Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

It has only been two minutes since the Ming army launched its surprise attack!

('fen' actually exists in the "Chongzhen Almanac". Regarding the time unit of the Ming Dynasty, it has been explained before and will not be repeated.)

All the invaders rose from the dead. Soldiers who didn’t know how to fight would have gone to hell long ago...

In just two minutes, everyone in the army was already ready.

Yuan Zong gave the first order, and the shield bearers, carrying shields as high as one person, lined up in a straight line facing the direction of Qili Cliff, covering the archers behind them, and reached the foot of the cliff!

Then, the shield bearers raised the shield high and slammed it on the ground. The sharp point at the lower end of the shield was inserted into the soil.

Using the power of the earth to defend is the correct way to use a large shield.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The arrows and projectiles fired by the Ming army hit the one-inch-thick hardwood shield...

In vain!

The arrows stuck like hedgehogs on the wooden board, and the dense craters only made the shield-breaking hands and wrists numb...

That's it!

As the bulkiest and most protective shield, it demonstrates its superiority.

Not to mention a fire blunderbuss, even the most powerful blunderbuss will be stunned when encountering a carefully crafted large shield.

Of course, although the shield's protective power is very high, its shortcomings are also more obvious - the shield, which weighs dozens of kilograms, is too bulky...

Without a large number of pack horses and vehicles, the large shield soldiers would not be able to function at all.

The most sophisticated large shield is covered with several layers of cowhide and then a layer of iron. It weighs nearly a hundred kilograms!

Expect a mortal body to carry it for a long distance?

Go dream!

……

Seeing the intruders sending out large shieldmen, their own attack was in vain.

Zhu Youjian glanced at Ma Dai.

Next, it’s time to use the grenade!

Unexpectedly, Ma Dai actually issued an incredible order:

"Sword and shield bearers obey orders and get on the shield!"

Under Ma Dai's order, the sword and shield players picked up the small bucklers on the ground, passed one hand through the lasso on one side, fixed it in the crook of their arm, and then grasped the handle on the other side with their palms.

They all squatted in front of the musketeers and archers, forming a protective barrier.

Then came the second wave of sword and shield players, interspersed in between, placing the shields on top of the first layer of shields!

However, a mere two layers of shields actually protected the front of the entire army.

The height is not much worse than a large shield!

The rattan was first used by soldiers in Fujian and Guangxi.

The size is based on the standard that a soldier can protect his whole body when half-crouching.

Because the shield is light and can resist being slashed by bows, arrows, and swords, it is enough to replace armor protection.

If it is covered with cowhide, it can withstand the bombardment of muskets!

In the early Ming Dynasty, in mountainous and watery areas, rattan plates had already replaced bulky armors.

Since Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou trained the Qi family army and adopted rattan shields, rattan shields have rapidly expanded in the Ming army and gradually replaced the inflexible wooden shields for individual soldiers.

Shield and sword

(Strictly speaking, there are two types of shields. One is a thick large shield, used to protect the entire army. The other is a small shield for personal use, usually put on the arm, and has two conventional shapes: square and round. . Of course, there are many other variants, and even weirder things such as fire breathing and shooting. Because they are not universal, let’s not talk about them for now.)

As soon as Ma Dai completed the arrangement, the archers of the Chu army fired a dense wave of arrows.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Arrows like a violent storm hit the shield.

The crackling sound is deafening!

However, the rattan is made of strong mountain rattan, woven in a circular shape, and wrapped around with bamboo strips.

The special structure allows the power of the arrow to be dispersed throughout the shield.

Therefore, there will be no situation where an arrow penetrates the shield.

In addition, every additional arrow inserted into the shield can squeeze the already dense shield even more densely...

The subsequent arrows will not be able to penetrate!

Except for the arrow tip that was shot first, an arrow tip could still be seen. Half of the subsequent arrows were stuck on it, and half fell to the ground...

(This is hard to understand.

Structurally speaking, it is like a fishing net.

A hemp rope can still be broken, but once it is woven into a web - no matter how strong you are, there is nothing you can do. )

Thousands of arrows fired by the intruders...

Only a few sporadic fish slipped through the net and shot down dozens of soldiers through the gaps!

Seeing this scene in front of him, Zhu Youjian's eyes widened.

Even though he majored in history, he never expected that this shield, which looked tattered and looked like a pot lid, could be so powerful!

——In the rural markets of later generations, pot lids made of reed shells and sorghum shells can be seen everywhere, which look very similar to this thing!

Due to the limitations of cognition, how can we imagine that something we are used to every day is better than a wooden shield covered with skin?

If it weren't for Ma Dai's obstruction, Zhu Youjian wouldn't even want this thing...

He stared at this incredible scene in disbelief, his Adam's apple slid a few times, and a sentence popped out in his heart -

"The historical truth is so outrageous!"

……

Seeing that the shield successfully blocked the enemy's arrows, Ma Dai shouted again:

"Archers, shoot!"

Under Ma Dai's order, the Ming army archers aimed at the sky and shot arrows.

The rain of arrows pierced the sky diagonally. After reaching the top, it fell rapidly, almost vertically to the ground.

"Shhhhhh!"

However, although Zan She can overcome the blockage of the large shield, the hit rate...

Thousands of arrows fired, but only caused less than 100 casualties to the intruders!

Zhu Youjian frowned, what was Ma Dai making?

It's obvious that just throwing a grenade will solve the problem. Does it have to be so complicated?

Zhu Youjian didn't have time to question...

The second wave of arrows from the Chuang army came.

The rain of arrows shot did not cause many casualties to the Ming army.

Ma Dai did not change his order, but looked south.

Like the Chuang army, the Ming army and the Chuang army used each other's shields to cover each other and desperately shot useless arrows at each other.

Just like a game in the turn-based era, two players wearing the best protection were fighting each other with first-level wooden swords. The heads of both sides were flashing:

‘—1, —1, —1, —1…’

After a stick of incense.

Ma Peng, who was responsible for observing the enemy's situation at the far south of the mountaintop, waved the small red flag vigorously towards Ma Dai.

Ma Dai raised the corners of his mouth and said to Zhu Youjian:

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, for annihilating Yuan Zong's tens of thousands of troops in one battle!"

Zhu Youjian heard this meaningless sentence in confusion.

However, Ma Dai did not answer his doubts. Instead, he loudly ordered:

"Light the torch and prepare to drop the bomb!"

"Bang bang!"

The gong sounded again.

This time it was two long, crisp blasts.