After the appearance of a swarm of bees, it is very troublesome, its range covers 100 to 300 meters, increase the amount of medicine or even farther, the launch volume is large, the coverage rate is high, the lethality is strong, even if the city is not besieged, it is enough to fire 100,000 arrows into the city every day, and the efficiency is far stronger than that of solid projectiles.

Of course, the Xian army generally dug bunkers and underground air-raid shelters, but it is impossible for 267,000 people inside and outside the city to hide underground and bunkers, and the thatched huts of the common people have no defensive effect.

Most of the battle of the Chitose Heavenly King was also a false shot, taking advantage of the psychology of the Zhi army to seek a breakthrough, leading the Zhi army to the south, dragging on without fighting, and the real confrontation should still be in Lintai.

This also involves the inconsistency of the interests of Zhiguo and Xianguo, Gongliangxiu is seeking greater interests for Gongliangjun, and standing in his position, he naturally hopes that Bailiyan will cooperate with his actions. And standing in Bailiyan's position, it is to ask the Gongliang Army to cooperate with his actions.

If Bai Liyan insists on going her own way, the result can only be unhappy, which is obviously the result that the divine power wants to see.

However, if the fundamental interests of the Xianjun are mistaken because of taking care of the Gongliang Army, it is not in line with Bailiyan's interests.

Therefore, this is an irreconcilable contradiction, only more advantageous, not absolute.

After a moment's thought, he said:

"This matter can be considered, but I don't guarantee that the supernatural power will not attack."

"You Yongxing Hou is famous, and the 160,000 male soldiers in your hands can be called elite soldiers, but you are still afraid of more than 100,000 people?" Gongliang cultivates the way.

"You can't say that, soldiers, the place of life and death, the way of survival, how can anyone with more soldiers and stronger soldiers be able to win the battle, and there is no general in this world. As the saying goes, if you often walk by the river, how can you not get your shoes wet. Ben Hou is not a god descending to earth, so it's better to be careful. ”

"Yongxing Hou, Doctor Ben, you have been an official for a few years, and the use of soldiers is not as good as before." Gongliang Xiu said sarcastically.

Baili Yantian nodded shamelessly and sighed:

"Alas...... This commander of the army is worried about fighting all day long, so it's better to be a farmer......"

"You..." Gongliang Xiu swallowed back when the words came to his mouth, and after a little deliberation, he said, "Don't say it." I heard that Shen Duchi was besieged, but he was calculated by you in order to attack your Xinyun artillery. I'm here, so don't you plan to open Dr. Ben's eyes? ”

"Okay, but we have to wait for tomorrow, the artillery has just arrived today, and the oil seal has not been removed, so we need to wait for the oil to be wiped off today, and tomorrow I will ask Dr. Gongliang to watch the cannon." How about staying overnight in Lintai today? ”

"It's better to be respectful than to obey."

"That's good, Jiang Jie, arrange for Dr. Gongliang to go to the administrative center to rest, and order the military battalion to set up additional sentry posts on the periphery to ensure the safety of the Zhi army."

"Subordinates obey!"

After Jiang Jie led Gongliangxiu away, Guan Longxiang said:

"Deputy marshal, if the Zhi army wants to fight a decisive battle with the Chitose Heavenly King, I am afraid that there will be no three or two months, it will be difficult to have a result, if it is a victory after three or two months, it will be forgotten, in case it is a miserable victory or a big defeat, our army will not lose three or two months in vain."

"No, it won't." Zhao Anling denied.

"How can you see a virtuous brother?"

"I think that the Chitose Heavenly King's search for war is fake, and it is true that he is dragging Zhijun. Chitose's combat strength is actually inferior to the Zhi Army, and the Zhi Army is slow to make progress, because it suffers from the siege of the city. Chitose held on to the cities in various places, so that the volunteers who were short of gunpowder had to fight for each city and land, and suffered heavy casualties. Now that the Chitose Heavenly King is sacrificing his strengths and weaknesses and fighting with the Zhi Army, he will definitely not fight head-on.

On the contrary, our army's siege of the city is better than that of the Zhi army, and there is plenty of gold and silver, which is extremely unfavorable to the supernatural powers, and the supernatural powers can only stabilize the war situation by fighting quickly. ”

"Why didn't the virtuous brother just tell the stakes to the deputy marshal and Gongliangxiu, but now he has fallen passive."

"Hehe......" Zhao Anling shook his head and said with a shallow smile: "Gongliang Xiu is smart, but how can the land of Sun Guo be the foundation of the Gongliang clan, if he doesn't work hard, there will be great difficulties in the future." Even if we explain the stakes thoroughly, he will only think that it is an excuse for us.

Even he himself knows what is at stake, and he has no other plans in secret. However, if our army drags on its supernatural power and covers its southward march to use troops, it will be of great benefit to the Gongliang army, which is obvious. Therefore, whether they know it or not, Gongliang cultivation will never obey us. ”

"Well, what Mr. Zhao said is exactly what Ben Shuai thinks." Bai Liyan affirmed, and then said: "The reason why Gongliang cultivated before and after the general was to make the commander help him use the army.

But if they have other plans, it is not known that they can use this to obtain fighters. If this is the case, the Gongliang army will either win or lose this battle, so Gongliang Xiu will have to persuade our army to hold its back, so that it can send reinforcements at a critical moment. ”

Gongliang Xiu is very intelligent, Bai Liyan doesn't believe that he can't see the clues, he can't see it, Gongliang and righteousness are also old rivers and lakes, how can he not see that there is a plan of the Gongliang family in this, but Gongliang Xiu doesn't say it.

The next day, the armament battalion transported the artillery out of the north gate and unfurled it outside the north gate.

"Yongxing Hou, my king has only received fifteen cannons, and you Xianguo will cast twenty-five new cannons first, and the difference in the middle is not small."

"Hehe, it's really not much." Baili Yan is secretive and never mentions money.

At this time, the artillery was loaded in place, and the 35 12-pound guns were the first to fire, and a round of salvo was deafening, and the projectile roared out of the chamber, and rushed straight to two miles away, and the projectile fell to the ground, and the soil flew and the masonry exploded, and the scene was extremely spectacular.

Gongliangxiu had also seen the power of the Xianjun artillery, and now thirty-five twelve-pound cannons were firing at the same time, and the momentum was incomparable.

"Doctor Gongliang, can our artillery be mighty?" Bai Liyan asked proudly.

"It's not an exaggeration to beat ten times more than the supernatural power and the artillery of the two kings of Chitose, but I see that your army is extremely skilled in artillery artillery, and you can load four rounds in one moment, and the black turban army can shoot at most two rounds in one moment, and most of the other princes' armies are like this, why can your army alone shoot four shots in a moment?"

"Brother Gongliang is really observant. To tell the truth, the armament battalion can load four to five projectiles in one moment, and under rapid fire, it can load five to six projectiles in a quarter of an hour, which is twice as many as other countries. If you want to say how powerful the artillery of the Xian army is, in fact, it is not, the fundamental difference lies in the artillery drill.

Brother Gongliang, don't you see that there are as many as six people in one artillery piece of our army. ”

Whether it is the vassal states or the Black Turban Army, the army is equipped with only three gunners in the process of firing and loading with a cannon, one for loading, one for loading and clearing, and one for ignition.

After the gun was fired, the recoil retreated, and the three men were required to push the gun back to its original position at the same time, and the use of wooden gun carriages instead of the more simple wheel gun carriage consumed most of the time in the process of resetting the gun and selecting tools.

Although the Xian army also adopted the structure of the gun wagon, the weight of the artillery was relatively light, and there were six gunners, one person to ignite, one person to load, one person to clear the chamber, one person to fill the chamber, and the other two and the igniter were responsible for resetting the artillery.

Of course, everyone knows that more people are more efficient, but in fact it often backfires.

The quality of the self-made artillery of the vassal states was far from good, and there were frequent explosions and detonations, causing a series of explosions of other artillery ammunition on the left and right.

Second, the sense of specialization is weak, the division of labor among gunners is unclear, and there are many people, so it is easier to be in a hurry.

Third, the battle position and ammunition stacking are not clear. The trained artillery of the Xian army was well-trained and professional, and they were scattered on both sides of the artillery during the battle, rather than standing behind them, waiting for the artillery to press on the feet of their own people. A reasonable battle position is more conducive to orderly loading.

In the final analysis, it is the difference in concepts, and artillery is a highly specialized branch of the armed forces, which needs to be managed scientifically.

Bailiyan is a doctor at best, but the accumulation of social information in the previous life, scientific thinking and concepts, is precisely to turn the information that has not been done by himself into effective measures into action, and scientific cognition is often an important guarantee to keep things orderly.

After several rounds of shelling, Gongliangxiu saw it in his eyes, and his heart was all shocked by the speed of the Xianjun artillery. After being silent for a long time, Gongliang Xiu said again:

"A cannon fires 35 iron pellets in one hour, and 50 guns is 1,500, and nearly 9,000 pieces in five hours of bombardment, which is not a small number."

"Doctor Gongliang can rest assured that Ben Shuai has prepared 60,000 rounds of projectiles for 12 catties of cannons, 50,000 rounds of 18 catties of cannons, and 100,000 rounds of 6 catties of cannons, which is enough to level a city. After the war, more than eighty percent of the projectiles could still be recovered, and the loss was not very large, but the gunpowder was very precious. ”

"Alas......"

Gongliang Xiu sighed for a long time, with a gloomy expression, Bai Liyan felt that there was something else hidden, so he asked:

"Why is Brother Gongliang sighing like this?"

"If Yan Gongzi had been in trouble with my Zhiguo back then, the one who dominates the Central Plains today is none other than my Zhiguo."

Bai Liyan smiled lightly and shook his head:

"Absolutely not?"

"Oh, why is that?"

"The country is in trouble and thinks of good generals, the family is poor and thinks of good wives, and the country is not a catastrophe, so how can you use good generals and virtuous ministers. Even if this son was in trouble with the country, or hung a pot to help the world, or was a general, he would never have the current situation. ”

Gongliangxiu lamented that Bailiyan's failure to serve Zhiguo was a huge loss, but in fact, the traditional aristocratic power of Zhiguo had a deep foundation, and it was difficult to return, and the political pattern showed the trend of the three major families, and the nobles were intertwined.

On this basis, it is simply unrealistic to carry out very thorough social and economic reforms like those of Xianguo.

On the contrary, due to foreign wars, civil wars and invasion wars, the existing political structure of the country was shaken, grassroots local interest groups collapsed, Gongsun Yue's rebellion, Jiang Yan's murder, and the death of the queen mother further disintegrated the rule of the existing power class.

And King Xian and Zhao Xun successively grasped the real power, and the country was hanging on the line of life and death.

The outbreak of the Black Turban Army greatly eliminated the traditional aristocracy and diehards west of the Yongxing River, created a decisive factor for the implementation of the New Deal, and provided a great political space.

All the coincidences and practical factors finally contributed to the Xianguo to embark on the road of taking the lead in reform.

However, Zhiguo has no political opportunities and external political factors, which fundamentally determines that Bailiyan will do nothing in Zhiguo, and at best, he will become a political pawn in the balance between Gongliang, Tao and Zhiwang in the future, and there will never be the prosperity of Yongxing City today.

Just as the Qin State met the Shang Dynasty back then, the Shang Dynasty Reform broke the existing political class and social system, laying a solid foundation for Zhang Yi to display his ambitions in the Qin State in the future.