Naturally, Sassanid also has a bed crossbow, a weapon of war.
The Sassanid army that invaded Dotara did not carry too heavy siege equipment.
Although the bed crossbow was also large, it was not as bulky as other large equipment, and it was still carried by an army of nearly a hundred.
Dospaers Canaandina's reason for not immediately putting the bed crossbow into service was simple, it was nothing more than that it was not time for the time.
The battle of the ramparts began once again as the attacking and defending armies entered the range of each other's ranged weapons.
It was the various types of arrows fired by the crossbowmen, and they would stagger through mid-air, some of which bumped and fell, and many more flew forward in their fixed trajectory.
When the arrows fall, the arrowheads fall first, and the kinetic energy of the flight, combined with the sharpness of the arrows, creates a piercing force when they hit any object.
The Sassanid and Kidoro arrows are both in the shape of a flattened double barb, this type of arrow is actually lacking in both accuracy and penetration, but this type of arrow is generally used to shoot soldiers who are not armor-piercing, and after entering the flesh and not dying and wanting to pull it out, the double barb must cause a second damage when it is pulled out.
On the battlefield, soldiers were constantly falling from arrows, screaming and snorting again and again.
In the advancing Sassanid troops, the soldiers in the front row carrying ladders began to run as early as they entered the range of the bows and arrows of the defending side.
The defenders on the walls of Peshawar, of course, shoot arrows at the Sassanid soldiers carrying ladders, and the more they shoot to death, the fewer ladders they will have to put on the walls, and the less pressure they will have on their defenses.
There was a group of people carrying ladders to attract the rain of arrows on the city walls, and the subsequent Sassanid soldiers began to make the necessary arrangements, forming a curved horizontal line with shield carts.
The Sassanid sword and shield men began to charge forward, and as they charged, they would try to lower their bodies and hold their shields above their heads, feeling the force of the arrows hitting the shields, and listening to the sound of metal and skin clashing.
Of course, it is not absolutely safe to charge with a shield, the shield only protects a large part of the upper body, and it is still exposed from the waist to the soles of the feet.
Some of the Sassanid sword and shield men ran and ran with arrows in their thighs, and at the same time the body lost its balance and staggered and fell to the ground, and unfortunately, the shield had just been removed from the protective position, and the next moment an arrow was fired and killed.
The Sassanid soldiers, carrying ladders, approached the city walls, and without respite, began to erect ladders against the various heavy objects dropped from the walls.
It didn't take long for the Sassanid sword and shield men to approach the city walls, and when they ran to the edge of the ladder that had already been erected, they naturally began to climb, and they climbed on top of it, and in the process they had to endure the constant smashing of things from the top, and if the less exaggerated stones could still be held up with their shields, if the large stones or sassalwoods could not be carried at all, they would have to fall.
The Sassanid sword and shield bearers, who had not yet erected the ladder, had to join in the task of erecting the ladder, and in the process, they had to endure the constant falling of objects overhead, and many of them were injured or killed immediately in the midst of their busyness.
The Sassanid soldiers who had already arrived under the walls were going up, and the Peshawar defenders on the walls were naturally trying to stop them, they were just a part of this huge battlefield.
The Sassanid crossbowmen arrived where they had set up their shield carts.
The small number of crossbowmen began to wind up with a crossbow machine modeled after the Han Empire.
The Sassanians should have obtained the crossbow machine in the fourteenth year of Yuan Shuo, and they split and researched it, and began to mass-produce their own crossbow machine when they were approaching the sixteenth year of Yuan Shuo.
Some imitations are improved and the performance is far better than the real thing.
Some imitations are due to some missing performance areas.
The Sassanians had actually made comparisons, and they had to admit that they didn't seem to fully understand that the imitation crossbow machine was not only inferior to the Han Empire's crossbow machine in terms of range, but it was damaged very quickly.
It always takes time to be familiar with a new thing, and it is even more so when it comes to scientific and technological creations.
The Persian craftsmen could be very sure that there was no mistake in any of the parts, and guessed that the difference in range was due to the bowstring.
As a result, they used bowstrings that were far more valuable than those of the Han Empire, and the range was up to standard, but the cost also increased.
In fact, it is related to the knowledge of material science, and there is a gap in the performance of the same parts and different materials, not only the relationship between the bowstring, but also the different materials used in some parts.
In addition, even if the Persian craftsmen used exactly the same materials as the Han Empire when building the crossbow machine, because of the gap in the specifications of each part, the performance of the crossbow machine is still inferior to that of the Han Empire, and the damage rate is directly related to the substandard specifications of the parts.
"The Persians imitated our crossbows."
Ma Bin already knew the news: "Today is the first time I've seen them use it with my own eyes. ” The Han army will try not to leave anything related to firearms on the battlefield, and the cleaning of other war equipment is not so strict.
Furthermore, before the seventeenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the Han Empire did not have many troops equipped with firearms, and the number of times they were sent to the battlefield was only a handful, and the loss rate was far lower than that of other war materials.
Almost every field army of the Han Empire was equipped with a large number of crossbows of various styles, especially the most powerful crossbows used by the infantry.
In fact, not only the army, although it is forbidden for the people to have crossbows, but the history of the use of crossbows in Zhuxia has been so long, not only are there people who can make crossbows, but there are also rich and noble families who secretly hide crossbow machines.
The Persians had far less difficulty getting a crossbow than they had to get a firearm, and it took them three or four years to get very little gunpowder, but there were a lot more weapons like crossbows.
The Sassanid crossbowmen wind their arrows directly with their feet, pull the bowstring to the trigger position and then load the arrow, not firing it immediately when it is ready, but waiting for the password.
"Shoot" The trigger and the clanging of the bowstring sounded almost at the same time, and the bolts broke out of the slot and shot forward, the moment they burst through the air.
"There are about five hundred crossbowmen on the western battlefield."
Zhou Wei looked at it and said, "That's all we see, Sassanid should have copied a lot. ” The crossbow is the ultimate in cold weapons and individual ranged weapons.
The reason why it can shoot far is because some parts are loaded with the tension that pulls the bowstring, otherwise it is extremely difficult to pull it apart by relying on human power alone.
There is no doubt that the tension is large, and the range is naturally far, but it also depends on what kind of material the arrow is shooting.
"The range is about two hundred and fifty meters."
What Ma Bin saw was that the crossbow arrows fired by the Sassanid crossbowmen not only reached the city wall, but a considerable number of Sassanid crossbowmen did not control the elevation angle and shot over their heads and shot into the city: "Our crossbows have a range of up to four hundred and eighty meters.
The range of an ordinary crossbow can basically reach 280 meters. ” I don't know what style of crossbow the Persians imitated, but judging from the situation used on the battlefield, it should not have been a too good style, or the Persians couldn't imitate it if it was too good Whether it is a cold weapon war or a firearms war, it is usually a long range that has an advantage, and that is a dilemma where you can attack me, but I can't attack you.
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"They don't have many crossbows, otherwise they should be covered with a constant rain of arrows."
Zhou argued that Zhuxia had enough crossbows and enough arrows to achieve universal tactics: "Using the advantage of range to continuously cover the rain of arrows, the morale of the defenders will be demoralized, and the defenders will be disheartened for a long time, and the siege will definitely get twice the result with half the effort." ” In the history of Zhuxia, the Qin army gave full play to the long-range advantage, and every time they attacked a city, they basically carried out a rain of arrows for a few days or even more than a month.
In this way, many cities encountered the Qin army, but they were not able to manage the Qin army to launch a real siege, and the defenders of the city could not bear the psychological pressure and surrendered.
In the back, it is basically difficult to see the Qin army's arrow rain washing the ground, firstly, the number of crossbows is rapidly decreasing, and secondly, the consumption of arrows is difficult to maintain.
It will be so embarrassing, it is the loss of the assembly line production technology mastered by Xianqin, so that it is clear that Xianqin's crossbow is damaged and the replacement parts can be repaired, but the crossbow in the back is damaged but the parts are not matched.
The consumption of arrows is the same, the national strength has increased, but the production efficiency is low, and naturally the production speed cannot keep up with the consumption rate.
Zhuxia has always been developing, but with each change of dynasty, some technologies are lost in the war.
A funny thing that isn't funny.
By the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Zhao Kuangyin bullied orphans and widows to create the Northern Song Dynasty, but the technology he mastered to make crossbows was not as good as that of the Xiang Dang.
That's because the Xiang Dang people inherited Li Tang's crossbow-making technology, and also made improvements for a time, but the rest of the forces did not obtain the crossbow-making technology inheritance, such as the Northern Song Dynasty, which nominally ruled the Xiang Dang for a time, did not obtain it.
Later, the Xiang party split from the Northern Song Dynasty and founded the country on their own.
The Northern Song Dynasty still captured it in the war with the Western Xia, and after its own research and improvement, it can be regarded as having a sharp weapon that surpasses the Western Xia, that is, the divine arm crossbow.
The problem was that after the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, the manufacturing method of the Divine Arm Crossbow was lost again.
Since then, the status of crossbows in warfare has repeatedly declined, and the further you go, the more difficult it is to see good crossbows.
Now, because the Sassanid army has mastered individual weapons with a longer range than the defenders of Peshawar, it has staged a unilateral bullying that relies on range.
The defenders on the walls of Peshawar, who were still shooting arrows at the Sassanid soldiers under the walls, could not reach the Sassanid crossbowmen who were two hundred meters away.
Waiting for the Peshawar defenders to be repeatedly covered with Sassanid crossbow arrows, they could not even shoot arrows at the Sassanid siege soldiers below the city walls, but could only hide behind the female walls or shields, waiting for the Sassanid crossbowmen's archery to enter the interval before they could show their heads and continue shooting.
In addition, the defenders who were responsible for throwing stones, sandalwood, and pouring gold juice, fire oil, and boiling water at the enemy under the walls were actually hiding from the Sassanid crossbowmen.
It was only the presence of crossbowmen who had a longer range than the defenders, and the arrows they fired were accidentally wounded, but they repeatedly suppressed certain sections of the wall, allowing the besieging Sassanid soldiers to climb ladders in relative circumstances.
"If the Persians had more crossbowmen, not four or five times, only two or three times" Zhou Wei actually looked down on the accuracy of the Sassanid crossbowmen, as if he didn't know the importance of shooting elevation angles, compared with the Han crossbowmen, it was really too far behind, but it was enough for the Peshawar defenders who had no counterattack ability at all: "With the ruthlessness that they don't care about accidental injuries at all, it will be much easier to ascend first." ” That's right, how long did the Persians have crossbows in batches.
They are still figuring out how to use the crossbow, and it is normal for them to not find out the importance of shooting elevation angles for the time being, or they do not have enough time to train the crossbowmen.
The Han army is to promote culture and education in the army, and it does not intend to teach a group of champions to come out, but just to make soldiers literate.
Educated soldiers and uneducated soldiers are two groups.
Educated soldiers can be trained and master training skills much faster than uneducated soldiers.
In the pre-Qin period, it was a recognized thing that crossbowmen needed to master mathematical knowledge, and the Qin army did not have universal education, but the strict military law forced soldiers to concentrate on learning when they were trained, and dared to be sloppy or unable to keep up with the progress of training.
The offensive and defensive on the battlefield did not look fierce, but the trend of victory and defeat was already apparent, and the appearance of crossbowmen alone changed the trend, once those siege equipment were pushed up, the battle would inevitably be more unfavorable to the defenders of Peshawar.
This time, Li Tan ventured closer to within fifteen miles of Peshawar, relying on the latest telescope, which is relatively large and needs a bracket, to watch the development of the battle situation in the distance.
"Last night, the Persians attacked the daylight overnight" Li Tan got the scout who was watching and nodded: "Their determination to attack the city is quite big" After commenting on it, Li Tan actually didn't care if Peshawar would fall, and even wished that it would fall quickly, otherwise the longer their army hid, the more likely it would be exposed.
"Attack on all sides at the same time, and the main direction of attack is the west."
Li Tan left the telescope and rubbed his sour eyes: "The courage is still too small, the troops have an overall advantage, and if you don't attack with all your strength on all sides, both sides are better than one side." ” Li Tan guessed that there should be not enough commanders of the Sassanid army who could take charge alone.
If there are enough troops, it is really necessary to have enough commanders, otherwise it is just a matter of having more soldiers.
Li Tan was able to take charge of himself and had the most basic judgment, and he thought that he should go back immediately, ready to lead his troops to Peshawar at any time
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