Da Wei Chun

Chapter 707 you come and I go
There were several explosions, and the guards panicked.Dang even dropped the cart and lay down on the bottom of the cart.

Fortunately, Yangzhi has a strict order: If you don't hear about Jin Zheng, you can retreat without authorization, and you will be killed without mercy.At the back of the formation, there is a team of supervisors with swords and bows, watching covetously, otherwise, the front army may be defeated after only one round of cannon fire.

It's really too frightening: walking smoothly, without any warning signs, suddenly, like a thunderbolt, the living people were blown to a pulp...

Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Bing Qiu was horrified.

Just a few steps away, he also ended up with no bones left.

Bearing his fear, he jumped off the horse like flying, picked up a square shield and stood in front of him, poking his eyes out of the edge of the shield and looking forward.

It is more than half a mile away from the left and right, and Bing Qiu has excellent eyesight, so he can see very clearly: whether it is on the shore or on a boat, there is no such thing as "about five feet long and seven or eight inches in diameter" as Yang Zhi said. , weighing more than three or four hundred catties" cannon.All he could see was a small cannon that was as thick as a calf and about two feet long.

What's more, there was no smoke and no fire in front of the enemy's formation, as if no artillery had been fired?

How did that blow up?

When he was horrified, he heard the heart-wrenching howls of the soldiers not far away, and Bing Qiu snapped back to his senses.

I don't know when, the cannon stopped firing?
Otherwise, how could he hear the miserable howl so clearly, how could he see the enemy formation so clearly?

What's more, I just glanced in shock, the fire seems to come out of the ground?
It's really a thunderstorm...

Surprised and suspicious, Bing Qiu urgently asked his cronies to report to Yang Zhi.

Yangzhi is only one mile away from him, and the messenger will arrive in a moment.

As the saying goes, hearing is believing, seeing is believing.

After Yang Shu and Liu Fang returned from their envoys to the West Sea, they compiled what they saw and heard in a newspaper and spread it to all states.

Furthermore, Cui Yanbo has experienced it himself, and he has already explained to the generals the advantages and disadvantages of the Xihai Artillery.

Although he had been mentally prepared, Yang Zhi was still terrified when he saw the real face.A thought involuntarily came to mind: This weapon is comparable to divine punishment, how can human power resist it?

But no matter how fearful it is, the battle will still go on.As the coach, it is impossible for him to run away as soon as he fights in the first day of junior high school.

Yang Zhi gritted his teeth and began to ponder carefully.

Although it was a little far away and he could only see a rough idea, it was enough for him to infer many things.

For example, the rebels on the shore didn't light up, let alone fired artillery, and the few thunderstorms in the front line seemed to explode on the ground.

For another example, although the former army was shocked, it was not chaotic, and it did not run around in a panic, but stood on the spot.

What's strange is that the former army stopped, and the rebel army stopped on the spot, but there was no more movement?
It's as if the rebels drew a thunderstorm with a limit of [-] steps, but if they dare to step beyond the thunderstorm, they will be smashed to pieces...

Hmm, Lei Chi?

Yang Zhi's eyes lit up, and he asked suspiciously: "Mr. Li, General Yang, do you still remember the urgent report Cui Shuaiyu sent a few days ago, saying that Rouran sent a message: Tens of thousands of fine riders were trapped in the north of Junji Mountain?" , to the east of Yanhu Lake, dare not take a step east. Whenever you enter the great moraine, countless thunderbolts will emerge from the ground, and the bones of soldiers and horses will be blown up...isn't it just like what you see now?"

Yang Zhi pointed forward with his hand, "However, Xing Shangshu and Cui Xianbo said that although the thunder pond is like the power of the heavens, it is only in the area from Daqi to Chengyan Lake. Therefore, the reason why Daqi is a thunder pond is not a natural disaster, but It's a man-made disaster, all caused by Xihai...

It is also known that if you go around to the north of Daqi and then go east, you will be safe and sound.But Hu Shuai was afraid of being cut off by the West Sea, so he didn't dare to venture eastward.

Since it is man-made, there must be a time limit.But today, the enemy bandits crossed the natural danger of Longshan Mountain and came here, and it was only two hours before this time, and they had to unload the ship and set up an formation, how many minutes were left?
It is really a thunder pool, at most it is a place to put a cone, the intention is nothing more than to stop us, so it is not difficult to break it.Great, just go a little further. "

Li Shao praised inwardly: "There are no worthless people under a great reputation, and Yang Zhi is not a person who is in vain."Just relying on this calmness and quick wit, it is difficult for ordinary people to match.

After feeling a lot of emotion, he sighed again: "Since that's the case, just go around!"

Yang Zhi's eyes widened: You said it so lightly?
Even if they bypassed this thunder pond, how would they destroy the artillery array on the shore?

The instruction given to Bing Qiu just now was just a way to stabilize the morale of the army.

If what Cui Yanbo said is true, the range of the Xihai Small Cannon is about a hundred paces at most.However, the wooden shield is more than two inches thick and covered with cowhide, so it is considered safe.

But within sixty paces, the wooden shield is like a decoration.If it gets closer to forty steps, the iron pellets fired by the small cannon can penetrate even the armor.

Therefore, in order to stand in an array, you can only stand at about sixty steps.

The range of the stone cannons in the Israeli army can throw stone bullets over sixty steps, but at most it weighs only ten kilograms.

Not to mention sinking those strange ships, it just makes people laugh if they can't even pierce an inch-thick thin shield.

There are two large stone cannons, that is, heavy trebuchets that can throw [-]-jin stone bullets a hundred steps away.

But the bigger the stone cannon, the thicker and heavier the arms, frames, rods, carts, etc. are required. One can easily weigh two to three hundred catties, and the assembly is extremely time-consuming.

Yang Zhi estimated that if he wanted to erect a gun mount, it would be dark at the earliest.

Moreover, the operation of this object is cumbersome, and it takes only a moment to throw a stone bomb.Moreover, the accuracy of the head is very poor, and if the difference is a few millimeters, it will be as far as tens of feet.Even if the rebels on the shore stood still, they might not be able to sink a few enemy ships in one day.

But the battle still has to be fought, otherwise there is no way to explain.

Yang Zhi's heart fluttered, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Jin Ling Bingqiu, the cavalry dismounted, set fire to the horse's tail, and drove them into the formation. Then the chariot formation advanced, and stood fifty steps away from the enemy, and returned fire with stone cannons..."

Li Shao's heart skipped a beat.

It's not that he was surprised that Yang Zhi could figure out how to break the thunder pool with a horse, but he was just picking up people's teeth.

Knowing that Rouran was trapped in the west of Daqi, Xing Luan sent his cronies to visit.After repeated testing, I came to the conclusion that "if there is a living thing stepping on it, the thunder formation will explode. But the place where the explosion has passed is already smooth, and people and horses can do it..."

Li Shao was surprised: Yang Zhi has such courage, how dare he use his horse to break through the formation?
It is no exaggeration to say: a war horse can reach two or three civilian husbands...

Of course, although Yang Zhi has a fierce reputation, he is not yet cruel enough to drive people away.But Li Shao thought, why can't he wait any longer and collect some pigs or sheep from the nearby villages and towns?

Of course, it may take longer.It's even more likely that after Yang Zhi broke through the thunder formation, Xihai's former army had already captured Siyang, and countless grains and grass had already been turned into fly ash...

Just as he was complaining secretly, there was another burst of shouting, and he looked closely, Bing Qiu had already followed the order and freed up more than a dozen war horses.

Not long after, I heard the sound of thunder, and the sky was full of smoke and dust.

Two hundred steps away, Song Shihe was standing on the top of the boat, holding up the binoculars, and looking at it loudly.

He is a concubine of the Song family, according to his seniority, he is the uncle of Song Lishen, and the uncle of Li Chengxue, Li Chengzhi's third brother.

But that is seniority, age is not old.When Li Chengzhi raised troops to suppress the rebellion in Jingzhou, he was only about [-] and was appointed as the leader of the infantry.Now he is only twenty-six, and he is already a general of the Xihai Navy.

There was another person standing under the boat, the son of Li Song's younger brother Li Bai, that is, Li Zhang and Li Xian's cousin Li Zhao.

When Li Chengzhi started his army, Li Zhao was the leader of the archers, and now he is the deputy commander of the small army.

The coach is naturally Daxi, who has led the artillery battalion and infantry battalion at this time, heading north to Siyang.Daxi left two people here, one to protect the ship, and the other to stop the pursuers.

Ignoring Song Shihe's strange cry, Li Zhao put down the binoculars, imitating Li Chengzhi's signature movement, and squeezed his stubble-covered chin.

"To think of breaking thunder with a horse, it must have been taught by Xing Luan, this sheep can be learned and used..."

"It's a plan to slow down the troops, so what if the landmines are broken?"

Song Shihe said disapprovingly, "If we stand here horizontally, Yang Zhi will not dare to divide his troops to pursue Xi Shuai. For the present plan, he can only fight with his back to destroy the ship. But he just doesn't know why he For what?"

What else can be counted?

When giving lectures to the military academy, Mr. Lang made it clear: If there is a strong city to rely on, it will naturally be impossible to defend it, but it can be resisted for a while.

If it is a field battle, naturally it can only be filled with human lives.Even if you can create some thick shields, car arrays and other things, it's just a glass of water to save your salary, and it won't help.

The Li family has long regarded Li Chengzhi as a god, and Li Zhao naturally believes in it.Therefore, it is determined that Yang Zhi has no other way but to fight hard.

"Your Majesty always says that when a lion fights a rabbit, he will do his best. What's more, Yang Zhi is well-known, and he is not a person with a false reputation. So be careful, don't capsize the boat in the gutter..."

"Don't worry, general, the general will save you! Although I talk lightly, I regard Yang Zhi as a strong enemy. Just like what the Duke said: Contempt in strategy, pay attention to tactics, and I will definitely not underestimate the enemy..."

Did you remember clearly?
Li Zhao nodded: "Then go!"

"Order!"

Song Shihe jumped off the bow and waved to the watchtower not far away.

The soldiers upstairs were waving the flags, Li Zhao recognized them for a while, and knew that the enemy troops had already lined up sixty paces away.

This distance happens to be the critical point for the effective killing of the Tiger Crouching Cannon.

It seems that it is exactly as what Mr. Lang said, the more battles are fought, the more the enemy will understand the advantages and disadvantages of Xihai firearms, and they will naturally be able to find out effective means of defense.

But how can the enemy's understanding speed catch up with Xihai's speed of improving and optimizing firearms?

Yang Zhi probably didn't expect that not only the Zhenyi cannon could shoot flower bombs and incendiary bombs, but also the small tiger crouching cannon.

But it is slightly smaller, and its power is much lower than that of landmines and large flowering bombs.

Yes, but it is enough to hurt the enemy.

After pondering for a while, he ordered again: "Go and send an order to General Song: There are not many incendiary bombs in stock, save if you can, and don't use if you can..."

"promise!"

The cronies rode away, and after a while, they heard the continuous sound of cannons like rain.

Then raised the lens tube and looked south, the front line of the soldiers was already in a mess...

Li Chengzhi said in the military academy that the most beneficial thing to use artillery against cold weapons is field combat.

Daxi deeply agrees with this.

For example, when Li Feng went out to the army this time, they all used carts as artillery mounts, even if the horses didn't stop and the carts weren't parked, the tiger crouching cannons would fire without fail, which can be called extremely convenient.

Xing Luan followed, but felt lonely.They dare not even approach within two miles of the marching route.

In the words of Li Chengzhi, it is you who hit you, and I will go mine...

At this moment, Yuan Qin's speed was not uncomfortably fast, it lasted for two hours, so he gathered thousands of armored horsemen and rushed towards him.

In less than two hours, they arrived sixty miles south of Qianyang County, but Daxi only went twenty miles north.

But the former was riding a horse, while the latter was driving a cart. Furthermore, it took more than an hour just to stop the boat to unload the cannon, so it was normal for Yuan Qin to come sooner.

But there is nothing else to do except to be fast.

When Tang Qi found out that Yuanqin's striker was two miles away, Daxi ordered the Paoying to spread out the ten squatting Zhenyi Pao.

After the position was calibrated, the ten cannons fired two rounds in volley, and they smashed Yuanqin's thousands of armored cavalry into pieces.

It's not that the officers and soldiers are vulnerable.

First, Yuan Qin was anxious, fearing that the rebels would approach Siyang, and then there would be no food and grass, and he just wanted to force the rebels and enemies away from Siyang as much as possible.

In a moment of urgency, I can't take into account that Xihai's Zhenyi cannon has a range of three miles away.

The second is that Yuan Qin has not yet turned the corner: the official road for war horses to gallop is only so wide, and the roadsides are all fertile fields, so they will not be trampled by the cavalry unless they are forced to.

Therefore, thousands of riders are crowded on the few two lanes, which is like setting a target for the artillery.

Not to mention all ten rounds hit, but if two or three flowering bullets fell into the cavalry, they would definitely be turned on their backs.

Therefore, when Fang started the battle, he didn't even know the strength of the enemy's troops, how many steps or how many cavalry, etc., so the officers and soldiers took a few shots first.

Yuan Qin realized later, and just now ordered the cavalry to disperse and disperse into the field.

But Xing Luan's [-] cavalry were powerless against Li Feng's [-] cavalry, and Yuan Qin only brought two to three thousand cavalry when he was in a panic, and he could only stare blankly at Daxi's two artillery battalions.

As long as it is within fifty steps, there will be a tiger crouching cannon.The iron nails and rubble were as dense as raindrops, and the cavalry had nowhere to hide.

But standing fifty steps away, the cavalry's short bow is not as good as killing the enemy, but even tickling.

Just like this, Yuan Qin could only watch the rebels put away the sleepers, assemble the carts, and when they set up the mules and horses, they continued to march with ten squat cannons.

Weizaiweizai?

The enemy's large gun cart is so convenient, the wheels and shafts can be dismantled and reinstalled whenever you want?
In this way, wouldn't it be possible for the enemy troops to enter the city of Siyang along this road at most in the near night?
When he was in a hurry, he accidentally saw the Si River beside the road. Yuan Qin had a flash of inspiration and shouted sharply: "Hurry up, hold my letter, and urgently order Yang to stay away, find a low-lying place, and cut off the river embankment. Chidao was completely flooded..."

The confidant took the order respectfully, and before he was about to leave, Yuan Qin shouted again: "Wait a minute..."

In addition to galloping roads, small country roads and fertile fields along the roads can all be used for marching, so what's the use of digging a narrow river?
"Regardless of rivers, ditches, ditches, and brooks, wherever there is water, they must be dug, and the rebels must not be allowed to approach Siyang..."

The water of the Qian River is relatively small, and some sections of the river are too shallow for paddle wheels.

It leads directly to the Weishui River, which has an endless natural source, and there are many tributaries, running across several counties in Qizhou.Siyang was originally named after the Si River, so it is naturally very close.

So after an hour, Daxi was blocked on his way.

Looking at the flooded road, Da Xi smiled coldly: This Yuan Qin is quite quick-witted...

(End of this chapter)