Chapter Seventy-Six: The State (Middle)

Although Wang Kai concurrently served as the administrative supervisor of the Second Army, according to the regulations of the Huai'an Army, he did not interfere with the power of the commander-in-chief. Seeing that Hu Dahai was stubborn, he had no choice but to shake his head and silently retreat aside.

After a while, the seventeen six-pound guns belonging to the Third Army Corps were concentrated by Ivanov under the mouth of the tiger on the west side of Fanling. Separated by a distance of more than 700 steps, they bombarded the hiding place of the enemy troops on the mountain.

Due to the rifling carved out of the inner wall, the ballistics of the six-pound gun were very stable. Although limited by the means of aiming, it is still lacking in accuracy. However, the gunners in the Huai'an army, with their own experience, made up for this defect to the greatest extent, and the shells fired fell to the ground in rows, and soon smashed the target area into thick smoke and flesh flying.

"Damn, this Hu Dahai is crazy today! What should we do, Marshal, we will not fight back after being beaten, and it won't take long for the military heart to be completely scattered! "In the mountain behind Fanling, the volunteer soldier Hu Shen got into the Chinese military tent with a head of mud, and he was angry.

As soon as the words fell, Ye Chen, the envoy of Zhedong's consolation envoy, laughed loudly at this interface, "The skill of the donkey!" Why is General Hu so breathless? As long as our army withstands today and tomorrow, on the third day, Hu Dahai will definitely either withdraw or make a detour, there is no third way to choose at all! ”

"It's not yours who's being bombed!" Hu Shen was slightly stunned by this, frowning and pursing his lips.

According to Shi Mo Yisun's arrangement, Fighting the Tiger's Mouth happened to be his defensive area. At this moment, the one who is gritting his teeth in the trench is also his direct brother. According to the consistent attitude of the Mengyuan local government towards the volunteers, it has always been the death and the burial. Not only will he not give any pension, but if he loses all the soldiers and horses in his hands, he may have to belong to someone else.

"How much you lose, I'll make up for you!" Meng Yuan Zhedong Xuanxuan made Shi Mo Yisun glance at him, and suddenly smiled. "Master Ye is right, the thief is already poor in donkey skills! As long as we can hold out for another day or two, he will definitely retreat! ”

"This" Hu Shen's face was slightly red, and he quickly explained, "My lord, that's not what the end will mean." The last general means that the thief, the thief is arrogant, we can't just be beaten and not fight back! ”

"There is no way, the thieves are well-armed and the soldiers are well-trained. We can only take a defensive position for the time being, stifle his limelight, and then find a way to slowly figure it out! Shi Mo Yisun listened, just smiled and shook his head.

Ye Chenshen from the six grades took this as a result, shook the folding fan in his hand, and quickly added, "As the saying goes, the end of the strong crossbow cannot penetrate Lu Min." The Huai thief came violently this time, and swept the entire territory of Wuzhou in half a month. It is said that his foot soldiers marched no less than 80 miles every day. When you get here, you can immediately launch an attack on our army, but in fact, you can hold it all in one breath. And our army relies on its geographical advantages to wait for work, as long as it does not make any mistakes, it will not let the thief army continue to move forward for half a step. In this way, within five days, the thief army will inevitably decline and be depressed. When their soldiers have no will to fight and will have the intention of retreating, it will be the opportunity for our army to win! ”

The two guests and hosts, you and I say a word, and the cooperation is very tacit. did not give the volunteer Wanhu Hu Shen a chance to continue to complain, and he refused to send another soldier to replace his troops now.

The volunteer soldier Hu Shen all failed in his small calculations, and he was so anxious that his heart burned, he hesitated again and again, and muttered to him, "The handsome, the last general, the brothers under the command of the last general, have been at the forefront for the past two days. The last general did not dare to disrupt the deployment of the commander, but, but can the last general let them also retreat to the back of the mountain, wait, wait for the Huai thief's artillery to hit red, and then let them go back! ”

"No!" Without waiting for Shi Mo Yisun to make a decision, Ye Chen from the Six Grades Capital responded first, "Although the thief is already skilled, he is a veteran of a hundred battles. In case he sees with clairvoyance, there are not many brothers in our army in the trenches. He will inevitably send the dead to force his way in. At that time, if General Hu wants to push the team up, it will be too late! ”

"How do you know it's too late?! The clairvoyance in Lao Tzu's hand is not an ornament! The volunteer Wanhu Hu couldn't bear it anymore, jumped up, pointed at Ye Chen's nose and scolded, "The surname Ye, I think you just haven't been at ease." I want to kill all the soldiers and horses of Lao Tzu, and then I can set up another stall by myself! ”

Unexpectedly, the other party said that he would turn his face, Ye Chen was forced to take half a step back, and retorted with a blue face, "What does General Hu mean by this?" Since Ye Mou entered the Shogunate of the Comfort Envoy, how many times has he fought with you for military power? Besides, if it weren't for Ye Mou's idea to give you an idea, let you dig a deep trench and cover it with tree trunks, thatch and soil. Can you hold on until now? ”

"Yes, General Hu, you're going too far." Lin Binzu, who joined the army, really couldn't see it, took a few steps forward, and said bluntly, "The anti-artillery trench was figured out by Ye Dushi himself." And all the tribes in the mountains thought that its artillery had a miraculous effect against the Huai thieves. How did you come here, not only did you not appreciate Ye Dushi at all, but always wanted to beat a rake! ”

These words state the facts. The reason why the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Zhejiang Propaganda Envoy Division were able to withstand Hu Dahai's strong attack was that the greatest credit should fall on Ye Chen, who was the capital of the six products. It was this person, through repeated observations, who discovered various defects in the artillery, and then formulated a set of targeted strategies to defeat the enemy. Among them, digging deep trenches is the most convenient to implement and the most obvious effect.

Unless they happen to be smashed into the trench, the solid shell will not be able to continue jumping in the soft soil dug out of the trench, and of course it will not be able to inflict any damage on the defenders. And the powerful flowering bomb, after exploding, the shrapnel also flew upwards or horizontally, but it was not a single person hiding in the ditch.

In other words, to put it more directly, no matter how fierce the Huai'an army's artillery fire is, as long as the defenders respond according to Ye Chen's method, they may not be injured.

It's just that someone always likes to steal and play tricks when doing things, and the depth of the trench dug is not enough. Other auxiliary measures that should be taken have not been thoroughly implemented. So today, Hu Dahai suddenly went crazy and mobilized a large number of artillery pieces to bombard the tiger's mouth indiscriminately. Someone will have to pay the price for his previous laziness.

"You, you move your mouth, of course it's easy. The brothers are not farmers, digging with knives, how can they dig too deep in a hurry?! "The volunteer Wanhu Hu was deeply weak-hearted, and he also took half a step back and quickly changed the topic." Besides, you widen your eyes and take a closer look at how powerful the thief's artillery is! Even if it doesn't hit the body, it will land more than a dozen steps away, and it will still shake the person's internal organs and spit blood! ”

"Ye once said that dig an extra layer of soft soil under the trench. Then put some grass or leaves on it. Ye Chen glanced at him and reminded him coldly.

"the eggs!" Hu Shen waved his arms and continued to shout, "Don't just stand here and say, try it yourself, try it yourself, try how uncomfortable it is to be shot!" From the beginning of the war to the present, Lao Tzu has pulled down at least more than 200 corpses. There were no injuries on all of his body, and his mouth, nose, eyes, and ears were all gushing blood! ”

This is a complete rhetoric. The role of the trenches and various defensive facilities was to prevent the Zhejiang army from being blown up in groups and rows on the position, as it was when artillery first appeared. And not to let the opponent's artillery completely disable. Moreover, for a team of 10,000 people, the casualties of more than 200 are almost negligible. There's no need to jump up and make a fuss.

So not only Ye Chen pouted when he heard this, but Zhedong Xuanxuan made Shi Mo Yisun, who could no longer condone the two Han people under his command to dump each other, coughed a few times, and said loudly: "Okay, General Hu, the old man has promised to give you additional people." Why do you want to hold on to Ye Du? Hurry back and restrain the team, rest assured, as long as you repel the Huai thief, the credit that should be credited to your head will definitely not be less than others. ”

"The last general, the last general didn't say that he wanted to compete with him!" The volunteer soldier Hu Shen didn't dare to stiffen up with Shi Mo Yisun, blinked his eyes a few times, and explained in a low voice, "The last general is just, I just want to learn from you." Pull the brethren out of the trenches first. After the thief finished firing, he immediately went up again. The last general, the last general looked at it without blinking, guaranteeing, guaranteeing not to give Hu Dahai any chance! ”

Zhedong Xuanzhi made Shi Mo Yisun frown, and shook his head slightly, "I also heard what Ye Dushi said just now. He is right, Hu Dahai is old in the army, and he will not even be able to seize the opportunity to send it to the door. You should ask the brothers to work hard a little longer, because it will soon get dark anyway. ”

Influenced by his family education and personal experience, he relied on Ye Chen, who did not have the slightest military power in his hands, and relied on Hu Shen, who held nearly 10,000 "righteous troops". Therefore, when making decisions, it is inevitable that the former will be tilted. "Besides, the thief came from afar, and the number of shells he carried must be limited. At most, another day or two of arrogance will run out of shells. You won't have to cry anymore! ”

"This" Hu Shen, a volunteer soldier, turned black when he was said, gritted his teeth, and clasped his fists in salute, "Yes, the last general will obey the order!" ”

After saying that, he glared at Ye Chen from the six grades again, and walked away.

Looking at his back and hiding in the trench, Ye Chen shook his head lightly, "Shameless puppet, you can actually mix with ten thousand households!" If the imperial court only relies on you, Zhu thief"

"Jing Yuan, don't criticize the government!" Shi Mo Yisun gently patted him on the back and reminded him kindly. "The court was also forced to do so. It's better to give him a chance to surrender than to learn from Zhu Butcher to be a thief!"

Speaking of this, Shi Mo Yisun himself sighed again. A general like Hu Shen, if it were in another season, would have been pushed out of strict military law a long time ago. And now, he has to entrust it with important tasks. Otherwise, the other volunteer commanders under their command will be separated, and they will passively avoid the battle or even defect to the enemy, and the situation will become more and more out of control.

Not only is the local situation chaotic, but the various measures taken by the imperial court are really incomprehensible. Zhu Tuhu's soldiers and horses have already hit all the prefectures, and they are about to chisel the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, but the imperial court has not made any response so far. It is as if all the places south of the Yangtze River have long been under the jurisdiction of the Great Yuan Dynasty. Love to die and love to live, no one has the time to care!