Chapter 652 The two armies confront each other and show their abilities
"Sir, it's all my subordinates who didn't do things well and delayed important events!"
"Please ask the servant to punish you!" The person in charge of leading the path-finding grasshopper boat was the team leader Zeng Jing. Seeing that the boat was forced to stop in the white water, he was heartbroken and wanted to jump into the water and personally remove all the wooden stakes that were in the way.
Push away!
"It's none of your business. Your boat is so small and light that you can't even find wooden piles in deep water."
"Fortunately, it didn't cause a big disaster." Huan Yi said with a smile.
As a native of Jingzhou, he was very clear about the characteristics of the grasshopper boat. In fact, Zeng Jing did not need to be so nervous at all.
Wang Mi also knows these simple common senses very well.
Very simply, this is a question of water intake.
The grasshopper boat is small and has a shallow draft. Most of the heavy wooden piles sink to the bottom of the water and they cannot touch them at all.
"Maybe it's a good thing that the boat stops here."
"Just in time to come in handy!"
Wang Mi touched his chin, looked at the ship building that was gradually becoming stable, and murmured.
Huan Yi's judgment was correct. Although the building swayed a few times and caused many shocks to people, it did not sink. After a period of observation, it can be concluded that the hull was not damaged.
This is already a great blessing. Who would have known that Wang Zhiyuan, who is known for his shrewdness and wisdom, is still shouting for something better.
This is really strange. Seeing someone's calm look, standing on the side of the ship, as if he has a winning ticket, the brothers are even more curious.
Even the upcoming threat on Nanyang City Tower was forgotten by them, and they only focused on listening to Wang Mi's latest news.
"You don't understand. Although this ship is useless, it can be an excellent cover for the pistol team."
"bunker?"
"What is that?" This time, even Huan Yi, who was quick-minded and knowledgeable, was confused.
He said that he had never heard of this word at all.
Huan Yi was confused, and the soldiers around him were even more confused. How could the soldiers figure out something that General Huan couldn't understand?
Of course, everyone shook their heads in confusion.
It seems that the word bunker was a new foreign word in the late Jin Dynasty, and the ancients did not have this concept in their minds.
There is no other way. It seems that if the soldiers want to learn to use bunkers, he, Xiao Wang, must go into battle himself.
"Wild King, tell the building boats behind you that they don't have to follow you anymore. We'll start crossing the river to attack the city on the spot!"
"good!"
"I'll go right away!" Huan Yi jumped onto a grasshopper boat without saying a word.
And beside Wang Mi, there was still Liu Yu.
He thought about it again and again, but in the end he could only say goodbye to his beloved general, and they went separate ways.
There was no way. In comparison, only Liu Yu could lead the five thousand elite troops from Xiangyang. As for Liu Chun, the Jingzhou general who personally led the troops to assist, he had no choice but to follow Wang Mi.
All five thousand elite soldiers were handed over to Liu Chun, and he really couldn't let go.
Fortunately, Liu Chun mingled with Huan Chong every day. As the saying goes, those who are close to red are red, and those who are close to ink are black. They are influenced by what they hear and see. He has the same temperament as General Huan.
It's fair to think about it, that's all.
"General Liu, please join me in commanding the navy. General Liu is from Jingzhou and has more experience than me." Wang Mi was also a considerate person and had thought up an excuse early in the morning.
Liu Chun accepted all such excuses and felt happy.
"The general will only follow his orders!"
With these words, Wang Mi felt relieved.
"Brothers, the Qin army is coming, get into the water quickly!"
Under his command, a group of Jingzhou soldiers were carefully selected and had the best water quality. Seeing the soldiers jumping into the water like fish, Liu Chun still felt uneasy in his heart.
"Zhiyuan, is this really okay?"
These soldiers jumped into the water not to kill the enemy, let alone to cross the river. The errand they were going to do was completely something Liu Chun had never seen or heard of before.
"rest assured!"
"no problem."
"The water here is shallow. We have tried it just now."
Someone said it was light, but in fact, the water would be able to cover the chest of an adult man. The one Wang Mi chose had good water properties and was tall.
Make sure you can stand firmly in the water without being submerged.
Building a bridge to cross the water was Wang Mi's ingenious plan.
This flat white water lies in front of the Nanyang County city tower. The biggest obstacle it will cause to the attacking soldiers is that it will make it difficult for them to quickly approach the city tower.
When a person travels in water, his speed will of course slow down a lot, and for the defender, the slow speed of the enemy's movement is of course a major benefit.
They could easily wipe out all the attacking soldiers in the white water. As long as they used their tactics properly, they would have enough time.
Wang Mi's countermeasure was to let a wave of soldiers with the best water ability carry bamboo rafts, build a human bridge, and send the soldiers to the other side of the white water in a steady stream.
It seems to be a fairly simple measure, but at the end of the Jin Dynasty, no general had ever used it.
Many times, the gap between times lies here.
To say that Xiao Wang was not a top student or a top student in his previous life, he was just an ordinary college student who was dawdling.
However, even so, the intellectual achievements of those predecessors who have studied in basic education for many years are still a crushing advantage when facing the ancients.
In ancient times, there were actually ladders and even bamboo rafts. However, when they faced the difficulty of crossing the river, they never thought that they could put bamboo rafts or wooden ladders on their shoulders, and connect several groups of people together to build a human bridge. .
A simple operation can greatly increase the speed of soldiers crossing the river, almost effortlessly.
The only preliminary preparations you need to make are to prepare enough bamboo rafts and find sailors with good water resistance and good endurance (of course this is not difficult in Jingzhou soldiers).
Of course, although it is easy to build a pedestrian bridge, it is also very difficult to maintain it.
The difficulty was not caused by Wang Mi's lack of preparation, but by the enemy.
yes!
Di Qin soldiers are not just wooden piles, they will also attack!
The soldiers who were moving on the human bridge and the sailors who were holding up bamboo rafts for the Paoze brothers under the water were all very easy targets for Di Qin.
But before the navy was harmed, there was one thing that I don’t know whether it was a blessing or a misfortune.
Because the Qin army that arrived at this time, their target of attack was not the Jin army, but the Jin army's equipment.
It’s a building boat!
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"Dou Ying!"
"Put five hundred cavalry and five thousand armored soldiers to attack the Jin army!"
"Don't let a single Jin soldier land on the other side!"
Knowing the strength of the Jin army, Yang Ding decided to use suppression methods, go out of the city to challenge, and switch from defense to offense.
His choice was certainly not wrong in terms of military strategy. The so-called best defense is offense.
Yang Ding seems calm, but in fact he is also a fierce general.
He could not allow himself to stand on the tower like a pillar, waiting for something to happen.
Vow to stop the Jin army within one mile of Nanyang City Tower!
Yang Ding's goal is quite ambitious, but can he succeed?
"ignition!"
"Fire the arrow!"
valley
Yang Bi spotted the target, waved his hand, and countless arrows rose into the sky behind him.
The sharp arrows rose, adding a lot of brilliance to the clear sky.
You can shoot arrows!
Don’t I know how to shoot arrows?
Hearing that the navy of the Jin Army arrived first, Yang Ding's eyes immediately lit up with fire!
fire!
correct!
Burning camp!
Battle of Chibi!
Set fire to your boat and see how you can get ashore!
In the face of fire attack, the bigger the ship, the more it will be a drag.
When the time comes, the fire breaks out and you can't put it out even if you attack it, and you can't run away. Then release tens of thousands of elite soldiers from Nanyang City.
hehe……
Those shameless Jin troops, so what if they have the help of demons?
You are not waiting to be slaughtered!
Wang Mi himself used the rocket fire trick very smoothly in Xiangyang City. By the end of the Jin Dynasty, this trick no longer belonged to the category of clever tricks.
Not only Wang Mi can use it, but people from Di Qin can also use it. It is not new at all.
The reason why Wang Mi had the upper hand was because the several guards in Xiangyang City had already been confused by the various series of tricks composed by Wang Mi and Xie Xuan.
Before they could think of a way to deal with it, they were already defeated.
Unlike them, Yang Ding, the general of Nanyang County, has not really fought against the Jin army in this period of time.
Regarding the power of the Jin army, he only heard from hearsay. Others were telling him how critical the situation was and how well-equipped the Jin army was.
But for himself, he still didn't have a correct understanding of how powerful the Jin army was.
Among the many generals in Xinye City, some of them had actually fought against Yang Ding, or in other words, Yang Ding had really seen them.
In fact, there is only one person!
Who is it?
Who gave Yang Ding the wrong impression that the generals of the Jin army were all rookies and as timid as rats?
Of course it is Huan Chong, the famous general of Jingzhou, wise and powerful, optimistic and open-minded, and Old General Huan.
Huan Chong once besieged Xiangyang from three sides and could not retreat. Not to mention, when you, General Huan, arrive at the gate of Xiangyang, if you can fight with all your strength, that's all.
However, you didn't even fight. You led a large group of troops to the outside of Xiangyang City, ate the fresh and warm dust of Xiangyang City, and then turned around and ran away.
If such a glorious deed comes to the ears of any Di Qin general, he will look down upon you and will not regard the Jingzhou soldiers as a powerful enemy.
Hearing that the man guarding Xinye City was none other than Huan Chong, Yang Dingle's nose was crooked. Even though Yang Bi was defeated, he still didn't take it seriously even though he had been told the true situation.
They all thought that it was Yang Bi's reckless behavior that led to the defeat. He thought that if it were Yang Ding who took the field, he would be able to defeat Huan Chong and escape.
Although Yang Ding looked down on Huan Chong, he was fully prepared and the cavalry carrying hundreds of rockets rushed out.
In addition to cavalry, infantry is of course also indispensable.
Use rockets to disrupt, and then use cavalry and armored soldiers to attack together to kill the Jin army. Only in this way can the killing be happy!
Rockets soared into the sky, and on the Jin side, those sailors carefully selected by Wang Mi were still jumping into the water in a steady stream.
"Brothers, put the gunpowder and pistols into oil paper bags!"
"It's our turn!"
After arranging the sailors, Wang Mi came to the cabin to join the members of the pistol team.
He stood among the gunners and patted his waist: "Everyone has seen that the evil beasts of Di and Qin have begun to take action. Tonight, the target of our pistol team is those Qin troops who dare to go to Baishui to fight our army!
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"Stop it at the shore?"
"So what Wang Shilang means is that the pistol team will not go ashore today?" Before anyone else could question it, the team leader Zeng Jing had already jumped out first.
What?
Not going ashore?
That’s right!
Both the pistol and the gunpowder have been wrapped in waterproof oil paper. Since completing this task, the members of the pistol team have been ready.
They will also join the battle today!
Wang Mi's words poured cold water on them, solidly.
"That's right. We have no mission to go ashore today. The targets on the shore are to be cleared by cavalry and infantry."
"But, we are obviously ready!"
"Although our pistol team is newly formed, we are still brave and will not be afraid when we go into battle."
"Even ordinary soldiers can go ashore to kill the enemy. Our equipment is obviously better, so why do we have to wait on the ship for the enemy to attack?"
"Now everyone in the team knows that Wang Shilang treasures our pistol team. When the cavalry and infantry saw us, they all laughed at us as young soldiers and said that we were precious. When we went into battle, they followed behind and let the infantry protect us.
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"Minister, although my brothers were not from the army before, they joined the pistol corps just to serve the country and kill the enemy. Now we are not allowed to go ashore with good weapons, but we are allowed to have cavalry and infantry to protect us. Isn't it clear that they should be allowed to do so?"
Are you laughing at us?"
Zeng Jing couldn't swallow this breath, and all the colleagues in the pistol team were also puzzled.
Now that they have joined the pistol team, the brothers have already taken life and death lightly. Is it just because they were apprentices in the general workshop that they look down on them on the real battlefield?
Or, in Wang Mi's eyes, these pistol teams can only bear a flashy charge, but cannot continue to kill the enemy?
"Brothers, don't worry!"
"Today's arrangement is just tactical. It must be done. I have absolutely no intention of looking down on you, and I will not deliberately let my brothers be laughed at."
Seeing that the careful arrangement was misunderstood, Wang Mi became anxious.
He hurriedly explained: "Besides, if we stay on the boat, we can still kill the enemy. Moreover, as long as you do what I say, you can kill more enemies!"
"Think about it, no matter where we are or what kind of weapons we use, as long as we can kill the enemy, haven't we achieved our goal?"
"Brothers, when you get to the battlefield, don't think about anything else. As long as you can kill the enemy, you are a hero and a good man!"
Wang Mi discovered that as soon as he stepped onto the battlefield, his eloquence gradually improved, and his words were always so sincere and inspiring.
This is not something he is boasting about, it is completely true.
Practice has proven that someone is quite suitable for mobilization work.
You see, under his call, the rising emotions of the members of the pistol team gradually calmed down. What Wang Shilang said seems to be right.
To kill the enemy, does it matter whether he is in battle or out of battle?
As long as the enemy can be killed, it is victory!
"Shilang Wang is right!"
"Our brothers will stay on the boat!" Zeng Jing responded loudly, which finally made Xiao Wang feel a lot more comfortable.
With that said, Zeng Jing began to gather his troops, planning to ambush him. Seeing how quickly he moved, Wang Mi quickly said something to stop him: "Don't be anxious, everyone!"
"I have a specific plan here, but I haven't explained it clearly to you!"