Seeing that the artillery was suddenly crushed by Li Zhi's riflemen, Zhang Shenyan was furious. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The reason why the Jiangbei Army dared to challenge Li Zhi was that it relied on these 600 Hongyi cannons. The artillery was knocked out, the artillery was all dumbfired, how could this battle be fought?

His face was red and white, and he was very excited.

Zhang Shenyan glanced left and right, and finally pointed at Wu Sangui and scolded: "Wu Sangui, why are you so confused, you actually let Li Zhi's firecracker approach our queue!" ”

Wu Sangui was scolded by Zhang Shenyan and stammered. Just now, he clearly said that he wanted to disperse these firecrackers, but Zhang Shenyan said that he didn't need it. However, when something went wrong at this time, Zhang Shenyan put all the responsibility on himself.

Although Wu Sangui respected civil officials, he also had a temper, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "Why did Lord Shangshu say this, Shicai Sangui said that he wanted to disperse these firefighters!" If Shangshu listened to what Sangui said, how could the artillery be defeated! ”

The two were still arguing there, and the two thousand five hundred Tiger Army marksmen fired again.

This time, the marksman aimed at the generals and colonels at the forefront of the Jiangbei Army. The small armoured academies were all targeted by snipers. I only heard a series of gunshots crackling, and the officers who were standing in the front line sprayed bloody arrows one by one, and fell down screaming.

Zhang Shenyan looked at the scene in front of him, and was stunned for a while, and he actually lost Fang Cuo.

Zuo Liangyu frowned, and no longer asked Zhang Shenyan, who was in a position to retreat, but waved his hand at the cavalry behind him.

"The cavalry bureau is attacking!"

The banner was unfurled, and the 10,000 cavalry behind Zuo Liangyu stepped onto the war horses and rushed out of the queue to the Tiger Ben Army sharpshooters in front.

Seeing that the cavalry of the Jiangbei rebels had come out, the sharpshooters jumped on the war horses behind them one by one and began to retreat.

"Boss Wei, let's go!"

Boss Wei has a temper that has to be long. When the other sharpshooters around him had already mounted and retreated, even though the other robes were urging him, he still stayed there. He loaded himself and aimed his scope at a cavalry general who was rushing towards him.

Boss Wei pressed the trigger, and with a crisp sound, the cavalry captain in fish scale armor was shot in the chest, covering his wounds and falling under the horse.

Boss Wei laughed, then turned over and got on his horse, urging the horse to gallop north.

While galloping on his horse, Boss Wei made three slashes on the butt of his rifle with his knife, proving that he had killed three enemies today.

Seeing that the sniper in front of him succeeded, Li Xing no longer fell in love with the war. He asked the artillerymen to connect the artillery with the gun carriage, and led the army to retreat to the city of Yizhou in the north.

Now that the artillery of the Jiangbei Army has been eliminated, it is not suitable to fight with the Jiangbei Army in the field. If there is a field battle outside the city, the Jiangbei Army can take advantage of the advantage of being outnumbered, and 80,000 people still have an advantage over 20,000 people. But if the Tiger Army is allegedly guarded, the numerical superiority of the Jiangbei Army is meaningless in the face of artillery.

The battlefield is only eight miles away from Yizhou City, and the distance between the Jiangbei Army and the Huben Army is five miles, and the Jiangbei Army can't catch up even if it breaks its leg.

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On June 30, Zhang Shenyan, Wu Sangui, and Zuo Liangyu sat in the big tent of the Chinese army with a disgraced face, looking at the generals who came up to report the situation.

It has been half a month since the Jiangbei Army surrounded Yizhou City. Since the artillery of the Jiangbei Army was destroyed at the wall ditch, Li Zhi's younger brother Li Xing did not hesitate to retreat into the city and defend it. And the Jiangbei Army, which has no artillery, has no way to take Yizhou City at all.

Zhao Zhu, a staff officer under Zuo Liangyu, knelt on the ground, clasped his fists and said: "Zhao Zhu is incompetent, and he really can't withstand the artillery at the head of Yizhou City." 20,000 soldiers walked 200 steps to the city wall before they were shelled by shotguns from the city. More than 1,000 people were killed in just one round of artillery fire. The soldiers couldn't stand it and collapsed! ”

Zhang Shenyan's face turned pale, and he looked at Zhao Zhu speechless.

Zhao Zhu's meaning was that the besieging army was about to collapse at the first touch, and it was broken by a few cannonballs from the cannons on the city wall.

Without artillery, attacking a fortified city is simply a fantasy.

Zhang Shenyan was angry and irritable, but he had nowhere to vent. He was pushed by Wu Sangui several times, and now he doesn't dare to be angry with Wu Sangui anymore. After thinking about it, he said: "Zuo Shuai, we might as well bypass Yizhou City and attack the hinterland of Shandong." ”

Zuo Liangyu frowned and said, "Ridiculous! If we honestly ignore the city of Yizhou, how can we supply our supplies? The big cities of Shandong are now guarded by the townspeople, and we don't have artillery, so it takes time to fight any city. The supply line is pinched in Li Xing's hands, and maybe our soldiers will run out of food and grass in a month. ”

"When the army disperses in a hurry, can Lord Shangshu take responsibility?"

The reason why the soldiers of Jiangbei No. 2 Town have combat effectiveness is completely dependent on Zuo Liangyu and Wu Sangui. The two general soldiers are both famous generals of the Ming Dynasty, and it can be said that they are iron-clad generals, and it is impossible to replace them. Although Zhang Shenyan wants to take out the frame of the noble and the lowly to the martial arts, it is actually a strong inward. He was scolded by Zuo Liangyu for being ridiculous, and he didn't dare to fight back.

Gritting his teeth, Zhang Shenyan said: "According to Zuo Shuai's meaning, we can only wait for a new batch of artillery to be trained?" ”

Although several thousand key artillery pieces were wiped out by sharpshooters in front of the battle line, a few artillery commanders, surveyors and charge men survived. Now the Jiangbei Army can only use these people as instructors to train artillery commanders and technical gunners from among the recruits.

But this work cannot be done overnight. Without four or five months, several thousand artillery pieces could not be trained.

Zuo Liangyu fiddled with a piece of silver cake in his hand and nodded.

Zhang Shenyan said: "After four or five months, Li Zhi finished fighting in Liaodong. Can we just wait here and wait for Li Zhi to come back to fight us after fighting in Liaodong? ”

Zuo Liangyu took a breath and did not answer Zhang Shenyan's words.

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Its tower is a guard set up outside the pass by the Ming Dynasty in the early Ming Dynasty.

Of course, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the guard of this slave Gandu Division had long ceased to exist and was lost in the dust of history. Today, this northeastern wasteland is the horse grazing land of the Mongolian Golol Department, and is called Yansi Tower by the Mongols.

But since Li Zhi is the general of the Ming Dynasty, he naturally still has to call the place name according to the Ming Dynasty. In the mouths of the Tiger Benjun and the people of Liaoxi, this place 800 miles away from Alchuka is still called its Tamuwei.

The 10,000 grain army led by Zheng Kaicheng set out from the camp of 30,000 Wei and walked for four days to its Tamuwei. Zheng Kaicheng wanted to send the grain and grass transported from the rear to the army of the Duke of Jinguo, which was 200 miles away.

Fortunately a few days ago, the road on the wasteland was smooth, and Zheng Kaicheng walked quickly. But today, the Tartar rangers continue to appear, forcing the 10,000 tiger troops carrying grain to maintain a battle formation at all times. In just ten miles, the soldiers had to constantly pick up their rifles and prepare for battle, and they walked for four hours.