Chapter 259: Pre-War Deliberations
However, Zhang Shihua at this moment is obviously not in the mood to explain to them what artillery is. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Not only did Info not even explain, but Zhang Shihua suddenly stood up from his seat, and commanded Li Wu in an almost angry tone: "Quick, quickly call Ah Yu and him to me, I have something important to tell him, hurry up!" ”
"The last general obeys!" Seeing Zhang Shihua so eager with his own eyes, Li Wu was puzzled in his heart. But he understands the priorities. I couldn't help but sing a fat promise at the first time, and strode around to leave.
However, what is strange is that just when Li Wu was about to go out, Zhang Shihua suddenly shouted at him.
"Jiang Da, you mean that you have already exposed your traces during the investigation, right?" After calming down a little, Zhang Shihua took the piece of drawing paper, but couldn't help but ask Jiang Da like this.
When Jiang Da heard Zhang Shihua ask this, he knew in his heart that something big had happened, and he couldn't help but answer at the first time: "Yes, when we were investigating, we were indeed accidentally exposed. ”
"Damn, now that it's exposed, it's impossible for Ether to sneak attack without such a cautious character. Damn it! Speaking of this, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but scold angrily again.
"General, is this artillery really so powerful?" Seeing Zhang Shihua, who had never been happy or angry, so out of shape, under the doubts in his heart, Li Wu couldn't help but ask so curiously.
And when Zhang Shihua heard Li Wu's question, he also understood that he was indeed too out of shape. So after taking a deep breath, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but say in a slightly calm tone: "Artillery is a siege weapon, its power is said to be greater than that of the return cannon, and its range can even hit a mile. ”
"What, hit a mile." Hearing Zhang Shihua say this, Li Wu and the others were surprised in their hearts, and at the same time, they couldn't help but understand why Zhang Shihua was so out of shape.
After all, a weapon that can hit a mile away, in this era where cold weapons are the mainstream, you can know how terrible it will be if you think about it. Okay, the two armies are facing each other, and your side is still organizing formations, and other people's attacks have already smashed down from your head. This kind of attack that can only be beaten and can't fight back, it's really a god who can't bear it.
Therefore, after thinking about this, the faces of Li Wu and the others couldn't help but change again and again.
Seeing this, Zhang Shihua on the other side also knew what Li Wu was worried about. So in order to alleviate the fear in their hearts, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but wave his hand lightly and said: "You don't have to worry so much, artillery is far from fake." However, its accuracy is very poor, and it can only fire one shell at a time. ”
"Twenty pieces of artillery, the combined damage is estimated to be inferior to the arrows flying around on the battlefield. So you don't need to be too afraid. ”
Speaking of which, Zhang Shihua raised his eyes to look at Li Wu, Jiang Da and the others, but he couldn't help but find that the fear on the faces of these two people was much less.
After all, the Tartar is twenty guns, and it can fire twenty shells at a time. But they have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, twenty against tens of thousands, and under the huge numerical gap, their fear of unknown artillery can be reduced a lot.
However, even though he saw that Li Wu and the others were no longer so afraid, Zhang Shihua also understood it in his heart. When twenty guns were brought into the barracks, which was too cheap, they could not fight as usual. In the past, they attacked with defense, and when the enemy did not have long-range artillery, they only had to wait for the enemy to fight them hand-to-hand.
However, when the enemy has artillery, and then they attack with defensive belts, then all they can wait for is a merciless shell.
That's right, just twenty pieces of artillery, for tens of thousands of black-clothed soldiers, the damage caused is indeed nothing. But let's not forget that under the attack of artillery, their casualties were only passively beaten.
When the two armies face each other, their own side can only be beaten passively and cannot fight back, so it is conceivable that this is a big blow to morale.
To put it mildly, if the enemy is lucky, when the shells are fired, one or two thousand households are killed, or they directly hit the general's banner. Then it is estimated that without the enemy's charge, Zhang Shihua's men and horses will collapse without a fight.
Therefore, in such a situation, they must also return to a more active combat method.
"No matter what, we must minimize the threat of artillery," Zhang Shihua thought in his heart, and then he couldn't help but let Li Wu, all the generals with more than 1,000 household positions, gather over.
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"Hey, Ah Yu, do you know why the general summoned us people today?" A moment later, in the front hall of the General's Mansion, Zhao Jiu, who was wearing armor and armor, came here surrounded by all the generals under the tent, and couldn't help but ask Guo Yu, who had already arrived.
However, when Guo Yu heard Zhao Jiu's question, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head and replied, "Don't hide it from you, Brother Jiu, I haven't seen the general yet." So, I really don't know about you. ”
"Oh" Hearing Guo Yu say this, Zhao Jiu nodded thoughtfully. However, after nodding, he turned to look at the generals in the hall, but he couldn't help but say, "It seems that it is an important matter." You see, all the generals have arrived. ”
"This ......, not all, Shihui and Thirteen didn't come." Speaking of this, Guo Yu couldn't help but show a playful smile on his face.
Hearing Guo Yu's words, Zhao Jiu couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head. He did not express any personal opinion on this matter.
"Silence, the General has arrived!" But at this time, Li Wu, who was wearing armor, couldn't help but walk out slowly from behind the lobby. And after coming out, he grabbed the knife and shouted at the people in the hall.
When the generals in the hall heard such shouts, they couldn't help but stop talking, and quickly stood up in the lobby according to the size of their official positions.
"I'll see the general!" After all the soldiers stood up in turn, they saw Zhang Shihua, who was wearing armor, striding out of the back hall, and the generals couldn't help but bow in unison.
Seeing this, Zhang Shihua regained his inner peace, and after letting everyone stand up with a gentle face, he couldn't help but nod to Zhao Ziyu, who came first, and asked him to tell all the generals in the hall everything as it was.
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"Ladies and gentlemen, you all know the current situation. After the Tartars have artillery, our method of defending and attacking will definitely not work. So now I don't know if you have any good ways to minimize the threat of the Tartar artillery to our army, and let our army regain the upper hand in the confrontation between the two armies? ”
"This ......" Hearing Zhang Shihua's question, the generals under the tent, after looking at each other, couldn't help but fall silent.
After all, only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one formulate a plan and method, and most of them have never even seen what the artillery looks like, so it is obviously difficult for them to formulate a plan and method for artillery.
However, there is another way that is ever-changing, since Zhang Shihua has already asked these people to ask his subordinates, so after being silent for nearly a quarter of an hour, Guo Yu couldn't help but muster up the courage and stood up.
"Returning to the general, if the artillery is based on what Ziyu just said, the last general has come up with a way." After standing up, Guo Yu couldn't help but hug his fists like this.
Seeing him like this, Zhang Shihua smiled and couldn't help waving his hand to him and said, "In this case, Ah Yu, please speak quickly." ”
"Yes!" Hearing Zhang Shihua's words of encouragement, Guo Yu, who had a little confidence, couldn't help but continue to speak after receiving a fat promise: "General, what this thing relies on is its unrivaled range, but according to the fire ** shape drawn on the drawing paper, this thing should have great limitations in close combat. ”
"So the last general thinks that as long as our army can surprise it with elite iron cavalry, then if you don't give the Tartars time to open artillery, when you get close to the artillery, you will be able to destroy this thing in one fell swoop."
"That's right, but Ah Yu, a sharp weapon like artillery, on the battlefield, the Tartars may send heavy troops to defend. In such a situation, it is not easy for us to get close to artillery. ”
"This ......" Hearing Zhang Shihua's words, Guo Yu couldn't help but be silent. After all, their black-clothed army could only use two thousand cavalry now, and with the help of two thousand cavalry, even he was not completely sure. So he didn't dare to boast about Haikou.
However, although Guo Yu was silent, Zhao Jiu on the other side suddenly stood up again. "Lord Hui, if you want to break through the enemy formation, the last general has some ideas." After standing up, Zhao Jiu couldn't help but say so.
"Oh, come quickly, come quickly." Hearing Zhao Jiu's words, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but be so happy.
Seeing this, Zhao Jiu couldn't help but say after clenching his fists with both hands: "Back to the general's words, the last general thinks that when he waits for tomorrow morning, the Tartar army with artillery in hand, after enduring it for so many days, will definitely not be able to hold it back and take the initiative to fight with our army." ”
At that time, even if the Tartar army outside the city will not be fully dispatched, the total number of troops and horses mobilized will definitely not be less than 20,000. After all, the stalemate has been going on for so long, and the Tartars don't have long left, and they have to fight quickly. ”
"But there is a way that there are more than 10,000 people and horses, and there is no shore. If they want to put their artillery in a limited place outside the city, that is, to set up their attack formation, and to maximize the power of their artillery, then there are only a few places where they can place their artillery. ”
"So, General, before the war, we can easily guess where the Tartars will be placed outside the city, and use this to formulate targeted measures." Having said this, Zhao Jiu couldn't help but be silent, and turned his gaze to Zhang Shihua, who was sitting on the main seat, waiting for Zhang Shihua's decision.
When Zhang Shihua saw this, he couldn't help but show a happy look on his face.
Because he didn't expect that Zhao Jiu would be able to say such a thing. After all, being able to come up with such a method already means that Zhao Jiu is no longer a simple martial artist, but a "general" who can take charge of himself.
So after Zhao Jiu said such a thing, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but rejoice. Because to be honest, at the beginning, Zhang Shihua actually didn't expect these generals under him to really discuss any useful methods.
After all, even Zhang Shihua himself has never seen the artillery of this era, and in this case, let a group of people imagine a way to target artillery out of thin air, which is even more ridiculous than talking on paper.
So this time it was said that it was to discuss countermeasures, but in fact, Zhang Shihua was also to ventilate his subordinates. Let them know that the enemy has a new weapon called Artillery, and give them a general idea of the advantages and disadvantages of this artillery, so as to alleviate their ignorance of artillery, and thus reduce their fear of the unknown.
But unexpectedly, Zhang Shihua really underestimated these generals under him. After experiencing so many things, these generals under him have obviously grown a lot. Especially Zhao Jiu, although Zhao Jiu's method still seems to be relatively general, Zhao Jiu's overall situation and thinking are the best and most correct among these people.
So after rejoicing in Zhao Jiu's growth, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but wave his hand and said: "Quick, come on, give me a detailed topographical map of the outside of the city, and I want to speculate on the movements of the Tartars." ”
After saying this, Zhang Shihua, who was close to the war, couldn't help but feel an indescribable excitement in his heart.
After all, this feeling of putting the battlefield in the picture scroll and strategizing and directing the country is simply every boy's dream.
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After the sun shifted slightly, from its original position near the east to the center, an hour passed quietly.
And in this hour, I think it is a quiet and quiet meeting hall, but I can't help but let out bursts of hearty laughter full of confidence. And when you hear this burst of laughter, you can know that the self-confidence of all the generals in the black-clothed army has also been completely inspired.
I have to say, "Three stinkers beat Zhuge Liang". Although most of the generals under Zhang Shihua are not intellectuals, the long-term experience of battlefield fighting cannot help but make these people come up with many effective methods in an environment where they can speak freely.
Although in Zhang Shihua's own opinion, almost eighty percent of their methods are nonsense, Zhang Shihua did not scold and interrupt, but encouraged with a smile from beginning to end. Because in the oppressive environment at this moment, he needs to let his soldiers use YY methods to strengthen their confidence and relieve the depression in their hearts.
Of course, more importantly, he needs to let his soldiers pass on the sense of ease they get in YY to their soldiers. So that most of the soldiers can give birth to a feeling that the enemy is nothing, and the artillery is nothing more than the arrogance of Erle.