After a projectile hit the plate armor cavalry beside Zhang Ren, it ricocheted in the direction of Zhang Ren and scratched his cheek.
At this time, Zhang Ren also truly felt what these "invisible bows and arrows" were!
That's right, the arrows couldn't be seen at first. When he passively discovered that the soldiers fell to the ground, Zhang Ren felt a little nervous. However, as long as he paid a little attention, Zhang Ren could actually see the trajectory of these projectiles clearly...
"There are no feathered arrows? How can it be so strong? And...how can there be so many?" Zhang Ren's heart was filled with questions.
Zhang Ren has never seen a projectile before, but "featherless arrows" are not a rare thing. To put it bluntly... they are just throwing stones.
It's not a high-end weapon, to be precise... it's a dirty hidden weapon!
Zhang Ren knows that there are two generals on the battlefield who are good at using featherless arrows. One is Zang Ba, who was once Luocao and is now Liu Bei's general. The other is the second transcendent god who has emerged from Wei in recent years.
General Xu Chu was also good at "featherless arrows"!
However, Xu Chu's featherless arrows were not used to plot against people. They were stones as small as fists and as large as human heads. They were used directly to break down doors and demolish walls. They were called human-shaped catapults.
However, the Chu army's current arrows without feathers are small and round, and they are obviously made of metal...
Zang Ba can throw more insidious and powerful featherless arrows, but... there is only one Zang Ba!
After Zhang Ren covered his face with his hands, he squinted forward from between his fingers and saw...these projectiles were shot by the opponent with a long tube-shaped "crossbow"!
"Hold on! The whole army continues to charge, the shield soldiers take up positions in time, and the archers shoot every ten steps!" Zhang Ren ordered.
In Zhang Ren's opinion, no matter how exquisite the crossbow's structure is, it still requires manpower to load the gun. Even the Zhenqi crossbow before the Chu State still had to manually turn the rollers, and there would always be times when you would get tired.
And the opponent's current continuous fire speed...
It should be a repeating crossbow?
However, after the repeating crossbow is loaded once, although it can shoot multiple arrows continuously, changing the arrow case is very slow!
Even if the replacement is faster, the number of arrow boxes is still limited after all. You can't make repeating crossbow boxes by hand on the battlefield, right?
No matter what, it is right to continue charging!
I saw Zhang Ren's soldiers, withstanding the Chu army's output, continuing to move forward. A small army formation was defeated, and a substitute immediately came up to replace it.
At the same time, the archers in the safest position also opened their bows and shot at each other every ten steps, and then ran to catch up with the large array...
Zhang Renjun's performance can be regarded as a fight for Leng Weapon... If this is a battle between muzzleloader guns and Leng Weapon, considering that the Chu army here currently only has 3,000 people, maybe it can be divided into five by Zhang Ren.
Five open.
However, it is a pity that the Chu army's Qi bullet crossbow is closer to a breech-loading gun!
In this way, not only can you squat in the trench to reload, and use bunkers to create favorable shooting conditions for yourself, but the rate of fire is also far beyond that of muzzle-loading guns that need to be poked slowly with a stick.
The break that Zhang Ren imagined never came. The other party just used three thousand people to shoot out tens of thousands of elite archers. The effect of continuously drawing their bows with all their strength, and the power of these "arrows" was even greater, even... these tens of thousands of bows and arrows
The hands are also able to work tirelessly, as if they can maintain the highest rate of fire forever.
At this moment, Zhang Ren even wondered if Huang Zhong, the legendary Chu State god general who could strengthen the archers, was hiding in the opposite formation at this time!
At this moment, "grouping together" to attack the enemy's defense line became the most meaningless sacrifice...
The "ricochet" effect allows the projectile to kill more than one person - except for the plate armor cavalry and the front of the wooden shield, the power of the projectile once ricocheting is still enough to tear apart the defense of any Ji Zao soldier.
Plate armor is basically immune to ricochet damage, but there is more than half a chance that projectiles fired directly can penetrate the plate armor and be embedded inside!
Moreover, the closer the probability of breaking the defense is, the greater it is.
As for the wooden shield... a direct shot will almost certainly penetrate it, but as for the ricochet... how can it jump to the front? Unless the shield is deliberately used to block the side, it will have no effect at all.
Only gilt armor can be nearly immune to such bullets, just as gilt armor will not die from the stray arrows of ordinary Ji-made soldiers on the battlefield as long as they are not too unlucky.
Ordinary wood and stone warriors, when faced with projectiles wearing armor, should try not to be hit by the parts that are not covered by the armor.
Even if it is hit too many times, the wood and stone armor may be penetrated!
This is because of the "long-range" reason - if you go deep into the enemy's position, the armor's increase will be suppressed, and the defense will be even lower.
He is obviously charging steadily with the front arrow formation...
Obviously the combination of arms is very reasonable...
Obviously there are no mistakes in melee and long-range cooperation...
But I can’t make it at all!
The dense military formation was peeled off layer by layer by the roaring infuriating bullets and crossbows.
Screams gradually replaced war drums and became the main theme of Zhang Ren's army.
The earthen wall that looked like a joke before has now become an elusive chasm.
And on their way to the charge, they were only punished in waves!
Gradually, the corpse of Pao Ze in front and the screams beside him began to cause Zhang Renjun's morale to drop rapidly.
Zhang Ren's three drums failed to restore morale, and the casualties were indeed very serious, so he had to order the withdrawal of troops and personally cut off the rear as a cover.
Fortunately, retreat was "very convenient" because Guo Huai had no intention of pursuing him.
After all, although the long-range attack of the crossbow army is strong, it is not suitable for pursuit. The infuriating crossbow still needs to be loaded every time, and shooting while loading will definitely affect the efficiency of running.
As for rushing up to melee?
If the opponent's morale collapsed completely, Guo Huai wouldn't mind doing this.
However, although Zhang Ren has suffered nearly 30% of the battle damage, the flag has not fallen, the drum beat is not chaotic, and the morale has dropped significantly, but it has never reached the point of collapse.
After all, the Badong 1st Division led by Guo Huai had not been trained for a long time, and there were only 3,000 here and 8,000 in the entire Badong County. At this time, Zhang Rendu had come to join forces with Yan Yan, and their strength was ten times greater. Guo
Huai feels that it is still necessary to respect...
Zhang Ren's army withdrew more than ten miles away, and then began to set up camp in shock. Originally, Zhang Ren thought that the enemy troops were just arrogant unknown people, and their number was only 30% of his own. They could definitely defeat him in a single battle, and he didn't even set up camp for repairs.
As soon as the results came up, it was a decisive defeat, and the forward army Ji Zao's soldiers lost nearly 30%...
The reason why the army has not collapsed even after losing 30% is because Zhang Ren has indeed trained well in peacetime. On the other hand, it is also because more than 95% of the casualties are Ji Zao soldiers - in long-range battles, the armor is still very good.
Can "carry" it!
As the proportion of generals increases, the army can be more effectively led and the panic effect can be suppressed.
Another factor is... it's too fast!
Panic had not had time to spread. During the retreat, the troops began to collapse, but Zhang Ren effectively organized and stopped them.
Yan Yan, who was on the way, was also shocked when he heard about Zhang Ren's "Defeat of Zhiye" - against three thousand enemy troops stationed in the wild, Zhang Ren not only lost, but also lost no less than three thousand, and the opponent...
…almost no damage?
If he didn't trust Zhang Ren, Yan Yan would even suspect that this was a spy sent by the enemy...