Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 987 Quantity Can't Make Up For The Quality Gap
Chapter 994 Quantity Can't Make Up For The Quality Gap

Staff Officer Du said: "In fact, the Staff Department has also considered this issue, but it will take at least three days for us to establish a landing point on the tidal flat, but we will not have enough time to discuss with Presewar's Department!"

At this moment, Liu Laozhi got up suddenly and said: "You are joking with the lives of soldiers, three days is three days, as long as it is safe, why not even ten days? If you are not of my race, your heart must be different, Pu Li What does Sewar's department have to do with our Great Wei?"

Amidst the quarrel, the battle plan was completely overturned, and a large-scale revision was carried out. As for the Presewar Department, no one paid attention.

After more than half a day of intense discussions, the final plan was to build a landing point, and at the same time a small fleet carried three battalions of infantry troops to the vast sea.The combination of Liu Laozhi, Xie Xuan and Xie Yan got the task of raiding Muludubang. Muludubang is located in the northwest of Chennai, with a straight line distance of about 110 miles. It is a seaside town, but here is a very good natural environment. The port, of course, is not the most important thing, the important thing is that it can be in the northwest of Chennai city.

"Woooo!" The battle horn sounded suddenly, and Liu Laozhi looked at the faint lights, and slowly raised his command saber.

"Report to the general, the first battalion is ready."

"Report to the general, the second battalion is ready!"

"Report to the general, the third battalion is ready!"

Liu Laozhi waved his knife at the soldiers around him and shouted: "Attention everyone, everyone is ready to attack."

It is very difficult to launch a night attack in the dark night, and only a desperate person like Liu Laozhi dares to do it.One after another the centipede ships were released from the battleships, and soldiers jumped onto the centipede ships, while all the battleships anchored and moved sideways, throwing long-range weapons such as ballistas, eight-ox crossbows, and rockets at Mulu Dubang all at once. The town rained bullets.At this time, the small town of Muludubang was already boiling, with burning flames and black smoke columns everywhere.Of course, in the faint light of the flames, there were those bloody corpses looming.In just one round of ship-to-ground strikes, hundreds of ballista shells, bombs and rockets blew up the weak defense facilities of the Gupta Empire in the port to pieces.

Liu Laozhi took out the telescope from the telescope box hanging on his chest, and carefully observed the surrounding terrain. Because the bombing effect of the battleship was remarkable, there was no decent resistance around. Not a threat.Not far away, a general who looked like a general was yelling at his subordinates like headless chickens, but a ballista shell fell on his side by accident, and this was the only assembled army around them, and it dispersed with a blast .

At this moment, seeing that the nearest centipede ship was less than [-] steps away from the port, Liu Laozhi put down his binoculars and gave an order: "The fleet stops attacking."

At this time, the ship-to-ground support capability is limited, and Wei's long-range weapons are no more than a thousand paces away, but it is obviously enough to support the landing troops to occupy the tidal flats.

Xie Xuan has led more than [-] guards to the land of Mulu Dubang, he hurriedly said: "Where is the front Sima!"

"The humble job is here!" After a while, a former Sima whose face was blackened by smoke came to Xie Xuan's side.

"See, that's one of the three exits of the town. Take your people to block the road on the right. No enemy can let go, or you will be questioned."

"As you wish!" Sima in the front led his subordinates to go around to the front right
"Attack!" With an order, hundreds of Wei soldiers raised their shields and jumped out.The soldiers of the Gupta Imperial Army who were still fleeing desperately pursued and beat them fiercely.At the same time, teams of indigenous troops who were obviously not Han Chinese also launched a house-to-house campaign.

"I said, have you seen this Buddhist temple? A group of rout soldiers just poured in there, be careful, the monks here are more crazy than the dead." A Dubo explained to his subordinates while chasing Precautions.Even though they were chasing, they were not careless. While advancing cautiously, they hurriedly assembled shield formations to protect their bodies tightly when encountering turmoil.Don't look at the armor-piercing ability of the Gupta Longbow is not very good, but when dealing with the exposed parts, the arrows bite the flesh, and the arrows see blood.

At this time, more and more crossbows, eight-ox crossbows, and rockets successfully landed. With the support of these heavy weapons, the Wei army quickly took control of the small town of Muludubang.The craziest people in the Gupta Empire were never their soldiers, but those fanatical Buddhists.

The most tragic battle took place in the Banruo Temple. This temple has hundreds of rooms on the left and right, covering a huge area.Usually there are six or seven hundred monks.As the battle in the small town came to an end, more than 300 armed monks suddenly rushed out of Chuanruo Temple. This group of armed monks charged very fast, but these monks did not cause any damage to the Wei army. There were more than 300 people in the area. The monks and soldiers still couldn't break through the defense line of the Wei army, even if this line of defense was only formed in a hurry.

The eight-ox crossbow is actually a bed crossbow. This weapon appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but it was called the eight-ox crossbow because it required a very large tension. Dozens of people can wind up.However, under the influence of Ran Ming, Ma Ying only added a set of ratchets. This originally extremely heavy crossbow only needs two people to wind it.At this time, the metallurgical technology of the State of Wei was getting better and better. High-quality mild steel replaced the original wooden crossbow arms. After adding springs and bearings, the weight of this eight-ox crossbow was about reduced. On a flat road, one person can Pull the eight-ox ballista forward.

The teeth-stinging sound sounded, and dozens of eight-ox ballistas began to be wound up quickly, and then the shooting angles were adjusted, followed by the sound of each ballista being ready.Xie Xuan ordered, "Shoot!"

The soldiers of the Wei army standing behind the eight-ox crossbow cart slammed the high-raised wooden hammer on the machine bracket, as if the sound of tearing cloth was heard, dozens of eight-ox crossbows were fired neatly, and the long crossbow spears Like a flying wall, it slammed into the more than 300 monks and soldiers.

The crossbow machine is the best long-range weapon of Wei Jun. Even without observing the effect, the crossbowman quickly puts the crossbow arrow in the arrow groove after shooting, and then quickly turns the ratchet to lead the arrow to the string.The raw cow shields in the hands of the more than 300 soldiers and monks were like thin paper, and they were lightly pierced by the eight-ox crossbow. Dao did not weaken at all, and then penetrated through the bodies of the other monk soldiers behind until all the kinetic energy was exhausted.

The monks who were shot at the upper body by crossbow arrows and died directly were lucky. The worst were those who were shot in the arms or lower body. Although their injuries were serious, they would not die for a while.They watched as the robe beside them changed from a big living person to a pile of shredded meat in an instant, and some lucky people were frightened mad in an instant.

This raid was a joke in the eyes of Liu Laozhi. He shook his head and said with a regretful expression on his face: "Why do you say they are doing this? As a monk, why bother with worldly affairs, you worship in the temple every day Bodhisattva, how good is it to recite sutras?"

"General, there is a theory of reincarnation in their Buddhist school. They may feel that their reincarnation was not good in this life. They want to reincarnate into a good family, but they can't be cruel, so we have to help them!" Prison said with a smile.

There is a tradition in China that one person attains Taoism and ascends to heaven. This soldier is actually a member of the Liu clan in Pengcheng, and he is of the same clan as Liu Laozhi. According to his seniority, he is still Liu Laozhi's nephew. This is when the Pengcheng Liu clan learned that Liu Laozhi had developed After that, the clansmen who came to join him all wanted to have a future with Liu Laozhi.

"Hutou, you're the only one with a lot of weird words!" Liu Laozhi also liked this diligent and nimble nephew very much. Unknowingly, Liu Laozhi came to the battlefield.

The sky was gradually getting brighter, and the raid was very successful. Normally, this should be an exciting thing. However, due to the widening of his sight, Liu Hutou saw a dazzling light among the corpses of the monks. His eyes lit up immediately, and he knew that this was not the reflection of the sword, but the reflection of gold, silver and precious stones in the sun.Liu Hutou quickly ran towards the pile of corpses, and soon came to a Gupta long knife inlaid with various gemstones. The scabbard was made of crocodile skin, and it was inlaid with more than a dozen gemstones the size of copper coins. A scabbard is worth hundreds of gold.

"Look, general, it's a good thing!"

At this moment, a drop of blood flew from nowhere and dripped on Liu Laozhi's face. Liu Laozhi stretched out his hand to touch it, only to find that Liu Hutou's smile froze on his face.Liu Laozhi realized that something was wrong, and only then did he discover that there was a feathered arrow stuck in the back of Liu Hutou's neck.It turned out that there was a monk soldier who was seriously injured in the pile of corpses. When Liu Hutou moved the corpse and took away the long knife, he woke up. He touched a longbow beside him and shot an arrow at Liu Laozhi. It's a pity that Liu Hutou inadvertently stood in front of Liu Laozhi.

Watching Liu Hu's head slowly fall to the ground, Liu Laozhi yelled: "Fuck your ancestors!" Several people were injured, and the most seriously injured soldier stepped on the Greek fire that had not been completely extinguished because he rushed too fast and burned his leg.The only one who was killed today was actually his own soldier. How could Liu Laozhi not be angry?
"Come here, pass on this general's order to slaughter that Prajna Temple to this general, and all the monks will not let go!"
"Woohoo!" Suddenly, the battle horn of the Wei Army sounded, and the troops of the Wei Army began to gather and attack frantically towards the Banruo Temple.It's just that no one expected that this Prajna Temple is really a tough one.A group of Qu's troops attacked Banruo Temple, but after fighting for a quarter of an hour, they failed to attack, and instead paid dozens of casualties.

"It's against the sky, the tiger doesn't show its power, and I really think I'm a sick cat!" Seeing this situation, Liu Laozhi couldn't accept it even more, and ordered the troops to put ballistas, eight-ox crossbows, rockets, and land battle fire oil tanks Let's attack Banruo Temple together.Under such a powerful blow, not to mention just a temple, even a city can't hold on.With the addition of long-range weapons from the Wei State, this originally comfortable attack immediately became extremely bloody. One by one incendiary bombs and Greek torches turned the Prajna Temple into a sea of ​​​​flames, surrounded by Wei Army crossbowmen, as long as the ship If people in the temple come out, they will be shot by bows and crossbows.There were screams of being hit by crossbows everywhere, and there were fire men running around, making terrifying screams.

In the face of absolute strength, any resistance is futile.Liu Laozhi watched the Banruo Temple turn into ruins, and then ordered the troops to turn in with satisfaction.

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"Active attack, active attack is our only choice now. Our Gupta longbow is not as powerful as the crossbow of the Seres, our armor is not as strong as the armor of the Seres, and our knives and guns are not as strong as the Seres's." Sharp. Passively defending the city, it is easy to be blocked in the city by the Serisians, and our best elephant soldiers will lose room to move." A general of the Gupta Empire looked at one war elephant after another triumphantly: "This It is our most effective weapon. This is a gift from Brahma to the Gupta Empire. I am afraid that those Seres people have never seen such a huge monster in their life. I am very much looking forward to it. Gotta pee your pants."

Although Nayamalik is the governor of Tamil Nadu, he is not from the Gupta family. Malik means "tribal chief" in Tamil (Malik).This shows that the Tamil state is different from other places. This state is similar to the autonomous region of the later Chinese dynasty, and the Tamils ​​are the bosses here.

In Nayamalik's plan, he will stick to Chennai City and preserve the last hope for Tamil Nadu. The Tamils ​​are the most populous and powerful tribe in the Gupta Empire. The Gupta Empire will definitely not sit idly by. Hold on until the arrival of the Central Army, and he can lead the Tamils ​​to fight against the Seresians.

However, in Tamil Nadu, there are also many strange voices. They are even more afraid that the central army of the Gupta Empire is easy to invite but difficult to send away.If the Central Army does not leave Tamil Nadu, then sooner or later Tamil Nadu will become the core control area of ​​the Gupta Empire like the northern states.

On the other hand, Nayamalik is worried that relying on the Tamils ​​alone will not be enough to defeat the Seris. Although the Seris has not officially launched a landing campaign, it is no secret that they have arrived in the Bay of Bengal. Their attempt on Chennai It is also very obvious that since there is no way to be kind, the only option is to fight, and it is obviously impossible to let them wait to die.

"According to the news from our detailed work, the Serisians brought more than 5 warships this time. Apart from transport ships and warships, there are only a few troops that can participate in land battles, and they will definitely not exceed [-]. People. Even if ten people fight against one person, we can wipe out those Serisians.” Another general, Della Secchia proudly boasted: “We all know that the Serisians’ warships are very powerful, and they are also very powerful. They are powerful, but their warships must not run to the shore, so their powerful navy poses no threat to us. Our brave war elephants will tell those stupid Serisians how stupid it is to provoke us Tamils matter."

Della Secchia seems to have made up her mind for Naya Malick.Naya Malik got up and said loudly: "Since our wise generals feel that we are capable of fighting them outside the city, let's fight, Brahma and Buddha will bless Tamil Nadu!"

"Brahma and Buddha will bless Tamil Nadu!" Naya Malik began to pray for the blessing of Buddha at this time. In fact, all he can do now is pray.

Although there are 600 million Tamils, not all of them live in Chennai. However, Naya Malik's strength is not weak. He has at least 27 tribal troops and millions of subjects who support him. It is his confidence and the source of his confidence.

The Tamils ​​are actually best at foot combat. In terms of bravery, the Tamils ​​are among the more than 180 ethnic groups in the Gupta Empire. Perhaps only the Sikhs can match them.

It's just a pity that Naya Malik didn't know that they were far behind the Wei army, not only in terms of technical equipment, but also in tactical thinking.What Wei Guo developed is not only technology and equipment, but also combat concepts and combat methods. Wei Guo's army is now changing, from cold weapons to hot weapons.

Armed with technology and advanced ideas, quantity cannot make up for the gap in quality.

"What are those damn Seres doing?" Naya Malik felt something was wrong for the first time. The Seris fleet had arrived in the Bay of Bengal, but they were so close, they did not launch an attack.When things go wrong, there must be monsters. Although this sentence is not in the Tamil dictionary, Naya Malik knows this truth very well.

In Naya Malik's view, the Seris should attack immediately. The longer the time is delayed, the better their preparations will be, and the less chance the Seris will be able to capture Chennai.

In fact, Naya Malik didn't know that the Wei State Expeditionary Army was almost all formed by Ran Ming, and all the leading generals were either his students or his confidantes.Especially Chen Yong, the commander in chief of this army, is Ran Ming's great apprentice.Chen Yong is not only Ran Ming's great apprentice, but also the person who has received Ran Ming's true teaching the most.When it comes to Ran Ming's war, he dares to take risks, but he is definitely the person who is most unwilling to take risks.

(End of this chapter)