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Chapter 495 0492 [Let the barbarians experience the war of the new era]

"Blow the drum to meet the enemy!"

Han Zhen ordered with a calm expression.

Dong Dong~ Dong~
The passionate and rhythmic sound of war drums echoed over the military formation.

Generally speaking, for an army of more than 50,000 people, the effect of war drums is not great. It is better in the early stage. Once the two sides are in close combat, the soldiers' blood boils and the loud shouts of killing are enough to drown out the sound of war drums.

At this time, we have to rely on flag language and countless messengers to convey the general's military orders.

This is the difficulty in large-scale legion operations.

In fact, Han Zhen had no experience in large-scale legion combat, and generals such as Han Shizhong, Wu Bao, and Wei Da had no experience either. Fortunately, there was a person in the Qi army who had experience.

He Guan!

This man was born in the military and served in the army for thirty years. When he was in the northwest, he served under General Liu Fa.

In the Battle of Ancient Bone Dragon, Liu Fa led an army of 150,000, and He Guan was his general, helping to arrange troops and make plans, thus defeating the Xixia army.

In the first year of Xuanhe, Liu Fa accidentally fell off a cliff during a battle with Xixia, broke his legs, and was killed by a soldier of the Western Army.

The commander died in battle, and the Western Army was in chaos. It was He Guan who was ordered to take over the army at the critical moment, which made it impossible for Brother Richard to expand his results.

With He Guan assisting him, Han Zhen could relax a lot.

Boom boom boom!
The elites of the front army were wearing full armor, held high their shields, and marched in uniform steps.

The crossbowmen battalion at the rear, under the command of each Dutou, stepped on the pedals on both sides of the crossbow arm and pulled the crossbow string with both hands.

While developing firearms, Han Zhen did not leave behind the divine arm crossbow.

After all, in an era without flintlock muskets, the Divine Arm Crossbow was unique in its advantages in long-range shooting.

After capturing Tokyo City and taking over the general as prisoner, Han Zhen immediately ordered the production of divine arm crossbows.

The core of the divine arm crossbow lies in the crossbow machine. In the past, during the Zhao and Song Dynasties, divine arm crossbows were rare because the crossbow machine was extremely difficult to manufacture and only a few master craftsmen could make it. In this case, how could the output be high?

Those few master craftsmen worked overtime day and night without eating or drinking, and they could not produce hundreds of pairs in a month.

After improving to assembly line operation, the production capacity suddenly increased seven to eight times.

One workshop is responsible for one component.

In this way, not only does the production capacity increase several times, but confidentiality is also guaranteed.

Because the crossbow machine is extremely complex and has dozens of large and small parts, it is impossible to copy it unless you have been in all the workshops.

In fact, Xixia and Liao also had divine arm crossbows. After all, this thing was originally invented by Li Hong from Xixia, and was later presented to Zhao Song as a surrender gift.

However, the supporting industries in Xixia were so poor that the parts for the crossbows had to be made by those craftsmen themselves, and they could only make a dozen pairs a year.

As a result, there were only three to five hundred divine arm crossbows in the Xixia army, and even fewer in the Liao Kingdom.

Including the previous captures, the number of divine arm crossbows in the Qi army now reaches more than 23,000.

In addition to several crossbowmen battalions, the scout battalion has a handful of people.

The reason why the Qi Army's scout battalion is so ferocious is one of its individual combat capabilities, and the second is its ordnance crushing.

A scout, a firearm and a divine arm crossbow, who can withstand it?

"Kill!!!"

Led by the Jurchen warlords, the Jin army's front troops were as fierce as ever, charging towards them with ferocious roars on their faces.

The Qi army's front troops remained calm. Under their iron helmets, pairs of cold eyes stared at each other.

Victory in several battles gave the Qi army high morale.

The equipment of new firearms doubled their confidence.

Jin Jun?

But that's it!

Close, getting closer.

If viewed from above, the nearly two-mile-long battle line looks like two giant steel waves.

boom!
The next moment, the front troops of both sides collided fiercely.

"Thin-feathered arrows!"

"The elevation is one inch and four minutes!"

"Three consecutive shots, release the arrow!"

Swish!
The sound of tearing cloth sounded, and a dense rain of arrows flew out from the Qi army and fell into the Jin army.

Wu Ji squinted his eyes slightly, with a look of enjoyment on his face.

Some people like to smell the smell of burning gunpowder, but he likes to hear the sound of the divine arm crossbow pulling the trigger.

Crisp and neat.

Never tire of hearing it.

Soon, bursts of shrill screams rang out from the Jin Army camp.

The priority target of the Divine Arm Crossbow is not the heavy armored infantry in the front row, but the crossbowman battalion hidden in the front army.

As for how to find the opponent's location, it's easy.

Because the effective range of a normal crossbow is only about 120 steps, based on the range, the position of the enemy crossbowman can be roughly calculated.

In an instant, dozens of Jin Army crossbowmen were killed by the divine arm crossbows, and more than a hundred were injured.

Before the Jin Army's crossbowmen could react, another round of arrow rain came.

At the same time, the crossbowmen who fired the first round were busy cocking their arrows.

After the third round of arrow rain ended, the crossbowman in the first round pulled the trigger again.

Although the three-stage continuous shooting has a small range and the arrows are not dense enough, it is better than continuous shooting. Wave after wave of arrow rain does not give the enemy crossbowmen battalion any time to breathe.

For a time, the Qi Army's crossbowmen battalion took advantage of the range and power of the God's Arm Crossbow. The Jin Army's crossbowmen were overwhelmed and could not lift up, so they could only hide under the large shield.

Wanyan Loushi, who was in charge of the front army, looked neither sad nor happy. The temporary setback of the crossbowmen battalion of the front army was insignificant to the entire war situation.

What really affects the situation of the battle is firearms and artillery.

However, Qi Jun can obviously keep his composure and has no plans to use it at present.

Time passed by minute by minute.

The elite front troops on both sides, wearing heavy armor and holding giant shields, gradually began to exhaust themselves. Fighting with a heavy weight of more than 100 kilograms consumes a lot of physical strength.

In a big battle, the winner is often decided at this time.

Because the front army is the fortress of an army, if the front army is not defeated, the center army and the rear army will be safe and sound, so this battle cannot be lost no matter how hard it is fought.

Hu Zhong stood on a high loess platform, holding a telescope and constantly searching among the Jin army on the opposite side.

Suddenly, his face lit up with joy and he shouted: "We found Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan Zonghan!"

Hearing this, the ordering troops on the side immediately jumped off the high platform and ran towards the Chinese army.

"Your Majesty, Battalion Commander Hu has discovered the traces of Jin Army coach Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Loushi!"

Han Zhen smiled slightly: "It's time for these barbarians in the North to see the fighting methods of the new era."

The emergence of firearms and artillery is bound to change the traditional combat methods of war.

Previously, it was because fire and gas artillery had just appeared, and a group of army generals were not familiar with it and had not changed from their inherent thinking and habits.

As time went by, with the efforts of generals such as Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Liu Qi, Nie Dong, and Wu Jie brothers, a set of three-dimensional tactics dedicated to field battles was finally constructed.

Today, I finally have the chance to make it happen.

Thinking of this, Han Zhen ordered: "Pass my order to inform Han Shizhong that the former military will use firearms to clear the way and penetrate the Jin Army's formation. Inform Hu Zhong to snipe the Jin Army general from a long distance. The left wing artillery will guard the camp and prepare to stop the Jin Army's cavalry. !”

As military orders were issued one after another, the rhythm of the Qi army's war drums changed in vain.

At the same time, the riders on the high platform also began to change their flags.

Hundreds of messenger troops kept running wildly to deliver Han Zhen's orders to all parts of the army.

Han Shizhong ordered: "Use firearms to change the arrow array!"

"Use firearms to change the arrow array!"

Hundreds of messengers conveyed this military order to each brigade commander, battalion commander, and even the commander and commander.

The swordsman behind the shield soldier immediately took off the firearm from his waist, took out the fire stick and lit it.

Chi Chi Chi!
Countless sparks flickered and the fuse burned rapidly.

After counting seven times silently in their hearts, they all threw out the firearms in their hands.

Thousands of firearms were thrown high into the air and fell into the Jin army's formation.

Boom boom boom!
Deafening explosions occurred one after another, and thick black smoke filled the air, blocking the Jin army's view.

A series of screams and wails echoed over the battlefield.

"Kill!!!"

The Qi army changed their previous posture and roared towards the Jin army.

On the high loess platform behind the front army, Hu Zhong was directing the gunner: "Raise the muzzle three points up, move it two inches to the left and four points."

"fire!"

Boom boom boom!

Thirty siege guns fired a salvo, the power was overwhelming.

Among the Jin army, Wanyan Loushi was protected in the formation by personal guards and was hidden among the crowd.

Hearing the deafening explosion, Wanyan Lou's expression changed and he ordered: "The Qi army has used firearms, let..."

Before he finished speaking, his pupils shrank suddenly.

I saw bursts of thick black smoke rising from the high loess platform in the distance, followed by thirty black cannonballs flying rapidly.

Thirty cannonballs almost covered the 100-step area where Wanyan Lou's room was located.

There was no time to react, the shell had already fallen into the crowd.

The armor and shield were like paper under the cannonballs. After killing one Jin soldier, the power of the cannonballs did not diminish, and they hit the second, third...

Whoosh!
A cannonball almost grazed Wanyan Loushi's helmet, and the sound of tearing flesh and blood was heard immediately behind him.

coincidence?

Wanyan Loushi was shocked and confused.

"Ten thousand households, ten thousand households!"

At this moment, a loud roar came from my ears.

Wanyan Loushi came back to his senses and turned around to look, only to see the bodyguard shouting at him with an anxious look on his face: "The whereabouts of Wanhu have been exposed, move elsewhere quickly!"

"it is good!"

Wanyan Loushi nodded, immediately mounted his horse and ran towards the left.

As a former army general, he must not die, otherwise it will have a great impact on morale.

Although the round of shelling just now did not hit Wanyan Zonghan, it still took away hundreds of lives and shocked and frightened the Jin army.

"Pity!"

Hu Zhong held up the telescope and sounded regretful.

Seeing Wanyan Lou's room fleeing elsewhere, he continued to give the order: "The angle of the muzzle remains unchanged, move three inches to the right and fire!"

Boom boom boom!
Another puff of smoke rose.

Wanyan Loushi had just reined in his horse and was about to issue an order when a fatal sense of crisis suddenly surged in his heart.

Without any hesitation, Wanyan Loushi clamped his legs around the horse's belly, raised his riding crop and whipped the horse's butt hard.

The war horse beneath him immediately shot out.

Not long after running, he saw that the place where he had stopped was covered by a round of artillery shells.

Goulon!

Wanyan Lou Shi swallowed, as if falling into an ice cellar, with a look of horror on his face.

Once it was a coincidence, the second time it wasn't.

At this moment, there was only one doubt in his mind.

How did the gunner of the Qi Army find himself among thousands of troops?

(End of this chapter)