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Lin Zhaolong interrupted everyone's laughter: "I have a more professional question, if Tao Min uses a large number of shield cars this time, how can we deal with it?" ”

"Isn't that easy?" Zhao Qi shouted, "Bombarded it with cannons." ”

"Zhaolong's question is very good, I'm afraid it won't work with a cannon to deal with this thing of the shield car." Jiang Beiming explained to everyone, "Lin Zhaolong and I both participated in the Battle of Annam, and the shield cars of the Vietnamese were much smaller than those of the Manchus, and we bombarded them with both 12-pounder guns and 3-pounder guns at that time, and the effect was not very good. Our artillery position should be four or five hundred meters away from the battlefield, and the battlefield is very open. ”

"And we're using a 6-pounder gun this time." Lin Zhaolong continued, "Tao Min knows the power of the 6-pounder cannon, and he will definitely improve the Manchu shield car to improve its resistance, and at a distance of four or five hundred meters, our 6-pounder cannon may not work." Han Wantao also used a flintlock pistol when he was in Liaodong, and he couldn't penetrate it at all. ”

"Do you have to fight the shield car?" Liu Jun asked, "Can we use flintlock pistols or scattered bullets to hit the people behind the car, it's useless to have a car without one." ”

"This one won't work either." Xu Lang replied, "We also tried when we were in Vietnam, our guns were all direct fire, and they couldn't hit the parabola, and the Eight Banners must have been hiding behind the shield car." ”

"If only there were mortars." Liu Jun muttered, "That thing can hit a parabola." ”

"It's useless to say something." Lin Zhaolong replied, "Where are you going to get mortars now?" ”

"Mortars, parabolas?" Han Wantao suddenly raised his head and said, "It's not necessarily useless, how about we get some stone throwers?" ”

"Catapult?" Everyone was attracted by Han Wantao's idea, "How do you want to get a stone thrower?" ”

Stone-throwing machines appeared in the early Middle Ages and were used until the 15th century, with a fixed transverse axis between the two pillars of the frame, with levers perpendicular to the axis, which could be rotated freely around the axis. A weight is attached to the short arm of the lever, and a pouch (a sleeve similar to a catapult belt) at the end of the long arm is used for loading. When firing, the long arm is pulled back almost horizontally with a winch, and when it is suddenly released, the stone bag is quickly raised. When the short-arm hammer falls completely, the projectile flies out of the cartridge at an angle of about 45 degrees. Modern tests have shown that the boom is 15 meters long and the stone throwing machine with a counterweight of 10 tons can eject 90 to 130 kilograms of stone projectiles at a distance of about 270 meters.

After Han Wantao introduced the stone thrower, he said: "That thing can hit a parabola, and we don't have to make it so big, just be able to hit 200 meters, I think it should be no problem to use it with a 6-pounder gun to fight a shield car." ”

"But I've heard that thing seems to take a lot of people to operate." Zhou Lei asked, "Do we have so many people?" ”

"People should be fine." Xu Lang said, "We can move all the garrisons and people of the surrounding small castles to Yulin Fort, they are not safe there." We can also come to a strong wall and clear the wilderness, so that Tao Min can't find a person or a piece of food. ”

"You're ruthless." Jiang Beiming said with a smile, "Wan Tao, immediately find someone to do a test first." We don't have much time, if it's simple and practical, let's make a batch to deal with the shield car. ”

"Yes." Han Wantao promised to go out.

"Wait, I have one last question." Xu Lang stopped the people who were about to disperse, "Where is our barbed wire?" If you are in front of the position, I am afraid that Tao Min will find that if you don't get it right, it won't be able to stop the cavalry. ”

"It's simple, it's in the middle of the two lines of defense." Zhou Lei replied, "Our three regiments are in the first line of defense, and if the cavalry of the Eight Banners charges on a large scale, we will withdraw to the second line of defense, so that we can use barbed wire to deal with them." ”

"Brother, do we have to go to Yulin Fort this time?" In Shengjing City, Tao Gong asked his brother.

"Yes." Tao Min gritted his teeth, "If I don't take down Yulin Fort, I won't be able to get out of this evil breath." ”

"But according to our intelligence, the Ming Dynasty government is already gathering troops to Yulinbao." Tao Gong felt that his brother was a little irrational, "And this time, not only did the Shenji Battalion and the Guanning Iron Cavalry, but the Yulin Army went to 6,000 people at once." ”

"I know all of that." Tao Min explained to his younger brother, "Jiang Beiming already has some opinions on our matter, but he didn't say it. I finally persuaded the Great Khan to attack the Ming Dynasty this time, if I don't inflict heavy losses on the Yulin army, then I am afraid that you and I will not have a good time with the Han Dynasty. ”

"But this time there are a lot of Ming troops, and the Great Khan only gave us 40,000 horses, and there are no elites."

"Forty thousand horses is enough, let's fight fast and slow." Tao Min said, "I brought a 3,000-strong quick-gun team this time, as well as 35 artillery pieces. Although the Ming army has a lot of numbers, and there are still Guan Ning Iron Cavalry, but according to the speed of action of the Ming Army, I am afraid that when we take Yulin Fort, Guan Ning Iron Cavalry will not know where to go. ”

"But the Great Khan also sent Zilharang with us, why do I think the Great Khan is starting to feel a little uneasy about us?"

"Ugh." Tao Min sighed, "That's why we have to make a show for these people to see." Although Zilharang is very good at fighting, he has no scheming, and I still have a way to deal with him. ”

"Brother, why don't I go with you."

"No, you don't." Tao Min vetoed his brother's suggestion, "Your main task now is to go to Nampo to build a shipyard, no matter what the outcome of this battle of Yulinbao is, training the Korean army and marching into Japan is our most important thing, you must understand this." ”

"Brother, I understand." Tao Gong nodded, "Then when are you leaving?" ”

"Without further ado, our army has been assembled, and I will set off the day after tomorrow."

Jiang Beiming convened a meeting of officers at and above the battalion level of the independent brigade.

"Our plan has been handed over to you, our defense system has been basically completed, and each of you knows what your mission is. I'm afraid it won't be long before the Eight Banners will come, and now any of you still have questions to raise. ”

"Zhou Lei." Xu Lang asked, "Have all the surrounding people evacuated?" ”

"Report to the Chief of Staff." In front of the Ming Dynasty officers, Zhou Lei still called Xu Lang's position, "I have already reported to Lu Baozhong and Guan Mingke, and the surrounding people have withdrawn to Xuanfu Town." Moreover, some of the Ming soldiers from the surrounding small castles and beacon towers have also gathered in Yulin Fort, I left our scouts, and burned all the houses that no one owned, this time we must be fortified. ”

"Good." Jiang Beiming praised, "We must not let the Tartars find anything, not even a single grass will be left for them." ”

"Sir." Ye Zhan stood up below and said, "The subordinates asked to go out of the city to fight, and the subordinates didn't want to stay in the city. ”

"Ye Zhan." Jiang Beiming said with a smile, "Your current second battalion is still your old team, and your battalion's combat effectiveness is also the strongest." So you don't have to be in such a hurry, there will definitely be hard bones for you to gnaw, and don't break your teeth when the time comes. ”

"Report to the sir, the subordinates are in good shape." Ye Zhan's words caused a burst of laughter.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Jiang Beiming waved his hand, "Most of you here have participated in the Goryeo operation, and we suffered a big loss in Liaodong the year before last, so this time we must return a tooth for a tooth and blood for blood, do you have confidence?" ”

"Report sir, have confidence." Everyone replied in unison.

The next day, Jiang Beiming, Xu Lang and others went out of the city to inspect a circle of defensive positions.

"We have two lines of defense in front of us." Zhou Lei pointed to the staggered trenches in front of him and said, "The barbed wire fence has also been erected, but it's a pity that there are too few." ”

"Shen Daxing has tried his best to get these things out."

"Our trebuchet is also in place, just behind the first trench." Zhou Lei pointed to the canvas-covered things in more than a dozen dirt pits behind the trenches and said, "There are 12 in total, and the projectile distance can hit about 150 meters in front of the position." ”

"Remember, prepare more oil cans, and if stones don't work, replace them." Jiang Beiming turned his head and asked Xu Lang after giving the order, "Han Wantao has already brought the cavalry regiment out, our side is basically ready, when will Lu Xiangsheng arrive?" ”

"According to information from Beijing." Xu Lang replied, "Lu Xiangsheng may set off in a few days." ”

Jiang Beiming shook his head helplessly: "It's the tenth day of the second month today, and Lu Xiangsheng hasn't set off yet, let alone Wu Sangui." ”

"Well, I can't help it."

"Is there any movement over there between Lu Baozhong and Guan Mingke?"

"Lu Baozhong is still in Xuanfu Town, Guan Mingke led his soldiers to follow Hong Chengchou to suppress the bandits."

"Chief of Staff Xu." Wang Qianxiang lowered his voice and said, "That's a peasant army, not bandits." ”

"Okay, okay, I'm wrong." Xu Lang said again and again, "Peasant army, peasant army." ”

"Huh." Jiang Beiming saw that there were no Ming Dynasty people around, so he smiled unconsciously, "This turn of Qianxiang hasn't turned around yet." ”

Wang Qianxiang looked at Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang and stopped talking.

Xu Lang suddenly pointed to a shallow horizontal trench in front of the position but penetrated the entire front of the position and asked, "What is this for, why are you digging this?" ”

"Chief of Staff Xu." Zhou Lei said with a smile, "Military secrets, you will know when the war starts." ”

A fast horse came running in the dust from a distance: "Report to the sir, find the Tartar, 30 miles away from us." ”

"How did they come so fast?" Zhou Lei was a little surprised, "Today is only the tenth day of the second month. ”

"How many people are there in the Tartars, how many cavalry?" Jiang Beiming asked.

"Back to sir." The scout replied, "We have only found the vanguard of the Tartars, and the number is not yet known. ”

Just like to answer Jiang Beiming's question for this scout, as soon as the scout finished speaking, five cannon shots rang out from the beacon tower in the distance, and five wolf smoke soared into the sky.

"Five cannons and five smokes, Tartars are more than 10,000 people." Lin Zhaolong looked at the wolf smoke in the distance and subconsciously said.

"I command." Jiang Beiming shouted, "All the scouts have withdrawn to Yulin Fort, and the first level of battle alert." ”

Tao Min rode on his horse and accompanied Zilharang slowly in the middle of the army, and behind him was the 3,000-man fast gun team and 35 6-pounder guns that had just been trained.

"Return to the master." An Ezhen hit a horse and galloped in front of the two of them and turned over and dismounted, "Enemy scouts have been spotted ahead." ”

"How far are we from Yulin Castle?" Tao Min asked.

"Back to the master, there are still 30 miles."

"They scattered the scouts thirty miles." Tao Min said secretly in his heart, "It seems that Jiang Beiming is ready." ”

"Sir, what shall we do?" Zilharang asked.

"Lord Belle, don't be in a hurry." Tao Min replied, "Let's follow our plan, this time we will take it step by step and never rush forward." ”

"Herald." Zilharan shouted, "The army continues to advance, and the teams follow, keeping a distance of half a mile, and halting the advance for 10 miles from the enemy's city." ”

The 40,000 Eight Bannermen continued to advance unhurriedly, and all stopped ten miles away from Yulin Fort.

Han Wantao led a cavalry regiment of more than 1,000 people to hide behind a mound, and more than 1,000 people were silent, only the occasional snort of war horses sounded.

"Report sir." A cavalry regiment scout came to Han Wantao, "The enemy has 40,000 troops and 8,000 cavalry, and it is 10 miles away from Yulin Fort, and all of them are currently stationed. ”