The wooden bridge is very heavy, and there are some wooden shields hanging on the front and sides. It is very difficult for more than 20 people to hold the wooden bridge and walk very slowly. According to Yang Peng's estimation, these wooden bridges cannot move forward half a meter per second.
After walking for a stick of incense, the ten wooden bridges reached the front of the trench. From a distance of 200 meters, Yang Peng's Huben division began to shoot at the wooden bridge. Six hundred rounds of bullets were fired at the auxiliary soldiers and followers who were building the wooden bridge.
Go and hit the wooden shield in front of the wooden bridge.
But the bullets of Huben Division failed to kill the Khitan army under the wooden bridge. The wooden shields placed in front and on both sides of the wooden bridge were very thick, with thick wooden boards half a fist thick. The rifles hit the wood with crackling sounds.
There was a burst of sound, and sawdust flew, but no casualties were caused to the auxiliary soldiers behind the wooden shield. After a round of shooting, the Khitan army was safe and sound.
Seeing this situation, the Khitan army cheered. Yang Peng's riflemen could not kill the Khitan army building the bridge, so the Khitan army could build the wooden bridge with great arrogance. Then the Khitan soldiers behind them came up and killed them.
, 70,000 people can kill Yang Peng's 10,000 men without leaving a single piece of armor behind. Several Khitan generals who were watching the battle even thought that this wooden shield hanging on the wooden bridge was very good. When fighting Yang Peng in the future,
Should every soldier who rushes into the battle carry this kind of wooden shield forward? To protect against rifles?
The ten wooden bridges slowly walked to the front of the first trench, pressed the front end of the wooden bridge against this side of the trench, and then pushed the back end of the wooden bridge with all their strength, so that the rear end of the wooden bridge climbed over the trench and landed on the other side. Three
The wooden bridges were built over the trenches, and the trenches became thoroughfares. As soon as the three wooden bridges were placed, the more than 20 auxiliary soldiers under the three wooden bridges fled back behind the wooden shields, holding the wooden shields and slowly moved back.
Retreat. After leaving the wooden bridge, the wooden shield can still be held by more than twenty Khitan soldiers. Although the wooden shield is heavy and makes the soldiers walk slowly, under the protection of the wooden shield, Yang Peng's riflemen can
We can only watch these Khitans slowly retreat.
The seven wooden bridges at the back passed through three wooden bridges and pressed towards the second trench. In the Huben Division's formation, Lu Hu, the second deputy commander of the Selection Regiment, commanded one hundred and forty powerful crossbows. He squinted his eyes.
He looked at the wooden bridge of the Khitan Army in front and asked, "General, do you want to shoot them with a powerful crossbow?"
To deal with this half-fist-thick wooden armor, long arrows should indeed be used. However, Yang Peng was afraid that one shot of the long arrow would scare away the 70,000 Khitan troops. Yang Peng shook his head and said: "Don't use long arrows first, use throwing arrows."
The stone machine used solid bullets to push back these seven wooden bridges!" After thinking about it, Yang Peng added: "The stone machine should be slower, don't scare them."
Lu Hu sang loudly and directed the ten trebuchets to aim at the seven wooden bridges that were slowly advancing. Only a few loud "boom" noises were heard. The ten trebuchets hidden behind the earth fort opened fire, and the solid trebuchets were fired.
The bullets were fired towards the seven wooden bridges more than 100 meters away. The five-kilogram stone roared through the air and slammed into the wooden bridge. The distance was very close, and the hit rate of the ten trebuchets was very high.
, eight of them were hit. Those half-thick wooden shields could block the bullets, but they were like paper in front of the stone, and were torn apart easily. The solid shells hit the auxiliary soldiers and followers under the wooden bridge.
Everywhere he goes, he is destroyed.
Even if your hands and feet are touched by these stones, they will be severed immediately. If the body and trunk are hit by stones, you will die immediately. At least three or four layers of the Khitan army's body must be penetrated before the shells stop. On the wound
The splattered blood was like splashed paint, and it instantly filled the inside of the wooden bridge, splashing all the Khitan soldiers under the wooden bridge on their faces. The auxiliary soldiers and followers under the wooden bridge were hit hard, and their morale was at a low level.
After a while, he wanted to escape when he saw his followers.
"Wanda" who was directing the battle saw that the soldiers had lost their morale, and shouted loudly from under the wooden bridge: "Rush to the third trench, everyone raise the flag!" Raise the flag! This is the lifelong ideal of countless soldiers.
When you raise the flag, you are no longer a man or a slave. You can be a flag-bearer with your head held high, you can have enough food, wear warm clothes, and have women! When the followers heard "Wanda"'s words, their morale was high
He howled and returned to his post, supporting the heavy wooden bridge with all his strength and moving forward.
The Qitai Wooden Bridge encouraged itself and walked forward for more than 20 meters. The second round of stones began. Ten trebuchets sprayed cannonballs towards the wooden bridge, and the ten shells slammed into the bottom of the Qitai Wooden Bridge.
Eight out of ten artillery shells hit the target, and another scream was heard from below the wooden bridge. Dozens of auxiliary soldiers and followers were broken by the shells and fell in a pool of blood.
A wooden bridge was hit by three shots. The damage was so great that the surviving Khitan soldiers could no longer lift the wooden bridge. They abandoned the wooden bridge in front of the trench and slowly retreated with wooden shields. There were still six more
The wooden bridge truck arrived in front of the second trench and lowered the two wooden bridges.
Seeing that the six wooden bridges in front successfully reached the second trench, the Khitan army cheered in unison. Guru Sihab of the Karaqin tribe, a nobleman from the outer vassal, said happily: "General, this wooden bridge can be used!" Handerang
He and Xiao Tianma looked at each other, and their eyes were full of joy. Since the ten wooden bridges could be pushed to the second layer of trenches under the pressure of the artillery fire of ten trebuchets, the thousand wooden bridges moved forward simultaneously, one hundred and forty
Menqiangnu cannot be guarded against in any case. Xiao Tianma’s wooden bridge strategy is feasible!
Xiao Tianzuo touched his long beard and was silent. On the front of the battlefield, the four wooden bridges that were still moving forward were hit by another round of shelling when they reached between the second trench and the third trench.
The Qing soldiers on the two wooden bridges could not resist, so they abandoned the wooden bridge and retreated with their wooden shields. The other two wooden bridges pushed all the way to the third wooden bridge and erected the two wooden bridges.
Above the third trench.
After building the wooden bridge, the Qing soldiers under the two wooden bridges held up their wooden shields and retreated. They successfully reached the third layer of trenches and were able to raise the flag! The followers among the Khitan soldiers were so excited that their faces were red. Seeing
In this scene, the 70,000 Khitan troops in front of the Chinese army cheered and thundered. They could advance to the third layer of trenches with ten wooden bridges. With a thousand wooden bridges on them, wouldn't it be easy to pass through these trenches? The Khitan soldiers seemed to have seen thousands of wooden bridges.
A wooden bridge was set up over a ditch with long arrows on it, and 70,000 warriors crossed over from the wooden bridge and killed the Song army to a pulp.
Handerang turned his head happily and said to Xiao Tianzuo: "General, the wooden bridge can work!" Xiao Tianzuo didn't know why, but he became a little nervous unexpectedly. He looked at the Song Army's stronghold in front and was undecided. Xiao Tianma
Seeing that his strategy was working, he felt a little proud and said loudly: "Commander General, let the warriors go forward. We can defeat these Song troops in just one stick of incense!"
Yibai, a nobleman of the Xi tribe, said: "General, in order to get out of the customs, we can only build a wooden bridge and rush across!" Even the Xi army, who had been a little panicked, no longer said dejected words, but stared blankly at the ditch.
Yang Peng's rifles and crossbows opened fire, but the wooden bridge still rushed up. No matter how you look at it, the situation is favorable to the Khitan army.
Xiao Tianzuo gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, let's rush to the wooden bridge!" The horn of the Khitan army's central army sounded, the flag waved, and the order for a general attack was issued. Amidst the rhythmic drumbeats, 20,000 to 30,000 auxiliary soldiers and followers
The soldiers shouted loudly, grabbed the edge of the wooden bridge, and lifted the wooden bridge with all their strength. The auxiliary soldiers and the soldiers got under the wooden bridge, lifted the wooden bridge, and moved towards the four trenches.
More than a thousand wooden bridges, like more than a thousand armored vehicles, were pressing towards the Huben Division. Those wooden bridges were three meters wide, while the front of Yang Peng's stronghold was only more than 700 meters long, plus the gaps between the wooden bridges
, only more than a hundred wooden bridges can be placed on one front. A thousand wooden bridges are lined up in a long queue, with eight or nine floors, and it looks majestic.
However, the wooden bridge walked very slowly. It took more than ten minutes to reach the first trench. Yang Peng did not let the crossbow fire. The Khitan army was a little surprised and speeded up their hands and feet. The first row of wooden bridges in front
A total of two hundred wooden bridges were built over the first trench, turning the first trench into flat ground.
The Khitan soldiers who had laid the wooden bridge held up their wooden shields and retreated. When they saw the first ditch being paved with the wooden bridge, there was a sound of joy in the ranks of the Khitan troops in front of the Chinese army. Xiao Tianma held up his riding whip and said:
"Commander General, it won't be long before we can pave four trenches and rush up." Xiao Tianzuo was wondering why Yang Peng didn't shoot. He felt a little anxious and looked at Xiao Tianma without saying anything.
After the first trench was paved, 800 wooden bridges crossed the first trench, only 180 meters away from Yang Peng's crossbows. The reason why Yang Peng let the Khitan army pave the first trench was because he was afraid that the Khitan army would suffer
The first round of long arrows collapsed and escaped. The range of the crossbow long arrows is 850 meters. After the Khitan army's wooden bridge entered 180 meters, they had to run the same distance forward and backward to escape the long arrows.
Range. In other words, the Khitan army that passed through the first trench had already fallen into the middle of the strike range of the crossbows.
Yang Peng sneered and shouted: "Strong crossbow! Shoot!" The trebuchets fired at the same time. One hundred and forty crossbows were ready to go. One hundred trebuchets were ordered by Yang Peng.
The powerful crossbows fired in unison, shooting long arrows at the 800 Khitan military wooden bridges 180 meters away.
Fourteen thousand long arrows were like a torrential rain, overwhelming the sky, pouring towards the auxiliaries and followers of the Khitan army. A large number of stones from the trebuchets hit the Khitan army. The wooden shields under the wooden bridge of the Khitan army were very thick.
It is enough to withstand rifle bullets. But in the face of long arrows and stones, these wooden shields are useless. The stone flew from 180 meters away and hit the wooden shield hard, like a can opener hitting a sardine can.
, penetrated all the wooden shields without any hindrance.
The clicking sound of the wood being penetrated merged into a loud "boom". Each wooden shield was hit by at least a dozen rounds of projectiles. The wooden shields on the front of the wooden bridge of more than a hundred vehicles in the first row were all destroyed. Everywhere.
All the broken wood was flying, and from a distance it looked like a cloud rising from the wooden bridge. After the stone penetrated the wooden shield, it still had kinetic energy, and continued to stab towards the back, killing the first row under the wooden bridge.
The four or five auxiliary soldiers in the second row stopped.
Blood spurted out like water from the body shot by the shotgun, like small fountains, splashing everywhere inside the wooden shield. The air that was dry just now was suddenly filled with a salty and wet smell of blood, which made people feel uncomfortable.
Breathing quickly. Without the protection of wooden shields, not only the auxiliary soldiers and followers in the front row were killed by long arrows, but the Khitan soldiers in the back row were also immediately in danger. Without the protection of wooden shields, the Khitan soldiers under the wooden bridge*
The naked ground was exposed to the rifleman's muzzle.
The riflemen opened fire without hesitation. The Khitan soldiers, who were densely lined up 180 meters away and moved slowly holding the wooden bridge, were the best targets. Even if the bullets missed and missed the Khitan soldiers in front, they would still be fired.
Hitting the Khitan soldiers in the back. Six hundred soldiers in the first row pressed the trigger, and blood blossomed from the bodies of the Khitan soldiers one after another.
Screams appeared from under more than a hundred wooden bridges at the same time, as if they had been arranged. The Khitan soldiers who were shot were struggling on the ground, twitching, and shouting. They covered their bullet wounds, hoping
It can stop the blood flowing out there. But the rotating bullet has destroyed too many body tissues, and the body under the wound has turned into a bloody paste. The blood is like a chirping spring water, constantly flowing out of the wound.
The Khitan soldiers under the first row of wooden bridges suffered heavy losses. Carrying the heavy wooden bridge to attack the rifle array was undoubtedly a sure way to die. They threw the wooden bridge to the ground in a panic and fled behind them. But the Huben division in the stronghold
But they still didn't let them go. The six hundred soldiers in the second row quickly stepped up to the firing position and shot at the fleeing Khitan soldiers. The crackling sound of gunfire rang out, and the fleeing Khitan soldiers fell down one after another as if they were blown down by the strong wind.
Hundreds more people died in the gunfire. In the central formation of the Khitan army, the Khitan generals and Xi tribe nobles saw the scene on the battlefield, and they were all shocked and speechless.
This Yang Peng is cheating! When the ten wooden bridges rushed into the formation just now, why didn't he use the scatter cannon? Now a thousand wooden bridges have rushed halfway, with no way forward and no retreat, but Yang Peng is here
At that time, he took out his scattered weapons and shot arrows at the wooden bridge of the Khitan army.
What an insidious southerner! Handerang's face turned a little pale, and he murmured: "Too bad, even if we retreat now, we will be bombarded with stones several times." Xiao Tianma panicked again, grabbing Xiao Tianzuo's sleeve and saying:
"Commander, General, retreat quickly! Wait for the Queen Mother to come! The Queen Mother is coming, there must be a way!" Xiao Tianzuo did not expect such a battle situation, and closed his eyes weakly.
Handerang's face was red with anxiety, and he turned around and said loudly: "General, don't retreat! Even if you retreat, you will have to endure several rounds of shooting, and the soldiers will die in vain! It took a long time for Yang Peng's powerful crossbow to hit once, and Xiao Tian opened his eyes to the left
It opened my eyes. Indeed, Yang Peng's artillery fire was very slow when the ten wooden bridges were charged. If calculated at that rate of fire, a thousand wooden bridges could rush to the fourth trench.
Xiao Tianzuo gritted his teeth and said: "Blow the horn and let the auxiliary troops charge with the soldiers!" Yang Peng stood in front of the formation and smiled when he heard the horn of the Khitan army charging into the formation. As expected, the Khitan army was not scared away.
He continued to charge forward. The maximum rate of fire of Yang Peng's powerful crossbow could reach three or four rounds per minute. But that was without cooling the arrow barrel and moving the crossbow back to its original position. At such a maximum rate of fire,
Ten times, the barrel will be completely red-hot and can no longer be fired. If you have to do a full set of steps, use a wet cloth to cool the arrow barrel, and use a musket gauge and other tools to aim, the crossbow can only fire one shot per minute.
Of course, Yang Peng's long arrows now do not require a musket to be aimed. Even if the sword barrel is cooled, it can be fired in forty seconds. However, Yang Peng is not willing to defeat all the wooden bridges of the Khitan army. If all the wooden bridges collapse,
, the armored soldiers of the Khitan Army will not rush forward.
Yang Peng shouted to Lu Hu: "Slow fire! Don't defeat the Khitan soldiers!" Hearing the horn of the Chinese army, the Khitan army's auxiliary soldiers and followers regrouped their morale and walked forward howling. The battle situation was critical.
, these Khitan soldiers gritted their teeth and quickened their pace, hoping to rush to the ditch quickly to lay a wooden bridge.
Fortunately, the Song Army's artillery fired only once in a long time. After that round of shotgun fire, the Song Army did not fire again for a long time. The auxiliary soldiers and followers under a row of wooden bridges walked to the front of the second trench.
, put down more than a hundred wooden bridges, and then retreated with wooden shields. Seeing that the second trench had also been paved with wooden bridges, the Khitan army heaved a sigh of relief.
Yang Peng's powerful crossbow is not that terrible. If it takes so long to fight once, the auxiliary soldiers and followers can rush to the fourth layer of trenches! The situation is favorable to the Khitan army! More than 500 wooden bridges of the Khitan army continue to move forward.
, slowly approaching the third trench.
There was silence in Yang Peng's formation for a minute, and then one hundred and forty six-power crossbows and trebuchets opened fire again. More than a thousand long arrows and stones from Gil's trebuchets instantly dominated all the space in front of the formation.
It attacked more than a hundred wooden bridges in the front row. The thick wooden shields under the wooden bridges were as fragile as glass in front of the iron projectiles and broke when touched. Not only could the shattered wooden blocks no longer protect those behind
The Khitan soldiers even turned into deadly weapons, cutting the skin and blood vessels of the Khitan soldiers behind them. Under the double attack of wooden blocks and projectiles, the auxiliary soldiers wearing cotton armor and the followers without armor were killed.
He was injured and fell to the ground screaming.
This was a massacre. Before the Khitan soldiers holding the wooden bridge could react to the fierce attack of long arrows, they were immediately hit head-on by riflemen.
The Khitan soldiers carrying the bridge moved slowly, as if standing still on the crosshairs. The riflemen hit these Khitan soldiers as if they were shooting at targets. Blood flew everywhere again. The 600 riflemen fired only one volley, killing more than 400 soldiers.
Soldiers follow.
Seeing that the situation was not good, this row of wooden bridges collapsed again. While more than two thousand Khitan soldiers were in retreat, the six hundred riflemen in the back row who were waiting in front of Yang Peng's formation stepped forward and shot again, killing several more.
The fleeing Khitan army was defeated. It was not until these defeated soldiers ran behind the wooden bridge in the rear row and were stopped by the wooden shields of the wooden bridge in the rear row that the riflemen stopped shooting them. However, the Khitan army numbered 70,000 people.
The Khitan soldiers in the back row were still full of morale under the encouragement of the Khitan army officers. The auxiliary soldiers and followers abandoned more than a thousand lives and withstood the second round of fire from the Song army and continued to advance.
Yang Peng's powerful crossbows fell silent after one round of firing. While the Song army was reloading arrows, the Khitan army built more than a hundred wooden bridges on the third trench, successfully turning the third trench into a
On the thoroughfare. Seeing that the third trench was paved with a wooden bridge, the nobles of the Xi tribe in the Khitan army looked at each other for a while, with faces full of joy.
If you persist a little longer, you can rush to the fourth trench.
The auxiliary soldiers and followers held up the last two hundred or so wooden bridges and rushed towards the fourth trench at the rear. The Khitan soldiers knew that even if the Song army above fired another round of crossbows, there would still be at least more than a hundred people.
The fourth trench can be built by building a wooden bridge. As long as you walk a dozen steps forward, all the trenches will be conquered by the Khitan army. The large Khitan army can cross the trench and kill the Song army in the stronghold. The Khitan army
At the center of the army, the bull's horn was blown again to boost morale, encouraging the Khitan soldiers who were lifting the bridge to rush forward.
Hearing the sound of the horn, the Khitan troops changed from walking to running, rushing forward with all their strength, towards the fourth trench. More than ten steps away from the fourth trench, the Ming army's strongholds were filled with crossbows and trebuchets.
Sure enough, they opened fire again. Stone bombardment, long arrows pierced the chest and then hit the second soldier's chest. Some powerful crossbow arrows could hit four Khitan soldiers. Then they were followed by rifle fire from the Song army.