What does the so-called shooting sound mean? That is the crossbowman army.

He was a Sima appointed by the Han family, or a Sima of the Northern Army, and belonged to the Shooting Camp.

Although there are only more than a thousand soldiers in the Shooting Camp, it is not his turn to command it. However, Zheng Xiaoming is still led by the regular army of the Han family, which was the army that Emperor Liu Hong ordered to temporarily expand after the Yellow Turban Rebellion last year!

These people have been trained for more than a year, and have excellent equipment and good combat effectiveness.

Moreover, it can be said that most of Zheng Xiaoming's troops are either archers or crossbowmen. In an instant, arrows were like rain and shot out in a puff, causing even greater chaos.

To be honest, the power of crossbows is actually not as powerful as that of archers. Just like when muskets first emerged in later generations, they were not as powerful as archers.

Because the archers have a fast firing speed and can also perform the most powerful ejection. When shooting arrows into the air, killing the enemy with the acceleration of falling, it is difficult to defend even with shields and armor.

The crossbow soldiers are no longer able to do it. The strings are very slow, and the strong crossbows must sit on the ground and use their feet to open the bowstring. Moreover, they still shoot directly and cannot be shot.

But the crossbow can accumulate momentum. As long as the string is put, it can be fired at any time. But the bow and arrow will not work. If it is pulled full, it must be released, otherwise it will not be able to bear it for a long time and will be exhausted!

Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that crossbow soldiers are trained easily!

It is difficult to train a qualified archer without a few years.

But crossbow soldiers, as long as they have the strength to be able to string the crossbow bow, they can go to the battlefield after training for a few days!

This is also the reason why muskets replaced bows and arrows in later generations... At the beginning, the muskets were not as powerful as bows and arrows, with a shorter range and slower speed. That is, it is easy to train.

So in the end, the musket replaced the bow and arrow!

This Han Dynasty was also ordinary. The large-scale use of crossbows was used, and even in the sound shooting camp, there were more crossbow soldiers than bowmen...

You can also see that although this Shooting Camp is an imperial guard of the Northern Army, its training level is also very average!

There is no way, the soldiers of the Northern Army are recruited. Many times, the father dies and the son is redeemed, and the money is redeemed... In other words, there are too many things such as paying for the Northern Army to join the army. The soldiers cannot be guaranteed and are stationed in the colorful world of Luoyang. It is a ghost that the combat power can be.

That is, the Yellow Turbans were rectified last year, otherwise the combat power of the Northern Army would be even worse now!

However, although Zheng Xiaoming's shooting camp has average combat effectiveness, it is well equipped! Since it belongs to the Yulin Imperial Army, its equipment is naturally the best among the great man.

Now I am just shooting the Qianghu who escaped chaotic, and there is no psychological pressure. I just shoot the arrow, but I exert 120 combat power. The arrow is shot as if it is raining.

On the contrary, Zheng Xiaoming caused the most damage...

In any era, long-range firepower is the most terrifying!

Especially for targets without protection, these arrows are like the sickle of the god of death, which can easily harvest life. The sharp arrows can easily shoot through the leather robes worn by the Qianghu people and the muscles under the robes, and shoot into their soft internal organs.

Seeing that the turmoil of the Qiang and Hu people further expanded, even Zhang Wen, the chief general in Meiyang County, and Zhou Shen, the general who was fighting camps outside the city and the county town, all had the same thoughts, thinking about whether to take the opportunity to launch a general attack and give these Qiang and Hu rebels a cruel task.

However, at this moment, I suddenly heard the oxen whistle sounding on the battlefield. The Qiang and Hu in the south of the city suddenly made way for a road. A large flag with the north character fluttered up. Thousands of cavalry suddenly launched a charge from behind to commander Zheng Xiaoming's shooting camp.

This cavalry is much more organized and its equipment is much better than that of ordinary Qiang and Hu people! Although it is impossible to wear a man and a horse, almost everyone has armor to wear.

The Han Dynasty attached great importance to military equipment, even if there were few permanent troops in the Eastern Han Dynasty. However, the number of weapons and equipment stored in the arsenals in various places was extremely large. Later generations discovered a Han Dynasty arsenal, which stored so much military supplies that were stuttering.

This is even more true when Liangzhou fights against Qiang and Hu all year round!

This time, the Qianghu rebellion in Liangzhou has captured many prefectures and counties and seized many arsenal storages.

It’s no wonder that most of this Qiang and Hu cavalry are equipped with iron armor!

Zhang Wen on the top of the city saw this scene and his face changed slightly: "Beigongbi!"

Other Han army officers also changed their color when they saw this banner, because this Beigongbi was Beigong Boyu, the leader of the rebel Qiang in Liangzhou.

Beigong has a compound surname and Boyu has a character. No one knows what its specific name is in later generations! (Beigong Bi was compiled by the author!

Ancient characters often explain names. For example, Zhang Fei's name is Yide, and Yide is an explanation of Fei. Guan Yu's name is Yunchang, and Yunchang is an explanation of Yu.)

The word Bo Yu obviously implies that his name must be related to jade. Bo means great, so he uses the walls among the six jade instruments in the Zhou Li to name it.

Some people say that Beigong Boyu is a Qianghu man, but you can tell that it is impossible by looking at the name.

Ordinary Qiang and Hu people would not give this kind of Chinese name, let alone have any words!

This Beigongbi is a famous scholar from Jincheng County, Liangzhou...

There is another saying that Beigong Boyu is a believer in Taiping Dao. In order to respond to the Yellow Turban Rebellion of the leader Zhang Jiao, Liangzhou and the local tyrant Song Yang and others launched a rebellion.

This statement is a bit untenable.

Almost all believers in Taiping Dao restricted the Central Plains, Hebei and Shandong, and were almost all the hearts of the Han Dynasty. Other places were too far away, and even places like Chang'an in Guanzhong did not have many Yellow Turbans. How could there be remote places like Jincheng County, Liangzhou?

Under such ancient communication situations, we can't even contact us!

There is also a place like Liangzhou where Qiang and Hu are mixed and there are few people, and the main contradiction is not in the Central Plains, and the contradiction between the poor and the landlords and powerful people. There is no Taipingdao's survival soil!

To put it bluntly, the rebellion of Beigong Boyu is a rebellion launched by those in Guanxi who were dissatisfied with Guandong and the court, taking advantage of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

In fact, just look at the famous Liangzhou scholar Beigongbibian Rang and others who were coerced to join the group, and soon they went from being forced to take the initiative. You can imagine that the rebellion has a deep foundation in this Liangzhou!

In short, at this moment, at this deadly moment, Beigong Bi, the leader of the Qiang and Hu rebels, actually led two thousand cavalry to raid from behind, and Zheng Xiaoming, Sun Jian and Wei Xian were in danger!

You should know that almost all the famous scholars in Liangzhou are good at using troops to fight, and they are definitely not comparable to those ordinary Qiang and Hu who were in chaos after fighting just now!

Just by looking at the clever timing of Beigongbi’s attack, I already know that this person is not a false reputation!
Chapter completed!