The rise of the prince

Chapter 794

In the early morning, the dewdrops on the tip of the leaves are crystal clear, and the early birds are singing and fluttering their wings.

The shouts of killing outside Shanhaiguan were loud, and the new army uniformly shouted "One! Two! Three! Four!" Dewdrops fell from the tip of the leaves, and rows of cannons were slowly pushed forward. High walls.

Then the artillerymen began to dig holes to fix the cannon, warm up the cannon, calibrate the cannon, and adjust the firing angle.

"The artillery positions are set at an area of ​​[-] to [-] steps away from the city wall, and must be kept out of the range of the crossbow at the head of the city." Wei Yubai raised his binoculars to look at the situation at the head of the city.

Yan Shen next to him said: "Will it be too conservative? I think it is no problem to get close to [-] steps. Even if the bed crossbow can shoot more than [-] steps with the height of the city, it will not have much lethality."

Wei Yubai shook his head: "The priority is to reduce casualties."

"This..." Yan Shen was not convinced, and curled his lips: "There is no one who will not die in a war. When will we be able to fight like this." However, Li Xingzhou explained that Wei Yubai commanded the new army, so he could only complain.

Wei Yubai didn't pay much attention to it. The reason why Yan Shen said that was because he didn't understand the commander's intentions. The frontal battlefield seemed to be crowded and powerful, but it was actually just a feint.

But only she, the commander-in-chief, and Liu Ji knew about this matter, and everyone else was kept in the dark.

"The bed crossbow of the imperial army needs to be within [-] steps to be effective, and it is fired from the back, which may be closer." Yang Hongzhao said beside him.

"Priority is to ensure the safety of the soldiers of the Imperial Army. There is no need to worry about crossbows. The artillery firepower of the new army is sufficient. The surplus troops should rush to build siege vehicles as soon as possible." Wei Yubai ordered. She understands that if the commander's southern line is breached, he will outflank the enemy's rear. , then the frontal battlefield must take the opportunity to attack the city, and the siege tower is a must.

"Is this too urgent? It is impossible for such a city to be completed in one battle." Yang Hongzhao also had doubts.

"Master Yang, just trust me and carry out the order." Wei Yubai said decisively.

Yang Hongzhao had no choice but to nod. Although the commander ordered him and Wei Yubai to be equal, he understood that Wei Yubai was closer to the commander, and he had to give way in many things.

When the sun was fully up and all preparations were in place, the four divisions of the new army, with nearly [-] cannons lined up on the high ground on both wings, were completely lined up at positions ranging from [-] to [-] steps away from Shanhaiguan.

The golden army at the top of the city has been waiting for a long time. There are huge bed crossbows every ten steps. Rolling stones, golden soup, hot oil, etc. have already been prepared. The knives and axes in thick armor were already ready to chop up the enemies who rushed to the top of the city.

These can be seen clearly in the telescope.

Under the Shanhaiguan Pass, the air was already full of the smell of slaughter, and the horror of war was so oppressive under the clear sky that it was hard to breathe.

After dawn, Wei Yubai ordered the first division of the new army to cover the imperial army and auxiliary soldiers to fill the river in an attack formation.

The soldiers of the new army are well-trained, and their attack formations are already familiar to them.

At the front is the most elite regiment, formed into a group of skirmishers. The so-called skirmishers are the squads as units, freely scattered and distributed at the front of the array. The specific actions can be temporarily decided by the squad leader. They are also the most elite in each division. a part of.

In the middle is a battalion-based queue, following behind the elite skirmishers, providing firepower and constantly replenishing to the front.

The rear is the reserve team of three battalions, which can not only replenish when the front is in a hard battle, but also prevent the enemy cavalry from going around.

The two wings of the infantry are covered by cavalry units with companies as units, and they are responsible for chasing at any time. The artillery positions are behind the flanks. The formation of the entire division is generally a long column, a rectangular formation.

The large-depth column can maneuver in complex terrain, and is not afraid of the enemy cavalry's surprise attack by maneuvering. It can concentrate its forces to attack any point of the opponent's formation, and can quickly change formations to outflank the two wings. These are what the commander said, training This is true in China, but I don't know how it will work on the battlefield.

Wei Yubai thought silently
In the distance, the new army has already set up a formation, and then the guards of the forbidden army are carrying sandbags for protection, and the ambushes of the stones and the dismounted cavalry of the forbidden army are interspersed in the center of the new army. The stone is behind.

Seeing this situation, Wei Yubai rode his horse for a few steps, and issued an order from the rear: "The artillery positions fired five times in a row, targeting the enemy at the top of the city, trying to kill and wound the enemy, and destroy the opponent's bed crossbow."

The messenger who had been following her immediately boarded the temporary wooden high platform next to her, and signaled to the artillery positions on both sides.

After a short period of silence, the artillery positions spread out for several miles suddenly broke the silence and let out a roar that resounded through the sky!

The roar of the rumbling gunfire kept reverberating in the ears, and the earth was also shaking. Nearly two hundred cannons fired at the same time.

The black shadows that can be seen in a trance with the naked eye rushed to the distant Shanhaiguan city in the firelight, like a rain curtain of shadows.

After a while, the watermelon that was hit hard with a stick on the head of the city exploded instantly!Rocks splattered, flesh and blood flew across the sky, dust covered the sight, screams came from afar, and people's figures panicked and confused in the dust, and were soon buried in the roar of artillery all over the sky
The hell scene at the top of the city can only be seen clearly through a telescope.

Wei Yubai grew up in the border gate and was born into a family of generals. She has long been familiar with the dead, and she has seen even more tragic scenes. What she cares about is whether the bed crossbow at the top of the city has been destroyed.

After the constant bombardment, the dust slowly dissipated.
After Wei Yubai inspected carefully with binoculars, he could hardly see the intact bed crossbow at the top of the city. Five rounds were fired in succession, and all the artillery positions added up to nearly a thousand rounds. Density make up.

"First Division, let's move forward." Wei Yubai ordered.

Soon, the forward infantry regiment of the first division began to advance. Their front line stretched two or three miles from north to south. It looked very scattered and did not form an orderly formation. Behind the Chinese army and the reserve team further behind were neatly arrayed and striding forward.

After the bombardment, the city was in a mess, Jin Jun managed to recover from the horror of the bombardment, and the Jing Jun below had easily approached the position of [-] steps in front of the city.

Jin Jun, who survived the catastrophe, showed his head, and then he saw countless flames flickering in Jing Jun's formation, and the business was densely remembered like the sound of firecrackers.

The infantry of the new army quickly suppressed the golden soldiers at the top of the city with their rifles, so that they did not dare to show their faces, and then approached the city again.

A quarter of an hour later, the vanguard group has advanced to the moat without too many obstacles!
At this time, the terrified expression of the Jin army at the head of the city could be clearly seen. The auxiliary soldiers and cavalry following the Chinese army quickly threw sandbags and stones from their shoulders into the moat.

The moat in Shanhaiguan is semi-running water, and the river channel has been widened and dug deeper. When sandbags and stones are thrown in, there is only a sound of waves and splashes, and there is no reaction at all.

(End of this chapter)