Chapter Seventy-Four: The Chariot
The Jurchens have always looked down on the Ming army, not to mention that there are only more than 100 people in front of them, even if there are 500 Jurchens, they dare to resolutely dare to launch a desperate charge, the Jurchens have full confidence in their own combat power, such self-confidence is formed in the perennial campaign against the Ming army, these years the Ming court has been fighting in the border pass for many years, but the final result is unsatisfactory, from Salhu all the way to Jinzhou City by the Jurchens, and finally relied on the benefits of the city wall to block the Jurchens, for the Ming field battle, the Jurchens did not pay attention to it again. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
In these years, the Ming court lost foreign wars, the main reason is not that the imperial soldiers are inferior to the Jurchens, although in terms of general physical fitness, the physical fitness of most of the Ming people is not the opponent of the group of Tunguska savages who drink blood, but the number of troops in the Ming court is by no means comparable to the Jurchens, the reason why the defeat after defeat is that most of the leading generals are civilian officials and do not understand war, and the second is that officers at all levels deduct military salaries and neglect to train troopsThere was no guarantee of salary logistics, and in the end, the soldiers were unwilling to serve the dead, and this series of problems led to the fact that the empire had been passively beaten against the Jurchens for many years.
There is no shortage of heroes who sacrifice their lives for the righteousness of the famous people, but more are laymen, and laypeople will consider the gains and losses of interests, if there is an opportunity, everyone is willing to be a hero, to be a hero to protect the family and defend the country, but most people will consider the consequences before being a hero, their own blood stained the battlefield, but because of the incompetence of the boss caused senseless sacrifice, after the death of the family not only did not get any protection, but also encountered those corrupt officials and corrupt officials were exploited and bullied, and they were born and died on the front line, The high-level of the empire is singing and dancing in the rear, they are defending the country in the front, and their wives and children are not guaranteed in the rear, who is willing to contribute to this empire in such a situation, and what else can be done if they don't mess around in desperation.
But now it's different, as long as the enemy in front of you is defeated, half of all the spoils obtained are owned by yourself, and there is motivation to defend the country, although the defense of the country is lofty, but the interests are the eternal driving force, in the face of the Jurchen cavalry that charged, everyone present was not afraid.
The first to attack is the fixed bed crossbow on the chariot, and now the bed crossbow equipped on the chariot on the imperial battlefield is divided into 2 series, one is a repeating bed crossbow loaded with multiple crossbow arrows at the same time, and the other is a long-range bed crossbow that can only use single-shot crossbow arrows in pursuit of range, compared to the Franc machine and the red-coated cannon, the cost of the bed crossbow is much lower, and the army can be equipped on a large scale, in current usage, is enough for the empire to support hundreds of years of war.
The long-range bed crossbow is a big killer weapon in the empire like the red-coated cannon, and it is not something that can be obtained by oneself and others, and the crossbow arrow chariot rented this time is the kind of multi-shot bed crossbow, with a range of only four or five hundred meters, but it is loaded with six divine rockets at a time.
A series of six divine rockets were fired, and a sea of fire broke out in the cavalry camp of the Jurchens, the landing points of the crossbow arrows were all trained, and the six landing points formed a horizontal line, and the flames formed after landing were connected into a wall of fire, and in the sea of fire, the unfortunate Jurchen cavalry contaminated with fire oil turned into a fireball, and under the burning of the flames, the "ah" "ah" "ah" screams were terrible, and the oil was very viscous, and if it was contaminated, don't want to get rid of it in this case.
The wall of fire cut off the Jurchen team, and more than a dozen Jurchen cavalry in the front team quickly approached the convoy, "booming" the Franc machine gun fired, and the cavalry company in the front was overturned to the ground with a horse, and a round of musket salvo was fired in a volley, and the Jurchen cavalry without armor fell a few people again.
Dare to run to the Jurchen territory to fight the autumn wind, this team has worked hard in advance, not only everyone is equipped with good armor, but also a crossbow arrow, of course, all this is leased, but it will be returned in the future, if there is damage or loss, it will be compensated, and more than a dozen Jurchen cavalry who charged in front were shot down by the next crossbow arrows before they could reflect it.
After the cavalry in the rear, cut off by the flames, bypassed the sea of fire, the dozens of cavalry in front had all been wiped out.
"Little ones, it's time to show real kung fu, charge" The general's long knife pointed forward, and the war horse galloped behind.
The five four-wheeled chariots drawn by four armoured war horses were like wild beasts, with the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, whistling past, and a large number of cavalry followed closely behind them, and for a time the sound of hooves was like thunder, sweeping away like a wind.
In addition to the soldiers who control the vehicle-mounted weapons, the chariot is also equipped with several crossbow archers, and the chariot that gallops at high speed, like a fierce beast in the world, gallops wildly, and no one can take its edge head-on, even if the Jurchen cavalry who are invincible in the world during this period can't do it.
The four steel knives installed on the wheels, in the high-speed rotation on both sides of the chariot formed a piece of knife light, in a burst of shouting and killing, after the chariot left stumps and broken arms, a confrontation, most of the Jurchen cavalry was destroyed, and the imperial cavalry following the rear of the chariot still maintained a complete formation, with few casualties.
Seeing the huge casualty gap between the two sides, the desperate Jurchens shouted loudly "Immortal Heaven" and turned the horse's head to launch a desperate charge again, the same charge had the same result, except for the stumps all over the ground, this Jurchen cavalry that was not even equipped with armor in a hurry to respond to the battle, still did not cause any actual damage to the chariot, the impact of the front of the chariot was not something that the cavalry could resist, the side knife wheel was flying, relying on the death and being injured, and there were people in the car from time to time who raised their heads to release cold arrows, no one can subdue it, and the only constraint is that the terrain requirements are stricter than that of war horses.