Chapter 691: Arrows are like the wind, ancient weapons
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The sound of twisted strings resounded throughout the battlefield, and the sound of loose strings was of course even louder, but even louder than these sounds was the screams of people turning over on their backs. γReading.comγ
Zhengde's strategic and tactical vision is quite good, the timing he chose was just the moment when the two teams of captives staggered by, and the strong crossbow of the Ming army seemed to not need flight time, and the distance of more than 200 meters passed in an instant, and it happened to capture the fighters, so the Tartars were tragic.
There are many kinds of wind, such as a breeze like willows, a cool breeze blowing in habits, and a sea breeze with a fishy smell, which can dispel the boredom in people's hearts and make people feel refreshed. However, there are also hurricanes that sweep through the heavens and the earth and destroy everything.
Mi Ye Si felt that he had met the latter, and he had been dealing with Uliangha for a long time, and he knew some Chinese characters, at least the wind character on the flag of the Ming army. He had never been to sea, so naturally he didn't know how terrible the hurricanes were at sea, but there were hurricanes in the grasslands and on the Gobi Desert.
A storm can raze huge sand dunes, sweep people and animals into the sky, and can completely destroy a tribe, and what happened to him at the moment reminded him of that kind of hurricane for the first time.
The hurricane was brought up by the strong crossbow of the Ming army, and he and his cavalry, like the sand dunes on the Gobi, seemed to be powerful, but they were vulnerable in the face of the hurricane, and they were crushed by the oncoming metal storm in an instant.
How many casualties his subordinates had, Mi Ye Si didn't know, and he didn't have time to count, but judging from what he saw, the three thousand cavalry should have suffered more than half of the casualties, and this was still when he was vigilant enough to scatter the queue.
Those who survived by luck were also carrying the reins of their horses, and they spun around like headless flies, and the sudden blow completely stunned the cavalry.
But Miyoji was still awake, and there was a reason why he had been careful to keep his distance. His tribe had frequent contact with Uliangha, sometimes they were fighting each other, sometimes they were doing business, and the relationship between the tribes on the steppe was already complicated, and there was rarely that kind of hatred that did not share the sky, and they had to fight to the death when they met.
Even the Uliangha and the Tatars, who had never dealt with each other much, were still on good terms when they were not fighting for the pastures. If the year is good and the harvest is abundant, in the fall, they will even get together and have a sheep hunting meeting or something.
Therefore, Mi Ye Si has heard a lot of news about Liaodong from Duoyan Sanwei, he knows that the border army there is strong and strong, and he knows that there is a champion Hou who turns stones into gold, and he also knows that the champion Hou has great powers, can turn decay into magic, and can even make a sharp weapon against the sky.
When he first heard it, of course he didn't believe it, even if the person who spoke was conclusive, saying that he and Huadang had been to Jinzhou and saw with his own eyes the kind of infinitely powerful rockets that could hit hundreds of paces away and even hit the clouds.
Jokes, how can things made by people be able to go up to the clouds? The ancestors never mentioned such a thing, and Yayoji himself could not understand it, and according to the habits of the Mongols, it was impossible to believe what could not be understood, because it was ridiculous.
However, when he entered the customs with the little prince and met the Ming Emperor under the city of Xuanfu, he gradually began to believe. This emperor is really very eccentric, and the forbidden army he leads is also very evil, maybe the incident in Liaodong is true.
When it comes to his surname, Mi Ye Si can no longer care about the stubbornness and face of the grassland people, and he has become open up and a lot smarter.
This is normal, the later generations of Kang Mazi denounced firearms as crooked and heretical, and became an ostrich, but his descendants were not as lucky as him, after being hit by the strong ships and cannons of the Eight-Nation Alliance, they still pinched their noses and began to buy ships and guns, build factories and build railways.
The ignorance of the aliens is not incurable, the key is whether the method is appropriate enough, and the more painful they are beaten, the more open their minds will be.
At the moment of life and death, Mi Ye Si was enlightened, his spiritual platform was clear, the rumors were true, the champion of the Ming Kingdom Hou did have an infinitely powerful weapon, and he was being pointed at by this weapon, if he didn't run away quickly, he would die.
"Retreat, retreat!" He turned his horse's head and shouted, "The range of that weapon is two hundred paces, so you will not be afraid to run out." "I wasn't beaten when I was two hundred paces away, so the range of the strong crossbow was two hundred paces, this was a very simple reasoning, and Yayaji shouted it out without even thinking about it.
Due to his previous caution, the cavalry was not very close to the Ming army, which is why they were stunned in the first place, how could they be hit head-on at a distance of more than a hundred steps? However, this is not a bad thing, it is convenient when you escape, because it is far away.
Hearing the shouts of Mi Ye Division, the cavalry quickly came back to their senses, turned their horses' heads one after another, and fought their horses desperately, the Ming army was too terrible, the farther away the better.
"Aim, shoot!" Unfortunately, Yayaji guessed wrong, and the efforts of the cavalry were in vain, and the second wave of blows soon came.
In fact, it is a long story, in fact, the gap between the second round of shooting and the first round is very short, but the crossbowmen in the front row retreat, and the crossbowmen in the back row step forward, how much time can it take?
There was another sound of crossbow strings collapsing, and another hurricane blew, and the arrows were like the wind, destroying the withering and decaying!
Yayes didn't know if he had run a distance of two hundred paces, but he knew that he hadn't escaped yet, because he saw with his own eyes that there were cavalry on the left and right sides that were blown down by the wind. If it weren't blown up by the wind, how could a man on a horse suddenly fly, spray a string of blood, and fall to the ground?
At a distance of about two hundred paces, there is still this kind of power that can knock people away, how strong is this crossbow of the Ming army?
Mi Ye Si was cold and heartbroken, he knew that his survival was not because of luck, but because of the cover of those guards who followed him, and the terrible screams that kept sounding behind him, and the dull sound of the human body falling to the ground told him that there was not much cover.
"Shoot accurately, put!" The command of the commander of the Ming army's arrow array sounded again.
Listening to Mi Yesi's ears, this voice was like urging life, he desperately waved the horsewhip, and whipped the horse under his crotch without hesitation, he no longer had the concept of a safe distance in his heart, two hundred steps? How is that enough? Escape, the farther away the better, it is better to escape back to the grassland, that champion Hou is even more terrible than the rumors.
His pain soon ended, and while galloping, he suddenly felt the wind blowing behind him, the wind was very fast and cold, and at that moment, he seemed to have returned to the grassland, and was grazing his horses.
It was his hallucination, of course, and the next moment, he felt as if he had been hit in the back with a hammer, and a heart-rending pain brought him back to reality, and then he realized that he too had left his horse, floated in the air, and finally fell heavily to the ground.
He knew he was going to die, but he endured the pain and turned his head desperately, wanting to see what the weapon really looked like. Crossbow? What the hell is it, it is actually more powerful than the cavalry shooting of the descendants of the Mandate of Heaven Khan, and at a distance of two hundred paces, there is still this terrifying lethality.
He got his wish and saw an arrow shaft, which was actually made of stainless steel!
Ming Guo is really rich, even the shaft of the arrow is iron...... Yabaji realized that his last wish was fulfilled, and he also swallowed his last breath.
Dead with him were the 3,000 cavalry under his command, and the 3,000 cavalry were wiped out in a short moment, and only a few lucky ones escaped.
"Woo......"
It was as if there was a whimper, and the wind blew on the battlefield, but this time it was not a storm of death, but silence. Except for the neighing of the remaining horses and the groans of a few wounded, there was no other sound on the battlefield, especially on the side of the Tartars, everyone was dumbfounded, how could it be accepted that the three thousand horsemen were destroyed like this?
"What the hell is this? Demon law? Usu's hands were clenched tightly. The taut reins made the horse a little uncomfortable, but the huge force coming from the horse's belly told it that its owner was in an abnormal state, and if it barked and moved, it would probably be whipped, so it remained calm.
The deplorment brought to him by the destruction of the three thousand horsemen was not as good as the shock brought to him by the strong crossbow of the Ming army, in fact, Wusu knew that the commander of the other party was very loud, and he heard the keyword.
However, it wasn't like he hadn't seen a crossbow before, the kind of thing that fired fast, but it was soft. Even within ten steps, you can not be afraid of that kind of thing even if you are wearing armor, how can it have the power it has now?
Could it be that the rumors of Uliangha are true? On Wusu's forehead, cold sweat trickled down, and it was stirred by the cold air, turning into mist, and it rose up in strips, like red bean shortbread just out of the pot.
...... "Hehe, 300 meters is not the effective range, but the best distance for three rounds of fire, and the effective range must be doubled, and now it seems that the effect is not bad." Xie Hong smiled leisurely.
"An effective range of six hundred meters? Isn't that 400 steps? This, this strong crossbow is really ......" Not only was the Tartar shocked, but the gentleness was also dumbfounded.
He knew that the Guards had a crossbowman who used strong crossbows, but because of the high level of secrecy in this army, he didn't know the details. He never imagined that the powerful crossbow equipped by this long-range force would be so strong.
"Master Hou is talented, he actually designed such a sharp weapon, with such a sharp weapon, why is it enough for a mere Tartar?"
"I didn't design this thing," Xie Hong shook his head in denial.
"Huh?" Zhengde was originally observing the battlefield with a clairvoyant mirror, but when he heard this, he also turned his head and said strangely: "But eldest brother, Zeng Shangshu and Mr. Dong both said that this was arranged by you?" β
Xie Hong nodded, and shook his head again: "I arranged it, but this strong crossbow is the wisdom of the ancients, I only slightly corrected it, and then Uncle Zeng and Brother Dong cooperated, and then it reappeared in the world." β
"Master Hou, dare to ask what is the name of this thing?" Gentle and shocked, he is also from a military family, but he has never heard of such a thing at all.
Xie Hong smiled slightly and replied, "This is the Song Dynasty's Divine Arm Bow." β
(To be continued)