Inheriting the Song Dynasty

In 1127 AD, the Northern Song Dynasty fell. Immediately, the ninth imperial prince, Zhao Gou, ascended the throne in Shangqiu amidst widespread anticipation, inheriting the Song imperial line and r...

Chapter 63: Shooting Skills

"Wan Hu..." someone stepped forward carefully to remind him.

"Attack before it gets too hot." Wanyan Salihe was startled when he saw his subordinate asking questions, and then he forced himself to restore his cold-faced gentleman's attitude and made the most rational and appropriate move. "Three Moukes..."

"Three Moukes are bound to be useless." The subordinate reminded seriously.

"Then... five!" Salihe took a deep breath and shouted as if he had made up his mind. "Five Moukes, let those who didn't participate in the lottery two days go up! Bring all the remaining large shields! Let the Han army also go up, bring the only divine arm bows to follow, and go to the foot of the mountain to shoot at the Song army and provide cover!"

"Not enough shields..." the subordinate reminded carefully again.

"Those without shields, bring wooden boards!" Sali shouted solemnly. "If wooden boards are not enough, wear double armor!"

The military order was clear and resolute, and even showed some wisdom and momentum. As the saying goes, the general is the courage of the army, and the Jin army actually showed some generosity for a while.

Then, less than five hundred Jin soldiers, some holding shields and carrying short weapons, some wearing double iron armor and holding hard bows. One or two hundred so-called Han soldiers who surrendered from the Zhe family also followed with crossbows. Under the urging of the extremely strict military discipline of the Jin army, they rushed to the front of the "Road of Death", and then moved forward with shields at a speed that was obviously much slower than the previous two days... But unexpectedly, this time, the Song army did not launch an attack from a distance, but greeted this unprecedented saturation attack with a weird silence.

But there was no doubt that everyone knew that the crossbow arrows of the Song army would arrive sooner or later, which put the Jin army into a state of serious cowardice. Their speed became slower and slower, and the atmosphere that had once risen up became extremely suppressed.

Salihe's mood became increasingly unbearable with this extreme repression, but he kept his expression tense and did not say or do anything to urge himself.

However, what is coming will come.

A quarter of an hour later, the Jin army rushed to the front of the mountain and began to climb the top. Although there were crowds of people in front of the Song army camp on the top of the mountain, no arrows were fired. This made the well-trained Jin army quickly explode under the encouragement of their commanders. Four or five hundred armored soldiers and the Han army crossbowmen who were holding the line climbed the top of the mountain desperately, trying to rush into the camp... and this situation continued until Puliyan, who was wearing double iron armor, raised his bow and shot an arrow, injuring a Song soldier behind the crossbow machine above his head.

Until this time, a team of more than a hundred Song army archers, holding their crossbows, appeared above the Jin army in a more orderly and calm formation than the previous two days.

The Jin army that was attacking from above also reacted almost immediately. After climbing forward one or two steps, almost all the soldiers holding shields began to raise their shields hurriedly, and those without shields took the opportunity to hide under their shields... and sure enough, as soon as they finished raising their shields, the Song army above their heads naturally launched a volley of their Shenbi bows. Hundreds of crossbow arrows from above, using the power of the Shenbi bows themselves and the added force of gravity, directly nailed into the tops of the Jin army's heads.

The distance is too close!

Except for a very small number of metal shields, most of the wooden shields and wooden boards were penetrated in the first place. A few unlucky ones were directly hit by crossbow arrows through the gaps in the shields. Not to mention death or injury, they were basically nailed to the ground.

The wailing sounds instantly drowned out the Jin army commanders' cheers of encouragement, which were tinged with excitement.

However, even though the commanders' voices were covered, the excellent tactical qualities of the Jin army still prompted these people to stand up quickly at the moment the volley ended, preparing to take advantage of the gap when the Song army was loading crossbows and get as close as possible in order to break into the camp... This was the closest they had ever been to the Song army's Shenbi bow team.

However, at the moment they raised their shields, another round of crossbow arrows arrived unexpectedly, and this time, the Jin army was caught off guard and suffered unprecedented heavy casualties. The wailing sounds in front of the formation instantly shocked everyone.

But there was no time to think about it. In just a moment, as another round of crossbow arrows flew down, the wailing sounds actually decreased a lot, because many people were shot to death.

But that was not all. The Jin army at the end below was completely panicked when they saw what the Song army was doing above them. They gave up the attack out of fear and tried to turn around and flee regardless of the strict military law. However, they did not expect that the fourth round of crossbow arrows from the Song army had arrived, and this round of volleys was directly fired at the foot of the mountain. Combined with the crossbows fired at the right time from the city on the other side of the river, the Jin army that was trying to flee was directly suppressed.

Next, what made all the Jin soldiers gathered on the mountainside, at the foot of the mountain, and even watching the battle from afar fall into complete fear was that the Song army's rain of arrows from their divine arms did not stop for a moment. It was just like raindrops being thrown evenly and densely, with even a clear rhythm, pressing down from the front and back, keeping hundreds of Jin soldiers firmly under the rain of arrows, and slaughtering them quickly and firmly.

This abnormal situation soon alarmed Salihe. The young Jin army commander heard the sound of the arrows from afar and felt something was wrong. He ignored the danger and climbed up the hill to look from afar. After looking for a while, he fell down in shock and was almost dragged down the hill by his personal guards... He said that he could see clearly from above that at the front of the military camp on the top of the mountain, which was in full view in the distance, the Song army actually adopted a simple yet practical, but previously hidden, tactic of rotating shooting.

Hundreds of crossbowmen were divided into three teams. The front team fired in unison while the back team loaded crossbows. After the front team finished shooting, the team behind them immediately stepped forward, while another team had already restrung the crossbows with the help of special auxiliary soldiers at the back... The three teams took turns firing in unison as the commander waved the flag, either pointing at the Jin army trying to escape in the rear or shooting at the brave warriors trying to advance in the front. The arrows were so dense that hundreds of Jin soldiers who had fallen into the range trap were pinned down at the foot of the mountain, unable to move, and could only passively wait for death!

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