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Tuoba attacked at night.

This is smart.

Shen Bing believed that this was because Tuoba knew that Qin Qiangnu's range was much longer than their bows and arrows in the previous exploratory attack.

In fact, it is not just a strong crossbow, but the range of the bow and arrow is also longer.

Tuoba's bows and arrows are similar to those used by Wangli's. They are all made of hardwood.

Such bows have shortcomings such as insufficient range, weak penetration, poor accuracy, easy damage, and difficult to carry, even if the pulling force is the same.

Among them, it is not easy to carry because this kind of hardwood bow has to make the bow longer if it wants stronger pull and toughness.

The bows of the Central Plains are much more sophisticated. They are selected from Tuomu or Elm, but also use bamboo... The bamboo-dried bow is for those recruits who are unable to open the bow. Anyway, they can't kill the enemy. Practice bow training.

And the bow of the Central Plains is not just as simple as wood.

After the bow is made, beef tendons are laid layer by layer to increase its toughness, and finally wrapped with hemp rope.

It is said that a good bow is made from yew wood that is extremely tough, and the entire process from start to finish takes two to three years to make.

The mass-produced bows used by the military are not so sophisticated, and the production process takes only a few months.

But it's also much better than the hardwood bow used by the "Savage".

What surprised Shen Bing was the strength of these "savages".

At the beginning, Shen Bing used bamboo bows for Wang Lishi...because Shen Bing thought they shouldn't have much power, so it was almost the same with this one hundred and twenty qinjin bow.

But I didn't expect to bow to Ricci's "warriors" very easily.

Shen Bing replaced them with two hundred qinjin, and they were still able to drive.

In the end, the two hundred and fifty Qin Jin's strong bows could not be opened by a hundred people.

This shocked Shen Bing.

You must know that the two hundred and fifty Qin Jin's strong bow is the standard of the Xiongnu and the goal of the Shenwu Army.

After more than two months of strength training, the Shenwu Army finally had half of the people able to open this kind of strong bow, while to Lishi, two-thirds of the people could open this kind of bow without training...

Of course, Wang Lishi still took advantage. They opened their bows on the ground while the Xiongnu and Shenwu Army were on their backs.

However, this is quite difficult for the undernourished "savages".

Shen Bing thought for a while, and thought it seemed normal.

The party members of Wang Lishi are actually nomads. The difference between them and the Xiongnu is that they are nomads in the mountains in the Great Wall.

The characteristic of nomads is that they have played bows and arrows since they were young... This is determined by hunting. Animals are usually faster than humans and are extremely alert. Obviously, the success rate of hunting with bows and arrows is greater.

Therefore, it can be said that this is their specialty and talent, and the Shenwu Army cannot catch up with it after a few months of training.

Shen Bing was somewhat fortunate. Fortunately, the bows and arrows in Tuoba's hands were also rough and primitive hardwood bows, otherwise it would not be so easy to deal with.

In fact, the Tuoba clan was not so easy to deal with, and Shen Bing underestimated the enemy.

For example, it chooses to attack at night, and its purpose is to weaken the advantages of Qin Nu's long range and high accuracy as much as possible.

As you can see now, the Tuoba clan rushed towards the Qin Army barracks like a tide in the dark night, howling while advancing, occasionally shooting a few arrows...

Soon Shen Bing discovered that not only arrows but also wooden spears were shot.

It may not be called a wooden spear, because if it is used for throwing, it should be called a "javelin".

That is, Shen Bing had always misunderstood that the "wooden spear" in the hands of Lishi and others was actually a javelin.

This may also be due to the way of fighting generated by hunting demand...

Bows and arrows are long-range light weapons, and javelins are close-range heavy weapons. If necessary, the javelin can also be used as a spear.

Sure enough, just like Shen Bing thought.

When Wang Liqing gave an order, those "warriors" with long spears ran forward, and then accelerated and shot hard, and the long spears in their hands flew out in rows...

They actually used the spear as a javelin, and it really worked. A group of Tuoba cavalry was shot by the javelin and turned over.

"Let them come back!" Shen Bing shouted at Wang Liqing: "Listen to my orders!"

To Liqing responded and called the "Warrior" back.

Shen Bing shook his head secretly. I am afraid that these "savages" have no concept of collective warfare at all, or are they too nervous thinking that this battle will be lost?

Shen Bing ignored these and ordered behind him: "Songming fire bomb!"

The messenger shouted loudly and passed it down:

"Songming fire bomb!"

"Songming fire bomb!"

...

Just listening to the sound of "tengteng", the Songming fire bomb was thrown out by the catapult, and it was tossed one after another from all directions.

But after a while, the surrounding environment was illuminated... Although this fire light was not as good as a flare, it could at least see the enemy's general situation.

What Qin Jun needs is the general situation.

To be precise, Qin Jun can analyze more useful things based on this general situation, such as judging the enemy's distance from the point where the fireball falls.

Then Shen Bing gave an order: "Let it go!"

The dense crossbow arrows went straight to the enemy group and shot them to the ground in waves.

The Tuoba clan was not frightened by the arrow rain. They still howled and rushed towards the Qin army. They fell in front and followed by the corpses of their comrades in the back. The shields in their hands were even wooden boards, and their weapons It's a stubby stick or even a stone axe...

Getting closer, Tuoba clearly wanted to fight the Qin army in close combat.

This tactic is obviously correct.

Because of the backward equipment, they can only take advantage of the numbers in close combat, otherwise they would have to be continuously shot by the Qin army's powerful crossbow and bow from a distance.

And this tactic can be successful in theory.

On the one hand, it is the cover of the night, on the other hand, it takes time for the crossbow arrows to fire, so the speed is always inferior to the speed of its charge... Modern bolt-on rifles can not stop the group charge, let alone ancient crossbows.

So the Tuoba clan got closer and closer...

As soon as Shen Bing waved his hand, Chuanling Bing ordered:

"Thunderbolt Fireball!"

"Thunderbolt Fireball!"

...

Rows of "thunderbolt fireballs" were thrown out, and the leads were burning in the open space between the enemy and us.

The bow and crossbow that Qin Jun had put away drew out the bronze sword to prepare for the enemy.

And Tuoba didn’t know that he was in danger, and he still rushed towards Qin Jun with his weapons high, their eyes shone with excitement, grinning smiles on their faces, and harsh laughter from their mouths...like The prey beast looks like its prey.

This power even frightened Wang Liqing and his party, they couldn't help but backed half a step and gathered together to make a defensive posture.

However, what Tuoba didn't know was that they were actually the prey.

The hunter was standing in front of them, preparing to close the net without a hassle.