total war rise of empire

Chapter 75 Archers and Cavalry

[Arms: Archer

Equipment: leather helmet, paneled leather armor, standard battle skirt, standard bow and arrow set, melee dagger.

Soldier size: Standard [-]-man team.

Skills: Shooting

Evaluation of combat effectiveness: The melee capability is only stronger than that of civilians, and the projectile can cause large-scale damage to unarmored and lightly armored targets within [-] meters.

Morale: six stars

Recruitment fee (1000 gold coins), maintenance fee (food and clothing).

Outstanding ability: cluster projectile, intensive shooting.

Remarks: For an army that is not wearing heavy armor or equipped with a large shield, archers can cause lethal coverage shots, which greatly damages the morale of the enemy. When necessary, they can perform rapid shots that consume a lot of arm strength, and output tons in a short time s damage!

However, their armor-piercing ability is not strong, and they must be placed within 30 meters for close-range direct fire to break through not too thick iron armor. However, direct fire at such a short distance is very dangerous for archers Yes, especially in the face of cavalry, even if it is just a round of direct fire at close range, the entire archer unit is likely to be overwhelmed by the cavalry unit! 】

"Haha, this is the standard long-range troops of various countries. Compared with the effective range of [-] meters, the javelin soldiers with a range of more than ten meters are simply weak! This must be there!"

With a troop of thousands of archers, this time Lei Zihao finally didn't have to look at the scattered arrows to play!
Considering that most of the enemies I face today are not equipped with iron armor, the projectile of the archer troops can definitely achieve impressive results!
Thousands of arrows can definitely form a real rain of arrows!
[Arms: Crossbowman
Equipment: Leather helmet, paneled leather armor, standard battle skirt, a set of standard crossbows (short arrows and hard bow arms are used to break armor at close range), close-quarters daggers.

Soldier size: Standard [-]-man team.

Skills: Shooting

Evaluation of combat effectiveness: The melee ability is only stronger than that of civilians, and the direct shot at close range is powerful and capable of piercing armor, and the operation is simple and labor-saving.

Morale: six stars

Recruitment fee (1000 gold coins), maintenance fee (food and clothing).

Outstanding ability: close-range armor-piercing, intensive shooting.

Remarks: The main reason why the manpower-opened crossbow cannot be thrown like a bow and arrow is that the style of the crossbow and the bow are different. The crossbow has only two tail feathers, but the bow has three tail feathers. Therefore, the stability of flying in the air is not as good as that of the bow. Long-distance throwing If the accuracy is poor, it is also easy to cause rotation imbalance.Moreover, due to the limited length of the crossbow machine of the human crossbow, the crossbow bolt is not as long as the bow bolt, but the weight is similar, so the crossbow bolt must be made thicker, and the resistance in the air is also greater. If it is used for projectile, the kinetic energy loss is more than that of the bow bolt. Therefore, Ancient crossbows were rarely used for projectiles.

The reason why modern crossbows can be projected is because the mechanical properties of modern crossbows are better, resulting in the initial velocity of the arrows being much higher than that of ancient times. Therefore, part of the kinetic energy lost by projectiles can still cause greater damage, but accuracy has always been a problem.

It is suggested that Your Excellency, the Governor, pay attention to the armor-piercing ability of the crossbow, and not let it be projected and suppressed for granted!
Crossbow arrows cannot be effectively projected, and the range is much lower than that of archers, and the rate of fire is lower than that of archers. Crossbows are hand crossbows. In small-scale encirclement and annihilation battles, this weapon is very practical! 】

Through the introduction of the system, it is not difficult to see that the crossbowmen are similar to the crossbowmen of the Qin State. Lei Zihao has seen the flaws of the crossbowmen of the Qin State a lot. It is naturally a sharp weapon in the face of brainless enemies, but it has a degree in the face of real command. A large army, that is, a wave of strength, can only fight in close combat or all the way to the end after two or three rounds of shooting...

At the very least, the archers can shoot the enemy's follow-up force behind the friendly army after close combat in front of the enemy, the crossbowman who shoots directly...

If you don't encounter a large number of armies equipped with iron armor, the price-performance ratio of crossbowmen is still a bit low for the time being!
After thinking for a while, Lei Zihao turned his eyes away from the units in the shooting range, and aimed at the only third-level unit in the stone stables!
[Arms: Submachine Gun Cavalry

Equipment: iron knight helmet, chain mail, standard battle skirt, cavalry spear, oval skinned wooden shield, single-edged saber.

Soldier size: Standard [-]-man team.

Skills: Cavalry Charge

Combat effectiveness evaluation: This is the most basic Lancer unit. It is much stronger than the light cavalry in terms of charge ability, but it is relatively weak in the face of the tight infantry spear phalanx!
Morale: seven stars

Recruitment cost (2000 gold coins), maintenance cost (food, clothing and horse raising costs).

Outstanding ability: strong impact.

Remarks: The armor on the well-regulated cavalry units is not heavy, and it has nothing to do with heavy cavalry. Light chain mail is only effective in defending against arrows. Therefore, do not use them to compete with real heavy cavalry. Armored riders hedge, or they will die miserably!
The most suitable place for this unit is to expand the enemy's gap and completely tear apart the weakness of the enemy's formation. Of course, as a cavalry unit with not too heavy a load, they can carry out a large-scale pursuit of the fleeing enemy infantry , Expand the results to the greatest extent!

At the same time, they can also serve as temporary scouting cavalry, messengers and other fast-moving units. They are an indispensable part of a complete army!Especially on a battlefield that is not too steep! 】

The recruitment cost is double that of the previous units, and the maintenance cost is also added to the maintenance of the horses. The cavalry is indeed a costly unit. Even with the blessing of the system, the cavalry does not need to be paid additionally, and the wealth paid is far higher than that of the infantry. many!
However, the evaluation of the combat effectiveness of the third-level arms replaces the display of the highest combat effectiveness of the star, which is more vivid.

Lei Zihao has already discovered that the star with the highest combat power is of no use at all!
Since there are peaks, there will naturally be lows. To put it bluntly, on the battlefield, apart from the Spartan soldiers and the elite soldiers of Wei, how many people can display the highest combat effectiveness?

The highest combat power star is just a superficial thing. After a real fight, the unit with the highest combat power of 6 stars may not even be able to display half of its strength!

The battlefield is full of mud and sand, the smell of blood is pungent, and death and hell are intertwined around the soldiers. How strong does it take for a person with a strong psychological quality to be able to use his full strength safely?

When fighting, facing the scene of flying blood and flesh, the hands of the soldiers holding the weapons did not tremble, and they were considered mature veterans!
Perhaps, the total war system also saw the gap between the highest combat power and the actual combat power, so it changed the panel and changed it to a combat power evaluation.

More than 5000 gold coins should be set aside to upgrade the third-level war altar, so...

"A thousand-man shield spear heavy infantry, a thousand-man archers, and a thousand-man assault cavalry!"

Lei Zihao calmly ordered the total war system!

(End of this chapter)