Chapter 279: The Brave General Sighs at the Untimely Time (3)
Instead of pursuing the victory, the Song Army retreated for more than 20 miles. It was not held back by Tianzhengdao in Hebei County behind them, but simply held back by logistics.
Six thousand muskets and eighty artillery pieces fired very vigorously, and finally produced two results.
The first result was the first large-scale actual combat test. The Song Army was very satisfied with the power of the firearm. This battle also gave the Song Army great confidence.
Now that we have powerful cavalry and powerful firearms troops, we will no longer be afraid of any enemy.
The second result is the embarrassing discovery that although firearms are easy to use, they are too expensive.
Six thousand musketeers and eighty artillery pieces belonged to four heavy infantry regiments. After nearly two hours of fierce fighting, the three heavy infantry regiments ran out of ammunition, and the remaining heavy infantry regiment only had less than half of its base.
ammunition.
What's even more embarrassing is that of the six thousand muskets, more than a thousand barrels are seriously damaged and cannot be used anymore, and need to be replaced with new barrels. There are also two thousand smoothbore guns with varying degrees of damage to the barrels, posing a risk of being used again.
It was so high that after inspection by technicians from the firearms research institute accompanying the army, they required all barrels to be replaced with new ones.
Other guns also have various problems. The gun rods flew out and could not be found or were damaged; the trigger spring was broken due to excessive force...
It's the first time to engage in actual combat with the enemy on a large scale. It's completely understandable that everyone is nervous.
However, there are only 1,500 replacement gun barrels carried with the army. The other replacement parts are completely insufficient.
So Liu Fa ordered the entire army to retreat more than 20 miles and garrisoned at Shajiapu, which was dangerous and defensible, and waited for the logistics troops to transport the required ammunition and gun barrels.
The Song army with firearms was confident of defeating any enemy, but they had to have ammunition and usable guns. Liu Fa was able to become Zhao Si's most trusted general and the first general of the Song Dynasty. One of the principles of combat is to establish an invincible position first.
He has never been afraid that retreating means evacuating or escaping. Only by creating distance can we accumulate greater strength and deal a more fatal blow to the enemy.
"General Liu, there is news from the rear that there is a riot in Xiangzhou. They are clamoring to attack Linzhang County and then march eastward, intending to cut off the canal."
Wang Min, a member of the Central Route Army, took an urgent report and said worriedly.
Vice-capital commanders Gao Shixuan and Guo Cheng changed their expressions after hearing this.
"Will our logistics be affected?"
The Battle of Jiatugou made the generals realize the power of firearms, and also saw its biggest shortcoming - extremely high logistics requirements. Without ammunition and replacement parts, it was just like fire sticks and piles of copper lumps.
It's no different. However, once the war starts, these things will be poured out like running water.
If the firearms unit has sufficient ammunition and accessories, anyone can defeat it; if there is a shortage of ammunition and accessories, no one can defeat it.
At this time, everyone was secretly rejoicing. Fortunately, only four heavy infantry regiments were trained into firearms troops. If all ten infantry regiments were trained into firearms troops, the logistics supply system in Bazhou would make Miao Fu have to hang himself.
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Now that there is trouble in Hebei, the canal may be cut off by rebels. Then the firearms unit that everyone is very optimistic about may have its logistical support affected.
The gun manufacturing, gunpowder and other factories of the firearms force are located near the capital region such as Kaifeng and Henan, and must be transported up through canals.
"Why are you panicking?" Liu Fa glanced at everyone with dissatisfaction, "The official's family is in Hebei, and with him in charge, what can those young people do?"
When everyone heard this, they were relieved.
Yes, there are officials in Hebei, what are you afraid of?
In addition to the Northern Route Army, the Hebei front line also gathered 400,000 elite troops as support and defense troops. A bunch of clowns in Xiangzhou, if you just send one over, you can destroy them in a snap.
No one dares to issue an order to mobilize frontline troops, but for officials, it is just a matter of words.
Seeing that everyone's mood had stabilized, Liu Fa continued: "Our task now is to replenish ammunition as soon as possible, replace guns and artillery accessories, and restore combat effectiveness. Then continue to move forward and capture Zhuozhou first."
"At the same time, we have to summarize the battle of Jiatugou. The old rules, what we did well and what we did poorly, will all be laid out..."
"Who killed the enemy general Yelumago?"
"This is Wang Yan, the commander of the front team of the left battalion of the 65th Infantry Regiment."
"Well, the command was good. I saw so many teams, and his team was the calmest and performed most steadily. Who was the one who killed Yeludeli?"
"The Point Guard Is Here"
"This is Wu Jie, deputy commander of the left battalion of the right battalion of the 65th Infantry Regiment."
"Well, I remember this kid. His father was a fallen soldier of the Western Army. He and his younger brother Wu Lin entered Huaide Camp in the fourth year of Tianqi. I gave them a class. The questions asked in class were very tricky. I didn't expect the first
In actual combat with firearms, we know how to concentrate on using artillery. Good! I have an idea."
Liu Fa praised them and asked the clerk to write down their names and achievements.
Outside Linzhang County, Tianzhengdao Lingxiao Tianzun is now in a dilemma.
At the beginning, everything went very smoothly. Three thousand loyal young believers, waving the weapons they had carefully accumulated, quietly marched outside Linzhang County.
The promised support from the believers in the city opened the city gate and sent a large group of people into the city, but they couldn't wait.
Seeing that it was almost dawn, there was still no movement in the city. Lingxiao Tianzun had no choice but to order his believers to cut down trees to make ladders and prepare to attack the city.
Failure to fulfill the promise and capture Linzhang City will severely damage morale.
An incense owner suggested that he ask the Heavenly Lord to do this and ask the heavenly soldiers and generals to help the rebels.
Yaoshou, if I could recruit heavenly soldiers and generals, I would not have to go out of my way to spread the word, recruit fools from the countryside as believers, and then use sweet words to coax you into rebelling on the pretext of going to heaven or being among the immortals.
The road of no return?
Lingxiao Tianzun pretended to perform the magic for a while, and then told everyone helplessly - today is a holiday in heaven, and all the heavenly soldiers and generals are on holiday, so they can't ask for it.
Another incense master suggested that if the heavenly soldiers and generals are not idle, they should ask Lingxiao Tianzun to send down a purple sky divine thunder to knock down one of the gates of Linzhang County, so that everyone will not take the risk of climbing the city wall.
Ling Xiao Tianzun seriously suspects that these two incense owners are traitors and undercover agents! They are deliberately trying to undermine him!
He angrily scolded the incense owner: "It's a holiday in heaven, and all the heavenly soldiers and generals have gone to rest. Don't you think the Thunder God and the Lightning Mother will rest? How can I attract thunder when they are not here?"
A confidant saw Tianzun's distress and hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over: "Tianzun is the founder of the Nine Heavens, the father of the five directions, the general in charge of the five directions, the North Pole, Zuo Yuan, the commander-in-chief, the commander-in-chief, Tianpeng Zhenjun, who descended to earth. Originally, his power was boundless. With a piece of paper, don't say
Xiu Mu, even if Mother Dian is giving birth, she will still come on command."
"In order to save the world, Tianzun is willing to go down to earth alone... The mortal world is turbid, and pitifully, his immortal bone body is polluted by the turbid air, and his magic has been greatly lost. He can only rely on past favors and ask the gods of heaven to lend a little help. But to heaven
It also costs mana to write to ask for help..."
When he said this, his confidants were filled with grief and indignation, "The Heavenly Lord has been spending his magic power to bless you and eliminate illnesses and disasters. This is how you repay him..."
"I don't dare!" The incense masters shook their heads repeatedly.
"Don't dare, then you still don't obey Tianzun's decree and prepare to attack the city!" his confidant shouted loudly.
Seeing that everyone was leaving, Tianzun called his confidants to him: "We will make arrangements for the two reckless incense masters later and ask them to lead troops to climb the city wall."
"I understand, little one!" The confidant understood and left.
The two incense owners were cursing and leading hundreds of "elites" as they climbed up the city wall. They heard a blast of brass whistles and thousands of security police rushed out to surround them.
Relying on the "Invulnerability, Six Ding Liujia Amulet" given by You Tianzun, more than a dozen yellow scarf warriors rushed forward without fear of death, but they were all shot down by a hail of arrows.
The two incense masters quickly dropped their weapons, squatted on the ground, and shouted: "Surrender! Surrender!"
The sky began to turn white, and the sound of horse hooves was heard from a distance. Tianzun heard the sound and looked around, only to see a group of cavalry rushing towards the east of the city, rushing towards them like a whirlwind.
Ling Xiao Tianzun was so frightened that his face changed greatly. He quickly removed the gold and jade sky crown that represented his supremacy, took off his golden and silver Feiyu Taoist robes, and was guarded by several confidants. He blended in with ordinary believers and fled in a hurry. This chapter has been completed!
