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The Yan army's crossbow cart is not a crossbow cart in the traditional sense. There are crossbow carts in all armies in the world, but it is actually a bed crossbow. When mounted on the cart, it becomes a cart crossbow. The bed crossbow fires one arrow at a time, and the arrow body is very large, almost as big as
The lance is powerful and destructive when fired. It is mainly used to attack cities, defend cities, and destroy the enemy's large defensive equipment.
The Yan army's crossbows fired ordinary short crossbows, but they used a hooking mechanism and could fire thirty-six arrows. In addition to the large launch volume, the crossbows also had a very important function, that is, the horizontal shooting range was very large. Yan
The hand crossbows equipped by the military cavalry have an effective range of about fifty to seventy steps during combat, but the range of the chariot crossbows can reach about one hundred and fifty steps. Li Chengzhong's hope is that,
Taking advantage of the large range and dense firing of crossbows, crossbows can form cross-fire coverage in front of military formations.
The sound of the drums of the Yan Army suddenly stopped, and the armored gun array stopped advancing uniformly under the order of the officer. Suddenly there was no mountain-like sense of oppression. The entire coalition army could not help but heave a sigh of relief. Those who attacked the armored gun array
The heavy swordsmen of the coalition forces in the spear formation shouted even louder.
But the good times did not last long. The armored spear formation began a series of dazzling formation changes. After several turns and steps, the armored spearmen revealed more than ten passages in a moment. The ballistas advancing behind the spear formation emerged from the passages.
After pushing up, the soldiers of the Yan Army's logistics battalion quickly secured the parking space and aimed at the Liang Army's heavy swordsman who rushed forward.
Although the Yan Army's armored gun formations in this battle were of a scale and use that the coalition had never seen before, the combat effectiveness of the Yan Army's armored soldiers has always been at the forefront of the coalition's minds in large and small battles over the past six months.
Thorn. In order to deal with the iron-armored spearmen, the King of Liang spent several days selecting five thousand heavy-bladed swordsmen from all his armies. They were specially designed to deal with the Yan army's iron-armored spearmen. It is not an exaggeration to say that they can be selected from a hundred.
The King of Liang did not expect that the Yan army would have so many armored spearmen, nor did he expect that the Yan army would use the armored spearmen to such an extent and set up such a large-scale armored army formation. Therefore, he spent a lot of money
Only with all his energy did he temporarily gather the heavy-bladed swordsmen scattered among the formations and pounce on them together.
When the King of Liang saw the Yan army change their formation and immediately pushed up many ballistae, his face turned from livid to pale, and he almost couldn't breathe. The power of the ballistae made it difficult for the Yan army to defend Jiepailing and Shihou Fort.
It had already been reflected at the time, but he also did not expect that the Yan army would gather in front of the formation and use it. In fact, if the coalition forces could gather faster at Jiepailing and send troops to attack Zezhou two days in advance, whether it is a catapult,
They would not encounter any crossbows. It was not until yesterday morning that a convoy carrying large-scale war equipment arrived in Zezhou. This morning, the logistics battalion was assembled at the foot of Longwang Mountain.
After all, the actions of the coalition forces were too slow. Not only was it slow, but it was also too noisy. The Yan army, which focused on battlefield intelligence collection, knew of its movements early on.
At this moment, the heavy blade hand has rushed forward. He wants to take it back, but he can no longer do so.
There was no unified training, and they were hastily mobilized before the battle. After the heavy swordsmen pounced on them, it was already difficult for King Liang to stop them. Although everyone knew "retreat with gold", he could really retreat completely before the formation.
The troops are all well-trained, and many troops will often retreat from retreat to rout when they hear the sound of gold.
The heavy swordsmen rushed within a hundred steps in front of the Yan army's formation, and the ballistae began to shoot. The Yan army's ballistae shooting was carried out according to the cross-fire tactics of later generations, which can ensure the maximum kill. The left and right sides of each battalion
There are two crossbow carts arranged on each side, and four crossbow carts are tilted towards the front of each battalion. One volley can shoot out 144 crossbow arrows. In an instant, more than 2,300 crossbow arrows form a dense arrow screen.
Sweeping towards Liang Jun's heavy swordsman who was rushing towards him.
The power of the horizontal shot is extremely powerful, and the visual effect is several times better than that of the projectile. The powerful sound of breaking through the air converges into an ear-splitting scream, which makes people feel sore and want to vomit. As for the killing ability, just look at the roaring roar.
This can be seen in the casualty zone. The front line of Liang Jun's heavy swordsmen was cut off like a knife, and a piece of it was cut off. In the blink of an eye, there were thousands of casualties!
The heavy swordsmen behind were stunned by this round of crossbow arrows, and they stopped in place stupidly. Many of them were so frightened that they trembled, and some even excreted and peed.
On the Dragon King Mountain, the unique rhythm of the drums sounded again, the armored gun array returned to the fighting mode, and the black iron guns started again, slowly but surely moving forward. The ballista was pushed back by the logistics battalion, and the auxiliary soldiers carried a load of equipment on their backs.
The bundled crossbow arrows came up and started to be filled again. The whole filling process took a moment. At this moment, the crossbow cart was temporarily unavailable.
The Yan army strictly followed the tactical drills. In fact, if they violated the drills and continued to push forward with the empty ballista, the coalition's heavy swordsmen would probably collapse immediately. Some brave officers saw the ballista retreat.
He went down and encouraged the soldiers loudly: "Yan Jun's crossbow arrows are empty, brothers, come shoulder to shoulder!"
The bold swordsmen came to their senses and followed the officers forward, while the timid ones began to run backwards. The frightened ones continued to vomit or tremble in place, and some were alert, but slowed down their progress.
Footsteps, hiding behind the crowd to find cover.
King Liang was watching the battle in the formation. He was continuously crushed by the armored spear formation and shot by the ballistae. The two blows left him cold all over. But after all, he was a hero who had been in the army for more than 20 years. He had experienced countless failures and had extremely strong endurance.
Qiang, he adjusted his emotions back in the blink of an eye. Commanding before battle was not Jingxiang and Li Zhen's strong point, so King Liang did not ask them, and directly ordered Zhu Youning and Zhang Guihou to launch a full-scale charge.
The military formation was no match for the Yan Army, and the equipment was also far inferior, so it could only be compared with numbers. The King of Liang intended to rely on the superiority of troops and drag the Yan Army away while the Yan Army's armored spear formation was still entangled with the heavy swordsmen.
into the melee.
Amidst the deafening shouts of killing, Liang Jun launched an all-out attack in advance. A sea of people rushed in front of the armored gun formation, putting great pressure on the Yan army's armored soldiers.
The Yan Army's archery battalion counterattacked with all its strength, firing large and small arrows in turn, covering different marked areas. The lethality of the Yan Army's arrow formation was indeed amazing, but it could not stop the front of Liang's army of eight thousand armored spearmen.
Facing a fierce attack by nearly 60,000 Liang troops, the fighting was fierce at the front of the battle line.
The frontal charge of tens of thousands of Liang troops aroused the enthusiasm of the soldiers. Everyone's shouts emboldened their companions. They desperately rushed through the attack of the Yan army's arrow formation and crashed into the iron armor formation.
Yan Jun's armored spearmen no longer cared about stabbing according to the tactics. Everyone kept thrusting forward with their spears. They didn't even care about the weapons coming at them, and used their armor to block them.
When the spear was broken, he went to the ground to pick up the sword from the enemy's corpse. Even after being knocked down by a heavy blade, he refused to retreat and threw himself on the enemy to buy time for the brothers behind him.
Groups of soldiers from the supplementary battalion were pulled onto the battlefield and stuffed into the formation one by one to fill the gaps. Even if they were not wearing iron armor, they tried their best to keep their needlework neat.
In addition to the armies of Zhu Youning and Zhang Guihou, the right wing of the Yan Army was also attacked by Ma Yin of the Jing Army. The person responsible for defending the right wing was the right wing of the newly formed Jinzhou Army commanded by Guo Chongtao. Ma Yin's main force had already fought with Zhao Kuangning and Zhao Kuangming
The brothers lost all their lives in the battle for Shannan. Today's Jing army is all newly recruited Shannan army. They have not fought many tough battles at all. Although the number of people is several times more than that of the Jinzhou army on the left wing, the attack is weak and they were defeated in less than half an hour.
, the casualties were not as many as Zhu Youning's charge in one charge, so Guo Chongtao had almost no pressure. If he had not been strictly ordered to watch the right wing of the armored spear formation, he would have fought back long ago.
The two sword-and-shield battalions led by Zhao Wu and Li Yanzhi have been following the right column of the armored spear formation. There are many soldiers in Liang, and troops are constantly passing through the right column of the spear formation and being involved in the formation. The two sword-and-shield battalions are
They have been trying their best to block the gap here. In the middle of the fight, the sky was dark and the ground was dark, and suddenly I heard the officer of the chariot battalion shout: "Get out of the way!"
Zhao Wu looked back and saw that several ballistas had been reloaded and were pushed up quickly. He quickly ordered the troops in front to give up the passage.
A group of Liang troops rushed in along the gap, and two ballistae carts were aimed at the gap. Zhao Wu shouted, "Everyone get down!" The brothers next to him quickly rolled to the ground. The crossbow carts fired a volley, and the dense arrows were like lightning.
Rushing into the gap, the gap was cleared in the blink of an eye, and Liang's army of hundreds of people were shot to death.
The officer of the chariot battalion shouted something to Zhao Wu. The battlefield was too noisy and Zhao Wu could not hear clearly. The officer ran to Zhao Wu and shouted something loudly. This time Zhao Wu heard clearly.
"Li Yanzhi—Li Yanzhi! Get over here, you idiot!... Take your soldiers and fight them out to clear the way for the ballistae!"
Li Yanzhi's eyes were red, and he immediately called on all the sword and shield players in the capital, and he rushed out in the opposite direction, and shot a protrusion from the right column of the gun array. Several ballistas were pushed up again, pulled behind the protrusion, and faced the battlefield diagonally.
Liang Jun was on the flank. Li Yanzhi quickly asked his brothers to step out and shoot from the front.
When a crossbow cart was pulled up, the left front wheel sank into a small hole in the ground. The front of the cart was tilted and unable to launch. Li Yanzhi waved his hand, and several soldiers stepped forward to move it. At this moment, there was another wave of killing madness.
Liang Jun rushed over. In order to increase the stability of shooting, the weight of the ballista was very heavy. Just as a few soldiers gritted their teeth and lifted the ballista, Liang Jun rushed in front of them.
Without saying a word, one brother simply lay down under the wheel, rushed forward with his face down and his back up, shouting: "Let go! Shoot the arrow!"
After a brief hesitation, the brothers next to him let go. The officer of the chariot battalion no longer cared about so much and decisively ordered: "Fire!"
A dense barrage of crossbow arrows flew out, almost wiping out the front positions! Hundreds of Liang Jun soldiers were either dead or alive, and the pressure on the right column of the gun array suddenly eased.
After the crossbow cart was lifted out, the brother on the back had passed out and was spitting out blood bubbles. (To be continued...)