In the harsh situation of being surrounded by groups, the Qingzhou Army showed its trump card calmly and calmly.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The first noise came from the side of the ship. In a uniform rhythm, the portholes were pushed open from the inside. The Liaodong Army, which was preparing to attack, was not only surprised by the structure of the hull, but also saw the portholes in an instant.
The murder weapon looming inside!
That should be a crossbow machine...
The bottom is a rectangular bracket, on which are three large bows. The length of the bow arms is as long as nine feet! The three large bows are placed two in front and one behind. At the rear end of the bracket,
They are two huge winches.
The most direct evidence, and the one that can most arouse people's fear, is the crossbow bolt mounted on the crossbow arm... Based on its appearance, it might be more appropriate to describe it as a throwing spear.
How could an ordinary crossbow arrow be of such length and thickness?
The appearance of this unprecedented crossbow shocked everyone. The generals in Liaodong still didn't know its power, but just looking at the appearance of this thing, a chill rising from the bottom of their hearts made them stiff.
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"What... is this thing?" Yang Yi tried to keep calm, but the nonsense he asked undoubtedly proved that his performance at the moment was far from being as general-like as he expected.
"Is it a crossbow?" It took a while before someone answered. When Yang Yi followed the sound, he found that the speaker was Liu Yi, whom he had always looked down upon. Compared to Yang Yi, who focused on Liaodong affairs, Liu Yi had much broader knowledge.
, although he was also shocked. But he still babbled an allusion.
"This should be the bed crossbow... I heard that when Sikong Chen Qiu was the governor of Lingling, the state soldiers Zhu Gai and other rebels and the Guiyang thief Hu Lan besieged Lingling with tens of thousands of people. Qiu beheaded those who tried to escape and surrender.
It is known that the internal officials are old and weak, and they guard the city together. They use big wooden strings as bows and feather spears as arrows. They use the opportunity to fire them and shoot from a distance of more than a thousand steps. They kill many people and ultimately protect the city..."
"More than a thousand steps!?" Yang Yi's body swayed suddenly, almost losing her footing. Her tone was both startled and suspicious, and full of fear.
The meter of the Han Dynasty was about the same as that of later generations. A thousand steps was equivalent to one thousand meters or two miles. At this distance, Yang Yi had never heard of any weapon that could exert its power.
As far as he knew, the Big Yellow Bow was a very terrifying crossbow machine. It was a ten-stone crossbow with a maximum range of more than 400 steps. If it was dealing with unarmored soldiers, it would be fatal within 300 steps.
And if it is true as Liu Yi said, the so-called powerful crossbow displayed by the Qingzhou Army can hurt people from a thousand steps away. Doesn't that mean that the strength of the bed crossbow is more than three times that of the big yellow crossbow?
"Qianjun Crossbow?" he asked loudly in disbelief.
In the Han system, thirty kilograms is equivalent to one stone. Four kilograms are equivalent to one stone. Liu Yi is right. The bed crossbow of the Qingzhou Army is a real Qianjun Crossbow.
Continuing the inference, the distance between the two families is now less than a thousand steps. If what Liu Yi said is true, isn't his own fleet putting himself under the enemy's crossbow?
This can perfectly explain why the Qingzhou Army was still calm and set up such a stupid circular formation when it was at an extreme disadvantage. In this way, they could maximize the lethality of the bed crossbow.
Of course there is nothing to panic about.
However, Yang Yi didn't believe it. From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want to believe that the Qingzhou Army had such a trump card.
Chen Qiu is just a scholar. He relied on the strength of his family to reach a high position. What real skills does he have? Qian Yubu. Maybe he just thought the distance was far away, so he exaggeratedly called it Qian Yubu. Those aristocratic families
Isn’t it my favorite thing to talk and boast?
Think about it, how can there be a weapon with a range of two miles in this world? Thousand Crusaders, is that something that humans can make? Even if it does exist, it is a treasure worth tens of thousands of gold. How can it be like a soft bow with just one stone?
Same, how about taking out hundreds of them at once?
From his point of view, he could clearly see that each ship of the Qingzhou Navy had six portholes. Twelve ships, that is, seventy-two. The size of the bed crossbow was very large, and it was not a random thing to think about.
It can be moved. According to common sense, the other side should have the same arrangement.
In other words, the fleet in front of us alone is equipped with one hundred and forty-four Qianjun Crossbows! No matter how rich the Qingzhou people are, they can't be so luxurious, right?
"Ignore him, it's just a bluff, keep moving forward! He will launch an attack at a distance of 500 steps, killing with all his strength, no need to hold back!" Yang Yi stamped his feet, waved his arms and shouted.
Although he said it was a bluff, he did not really take it lightly. Liu Yi might have been misled by the rumors about the Qianjun Crossbow, but that thing must be a powerful crossbow, and its power is likely to exceed that of the Dahuang Bow. Therefore, he decided
Launch an assault at about 500 steps.
The more powerful the crossbow, the worse its accuracy, which can only be compensated by volley fire, as is the case with the Rhubarb Crossbow. What this weapon is most afraid of is the enemies with small targets and fast movement speeds, and the crossbow is undoubtedly the most suitable.
This standard.
If it weren't for the long journey and most of the companions were large ships that could withstand wind and waves, Yang Yi would definitely have made the main fleet linger 800 steps away, relying entirely on sterns to defeat the enemy.
"Brother Fa Li, no!"
Liu Yi shouted, grabbed Yang Yi's ordering hand, and hurriedly persuaded: "Since Wang Qiaoqi came to Qingzhou, he changed the legacy of the previous dynasty. In addition to respecting literati, he also attached great importance to craftsmen. In all the wars,
New weapons have been launched, such as paper armor, and full-body iron armor like the Fire Cavalry... Chen Qiu may be exaggerating, but this thing in front of you cannot be underestimated!"
"Then what do you want to do?" Yang Yi suddenly turned her head, stared with blood-red eyes, and looked at Liu Yi fiercely. The latter had no doubt that if he resisted to the end, the other party might just draw his sword.
Facing each other!
Yang Yi was really anxious.
But you still have to say what you need to say, otherwise you will really be doomed when you make a big mistake and become irreversible.
"The Qingzhou Navy has such a sharp weapon. If Leng Ding takes action, we may not be able to react, and we will definitely be able to severely damage our army. But they didn't, but showed it out openly, without any intention of attacking with all their strength. It can be seen that the opponent will eventually
I still want to turn the war into friendship, and I don’t want to really fight with swords, so..."
"It's better to fight a bloody battle than to give up now!" Yang Yi shook his head resolutely and said in an extremely firm tone: "We have already taken action. When the negotiations come, the people of Qingzhou will definitely use this matter as a bargaining chip, so it is better to give up halfway.
See the truth!"
He raised his finger and pointed to the opposite side, and sneered: "Now the matter is very clear. Taishi Ci relied on his own force and did not take you and me into consideration at all. First he used the great victory in Liaoxi to intimidate us, and now he uses this crossbow to intimidate us.
He thought that we would give in, but he was wrong. It is precisely because he did not expect that we must fight with all our strength!"
"Oh, brother Fa Li, what do you want me to say about you? Even if you can catch him unprepared in this battle, what about your previous plan? Have you never thought that the Qingzhou Army can now build one hundred and forty beds?
Will we be able to build 1,400 crossbows in the future?" Liu Yi couldn't persuade him. Seeing that the distance between the two armies was getting closer and closer, and they had passed the thousand-step mark in a blink of an eye, he stamped his feet anxiously.
"It's just a crossbow arrow. How can it sink a ship with just one arrow?" Yang Yi said with a livid face, but refused to let go: "The foundation of Liaodong is hard-won, how can we abandon it? Between us and Qingzhou, there are always problems.
This is a battle, if we can’t win today, then let’s stop talking about it, otherwise…”
He turned around like a whirlwind, raised his arms, and shouted: "Brothers, my lord has treated me well, and the dignity of the people of Liaodong cannot be insulted. Today, we will fight to the end to defend our homeland! Listen to my general, the flagship will advance,
The whole army attacks!"
After that, he strode forward until he reached the bow of the ship and then stopped. He just stood there with his hands behind his back. The red cloak behind him was like a flag, flying and looking powerful.
Obviously, Yang Yi also used his trump card and took the lead.
"Fight to the end!" Taking the lead has always had a heaven-defying effect on the morale of the army. The Liaodong Army suddenly swept away its previous panic and morale became high.
Liu Yi could only sigh and shake his head.
On the one hand, he hoped that he had not misunderstood the Qingzhou Army's mentality of not wanting to go to war, nor had he misjudged the power of the crossbow, so that he could end this nightmare journey with minimal sacrifice; on the other hand, he also hoped that Yang Yi would
That's right. Only when you can fight can you make peace. If you want to maintain an independent attitude and stay aloof from the turmoil in the world, it is absolutely impossible without the strength to protect yourself.
On the other side, Taishi Ci also sighed, waved his hands and said: "Since they don't know how to advance or retreat, then take action and give them a good time."
"Here!" the order came out, and all the crossbowmen moved in response.
The trump card of the Qingzhou Navy is the crossbow, the three-bow bed crossbow!
China was the first civilization to invent the crossbow machine. As early as before the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, records related to crossbows can be found in historical books. As the scale of wars expanded and the intensity increased, various crossbows came into being.
Among them, the bed crossbow, which was put into use during the Eastern Han Dynasty, can be said to be the king of crossbows.
This kind of crossbow is extremely powerful and requires many hands. Just to string it, ten people need to cooperate with each other.
Now that the crossbow string has been unwound and the crossbow arrows are set up, the crossbowmen need to be busy with other things. They cooperate with each other and place a brazier slightly in front of the crossbow arrows, and the person responsible for aiming.
Together, we kept correcting the angle until we were satisfied, then gave a thumbs up to indicate we were ready.
Each crew is in charge of a chief, who then passes the information to the commander of the unit, and this is how it is passed on layer by layer, just like giving orders.
When Taishi Ci received the feedback, he did not hesitate. He waved his hand vigorously and shouted: "Attack!"
Taishi Ci didn't know what the people of Liaodong had in mind that made them so stubborn, but he was certain that in this world, the strong were respected. Under the suppression of absolute strength, all strategies and courage would be defeated.