Zhaowu Lieutenant Wang Qianfan led 200 Fenghecang officers and soldiers under the leadership of Liang Ding, Huo Shui Niu, Wang Yang, and Zhao Ji to rush to the Xianghe River Road.

walked to the hard ditch trap on the north bank, and suddenly saw a group of people coming in front of him; Look at how these people are dressed: wearing armor and helmets, eyeing each other; Each has a Turkic scimitar in his hand.

The Turkic scimitar was rarely worn by the Central Plains army, but it was an essential weapon for the steppe nomads; The steppe nomads honored the Xiongnu as their ancestors, and the Xiongnu were born in the Qin and Han dynasties; It was once a fierce rival of the Central Plains Dynasty.

After Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the ages, unified China, in order to deal with the Yidi who constantly harassed the border, he mobilized the people of the whole country to build the Great Wall; He also sent his henchmen Meng Cha and the crown prince Fusu to garrison and defend in the north.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che ascended the throne, he launched a punitive campaign against the Xiongnu who were constantly suffering from border troubles, and Wei Qing and Huo Quai's nephews and uncles were worthy of the elite of the Chinese nation; led the iron hoof to launch an unprecedented counterattack against the Xiongnu in the vast desert.

However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty only drove away the Xiongnu but did not eliminate them, and his great-grandson Liu was already ill; This disease-ridden man who was imprisoned by his grandfather as soon as he was born was better than the blue, and in the second year of his reign, he sent an army of 160,000 to carry out a decisive liquidation of the Huns; Expanded the territory of the Han dynasty to the Arctic Ocean in the north, the Kyushu Peninsula in the east, Indochina in the south, and the Caspian Sea in the west. It covers an area of 25.6 million square kilometers; It is the most prosperous dynasty in Chinese history.

Liu Yi is already the famous Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Liu Xun, Liu Xun created the largest territory in the history of China; Let the diplomat Chang Hui set up a stone tablet in the Western Regions, called "Dinghu Tablet".

The appearance of the Dinghu stele made the Huns impress the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty showed the inviolable, brave and invincible power and momentum of the Chinese nation.

"Those who offend me and strengthen the Han will be punished even if they are far away" is the natural sound sung by Chen Tang, the general of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

After the demise of the Xiongnu, the Turks appeared, followed by Xianbei, Qiang, and Khitan, and these nomads were inextricably linked with the Xiongnu, and they all claimed to be descendants of the Xiongnu.

The descendants of the Xiongnu developed into a strong force in the Tang Dynasty - the Turks, and the smelting technology of the Turks was quite mature; The Turkic scimitar produced became a killing weapon for future ethnic groups.

Liang Ding saw the oncoming soldiers carrying Turkic scimitars, and panicked to the commander Wang Qianfan, the commander of Zhaowu, and said: "General Wang, the team coming in front is the Khitan Tartar!" ”

Liang Ding's cold words surprised Wang Qianfan, and Zhao Ji picked up Liang Ding's words and said: "We are Miss Fengmin, no, we rushed to Fenghe Cang to report the news on the order of Generalissimo Lu Chengyu, the envoy of Zhengxi; It was to inform the general Khitan Tatars that they were attacking the granary of the imperial court, but I didn't expect them to come so quickly! ”

After listening to Liang Ding and Zhao Ji's reports, Wang Qianfan looked forward calmly; Sure enough, I saw a procession of sixty or seventy people coming, and the soldiers were all majestic and fierce, and the Turkic scimitars in their hands shone with a dazzling light in the sunlight.

Wang Qianfan pondered for a while, looked at the surrounding terrain, and immediately ordered 200 soldiers to seize the favorable terrain of the hard ditch and hide it.

The 65 members of the Sapporo Islamic League were lucky enough to cross the river from the small wooden bridge on Parrot Island, but they were dizzy, and they didn't know where Zhao Yuanzuo's specific location was.

The Sapporo Yimeng and several small leaders under him urgently discussed, and one small leader said: "King Yu Yue asked us to surround Zhao Yuanzuo, the crown prince of the Song Kingdom, from the east, maybe the situation is urgent and he didn't explain the specific direction too clearly; But the villain thinks that Prince Song will be to the west of us! ”

Seeing that the little boss was right, Sapporo Yimeng snorted coldly: "Your ambiguous words mean that you didn't say ......."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw the whistle come to report; said that there was a head moving in the ditch in front of him, and it seemed to be Song Jun.

When the Sapporo Yimeng heard this, he immediately concluded that this was the man of Zhao Yuanzuo, the crown prince of the Song Kingdom; His expression immediately became excited, and he waved the Turkic scimitar in his hand forward and gave the order to attack.

The 65 people led by the Sapporo League are all the Iron Forest Army, and the Iron Forest Army is the master on the horse; got off the horse but could only be a grandson.

However, the Sapporo League wanted to seize the lead and ordered the soldiers to rush towards the hard ditch with impunity.

When Wang Qianfan saw the Khitan Tartars rushing over, he ordered his soldiers to hide in the grass and woods and use bows and crossbows to kill and wound the enemy.

The bow and crossbow of the Northern Song Dynasty can be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented, and the skilled craftsmen of the armory workshop used many years of experience to create the pinnacle of long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows - the three-bow bed crossbow.

The three-bow bed crossbow is also known as the eight-cow crossbow, and the Song Dynasty called this powerful large bow crossbow as the bed crossbow; A ballista is often equipped with two or three bows, and uses the combined force of multiple bows to fire arrows, which is more powerful than all previous bows.

The range of the three-bow bed crossbow is more than 1500 meters, and the strong crossbow needs more than 100 people to use a human winch to stretch the string when launching an arrow alone; Seven people are needed to launch.

Of course, the three-bow bed crossbow is a large bow and arrow, which is customarily used to defend the city; It is rarely used for long-distance raids and short-distance battles.

The three-bow bed crossbow is known as one gun and three swords and arrows by the world, and the appearance is like a benchmark gun; The three pieces of iron feathers are like three swords, and they are scary to look at.

The three-bed crossbow is equivalent to the artillery of later generations, but the maximum range of the artillery can reach 500 kilometers, which is a hundred times higher than the three-bow crossbow; It makes sense to say that the three-bow bed crossbow is the ancestor of artillery, because artillery was developed on the principle of the three-bow bed crossbow.

The aiming and firing of the three-bow bed crossbow must be handled by a special person, and a strong strong man needs to use a giant axe to smash down the mechanism used as a bow and arrow to complete the launch of the bed crossbow; This type of soldier is called a bed crossbowman.

There are seven arrows on the arms of the three-bed bow crossbow, and the middle arrow is placed like a spear-like giant arrow, and three slightly smaller arrows are placed on the left and right, and they are fired at once when they are aimed at the enemy.

The three-bow bed crossbow can also fire siege arrows, if the arrows are javelins; Within range, the firing can be directly nailed into the city wall, and rows of arrows are firmly nailed to the city wall; This allows the besieging soldiers to climb up and capture the city.

In the battle of Liao, Song, and Yuan in 1004 AD, the Song army installed a number of bed crossbows on the city tower; The huge bed crossbow played a crucial role in dealing with the Liao army's siege.

The bed crossbowman of the Song Dynasty shot an arrow just at Xiao Tzu Rin, the commander of the Liao army, and Xiao Zhuo, the empress dowager of Chengtian, cried loudly when he learned about it; Because Xiao Tzu Rin was her trump card in this expedition to the Song Dynasty, Xiao Tart Rin was shot to death by the Song army's bed crossbow; The Liao army was already half defeated.

The discerning Empress Dowager Xiao saw that the general trend had gone, so she had no choice but to sign the "Alliance of the Yuanyuan" with the Song State; Since then, the Song-Liao border has been peaceful for more than 100 years.

Wang Qianfan's troops did not bring bed crossbows, but the more than 200 soldiers carried all the weapons of the Northern Song Dynasty - continuous crossbows.

The combo crossbow is an improvement of the Zhuge crossbow, and the mechanism can shoot ten crossbow arrows at a time; The lethality is huge.

The combo crossbow is composed of three parts: the bow, the crossbow arm, and the crossbow machine: the bow is mounted horizontally at the front of the crossbow arm, and the crossbow machine is installed at the rear of the crossbow arm.

The crossbow arm is used to support the bow and string, and is supported by the user; The crossbow machine is used to pull the string and fire.

When using, open the string and hold it with the crossbow machine, and place the arrow in the arrow path on the crossbow arm to aim at the target; Then the crossbow machine is pulled, the bowstring rebounds, and the arrow is fired.

Crossbow arrows include square-headed (square arrows), horn-cone heads, trapezoidal ones, etc., and some have barbs.

Western scholars believe that the crossbow machine of China's Warring States period is comparable to that of modern rifles, and the group can see the advance and glory of China's military civilization.

During the Warring States Period, the Qin clan of the Chu State invented the crossbow (during the Spring and Autumn Period, the Chu State in the south inevitably clashed with the ethnic minority tribes at that time when expanding its territory; It was also natural to be inspired to learn how to make a crossbow).

After the invention of the crossbow, it has been continuously improved, mainly reflected in the continuous strengthening of the bow force and the improvement of the crossbow machine.

According to records, at that time there was a crossbow weighing 369kg and having a maximum range of up to 800 meters; It is completely comparable to the automatic rifles of later generations.

The most important bronze component of the crossbow appeared in the Warring States period, which prevailed in the Qin and Han dynasties; It is the earliest bronze mechanical device in ancient long-range weapons.

It includes the "Guo" in the outer frame, the "teeth" that hook and release the bowstring, the "hanging knife" that serves as a trigger, and the "Wangshan" that aims at it.

Arrows shot with this crossbow are more accurate and penetrating.

During the Warring States period, people began to use larger crossbows, the "Repeater Car" in "Mozi Beigaolin", the arrows used were 1.9 meters long, and the tail was roped, which could be rewound up and reused after being shot.

At that time, the crossbow had a strong lethality and deterrent power, so it was relied on by soldiers.

In the battle of Qin and Zhao Changping in 260 BC, the Qin army's strong bows and crossbows played a huge role, and finally shot Zhao Kuo, the lord of Zhao, into a "hedgehog", achieving an unprecedented victory.

During the Tang Dynasty, due to the expansion of territory; The Tang army mainly focused on mobility with light infantry and cavalry, and bows and crossbows were used as the main long-range weapons to equip most of the Tang army.

According to the Taibai Yin Sutra, the number of an army in the Tang Dynasty was 12,500, equipped with 12,500 bows (37,500 strings and 3,750,000 arrows) and 2,500 crossbows (7,500 strings and 250,000 arrows), with equipment ratios of 100% and 20% respectively.

The bow was not a controlled weapon in the Tang Dynasty, and the crossbow was absolutely forbidden to be owned by the people, in order to prevent the peasant rebels from using it against the imperial court.

The Song Dynasty is the main use of crossbows, the Song army's weapons are mainly bows and crossbows, and crossbows account for more than sixty percent of the Song army.

There are many types of crossbows in the Song army, and there are two prominent ones, one is the bed crossbow, and the other is the divine arm bow.

Liang Ding: The combo crossbow in their hands was developed on the basis of the Zhuge crossbow of the Three Kingdoms, which was more combat-oriented; And Wang Qianfan's soldiers mostly used bows, bows and crossbows combined with lethality; Immediately, the hard ditch was filled with the corpses of the Liao army.

Seeing that the Song army's crossbow arrows were hard to resist, the Sapporo Yimeng dropped more than a dozen corpses of Liao soldiers; Flee in a hurry.

The Sapporo Imeng led the soldiers to flee back to the reeds, and only under the cover of the reeds could the Tartar soldiers save their lives.

More than 40 of the 65 members of the Sapporo League retreated to the south bank of the river through the small wooden bridge on Parrot Island; Meet the Liao soldiers led by Xiao Tzuyong.

Xiao Tzuyong saw that there were a lot of people from the Sapporo League who were hanging colors, and asked about the situation, thinking that Zhao Yuanzuo was in the hard ditch; Then the horn sounded......