The Qing Dynasty's main battle weapon, the chain horse, consists of five chain-mailed Yanyunjian horses connected together with iron chains. There are sharp horns on the horses' heads. A total of six forward spears are tied between the horses. Using the horses
The huge impact force can tear through the enemy's defense line. The spear attached to the horse can drive the enemy away, and the horse body can knock the enemy away. The extended scimitar in the hand of the heavy armor knight on the horse is not a vegetarian, but is specially designed to drink blood.
, the knights of the chain horses, like the horses, must choose tall and strong Manchu men with excellent riding skills and outstanding martial arts.
The knights of the chain horse are not only higher than ordinary infantry, but even higher than ordinary cavalry. They are the Imperial Guards affiliated to the young emperor of the Qing Dynasty. With this iron cavalry, they defeated the Ming Dynasty's border troops several times.
, extending the border hundreds of miles southward.
It was the dream of every Qing soldier and every young man in the Qing Dynasty to become a rider on a chain horse.
Such a sharp army is almost invincible.
Although his opponent, the slave army, was determined to die, the innate conflict between cavalry and infantry could not be violated.
The iron wall-like chain of horses crashed into the slave army formation. Before the spears standing at a 45-degree angle in the hands of the slaves could pierce the horses, they were severely split open by the knight's long scimitar. The spears on the horse's bodies quickly
Harvesting their lives, countless slaves were knocked over by the spear points and fell to the ground, and then trampled into flesh by the horses' hooves. Countless heads were easily cut off by the knight's long scimitar, and flew into the air with blood spurting out.
Only a very few people can face a cavalry charge without breaking down mentally. Such calm people can only chop off the horse's legs at the moment when the cavalry comes. However, the horse's legs are not that easy to chop. If you miss a hit, you can only
Could be trampled to death.
The battle formation collapsed at the first touch. The complete defeat of the slave army, which had no advantage in terms of numbers, training, weapons, and organization, was expected. It was difficult to support them.
Only Zhamuhe kept shooting arrows. He turned around and fired while riding on the horse. The arrows hit the blindfold of the chain-horse warhorse. The eyes of the armored warhorse must be exposed to observe the enemy's situation. They were separated by the divine arrows.
Taking advantage of this loophole, he only shot one horse in a group of horses at a time, thus temporarily preventing the entire group of horses from moving forward. The injured horses were furious and uncontrollable, and the rider was knocked down. In serious cases, he could
At high speed, other war horses fell down together. The daring slave warrior took the opportunity to go over and cut the throat of the fallen knight, but he was also killed by the knights from the rear who arrived quickly.
The number of soldiers was reduced rapidly, and blood flowed into rivers. Liu Ziguang's eyes were red when he saw this tragic scene, and he rushed up to the chained horse on foot with his bare hands.
Facing him was a group of chain horses. Five tall horses covered with iron armor rushed toward him like lightning. Six sharp spears trembled. The knight's eye mask flashed with a ruthless light, and the two long scimitars closest to him struck down at the same time.
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Liu Ziguang stood up from the ground and slashed the air with two long scimitars. The war horse also felt that there was no comfortable feeling of stepping on the human body under his feet. He was a little puzzled. Before the knight could recover, Liu Ziguang had already landed on the horse, with his feet on each side.
After stepping on a horse, the knight's vision was not clear. He felt that something big fell beside him. He turned around and saw that he was so handsome. He hurriedly swung his sword to chop, but his hand was empty. Liu Ziguang had two more long scimitars in his hand.
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"Go to hell!" Liu Ziguang waved two long knives fiercely at the same time, cutting the two knights in heavy armor around him into two pieces, and also chopped off the heads of the two horses. Suddenly, a group of chain horses fell to the ground.
, the cavalry behind could not hold back the huge inertia, so they had to step over with people and horses. Being a chain horse rider not only brings glory, but also the consciousness of dying tragically in front of the battle, the knights behind thought.
Liu Ziguang followed Zha Muhe's tactics, cutting off only one horse and destroying a group of chain horses. He was so light that he jumped up and down on the first line of chain horses, decapitating the horses, and a large number of chain horses fell over under his blade.
On the ground, because five horses were connected together, it was difficult to turn over. Some knights were pressed by the horses and could not move. Some of the knights who were not pressed by the horses were also rushed by angry slaves because they were wearing heavy armor and had difficulty moving.
He put the knife into the mask and stirred it up, and died tragically in front of the battle.
The chain horses in the rear team were caught by those in front, and some of the horses that did not cooperate well fell to the ground, forming a chain reaction. The iron curtain-like formation was actually delayed by one person!
The non-stop knight hung his long scimitar on the victory hook, drew his bow and arrow to shoot this guy flying all over the sky. How could ordinary bows and arrows hurt Liu Ziguang in the slightest? The arrows that were shot all over the sky didn't know who they hit in the end. Anyway, Liu Ziguang
It was still active in the formation of chain horses like a ghost, constantly causing groups of chain horses to fall to the ground.
The advance was slowed down, and the slaves retreated towards the north gate. Anthony and Duncan had just promised to help Liu Ziguang take care of the eldest lady, so they would bring a few people to protect the two young ladies plus Yu Xiaolong. Some timid slaves
He had already jumped into the moat and swam desperately to the other side. The fear caused by the chain of horses was really shocking.
His precious son became the hostage of the slaves again. Yu Hualong did not dare to order shooting at the slaves. In order to prevent his son from being killed by the chain of horses, he asked his younger brother Yu Huahu: "Huahu, has the steam burned enough?"
City defense captain Yu Huahu replied: "Brother, it has been burned enough for launch."
"Okay! Order to launch the steam repeating crossbow, target: Qing Dynasty serial horse."
"No~!" If we don't attack the chain horse, I'm afraid the morale of the defenders on the city wall will also be a problem.
The city wall is still the same, but the inside of the city wall is busy. There are dark rooms under the entire northern city wall. A long gap suddenly appeared in the city bricks three feet below the opening, revealing the tips of crossbow arrows. Hundreds of powerful large crossbows were
Aim for the chain horse.
The bowstring of this large crossbow is made of extremely tough steel wire, which cannot be pulled by manpower. Even using a winch is very slow. The crossbow arrows are made of tough old bamboo from the south. There is a long iron spearhead in front, and the whole arrow is enough
It is five feet long, with a small opening in the front that can whistle in the wind, and four simple tail fins at the back to ensure flight stability and range. The bow is stringed with steam, and a dozen stout boilermen are strung up on the upper body.
, quickly throw the coal into the blazing fire, the fire boils the water in the furnace, generates high-temperature and high-pressure steam, pushes the piston and crankshaft, and pulls the bowstring backward. After hanging the hook, the excess steam is released, and the string is wound.
The push rod moves in the opposite direction, pushing another set of steam repeating crossbows to be wound. An arrow has been automatically placed in the arrow slot of the previously wound set of repeating crossbows. Of course, it is more appropriate to say it is an arrow than a javelin.
After the bowstring hook is released, the strong rebound of the steel wire string pushes the javelin in the arrow trough to move forward quickly, and shoots out in the direction in which the crossbow head is pointed.
The crossbow head can swing up and down 120 degrees and left and right 100 degrees. Each group of ten large crossbows can be aimed at the direction where the enemy is gathering with the power of the crossbow hand shaking the rocker arm.
Now the crossbowmen are aiming in the direction of the chaotic chain of horses. The range of the javelins with tail fins is more than twice that of ordinary bows and arrows. One hundred javelins fired by one hundred steam repeating crossbows are flying in the air.
The air blew in from the whistle, making a sharp whistle. Before the first batch of javelins landed, the second batch and the third batch flew out.
The steam piston reciprocates, constantly winding, firing, winding, and firing. The human-powered ammunition feeder is simple and reliable. Bundles of javelins are put into the delivery port in an orderly manner. The grappling hook driven by the rocker arm accurately moves after winding.
In an instant, the javelin was put into the arrow trough.
The officer holding a monocular observed the distance and wave of the chain horses and the results of the javelin landing on the city wall, and directed the crossbowman to adjust the angle of the crossbow head so that the javelin could hit the follow-up troops of the chain horses.
The sharp roars all over the sky stimulated people's eardrums. The power of the steam was terrifying. Ten rounds were fired in a very short time. A thousand javelins plunged into the queue of horses with roars. Liu Ziguang was originally disturbed.
The cavalrymen who were in a mess were pinned to the ground by javelins falling from the sky, and their heavy armor was torn apart like tissue paper. After the javelin penetrated the human body, it still penetrated into the frozen soil, and the tail fins were still trembling.
The subsequent chain of horses was also covered by javelins that extended the range. The javelins in the sky were still so powerful despite the north wind. Countless knights were instantly pierced. Countless war horses were frightened by the terrifying whistle and went crazy. For a while, people shouted for horses.
Hiss, there were screams. The Qing knights with strict military orders did not know how to retreat and still charged forward. Under the heavy rain of javelin blows, they suffered heavy losses. In addition, they trampled on each other. The thousand-man team that attacked this time stopped for ten seconds.
Seven stops.
The golden sound of the Qing Dynasty finally sounded, and the remaining chain horses made a big turn before turning back, and the javelin stopped firing in time.
Liu Ziguang, who was jumping to avoid the javelin, also wiped the cold sweat from his head, "Holy crap, it's just like Katyusha!"
The Qing army was motionless, and no matter how powerful the javelin was, it could not shoot that far. Under the bright yellow banner with handsome words written on it, a thin, pale-faced young man in yellow robe said to the middle-aged general next to him: "What's going on in the military aircraft department?"
What we have to do is to seize the north gate and the army can directly enter the city. Now, it is good. First, a group of beggars made dumplings for the former army scouts, and then a martial arts master appeared and killed so many of my imperial guards.
Now that such a powerful giant crossbow arrow has destroyed my chain of horses, your Military Aircraft Department has simply failed more than succeeded and failed! As for Song Qingfeng, ask him to come and give me an explanation."
The middle-aged general said cowardly, "It is all due to your Majesty's Imperial Guards suffering losses because of your lack of consideration. As for Mr. Song Qingfeng, he was killed by the most powerful barbarian in the Ming Dynasty in front of the battle just now. He cannot come to see Your Majesty."
Already."
The young man in white robe was shocked when he heard this. He hurriedly picked up his telescope and looked at the battlefield. The battlefield was full of mourning horses and the corpses of slave soldiers, as well as javelins everywhere. No trace of Song Qingfeng could be found.
"I'm afraid I've been trampled to pieces by horses, Your Majesty," the middle-aged general whispered.
The white-robed young man's pale face gradually turned red, "Trash, everything is trash. Song Qingfeng is dead, and the death squad from the Military Aircraft Department that raided the north gate of the Liguo Iron Works must have been completely wiped out. Mr. Zhang, wait.
I took the Southern Dynasty
It’s time for your Minister of Military and Aircraft to consider giving way to someone more worthy.”
The middle-aged general bowed his head and confessed: "I will die if I betray your majesty's great trust!"
The emperor of the Qing Dynasty snorted coldly and said to himself, "Fortunately, I thought carefully and brought back the artillery. Otherwise, if the southern expedition was blocked, how could I have the face to meet those ministers who care about life?"
"Come here, send the order back and move the artillery forward, I will destroy this city!" The young emperor raised his voice and gave the order.
Seeing the chain horse retreating, the defeated slave army and the Iron Guards on the city wall cheered together. Liu Ziguang ran back to the city amidst the cheers. Zhamuhe came over and gave him a hard punch. "Good boy, one person can break the chain horse."
Ma, are you possessed by a god, are you so powerful all of a sudden?" Liu Ziguang said: It's a fluke.
Everyone patted Liu Ziguang's shoulders in a friendly manner. He was the God of War in the slave army. Such a fierce general was once seen in the ages. Even the people on the city wall were amazed. Liu Ziguang didn't know that after a while, the story of the white-robed young general defeated the chain horse.
It would be compiled into storytelling and sung in teahouses and restaurants in the Ming Dynasty.
Liu Ziguang walked through the cheerful crowd and walked up to Peng Jinrong and said quietly: "I'm back." There were faint traces of tears on the girl's face, and Peng Jinrong nodded lightly: "Just come back, I'll wait.