"It's just luck, how many more shots will you try?" Wei Changrong poured a scoop of cold water on Zhang Yingchen.

Wei Ze's artillery fired two cannons at the Qing army outside the city, both of which accurately hit the Qing army's banner more than a mile away, and one cannonball even pierced the Qing army's banner, which caused a wave of joy in the city. The Qing army soon began to retreat, and they flew three or four miles away as if they had lost the battle.

Even though he was poured cold water, Zhang Yingchen still laughed when he looked at the ranks of the Qing army fleeing. And although Ke Gongyu, the commander of the teaching brigade, was also happy, he was not so happy. He has seen a lot of artillery, the same fixed gunpowder, even the same shells, guns that seem to be of the same caliber are fired, but the range and landing point are very different. Even the same cannon fired the same shell, and the landing point was quite different.

As a teaching brigade, Ke Gongyu became more and more aware of the meaning of the word "homogenization", the troops can step on the same step point, take the same stride, the musket can have the same trajectory, and the bullet can have the same power. Including artillery has the same controllable range and accuracy. With such troops and weapons, the combat staff can be more efficient when making plans.

Most of the more than 3oo teaching brigades are elite troops, many of them are troops who have followed Wei Ze from Yong'an City, and these brothers have received formal military education the earliest and have been sharpened the longest. Therefore, the discipline and obedience in the battle, as well as the will to attack, are quite excellent.

This teaching brigade can be said to be the absolute elite of Weize's troops, and it is also the object of study for the whole army. However, the teaching brigade, which is the benchmark of the whole army, cannot be used as a standard for military planning. Because Wei Ze's soldiers enlisted in the army at different times in the morning and evening, their personal characteristics were very different, and their routines were uneven. If the teaching brigade is used as the criterion for drawing up an operational plan, then the operational plan that cannot be completed will certainly be formulated.

Regarding such an artillery bombardment, which looked good, Ke Gongyu thought of another question, "When can we also make our own guns and cast cannons, it will be good!" ”

And Wei Changrong was in charge of the heavy task of the combat training of the whole army, and he was also quite unhappy with Zhang Yingchen's appearance of rushing to the ground. "Ying Chen, you weren't here when you chose the guns, we didn't choose how many good guns, and the criteria for selecting guns are strict! There are many times more things that are wasted than what is left. The red powder used up during military training (the name of gunpowder in this era) is now fired, and dozens or hundreds of demons have to be killed, to say the least. ”

Lin Fengxiang had been following Wei Ze, and after going to the city, he was already surprised to see Wei Ze's artillery fire so accurate. Unexpectedly, after the two artillery pieces scared off thousands of Qing troops, Wei Ze's troops not only did not feel elated, but most of them had a bitter and bitter expression. This kind of dissatisfaction doesn't seem to be Wei Ze's attempt to cut face, but an argument over something that Lin Fengxiang doesn't understand.

Regarding the affairs of Wei Ze's own army, Lin Fengxiang had no way to persuade him. But Lin Fengxiang saw that there was no sign of turning around and leaving after the Qing army retreated, and he couldn't help but say to Wei Ze: "Brother Wei, since we have decided to return to Daozhou, it is better to go out of the city to fight at this time and force the Qing army to retreat." ”

In Yong'an, in Guilin, every time the Taiping army prepared to retreat, it did not stop the banner, but sent troops to attack the Qing army. This tactic can well confuse the Qing army and make the Qing army unable to figure out the thinking of the Taiping army. Only when it suddenly broke away from the battle line could the Qing army not be able to show the movements of the Taiping army.

Wei Ze didn't think about it so much, originally he just wanted to hurry up to the city wall, there were not many opportunities for the Qing army to do exercises. Just look at the capabilities of the artillerymen. In the future, it is far from as far as Lin Fengxiang thought. After listening to Lin Fengxiang's advice, Wei Ze looked at his troops again, but found that such a group of rather tired troops were not suitable for fighting out of the city at all.

Lin Fengxiang waited for Wei Zebu's order, but seeing Wei Ze's embarrassed expression, he couldn't help but ask, "Brother Wei, what's the difficulty?" ”

Weeser replied, "The brothers are so tired. ”

This answer made Lin Fengxiang incomprehensible, Wei Ze's troops went south to capture Jianghua and Yongming, and then sent troops to attack Liu Changqing, with an interval of almost half a month. Only then did a battle, and after a few days of walking, he was "too tired". This is very inconsistent with Weese's exploits. Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, led the Taiping army all the way north from Guilin, and fought continuously for more than ten days, but he was not tired and could not send troops to attack the Qing army that began to retreat.

It's just that it is not Lin Fengxiang's turn to intervene in the affairs of Wei Ze's troops, and Wei Ze does have military exploits. Lin Fengxiang said: "In this case, no matter what, I have to fight with the Qing Demon tomorrow, and I have brought so many carts and mules and horses, if I can't repel the Qing Demon first, it will be difficult to withdraw to Daozhou." ”

When Lin Fengxiang said this, Wei Ze also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He didn't want to bother to tell Lin Fengxiang how hard the troops had been training these days. In the case of a war, as long as everyone dares to attack, the Qing army is basically not an opponent. But this training is completely different, in order to allow the soldiers to display their combat effectiveness on the battlefield, the basic training is very hard and boring. Besides, the Qing army had two or three thousand troops, and they still had the courage to attack Guanyang City. Wei Ze definitely has to make a good battle plan for this Qing army, and he can't just send troops out to fight.

Jiang Zhongyuan, who was outside the city, also had no plan to storm Guanyang at this time, and the combat effectiveness of the Taiping army on the opposite side was really beyond his imagination. If the disadvantage of the Qing army in hand-to-hand combat can be attributed to the bandits who are not afraid of death, musket shooting is also a skill that is easy to master, but this artillery technology is by no means an overnight effort.

Since he had not studied Newton's three laws, Jiang Zhongyuan was unable to use modern physics to construct a concept of ballistics. He had a very direct understanding of artillery shooting, and then he only had vague "ideas". And the Qing army's knowledge of artillery is at such a level, and there may be something to summarize after many practices. However, due to the lack of a real theoretical framework and the lack of large-scale education and exchanges, the Qing army was unable to achieve any real improvement.

Not to mention that the Qing army did not pay much attention to training, and gunpowder was not expensive for the Qing army, and it was not cheap to say that it was cheap. In battle, the Qing army was able to consume large quantities of gunpowder at any cost. However, for daily military training, the generals of the Qing army felt distressed even if they fired a shot. At that time, they felt that it was "wasteful".

Based on the surrounding environment, Jiang Zhongyuan couldn't understand how Wei Ze had used the scarce materials at hand to conduct a large amount of extremely efficient training. Regarding the precise artillery skills displayed by the Taiping army in Guanyang City, Jiang Zhongyuan suspected that there were veteran gunners of the Qing army who defected to the Taiping army. Moreover, one of these two cannons hit Jiang Zhongyuan's banner, which is a great omen in Chinese tradition. The morale of the officers and men around Jiang Zhongyuan was greatly frustrated, and he could only choose to withdraw from the camp one after another. Prepare to find an opportunity to fight the Taiping army on the opposite side.

On the way to retreat, Jiang Zhongyuan suddenly remembered one thing, the shape of the Taiping army on Guanyang City. Everything is threaded into a line. This bundle of Taiping troops has been very famous among the Qing army in Guangxi for half a year. They plundered the grain routes, killed and wounded the imperial guards, and in the Battle of Daeyuan, they blocked the mouth of the valley. What's more, the Han family type of these people even attracted the attention of Emperor Xianfeng, who ordered the generals of Guangxi to spend a lot of effort to collect news about this army.

As a scholar, Jiang Zhongyuan suddenly felt a little complicated in his heart. Although I haven't seen "Money Rat Tail, it is the elegant government of the new dynasty; Eguan Bo belt, the bad rules of the country", but Jiang Zhongyuan has seen the portrait of Confucius, and Confucius is bundled in the portrait. The Manchus did not dare to change the type of Confucius in the portrait. Jiang Zhongyuan never expected that he would be able to see Han people of this type in his lifetime, which could not help but make him have some complicated feelings in his heart.

Shaking his head vigorously, Jiang Zhongyuan said viciously to himself in his heart: "They are thieves, even if they are bundles, they are thieves!" If you really want to restore the clothes of the Han family, you can take the right path! ”

But as soon as this thought came out, Jiang Zhongyuan himself was also shocked. In terms of the Manchu system, anything that tried to restore the clothes of the Han family was a rebellion. At this time, Jiang Zhongyuan could only slap his bare head fiercely, "We are officers and soldiers, they are thieves!" The two sides will not die, and tomorrow there must be a winner! ”

In the city, Wei Ze said to the generals: "The Qing army under the city is different from Liu Changqing, and it must not be underestimated!" ”

"Why?" Ruan Xihao was a little puzzled by the words that increased the enemy's prestige.

Wei Ze replied: "If Liu Changqing encounters our army, he will immediately flee. This Qing army did not relax when it was forced to the city, and they carried a long ladder in the army, but it looked like they were going to attack the city. When he withdrew, he also took the long ladder away, making it clear that he was planning to attack the city next time. To deal with such a Qing army, our army must not be underestimated in the slightest. Liu Changqing will flee when he encounters a disadvantage, and this Qing army will not run away until the mountains and rivers are exhausted. ”

The other officers were silent, and they had seen the signs of the Qing army under the city, and everyone felt the same way.

"Then how do we deal with this Qing army?" Ruan Xihao asked.

"I'd like to try more complex tactics and get the artillery involved in the battle!" Weeser gave the answer.

It was obvious that there was no artillery in the Qing army on the opposite side, and Wei Ze had a considerable number of artillery in his hands, and he showed a certain combat effectiveness in today's battle. If the Qing army could be killed and wounded by artillery, the cowards in the Qing army would definitely be afraid, and then Wei Ze would be able to strike at the elite of the Qing army more efficiently.

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