Wanli 1592

Chapter 11

When Xiao Ruxun boarded the east wall, Zhao Hu, Chen Xie, and Wang Hui, the three chief executives, had already checked the battle situation on the east wall.

Xiao Ruxun waved his hand: "When will the rebels come to attack at night? Who will lead the battle to repel the rebels?"

Zhao Hu took a step forward: "General, you are the last general. At three o'clock in Haishi, the last general led his guards to patrol the city wall and passed the east city wall. When he was about to leave the east city and go to the south city for inspection, the rebel army suddenly attacked at night and killed our army with a fixed point of bow and crossbow. Fifteen soldiers then climbed the city with flying claws. According to the general's order, our army suddenly lit up torches and sentry arrows after the enemy had ascended the city to break their courage, and then quickly killed the ascending rebels, and then shot down the city with bows and crossbows Unfortunately, the light was too dark for the crossbowmen to aim and shoot, and I don’t know how many rebels fled back, but the remaining three walls were not raided, they just let off arrows and lit torches to scare the enemy.”

Xiao Ruxun stepped forward to check the dozens of rebel soldiers killed by Zhao Hu, and then nodded: "Vice General Zhao commanded the troops well, and the soldiers in Dongcheng killed the enemy bravely, credit for it!"

Zhao Hu and all the soldiers thanked him.

Xiao Ruxun looked at the fifteen soldiers who died in battle again, and sighed: "These fifteen soldiers who died in battle were killed in battle, and they will receive more pensions and burials!"

The generals took the lead.

"Our army just defeated the rebel army the day before yesterday, and it will take time for the remnants of the rebel army to escape. It will take at least two days for all the troops to attack. If there is no three to five days, the main force of the rebel army will never be able to come to the city again. Now, However, in two days, it can be seen that the rebels came here, and they must be Qingqi Jian who rushed from day and night, trying to take advantage of our army's fatigue and carelessness shortly after the victory to attack and seize the city at night, and break through Pinglu City at the lowest cost.

The general thought that the rebels had an advantage, and if they had the advantage, there was no need to take such a risky move. It is very likely that the army led by Wei Zhitai has already begun to counterattack. More entanglement with us in Pinglu City. Now that our army has repelled its night attack again, it will definitely deter the rebels, so that they have to divide their troops to fight, at least take the initiative, so as not to face the attack of two armies. That being the case, our Pinglu City will definitely contain part of the rebel army and relieve the pressure on Wei Zhitai's counterattack against the rebels. If we can persist until Wei Zhitai's counterattack succeeds and reinforcements arrive, we will all contribute to the greatness with you! "

When all the soldiers heard this, their confidence and morale were greatly increased.

Zhao Hu is an old man who followed the Xiao family. Seeing Xiao Ruxun mature day by day, he was able to describe the dangerous situation of fighting alone in a lonely city as a great opportunity.

General, grow up!

Xiao Ruxun inspected the top of the city again, and then left the top of the city after inspecting the whole city. He told the three generals beside him: "The general estimated that in one or two days, the main force of the rebel army will arrive at the foot of Pinglu City to start the battle." Attack, at that time, they should first persuade them to surrender, encircle and not attack to deter our army, our army will delay if we can, and we will not fight if we can, the longer we delay here, the longer it lasts, the greater the pressure on the rebels, When necessary, it is all right to deceive the rebels by falsely surrendering, and only when it is necessary to fight can we let go of the fight, which is very important to our army."

Xiao Ruxun's predictability has appeared more than once. In the past, Xiao Ruxun had predicted the enemy's actions several times and made military exploits. Therefore, the three generals who followed him believed in Xiao Ruxun's words and said that they would definitely obey orders.

It was around midnight that Xiao Ruxun returned to the mansion with his tired body, comforted the worried Yang Caiyun, and fell asleep.

Early in the morning of the second day, the seventh day of March, Xiao Ruxun took care of himself as a routine, and first went to find out about the attack last night.

After dawn, according to specific statistics, 21 rebels were killed above the city, 56 rebels were shot to death below the city, a total of 77 rebels were killed, and the rest of the rebels were missing. Unexpectedly, two medium-sized ladders were found under the east city wall, and they seemed to be assembled on-site with special techniques...

After understanding the situation, Xiao Ruxun ordered the city defense to remain the same, and then rode to the barracks to train the pistols. Yesterday, the three-stage round attack method still needs to be practiced frequently, while the fifty auxiliary soldiers mainly practice reloading ammunition frequently to increase their proficiency. At the same time, first of all, the ammunition in the 470 eight-barrel blunderbuss is loaded, and it can be fired by lighting the matchlock. The 170 eight-barrel blunderbuss in the hands of fifty auxiliary soldiers can also be used for logistics, forming a continuous attack at the beginning. Great damage to deter the enemy.

Given the medical conditions of the rebels, they would definitely die if they were hit by lead bullets. If they didn’t want to die, they had to amputate their limbs.

Xiao Ruxun pointed out to Wang Hui while observing the pistols training in the three-stage burst shooting technique: "If the bandits come later, they must be persuaded to surrender first. If they cannot be persuaded to surrender, they will attack the city with a large army, so there are at most three days for you to train. Within three days, I must train these three hundred blunderbusses and lead them to the top of the city to fight the enemy. In my plan, after this battle, I will continue to expand the number of blunderbusses. It is a combination of the bird gun team and the sword and shield soldiers to face the cavalry in the open field."

Wang Hui said in surprise: "Since the existence of firearms, no matter King Mu's Southern Expedition or Chengzu's Northern Expedition, they have all used firearms as an aid. Moreover, although Chengzu's Northern Expedition to Mongolia was a great victory, there were a large number of cavalry as the main force. Only cavalry can fight against cavalry, General It's been mentioned more than once!"

Of course Xiao Ruxun knows, but the power of firearms is definitely not limited to this!

"Now is different from the past. In the past, Taizu's Northern Expedition, Chengzu's Northern Expedition, and King Mu's Southern Expedition all used tubular firearms, which were ignited and fired directly at the fire gate. It took several people to work together for aiming and firing, which is not like we are waiting for now. The bird gun used can be done by one person. Since it can be changed from a fire gun to a bird gun, the bird gun may continue to become stronger in the future. Even if it is just like this now, three hundred gunmen are not to be feared. What about three thousand? What about thirty thousand?"

Xiao Ruxun's words made Wang Hui very surprised. Anyway, Wang Hui never expected that Xiao Ruxun, who used to be disdainful when mentioning firearms, suddenly turned into a supporter of firearms. In the past, Xiao Ruxun repeatedly emphasized not to rely on the power of firearms during defense and conquest. , Strictly require the army to complete tactical training in accordance with the regulations, and use swords, bows and horses as the foundation of its life, but this time it uncharacteristically began to support the use of firearms and even expand the scale of the use of firearms, and proposed to use firearms against cavalry.

The generals on the Nine Sides have a distrustful attitude towards firearms. Except for the commonly used artillery, individual firearms such as bird guns are basically not used very much. For generals who use firearms, everyone thinks that this is too troublesome and has achieved little results. Therefore, the Nine Borders still mainly use bows, horses and swords, supplemented by artillery, and there are basically no troops with bird gun teams in the army.

"However, general, let me say a word, no matter how many pawns there are, no matter how fast the guns are fired, if they cannot be used in rainy weather, it will be an unsolvable deadlock. Moreover, the shooting range is also very limited. At such a short distance, the cavalry can gallop in an instant. As soon as they raised their knives and slashed, the pawns had almost no defense and resistance, and it was really wrong to put them on the plains to compete with the Mongolian cavalry!"

Wang Hui's expression was very anxious, as if he saw a child who had gone astray and was eager to correct him.

"That's why, Ziheng, I proposed to combine swords, shields, spearmen and gunpowders to form an army formation. In the past, no one thought of using infantry formations combined with gunpowders to fight. This is different from bows and crossbows. In field battles, The number of bows and crossbows is limited, and the number of bows is even more limited. It is not easy for a crossbowman to train. If encountering a large group of cavalry, the crossbowman combined with the army can only protect themselves, but the pawns are different.

Whether it is gunpowder, lead or matchlock, it costs very little to build. A gunpowder carries two gunpowder canisters and three hundred rounds of lead bullets, which is enough to last two hours of battle. Moreover, the training of the gunpowder is easy. It will soon be possible to pull up a skilled blunderbuss team, and the number is also considerable. After mastering the three-stage round strike method, it will be supplemented by an infantry formation to protect the blunderbuss within the formation.

If you encounter a Mongolian cavalry in the wild, the cavalry will not dare to face the charging army. They can only slow down and entangle with the army, or fight with me with bow and horse pawns. Shooting the cavalry in the formation, when the distance is so close, the enemy cavalry will be severely injured by the pistols, while the Mongolian cavalry can't do anything to my iron wall formation. Over time, the cavalry will suffer heavy losses. Will they retreat? "

Wang Hui frowned and thought deeply, but he couldn't find any evidence to refute it. Indeed, as long as the infantry formed a tight formation and formed a hedgehog formation with spears, no cavalry would dare to charge and die. If you have enough iron to engage in the Tiefutu, you will inevitably divert and slow down to fight with the army immediately, or directly bypass the encirclement. It's different. An archer carries very little bow and arrow, and it may not be able to shoot. If the battle situation is urgent, it can consume all the bows and arrows in two or three moments. Back then, when the Han Dynasty defeated the Huns, Li Ling's army was unable to do so. Return to Han.

And the most important thing is that lead bullets can really leave a strong psychological shadow on the enemy and are extremely disgusting bullets. According to statistics, 100% of people who are directly hit by lead pellets at a distance of 90.00 meters will die. 20.00% died, all the remaining limbs were amputated, 70.00% died near the heart in the left chest, 70.00% died in the right chest, and [-]% died in the abdomen.

Therefore, anyone who is hit and wounded by lead bullets, even the slightest injury will have to be amputated. That is fatal, equal to death, and the amount of resources consumed by a cavalry from training to training is enough to train five pawns. The value of one cavalry is the set of the value of five pawns. A cavalryman is also earned.

Such a profitable business, why not do it?
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