Chapter 632: War
"Six thousand rifled guns!"
There was a burst of exclamation in the camp, and the excitement of the generals was overflowing. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
During the conquest of Weidi, they had already tested the excellent performance of this weapon on the battlefield, and these muskets not only had a long range and great power, but also were simple to reload and fast to fire.
A normal flintlock gun can fire two or three rounds per minute, but this rifled gun can fire twice as many rounds per minute, which is important for flintlock pistols that rely on the density of their shots to kill enemies.
"General, give us these 6,000 flintlock pistols to the Southern Expeditionary Army, the last general is willing to fight the vanguard!" Lu Fei stepped out of the queue and said to Niu Ben.
Ye Qingyun was immediately unhappy when he heard this, "General Lu, you are not authentic, why is this striker yours, this flintlock pistol is also yours, even if there is no rifled flintlock pistol, our Dengzhou Army is willing to fight the striker!" ”
"That's not right, why are all good things from your Southern Expeditionary Army and Dengzhou Army, the war in Wei has made you cheaper, now it's our turn!" Yunzhou Governor Di Ying said.
"That's it, it's always your Southern Expeditionary Army and Dengzhou Army that can't be in the limelight, and we should be allowed to do it this time."
“……”
Commanders, you say a word to me, and no one will let anyone.
"Shut up." Niu Ben roared angrily when he saw this.
The generals suddenly stopped the words in their mouths, and their faces showed seriousness one by one.
Glancing around at the eager general Niu Ben, he said in a deep voice: "This king knows that you are eager to fight now, but there can be no mistakes in this war, this is not the time for you to compete for merit, this will put the ugly words in front first, if anyone dares to disobey the order in this battle, in order to rush to attack the array, this general will cut off his head." ”
"Yes, General!" The generals responded in unison.
Nodding with satisfaction, Niu Ben looked at the sand table, this sand table is the terrain between Yunzhou City and Kaizhou City, this time the army of King Yan, King Zhao, and King Liang relied on the merger of states, and the army went out to camp twenty miles outside Yunzhou City, and its momentum was not huge.
Although you also concentrated most of the troops of the feudal state in Yunzhou City this time, Niu Ben still did not dare to take it lightly, because this would be a battle that would determine the situation in the north for the feudal country.
If this move eliminated the 350,000 coalition troops, the offensive and defensive situation in the north would be completely changed, and the feudal country would get rid of the situation of passive defense.
"Lu Fei, this general ordered you to be in charge of the middle army, Luo Hong, this general ordered you to be in charge of the left army, Ye Qingyun, this general ordered you to be in charge of the right army, Bai Mu, you led 20,000 cavalry to protect the left wing of the infantry, Qi Guangyi, you led 20,000 cavalry to protect the right wing of the infantry, and Luo Xin followed the general to establish an artillery position." Niu Ben gave orders one by one.
The generals who heard the order all bowed down.
Coalition battalion.
This time, King Yan sent his younger brother Cui Huai to command the whole army, King Zhao sent the general Zhao Ang, and King Liang's army was led by the second prince himself.
Although the three kings agreed to attack together this time, the soldiers stationed in the coalition camp were distinct, and not only that, but each army was only responsible for its own food and grass.
"Why do you want our Yan country's army to be the vanguard, but your army is watching the drama behind the scenes, since it is a coalition army, of course it is to advance and retreat together." In the tent, Cui looked at the second prince and Zhao Ang dissatisfied.
Zhao Ang heard the words and said: "This coalition is led by Yan Guo, and this vanguard is naturally taken by Yan Guo, and if Qingzhou is captured, it will also be the most beneficial for your Yan State, isn't it?" ”
Cui Huai's face suddenly turned red, and he said angrily: "This is wrong, this time the army is definitely not coming for Yan Guo's own selfishness, if you sit and watch Xiao Ming become stronger and stronger, who can it benefit to?" Wait for the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!"
"What General Cui said is that our purpose this time is to destroy Xiao Ming and prevent him from ascending the throne as emperor, and General Zhao Ang's reluctance to contribute is to admit that the Thirteen Princes are not orthodox?" The second prince said lightly.
Thinking of Xiao Ming's second prince, a strong hatred would swell in his heart, if it wasn't for Xiao Ming's pursuit of assassination, he would not have been deposed to Bazhou, an uninhabited place like Bazhou, and suffered all the hardships.
This time, King Liang sent a large army and did not let him be the main general at first, but under his strong request, King Liang finally compromised, for him Xiao Ming did not die for a day, and he could not understand the hatred in his heart.
Zhao Ang was squeezed by Cui Huai and the second prince, his face changed, and finally said: "The thirteenth prince is naturally orthodox, and Xiao Ming's accession to the throne is rebellious. ”
"That's it." The second prince sneered, "I hope the two of you can help each other when the war starts tomorrow." ,”
Although Zhao Ang was unwilling, he had to admit it in the face of the aggressive posture of the two, but before leaving, King Zhao's words were still in his ears, these 40,000 Xuanjia iron horsemen were the treasure of King Zhao, and he would still try to reduce casualties.
At this time, the second prince and Cui Huai glanced at each other, and their eyes were wrong, and they were a little uneasy about each other.
In the early morning of the next day, smoke rose from Yunzhou City, and the camp of the coalition army also began to bury fire to make food, and when the soldiers were all full, the war drums suddenly sounded in the camp.
Then the coalition forces slowly approached the city of Yunzhou to the sound of war drums.
At this time, a hydrogen balloon in Yunzhou City had been lifted into the air, and the flag bearers on the hydrogen balloon continued to relay the dynamics of the coalition forces to Niu Ben on the city wall.
"The Bannerman said they observed one hundred and fifty artillery pieces in the coalition army being pushed towards Yunzhou City." Niu Ben said to Luo Xin.
"General, it seems that King Yan and King Liang have taken out their own family wealth this time." Luo Xin said.
Niu Ben nodded, and he said, "I'll hand over these cannons to you, and knock them all out." ”
"Yes, General." Luo Xin nodded, and then he went down the tower to a high ground outside the city, on which a hundred artillery pieces were arranged, and there was also an artillery position on the corresponding higher ground.
Outside Yunzhou City, Lu Fei, Luo Hong, and Ye Qingyun led the left, center, and right armies to form horizontal teams respectively, and these horizontal teams were composed of a small horizontal team of 200 people.
In the open land outside Yunzhou City, the two armies are getting closer and closer, and the atmosphere on the battlefield is becoming more and more solemn.
An hour later, the Three Kings Coalition stopped three hundred meters away from the Yunzhou City army, and the musketeers in front began to come towards the former Yunzhou army.
This time, King Yan sent all the musketeers for a total of 20,000 people, and King Liang sent all the 10,000 musketeers in the country.
Hundreds of thousands of troops were divided into east and west, and the dense soldiers looked like ant colonies from above.
For both sides, this battle was not too much of a conspiracy, but a head-on confrontation between the armies of both sides.
"Rumble ......"
As the allied musketeers continued to come towards Yunzhou City, the sound of war drums became more and more intense, and the field artillery also roared in the sound of war drums.