readx; After this day and night of frustration, and after he was seriously injured, Gao Yingxiang couldn't help but have a faint worry about the strength of the official army. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info is really as Gu Junen said, the official army did not take the mountain, just because of the lack of ammunition? Or is there some other machination?

But after much thought, Gao Yingxiang still decided to adopt Gu Junen's suggestion. On the one hand, it was because he couldn't think of a better idea himself, and on the other hand, Tongguan was close at hand, and he had tens of thousands of elite horsemen, and his strength was unprecedentedly strong, so he was unwilling to give up the fat meat in his mouth.

So Gao Yingxiang immediately ordered: "Okay! Pass my order: Liu Zhe continued to attack Caolianling head-on, and Gu Junen also continued to attack from both sides of the ridge; Zhang Er, Huang Long, the two of you each took 3,000 men to abandon their horses and walk, detoured to the east and west for 20 miles, found a way to cross the Qinling Mountains, and then copied Sun Chuanting from the north. After completing the outflanking, raise fire as a signal and attack the enemy army in general. But at most, I will only give you one day, and I can't delay the attack on Tongguan! ”

The generals were immediately ordered to split up. Zhang Er's nickname "Dry Rooster" and Huanglong's nickname "Yidou Valley" are also famous leaders under Gao Yingxiang. The two immediately selected sturdy soldiers from their battalion and began to find a way to outflank them.

Under normal circumstances, the roundabout outflanking tactic is a very effective tactic, and it is also the specialty of the thieves, and it has been used repeatedly in the past against the officers and soldiers of the guard. Today, however, the situation is a little different, and the location of the thieves is located between the mountains, which is not conducive to a roundabout outflanking.

There is only one road, and that is the one that passes through the Grass Chain Ridge; If you want to make a detour, you can only go over the mountains and force your way through the primeval forest covered with thick snow. Therefore, although Gao Yingxiang only asked them to make a detour of twenty miles, the actual distance traveled by the two armies was probably more than 100 miles. Whether they could reach the northern foot of Caolian Ridge within the specified time, Zhang Er and Huang Long had no idea in their hearts, so they could only take one step at a time.

Of course, if he can succeed in a roundabout, the battle situation will definitely be more favorable to Gao Yingxiang than now. It's a pity that the thieves' every move has no secret to the officers and soldiers. Because the Caolianling occupied by the official army is the main peak of the eastern section of the Qinling Mountains, it is a lot higher than all the surrounding peaks. Sun Chuanting had already ordered the army to climb to the top of the peak to lookout, and he did not look at it with the naked eye, but with a telescope.

This telescope is also the one sold at auction by Princess Ana of Portugal. Originally, it was auctioned off at a high price by Xu Yousan, the leader of the Huizhou merchant gang, but later Xu Yousan died inexplicably because of the smuggling of grain to the Mongols, and all his family property was confiscated, and the telescope fell into the hands of Zhu Youzhen. Now that he has just been brought to Tongguan by Li Dingguo, it immediately came in handy. Under the forty-fold magnification, the movement of the thief army can be seen in full view, and even Gao Yingxiang's military tent can be seen clearly.

At the same time, Liu Zhe and Gu Junen also commanded the thieves to attack again. Liu Zhe really used his brains to make these thieves wear triple iron armor, the purpose of which was to strengthen the protection of guns and bullets, so as to achieve the purpose of consuming the ammunition of the officers and soldiers. Not to mention, this trick really works, because buckshot is not like the cone bullet in the previous life, the penetration is relatively poor, and it is okay to penetrate one layer of iron armor, but it is really impossible to penetrate three layers.

But the situation of the thieves did not improve as a result. First of all, the triple iron armor together weighs dozens of catties, which is a great burden in itself. Originally, it was very laborious to climb a steep mountain like Caolian Ridge, and then put on dozens of catties of burden, and it was almost impossible to walk, so how to attack quickly?

Secondly, no matter how many layers of armor he wears, it is impossible for a thief to completely wrap himself up, at least part of his face is still naked. They walked slowly, and they happened to be a live target for the officers and soldiers to compare their marksmanship. Whenever a thief was shot in the head by a lead bullet and fell on the mountain road, he was too heavy to drag aside, but became an obstacle to the attack. After leaving behind dozens of corpses, the second wave of the thieves' frontal assault failed.

Gu Junen is more cunning than Liu Zhe. Gao Yingxiang asked him to command his subordinates to continue the onslaught from the east and west ridges, but he did not fully follow Gao Yingxiang's orders. Although he sent more than 2,000 people to climb the mountain, which looked like a menacing force, most of them climbed the mountain slowly beyond the range of rapid-fire guns, and the number of thieves who entered the range was small and very scattered.

Gu Junen's abacus was very fine. He saw that only in places where the number of people was relatively dense and the threat to the officers and soldiers was relatively great, the officers and soldiers would open fire. As long as he stood scattered enough, the officers and soldiers were reluctant to open fire, so that he could lose fewer of his subordinates. Of course, this will not pose any threat to the official army, but it is enough to have a few other thieves to send them to death, and he also wants to preserve his strength as much as possible.

It's a pity that he guessed the beginning correctly, but not the ending. The officers and soldiers did not open fire, but they switched to a more accurate weapon: the Lu Mi gun.

In the production arrangement of military factories, the Lumi gun was ranked relatively backward, far inferior to the hand grenade and bird gun, and even much less than the rapid-fire gun. This is mainly because it is very difficult to manufacture Lumi guns, and the scrap rate is high, and in the case of a shortage of craftsmen and insufficient production capacity, Zhu Youzhen can only give priority to the production of more grenades and other weapons that are relatively easy to manufacture and have high surface lethality.

But this does not mean that Zhu Youzhen does not pay attention to Lu Miquan. The range of such a gun is up to one hundred and fifty paces, that is, one mile. Although it cannot be compared with the range of modern firearms, in this era, it has far surpassed the bow and arrow, and thus has become a sharp weapon for long-range shooting.

According to the Qin soldier system, each infantry battalion is equipped with a sniper squad, and the standard configuration of the sniper squad is the Suifa Lumi gun. In fact, the military factory can't produce so many Rums, and it's hard to train a sharpshooter. Take Xie Yong's Fifth Regiment of the Qin Soldiers, for example, it has expanded its army several times in the past year or so, and it has reached more than 10,000 people, but there are only more than 30 snipers.

In order to do a good job in this Caolianling blocking battle, Sun Chuanting transferred all the more than 30 snipers. Zhu Youzhen also deliberately transferred 20 snipers from Meng Gong's troops to Tongguan with Li Dingguo, so there are now 50 snipers on Caolianling.

The battle has been going on all day, during which the snipers have only participated once, that is, sniping Gao Yingxiang in front of the battle. Unexpectedly, Gao Yingxiang had a big life and escaped back with injuries, which made the snipers feel very ashamed. Although Sun Chuanting and Xie Yong did not blame them, they themselves felt that they had made a big mistake, and they had been holding back their strength, wanting to make a name for themselves in the later battles.

Now the opportunity has finally arrived. Looking at the scattered and approaching thieves on the opposite ridge, the snipers set up their guns in their respective positions, took a deep breath, and began the largest sniper kill ever!

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