Chapter 219 Chu Shi Iwai’s Metal Storm!
"Boom boom boom!!!"
As Jing Gao and a group of soldiers quickly drove the wooden rods to perform piston movement with their unicorn arms, the sound of the bowstrings continued like lit firecrackers. Absolutely!
The compact hand crossbow shoots crossbow bolts at high frequency at a rate of two rounds per second, two per round.
With every breath, two thousand and four crossbow bolts fired like a storm towards Su Jiao's men.
This is the metal storm belonging to Dachu!
“Ah! My eyes!”
“Where is the shield-bearer? Come quickly, shield-bearer!”
“Back off! Back off!”
< br>The distance between Su Jiao and Jing Ku is only more than ten feet.
But the distance of more than ten feet is like a natural chasm!
A Qin soldier fell to the ground after being hit by an arrow like wheat being harvested, wailing and mourning.
After five breaths, the sound of the bow strings exploding stopped.
A mere 501 people have already poured 1020 crossbow bolts on the Qin army within five breaths of time!
All the front troops under Su Jiao were prone, lying down or squatting, and no one was standing.
Only Qin Jun, who was standing twenty feet away, looked at each other with fear on his face!
Jing Ku smiled softly: "Send the order to the left and right wings to encircle and kill!"
Looking at the Chu army coming from both sides, Su Jiao shouted angrily with red eyes: "Soldiers , line up to meet the enemy!"
However, facing the Qin army who stood up again, Jing Ku took off the empty arrow case with one mistake.
Throwing the empty quiver to the baggage soldiers not far behind him for reloading, Jing Ku took out an quiver full of arrows from the pouch on his horse's back with his right hand and loaded it on the hand crossbow.
The metal storm is sweeping again!
The Qin army that had just formed their formation was cut to pieces again. The Chu army effortlessly charged into the Qin army's formation, reaping the lives of the Qin army!
At the top of Anling City, Ying Chengyu took a step forward unconsciously, his upper body leaning out of the city wall, his eyes fixed on the battlefield.
Ying Chengyu has long heard about the power of the Chu crossbow, but has never had the chance to see the real thing.
It was only today that my eyes were opened.
But Ying Chengyu would rather not broaden his horizons!
Meng Nan exclaimed: "Everyone in the world says that Qin's crossbow is like thunder and Chu's crossbow is like rain."
"Only when I saw it today did I know that the rumors were true!"
The Qin crossbow focuses on armor piercing, and the Korean crossbow focuses on range. However, no matter which direction the crossbows of Qin, Han, Zhao and other northern countries focus more on, they all focus their skills on the three directions of range, armor piercing, and strength.
In order to achieve this purpose, the largest individual heavy crossbow of the Qin army was six and a half feet long (150 cm), and the heavy arrow was three feet long (69 cm)!
This is because the territories of the northern countries are mostly open plains, and the battles between the countries are basically fought by large corps. The battlefield is endless, and the enemy can be attacked faster with a longer range, and even the kites of the enemy's crossbowmen can be launched.
However, the terrain of the southern countries such as Chu, Wu, and Yue is dominated by hills, mountains, and dense forests.
The advantages of the northern heavy crossbow turned into disadvantages in the south.
How to carry a heavy crossbow over one meter long across the mountains?
What’s the point of such a long range? They will all hit the tree trunk!
The armor-wearing rate of soldiers in the south is much lower than that in the north. What is the point of having such strong armor-breaking ability?
So the crossbows of Chu, Wu, Yue and other southern countries went another route.
The extreme end of this route is Chu State Liannu.
The effective killing range of Chu's continuous crossbow is only ten feet (23.1 meters), the length of the crossbow arrow is only six inches (13.8 centimeters), and it cannot penetrate leather armor, but it can be held and fired with one hand. Strings, intensive shooting, but the flexibility and attack speed are pushed to the limit!
Everyone knows Zhuge Liannu.
But more than 400 years before Zhuge Liang was born, the Chu State had already developed a Liannu with an arrow capacity twice as high as Zhuge Liannu's, and completed its installation!
Everyone in the world thinks that ancient arrows were made of metal clusters and wooden shafts.
But Chu State has already been using all-metal crossbow arrows with copper clusters and iron tails!
In later generations, the power of Chu's crossbow was completely obscured by the dust of history, and the world only knew Qin's crossbow.
But today, Chu Nu, who was at his peak, completed a Chu-style Ihe against the Qin army!
Ying Chengyu said coldly: "Chu Nu is brave, but this is the north!"
"It's not Chu Nu's turn to go wild!"
Ying Chengyu has no intention of proving Qin Nu. The pros and cons of Chu Nu.
Because although they are both crossbows, they are like sniper rifles and pistols.
On a vast battlefield, it is natural to choose a sniper rifle, but if you are in the rain forest, there is no doubt that you should choose a pistol.
And Anling City is exactly the open battlefield!
Ying Chengyu shouted: "Bang the drum!"
"Urge Su Jiao's troops to move forward!"
"Raise the flag to order the heavy troops of Su Jiao's troops to move forward!" General A stands in front to block the crossbow bolts for the whole army!”
“Instruct Zhang Xiao’s troops to assemble at the north gate!”
"Instruct Meng Nan's troops to leave the city immediately to reinforce Su Jiao's troops!"
Meng Nan suddenly handed over his hands: "Wei!"
"Dong! Dongdong! Dongdongdong!"
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On the battlefield, war drums are beating.
The soldiers of the Qin army, who were stunned by the Chu army's crossbows, subconsciously looked back at Anling City.
Su Jiao's eyes widened when he saw the flags issued by the messengers.
The general ordered these generals to stand in front of the soldiers with their flesh and blood, and block the Chu army's arrow rain for the soldiers?
The ordering soldier must have confused 'first to the camp' and 'general'!
However, when the messenger waved the same flag for the second time, Su Jiao finally confirmed that the messenger's order was correct.
Ying Chengyu really wants these generals to block the arrows!
If it were any other general, he would definitely be extremely confused.
But Su Jiao just made sure that it was correct and shouted: "All generals wearing armor who are taller and above, all come forward!"
"Short body and holding a shield to provide cover for all the robes. !”
While giving the order, Su Jiao grabbed the shield from a shield soldier and ran towards Jing Ku.
The other generals all showed fear.
But looking at Su Jiao, who was already leading the way, the commander of the village, the coward, spat: "My mother, how can I let Lord Su Er500 die alone?"
Grabbing the shield, the coward also He followed Su Jiao and rushed out.
The ex-husband of General Bai also said firmly: "The general's order has been given, how can we retreat?"
"You and I are just dead, little dog, give me your shield and take care of me on my behalf. The family is small!”
The prestige of Su Jiao and Ying Chengyu in the army exploded at this moment.
Hearing the marching drums and seeing Su Jiao charging, a famous general broke away from the protection of his soldiers and charged towards the front of the army.
Jing Kao's eyes narrowed and he shouted: "Shoot!" During the command, Jing Kao raised his unicorn arm again, grabbed the wooden pole and started the piston movement,
"Boom boom clang" "Clang!"
A series of explosions sounded again.
However, this time there was a crisp crashing sound.
Most of the arrows hit the Qin army's square shield, but many arrows also hit Su Jiao.
Feeling a pain in his right arm, Su Jiao's heart tightened and he subconsciously turned his head to look.
As a result, I saw a small pit appeared on my shirt, but there was no shadow of the arrow!
Su Jiao was slightly startled: "The Chu army's crossbow arrows can't penetrate armor?"
The triangular structure at the tip of the Chu crossbow arrow can pierce the flesh and cause the enemy to bleed profusely and bleed to death.
For unarmored soldiers, this is a nightmare weapon.
But for soldiers in armor?
That’s it!
Su Jiao suddenly shouted: "The arrows of the Chu army are not enough to penetrate the armor, so the commander asked me to wait for the generals of the armor to charge!"
"My lords, protect the unarmored areas with your shields and speed up the charge!"
Hearing this, the generals of the Qin army were all excited.
The coach is not asking us to die.
It’s because the enemy’s arrows are simply not enough to deal with us!
There is no fear in my heart, and my feet are a little faster.
Before starting to run, the distance of ten feet was like a chasm.
But when they started running, the distance of ten feet disappeared in an instant!
Looking at the Qin army getting closer and closer, Jing Qu reluctantly put down his crossbow and shouted loudly: "Put away the crossbow and hold the halberd!"
Three hundred soldiers quickly took over He hung the crossbow back on his waist and picked up the halberd with his backhand.
A Qin Army commander laughed heartily: "Chu Nu? It's just a scratchy children's toy!"
As he spoke, the commander threw down his shield, gripped his spear, and prepared to kill everyone.
However, Jing Ku's soldiers standing in front of him suddenly flashed to both sides, revealing the crossbow-wielding soldiers hiding behind him.
“Boom boom boom!!!”
The three soldiers fired their crossbows one after another and aimed at the village commander, spitting out a hail of arrows!
More than 70% of the arrows were blocked by the armor on the commander's body, but two crossbow arrows pierced his eyes.
He didn't even have time to shout out his last words before he fell straight to the ground.
"Idiot!" Su Jiao yelled angrily and shouted: "No one is allowed to discard their shields!"
"Be sure to cover your legs and face!"
< br>"Let the spearmen speed up immediately!"
However, as Su Jiao said this, he made a gesture in his hand to throw away the shield.
Seeing Su Jiao's empty door wide open, the soldiers standing in front of Su Jiao immediately moved to both sides, revealing the crossbow-wielding soldiers further behind.
At the same time that Jing Kuo's soldiers pulled the wooden pole, Su Jiao quickly pulled back his shield in front of him. At the same time, he dashed forward and rushed through the gap in the halberd forest to a point in front of the Chu army. ten feet.
"Boom~~"
Listening to the sound of the bowstring exploding, Su Jiao murmured: "One, two...twenty!"
Wait The moment he read twenty, Su Jiao loosened his right hand and threw away the spear. Then he stretched his right hand to his waist and unsheathed his sword.
He lifted up the shield with his left hand, and the Qin sword in his right hand swept upward diagonally.
“Kill!”
During the roar, a big head soared into the sky!
Looking at the astonished eyes of the crossbow-wielding soldiers in front of him and the hands that were changing the arrow boxes, Su Jiao looked ferocious: "You are the ones who keep shooting?!"
“Die to Nai Weng!”
While shouting angrily, Su Jiao stabbed the crossbow-holding soldier in front of him with his sword!
When the ex-husband saw this, he shouted: "Follow the two to five hundred masters and charge to kill!"
While shouting, a group of generals followed closely behind Su Jiao and quickly filled the gap that Su Jiao shot out. gap.
Jing Cheng ordered without hesitation: "The family soldiers retreat, the halberd warriors come forward!"
After paying the price of the lives of more than a hundred family soldiers, the family soldiers and the halberd warriors came forward! Complete rotation.
It is obvious that using more than 100 generals to fight against the basic infantry of the Chu army will result in a loss of blood.
Su Jiao stopped chasing and picked up his spear and shouted loudly: "The shieldmen are arranged on three sides, forming a two-layer shield formation, one shield to protect the top and one shield to protect the bottom!"< br>
Obviously the Qin army is the attacking party.
But under the threat of the elusive Chu Nu, Su Jiao had to put into a defensive formation.
However, even so, Su Jiao's goal has been achieved.
After all, Su Jiao's troops are not fighting alone!
Jing Ku’s troops have always been within the range of Qin Nu.
While Su Jiao's troops were resisting with difficulty, the crossbowmen at the top of the city kept shooting deadly arrows at the Chu army!
Looking at Meng Nan's troops who had already poured out of the city gate, Su Jiao shouted: "Hold on!"
"Delaying the enemy is victory!"
In the city gate cave, Ying Chengyu breathed a sigh of relief and exclaimed excitedly: "Well done!"
"The soldiers obey the order and follow me out of the city!"
Five thousand soldiers followed. Ying Chengyu rushed out of the city, but did not march towards Su Jiao's troops. Instead, he formed an array southeast of the city gate and faced Zhao Huang's troops head-on.
Ying Chengxuan rode his horse and stood at the front of the soldiers, holding a halberd in his right hand. He looked directly at Zhaoyuan with cold eyes: "The Chang'an Lord of Great Qin is here!"
"How dare the enemy general Fight with me!”
The ancients' definition of a repeating crossbow was broader than that of today's people. For example, the repeating crossbow vehicle in "Mozi Bei Gaolin" fired dozens of arrows at once, but it did not have an automatic loading function and required manual reloading. Pack. According to this definition, the three-eyed gun of the Ming Dynasty is also a repeating firearm (laughs). Therefore, Cheese personally believes that any crossbow that can fire two or more arrows at one time will be defined as a repeating crossbow in ancient times.
But even if the scope of the definition is expanded to the broadest, Cheese still has not found any record of the Chu crossbow in any historical materials, but the actual object of the Chu State's Liannu was unearthed in the Qinjiazui Tomb. For historical materials that would be tampered with or burned, Cheese chose to rely on archaeological results.
(End of this chapter)