The meteor horse who sent the war report to Beijing early in the morning of early September was the person who specialized in "sending this 800-mile expedited war report into the capital" and rushed all the way into the city gate, and rushed straight to the imperial city along Tianzao Street, provoking the pedestrians on the road to dodge one after another, and at the same time they were excited about the great victory of the rebel army? Oh, haha! Great! It is worthy of the soldiers led by Yan Zichen! After going to the front line, all the good news came back! It is worthy of being the god of war! It really gives the emperor a long face!

"How did Qing Shang and his brother toss?" The emperor's stinky face has not been open since Yan Zike went to the front line, and only now that he got good news, he ran around the imperial study twice with a smile, and then recruited all the ministers who were waiting to hand over the fold outside into the room, and ordered the meteor horse who sent the war report to talk about the battle situation on the front line.

"How to break the city is the biggest problem, the rebels attack from afar, there are firearms, there are trebuchets close to defend, and there are no dead ends within seven or eight hundred steps. "Meteor Horse put the difficulties out first, lest these guys who are sleeping in the high hall think how easy it is to fight.

"The farthest range of a stone thrown by a trebuchet of about 280 pounds is at a distance of 180 paces, and the more stones can be thrown, the effective range of the swallow crossbow is 400 paces, and the stones that the trebuchet can throw at this distance at 400 paces are no longer too powerful, so in the range between 400 and 800 paces, the firebolt is the only threat, and the only thing that can block the firebolt is the shield made of thick pig iron. "Meteor Horse Road.

"Shield General Yan called tens of thousands of dollars before he set out for the battle!" said Lang Zhong of the Arsenal Clearing Division, for fear that he would be blamed for something wrong.

Meteor Horse glanced at him secretly, and continued: "General Yan led people to fill sacks with sand and raise shields to resist the firecrackers, rushed to a distance of four hundred paces from Yuhua City, piled up sandbags to form a cover, and placed the crossbow beds behind them to shoot at the rebels on the city tower, and at the same time, there were other archers equipped with swallow flying bows who specially shot the firecrackers at a distance of four hundred paces. ”

"This" a certain general's face was filled with disapproval, "The rebels have the cover of the city wall, and the use of swallow crossbows will not do anything except waste arrows!" It is rumored that if Yan Zichen can completely quell the rebellion this time, he will be able to rise one and a half steps when he comes back, and then he will be stepped on in that position, how can this be!

Meteor Horse said coldly: "The rebels' firecrackers need to be constantly loaded and released to be able to continue to fire, General Yan speculates that if this is the case, there must be ammunition boxes behind those firecrackers to spare, and the firecrackers are made of gunpowder, so the crossbow arrows fired by the swallow's crossbow are all rockets, which can shoot people best, and if you can't hit people, you can also make the crossbow arrows cross the city wall and fall into the ammunition box behind the wall, so that it can cause an explosion, which can not only destroy the opponent's ammunition, but also cause casualties to the rebels!"

When the general heard this, he had nothing to say.

"Yan Lao Er has experienced a hundred battles and has experience. The emperor happily took a sip of tea and said to the meteor, "Continue to say. ”

"General Yan divided the 80,000 troops into eight groups, each group of 10,000 men, the first group went to the front first, the second group went after an hour, replaced the first group, and so on, always maintained an uninterrupted offensive and pressure, the purpose was to consume the rebels' ammunition, force the rebels out of the city, and be forced to engage in mobile combat with our army. Meteor Horse told the emperor carefully, "According to General Yan's judgment, it is extremely inconvenient for the rebels' firecrackers to be used in mobile warfare, and they have to load, aim and dodge, and the weight of the firecrackers is not light, if you can force the firecrackers to run, the opponent's accuracy will definitely be greatly reduced!"

"That's right!" "The emperor shoots the dragon case, shooting while running is a necessary skill for the archers of the Celestial Empire, if you fight while running, the archer can have the upper hand in the battle against the firecracker!

"After a night of fierce fighting, not a single member of our army was lost, the rebels killed more than 100 people, and the bullets were consumed by more than 10,000, and most of the rebel casualties were killed by the detonation of ammunition and the accurate shooting of the swallow flying archers!" said Meteor Horse with a little pride, "After that, the rebels had to stop using firearms and use swallows to defend the city instead. ”

The swallow repeater crossbow has long been popular in the Celestial Empire army, and how powerful the crossbow of the Yan army is, how powerful the crossbow of the rebel army can be.

"The rebels are afraid of the might of General Yan, and they are only willing to stay in the city and dare not attack easily, and out of the consideration of saving arrows, if our army does not attack, the rebels will not attack, if our army attacks in place, the rebels will hide in the city wall and take the opportunity to consume our arrows, if our army rushes forward, the rebels will come out with heavy crossbows and trebuchets to obstruct it. "Meteor Horse reported the situation of the impasse truthfully.

The ministers also shook their heads when they heard this: This stalemate is indeed a bit unsolvable, you don't attack, people don't attack, you die with you, the autumn harvest is just over, the food in Yuhua City can be eaten by the people of the city for a year, and now I heard that most of the people in the city have abandoned the city and fled, and the rest of the food is all cheap for the rebels, and it is no problem to eat in the city for a year or two, but Yan Zichen's army can't sleep outside for a year or two, even if there is no shortage of food, you can't afford to lose that person, a city, two years can't be captured, let the emperor's face go!

But if you want to attack, the opponent has a repeating crossbow and a trebuchet, and if you can't break it, you can still use the fire again, and you can't rush forward again when you rush to about 400 steps, so it becomes a big stalemate that cannot be attacked and defended.

"Zhongqing," the emperor looked at these old guys in the room who were not satisfied with anyone every day, "You talk to me, how can you break such a deadlock?"

The ministers pondered for themselves, and the military general said: "There is only one way to use this situation, and that is to risk death! Pick out a team of daredevils, break through under the cover of crossbows and flying bows, carry the ladder used to climb the city wall, and break into the city to open the city gate, and the rest of the people will take the opportunity to attack in one fell swoop, but this method is also a huge loss to our side, that is, we can win a game, I am afraid it can't be called a big victory" At this time, he still did not forget to give Yan Zichen maggots.

The emperor snorted coldly in his heart, some people are fighting the front line for the country and the people, and some people are eating and drinking spicy food at home and playing deep scheming for their own selfishness, no wonder Qing Shang said that the most sacred place in the world is the court, and the dirtiest place is also the court.

The emperor leaned on the armrest of the dragon chair and said lazily to the meteor horse: "Then you can tell me, how did General Yan break this deadlock?"

Meteor Ma's eyes flashed with light: "General Yan and Lord Yan Jian Jun drew up a plan," Yan Jian Jun is Yan Zike, and before chasing Jiangbei this time, he first asked the emperor for a clear and honest job, "Because the army is in the west of Yuhua City, the west wind is blowing at night, and our army is in the upper hand, burning hundreds of fires along the front line that can produce thick smoke, and all of them drifted to Yuhua City by the wind."

The rebels on the city wall were affected by the thick smoke, it was difficult to see the scene dozens of meters away, and in the haze, they only felt that there were many figures quietly approaching, and immediately used the crossbow to release arrows, and the trebuchets kept throwing, but the Yan army was constantly surging towards this box, shouting and killing in all directions, covering one wave after another, and stopping more than two hundred steps away and not daring to approach, so that it continued to surge all night, until the sky was slightly dark.

When the smoke cleared after dawn, I saw that there were no arrows and gravel on the ground. There was no corpse outside the broken wood and blood, the rebels thought that the Yan army had not forgotten to take away the corpses of their own dead soldiers when they retreated, so they didn't care, until the next night, the Yan army did it again, continued to release thick smoke and approached Yuhua City through the smoke, the rebels once again released arrows and stones to resist, and the Yan army once again failed to succeed, so several times, until five or six days later, when the rebels found that the inventory of arrows was gradually decreasing, they realized that something was wrong, no matter what, it is impossible to always leave a corpse on this battlefield, right? The smoke is so loud, and it's night, who can tell how many people are dying nearby, and who can guarantee that the scene will be cleared so cleanly?

Until someone finally figured out the trick, it turned out that the shadowy Yan Jun in the smoke was a stubble dummy! And the reason why these dummies can be sent to a distance of more than 200 steps is because the Yan army will connect the long wooden strips one by one, and install small wooden wheels on the bottom, which are 100 zhang long, and the scarecrows who put on armor are all firmly rooted in these wooden strips, and are pushed forward, looking like real people in the night smoke, and even in order to deceive the rebels, they even use the blood of livestock to pretend to be human blood and tie it to the scarecrow with pig urine bubbles, so there will always be blood sprinkled on the ground, as if someone died in battle, plus the Yan army is blowing trumpets, beating drums and shouting to kill, creating the illusion of a large-scale attack, where dare the rebels on the city tower be careless？！

It's a land version of the grass boat to borrow arrows!

The rebels were furious all of a sudden, and when the Yan army repeated its old tricks again, they no longer knew whether they dared to let it go or continue to consume arrows, if they left it alone, what if the other party came this time with real soldiers? If they continued to release arrows, when would this be a head? If the Yan army came every night for the next month, two months, and three months, the arrows in the city would be exhausted sooner or later!

"With this plan alone, the rebels will become difficult to ride tigers, and it is not necessary to stop the arrows, nor is it to stop the arrows," the meteor horse couldn't hide the smile on the corner of his lips, "If you don't want to use up the arrows in stock, you must go out of the city as soon as possible to fight to the death with our army, otherwise when they run out of arrows, they will not have to fight with us." ”

"Haha!" the emperor sat up straight happily, "This is a wonderful plan, you go on!"

Meteor Ma hurriedly said: "After that, the rebels really didn't dare to consume any more, and sent tens of thousands of soldiers and horses out of the north and south gates of Yuhua City, and launched a frontal fight with our army stationed there, and our army won a great victory in this battle, annihilating more than 10,000 rebels!"

"How many casualties have our army?" asked the emperor.

"Two thousand three hundred and forty-two. Meteor Horse's voice was low.

Two thousand to 10,000, the casualty ratio of 1 to 4 can indeed be said to be a big victory.

The emperor nodded and asked casually: "Who will bring the soldiers of our army in this battle?"

"General Yan personally led the army of the South Gate, and Yuan Qianhu led the army of the North Gate. "Meteor Horse Road.

"Oh. "Hmm?!Wait!Yuan, Qian, Hu?!It can't be Yuan Chang's stinky boy, right?!The emperor's scalp was cold, this stinky boy followed Yan Er's ruffian to the front line without permission, and he still dared to lead troops?! He still dared to fight the rebels' firecrackers?!

"Of course I'm not crazy!" Yuan Chang said coldly, "Now the rebels have completely become shrinking turtles, refusing to go out of the city again, and the crossbow will not be released, but hundreds of trebuchets have been added, whether it is a real person or a straw man, as long as they get close, just throw stones, I think this is a good opportunity, trebuchets are not as dense as firebolts and crossbows, I am willing to try my body, and strive to climb into the city through this stone henge from the head of the city wall!"

"You're just crazy! Not to mention whether you have the ability to pass through the rebels' rocks, even if you can rush to the base of the city, they also have all kinds of ways to prevent you from climbing over the wall, not to mention how many soldiers are guarding above and below the towers, you must have gone and never returned!"

"You can't keep it like this!" Yuan Chang sighed, "Someone has to think of something to try to break through, I don't want to wait any longer!"

"Young man, calm down! Fighting is not an overnight thing, so what should you do in a hurry!" a veteran reached out and patted Yuan Chang on the shoulder.

Yuan Chang clenched his fists so tightly that the wound on his forearm that was hit by the fire bullet soaked in blood from the bandage again, "The most important person in my life, Xu is in that city," gritted his teeth and slowly grinded out his voice, "I want to save her, even if it is against ten thousand, I have to save her!" 166 Reading Network