The shooting skills of these Tatar soldiers are very exquisite. Even if they are riding on a galloping horse, they can still shoot arrows quickly and extremely accurately. As long as the Ming army on the city top shows their head even slightly, their arrows will follow.

Soon there were many casualties on the city.

On the other hand, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had low morale and poor shooting skills. It was difficult to cause casualties to the Tatar soldiers riding fast horses, and they could only rely on large-scale arrow coverage.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Houzhao felt naturally uncomfortable. At the same time, he was also thinking about how to deal with this situation. Soon Zhu Houzhao thought of a possibility, which was the crossbow formation. Using the crossbow formation to defend the city, I think the effect

It was excellent, but when he thought about the time and money it would take, Zhu Houzhao decisively gave up.

Unless flexible steel can be produced to make steel crossbows, the gains outweigh the losses. The Tatars outside the city are becoming more and more arrogant at this time.

Zhu Houzhao listened to the harsh laughter and curses of the Tatars, and the expression on his face became serious. He walked down from Duokou. Zhu Houzhao ordered: "Let everyone prepare and bring my armor!"

Although Zhu Houzhao also wore armor, it was not the armor Zhu Houzhao wore when fighting. The armor he wore when fighting was made separately, which was a set of plate armor. Originally, Zhu Houzhao thought that he would wait until his own steelmaking plant was established and then come up with the

The hydraulic stamping machine is manufacturing plate armor. You must know that under the same weight, the defensive power of plate armor is better than that of fish scale armor and pierced armor.

Many people debated this in later generations, but Zhu Houzhao wanted to say that talking about defense without mentioning weight was a hooliganism.

Zhu Houzhao's plate armor was made when he was making iron stoves. Zhu Houzhao discovered that those old masters still had this skill, so he told them about the plate armor. He took out the best steel and forged it repeatedly, and finally it took a long time

It took more than four months to make Zhu Houzhao's plate armor. I fell in love with Zhu Houzhao as soon as I saw it.

During the drill in Xiyuan, Zhu Houzhao also wore this set of plate armor. Naturally, he knew what Zhu Houzhao was talking about, so someone quickly went to get Zhu Houzhao's plate armor.

Plate armor has many benefits. In the era of cold weapons, this is definitely a very good thing. The protective power of plate armor and the flexibility it brings to soldiers at the same weight are unmatched by other iron armors. It also provides more convenience in hot and cold processing.

Conditions. Whether it is chain mail, scale armor, or zhao armor, because its constituent elements (small iron rings, armor pieces, etc.) are too small, the processing is extremely cumbersome, which not only consumes manpower, but is also difficult to process and strengthen.

The decline of plate armor was due to the emergence of large matchlock guns, which made the resistance of plate armor insufficient for the first time. In the face of bullets, well-made plate armor can indeed effectively resist frontal penetration, but the huge impact often causes the protective

The plate is dented inward and damaged, and the vibration generated when the bullet collides with the plate armor can also cause serious damage to the human body, which makes the heavy plate armor increasingly ineffective in actual combat.

According to Zhu Houzhao, plate armor is the most suitable thing for the Ming Dynasty. It has strong protective power. With hydraulic stamping machines and new steel mills, it is easy to forge and can be produced and equipped in large quantities.

The main enemies of the Ming Dynasty are the grassland peoples, and large matchlock guns have nothing to do with them. With plate armor, it is not too difficult for the Ming Dynasty's cavalry to gain an advantage over the grasslands. New steel mills and hydraulic stamping forging technology

, it is definitely not something that the grassland peoples can learn casually. Even if they learn it, they will not be able to produce tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of sets on a large scale like the Ming Dynasty.

By the time they learn the skills, it will be too late. Zhu Houzhao believes that sooner or later, he will be able to lead the Ming Dynasty's cavalry across the grassland, and that day will start with today's battle.

Zhu Houzhao's set of plates is a complete set, starting from the breastplate to the lower leg armor, helmet and face armor, and even gloves. Zhu Houzhao still remembers how shocked he was when he saw this armor.

I couldn't help but ask in my heart, can the skilled craftsmen of this era actually achieve this?

In order to make this armor look more powerful and domineering, they even carved patterns on it, such as a tiger head on the chest. Many parts of the entire armor were gilded, and they also gave it a very cool name, called Tiger Head Soap.

Jin Jia, it was Zhu Houzhao who asked them to take down all these fancy gadgets.

That set of tiger-head soap gold armor is useless except for looking beautiful. If it were worn on the battlefield, it would probably be regarded as a target.

The suit Zhu Houzhao is wearing now is black and has been rubbed with tung oil in many places. After putting it on, it gives people a strong sense of oppression.

"Get on the horse!" Although Zhu Houzhao pulled the reins of the horse and climbed on the horse, Zhu Houzhao said to the soldiers behind him: "It takes a thousand days to raise an army and use it for a while. You will be with me for a long time. In one word, you will kill the enemy and make a contribution."

Today is the day when you can confer a concubine on your wife. A Tatar has forty taels of head and this money comes out of my palace. I keep my word and make money to buy land and marry a concubine!"

What Zhu Houzhao said was very inelegant, but who are the soldiers of this era? They are all poor people.

They rarely understand the righteousness of the family and the country. Only scholars can talk about this. What a soldier pays attention to is to eat food when he is a soldier. When he is older, it is to fight for a future and to make meritorious service on the battlefield. These people are all old people from Tengxiang Siwei.

Of course, they knew what His Highness the Crown Prince meant. After all, they had been holding back their breath for so long after training for so long.

Everyone knows that this is an opportunity to show off in front of the Crown Prince. If you fall in the eyes of His Highness, your future will be bright.

"Open the city gate!" Without any hesitation, Zhu Houzhao turned around and said to the soldiers at the city gate. After saying this, Zhu Houzhao raised his hand and put down his visor.

Following Zhu Houzhao's words, Guyuan's city gate creaked open, and then the suspension bridge was lowered. The Tatar soldiers outside were stunned when they saw this scene, but they knew that the Ming army was leaving the city. But this

Did the Ming army dare to leave the city at that time? Did they not know what was going on inside Guyuan City?

In their shocked eyes, a group of cavalry rushed out of Guyuan City, led by a cavalryman whose whole body was illuminated by an iron jar.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the lingering Tatar soldiers who were shooting arrows into the city just now. Zhu Houzhao raised his sword and pointed it at those people, and then said: "Strangle them!"

Following Zhu Houzhao's order, a group of cavalry rushed towards them. The horses of this group of cavalry were very fast. This was a commando team set up by Zhu Houzhao. Their horses were carefully selected and could not run long distances.

But all are good at short-distance sprinting, and these commando knights are all the best in archery.

Bows and arrows using pulleys allow them to shoot faster and have a longer range, which is the same as the bows and arrows used by scouts.

The Tatar soldiers were still preparing to shoot with bows and arrows, but the cavalry here suddenly divided into three columns, outflanked the Tatar soldiers on the left and right, and charged head-on. They rushed forward with the Tatar soldiers in their arms. The bows and arrows in their hands were fired at the Tatar soldiers.

It has a longer range and a more accurate aiming system. Yes, Zhu Houzhao added sights to these bows and arrows.

Although it is a very simple physical sight, its principle is that light propagates in a straight line, and the eyes, standard equipment, and target are on a line, which is commonly known as three points and one line.

But these people were originally the best archers. With the equipment, their accuracy and shooting speed have been greatly improved.

Soon those Tatar soldiers were in trouble. These people surrounded them. When they advanced, these people retreated. When they retreated, these people chased. What never stopped was the sound of these people's bowstrings. A single feather arrow could

It can shoot a Tatar soldier to the ground, and the whole battlefield is filled with the screams of the Tatar soldiers, and killing becomes the main theme.

Zhu Houzhao sat on his horse, looking at the Tatar soldiers' formation in the distance. These captured Tatar soldiers were only a few hundred people, and there was a large group of people over there.

Obviously, these Tatar soldiers did not expect that there would be cavalry in Guyuan City. They thought that the people leaving the city were infantry, so these hundreds of people did not run away, and now they cannot run away even if they want to.

"Enter!" Zhu Houzhao waved his sword, and the cavalry group began to move forward. The sound of horse hooves sounded. The captured Tatar soldiers were completely panicked and began to turn around and run back towards the main formation.

, they knew that if they did not run, they would definitely die. Zhu Houzhao saw that the Tatar soldiers also began to speed up.

Obviously, the Tatar general was unconvinced, and he became even more unconvinced after he saw that the number of people on Zhu Houzhao's side was half that of his own.

The other thing is that he thinks he can win. If he has 10,000 against 5,000, he can't beat the Ming's cavalry. The Ming's cavalry is also called cavalry. If he turns around and retreats at this time, the Tatar general also knows that he will definitely be exposed.

The cavalry of the Ming army bit their butts and chased after them. This was inevitable. If they wanted to retreat, they had to defeat these Ming troops head-on.

The cavalry on both sides began to speed up, and the sound of galloping horses rumbled on the ground. Zhu Houzhao put away his sword, stretched his bow and nocked an arrow. This special long bow was Zhu Houzhao's treasure.

The shooting range was long, because he was strong and very accurate. Zhu Houzhao was aiming at the Tatar general who was rushing in front.

Whoosh!

Zhu Houzhao's war horse did not slow down at all, and the arrows flew directly towards the opponent's military formation with the strong wind. Then Zhu Houzhao shot two more arrows, and then Zhu Houzhao put away the bow and arrow. The speed of the war horse had already increased.

The two sides were about to engage in hand-to-hand combat, and their bows and arrows were useless. At this time, the Tatar arrows also arrived, but Zhu Houzhao ignored them at all. He tried, but such arrows could not penetrate his plate armor at all.
Chapter completed!