Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 555 Times have changed
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After a projectile hit the plate armor cavalry beside Zhang Ren, it ricocheted in the direction of Zhang Ren and scratched his cheek.

At this time, Zhang Ren also truly felt what these "invisible bows and arrows" were!
That's right, at first he couldn't see the arrows, and when he passively found out that the soldiers fell to the ground, Zhang Ren felt a little terrified, but as long as he paid a little attention, Zhang Ren could actually see the trajectory of these projectiles clearly...

"No feather arrows? How can it be so strong? And...how can there be so many?" Zhang Ren's heart was filled with questions.

Zhang Ren has never seen a projectile before, but "featherless arrows" are not a rare thing. To put it bluntly... they are just throwing stones.

It's not a top-notch weapon, to be precise... it's a dirty hidden weapon!

Zhang Ren knows that there are two generals on the battlefield who are good at using featherless arrows. One is Zang Ba, who used to be Luocao and is now Liu Bei's general. The other is the second transcendent god to emerge from Wei in recent years. General Xu Chu was also good at "featherless arrows"!
However, Xu Chu's featherless arrow was not intended to plot against people, but a stone as small as a fist or as large as a human head, which was directly used to break down doors and walls, and it was called a human-shaped catapult.

However, the Chu army's current arrows without feathers are small and round, and they are obviously made of metal...

Zang Ba can throw more insidious and powerful featherless arrows, but... there is only one Zang Ba!

After Zhang Ren covered his face with his hands, he squinted forward from between his fingers and saw...these projectiles were shot by the opponent with a long tube-shaped "crossbow"!
"Hold on! The whole army continues to charge, the shield soldiers take up positions in time, and the archers shoot every ten steps!" Zhang Ren ordered.

In Zhang Ren's view, no matter how exquisite the crossbow's structure is, it still requires manpower to load the gun. Even the Chu State's previous Zhenqi crossbows still have to manually turn the rollers, and there will always be times when you get tired.

And the opponent's current continuous fire speed...

It should be a repeating crossbow?
However, after the repeating crossbow is loaded once, although it can shoot multiple arrows continuously, changing the arrow case is very slow!

Even if the replacement is faster, the number of arrow boxes is still limited after all. You can't make repeating crossbow boxes by hand on the battlefield, right?
In any case, it is right to continue to charge!

I saw Zhang Ren's soldiers, against the output of the Chu army, continued to move forward, a small army formation was defeated, and a substitute immediately came up to replace it.

At the same time, the archers in the safest position also opened their bows and shot at each other every ten steps, and then ran to catch up with the large array...

Zhang Renjun's performance can be regarded as a fight for cold weapons... If this is a battle between muzzleloaders and cold weapons, considering that the Chu army here currently only has 3000 people, maybe Zhang Ren can score [-] or [-]. open.

However, it is a pity that Chu Jun's true energy crossbow is closer to a breech-loading gun!
In this way, not only can you squat in the trench to change bombs, and use the bunker to create favorable shooting conditions for yourself, but the rate of fire is far beyond that of a front-loading gun that needs to be poked slowly with a small stick.

The interval Zhang Ren imagined never came. The opponent just used 3000 people to shoot tens of thousands of elite archers, and the effect of continuous bowing with all their strength, and the "arrow" is even more powerful, even... these tens of thousands of archers , and is able to work tirelessly, as if he can maintain the highest rate of fire forever.

At this moment, Zhang Ren even wondered whether Huang Zhong, the legendary Chu State god general who could strengthen the archers, was hiding in the opposite formation at this time!
At this moment, "grouping together" to attack the enemy's defense line became the most meaningless sacrifice...

The "ricochet" effect allows the projectile to kill more than one person - except for the plate armor cavalry and the front of the wooden shield, the power of the projectile once ricocheting is still enough to tear apart the defense of any Ji Zao soldier.

Plate armor is basically immune to ricochet damage, but a projectile fired directly has more than half the chance of being able to penetrate the plate armor and be embedded in it!

Moreover, the closer the probability of breaking the defense is, the greater it is.

As for the wooden shield... a direct shot will almost certainly penetrate it, but as for the ricochet... how can it jump to the front?Unless you deliberately block the side with a shield, it will have no effect at all.

Only gilt armor can be nearly immune to such bullets, just as gilt armor will not die from the arrows of ordinary Ji-made soldiers on the battlefield as long as they are not too unlucky.

Ordinary wood and stone warriors, when faced with projectiles while wearing armor, should try not to be hit by the parts that are not covered by the armor.

Even if it is hit too many times, the wood and stone armor may be penetrated!
This is also because of the "long-range" reason - if you go deep into the enemy's position, the increase in the armor will be suppressed and the defense will be even lower.

He is obviously charging steadily with the front arrow formation...

Obviously the combination of arms is very reasonable...

Obviously there are no mistakes in melee and long-range cooperation...

But I can’t rush forward at all!

The dense military formation was peeled off layer by layer by the roaring infuriating bullets and crossbows.

Screams gradually replaced war drums and became the main theme in Zhang Ren's army.

The earthen wall that looked like a joke before has now become an elusive chasm.

And on their way to the charge, they were only punished in waves!

Gradually, the corpse of Pao Ze in front and the screams beside him began to cause Zhang Renjun's morale to drop rapidly.

Zhang Ren failed to restore morale after three consecutive drums, and the casualties were indeed very serious, so he had to order the withdrawal of troops and personally cut off the rear as a cover.

Fortunately, it was "very convenient" to retreat, because Guo Huai had no intention of pursuing him at all.

After all, although the long-range attack of the crossbow army is strong, it is not suitable for pursuit. The infuriating crossbow still needs to be loaded every time, and shooting while loading will definitely affect the efficiency of running.

As for rushing up to melee?
If the opponent's morale completely collapses, Guo Huai doesn't mind doing this.

However, although Zhang Ren had suffered nearly [-]% of the battle damage, the flags had not fallen and the drumbeats were not chaotic. It was true that morale had dropped sharply, but it had never reached the point of collapse.

After all, the Badong [-]st Division led by Guo Huai had not been trained for a long time, and there were only [-] here and [-] in the entire Badong County. At this time, Zhang Rendu had come to join forces with Yan Yan, and their strength was ten times greater. Guo Huai feels that it is still necessary to respect...

Zhang Ren's army withdrew more than ten miles away, and then began to set up camp in shock. Originally, Zhang Ren thought that the enemy army was just an arrogant unknown, and its number was only [-]% of his own.

As soon as the results came up, it was a decisive defeat. The forward army Ji Zao's soldiers lost nearly [-]%...

The reason why the army has not collapsed even after losing [-]% is because Zhang Ren does have good training in peacetime. On the other hand, it is also because more than [-]% of the casualties are Ji Zao soldiers - in long-range battles, the armor is still very good. Can "carry" it!

The increased proportion of generals can also lead the army more effectively and suppress the panic effect.

Another factor is... it's too fast!

Panic had not had time to spread. During the retreat, the troops began to collapse, but they were stopped by Zhang Ren's effective organization.

Yan Yan, who was on the way, was also shocked when he heard about Zhang Ren's "Defeat of Zhiye" - against three thousand enemy troops stationed in the wild, Zhang Ren not only lost, but also lost no less than three thousand, and the opponent... ...almost no injuries?
If he didn't trust Zhang Ren, Yan Yan would even suspect that he was a spy sent by the enemy...

(End of this chapter)