Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 584

"Fire!" Yao Su swung his right arm violently, looking nervously at the Jin army outside the city, not daring to breathe.

With a muffled sound, a few puffs of black smoke rose from the top of the city, and the shells whizzed towards the Jin army formation.

Wanyan Yuying was about to give the order to attack when he saw a few iron bullets flying into his formation with howling noises.The iron bullets came quickly and urgently, directly grinding a bloody path in the army formation.Immediately there were dozens of people missing arms and legs, screaming in the army formation.Many people lost their lives directly.

Wanyan Yuying was stunned by this protruding scene.I stared blankly there, not knowing what to do for a moment.

When the Jin army hesitated, the Song army fired the second round of artillery.Howling artillery shells flew towards them, and one that was fired accurately pierced through the formation of the Golden Army in one fell swoop.

Following the firing of artillery from Shenshan County, the two nearby villages also adjusted their muzzles and fired together.The Jin army lined up in front of the city became a living target, and almost none of the cannons were fired.The shells penetrated into the crowd, and the people they encountered ranged from serious injury to death.

Within a few breaths, the formation of the Golden Army was already in disarray.

Wanyan Yuying was heartbroken.Shouted loudly: "Withdraw! Withdraw! Immediately retreat the whole army!"

For a while, how did the densely packed Jin army react?As Wanyan Yingshuai flag pointed backwards, some people wanted to turn around, some wanted to retreat, coupled with the large number of seriously wounded, they crowded together and became a mess for a while.

Every time the Song army at the head of the city fired three cannonballs, someone would carry a bucket and pour water on the cannon barrels.Even so, it didn't take long for the gun barrel to turn red.

At this time, the Jin army outside the city seemed to have entered the Shura hell. I don't know how many people died and how many people were injured.The formation was completely chaotic, except for a few people who successfully retreated, most of them huddled together.Shells were still falling on the city, and there were screams everywhere.

On the hillside in the west of the city, Jiang Min shook her head.He put down the binoculars, shook it vigorously with his hand, tried again, and handed it to Liang Xing beside him.

Liang Xing could only see the chaos in front of the city, but he couldn't see clearly from a distance, so he didn't know what happened.Picking up the binoculars and taking a look, I couldn't help being startled.He said to Jiang Min: "Call me, what's going on in front of the city?"

Jiang Min said: "There are cannons on the top of the city, and the Jin army is arrayed in front of the city, isn't it courting death! We have cannons in the army, and the war will be different from now on."

When artillery first appeared, it did not change the shape of warfare.To some extent, this is just better bows and crossbows, better knives and guns, and the war is still played in the past.But when the field artillery matured and the war was no longer about defending the city, the war changed.In the face of powerful artillery, the city cannot be defended, and the field cannot be formed into a dense offensive formation.Even some heights outweighed cities in importance due to the longer range and better visibility of the guns on higher ground.

In Europe, the improvement of guns is a process in which contradictions ebb and flow.At first, city defense guns were commonly used, and the attackers also tried their best to drag the guns to the front of the city, or cast them directly in front of the city.At this time, the artillery basically has no field combat capabilities, and the most typical form of warfare is the offensive and defensive battle of the bastion.When the field artillery developed maturely, even if the attacker did not capture the bastion, he could use very little force to control the bastion, and the form of warfare changed.The importance of cities and bastions has been greatly reduced, and warfare has become dominated by field battles, and the scale of troops has also increased rapidly.

Due to the special historical conditions in China, field artillery has not been developed, especially the powerful field artillery, which has not become the main force of the war.In the history of China, in fact, the form of warfare dominated by cold weapons has directly fast forwarded to the form of warfare of modern firearms.How to fight a field artillery war in the form of a muzzle has never happened in Chinese history.

Wang Xiaolie didn't know much about artillery, so he had to figure out how to use it in actual combat.However, due to the memory of the previous life, when making artillery, it is mainly field artillery, and the mobility of artillery is also emphasized.The addition of these field guns actually changed the form of warfare fundamentally.

Wanyan Yuying's 3000 men were the first army of this era to face artillery directly.Not being completely bombarded by more than a dozen cannons in front of Shenshan County is already the result of the particularly strong Jin army.For them, failure is inevitable.

Liang Xing looked at it for a while, then put down the binoculars and said to Jiang Min, "Please, the Jin army has already retreated, should we chase after it?"

Jiang Min said: "It's not so easy to run. Out of the range of the artillery, Jin Shuai will try to regroup the army and retreat if he can't think of a way. That's when we will pursue. General, my five hundred cavalry, Including your five hundred cavalry, how about eating all the three thousand gold troops?"

Liang was taken aback.Said: "I came to Shenshan because I felt that I would not be able to defend the county if I recruited more than 1000 troops against three thousand gold troops. Who would have thought that these golden troops would be vulnerable to recruiting. This, this—"

Jiang Mindao: "As a commander, you should have a good understanding of war. You must be clear about your own soldiers, the enemy's soldiers, the morale of both sides, and weapons. If Wanyan Kuiying can wake up quickly and adjust the tactics , How can 3000 people be vulnerable? If you can’t react well and insist on sending your soldiers to the city to die, who can save him? Since Jingkang, is there still a small number of battles where the Jin army fought with one to ten? Is it because the Han people are afraid of death? War If it is defeated, the commander has to bear a very heavy responsibility. In other words, it is not a commander's problem, but a problem with the entire war command system."

Liang Xing was silent.Jiang Min, who had the best academic performance in the military academy, had naturally considered these issues. As a rebel leader who rose up during the war, why did Liang Xing consider these issues?What Liang Xing wants to know now is when to chase after him.

Jiang Min raised the binoculars and observed the situation in front of the city.Today's telescopes are very difficult to use and have various problems.When using it, it is often difficult to see clearly, and it is a common action to pat and shake.

Seeing Yan Yuying riding on the horse, he looked at his reassembled army and at the top of the city, hesitating for a long time.In the end, the command retreated.Jiang Min put away the binoculars and said decisively: "The Jin army is about to retreat! Let's go!"

After finishing speaking, he said to Liang Xing: "Five miles away is the Laohe River, and the Jin army must leave people there to guard the ferry. Let's go and seize the ferry, and then fight to the death with the Jin army by the river! Commander Jin will no longer try to attack, but It is a decisive retreat, not an ordinary person!"

Liang Xing agreed.Together with Jiang Min, he led the army along the hillside and rushed north to the Laohe River.It's spring now, and if you find a suitable place, the Jin army can wade across the river.It's just that if you are suddenly attacked by the enemy, it will be difficult to find a suitable location.

(End of this chapter)