This section of the Yellow River belongs to Dali County, Fengyi County in the west, Puban County in Hedong County in the east, and the ferry port is in the south of Puban County, commonly known as "Pujin".

There is a bridge in Tsushang, which was built in the Warring States Period, and the Qin State built a pontoon bridge based on bamboo in order to forge ahead in the east of the river, and it was called "River Bridge".

The river bridge has been in disrepair for a long time, and now it is difficult to accommodate the army to cross, the Hu army is more than 100,000 people, plus heavy materials, if you want to retreat with the whole division, you have to use the boat and the bridge together. It's a pity that there are only a dozen boats seized, and they are not big, so how many days do you have to go back and forth? Therefore, when the Jin division approached the next battle, no one dared to face the enemy with their butts, and turned and retreated.

The Jin army must be defeated in person before it is possible to cross the river to the east of the river safely. Liu Cang also delusionally wanted to destroy Pei Gai's main force in a battle, and even captured or killed Pei Gai alive, which completely turned the tide of the war; The generals under his command did not dare to make such extravagant hopes, but they were willing to repel Pei Gai so that we could withdraw our troops.

In the early afternoon, the Hu army sent 20,000 soldiers to prepare in front of the battalion, and then arranged in a cone-shaped formation, and slowly advanced to the Jin base under the urging of drums.

Although the Jin army has 30,000 or 40,000 people, it is impossible for them all to be lined up for the enemy, there must be reserves, and there must be someone to guard the camp - even when the two armies are fighting fiercely, they will wield a shovel and pick and repair the camp - and in the eyes of the Hu army, it is estimated that there are only 20,000 soldiers who can fight against the sky. Therefore, on the frontal battlefield, Hu Shi was slightly stronger than Jin Shi, and Liu Ya suggested arranging a formation of geese and flying around, copying left and right, and attacking the two wings of the Jin people.

However, Liu Cang was anxious and believed that Pei should inevitably sit in the Chinese army, so he did not accept Liu Ya's words, and arranged a thick formation to form a cone.

Because it is estimated that in a day or two at most, Guo Mo's troops will also rush to the battlefield, and the number of Jin troops may nearly double at that time, and it will not be easy to attack. Now that the army is short of food, it is still advantageous to fight quickly, he hopes to destroy the middle of the Jin people in one fell swoop, even if he can't capture and kill Pei Gai, he must drive Pei Gai back, then if Pei should retreat, the Jin division will inevitably collapse completely, even if Guo Mo comes, he can only retreat to Dali. At that time, the self-army will either withdraw to Hedong or seek other places, and there will be more room for strategic choice.

The Hu army slowly approached, but the Jin people did not move forward, but just waited for each other in front of the camp. Liu Ji rode on a tall horse, put his hand on the canopy, and looked from afar, but saw that the Jin formation was quite strict, and its center was slightly forward, which seemed to be a circle formation - this is a purely defensive formation.

It can be seen from this that Pei Gai did not have enough confidence to fight a decisive battle with the Emperor Han, he hoped to delay the battle as much as possible, and wait until the barracks of his own army were completely built, or Guo Mo's reinforcements arrived.

Liu Ji encouraged morale and said: "When Jin Kou first came, his foothold was undecided, and he rushed to attack it, and he would break the enemy!" If the sunset is dazzling at dusk, it will be unfavorable to me...... "That means, don't delay, strive for one or two rounds of rushing, and the Jin formation will be torn apart." Then he raised his long knife and shouted: "Those who can capture or kill Pei Gai, that is, Di and Qiang Zahu are also sealed as the Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!" ”

Hu Jun marched fifty paces, the drums stopped, regrouped, and then the drums sounded again, and continued to move forward, gradually approaching the Jin formation. When the distance between the two sides reached 100 paces, a drum sounded in the Jin formation, and an overwhelming rain of arrows fell from the head. Liu Ji ordered the small colonel next to him to grind his own big sword slightly, and after notifying the formation, the drums stopped, and the Hu army stopped, and then several teams of archers came forward, also opened their bows and arrows, and shot towards the Jin formation.

This first round of arrows, in fact, is mainly used for ranging purposes, also known as "setting the position", which is equivalent to informing the other party that our formation is over, so don't make a rash offense. Theoretically, both sides should reorganize in response to the enemy's disposition, and at the same time send small units to "jump" and attack the enemy, on the one hand, to prevent the enemy from changing formations, and on the other hand to find a suitable breakthrough. However, Liu Ji saw that the Jin people's formation had not changed, and the defense was tight, and there seemed to be no obvious flaws, so he simply omitted this step, the banner was sharpened, the drums sounded after the formation, and the forward was slightly beaten, and then continued to move forward.

Liu Cang wanted to fight quickly and win quickly, and this battle attempt was naturally notified to Liu Ji a long time ago, and Liu Ji's own thoughts were the same as those of his brother.

The front of the Hu army moved forward steadily, and the arrows were released again in the Jin formation, and the Hu army was covered with shields, but it was still inevitable that many people were shot by arrows and fell, and almost every step was taken, there would be a miserable cry, and the column was slightly commotion. After all, Liu Cangju came out with the troops of the whole country, and the various ministries were mixed, and the cooperation between them could not be too tacit, and a little deviation in the specific operation was also expected. If the Jin people also moved forward at the same time, it was very likely that they would find the flaws in the Hu array and give a thunderous blow, but since the Jin people did not move, Liu Ji didn't care about this little chaos.

The so-called "when facing the enemy, but three shots", refers to the direct face of the formation, ordinary archers can cast up to three rounds, and then the enemy soldiers will rush in front of you, you either retreat to the second line, change to the top of the hand-to-hand combat class, or abandon the bow and spear. However, in actual combat, it may not drive all the archers to fire at the same time, resulting in a significant pause between the three shots, and the same is true for the Jin army in this battle, the archers are divided into three groups and shoot in turns, so that the rain of arrows is endless, so that the Hu army has little respite.

Soon, however, the distance between the two sides was reduced to fifty paces, that is, sixty or seventy meters in later generations, and the archers could inflict frontal wounds without having to shoot their shots. At this distance, even Hu Cai's riding bow could be powerful, and he immediately shot at the Jin people, and the number of casualties on both sides was gradually leveled.

The drums became denser, and the first-line Hu soldiers shouted in unison, and then trotted up with swords and spears, and after running for more than ten steps, they immediately sprinted and killed in one breath before the Jin formation. Liu Ji saw from behind, the first column of the Jin formation began to stir, the foot soldiers separated left and right, and the archers who were originally standing in front of the formation began to retreat, and couldn't help but laugh secretly, saying that the Jin people were really cowardly, this is obviously a chance to shoot another round, why are you in such a hurry to change the formation?

Before the archers retreated, they saw dozens of squads of the Jin soldiers in the back row advancing to the front of the formation through the gaps in the foot soldiers. Under normal circumstances, the archers should take over the position of spearmen or sword and shield soldiers, in preparation for hand-to-hand combat later, but Liu Ji saw that several of the squads were not hand-to-hand combat troops, but proposed a strange equipment.

This instrument is roughly a cylinder, all black, with ears on it, and two pawns on the left and right are hand-held, and it is placed on the ground before the battle, high in front and low in the back, I don't know what it is for. When Pei Gai was guarding Haoyang, he was able to take out strange weapons that opened Hu Jun's eyes, but it was a pity that Liu Ji led his troops to harass near Dali at that time and did not participate in the siege battle, so he didn't care much about it.

He didn't notice the danger in the slightest, just wondered - what was this? What is the use of moving to the front of the battle? I heard that since the former Han Dynasty, there have been crossbows in the army, and later Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty, improved it and severely damaged the Wei general Zhang He in Mumendao...... Is it something like that? But there was no crossbow arm......

Seeing that the distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, forty-five steps, forty steps, thirty-five steps...... Liu Jixin said that even if you can fire ten arrows in a row with a crossbow, how many people can you hurt? At this time, I'm afraid it's too late.

Although there were only two Jin soldiers each who brought out the cylinder, there were still many guards on its side, and when the cylinder was placed on the ground, a series of operations began that dazzled Liu Ji and was completely inexplicable - first, one person picked up a sledgehammer and smashed the ground behind the column; At the same time, the other two were hidden in front of the column, unable to see what they were doing; As soon as Hu Jun ran forward for more than ten steps, the two of them immediately avoided left and right, and then the fire flashed behind the column......

At this time, the Hu soldiers, who were at the forefront, were only thirty paces away from the columns—nearly fifty meters—a distance, and everyone was surprised, but they did not dare to slow down because of the drumming behind the battle. Suddenly, there was a flash of firelight, followed by several earth-shattering loud noises, which overwhelmed the sound of drums behind the two sides.

Hu Bing in the forefront first felt that the ground trembled, and his steps couldn't help but float, and then he only took half a breath, and his shield and body were as if he had been hit by a hundred arrows!

Liu Ji saw clearly behind the battle, only to see a flash of fire behind the diagonal columns, followed by a shocking bang, thick smoke rising, and the dozens of soldiers in front of him were running for a moment, and then fell in pieces. He couldn't help but be surprised: What kind of demon method is this?!

It doesn't make sense at all. You must know that the Hu soldiers who are running on the front line must not only meet the arrows with their bodies, but also face the Jin people's strong formation, with sharp spears and fast knives in front, so the equipment is generally better than others. These soldiers are all wearing leather armor, and even a few iron armor, and they don't care about him, but their chests are tightly covered, and they hold large shields in their hands, and it is difficult for them to shoot into the crossbows and crossbows, often with more than a dozen feather arrows stuck in the shield and armor, and they can still run like flying - unless they are too unlucky and are shot in the arms, legs, and feet with weak protection, or even in the face.

Even with a strong bow and crossbow, it is difficult to shoot through shields and armor, and even if you are lucky enough to shoot through, you may not be able to hit the vital point. Besides, the cylindrical object is not very big, even if it is really a super repeater, the power is unparalleled, and the arrow can pierce through several people in front and behind, then there is no reason to do a large piece! What the hell is this?!

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For this kind of weapon against the enemy that Pei Gai has recently "developed", all friends who are interested in ancient warfare in later generations and have a certain understanding can see it at a glance - this is clearly a "tiger squat cannon"!

Pei Cai deliberately asked Peng Xiao and Peng Ziqin to "invent" gunpowder, naturally in order to make guns and cannons, improve the power of his own weapons, and use them to break the beard. But when the gunpowder was made, the road to muskets and artillery was a long one, and for a while, it seemed that there was no light at all.

The main reason is that the casting technology of these years is too primitive, and until the metal process reaches a certain level, it is impossible to make muskets. Don't think how easy it is to grind out a hollow iron pipe, with the technology at that time, even if it is tempered, it is difficult to ensure that the pipe wall is uniform, once gunpowder and iron pellets are incorporated, and if you try to cast them, nine out of ten may get stuck and even explode. Besides, with Pei Gai's current financial resources, it is impossible to carry out large-scale, long-term experiments and use the development of muskets to improve the casting process at the same time.

Not to mention that he is a complete layman when it comes to metal craftsmanship, and even the craftsman Xu Yu and Xu Ziyin don't know more than him - Xu Yu is good at engineering equipment, and it is not cast iron and forged steel.

Could it be that according to the development of history, the assault rifle was made of bamboo first? What's the power of that thing, and even if it does, what's the point?

It is difficult to build a gun, but it is actually much simpler to build a gun, as long as the wall of the barrel is thick enough, the danger of exploding can be compressed very low. However, if the cannon is cast with copper, Pei Gai really can't take out so much copper - the copper that can be mined in Guanzhong has been mined in the former Han Dynasty, and the copper production in Xuzhou is also limited, and it is thousands of miles away, and transportation is also a big problem; If the iron cannon is cast, the cost is even greater, even Pei Gai will not be able to play much, and the iron cannon is too heavy, I am afraid that it can only be used to defend the city, and it is difficult to move with the army.

In the defense of the city, Pei should have a variety of relatively simple equipment available, is it necessary to place a few more iron cannons?

Pei Cai thought about it repeatedly, and couldn't help but sigh: I'm still too small, and I don't have any money in my pocket. If you get half of the world and drain the treasury, over time, I don't believe that the most primitive muskets and cannons can't be made!

But soon he had a flash of inspiration, and said that he couldn't afford to build a cannon, so it would be better for me to build a small cannon—the cost of that thing shouldn't be very large.

The Tiger Squat Cannon was produced in the middle of the Ming Dynasty and is a small breech gun unique to China. At that time, in terms of firearms manufacturing, in fact, the Ming Dynasty had lagged behind Western Europe, and large cannons were needed, half of which were old goods left over from the previous generation, and half were purchased from the "Francophone" (Spain, Portugal), so it was named "Francophone". At that time, the cannon could only be used to garrison the city fortress, and it was inconvenient to mobilize, so some generals independently improved the small cannon that was easy to carry - the tiger squat was born because of the luck, which is said to be made by Qi Jiguang to break the Japanese and retreat from the tartars.

The tiger squat cannon is very light, the smallest one is no more than two feet long, the diameter of the cannon chamber is two inches, and it weighs thirty-six pounds, that is to say, a strong man can carry it, and there is no need to use a carriage to transport it. Of course, in some film and television works in later generations, there are people who hold the tiger squat cannon and shoot, and the fire is complete, it is complete nonsense, even if the power of that thing is small, the recoil is not alone. Theoretically, there is a bracket in front of the tiger squat cannon, so that the muzzle of the cannon is raised, and there is an iron ring behind it, which must be fixed to the ground with an iron nail before it can be fired - Liu Ji saw a Jin pawn wielding a sledgehammer behind the cannon, which is to fix the tail of the cannon.

Pei Gai's newly made tiger squat cannon, nearly four feet long, three inches in diameter of the gun bore - the scale of the Jin Dynasty, slightly smaller than the Ming Dynasty - weighs forty-six catties (about equal to twenty kilograms in later generations), and there are two small handles on it, which can be carried by two soldiers left and right when marching.

The key to saying that the tiger squat cannon is a battlefield weapon is not that it is light and easy to carry, but that it is different from ordinary cannon shells. Tiger Squatting does not use a single shell, but uses scattered bullets, not only iron pellets and lead pellets, even if they are stuffed with a pile of gravel, they can still shoot and injure the enemy. Of course, such a small cannon, with such a shell, the range and power are very limited, as far as Pei Cai's current test, the highest distance between the enemy and the enemy is fifty steps, and after fifty steps, the projectiles will all gnaw the mud.

However, scattered bullets can hit a large area, covering a wide area at close range, so the tiger squat cannot be used to defend the city, but it is a sharp weapon against the enemy. It is said that when the Qi family army was at its peak, every fifty people put a tiger squat, Pei Gai was not so extravagant for the time being, and he did not have time to train more gunners, so only seven were built so far, all of which were placed in front of the middle battle......

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