Tiantang Splendid

4363 - Cannon salvo
Tens of thousands of left-waiting guards lined up and reorganized from the south bank of the Wei River for a short time, and under the order of Yin Qinzhou, the whole army attacked and rushed towards the Xuanwu Gate. The twilight of the morning sun is as powerful as a flood.

As for the [-] Right Tunwei who were waiting in formation on the high ground of the ruined Han Palace, they saw nothing in their eyes, convinced that they could be completely defeated with a single charge...

Gao Kan stepped on the broken rubble in the soil under his feet, looked up at the morning light in the eastern sky, and then turned his attention to the enemy army rushing forward like a tide, and asked the captain next to him in a deep voice: "Cannon mouth Has the angle been adjusted?"

The captain replied: "A total of eight angles have been calculated, which can cover a depth of eight hundred feet, and everything is ready."

Today, Youtunwei has continuously improved its artillery strategy and tactics, and has explored a set of very professional and profound laws.

Artillery shooting needs to calculate the ballistic landing point in advance, and the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the enemy's reaction after encountering the shelling is also unpredictable. It will collapse at the first touch, and the landing point of the shell needs to be continuously lengthened and extended forward to ensure that the main force of the enemy is always bombarded.

Therefore, if you want to maximize the power of artillery, it is definitely not enough to pile up many artillery pieces and then stuff them with shells and ignite the fuses to bombard them indiscriminately...

Gao Kan nodded, and ordered: "Order the whole army to prepare for the battle, raise the balloon, and closely observe the enemy's movements. As soon as the enemy enters the range, fire immediately!"

"Here!"

The captain got the order, turned around and ran away quickly, and the general's order was issued step by step.

Soon, a hot air balloon slowly rose above the ruins of the palace of the Han Dynasty. Observers on the hot air balloon could overlook the surroundings, and everything they could see was within the detection range.

……

Yin Qinzhou frowned and looked at the hot air balloon rising in front of him, his heart was very heavy, and the unprecedented tension made him purse his lips and say nothing.

Behind him, Dou Xi was supported by two of his own children and walked up. He also looked at the shadowy hot air balloon in the sky in front of him, sighed, and said: "Fang Er is indeed a scholarly man, and he has used his strange skills to the fullest. Unprecedented level, throughout the ages, who would have thought that a balloon could make a person fly into the sky, condescending and completely controlling the situation of the entire battlefield?"

They have all led soldiers and fought in battles, so it is natural to clear how important it is for the victory or defeat for such a balloon to fly in the sky to grasp the situation of the enemy and ourselves.

But before that, who could have thought of such a method and put it into practice?

For this point alone, Fang Jun will be recorded in full detail in the history of war from now on...

Yin Qinzhou glanced at him, and said indifferently: "It's windy and dew heavy here, you'd better go back and rest, otherwise if there are any troubles, don't you want the entire Yin family in Liquan to be buried with you?"

Dou Xi waved his hand to stop the angry scolding of the two grandchildren behind him, and said with a smile: "When you are old, your thoughts are heavy. You are fighting in full swing in the front. How can I sleep in the back? Instead of worrying about the battle situation, it is better to sit here See for yourself."

The accompanying servants really brought up a small horse, waited for him to sit down, and lined up behind him to block the cool wind blowing from the direction of the Wei River...

Yin Qinzhou sneered, he had a clear understanding of Dou Xi's thoughts of coming here to "supervise the war", but he didn't say anything.

I have become the last hope of the Guanlongmen Clan. If I am afraid of the right guard and run away, the Guanlongmen Clan will have no power to recover...

The troops rushing forward had already begun to change formation. The light cavalry broke away from the brigade from the two wings, made a small detour, and rushed straight to the two wings of the right guard. Their task was to rush into the two wings of the right guard and disrupt its defensive formation. When it goes well, go straight to the rear of the right guard to intercept it.

A mere [-] light cavalry can only be used to harass and intercept, but cannot directly charge into the formation...

The frontal troops have sword and shield hands in front and crossbowmen in the back. They are responsible for shooting at the enemy's crossbowmen before forming the formation, and covering the infantry behind to charge into the formation.

In the vast area south of the Weishui River, tens of thousands of Zuohou guards completely dispersed, forming a fierce attack.

The scouts flew back and forth, constantly sending back the battle situation ahead. At the same time, Yin Qinzhou would make some fine-tuning according to the battle situation, and then the scouts would send the information to each unit.

The various departments of the army under his command are closely coordinated, the morale is high, the morale is high, and Yin Qinzhou is full of confidence. With such an army that has been trained for many years, how can it lose to Fang Jun, who is short of major generals and has an unstable morale?

The mere [-] right guards in front of them are like mayflies shaking trees and mantis arms blocking cars. They can be defeated with a single charge, completely occupying the strategic area north of Xuanwu Gate, and then calmly arranged to completely wipe out the right guards.

"Report! All troops are strictly implementing the plan, and the formation has been completely dispersed!"

"Report! The cavalry on both wings come out together, rushing to attack the enemy's two wings!"

"Report! There are still three miles away from the enemy line!"

A sound report fully and clearly stated the situation on the battlefield. Yin Qinzhou held the horizontal knife at his waist with one hand and pinched his waist with the other.

Dou Xi's dizzy old eyes were half-opened and half-closed, with a heart in his stomach.

He knew that the reason why the garrisons in Yin Qinzhou and Guanzhong did not dare to attack the Taiji Palace was not because they were afraid of guarding the right guards, but because they were afraid that they would be used as a rafter in their early years, while others waited to grab the fruits of victory with peace of mind.

In his opinion, as long as Yin Qinzhou dares to attack the Taiji Palace, the right guards who lose their troops and generals are nothing to be afraid of, and no matter the victory or defeat, it will become the last straw that overwhelms the camel, and other troops will surely follow the scenery and participate in it one after another. Come in.

At that time, whether it's You Tunwei or the Six Commanders of the Eastern Palace, what's the point?
It will eventually be lost under the vast offensive of the entire Guanzhong army...

As long as Yin Qinzhou sends troops to break the current deadlock, victory will be within easy reach.

boom!
In the distant breeze and morning light, there was a dull and thunderous bang. Yin Qinzhou, Dou Xi and others changed their expressions when they heard it, but before they could react, the loud noises sounded one after another. Mount Tai collapsed, and the ground under his feet trembled slightly. Gunpowder smoke rose in the direction of the ruins of the Han Palace in the distance, and the breeze could not blow it away. After a while, it condensed into a cloud and hovered over the entire battlefield. over the sky.

Yin Qinzhou stood there in a daze, his face was pale and bloodless, his hand holding the handle of the horizontal knife trembled slightly, and his whole body trembled.

The situation that frightened him the most and was also the least likely to occur finally appeared.

Dou Xi was old and frail, and almost fell over from the mazar in horror. Fortunately, he was supported by a grandson of his family. His face full of age spots was full of panic and fear, and he lost his voice: " Is this... artillery?"

Yin Qinzhou pursed his lips. He had done some research on artillery tactics. After all, with such an extremely powerful weapon, which general would not want to have it and use it to run amok?Generally speaking, the shooting accuracy of artillery is not high. When facing the enemy in the field, it is necessary to fire one shot at a time to determine the distance and orientation between the enemy and ourselves, and then all the artillery can be concentrated for large-scale shelling.

But there is one situation that is different, that is, the war takes place on the predetermined battlefield, and the gunner has already measured the entire battlefield, so there is no need to test fire at all, and all the artillery can be pulled out and fired in salvo until all the shells are fired. .

And now, listening to the earth-shattering sound of the cannons and the earth-shattering landslides, the interval between rounds is extremely short, it is obviously the second situation...

"Report! Commander-in-Chief, the enemy army first prepared artillery to bombard our army, and our army prepared infantry, and suffered heavy losses!"

The captain rushed back and reported the situation on the battlefield.

"Mother!"

Shocked and angry, Yin Qinzhou turned to Dou Xi and glared, gritted his teeth and said, "Didn't you say that Zuo Tunwei didn't have enough firearms? If you're not deaf, listen to the artillery salvo. I tell you that it must be no less than five guns." Ten cannons!"

Even though he spoke so harshly and disregarded Dou Xi's face, the two grandsons of the Dou family only shivered aside and did not dare to intervene.

They are not fools, now that Zuo Houwei is being bombarded and killed by artillery, no one in Yin Qinzhou can guarantee that they will not kill the two of them to vent their anger...

Dou Xi was trembling all over, and his face was full of panic, he muttered: "It has been found out, it has been found out..."

The sound of the roaring cannons continued, and from now on, the tight formation of the left Houwei rushed as fast as before, and how fast they collapsed now!

However, Youtunwei had already designated artillery tactics. The artillery fire first fell on the enemy's front. The observers on the hot air balloon saw that the enemy was defeated after only two rounds of volleys, and retreated desperately. Then he ordered to adopt the "pursuit" tactic specified earlier. Dozens of artillery pieces did not fire a single shell, so they raised the muzzle by a point, so that the shells fell from near to far, chasing the enemy's retreating footsteps and falling into the crowd.

When the shell falls, the delayed fuse will detonate the gunpowder filled inside, and then the shell fragments will be pushed out in all directions. The densely packed shell fragments are pushed by powerful kinetic energy, possessing the power to destroy everything, recklessly harvesting the lives of private soldiers .

The unified firing of the artillery ensures the controllability of the impact point. Every two shells fall almost on the edge of the maximum killing radius, and the maximum power of the shells is exerted as much as possible. Countless rebels panicked in the explosion. Then the body was pierced by scattered shrapnel...

Yin Qinzhou didn't care to get angry with Dou Xi, and ordered loudly: "The whole army is ordered to retreat, retreat quickly!"

However, just as the school captain ran out, another scout galloped past: "Report! Commander-in-Chief, the enemy's armored cavalry is hiding from behind and is unstoppable!"

Armored cavalry!

Yin Qinzhou felt as if his heart was being tightly clenched by a pair of invisible hands, the blood in his body was almost congealed, his head was dizzy, his eyes were darkened, he staggered and almost fell to the ground.

There is only despair in my mind...

(End of this chapter)