late han empire

The next day, the military report from Yecheng quickly came to Zhao Yun's hands.

There is only one content in it, and that is to let Zhao Yun set off quickly and go to Shangyong to regain the lost ground.As for Jiangling and Xiangyang, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, and Gao Lan, who had nothing to do, were in charge of guarding.

"How's the situation on the front line?" Zhao Yun immediately asked the sender after receiving the military report.

"The enemy has already entered Liangzhou, but this is what the lord specially arranged to let them in. Now the enemy troops have entered Liangzhou, and the three generals Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong and Ma Chao are trying their best to stop them. My lord The meaning is to take the opportunity to allow the two of you to recover Shangyong and Hanzhong quickly, so that there will be a trend of closing the door and beating dogs." The messenger should have explained it before he came, so after Zhao Yun asked the question, he calmly explained the specific situation. I said it.

"It seems that our task is quite heavy. Feng Xiao, is your body able to withstand it?" Zhao Yun was very happy that Liu Ming valued himself so much, so he couldn't help but teased Guo Jia.

"Prepare me some more wine, otherwise I don't think I'll be able to survive." Guo Jia was fine, but after hearing Zhao Yun's question, he simply turned into a puddle of mud and asked for wine in a high-profile manner.

"Drinking is not allowed in the army, why can't this rule work on you and Xi Zhicai?" Zhao Yun was also very speechless to Guo Jia's scoundrel behavior.Especially since he was originally a good soldier who obeyed the law.

"So I am Guo Fengxiao, the unique Guo Fengxiao in the world!" Guo Jia laughed disapprovingly.

"Cough, it seems that you have forgotten Xi X?" Xi Zhicai couldn't see it, and coughed lightly.

"Of course there is Xi Zhicai who is unique in the world, is this okay?" Guo Jia patted Xi Zhicai hard on the back.

"Hey, I was careless in making friends..." Xi Zhicai rubbed his hot back and muttered in a low voice.

The next day, Zhang Liao's army really came to Jiangling, obviously they also received the official letter of deployment.After the two sides handed over their defenses and exchanged a few pleasantries by the way, Zhao Yun led his troops and hurried towards Shangyong.

Three days later, on the same day that Pang Tong finally entered the luxury prison, the group arrived in Shangyong.Looking at this familiar place and the degraded appearance that had just been ravaged by the flames of war, I couldn't help but feel very annoyed.

It was true that Shangyong City did not belong to them in the first place, but it was a piece of meat bitten off of Liu Biao's body anyway.And all of this naturally has nothing to do with Liu Bei who later took over Liu Biao's power.

But in general, part of Liu Bei's power can be regarded as inheriting from Liu Biao, the old boss.From the perspective of inheritance, it can be regarded as the son inheriting the inheritance of Lao Tzu, and now Shangyong looks decisively giving people a feeling of "it doesn't hurt to sell your grandfather".

This place has been ravaged by war twice in a short period of time, so there are not many people in the villages and towns here.Most of them either died in the flames of war, or fled to the mountains or other states and counties. There is desolation everywhere. At least they have not been cleared by the enemy. It is still possible to get clean water and food.

Just marching all the way in such a hurry, a day later the group saw Shangyong City.

Shangyong City no longer looks like it used to, and the dilapidated appearance means that it has been bombarded like never before.These artillery or explosive packs directly blown down the city wall on more than three sides, and under Huo Jun's defense, it can still be fought like this. I am afraid that many soldiers and even civilians under Huo Jun's command have already died.

If you think about the worst, you can’t say that Huo Jun is also... Yes, Huo Jun has never heard from him, it’s just that he’s missing, but just because he’s alive and dead, God knows whether he died in an explosion with no bones left, or was captured by the enemy gone?The best result is nothing more than the fact that someone rescued the injured.

In this piece of ruins, there is still an army stationed.Shangyong is one of the gateways to Jingzhou, so even if it was in ruins, Liu Bei had to leave heavy troops for defense.Otherwise, if Liu Mingjun was allowed to get through Shangyong and take down Hanzhong, it would be equivalent to cutting off his own retreat.

It is difficult to travel in Shu, and most of the supplies of the troops going north have to go through Hanzhong, a material supply transfer station.In Hanzhong, according to intelligence, Liu Bei left an army of 5 troops stationed here, and Shangyong also left an army of [-] troops stationed here to guard the key points and prevent Liu Ming's army from attacking.

In particular, the distance between Shangyong and Hanzhong is not too far. If there is a problem here, the troops in Shangyong City will come to support them as soon as possible and transfer supplies at the same time.When necessary, some of the troops going north will return to assist in the defense.

According to the existing intelligence analysis, Zhao Yun must take down Shangyong in more than two days, otherwise he will be attacked from Hanzhong.Three days is actually okay, but one day to make some fortifications is safer.

"How is the enemy's equipment?" Zhao Yun came to the front line and immediately asked a Jin Yiwei who had been monitoring here for a long time.

"More than 50 cannons have an effective range of three miles, but if they use shotguns, the range is only about 30 meters. After that, it is not so easy to kill people. They still have a lot of things like small hand cannons in their hands. It should be They are imitation firecrackers, much less powerful than our firecrackers, but they can still kill people.

Firecrackers are not their best weapon. They are equipped with this weapon because they can use firecrackers smoothly in any arms, so it is not as cumbersome as archer training.Many of these soldiers are shield soldiers and heavy armored soldiers with large axes. However, they will use artillery to assist at long distances, and rely on firecrackers to destroy the enemy in the middle range. They will switch back to their weapons when they are close.

Therefore, to eliminate them, it is best to disable their firearms first.Waiting for rain or night raids to blow up their gunpowder is fine, or even bombarding their gunpowder with artillery.As long as there is no gunpowder, the opponent's firearms are just a pile of scrap iron. The primitive weapons are not comparable to the heavy cavalry under your command, General Zhao. "Jin Yiwei reported the other party's situation to Zhao Yun in detail, and the information was so detailed that Zhao Yun couldn't help feeling his professionalism.

"Then according to your knowledge, will it rain in these three days?" Guo Jia asked suddenly.

"Unfortunately, it's not the rainy season, and the sky is so clear that it doesn't even look muggy. It's hard to say that it will rain, at least it won't rain for a few days!" Jin Yiwei shook his head.

"There are only night raids and artillery bombardments left... In fact, there is only one. After all, our artillery has not come over, and there are too many mountain roads!" Zhao Yun thought for a while, and muttered in a low voice.

What is depressing is that the scouts from the two sides had already started to meet each other earlier. After so long, the other party had no reason not to know that an enemy army had come to Shangyong's side.It can't be said that the enemy's rescue troops have left quickly.

At this moment, the opponent may have even prepared gunpowder and firearms, and all the gunpowders may have already lit the matchlocks and poured gunpowder into them at the same time. The other party came hard last time.

It would be much better if there were hot air balloons, but the fifty newly produced ones were shot down by the enemy's powerful crossbow in Hanzhong.Even if the new ones are rushed out, they may not be able to be sent to the front line immediately.There is only one disadvantage of the national practice, that is, the range and power of the strong bow have been improved a lot, and it is too easy to shoot the balloons floating in the low altitude.

"A night attack is worse than a surprise attack now. It is rare for the opponent to gather firearms and pile up ammunition. If you give them a solid one in this situation, it will be interesting!" Guo Jia However, different opinions were given.

"Military Master, aren't you making fun of the lives of our brothers?" Zhao Yun was anxious.

Using this method may not be impossible to defeat the opponent's position, but in the end, I'm afraid that tens of thousands of people will die in battle.

"A small number of people rush into the formation in a scattered formation. Fifty steps away, they use the momentum to send a grenade to the opponent's position and then retreat. It's just to attract the attention of the opponent. But at the same time, our people sent a small group of dare Dead troops, kill them from the side, as long as you charge the nearest gunpowder, we don’t need to worry about the rest!" Guo Jia expressed his opinion indifferently.

Indeed, the powder was ignited, and the result of that is now known to all.

"Immediately order, let fifty cavalrymen go charge with me!" Zhao Yun immediately gave the order.

When Guo Jia heard this order, he couldn't help but shook his head, and said to himself: Isn't Zhao Yun the only one in the world?