Chapter 389: The Divine Arm Bow Begins to Might, and the Tartars Begin to Be Frustrated!
On the second day, the Ming army, which played the role of a decoy, arrived as scheduled, feigning defeat and retreating to the outside of Quanning.
Behind them, the vanguard cavalry of the Tatars pursued them closely, like fierce wolves chasing their fat prey on the steppe, chasing them to the death.
Zhu Gaoxian stood on the city wall, holding a telescope polished with crystal, looking at the movement in the distance and smiling dumbly.
"Su Wu, look, this Chen Jing is not bad."
"I asked him to feign defeat and retreat to lead the army deeper, and use gold and silver baggage to disturb the Tatars' military spirit and formation, but I didn't expect him to do a good job as a bait, and he didn't let the Tatars swallow it in one bite."
Su Wu on the side smiled, didn't pick up the topic, but turned to talk about the layout in the army:
"Your Highness, what followed Chen Jing is a small forward army of the Tatars, which can be called elite, I estimate that the Tatars don't want them to retreat into the city, and they are fighting the idea of attacking the city in one go."
"Would you like to send someone to pick them up first?"
Zhu Gaoxian stared at the situation in the distance with a telescope and waved his hand:
"It doesn't have to be."
"I have already explained to Chen Jing before, and he knows what he should do."
"What I want is that the Tatars are arrogant and arrogant, thinking that our Ming army can't resist them, and they can rush straight into the pass in one go."
"Otherwise, who will sing it when the stage is set up for this scene?"
He shook the crystal lens telescope in his hand at Su Wu, and his tone was very satisfied:
"It's this telescope, we have to let the Ministry of Industry speed up the progress, it's too slow, march to fight, it's not okay to leave this thing, at least it must be distributed to the forehand of each team, otherwise without it, you will lose all kinds of advantages."
Su Wu took the telescope from his hand, looked into the distance, and said:
"I heard from the Ministry of Industry that the cost of this thing is too high and very cumbersome, so there are not many finished products, so I will write to urge it."
"But Your Highness, when the Tatar army comes, will you use artillery or let the Shenji Battalion try it first?"
Zhu Gaoxian put his hands behind his back, and hesitated slightly when he heard this:
"I see that the Tatars are menacing, so it's good to stop their momentum first, and dampen their morale, so that Chen Jing and them can't escape the pursuit later."
"Let the ballista and the divine arm bow prepare first, and send the flag to let Chen Jing's subordinates prepare to go around the city, and eat the Tatar vanguard behind them first!"
Su Wu got the order and immediately began to make arrangements.
There was a sudden silence on the city wall, and the soldiers in charge of the flag began to unfurl their flags continuously, and the soldiers who controlled the bed crossbow and the divine arm bow were also ready.
Chen Jing led his soldiers all the way to pretend to be defeated and retreated all the way here, although they had deliberately prepared to make bait in advance, but under the strong bows and arrows of the Tatars, the team still suffered a lot of damage on the way.
And although the Tatars were greedy for the gold, silver, jewelry, and all kinds of baggage he abandoned along the way, the little Tatar prince who led the army was not a mediocre person.
This made Chen Jing suffer a lot along the way, although the army he led, although it was a lightly armed light cavalry, but how could it be compared with the Tatar elite who were good at riding and shooting? This made him very resentful in his heart, and even more bitter hatred for these Tatars.
At this time, seeing the flag on the city wall, Chen Jing was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly sent the order:
"Quick! The teams picked up their speed, broke away from the engagement, and walked around the city in two ways along the front wall, and then gathered the whole team in the rear! ”
"Remember, if the Tatars don't keep up, just speed up when they do, don't let them bite again!"
Soon, their decoy army quickly divided into two groups and began to run desperately in an east-west direction.
And then the Tatar striker, who clung to them, was stunned when he saw this.
What's the situation?
Why didn't this Ming army go into the city, but fled around the city?
Moreover, the city in front of it seems to be heavily guarded, and there is no intention of going out of the city to meet it......
The commander of the commander was a little hesitant, he looked at Quanning City in front of him, his brows were furrowed, do you want to continue to chase and kill the Ming army that has been defeated all the way?
The city in front of them seems to be heavily guarded, but if they can kill this Ming army under their noses, it will definitely make the defenders in the city frightened, and when the time comes, the army will attack the city again, and it is impossible to say that they can directly take this place.
The soldier was very fast, and after a little thought, the commander did not hesitate to order:
"Keep the hunt! You wait to chase the right side, I'll chase the left side, and today we must kill this group of bright dogs! ”
"Roar!"
The Tatar cavalry behind him let out all kinds of angry roars, their faces were hideous, and they soon divided into two ways and began to pursue the Ming army in front.
Su Wu saw this scene on the city wall, and immediately laughed:
"These Tartars are really brainless fools!"
Zhu Gaoxian also showed a smile on his face, the Tatars were afraid that they had been harassed at the border in recent years, and they thought that the Ming army was all sheep who would only stick in the city?
As everyone knows, chasing around the city like this is exactly within the shooting range of the Divine Arm Bow and the Bed Crossbow!
"Pass my orders! After Chen Jing's department picks up the speed, aim at the pursuing Tatar cavalry and shoot with all your might! ”
Using crossbow arrows to shoot at the cavalry in action is actually not very accurate, after all, the opponent is a cavalry marching with high mobility, not a military formation.
But Zhu Gaoxian has already prepared countless crossbow arrows for the army, whether it is a divine arm bow or a giant bed crossbow, it can completely cover the firepower!
What's more, with the amazing penetration and shooting range of the Divine Arm Bow, it can still shoot through armor from a distance of 300 steps, how can these Tatar cavalry in front of him be able to resist?
With Zhu Gaoxian's order, Chen Jing desperately led the soldiers below to speed up, and the Tatar cavalry chasing them behind was suddenly all exposed to the strike range of the Divine Arm Bow!
"Whew! Shout! ”
With the sound of countless arrows being fired, the east and west sides of the city wall suddenly fired thousands of arrows and arrows rained down!
The Tatar cavalry led by the leader reined in horror the moment they heard the sound!
As an elite cavalryman who was very good at riding and archery, he knew that it was the sound of a large-scale bow and arrow as soon as he heard it! And it's all sharp heavy arrows!
He was terrified to death, under such a rain of arrows, how could these cavalrymen who had only been approved for light armor survive?
At the same time, countless thoughts flashed in his heart, when did the Ming army have a strong bow that could shoot so far?
"No ......"
With the shadow of arrows floating in front of his eyes, the Tartar commander looked terrified, and before he could shout, he was shot by several arrows with long arrows! Then he fell off the horse and hit the ground hard!
And the last thing he saw was that the cavalry around him was covered by a rain of arrows, and they fell off their horses and died one after another!