Later generations often say that the appearance of muskets on the battlefield means the end of the cold weapon era. This is completely inaccurate in Ye An's view.
Muskets are just the beginning of the era of hot weapons, and they are just a small part of the change in war. Muskets cannot crush everything on the battlefield, but a new way of fighting will emerge.
The most basic things like troop formation, sword sharpness, lance thrusting, and oar and shield defense have not changed, and even more sophisticated coordination is needed to fully unleash the power of the musket.
Only fools would use immature muskets to fight on this cruel battlefield dominated by cold weapons. In Qin Mumu's words, only if there is Maxim in the army will fools use cold weapons!
But the development of thermal weapons evolved in constant actual combat. The future must be the battlefield of thermal weapons, and the Song Dynasty must be ahead of this era. This is what Ye An has always pursued.
History has given him too much "foresight", and it is impossible for him to watch advanced technology being exiled from the Han Dynasty to the West and then return to this land in another situation.
The melodious sound of the horn spread across the land. In the land of Qingtang, this sound only represents one thing, war!
Wen Buqi commanded his Tubo army to rush towards the Song army's formation as quickly as possible. This was his most precious opportunity and the only chance to break out.
Although the Song army was not good at chasing, let alone moving around, the military formation was extremely stable. Once the military formation was spread out, it would be even more difficult to break the formation.
This is the most effective way for the Song army to deal with cavalry for many years. As the battlefield is so big, it will take much longer for the Tubo cavalry to move around.
The crossbow arrows shot out like a rain. This was the most powerful weapon of the Song army, but the Tubo army did not panic. Years of fighting with the Song army made them understand that only by charging into the rain of arrows could they break the formation. The closer they were behind,
The more you try to avoid and escape, the faster you will die.
But when they reached 200 steps, the Song army's arrow rain slowed down a lot. This was a rare opportunity. The Tubo army suddenly sped up. The cavalry suddenly rushed forward, while the infantry quickened their pace.
But things were not as Wen Buqi thought. These two hundred steps were not an opportunity for the Tubo people, but the beginning of their nightmare.
Seeing a wall of smoke rising from the opposite side, followed by a crackling sound and the sound of projectiles whizzing past, the cavalry at the front suddenly froze, and then began to fall off their horses one by one.
The war horse screamed, and the Tibetan knight on the horse screamed. The moment he fell from the horse, he was trampled into a pulp by the hoofs of his companions!
Wen Buqi tried his best to open his eyes wide but still couldn't see clearly what was being shot from the other side. As the first row of smoke dissipated, another sheet of white smoke soon rose, and the explosions continued, as if forever.
There won't be any pause.
The Tubo knights suffered heavy casualties, and the infantry were even more miserable. They fell down in rows. When passing the corpses, Wen Buqi deliberately slowed down his horse and discovered that these dead people had one or several different diseases.
Big wounds, but on their bodies there are scars as big as the mouth of a bowl, and some have no scars at all.
This was the first time Wen Buqi felt fear, not only for him, but also for the Tibetan soldiers. They had never seen this kind of weapon before, and they were extremely afraid of the rising mist.
The Tubo army unknowingly slowed down their attack. This is a kind of instinctive fear of the unknown. These Tubo soldiers are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of death in an unknown way, and they are even more afraid of being manipulated by something similar to witchcraft.
Things that are killed cannot be reincarnated.
But one thing they forgot was that being slow and timid on the battlefield meant more deaths. The Song army would not stop shooting just because the Tibetan attack slowed down.
What a great opportunity this is!
In the eyes of the Song Army officers and soldiers, these Tibetan soldiers were just a piece of military merit. Now, instead of speeding up to break through the defense line, they actively slowed down. Isn't this looking for death?
Under the rounds of shooting, the Tubo people suffered heavy casualties. The efficiency of muskets was slightly higher than that of crossbows, but to be honest, the accuracy was much higher. Although it was a musket, the musket using Mini bullets had quite good accuracy.
, at least the projectile does not float randomly after leaving the barrel of the gun.
Gu Chu
You don't need to rely on luck to kill people, it's very efficient.
Moreover, the stopping effect of the projectile is stronger than that of the crossbow, especially when the mini projectile is engraved with a cross opening, the stopping power after being injected into the human body is not generally strong.
Even if he was not shot to death on the spot, the tearing pain was still unbearable for the Tibetan people.
The Song army was silent and there was almost no sound of charging and killing. On the contrary, the Tubo army screamed repeatedly. This strange scene on the battlefield made both the Tubo people and the Song people feel frightened.
The emergence of muskets has broken the traditional cold weapon battlefield, especially its first appearance, which gave the Tubo people a great psychological shock.
The war is still going on, and not all Tubo people are fools, especially after Wen Buqi personally shouted the slogan of charge, the Tubo army took the initiative.
There was no other way. Escape would mean death, and charging would also lead to death. It was better to rush into the enemy's formation. No matter how fast the Song army shot, it would still take time. The Tubo people used the simplest and most effective method to fill the gap with human lives!
As long as you can break into the Song army's formation, what can you do even with those powerful weapons?
The Tubo army and the Song army collided, and the two sides finally entered a hand-to-hand battle. However, what greeted them was the Song army's muskets with bayonets. The muskets were already very long, and with the bayonets fixed on them, each musket
Firearms can instantly transform into spears.
The sharp bayonet has a deep diamond-shaped blade and a blood groove. It only takes one stab to make the Tibetan soldiers lose their combat effectiveness very quickly, and they bleed so fast that they can't cover it with their hands.
Using oars and shields to block the attack, muskets and stabbings, and the sharp and strong horizontal knives in the hands of the jumpers, the Tubo people suffered a lot in hand-to-hand combat.
When it comes to physical fitness, there is no doubt that whether it is the Xi Lie Army or the Huaiyuan Army, eating well and training well are the most important aspects of an army.
The Tubo people do not have the same kind of food and treatment as they do, nor do they have scientific training and constant drills. What the Tubo people have is the courage to fight on the battlefield and the will to fight without fear of death.
But those things are easily defeated by powerful enemies.
I have everything you have, and I have everything you don’t have. Why should I lose to you?
This is the truest portrayal of the hearts of the soldiers of the Western Lie Army and the Huaiyuan Army. The Han family has never lacked fighting spirit, let alone blood.
This nation has gone through countless wars throughout its history, and its ancestors have survived all kinds of fighting. Once the bloody nature of the Han family is awakened, it will be something that will make all enemies fearful.
In the Qin Dynasty, there was the Great Wall Army under Meng Tian, in the Han Dynasty, there was Huo Qubing's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, in the Three Kingdoms period, there were Cao Cao's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Beifu Army, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, in the White Robes, in the Sui Dynasty, in the Sixteenth Guards, and in the Tang Dynasty, the Xuanjia Army.
etc.
But in the Song Dynasty, there was no army that could take action. Once it appeared, it would frighten the enemy. So what if there were a large number of Shangsi armies?
Therefore, Ye An was very satisfied with the name of the Dangxiang people. There was nothing wrong with the title of "Devil General", which just showed that he had made the Dangxiang people fearful.
And the troops under your command should scare the enemy, so that you can truly "conquer the enemy without fighting", which is the most important strategic deterrence.
So this time, Ye An wanted to wipe out Wen Buqi's troops. Before the battle began, he withstood Chen Lin's opposition and issued the harshest military order to the soldiers: "No prisoners should be surrendered to build the capital!"