The iron chain that had not been tested on the battlefield ushered in its first test.
These war monsters made of steel and flesh emerged from their cages with the sound of three trumpets.
There are only about 600 such war monsters on horseback. Behind them, countless infantrymen on war horses are waiting to charge.
The crossbow arrows shrouded the sky like a cloud, and then fell down like hail, and a cloud fell, and immediately a new cloud reappeared above the heads of the Liao people.
Yun Zheng wanted to use intensive physical attacks to achieve the purpose of causing the Liao people to collapse. However, such arrow rain was not a fatal blow to the Liao people. Although some people were constantly hit by arrows and some died in various strange postures,
Those Liao people hiding under the giant shield remained calm, and continued to move forward resolutely despite the officers' roars.
The sharp triangular thorns pierced the feet, and the injured man was immediately abandoned by his companions, and then died without any protection from the arrows.
The gunpowder bomb was thrown on the giant shield, and it exploded after two bounces. At the same time, the weak shields were also exploded. Without the cover above their heads, the arrows came in through the holes, hurting them first.
When the Liao army fell, the lower limbs were injured immediately in the abdomen and chest. In the end, even the head protected by his arms was inevitably pierced by the crossbow arrow, and then penetrated into the brain.
The ground suddenly trembled. As soon as the leader of the Liao army moved his giant shield away, a crossbow arrow penetrated his head from the eye. The moment he fell, the rest of the Liao people could clearly see a ferocious horse.
The iron horse head was charging towards his direction.
The spear pierced through the muzzle of the giant shield immediately. The gun barrel and the giant shield formed a solid embankment. After a loud noise, the giant shield in the front row was blown open by the gunpowder bomb thrown by the monster knight.
There was a huge gap, and the Liao officers yelled in horror, asking the rest of the Liao people to step forward and block the gap. Unfortunately, the time was too short. Just when the shield formation was about to close, two armored war horses had already
After getting into the shield formation, the horse-killing sword in the knight's hand instantly caused waves of blood in the shield formation.
The war horses were connected with iron chains, and the iron chains were wrapped with iron wires unique to the Song army. The twisted iron wires were randomly wrapped around the iron chains, and there were countless ferocious iron spikes on them.
A Liao soldier was lucky enough to escape the sword of the iron chain knight, but his clothes were tangled in those thorn-like iron thorns. Before he could tear open his clothes, the iron thorns penetrated into his flesh, and with the rotation of the iron chain,
The iron thorns tore his muscles under his skin, and he could only scream and run backwards while being carried by the iron chain.
"The iron chain has burst in! Then keep shooting arrows!"
Yun Zheng stood on the carriage and saw that Tie Lianhuan had gotten into the Liao people's queue and messed up the Liao people's military formation, so he coldly gave the order to the monkey.
The monkey waved the yellow flag in his hand. The Song Army crossbowman hiding behind the ice wall, under the command of the officer, once again raised the crossbow diagonally to the sky. After a buzzing sound, the clouds reappeared, and the crossbow arrows fell in again like locusts.
In the Liao army formation.
They seemed not to be able to feel the crossbow arrows falling on Tie Lianlian's shoulders. The crossbow arrows falling from the sky just hit their armor and slipped off. The crossbow arrows landed on the horses' heads, necks, buttocks and backs, and they fell helplessly.
On the ground, this free-falling crossbow arrow is useless against the heavily armored iron chain.
Those Liao people who had no shields to protect them suffered heavy casualties. The leather armor on their bodies was no different from paper under the specially weighted crossbow arrows of the Song army. Even the iron helmets on their heads could not effectively guarantee their safety.
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Five years ago, General Supervisor of the Song Dynasty, under the advice of the master craftsman Yun Yue, discovered that once a crossbow arrow spirals down, the damage to soldiers is more than double that of flying horizontally. If the crossbow arrows want to spiral down, the only way is
What needs to be improved is the arrow. Just changing the arrow from a triangle to a triangular shape is enough.
The crossbow arrow fell from the air with a strange whizzing sound. The sharp three-edged arrow first pierced a little of the leather armor, and then the spiral force naturally drove the crossbow arrow into the flesh and blood of the Liao people until the power was exhausted.
After three rounds of crossbows, Tie Lianlian had completely charged into the Liao army. They would not stop attacking until the power of the war horses was exhausted.
"Let the Qingqi go out, what matters this time is speed!"
Yun Zheng once again ordered the monkey, and the monkey immediately waved the red flag in his hand.
Han Niu, who had no chance to attack with Tie Lian Lian due to Yun Zheng's obstruction, could no longer bear it any longer. When he saw the monkey waving the red flag, he charged straight towards the Liao army's position like an enraged bull.
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Seeing the Qingqi rushing out, the crossbowmen had the opportunity to fall to the ground. From early morning to now, their coverage shooting has been uninterrupted. Even if today's crossbows have a power-assisted system, their hands are shaking like autumn at this moment.
leaves.
After Tian Dahu got out from under a broken shield, he roared and cursed the crossbow archers on his side. Just now, he saw three of his brothers shot to death by his own crossbow arrows. This kind of indiscriminate attack
, it was not just the order given by that bastard. He decided to have a good argument with that bastard after returning to the camp. If possible, he would definitely let that bastard who cares about human life know how powerful his fists are.
Standing in his position, he could clearly see that the life of the heavy cavalry was not easy. The Liao people used ropes to swing into a large circle, and then accurately lassoed the knights on the horses. A dozen people pulled hard, and the horses were
The knight fell off his horse, and then he couldn't get up like a tortoise. He was stabbed by the Liao people through the gaps in his armor and lost his life. Of course, more heavy cavalry chose to ring the bells hanging on their bodies at the moment they landed.
The gunpowder bombs turned into pieces of meat all over the sky with a loud bang. At the same time, countless Liao people who wanted to take the credit were killed. However, the war horse under the knight's crotch was carried by iron chains and continued to march toward the Liao people.
Kill in the depths of the military formation.
The heavy cavalry finally killed the Liao people's front army. Suddenly, everything was empty. There was not even a single enemy in front of them. Just when they were about to cheer, the leader of the army howled in despair and urged the tired horses to move forward.
Advance.
Just fifty feet away from them, he saw countless trebuchets ready to launch, and the huge eight-niu crossbow with a small number of Liao people had already thrown a crossbow as thick as a gun barrel.
The thick crossbows brutally tore apart the Song Army's armor, and also tore their bodies apart. Those not-sharp gun blades, driven by the power of the Eight Ox Crossbows, had more cruel characteristics. The Song Army's military commanders were too late.
If you react more quickly, the war horse can only run five feet away, and a boulder weighing a hundred kilograms has already fallen from the sky.
The head of the military commander was shattered at the first moment, and then his body and the war horse under his crotch were smashed to pieces by the boulder. The man and the war horse could no longer be distinguished clearly.
The heavy cavalrymen who were lucky to be alive continued to drag a piece or a puddle of their comrade's bodies because of the iron chain, and desperately rushed towards the Liao army's center.
Fifty feet, so close to the end of the world!
The Liao people's Eight-Niu Crossbow was released unhurriedly, and the Liao's trebuchet extended its cantilever again and again, throwing huge rocks on their heads. Whether it was the Eight-Niu Crossbow, or the trebuchet, this
At any time, the blow to the iron chain of the Song Dynasty was fatal.
Those heavy armors that didn't care about the crossbow attack were torn to pieces by the Eight Ox Crossbows, flattened by boulders, and finally became indistinguishable from their flesh and blood.
The result of their brave fighting was that they threw three gunpowder bombs onto the Liao catapults. After a burst of fireworks, the two tall catapults were shattered to pieces, but none of the more than 800 heavy riders of the Song Dynasty survived!
Chen Lin, who was standing high up, slapped his thigh with hatred. From where he stood, he could clearly see how those heavy cavalry were completely annihilated. At this moment, his heart was bleeding.
As a supervisor, he clearly knows how much effort Yunzheng put into building this heavy cavalry. The horses under the heavy cavalry are the strongest horses carefully selected from hundreds of thousands of horses in the entire army. They
The iron armor on their bodies was also modified repeatedly based on the infantry armor. In order to reduce the weight of the knights, even the sabers they held in their hands were made of the best steel. The purpose of this was to
Reduce the weight of the sword.
A heavy cavalryman spent nearly 400 pieces of national money, and now, after only appearing on the battlefield for half an hour, it was wiped out.
In comparison, Wang Anshi was much quieter. He looked at Da Song Qingqi, who was chopping melons and vegetables, and was making rapid progress. He sat on a chair and sighed: "For the first time, I feel that Yun Zheng's extravagant expenses are justified.
Eight hundred heavy cavalry can cut the densely packed Liao army into pieces, and then be massacred by the light cavalry that follow closely. This account is appropriate no matter how you calculate it.
I even thought that if there were three thousand more iron chains like this, they alone would be able to completely crush the Liao army's front army."
Chen Lin's beard was twitching at this moment, pointing to the Liao army's trebuchet in the distance and saying: "We can all see the Liao army's ambush there. Could it be that Yun Zheng couldn't see it? I thought he deliberately placed those iron chains on
Death place."
Wang Anshi smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Chen, when the iron chain is on the battlefield, it can only move forward and not retreat. Thirty of their cavalry are tied together by the iron chain. If they want to turn around, they don't need to stop. They also need a big piece.
Space, this is the death determined by the characteristics of the arms, what does it have to do with Yun Shuai? Yun Shuai just released this army at the right time and the right place."
Chen Lin calmed down, her body stopped trembling, and she said feebly: "Yun Zheng had dinner with these soldiers five days ago, talking and laughing. Today, he sent them to die, and he didn't hesitate at all."
Wang Anshi shook his head and said: "So Yun Zheng is the undefeated general of the Song Dynasty, and you and I are not!" (To be continued)