Late Tang

The two-person Fuyuan crossbow is considered a medium-sized long-range weapon, and it is difficult for one soldier to operate it alone, and generally requires two people to work together.However, compared with the big crossbows such as the eight-ox crossbow and the bed crossbow, it is much lighter, and it is all team-level equipment.This kind of crossbow is not as good as the eight-ox crossbow bed crossbow that uses iron crossbow spears, and its lethality is not great.But the advantage is that the accuracy is not bad, with a range of [-] steps, and the accuracy and lethality within [-] steps are the highest.Many soldiers of the Qin Army like to use the Fuyuan double crossbow as a blocking crossbow to block and kill enemy officers.

** To make this kind of crossbow requires experience, and ordinary people can only deal with dense enemy soldiers with it.It is impossible to block it.But those veterans can often be used as blocking, and the accuracy is extremely high.This is a kind of equipment with different evaluations. If it is used well, it is an artifact. If it is not used well, it is not as good as a bow and arrow.

Hearing Zhao Zhang's order, a group of experienced veterans in the capital were all gearing up. This is their time to perform.At this time, the recruits could only follow behind to help open the crossbow, aiming at such a difficult task, but they could only watch the veterans work enviously.

A barbarian who was picking up barbed wire heard a sound of piercing through the air, and as soon as he raised his head, a crossbow arrow had already hit his face door, and he fell down slumped.

"It's hit! It's hit!" The recruit next to the third child who helped open the crossbow shouted excitedly. It was a hundred steps away, and the arrow hit the enemy's front door.With such skills, it is no wonder that he is the ace gunner of Quandu. Usually, the third child is not active in various ways, but Zhao Zhang, the leader of the capital, takes care of him so much. He used to think that the third child was Zhao Zhang's relative.Now I understand, it turns out that the third child really has a great skill, and if he has a skill, he really doesn't have to worry about getting mixed up wherever he goes.It is estimated that he is the only one who can block the enemy with a crossbow from a hundred paces away.

"Boy, you still have a lot to learn." The third child was also full of pride. In fact, he was not sure about the crossbow just now.One point of skill, nine points of luck, but he will not tell the truth to a newcomer.This kid, who is usually reluctant to let him run errands, is now shocked by himself.

"Third brother, teach me too. I'm a soldier in your gang. If we have this skill, won't I kill the enemy to save face for you, boss?" Zhang Daniu asked Zhang San with a flattering expression. laughed.Zhang San chuckled, "My skills have been passed down from generation to generation from my ancestors. There are rules from my ancestors, so I don't easily pass them on to outsiders."

"Third Brother, if I take you as my teacher, I will be your mistress, so I'm not considered an outsider."

"Apprenticeship, this is a very serious matter. I have to think about it again, depending on your performance." Zhang San said while winding the string.

"Master, just accept me. From now on, I will take care of all your clothes. In addition, I will make wine for you. Make good wine to honor you."

"Well, it looks very sincere, but I still have to look at your qualifications. Come on, now you come and aim at the crossbow! I will teach you! If you can shoot one today, I will agree to you as my apprentice .”

"Great, thank you Master."

"Don't be in a hurry to call Master, before you shoot the enemy, you should call Third Brother."

There are not many Fuyuan crossbows in Zhao Zhang's capital, but in the entire southern formation, there are ten cannons and hundreds of Fuyuan crossbows shooting, the same lethality is not small.The team of one thousand who was in charge of cleaning the battlefield was shot by arrows from time to time.Not many people were shot to death, but the speed of cleaning has seriously slowed down.

Bala gritted his teeth tightly, this is not possible, the drums behind him kept urging, they didn't have time to wait so slowly.

"Dismount and move forward!"

Helpless, Bala had no choice but to order the soldiers to dismount and move forward, cleaning up the caltrops while moving forward, and then mounted and charged after cleaning up.

In this way, the barbarian's speed is almost gone.The cavalry turned into infantry, held up their shields and began picking mushrooms on the ground.

As soon as Zhao Zhang saw that the barbarian had dismounted, he immediately waved and ordered a new round of shelling.This time, it was still shooting from catapults and ballistas.

It came again so soon, Bala's heart tightened, and sure enough, the roar kept ringing again.There was a piercing sound in his ear, followed by a gust of hot wind blowing across his face, and the sound of crossbow spears piercing into the ground came from behind him.Bala felt that the crossbow almost flew over his face, and the burning feeling seemed to burn half of his face.From time to time, screams came from nearby, and his hands clenched a little bit involuntarily. It was obvious that the Qin people's shelling hit his soldiers again.

Must persist!

Bala was unmoved this time and insisted on ordering to move forward.On the way forward, amidst the howling roar, screams followed, and people were shot from time to time.This feeling of being beaten but unable to fight back is really bad, but the distance is too far, and their archers can only do enough damage if they shoot their bows within sixty steps.Persist for a while, and you can reach within a hundred steps if you persist for a while.At that time, he would mount his horse and charge directly, breaking through in front of these cowards of the Qin people who only knew how to hide their heads and show their tails.

But it was also difficult for them to come quickly. There were many barbed wires on the ground that needed to be cleaned up, and they did not dare to charge until they were cleaned up.And they didn't dare to rely too closely, otherwise, they would be attacked by shells at any time.They can only do this, passively being beaten, and under that kind of shelling, even the best shields are useless.There is only one word of death in the hit, and the feeling of never knowing whose head the next shell will hit is really terrible.

Under this kind of fear, another round of shelling came.This time it was an earthen jar flying over, and the earthen jar was rapidly enlarged in his eyes, and finally smashed twenty steps away to his left, followed by a burst of fragments splashing over.

Bala's face changed drastically, and he fell to the ground suddenly. With a whoosh, his steed horse neighed, and the leather armor on the horse's neck was cut directly by a piece of broken iron, and blood spurted out.At this time, another object slammed into his back, throwing him off his feet. He turned his head and saw that he was still intact.Only then did he notice that the thing that hit him was not a shell from the Qin people, but the head of a Shiwei warrior.There was only one head, which was neatly cut open from the neck. On the soldier's face, his eyes were still wide open, showing the extreme fear of dying.

He moved his gaze to the back, where there was a headless corpse of the warrior.

Extreme fear surged from his heart, but instead inspired the ferocious nature in his heart.

He kicked that head away violently, and kicked it far away. He raised his mace, roared, and chopped down a tribal soldier who was turning around to run away, and then looked around in horror. of the men.

"You all used to be eagles, tigers, and wolves on the grassland. Now, are you scared out of your wits by a few shells from the Qin army?" He was furious, his eyes staring like cow bells Yes, shouted at the top of his lungs: "Rush forward, hack those Qin people to death, kill them all, avenge our brothers, kill Li Jing, the entire east of the Tang Dynasty is ours, theirs Women, their money, food, and land are all ours, come on!"

"Kill all the southern barbarian Qin dogs!" The cornered tribal warriors also showed their barbaric nature and desperate heart.One by one shouted and got on their horses. It was only a hundred steps away from the camp of the Qin people, and they could charge.Rush over, rush over with the speed of a war horse, and crush them.

The drums of the Hu Renzhong Army became more and more intense, shaking the heavens and the earth, resounding through the Baishuiluo field.

Bala heard fierce roars from the other two sides, and he knew that his two brothers of the same clan must have suffered the same fire.This Qin army is really different. To deal with them, the only way to deal with them is to rely on the speed and shooting of the cavalry to get close to the battle.

Qin army position. .

In front of the two artillery battalions in the southern position, there were a total of 2 flying thunder cannons in the front and rear three-story trenches. At this time, Li Jing transferred another batch of artillery to the battle.This is the first time the Hu people have attacked, and they must be dealt a heavy blow. This is a critical time to weaken the morale of the enemy and boost the morale of the existing troops.If the momentum is lost in the first battle, it will be difficult for [-] people to deal with the [-] enemy troops.

Facing the sudden eruption of the barbarians, the soldiers of the Qin Army stood quietly in the trenches, and no one even showed their heads to watch what happened.

"The distance is 150 steps, three bursts of kerosene bombs are fired, the flying thunder cannons are fired at a rapid rate of ten shots, the flying thunders are reloaded, and ten bursting shotguns are fired!"

The gunners prepared to reload, 150 paces, which is within the effective range of [-] paces of the Feilei Cannon.At this distance, the Thunder Cannon does a lot of damage, and it is also a safe defense distance.

The first round was kerosene bombs, and the black earthen jars were carefully placed on the catapult.As soon as the shells were placed, the team leaders immediately gave the order to launch. The gunners lit the fuses, then opened the hook locks, and loosened the ropes. Suddenly, amidst a burst of rapid noise, fire oil tanks rose into the sky one by one.

A row of observers poked out half their heads from the trench, held up the observation mirror to carefully observe the impact of the shells, and then loudly reported back to let the gunners calibrate their targets and continue firing.The gunners, loaders, and ammunition carriers didn't care what happened outside the trenches, they just kept their heads busy and nervous.The artillerymen are usually well-trained, and the most important thing is to cooperate with each other tacitly.They just need to shoot the cannons, as for the others, they are not within the scope of consideration.

However, listening to the explosions and screams outside one after another, they still had the urge to probe to see what was going on.

After three consecutive fires of kerosene bombs, the Feilei Cannon finally started firing.

In the sky full of gunpowder smoke, the barbarians rode their horses to charge, stamping their hooves on the ground, rolling in like a gust of wind and rain, or like a stormy sea.

Li Jing, who had been standing on the tall arrow tower in the camp, saw the violent charge of the Hu people, but only showed a disdainful sneer at the corner of his mouth.

Facing five hundred flying thunder cannons, they still dared to launch an intensive charge. Should Li Jing praise them for being brave, or call them stupid?

Five hundred flying thunder cannons can completely build a firepower coverage, this is not a bow and arrow.The rain of arrows can also be blocked by a shield, but the Feilei cannon will die when it touches it, and it will die when it hits it. One door, two doors, ten doors, and twenty doors can't reflect the effect of its firepower blockade, but when five hundred are fired together, they will die again. Coupled with the several trenches in front of the Qin army's formation, they were completely capable of smashing them into pieces.

Well, let the barbarians see what real firepower coverage and artillery bombardment are!

. (To be continued.)