Chapter 1480: Ten One Is Impossible
Bang! Bang! Bang......
Wei Wenweng quickly fired three bullets and knocked out three enemies!
Of course, it's three shots and three hits!
It is impossible to imagine the hit rate of one out of ten shots, and Wei Wenweng was more than this level when he was 10 years old.
Wei Wenweng, who was only 10 years old at the time, could not use a smoothbore gun to score more than 6 out of 10 in 100 steps, and he would have been beaten and starved.
Such perverted family rules are not limited to the Wei family in Qiongzhou, who is not like this in the entire imperial examination family in the Western Song Dynasty?
A 10-year-old boy can't be 6 out of 100 in 100 steps, so how can he show off when he grows up? How else to lift people? How can you still be Tian Shelang and ascend to Tianzi Hall at dusk? How else can you roll call outside Donghua Gate? Isn't this a waste? Can it be done without teaching a hard lesson?
Wei Wenweng was really beaten when he was a child, 7 out of 10, 8 out of 10 still beaten! 9 out of 10 parents don't have a good face. 10 out of 10 can get a compliment, and you can eat a big piece of fat meat at dinner.
If you can only 1 out of 10, then what are you going to keep for? Will you gnaw old in the future? Kill it before it's too late!
Therefore, Wei Wenweng's current marksmanship is half based on the rifled gun invented by his brother Wei Liaoweng, and half of it is ruthlessly beaten by his parents with a stick.
And he is now also a veteran who kills like hemp, his heart is like a stone, and there is no problem of being nervous and not daring to kill. Within 100 steps, it is definitely one shot and one accurate, no matter how you kill it.
This kind of murderous demon king who has been brutally educated with sticks since childhood is not only Wei Wenweng, there are at least 10,000 here in Yiliebao! It's just that the method of killing people is different, some people can shoot guns, and some people can not only shoot guns but also shoot arrows and be good at hand-to-hand combat...... Even Xiucai, Juren, and Jinshi are so hard-working, do military families who take war as their profession still dare to be lazy? Do those little military families still want to have a happy childhood? It's simply impossible, they all grew up being beaten with sticks and subjected to all kinds of harsh military training.
This Western Song Empire can survive the attack of the two "RMB players" who have mines at home until now, it is really desperate! Otherwise, it would have perished long ago!
The sense of crisis in the Western Song Dynasty in the face of the Eastern Song Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty was incomparable to that of the Great Song Dynasty when it encountered various Tartars in the early years.
Especially for the Eastern Song Dynasty, which has the surname Zhao, that is, you live and die, and there is no room for peace.
In order to survive, what else can't the Western Song Dynasty court do with a group of staff officers of the "Huashan faction"?
So this time, Temujin really hit his head on the granite.
However, fortunately, this Temujin was born in the Dashi Guards and the Tabriz Military Academy, and if it was still the Temujin who only knew how to bend the bow and shoot the eagle, most of the troops would have been beaten to the ground this time.
Another attack organized by the military scientist Temujin was routed by the opponent's accurate musket fire.
And unlike the last few times, this time there was also a group of armored infantry killed from the "bungalow area", they were not brave, but all of them were insane! Not afraid of accidental injury, he actually screamed and charged when his own gunners opened fire!
Not to mention the Persians, even the Mongol cowardly Xue army was frightened by them and turned blue.
Charge with muskets firing with their backs to their side...... Such a crazy thing, even the cowardly Xue Jun didn't dare to imagine it! Don't want to die? That's fate, my own fate!
How can you fight such a crazy enemy and shoot so accurately? Isn't this sending to death?
Another wave of charges, commanded by the Persians and dominated by the Persians, was repulsed without any suspense.
Apart from the thousands of casualties, the Great Khan of Temujin gained nothing.
"Father Khan, these Song people ......"
Tuo Lei had already seen that something was wrong at this time, and his face was covered with sweat. No wonder his big brother Jochi would shoot people with black guns! No wonder Jochi's men and horses are so killed and wounded!
It turned out that he met a group of crazy people who were shooting to death, and they didn't want to die in a fight!
A cold sweat also appeared on Temujin's forehead, he had thought that Jochi was useless, and that so many people had died in a scout battle, and even his own life had been sacrificed.
Now he knows that the military strength of the Western Army is as powerful as this!
Then he secretly screamed again.
Fortunately, he did not go to war with the Zhou State and the Eastern Song Dynasty. The Western Song Dynasty was so terrifying, but it was the defeated generals of the Zhou State and the Eastern Song Dynasty. If the Great Mongols went to war with the Zhou State and the Eastern Song Dynasty, wouldn't they die straight?
In fact, Temujin overestimated the Zhou State and the Eastern Song Dynasty. The navies of these two countries have nothing to say, and they can pull a detachment out and beat the whole world (except for the Zhou State and the Eastern Song Dynasty, there is not much territory left in the world). But their army is really not stronger than the Western Song Dynasty, otherwise they would not have fought two against one in the last Central Plains War, and they would not have been able to destroy the Western Song Dynasty after so many years.
"Father Khan," said Tuo Lei in a low voice, "no! These people are too powerful, let's respond to them with strong walls. β
He didn't say anything about besieging the city and sending reinforcements.
Now the siege can still be done, after all, Temujin has many soldiers, but it is impossible to send reinforcements, and it is certain to be defeated.
If the main force of the Song army coming out of the Ili River valley was like this, Temujin's 200,000 troops would have suffered heavy casualties, and it would be difficult for one-third of them to return to the west alive in the end!
"One more night fight!" Temujin was still not reconciled.
He commanded an army of 200,000 men from Persia all the way to avenge his cheap son, and when he came, he was so aggressive that he retreated in disgrace after a morning.
Doesn't that make people laugh off their big teeth?
So Temujin thought about it and decided to fight at night.
You have great muskets during the day, aren't you?
That's good, Lao Tzu didn't start until it was dark, and he didn't hit the torches. So that you can't see anything!
"Don't use the Persians," said Temujin again, "and call our Mongol sons up...... Swap out the mace and mace and fight them hand-to-hand. β
"Then let the boy lead the troops!" Tow Lei immediately asked for battle.
"No!" Temujin immediately waved his hand, "Let Bol go away."
What else do you want...... You led people to burn the wheat and grass around them! β
"What?" Tuo Lei was stunned for a moment, "Father Khan, you want to ......"
"I'll leave after tonight!" Temujin was also decisive, "Win or lose!" β
Tonight's night battle is just to find some ground. Once you've got your way back, it's time to pat yourself on the ass and leave.
So he simply destroyed the wheat fields and pastures around Yiliebao, and let the Song army in Tuntian work in vain.
Although it will not force them back, it will also delay their counterattack against Broken Leaf - it is now certain that the Great Mongols will not be able to defeat the Western Song Dynasty. Whether it is fighting cavalry or fighting positional battles, they are not opponents of the Western Song Dynasty, and they are still fighting? It's really going to be defeated, and even the hair is gone.
Now Temujin's plan was to stall for time, as long as the Song people could not recover the broken leaves within five years, he would have a chance to take Constantinople.
When Constantinople is taken and the gateway to Europe is opened, the Western Regions can be completely destroyed!
As long as the Western Regions are destroyed into a ruined desert, the Song army, which relies on Tuntian to retreat, can only stop at Fergana and Broken Leaves.
Thinking of this, Temujin Khan sighed and ordered left and right: "Go and call Borhu, Borshu, Zheleme, Subutai, and Kubilai to come and see me!" β
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"Master Shuai, the Mongols seem to be burning our wheat fields and pastures!"
When he was having lunch, he was in a happy mood, and Yang Tiexin, who thought he had won a big battle, suddenly got a bad news that made him very depressed.
"Commander, there are fires and smoke everywhere on the south bank of the Ili River...... It seems that the area of arson is huge! β
Ji Yi went on to report.
It's autumn, the climate is dry, and crops and grasslands are easy to ignite.
And the harvest is just around the corner!
After a year of hard work, I waited for the autumn harvest. If it was burned by the Mongols, the fruits of labor would be gone. Next year's plan to advance to the Broken Leaf Valley will also be greatly affected.
According to the original plan, the harvest in the Yiliebao Tuntian area was to be used to support the tuntian area in the Shaye River Valley. And the tuntian in the Broken Leaf Valley area has profits, and it can support the army to go south to Chachi. After laying Chachi, the road to Xinliangfu was opened.
Now the Xiliang Kingdom is still holding on to their last base, Xinliangfu (Fergana Basin), which is a treasure land, the land is fertile, the products are abundant, and there are no floods and droughts. Enough to feed the 200,000 troops of the Western Expedition......
But now, these Mongols are useless, and after only one morning, they began to destroy the wheat fields and pastures outside the city! It's going to run! Otherwise, what are you doing destroying the pasture? The Mongols don't eat grass with so many horses?
"Is Temujin going to run?"
Li Bi, who was born as a combat jinshi, also really understood military affairs, and immediately knew Temujin's intentions.
"Surely I won't stay under the castle for long!" Yang Tiexin said, "Temujin's army is supplied by the accompanying cattle and sheep, what do the cattle and sheep eat if there are not so many pastures?" If the fort of Illie is burned, it is impossible for him to besiege the city. If you don't besiege the city, you can't help...... He's really going to withdraw! β
"To chase or not to chase?"
Yang Tiexin shook his head, "That's Temujin!" It won't be that simple, there must be a backstroke! β
"So what do we do? Watching the Mongols run away? β
Yang Tiexin snorted a few times, "You can't be so cheap for them...... Moreover, there are still many brothers who have not been given the opportunity to make meritorious contributions! β
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Of course, Temujin had to look for it, and it was one ring after another.
The burning of the pasture and wheat fields was not only a step to disrupt the Song army's tuntian, but also had the effect of paralyzing the Song army's thinking.
While burning pastures and wheat fields, Temujin also ordered the Persian infantry to retreat with great fanfare.
Because the Western Song army set up a lookout on Yiliebao, the Persian infantry had just begun to retreat, and they were seen by the sentries on the lookout.
Moreover, while burning the pastures and wheat fields and the retreat of the Persian infantry, the front of the Mongol army also began to shrink, and the musketeers disengaged from the Song army from dusk, leaving only dozens of cannons to bombard the bungalow area held by the Song army two or three miles away, clearly covering the retreat.
It was getting dark, and the north-westerly wind was getting stronger and stronger from the afternoon. The smoke and ash of the grassland filled the airie, shrouding everything in a somewhat choking smoke, and visibility was very low. It's not a good weather to attack, but it's a good cover for a retreat. The Mongol scout cavalry ceased its activities from early evening, and the musketeers and artillerymen on the battlefield in the bungalow area seemed to have begun to retreat. The cannon, which had been roaring all day, finally went out.
On the side of the Mongol army west of the Pingfang area, 5,000 of the most elite cowardly warriors were fully prepared to attack. They silently chewed the dried salt-cured beef strips and drank the horse ** wine, barely making a sound except for the sound of chewing and swallowing.
The composure and silence before this big battle alone is enough to show that they are one of the most powerful fighters in the world.
Tonight, they will leap out of the low breastwork made of sandbags and rush into the bungalow area that was held by the warriors of the Western Song Dynasty, either killing the madmen of the Western Song Dynasty or being killed by the madmen.
At night when visibility is extremely poor, there should be no need to worry about the accurate musket fire of the Song army. But the thought of the Western Song infantry who dared to expose their backs to their own incessant arquebus charges, the Mongol warriors had a sense of foreboding.
Above the artillery positions of the Mongol army, the signs of troop activity were completely obscured by the darkness of night and smoke. A large number of shells were transported to the front line with great difficulty by the mule and horse teams. Within an hour, each cannon received twenty shells and enough black powder to fire themβall of which were imported from Egypt (produced in the Republic of the Great Zhou)!
Temujin's nephew, the artillery chief of the Mongol army, patrolled the artillery positions with a straight face, checking the artillery readiness one by one. It is necessary to check not only the position of the shells, gunpowder and cannons, as well as the sandbags that cover the cannons, but also the preparation of the artillerymen with hammers and nails to nail the fire door.
Because tonight's attack by the cowardly Xue army will be carried out in accordance with the principle of "one blow is unfavorable, and the one will flee before it happens."
If you can't fight, you have to run, and when you run, you have to give up artillery...... For the Mongols today, artillery is much more valuable than artillery.
The time passed slowly in waiting, and soon it was late at night, and the fires on the grasslands and wheat fields were burning more and more, and the smoke and dust were filled, obscuring the bright moon and stars in the sky.
The best time to sneak up on you has arrived!
However, none of the Mongols, including Temujin, expected that there was also a group of people preparing to launch a night attack in that seemingly quiet bungalow area.
The Mongols are running away!
However, there are still many people who have not been given the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, how can this be balanced? Yang Tiexin, as the division commander, must let all his subordinates get the opportunity to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions.
This Western Song Dynasty is very persistent in the pursuit of "fairness". The target imperial examination is an absolutely fair system of electing officials - it doesn't matter whether the elected officials can do things well or not, but the process is absolutely fair.
The threshold for rough writing and ink is not high, right? Smoothbore guns are not expensive, and there is no possibility of cheating in the open shooting.
Therefore, the word "fairness" has become a part of the culture of the Western Song Dynasty.
Thousands of infantry of the Western Song Dynasty Army, who did not get the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, were also gearing up at this time and preparing to harvest heads.
They need to be treated fairly!