This is just the first meeting, mainly to test each other's strength.

After the initial temptation, Jin Wushu keenly found that this Song army had strong combat effectiveness and a firm will to fight, and it would not easily collapse after a few random attacks. Only by constantly striking like a water mill, step by step to increase the enemy's casualties, can the Song army be defeated.

Under the order of the Jin Wushu, the Jin army on the periphery was divided into two groups, from east to west, and constantly shot accurately, mainly spearmen and short knife men. The intention is very obvious, after eliminating these two military formations, the circle formation will completely become thin and stuffy, and it will be easier to break through at that time.

The rain of arrows is as follows, densely packed.

Thrown down, followed by gravity, the arrow feather falls with great force, which can cause great lethality, and specifically attack the soldiers in the formation.

And in the cavalry shooting, it once again showed the fierceness of the cavalry of this golden army, and at a distance of two hundred paces, a large amount of arrows rained down on the spearmen and short knife hands.

The accuracy of the shooting, even Zhao Pu sighed, the elite is the elite, there are a few brushes.

At this point, the Song army is much worse, the Song army is mostly foot shooting, mostly divine arm crossbow shooting, the range is longer, and the number of crossbow arrows is also more, but the accuracy is too poor. Relying on the ingenuity of horsemanship, the Jin army rode in advance to avoid the crossbow arrows. A pounce of crossbow arrows was shot like raindrops, and there were a lot of them, but not a few were killed.

Zhao Pu watched from a distance and secretly felt sorry.

That's the gap!

Although these soldiers of the eight-character army are elites, they have been in the army for a short time, and the time they have been on the battlefield is still relatively short, after all, they are not comparable to these Jurchen elites who have been fighting for ten years.

The only thing that is fortunate is that the weapons of the Bazi Army are very powerful.

The level of science and technology in the Song Dynasty was higher than that of the Jin State, and the weapons produced in the workshops were also a generation more advanced than those of the Jin army; It's just that the workshops of the Song Dynasty have too serious corruption problems and cut corners. As a result, the quality of weapons in the Song Dynasty was not strong. Some long-range strike weapons, such as trebuchets, god arm crossbows, etc., are of acceptable quality; However, in hand-to-hand combat weapons such as spears, knives, and armor, they are scum, and if they are not touched, they will be broken.

After Zhao Pu became the emperor, he was extremely strict with the manufacture of ordnance, reduced some corruption, and greatly improved the quality of standard weapons such as armor, long knives, and spears; And as a guard to protect him. It is also equipped with the best quality armor, and this time it has finally been used.

The infantry of the Bazi Army all wore two layers of armor, one with thinner fish scale armor and the other with expensive chain mail. Two layers of armor are worn on the body, while the face is covered with a thick visor. From head to toe. Impenetrable and extremely defensive. And the short knife hand, spear hand, etc., took out the round shield from the back and put it on the head.

Although in the formation of the army, some of the soldiers became spearmen, short knife hands, etc. Being part of the great array, but that does not mean that the spearmen are merely holding the spears; And the short knife search is only a short knife.

Actually, as a guard. As a force to protect his safety, Zhao Pu was eager to be armed to the teeth, and eighteen weapons were all prepared for the guards. It was only in consideration of the problem of weight and the inconvenience of carrying that Zhao Pu was exempted from that kind of thought. But some lightweight, some easy to carry, still let the guards carry.

For example, each person has a three-foot-long short knife pinned to his leg, which is extremely sharp and can be used in hand-to-hand combat; You can also open the bracket to turn it into a 1.3 meter long knife.

For example, each person carries a round shield, the size of a washbasin, which is mainly placed on the top of his head to prevent it from being thrown down from the sky.

At this moment, the arrows of the rainstorm slanted down, but they made a clanging sound, either falling on the armor and slipping, or being blocked by the round shield and falling to the ground. However, there were also a few powerful arrows that pierced the shield and pierced the armor in one fell swoop, causing greater casualties to the Bazi Army.

At this moment, a group of 500 Jin troops began to charge forward, storming the chariot, wanting to break through a gap in the chariot, and then a large number of cavalry rushed in, wanting to chisel through the large array.

It's just that they underestimated the difficulty of the chariot formation, the chariot was erected with a two-meter-high baffle, and it was full of thorns, and when it hit it, it was a blood gourd, and between the gaps in the chariot, spears made of iron stretched out one by one and pierced into the war horse. The chariots were connected by iron chains, and they were extremely strong.

After killing and wounding a dozen cavalrymen, a gap was opened. But soon this gap was gambled by more soldiers, and more than a dozen spears were stabbed from all sides, some of the swords were slashed into the legs of the horses, and some of the Jin cavalry were quickly stabbed to the ground.

The more the Jin cavalry attacked, the fewer they were; And the gap in the back is also blocked.

At last. The Jin army that rushed in was all killed.

The Jin army on the periphery tried to chisel through from other directions, but it was difficult to appear when it was opened, and even if it appeared, it was quickly blocked.

One side attacked desperately, the other side desperately guarded, both sides did not give a step, and the battle was in full swing.

It is difficult to attack and easy to defend, and the losses of the attacking side are always greater than the defending side, and the casualties of the Jin army at this moment are heavy. If there are no accidents, in this defensive battle, the Bazi Army will achieve the final victory.

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It's just that at this moment, Zhao Pu's face is gloomy.

Standing on the high platform, condescending, and beyond the range of the bow and crossbow, Zhao Pu could clearly see the battle between the two sides through clairvoyance, and the tactics, combat effectiveness, and cooperation of the two sides.

The will to fight on both sides is very firm, and they are both brave and brave, and they are not afraid of death. It's just a Jurchen soldier, who has a lot of combat experience; The eight-character army is better than well-equipped; The Jurchen soldiers were superior to the rapid assault of the cavalry, which could attack from all directions; And the eight-character army won in a tight defense and a perfect defense.

And in the battle, the eight-character army did not have a hole in the chariot formation, nor did it have a short knife hand, there was a hole in the spearmen, but it was precisely the crossbowmen who had a hole.

I have to say that the archery skills of the Song army are very poor, because of the poor archery skills, they can only rely on sophisticated weapons to make up for the gap in archery.

The Divine Arm Crossbow was born, which is simple to use and can enable soldiers with little strength to shoot at a long distance; It can also be fired in a salvo of several arrows to form a dense fire strike. And in terms of range, the divine arm crossbow is the bow and arrow that completely destroys the nomads. The only drawback is that the Divine Arm Crossbow costs a lot of money.

But Da Song lacks everything, but it's not bad for money.

Problems that can be solved with money are not problems.

The Divine Arm Crossbow was heavily equipped in the army and became the standard weapon of the Song Army's infantry shooting.

And in the guards, a large number of god arm crossbows are also equipped.

Before, Zhao Pu had not discovered the shortcomings of the Divine Arm Crossbow, but with this small-scale battle, he discovered several fatal shortcomings of the Divine Arm Crossbow.

At the beginning of the battle, the salvo of the god's arm crossbow seemed to rain, but after a few rounds of shooting, the arrows were completely empty. As a result, the rate of fire, as well as the density of fire, have been reduced, and they must be used sparingly.

To make matters worse, the scrap rate of the Divine Arm Crossbow is too high.

In the era of cold weapons, weapons were extremely durable, a knife, a sword, a bow, and a gun could be used for several years. There is some damage on the battlefield, as long as it is repaired, it can be used continuously.

But the god arm crossbow is not good, the inside of the god arm crossbow is composed of a machine, gears, etc., the structure is complex, compared to other stupid and thick cold weapons, it is a precision weapon. Precision weapons are powerful, but the failure rate is too high and they are easy to scrap.

And scrapped, except for specialists, ordinary soldiers will not repair at all.

It was scrapped and could not be repaired, so it could only be thrown aside.

So just half an hour after the start of the war, half of the divine arm crossbows were scrapped and withdrew from the battlefield, and the soldiers could only shoot with strong bows.

"It seems that there is still a shortage of maintenance soldiers in the army!" Zhao Pu looked at the battlefield and analyzed.

The Song army was inevitably inferior to the Jin army in terms of combat effectiveness, and could only make up for it by relying on sophisticated weapons. So there is the Divine Arm Crossbow, on the battlefield, the Divine Arm Crossbow is indeed very powerful, but for logistics and maintenance, it is extremely demanding. Without strong logistics, providing a large number of crossbow arrows, you can't afford to play the Divine Arm Crossbow at all; Similarly, without a strong maintenance ability, the role of the damaged God Arm Crossbow in a timely manner is also greatly restricted.

"This is probably the disadvantage of precision weapons!" (To be continued......)