Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 705 Yan Yun (25)

Thousands of miles of clouds are densely covered, and broken jade curtains float in the sky.That night, it really snowed in the sky.

Geng Shouzhong felt complacent, he had made the right choice, otherwise he would not know that some of his soldiers would be killed by the heavy snow now.

Three days later, the snow stopped.Yelu Yujian led troops back to the division with Wanyan Puluhu, and the number of Jin troops reached 5000. He co-authored Geng Shouzhong's remnant army, and the Khitan surrendered army of Yelu Yujian's department, and the total strength reached [-]. .

Wanyan Puluhu didn't rush to the city of Datong Mansion immediately, everyone huddled under Baideng Mountain safely.Two days later, Geng Shouzhong heard the news that the Qi army under the city of Datong Prefecture was already retreating, and that Baishan Mountain and the people inside the city were all in contact. Wanyan Puluhu was very excited.The army immediately moved into action, and the remnants of Geng's army were also wrapped up in the army, approaching the city of Datong.

After joining Wanyan Xieye in the city, the total strength of the Jin army was more than 4, and the horse army alone had tens of thousands. For a time, everyone was full of confidence, thinking that the next step would go smoothly. This battle will surely succeed in one fell swoop.

But they didn't know that Yang Zhi's army had been waiting for them by the Sanggan River for a long time.

The green-faced beast had been confronting the Jin army in Huairen for many days, and finally received news from Nanjing Road that Qi and Jin had started a war.Emperor Lu had defeated the main force of the Jin army led by Aguda himself in the east of Yanjing City, so he immediately raised his troops to kill Datong.

But what was helpless was that the weather was cold, and Wanyanxie also fought and retreated, letting go of many strategic areas outside the city, and concentrated the Jin army in Datongfu City. Yang Zhi was determined to attack the city, and he was unwilling to bear the fate that was destined to fail. There will be fewer casualties.In this way, a very fierce war broke out in Datong Prefecture.

Until this Sanggan River.

Yang Zhi stationed troops under the city of Datong Prefecture. After he was unwilling to raise troops to storm the city, Liu Fa, Zhong Shizhong and others had already proposed a complete strategy.

——Lead the troops back, lure the enemy deep, and fight in the plains.

And the battlefield was chosen at the Sanggan River.

If so, when Wanyan Xie also led more than 3 Jin troops to the bank of the Sanggan River along the retreat route of the Qi army, he saw the army neatly arrayed in the plain, and there were camps not far from the army. At that moment, a bad thought suddenly came to mind.

It's a pity that at such a time, it is too late for the Jin army to retreat.

They have been chasing me all the way, can they still run all the way back to Datong Mansion?The Qi army had been waiting for work for a long time.

"Wuuuuuu..." The horn sounded, no matter how ugly Wanyan Xieye's face was, it was time for Wu's golden army to form a fighting formation.

At that time, drums sounded on the Qi army's formation, and a large number of infantry soldiers lined up, marching towards the Jin army to the beat of the drums.

There were howls one after another in the golden army formation, the wildness in the blood was stimulated, and the timidity in my heart was subtracted little by little.Slowly, the morale of the Jin army also boiled.

Anyway, they were the 'dominant' party before.The pursuit all the way was also high-spirited.

The Jin army was coming fiercely, and all that could be seen in front of them were rolling human heads.In the rear is a knight in heavy armor riding on a steed.The latter's ferocious and bloodthirsty expression was clearly seen by the generals of the Qi army through the telescope, and they also knew that they were holding the line, and there was only a howling sound like a tsunami in the world.

Directly in front of the Qi army, there were cannons lined up neatly.The commander is one of Ling Zhen's deputies. There is no need to reveal his name at this moment, just know that he is a veteran.

When should the artillery fire be fired, and the command right before the battle, Yang Zhiji delegated all to him.

And the entire artillery battalion has a total of twenty three-jin cannons and thirty tiger crouching cannons.All the artillerymen are nervously waiting for the commander's order.The momentum of the golden army made many gunners change their colors.Because they only have simple cotton armor on their bodies, and they only have a single sword on their waists. If one is not good, a group of golden soldiers will rush to the front, but they can only wait to die.

The artillery commander was clenching his fists desperately, and he still didn't give the order to fire.The rangefinder beside him nervously reported the distance between the two armies: "Five hundred paces!"

"450 steps!"

"Four hundred steps!"

"Three hundred steps!"

"250 steps!"

"fire!"

With the roar of artillery shells, Geng Shouzhong, who was shouting and leading his troops to charge towards the Qi army, saw dazzling firelights flashing across the Qi army formation in front, followed by streams of white smoke rising, and then... He saw iron balls the size of fists spinning and hitting him in the face.

The shells fired by the three-pound cannon are about the same size as an ordinary adult's fist. Whether it hits a person or a horse, the high-speed iron ball will easily tear a huge bloody hole in the upper body. The principle of survival.What's even more frightening is that the rapidly approaching shells were bouncing and rolling on the hard winter ground, with terrifying force.Anyone who is hit, even if he does not die, his injuries will be terrible.

Twenty iron balls hit each other, and the Jin army's front line was densely packed, so there was no reason for them to miss.

A cannonball directly cut off a general in the middle, and the two layers of heavy armor he was wearing were like that thin paper, and the broken body in two shot out large streams of blood like a fountain, scaring a large group of people around. people.The only lucky thing is that this guy can live for a while without being like the prisoner who was cut in half.

An iron ball seemed to be illuminated with the talent of "lying on the ground". It harvested seven or eight broken legs along the way before it lost its remaining strength.

And the iron bullet inserted from the upper body, which can cut a person straight in two, punched a huge blood hole in the body, which is not easy.Then, just like the cannonball that had cut off seven or eight legs, this cannonball continued to be inserted backwards, and the flesh and blood were lost all the way until the remaining strength was exhausted.

What's more, the one who crossed the dense infantry group in the front line and entered the cavalry group in the rear line directly made a huge blood hole in the body of a slow-moving horse. The horse neighed, and a horse stumbled. It directly threw the cavalry on its back several meters away.Before the man could stand up, he was hit by the frightened war horse behind him, and then he was trampled into a pulp by the horse's hoof.

In the battle in the east of Yanjing City, the Golden Army horses made such a mistake. Now the Golden Army cavalry on Xijing Road will naturally fall in the same pothole and make the same mistake.

By the time the chaos subsided, the Jin Army's cavalry had become quite embarrassed. The horses were trembling with the explosions. Everyone on the horseback was on the highest alert, lest anyone fail to notice and the horses would explode again. Come startled.In the panic just now, several horses went crazy. Not only did they throw off the cavalry on their backs, but some even rushed straight into the infantry group in front.

In an emergency, these cavalrymen hurriedly cut off their felt robes to block the horse's ears, but the effect was not great, because the hearing of war horses is extremely keen.

Some people looked at the flying iron ball, it seemed to be very slow to the naked eye, but the iron ball passed by like lightning, the iron ball didn't seem to hit him, but it actually cut off half of his shoulder.As soon as the man breathed a sigh of relief, he realized that the right side was empty. Looking at the empty right shoulder in disbelief, he looked at the blood spouting continuously. The heart-piercing pain made his eyes darken and he passed out. past.

The only person who watched the results of the shelling was the artillery commander. The gunner who controlled the artillery, after the first round of firing, did not bother to watch. He immediately nervously operated the tow bar, cleaned the gun bore, and refilled the prepared shells and gunpowder.As the commander continued to give orders, he commanded the twenty three-pound cannons to adjust their elevation range.

In today's era, it is impossible for a wooden gun carriage to use the lifting device to adjust the elevation of the cannon. The three-pound cannon used wooden sleepers of different thicknesses to adjust the elevation. Under the command of the commander, the twenty reinstalled cannons lowered their elevation. The black muzzle was aimed at the rolling golden soldiers again.

Another shout: "Fire!"

The flag-bearer suddenly raised his head downwards, and with a loud bang, the frame of each artillery piece involuntarily jumped backwards. Large waves of fire and smoke rose up again, and twenty cannonballs roared and smashed into the Jin army group again.

Yang Zhi stood on the observation cart two feet high, watching the twenty iron balls whizzing away from the formation of his own army, and smashed fiercely into the group of golden soldiers. On the ground, people called the horse neighing, causing a lot of chaos.That was a secret nod. After practicing day after day, these gunners have become much more accurate and quicker when they are ready for battle.And the salvo bombardment of these artillery is really powerful.

Not huge.Liu Fa and Master Zhong were all shocked.

Both of them are veterans of the Western Army, their martial arts skills cannot be compared with the old and vigorous Wang Huan, but they are also very good.Riding a war horse, wearing heavy armor, and dancing with a big sword.Ordinary soldiers, 30 people, can't stop them.

But looking at it now, which one of the soldiers of the Golden Army who were killed and injured by artillery was not physically strong and wearing heavy armor?I heard that in the battle in the east of Yanjing City, this cannon directly killed the eldest son of Jin Chief.In this way, even if they were replaced, if they were hit, it would be fatal.

That is to say, no matter how powerful your martial arts skills are, you are invincible in the world, as long as you have a flesh and blood body, under the shells, there will be a puddle of flesh.

"I heard from Yang Wen that there is also a kind of firearm for individual soldiers in Liangshanbo. It is a very small iron cannon. It can penetrate heavy armor at a distance of a hundred steps. The operation is also simple. It is an ordinary farmer. You can learn it in five days."

"If it's true, after a long time, there is still room for a brave man in military affairs?" Liu Fa recalled that when he was a child, he worked hard day and night, practicing three nines in winter and three days in summer.A few years later, it is very likely that I will not be able to withstand the blow of a farmer after three or five days of practice. My heart is both shocked and sad.

Shocked by the Central Plains property broadcasting, with a large population, if there is such a powerful weapon, there is no need to worry about the rise of the minorities in the Northland.With his mind, he can easily figure out which side is more beneficial after this firearm replaces the cold weapon.

The sad thing is that in the army of the new dynasty, in a few decades, there may not be any brave generals who can stand up to a hundred and win the top three armies.

Those who have little knowledge of firearms have no idea what a difficult and dangerous process it was in the official history of firearms.Even at the beginning of the 19th century, the real combat effectiveness of musketeers still spoke with bayonets.Otherwise, how could that old man be so picky?
Not to mention the treatment of muskets in the early days.

They are the most qualified iron can openers and can be used as long-range strike weapons. Compared with bows and crossbows, muskets are really bad.

It's just that in this era, China and its main enemy, the northern minorities, have thick and strong armor on both sides, and heavy armored soldiers mainly fight with blunt weapons. This is really different from the Western knight class in the late Middle Ages in official history. It has the same effect.

But as Liu Fa and others thought, it would not be that simple to equip the army with muskets on a large scale and completely replace the status of cold weapons.

(End of this chapter)