The equipment of the Hu Ben Army is at least one era ahead. The special forces built by Zhu Cixuan are not only reflected in their individual combat effectiveness, but also in weapons and equipment.

Unfortunately, there are only 200 flintlock rifles, and lead bullets are scarce. In addition, the disadvantages of these flintlock rifles made by hand in the military battle are frequent, first of all, their design speed is too slow. Moreover, more than 20 have been scrapped.

Since the firearm cannot be updated for the time being, Zhu Cilang had the idea of ​​improving the cold weapon.

The Qing soldiers used a recurved bow. This type of bow is a bow that looks different from an ordinary longbow from the side. The end of a recurved bow arm that has not been stolen is bent outward.

Recurve bows can store more energy, allowing the shot arrows to have higher kinetic energy. Therefore, recurve bows can be made shorter than ordinary bows, but maintain their power. This advantage makes recurve bows suitable for places where longer weapons can cause inconvenience, such as jungles, forests or horseback.

The advantages of recurve bows are that they are simple, light and easy to use, but compared to the pulling force, it is far inferior to the composite bow for power and accuracy.

Zhu Cilang equipped the Hu Ben Army with this kind of composite bow. The composite bow combines the wheel and the bow and arrow, and an eccentric wheel is installed at the ends of the upper and lower bow pieces.

In order to make a composite bow, Zhu Cilang was in the military weapon supervisor for half a month. The eccentric wheel of this bow uses the principle of moving pulley lever, which can make the bow-drawing force reach a maximum. Moreover, as the pulling force increases, the archer will be more and more effortless.

This can save a lot of physical strength for an archer to exert greater power.

For example, a compound bow with a pulling force of 60 kilograms and a labor-saving ratio of 60%, the pulling force requires 60 kilograms, and when maintaining the aiming posture, only 24 kilograms of pulling force is required.

With a 24-pound pulling force, a woman can pull the bowstrings.

This compound bow was something that the Qing soldiers had never seen. No one knew the principle of this bow and arrow. He only knew that the bow and arrow of the Hu Ben Army was accurate and ruthless, and could easily penetrate the leather armor.

The extremely powerful bow used by the Hu Ben Army is the most suitable weapon for horse riding archers. As soon as they meet, Ajige suffered a great loss.

However, after finally meeting a baited person, how could Ajige let go? He roared and bent his bow and arrow again, shouted at his subordinates, and chased after him: "Get together the team and chase me!"

At the beginning, Ajige led hundreds of people to chase after him. Behind, more and more Qing soldiers were involved in the pursuit.

Zhengbai Banner, Inlaid White Banner, Zhenghong Banner, Inlaid Yellow Banner, Zhenghuang Banner... As the pursuing Qing soldiers gathered more and more, two or three thousand people joined the pursuit team.

The main reason is that they were bullied by the Hu Ben Army too fiercely. After finally finding an opportunity to counterattack, the anger of the Qing soldiers was instantly ignited.

When Huang Taiji learned the news, the Qing soldiers of the Eight Banners had already chased them out in groups of three or three. This surprised him and hurriedly summoned Dorgon: "Dorgon, hurry up, take your main force and chase after you!"

Seeing Huang Taiji so nervous, Dorgon couldn't help but be shocked: "Your Majesty, do you mean, the Hu Ben Army is ambushing?"

Huang Taiji said hatefully: "How many times have the Hu Ben Army fought with us? How could it have taken advantage of it? Ajige led so many people to chase after him, I am afraid of falling into their tricks. You can quickly transfer troops, hurry up!"

Dorgon knew it was powerful, so he hurriedly took the order and left. When he arrived at the Zhengbai Banner Camp, he ordered thousands of troops and rushed to Ajige to help him.

On this side, Ajige and others were chasing him for nothing. They hated the Hu Ben Army very much, and the Qing army soldiers gathered more and more.

Thousands of people went to chase the Hu Ben Army in front, and the scene was really shocking.

Fengle led more than 30 of their subordinates to retreat along the grassland. The Qing soldiers behind him were chasing him relentlessly, and he was getting closer and closer.

"General Feng, the Qing soldiers are about to catch up with you." A subordinate shouted.

Feng Le looked back and said with a smile: "It seems that these Jiannu are anxious. Okay, what I'm afraid of is that they dare not pursue and continue to retreat!"

As he watched as he was getting closer and closer, Ajig became even more angry: "Don't let them run away, I'm going to tear them into pieces!"

The Qing soldiers were pursuing desperately, and suddenly, a steep slope appeared in front of them.

At this time, the grassland in the east had already appeared, and it was about to be bright. The war horses were Xiaoxiao, and the archers who were galloping on the grassland had already started shooting.

However, after all, there was still a distance between them. The good horses of the Hu Ben Army were not covered. When Feng Le and others climbed over the earth slope and disappeared above the earth slope, Ajige led his people to the bottom of the slope.

The soil slopes of the grassland are not very steep and very short. The slope of forty or fifty degrees is about thirty or forty meters.

When he arrived at the bottom of the earth slope and the Hu Ben Army disappeared on the top of the slope, Ajige had already felt something was wrong.

After all, he is a veteran who has been through the battlefield for a long time. His intuition tells Ajige that it is not advisable to stay here for a long time.

However, it was about to catch up. After climbing this earth slope, thousands of Qing soldiers surrounded him, and these dozens of Tiger Ben Army would undoubtedly die.

Just as Ajige hesitated for a moment, the other Eight Banners Qing soldiers around him chased after him in anger.

Except for the Zhengbai Banner, the other Eight Banners did not obey Ajige's orders. They only learned that the Hu Ben Army was invading, and finally found a chance to take revenge and found an angry outlet.

However, the horses chasing the Tupopo suddenly cried out in a tragic voice, then knelt on the ground with his front hooves and threw down all the Qing soldiers on the horse.

Ajige secretly complained that something was wrong. At this moment, teams of Hu Ben Army soldiers suddenly emerged from the originally bare slope. These Hu Ben Army soldiers seemed to have been waiting here for a long time.

The soldiers of the Hu Ben Army held the reins and stood on the high ground and looked coldly. Here is the ambush of the Hu Ben Army.

The Qing soldiers who rushed in front fell to the ground because the war horses stepped on the caltrops and injured the front hooves, and then they knelt on the ground.

Kallops are a military-style iron spike obstacle for the spreading of iron in ancient China. China used callops during the Warring States Period. In ancient wars, callops were spread on the ground to delay enemy operations. Some callops had holes in the center and could be connected with ropes for laying and collecting.

After the Qin and Han Dynasties, caltrops became a common defensive equipment in the army. In addition to being arranged on roads, defense areas, and around cities, camps were also arranged around the troops when they were stationed. After the Song Dynasty, the types of caltrops gradually increased, such as the "iron horns" laid in the water, the "ground astringent" attached to the wooden board, the "hoof" used to block horses, and the "ghost arrows" applied to the thorns.

And this kind of caltrop has always been the thing that the Qing soldiers hated the most.
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