Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 459 0454 [Muskets, Artillery and Escorts]

In the Gyeonggi region, the confrontation is still ongoing.

But instead of doing nothing all day long, the golden soldiers have always taken the initiative because they have more cavalry.

Wanyan Zongwang sent out cavalry all over the place to detect news, cover the battlefield and cut off traffic.This approach not only made it difficult for Ju Ming to contact Tokyo, but also made it unclear where the real Jinbing camp was.

Deng Chun and Chen Ziyi were always fighting with the Jin cavalry.

The intensity was not high and they were all small-scale battles. The daily casualties on both sides were only in the double digits.

"Why does the Marshal need to take action personally?"

"Yeah, just let us go."

"Marshal cannot take personal risks!"

"..."

Hearing that Ju Ming wanted to personally reconnoiter the battlefield, his generals tried to dissuade him.

This is by no means some stupid act. All famous generals must personally conduct reconnaissance, such as Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, as well as Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan.

When Li Shimin led troops to fight, he also personally conducted reconnaissance many times.

Because seeing things with your own eyes is far more intuitive than listening to others retell it, and is more conducive to making correct judgments and decisions.

"I'm just taking a casual look, I won't go too in-depth." Zhu Ming actually wanted to personally experience the combat effectiveness of the Jin cavalry.

The Generalissimo insisted on going his own way, and the generals could not dissuade him, so Zhang Guangdao was left to sit in the camp.

Ju Ming rode the cornucopia across the river, and Heavenly King Jia was carried by a bad horse.

There are more than 800 musketeers behind them. With the current speed of musket production, it is estimated that there will be a thousand by the end of the year.The musketeers also rode horses, and put on good horses, which were captured from Yaoshi Guo a few days ago.

Hua Rong's musketeers were there, and Deng Xia's artillery team was naturally not left behind either.

More than 500 mules and horses carried dozens of squatting tiger cannons, as well as the gunners and ammunition of the squatting tiger cannons.

Ju Ming was speechless about this. Although the generals agreed to fight in person, they packed in all the troops they could, except for the infantry.

The village ahead was empty, and most of the villagers had fled.

Because the Jin people were robbing new wheat nearby, the people would be killed if they resisted at all.

"Marshal, why don't you wait in the village? I will go and lure the enemy first." Deng Chun was worried that Ju Ming was in danger.

Seeing the expressions of the riders, Zhu Ming knew that he was too far ahead and would tie their hands and feet, so he could only nod helplessly: "Okay, be careful in everything."

Deng Chun led three thousand light cavalry ahead and dispersed into three groups to investigate. (Actually, there are less than [-]. Some of them died in the battle with Medicine Master Guo.)
After a while, they encountered a small group of enemy cavalry.

The Jin cavalry were smaller in number and retreated while shooting, leaving a few corpses to escape.At the same time, the horn was blown, calling for more companions, trying to retain Deng Chun's cavalry.

"Fifth Prince, there are thieves riding over there!"

"Chase!"

The horns sounded one after another, and the surrounding Jin cavalry heard the sound and came closer one after another. Wanyan Zongjun even brought Qian Hezha to safety.

Wanyan Zongjun is the eldest son of Aguda. According to the Han patriarchal system, he should succeed to the throne.

In another time and space, Wanyan Zongjun died last year.He was injured while fighting with the heavy cavalry of the Liao State. He returned to the court and died, probably from wound infection.

But for some reason, Wanyan Zongjun in this time and space went to fight Liao Kingdom Xijing without Wanyan Xie at all, so naturally he would not die from his injuries.

Guo Yaoshi was in command of a thousand cavalry at this time, and came from nearby to join him and said, "Fifth Prince, be careful. Thief cavalry are used to lure the enemy with light cavalry, and then heavy cavalry to set up an ambush. I suffered a big loss. I have been very cautious these days. Chase too deep!"

"This kind of fighting method has long been worn out by the Jin Kingdom," Wanyan Zongjun said, "I have an escort army under my command, so I am not afraid even if I am ambushed."

This guy was so reckless that the reason for his death in history was that he took the initiative to attack the Liao heavy cavalry with a small number of escort troops.He really knocked down the heavy cavalry of the Liao Kingdom, and then he was injured and died...

Wanyan Zongjun rushed forward without stopping, and more and more cavalrymen gathered around him.

Yang Yun and Yu Dian also joined with their cavalry and continued to fire arrows to lure the enemy.Their war horses' legs were not very fast at sprinting. When encountering a large group of enemy riders, they did not dare to get too close, and their arrows were of little use.

After chasing for a while, Deng Chun also came, and the three thousand Qingqi completely dispersed.Behind them, in the three directions of north, northeast and east, were all the Jin cavalry chasing them. There were about three to four thousand cavalry - there were more cavalry from the Jin Kingdom, scattered in the surrounding areas and too late to arrive.

As he gradually approached the village, Wanyan Zongjun stopped.

When he was chasing the enemy, he only wore armor himself and his horse was not armored, but now he had to wear the armor as well.

"Fifth Prince, there must be an ambush in the village ahead!" Pharmacist Guo suffered a loss and is now very afraid of Ju Ming.

"Afraid?"

Wanyan Zongjun thought that Wanyan Zongwang was too cowardly and kept insisting and did not dare to fight decisively. If it had been him, he would have started fighting long ago.

The Jin cavalry has scouted this nearby area today, and it is unlikely that there are too many enemies hiding there.And the village is so big, can it hide tens of thousands of troops?

Even if there are [-] enemy troops, Wanyan Zongjun is not afraid because he has a thousand escort troops.

With just these one thousand escort troops, he dared to charge against twenty to thirty thousand enemy troops!

Because it was not too far from our own camp, the escort army had only one man and two horses, not even a retinue.They put armor on the horses themselves, and then put on the heavy armor and turned on the horses. They just rode in formation calmly and waited for the military order.

Ju Ming no longer hid. While the enemy was armoring their war horses, sixty squatting tiger cannons were pushed out of the village entrance to assemble and load ammunition.

More than 800 musketeers rode out of the village, then dismounted and stood in front of the Crouching Tiger Cannon.

Bai Sheng also put on the vest for the cornucopia, and Zhu Ming put on the armor of the Heavenly King himself, and rode horseback to the front of the battle.

This set of Heavenly King Armor is so eye-catching, it sparkles with golden light under the sunlight, and it will be blinding if you get even closer.

Ju Ming shouted: "Put up the flag!"

First, a large banner was erected at the entrance of the village, and then a Zhuzi flag was erected.The moment the big banner fluttered in the wind, Wanyan Zongjun became excited: "That's the enemy commander. After wandering for more than ten days, he finally found a decent prey!"

But Pharmacist Guo still had lingering fears: "Fifth Prince, the enemy commander is here, there may be an ambush."

Wanyan Zongjun said: "How many times have Liao soldiers ambushed me, but have they succeeded once? The escort army is invincible in the world and is not afraid of any enemy!"

This guy is courageous and careful at the same time, and he also needs to be tactical.

He asked Pharmacist Guo and another Jin general to lead ordinary cavalry to shoot arrows and even fight in close combat to disrupt the enemy as much as possible.He divided the thousand escort troops into three groups, looking for opportunities to carry out echelon charges. If the battle was unfavorable, he could alternately cover the retreat.

Strict military orders, sophisticated equipment, and brave soldiers can ensure that the army will be defeated without collapse, and will not suffer too much damage.

Often after taking turns to cover the retreat, they would reorganize the battle and defeat the chasing enemies!
Wu Lin recalled in her later years that she spent a whole day fighting with the Jin people, referring to this kind of super elite.Relying on the excellent armor and horses, they were defeated but not defeated. They fought and retreated, took a short rest, formed formations and came again, and fought repeatedly, which was disgusting and terrifying.

"Raise the gun!"

Hua Rong shouted and the whistle blew.

Guo Yaoshi and another Jin general were ordered to lead the charge.

But I saw the enemy commander retreating to the side and joining the cavalry there.But the enemy in front was very strange. He clearly had war horses, but he dismounted and stood on the ground, holding a strange stick in his hand.

When these more than 800 musketeers usually dress, they wear chain mail on the inside and silk on the outside.

When actually fighting, he wore silk on the inside and chain mail on the outside.

They fired one after another from a distance of about 100 meters, and then immediately mounted their horses and retreated.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

After a gunshot, about fifty or sixty of the enemy's horsemen who were running at high speed were hit, and some of their horses were directly shot.

This time I used iron bullets, which have more armor-piercing capabilities than lead bullets.

what sound?
Wanyan Zongjun only heard a noise, and then some smoke floated out of the enemy formation.

Pharmacist Guo was charging, holding a bow and arrow in his hand, ready to shoot after running a little further.

The strange sound made him alert, and he quickly reined in his horse and slowed down.

The golden general named Bu Gulu on the other side was still leading his troops to accelerate the charge.

"Boom boom boom!"

Deng Xia waved his command flag, sixty squatting tiger cannons, each loaded with 25 shotgun shells, and one thousand five hundred small iron bullets flew out like flowers.

The nearest Jin cavalry was only five or sixty meters away.

They were preparing to shoot arrows when an overwhelming barrage of shotguns flew in, and a large number of cavalry fell to death inexplicably.

The golden general named Bu Gulu was hit twice by bullets and his horse was hit by one bullet. He died mysteriously on the spot.

Pharmacist Guo was extremely lucky, and nothing happened.But he was frightened out of his wits, because many cavalrymen fell down around him, and this guy had already slowed down his horse speed, turned his horse's head and chose to run away.

After the shelling, Deng Chun, Yang Yun, and Yu Dian immediately led the light cavalry to shoot arrows and charge towards the enemy cavalry disrupted by the shells.

Zhu Ming led Chen Ziyi's more than 280 cavalry, and Geng Zhongnian led more than 1000 Hebei cavalry, still standing still, ready to fight Wanyan Zongjun's escort army at any time.

Huarong's musketeers are reloading.

"What a terrifying tiger squat cannon!" Chen Ziyi felt his scalp tingle when he saw it. It was also the first time he had seen sixty tiger squat cannons firing a volley.

What should I do if I encounter it?

Chen Ziyi felt that there were only two ways, one was to stay away from the battlefield as much as possible, and the other was to rush over with the shells on his head.

The enemy cavalry, who had been continuously hit by musketry and artillery fire, had been beaten to pieces, and now they were charged to death by Deng Chun with three thousand cavalry. They suddenly chose to escape in fear.

Wanyan Zongjun had a visor covering his face, so no one could see his expression clearly.

The face under the visor was actually stunned!
This guy is also fearless of death. When encountering weapons and tactics that he cannot understand, his first reaction is not to run away, but to rush forward to meet the defeated friendly forces.He has a brain. At this moment, the enemy and we are fighting together, and it is impossible for the enemy's terrifying weapon to be used again.

Ju Ming put down his telescope, pulled down his visor and bow, and said: "Blow the trumpet, raise the flag, ask Deng Chun to withdraw, and Hua Rong to go and shoot."

"Woooooo!"

The Han and Qiang light cavalry who were chasing the enemy cavalry reined in their horses and stopped when they heard the sound of the horn.

The effects of long-term training are evident, and these three thousand cavalry are able to execute orders and prohibitions.

While the Han and Qiang light cavalry retreated, Hua Rong's more than 800 musketeers had loaded their ammunition and mounted their horses to wait.They received the order and immediately rode towards the flanks.

Wanyan Zongjun successfully protected his friendly troops from danger. He was about to withdraw his troops and go back to study the enemy's tactics, but he saw more than 800 "cavalry" wearing chain armor rushing towards him.

After rushing within a few dozen steps, they all turned over and dismounted - sitting on the horse's back was undulating, and the accuracy of the muskets would only be worse.

At the same time, Geng Zhongnian led more than a thousand Hebei cavalry and circled Wanyan Zongjun's side.

Zhu Ming and Chen Ziyi advanced slowly with their uniformed cavalry.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Hua Rong's more than 800 musketeers immediately mounted their horses after firing, rode away from each other and dismounted again to reload.

Wanyan Zongjun no longer knew how to fight, so he would just get over it under normal circumstances.The elite of the Jin Kingdom led by him dared to charge at Wu Jie's large number of crossbows, and they were shot to the point of being knocked over, but they were still defeated without collapse.But the two strange weapons in front of them are more difficult to deal with than the bed crossbow, which requires a large number of people to operate and is slow to load.

Moreover, the thousands of escort troops were all wearing armor. The horses could not run fast under the weight of gravity, so they could only fight and retreat, and there was no way to escape by running away.

To retreat while fighting is to be shot repeatedly!

(End of this chapter)