Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 327 Shi Congyun's Artillery Tactics ([-])

Qin Jun's counterattack was accompanied by thunder and thunder.

Shi Congyun gritted his teeth all the time, and did not give the order to fire, because he was waiting for the opponent to get closer, to move forward, and to throw them all into the battlefield.

Especially in the west, where Li Yun placed high hopes, Shi Congyun increased his troops twice and set up an ambush, in order to completely stabilize the situation and let the rebels come forward.

The low hillside in the east became an obstacle for the Northern Han army. Their cavalry were stabbed by spears and fell down several times when climbing the low slope, and they were still unable to go up.

The outcome of the war is not determined by him and a few generals. No matter how exquisite the tactics are, they are useless without the cooperation of each soldier.

The stories of princes, generals and ministers are beautiful, but the fundamental grassroots support is the torrent and powerful driving force of history. Just like Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu, people only tell stories about heroes, overlords and beauties, and give credit to famous characters.

But in fact, the outcome of the two sides has been decided long ago. Liu Bang used the prefecture and county system of the Qin Dynasty, and with the military merit system, ordinary soldiers and common people have the opportunity to rise.

And Xiang Yu is still in the aristocratic politics of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States. It can be seen that his confidantes are either relatives or friends and benefactors. Ordinary people have no chance at all. Many people from poor families, whether it is Chen Ping, Han Xin, etc., defected to Liu Bang from Xiang Yu. , because under the aristocratic politics, the upward channels are locked, and it is difficult for children from poor families to do anything.

On Liu Bang's side, there were so many civil and military generals who came from ordinary people in the city. There were a lot of them around him, and a lot came from Xiang Yu's side, because ordinary people had opportunities there.

This is the secret of success. Even without Han Xin, Peng Yue, Cao Shen, Guan Ying, etc., there will still be others who stand up.

It's not that they followed Liu Bang, so Liu Bang succeeded, but that most ordinary people in the world followed Liu Bang, and instead made Liu Bang.

There is no shortage of talents in any era. The key is to have the policy soil to display their talents. In any era, only the support of ordinary soldiers and the people is the foundation of a strong army.

Shi Congyun has always emphasized military discipline, constantly strengthening discipline for several years, and constantly optimizing the rewards and punishments for the army, trying to be fair, and even selling iron to pay the army when he is too poor.

At the same time, after succeeding to the throne, he withdrew from the policy of benefiting the people one after another. The imperial court paid a lot of money to equalize the price of food, and it also paid for food, clothing and housing for the people transported by water.

When soldiers and people are willing to fight for him, the result is the current situation.

All he wanted was to let the rebels come over, and then counterattack with artillery. As a result, the soldiers directly let the rebels come over, and then massacred them in front of the formation!
The Eastern Front, which is the best to fight, even pushed forward dozens of steps, and the Northern Han Army was defeated steadily under the situation of numerical disadvantage, and now it has left and dare not fight.

If Shi Congyun hadn't sent someone to stop them because he was afraid that they would go too deep and get out of touch with the center formation and be surrounded, maybe they would have been able to fight further.

The battlefield at the west end of the village was the worst, because Li Yun placed the elite and reinforcements on the west side.

However, the defenders there are still under the organization of Wang Shenqi, Dang Jin, Li Hanchao and others. They fought very well. The enemy suffered heavy losses and could not fight in. The rear reinforcements were rushed by the elite cavalry led by Wang Shenqi before they entered the battlefield. Lanyao cut it off, then made a mess and retreated.

At the beginning, the frontal enemy army had a large number of people and high morale, but after fighting for half an hour, after the first wave was retreated by the Qin army's elite like cutting melons and vegetables, they completely lost contact and became consumed by retreating bows and crossbows. , rarely dare to step forward.

Their morale only comes from the large number of people, and they feel that they can bully the few with more. After being beaten in a wave, they immediately don't have the courage to attack on a large scale again.

The tight front line and high morale built an iron wall, and the effect was far beyond Shi Congyun's expectations. No one retreated in front of several times the enemy.

Therefore, he never gave the order to fire and counterattack until the morale of the enemy became lower and lower, and his soldiers became more and more courageous as they fought.

He finally felt that it was time to fight back, and then he ordered the Suzaku flag to be raised and the whole army to fight back!

The orange flames suddenly flickered on the ground, and the scorching light changed the color of the battlefield.

The rebels at the front couldn't react, and suddenly their flesh and blood flew all over them, as if struck by lightning, they fell down like wheat harvesting.

The power of the artillery lies in its powerful kinetic energy, which is inseparable from its speed. Almost all the stones are accelerated to fly close to the speed of sound when they exit the barrel, which is difficult for the naked eye to catch.

In the face of such kinetic energy, all armor is like a blank sheet of paper, vulnerable to a single blow.

Those elites who were placed at the forefront to protect the three armies, wearing solid armor, are like tofu at this time, and they don't know how they died
More than 20 stone-shooting cannons at the front of each front fired intensively, and a large number of howling stones hit the front soldiers at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye.

The people behind were also stunned. The many crossbowmen who were hiding behind couldn't react to what happened. Many horses behind and on the flanks neighed amidst the sound of cannons resounding through the sky. They were so startled that they kicked and ran wildly. Walking around, chaos.

It's just that Qin Jun didn't give them a chance. Such drills have been practiced countless times by the banks of Bianshui.

As soon as Shi Congyun's command flag came out, the commandos who had been prepared at the back of the lower position had already stepped out of the front line, rushing towards the three gaps opened by the stone-shooting artillery.

Hundreds of iron cavalry in front cleared the way and rushed into the enemy's formation at the fastest speed. A large number of infantry followed behind to increase their strength and open the gap to prevent counterattacks.

A large number of rebels who were killed or injured in the gap and had no time to evade were trampled by the first wave of heavy armored cavalry rushing in with lightning speed. mouth.

The opponent's army formation was in chaos immediately, and the gap opened by the concentrated use of artillery to kill a large number of people in an instant caused chaos.

Shi Congyun was excited. Looking down from the top of the mountain, he could clearly see three long dragons following the gap opened by the artillery, cutting through the enemy's formation all the way to the north. Little by little.

Although the Northern Han Army and Li Jun Army had a large number of people, they were instantly stunned by this style of play, and the formation fell into chaos.

As the Qin army suddenly entered the depths and rushed forward, hacking and killing on all sides, the formation on the opposite side became more and more chaotic.

After breaking through the frontier elite with a high armor rate, many soldiers in the rear are mostly unarmored reserve soldiers and auxiliary troops, and there are even cases where they are filling up.

Looking from a distance, the enemy troops in the rear were all in a panic trying to avoid the Qin army rushing into the formation, so they squeezed in the middle one after another, but soon found that there was nowhere to escape, and they turned instinctively backwards. flee.

In less than a quarter of an hour, this trend intensified, and then, like a gap in the embankment, the raging flood could no longer be stopped, and the retreat turned into a rout, and gradually turned into a deserted escape.
A large number of banners fell to the ground, and the enemy formation began to gradually collapse backwards.

Shi Congyun could see clearly from the mountain, and immediately ordered: "Pass my general order, the whole army pursues, and captures Li Yun!"

The civil and military soldiers and messengers around were also very excited at this time. Seeing the emperor's command and planning, always as stable as Mount Tai, tens of thousands of troops collapsed immediately, and many bandits and bandits fled desperately.

Little did he know that Shi Congyun was almost unable to stand up anymore. Although his acting skills had always been at the level of an emperor, the pressure of such a big battle was still too great. His tense nerves relaxed, and he almost sat down on the ground in embarrassment.

However, since he is the emperor, he had no choice but to "elegantly" sit cross-legged on the ground, and then said, "Sitting here, looking north, everything behind me is my Great Qin country!"

Everyone shouted Long Live, and they all felt that the official's speech was extremely domineering and meaningful.
The battle situation was good across the board, with the red sun slanting to the west, the Qin army immediately abandoned their position, uttered overwhelming shouts of killing, and rushed out from everywhere like a tide, chasing and attacking to the west.

In the fields and fields in the distance, only a few enemy troops were still fighting, and more people fled north like black ants, fleeing from the fields and roads in the direction of Zezhou.

At this point in the battle, the victory has been decided. This time the firearm is no longer a supporting role in determining the outcome like in previous battles, but has become the protagonist, dominating the battlefield.

Looking north, the Qin army was still chasing after the sun in the afterglow.
(End of this chapter)