The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 335 Iron Cannon
The hazy cloud layer was extremely low, and in the mountains below, the damp and cold air circulated in the mountains, and the remaining smoke from the burning camps rose into the sky.

The sent scout horses inspected that there were no living people in the camp, and then quickly headed north. The food camp in the rear was attacked, and it was a major military situation at any time.

More than [-] miles away from Bazhou, when Wang Zongkan came back with the confirmed news, Wang Zongkan's army was taking the time to rest and stabilize the morale of the army. He summoned the commanders from all sides to discuss the traces of the invading enemy when the confirmed news came back. Detective Cavalry has not yet replied.

The only gratifying point is that Bazhou was not under siege, and even the news from the city only saw that the Yong army came once, and then quietly withdrew the next night.

Wang Zongkan and his lieutenant general Li Jian were extremely puzzled by this. How the army entering Shu would act, but they could not completely abandon the idea that the other party would really bypass Bazhou. Don't want it, it's a lunatic who wants to die.

"Li Siyuan and Shi Jingtang are only two people in command of the Yong army. It can be said that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. They raided Chengdu. Do you think you are Deng Ai?"

"No matter what, take Bazhou as the boundary and set up defenses. When Zong Wan and Zong Kui come over, there will be more than [-] troops. They will not be able to cross the border of Bazhou."

After discussing for a long time, Wang Zongkan slapped the table, walked back and forth with his sword head pressed, and was about to speak, when the horse outside the tent came galloping, a scout turned over and jumped off the horse, knelt on one knee and cupped his hands and said: "Report to the envoy, The humble officer has investigated, and Commander Li's rear battalion was indeed attacked, and all supplies, food and fodder were burned!"

In the army tent, a general stared dumbfounded at the scouts who reported back. He heard the attack earlier, it was already the next day, and the scouts in the rear were worried about the attack on the grain camp when they discovered the scouts of the Yong army behind them. For one thing, the news was not clear before, and the opponent's scouts must have intercepted in the middle. The speed and bold tactical arrangement made them feel horrified.

Not long after, the detective who had been sent to investigate all around stumbled back with a feathered arrow stuck in his shoulder. He fell off his horse and fell heavily on the ground. Starting from the south of the state, all the scouts sent were intercepted and killed by the opponent, and very few escaped. They were all aimed at the Shu army who reinforced Bazhou.

The generals pulled out the map and could tell from the location where the sent scouts were killed that the enemy bypassed Bazhou from three directions and approached them.

The occurrence of a scout battle showed that the main force of the Yong army was not far from here.

"Since you're here, let's set up our battles and fight them with open swords and sharp guns—"

Wang Zongkan drew out his command arrow and threw it into the air. The moment it landed and bounced, all the generals in the tent clasped their fists together.

almost at the same time.

The east and west sides of Bazhou are about ten miles away. It is winter, there is little snow in Sichuan, and the climate is cold and humid. There is still water mist between the brown and yellow foothills.

Messy footsteps trampled on the wet mud surface, and quickly walked through the yellow mud. In the faint light of the afternoon, the crowd rushed forward all over the mountains and plains.

In the cols, at the foot of the mountain, and even in the forest on the mountainside, the mighty [-] army stretched for several miles. The Lingqi who was in charge of contacting the front and rear teams shuttled back and forth over the yellow mud, waving flags non-stop, and developed orders from the generals of the Chinese army.

In fact, these are two armies, Li Siyuan and Shi Jingtang each have 5000 men, the former has 5000 men in the firearms battalion, with heavy iron cannons, and is led by horses at the rear of the team, while Shi Jingtang has another [-] men, all young and strong, responsible The dry food that was escorted was only enough for four days. After taking Yangzhou, this was made with the food in the official warehouse at the fastest speed.

The land of Shu was Wang Jian's base. If he wanted to win the victory, he had to fight fast and slow. If the opponent was caught off guard, if the Shu army reacted, no matter how brave the soldiers and generals were in the subsequent battle, they would have to retreat in embarrassment.

Going southward for more than 300 miles into Shu, I almost kept the fastest marching speed. When I shot a feint in Bazhou and attracted the attention of the opponent, I quickly went up the mountain, scattered the scouts, and killed the scouts of the Shu army as much as possible. This is a march. An important part of fighting, killing scouts is equivalent to blinding the opponent's five senses, even if the opponent reacts later, they have forcibly marched to the designated position.

In the past ten years, this was also the only military suggestion of that King Yong: clear strategy and tactics, outflanking at the fastest speed, and trying to find the enemy's weak points in mobile combat as much as possible.

Occasionally, they met a small group of troops sent by Bazhou to search, and then they were defeated by several storming teams separated by Shi Jingtang. They tried to kill and injure the enemies as much as possible, dragged the dead and wounded into the mountains, collected supplies, and then continued to march.

However, afterward, two armies of 2 people came out of the stretch of mountains and arrived at about [-] miles south of Bazhou. Nearly [-] Shu troops were already in full formation. This Yong army couldn't bear the fact that the front and back battalions were burned, and the [-] troops are currently in formation, but only [-] are really needed, and the remaining [-] should pay attention to the two wings of the battlefield, which may appear at any time The iron cavalry of the Yong army who burned the baggage.

"Only 4 people?"

Standing on a high ground, Wang Zongkan is a veteran general in the army, and he still has the basics of observing the battlefield. He glanced at the several arrays on the opposite side below, and roughly estimated the number of people.

The so-called [-] enemies probably still had the cavalry who attacked the rear battalion.

"Forty thousand against forty thousand, the old man will win you and other juniors upright—" He raised his hand, and the cavalier beside him blew his horn and galloped down.

The Chinese army remained motionless, while the 4 people in the front three formations on the left and right moved slowly. Banners, armor, and weapons moved forward with countless footsteps, proudly staring at the same number of enemy formations ahead.

The wind blows across the fields.

In the formation of [-] Yong troops on the opposite side, Li Siyuan rode on his war horse, stroking the mane and whispering a few words to the guards beside him, the stretched army array gathered up, and the shafts of the chariots between the people weighed heavily Two deep marks were exposed on the ground, which were pushed to the front of the array and lined up with the shield pawns.

Shi Jingtang looked back, gritted his teeth and took a breath.

"Why can't you play first? It's not fun to use it so early."

He raised his gaze to look at the other side, Li Siyuan who was riding a horse and standing under the canopy. The latter looked silent, watching the array of Shu troops approaching slowly, he just said something softly.

"Prepare!"

Then, raising one hand, the array extending left and right, the black muzzle was making the final angle adjustment, and several soldiers held their breath.

"Fire—" Li Siyuan roared!

The next moment, the pawn in control suddenly pulled the rope, and the bullet pin slammed up, hitting the flint inside.

boom!
Boom!

Thirty iron cannons spewed tongues of flame together, sending out a huge roar, resounding throughout the world.

(End of this chapter)