Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 270
After Di Qing's army arrived in Guangnan in October, they had several contacts with Nong Zhigao.Li Buqi, as the commander-in-chief of the governor's local military administration, must give him a copy of all military newspapers.Judging from the battle reports of the Zhenwu Army, because the equipment of the Song Army is different from that in history, it has formed a great advantage over the Nong Army.

The basic combat method of Nong Zhigao's army is a team of three people, one person holds a rattan card in front, and two people advance with spears and rattan cards, and assassinate the target with javelins.This three-person team system has already taken the embryonic form of a mandarin duck formation. Song Jun has never been exposed to this style of play, and there is no way to break it.

Moreover, the climate in Guangnan is humid, and compound bows are difficult to use in such a humid environment. Therefore, in history, the Guangnan Song Army mostly used javelins to kill the enemy.It is difficult for javelins and ordinary bows and arrows to penetrate the rattan cards used by Nong Zhigao's army. In addition, most of Nong Zhigao's troops have rattan armor for body protection, so it is very difficult for Song Jun to fight against Nong Zhigao's army.

But now due to the arrival of Li Buqi, the steel crossbow of the Song Dynasty Army Supervisor has been mass-produced.With the arrival of Di Qing's army, the steel crossbows that were originally issued in small quantities were also transported to Guangnan in large quantities.Although the strength of the steel crossbow is not as good as that of the god arm bow, it is still no problem to shoot through the rattan armor at a distance of 30 meters. In this way, the Song army has an effective long-range and medium-range killing method against the Nong Zhigao army.Not to mention that there are light ballistas and torsion trebuchets at long distances, and the battle axes and heavy hammers commonly used in northern fighting at short distances, and a considerable part of the Song army, such as the Zhenwu army, is also equipped with rattan cards and rattan armor, and the level of protection is higher than that of the Nongzhi army. Still high.

After Nong Zhigao's army lost the defensive advantages of rattan cards and rattan armor, the disadvantages of organization and discipline were revealed. Whether it was a battle of hundreds of people or a fight of a few people, at least the Zhenwu Army completely suppressed Nong. Zhi Gaojun's.

Zhenwu Army now has an experimental unit equipped with firearms - "Shenji Battalion".The entire battalion has four companies and more than 500 people, all equipped with handguns.The buckshot of the handgun can easily tear the rattan plate at a distance of 30 meters.When Nong Zhigao's army attacked the camp once, Shenji Battalion faced more than 300 Nong Zhigao's troops. As a result, a round of salvos made Nong Zhigao's army turn around and run away.

Although Nong Zhigao's army had a weak will to fight and the loosely disciplined Guangnan Song army could fight smoothly, they were almost helpless in the face of Di Qing's army.After finding out that there was no hope of breaking through Jingxiang, Nong Zhigao had to lead his troops back to Yongzhou.

This is basically consistent with the judgments of Li Buqi and Di Qing.Now the whole of Guangnan is basically destroyed, and it is difficult for more than 2 people in Nongzhigao to raise food wherever they go.The so-called "no food, no army", once the food and grass are exhausted, Nong Zhigao's army will only collapse except for the part he started.Only Yongzhou is close to Guangyuan Prefecture at any rate. If Yongzhou can be reoccupied, at least it can be supported by the natives of Guangyuan Prefecture.Not to mention whether the control of Guangyuan Prefecture has brought confusion to the soldiers under Nong Zhigao who live in Guangyuan.

Therefore, at the beginning of December in the fourth year of Huangyou, a battle broke out between the Nong Zhigao army and the Jiaozhi army at Kunlun Pass, while the Song army who followed Nong Zhigao almost became a bystander.

At this time, Li Buqi did not wait for the news in Guangzhou. He had already led a fleet of ships from various merchants to Qinzhou to kill the Cochin navy.This is the combat principle of "you fight yours, I fight mine" learned from Grandpa Mao.

Now the "militiamen" recruited from Fujian and Guangdong have just started training for a month, and they are still too early to be able to fight, so in fact Li Buqi still does not have a unit that can fight on land.But it's different at sea.These sea merchants and sailors are veterans of the sea, and sailing through wind and waves is a housekeeping skill.Although the sailors of the merchant ship and the newly recruited sailors have never seen battles, and they have not even had time to train combat skills, but Li Buqi believes that the factors that determine the success or failure of maritime operations are eight points in navigation skills, two points in combat skills and other factors. aspect.Therefore, as long as you try to avoid boarding battles, this miscellaneous navy is still capable of fighting.

Another factor that made Li Buqi decide to fight a war as soon as possible is that the navy is really a money-burning business.With so many ships and so many people, the maintenance fee for daily training is a lot of money.Although Li Buqi will issue 200 million yuan in national debt every month, but if you have money, you should spend it sparingly, right?Let's quickly let the navy produce some benefits.

Also, it's almost time for merchant ships to go to sea.The ships returning this year have already been affected, and more than a dozen ships were taken captive by the Cochin people. If the Cochin navy in the Beibu Gulf is not cleared, this year's trade will be affected.

And Li Buqi believes that no matter how good the training is, it is better to pull out to fight a battle to improve the ability faster.In order for the navy to enter the state as soon as possible, he once again offered the magic weapon of "fighting instead of training".

On the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, taking advantage of the gradually strong northeast wind, the fleet left the Pearl River Estuary and sailed straight to the southwest, and arrived in Qiongzhou after a day of calm sailing.Resting in Qiongzhou for half a day and one night, the fleet sailed northwest again, entered the Beibu Gulf, and headed straight for Hepu.

After rounding the tip of the Leizhou Peninsula, Li Buqi sat under the parasol on the rudder tower at the stern.From this position, the formation of the entire fleet can be clearly seen.Now sixteen large ships with a thousand materials, and thirty ships of a thousand materials or less, are lined up in neat two-way columns under the command of the flag, plowing through the turbulent waves, looking majestic.The skill of this formation sailing has improved a lot compared to when Li Buqi inspected the fleet in Humen a month ago.

Li Buqi was about to let the fleet conduct another deck combat exercise, when suddenly the sound of gunfire from the leading ship caught his attention.Then the flags of the ships were waved, and the horns sent news again and again. The news came from the watchtower on the top of the mast that four ships were found ahead, which seemed to be cochin boats, and they asked for instructions on how to deal with them.

This is a good opportunity to practice.Li Buqi immediately issued an order: "Send ships to intercept and verify their identities. If it is a Cochin ship, sink it immediately!"

Inspector Bai Pinghai received the order, but it was not he who carried out the order, but Gao Qi and Wang Wanshun who came from Tamna Island.Wang Wanshun ordered to send a team of six fast boats to intercept the suspicious ships. After Gao Qi reviewed the order, he ordered to issue the order in the form of a flag.

Immediately, in the column near the coast, six sailboats of three to four hundred materials broke away from the formation, used both sails and oars, and began to cut obliquely in front of the four ships in the distance.Li Buqi also stood up from his seat, picked up the binoculars and looked in that direction.

From the binoculars, Li Buqi could vaguely see that the four ships that were heading for the Leizhou Peninsula had obviously spotted the approaching fleet, but hesitated for a long time before turning to flee.But although the ships of the Great Song Dynasty in this era are slow to make people anxious in Li Buqi's opinion, these ships run slower than the six chasing ships, and they delay the time, and they are chased after about an hour. on.

After finding that they could not escape, the four ships turned around as if they wanted to fight to the death, but the six warships did not give them a chance.From the binoculars, Li Buqi could see something flying from Song's boat, because a cloud covered the sunlight, and he could see that those things were carrying bright flames.This should be a javelin or kerosene bomb soaked in kerosene.

Sure enough, after a few breaths, the fire that ignited on the four ships seemed to be the sails on fire.The boats also lost power and drifted with the current like dead fish.But the six fast boats did not approach, but they continued to fire ballistas and crossbow arrows around the four ships, which were getting bigger and bigger.This is a bit of a waste, but the oil that was transported from the west by the Dashi, Tianfang and Dasong marine merchants was collected by Li Buqi, so it can be consumed.

After about two meals, the five boats began to lower half of their sails and circle around in place. One boat turned around and sailed towards the convoy until it reached the side of Li Buqi's boat. A strong man with beards jumped over to help Kneeling down on one knee at the rudder tower: "Report to the envoy! Those four boats were indeed sent by the Jiaozhi thieves to plunder Leizhou, and they have all been burned. The Jiaozhi people jumped into the sea to escape, and Captain Qi is directing the capture."

Li Buqi didn't talk nonsense: "Okay, if you win the first battle, I will remember your first achievement, and you will have a reward when you go back!"

This first battle was a success, and the atmosphere of the entire fleet was mobilized all of a sudden.

(End of this chapter)