After tens of thousands of Zuowei soldiers reorganized in formation from the south bank of the Wei River, the entire army attacked under the orders of Yin Qinzhou and rushed towards the Xuanwu Gate. For a time, war drums were rumbling, banners were hunting, infantry and cavalry were all over the mountains and fields, marching forward inexorably. The glimmer of morning light was as powerful as a rushing flood.
As for the five thousand Youtun guards waiting in formation on the high ground of the ruins of the Han Palace, they regarded them as nothing, convinced that they could be completely defeated with just one charge...
Gao Kan stepped on the broken rubble in the soil under his feet, looked up at the morning light in the eastern sky, and then focused his attention on the enemy troops rushing in front of him like a tide, and asked the captain beside him in a deep voice: "The muzzle of the gun Has the angle been adjusted?"
The captain replied: "A total of eight angles have been calculated, which can cover a depth of eight hundred feet. Everything is ready."
To this day, Youtunwei has continuously improved its artillery strategy and tactics, and has developed a set of very professional and profound rules.
Artillery firing requires calculating the ballistic impact point in advance, and the situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. It is impossible to predict the enemy's reaction after encountering artillery fire. If the enemy makes a desperate move and continues to charge under the artillery fire, then the impact point of the artillery shell will continue to shorten. On the contrary, if the enemy It will collapse at the first touch, and the impact point of the artillery shells needs to be continuously lengthened and extended forward to ensure continuous bombardment of the enemy's main force.
Therefore, if you want to maximize the power of artillery, it is definitely not just a matter of piling up many artillery pieces and then inserting shells into them, igniting the fuses, and bombarding them indiscriminately...
Gao Kan nodded and ordered: "Instruct the whole army to prepare for battle, raise the balloon, closely observe the enemy's movements, and fire immediately as soon as the enemy comes within range!"
"Here!"
The captain received the order, turned around and ran away quickly, and the general's order was issued step by step.
Soon, a hot air balloon slowly rose above the ruins of the palace of the Han Dynasty. The observers riding on the hot air balloon could overlook the surroundings, and everything they could see was within detection.
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Yin Qinzhou frowned and looked at the hot air balloon rising in front of him. His heart was very heavy. The unprecedented nervousness made him purse his lips and say nothing.
Behind him, Dou Xi was supported by two of his disciples and walked up. He also looked at the hot air balloon in the sky in front of him. He sighed and said, "Fang Er is indeed a scholar and a man of heaven. He has used his strange and obscene skills to the fullest." At an unprecedented level, throughout the ages, who would have thought that someone could fly into the sky with just a balloon and completely control the entire battlefield situation from a high position?"
They have all led troops and fought in battles. Naturally, clearing such a balloon and flying it in the sky to fully grasp the situation of the enemy and ourselves is very important to victory or defeat.
But before that, who could have thought of such a method and put it into practice?
This point alone will make Fang Jun recorded in the history of wars from now on...
Yin Qinzhou glanced at him and said calmly: "It's very windy here, so you'd better go back and have a rest. Otherwise, if you don't, the whole Yin family in Liquan will be buried with you."
Dou Xi waved his hand to stop the angry scolding of the two descendants behind him, and said with a smile: "As people get older, they have more worries. You guys are fighting so fiercely in the front, how can I sleep in the back? Instead of worrying about the war situation, it is better to sit here. See it with your own eyes.”
The accompanying servants actually brought up a small maza, helped him sit down, and lined up behind him to block the cool breeze blowing from the direction of the Weishui River...
Yin Qinzhou sneered, clearly understanding Dou Xi's thoughts of coming here to "supervise the battle" in person, but said nothing.
He has become the last hope of the Guanlong Clan. If he is afraid of the Youtun Guards and escapes from the battle, the Guanlong Clan will never be able to recover...
The troops rushing forward have begun to change their formations. The light cavalry broke away from the group on both wings, took a small detour, and rushed straight to the two wings of the right guard. Their mission was to rush into the two wings of the right guard and disrupt their defensive formation. The second was to determine the battle situation.
When things go smoothly, he goes straight into the back line of the right defender to intercept him.
A mere two thousand light cavalry can only be used to harass and block, but cannot directly charge into the formation...
The frontal troops have sword and shieldmen in front and crossbowmen in the back. They are responsible for shooting with the enemy's crossbowmen before forming a formation, and covering the infantry behind as they charge into the formation.
In the vast area south of the Wei River, tens of thousands of Zuohouwei soldiers completely dispersed, forming a forceful attack.
The scouts flew back and forth, constantly reporting back the battle situation ahead. At the same time, Yin Qinzhou would make some fine adjustments based on the battle situation, and then the scouts would issue instructions to each unit.
The various departments of the troops under his command are closely coordinated, the morale is high, the military morale is high, and Yin Qinzhou is full of confidence. With such a force that has been trained for many years, how can it be defeated by Fang Jun, who is short of major generals and has unstable military morale?
The mere 5,000 soldiers of Youtun Guards in front of them are like mayflies shaking the tree, blocking the car with their arms. They can be defeated with just one charge, completely occupying the strategic area north of Xuanwu Gate, and then calmly deploy and completely eliminate the Youtun Guards.
"Report! All units are strictly executing according to the plan, and the formation has been completely spread out!"
"Report! The cavalry on both wings come out and attack the enemy's two wings!"
"Report! We are still three miles away from the enemy's position!"
The battlefield situation was fully and clearly stated in the sound of the report. Yin Qinzhou held the horizontal knife on his waist with one hand and pinched his waist with the other hand. His cloak was fluttering in the wind behind him, full of confidence and as stable as Mount Tai.
The dizzy old eyes were half-open and half-closed, with a heart in his stomach.
He knew that the reason why Yin Qinzhou and the garrison troops stationed in various places in Guanzhong did not dare to attack Taiji Palace was not because they were afraid of the Youtun Guards, but because they were afraid that he would be used as a leader while others were waiting to seize the fruits of victory with peace of mind.
In his view, as long as Yin Qinzhou dares to attack Taiji Palace, the Youtun Guards who lost their troops and generals will not be afraid. Regardless of victory or defeat, it will be the last straw that breaks the camel's back. Other troops will surely look on the sidelines and continue to participate.
Come in.
At that time, whether it is the Youtun Guards or the Sixth Army of the East Palace, what will it be?
Will eventually be buried under the vast offensive of the entire Guanzhong army...
As long as Yin Qinzhou sends troops to break the current deadlock, victory will be within easy reach.
boom!
In the breeze and morning light in the distance, there was a dull thunderous bang. Yin Qinzhou, Dou Xi and others changed their expressions when they heard it, but before they could react, huge noises sounded one after another, like the ocean pouring in.
Mount Tai collapsed, and the ground beneath his feet was trembling slightly. In the distance, smoke rose up in the direction of the ruins of the Han Palace. Even the breeze could not blow it away. After a while, it condensed into a cloud shape and hovered over the entire battlefield.
Above.
Yin Qinzhou stood there in a daze, his face pale and bloodless, his hand holding the handle of the horizontal sword trembling slightly, and his whole body trembling.
The situation that frightened him the most and was the most unlikely to occur finally appeared.
Dou Xi was old and frail, and he almost fell over from the maza in shock. Fortunately, even a descendant of his clan held him up. His face, which was full of ravines and age spots, was full of panic and fear, and he lost his voice and said: "
This is...artillery?"
Yin Qinzhou pursed his lips. He had done some research on artillery tactics. After all, which general wouldn't want to own such a powerful weapon and use it to dominate the world? Generally speaking, the shooting accuracy of artillery is not high, and it is not suitable for field battles.
When facing the enemy, it is necessary to fire one round at a time to determine the distance and position between the enemy and ourselves, and then all artillery can be concentrated for a large-scale bombardment.
But there is one situation that is different, that is, the war takes place on a predetermined battlefield, and the gunner has already measured the entire battlefield. There is no need to test fire at all. As soon as he comes up, he can pull out all the artillery and fire a salvo until all the shells are fired.
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But now, listening to the earth-shattering sound of cannons, earth-shattering landslides, and extremely short intervals between rounds, it is obviously the second situation...
"Report! Report to the commander-in-chief that the enemy has prepared artillery to bombard our army, and our army has prepared infantry and suffered heavy losses!"
The captain rushed back and reported the situation on the battlefield.
"Mother!"
Yin Qinzhou was shocked and angry. He turned to Dou Xi and glared angrily. He gritted his teeth and said, "Didn't you say that Zuo Tunwei didn't have enough firearms? If you are not deaf yet, listen to this artillery salvo. I tell you that it will definitely be no less than five."
Ten cannons!”
Even though he spoke so harshly and ignored Dou Xi's face, the two Dou family grandsons only shivered on the sidelines and did not dare to interrupt.
They are not fools. Now that Zuo Houwei has been bombarded by artillery, Yin Qinzhou is so angry that no one can guarantee that he will not kill the two of them to vent his anger...
Dou Xi was shaking all over, his face was full of panic, and he murmured: "It has been found out a long time ago, it has been found out a long time ago..."
The roaring sound of artillery was continuous. From then on, looking at it, the tight formation of Zuo Houwei was disintegrated just as fast as it rushed before!
However, Youtunwei had already designated artillery tactics. The artillery fire first fell on the enemy's forward line. The observers on the hot air balloon saw that the enemy army was defeated after only two rounds of volleys. They retreated desperately and immediately passed it to Gao Kan. Gao Kan
Then he ordered to adopt the "pursuit" tactics specified earlier. Dozens of artillery did not fire a single shell, so they raised the muzzle of the gun a little, so that the shells moved from near to far, chasing the enemy's retreating footsteps and falling into the crowd.
When the shell falls, the delayed fuse will detonate the gunpowder filled inside, and then push the shell fragments out in all directions. The dense shell fragments are pushed by the powerful kinetic energy, possessing the power to destroy everything, and unscrupulously harvesting the lives of private soldiers.
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The unified firing of the artillery ensures that the impact point of the bomb is controllable. The impact point of every two artillery shells is almost at the edge of the maximum killing radius. The maximum power of the artillery shells is exerted as much as possible. Countless rebels were panicked in the explosion.
Then his body was pierced by shrapnel scattered in all directions...
Yin Qinzhou didn't care to be angry with Dou Xi, and loudly ordered: "Send the whole army to retreat, retreat quickly!"
However, just as the captain ran out, another scout rushed past: "Report! Report to the commander, the enemy's armored cavalry are covering them from behind, they are unstoppable!"
Armored cavalry!
Yin Qinzhou felt as if his heart had been squeezed hard by a pair of invisible hands, and the blood all over his body almost froze. His brain became dizzy, his eyes went dark, and he staggered and almost fell to the ground.