Three, three, eight, blood, Xi Shen Wei 3

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The phalanx began to spread out slowly, as the queue unfolded, the drums became louder and louder, in the drums that were as fast as raindrops and thundered, the Ming army began to slowly advance, and the generals of the Ming army stepped on their horses one after another, under the escort of their own guards, to command their troops.

Amin calmly issued an order: "Bed crossbow ready!" ”

The soldiers pulled the bed crossbow apart and put on the big arrows again.

"Draw your sword!"

The generals of the Ming army in front of the battle gave orders one after another.

At this time, it was already the hottest time in the morning, it was the middle of summer, and the scorching sun was sprinkled down, shining on people's bodies, and the Ming soldiers had all pulled out the steel knives on their waists and raised them high.

The sunlight shines on the shiny blades and reflects the past.

Xishenwei sat in the north and faced south, and the Ming army attacked from the south to the north, so the sunlight reflected on the steel knife immediately shone on the city tower of Xishenwei. There was a tingling in my eyes, and I couldn't help but shed tears, and I couldn't see anything.

At this moment, I don't know how many girls are really covering their eyes and crying.

On the city walls, cries of pain rang out.

Amin was shocked, he didn't expect Ming Jun to have this hand, and his eyes were also stinging, but he still endured the pain in his eyes and ordered loudly: "Listen to my orders, launch the bed crossbow, launch!" ”

According to his inference, the Ming army must have been close to within a kilometer by now.

He couldn't stop giving orders, and dozens of personal soldiers around him also followed his orders, loudly relaying them to the rest of the generals and soldiers, and the military orders kept being conveyed quickly, which made the Jurchens in the city have slightly stabilized the military spirit that was chaotic because of the sudden change in the situation. Hearing his command, the operators of the bed crossbow instinctively fired.

Hundreds of crossbow arrows were shot towards the city, and this time in the face of the dense battle formation of the Ming army, the bed crossbow immediately showed the great power of this era as the pinnacle of giant crossbows.

Someone was pierced by a giant crossbow, smashed a blood hole the size of a human head in his chest, and nailed it to the ground; Someone was hit in the head, and the whole head was like a rotten watermelon that had been trampled on, and it was immediately shattered, and the snow-white brain and bright red blood shot out in all directions; Another person was hit in the thigh, and the thigh was immediately broken in two, and the whole person lay on the ground, bleeding like an infusion, and he could not die for a while, and he was unable to break free, so he had to let out a mournful cry in the blood.

And the more serious consequence of the dense formation is that often after the giant crossbow shoots through a person, the residual momentum is inexhaustible, and it hits the chest and head of the person behind him fiercely, causing damage again.

The bed crossbow, the crystallization of the wisdom of Chinese culture, a pinnacle of the development of military equipment on the battlefield of the Central Plains for 5,000 years, since the invention of this giant crossbow in the Song Dynasty, .la [marshmallow] its lethality, even more than the early artillery, thus also suppressed the popularization and development of gunpowder weapons to a certain extent.

Since the abolition of firearms in the Ming Dynasty, it began to manufacture a large number of various strong bows and giant crossbows, among which the bed crossbow is the focus of development. In the past few decades, the Ordnance Bureau of the Ming Dynasty Military Department did not know how many bed crossbows had been manufactured, and they were arranged on various fortifications on the border of the Ming Dynasty from Xishenwei in the north, to Annan in the south, and to Hamiwei in the west. These giant crossbows are a great deterrent and threat to the evil neighbors around them.

The requirements for the production of bed crossbows are quite high, and the materials required are also carefully selected, and they need to be presided over by very experienced old craftsmen to make them well, and these factors are not available in any of the surrounding countries. Therefore, they do not have such war machinery, if they attack the city, they will be suppressed by the Ming at a distance every time, causing a large number of casualties.

But today, the bed crossbow made in the Ming Dynasty is used on its own people.

The bed crossbow kept firing, blood splattered, and screams.

And at this time, with the death and injury in the Ming army camp, the reflection has become not so dense, coupled with the Jurchen soldiers' kung fu, they have also adapted a lot, and now they can see the real Ming soldiers below.

But on the whole, the goal of the Ming army was achieved, because they had successfully approached about 200 steps by taking advantage of the period when the Jurchen army could not see.

Here, the bed crossbow does not play much of a role.

Amin did not panic at all, and ordered in a loud voice: "Step on the crossbow, prepare!" ”

The crossbow is another kind of weapon made by the Ming Dynasty, whether it is defending the city or fighting in the field, it is extremely convenient.

This kind of crossbow is a kind of crossbow arrow used by a single person, similar to the divine arm crossbow, but the strength is much greater than that of the divine arm crossbow, and there is a very loud name in the historical books - the Zhang crossbow.

The Ming Dynasty's "Wubei Zhi" called it a waist crossbow, "the weak use the kick, and the strong still use the waist to open." This is the crossbow with the largest ejection power that can be used by a single person, and if it is large, it is a giant crossbow that is used by multiple people, fixed with a carriage and pulled by a noose, such as a bed crossbow.

The crossbow has appeared at least at the end of the Warring States period, the Qin army has been equipped with a large number of crossbows, the reason why an army can be strong, in addition to having a strong tactics, must also have a powerful new weapon as a supplement.

During the Warring States Period, the world's best crossbows came from South Korea, just like those famous swords and swords in history, and many giant crossbows are also very famous, it is better to say that Xizi, Shaofu, Shili, Yuanlai and other strong crossbows are all shot 600 steps away! Six hundred steps is one thousand hundred meters, you know, this is a single crossbow! Such a range is almost the same as that of a modern rifle!

These famous crossbows are all stepping crossbows.

There are eight types of crossbows in the Han Dynasty, ranging from one stone to ten stones, and the most commonly used is the six-stone crossbow. Originally, crossbowmen used their arms to open crossbows, which were called arm open crossbows. Later, there was a crossbow, and the crossbow was opened with one foot; Later, there were crossbows, which were fired with both feet. The crossbow is more than five stones, and the waist is more than seven stones.

The bow power of the stepping crossbow is about 300 catties, which is larger than the divine arm crossbow, and the range is also farther, and the effective range reaches 200 steps. In the Ming season, one step is five feet, and one foot is about equal to 0.32 meters in later generations, and 200 steps, that is, 320 meters.

However, the power of the crossbow is so great, and there is also a flaw, that is, when firing, it must be used by both hands and feet. (.la good-looking)

After waiting for the Ming army to get a little closer, almost two hundred paces away, Amin gave the order: "Step on the crossbow and fire!" ”

The Jurchen soldiers moved, and they stood on the battlements of the city wall, sat flat on the ground, and laid their crossbows flat in front of them. The left and right soles of the feet are inserted into the thumbs, followed by the crossbow split, pry the waist hook, and hook the crossbow string. Pull the waist hook with both hands and push the soles of your feet forward. The splitting body fell backwards, and with force, the machine started from the beginning, and the vanadium structure was hung.

Then the bracket was pulled.

In Xishenwei, there are as many as 500 such pedal crossbows.

For a while, countless arrows let out a sharp roar in mid-air, covering the sky and shooting towards the Ming army that was getting closer and closer.

"Raise your shield!" The generals of the Ming army hissed and shouted, and the soldiers all raised the shields they held in their left hands.

Countless shields instantly formed an impenetrable line of defense.

But the power brought by stepping on the crossbow is not something that a shield can easily resist.

Hundreds of crossbow arrows were fiercely nailed into the array of the Ming army, and suddenly, at this moment, the front row of the entire Ming army, as if held down by an invisible giant hand, lay on the ground in unison. Sharp crossbow arrows shot diagonally above them, piercing their bodies with an irresistible angle and tremendous force. Blood splattered everywhere, and with great force, the crossbow arrows carried their bodies to the ground, and the sharp tips even drove into the ground.

Like a stubble of wheat that had been cut down in unison, the soldiers slammed into the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust, but the next moment, the dust disappeared, because the ground was completely soaked with blood.

Because of the reason for the siege, the number of troops invested at one time is less useless, and it can only be sent to the enemy to kill, and the number of people invested is too large, and the inevitable formation will become dense. The dense rain of arrows sprinkled on the city had a great lethal effect on the slow and dense infantry team.

It's just that the army under the city is the Jingwei of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the elite soldiers carefully selected by the entire Ming Dynasty, and these six guards of 69,000 people are the best in the Jingwei. Whenever there was an enemy on the border and a rebellion in the country, they were all soldiers who had gone out to quell the rebellion, and they were all battle-hardened warriors, accustomed to seeing blood and death. The death of the robes and the splashing of blood did not have much effect on them.

They kept moving forward, their companions fell, a gap appeared in the array, and the people behind silently stepped forward, taking the place of the other party. Even if they were hit by arrows, as long as the injuries were not serious and did not endanger their lives and affect their progress, these soldiers would grit their teeth and break the shaft of the arrow and continue to move forward.

The sophisticated equipment of the Ming army played a great role, as the Jingwei, the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, they were given priority supply in all aspects, and had the most elite standard equipment in the entire Ming Dynasty - of course, the families of those generations of generals and relatives will not be counted. The vast majority of them are wearing thick three-layer foam nail cotton armor, although wearing thick cotton armor in the summer has already made them sweat, but compared to life-saving, a little hot is nothing. The shields they held were small round shields about a foot and a half in diameter, made of thick elm, and wrapped with a layer of iron about three minutes thick.

Although it can't completely block the crossbow arrows, the cotton armor and round shield can also block the crossbow arrows to some extent, at least reduce the casualties.

In this round of crossbow fire, the Ming army killed at least more than 300 people, and if it was an ordinary inland guard army wearing only fat jackets and no shields, it is estimated that this number would rise to about 500.

After three more rounds of shooting, and after paying the price of more than a thousand deaths, the Ming army finally approached to a distance of only thirty paces from the city wall.

Thirty steps, fifty meters.

When there were still forty paces left, Amin had already passed down the order, and all the Jurchen soldiers on the city wall took out the big bow behind their backs and opened their bows and arrows.

Because of the nomadic fishing and hunting life of the Jurchens, the adult men and even half-grown children in the tribe are destined to be excellent archers, and these Jurchen soldiers were active hunters in the forests and grasslands before joining the army, and they were strong in archery, as long as they were trained a little, they were excellent archers.

The harsh living environment outside the Central Plains is the disadvantage of the surrounding peoples, but also their advantage, these nomads who survive in this environment, at the critical moment, all of them are brave and good warriors.

The Jurchens, like their ancestors in the Central Plains hundreds of years ago, used hard bows and arrows. Their bows were more than half as long as those used by the average Ming army, and the arrows they used were longer and thicker. This kind of big arrow is very powerful, and can even shoot through the skulls of large beasts, but it can't go far, and the effective range is only within fifty paces.

So when the Ming army approached thirty paces, Amin gave the order to shoot.

The Jurchen soldiers were already waiting a little impatiently, they straddled the battlements with one foot, and then under the battlements beside everyone, a small mound was made of earth, on which more than ten arrows were inserted. In this case, they just have to finish shooting, stretch their hands down, and immediately catch the arrow, and pull the bow again. Don't underestimate this small design, in this way, you can increase the speed of shooting by about 30%, that is, if you can only shoot three arrows, you can now shoot four arrows with this thing. One person, one arrow, one life, and the Jurchen soldiers on the city wall are more than thousands?

After hearing Amin's order, all the Jurchen soldiers released the bowstring in their hands.

The sound of the immortal humming immortal instantly resounded in the sky above Xi Shenwei, and the overwhelming feather arrows shrouded the Ming army below, and this time the scale of the arrow rain far exceeded the previous two times, like a dark cloud, covering the sky and the sun.

The biggest test of the Ming army is coming.

Generals at all levels waved their arms and desperately shouted: "Raise your shield, raise your shield!" ”

The rain of arrows instantly fell into the array of the Ming army.

Almost instantly, it brought a large number of deaths, more than four feet long, and large arrows close to the thickness of the little finger roared with great kinetic energy, and some soldiers were shot in the head, and the feathered arrows could even pierce the skull and peek out from the back of the head; If you are shot in the chest, you will immediately get into it, and if you are shot in the arm, even the entire arm will be knocked off and fly out.

Although the Ming army had already raised its shield, this round shield was not the kind of giant shield that could protect the whole body after all, and the feather arrows were still nailed in from all parts of the body and pierced into the body.

This round of salvo fire dealt an unprecedented blow to the Ming army.

In the past, whether it was a bed crossbow or a stepping crossbow, although it was a great sound, it was more of a psychological deterrent than a huge amount of death, because these two sophisticated and expensive machines had a fatal flaw - the number was too small! There are only 100 bed crossbows, and only 500 crossbows, but how many Jurchen soldiers are there on the city wall?

This city wall facing the south of Xishenwei is five miles long, and there are at least 6,000 Jurchen soldiers on it! Six thousand, six thousand strong bows! Six thousand arrows!

It's all about killing, but in fact, it's more real than this weapon.

If every arrow could hit the enemy, this shot would have caused 6,000 casualties.

Of course, this is impossible. Just as several world wars in the era of hot weapons in later generations often required hundreds of bullets to kill a soldier, the Jurchens' rain of arrows could not bring death to every one, but it should not be underestimated. The Jurchens have always been famous for their riding and archery armor, they shoot fiercely and accurately, this round of arrow rain, to the Ming army brought more than 3,000 casualties!

The formation of the Ming army immediately appeared one after another, and I don't know how many soldiers fell to the ground in pain, groaning and screaming.

However, the overall formation was not scattered, and the generals at all levels gave orders one after another, and the Ming soldiers erected high ladders, which accelerated in the direction of the city wall.

In the past few days, under the Xishen Acropolis, the Ming army has also built the simplest siege equipment in addition to many ladders, after all, it is impossible to climb the city wall by manpower, right?

In addition to the river valley along the Songhua River and its two sides have reclaimed a large area of fertile land, the area outside the Guan, there are dense forests, these days, the Ming army took the big trees in the forest, built hundreds of ladders, exceptionally tall and strong. There is also an iron hook at the top, which can be hooked to the city wall for fixing.

Thirty paces, the Jurchen soldiers shot three rounds of arrow rain.

So far, the 69,000 troops besieging the city have suffered nearly two percent of the casualties, and there are about 55,000 people left.

Shocking casualties!

But finally, I rushed under the city walls!

At this moment, tens of thousands of Daming chests burst out with a shout, as if they were about to spit out the stuffiness in their chests.

Finally rushed to the bottom of the city wall, the Ming soldiers used their shields to block the rain of arrows falling above, and at the same time leaned the ladder to the city wall, the hook at the top of the ladder hooked firmly on the battlement of the city wall, and the iron hook at the tip even pierced into the city wall.

With the ladder erected, tens of thousands of Ming soldiers were screaming crazy in their mouths, rushing to the front of the Ming soldiers, throwing the shield, holding the waist knife in their mouths, and then climbing up the ladder with their hands and feet, one went up, and immediately followed by one, the ladder was immediately covered with soldiers, and the thick wood also made an overwhelmed moan.

Under this large section of the city wall that is four or five miles long, countless people began to go up frantically along hundreds of ladders, if you look at it from a distance, it seems to be a large number of ants, dense, black and pressing, boundless, like a tide, sweeping towards the city.

The red frenzy of the Ming soldiers almost drowned out Xi Shenwei.

Xu Peng, who was watching the battle from afar, raised the corner of his mouth with a smug smile, in his opinion, the difficulty in attacking Xishenwei was how to approach the city wall, as long as it was under the city wall, it was not easy to take down Xishenwei?

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