Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 374 0369 [Demon law?siderite? 】

Facing the vanguard of two or three thousand officers and soldiers, Yang Zhi dared to take the initiative to fight out.

With an army of [-] now, Yang Zhi was unavoidably a little apprehensive.

When he was an officer and soldier, he only escorted some supplies, and he was not considered a small role in the Song Dynasty, just a small guy.

However, Liu Yanqing and Yang Weizhong were both famous, and they were the objects Yang Zhi once looked up to.

"If you don't leave the village, if you delay him for two or three months, the enemy will definitely be short of food!" Yang Zhi admitted that he was cowardly, and chose to hide in the fort as a tortoise.

Don't seek meritorious service, but seek no faults, as long as you stop the officers and soldiers from going south.

If the military supplies of the officers and soldiers are cut off due to the delay, and then take the opportunity to fight a victory, this is naturally the best result.

The [-] Western Army camped several miles across the river, and the rebel army only sent a few soldiers to scout, but there was no reaction other than that.

After setting up camp, it's getting late.

Liu Yanqing said to the generals under his command: "Since the Zhu thief's rebellion, all the roads leading to Hanzhong in Shaanxi have been cut off. Even merchants can't pass through, and fine work is naturally difficult. According to the officials who released the Zhu thief, Yangzhou The chief general is called Yang Zhi, but he is just a rankless general who has been sent to the army with a tattoo on his face. Let's shoot a book and see if he can be recruited."

So when it was getting dark, the officers and soldiers shot letters of persuasion towards the other side of the river.

The main village was still some distance away from the river bank, so Yang Zhi took the initiative to send someone to collect the letters.After he read it, he smiled and said to the soldiers: "As long as I surrender, I will be named a seventh-rank military wing doctor. Such an older military officer can also be dismissed? Quickly bring a pen and paper, and I will also write a letter of persuasion and shoot it back!"

Several rebel soldiers rowed across the river and gradually approached the enemy camp. When they met the enemy team halfway, they immediately shot arrows and turned around to run.

The officers and soldiers picked up the letter and took it back to Liu Yanqing.

Liu Yanqing snorted coldly: "Jumping clown!"

The content of the surrender letter is that as long as Liu Yanqing and Yang Weizhong lead their troops to surrender, they can be the founders of the new dynasty.

There is a brazier in the military tent, and there are some torches around.

Liu Guangshi pointed to the map and said: "The bandits have three villages. The main village is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and there are two villages on the left and right for protection. If they attack the main village directly, we will not only have to cross the river to fight, but our army will also be attacked from three sides. We must attack from the left and right sides. Get started."

Han Shizhong is not qualified to participate in the high-level meeting, and now he is making fun of himself in his own camp.

Wang Yuan said: "I have been investigating for many days before, and there is no trail to go around the surrounding mountains. The left village of the rebel army is more gentle, but it is next to the main village. The main village faces each other across the river, and the bandits in the main village need to cross the river to rescue them."

Yang Weizhong said: "Attack Zuozhai first, the mountain at Youzhai is too steep."

Liu Yanqing nodded and said: "I also think that Zuo Village should be attacked first. Who is willing to lead troops to attack tomorrow? It's just a feint attack, no need to use all your strength."

After speaking, he looked at Yang Weizhong.

These two are old partners. Although Yang Weizhong looks down on Liu Yanqing, there is no conflict between them.

Yang Weizhong said to a general: "You Hu, you go."

"Yes!" Hu You cupped his hands.

Liu Yanqing also said: "Although it is a feigned attack, it should be pretended to be. If the bandits are vulnerable, the feigned attack will become a real attack. The main village and the right village must also be fought. Guangguo led troops to pretend to attack the main village, Guangshi led troops The soldiers pretended to attack the right village."

"Yes!"

Liu Guangguo and Liu Guangshi responded together.

This time in the direction of Shaanxi, Song Huizong also sent a supervising army, and the dead eunuch was left in Fengxiang by Gao Qiu.

Gao Qiu was quite self-aware, and led the army to sit in Fengxiang Mansion, and did not interfere with the specific battles on the front line.At the same time, the eunuchs who supervised the army were also left behind, and they feasted and drank together in Fengxiang Mansion all day long.

If something went wrong, or if he was unable to attack for a long time, Gao Lian would end in person.

Therefore, Liu Yanqing has great autonomy.

In the morning of the next day, Liu Yanqing left some troops to guard the camp, and personally led the soldiers to march along both sides of the river.

The road is not easy to walk, it is all hilly terrain on the edge of the mountain, small mounds are connected with small mounds, and there are few undulating flat lands.

Liu Yanqing's central army was set up on a mound three or four miles away from the main village, and Yang Weizhong's troops were not far to the left to help.

Neither Wang Yuan nor Han Shizhong participated. They and the other two troops are in charge of staying in the camp today.

In a normal battle between the two armies, the outcome cannot be determined overnight.

Instead, they send out troops, keep fighting and probing, and then fight a decisive battle according to the situation.In daily battles, each department must take turns to ensure the energy of the whole army.

Han Shizhong stood on the high ground in the camp. Although he couldn't see clearly at all, he kept looking into the distance.

"Han Powu, you are too anxious, come back and rest quickly, and you can fight in another day with enough energy." Wang Yuan reminded.

Han Shizhong sighed, walked up to Wang Yuan and said, "If I do meritorious deeds this time, I won't be robbed of meritorious deeds again, will I?"

Wang Yuan said in a low voice: "With Yang Dutong here, even if Liu's father and son steal credit, they will always leave some for you. Ever since you came back from Hebei, you have become more irritable. What's going on?"

Han Shizhong looked around and made sure there was no one around, so he said, "I figured it out. No one else can be trusted, so I have to lead my own troops. Five hundred soldiers is too little, why should I bring five thousand soldiers? I have only a hundred people under my command, and I can't do anything. When the Liao soldiers came, they didn't fight much, and they were defeated in a daze, and my old Han could only run away. Many old brothers died for unknown reasons. Replaced by I’m the main general, so I’m sure I won’t lose so badly.”

Wang Yuan said with emotion: "Why am I not like this?"

Han Shizhong said: "Then you have to find opportunities to make meritorious service, become a high-ranking official, lead a large army, and don't let others command blindly!"

"It's hard!" Wang Yuan found a place, leaned on the stake and took a nap.

Han Shizhong plucked a foxtail, chewed it in his mouth, and sat next to Wang Yuan in a daze.

I don't know how long it took, in a trance, I suddenly heard shouts from a distance.

Han Shizhong stood up suddenly, he was too familiar with this movement, it was such a collapse in Liao Kingdom!

Another fucking defeat?
……

The artillery on the wall of the main village is different from the wrought-iron tiger squat cannon, which is a pig-iron cannon.

Casting is of course easier than forging, but due to the smelting process and lack of furnace temperature, pig iron can only be used for casting.Fearing that the pig iron would explode, he put a circle of iron hoops on the gun body.

It is unavoidable to be bulky and cost one or two thousand catties at every turn, and the one with a slightly larger caliber will cost several thousand catties.

The heaviest of the four cannons is 2104 catties, and the lightest is 1983 catties. They have the same caliber and can share shells.

Yang Zhi put down the binoculars and said to himself, "This is too coincidental."

After the artillery arrived, it was tested in all directions.

The main village is located halfway up the mountain, and the cannons are fired from a condescending height, which greatly improves the range.

The small mound where Liu Yanqing set up the banner of the Chinese army, when Yang Zhi tested the cannon, if the gunpowder was filled, the shells would fall near there.

Yang Zhi ordered: "Fire cannons at the enemy's banner!"

Craftsmen have polished more than 400 pairs of binoculars. In addition to generals and officers, gunners must also equip them.

This distance of three or four miles is invisible to the naked eye, and it is very difficult to aim. You can only estimate the direction and landing point to launch.

Liu Guangguo, Liu Guangshi, and Hu You, each commanding soldiers, are gradually approaching the three strongholds of the rebel army.

Liu Yanqing stood in the large formation of the Chinese army and observed, not paying much attention to today's battle.

Although he was afraid of being beaten by the Liao soldiers, he felt superior to the domestic bandits.

Not only Liu Yanqing has this kind of mentality, but even ordinary soldiers think the same way.Therefore, the morale is not bad, and the recruits are not very afraid, and they all feel that they are better than the bandit soldiers.

"Boom boom boom!"

There were several muffled sounds in the distance, Liu Yanqing raised his head to look at the sky, thinking that it's a good day, why is there thunder?

But I saw four dark things flying towards me from far to near.

The shell hit the sky in front of the mound, and had no kinetic energy, and was falling in a parabolic motion.

The first shell fell head-on into the soil of the mound.Due to the problem of the angle, it didn't bounce much. It hit another place and then fell, rolling for a few meters without hitting a single enemy.

The second shell fell on the back slope of the mound.Smashed the head of an officer and soldier, and continued to break a leg.

The third shell fell five or six meters away from Liu Yanshi's side, smashing the chest of one of his personal soldiers.

The fourth shell hit the flag of the Chinese army and almost broke the flagpole.

what's the situation?
Liu Yanqing was completely stunned. What happened just now was beyond his comprehension.

The unlucky guy who was injured but not dead was still screaming.

All the soldiers of the Western Army showed panic expressions, and more and more people looked up at the sky.

No one fled because they had no idea what was going on.

Liu Yanqing ran a few steps and came to the dead soldier, only to see that his chest was pierced by shells, exposing a bloody and penetrating hole.

"Ming Jin retreats!" Liu Yanqing yelled in fright.

"Dang Dang Dang Dang!"

The soldiers who were advancing couldn't help turning their heads when they heard the movement, and found that it was indeed the order to withdraw troops.

Yang Weizhong ran over quickly and asked: "I saw something fall just now, what exactly is it?"

"How do I know?" Liu Yanqing was still at a loss.

Finally, a soldier came over with bloody shells: "Look, Commander!"

Liu Yanqing and Yang Weizhong quickly approached, and the soldiers beside them couldn't help but watch.

Yang Weizhong said: "Could it be a flat gun?"

Liu Yanqing said angrily, "This place is three or four miles away from the bandit village, what kind of catapult can beat you so far?"

Yang Weizhong's general, Fu Xuan, suddenly said: "I heard that the old Zhu thief met an immortal overseas, and he had to return with the immortal law. The old Zhu thief also offered the Wannian Ganoderma lucidum to the official family, which was also found by the immortal method. .Could it be that the old Zhu thief is in the stronghold, and just now he lowered the meteorite?"

As soon as this remark came out, the scene was instantly dead silent.

Liu Yanqing's mouth was dry: "No...you don't really understand the magic of immortals, do you?"

"A rebel, where did you get the immortal method? It must be the demon method!" Yang Weizhong said qualitatively for this matter.

Liu Yanqing said: "It doesn't matter whether it's immortal or demon, it's beyond human power. You have to send a messenger back to Fengxiang to tell Taiwei Gao!"

"Boom boom boom!"

While the generals were talking, the village finally finished reloading, and the second wave of shells came.

The cannonballs falling at the limit distance are not very powerful, and it is impossible for a single cannonball to hit a series.

The casualties were only those few people, and the banner of the Chinese army has always stood upright, and it was very lucky that it was not hit by shells.

however……

Liu Yanqing looked at the new soldier who won the lottery, his head was smashed, and his death was extremely tragic.

In the face of the unknown, a wave of fear arises spontaneously.

Liu Yanqing felt that he was being followed by a pair of eyes, and several big iron balls all fell towards the Chinese army's position, obviously aimed at him.

Iron balls can be thrown over a distance of three or four miles, which is obviously not something a trebuchet can do.This must be a demon spell, and the casting distance is extremely far, it is estimated that it will be safe to retreat ten miles away.

Before the soldiers could react, Liu Yanqing ran towards his horse suddenly, and he still turned his head and said to Yang Weizhong: "The Zhu thief harmed me with evil methods, I must stay away from this place! Yang Dutong, the whole army is under your command for now!"

Watching Liu Yanqing leave the soldiers and run away, Yang Weizhong was dumbfounded.

No matter how frightened you are, no matter how much you fear your life, you don't have to be so frightened!
Seeing the general fleeing on horseback, and the soldiers wanted to follow, Yang Weizhong reprimanded sharply: "Shuai Liu has other important matters to attend to, so don't move around, so as not to cause chaos!"

The soldiers looked around, but no one dared to move after all.

Moreover, after Liu Yanqing said that, everyone really thought that the demon law was only aimed at the general, and no one left the Chinese army's position.

So, boom boom boom boom!
The third round of shelling was very unlucky and still missed the flagpole.

Yang Weizhong doesn't believe in any magic tricks, but he definitely can't fight today.And before the lord general left, he ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, and all the ministries were approaching at this time.

Yang Weizhong ordered: "Retreat slowly, I will personally lead the troops to cut off the rear!"

On the side of the rebel army, the gates of the three fortresses opened one after another.

(End of this chapter)