Chapter 478 The Battle of Beishan and the first defeat of the barbarians
Inside the camp, the dark muzzles of the guns slanted upward, pointing toward the sky.
"put"
Cao Jie's loud voice sounded like a thunderbolt, exploding in the air.
The next moment, He Wu, who was standing next to the black ballista, waved his hand and pulled the long rope that pulled the bow string of the ballista.
"Buzz"
There was a violent sound of trembling in the air, and a thick arrow shot out from the muzzle and flew diagonally upward into the sky.
The thick arrow drew a parabola diagonally in the air, and fell far away beyond the cover of the camp and the forest, and could no longer be seen.
Su Lu narrowed his eyes. Yes, these guys have already made such a crossbow, but I don't know how powerful it is. It won't be like a big wooden stake after it lands. It won't hold up.
"How far can this crossbow shoot?"
Su Lu asked He Wu, who was operating the cannon.
Only then did He Wu see Su Lu, his expression changed, he hurriedly performed a military salute and spoke.
"Back to the Commander-in-Chief, the tension of the bow string of the crossbow is different, and the distance it can be pushed is also different. The fourth level position just determined, such an arrow, the normal throw distance should be six miles away, eight miles away
Within the earth.”
Su Lu nodded, kicked the dark crossbow with his foot, and asked: "It is made of wood, how did it get dark? How far can it shoot with such a length?"
Dani was holding rice paper in her hand and was bending over to look at the bow string. She answered excitedly when she heard this: "Fortunately, it can hit twelve miles away, and the target is not easy to calibrate. It takes several calibrations before it is possible to hit the bow."
Hit the mark close to the target."
Cao Jie, who was next to him, chuckled: "Commander Mingjian, we don't fight often, and we have military orders, so we don't dare to build more ballistae like this. We just build more ballistae with a shorter range.
It’s enough to arm our ballista battalion.”
Su Lu nodded: "Who came up with this idea to build a crossbow that can shoot such a long distance?"
Dong Ling said next to him: "This is because of me. Last time I mentioned to Dani that if our ballistae can shoot far enough, the Thai and Western birds will be killed by us before they even get close."
Shoot it down, how nice it would be."
Dani next to her smiled shyly: "We are just now thinking about building some crossbows with a far enough range."
Su Lu nodded and gave instructions: "It's a good idea, but the war between us and the Thai-Spanish Allied Forces is about to begin, and we don't have time for you to continue research and development. How about this, you all will be incorporated into the army and carry this crossbow."
The artillery goes with the Chinese army to calibrate and adjust during actual combat."
The three of them took the order together.
Three days later, the Han army set out one after another.
The Left Route Army and the Right Route Army set off at the same time, splitting their troops from the South Road and the North Road to rush to Beishan. Along the way, they swept away the remaining barbarians in Beishan. Ten days later, they joined forces with the Central Route Army at the foot of Beishan City.
Hua Xuntong led the Chinese army to take the lead and rushed directly to Beishan City.
Su Lu then unified the army, but because of Su Ge, Li Qing sent a large number of imperial guards to protect Su Lu's safety and determined not to let Su Lu go to the front line again.
Su Lu had no choice but to lead the Chinese army and follow them.
There are many remaining barbarians along the road. One or two barbarians can kill large numbers of humans, occupy villages and towns, dominate and use people as food, just like the ancestors of the villages and towns.
The speed of Huaxuntong's army was slowed down by sporadic barbarians. Although Yingyuantong led the vanguard army first and wiped out some of the barbarians, many barbarians were still missed and faced the large army.
This is inevitable. The barbarians retreated several times, and many residual forces fled in the middle. Now Qin is full of residual barbarians.
Ten days later, Hua Xun, who was hurrying slowly, finally arrived at the foot of Beishan City.
Set up camp fifteen miles away from Beishan City, blocking the possibility of the barbarians escaping to the east. At the same time, they also occupied the high ground and began to test-fire new ballistae.
"Buzz buzz"
In the camp, daily rounds of shooting began. Dani, He Wucao, and a group of people were very busy. Based on the data shot, they recorded the cooperation between the crossbow and the crossbow arrows, leaving first-hand data for future improvement of the crossbow.
, find new directions.
On this day, the sky was slightly bright, and the torches and lanterns in the Han army camp were lit up. The gangtou army had already started cooking, and various fragrances began to float over the camp.
When Su Lu left the camp, he saw that Cao Jie and He Wu were already busy around the ballistae, wiping the yellow sand on the ballistae, taking apart the ballistae's mechanical box, and carefully wiping the many ballistae around them.
The battalion sergeant did the same thing.
There is a lot of wind and sand in the West. Whenever the wind blows, the sky is filled with yellow sand. The crossbows are always covered with a layer of sand. If they are not cleaned, the crossbow arrows cannot be fired.
After breakfast, the generals began to train the army in preparation for the war with the Thai-Spanish coalition forces.
On the opposite side, the barbarian army has been prepared, and the various formations have begun to move slowly. In the midst of the evil aura, golden drums are beating, gongs and drums are noisy, and the barbarian attack has begun.
"Ballista battalion, prepare to fire volley."
Su Lu ordered Cao Jie, who was operating the cannon, to speak.
The distance between the two armies is now more than ten miles, which is a good opportunity for the ballistae to teach the barbarians how to behave.
"Buzz"
The crossbow arrow pierced the air, and with the dull sound of the air trembling, a thick arrow shot diagonally upward.
Behind the barbarian army group, Yesubeze was arguing with Liwut. Neither of them was willing to step forward and wanted the other to step forward.
"I can't do it. I have fought against the Han army for so long and have never won at all. If I lead the army this time and lose to the Han army again, it will greatly damage the morale of our army. You better go ahead, Liwut."
He quickly pushed away all the responsibilities.
Liwut felt a chill running down his back. Damn it, this grandson is not only a bad mouth, but also good at shirk responsibility. No, he must not let this unlucky task fall on him.
"I can't do it either. I'm not good at it. The Han army is powerful. If I were to take command, I would definitely be defeated this time."
"Boom"
Not far away, a tent was smashed open and it was a mess.
The camp was in a mess, and several barbarians had been stabbed into flesh and blood. There were still two Taixi people alive in the camp, but looking at their expressions, they seemed to be frightened.
Yesu Buze shrank his neck and said in fear: "The Han army is too strong, we will still be defeated miserably this time."
Liwut jumped and said: "Look, it's here again, it's here again!"
"This time they are targeting the tents. If they target us next time, our flesh and blood will not be able to stop them."
Yesu Buze's heart trembled, and he looked at Liwut, and both of them smiled tacitly.
Liwut turned around and ordered the subordinates he had won over: "Pack up your things and prepare to evacuate. We are going to be defeated."
In the Han army, Cao Jie looked at the camp that was destroyed by crossbows in the distance, and cursed and said to He Wu behind him:
"Damn, the ones I aimed at just now were those barbarian leaders, but why did they end up in their tent far behind them? What a damn bad luck, can this thing be accurate?"
He Wu's face was also red, "What the hell, let him go first, as long as he can kill someone."
"Hey, what's going on with the barbarians? Why did the generals in the rear army start to shrink as soon as they entered the battle?"
In the shocked eyes of the two men, they saw that the opposing barbarian rear army, with two leaders leading their subordinates, had begun to retreat.
