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However, compared with the relatively better defensive capabilities of the later chariot formations and the corresponding system that mainly used firearms as combat weapons, the crossbow chariot phalanx of the Qin army had great deficiencies in some links.

For example, the defense of the Qin army's crossbow chariots was weak, and compared with the vehicles of the later chariot array, which were mainly box cars, this kind of "bare" crossbow chariot carriage with a relatively large area could only rely on a shield temporarily erected from the inside as a measure to increase the defensive surface. This is clearly a shortcoming that is difficult to remedy.

However, Zhang Jiashi did not think about the idea of improving this shortcoming, after all, in the crossbow chariot on the premise of taking into account both attack ability and mobility ability, the consideration of defensive power is not something that Zhang Jiashi can pay attention to.

After all, once the defensive area of this crossbow chariot is increased, then in disguise, the weight of this carriage will be greatly increased, and the mobility of the crossbow chariot will be weakened to exert relative combat efficiency.

Therefore, this kind of idea of abandoning the basics and chasing the end has no premise for Zhang Jiashi to further emphasize.

After all, Zhang Jiashi is still maintaining a tank force that is not too small, and the main reason is that he hopes that this crossbow tank can use long-range strike capabilities to gradually collapse the opponent's defense system under the premise of relatively excellent mobility ability.

Therefore, although Zhang Jiashi took into account some advantages of the crossbow chariot in the defense system in the use of the crossbow chariot, because the cost of further exerting this defensive advantage was too great, Zhang Jiashi thought that there was no need to give up the tactical positioning of the crossbow chariot itself for better defense.

It's just that what Zhang Jiashi didn't expect was that this idea had already played a very big role in the defensive formation of the crossbow chariot.

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The Hun riders fought to this point, in fact, many of them had a great physical exertion, and the physical strength of the horses was greatly depleted.

But King Zuoxian of the Huns believed that the warriors under his command could still continue to persevere. Therefore, he ordered his riders to launch an offensive against the Qin army's chariot formation while pursuing the remnants of the Donghu people.

Because in the thoughts of this Xiongnu Zuoxian King, the chariot of the Qin army looks a little scary, as long as he concentrates on attacking the other party, this kind of existence that is not an iron turtle at all cannot stop the bows and arrows of the Huns.

What King Zuoxian of the Xiongnu thought of was that once he was able to cannibalize these chariots of the Qin army, then even if the opponent's infantry troops were difficult to deal with, these infantry would be easily dragged down if they lost their ability to move.

I have to say that King Zuoxian of the Huns is very shrewd in his calculations, but what he ignores is the combat effectiveness that this kind of car array defense system can play.

When the first batch of about 4,000 Hun riders pursued the remnants of the Donghu people and came to the north of the crossbow chariot phalanx more than 300 meters, a wave of crossbows fell from the sky and shot down dozens of Hun riders.

In contrast to the bows and arrows in the hands of the Huns, the strong crossbows in the hands of the Qin army, both in range and when firing crossbows, far exceeded the bows and arrows in the hands of the Huns.

Moreover, a small number of the Hun riders were able to wear metal armor, and the leather armor on most of the Hun riders was difficult to effectively resist the arrows fired at them.

Of course, such an efficiency is still a bit low, after all, according to Zhang Jiashi's conception, the combat efficiency that the strong crossbowmen of the crossbow chariot can exert is more to use more accurate shooting to weaken the strength of the opponent's defense system.

And for this crossbow chariot commander, this dogma is naturally clear to him, but now is not the time to do so.

Because even if it is a strong crossbowman with considerable strength, in the face of an enemy two hundred meters away, the hit rate of accurate shooting is not too high. Moreover, in such a situation, the range advantage of a strong crossbow was obviously more able to make the Huns retreat.

But after the loss of several dozen horsemen, the Huns did not slow down their attack, on the contrary, they increased their own advance.

The commander of the crossbow chariot unit saw this scene, and after thinking about it for a while, he said to the standard-bearer beside him: "Let the others not be stingy with arrows, because the goal of the Huns should be us." Also, you send a signal to the warden for help. ”

The idea of the commander of this crossbow chariot was very simple, because the target of the Huns' attack was obviously not the remnants of the Donghu people who had bypassed from more than 300 meters away, but the crossbow chariot under his command.

After all, if the target of the Huns was the Donghu people, they would also directly follow the remnants of the Donghu people and bypass from the corresponding position. And at the moment, the other party is not doing this, and it is obvious that the other party's goal is indeed on them.

Although it is said that these more than 3,000 Hun riders may not be able to rush over, this commander knows very well that if more Huns rush over, just with these more than 3,000 people in his hands, he really can't effectively resist the impact of the Huns.

Such a situation made the commander quickly make what he thought was the right choice.

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While the Hun riders were facing a rain of arrows that were not dense but frequent, a crimson fireball rose from somewhere in the crossbow chariot formation.

This was the Qin Army's standard-bearer who had received the corresponding order, using a gunpowder flare issued to him to send a call for help.

Although Su Teng was far away from the position of the crossbow chariot unit at this time, he could still see the signal fireball from his position that was completely different from the sky in the sky where dusk was approaching.

After seeing such a situation, after thinking about it a little, Su Jiao knew that it was time for him to go out with the whole army.

Of course, before the reinforcement of the infantry troops under his command, the knight troops of Su Xuan and Chen Heng were also a new force that could reinforce the crossbow chariot troops.

So while Su Jiao ordered the infantry troops to advance, he also quickly conveyed to Su and the two orders for their troops to assist the crossbow chariot troops in combat.

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Chen Heng and Su Xuan had already returned to their troops at this time, and after receiving Su Jiao's order, they had a brief discussion and decided to cover each other directly from the two wings of the crossbow chariot.

After all, in such a situation, it was a very stupid thing to rush to the front of the crossbow chariot unit and entangle with the Huns. After all, no one can guarantee that their robes will not accidentally injure their own people when they are providing assistance, or even unable to provide support because the two sides are entangled. After all, these crossbowmen also need to pay attention to whether they will accidentally injure themselves before they will shoot in support.

Therefore, this is the main reason why the two did not plan to fight with the Huns again.

If they are killed by mistake by their own people in the melee, I am afraid that they can only be considered unlucky.

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Although it is said that it will be some time before reinforcements from the crossbow chariot unit arrive. But for the crossbow chariot units on the battlefield, they were not at all afraid of the offensive of the Hun riders.

Plenty of arrowheads, better shooting platforms, and better equipment in their hands are a source of self-confidence.

The advance of the Huns slowed down a lot as the shooters of the crossbow chariots became more and more accurate in their shots due to the shortening of distances.

They really wanted to speed up and rush over, even at the expense of giving up the shock formation, which was still dense in itself, and adopting a dispersed way to approach the Qin army's crossbow chariot formation. But it's a pity that at such a distance of more than 100 meters, the Qin crossbowmen in front can still shoot a Hun or their crotch mount with relative accuracy.

Of course, it was more that the Huns' mounts were shot, after all, the Huns' riding skills did make it difficult for these crossbowmen to accurately predict the dynamics of these Hun riders, so as to hit each other.

But that doesn't matter. There is a saying that shoots a man before a horse, and in contrast to the Hun riders who are quite skilled at riding, the mounts under their crotch do not do that kind of small movement to avoid arrows.

In such a situation, many crossbowmen simply targeted the mounts of these Hun riders.

Among the many targets fired by the arrows, most of them were the mounts of the Hun riders. After being shot, these mounts often fall down before they are fully down, and several other crossbows are inserted into their bodies.

In this case, the horses could not withstand the damage and pain of one or two arrowheads, but they could not withstand any more.

What's more, these horses are basically defenseless, and once they are shot in the body, sharp arrows can easily enter the inside of these horses' bodies.

Many horses were hit by arrows in many places in the head when they neighed and rolled to the ground. The metal arrows of these arrows can effectively penetrate the skulls of horses, seriously injuring or even killing them directly.

Therefore, on the grassland in front of the crossbow chariot phalanx, many horses tumbled to the ground, and after convulsing and struggling, they quickly lost their vitality.

In such a situation, the Hun riders will often be thrown off by the horses, or even directly crushed by the war horses that fall to the ground.

Many of the Hun riders fell to the ground groaning, and they wanted to continue the battle or retreat to safety, but in the absence of horses, it was really not ordinary for them to do so. After all, the location of many Hun riders happened to be in the relatively effective range of the crossbow riders of the crossbow chariots.

As for these Hun riders who fell off their horses, the Qin crossbowmen did not continue to "fall into the ground", they often targeted themselves on another Hun with mounts. After all, compared to these Hun riders with mounts, these Huns who lost their mounts were not a threat.

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The crossbowmen of the crossbow chariot fired arrows during such a period of time, if they were distributed among the crossbowmen of an infantry, I am afraid that they would have already consumed all the crossbows on their bodies.

After all, the Qin army's infantry crossbowmen carried a limited number of arrowheads, and many times, a Qin army's crossbowmen would use a quiver, that is, about thirty arrowheads, to fight.

However, although the crossbowmen of the crossbow chariot unit consume a lot in this regard, based on the fact that the crossbow chariot itself also has enough arrows to store, this problem is naturally avoided.

The standard armament of a crossbow chariot is a strong crossbow with six quivers, and a quiver as a reserve for the pilot's spare hand crossbow bolts.

Of course, this configuration is the basic number of crossbow bracelets that a crossbow chariot can store.

And if necessary, two hundred arrows can be placed on both sides of the crossbow chariot carriage, that is, the number of one hundred arrows on one side.

At the same time, it is even possible to carry two additional quivers in the poles on both sides of the crossbow chariot.

That is to say, the number of crossbows in a crossbow chariot is exactly five hundred.

If the number of such crossbows were distributed among an infantry crossbowman, it might be possible to bury him. However, due to the space of the crossbow chariot and the corresponding shooting problems, the number of such crossbow chariots is stored in a way that does not have much impact on the crossbow chariot except that it will slow down the forward speed of the crossbow chariot to a certain extent due to its own weight.

Of course, after so many years of actual combat, Zhang Jiashi has also made some small improvements to the latest crossbow chariot carriage:

The baffle used to store the crossbow was designed in the form of a straight strip shield, which is the source of some of the shields used to be placed at the rear of the carriage.

In order to avoid the loss of a certain combat capability of the crossbow chariot troops due to the damage of the crossbow chariot in wartime, Zhang Jiashi designed a space position under the driver of the crossbow chariot to place the spare strong crossbow.

Of course, this design is not very convenient to use in combat, especially when the crossbow chariot troops are advancing, it is really difficult for the driver to get out of his position and take out this spare crossbow, but more, Zhang Jiashi has no better way to solve this problem.

After all, there is so much space for the crossbow chariot, and after taking into account the structural safety of the crossbow chariot, it is impossible for Zhang Jiashi to hollow out the bottom of the entire crossbow chariot and then store all kinds of materials.

Although such a situation is better than nothing, it is undeniable that this crossbow chariot with a sufficient supply of arrows has indeed become a nightmare for Hun riders.

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It's just that the strength of the crossbow chariot unit is still weaker, and because of the formation layout of the crossbow chariot, once the Huns get close to a certain distance, the crossbow chariot shooters behind are really unable to effectively hit the Hun riders in front.

In such a situation, these Hun riders finally came to the distance where they were relatively effective in firing.

Under the fire of more than 300 Hun riders who were on the front line, what appeared in the sky was arrows that kept coming and going, staggering and even colliding together in the sky......