Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 724 Expectations of a Professional Army

The military flags of the Black Wolf Legion on the Beishan and Nanshan were flying, indicating that they were still firmly under their own control.There were screams of killing and screams coming from the front of the four army villages, which could be clearly heard, and the Song army was launching a new round of attacks.

At the rear of the military village, more than 100 carts were entering the village, which were a large amount of food and grass that had just been transported by the supply battalion.It includes a large number of gunpowder packs, stone mines, and defensive crossbows produced day and night by the armory department's arsenal.

The court of Xiangfu Kingdom is well aware of the consequences of losing these four military strongholds, so whether it is the Equipment Department under the command of Yu Wen of the Military Hub Department or the Household Department under the leadership of Jia Xian of Zhongshu Province, they have tried their best to mobilize equipment and materials, and there is a steady stream of supplies. Transported to the frontline army village.

Xiangfu Kingdom has done a good job in matters other than the battlefield, and now only the war itself is left. For Yang Jiye, he likes this kind of battle very much.Because when he led troops to fight in the Northern Han Dynasty, most of his energy was spent on eating and dressing the soldiers under his command. He had to ask for food, grass and luggage with the court officials behind him, and even the emperor. stab in the back.Now he doesn't have to worry about these things, as long as he fights a good fight with all his heart and soul.

"General, it's His Majesty's black cavalry." A soldier suddenly pointed to the rear of the military camp, and a black torrent from a distance rushed towards the military camp.

Yang Jiye stared at it first, picked up the binoculars to look at it, smiled wryly, and said, "Your Majesty is here in person, alas! That's our majesty's supernatural powers. He is not afraid of being assassinated by others. Otherwise, how can the emperor of a country lead this manpower to show off everywhere. "

After less than half a stick of incense time, before Ye Chen came to the No. [-] military village, Yang Jiye, who had been waiting here, came up to greet him and saluted, saying: "Your Majesty is here, and I am far away to welcome you, please forgive me."

Before Yang Jiye could bring someone to bow down, Ye Chen helped him up and said, "Yang Qing firmly guarded the gate of the country with an army of [-], and made great contributions to our Xiangfu country's surviving the crisis. I am very grateful."

Yang Jiye knew that Ye Chen would not care about these face-saving skills, so he stood up, greeted Hu Sanguang who was saluting to him on the right, and said: "Your Majesty, you are polite, this is the duty of a minister."

Ye Chen nodded and asked directly: "How is the situation now?"

Yang Jiye looked solemn, and said: "Since the Song army started to attack five days ago, the Song army has attacked eleven times with all its strength. Three of the four lines of defense of the subordinates have been broken by the Song army."

Ye Chen walked towards the army stronghold and said, "How about the enemy's losses?"

Yang Jiye was one step behind, followed Ye Chen's right hand, and said as he walked: "My black wolf army lost 970 cavalry and 41 engineers. The Song army lost about 7000 people. Hmm! In fact, the first three lines of defense can still hold two God, it's just that in order to prevent our army from losing too much, I withdrew to the last line of defense in advance."

"You are right. The most precious thing in my Xiangfu country is the lives of soldiers. As long as the overall situation can be guaranteed, don't mind these few days."

"Hmm! The news came from Xiao Xiuming from Khitan that my queen took the risk and forced Xiao Chuo, Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao Kingdom, to withdraw from the Khitan army and force the Khitan to send troops to the Song Dynasty. After that, we will defend the four military strongholds. It is set for five days, but in fact the purpose is to frustrate the enemy, and the cavalry of the Black Wolf Legion must preserve their strength. When the party advances and retreats, we will tear off a piece of his flesh. Hmph! My country is not meant to attack , you can come.”

After Ye Chen finished speaking, he turned his head and followed Hu Sanguang: "Sanguang! What information is there from Song and Khitan recently?"

"Your Majesty, according to information from Huang Louping, another [-] reinforcements from the State of Song set off from Jingzhao Mansion, and they are expected to arrive here tomorrow afternoon. Moreover, there are constant carriages and horses along the way, bringing in a large amount of supplies. According to Xiao Xiuming According to the information sent, Xiao Dage, Great King of Khitan Southern Academy, led about [-] troops, set out from Datong Mansion of Liao State, and went straight to Zhending Mansion of Song State."

"Very good, what's the situation in my Xiangfu country?"

"Yesterday, we dug up a secret stronghold of the Song Dynasty and the Song Wei Mansion in Xiazhou. An envoy of the Song Wei Mansion happened to be there, and we captured him alive. But this guy is a tough guy, and Meng Yiren's methods failed to get him to speak. "

Ye Chen paused for a moment. He was a little surprised and curious. He had seen Meng Yiren's torture methods before. It was hard for him to imagine how many people in this world could survive under Meng Yiren's torture.After a little thought, he said, "Give this person to Shangguan Bingyun and let her deal with it."

Hu Sanguang respectfully said yes.

Ye Chen continued to walk in silence, and there were groups of heavy soldiers passing by. They were full of energy, and they were carrying food, grass, and weapons to the army camp.

Ye Chen has always wanted to turn the soldiers of Xiangfu Kingdom into professional soldiers of later generations. Although he is still far away from this goal, he asked the Military Department to study and formulate various regulations as early as the founding of the country --- overall Generally speaking, there are three major regulations: discipline regulations, combat regulations, and training regulations, but there are no queue regulations for later generations.And under these three major regulations, there are some small regulations, such as marching regulations, battlefield discipline regulations, battlefield etiquette regulations and so on.Among them, the battlefield etiquette regulations clearly stipulate that in the army, subordinates do not need to kneel and salute when facing their superiors, and during combat exercises, subordinates do not need to salute when they see their superiors.These two included seeing His Majesty the Emperor himself.This is also the reason why Yang Jiye and others did not bow down when they saw Ye Chen.

In fact, Ye Chen still wants to promote the military ceremony of raising hands in later generations in the army, but since the founding of the country, there have been too many things, and the local government has been constantly improving and adapting to the imperial government.In particular, the establishment of the three major military factories under the Equipment Department of the Military Central Department, and the establishment of two civilian workshops under the Ministry of Households under the control of Jia Xian.Zhang Bo is in charge of the reclamation of millions of acres of cultivated land and the construction of water conservancy canals in the Yellow River Basin of the Ministry of Agriculture.The training department of the Military Central Department under the control of Heiyue established the teaching brigade.The preparation of Xiangfu University and so on.There are too many things that are extremely important to Ye Chen, so the promotion of raising hands in the army has never been taken care of.

Under the leadership of Yang Jiye, Ye Chen followed the moat of the No. [-] Army Village to the north, and the protruding horse faces made him feel more pleasing to the eye. This kind of horse face can increase the shooting surface of the side crossbow and archers, making the dead angle under the city much larger. Reduced, this improvement relies on the walls of the four military villages, which are generally convex defenses.

Ye Chen remembered that the bastion built by Japan during the Anti-Japanese War was concave in shape, with almost no dead ends, which made our great people's army pay a great price.Now it seems that although Yang Jiye's convex defense is not as good as the concave shape of the bastion, it is actually the same principle.

In fact, what Ye Chen didn’t know was that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the method of building the bastion had spread to China. Jingshi and Jizhen built triangular three-story hollow enemy towers, which was the first time they had the concept of an acute-angle defense line. Later, Yuan Chonghuan built this kind of bastion when the Northeast resisted Houjin.

Ye Chen walked past the No. [-] army village, regardless of the fierce and brutal offensive and defensive battle outside the first line of defense at this time, and went directly to the first line of defense with earthen walls.Between the earthen wall and the city wall is a flat ground of fifty paces, and a moat two feet wide.Behind the earth wall sits a battalion of the Black Wolf Legion. They are always on standby here, and they can exchange with a battalion that is guarding this line of defense at any time to ensure that everyone has a certain time to rest.

Here, Ye Chen met Li Guangshun, the head of the Black Wolf Army who had been directing the battle.

Today's Li Guangshun, under Yang Jiye's hands-on training and guidance, is no longer a general who only led cavalry in battle at the beginning. He is already an expert in how to defend the city and how to defend.

After seeing the ceremony, Ye Chen asked Li Guangshun to return to his position and continue to direct the battle.

Every other section of the earth wall has an acute-angled bulge, and in front of it is a two-foot-wide ditch. In this era, any attack will eventually face this ditch, and the second earth wall is different from the first. There is no low parapet at the back of the trench, but directly facing a one-foot-two-foot-high earth wall.

Ye Chen walked through the planks erected on the ditch, and looked into the ditch on both sides. The inside was full of pickets. According to Yang Jiye, according to the original plan, they would temporarily sprinkle pieces of barbed wire .

Walking through this trench, the first earthen wall is in front of you, the smell of gunpowder smoke fills the air, and the thunderous explosion seems to explode around you occasionally. Ye Chen knows that this is the explosion of a powder bag fired by a special catapult machine the sound of.According to Yang Jiye, they were able to firmly hold the four military strongholds with 1 people, and caused heavy casualties every time the Song army attacked. The gunpowder pack played a great role.

The catapults are specially used to launch gunpowder packs by the engineering battalion. How to launch, how to give the password, how to ignite the fire, the time difference and the control of the distance are all professionally trained by the teaching brigade of the training department of the military center. .

There are dozens of steps of flat ground between the two earth walls. The reserve team and engineers of the Black Wolf Army can be quickly mobilized behind the earth wall. The inner side of the earth wall is a gentle angle, and soldiers can easily climb on the wall from any place to fight. .At this time, most of the soldiers on the top of the wall were crossbowmen and archers, and the spearmen and broadsword soldiers who were close to each other were sitting in the open space at the root of the earth wall and waiting for orders. At the beginning of the founding of the country, Ye Chen asked each legion to add doctors and nurses to the medical team. The same goes for soldiers.

Everything is in good order. The party cavalry who only knew about cavalry charge before now, after just over four months of training and the baptism of war, they already have the demeanor of a professional army. Ye Chen felt a kind of excitement at this time.

This excitement is because he comes from later generations, from the professional army of later generations.

(End of this chapter)