Chapter 1033: Cloud Ladder Chariot, Song Bow Crossbow
Chapter 1033: Ladder Chariot, Song Dynasty Crossbow
The city walls in three directions almost all launched attacks at the same time. Although Ma Xinghua and Shentu's troops did not have many catapults and ladders, the number of archers was not small! Among the infantry of the Song Dynasty, the number of bows and arrows was quite high.
Hands are the main force, accounting for at least 60% of the army, so there are a lot of bows and arrows in the army!
For these barbarians, they relied more on swords and guns. Even if they had some bows and arrows, their quality and quantity were far from comparable to those of the Song Dynasty!
If they were fighting in the mountains and forests, they could rely on their familiarity with the terrain and the bravery and habits of the warriors to gain the upper hand. However, in the face of such a battle, both experience and the quality of the soldiers were inferior to those of the Song Dynasty.
a lot of.
Now in the three main directions of attack, the ordinary soldiers are almost all barbarian warriors, and the archers are almost all Song soldiers!
Outside the north of the city, thundering war drums suddenly sounded!
Lei Zheng roared, "Hold your shield high!"
Shields made of rattan were raised one after another, and then the entire army lined up in a straight line and slowly approached the north city wall! The defense power of these rattan shields was naturally far different from that of iron shields, but they were
Extremely light! Moreover, for ordinary arrows, the defensive power is not too bad! There are three or five layers of overlapping rattan weaving, and the arrows fired will be directly stuck on the shield.
Of course, this was only against the arrows of these tribes, which were not very powerful. If they were facing the powerful crossbow arrows of the Song Dynasty, they would probably be shot directly into a sieve.
The Yixi tribe on the city wall is obviously unfamiliar with this situation. On weekdays, tribal battles are basically in the wilderness, with vehicles, horses and artillery charging at each other to kill each other, and it is rare for any tribe to directly kill.
To the other party's ancestral land.
After all, there is not much difference in strength between the tribes, and they lack siege weapons. Such a simple barrier may be very familiar to the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty, but to the warriors of these tribes, it is like a natural chasm.
Just as Lei Zheng's vanguard moved forward, scattered arrows fell from the city wall.
However, due to the craftsmanship and materials, even if they shoot arrows from top to bottom, the arrows can float up to about two hundred steps before falling down without any force, unable to cause any harm to the current Lei Zheng army.
On the contrary, as the sound of wind pierced the air, the catapult behind Lei Zheng and others began to show its power!
Stones the size of human heads were thrown up with huge force, leaving bloody flesh everywhere they passed! Even if they hit the city wall, the deafening sound made the tribal warriors on the wall tremble with fear.
Fifty catapults, each twenty or thirty meters tall, can cover almost the entire northern city wall. Faced with this technological dimensionality reduction attack, the tribesmen and horses on the city wall are almost helpless to fight back!
While Lei Zheng and others were moving forward, a huge ladder was also pushed by the soldiers, creaking forward!
After thousands of years of war history in several dynasties, by the Song Dynasty, siege ladders had developed to an extremely terrifying level!
The so-called simple ladders in those novels are simply an insult to the soldiers! Simple ladders do not exist, but except for those homeless bandits who have no fixed abode, or who have no choice at all, no general will let his subordinates
The soldiers used such things to commit suicide.
The ordinary ladder in the Song Dynasty was about two feet high, divided into three levels, and was generally trapezoidal! There was a pulley at the bottom, which made it easier to push. Each level could accommodate a different number of soldiers! In front of each level, in addition to sharp wrist thickness
In addition to the wooden thorns for defense, there is also a thick layer of wooden boards, like huge shields.
There are holes in the wooden board, and the soldiers in the ladder can pass through each of the holes to shoot arrows at the defending soldiers on the city wall!
In addition, there are grappling hooks on the ladder, etc., making it difficult for the defending soldiers to push it once it is set up on the city wall! Behind the ladder is a wooden staircase! When the ladder comes under the city wall, the soldiers on the third floor
You can still shoot arrows at the enemy inside the ladder, and the soldiers below can quickly step onto the stairs and go up the city wall to fight directly with the defending soldiers!
It is no exaggeration to say that this kind of engineering tool is extremely well designed in terms of both defense and attack. However, because of this, it not only takes an extremely long time to build a ladder, but also requires real craftsmen.
Only then.
This is why when other surrounding barbarians and other countries were plundering the Song Dynasty, the craftsmen of the Song Dynasty were extremely attractive to them.
However, this kind of sharp weapon is not without its flaws! In addition to being difficult to build, the biggest problem is that it is extremely difficult to transport! This thing is like a complex chariot. It is fine if it is on the official road, but if you want to cross mountains and ridges
It is almost impossible, and the marching speed will be greatly slowed down.
Therefore, Shen Tang's army only carried twenty ladders.
Moreover, it was disassembled as much as possible, and only then was it reassembled by professional craftsmen upon arrival.
Otherwise, if you want to march three to four hundred miles with these large equipment, it would not be unusual even if it takes half a month and twenty days.
This terrifying, devil-like chariot advanced slowly. The archers in it cooperated with the catapults at the rear, directly suppressing the defenders on the wall of Yixi tribe behind the female wall, making it difficult to show their faces at all!
Under this kind of escort, Lei Zheng's vanguard army below made progress extremely smoothly, easily advancing to a position about two hundred steps north of the city!
Rows of shields formed a dense defense in the front, and the archers in the rear who were already ready to attack finally began to show their power!
There is a big difference between bows and arrows. In comparison, bows and arrows are simpler, but they can shoot farther! During the Song Dynasty, the effective killing distance of bows and arrows was more than 200 steps, and the shooting range could even reach 300 steps.
Some elite compound bows are said to be able to reach a distance of four to five hundred steps.
However, although the compound bow can shoot extremely far, it requires arm strength that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve. In addition, it is difficult to make, so it is difficult to form an army!
Crossbow arrows are relatively refined, but are shorter in length. However, their lethality is extremely terrifying, and can even penetrate ordinary wooden shields! In a face-to-face charge, crossbow arrows can definitely become a nightmare for the enemy.
In addition to these ordinary bows and crossbows, there are also double crossbows, large bed crossbows, etc.! These large crossbows not only shoot higher, but are also so powerful that they can break mountains and open rocks! Just like the large bed crossbows, they are even more powerful than
The catapult is no less impressive. It is also one of the terrifying weapons for the infantry of the Song Dynasty to fight against the cavalry.