Chapter 544: Times Have Changed

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After a projectile hit the plate armored cavalry next to Zhang Ren, it catapulted in the direction of Zhang Ren and slashed across his cheek.

Zhang Ren also really felt at this time, what these "invisible bows and arrows" were!

That's right, at first, he couldn't see the arrows, and when he passively found that the soldier fell to the ground, Zhang Ren was also a little hairy, but as long as he cares a little, the trajectory of these projectiles can actually be seen clearly by Zhang Ren......

"No feathered arrows? How can it be so strong? And...... How can there be so many? Zhang Ren's heart was full of question marks.

Projectile Zhang Ren has never seen it, but "no feather arrow" is not a rare thing, to put it bluntly...... That is, throwing stones.

It's not a weapon that can be put on the table, to be precise...... This is a hidden weapon of the next three indiscriminate!

Zhang Ren knows that there are also two battlefield generals who are good at using feather arrows, one is Zang Ba, who once fell into the grass and is now a general under Liu Bei, and the other is the second transcendent general who has emerged in Wei over the years, Xu Chu, who is also good at "feather arrows"!

However, Xu Chu's featherless arrows are not plotters, but stones as small as fists and as big as people's heads, which are directly used to break doors and tear down walls, which can be called a humanoid catapult.

However, the current featherless arrows of the Chu army are small and round, and they are obviously all metal......

Zang Ba can throw more insidious and powerful featherless arrows, but ...... There is only one Zang Ba!

After Zhang Ren blocked his face with his hand, he squinted his eyes from between his fingers and looked ahead, only to see ...... These projectiles were shot by the other party with a long tube-shaped "crossbow"!

"Hold on! The whole army continued to charge, the shield soldiers filled their positions in time, and the archers shot in ten steps! Zhang Ren ordered.

In Zhang Ren's view, no matter how delicate the structure of this crossbow is, after all, it requires manpower to load, even if it is a true qi crossbow before the Chu State, it must manually rotate the roller, and there will always be times when you are tired.

And the opponent's current burst speed ......

Should it be a repeater?

However, after the crossbow is loaded once, although it can shoot multiple arrows in a row, it is very slow to change the arrow magazine!

Even if you change it quickly, the number of arrow boxes is limited after all, so you can't rub out repeater boxes on the battlefield, right?

In any case, it is only right to keep charging!

I saw that the soldiers under Zhang Ren's command, stubbornly resisting the output of the Chu army, continued to move forward, and a small army formation was defeated, and a substitute immediately came up to replace him.

At the same time, the archers in the safest position also opened their bows at a time of ten paces, and then ran to catch up with the large array......

Zhang Renjun's performance can be regarded as fighting for cold weapons...... If this is a battle between breech guns and cold weapons, considering that the Chu army here at the moment, after all, there are only 3,000 people, maybe this can be spelled into five by Zhang Ren.

However, it's a pity that the Chu army's true qi bullet crossbow is closer to the breech gun!

In this way, it was not only possible to change ammunition while crouching in the trench and using the bunker to create favorable conditions for firing at oneself, but the rate of fire was far from being comparable to that of a breech gun that required a slow stab with a stick.

The interval that Zhang Ren imagined did not come at all, and the other party simply shot out tens of thousands of elite archers with 3,000 people, and the effect of continuously opening the bow with all their might, and the power of this "arrow" was even greater, even ...... These tens of thousands of archers are still tireless, as if they can always maintain the highest rate of fire.

At this moment, Zhang Ren even wondered if it was Huang Zhong, the legendary god general of the Chu State who could strengthen the archers, hiding in the opposite formation at this time!

At this moment, the "huddle" stormed the enemy's defense line, which became the most senseless sacrifice......

The effect of "ricochet" makes the projectile even kill more than one person - except for the front of the plate cavalry and the wooden shield, the power of the projectile ricocheting once is still enough to tear through the defenses of any Himezo soldier.

The plate armor is basically immune to ricochet damage, but the projectile that shoots directly has more than half a chance that it can penetrate the plate armor and be embedded in it!

And the chance of breaking the defense, the closer it is, the greater it is.

As for the wooden shield...... Direct fire is almost always pierced, while ricochets are ...... How can there be a jump to the front? Unless the side is deliberately blocked with a shield, it will not work at all.

There is only gilded armor, which is almost immune to this kind of bullet, just like gilded armor will not die from the stray arrows of ordinary Jizao soldiers on the battlefield as long as it is not too unlucky.

Ordinary wood and stone generals, facing projectiles behind armor, should also try not to be hit by the part that does not cover the armor.

Even if you get hit too many times, the wood and stone armor may be pierced!

Again, this is because of the "ranged" - if you go deep into the enemy line, because the increase of the Warframe will be suppressed, and the defense will be reduced even more.

It's obviously a steady charge with a sharp arrow formation......

Obviously, the class mix is very reasonable......

Obviously, there are no mistakes in melee ranged coordination......

But I can't rush it at all!

The dense military formation, layer by layer, was peeled apart by the roaring true qi bullet crossbow.

Screams gradually replaced the war drums and became the main theme in Zhang Renjun's army.

The earthen wall, which used to look like a joke, has now become an unattainable moat.

And on the way to the charge, they only have waves of sanctions!

Gradually, the corpse in front of him and the screams around him began to cause Zhang Renjun's morale to drop rapidly.

Zhang Ren drummed three times in a row, but he could not save morale, and the casualties were indeed very serious, so he had to order the withdrawal of troops and personally cut off the rear as a cover.

Fortunately, the retreat was still "very convenient", because Guo Huai had no intention of pursuing at all.

After all, although the long-range attack of the crossbow army is strong, it is not suitable for pursuit, and the true qi crossbow still has to be loaded every time, and shooting while loading will definitely affect the efficiency of running.

As for rushing up for melee combat?

If the other party's morale completely collapses, Guo Huai doesn't mind doing it.

However, although Zhang Ren has thrown down nearly thirty percent of the battle losses, the banner has not fallen, the drum beat has not been chaotic, and the morale has dropped significantly, but it has never reached the point of defeat.

The First Division of Badong led by Guo Huai was not trained long after all, and there were only 3,000 here, and only 8,000 in the entire Badong County......

And Zhang Renjun withdrew more than ten miles away, and then began to camp in shock, originally Zhang Ren thought that the enemy army was just an arrogant nameless, and the number was only thirty percent of himself, and it could be decided in a battle, and he didn't even finish the camp and repair.

As a result, as soon as it came up, it suffered a fiasco, and the forward army Ji Zao soldiers lost nearly three-thirds of the soldiers......

The reason why it has been folded by three percent and there has been no defeat is because Zhang Ren does have good training in peacetime, and on the other hand, it is also because more than ninety and half of the losers are Ji Zao soldiers - if you fight in a long-range battle, the battle armor is still very "carryable"!

The increase in the proportion of generals can also lead the army more effectively and suppress the panic effect.

There are also some factors that are...... It's so fast!

The panic had not yet had time to spread, and on the way to retreat, the army began to rout, but it was stopped by Zhang Ren's effective organization.

Yan Yan, who was rushing over, was also taken aback after hearing about Zhang Ren's "defeat in the wilderness" - against the 3,000 enemy troops stationed in the field, Zhang Ren not only lost, but also lost no less than 3,000, and the other party ...... Almost unharmed?

If he didn't trust Zhang Ren, Yan Yan would even suspect that this was a spy sent by the enemy......