Gunpowder weapons have been used in the military for more than a hundred years.
Emperor Daozong of the Daliao Dynasty once reviewed artillery in Yanjing, which was a gunpowder ball fired by a human-powered trebuchet.
Although the Jin Dynasty emerged in the wild land of Baishan and Heishui, it was very good at absorbing various military technologies and applying them extensively. Therefore, after capturing Yanjing of the Liao Kingdom, the Jin army also gradually adopted gunpowder weapons.
For example, when the King of Jinyuan County attacked Huaizhou, he used artillery to burn down the green cloth curtains and rope nets deployed by the defenders. When he attacked Kaifeng, he used artillery to burn the towers and oars. Even the Song people had to admit that the Jin army "attacked weapons". A hero, unprecedented in history."
They were also regimes established by foreigners in the north. The Liao Army and the Xixia Army were never good at attacking cities, while the Jin Army used various technologies including gunpowder weapons to give its own army a complete set of methods for attacking cities. To a certain extent, this This is one of the reasons why the Jurchens were able to conquer the Central Plains, because in order to conquer the Central Plains, arduous battles were indispensable.
However, strictly speaking, these gunpowder weapons themselves are not very powerful. Most of the time, their power is reflected in arson rather than explosion.
Guo Ning naturally knows that this is a crooked road, and it is inevitable to correct the chaos at this end. However, progress in this area is ultimately restricted by various practical conditions. At this time, the only thing that can be put into actual combat is this kind of application. The giant thunder that collapsed the city wall.
Each of these thunderbolts requires a large truck to transport, and care must be taken to prevent fire and earthquakes along the way. When stored, they cannot be placed together with ordinary ordnance supplies. They must be set up in separate camps and supervised separately to determine the navy's operations. The style requires more than 10,000 people to ride on horseback, and there must be a task to attack the enemy, so that it is worthwhile.
For example, Guo Ning's West Route Army faced Li Quan, who had been entrenched in the northeastern states of Shandong for more than a year. The soldiers and horses passed through well-defended cities such as Yidu, Weizhou, and Binzhou along the way. They carried thunderbolts. It is very necessary to prepare for release.
The Southern Route Army led by Li Ting focused on marching quickly and taking advantage of chaos to gain advantage, so it was not equipped with gunpowder weapons. The military government dispatched additional horses to maximize the expertise of the cavalry.
Otherwise, no matter how fierce Li Ting is, he will rush to fight for several days. A man can persist, but a horse cannot.
Half an hour ago, Li Ting stormed into Yao Yun's camp, and then pretended that he could not support him, so he withdrew his troops and retreated to the slopes on the east side of the dense water.
Yao Yun was fooled and moved all the troops in the camp that could be mobilized in this direction, trying to forcefully drive away Li Ting's troops and seize the slope to cover the military camp.
As a result, Qiu Huiluo rushed into the camp from the opposite side of Yao Yun's back.
The training level of the Red Coat Army is already very low. Due to the low financial and local management and control capabilities, their main force is frequently dispatched in Shandong, mobile operations are carried out, and training is carried out in battle without special training.
In this way, some soldiers can indeed grow up in the cruel battlefield, but those soldiers and horses who have been staying behind for a long time have become disorganized and abandoned, and they are just waving flags and shouting in vain. Most of those who were placed on the other side of the camp by Yao Yun were left behind for this reason. kind.
Qiu Huiluo was a master who once led Tiefutu to forcefully charge the Mongolian cavalry. How could this group of armed peasants resist? Now that they penetrated the camp, they were like destroying everything.
Hundreds of cavalry rushed left and right, slashing at anyone they saw with spears and bayonets, and throwing pine torches everywhere. At night, the flickering light of the fire made the knights look like ghosts and gods, and their power was extremely frightening.
Most of the soldiers in the red coat army were disturbing each other, running around like headless flies.
Qiu Huiluo led his army into repeated clashes three times, breaking up several groups who were trying to gather together to fight back, and killed four or five red-coated army officers on the spot who had the title of general. However, his own losses and casualties totaled
No more than twenty people.
Looking at the west side of the military camp, the collapse of the military camp caused instability in the outer formation of troops and horses. Once the formation of troops and horses became unstable, all the personal guards under Yao Yun who were confronting Li Ting's troops in the front were also shaken.
Yao Yun already knew that he had been tricked, and hurriedly brought his guards back to the camp to suppress him. But as soon as he left, Li Ting's men changed their horses and rushed down from a high position.
It was inconvenient to command at night, and the soldiers could not get news from the battlefield, so they were more likely to panic. What's more, the cavalry on the opposite side was like a wall, but my own general did not know where he had gone? In an instant, thousands of people shouted, each taking advantage of the darkness,
He ran away into the wilderness.
At first, Yao Yun enforced military law on the spot and killed a few people who fled without permission. How could he stop it when the whole army was defeated? When he was desperate, someone suddenly saw his general's flag among the rebels, so he galloped away.
Come and tell me a few words.
Yao Yun showed an expression of disbelief on the spot, and after a moment he said: "Okay! Okay! That's it!"
He immediately issued an order: "Follow me, all the ministries, and let's move into Zhucheng!"
At the moment, the remaining thousand or so cavalrymen hurried behind him.
Yao Yun was originally afraid that his subordinates would get too close to Guo Yao'er's headquarters, so he left the city to camp. The camp he chose was more than ten miles away from Zhucheng. Normally he didn't care, but now he just hated being so far away.
Not very far; he felt hot and sweaty all over his body, so he simply took off his armor.
Since the general was like this, his subordinates all followed suit, so everyone threw off their armor. What's more, they also threw away their flags and weapons.
Li Ting and General Qiu Huiluo originally wanted to annihilate the enemy troops directly in the camp. However, the looseness of the red coat army turned into an advantage at this time. When so many people saw that something was wrong, they immediately dispersed, and only a few people could be seen in the night.
There were so many people in the wilderness, but there was no possibility of surrounding them.
At this time, the entire enemy camp was empty. The second general rested his horse for a while, and Qiu Huiluo Zi dispatched men to extinguish the fire and rescue the supplies in the camp, while Li Ting sent reconnaissance cavalry to question the prisoners and track Yao Yun's movements.
Not long after, the clever prisoner reported: "General Yao is going to Zhucheng!"
Another scout came back: "That Yao Yun packed up the remaining troops and fled to the cities. At this time, to the west of the camp, on the road across the dense water shoal, you can see discarded flags and countless armored battleships!"
Li Ting immediately went to seek revenge on Huiluo: "Yao Yun's troops were defeated. We immediately gathered a group of armors and uniforms, pretended to be red coat soldiers, and followed the route of the defeated troops. We will seize the cities tonight!"
What Li Ting was talking about was the method Guo Ning used in Liaodong that day, and the person responsible for executing it was Li Ting himself. He used this to seize the Xianping Mansion, and after learning the taste, he planned to repeat the same trick.
On the other hand, Li Ting was previously used by the imperial court to make a fuss about appointing him as the governor of the Liao Navy. This strategy of division and disintegration is very stupid, and no one among the generals will fall into the trap, but it does prove that Li Ting
Ting's reputation has spread to the Zhongdu court. In the eyes of the court, Zhongdu Li Erlang is a particularly outstanding general in the Ding navy.
Since the imperial court had this understanding, Li Ting naturally did not want to rest on his laurels. He hoped that he could continue to make meritorious deeds and that one day he could truly become the sole leader of important tasks.
And this scene in front of him is his best opportunity to make a contribution.
Qiu Huiluo was hesitant: "Li Erlang, the soldiers are very tired, do you want to fight again? Those cities are where we have designated the naval caravans to come and go, and there are quite a few people who can respond internally. Let's rest for a day, and the soldiers will arrive tomorrow.
Under the city, it is either to overwhelm the defenders and surrender, or to attack the city through internal and external coordination... Maybe it is more appropriate? After all, our previous battle plan..."
"What if they don't surrender? What if they increase their vigilance and kill all our internal agents?" Li Ting asked rhetorically.
"What?"
"Yao Yun still has thousands of people in his hands. If they occupy the city and defend it, they can't hold us back for a day or two. One or two days is not long, but..."
Li Ting lowered his voice: "Mizhou is just the beginning. Moqi Mountain in Juzhou is the center of the Red Coat Army! If we have this time, we should rush to the foot of Moqi Mountain and subdue tens of thousands of Red Coat Army. How can we
Isn’t it better than lingering in a small town?”
Seeing Qiu Huiluo's hesitation, he added: "Our battle plan was all drawn up by the military students around Guo Liulang. When we really get to the battlefield, can't we adapt to the situation? It's just a small city. If we win it, we will win it.
Is it still worth treating with such fanfare?”
At this time, another scout cavalry held a torch high and ran straight to the front of the two men: "General Li, General Qiu, we have caught up with the tail of Yao Yun's troops! They panicked and continued to flee. They are swimming across the Lu River...
…Because of the panic, some people were washed downstream by the current!”
"Lu Shui is not far from Zhucheng. With the red coat army in such chaos, the opportunity cannot be missed!" Li Ting said again.
Qiu Huiluo made up his mind: "My soldiers' physical strength and energy are still better, so I changed my clothes and went to lead the first battle. Your soldiers will rest for a while and form the second battle. In addition, we will recruit Gao Xin's troops to still provide cover."