Chapter 436, Jiangnan Hao 8
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This kind of small general's cannon is only the size of a fist, and the power of the cannonball is also small, so it is not suitable for defending or besieging cities, but it is very suitable for killing and injuring infantry. [Full text reading. For every two people who watch romance, there is an account that has registered on the Internet. [&26825;&33457;&31958;&23567;&35828;&32593;&119;&119;&119;&46;&77;&105;&97;&110;&104;&117;&97;&116;&97;&110;&103;&46;&99;&1111;Almost all the books you want to read.,It's much more stable than the general station.,There's no ad in the whole text.。 ]。 The update is so fast. Therefore, the craftsmen lengthened the cannon body and filled it with iron balls, iron sand and other materials to make a shotgun. After the cannon goes out, thirty steps away, within a radius of two zhang, no one should approach.
Because this kind of cannon is relatively small, it is light and easy to carry, so when Su Dai came, he brought a hundred 'doors' of such cannons, in order to avoid the trouble of loading on the battlefield, he specially made thousands of iron barrels, which were loaded with gunpowder 'powder' projectiles, so that they could not be loaded, and after hitting one barrel, they could be replaced with another cannon, so they were also called sub-mother cannons. This is Su Dai's killer weapon, and he won't use it until it matters.
At this time, the sub-mother cannon was pushed out, and each 'door' cannon was loaded with a small car, and the car was not large, so it was easy to move. The peasant army did not react for a moment, not knowing what these things were, and some of them still rushed forward.
Su Dai ordered the fire to be lit, only to see the fire rope burning, and then with a bang, a 'door' cannon let out an angry roar, and the dozen or so peasant soldiers who rushed up on the opposite side were immediately covered in smoke, and the screams rose.
When the smoke cleared, people found that the dozen or so peasant soldiers had all fallen to the ground, some had been hit through the head by projectiles and killed on the spot, and some had been beaten by sand and gravel and other objects, and their bodies had become blood gourds.
Unexpectedly, they had just stepped on the corpse of their companion, and before they could rush to the cannon, they heard the second cannon sound, and the 'door' cannon once again burst into flames, and once again knocked down more than a dozen peasant troops.
The officer in charge of firing at the back of the cannon took out the iron barrel in the cannon body, stuffed it into another one, and 'plugged' it into the fire rope.
At this time, no peasant army dared to rush forward again. Everyone looked at each other and stepped back in unison, all of them thinking that the farther away from this fire-breathing guy was better.
Fan Ju understood the power of the cannon, and he immediately ordered everyone to retreat and retreat from the land of one stone. Then the archers lined up and began to 'shoot' arrows at the officers and soldiers, first blocking them and preventing them from rushing up.
At this time, the most critical situation is that it is likely to cause a rout, and the war is about morale, once morale is low, if someone flees, others will also flee, and then the situation will be out of control. Therefore, Fan Ju asked the archers to 'shoot' the official army, and his own men and horses pressed the corners of the formation behind to prevent the front from being scattered by the peasant army itself.
The peasant army scrambled to retreat, retreated past those archers, and ran to the back of the formation, but was finally blocked by Fan Ju's men and did not continue to run.
Lao Hui Hui and Ge Liyan ran to Fan Ju and Ziyi, and Lao Hui shouted: "Sir, we need to make an idea at this time, otherwise the official army will collapse with a cannon." ”
Ge Liyan also said: "Yes, you can't let their cannons 'fire'." ”
Fan Ju calmly glanced at the two of them: "Don't be anxious, there will always be a way, give orders to go down, and those who dare to disturb the 'chaos' army will be beheaded on the spot." ”
The peasant army finally controlled the formation and began to defend in formation, and they were only relieved that they were outside the 'firing' range of the artillery.
Unexpectedly, Su Dai did not hesitate, and ordered the trumpeter to blow the trumpet and attack the whole army.
As soon as the trumpet sounded, the officers and soldiers in front 'raised' their shields and spears and opened the way in front, and those gunners pushed carts and carried sub-cannons and began to move forward, 'pressing' towards the peasant army.
Fan Ju looked at it, and was secretly surprised in his heart, his men and horses had just formed a formation, and they couldn't retreat anymore, and if they retreated, they would collapse, as long as the formation was 'chaotic', it would be irreparable.
I didn't expect the officers and soldiers to have this hand, although these sub-mother cannons are not small in their killing power, it is impossible to bomb his 100,000 horses into a 'fine' light, and they can only play a deterrent role, but this deterrent effect is also very terrible. At this time, although there was no 'chaos' in the 5th Battalion, cold sweat broke out on the faces of many soldiers, and some people began to look around, preparing to flee.
This kind of thing must not be allowed to happen, Fan Ju gritted his teeth and looked at Ziyi, he knew that at this time, it was possible for the generals who had been in battle for a long time to come up with a way, this is called strain, and famous generals since ancient times have this ability.
Ziyi was also observing the formation of the official army, and at this time he saw that the official army had begun to attack, so he said to Fan Ju: "Sir, the official army's artillery is very powerful, we can't meet the enemy head-on, but if we go around to the side of the official army to attack, we will definitely not be able to attack it, and that is the place where the official army is most heavily defended." Therefore, there is only one way to break through the artillery emplacements of the officers and soldiers. ”
Fan Ju asked, "What's the way?" Speak quickly! ”
Ziyi said: "You can only rush hard." ”
Ge Li on the side stomped his feet angrily: "General Ziyi, didn't you see it?" My men rushed up in a batch, killed and wounded a batch, and the artillery of the officers and soldiers can fire continuously, hundreds of 'guns' together, how many people do we have to die and wound to break through it? ”
Ziyi smiled: "You don't need anyone." ”
This sentence stunned everyone present, including Fan Ju: "Ziyi, you make your words clearer, how can you rush without anyone?" Ziyi said: "Of course, I rushed with a horse." Mr. must know that during the Warring States Period, Tian Dan of Qi State, he once used the Fire Ox Array to break down the camp of the Yan army. Now the artillery of the official army is powerful, and if we use people to charge, the casualties will be too great, so we have to use horses. ”
Ma Shouying thought more thoughtfully: "General Ziyi, it's okay to use horses, but when the cannon goes off, there is fire and smoke, in case the horses are frightened and rush back, not only will they not hurt the officers and soldiers, but they will also hurt their own people." ”
Ziyi said: "I also thought of a way to avoid the backlash of the war horse, we can 'blindfold' the eyes of the war horse, cut off or plug the ears, and then ignite the horse's tail, so that the war horse can't hear, can't see, the tail is on fire, and can only rush forward." ”
He Jin smiled: "General Ziyi, this is a good idea, after the battle, I just ate horse 'meat' to celebrate." ”
When they heard this, they all laughed.
Without further ado, the order was passed down at once. Three thousand horsemen jumped off their horses, covered their eyes with strips of cloth, plugged their ears, brought ropes, soaked them in oil, and tied their tails to form torches made of horses' tails.
At this time, the officers and soldiers were almost within the 'firing' range, and if they had another twenty or thirty steps, they could attack with artillery.
As soon as Ziyi saw that he was ready, he drew his sword and went into battle in person, taking his men and horses, and at the front was 1,500 cavalry, preparing for the final assault. The rest of the generals were all leading thousands of infantry and waiting in the rear.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers were about to stop, they were ready to open fire. Ziyi gave an order: "Ignite!" ”
The sound fell, and the horsemen who had no horses lit the horse's tail with torches, and now the war horses couldn't stand it, these war horses couldn't hear or see, but because they were trained, they stood still in place, but at this time the tail caught fire, and they could no longer stand still, they jumped with their hooves and opened their mouths to neigh.
But it was of no use, and the tail burned more and more, because the rope above it was soaked in oil, and at once it burned the horse's 'hips', and the horses neighed, and the men stood up, jumped high, and then rushed forward like madness.
The officers and soldiers in front of them saw that they were not good, and immediately protected the front line with iron shields, and their spears were 'protruded' to guard against the impact of startled horses, and at the same time they ignited the arquebuses of the cannons.
With the roar of hundreds of 'door' cannons, the horses that rushed up were 'shot' down, but the horses behind had already run up and could not be blocked, and the distance between the two sides was already close.
These frightened horses were extremely violent, and their eyes were 'blinded' and they could not see, so they did not care about it, and rushed forward, but the shields of the officers and soldiers could not block them, and they were trampled to the ground one after another, and knocked down along with the people behind them. The gunners were not spared, and the men and horses fell into a ball, screaming, neighing, earth-shattering.
The 3,000 horses finally broke through the big gap in the camp of the officers and soldiers, and the cannons also staggered to the ground, unable to 'shoot'.
Ziyi saw the opportunity, and with an order, tens of thousands of peasant troops shouted together and killed them.
Su Dai never thought that the peasant army would have such a hand, and before he could come up with a countermeasure, Ziyi had already commanded tens of thousands of horses to rush into his camp, and the people of the fifth battalion of the left side of the revolution began to be frightened by the artillery.
Ziyi took 1,500 iron horses under his own command, this is his 'elite' sharp horse, which has never been used, and the training of this army is handled by him personally, all of which are used by the Qin army's 'drill' training method, which is extremely strict. In order to do wonders on the battlefield.
At this time, Ziyi felt that the time had come, so he urged the war horse and went into battle in person, taking 1,500 iron horsemen, like a gust of wind, into the battle array.
Ziyi took the lead, with armor all over his body, and the horse was also covered with leather armor, and after breaking into the formation, he stepped on countless officers and soldiers and rushed straight to the Chinese army.
The lieutenant general beside Su Dai reminded him: "Look, big marshal, that team has been coming at us. Su Dai had already seen it, and he knew that the other party's purpose was to crush his Chinese army and make his command dysfunctional, so he yelled and ordered a general to take a thousand people to meet him, and he must block Ziyi.
But Ziyi had already expected that Su Dai would send people to intercept him, and when he was halfway through, he asked Li Congzhou to lead five hundred men and horses to make a detour, and he himself took the remaining one thousand people to meet the deputy general.
Li Congzhou has not made any decent feats since he followed Ziyi, this time he listened to Ziyi's order, and did not answer, but brought five hundred iron horsemen, and the oblique stabs were 'interspersed' in the past, and immediately disappeared into the war group.
Ziyi personally led people to meet the official army, and the cavalry on both sides faced each other, and the battle was very lively.
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