In fact, as early as two days ago when the Jiejiao tribe attacked Luocheng for the first time, the Shang Shui Army had already used Liannu. However, at that time, due to the obstruction of the sea of fire outside the city, the Bitatu standing on the high slope in the distance was blocked.
I just didn't see clearly the scene where more than 20,000 slave soldiers were killed by Wei Guo's repeated crossbows.
At that time, he thought that the more than 20,000 slave soldiers could at least cause some casualties to the Wei people in the city.
But now, after witnessing the slave soldiers under his command falling to the ground one by one, he realized that in front of the powerful Wei State's repeated crossbows, these unarmored slave soldiers might just serve as a means of consuming the opponent's arrows.
Just a function.
At the same time, the Wei army opposite Jiejiao had stopped advancing.
This is a mixed army of infantry, chariots, and cavalry. The soldiers of the Merchant Navy modified the carriages they used to carry baggage and fixed the repeating crossbows on the carriages. Each carriage carried two repeating crossbows.
, a total of 250 continuous crossbow tanks were built.
Liennu chariot, this is the name given by Zhao Hongrun.
Although Zhao Hongrun knew that things like chariots had long been eliminated, perhaps it was because of the common thinking of the Wei people in his heart, or he simply regarded the heavy chariot as another important weapon of war in his memory, so that
Zhao Hongrun, like most Wei people, had an incredible love for chariots, a weapon of war that represented the spirit of their Wei state.
But having said that, although the name is quite good, in fact, the so-called continuous crossbow chariot is simply a continuous crossbow placed on a horse-drawn cart loaded with baggage. At most, it is the soldiers of the merchant navy.
On this basis, using the remaining wood from raising the city wall a few days ago, a side baffle was added to the chariot to defend against arrows from the Jie cavalry.
As for the configuration of soldiers, each repeating crossbow carriage is equipped with two grooms, two soldiers responsible for shooting the repeating crossbow, two soldiers responsible for loading arrows, and two soldiers holding shields to protect the same carriage. A total of
They are eight soldiers.
Because of this, even though these crossbow chariots are all driven by four horses, their forward speed is still terrible. Even a fully armed Wei infantry can run faster than it.
flexibility!
Whether it was the chariot built by Zhao Hongrun during the Chu-Wei War or the so-called continuous crossbow chariot that was hurriedly put together at this time, both exposed the same weakness, namely mobility.
To put it simply, it is too slow.
It's enough to have lethality, what kind of bicycle do you need...
In the middle of the team, Zhao Hongrun was riding a war horse, escorted by the Zong guards and Su Wang guards, and sighed with melancholy.
After witnessing the pitiful speed of the repeating crossbow chariot, he convinced himself more than once that the chariot did not need speed, it only needed to trample the enemy troops, but deep down in his heart, to be honest, he still wanted to use a
Mechanical power replaces horsepower.
It's a pity that he can't build a steam engine. The Smelting Bureau's current technology is still unable to achieve this.
Of course, to say the least, even if a steam engine was built, it would not have much power like the first-generation steam engine, which was not even as powerful as the horsepower.
"Your Highness, you really shouldn't have put yourself in danger."
Just when Zhao Hongrun was feeling melancholy, Zongwei Chief Shen Yu couldn't help but persuade him again: "If you just want to find out the situation of Jiejiao's army, I can do it for you. You just need to wait for news in the city."
Zhao Hongrun turned his head when he heard this and said with a smile: "Shen Yu, I am afraid that only I can do this."
Yes, only he who has the gift of photographic memory can clearly see the general appearance of the Jiejiao army in a very short period of time. For example, has the opponent built a camp? Where was it built? What is the distribution of the camp? Is there any? Exploitable vulnerabilities? Wait, wait, etc.
Perhaps ordinary people with ordinary memories may forget all this information later even if they remember it at the time, but Zhao Hongrun is different. As long as he takes a look at it, he can remember it in his heart. When he returns to the felt tent in Luocheng, he will Make corresponding models on the plate to facilitate the subsequent war.
If it weren't for this reason, Zhao Hongrun would never have been in danger himself. What if there was no one on the battlefield who didn't have the foresight?
"Order the entire army to advance slowly."
Under Zhao Hongrun's order, this mixed Wei army of about 4,000 men slowly advanced towards the hillside ahead.
While advancing, the two hundred and fifty repeating crossbow chariots were lined up in a row, almost maintaining the same speed. In front of each chariot, there were four Shangshui soldiers holding shields. The purpose was to To prevent the Jiejiao cavalry from shooting Lacheng's war horses; on both sides of the chariot team, a thousand warriors from the Aries, Gray Sheep, Qingyang and other Sheang tribes were divided into two teams, one on the left and one on the right, to protect This team is to prevent the Jiejiao cavalry from attacking from both sides.
It is undeniable that there is nothing wrong with the deployment of such troops, but the problem is that there are more than 200,000 Jiejiao troops on the opposite side. Four thousand people, provoking more than 200,000?
Except for Zhao Hongrun, I believe that most of the Shangshui soldiers, or the Shen cavalry who were assisting them, must be in quite complicated moods at the moment.
However, what stunned both sides was that such improvised so-called continuous crossbow tanks actually demonstrated their powerful destructive power on the battlefield, which was not inferior to that of fierce fire oil.
I saw those crossbow arrows as thick as fingers being fired, and the Jiejiao slave soldiers on the opposite side were bruised and killed. They often fell one by one before they could run far away. It can be said that they were Corpses everywhere.
What's even more incredible is that the Wei army still has zero casualties.
This distance...is a bit dangerous.
After visually observing the distance between the slave soldiers and the crossbow chariot defense line, Zhao Hongrun frowned and immediately ordered the entire army to turn around.
Under the stunned gaze of Jie Jiao, the two hundred and fifty crossbow chariots of the Wei army turned around and seemed to be planning to evacuate.
However, the Shangshui soldiers on the chariot who controlled the repeating crossbows did not stop shooting. They quickly adjusted the position of the repeating crossbows and recalibrated the repeating crossbows, still aiming at the slave soldiers behind them.
The mechanism of adjusting the shooting port at 360 degrees with no dead angle on the horizontal layer was a design that had troubled the craftsmen of the Smelting Bureau for several days. Even in the Central Plains countries, it was unique.
Unfortunately, at present, the shooting port can only be adjusted left and right on the horizontal plane, but cannot be adjusted up and down. This is also a key weakness that prevents the repeating crossbow from being placed on the city wall as a city defense weapon.
But having said that, under the powerful lethality of the serial crossbow, some design shortcomings seem insignificant.
Who could have imagined that, facing tens of thousands of Jiejiao slave soldiers, those two hundred and fifty repeating crossbow chariots would retreat towards Luocheng while shooting at the slave soldiers behind them, and they would suffer zero casualties on their own side. Under such circumstances, Bitatu continued to expand his victory, making Bitatu, who was standing on a high slope in the distance and watching, look livid.
It's no wonder, after all, those slave soldiers generally only have one inferior spear and lack long-range weapons. Therefore, it is difficult to cause any harm to the Wei people who have powerful long-range killing capabilities.
What's more, when these slave soldiers were chasing closely and the crossbow bolts of the crossbow chariots could not keep up with the swarming slave soldiers, the Yi cavalry on both sides as reinforcements also used their weapons under Zhao Hongrun's order.
The longbow in his hand helped with shooting, relieving the pressure on the crossbow chariot. As a result, the slave soldiers chased for two or three miles, and they could already clearly see the gate of Luocheng, but they still failed to catch up.
It's no wonder, after all, the large number of slave soldiers who were charging ahead fell to the long-range attacks of the crossbow chariots and the Shen cavalry during their charge.
What a massacre!
One-sided massacre!
Gradually, the Shangshui soldiers who originally lacked confidence in themselves became more and more confident in the face of the hugely different casualty figures between the enemy and ourselves. The soldiers who followed the chariots seemed to have forgotten their fatigue and fighting spirit.
High; and the soldiers responsible for operating the repeating crossbows and loading the crossbow bolts seemed to have become more skilled in their movements than before.
On the other hand, the slave soldiers who were forced by the Jiejiao Governor, their charging momentum became smaller and smaller. In the end, it seemed that they were just holding on to the idea that killing themselves and the whole family would save their lives. They simply rushed forward to die, and almost no one could see them.
Looking as crazy as the day before yesterday.
Finally, the Jiejiao cavalry was dispatched.
It may be that Bitatu realized that if he did not send out the Jiejiao cavalry, he might be killed by Wei's terrifying repeated crossbows.
About three thousand Jiejiao cavalry detoured around the slave soldiers from one side, trying to sneak attack on one side of the Wei army.
Unfortunately, Zhao Hongrun, who had already predicted this, immediately ordered the company's crossbow vehicles to aim at the Jiejiao cavalry who were charging towards them.
The longbows of the Jiejiao cavalry are similar to the longbows used by the Yi people. The effective range is about sixty to seventy feet. The so-called effective range means that within this range, the arrows they shoot still have
The killing power exceeds this range, and those arrows are just like what the saying says. At the end of the powerful crossbow, they cannot penetrate Lu Zhen. Even if they hit the human body, they will no longer have any power.
The effective range of the Jiejiao cavalry is sixty or seventy feet, which is farther than the range of archers from many Central Plains countries. Unfortunately, the continuous crossbow developed by the Wei State Smelting Bureau has an effective range of one hundred feet.
Twenty feet!
It is almost twice the range of the Jijiao cavalry's longbow, and its power can directly penetrate an iron shield as thick as a knuckle within a range of thirty feet.
This is the power of machinery, and it is simply beyond the reach of human power.
"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"
Because Zhao Hongrun had given the order before leaving the city, when the group of Jiejiao cavalry showed up and tried to attack them from one side, the Shangshui sergeants in charge of controlling the serial crossbows had already aimed the serial crossbows at those
Jiejiao Cavalry, and at the extreme distance of more than a hundred feet, launched a wave of shooting at the group of Jiejiao Cavalry.
Due to the extreme distance, the penetrating power of this wave of crossbow bolts was greatly weakened, but it still caused the direct death of about two hundred Jiejiao cavalry, and successfully frightened those Jiejiao cavalry into reining in their reins immediately.
In terms of shooting range, those Jiejiao cavalry lost in shooting range.
The archery skills on horseback that they were so proud of were useless in front of Wei's continuous crossbows whose effective range was twice theirs.
"No more chasing?"
Seeing the Jie clan cavalry and slave soldiers slowly retreating, a strange color flashed in Zhao Hongrun's eyes.
"Replenish the crossbow bolts!"
A large number of carriages poured out of Luocheng City, and the Shangshui soldiers who followed the army quickly moved boxes of wooden boxes filled with crossbow arrows to the crossbow chariots.
Then, this group of people headed towards the hillside again.
Obviously, Zhao Hongrun planned to rely on his absolute advantage in shooting range and use simple and effective tactics to consume as much of the Jiejiao tribe's troops as possible.