Chapter 172 The Iron-Blooded Baron: A Great Victory (13)
Not long after, amidst Arthedan's roar, the hundred or so pirates rushed forward decisively. After all, the more than seventy Brick soldiers in front of them looked like the army in a square formation.
Far from it.
The pirates had a contemptuous attitude in their hearts, and they rushed to the dock of Forest Lake in a hurry. They rushed forward with a roar, trying to eliminate the group of Bricks in front of them, and then escaped with a small victory.
go out.
The pirates were charging forward, and were about to rush forward. Suddenly they heard a crisp whistle from the Brick people on the opposite side, and then saw four sharp wooden stakes being pulled up around the Brick people, and they were cut into pieces.
The pointed wood forms a row pointing diagonally forward.
"Plop!" There was a sound, and a pirate who was running too fast was not paying attention for a moment, and he was running too fast and could not hold his feet. He directly hit the sharp wooden stake and was directly pierced through the body. In an instant, blood poured out.
Well out, he was unwilling and surprised, his eyes widened and he died on the spot.
With this example, the other pirates stopped and stopped rushing forward. Although most of them were less than thirty steps away from the Bricks on the opposite side, they did not dare to rush forward.
After the pirates stopped, their boss Asedan suddenly discovered a problem, that is, the Briks, who had so many archers, did not shoot at them, and at such a close distance, they did not throw javelins.
Throwing weapons such as axes.
This surprised him very much. They had to know that they had suffered so many bows, arrows and javelins from the Bricks in the battles today, but the Bricks in front of them were uncharacteristically not using these to attack them.
Just when Arthedain was struggling with the pirates, they discovered that the front row of Bricks on the opposite side had spread to both sides, and what appeared in the middle were five strange four-wheeled carriages without horses, facing them.
The carriage door on this side has not been opened yet.
Just when they were wondering what was on the carriage, the carriages of the five carriages were lowered, revealing weapons with strange shapes. Although the shape was very strange, looking at its exquisitely made appearance, and its appearance as if
The arrows were like short spears. Arthedan and the others knew that this weapon must be very powerful.
Asedan quickly shouted: "Brothers, disperse, this is a large crossbow!"
But before Asedan finished speaking, the weapons on the five carriages had been fired, and five arrows like short spears were shot out. Moreover, three of the five arrows had shovel-shaped arrows, and two of them were shovel-shaped.
The branches are arrow-shaped.
I saw the high-speed flying shovel-shaped arrows shoveling off the head of a tall pirate within a distance of less than thirty steps, then shoveling off half of the body of another pirate, and then cutting off the head of the third pirate.
After the thigh, it finally stopped.
Unlike three shovel-shaped arrows that missed one, the two arrow-shaped arrows all achieved results after being fired.
One arrow-shaped arrow penetrated the bodies of three pirates and then penetrated into the ground. The other arrow directly penetrated the shield of one pirate and then penetrated into the pirate's body. With huge power,
He directly carried the pirate's body four or five steps away before falling back to the ground.
That's right, this is the bed crossbow. Balian, who was a cold weapon enthusiast in his previous life, copied this big killing weapon with the help of Hama, an excellent craftsman.
At the same time, in order to adapt the bed crossbows to the ever-changing battlefield environment, Bellion also equipped these bed crossbows with moving turntables and pitch angle adjustment devices, so that soldiers can quickly adjust the shooting direction and angle to adapt to changes in battle conditions.
At the same time, Balian divided these bed crossbows into two types: city-defending bed crossbows and field bed crossbows. Since the city-defending bed crossbows were installed in fixed locations and did not need to be moved frequently, they could be made very large to increase their power.
The field crossbow is the type they use on the battlefield today. It is relatively smaller, but easier to move. After loading a hundred crossbow arrows, plus five soldiers, a two-horse double crossbow
The wheeled carriage can be easily pulled away.
Looking at the shooting effect of the bed crossbow, Balian was quite satisfied. Hama also kept grinning. Five crossbow arrows killed nine pirates. This result was good, although he failed to kill the enemy.
, but the weapons he made with his own hands killed many enemies. Hama thought that he had achieved military exploits.
Seeing the ferocious killing effect of this weapon, Asedan and the leader of the Guards beside him were stunned for a while, and then he quickly ordered his brothers to run away and stop fighting with the Bricks in front of them.
, it is important to escape.
But before they had time to change their formation, another killer weapon began to harvest their lives. With a roaring sound, five stone bullets hit them.
One of the stone bullets, which was as big as two adult men's fists, directly broke a pirate's leg, causing the pirate to fall to the ground and howl. While the other stone bullet did not hit the pirate, it still hit the pirate.
After reaching a large stone on the ground, its fragments splashed out, and one of the fragments scratched Asedan's face.
The remaining three stone bullets were not missed, and they all achieved results. Some smashed the pirate's chest, some penetrated the pirate's abdomen, and some directly hit the pirate's helmet. The brains burst out at the scene.
A peach blossom bloomed.
The weapon for throwing stone projectiles was a trebuchet. Balian took out the wild donkey trebuchet of the Roman legion in the previous life and showed it to Hama. Hama researched and made it, and it took several months to make it.
come out.
This kind of trebuchet has a simple structure and low cost. Its energy storage device is a rear-mounted single-force storage spring, and a torque device made of horsehair and beef tendon, which is good at storing force.
Moreover, although the wild donkey-type trebuchet is not easy to use when defending a city, it is very useful in the field. Three or five soldiers can easily operate it and can continuously throw stone projectiles. If the stone projectiles are used up, the stone projectiles will be fired.
Blocks are also acceptable, no need to pick ammunition.
The model Hama of the counterweighted trebuchet has been produced. However, due to the large size of this weapon, it is usually only used when siege, and it is a large castle or city, otherwise it is not enough to make and assemble.
Kung fu.
After being attacked by crossbows, crossbows, and trebuchets, the pirates completely collapsed. They no longer had a fighting formation, but just like when they escaped, they fled in all directions, very much like Autumn.
Rabbit chased by hounds during hunting.
After seeing the pirates dispersed, Balian patted Bran and Harker who were standing aside, and said to them: "Follow your brother Tur and the brothers and uncles of the militia, and go kill one or two pirates."
"Okay, sir!" Upon hearing this, the two little guys got excited, picked up their weapons, and rushed out with everyone else, wanting to truly experience the thrill of the battle on the last battlefield.