Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 596 Artillery Destroys the Enemy
The sun suddenly jumped out from the clouds in the east, and thousands of rays of light spread on the earth, and the world suddenly became warmer.

Li Cheng rode on the horse, squinting his eyes slightly, looking at Song Jun in front of him. The army of more than 1 people is arranged in a formation, and the end can't be seen at a glance.It's just that the Song Army's formation today is a bit strange, obviously divided into square formations, and the gap in the middle is larger than usual.

The gaps in the army formation are for the convenience of other troops to move back and forth.For example, cavalry in the army can shuttle through the army formation.There are also crossbowmen, which can also move forward and backward.It's just that these gaps are not big, so they are not flaws.Today, the Song Army's gap is much bigger than usual.

The Song army from Zhendong was able to come from it, obviously more than the Song army from Zhengzhou, and they were stronger.Li Chengming led 3000 people to fight, and he brought the rest of the troops to fight the Zhengzhou Song Army.If God is merciful and he can quickly defeat this Song army, the outcome of this battle is still unknown.

After shaking the steel knife in his hand, Li Cheng ordered the flag bearer to raise the flag behind him.The most elite troops began to assemble, and Li Cheng went straight to the opponent's central army.The difference in the number of the two sides is quite large, and it is difficult to inflict a fatal blow on the other side without attacking the Chinese army.

Cao Zhiyan was on a mound of dirt, holding up a telescope, observing Li Cheng's movements.Seeing more than 1000 people gathered behind Li Cheng, he said to the staff officer Fei Li: "Good luck today! Li Cheng thinks that we have few people, so he came to our side. He must be thinking about defeating our army in a battle, Go to join the war to solve Linong. It's really a good idea!"

Fei Li said: "Looking at Li Cheng's army formation, he's just a stone's throw away from us, isn't it just a matter of death?"

Cao Zhiyan laughed and said, "After the first battle in Luoyang, we only started using artillery. How do these people know? They can only come here to die."

When the two armies are at war, there must be a blank area between the army formations.This blank area, the attacker must rush through before attacking the defender's main formation.Therefore, the two sides must camp in a relatively distant place when they are fighting.When fighting, the armies of both sides approached and began to line up, shooting with bows and arrows when necessary.At this time, it is normal for the coaches of both sides to scold each other or provoke each other.No agreement, the attacker began to attack.When attacking, hold off the enemy's long-range weapons.

The bows and crossbows of the Song Dynasty were developed and powerful, and they were the main offensive weapons.For some imperial troops, crossbowmen can even account for [-]%.In other words, the Song army has long been used to attacking with long-range weapons, and melee combat is no longer popular.When encountering Jin Jun who is particularly good at close combat, he was restrained.Some not elite troops, once they are forced by the Jin army to fight hand-to-hand, will soon collapse.

Whether it's the Jin army or Li Cheng, in their inherent impression, they should try to minimize the distance where the Song army's crossbowmen can play their role in combat, which will push the army formation very close.The pursuit is to quickly approach the Song army's formation once it attacks, and achieve the greatest results.

When field artillery is generally equipped with the army, the gap between the two armies will no longer be determined by bows and crossbows, but by the range of artillery.When attacking, if you still use a dense formation as before, one shell can penetrate an army formation, and the casualties will be very large.Basically rushed through the blank area, and there were not many people left in the attacking army.At this time, it is necessary to pass through the blank area row by row, and the distance between each row ensures that after the shells penetrate the previous row, there is no threat to the rear row.This tactic is what people call line infantry.Only in Europe, when field artillery matured, muskets also matured.This tactic is often jokingly referred to as queuing up and shooting.

The key to determining the tactics of line infantry is not muskets, but field artillery.If it is decided by muskets, the attacker should still use a dense formation to pass through the blank area, and then quickly deploy into a line array to fight.Advancing in a dense formation can reduce casualties.Deployed into a line of infantry, you can display your own firepower.The actual situation is that the infantry is attacking, and the formation at the start is a linear array.After passing the artillery range, when the two sides are at war, they may change to three rows again.

The American film "Glory War" shows this situation more clearly when it hits the beach at the end.When the attacker starts out, they have to form a linear array and advance row by row, rushing past the coverage of the artillery, before they can really participate in the battle.If there is no artillery, just facing the guns, they can form a dense formation and pass quickly.Instead of having to line up and be constantly attacked by enemies.

Now there is no shadow of muskets, and the Jin army and the puppet Qi army are not familiar with artillery, and they still form a dense formation according to the habit when fighting.In this case, facing a volley of artillery fire is no different from dying.

Wang Xiao Hunting Army has simulated a variety of attack methods when facing artillery.The final conclusion is to pass through the blank area in the middle in a linear formation, and then quickly form a dense army formation before the enemy's formation to fight the enemy.

Artillery is the king of war, and when this monster appears on the battlefield, the form of war changes.

With the sound of a horn, Li Cheng's handsome flag waved forward.Taking a deep breath, Li Cheng was fully armored and rushed to the front.

Cao Zhiyan looked at Li Cheng who was rushing through the binoculars, and shook his head.Niu Gao ordered Li Cheng to line up and wait for a stick of incense, but it was less than a stick of incense, and Li Chengcheng rushed forward impatiently.

Just after rushing for a dozen steps, I heard a clear voice of ordering "fire" in the Song Army's formation.Li Cheng was stunned for a moment, not knowing what it meant.

At this moment, dense whistles sounded in the ears.Before the whistle sounded, thick smoke was seen rising from the Song army formation.Before Li Cheng could see the shape of the smoke clearly, he saw iron bullets flying towards him in front of him.

Without any reaction, Li Chengcheng was knocked to the ground by the iron bullet.One leg was broken directly, bloody and bloody.

Only the screams of the soldiers around him could be heard in the ears, and nothing else could be heard.

Looking at the tragic portrait of Li Chengjun, Cao Zhiyan didn't know what to say.When I was fighting in the army before, no matter how fierce the battle was, I wouldn't feel anything if I was highly nervous.Watching from the sidelines now is another feeling.

After a round of artillery fire, the 1000 people brought out by Li Cheng were either killed or injured.Just when the puppet Qi army was still in shock, the second round of artillery came.This time, they directly attacked Li Cheng's main formation, and there was immediately howling ghosts and wolves.

Song Jun fired three rounds of artillery, and Li Cheng's army formation was completely chaotic.The soldiers ran around, crying for their father and mother.

In Baisha Town, Liu Lin standing on the roof was dumbfounded.No one doubts that Li Cheng is a brave general.It is precisely because of his bravery and ability to lead troops that Zhao Gou has always wanted to recruit Li Cheng.It's just that Li Cheng escaped and surrendered to Puppet Qi in the end.

Liu Lin was ecstatic to get Li Cheng.Since then, I have real generals, and the army has never been the same.Unexpectedly, today he was useless on the battlefield, and he was laid off in a daze.

"What should I do? What should I do?" Liu Lin muttered to himself, lost his mind.

The soldiers on the side hurried forward to support him.Said: "Prince, the general situation is over, let's run away. The Song army wants to wipe out the remnants, so they won't notice us for a while. Only by swimming across the Jinshui River will there be a chance of survival!"

Liu Lin's eyes were dull and he didn't speak.Let the guards support him, and go to the nearby Jinshui River.

Li Cheng was defeated, and the puppet Qi army opposite Xie Linong had the same experience.They did not take the initiative to attack, but because the formation was too close to the Song army, the entire army formation was within the range of the artillery.After a stick of incense, the Song army took the initiative to fire, and the army was also dispersed.

At this time, Baisha Town was in chaos, with broken soldiers running around everywhere.Some were directly beaten up, and they hacked at anyone they saw with a knife.

No one paid attention to Liu Lin and the others, and they sneaked to the Jinshui River.Liu Lin couldn't swim, so he was carried by several soldiers and went down the Jinshui River.The river water was not too cold in April, and several people swam to the opposite bank.

Outside Baisha Town, Niu Gao couldn't help frowning as he looked at the scene in front of him.Said: "Zhiniang thief, these rebels have been beaten by artillery, and it is not easy to gather them together. Let's wait for them to calm down after a mess, and then the army will move forward."

Xie Linong said: "What Du Yuhou said is exactly what it should be. I think we were shocked when we saw the cannon for the first time? Such a magical thing, used on the battlefield, who can resist it?"

(End of this chapter)