One salvo of 20,000 crossbowmen is 20,000 crossbow arrows, and ten salvos are 200,000 crossbow arrows.
The Han army not only has crossbowmen, but also a considerable number of archers, whether it is crossbowmen or archers, a war cannot only have ten rounds of salvos, which is enough to show that if the national strength is not strong, don't think about loading too many crossbow troops, otherwise even if it is installed, it will not be able to support the consumption of arrows.
Modern ammunition has the word "base", and the base of each different caliber ammunition is different, and the larger the caliber of ammunition, the smaller the number of each base.
There is also a difference between the "arrows" in the era of cold weapons, which are generally divided into light arrows and heavy arrows.
Light arrows tend to be mainly oriented to the advantage of range, not that it is a real light arrow, but it is natural that it is lighter than heavy arrows.
Its arrow shaft will be an ordinary style, and the arrow shaft will not be particular about where to go, generally bamboo is preferred as the arrow shaft, and then there are some lighter wood to make the arrow shaft.
Heavy arrows, the heaviest arrows are heavy arrows covered in metal, but ordinary people can't afford to play with metal heavy arrows.
Another kind of heavy arrow is to choose fine wood to make the arrow shaft, and then with a three-edged arrowhead, the choice of fine wood as the arrow shaft is to ensure the accuracy of shooting, and the installation of a three-edged arrow is of course to have the ability to pierce armor.
There are also more elaborate differences, for example, in terms of the feather style at the tail of the arrow, different styles of feathers have a great impact on the arrow, and the more elaborate the feather, the more accurate.
Therefore, the same arrow has so many different particulars, if the national strength is not good, how to do it, even if it can be done, how much can be stored.
This directly reflects the difference between large and small countries, and the large countries have a wide variety of arrows, and the storage capacity is also full, not to mention the style or quantity of small countries.
And the importance of arrows in warfare in the age of cold weapons does not need to be said too much.
The Han army's arrow array was very particular about how many people formed a salvo unit, and each unit took turns to fire a salvo, and distinguished the crossbowmen and archers.
Crossbowmen have a long range and are used to cover enemy camps from a distance.
The archers had a close range, and they were aimed at the proximity of the enemy who might be out of the camp.
In the temporary stage, the crossbowmen of the Han army happily carried out round after round of salvos, and Ah San did not leave the camp.
Presumably, the action of the salvo of crossbowmen was considered sufficient, and the salvo stopped.
A part of the Han army squad was ordered to approach the Asan camp, and they did not have a tight formation, but instead scattered into a loose formation, but the small number of people was very long.
"It looks disgusting over there."
Helena was talking about the camp where Ah San was repeatedly covered with crossbow arrows: "It's so dense that I feel sick to watch." ” Dense phobia is not something that only modern people can commit, that is, they will be repulsed and disgusted by things that look dense, especially for the kind of "dots" that are regularly arranged but dense.
The camp of Ahsan, which was repeatedly covered in crossbow arrows, was full of arrows wherever the arrows could be pinned.
From the perspective of the Han army, the Asan camp area that was nailed with crossbow arrows was densely packed with "points" one after another, and the density was so high that it became an artificial species called crossbow arrows.
The Han army, which had been approaching, had already approached within a hundred meters of Ah San's camp, but there was no movement in the camp.
When they came within 100 meters, they began to trot, and when they approached within 30 meters, they changed to a charging stance.
"Seris Army" Flavis looked at the crossbowmen of the Han army who were replenishing their crossbow arrows: "A crossbowman is equipped with an auxiliary, and the auxiliaries are specially designed to help load arrows" Not all crossbows can reach a range of more than 500 meters, the Han army is currently using the Qin Shi pouting crossbow, a crossbow soldier is equipped with two pruning crossbows, he does not need to carry out the work of pulling strings and loading arrows, it is handed over to the auxiliaries.
At this time, there were infantry marching to the front of the crossbowmen.
The infantry lined up in formation, and at the sound of the officer's command, they began to advance slowly, followed by ready-to-go crossbowmen and archers.
The Han army, who was in charge of testing the Asan camp, had already rushed into the camp for a short time, and had not signaled to the rear, and had to go deep until they encountered resistance before reporting to the rear.
The camp was full of crossbow arrows, and if one wanted to walk, one had to keep sweeping away them, otherwise it would be impossible to move an inch.
Under the cover of the high-intensity arrow array, the camp was full of Ah San soldiers who had been killed by arrows, and there were too many holes in their bodies that had been shot out by arrows, and the speed of bleeding was very fast, but not long after they died, the corpses were already miserable and white.
The amount of blood made the Han army boots that entered the camp red, and the viscosity of the blood was very high, which also made the bottom of the boots continue to stick to layers of mud, and the taste of blood in the nose was beyond imagination.
"The coverage has been completely emptied."
Cui Shouren looked at the battle report coming back from the front and continued to report: "The corpses of the enemy soldiers in the camp are roughly nearly 4,000, and it is impossible to judge from the corpses whether they were directly shot to death or other ways to die. ” When the Han army came, the three men were in a solemn posture, the front of the camp was full of melee infantry, and the slightly back position was also full of archers.
The tragedy is that the long-range weapons of the Han army are too far and too sharp, and the three men resisted the four volleys of the Han army's 20,000 crossbowmen and chose to retreat.
Cui Shouren is the maiden family of Queen Cui Wan, and the person he is reporting on the military situation is Si Hongzhuang.
He entered the army in the fifth year of Yuan Shuo, starting as a pawn at first, and after seven years, he was promoted to the position of Sima of other departments.
Si Hongzhuang said expressionlessly: "Order, after the army presses for two miles, the crossbowmen continue to cover. ” Two miles is directly into the camp that Ah San has abandoned.
"The war of the Han Empire was fought too unhurriedly."
Cambyses looked at the Han army advancing in formation: "In other words, if we find that the enemy has abandoned the front camp, we must have rushed down directly." ” "No cavalry or chariots of the Han Empire were seen on this battlefield."
Ksiaias was wondering about this just now: "We can see that there are cavalry and chariots on Xindu's side, maybe this is the reason why the Han army is fighting steadily."
This battlefield is indeed a Han cavalry that has not formed a scale, and only has the necessary scout troops.
However, the absence of cavalry is not the reason why Si Hongzhuang chose to fight steadily, it is that the camps on both sides of the entire battlefield are really too dense, and the main force of both sides of the battlefield, whether it is a fast attack or a slow attack, can only rely on the infantry, and the cavalry is best used as a decisive force in this kind of battlefield in addition to sweeping the periphery.
"The Sindus have a large number of cavalry and chariots," Cambyses wondered, "why don't you go out of the camp to fight" Ksiaias didn't understand this either, and said in a speculative tone: "Maybe I'm scared." ”: