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Chapter 548 Decisive Battle ([-])

Artillery is the god of war. Although Zhang Shun didn't know who said this, it didn't prevent him from trying to apply these "fresh gadgets" to warfare.

Zhang Shun was an ordinary person in his previous life, and usually had a bit of a military hobby.It's just that he usually pays attention to new fighter jets, newly launched warships, and even future Star Destroyers. Who would eagerly like the "antique artillery" hundreds of years ago?
These smoothbore cannons like the Hongyi Cannon were very unfamiliar to Zhang Shun, let alone how to use them in war.

However, if you don’t know how to use it, just explore slowly!In line with the idea of ​​"more is beautiful, bigger is better, caliber is justice, and range is truth", Zhang Shun simply let go of the quantity first.

For a battle with less than [-] soldiers on both sides, one side has a hundred large-caliber artillery, which is simply a nightmare for the other side.

Like Qi Jiguang's standard car battalion, the first battalion has more than [-] people, and apart from [-] small-caliber Francophones, there are only eight general guns.

As for Sun Chengzong's chariot battalion, the first battalion has more than [-] people. Apart from [-] small-caliber Francophones, there are only [-] captive-killing guns and [-] generals' guns.

The caliber of the extermination artillery used by the Ming army is generally between 50mm and 70mm. It can only fire shells the size of goose eggs, and it is also a small artillery.

It can be seen from this that, according to the establishment of the Ming army's chariot battalion, there are actually only eight general cannons available for every [-] people.

However, Zhang Shun had no more than [-] troops in this battle, but he had a hundred large-caliber artillery, which was an overwhelming advantage.

Just like after the appearance of cavalry, after being developed by talented military strategists, the two tactics of "long-distance raid" and "armored horse harness charging into battle" had a devastating blow to the original infantry tactics.

And Zhang Shun unintentionally developed the "concentrated use of artillery" tactics, which also had the same generational effect on traditional tactics.

When the officers and soldiers charged near the hundred steps of the rebel army, Li Shi'an gave an order, and the first row of artillery immediately sprayed out dense rain of cannonballs, mercilessly harvesting the enemies in front of them.

The front of the officers and soldiers was suddenly covered in a blood mist, and countless figures fell down in unison in the blood mist.

Standing on the high platform, Zhang Shun saw the terrible effect of the artillery for the first time, and really felt what it meant to be "human life is worthless".

The first platoon of the Rebel Army was pushed to the back under the strong recoil generated by the launch.And the artillery of the second platoon of the Rebel Army began to be revealed, followed by a second wave of merciless blows.

The deafening sound of cannons was like the judge of life and death reading the verdict.Hades told you to die at the third watch, who dares to keep you until the fifth watch!

The ruthless shotgun is the order of Hades, the scythe of death, the enemy in front of him is like a living target, and large pieces fall to the ground in unison.

They may be wearing excellent armor; they may have good skills that have been practiced for decades since they were young; they may have experienced dozens of battles and have very rich combat experience.

But none of this can save their lives. Under the artillery, all living beings are equal!
The second row of artillery was pushed down again by the recoil, and the fuse of the third row of artillery was ignited again.

Dozens of cannons lined up in a row. After a moment of silence, they spit out fire snakes again like a gunner firing a gun.

This time, many people recalled that they mentioned that the deafening cannons seemed to be inaudible, and the gunpowder smoke and blood fog seemed to be gone.

Only hundreds of soldiers fell helplessly, their godless eyes fixed on the gloomy sky, as if they were shouting something, and seemed to be echoing something!
Later, an old man said that the gate of hell was opened by "King Shun", and black and white impermanence was floating in the sky, driving those officers and soldiers who disobeyed "King Shun" to enter.

These words may be true, may be false, but what does it matter?

The deputy general Liu Guozhen had [-] soldiers under his command, and the chances of soldiers who were close to the side of the Cang River were wiped out.

There were only a few hundred scattered people standing there blankly, mutilated corpses everywhere, sticky blood everywhere, flags, spears and shields floating on the blood all over the place.

It took a long time, maybe a moment, before the fear suddenly returned to these people's bodies.They screamed, screamed, dropped the weapons in their hands, or knelt down to beg for mercy, or turned around and fled.No one bothered with them, and no one tried to fill the gaps in this formation.

Deputy Commander Liu Guozhen's heart trembled, he knew that the officers and soldiers were going to play!The ensuing defeat would be like a blazing flame. In an instant, the gap spread to the entire battalion under his command, and then to the infantry under Liu Qian, and the cavalry under Yang Hualin and He Renlong.

Chen Qiyu couldn't help but shudder at this time, he seemed to have seen his fate of being hacked into pieces, just like Yuan Chonghuan who spoke so boldly back then.

Who ever thought that there is no unparalleled road, just when the officers and soldiers were in a desperate situation, suddenly bursts of dull drums sounded, and then flags were erected on the other side of the river.

Chen Qiyu turned his head to look, and couldn't help crying with joy, and shouted repeatedly: "Heaven does not forget me! The time is right to exterminate the thieves!"

But Zhang Shun, who was standing on the high platform, couldn't help but his face changed drastically, what do you mean?It turned out that officers and soldiers of the brigade suddenly appeared on the other side of the Canghe River. Looking at their flags, it was Cao Wenzhao's department that had not been seen for many days!

It turned out that Cao Wenzhao led officers and soldiers to bypass Wen County, cross the Yellow River and occupy Sishui County.Then he went up the Yiluo River to Heishidu, ready to cross the Yiluo River and join forces with Chen Qiyu to attack Luoyang City.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yutou, who was originally stationed at Mengjin Ferry, found out that Cao Wenzhao had abandoned Mengjin, so he knew that the officers and soldiers had other plans.He hurriedly arranged for Huang Shoucai, the "God of the River", to collect all the boats on the river, and led the boats to patrol the Yellow River and Yiluo River day and night to prevent Cao Wenzhao from crossing the river.

When Cao Wenzhao arrived at Heishidu, he was once again occupied by the "God of the River" Huang Shoucai.Although he had [-] elites under his command, he had no way to cross the river, so he had no choice but to be blocked by a small Yiluo River.

Cao Wenzhao had no choice but to order his soldiers to search for ships everywhere.It's just that Huang Shoucai's reputation as the "God of the River" is a vain reputation?

All the boatmen and fishermen on the river worshiped him as a god, so naturally they obeyed his advice and responded to everything.Poor Cao Wenzhao searched for two days in a row, and managed to find a few small boats. Before he could cross the river in the future, they were sunk by the navy led by Huang Shoucai overnight.

After five or six days of delay, the ten Hongyi cannons under his command finally arrived.Cao Wenzhao hurriedly ordered the gunners to set up the cannon to threaten the rebel navy on the river, and then they were able to cross the river smoothly.

Cao Wenzhao was originally a famous general, so he naturally knew the consequences of failure.After he crossed the Yiluo River, he quickly abandoned his luggage and artillery, and traveled both ways, and finally rushed to the battlefield on the eve of the collapse of the officers and soldiers.

Liu Guozhen was overjoyed when he saw this, and quickly shouted: "All officers and men, don't worry, the bandits have run out of artillery, and there is no use for them! Now that the reinforcements from the officers and soldiers have arrived, it is time to destroy the bandits."

"Hurry up and fight with me. Those who can get the head of the bandit will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. Those who can kill and capture the bandit chieftain will be promoted to rank and rewarded with five hundred taels of silver!"

Immediately, the morale of the officers and soldiers was greatly boosted, and the momentum was like a rainbow!
(End of this chapter)