Monument Yangmen

Chapter 830 Battle in Cangzhou

Zhao Pu left, very gracefully.

So much so that many people who knew him thought he hadn't left yet.

After all, with Zhao Pu's personality, when he got off his horse, he would definitely feast on the officials, and then take a look at those he could rely on in the future, or those who could become his pawns when he regained his appearance.

Zhao Pu did the same thing in the previous two dismissals.

Only this time he was uncharacteristically.

Before the emperor's decree to dismiss the prime minister was delivered to the Zhao residence, he quietly left the city with his old servant and his family.

When some officials close to Zhao Pu found out about this and wanted to give Zhao Pu a ride, Zhao Pu had already left the boundary of Bianjing City.

Wait until the officials are trying to do something.

Zhao Defang's verbal order to summon all officials to discuss matters reached their ears.

So they temporarily forgot about Zhao Pu and entered the palace to discuss matters.

A big man from three dynasties disappeared from everyone's eyes so quietly.

Hanging arch on the hall.

Zhao Defang changed from yesterday's weak appearance, and began to become unusually strong.

Maybe it's because Zhao Pu is gone, no one is behind him to continue to support him, he needs to learn to be strong on his own.

Or maybe it was because Zhao Defang was holding back a ruthless heart, wanting to prove himself by defeating Yang Qi.

In short.

Today's court meeting.

Zhao Defang did not seek the opinion of any officials.

The first thing he did was to reduce the salaries of officials to use as military funds.

Without Zhao Pu's obstruction, the other officials could not form an effective rebuttal. Ding Wei and Zhao Defang wore a pair of pants, so Zhao Defang firmly enforced this one.

The second thing is that Zhao Defang decided to recruit elites from the Xiang armies in various places to enrich the imperial army.

In one breath, the number of the forbidden army was expanded to one million.

The third thing is to send 40 troops, divided into three groups, with 5 horses along the way, to cooperate with Cao Bin's retreat to defend Sichuan and Shu Hu Yanzan, and counterattack Cao Bin.

The other two, one led by General Zhang, went to Taiyuan to attack Zhe Yuxun.

All the way, led by civil servants, went to Jiangning Mansion to wipe out the soldiers and horses of the Southern Kingdom.

Two commanders, civil and military, were assigned.

Zhao Defang told them clearly that whoever can win the battle will listen to them.

If the civil servants lead the soldiers and horses to win the battle, then the military affairs in the court will be under the guidance of the civil servants.

If the military general wins the battle, then the imperial court can consider appropriately reducing the weight of the supervising army in the army.

However, it is absolutely impossible to completely eliminate the military supervision system.

This is actually a kind of compromise, the most appropriate solution that Zhao Defang came up with after thinking about it all night.

Jiangmen let go when he saw Zhao Defang, but he didn't chase after him.

Compared with Cao, Yang, Zhe, Gao, etc. who used to be great generals, the generals who can stay in the Song Dynasty are just some small generals, and they don't have much qualifications to really negotiate conditions with the court.

After finalizing these three things.

The various institutions of the imperial court were still in operation, and in accordance with Zhao Defang's three orders, they began to dispatch troops and generals.

When everything was ready for the imperial court, it was already ten days later.

And in the distant Cangzhou.

Yang Qi and Shi Shouxin had already collided with each other.

In the city of Cangzhou.

When Yang Qi led the soldiers and horses to the city, Shi Shouxin had already used the forbidden army in his hand to build the entire Cangzhou city into a fortress of copper and iron.

Yang Qi did not put all the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under the city of Cangzhou.

Instead, after entering Cangzhou City, there were nearly [-] infantry around, as well as the Zhentian Battalion, the Shenji Battalion, and the [-] cavalry cavalry who had just rushed back to rescue Zhe Yuxun.

The remaining soldiers and horses were divided into two parts, led by Yang Da and Yang Liu, who drove straight down from the left and right wings of Cangzhou City.

When Yang Qi straddled his horse and arrived at the foot of Cangzhou City, Shi Shouxin was standing majestically on the top of the city, wearing armor all over his body.

On top of Cangzhou city.

Shi Shouxin yelled angrily: "Yang Yansi, you are also a Song official, and now you are invading the territory of the Song Dynasty, do you want to rebel?"

Yang Qi looked at Shi Shouxin on the top of the city, and smiled coldly, "I have led so many soldiers and horses, so I just came to Cangzhou for a stroll? I only want to go north of the Yellow River and south of the Yangtze River, so I can teach Zhao Defang a lesson.

If you are sensible, retreat quickly.I can spare your life for now.

If you are obsessed with your obsession, don't blame us for fighting each other. "

When Shi Shouxin heard this, he said angrily, "Arrogance! With this old man here, you don't want to take a step south."

Without saying a word, Yang Qi raised his hand and commanded coldly: "Siege the city!"

A cannon was pushed to the forefront.

You Sen's muzzle aimed at the head of Cangzhou City.

The moment the flag bearer waved the command flag, the gunner had already reloaded and filled.

"put!"

"Oh!"

"..."

Cannons roared.

Smoke is everywhere.

The first thing to be pierced by the artillery was the city gate building where Shi Shouxin was standing.

A cannonball landed on the city gate building impartially, breaking the girder of the city gate building at once, causing the city gate building to collapse instantly.

If it wasn't for the tight protection of the generals, Shi Shouxin would have been buried under the gate of the city by this cannon.

Under the cover of rounds of artillery fire.

The city of Cangzhou was filled with gunpowder smoke, and before they even got close to the enemy, nearly [-]% of the soldiers of the imperial army on the city were damaged.

With the support of his family general, Shi Shouxin changed to another place and continued to command the battle.

When he saw the guards and soldiers of the Imperial Army in a mess on the top of the city, while Yang Qi's soldiers and horses outside the city stood proudly, motionless, his heart was bleeding.

I've been fighting half my life, and I've never fought a battle like this.

Rao didn't know how to deal with it because of his many years of war experience.

The sudden appearance of artillery.

directly changed the situation of the battle.

Shi Shouxin, who mainly rides and slashes all day long, is completely at a loss under the artillery bombardment.

He began to have thoughts similar to those of Lao Yang, Yang Da and others.

With this sharp weapon, what is the use of my martial arts?

Personal bravery is not worth mentioning in front of artillery.

"How should this battle be fought?"

Shi Shouxin watched the soldiers on the top of the city fleeing under the attack of the artillery, and suddenly murmured something in his heart.

The family general next to Shi Shouxin heard the words and reminded in a low voice: "Master, you have to calm down. Don't be frightened by the enemy's sharp weapon. Although the enemy's weapon is powerful, the master can completely regard it as a powerful weapon. bed crossbow."

Hearing this, Shi Shouxin took a deep breath, calmed down, and said in a deep voice: "That's true...Although the weapons made by Yang Yansi are powerful, this war still needs people to complete it.

Since he relied on the sharp weapons outside the city and hit us so hard that we couldn't fight back, then find a way to destroy these sharp weapons.

Without these sharp weapons, Yang Yansi became a toothless tiger.

At that time, we can lead our troops to counterattack.

Go, call the captains of the bow and crossbow battalion, and the captains of the horse army. "

Shi Shouxin, who has calmed down, is still a wise general.

Although the artillery is sharp, it is not invincible.

At least, face Yang Yansi.

Shi Shouxin still has certain advantages. His current strength is several times that of Yang Yansi.

In this case, he naturally wants to give full play to the advantages of his strength.

Follow the orders of the generals.

The captains of the Gongnu Battalion and Ma Jun gathered around Shi Shouxin.

Shi Shouxin looked at these captains who had followed him for many years, and asked in a deep voice: "Yang Yansi relied on the power of firearms to overwhelm us. The old man needs someone to go out of the city now and destroy those sharp weapons.

It is possible to escape death if you go here, who of you is willing to go? "

Historically, among the military ranks, there has never been a shortage of loyal and brave people, let alone people who dared to die.

Most of those who can get into the position of lieutenant lieutenants rely on their military merits, fighting one by one.

So when they heard Shi Shouxin's words, someone immediately came out to ask for orders, "I want to go to the humble job!"

"Humble positions are also willing!"

"..."

Seven people in a row asked for a fight.

They are all unabashed men who can be called by name in the horse army.

With such loyalty and bravery, Shi Shouxin is also full of confidence.

Immediately, Shi Shouxin ordered the two of them.

"Wang Biao and Chen Hu, you two will each lead 1 horses out of the city, and you must destroy the enemy's firearms. This old man will order the soldiers of the Bow and Crossbow Battalion to cooperate with you."

"promise!"

Wang Biao and Chen Hu received the military order and went down to the top of the city.

Immediately returned to the barracks, selected a group of brave soldiers, stepped on their horses, and was ready to leave the city at any time.

In order to successfully destroy the firearms of Yang Qibu outside the city, they not only brought a lot of fierce kerosene, but also brought a lot of black powder equipped in the army.

on the city head.

After Shi Shouxin learned that Wang Biao and Chen Hu were ready, he immediately ordered the soldiers of the crossbow battalion to fire the crossbow with all their strength.

"Shhhh~"

Thousands of bows and crossbows fired in salvo, and the scene was very spectacular.

As the saying goes, the Tang Dynasty was dirty and the Song Dynasty was chaotic.

The Song Dynasty was so chaotic, but it was able to stand in chaos for hundreds of years in the midst of four enemies, relying on bows and crossbows.

The bows and crossbows of the Song Dynasty should be regarded as the most advanced in the world.

If Yang Qi hadn't researched muskets and cannons in his hands, if he fought with bows and crossbows alone, he might not be able to win Song's crossbowmen.

Arrows flooded in, some were long and some were short, some were high and some were low.

There are crossbow guns as thick as a baby's arm, and crossbow bolts as thin as a pen.

Such as the majestic rain, covering the sky and blocking out the sun.

Yang Qi's soldiers and horses seem to have been prepared long ago.

When the arrow falls.

The infantry carried their shields and stood in front of the artillerymen, forming small conical shield formations one after another.

The cannon was thrown out naked, letting the arrows fall on it.

The clanging sound was like rain hitting plantains.

Yang Qi and Yang Wu hid behind a huge shield, looked at the overwhelming arrows, and looked at each other.

Yang Wu raised a thumbs up at Yang Qi, and sighed: "Seventh brother is really clever, you can figure it all out."

original.

At the beginning of the war, Yang Wu expressed emotion to Yang Qi.

With the help of artillery, Shi Shouxin in the city will definitely guard against death and refuse to leave the city.

At that time, you only need to let the artillery suppress the morale of the Song army on the top of the city, and then use gunpowder to blast a gap in the city wall, and you can easily enter Cangzhou City.

Yang Qi shook his head and smiled.

He told Yang Wu that although the artillery is sharp, it is almost unsolvable on this battlefield, but it does not really mean that it is invincible.

As long as the enemy fights desperately, rushes out, and destroys the artillery, they can still win a glimmer of life from this battle.

With Shi Shouxin's many years of experience in commanding troops, when faced with such a situation, he would inevitably send troops to destroy the artillery.

The most likely thing is to use bows and crossbows to cover, let the cavalry take the opportunity to rush out of the city, and blow up the artillery with gunpowder and heavy fire oil.

Yang Wu didn't believe it.

Unexpectedly, the direction of the war really followed what Yang Qi said.

When the arrow fell from the top of the city, Yang Wu knew that Shi Shouxin was guessed by Yang Qi.

The sound of arrows hitting the shield became more and more sharp.

Yang Wu grinned and said: "It seems that the cavalry of Song Dynasty are about to leave the city soon."

Yang Qi smiled and cupped his hands at Yang Wu, saying: "Then there will be Lao Wu and his party."

Yang Wu laughed happily, "I thought that with the artillery, the soldiers of our cavalry army would withdraw from the battlefield. I have already prepared and left the cavalry army. I ask you to ask for an idle official position and go home to coax your nephew preparation.

But I didn't expect that our cavalry army would eventually have a place on this battlefield. "

Yang Qi smiled and said: "The cavalry army will not lose their role on the battlefield..."

After saying this, Yang Qi added something in his heart.

Before armored chariots and tanks...

Yang Wu didn't know what Yang Qi was thinking.

His idea is very simple, as a fierce general, his natural destiny is to charge.

For him, it would be a pity if he couldn't fall down during the charge, or if he couldn't fight the enemy face to face, it could even be said to be a kind of loneliness.

Now that the cavalry can fight again, artillery is not omnipotent.

This shows that the iron cavalry army is still useful in the country of Yan, and his martial arts skills will not go to waste.

"Boys! In the battle at Sanshan Pass, we could only watch the enemy disappear before our eyes, and finally ran out, killing some stragglers. Some people may think that with artillery, our cavalry army will be wiped out.

But that's not the case, artillery doesn't represent everything.

Our iron cavalry still has a chance to march.

My sons and daughters, keep your spirits up and hold your chest out.

Let us tell everyone with the horizontal knife at our waist, the short spear in our hand, and the crossbow on our back.

Iron cavalry is still the strongest!

The iron cavalry army is still the invincible iron army of Yan State! "

"Hoohoho..."

Under Yang Wu's instigation, the soldiers of the Cavalry Army shouted while pulling their necks.

Since the appearance of artillery, the prestige of their Yan State First Army has plummeted.

Since their establishment, they have not experienced many battles, but they have always carried the name of the first army of Yan State.

Now being questioned, they need a chance to prove themselves.

And this opportunity was right in front of their eyes, and they naturally couldn't miss it.

They are like roosters flapping their wings, waiting for a peck; they are like tigers, waiting for a pounce.

"Squeak~"

The gate of Cangzhou City slowly opened under their expectant eyes.

The [-] Song cavalry, led by the Song generals, rushed towards Yang Qi's camp roaring.

Yang Wugao raised the big spear in his hand, and the soldiers of the cavalry army also raised their horizontal knives.

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

"..."

Beating his chest with one hand, the weapon collided with the hard iron helmet, making a resounding roar of gold and iron.

Yang Wuyi waved the big gun in his hand, and the tip of the gun pointed directly at Song Jun.

"kill!"

(End of this chapter)