Ten minutes later, a group of sleepy-eyed generals in the big tent of the Chinese army, especially Li Kui, yawned and asked, "I'm sleeping soundly, it's appropriate to wake me up,"

Chao Gai looked around at the generals and said: "There is a sudden winter rain tonight, and the use of our firearms is greatly restricted. What do you think? ”

"If you dare to come, you will kill them, we are not only able to play with firearms, and we can chop them with a board axe." Li Kui roared.

Qin Ming also said: "We may not suffer a loss if we touch it hard, if the Liao soldiers don't come, forget it, as long as they dare to come, they will definitely lose their troops." ”

Wu Yongdao: "Our current situation is not only to face the Liao soldiers, but also to be careful of someone stabbing in the back. So you can't touch it hard, you have to fight this battle beautifully. Therefore, the soldiers have to start preparing now, but they can't show it, and if they show it, the Liao soldiers won't come to sneak attack. ”

Gongsun Sheng said: "It must be arranged immediately, and it is difficult to say when the Liao soldiers will come." ”

Chao Gai said: "Qin Ming, Sun An, Yang Zhi, Niu Gao, Shi Jin, Huang Xin, Lu Junyi, and others will go to wake up half of the cavalry first, but the movements should be light and quiet." ”

"Yes." These generals went down to rectify the cavalry, and the cavalry sleeping in the tent was quietly woken up, and then quietly prepared the saddle for the war horse, and the weapons such as bows and arrows, spears, and broadswords were carried with them, and the soldiers also hid in the stables and waited for emergencies.

The generals of the cavalry were gone, and the infantry generals were left in the barracks.

Chao Gai said: "You don't need to worry too much, although firearms are afraid of rain, but it is not that they cannot be used at all when it rains, such a small winter rain can still be used, but the rate of fire and fire rate are low." ”

Li Kui said: "The artillery is not afraid of this little rain, the Vulcan gun is weak in rain, there should be no problem in the first round, and it is difficult to say in the second round." But again, our axe and giant sword are not vegetarians. ”

Chao Gai nodded: "Okay, Wu Junshi and Gongsun Junshi are in charge of the dispatch of the Chinese army, and I will go to the infantry to check." ”

Gongsun Sheng and Wu Yong nodded yes. Of course, the sneak attack of the Liao soldiers is not the intelligence obtained from the investigation, but the intelligence obtained from the analysis, and it is not certain whether it will come or not, but Gongsun Sheng's analysis is reasonable, the Liao soldiers hate the firearms of the Jeju army, if they don't take advantage of the rain to sneak attack, then they will not be called Liao soldiers.

Chao Gai took Luo Yun and dozens of other personal soldiers to follow Li Kui and Fan Rui to these two infantry battalions, these 4,000 infantry are veterans and proficient in firearms. It has 300 artillery pieces and 3,000 Vulcan guns.

Li Kui first ordered all 300 tiger squat guns to be loaded with flowering shells, which were iron-shelled and waterproof. There is also a small cover for the fuse on the gun body, not to mention that the gunners also take into account the situation in rainy days and are equipped with linoleum to protect against rain. Therefore, the problem of artillery is not big, the bigger problem is the Vulcan gun, the Vulcan gun solid bullet is wrapped in kraft paper, and it also has the ability to be waterproof, but the waterproof place of the fuze is not good, the gunner can only wrap it with an oilcloth waterproof, and the fuse and the fire rope are easy to get wet, so the rainproof ability is poor. In particular, after the first round of bullets are fired, the barrel should be cleaned and reloaded, and if rain enters the barrel, it will also cause a dumb fire.

As for the other more than 20,000 steps, they all belong to the reserve army, and the equipment and training are very sophisticated, but they are all traditional conventional weapons, such as broadswords, spears, bows and arrows, etc., and there is a chance of winning if they really clash with the Liao soldiers, but this is not something that Chao Gai wants to see, Chao Gai is not a diehard loyalist of the Great Song royal family.

The huge barracks are tight inside and loose outside, and there is no increase in the number of sentry posts, and there are still only a few duty points. However, the number of secret posts has increased by hundreds, and there are hidden posts on the edge of the fence, so that once the Liao soldiers come to sneak attack, they can be found as soon as possible.

Fan Rui said: "The Liao soldiers must have thought that our army's firearms could not be used in rainy days, and once they found that our army's firearms could be fired, the army's morale would fluctuate, and it would be just time to counterattack at that time." ”

Chao Gai looked at Fan Rui and asked, "Do you think we can wipe out all the Liao soldiers?"

"This." Fan Rui hesitated, after all, in terms of military position, he was only a battalion commander, and he was a big step away from military advisors like Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng.

"Old Dao, if my brother asks you, you can just say it, what are you afraid of right or wrong." Li Kui said.

Fan Rui said: "Then I'll say it, and I ask the general for forgiveness if it's wrong." ”

Fan Rui talked eloquently and said: "The art of war is cloudy, and only with one heart can we win the war." Although the imperial court ordered our Jeju army to resist the Liao soldiers, the entire Hebei army was in its own way, and it was not counted if it was not dispatched by the general, and it was also openly and secretly not to send military supplies of food and grass, which seriously restricted our logistics. Although our Jeju army has strong combat effectiveness, it relies heavily on logistics, especially firearms are greatly affected by the climate, so let me say, it is already a great credit for us to be able to drive the Liao soldiers away this time, and it is almost impossible to completely annihilate them. ”

Chao Gai nodded: "That's true, if we suffer heavy casualties after the Liao soldiers, it will be dangerous, how can people feel at ease to fight." ”

Fan Rui said: "We can recruit troops while fighting, so there are still a large number of people and a huge team after the battle, and the court has no way to take us." ”

Other teams may not be able to, but the Jeju Army can. Chao Gai had been prepared many years ago, completely controlled Jingcheng County, set up steel factories and many other factories in the mountains of Jingcheng County, hoarded a large amount of grain and grass, and then transported grain from Cangzhou Huanghua, although it was far away, but the road was also smooth, and there was no worries.

Hebei has just experienced a great chaos, and the people have suffered a lot, and if they have food and weapons, they can recruit troops, and it would be a fool not to take the opportunity to send troops.

Chao Gai nodded: "Battalion Commander Fan is reasonable, when the rain stops, I will immediately order the transfer of materials from Huanghua." ”

was chatting with the secret sentry and came over to report, saying that he had found Liao soldiers lurking.

Chao Gai gave the order, and the Liao soldiers came up and pretended to panic first, and then returned fire with conventional weapons such as bows and arrows, knives and guns.

The Liao soldiers did come, and Yeluxiong personally led 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry to attack. The icy winter rain was dripping, but the Liao country was already cold, and the soldiers could still adapt to this climate.

Thousands of infantry began to attack first, and cats with their waists and swords came up to attack them, ready to break through the fence. The Jeju army on duty found out about the situation and began to panic, blowing the whistle and shouting people, and there were Jeju troops everywhere who were not wearing good clothes.

Some Jeju soldiers went to get firearms, but after trying, the firearms could not be fired, so they could only fight back with bows and arrows. The combat effectiveness of the Liao soldiers was not weak, and they were on par with the Jeju army's bows and arrows.

The situation of the front army was quickly reported to Yelu Xiongna, and he said: "The Jeju army panicked and returned fire with bows and arrows, and the firearms could not be fired. ”