In fact, as early as two days ago, when the Qiangjiao tribe attacked the city for the first time, the Shang Shui army had already used the repeating crossbow, but at that time, due to the barrier of the sea of fire outside the city, Bitattu, who was standing on the high slope in the distance, did not see clearly the scene where the more than 20,000 slave soldiers were shot by the Wei repeater crossbow.

At that time, he thought that the more than 20,000 slave soldiers could cause some casualties to the Wei people in the city.

But now, after witnessing the slave soldiers under his command falling to the ground one by one, he realized that in front of the powerful Wei repeater, these unarmed slave soldiers may just play a role in consuming the opponent's arrows.

At the same time, the Wei army on the other side of the corner had stopped advancing.

This is an army of infantry, chariots, and cavalry, and the soldiers of the merchant and navy army have modified the wagons they used to load their baggage, and fixed the repeater crossbows to the wagons, and each carriage is loaded with two repeater crossbows, making a total of 250 "repeater chariots".

Repeater chariot, this is the name given by Zhao Hongrun.

Although Zhao Hongrun knew that the "chariot" had long been eliminated, perhaps because of the general thinking of the Wei people in his bones, or simply regarded the bulky chariot as another heavy weapon of war in his memory, so that Zhao Hongrun, like the vast majority of Wei people, repaid an incredible fondness for the "chariot", a war weapon that could represent the spirit of their Wei state.

But then again, although the name is quite good, in fact, the so-called repeater chariot is simply a repeater placed on a horse-drawn cart loaded with baggage, at most, the soldiers of the merchant army on this basis, using the remaining timber from the previous days to increase the city wall, added a side baffle to the chariot, used to defend against arrows from the cavalry of the Qiang tribe.

As for the configuration of soldiers, each crossbow carriage is equipped with two grooms, two soldiers responsible for shooting crossbows, two soldiers responsible for loading arrows, and two soldiers holding shields to protect the same chariot and Ze, a total of eight soldiers.

Because of this, although these crossbow chariots all used four-drawn chariots, the speed of their advance was still miserable, and even a heavily armed Wei infantry could run faster than it.

Maneuverability!

Whether it was the chariot built by Zhao Hongrun during the Chu-Wei War, or the so-called 'repeater chariot' that was hurriedly put together at this time, the two exposed the same weakness, that is, mobility.

To put it simply, it's just too slow.

"Lethality is enough, what kind of bicycle do you want......

In the middle of the team, Zhao Hongrun rode a war horse, and sighed melancholy under the protection of the Zongwei and Su Wang Guards.

After witnessing the pitiful speed of the repeater chariot, he convinced himself more than once that the chariot did not need speed, it just had to trample on the enemy, but in the bottom of his heart, to be honest, he still wanted to replace horsepower with a mechanical power.

It's a pity that he can't build a steam engine, and the current technology of the Smelting Bureau can't do this.

Of course, taking a step back, even if a steam engine was built, it would not have played a role in the power of the original steam engine, which was not even as powerful as horsepower.

"Your Highness, you really shouldn't have taken the risk yourself."

Just when Zhao Hongrun was secretly feeling melancholy, Shen Yu, the head of the sect guard, couldn't help but persuade him again: "If you just want to find out the situation of the army of the Qiangjiao, I can do it for you, you just need to wait for news in the city." ”

Zhao Hongrun turned his head when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Shen Yu, I'm afraid this matter can only be done by this king." ”

Yes, only with the talent of memorability can he see the outline of the army of the Horn in a very short time, such as whether the other party has built a camp? Where is it built? What is the distribution of camps? Are there any vulnerabilities that can be exploited? And so on and so forth.

Maybe ordinary people with ordinary memory, even if they remembered all this information at the time, they might forget it afterwards, but Zhao Hongrun is different, as long as he takes a look, he can keep it in his heart, and after returning to the felt tent in the city, he will make the corresponding model in the mud tray to face the future war.

If it weren't for this reason, he Zhao Hongrun would never have taken the risk himself, in case any of the tributaries on the battlefield didn't have long eyes?

"Order the whole army and advance slowly."

Under Zhao Hongrun's order, this mixed Wei army of about 4,000 people slowly advanced towards the hillside ahead.

As they advanced, the two hundred and fifty chariots were lined up, maintaining almost the same speed, and in front of each chariot were four merchant soldiers with shields, in order to prevent the cavalry from shooting the horses; On both sides of the chariot procession, a thousand warriors from the Aries tribe, the Grey Sheep, the Green Sheep and other tribes were divided into two teams, one on the left and one on the right, to protect the team from the Horned Cavalry from flanking from both sides.

It is undeniable that there is nothing wrong with such a deployment of troops, but the question is, there are more than 200,000 troops on the opposite side, 4,000 people, and more than 200,000 provocations?

Except for Zhao Hongrun, I believe that the vast majority of the Shangshui soldiers, or those of the Shan cavalry who are assisting them, must be in a rather complicated mood at the moment.

However, to the dumbness of both sides, the so-called repeater chariots, which seemed to be temporarily assembled, actually showed their powerful lethality on the battlefield, which was not inferior to the fierce fire oil.

I saw those finger-thick crossbow arrows fired out, and the slave soldiers on the opposite side could be said to be bruised and killed, and often before they could run far, they had already fallen one by one, which could be described as corpses everywhere.

What's even more incredible is that the Wei army still has zero casualties.

"This distance...... It's kind of dangerous.'

Seeing the distance between those slave soldiers and the defense line of the repeater chariots, Zhao Hongrun frowned, and immediately ordered the whole army to turn around.

I saw that under the stunned gaze of the Qianjiao side, the two hundred and fifty crossbow chariots of the Wei army turned around, as if they were planning to evacuate.

However, the merchant soldiers on the chariot who were controlling the repeater did not stop shooting, but they quickly adjusted the territory of the repeater, so that the repeater recalibrated the direction and still aimed at the slave soldiers behind them.

The mechanism of adjusting the firing port at 360 degrees in the horizontal layer without dead angles is a design that has troubled the craftsmen of the Smelting Bureau for several days, even in the Central Plains country, it is unique.

Unfortunately, at present, the firing port can only be adjusted left and right in the horizontal plane, but it cannot be adjusted up and down, which is also a key weakness of the repeater that cannot be placed on the city wall as a weapon to defend the city.

But then again, under the powerful lethality of the repeater, some design shortcomings seem insignificant.

Who would have imagined that in the face of tens of thousands of Karkaku slave soldiers, the two hundred and fifty crossbow chariots, while retreating in the direction of the city, shot at the slave soldiers behind them, and continued to expand the results of the battle with zero casualties on their own side, so that Bitatu, who was standing on a high slope in the distance and watching, turned pale.

It's no wonder, after all, those slave soldiers generally only have an inferior spear and lack long-range weapons, so it is difficult to do any damage to the Wei people who have strong long-range killing capabilities.

What's more, when these slave soldiers were chasing closely, and the crossbow arrows of the crossbow chariots could not fire at a speed that could catch up with the slave soldiers who were swarming in, the cavalry of the Qiang tribe on both sides as escorts, under the order of Zhao Hongrun, also used the longbows in their hands to help shoot to relieve the pressure of the crossbow chariots, causing the slave soldiers to chase out two or three miles, and they could already see the gate of the city clearly, but they still couldn't catch up.

It is no wonder, after all, a large number of slave soldiers who rushed forward had already fallen under the long-range attacks of the crossbow chariots and the cavalry of the Qiang tribe on the way to their charge.

It's a massacre!

One-sided slaughter!

Gradually, the soldiers of Shangshui, who were originally not confident in themselves, became more and more confident in the face of the world-wide difference between the casualties of the enemy and the enemy in front of them, and those soldiers who ran with the chariot seemed to have forgotten their tiredness and high morale; And the soldiers who are responsible for operating the repeaters and loading the bolts seem to have become more proficient than before.

On the other hand, the slave soldiers who were persecuted by the Overseers of Horn became less and less vigorous, and in the end, it seemed that they were just holding the idea that "if you die for your whole family, you can live", they simply rushed forward to die, and there was hardly any madness like the day before.

Finally, the Horned Cavalry was dispatched.

It may be that Bitatu realized that if he didn't send out the Horned cavalry, he was afraid that he would be played to death by the terrible repeater of the Wei State.

About 3,000 cavalrymen bypassed the slave soldiers from one side in an attempt to sneak up on the side of the Wei army.

Unfortunately, Zhao Hongrun, who had already predicted this, immediately ordered the crossbow chariot to aim the crosshairs at the cavalry who were rushing towards them.

The longbow of the Qiangjiao cavalry is similar to the longbow used by the Qiang people, and the effective range is about 60 zhang to 70 zhang, the so-called effective range refers to the range in which the arrows they shoot are still lethal, and beyond this range, those arrows are like the saying goes, "the end of the strong crossbow, the potential cannot penetrate Lu Minye", even if it hits the human body, it has no power.

The effective range of the Qiangjiao cavalry is 60 or 70 zhang, which is farther than the range of the archers of many Central Plains countries, but unfortunately, the crossbow developed by the Wei State Metallurgical Manufacturing Bureau has an effective range of 120 zhang!

It is almost twice the range of the longbow of the Horned Cavalry, and its power, within a range of thirty zhang, can shoot directly through an iron shield the thickness of the knuckles.

This is the power of mechanical machinery, which is not at all humanly achievable.

"Tuk-tuk-"

Because Zhao Hongrun had given an order before leaving the city, when the group of carangular cavalry showed up and tried to attack them from one side, the Shangshui soldiers who were in charge of controlling the crossbows had already aimed the crossbows at those carangular cavalrymen, and launched a wave of shots at the group of carangular cavalry at a limit distance of more than 100 zhang.

Due to the extreme distance, the penetration of this wave of crossbow bolts was greatly reduced, but it still caused the direct death of about two hundred or so Cornhorn cavalry, and those who succeeded in bluffing the ground immediately reined in the reins.

The range, those Cornhorn cavalry, lost in range.

Their pride of 'archery on horseback' was useless in front of the Wei repeater, which had twice the effective range of their own.

"Not chasing?"

Seeing those cavalry and slave soldiers of the Qiang tribe slowly retreating, a hint of strange color flashed in Zhao Hongrun's eyes.

"Replenish the crossbows!"

A large number of horse-drawn carriages poured out of the city, and the soldiers and soldiers of the merchant and water who came out with the army quickly moved boxes of wooden boxes full of crossbow arrows to those crossbow chariots.

Then, the group headed for the hillside again.

Obviously, Zhao Hongrun planned to rely on his absolute advantage in range and use simple and effective tactics to consume the strength of the Qianjiao tribe as much as possible.

Before the people of the Horn wake up to something. (To be continued.) )