The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 993 Showdown in the Array
The Zongyun Cavalry, the elite Javelin Cavalry and the Tielin Army, the Lei Cavalry Battalion, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry face off against the Pishi Army!

The cavalry with their own characteristics confronted each other in the limited terrain within the Tianmen Formation. Before the duel, following Zhao Yun's order, Xiliang's elite javelins flew out with javelins.

Almost at the same time, Yelu Shuogu also ordered: "Shoot the arrow!"

In just one breath, both sides were killed and injured!
Zhao Yun, who has experienced many battles, was also slightly taken aback, and his opponent, Yelu Dilie, also had a cold face in disbelief!
Zhao Yun was a little dazed, no!It should be said that Bi Zaiyu, Zhe Yuqing, Zhe Yuxun, and the others are all in a daze at this moment!

It was the first time that the heavy armored cavalry of the Song Dynasty suffered casualties under a long-range attack, and the sharp weapon in the hands of the opponent, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty were all familiar with the crossbow!
The riding crossbow is a medium and long-range weapon developed by Lu Heng in order to solve the problem that the Chinese cavalry is not as good as the prairie people.

It is not a long-distance weapon as imagined. In order to be able to operate on a horse, even with one hand, the weight of the riding crossbow is not very heavy, and its effective killing is only similar to that of the Zhuge Liannu among the Song Dynasty bows and crossbows.

But the Zhuge Liannu is fired continuously, while the riding crossbow is double-shot and must be reloaded.

If you need to be light, you will have to sacrifice power and distance. If you look at the damage at two hundred steps, it will basically be effective at about a hundred steps.

This means that Song Dynasty's current cavalry crossbow can't pierce heavy armored cavalry even within a hundred steps, and there is still a chance at fifty steps!
But fifty steps is already a limit distance in front of the cavalry, and the next moment the opponent will rush in front of him.

Imagine shooting arrows in fifty steps, changing weapons and preparing to fight, the difficulty can be imagined.

Therefore, in theory, the Song Dynasty cavalry could not break the defense against the heavy armored cavalry, but the Qidan people's cavalry crossbow actually killed the heavy armored cavalry of the Song Dynasty!
And it is obviously more than [-] steps and [-] steps, because the range of the elite javelin cavalry of Xiliang in the Song Dynasty is also in this range.

After all, the javelin is thrown by human power!
The shooting was almost a draw, and the losses of both sides were equal. Zhao Yun glanced at the crossbow of the Liao people with the eyes of a sharpshooter.

It is larger in size, single-shot, and has a range of one hundred steps, and the coverage of equipment is only a few hundred people.

At the same time, in addition to riding crossbows, there are still bows and arrows on horses. Obviously, the output of riding crossbows is not high in Liao.

But even so, besides Huaxia, it was the first time they encountered the existence of crossbows used by grassland peoples.

Although bows and crossbows have always been put together, they are two completely different things.

The bow manufacturing process has a low threshold, low technological content, and requires human support. It is easy to get started and difficult to master. It is a technical weapon, while the crossbow manufacturing threshold is high, and the technological content is high. It mainly relies on mechanical force and human-assisted loading. It is low technical and suitable for large-scale production. use.

The crossbow appeared very early in China, and the Qin crossbow was the first peak!
However, the grassland people who have been entangled with China for thousands of years have no records of using crossbows. Only in the Middle Ages did crossbows appear in Europe besides China.

In history, the crossbows of the Iron Forest Army were not necessary equipment, but were equipped with crossbows captured by Zhao Song. Why did the Iron Forest Army still have crossbows in this time and space?

It's not that there were people buying and selling arms in Lu Heng's Song Dynasty, but that there was a crossbow inheritance in the Western Regions. During the Western Han Dynasty, there were Han people who exchanged in the Western Regions, and the crossbows also spread to the Western Regions.

After Yelu Abaoji occupied the Western Regions, there was a development of crossbow technology. However, because the crossbow was still a wooden structure, a large amount of wood was needed. Even trees are rare species in the Western Regions. Therefore, Yelu Abaoji did not manufacture crossbows on a large scale, but only made Part of it is to equip the Tielin Army.

"Your Majesty must be informed of this information!" Of course, Zhao Yun didn't know about this, even Lu Heng, who is the emperor, didn't know about it. Zhao Yun thought that someone in the country was smuggling arms and was very concerned about this matter.

Zhao Yun was surprised because the Khitan had crossbows and other weapons that shouldn't appear, but Yelu Shuogu, Yelu Dilie and others were surprised that there were long-range weapons that could kill the Tielin army.

Although Brother Yeluxiu had introduced the power of several heavy armored cavalry from the Great Song Dynasty before departure, the Khitan people paid little attention to everything except the sharp golden cavalry.

Except for the Ruijin Cavalry, which had a record of large-scale destruction of the Tielin Army, the other heavy armored cavalry of the Song Dynasty actually fought with the Tielin Army at a [-]-[-] ratio, and at most a [-]-[-] ratio. Human advantage.

This is also an important basis for Yelu Abaoji to dare to fight on the grassland and block the attack of the Song Army. However, it is different if there are long-range weapons that can severely damage the Tielin Army.

All the high-level Liao people know that the southerners are good at manufacturing machinery, and after they have equipment for the Iron Forest Army, they must be mass-produced, so it will be a trump card for the Liao Kingdom.

When Yelu Shuogu, Yelu Dilie, and Yelv Jieli saw that the fallen Tielin army was full of javelins, they felt relieved a lot. It's not like they haven't seen this thing before, or they mainly use human-powered projectiles, so that they won't Becoming a major means or a small-scale means.

In a round of mid-range shooting, the two sides were evenly matched. The next moment, the heavy cavalry began to collide with each other.

The high-end forces of the Song Dynasty were tyrannical, with the four generals Zhao Yun, Bi Zaiyu, Zhe Yuqing, and Zhe Yuxun leading the fight. At least they were all first-class fighters.

Without him, whether it is Zhao Yun's Yajiao spear, Bi Zaiyu's double sabers, Zhe Yuqing, Zhe Yuxun's cavalry spears, they are not heavy weapons. Even a first-class fierce general is more difficult than usual to fight against the Tielin army.

Against armored heavy cavalry, Fang Tian's heavy weapons such as halberds, hammers, maces, and borings have huge advantages.

The Song Dynasty's top combat strength is sufficient, while the Liao people have strong military strength. There are seven Xingyao Legion to cooperate with the Tianmen Formation General's Force, which is still more than the Thunder Cavalry Battalion and Xiliang Iron Cavalry led by Zhao Yun.

What's more, there are fortifications everywhere in the Tianmen Formation, which somewhat makes the advantage of the defensive side more obvious, and it fell into a stalemate for a while.

Zhang Quan was leading the Tenth Legion to break through and fight and wanted to join Zhao Yun's Ninth Legion, but Zhao Yun was blocked by the forces of the seven Xingyao Generals, and the battlefield fell into a stalemate for a while.

The war is still going on, don't forget that at the beginning, Xingxiu Generals were all supporting the inner eight sects, but now they are strangling together with Zhang Quan and Zhao Yun's Ninth and Tenth Legion.

This means that there are no reinforcements for the inner eight sects!
The distribution of troops in the eight gates of Tianmen Formation is different. The gate guarded by Wu Yanguang, the gate guarded by Yelumo, and the gate guarded by Xiao Haili are the three gates with the most troops. The gate guarded by Han Yanshou and the gate guarded by He Chongbao The number of troops in Qimen is equal, and the number of troops guarded by Yelu National Treasure, Yinmen and Wangmen is the least.

When Yan Rong changed his formation to besiege Zhang Quan's [-]th Army, the two brothers Yelu Guobao and Yelu Guozhen were also in danger of being attacked by the Third Army led by Ma Chao, the Shenweitian General of the Song Dynasty, and the Sixth Army led by Yue Sheng.

The caller for help has been running in the direction of Yan Rong...

(End of this chapter)