These heavy shields, three millimeter steel plates, are tempered and surface carburized and hardened. These steel plates are very strong and cannot be cut with an axe. Modern security door steel plates are generally only one millimeter, and the more expensive ones are 1.5,
Or two millimeters. Very few can reach three millimeters.
What is outrageous is that on these shields, there are sharpened steel nails one centimeter in diameter and twenty centimeters long that are screwed on one by one.
The war horse and knight collided under the impact of high speed, and the result can be imagined.
These heavy shields were dismantled for transportation and assembled before the battle. After putting down the stationary hoes, the cavalry could not hit them at all. After all, no matter how fast the horse ran, it was not a tank. It only had one horsepower. Moreover, the Mongolian horses were small and had no horsepower at all.
Han Sanglin is only sixteen years old this year. He entered the Beijing camp after his father's ban. He is a sword and shield wielder. He holds the shield from behind with one hand and carries a Miao sword that is 1.6 meters long with the other hand.
In fact, he didn't need to hold up the shield. Although the shield slid backwards after being hit, it would never turn over or fall over. The soldiers were just nervous, and it seemed that they were safe only if they held the shield hard.
There was a crackling sound, but there was no neighing of war horses, and no screams of people. Flesh and blood spurted out like mist, covering him from the gap.
At this moment, what he felt was not fear, but some pity for his body. This brand-new mandarin duck battle coat was given out just before departure. It had not been washed with a single water, and it was red and really beautiful. As a result, half of his body was sprayed.
The dregs of flesh and blood.
Han Sanlin suddenly felt a burst of anger. When people are extremely frightened, they will suddenly burst into anger. He thrust the Miao Dao from the top of the shield. With the Miao Dao on his arm, it was nearly two meters long, enough to assassinate anyone on horseback.
Mongol.
The Miao sword is thin and long. To use this weapon, you must have physical strength and arm strength. Although it is a two-handed sword, in many cases, if the shield is not a fixed shield like this, but a swallow-tailed shield, or a light shield such as a playing card,
You need to use the Miao Dao with one hand.
This kind of knife is heavier than a single knife. The Yanling knife generally weighs 2-3 kilograms, and the Miao knife weighs about four kilograms because it is narrow. There are two ways to use this kind of knife, one is the knife method, which is similar to the use of the horse-cutting knife**
*It has a large killing range, wide open and wide. Another way to use it is with marksmanship, because the standard Miao knives of the Ming Dynasty army are all five feet long. It is about 167cm today.
This length is almost the same as that of a flower gun or a short gun. Therefore, the Miao Dao can be used according to the marksmanship. Therefore, this weapon is very suitable for the battlefield. Back then, the Qi Army used the Miao Dao to perfectly restrain the Japanese sword. It killed Japanese pirates just like chopping melons and vegetables.
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Han Sanglin's sudden sword attack caught the Mongolians off guard. Unexpectedly, the Mongolians didn't expect that the opponent's sword was as long as a short spear. They were immediately thrown off their horses and fell to the ground with a bang.
After killing an enemy, Han Sanlin was overjoyed.
It turns out that Mongolians are not just three-headed and six-armed. If you stab him, he will die, fall down, and bleed. Immediately, Han Sanglin, who was deeply inspired, remembered everything the instructor taught him.
Since the Mongolian couldn't break the shield, he became bolder and began to wait for opportunities to assassinate him.
After a while, he stabbed another one to death.
At this time, he became ecstatic. Because, according to the Ming Dynasty's military merit regulations, if you kill a true Tatar, you will be rewarded fifty taels of silver for each head, or be promoted to an official.
At this young age, I already have one hundred taels in hand. If I choose to be promoted, I can surpass the corps commander and become a small flag.
If the Mongols only use one-handed swords to fight two-handed swords, it is obvious that the one-handed swords will suffer.
The Miao Dao is a two-handed knife, but it can be used with one hand for thrusting.
Because it is relatively long, jumping movements are often used, also called jumping seedling knife.
During training at the Beijing Camp, emphasis was placed on both one-handed use and two-handed use after the shield was fixed.
Since the two-handed sword technique involves holding the sword with both hands, the force is much greater than that of one-handed sword. In many cases, the one-handed sword can be shaken off or thrown away. However, the two-handed sword technique has great limitations on body skills.
At this time, a cavalryman rushed over from the left. He planned to rush along the shield and wait for an opportunity to fire an arrow. Han Sanglin remembered what he had learned, twisted his waist, jumped up, picked up the Miao knife with both hands, and slashed horizontally.
With a squeaking sound, huge heads flew up, and blood spurted out more than three feet high.
"Okay, the cut was beautiful." General Tie Zhongtang cheered.
The target of cavalry is large. A person on a horse is taller than a standing person, and their torso is exposed above the shield. It just does not affect the shooting of the steel crossbow and three-eyed gun inside the shield array.
The general banner of Tiezhongtang stood in the middle, shouting loudly and commanding. The spearmen assassinated the enemies on horseback like lightning.
Shields have wheels and can be moved.
However, at this time, after putting down the hoe, it was fixed. The enemy squeezed inward, but could not push it at all. A barbed wire was temporarily hung between the shields.
Although there was a considerable distance between the three shields of each small flag, the Mongols were still unable to rush in because of the barbed wire. The spearmen hid behind and waited for opportunities to assassinate. The steel crossbowmen and three-eyed muskets also opened fire.
Following Tie Zhongtang's order, five three-eyed cannons were aimed in one direction and fired a volley. The smoke was thick and heavy, and a whole field of Mongolian cavalry fell off their horses.
At this time, there were not only Mongolians clashing with shields in front of them, but also Mongolian cavalry rushing through the passages on both sides, stepping on the corpses and dead horses scattered all over the ground.
After these Mongols rushed through the first front, they saw that the second front was a hundred meters behind. They ignored the second front and surrounded the first front, trying to eliminate them first.
At this time, the fifty men in each small banner became an isolated island. They were surrounded and attacked by Mongolian cavalry on all sides.
If the cavalry is tall, they can be seen inside the shield. Spears, steel crossbows, and three-eyed guns can also hit them.
Similarly, the Mongols can also see inside the shield, and their bows and arrows can shoot everyone inside.
At this time, the power of the plate armor was revealed. The Mongols could not rush in. Even if they fired arrows outside, they could not shoot through the plate armor. Moreover, they could not use knives with bows. They were directly stabbed to death by spears and knives.
Especially the steel crossbow, because it is very fast to cock the arrow. Just pull the charging handle to cock the arrow.
Pull the trigger and it will shoot out immediately.
There was no need to aim at such a close distance. Even with eyes closed, the Mongolian cavalry on the outside of the shield array, which was packed like a sardine can, could be shot.
The huge power of the steel crossbow can penetrate these unarmored herdsmen levies without any pressure. One arrow can even penetrate the person in front and kill the person behind again.
The bow power of the steel crossbow is high, and the arrows have no tail fins, so the resistance is very small and the speed is fast. At the same time, the arrows are sharp and sharp, and the arrow body is strong, and it is very easy to penetrate the human body without armor.
This chapter has been completed!