Chapter 219: Sweep (1)

There is no rainy season north of Yinshan. ◢ With ◢ Dream ◢ Small ◢ .lā Song calendar May, the sun is shining here. The Mongol tribes gathered by the river to watch the cattle drink water and watch the young of the cattle and sheep feed the milk. The herdsmen smiled innocently.

Near the stations of the various tribes, the adult men are training the little ones to ride and shoot. The target is the size of two people, and if you can shoot any position on the target within 10 meters of a horse, you will be scored. Arrows flew through the air, and most of them failed to hit their targets. Adult men weren't offended either.

The most common use of Mongolian riders was the riding bow, which had an effective range of ten paces (5 meters). To make an effective shot, you have to be at a distance of 10 meters. In order to maximize the combat effectiveness of such a soft bow, what is needed is to increase the rate of fire. Telling means low accuracy. Every adult man has experienced a large number of missed shots.

The women did not participate in this, they needed to milk cows, they needed to sew clothes, they needed to make felt. In the sun, they sat in a circle, busy with their work and telling the stories they had heard.

"I heard that the Song army has reached the meanders in the south. Will they come to us? ”

"I've only heard that Song Jun is coming, but I've never seen it. Could it be that someone is scaring us? ”

The last time a Han Chinese army entered the north of Yinshan was 600 years ago. And even six hundred years ago, there were too many Hu people in the army north of Yinshan in the Tang Dynasty. So these women seem very calm when they talk about the threat that is not far away from them. This is also something that can't be helped, don't talk about a wolf for 600 years, just tell it for six days in a row.

Then, with a burst of cheers. Cry wolf.

Arabian horses sailed up the river like a gale. On the tall horses, the tall cavalrymen came on horseback, dressed in fitted cotton armor nailed with iron plates. In the first few moments of seeing these figures, those Mongolian women couldn't help but cast a look of admiration.

Unlike the literati of various dynasties boasted, the population of the steppes was only more barbaric in the harsh natural environment, and their height was lower than that of China's agricultural areas. At that time, the Han Dynasty wrote that 'one Han soldier can fight against more than five barbarians', which is by no means nonsense. The equipment of the Han army comprehensively crushed the grassland barbarians, and the average height of Han men in the Han Dynasty exceeded 75.

For comparison, in the Han Dynasty, it was the same as in the 2nd century Chinese urban middle schools, and boys over 80 tall abounded. It is not uncommon for a girl with a height of 75 to be on paper. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the average height of the Han people was also more than 70, and the height of those cavalrymen was generally more than 80.

The shoulder height of Mongolian horses is about 35, while the shoulder height of Arab horses is generally more than 50 cm. Compared to the slender limbs of the Arabian horse, the Mongolian horse can probably only be described as 'small short legs'.

There were also Mongolian riders who felt that something was wrong, and they immediately stepped forward to intercept them. Song Jun slowed down his horse and lowered the Type 27 horse rifle from his back and held it in his hand. After staying in the United States for so long, Zhao Jiaren copied the Remington Type 870 shotgun for the cavalry as a horse rifle.

The Remington Type 870 shotgun is a close-quarters lethal weapon used by a variety of special forces around the world, including the SAT and the U.S. Marine Corps. As a pump-action reloader, the Shotgun is extremely effective when assaulting into buildings or defenses. This pump-action shotgun is one of the most versatile weapons for civilian use. It can be used for hunting, home defense, and lockpicking.

This weapon is now officially known as the Great Song Type 27 Horse Rifle. Using five rounds of paper shell bullets, the steel body with a double line brings a real rear fire. Barrel caliber 7 mm. Bullets are divided into shotguns and short, thick conical bullets with ordinary single warheads.

The Mongol riders drew their bows and bravely rushed forward. At a distance of fifteen meters from the Song army, the Song army opened fire one after another. The thick warhead instantly crossed a distance of 5 meters and hit the Mongolian shooters who rushed up. No matter what position they played, the Mongolian riders broke their bones and tendons, and the rest basically died immediately or in a short time.

The Song cavalry simply pulled the lever, reloaded it internally with the lever device, and then continued to shoot at the other Mongol riders. The sound of gunfire caused a great confusion among the Mongolian tribes, and the Song army had killed forty or fifty Mongolian cavalry in a very short time. They slung their unloaded Type 27 rifles on their backs, circled around, and ran back along the riverbank.

The Arabian horses were accustomed to the sound of gunfire, and while the cavalry fired, the horses stood still. The cavalry urged the Arabian horses to gallop, and they galloped with great excitement. Some of the Mongol riders who had rushed over after hearing the gunshots tried to catch up. After a short sprint, the Mongol riders seemed to have shortened the distance between them and the Great Song cavalry. But this force passed violently, and the distance between the two sides continued to widen. When the Mongolian cavalry gave up the pursuit, they could only see the vague figures of the Great Song cavalry in the distance.