The eight-cow crossbow, also known as the three-bow bed crossbow, as the name suggests, is a bed crossbow composed of three large wooden bows combined. This bed crossbow is roughly composed of a front bow, a main bow, a rear bow, a pulley, a towing hook, a winch shaft, a bed frame and other components.

Although these eight-ox crossbows are huge, they are very inconvenient to carry and very difficult to handle, and they require the cooperation of thirty soldiers to use them. But it's powerful enough to match its size and the difficulty of its operation.

Theoretically, a good eight-ox crossbow could fire a spear eight or nine feet long at a distance of three or four hundred paces. In addition, it is possible to add powder kegs and fire oil barrels to the spear (when the Mongols attacked Baghdad, they used the eight-ox crossbow to fire a crossbow with a fire oil barrel) to kill and injure the enemy.

It can be said that before the advent of artillery, and even in the early days of artillery on the stage of history, the eight-bull crossbow was the most powerful weapon in the world...... Not one of them!

Even the legendary retrieval cannon (counterweight stone machine) is difficult to compare.

Because the return cannon cannot be used in field combat, because it cannot shoot directly, it can only be projectile, so it is difficult to aim at moving targets. Moreover, the return cannon is larger in size, and the firing range is not as good as that of the eight-bull crossbow.

Of course, the power was huge, and even the eight-bull crossbow, which was comparable to the early field artillery, did not exert much power in the hands of the Song army. The most noteworthy record is that he shot and killed Xiao Tzurin, the main general of the Liao army, in the Battle of Lanyuan, which contributed to the conclusion of the alliance of Lanyuan to a certain extent.

The main reason why this powerful weapon failed to exert its due power in the hands of the Song army was that in addition to the Song army's compromise, the Song army's enemies usually had strong battlefield mobility. The eight-ox crossbow is difficult to carry, and it is particularly troublesome to fiddle with. By the time the Song army set up the Eight Bull crossbows in place, the enemy would have already moved.

Today, however, is an exception...... The battlefield under Niangzi Pass was too narrow, and the Jin soldiers seemed to have nowhere to move except to turn backwards.

And now the more than 10,000 Song troops in front of the Niangzi Pass are as if they have been beaten with chicken blood...... His Royal Highness King Yun can say that it is a troubled time now, so he has to share the world with these martial artists.

So they have a share in this world, and the gold thief wants to rob it, but they can't agree!

"Hey! Hey! Hey......"

In the sound of labor trumpets, 20 Baniu crossbows were carried to the front by 600 crossbowmen from Zhending Mansion (they were Liu Tao's subordinates, who had been stationed in Niangzi Pass before). It was not scattered, but concentrated in the center of the front of the Song army!

These Song army crossbowmen are not good, so big bed crossbows, and they don't know how to block them, so they swagger on it.

This can scare the female real soldiers in the center of the Jin Army's big array...... They had seen this kind of bed crossbow when they were fighting in Hedong a few days ago!

This thing shoots a spear, and how many layers of armor you wear are given in vain, and if you shoot well, you can shoot a lot!

Seeing that it was about to become a "skewer", a group of Jurchen soldiers all shouted.

"Set up Ma Meng'an, the Song army has a giant crossbow!"

"Sheya Ma Meng'an, we can't stop such a big crossbow!"

"Meng'an, give the order to attack!"

"We Jurchen warriors can't stand up and let the giant crossbow shoot......"

Wanyan Sheye Ma and Yelu Yu also saw the Song people's bed crossbow! There were twenty crosses, all in one place, right in front of Sheima and Jeroth! Looking at the distance, the two of them seem to be within the range of the bed crossbow!

If this is aimed, it will be a little hanging, and a shot will be skewered, but the gods will be difficult to save.

"Eunuch Jerodus, do you see? Is that a bed crossbow? While speaking, Yan Sheye Ma had already turned over and dismounted, and used the body of the war horse to block himself, this neat strength is not comparable to the elderly Yelu Yujian!

Of course, Yelu Yu saw those eight-ox crossbows, and he also knew how powerful the eight-ox crossbows were...... There are no invincible warriors in front of the Eight Bull Crossbow, they are all tied into a string of accounts with one shot.

"Sheye Ma Langjun, that's the bed crossbow, it seems to be the most powerful eight-bull crossbow in the bed crossbow!" Yelu Yu saw that he was a veteran of the battle, and he did not panic at this time, but suggested unhurriedly, "Lang Jun, it is better for us to withdraw first, stabilize the camp, establish our heels, and then slowly consume the Song army...... As long as the deputy marshal takes the military city of Pingding, we will win! ”

"That's not going to work!" Wan Yan Sheye Ma interrupted him without waiting for Yelu Yu to speak, "It's not easy to attack the military city as Pingding, I don't know when it will be broken!" The Eastern Route Army is also unknown now, if the Niangziguan side continues to be consumed endlessly, how much food can our Western Route Army consume? ”

In fact, the Western Route Army broke many cities in Hedong and seized a lot of grain, but it was not easy to send this grain to the Jin army that advanced eastward...... This is also the reason why Zong Han wants to besiege and pacify the military city. The military city of Pingding is a good place to store grain and grass supplies, and there must be a reserve of Song people in the city. If he can take the military city of Pingding, Wanyan Zonghan will have a reliable logistics material storage base.

Sheyama gritted his teeth, "It's a big deal, there are some dead and wounded...... Are my Jurchen warriors still afraid of the dead? Yelu Dujian, you immediately transfer 2,000 Khitan Erlang to collide first, and a certain family wants to personally lead 2,000 Jurchen warriors to suppress the formation for them! ”

Yelu Yujian's official position was actually greater than that of Sheyema, but he didn't dare to disobey the orders of this Wanyan Sheyema. had to order his henchman Han Funu to transfer 2,000 Khitan infantry troops originally deployed on the left and right flanks to move forward and form a large horizontal formation. There are also some strong men in the front row holding crossbow guns that are used to block the crossbow shots fired by the Eight Bulls......

Sheyema also really ordered 2,000 Jurchen armor soldiers, and also formed a large horizontal formation, pressed behind the Khitans, and pushed forward against them. These Jurchen armor soldiers did not bring long weapons, but all of them carried Jurchen big bows, which were ready to step on the "strings" of the Khitans and shoot heavy arrows close to the Song army.

......

"No arrows! No arrows! Shoot closer! Shoot again when you get closer! ”

Before the Song army, I heard Li Xiaozhong's loud voice at this time, this guy took the lead today!

Of the 2,000 infantry troops sent to the front line by Han Shizhong, 1,500 of them were Li Xiaozhong's men, so the temporary dispatch of the "Forward Capital" was given to him!

This was not sent to him by Han Shizhong, but he asked for it himself.

And his people can really take the lead! His subordinates are all simple men from the northwest, most of whom are archers or young people from Fanren archer families, and they all want to make meritorious contributions.

This group of people is not the same as those veterans of the Western Army...... Most of the veterans of the Western Army have been fighting in the south and the north for many years, and many people have taken advantage of the opportunity of square wax to send it!

And Li Xiaozhong's subordinates are all empty-handed "evil wolves", and they don't know what Jurchens are invincible, most of them have never heard of Jurchens before leaving Shaanxi.

Since I don't know the Jurchens, of course, I can't talk about being afraid. So at this time, they are all holding the bow with the arrow on it, and they are not panicking at all.

The Divine Arm Bow wasn't their only weapon, and in front of them were a spear with the tip down into the dirt, and a ring-headed broadsword on their backs...... After shooting the crossbow later, you can directly pick up the spear and assault!

"Stretch! Baste! Stretch ......"

Li Xiaozhong was running around in front of his own formation, and when he was shouting, a series of loud bowstring bounces suddenly came from his ears!

Li Xiaozhong hurriedly turned his head to look at it, and found that it was the eight-bull crossbow placed in front of his own formation that fired the crossbow gun!

More than 20 spears eight feet and nine feet long, carrying the strong wind, were bounced out, and the Khitan Erlang who was charging ahead of him went away. Some of the crossbow guns were high, but most of them just crashed into the Khitan horizontal formation...... It's a bunch of bunches!

What wood, what iron, what warriors, all pierced the spears together...... It's so miserable!

When Li Xiaozhong saw these eight-bull crossbows showing their might, his anger became even stronger, and he shouted loudly: "Brothers, have you seen it? The gold thief is vulnerable...... I will win! ”

A group of uninformed soldiers under his command also followed: "The Great Song Dynasty will win!" ”

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