Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 170 Cavalry, charge!
These Tartar soldiers are very skilled in archery. Even riding on galloping horses, they can still shoot arrows quickly and with great precision.As long as the Ming army on the top of the city showed their heads a little, their feathered arrows would come one after another, and soon there were many casualties on the top of the city.

On the other hand, on the Ming side, the morale of the soldiers was low and their shooting skills were not good. It was difficult to cause casualties to the Tartar soldiers on fast horses, so they could only rely on a wide range of feathered arrows to cover them.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Houzhao naturally felt uncomfortable, and at the same time he was also thinking about how to deal with this situation, and soon Zhu Houzhao thought of a possibility, that is the crossbow array.Defending the city with a crossbow formation seemed to be very effective, but thinking of the time and money it would take, Zhu Houzhao gave up decisively.

Unless flexible steel can be produced to make steel crossbows, the gains will outweigh the losses, and the Tartars outside the city have become more and more insane at this time.

Zhu Houzhao listened to the harsh laughter and scolding of the Tartars, and his face became serious, and he walked down from the entrance. Zhu Houzhao ordered: "Let everyone prepare, and bring my armor here!"

Although Zhu Houzhao was also wearing armor, it was not the armor Zhu Houzhao used when he was fighting. His armor was made separately. It was a set of plate armor.Originally, Zhu Houzhao thought to wait until his own steelmaking plant was established, and then he made a hydraulic stamping machine to manufacture plate armor. You must know that under the same weight, the defense of plate armor is better than fish scale armor and piercing armor.

Many people argue about this in later generations, but Zhu Houzhao wants to say that talking about defense without mentioning weight is a hooligan.

When Zhu Houzhao's set of plate armor was making iron stoves, Zhu Houzhao discovered that those master craftsmen still had this skill, so he told them about the plate armor.I took out the best steel and repeatedly forged it. Finally, it took more than four months to make Zhu Houzhao's plate armor. I liked Zhu Houzhao very much when I saw it at that time.

During the rehearsal in Xiyuan, Zhu Houzhao also wore this set of plate armor. Naturally, he knew what Zhu Houzhao was talking about, so someone quickly went to get Zhu Houzhao's plate armor.

Plate armor has many benefits. In the era of cold weapons, it is definitely a very good existence. The protection of plate armor and the flexibility it brings to soldiers under the same weight are beyond the reach of other armors, and it also provides more convenience for cold and hot processing. conditions of.Regardless of whether it is chain mail, scale armor, or tie armor, because its constituent elements (small iron rings, armor pieces, etc.) are too small, the processing is extremely cumbersome, which not only consumes manpower, but also is difficult to process and strengthen.

The decline of plate armor was due to the appearance of large arquebus guns, which made the resistance of plate armor insufficient for the first time.In the face of bullets, well-made plate armor can indeed effectively resist frontal penetration, but the huge impact often causes the guard plate to sag inward and cause damage. Serious damage, which makes the heavy plate armor more and more powerless in actual combat.

In Zhu Houzhao's opinion, plate armor is the most suitable thing for Ming Dynasty. It has strong protection. With hydraulic stamping machines and new steel factories, it is easy to forge and can be mass-produced and equipped.

The main enemy of Ming Dynasty was the people of the grasslands, and large arquebus guns had nothing to do with them. With plate armor, it was not too difficult for Ming cavalry to gain an advantage over the grasslands.The new steelmaking plant and the forging technology of hydraulic stamping are definitely not something that the grassland people can learn casually. Even if they learn it, they will not be able to produce tens of thousands of sets of 10,000+ sets on a large scale like the Ming Dynasty.

It will be too late when they learn the skills. Zhu Houzhao believes that one day he will be able to lead Daming's iron cavalry across the grassland, and that day will start from today's battle.

Zhu Houzhao's set of boards is a complete set, starting from the breastplate to the leg armor below, the helmet and visor, and even gloves.Zhu Houzhao still remembers how shocked he was when he saw this pair of armor, and he couldn't help asking in his heart, can the skilled craftsmen of this era actually be able to do this?

In order to make this set of armor more mighty and domineering, they even carved patterns on it, such as the tiger's head on the chest, and the whole armor was gilded in many places, and gave it a very awesome name, called tiger head soap Jin Jia, it was Zhu Houzhao who asked them to take all these bells and whistles.

That set of tiger-head soap and gold armor is useless except for looking beautiful. If you wear it on the battlefield, you will probably be used as a target.

The suit that Zhu Houzhao is wearing now is black and covered with tung oil in many places. After wearing it, it gives people a strong sense of oppression.

"Get on the horse!" Although Zhu Houzhao pulled the reins of the horse and got on the horse, Zhu Houzhao said to the soldiers behind him: "It's not short for you to follow me by my side. In a word, killing the enemy and making meritorious service It's today to seal my wife and Yinzi. A Tartar has 40 taels of head, and this money is paid by the palace, so what you say is true, and you can earn money to buy land and marry a concubine!"

What Zhu Houzhao said is very rude, but who are the soldiers of this era?They are all poor people.

They seldom understand the righteousness of the family and the country. Scholars talk about this. Soldiers pay attention to being a soldier and eating food. When they are older, they just want to fight for a future and make meritorious service on the battlefield.These people are all old people from Tengxiang Four Guards. Naturally, they know what His Highness the Crown Prince said. They are talking about it. After training for so long, they have already held their breath.

Everyone knows that this is an opportunity to perform in front of the prince, and if it falls into the eyes of His Royal Highness, it must have a bright future.

"Open the city gate!" Without the slightest hesitation, Zhu Houzhao turned and said to the soldiers at the gate of the city. After saying this, Zhu Houzhao raised his hand and put down his visor.

Following Zhu Houzhao's words, Guyuan's city gate creaked open, and then the suspension bridge was lowered. The Tartar soldiers outside were dumbfounded when they saw this scene, but they knew that the Ming army was about to leave the city.But at this time, did the Ming army dare to leave the city?Aren't they ignorant of what's going on in Guyuan City?
In their shocked eyes, a group of cavalry rushed out of Guyuan City, led by a cavalry whose whole body was illuminated in an iron pot.

Zhu Houzhao looked at those Tartar soldiers who were nostalgic. Just now, these people were shooting arrows into the city. Zhu Houzhao raised his saber and pointed at them, and then said: "Strangle them!"

Following Zhu Houzhao's order, a group of cavalry rushed towards them. The horses of this group of cavalry were very fast. This is the commando set up by Zhu Houzhao. Their horses are carefully selected, and they cannot run long distances. But they are all good at short-distance sprinting, and the knights of these commandos are all the best in archery.

Bows with a pulley block allow them to shoot faster and have a longer range, the same as the bows used by scouts.

The Tartar soldiers were still preparing to shoot with their bows and arrows, but the cavalry here suddenly divided into three columns, outflanked them left and right and charged forward, and rushed up directly with these Tartar soldiers in their arms.The bows and arrows in his hand shot towards the Tazi soldiers, with a longer range and a more precise aiming system. Yes, Zhu Houzhao added sights to these bows and arrows.

Although it is a very simple physical sight, the principle is simple: light travels along a straight line, the eye, the standard instrument, and the target are on a line, which is commonly known as a three-point line.

But these people are the best archers in the first place. With equipment, their accuracy and rate of fire have been greatly improved.

Soon those Tartar soldiers were late and suffering. These people surrounded them. When they entered, these people retreated. When they retreated, these people chased after them. What never stopped was the sound of these people's bowstrings.A single feathered arrow could knock a Tazi soldier to the ground, and the whole battlefield was filled with the screams of the Tartar soldiers, and killing became the main theme.

Zhu Houzhao was sitting on the horse, looking at the Tazi soldiers in the distance. These Tazi soldiers were only a few hundred people, and there was a large group of troops over there.

Apparently these Tazi soldiers didn't expect that there would be cavalry in Guyuan City, and thought that the ones leaving the city were infantry, so these hundreds of people didn't run away, and now they can't run even if they want to.

"Go in!" Zhu Houzhao waved his saber, and the cavalry group began to move forward, and the sound of trampling horseshoes sounded. The Tazi soldiers who had been cleared were completely panicked, and turned around and ran back to the main formation. , They knew that if they didn't run, they would definitely die. Zhu Houzhao saw that the Tazi soldiers also started to speed up on the other side of the formation.

Obviously the general of the Tazi soldiers was not convinced, and after he saw that the number of Zhu Houzhao's side was half of his own, he was even more unconvinced.

The other thing is that he thinks he can win. If he has [-] against [-], can't he still beat Daming's cavalry?Daming's cavalry is also called cavalry?If he turned around and retreated at this time, the Tartar general also knew that he would definitely be caught up by the cavalry of the Ming army.

The cavalry on both sides began to speed up, and the sound of galloping horses rumbled on the ground. Zhu Houzhao put the saber in place, and set his bow and arrow. This special longbow was Zhu Houzhao's treasure.

The shooting range is long, because he has great strength and high accuracy. Zhu Houzhao aimed at the Tartar general who was rushing forward.

Whoosh!
Zhu Houzhao's war horse didn't slow down at all, and the feather arrow flew directly towards the opponent's army formation with the gust of wind, and then Zhu Houzhao shot two more arrows in a row, and then Zhu Houzhao put away the bow and arrow, and the speed of the war horse had been raised. The two sides are about to fight hand-to-hand, and the bow and arrow are useless.At this time, the arrow rain from the Tartars also arrived, but Zhu Houzhao ignored it at all. He tried, and such feathered arrows could not penetrate his plate armor at all.

The only weakness of the plate armor is the hammer, which can be protected even by ordinary swords and swords, unless the wearer's luck is too bad.However, Zhu Houzhao is sitting on a horse with a saddle in front, so this weakness can be ignored.

(End of this chapter)