Late Tang

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Li Jing stared at the battlefield. This camp is backed by the Baishuiluo Lake. In fact, the so-called siege of the Hu people is that the north cannot be surrounded. There is a vast lake, and the lakers cannot besiege the wide lake without boats. .However, although the Qin army has a small number of ships, Li Jing can retreat from the lake at any time, but it is impossible for all 2 horses to retreat from there.

This is a back-and-forth battle.

Now, Li Jing kept the four-way ambushes on standby, but he wanted to use [-] to fight against the attack of [-] Hu soldiers.This is an extremely dangerous thing, Gongsun Lan and others were extremely surprised.But he quickly understood the reason for Li Jing's choice. At this time, let the four-way ambushes attack, but it is difficult to annihilate the Hu people if they can defeat them.It will take time for the next few reinforcements to arrive one after another.Li Jing wanted to buy more time to drag these barbarians here to be surrounded by more soldiers and horses.

This is a dangerous decision, using yourself as a bait, [-] against [-].This is not Yunzhou, there is no solid city fortifications, nor sufficient troops, not even strong men to assist in defending the city.The only thing they have is more than [-] soldiers, as well as a large amount of gunpowder and flying thunder cannons.

Gongsun Lan squeezed her fist, and finally nodded.Li Jing's plan is a bit crazy, but war is like this, he is always taking risks, but he believes in his man, and the commander of the whole army.

Fifty miles away, Li Wei, Wang Zhong and other four generals received the Flying Eagle's letter almost at the same time.

"Continue to stand by on the spot, suspend the attack, and prohibit exposure!"

Wang Zhong looked at this military order in Li Jing's own handwriting with a solemn expression, full of worry in his heart.This is the implementation of the ** plan. This backup plan has been discussed before. Once the follow-up soldiers and horses cannot arrive on time and there is no possibility of complete annihilation, this ** plan will be implemented to buy time.

"Commander, it's too dangerous for Your Highness to use your body as bait." A general said.

"This is His Highness's military order, which must be obeyed. At this time, we have to trust the commander's decision." Wang Zhong said solemnly, "However." He sighed, "Send a team of scouts to carefully approach the battlefield for reconnaissance, and keep an eye on the situation on the battlefield. If the situation is unfavorable, we will attack immediately."

"Yes!"

Li Wei and other three main generals almost all made such a choice. Li Jing is not only the king, he is also the coach with absolute authority in the whole army. No one can disobey his orders.Because, over the years, no matter how difficult the situation was, King Qin always made the right decisions in the end.

After the military order was reissued, the Qin army in the battalion began to adjust its deployment, and followed the code-named ** battle plan drawn up by the staff officers in advance.At this time, the [-] Qin army not only did not send all of them to the position, but began to withdraw one-third of the troops one after another. On the three sides, only about [-] soldiers were left on each side.

The Thunder Cannons in front of the three sides began to fire one after another, but most of them were just test shots. There were only one or two cannons firing each time, but when they gathered together, there were also one or two hundred Thunder Cannons bombarding. The army is fighting back with all its strength.The 3 troops on three sides led by Shiwei Sanxiong have adapted to the artillery fire at this time, and the formation has not been greatly affected.

The tribal soldiers galloped under the cannon fire. They saw that the Qin army only had a simple wooden fence. Although there were a few more ditches, they didn't pay attention to it.If it was a city wall like Yunzhou's, they might be worried, but they could deal with such a wooden fence with ease.

Under Yelu Shilu's order, under the flag of the Hu Renzhong Army, a hundred cowhide drums were beating simultaneously, and long horns were also humming.A total of [-] Hu Qi attacked from three sides. They crossed the wilderness plain and densely covered the wilderness. Li Jing in the camp could clearly see their formation.These barbarians have also become much smarter. They adjusted their formation this time. They no longer charged in a neat formation, but charged in a scattered cavalry formation that the barbarians have always been accustomed to. They spread all over the field in front of the camp. They are far apart.

Behind Bala's [-]-man formation in the south, Yelufenggu personally assembled [-]-man formations, obviously ready to respond to Bala's offensive at any time. The overall battle plan is still very simple.

The formation of the Qin army has also been adjusted. At the front are a thousand soldiers standing in the trench, with a breast wall built of trench soil in front of them. They are carrying long guns, crossbows, and long bows. Dispensed down Thunderbolt bombs.And a little behind them, there are two artillery battalions with 1000 people. They are equipped with a hundred flying thunder cannons. Far crossbows, these long-range troops are placed in trenches, and the array is very dense.For the Qin army, it was the first time that the artillery battalion was used on such a scale.For this battle, Li Jing's personal conquest brought almost half of the firearms in the arsenal.

Behind these artillery battalions, Li Jing also placed a cavalry battalion on standby on each side as a reserve team to support the front battlefield at any time.This cavalry is not only a reserve team, but also an assault team. If an opportunity arises, Li Jing will not hesitate to send them into the battlefield and fight back.

Although it is outside the Great Wall, the weather in July is still extremely hot. Although the breastplates of the soldiers of the Qin Army are strong, they still have the disadvantage of being airtight and stuffy.Under the high temperature, the fighting spirit of the two armies was high, and both became furious.

With the full attack of the Hu people, Li Jing finally waved his arm, the king of the Chinese army waved the command flag, the firing cannon sounded, the military band began to beat drums, and the buglers blew the bronze horns.

The whole army shouted Long Live King Qin, and the bloody battle began.

Li Jing stood up in the archery tower, staring at the battlefield, his face was calm, but his heart was full of tension, the enemy and the two sides had a huge disparity in strength, he pinned his hopes on the artillery team used on a large scale for the first time, and he didn't know what the result would be.After all, these cannons are not the powerful cannons of later generations. These are just black powder, which is powerful and can only be replaced by weight, but it is the same as a catapult.In such a large-scale battle, what kind of effect these artillery battalions can finally achieve has yet to be verified. .

Putting the equipment of defending the city into the field to serve as offensive firepower, this is also the beginning of an era.

Bara the Tiger of Shiwei acted as the important task of the Chinese army's breakthrough. With the rumble of the war drums, he rode his horse at a gallop, the wind whistling in his ears brought warmth, and beads of sweat kept dripping from his forehead.But it's not because of fear or fear, but because the full body armor on his body is too airtight.The cannonball just now made Bala feel a little afraid of the artillery fire, so in this charge, he put on a Qin army officer's full body armor that he had snatched when he went south.

Wearing this armor, I really felt much safer, but it was too hot, it was July at this time, and there was a big sun on my head.

The afternoon sun scorched the earth, and the sweat from his forehead burned his eyes. The Qin army on the opposite side did not go out to fight, or even lined up.They were all hiding in ditches behind earthen walls, like a group of rats.These southern barbarians, apart from prostitution and digging holes, don't they dare to confront each other like men?

The Qin army's cannons rang again, this time, dozens of cannons rang, and there were also shots from trebuchets and heavy ballistas.However, after the initial panic, it was not so scary.After they launched a galloping charge in a scattered formation, the lethality of the Qin people's cannonballs was not so great.Although there are too many people attacking, every time the ballista of the Qin army falls, most of them can hit people, but they only hit one or two people at a time. They want to kill dozens of people at once like the cannon at the beginning , but it is impossible.

It wasn't the cannons of the Qin people that he was afraid of, but the royal family of Li Zi who was hunting around in the camp.Even for the Shiwei fighters far away in Mobei, Li Jing's name has been resounding all over the Mobei grassland in recent years.They don't know what Li Jing did in the Central Plains, but Li Jing crossed the Liao River and entered Liaodong, took over the forces of the Han people in the south of Liao, defeated the Goguryeo people who restored the country, wiped out the Bohai army going south, and beat Khitan and Xi again and again. , in the northeast outside the pass, Li Jing and Qin Jun are simply synonymous with invincibility.

Among the many rumors on the prairie, Li Jing is the kind of ferocious person who is three feet tall, weighs a thousand catties and has three eyes. rest.His weapon is a three-hundred-jin sword, and his mount is a dragon with horns on its head...

In short, in Mobei, if there is a child who is disobedient, just say that you want to give him to Li Jing, and the child will be very well-behaved immediately, and it will have the effect of stopping children from crying.

Bala naturally knew that Li Jing couldn't be such a monster, but Li Jing's illustrious military exploits were not fake. To compete with such a powerful race in the Northeast, such as Goguryeo, Mohe, Khitan, Xi, and Tatar, etc. He was always a little uneasy when he was fighting against a guy.

Getting closer and closer, Bala had already taken off his riding bow, which was a strong bow weighing three hundred catties. At the beginning, he relied on this strong bow of three hundred catties that no one in the tribe could lift. , won the title of Tiger of Shiwei.Damn Southern barbarians, don't think that the sound of your cannons is great. Now, let you also pay us Shiwei people for their bows and arrows.

It got closer again to within three hundred steps, which was within the range of Qin Jun's Feilei Cannon.Barra heard a whistle on the opposite side, and then several flags were waving in front of the formation.He immediately understood that the opponent was going to bombard him.In Yunzhou City, the defenders on the city used command flags to direct the shelling.The situation was similar this time. The people of Qin put the Feilei cannon in the trench, only showing a small part of the barrel facing the air, and the gunner behind could not see it at all.

Flying thunder cannon, this thing is really powerful.It's small and light, but it can shoot so far. How did the damn Qin people come up with this thing?

Bala narrowed his eyes, he didn't like this way of fighting.Fighting against an invisible group of enemies always made him uneasy.These Qin people are really tough. There are only 2 people, surrounded by [-] cavalry, and they still don't escape.If it was on the grassland, no matter which tribe, faced with such a boundless cavalry group, they would have fled long ago.

Although his heart was faintly uneasy, the sound of war drums was still ringing, and the sound of charging horns was also humming, and he couldn't stop.Perhaps, although the Qin army's artillery is powerful, without the defense of solid fortifications, they can break through the enemy's camp in one fell swoop.

Zhao Zhang's one was in front of the two artillery battalions in the south. When two artillery battalions went to battle at a time, his was in the front trench. There were also two battalions in front of them. They had students. The soldiers, township soldiers, united soldiers, and fan soldiers all got off their horses at this time and leaned in the trenches as the front row protection of their artillery battalion.

At the beginning, the artillery battalion in the Qin Army was only assigned to the first-level army, but now the artillery battalion is getting more and more attention, and at the same time, it is beginning to be equipped with all naval and army units, and at the same time it is being read out.Just like this time, although the artillery battalions did not have a larger establishment, each artillery battalion broke away from the original army and assembled for use together.Eighteen artillery battalions, what a huge number.

Zhao Zhang stood in front of a medium-sized catapult holding an observation mirror. This catapult can throw a weight of one hundred catties to a distance of one hundred steps.He stood on a mound in the ditch, with half of his head exposed, staring at Hu Qi who was rushing towards him from afar.The many small flags planted on the battlefield had already reminded him that Hu Qi had entered within two hundred steps at this time.

He is also considered a veteran. When King Qin was appointed General of Shamen Town and returned to his hometown, he and the refugees were kidnapped by a group of bandits to attack King Qin's village, but he was defeated and captured without exception.As a result, instead of turning him away to the government, King Qin recruited him into the craftsman camp. With the old craftsmanship of the carpenter, their family survived, and their life has been getting better and better since then.Later, he was also transferred from a craftsman to the Ordnance Bureau, and finally became a catapult engineer, and later, he became an artilleryman who had read his strength. He participated in many wars, and he made a lot of contributions. Now, it is already the command of a gun capital.Although compared with those who defected to King Qin together at the beginning, this little commander is a little bit inferior, but he is still very satisfied.However, he was often scolded by his mother-in-law at home, so he couldn't help but sometimes want to be mighty, and he would also be promoted to a battalion-level officer, get a seventh-rank or something, so that he could strengthen his husband when he returned home.

He is full of confidence in defeating those Hulu, and this confidence comes from his unlimited trust in His Highness King Qin.Are you afraid of being invincible if you follow King Qin?

But in the bottom of his heart, he was still a little apprehensive. Their number was less than one-third of the Hu people.In front of these artillery battalions, there were only a thousand soldiers.There is no strong city wall, no sufficient fortifications, only a few ditches and earthen walls. If the two battalions in front can't stop the horsemen, they can't put bayonets on the ballista, can they?

He lowered his head to look at the horizontal knife on his waist, and the Zhangerqi gun standing beside him.Although he is an artilleryman, he has also undergone strict training. Stabbing spears and horizontal knives are both subjects he has been trained for a long time, but it seems a bit bad if he is asked to command the guns to fight with knives.

It's better to have more trust in those guys in front. He heard from the third child that these guys in front belonged to the Iron Cavalry Legion.The Iron Cavalry Legion is mainly composed of the Wuhu tribe, the township soldiers, the united soldiers, and the students.These newly descended Hu people are still very fierce, and now they are fighting for the King of Qin. It is said that they are very powerful in fighting. But it is much better to grow the crops with the loess facing the loess and the sky behind the sky.

The orderly in front sent a loud command, and Zhao Zhang waved: "Two big gun battles first!"

After speaking, Zhao Zhang covered his ears, opened his mouth skillfully, turned his head and squatted aside, and waited for the artillerymen to ignite the one-hundred-jin large explosive package on the two medium-sized catapults.

"Boom!" The two catapults bounced off at the same time, and two [-]-jin large explosive packages flew out roaringly, drawing a solitary line and rushing towards the barbarians in the distance.

"Bang!" Two dynamite packs landed a hundred steps away, and exploded with a bang, like a celestial maiden.

"Hahaha!" The few barbarians who rushed to the front were pale with fright when they saw the explosive package flying towards them, but when they saw the explosive package falling to the ground dozens of steps ahead of them, they couldn't help but burst out laughing. laugh it out.Damn Qin Ren, just now he saw such a large explosive bag flying towards him, he was so scared that he could hardly jump. Who knew that the accuracy was so bad, it was dozens of steps away.

Is this the Qin people's trump card?

Just when the Hu people were extremely proud and laughed at the accuracy of the Qin army's shot, at this time, more gunpowder packets were thrown, but most of them fell dozens of steps in front of them. It didn't hurt either.

What's going on here?

Bara the Tiger of Shiwei put away the mocking smile on his face, it couldn't have been a mistake.If it's a mistake, it's okay to hit it once or twice, but it's a bit strange that so many cannons are so far apart at once.What exactly did the Qin people want to do?

The distance of dozens of steps was approaching very quickly.

Hu Qi who rushed to the front had already rushed to the point where the explosive package had just landed, and they couldn't help but poke their heads to see the big artillery battles just now. As a result, the horse under them suddenly screamed and neighed miserably, then the horse stumbled and fell down on the ground with a bang. On the ground, because the knight was distracted, he didn't have time to take off the stirrups and get off the horse. He was crushed under the horse's body all of a sudden, and his whole leg was broken.

After the first rider fell, the horses rushing forward seemed to be infected with the plague, and began to fall one after another. The horses and knights fell to the ground one by one, screaming and wailing continuously.

"What happened?" Barra was taken aback.Is it a trap?

Is it a horse trap or a deer's foot?

Many of the cavalry behind did not have time to slow down, and had already rushed forward. The battlefield and cavalry that fell on the ground also became a deadly tripping rope.

Bala reined his horse desperately, and finally stopped before bumping into those fallen horses and cavalrymen. He saw that on the ground next to the fallen horses and soldiers, at some point, there was an extra A dim black gadget flickered all over the place. (To be continued.)