Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1062 The Terrifying Hundred-shot Crossbow

According to Ye Chen's request, the Weapons and Equipment Research Department designed a chariot. After improving the mobility of this cumbersome Hundred-Fat Crossbow, it carried out a certain weapon effectiveness test, and finally ordered the installation, and then spent a lot of money to produce it for each legion. He ordered a hundred crossbow chariots and asked the legions to form a company of hundreds of crossbows.

Yelu Hanye and Yelu Lu belonged to the royal family of the Liao Kingdom and held the title of prince, but after leading an army of [-] and hundreds of thousands of people to surrender to Chengxiang Fu Kingdom, they did not make any military achievements. Without any titles, this is extremely painful for the two of them.This is not to say that the two are incapable, but that Ye Chen intentionally or unintentionally left the two of them out for more than a year, and completely dispelled some thoughts in their hearts before letting go of the suppression of the two.

Right now, this is Yelu Hanye's first time leading the army to carry out an important task independently, and it is also the first great opportunity for him to make great achievements. He attaches great importance to and cherishes it, and personally commands the Baifa Nulian soldiers to carefully move the Baifa Crossbow Chariot After placing it well, it will arouse the infinite curiosity of other soldiers, such a strange weapon has never been seen before.

In the distance, the smoke of the wolf suddenly ignited, and the thick black smoke of the wolf rushed straight into Yunxiao. Yelu Hanye was clever and ordered everyone to take their positions and get ready.

An infantry brigade's neat infantry spear formation has been set up, and a dense hedgehog-like gun forest has been erected, just blocking the entire Shapogou Road.Another cavalry brigade has been hidden on both sides, and other arrangements have also been prepared one by one.Every soldier's expression is full of self-confidence, excitement and high-spirited fighting spirit.Yelu Hanye saw it in his eyes, and at the same time was filled with emotion, he was extremely satisfied.

Dulamati was worried that Huang Dongqiu would send cavalry to catch up, let go of the horsepower, and galloped all the way to the west where their reinforcements came from, and the shortest route in this direction must pass through Shapogou.Because they fled in a panic, they didn't even have time to send out the outposts.As a result, it was not until they entered the ditch, five hundred steps away from the 5000 infantry phalanx around Yelu Hanye, and turned a short hill, that they suddenly discovered it.

Dulamati, Alimu, Harik and others were surprised. Because Harik is a sharp archer, he has excellent eyesight. After a closer look, he said: "The generals are all infantry, about 5000 people. Look at the uniforms. Xiangfu country's army."

"Turn out of the ditch at this time, and if you go around again, you will definitely be entangled by the cavalry led by Huang Dongqiu." Ali Mu said with a heavy face.

"Huang Dongqiu put [-] infantry here to block our way, hum! Charge with all your strength, charge through these [-] infantry, then leave to join General Baturmu, and then come back to take revenge." Dulamati ordered loudly .

Picking up the binoculars and seeing the Xizhou Uyghur cavalry suddenly appearing in the field of vision, Yelu Hanye seemed to have seen a great military achievement and a title sent to him, his eyes were full of terrifying greed, and he shouted: "Brigadier Party, it's up to you in the future."

Dang Fuyu, commander of the second infantry brigade of the Volunteer Corps, nodded and said, "Don't worry, deputy commander, none of these Xizhou Uyghurs will try to escape. Listen to my orders, raise your bow, and string it!" After the first two rows of spearmen, All the rows behind held the newly issued steel-string bows. At this time, they heard the order, drew their longbows, and drew sharp arrows to the bow.

"Get ready!" There was a creaking sound. The steel-string bow that was just issued is very easy to pull due to the modification of the gears. In the past, an archer would feel sore after firing more than ten arrows, but holding the steel-string bow in his hand, he could Multiply this number several times.

"Five rounds of elevation projection!" Dang Fuyu ordered loudly.Let the flag dance, like rain, long arrows shoot into the sky at 45 degrees, and after flying to a high point, they fall like raindrops.

The Xizhou Uyghur cavalry group charging towards them suddenly turned their backs. Soldiers without iron armor could not stop the thrown arrows and swooped down. The momentum brought by the potential energy of gravity, after being hit by the arrow, they turned over and fell off their horses, and were immediately caught by the arrows coming from behind. The cavalry stepped on the noodles.

"Charge, charge! If you rush in front of them, they will only be slaughtered!" Dulamati ignored the loss at all. In his opinion, as long as he rushed into the opponent's infantry group, the opponent's terrifying long-range attack would naturally lose its due value. power.

The 8000 infantry of Dang Fuyu's infantry brigade never changed their faces, as if what rushed towards them was not more than [-] cavalry, but a group of fat sheep who came to die.

Dulamati personally led and charged forward. These more than 8000 Xizhou Uighur cavalry had increased their speed to the extreme, and soon they were a hundred steps away. The sharp spear points protruded forward like a forest, and the people behind dropped their steel-string bows, replaced them with fast crossbows, and fired another round of four-shot fast crossbows. Hundreds of Xizhou Uighurs fell off their horses.

At fifty paces, Dang Fuyu suddenly shouted: "Hundred crossbows, get ready!"

At the sound of the order, five thousand infantry in ten rows suddenly squatted down, exposing the hundred crossbow chariots controlled by the hundred-shot crossbow company behind them to Dulamati's eyes.

"shooting!"

The company commander of the Hundred-Fat Crossbow Company gave an order, and the soldiers pulled the handle forcefully, and one hundred Repeater Crossbow Machines were fired at the same time.At this moment, the sight of Yelu Hanye, Dang Fuyu, and five thousand infantrymen was even blocked by the rain of arrows. The continuous rain of arrows covered the sky and the sun. In order to launch four bursts of fast crossbows in their hands, this terrifying and beautiful scene made them lose their minds at this moment, and they all stared blankly at the densely packed iron arrows falling like raindrops.

The Baifa quick crossbow is equipped with a powerful spring, coupled with the armor-piercing iron arrow, and it is shot flat at a distance of fifty steps. The lethal force produced is extremely terrifying, like cutting wheat, rushing to the front of Xizhou The Uighur cavalry fell down row by row, but the rain of arrows seemed to never end.

But in fact, each hundred-shot crossbow was only fired once, and after one shot, Dang Fuyu yelled loudly: "You bastards don't stand up yet, shoot with the fast crossbow in your hand."

The five thousand squatting infantry quickly stood up, the two rows in front were holding long spears, and the eight rows behind were all using quick crossbows, and each of them fired another round of four crossbow arrows.

Dulamati didn't die, because the soldiers around him surrounded him firmly at the critical moment, but at this moment, all the two hundred cavalry guarding him fell down, and then he saw that he was 3000 steps away from him. There is no one alive outside. To be precise, the first four Xizhou Uyghur cavalry rushed into the battle, excluding Dulamati, and all the others fell down with their horses. More than [-] Xizhou Uyghur cavalry were hit by this blow He died on the spot.

"Why does Xiangfu have so many terrifying weapons?" This was Dulamati's last thought before he died, and dozens of crossbow bolts were pierced on him in an instant. The quick crossbow in his hand fired at him at the same time.

After another round of rapid crossbow firing, only about half of the more than 8000 Xizhou Uighur cavalrymen who charged intensively were left, and all of them stopped in a daze, as if they had seen a ghost, their faces pale. This scene frightened them. Even though they were elite soldiers in hundreds of battles, seeing more than 4000 comrades die in an instant in front of them, the visual and psychological shock was really strong for them.

Yelu Hanye ordered loudly at this time: "The infantry marches forward in a dense formation, and sends a signal to order the cavalry on the left and right wings to attack!"

With Dang Fuyu's order, the infantry brigade changed formation instantly, and the entire infantry phalanx instantly split into fifty small infantry spear formations with a unit of one hundred people.At the same time, on both sides of the battlefield, as the messengers around Yelu Hanye blew their horns, [-] cavalry on each side rushed out, and the smoke and dust were everywhere. Run for your life, or desperately, because Dulamati, Harik, Harimu and other generals who charged ahead were all killed in battle, and they lost their leadership and command among the Xizhou Uyghur cavalry fighting on their own.

Half an hour later, the remaining 3000 Xizhou Uighur cavalry were all killed except for a very small number who were led away by a leader.

More than 200 remnant soldiers fled westward under the leadership of a little leader named Sabir. The horses were already foaming at the mouth, and a team of Volunteer cavalry had been chasing them for a whole day. A large troop of cavalry.

"Leader Sabir, look ahead!" A soldier was startled at first, but after a careful look, he was overjoyed.Pointing to the cavalry that suddenly appeared in front of him, he shouted: "It's Mr. Baturmu, it's Mr. Baturmu. We are saved!" The more than 200 remnants instantly felt like they had survived a catastrophe, and shouted uncontrollably.

Batum never thought that Dulamati's 1 troops would not only fail to defend Shazhou City, but would fail, and the defeat was even so disastrous that the [-] troops were almost wiped out, and only two hundred people fled back. A frightened remnant soldier, Dulamati was even shot to death by thousands of arrows.

"Lord Baturmu, you must avenge General Dura! He and his brothers died so badly!" Sabir knelt in front of Baturmu, and wept loudly. They were terrified just now. , but when he saw the [-] wolf guards brought by Baturmu, the idea of ​​revenge came to him again.The Wolf Guards are the most elite army of the Xizhou Uyghurs. He believes that although the Volunteer Army is powerful, they will definitely be killed in front of the Wolf Guards who are superior in numbers.

A group of cavalry from the Volunteer Regiment chasing the 200-odd remnants also spotted Baturmu's wolf guards from a distance, and the flags were unfurled. The pursuers stopped and turned back to Shazhou without hesitation.

Baturmu glanced at Sabir, and said coldly, "If you cry again, I'll let someone insert a knife into your mouth."

It was only then that Sabir remembered that this person in front of him was a murderous man with the title of Great Demon King in the Uighur Kingdom of Xizhou. He was really bloodthirsty. Most of the tribes and cities he attacked were exterminated and massacred.So Sabir immediately stopped crying.

(End of this chapter)