At the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, on the east bank of the Bahe River, on the road leading from Kugu Road to Lantian County, the 100,000 Fuguang Army is rapidly advancing northward.

The speed at which they advance is simply amazing, and the average person spreads his feet and runs at this speed, and they run so fast, aren't they afraid of running out of breath?

This is a march, not just a few steps or dozens of steps, it usually has to run dozens of miles, so run so wildly, it is strange if you don't run to death.

Of course, they were not afraid to run and lose their breath, because not a single one of the hundred thousand troops was running on the ground, they were either on horses or sitting in carriages, that is, horses were running, not people running.

This speed is a bit overloaded for a person's legs, but it is nothing for a horse, and at best it is a trot, not even a gallop.

The Fuguang army is no longer an ordinary foot soldier in the strict sense, of course, they are not cavalry, according to the current state, they should be regarded as chariot soldiers.

This chariot is not a new type of troops, on the contrary, its history is quite long, the Western Zhou Dynasty is the most heyday of the chariot soldiers, the car array, the most prosperous period, at that time, the chariot soldiers have completely replaced the foot soldiers, even the basic units that make up the army are called "multiplication", the strength of the vassal states is not based on the number of troops, but on the "multiplication" to say, for example, the country of a thousand times, is the middle vassal state, the country of ten thousand times, is the big vassal state.

The chariot soldiers have a certain advantage over the foot soldiers and even the cavalry, because they have chariots, in modern terms, they are iron-clad meat, while the foot soldiers and even the cavalry are flesh-clad iron, and the result of the hatchback collision can be imagined.

However, the chariot is not without shortcomings, that is, it is too dependent on the terrain, it must be a plain, to be suitable for the car array combat, if it is a hill or even a mountain, then the chariot is basically abandoned, because people can climb up the mountain, the car to climb the mountain is a bit unrealistic, unless there is a road to the mountain, where did the road to the mountain come from at that time, so, as the battlefield gradually shifted from the Central Plains of the Pingchuan to the west and south of the mountain range, the chariot was slowly replaced by dense infantry.

The reason why Zhang Bin equipped the Fuguang Army into a chariot soldier was naturally not to play any retro, he was mainly to adapt to the battle at this time, because the peasant army was able to run, and the foot could not catch up at all, and the Jiannu Manmeng cavalry was numerous, and the foot encountered a special loss, and the chariot soldier just restrained the speed of the peasant army and the cavalry of Jiannu, so he chose to develop the chariot soldier.

However, the chariots he equipped with were different from the chariots of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the chariots were not actually the main combat tools, but auxiliary tools, using the chariot array to impact the infantry phalanx of the peasant army or the cavalry phalanx of Jiannu, this tactic he really hadn't considered, the reason why he developed the chariot soldiers was to improve the speed of the march, in order to facilitate the pursuit of the peasant army, and the second was to block the charge of the Jiannu cavalry, to buy more time for muskets and artillery, and to cause more damage effects.

Of course, the four-wheeled carriage also has the purpose of carrying grain, grass, baggage, weapons and ammunition, and even auxiliary siege, in short, it has many benefits, especially suitable for the needs of the battlefield at this time.

At this point, the auxiliary role of the chariot comes into full play.

He knew that Li Zicheng had sent 100,000 reinforcements, and he had already arrived at Baqiao last night, although the exit of Kugu Road was more than twice as close to Lantian as Baqiao, but if he was leading ordinary footsteps, then it would be too late for him to rush to Lantian to make siege equipment, and it was estimated that the siege equipment had not yet been built, and other reinforcements would come.

Now it's different, with the help of the chariot, in less than an hour, he can rush to Lantian, and all the soldiers are not tired at all, just take off the chariot and the war horse, you can push the chariot to attack the city, there is no need to make siege equipment at all!

He can even choose unexpected combat styles that can cause unexpected results.

This time, he chose an unexpected way of fighting, that is, to fight separately, let Li Dingguo and the eight of them take 80,000 horses to meet the 100,000 reinforcements sent by Li Zicheng, while he took Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao's 20,000 horses to attack Lantian City.

Zhang Shijie was confused by this tactic at this time, he thought at first that the officers and soldiers would attack the south gate nearby, so he kept waiting on the south gate tower, but he never thought that the officers and soldiers were coming, but they didn't stop at all, and the chariots went around the official road to the west of Lantian City and ran directly to the north, as if he didn't exist!

At this time, he finally saw clearly the equipment of the Fuguang army, which turned out to be a chariot and an artillery car!

He could not see what weapons the officers and soldiers were holding in their hands, because the distance was a little far, but he saw the chariots and the gun wagons, and these two things alone plunged him into despair.

He has already seen how powerful the tiger squat cannon of the officers and soldiers is, not that the power of this tiger squat cannon is, the range of the main people is far more than that of bows and arrows, people can beat you, you can't hit people, how can this battle be fought?

At this time, he didn't even count on reinforcements, because the 100,000 reinforcements led by Tian Jianxiu would definitely be beaten all over the ground when they encountered this group of officers and soldiers.

Although he is in the city, the ending may not be better than that of Tian Jianxiu, because the height of the chariot is a little shorter than the city wall, and it is obvious that it can be used as a siege vehicle.

He thought that the officers and soldiers were going to pack up the reinforcements first and then come to clean him up, but he never thought that after passing thousands of chariots, the chariots behind suddenly turned around and came straight to the east and west gates of Lantian City!

Zhang Shijie had become pale at this time, his eyes were full of despair, looking at the dense chariot and the tiger squat artillery carriage behind, he couldn't help but tremble and said: "Ready, ready to ......, white flag." ”

"Ahh The herald guard behind him was stunned when he heard this, but soon he came to his senses and ran backwards quickly, obviously he also thought that this city might not be able to be defended.

Zhang Bin didn't know that the defenders in the city were ready to surrender, he discussed with Cao Wenzhao a little, and decided that Cao Bianjiao would lead 10,000 horses to attack the city, and he and Cao Wenzhao would lead 10,000 troops to suppress the formation.

It's not that they want to be lazy, the main thing is that such a small city doesn't need 20,000 people to attack with all their might, anyway, there is time, so they can simply let Cao Bianjiao practice his hands.

Cao Bianjiao was still young at this time, and there were not many opportunities to command the battle alone, but with this opportunity to practice, he behaved quite seriously.

He was also a frequent visitor to the Army's martial arts hall when he was in Fuguang, and he had studied almost all kinds of courses, and he naturally studied this kind of siege warfare.

When the number of people on both sides is equal, what should you do as the besieging party?

The most important thing is, of course, to give full play to the advantages of their weapons to suppress the defenders, so that they can't raise their heads.

He directly ordered his 10,000 horses to be deployed two miles outside the east gate, with artillery in front, chariots in the rear, and neat rows, and then ordered all the artillery wagons and chariots to separate the chariots and horses, and then ordered a hundred squads in the rear to gather all the war horses, take care of them in a unified manner, and make all these preparations, so he ordered all his men and horses to move forward one mile as a whole and arrange them one mile outside the city wall.

Then came a cannon, a test firing, followed by four hundred chariots, and a hundred musketeers on the roof of the car, ready for cover.

All this was done in an orderly manner, like a textbook, Zhang Bin and Cao Wenzhao read it and nodded with satisfaction.

This war is to be brave, but it is also necessary to talk about tactics, without tactics to rush, that is not called bravery, that is called recklessness.

A fierce general can sometimes decide the outcome of a war, but there is also a premise for determining the outcome of the war, that is, the difference in strength between the two sides is not very large, plus the combat power of this fierce general, it is just right to tilt the balance of the war to his side, if the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, you are no matter how fierce you are.

Just like when Liu Bei was still in Xinye during the Three Kingdoms period, he had invincible generals like Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun under his command, but the strength was too different from Cao Cao, and in the end he could only flee.

Guan Yu can rush into the army like entering a no-man's land, useless;

Zhang Fei can take the head of the enemy general in the army of thousands of people, like probing for things, it is useless;

Zhao Yun can kill seven in and seven out of an army of 100,000, it is still useless, the difference in strength is too great, no matter how brave you are, it is fake.

Also, even if the strength is similar, even if you have invincible generals and don't pay attention to tactics, it's fake.

In history, the Ming and Qing Dynasty Songjin War is a good example, Hong Chengchou led more than 100,000 elite Ming troops and Huang Taiji to fight Songjin, at that time, Huang Taiji's hands were actually only 100,000 troops, the strength of the two sides is not much different, and Hong Chengchou also has Cao Bianjiao, Zu Dabi such an invincible general, it stands to reason that Hong Chengchou should win.

Because Cao Bianjiao had led 800 warriors to rush into the Zhenghuang Banner camp at that time, and killed thousands of Huang Taiji's Zhenghuang Banner guards, everything was unified, Gushan Ezhen, and Baturu were not its opponents, and finally the Qing army had to mobilize the archers of other banners and desperately release arrows before Cao Bianjiao was forced to retreat.

If you don't need to talk about tactics, light is more fierce than bravery, then Cao Bianjiao directly led more than 100,000 Ming troops to rush forward, and he won, because none of the generals of the Eight Banners were his opponents.

It's a pity that it was the Ming army that failed in the end, and as soon as it was defeated, it was because Huang Taiji played some tactics, and Hong Chengchou didn't have any tactics!

Therefore, it is useless to fight a war based on bravery alone, the comparison of strength between the two sides is very important, and the use of tactics is also very important.

The reason why Zhang Bin and Cao Wenzhao let Cao Bianjiao preside over the siege of the city was also to see his level of tactical use.

Now it seems that Cao Bianjiao's tactical use is still quite decent, and he is also quite skilled in arranging troops, so it's good, if he only knows how to rush blindly, it will be troublesome.

It stands to reason that the next step is to fire guns and artillery to attack the city with all its might.

However, at this time, an unexpected appearance appeared, and a white flag was erected in the city!

Cao Bianjiao is depressed, this hasn't started yet, you surrender, what does it mean?

Zhang Shijie didn't mean anything else, he just wanted to surrender, when he saw the tiger squatting artillery car, he wanted to surrender, and when he saw more than a thousand musketeers climbing into the chariot, he surrendered directly.

Because he had seen this kind of siege tactic, a rain of bullets and bullets weighed them down, and then, the officers and soldiers rushed to the city wall, and they were still fart, it was purely looking for abuse, and it was better to surrender directly.

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