Chapter 423: No Way But Artillery
Chapter 423: No Way But Artillery
From noon to sleep in bed until night, Bai Mifei couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, so he sat up super annoyingly, put on his armor and went out of the military tent to check the camp, hoping that someone would secretly drink or gamble at night, and it would be great if he was caught.
The huge camp was quiet, and after walking a large section of the camp road, Bai Mifei was a little disappointed and a little satisfied. I was disappointed that the fire in my stomach was nowhere to go, and I was satisfied that the military discipline was strict enough, and no one wanted to touch the military order.
Walking from the left village to the right village, he saw two particularly prosperous campfires at the north gate of the right village, and quietly approached to see that it was the thousands of generals, generals, and commanders of the right village, who were gathering together to discuss the strategy of attacking Hangu Pass.
Dali's military orders are strict, as strict as the top of Tai. At night, except for the patrol guards, no one is allowed to leave the camp without permission. However, there is another clause in the military order, and all soldiers and generals can discuss and study offensive policies and strategies.
This cadre went out of the camp privately at night, and indeed violated the military precepts, but they were discussing the dangers in front of them, and they were discussing it vigorously. Bai Mifei stood by a tent behind the fence and smiled, the precept is nothing more than human affection, as long as he doesn't drink and block the game, why shouldn't he open one eye and close one eye?
"I think we have to transfer the water division to come, and the water division and the army can break through the Hangu Pass."
"Come on, the king is coming tomorrow, can you still wait for the water master? Definitely ordered a storm, believe it or not? ”
The words of a thousand general managers who knew the bottom line fell, and the dozen people in the two campfires were silent. There must have been heavy casualties in the assault on Hanya, and they must be on the front line as President Qian, so maybe tonight will be the last night.
As a soldier, death has long been put aside, if you can exchange death for Hanguguan, at least you can die well, I am afraid that it will be a vain death.
"Alas!" A commander sighed heavily, threw the branch in his hand into the fire, shook his head, and said: "The strong attack will definitely cause heavy casualties, and with the danger of Hangu Pass, it may not be able to attack it, if you can tear a gap first, it would be good." ”
"A gap?" Hearing this, Mr. Qian in the other campfire snorted disdainfully: "Hangu Pass is built on the mountain, up to thirty zhang, if the feather arrow wants to reach the pass, the soldiers have to stand up to ten zhang, and the Xixia acid soldiers can shoot us into a hornet's nest before the bow formation is pressed to ten zhang, how about you tear this gap?" ”
The commander sighed, attracting a large number of white eyes, and he didn't dare to say anything more.
"Smash it with a catapult." A thousand total proposed.
"Thirty feet is too tall for a catapult to reach. And we are a forward battalion, not a heavy weapons battalion, and we don't have 300 catapults, how can we break it? ”
"There's a good idea." A staff general's eyes flickered, and he looked around from side to side, and said in a low voice: "Have you heard rumors that there are three arsenals in Li Fu and Laos, and there are many people with magic sticks, black beards, and blue eyes. ”
"Huh?" Suddenly, hearing irrelevant words, everyone discussing was stunned, frowning and asking the general: "Is there such a thing?" ”
"Don't know, do you?" The general beckoned, let them bully him, and said in a lower voice: "Then you must have seen hundreds of very long iron carts placed in the logistics of the Shuai battalion, right?" ”
"There are also water masters, I saw them when I was in Jiangnan." At the mention of this strange thing, several Qian generals nodded violently, and said in unison: "My cousin is in the sailor camp, and he is still on the third ship, I heard that the name of these big iron cars is artillery, and even the mountain god can't stop this guy." ”
"That's right." The general nodded again and again, clapped his hands, and whispered: "When I entered Tubo, those soldiers in Nanyang were all preaching, saying that the artillery transported in Tubo this time was different from that when I went down to the south of the Yangtze River, the king even said in person that the world was just in my bag. ”
"Phew!" As soon as the general's words fell, everyone rolled their eyes, and a commander watched carefully left and right, and seeing that there was no one else, he lowered his voice and laughed: "The king is crazy all day long, and the princess said that he can't listen to nine out of ten sentences, and I saw him and the Lord of Garr standing in the street arguing in August. ”
The king's scolding is not new, and the king quarrels with the lord of Garr, which is new. Everyone asked curiously, "Really?" Why? ”
"It seems that Duan Shuai is asking the king for marriage, and the lord of Karl doesn't want to marry......" After thinking about it, he shook his head very clearly and said: "It seems that General Su thinks that the lord of Karl is too stubborn, and the lord of Karl wants to marry ......" I didn't know very much, spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders and said: "I was just passing by, I didn't dare to listen to it more, anyway, the two of them quarreled on the street if they didn't agree with each other." ”
Sweat! Everyone's foreheads were sweaty, Duan Shuai's granddaughter's ability to cause trouble was first-class, General Su was rigid, if the two got together, how wrong they looked, but Duan Shuai liked General Su again, and he had to marry the county lord to him, this thing was really not good, no wonder the two would quarrel on the street. The king quarreled with the county lord on the street, it was really strange in the world, all over the world, if the emperor was married, everyone would only have thanks, and only Duan Shuai's granddaughter would dare to be so disrespectful.
Bai Mifei was speechless when he eavesdropped, his forehead turned black and turned around and left the right village, and said in his heart: If Xiao Yayue marries Su Jingchen, Su Jingchen will be busy enough to clean up the mess for Xiao Yayue in this life, what kind of battle will he fight? If he were to refuse, he would definitely refuse, and if he didn't refuse, this life would be over.
Artillery? Walking back into the tent, Bai Mifei thought deeply, his eyes narrowed into a straight slit, he had often heard of this thing, but he had never seen the power. Can't even stop the mountain gods? Is it really that powerful? If so, why didn't the king?
The next day, the autumn rain was wet and wet, and Ah Zhen, who had come from chasing Goluo from the twists and turns, went around most of Tibet, and finally came to the flank pioneer camp stationed in the Western Xia territory.
It is hard to believe that since it is a pioneer battalion, it does not go to the capital of Tubo and goes out of the territory of Tubo, which is not only strange, but also very surprising.
Early in the morning, Ah Zhen really scolded Ge Luo and Bai Mifei fiercely for half an hour, until his mouth was dry, he picked up the tea and moistened his throat, sat on the table and looked at the two generals who hung their heads in front of him, and snorted and stretched out his hand to ask: "What about the secret that the princess gave you?" ”
After being scolded for half an hour and two quarters of an hour, Ge Luo's aggrieved face was stinky, and when his stomach was on fire, when he heard the words of the king, he raised his eyes in astonishment, and slowly stretched out his hand into his arms and said: "The king knows that the princess has given her subordinates a secret message?" "Now that you know, his uncle deliberately scolded him, right?
"Hey......" Looking at Ge Luo's extremely stinky evil face, Ah Zhen opened his bloody mouth very coolly, walked down the order table with his chest crossed, leaned his back against the table and pouted: "You just don't know about me." ”
Sure enough, he deliberately scolded him again, and Goro's evil face stinked even more, if it weren't for the fact that this guy in front of him was the top boss, he would definitely slash him with a knife. Extremely angry and helpless, he hated to step forward and handed over the princess's secret letter: "The night before the army set out, the princess sent her personal attendant Cong to the minister's mansion. The princess's letter said that the purpose of the king's army to Tibet was not in the royal court, but in the capital of Western Xia. When the ministers sent troops, they first created chaos in Tubo and confused everyone, and then took the opportunity to move towards Hangu Pass. ”
"Hmm." Looking at the strategy in his hand, Ah Zhen nodded and handed the secret letter back to Goro, and said with a smile: "No wonder you fight east for a while, and then go south for a while, and even this king thinks you are a stupid pig, and you did a good job." ”
Ge Luo, who had been scolded for half an hour and two quarters of an hour, was happy when he heard the appreciation, bowed and said modestly: "It's all the princess's strategy, and the minister doesn't dare to take credit." ”
"No matter how good the princess's strategy is, you have to implement it to deceive the world." The corners of his mouth teased for a while, and he pointed at him and said: "This kind of fish-eyed strategy, except for you, others in the world will definitely be suspected of seeing through, after all, among the generals in Dali, you are the best at making trouble, no matter if you are on fire, you will fight wherever you see it, so you should be the first to take the lead in this battle." ”
Sweat! The generals in the tent listened to the sweat, and the old face of Goro was sneering, and he wondered in his heart, whether the king was praising him and scolding him?
Bai Mifei hadn't slept all night, and he was not in the mood to listen to their ridicule, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "King, Hangu is too dangerous, although there are only 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Western Xia, but these 20,000 soldiers and horses are enough to reach 200,000, how should this be good?" ”
When it came to the military, Ah Zhen immediately put away the ruffian and strode to the tent door: "Let's go, take a look." ”
Xixia is in front of you, but the army can not be carried out, Hangu Pass silenced everyone, the generals strode closely in front of the king who walked quickly, out of the camp, turned to the northwest, climbed to the half-peak, Hangu stood between the peaks not far away.
Standing on the side of a big rock, Ah Zhen slowly looked at the natural barrier in front of him, pursed his lips and said: "It can really be described as a magic work, this pass can be broken by an extraordinary army." ”
"Could it be that we want to follow Liu Bang's example of 'Ming Xiu Plank Road and secretly cross Chen Cang?' Ah Zhen hugged his chest and muttered to himself.
History changes in this world, Bai Mifei didn't know whether he heard it or not, glanced at the king in front of him for a few moments, hesitated for a while before holding his fists and said: "King, the minister heard the rumors, saying that the king has an artifact in his hand, why not ask to break the enemy?" ”
The deeds of the artillery have been passed around in the army, and Ah Zhen naturally knows that he is embarrassed to use the rotten artillery of the previous generation, and the artillery of the second generation has improved a lot, although it is not very accurate, but at least it will not commit suicide.
"You're well-informed." Ah Zhen turned his eyes and smiled at Bai Mifei, "These cannons in the hands of this king meet the Buddha and kill the Buddha, and kill the gods when they see them." Not to mention Hangu Pass, even the Jade Emperor sitting on the heavenly court has to let Lao Tzu knock it down. ”
The generals were overjoyed, but Ge Luo didn't believe him very much, so he hugged his fists and asked: "Since the king has such a celestial weapon, why not use it earlier?" ”
"These guys in this king are all fed blood and meat, and when they are pulled out, they are all murderers." Looking at the vague soldiers and horses on the pass in front of him, he couldn't bear to sigh: "Although Xixia has a long thief head and thief brain, he is also a descendant of Yan and Huang, and it is unbearable to bombard them so ferociously." ”
"I'm afraid there's no way to do it if I don't bomb." Yang Qingyang sighed, facing these guys who exploded a lot, he was also a little depressed, but there was really no way, he could only clench his fists and request: "King, this time, in addition to the artillery camp, I am afraid that our army's 120,000 soldiers and horses will not be able to take Hangu." ”