The criteria are as follows: if you open the crossbow machine with your foot, you can shoot it 80 paces away, regardless of whether it hits or not, or if you shoot at a target 40 paces away.

If you are using a crossbow, you can shoot at a distance of 150 paces, regardless of whether you hit or not, or if you shoot at a target 60 paces away.

The standard for using a gun is to be qualified by advancing and retreating to be proficient. doesn't pay attention to fancy routines, and it won't make people only attack and not defend.

Every year, the guards have to send some people to the capital for assessment, and those with good grades are promoted and those with poor grades are demoted. If you are an officer, then you can't just have good grades, the people under you have good grades, if half of the soldiers fail, then no matter how good your martial arts are, you will be demoted.

It is precisely because of a strict training system that the Ming army in the Hongwu Yongle period has maintained strong combat effectiveness and swept thousands of troops.

The cavalry of the Hami army rushed to within two hundred paces, and Zhu Ao pressed the heavy sword in his hand, and shouted with a solemn face: "Open the cannon!" A cannon and an assault cannon began to let out a condescending roar, firing lead bullets with hatred into the enemy's cavalry camp. King Hami was not a rich man, and he did not have the financial resources to equip each of his cavalry with heavy armor, so he could only equip a few officers. Hami's cavalry basically wore leather armor and had limited defensive power against artillery, so under the intensive fire of Zhu Hao, dozens of cavalry were quickly killed and wounded.

Because the firearms like the general's cannon are too heavy and very inconvenient to carry, Zhu Ao did not bring them this time, otherwise the scene would have been even more spectacular.

The rest of the cavalry, despite the casualties, still rushed to Zhu Ao's position with a shout, and when he rushed to a hundred paces, Zhu Ao's raised spear began to exert its power.

The gun is a weapon with strong killing power in ancient times, commonly known as the nine-headed bird, which requires two people to operate, one person will fix the gun on the tripod, and the other person will aim and shoot, which also reimburses a lot of Hami cavalry.

Although there are few people in Zhu Ao, it is very convenient to take advantage of the geographical advantage, and it is very convenient to shoot condescendingly on a small hillside and kill people by name. Although the cavalry in front dodged the range of fire from the Divine Gun and the Assault Cannon, they could also attack the enemy forces behind them, forming a covering fire, so that Hami's cavalry would pay the price of blood for every step forward.

King Nahuli of Hami wanted to take Zhu Ao before the rescue force of the Ming army arrived, so he was a little anxious, and did not consider that the cavalry attack on the hillside of the Ming army was a back attack, which was very uncomfortable, and the target was too big, and it was easy to become a live target, so he sent them out, and he tasted the bitterness at this time. Before they could touch the enemy's side, they suffered hundreds of casualties under the repeated blows of more than 1,000 guns and guns of Zhu Hao.

According to Lao Zhu's troop establishment, there were not so many artillery pieces among Zhu Ao's 10,000 people, but because Qu Neng was afraid that His Royal Highness would make a mistake, he left some more firearms for Zhu Ao.

Ankh Timur saw that his side suffered serious losses, he shouted angrily, he originally wanted to rely on this battle to establish his prestige, in order to prepare for the future, but he did not expect to fight like this, which made his face quite dull, brandishing his saber and shouting: "Warriors, all charge me, their artillery is very slow, as long as we rush over, we will win!" ”

The Hami cavalry under his command held the same view, and in their understanding, the infantry was completely the appetizer of the cavalry, and as soon as the cavalry rushed over and broke through their formation, then these infantry would immediately become lambs to be slaughtered, so they rushed forward with all kinds of slogans shouting "Ula Ula" in their mouths, regardless of casualties.

When he rushed to fifty paces, Zhu Ao's archers and crossbowmen began to exert their might, according to Lao Zhu's establishment, archers and crossbowmen accounted for 30 percent of the whole army, that is to say, among Zhu Ao's 10,000 people, there were 3,000 archers and crossbowmen. Zhu deployed 1,500 archers and crossbowmen in the front.

Hiding behind chariots and shields, they fired rows of arrows at the enemy, which were much faster than their artillery, inflicting hundreds of casualties on Hami's cavalry in an instant.

The cavalry rode on horseback, and could not use the infantry's usual large bows, but could only use the horn bows for cavalry and archery, which were very weak and could only be lethal within thirty paces, so Hami's cavalry needed to work harder.

After paying 10% of the casualties, Hami's front cavalry finally reached within thirty paces of Zhu Hao, and they began to shout angrily, bending their bows and arrows, and shooting the avenging bow and arrow into the Ming army's formation, so that the other side would also suffer.

However, then they found that this was useless, first of all, they attacked from the bottom, shooting arrows from the bottom up, which was very inconvenient, and many arrows were blocked by the chariots and shields of the Ming army.

Secondly, although their cavalry had 10,000 horsemen, it was the front row that rushed to within thirty paces, so the arrows were not very dense.

Finally, the Ming army had armor on its body, according to the "Ming Huidian" record, Lao Zhu stipulated that since the eleventh year of Hongwu, the country's arsenals should produce 13,465 sets of armor for him every year, and this data lasted until the second year of Jingtai.

According to this rate, by the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang had produced a total of more than 200,000 pairs of armor, plus what the Ming army had before, even if depreciation was deducted, the armor rate of the Ming army was still not low.

These armors must have been the first to equip the 800,000 border guards who defended Mongolia for the Ming Dynasty, and as Zhu Hao's guards, their equipment must be more luxurious than the ordinary guards.

Since I have not found any historical data about the armor rate of the vassal king's guards in the early Ming Dynasty, the author is here to fabricate that the armor rate of Zhu Hao's guards is more than 50 percent, if any god has found the accurate number, please be sure to leave me a message, thank you.

The 50 percent armor rate, combined with the protection of chariots and shields, and the advantage of the terrain, greatly increased the defense of the Ming army against the arrows fired by the Hami cavalry with horned bows. The Hami cavalry shot down a row of arrows, but did not cause many casualties to the Ming army.

On the other hand, it was very inconvenient to climb the slope on horseback, which greatly reduced the speed of the cavalry, coupled with the exposure to the wilderness without any protective measures, so that they had to use their flesh and blood to force the firearms and bows of the Ming army, and in such a close situation, the Ming army's musketeers could also cause them a strong lethality, so the casualty rate of the Hami cavalry increased sharply.

Ankh Timur was very unwilling, and still brandished a broadsword to urge the cavalry to charge, trying to break the formation of the Ming army with a thunderous momentum.