Please ask me to be the emperor

Artillery is the god of war. Although Zhang Shun didn't know who said this, it didn't stop him from finding ways to apply these "fresh gadgets" to war.

Zhang Shun was an ordinary person in his previous life, and he also had some military interests. It's just that he usually pays attention to new fighter jets, newly launched battleships, and even future Star Destroyers. Who would eagerly like "antique artillery" from hundreds of years ago?

These smoothbore cannons such as the Hongyi cannon were very unfamiliar to Zhang Shun, let alone how to use them in war.

However, if you don’t know how to use it, just slowly explore it! In line with the idea that "more is beauty, bigger is better, caliber is justice, and range is truth", Zhang Shun simply let go of quantity first.

For a battle with less than 10,000 soldiers on both sides, one side possessing hundreds of large-caliber artillery is simply a nightmare for the other side.

For example, the standard vehicle battalion organized by Qi Jiguang had more than 3,000 men per battalion. In addition to 256 small-caliber French guns, there were only eight general cannons.

As for the chariot battalion organized by Sun Chengzong, each battalion had more than 6,000 men. In addition to the 256 small-caliber French guns, there were only 88 prisoner-killing cannons and 16 general cannons.

The caliber of the captive-killing cannons used by the Ming army was generally between 50mm and 70mm. They could only fire goose egg-sized shells and were also small artillery.

It can be seen from this that according to the establishment of the Ming Army's vehicle camp, there are actually only a maximum of eight general cannons available for every three thousand people.

However, Zhang Shun had only 7,000 troops in this battle, but he had hundreds of large-caliber artillery pieces, which gave him an overwhelming advantage.

Just like after the emergence of cavalry, genius military strategists developed two tactics: "long-distance attack" and "charge into formation with armor and horse gear", which had a devastating blow to the original infantry tactics.

Zhang Shun inadvertently developed the "concentrated use of artillery" tactics, which also had the same generational effect on traditional tactics.

When the officers and soldiers charged to the vicinity of the rebel army, Li Shi'an gave an order, and the first row of artillery suddenly sprayed out dense rain of shotguns, ruthlessly harvesting the enemy in front of them.

A blood mist suddenly enveloped the officers and soldiers, and countless figures fell down in the blood mist.

Standing on the high platform, Zhang Shun saw the terrible effect of artillery for the first time, and truly felt what it means to "life is like a piece of grass."

The first platoon of the rebels was pushed back under the powerful recoil generated by the launch. The rebels' second platoon of artillery began to reveal itself, followed by a second wave of ruthless attacks.

The deafening sound of cannons was like a life and death judge pronouncing a verdict. The King of Hell tells you to die at the third watch, who dares to keep anyone alive until the fifth watch!

Those ruthless shotguns were the command of the King of Hell, and the scythe of the god of death. The enemy in front of them was like a living target, and large areas fell to the ground in unison.

They may be wearing fine armor; they may have practiced their skills for decades since childhood; they may have experienced dozens of battles and have very rich combat experience.

But none of this can save their lives. Under artillery, all living beings are equal!

The second row of artillery was pushed down by the recoil again, and the fuse of the third row of artillery was lit again.

Dozens of artillery were lined up in a row. After a moment of silence, they spit out fire snakes again like a musketeer firing a musket.

This time, many people recalled that the deafening sound of cannons seemed to be no longer audible, and the smoke and blood mist seemed to no longer exist.

Only hundreds of soldiers fell helplessly, their godless eyes fixed on the gloomy sky, seeming to be shouting something, and seeming to be echoing something!

Later, an old man said that it was the gate of hell that had been opened by "King Shun", and black and white were floating in the sky, driving away those officers and soldiers who had disobeyed "King Shun".

These words may be true or false, but what does it matter?

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Liu Guozhen had 3,000 soldiers, and those on the side near the Xianhe River had the chance to be wiped out.

Only a few hundred sparse people were left standing there blankly. There were mutilated corpses everywhere, sticky blood everywhere, flags, spears and shields floating on the blood.

After a long time, perhaps a moment later, fear suddenly returned to these people's bodies. They screamed and yelled, dropped their weapons, knelt down and begged for mercy, or turned around and ran away. No one paid attention to them, and no one tried to plug the loopholes in this formation.

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Liu Guozhen's heart trembled. He knew that the officers and soldiers were going to play! The ensuing rout will be like a blazing flame. In an instant, this gap will spread to the entire battalion under his command, and then to the infantry under Liu Qian's command, as well as the cavalry under Yang Hualin and He Renlong's command.

Chen Qiyu couldn't help but shudder at this time. He seemed to have seen his end of being cut into pieces, just like Yuan Chonghuan who was so shameless at the time.

Who would have thought that there would always be a way out? Just when the officers and soldiers were in desperate situation, suddenly bursts of dull drums sounded, and then flags were erected on the other side of the river.

Chen Qiyu turned around to look, and couldn't help but cry with joy. He shouted loudly: "God will never forget me! It's time to destroy the thieves!"

But Zhang Shun, who was standing on the high platform, could not help but change his expression. What do you think? It turns out that a brigade of officers and soldiers suddenly appeared on the other side of the Xianhe River. Looking at their flags, it turned out to be Cao Wen's imperial edict that they had not seen for many days!

It turned out that Cao Wenzhao led his officers and soldiers to detour to Wen County, cross the Yellow River and occupy Sishui County. Then he went up the Yiluo River to Heishidu and prepared to cross the Yiluo River and join forces with Chen Qiyu to attack Luoyang City.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yutou, who was originally stationed at Mengjin Ferry, discovered that Cao Wenzhao had abandoned Mengjin and knew that the officers and soldiers had other plans. He quickly arranged for the "River God" Huang Shoucai to collect all the boats on the river, and led the boats to patrol the Yellow River and Yiluo River day and night to guard against Cao Wen's orders to cross the river.

When Cao Wenzhao arrived at Heishidu, he was once again captured by the "River God" Huang Shoucai. Although he had six thousand elites under his command, he had no way to cross the river and had no choice but to be blocked by a small Yiluo River.

Cao Wenzhao had no choice but to order his soldiers to search for ships everywhere. Is it just that Huang Shoucai's reputation as "River God" is in vain?

All the boatmen and fishermen on the river worshiped him as a god, and naturally obeyed his advice without any hesitation. Poor Cao Wenzhao searched for two days in a row and finally managed to collect several small boats. Before they could cross the river, they were sunk by Huang Shoucai's navy at night.

After being delayed like this for five or six days, he finally waited until his ten Hongyi cannons arrived. Cao Wenzhao quickly ordered the gunners to set up the cannon when they saw it, so as to threaten the rebel navy on the river, and they were able to cross the river smoothly.

Cao Wenzhao was a famous general, so he naturally knew the consequences of missing the deadline. After he crossed the Yiluo River, he quickly abandoned his baggage and artillery, traveled twice as many routes, and finally hurriedly and slowly arrived at the battlefield before the officers and soldiers collapsed.

Upon seeing this, Liu Guozhen was overjoyed and shouted quickly: "Don't worry, all the soldiers, the thieves' artillery has been exhausted and there is no place to use them! Now that the reinforcements of officers and soldiers have arrived, it is time to defeat the thieves."

"Hurry up and fight with me. Whoever can get the head of the thief will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. Whoever can kill and capture the thief chief will be promoted to a noble rank and be rewarded with five hundred taels of silver!"

Suddenly the morale of the officers and soldiers was greatly boosted, and their momentum was like a rainbow!