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In ancient times, there was no strong lethality of high explosives, and there was no carpet bombing of aircraft and artillery, the war efficiency was extremely low, and the situation with the greatest casualties was often the defeat of the army after the defeat and escape of the enemy cavalry, but if the two armies were fighting with the psychology of burning jade and not retreating, the casualties would be much lower.

In the history books, it is common to see a large-scale war in which the total number of troops on both sides was tens of thousands, and only a few thousand casualties occurred after two or three hours of fierce fighting, which seemed incredible in later generations, but was the norm in ancient times;

In this case, the two armies outside the city are facing each other, and if it is a siege war in ancient times, it is even more common for the two sides to stalemate for several years, and there are countless examples;

It is not an exaggeration to say that some ancient generals fought bravely to kill the enemy after being hit by dozens of arrows on the battlefield, but the lethality of arrows in ancient times was too low, as long as they wore a few more layers of armor on their bodies, the arrows would cut through a layer of skin on their bodies.

On this day, the tragic battle on the south bank of the Xiaochuan River, the battle loss ratio between the two sides was as high as about 50%, which was a very rare case in the history of ancient warfare.

Nowadays, the terrain of Yunluan Mountain is certainly not precipitous, but after Zhao Junchen's advance arrangement, coupled with the low efficiency of ancient wars, it is by no means easy for the Mongolian army to break!

Therefore, the next two attacks of the Mongols were still quickly repulsed.

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"Prepare for the firecracker! Take a team of fifty and shoot a salvo in turn! Give the Mongolian Tartars a head-on blow! The archers keep an eye out for the Mongol Tartars to slip through the net, and must not allow the Mongol Tatars to approach the defensive line......"

As the Mongol cavalry charged towards the mountainside defense, Jiang Xiao shouted orders.

Under Jiang Xiao's order, the defenders on the defensive line raised their guns one after another, and fired them in groups of two, one person was responsible for bracket and aiming, and the other was responsible for igniting and shooting.

"Bump! Touch! Touch! ”

Suddenly, the mountainside defense line was filled with gunsmoke, and the sound of gunpowder explosions resounding in the sky was as dense and continuous as fried beans, and the momentum was huge!

With the volley of more than 200 firearms, the Mongolian cavalry was hit by lead bullets one after another, and suddenly people turned on their backs, suffering heavy casualties, and after the corpses of these horses fell to the ground, they also blocked the charging path of the follow-up Mongolian cavalry!

In the end, the Mongol cavalry attacking the mountain soon retreated in embarrassment again!

After Zhao Junchen saw this scene, he nodded lightly to express his satisfaction, and secretly thought: "If I really have any back-up, it should be to equip each of the elites guarding the mountain with the most sophisticated firearms...... The Ming Dynasty's firecracker is still very useful, but it is often difficult to play its due role in actual combat, because the yield rate is too low, two firecrackers of the same style, the shooting distance of the boutique can be as high as more than 200 steps, and the shooting distance of the inferior product is only about ten steps, and there is often a situation of extinguishing the fire and exploding, so it is naturally difficult to exert the power of the firearm when mixed together...... And this time, I screened out all the good guns in the army and used them in a centralized manner, and the power is naturally incomparable! ”

And just when Zhao Junchen secretly summed up the gains and losses, the soldiers cheered loudly when they saw the Mongols retreating again, and Wu Qifan and Zhou Bo next to Zhao Junchen were dancing and rejoicing!

Wu Qifan said with an excited expression: "Lord Qincha, you want to lure the Mongols to Yunluan Mountain, Xiaguan originally felt that it was too risky, but now I know that the sharpness of our army's firearms is by no means something that the Mongols can resist!" Xia Guan once read the "Illustrated Description of Weapons", which has the saying that "the only person who is most afraid of China is firearms", and today it is true! With these firearms, our defense line can hold out for at least two or three hours! ”

Zhou Bo suggested: "As far as the lower officials know, Lord Qincha, you have also prepared three hundred tigers and two 10,000 enemies on Yunluan Mountain, you might as well wait until the next time the Mongols attack the mountain, you will definitely have greater results!" ”

Zhao Junchen still kept his calm, just watched the movement of the Mongolian army at the foot of the mountain, shook his head lightly and said: "The power of the firecrackers is good, but it is not as omnipotent as you have seen, these firecrackers you have seen are all excellent products, the number is extremely rare, and the whole army has only picked out seven or eight hundred after screening, and the vast majority of the firecrackers are just listening to the sound to scare people!" As for the hundred tigers running together against 10,000 enemies, it is certainly more powerful, but now is not the time to use them, and these two weapons are not easy to operate......"

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At the same time, Yasda and Amur at the foot of the mountain gritted their teeth and were angry when they saw that the Mongol cavalry's attack on the mountain was once again repelled by the Han army.

Yasda exclaimed, "Damn! When did the firearms of the Han army become so powerful! It is not inferior to the pro-army guards of the Great Khan of Geldan! But all the firearms of the pro-army guards were purchased by Great Khan Geldan from Tsarist Russia at a high price, and they were only equipped with a mere 1,500 people! ”

Amur shook his head again and again, looking like he was forcibly convincing himself, and said: "It is impossible for all the firearms of the Han people to be so powerful, otherwise where would the Mongolian right-wing tribes have the courage to go south and plunder every year?" These firearms must have been equipped with only a small part of the Han army! This also shows that the identity of the Han people on the mountain is extremely valuable, otherwise there would be no such elite guard! ”

Yasda's face was hideous, and he said: "With these sharp firearms in the Han army, we will definitely not be able to break through the defense line in a short time, and the situation on the rear battlefield is urgent and cannot be delayed, so ......"

Amur nodded heavily, gritted his teeth and said in a cold voice: "Set fire to the mountain!" Burn all the Han people on the mountain! ”

With the call of Yasda and Amur, the Mongols began to act!

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At this time, Yunluan Mountain.

Seeing that the Mongolian cavalry had not moved again for a long time, Zhao Junchen was still a little strange in his heart.

However, before Zhao Junchen could figure out the reason, Jiang Xiao, who was commanding the defensive line, suddenly changed his face and said loudly: "It's not good! The Mongols are going to burn the mountain! ”

Hearing Jiang Xiao's exclamation, Zhao Junchen's face also changed, and he hurriedly raised his eyes to the foot of the mountain to take a closer look.

I saw that the Mongolian cavalry had collected a large number of fire-igniting objects, lit them and threw them on the mountain, at this time it was the autumn wind when it was dry, and the Yunluan Mountain was densely vegetated, which soon caused a fire and created billowing smoke!

"Damn! The Mongolian Tartars are trying to burn us! Wu Qifan also saw this scene, and immediately said in shock: "Lord Qincha, we can't sit still, while the fire has not spread, let's lead the defenders to rush down the mountain!" ”

On the other side, Jiang Xiao also hurriedly expressed his determination and said loudly: "Now is the time when the autumn wind is dry, and the fire is probably spreading very fast, and this place must not stay for a long time!" Please rest assured, even if your brothers fight for their lives, you must be escorted out of this dangerous place safely! ”

Zhao Junchen was also a little flustered, but maybe it was because he had experienced a lot of things these days, and he could still keep calm, and after carefully observing the situation at the foot of the mountain, he slowly shook his head and said: "The Mongolian cavalry has now arranged a formation waiting for us, and the advantage of firearms is naturally of great use when guarding the mountain, but it is not very useful when the two armies fight against each other, the strength of the Mongols is two or three times that of ours, if we rush down the mountain in a panic and just throw ourselves into the net, I am afraid that the vitality is even lower!" ”

Zhou Bo exclaimed: "Do you want to let the Mongols burn the mountain?" ”

Zhao Junchen said in a deep voice: "Now I can only see the move!" After the order, everyone is ready to cover their mouths and noses with wet cloths, and now the wind is in our favor, as long as we are well prepared, at least we will not smoke to death in a short time! Also, everyone should take action, choose a place with a water source and build a fire barrier before the fire spreads here! As long as there is a fire barrier, this fire will not burn us, and the Mongols are just wasting their efforts! If this fire wants to spread to the whole mountain, it will take at least two hours, and such a long time is enough for the front-line soldiers to come back to help! As long as we hold on for a while, we will definitely be rescued! ”

"Fire belt?"

Hearing this new term, everyone is limited by their vision and knowledge, and everyone does not understand the meaning.

Zhao Junchen quickly explained: "It is to destroy all the things that will burn around, and if there is no thing that ignites the fire, the fire will naturally not burn!" ”

After speaking, Zhao Junchen turned around and walked briskly towards the west side of the mountainside.

In Zhao Junchen's memory, there was a small pond on the west side of the mountainside, because the geology near the pool was dominated by rocks, and the vegetation was not luxuriant, so it was the best place to set up a fire zone!

Seeing Zhao Junchen's actions, Wu Qifan, Zhou Bo and others had no better way for a while, so they had to follow one after another.

However, the two were still suspicious of Zhao Junchen's order.

Wu Qifan couldn't help but ask: "Then if the front-line soldiers can't rush back to support in time, won't we be trapped in the fire?" ”

Zhao Junchen turned his head to look at Wu Qifan, and said coldly: "Now, the only way to take a risk is to resign yourself to fate!" According to my method, there is at least a glimmer of life, but if you rush down the mountain and encounter the siege of the Mongols, you will be dead and dead, and there is no better way to choose! ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's statement, Wu Qifan, Zhou Bo and others were all pale.

Leaving one's life and death to an unknown fate, and being completely unable to interfere with it, is too terrifying.

In fact, not only Wu Qifan, Zhou Bo and others were panicked, but Zhao Junchen, who was calm on the surface, was also a little flustered in his heart.

In addition to panic, there is more helplessness and self-blame.

Zhao Junchen secretly swore that he would never interfere in directing specific military arrangements again in the future!

After entering the territory of Shaanxi and Gansu, the smooth sailing has made Zhao Junchen subconsciously think that he is omnipotent, although he has encountered many twists and turns in the recent period, but he has repeatedly turned danger into relief, and Zhao Junchen has not learned too profound lessons.

But this time, the Mongols set fire to the mountain, which made Zhao Junchen really feel the threat of his life, but he finally woke up!

A layman commanding an insider is really the stupidest thing in the world! There have been many examples in the history of the Ming Dynasty where civilian officials and supervisors arbitrarily commanded and interfered and lost wars, and these examples have also been strongly criticized by later generations, and Zhao Junchen's current approach does not make any real difference!

After all, Zhao Junchen is just a civil servant, and he may have more advantages in terms of strategic arrangement, but after all, he has never read a few military books, and it is really difficult for him to personally command such a large-scale and important battle!

Originally, I thought that it was a good idea to attract a part of the Mongolian cavalry to the foot of Yunluan Mountain, which could reduce the pressure on the front-line soldiers on the main battlefield, and there were many successful examples of defending the mountains in history, and even Zhao Junchen himself had a successful experience, at the beginning after the defenders easily repelled the Mongolian army attacking the mountain, Zhao Junchen once thought that his plan was successful, who knew that the Mongols just set a fire and easily defeated all of Zhao Junchen's ideas!

Historically, there have been many successful cases of guarding the mountains, but Zhao Junchen ignored the dense vegetation of Yunluan Mountain and the climate and wind direction at this time, and completely ignored the possibility of the Mongols setting fire to the mountain.

“…… In fact, I didn't want to meddle in specific military arrangements, but there were too few reliable generals under my command, or they were not capable enough, or they lacked courage, and Qi Bin, He Zhang, Mao Jiadong and others who could take charge on their own had other arrangements, so I had to reluctantly take on this burden, but now it seems that I am not an all-round talent like Wang Yangming and Yu Qian, and such a heavy burden is beyond my ability, and several arrangements are self-defeating...... If I survive this time, I must look for some capable generals in the army to accept as cronies and arms, and the future war arrangements will be left to professionals, and I will definitely never touch my hands again! ”

And just when Zhao Junchen secretly made up his mind, the mountainside defense line was already in chaos, although it would take some time for the fire to spread throughout the mountain, everyone was already panicking.

At this time, Zhao Dali suddenly ran briskly from the top of the mountain.

But it was completely different from the panic of Zhao Junchen and others, Zhao Dali had been staying on the top of the mountain to observe the overall situation, and he didn't know about the Mongols setting fire to the mountain.

In fact, Zhao Dali did bring a great news!

"Lord Chincha! Good news! The villain saw from the top of the hill that the battle on the North Shore battlefield was finally over! The soldiers on the north bank have now crossed the Xiaochuan River and rushed to the south bank to support! We're going to win this war! ”

After hearing Zhao Dali's statement, Zhao Junchen's body shook slightly, and he couldn't react for a while.

After being stunned for a moment, Zhao Junchen hurriedly confirmed to Zhao Dali: "Reinforcements from the north bank are coming?" Did you see it with your own eyes? ”

Zhao Dali nodded again and again, and said: "It's all the villain's own eyes, now the reinforcements on the north bank should have entered the battlefield to fight with the remnants of the Mongolian soldiers on the battlefield, with their support, the war on the south bank must be won soon, and we will soon get support here!" ”

After hearing Zhao Dali's answer, Zhao Junchen's face changed for a long time.

Then, Zhao Junchen slowly sighed and whispered to himself: "It seems that this time there is no danger, and the sky will not kill me!" Heaven will not kill me! ”

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