After returning from the East-West Link Island, after the banquet, Lin Fu did not rush to discuss the Northern Expedition. Instead, he sent Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi to go back to the posthouse to rest first to relieve their fatigue from the fatigue of the boat and horse.
The hundreds of cavalry soldiers who came to Haizhou to protect Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi were arranged to stay in the military camp in the south of the city. Only three or five people including Yue Zhou were able to enter the city and enter the post to take care of Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi.
People’s daily life in Haizhou City.[]
Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi were picked up by Wu Qi and Zhang Gou outside the city. They were nowhere to be seen until late at night. Yue Zhou's heart was in his throat. He was afraid that Duke Chong would turn his back on him, so he ordered Yue Leng to be taken away.
In Qiu, Yue Zhi's uncle and nephew detained him.
Looking at Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi, who were still drunk, Gao Zongting came to send them to the post house, and Yue Zhou's tense nerves relaxed. After sending Gao Zongting away respectfully, Yue Zhou couldn't help but ask: "Master Governor"
, Young nephew, where have you been for most of the day, to scare Yue Zhou so much?"
Yue Lengqiu and his nephew Yue Zhi looked at each other. The shock they had experienced for more than half a year had not weakened much at this time. For a while, there were thousands of words stuck in his chest, and he didn't know how to say them. Although Yue Zhou
He was the son of a domestic servant, but Yue Lengqiu's own sons were not good enough, so he raised Yue Zhi, Yue Zhou and others as his heirs and not as outsiders.
"Let's talk after we go in!" Yue Lengqiu sighed softly.
Seeing Yue Zhou lighting the glazed lamp with a fire twister, and the dim yellow light came out from the transparent glazed wall, Yue Lengqiu opened his mouth and asked: "Yue Zhou, I should be able to recommend someone to enroll in Jiangning Junior Army Command School.
Are you willing to study?"
Yue Zhou turned around and looked at each other in astonishment. He didn't know why the governor suddenly brought up this matter. He didn't know how to answer for a while, so he just looked at Yue Zhi in confusion.
"Fortunately, I came to Haizhou." Yue Zhi didn't know whether he was lucky or frustrated. From Yue Zhou's point of view, he said this very confusingly.
After the battle of Jingxiang, the people of Guoyang no longer wanted to confront the Huaidong Army. However, Lin Fu summoned Yue Lengqiu in Haizhou to discuss the Northern Expedition. The people of Guoyang were also worried that Lin Fu would turn against him. Deng Yu,
Tao Chun and Yue Zhi both offered to come to Haizhou to meet Lin Fu on Yue Lengqiu's behalf - Yue Lengqiu also weighed it again and again, and finally decided to go to Haizhou with Yue Zhi to meet Lin Fu.
Obviously, Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi would not be able to fundamentally gain Lin Fu's trust if they did not come to Haizhou in person; before Lin Fu's Northern Expedition, he would definitely first use other means to force the troops of Guoyang and Zhengyang to surrender.
, only in this way can we ensure that there will be no major chaos on the Western Front and that it will not hold back the Northern Expedition.
Yue Zhou is also a smart man. Hearing these two words between the governor and his nephew, although he was shocked, he also understood the decision made by the governor...
Selecting generals from the two towns of Woyang and Zhengyang to study in the Army Command School run by the Huaidong Army. To put it bluntly, it is officially open to accept the Huaidong Army's infiltration of the military minds of the two towns of Woyang and Zhengyang; going further is nothing more than
It is to accept the military staff's direct dispatch or appointment of generals at all levels to Guoyang and Zhengyang towns. Then, Guoyang and Zhengyang towns will completely lose their status as leaders and be integrated into the Huaidong Army system.
Looking at the governor and the young nephew, there was a little frustration on their faces, but there was no intimidating anger - Yue Zhoushi didn't know what the governor and the young nephew had been through for most of the day to make such a decision?
Yue Lengqiu reached out and took out a lead shot from his sleeve, took out a lead shot, put it on the table, and said to Yue Zhou: "Our previous guesses in Guoyang were all in vain. Chong Guogong will go to the Northern Expedition first and then surrender.
It is almost a foregone conclusion. Unless the emperor dies of illness before the Northern Expedition, there is no other possibility. The Cao family thought they had the danger of the Xiajiang River, and Dong originally thought there was still a chance to fight, but this time they all hit the iron plate.
.As long as Guoyang and Zhengyang Towns have no other thoughts, the outcome in the future will not be too bad. After all, Chong Guogong still needs to set an example to calm the hearts of the people in the world..."
Yue Zhou raised the lead shot to the lamp like a conch with his fingers and looked closely at it. He covered it with the light. The lead shot had a dull metallic luster and was as round as a drop of water falling from the sky. Each weighed about one or two cents and was comparable to a crossbow.
Clusters of arrows, but without edges or edges.
"Is this the bullet of the Fuhuo Crossbow?" Yue Zhou followed him all the way and heard the faint thunder. He only knew the name of the Fuhuo Crossbow but not its shape. When he saw the governor bringing a lead bullet, he naturally thought of Fuhuo Crossbow.
Fire crossbow goes up.
"This is just a scattering of fire-fighting crossbows," Yue Zhi smiled helplessly and asked Yue Zhou, "On a twenty-foot battle line, you are allowed to fill up with crossbows. If the enemy cavalry gathers to charge, how are you going to block it...
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Hearing that his nephew was studying his art of war, Yue Zhou replied: "Sit down and guard the front line with shields and spears to prevent the enemy's cavalry from getting close. On the twenty-foot battle line, after the shield formation, you can fill up one hundred to one hundred fifty crossbows. Unless
The enemy cavalry uses heavy armor to charge, otherwise it will be difficult to engage in battle..."
"This kind of powder can be fired by a Fuhuo crossbow for 200 shots at a time. The power of the powder to break armor is as powerful as that of a crossbow. If ten Fuhuo crossbows are placed on a twenty-foot battle line, they can kill with one shot.
"A thousand to fifteen hundred people opened their arms and fired a volley of strong crossbows," Yue Zhi said, "Do you think the Cao family and Dong Yuan hit the iron plate?"
What Yue Zhi said was conclusive, but Yue Zhou had not witnessed the majesty of the Fu Yan Crossbow with his own eyes, and it was difficult to imagine the scene of the Fu Fire Crossbow firing shotguns. If Yue Zhi had not always been cautious and did not like to talk nonsense, Yue Zhou could only
It can be thought that Yue Zhi's statement that "a thousand to fifteen hundred strong crossbows gathered on a twenty-foot battle line to fire a volley" is an exaggeration to describe the power of the Fuhuo Crossbow.
"This is an important military secret, please do not leak it," Yue Lengqiu gave an additional instruction to Yue Zhou, and then asked Yue Zhi, "If Duke Chongguo decides to make the Northern Expedition next year, how do you think Chongguo Guild will fight?"
"Although the Fuhuo Crossbow is a powerful weapon, it has the disadvantage of being inconvenient to move. In the decisive battle with the Yanhu cavalry in the Hehuai Plain, it cannot give full play to its advantages," Yue Zhi frowned and thought, "From what my nephew has seen, Lord Chong Guo
In the past two years, they have built a great momentum in Haizhou and sent troops to land at Yashan in Goryeo. This has attracted Yanhu troops to Shandong, Hehuai and Hanyang County in Goryeo. In fact, the Yanhu troops stationed in Yanji and the hinterland of Liao Dynasty have continued to weaken...
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"Tear open the Suohai defense line with force, bypass the Shandong defense line, jump to Jinhai, go straight to Yanjing, and kill him with one blow!" Yue Lengqiu almost sighed, and lightly explained the Huaidong Army's Northern Expedition strategy he had guessed.
speak out.
Yue Zhi also had the same guess - having been immersed in military affairs for many years, Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi's views on the art of war were considered to be first-class in the world. After seeing the power of the Fuhuo Crossbow in its formal deployment, they re-deduce the Northern Expedition strategy.
, there won’t be any big deviation.
Before the emergence of the Fire Crossbow, only heavy sling crossbows could effectively damage strong fortresses.
The two strongest fortifications of the Yanhu Suohai Defense Line were built around the island. There was no place to place heavy catapult crossbows outside the fortifications. Traditional siege tactics would be ineffective or their effectiveness would be greatly reduced before the Suohai Defense Line.
The deck of the old Lin Zhengjun-class warship is divided into five groups of huge and criss-crossing masts. In fact, there is no entire deck that can place heavy catapult crossbows - which makes most people think that the Huaidong Army
To capture Miaoshan in the Yanhu Suo sea defense line and the two sea defense fortresses on Huangcheng Island, we can only take human lives to fill them.
At this time, Yanhu's armaments were on the rise. He had recovered from the setback in the Battle of Jingxiang. The morale of his generals was available, and the elite combat forces deployed on the Suohai defense line were all capable of fighting bloody battles. Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi had not been able to do so before.
I dare to imagine how many lives the Huaidong Army would have to sacrifice to tear through Yanhu's sea defense line.
Unable to tear open the sea defense line, Lin Fu wanted to go north, so he could only attack Shandong honestly, and then expand his troops from Shandong to Yanji and Hehuai.
After seeing the power of Fuhuo Crossbow, Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi realized how sinister Lin Fu's intentions were in allowing Yan Hu to build a sea defense line at the mouth of the Bohai Sea between Dengzhou and Jinzhou over the years?
The impact of a 24-pound heavy gun on the city wall at a distance of one thousand meters is no less than that of a heavy catapult crossbow. Even if the new warships with dense crossbow positions are not used, the Jinghai Navy has renovated old warships, and each Jinhai-class warship has
A 24-pound or even heavier fire-fighting crossbow was installed on the front deck. A dozen warships gathered on the sea surface from one thousand meters to two thousand meters to continuously bombard the enemy's island barriers and lock the barriers on the coastal defense line.
No matter how strong the fortress is, but it is passively beaten and has no ability to fight back, how many days can it last without falling?
Even if you downgrade one level and use a twelve-pound Fuhuo Crossbow, the bombardment time will only be extended by two or three times at most. The Fuhuo Crossbow is relatively traditional, and the ultra-long range of the weapon directly changes the mode of water warfare.
Dengzhou Daoyu Village is a typical naval defense fortress. When a warship encounters a strong enemy, it can take refuge in the inner lake of Daoyu Village and use the solid walls to block the strong enemy from the water fortress. Once the strong enemy retreats or
If there is any hesitation in storming the water stronghold, the warship can go out to attack the stern to harass or engage in assault tactics.
However, the inner lake of Daoyu Village is not more than three or four miles deep. As long as Huaidong's new warship approaches Daoyu Village, the heavy-duty fire-fighting crossbows mounted on the warships can directly attack enemies who avoid the inner lake in the village without breaking the stronghold.
Boat.
Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi really couldn't imagine how fragile and vulnerable the Yanhu princes and ministers were when they saw that the sea-locking defense line they had built with the whole country was so fragile and vulnerable in the face of the crossbows of Huaidong's new battleship formation.
One blow, what kind of depression and despair should it feel?
The Huaidong force has the ability to tear through Yanhu's sea-locking defense line, and the Jinghai Division, even if it does not expand, is capable of remotely projecting 40,000 to 60,000 horse infantry troops at a time. The powerful naval warships can also ensure that logistical supplies are not cut off.
After tearing apart Yanhu's sea defense line, Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi really couldn't imagine whether Lin Fu would directly attack Jinhai or Yanjing, or whether he would directly attack Yanhu's key points that must be rescued.
Instead, he will honestly attack Yanhu's Shandong defense line.
Compared with the cavalry corps, the biggest drawback of the fire crossbow is its lack of mobility, which means it does not have an advantage in mobile warfare.
When the Huaidong heavy army successfully landed at Jinhai, there was no need to engage in any mobile warfare with the main force of Yanhu cavalry. As long as the front was pointed directly at Yanjing City, 200 miles west of Jinhai, it could force the main force of Yanhu cavalry to fill the gap.
Go to the area between Yanhu and Jinhai and fight a positional battle with the Huaidong Heavy Regiment.
Thinking of this, Yue Lengqiu asked Yue Zhou to open the suitcase he brought with him, take out the map, and spread it out to only look at the Jidongnan area from Yanjing to Jinhai. Between Jinhai and Yanjing, the Woshui River,
The two rivers of Chaobai River are so dazzling that they are almost like giant ropes that are going to strangle Yanjing to death...
Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi looked at each other and thought to themselves: Unless they immediately send someone to give the Yanhu people the detailed information about Huaidong Fuhuo crossbows and new warships, the Yanhu people can decisively abandon Yanjing and move the capital to the northwest.
If we move to mainland China, to Taiyuan or Datong, we may be able to avoid the catastrophe of national subjugation next year...