Taiping Inn

The dispute between the Taoists and the Confucians over Qizhou lasted for more than a month, from throwing dirty water at each other to Zhang Haishi withdrawing his troops from Bohai Prefecture. During this period, there were many correspondences between Donghai and Liaodong.

It was during this month that Qin Qing completed the corresponding preparations for the Northern Expedition and started the Northern Expedition on the 30th of the first lunar month.

This was also the main reason why Li Xuandu was sure from the beginning that Qin Qing could not rush to Qizhou and he had to face the old man Long alone.

On the second day of February, Qinglong Festival, Li Xuandu ordered the Qingweizong fleet to withdraw from Bohai Prefecture and go to Zulong Island for temporary rest and repair. At this time, three days had passed since Qin Qing sent troops.

On the fourth day of February, Li Xuandu arrived at the Qi Wang Mansion and summoned Qi Wang's guests. Five days had passed since Qin Qing sent troops.

Five days is not long, but not short.

The Emperor Taizong of the Great Wei went north to fight. He sent troops in July, defeated the Golden Horde in October, and returned to the court in November. It took four months. Most of the time was spent on traveling, because the Golden Horde was shrinking at the time, and the Wei army needed to go deep into the grassland. Moreover, the grassland was vast, and it would take time to find the main force of the royal court for a decisive battle.

Qin Qing's northern expedition this time was different from that of Emperor Taizong. He did not seek to occupy land, property, livestock, or set up a military station. He sought a quick victory. The target was not the royal court deep in the Golden Horde grassland, but the living force of the Golden Horde that might threaten Liaodong, that is, the Golden Horde army near the Liaodong border. It was expected to return to Liaodong within a month, so five days was already one-sixth of the time, enough for Qin Qing to go deep into the eastern region of the Golden Horde and find the Golden Horde cavalry.

Unlike the continuous rain in Qizhou, the grassland was clear at this time. Qin Qing rode his horse on a high slope, took the "Thousand Miles View" from the attendant, and looked at the Golden Horde position.

Many people in the Central Plains have the impression that the Golden Horde army is cavalry, coming and going like the wind, and shooting arrows with bows. In fact, the Golden Horde army was able to sweep across the Central Plains in the past, and it still paid great attention to the application of craftsmen and various weapons and military equipment. When attacking the city, it used the trebuchet improved by the Semu people, which could throw a huge stone weighing 150 kilograms, with a throwing distance of 250 steps, about 130 feet. After the huge stone landed, it could sink seven feet into the ground.

However, after the Golden Horde was driven out of the Central Plains, its weapons and military equipment fell into a certain stagnation, especially in terms of firearms, which were far inferior to the Liaodong army. At this time, the Golden Horde faced the attack of Qin Qing and used the method that their ancestors had used in the past, and built a "camel city" on the grassland.

What is a "camel city"? It is a castle built by camels. Whenever camels encounter sudden changes in climate, wind and sand are everywhere, and the wind blows down, the camels can rely on each other and lie still without being called. When the Golden Horde attacked the Jin Dynasty, they had used this method. Now the Golden Horde has used it again. They gathered thousands of camels in the army, lined them up around the position, and put large wooden boxes on the camel humps, covered them with felt, quilts, leather, etc., and sprinkled water on them to resist bullets and arrows. Gunners and archers hid behind the camels to form fortifications, just like a city. It is similar to the chariot formation of the Central Plains army. Then they ambushed cavalry on both wings. If the Liaodong army attacked head-on, the cavalry on both wings could suddenly appear, interweave vertically and horizontally, and cut off the Liaodong army.

This is hard for many people in the Central Plains to imagine. The Golden Horde can actually "defend the city".

The best way to deal with chariot formations or camel cities is artillery. After all, artillery bombardment is not a real city wall, and a gap will be opened soon. Unfortunately, Qin Qing wanted to fight quickly this time. The artillery was heavy and inconvenient to move, so he did not carry it.

Qin Qing put down the "Thousand Miles" in his hand and said in a deep voice: "Use rockets."

Someone immediately sent the order.

A moment later, a large area of ​​fiery red arrows rose up, densely packed, and even in the daytime, it was quite eye-catching.

"Rockets!" The soldiers on the Golden Horde side immediately recognized it.

The next moment, this rain of fire fell on the camel city of the Golden Horde. Because the rain of arrows was projectiles, neither the high walls nor the camel cart formations could stop it. Although the Golden Horde had sprinkled water in advance to prevent fire attacks, the rockets were filled with strong kerosene, and they still burned fiercely after landing, causing the Golden Horde soldiers to dodge and immediately fall into chaos.

There were more than one round of rockets, but one round after another, and they were different. Some carried kerosene, spread fire, and burned objects, while others exploded directly, mainly injuring people.

This is the masterpiece of Taipingzong. Many plans were designed by Taipingzong long ago. However, Taipingzong has no army, so there is no need for large-scale production and deployment. Liaodong is just the opposite. So the two sides hit it off, which greatly improved the rocket level of Liaodong Army. The only drawback is that rockets are expensive. If there is no money, they cannot be used on a large scale. If they cannot be used on a large scale, the effect is also quite limited.

Liaodong directly launched more than 1,200 rockets this time, turning half of Camel City into a sea of ​​fire. The morale of the Golden Horde plummeted and fell into chaos. If the Liaodong army attacked at this time, it could go straight down.

The commander of the Golden Horde was not a fool. When he encountered the main force of the Liaodong army, he wanted to hold on, but it was not feasible at the moment, so he had to fight hard.

Just when the Liaodong army was preparing to attack Camel City, smoke and dust rose from its flanks on both sides. A large number of Golden Horde cavalry drove a large number of horses and rushed towards the Liaodong car camp.

These horses were blindfolded and were not afraid of the flames. Behind the horses were the heavily armored Golden Horde cavalry. The Golden Horde did not have rockets or artillery, but they had plenty of horses, which was also a great investment.

The golden tent is famous for its light cavalry fighting tactics. Unfortunately, facing the chariot formation's musket light cannon, the range is not advantageous, so they can only choose to attack the formation and attack.

Liaodong Vehicle Camp then turned offensive to defend. With the sound of whistling, countless fires flashed in the Vehicle Camp. Then, large clusters of thick white smoke rose, and most of the Vehicle Camp seemed to be covered by smoke, choking. The smell of gunpowder is everywhere.

I don’t know how many lead balls are shot out, which are even more delicate than raindrops. In an instant, the charging horses seemed to encounter an invisible wall, falling down like mowed grass, with blood mist and corpses everywhere. Some of the cavalry following the horses were not spared, and their bodies and armor were pierced. Falling down from the horse.

This time, there were quite a lot of "dragoons" among the men led by Qin Qing. After dismounting, they held muskets and were divided into three layers. The outermost layer first fired muskets, then retreated, and then continued on the second and third layers. Launch, when the second and third layers are launched, the first row is filled with projectiles and gunpowder, and the third layer takes turns to fire without any stop.

This was not the first in Qin Qing, but Qi Ying proposed that he set up a firearm in three rows, lined up in the array, and then moved forward and retreated, followed by the next step; but did not retreat, followed by the next step, followed by the next step, followed by the next step. It’s a pity that Qi Ying died at the hands of the Earth Master Xu Wugui. This musket tactic was not valued by the court, but Liaodong carried it forward. In fact, the key to the firearm tactics is the craftsmanship. If the craftsmanship is not exquisite, it will be extremely easy to explode, and the soldiers fear it like a tiger. The Wei court did not have enough craftsmanship, but the craftsmanship has a low status, and the firearm workshops have severely deducted it, and the firearms produced are seriously defective, which makes the big Wei Huoqi was not as good as the beginning of the dynasty.

After the three-wheeled musket fired, the galloping horses were almost killed or injured, and the heavy cavalry behind them also suffered some damage, but the heavy cavalry finally rushed to the front of the car.

At this time, the biggest disadvantage of the musket is revealed, that is, the melee combat is weak. Muskets are not much better than fire sticks for melee combat.

However, Qin Qing had expected that the musket soldiers would retreat in turn, and the elite soldiers, commonly known as "house servants", were dispatched.

Most of these elite soldiers have the cultivation level of the God-Entering Realm, and the captain even has the cultivation level of the Bodan Realm, with eleven people as a team.

The first two players, the long card player holds a long shield to cover the arrows and spears, the rattan player holds a light rattan shield and has a javelin and a waist knife. The long card player and rattan player mainly cover the back team's advance. In addition to covering, the rattan player can also face the enemy. Melee.

The two of them held the wolf sir for the wolf sir and assassinated the enemy with the sharp blade at the front of the wolf sir to cover the shield's advancement and the attack of the spearman behind.

Next were four spearmen holding spears, two on the left and right, respectively, corresponding to the shield and wolf wielders on the left and right sides in front. Following up were two hand-held palladium-boring soldiers serving as alert and support. If the enemy attacks in a roundabout way, the short soldier will rush forward with a short sword and kill the enemy.

The small formation formed a large formation again, without any confusion.

After the cavalry of the Jin tent rushed to a stairs, they immediately faced these elite Liaodong soldiers and started an extremely tragic battle.

The two armies were in a stalemate, and all the muskets, bows and arrows lost their function, and the sound of metal hitting and screams of fighting continued to come.

The morale of the Liaodong army was in full swing, and Qin Qing was behind the scenes, so everyone was brave and everyone was the first. The cavalrymen in the Golden Tent are all brave and good at fighting, and the previous rockets also made them understand that if they cannot rush to win, they will only be slowly worn to death by the Liaodong people with firearms, so they are fighting to the death without retreating. meaning.

The two sides were stirred up together, and the weapons collided, blood splattered everywhere, and people kept falling to the ground, saying that it was a sea of ​​corpses and blood, without any exaggeration.

These soldiers in the Golden Tent only knew that they had met the main force in Liaodong, but they didn't know who they were leading. Although they saw the big word "Qin" on the flag of the coach, Qin Xiang was also surnamed Qin, and did not expect that it was Qin Qing, so they worked hard to look at the coach. The flag rushed towards the direction.

Among the people who rushed forward, there are masters of gold tents who exclusively kill enemy generals. They are all dressed in ordinary armor, but their cultivation is not bad. Unlike experts in the martial arts world, these people are all honed from the battlefield, from Xuanyuan Realm His cultivation level is comparable to that of the innate realm, with more than fifty people.

After dismounting, the more than fifty people worked together, as if the spear tip of a spear was invincible. Even the elite servants could not stop it. They quickly broke through the formation and came straight towards the direction of the coaching flag.

Apart from Qin Qing and many followers, there were not many personal guards, and no general suggested such suggestions. There was really no need for that. As Qin Qing said to Bai Xiushang, he could actually charge forward.

Qin Qing took a casual waist knife and slowly drew it.

There was no sword energy, and nothing seemed to have happened. It was just a simple draw of the sword. However, on the parallel line of the blade, more than fifty people were cut off in half in an instant. The lower body was still standing, but the upper body was already He fell to the ground, his intestines and internal organs flowed all over the ground, extremely bloody. The key is that these people have not yet died for a while and have let out heart-wrenching wails.

If Li Xuan is the best in swordsmanship now, Qin Qing is the most deserving person to use swordsmanship.

This knife can be said to be a killer with a ox knife.