Jin Wuxin stood on the top of the city and looked into the distance.
Xiong Chifeng's vanguard troops have arrived, the first wave consisting of 50,000 people.
Standing at a high place and looking through the telescope, you can see mountains and plains covered in densely packed areas with people everywhere.
It was said that it was 50,000 people, but in fact, 50,000 people were driven away, a total of 100,000 people.
They came from all directions, divided into countless small groups, and scattered on the ground like beans. The soldiers and civilians were mixed and it was difficult to count.
Unlike previous military formations, this time all troops were in skirmish form to avoid artillery bombardment.
In addition, a large number of warriors also wore civilian clothes and mingled among them, creating a mixture of soldiers, civilians, and warriors that was difficult to distinguish.
Even so, the difference between soldiers and civilians can still be roughly distinguished.
The soldiers of Izumo Kingdom are mostly tall and strong.
They don't like to wear iron armor and mostly wear leather armor, which only protects the vital parts of the chest and leaves their arms bare.
Most of the weapons they hold are heavy weapons, battle axes, and war hammers. Only cavalry can hold spears and riding bows.
This makes them look full of primitive and sturdy atmosphere, showing their wild temperament.
The soldiers of the Izumo Kingdom are known for their toughness and bravery. They are extremely powerful whether on foot or on foot. Even in the dead of winter, they often wear short clothes. They are not afraid of severe cold and heat and are powerful.
Of course, for this reason, the fighting style of Izumo Country is mostly simple and wild, with little strategic planning and mostly moving forward courageously.
In an era without gunpowder weapons, the meaning of bravery goes beyond wisdom!
But with firearms, everything is different.
Zong Yunzi stood next to Jin Wuxin and said: "There are also movements in Sanshui City, Yancheng, and Nanping City. Xiong Chifeng indeed divided his troops into seven groups and attacked seven cities at the same time, as well as a large number of small troops.
Entering the countryside.”
Jin Wuxin put down the telescope: "It's very targeted!"
There is a theory of strong attack and sheep attack in war, and there is also a need for military formation. But this time, Xiong Chifeng changed his approach.
He did not have a so-called main attack on one place, but attacked seven cities at the same time, and there was no so-called formation.
All this is based on the situation in Luozhou.
Luozhou is a typical country with few soldiers and powerful firearms. To deal with such an army, it is impossible to gather together.
Therefore, the so-called concentrated force attack will not work. Only by attacking seven cities at the same time can we truly take advantage of our military strength. For Xiong Chifeng, as long as he captures one city, he can obtain a large number of firearms, and then the snowball will continue.
Therefore, he gave up all traditional battle tactics and typically used no moves against certain moves.
But Jin Wuxin had been prepared for this. Looking at this scene, he smiled and said: "Fortunately, Mr. Zong reminded me, otherwise, I might have suffered a big loss."
Zong Yunzi chuckled and said, "At least you can listen."
Jin Wuxin slowly raised his arm.
Following this action, the messenger in the distance began to shout: "Raise the wall of fire!!!"
Then there was a bang, and a wall of fire suddenly appeared outside the city, rising into the air. The fire snake danced wildly and spread quickly. It actually circled the city and separated the entire city behind the ring of fire.
When the ring of fire was set off, the army had not arrived yet, so there was no ambush, it just formed a natural barrier.
Outside the city of Fengyin Mansion, Han Pengshi watched this scene from a distance and said, "Fire wall? It's interesting. It seems to be a sieve."
Han Pengshi, one of the eighteen generals under Xiong Chifeng, was good at the art of war and strategy.
Han Pengshi has rich combat experience, and he can see at a glance that the purpose of this fire wall is not to kill the enemy, but to screen!
The fire wall starts from the trench, and the trench contains black oil, which can burn for a long time.
The trench was about one foot long and there were flames, so it was absolutely impossible for civilians to pass through it.
But warriors can!
Therefore, this flame is used to deal with their method of expelling people as hostages.
In this way, as long as you have passed the fire wall, regardless of whether you are a civilian or not, you will be regarded as a soldier, and you will be greeted by a hail of bullets.
However, this approach requires the consumption of a large amount of oil, and only Luozhou, which has developed oil fields, is able to do this.
Next to Han Pengshi, a white-haired old man said: "In other words, Luozhou does still care about their hypocrisy and false reputation? It's interesting, Scarface is domineering, but under his rule, he is still trying to gain fame."
This person's name is Zheng Yu, a great elder of Haiyuan Sect.
"Because Tang Ning is in charge of Luozhou. Zhuo Junyan is the God of Killing. Tang Ning is in Luozhou, but he is famous as a Buddha of thousands of families and a holy mother on earth." Someone else said.
Han Pengshi laughed.
When he laughed, his face looked particularly ferocious: "Thousands of families give birth to Buddhas, and the Holy Mother in the world? Haha! Haha! This Zhuo Tang family really knows how to put gold on his face."
As he spoke, he looked at the flaming ditch and shouted: "There is oil in the ditch, which cannot be extinguished by pouring water! In that case... let me fill it with people! Pull those people over and fill them all into the ditch!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
Even Zheng Yu, the great elder of Haiyuan Sect, couldn't help but said: "General Han, this method hurts Tianhe too much, isn't it too much?"
Han Pengshi shouted: "What a joke! Is it possible that I let my soldiers rush through the wall of fire and serve as living targets for their firearms? Fill the trench with people, pile up a piece of flat land, and then rush over! I want to see if he dares to
Dare to shoot at civilians!"
"It can be filled with sand."
"It's too slow! It's easy to use! Come on!" Han Pengshi waved his hand and ordered.
Following his order, a large number of people were pushed into the ring of fire, and a mournful wail could be heard outside the battlefield.
I don't know how many innocent people were pushed onto the battlefield, killed on the spot, and pushed into the sea of fire.
Looking at this scene from a distance, Jin Wuxinzong Yunzi was also extremely angry.
"Damn it!" Zong Yunzi shouted.
Jin Wuxin already shouted: "Sniper shoots!"
As he shouted, a crowd of gunmen sounded like fried beans from high above.
The bullets passed through the ring of fire and landed on the fierce-looking soldiers. Then one by one the fierce soldiers appeared, covered in blood, and fell down in the crowd.
But the next moment, a pair of soldiers appeared in an armed formation, holding up a shield wall to resist the attack.
War is when you make the move and I break it.
Snipers shot at those who drove away the people, and they fought with force.
On the contrary, heavy machine guns can defeat military formations, but they cannot be used casually for fear of injuring civilians.
Then a loudspeaker shouted from the city: "People of the Moon Kingdom! What are you waiting for? Do you want to let the enemy country kill you? Pick up weapons and fight them!"
The constant shouting has shaken the minds of countless people in all directions.
Soldiers fell one after another, and the scattered weapons made them even more excited.
I don’t know who shouted: “Fight them!”
Then some people picked up the weapons on the ground and came out to fight.
Han Pengshi was not surprised and sneered: "A group of unscrupulous people actually want to challenge the heavenly army?"
At this time, the people's resistance was only concentrated on the Fire Circle. Due to the vast wilderness outside Fengyin Mansion, the army was widely spread out, so it would not spread easily. The people in the rear were still coerced and did not dare to move lightly.
In Han Pengshi's view, these small resistances were of no importance at all, as they were all going to be killed anyway.
But at this moment, the roaring drums suddenly sounded.
War drum?
Why are there sounds of war drums?
This is an attack!
Is Junwei going to attack now?
But with the ring of fire blocking them, how do they attack? How many people can attack?
He was suspicious, and saw a cavalry army appearing from behind.
The war horses neighed, and the war spears pointed to the sky. There were actually three thousand horsemen, roaring out, riding the wind and clouds, shaking the sky.
The swords and swords are like forests, and the momentum is crazy!
Seeing this scene, Han Pengshi was also dumbfounded: "This is impossible!"
There are only 30,000 defenders in Luozhou, divided into seven cities. The average number for each city is only about 4,000.
Fengyin Mansion is not the capital of Luozhou and cannot be heavily defended. How could they have three thousand cavalry?
And what about the soldiers in the city?
The number of people is wrong!
But that's not the point!
The moment three thousand cavalry appeared, Han Pengshi knew he was in trouble.
In order to deal with Luozhou's artillery, Han Pengshi mixed his troops with the people to form a large number of skirmishers, which fell in scattered spots across the wilderness.
The biggest advantage of this approach is that it is not easy to be attacked by artillery, and the public can serve as a shield.
But this approach has a huge weakness, that is, it extremely weakens itself!
Confrontations on the cold weapon battlefield require extremely high organizational requirements. Without modern communication equipment, once the soldiers are dispersed in large numbers, they will all rely on grassroots non-commissioned officers, and it is too late to take orders. Forming a formation to fight is even more nonsense, and it is basically a brainstorm.
charge.
Such an approach would be a recipe for death if faced with a mass charge by opponents with the same cold weapons! Let alone a hundred thousand people, even an army of one million people would collapse in an instant against the charge of three thousand cavalry!
Han Pengshi dared to do this because Xiong Chifeng and the others had already analyzed the situation in Luozhou and knew that the soldiers in Luozhou mainly used firearms and were not good at formation fighting, so their idea was to just rush into the city and use more troops.
Strong advantage to fight street fighting.
There are no requirements for formation in street fighting, it all depends on the quality of the soldiers.
After Xiong Chifeng and the others confirmed this, they chose the scattered sand formation and a mixed approach. In terms of fighting firearms, this was indeed the best way.
However, I never expected that a cavalry team would appear at this time!
At this time, Han Pengshi's 50,000 troops and 50,000 people were scattered in various places in a chaotic manner, with no organization at all.
Facing such cavalry, they have no ability to resist at all.
Then I saw that cavalry rushing out wildly, waving their swords, riding horses in the wind and dust, hunting with flags, their momentum was majestic, and they spread an aura of iron-blooded killing in the world!
They even chanted the slogan "Kneel down and surrender without killing".
Faced with this situation, all the soldiers of Izumo Kingdom were stunned.
What's even worse is that they still mix with the people.
Fifty thousand people!
How can they be organized if they are mixed together?
The front had resisted, and the rear immediately fled for their lives.
Fear is the most contagious emotion, and cavalry charge is the most deterrent tactic in the cold weapon era!
So the people first turned around and ran away, and then the fear quickly spread, shouting "We are defeated!" all over the mountains and plains.
Lost?
The fight hasn't even started yet, so why are we defeated?
However, understanding is no longer important, seeing is the truth!
The wall of fire is raging in front, civil war has begun, and surprise troops are coming from behind, with fighting spirit raging.
People everywhere were shouting, kneeling down, and running away. As far as you could see, it was chaos!
The chaos amplified like a snowball.
And it is at an unprecedented speed - since the creation of military formations, the world has never been defeated so quickly. It is truly a collapse at the touch of a touch, and a collapse without a touch!
brush!
One hundred thousand soldiers and horses all started running with a roar.
People all over the mountains and plains, after giving up on organization and discipline, ran wildly, running around like headless flies in the fields, mountains, and plains.
At this time, even if Han Pengshi wanted to reorganize, it would be too late.
Three thousand cavalry drove straight in, as if entering an uninhabited land, and fought wantonly.
It doesn't matter whether you are a warrior, a soldier, or a civilian!
Anyone who dares to block the road will be killed!
On the distant city wall, gunshots were still ringing like firecrackers. Judging from the sound, there were at least a thousand guns!
"How is this possible?" Han Pengshi roared.
Just one gate has thousands of guns, so there must be at least four to five thousand people in the four gates?
In other words, Fengyin Mansion has nearly 10,000 soldiers defending it?
Where did Luozhou get all these troops?
He shouted at Zheng Yu: "Elder Zheng, please ask Haiyuan Zong to stop them!"
Zheng Yu looked at the cavalry coldly: "There are at least 150 special forces. They are all at the fifth level of martial arts. They also have some transformations. They also have firearms, magic, and martial formation blessings. If there are fewer people, we can't defeat them.
"There are too many people, artillery bombardment... this battle is not feasible, prepare a second plan."
After saying that, he turned around and left, ignoring Han Pengshi.
Han Pengshi was furious and shouted helplessly: "Retreat!!!"
Whether he shouts this or not, it actually means nothing.
Looking at this scene from a distance, Jin Wuxin chuckled: "After this battle, they should understand another function of firearms...not only are they powerful, but key units can also be formed quickly!"
Where did the troops come from?
Recruitment in time of war!
After all, Luozhou has a population of millions, so it is easy to recruit tens of thousands of people.
It may take several years to train a soldier with cold weapons, but three months is theoretically enough for a soldier with a gun.
Luozhou already had a large number of reserves. After learning that the Izumo Kingdom was coming, the first thing Jin Wuxin did was to ask Teng Xinyuan for equipment, and the second thing was to recruit troops.
For a general who wants to create a miracle, defeating 500,000 by 30,000 people is considered awesome.
But Zong Yunzi's reminder made Jin Wuxin know that what I need is not a miracle, but victory.
Why use 30,000 when you can use 100,000?
Yes.
Luozhou now has not 30,000 soldiers, but a full 120,000!
It took Xiong Chifeng a month to go from Longhanguan to Shengzhou and then here. The speed was not bad, but in this month, Principal Jin, who was already good at military training, was able to train the 90,000 new reservists in a decent manner.
Organize, arrange!
Except for some of the original veterans who were left behind to become snipers, the rest got back on their horses, and all the new troops went up the city wall!
He couldn't predict the enemy plane first, but the intelligence department would give him information.
Then, just make a plan based on this.
If you form a formation, I will bomb; if you are scattered, I will attack!
Jin Wuxin's tactics are so simple, but also so practical. He puts every soldier and non-commissioned officer in the right position, and then lets them use it to their heart's content...
Just like that, Han Pengshi's 50,000-strong army was instantly defeated. The most ridiculous thing was that they were defeated by a cavalry charge rather than an artillery bombardment.
At this time, a soldier said excitedly: "The enemy has withdrawn, Commander-in-Chief, we have won. Let's pursue it!"
Jin Wuxin shook his head: "We can't chase. Order the artillery position, fire! Shoot at the fastest runner!"
Zong Yunzi sighed: "But it is impossible to annihilate them all."
Jin Wuxin said calmly: "As Mr. Zong said, I don't have that ability. Since my ability is insufficient, stability is the priority in everything."
Zong Yunzi was very satisfied: "Being able to see yourself clearly is a skill!"
Boom boom boom boom!
The sound of artillery finally sounded.
The wall of fire is a sieve, and so is the battlefield.
The people didn't mind kneeling down, even if they ran, they wouldn't be that fast.
In this way, one shell after another accurately landed on the heads of the fleeing soldiers, stirring up smoke and endless flames in the sky.
At the same time, similar stories are happening in other cities in Luozhou.
The seven groups attacked together, but in exchange for the seven groups being defeated, no one survived!
There are no surprising tactics, just pure restraint, so simple that it makes one's scalp numb.
It is unimaginable that such a war was fought by the famous Izumo general Xiong Chifeng.