fully-replenished Jia La, a heavy infantry force of 15,000 men. They moved forward cautiously. They knew that the Shenji Battalion was equipped with a large number of muskets.
It was quiet in front, without any sound, not even talking or coughing.
This made them a little panicked. It was very abnormal for the battlefield to be so quiet.
The black mass of armored infantry entered within a distance of 150 meters. The city wall in front could be clearly seen.
The armored four-wheeled carriages have their butts outwards, and the corrugated steel plates spreading out on both wings are connected horizontally. It looks like a dark green steel city wall.
What they didn't know was that behind the four-meter-high wall, there were two layers of steel pipe scaffolding as support. There were also musketeers standing on the second floor behind the shooting port, staring at the wilderness in front of them.
Zhou Yuji looked at these heavy heavy infantry, which had covered the bottom of the hillside in front. He ordered: "Let the crossbowmen and archers cover and shoot."
At this time, Zhou Yuji's strategy was to paralyze the opponent first.
The Han Army Banner's first attack was undoubtedly to cast stones to ask for direction. It was also to conduct fire reconnaissance. They planned to attack first and test the strength of the Beijing camp.
Take a look at what weapons they have and how lethal they are. If you find out clearly, you can restrain the weapons of the Beijing camp and take effective measures to reduce casualties the next time you attack.
Therefore, Zhou Yuji was very cautious in his arrangements. He could not expose all his strength at once.
Five thousand cavalry archers immediately dismounted and stepped forward. Behind the wall, they bent their bows and started shooting. Ten thousand swordsmen and axemen who were not on the wall also took out their steel crossbows and started shooting.
These steel crossbows are ratchet-loaded crossbows. They have a butt and can be fired from the shoulder. There is a rocking wheel on the right side, and the rocking wheel is used to cock the steel crossbow. This kind of steel crossbow has a small pulley group inside, so it is very labor-saving to cock the steel crossbow.
The bow arm made of spring steel also has a large pulling force and energy storage, which can reach the level of a 15-force tiger bow.
Following an order, 15,000 crossbowmen immediately began to shoot in different areas. Because the open space in front of the car city had been marked with squares and numbers, as long as the observer reported the code name, the crossbowmen below could follow the shooting chart.
Blind projectile.
With a buzzing sound, fifteen thousand bows and arrows and crossbow arrows soared into the sky, drawing a large dark cloud-like parabola in the sky, and then landed on the heads of the Han army's heavy armored infantry who were attacking from the front.
Because of its small size, the riding bow is not as powerful as the striding bow. Moreover, light arrows must be used to project, so the damage is limited. Only the exposed limbs of some unlucky ones were shot.
In China, even heavy infantry is not as heavy as in the West.
Because China has a vast territory, troops often march thousands of miles to fight. Therefore, the armor on the lower body must be light and easy to march. Otherwise, it is meaningless.
Because armor that can't be used on the battlefield means you don't have it. It's better not to wear it.
Therefore, even if a light arrow lands on the thighs, calves, and feet that are not protected by the armor skirt, it will still penetrate. When a person is exercising, the armor skirt cannot completely cover the legs and feet.
With a burst of screams, many people were shot by riding bows and fell to the ground in pain.
Immediately afterwards, the crossbow arrows shot by the steel crossbow arrived.
Crossbow arrows are different from bows and arrows. Crossbow arrows have no wings. They are just large steel needle-like arrows. Moreover, crossbow arrows are very short, usually less than half a foot long. However, crossbow arrows are very thick and heavy in the middle.
Because of the high tension, the steel crossbow can fire very heavy short arrows. This kind of heavy arrows and short arrows are very lethal when thrown. When shot directly, the kinetic energy is also very large, and even the impact force is huge, shooting people towards
Then flew up.
Whoosh! Thick steel crossbows fell.
Many Han flag soldiers with shields immediately raised their round shields. They tried to reduce the size of their bodies and huddled under the round shields.
They used Teng shield. This kind of shield was made of rattan and covered with a layer of iron.
In front of them are composite shields used to prevent lead bullets from muskets. There are many in the large army behind them who are holding round shields. They are mainly used to prevent projectiles.
Those holding shields are all sword and shield soldiers wearing chain armor. Because human strength is limited, it is impossible to wear heavy armor and dance with a shield. You can only choose one of the two.
But generally sword and shield soldiers require long-term and arduous training. The combination of sword and shield is much more difficult than using a single weapon.
The previous light arrows bounced off the shield easily. Most of the light arrows that landed on the heavy armor did not penetrate. If they landed on the seam of the armor, it could only be said that you were unlucky.
But this round of steel crossbow arrows fell, and the triangular arrows directly penetrated the thin iron sheet, and then penetrated the shield. Some soldiers' forearms covered with ropes inside the shield were directly penetrated. Some fell.
On the three-layer armor, it directly penetrated the cotton armor, lace armor and the inner chain armor.
The Jiannu themselves were a nomadic, fishing and hunting people. Their cavalry crushed the Han people. Therefore, there was a big difference between their armor and the Han people. That was the treatment and design of the shoulder armor.
Because the Han people have few horses, they are often chopped down by the barbarians. Therefore, the Han people's armor and shoulder pads are designed to be very strong. The greatest chance of being killed by cavalry is at the shoulders and neck. Therefore, the Han people have high and low armor and shoulder pads.
A lot of effort was put into it. This is the same as the Roman Empire's shoulder armor, which was very protective.
The Jianzhou people themselves were the ones who were condescending to kill others, and they did not pay as much attention to shoulder armor and helmets as the Han people. And this has had bad consequences today.
A dense mass of ten thousand crossbow arrows fell from the sky. Their shields and their triple armor were all penetrated by the high-speed and heavy-weight crossbow arrows. As long as they landed on the shoulders and neck, they basically penetrated deeply into the flesh.
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There were screams of misery, and more than 800 people were shot down in this round of shooting. They were rolling on the ground and wailing.
In such a cold weather now, it is very dangerous to get injured. Because the human body will lose body temperature quickly after losing blood.
The half of the crossbow arrow that missed the target was like a steel nail and shot into the ground that was as cold as iron. The exposed half was very easy to prick someone's feet, or make people trip and fall.
Li Yongfang's eyes twitched. Jingying was indeed not an ordinary person, with fierce firepower.
But he did not dare to order the attack to stop, because only Huang Taiji could call for gold and withdraw his troops. As long as there was no call for gold, he would have to fight hard.
"Continue to attack, if you don't retreat, you will kill the first!" Li Yongfang shouted coldly.
Ten Jia La, 15,000 troops, continued to charge forward.
Suddenly there was a rumbling sound from the front. Immediately afterwards, hundreds of black dots flew out from the car city.
At this time, the Han military flag had already reached a position close to 100 meters away.
These black objects fell from the sky and immediately smashed the Han army flag soldiers who were huddled in a group until their flesh and blood flew everywhere. They continued to roll until they fell into the crowd.
Only then did everyone see clearly that these things were stones.
Each piece is about the size of a sea bowl, and its shape is extremely irregular.
Needless to say, this thing is collected from rocks on the mountain.
The fifty trebuchets left by Yang Fan in the Beijing camp opened fire.
This chapter has been completed!