Chapter 29: New Agility Weapons
It can be said that this was the first time that Fang Yun launched a general offensive after the formation of the Kwantung Coalition Army, and it was also the first large-scale decisive battle between the two sides.
Fang Yun adopted the method of encircling Wei to save Zhao, and launched attacks on Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Nanyang County in Jingzhou in Sizhou and Jizhou respectively, with the purpose of containing the troops on the other side's front. However, the troops sent by Liu Bei and Cao Cao to Xiangxian were themselves to test Fang Yun's reality, so they immediately mobilized a large number of men and horses to launch a general attack on Tiger Prison Pass and Tong Pass.
Cao Cao's army, with Xiahoudun as the main force and Xiahou Yuan as the deputy, led an army of 20,000 people and carried a large number of war weapons to launch a general attack on the Tiger Pass. At the same time, he personally led the army, took Xu Chu and Li Jin, and went north to resist Han Meng's troops moving south; And Liu Bei was not to be outdone, and sent two generals, Guan Yu and Wei Yan, to lead an army of 20,000 to attack Tongguan.
Yuan Shu and Sun Ce got the news after a short time, and immediately no longer kept it, Sun Ce mobilized the whole army of 30,000 troops, and made a general attack on Zhang He's troops, it seems that he not only intends to regain the lost territory, but also intends to further enter the territory of Xuzhou; Yuan Shu personally led the army, and sent the generals Zhang Xun and Lei Bo to cooperate with Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi to attack Zhongli County, the purpose was also to enter Peiguo County.
Fortunately, Fang Yun was not alone, Liu Biao sent Liu Qi to Jinyang, and he couldn't stand by and watch, so he sent his veteran Wang Wei in desperation, with Kuai Yue as his military advisor, Cai Xun and Su Fei as deputy generals, to attack Nanyang in the north. Obviously, he had accepted Liu Bei's statement that he was a thief and not some Han clan relative, and planned to take Nanyang County back.
In fact, over the years, Liu Bei has been taking advantage of the convenience of Nanyang County to intercept a lot of his materials, especially important commodities such as horses, which has made him a little resentful. At the beginning, I was worried that everyone was a member of the Han family, so it was difficult to tear the dough. Now that he had signed an alliance with Fang Yun. Then Liu Bei must be a traitor who pretends to be a clan relative, and he should be punished!
Liu Miao couldn't bear the loneliness, and he also sent two generals, Chen Heng and Ling Cao, to take down and attack Wucheng, and he was bound to regain the lost territory. Even further attacks on Danyang County are not impossible.
One way or another. His dispatch of troops dragged Sun Ce to mobilize another 10,000 troops, and sent Huang Gai, a veteran, and his younger brothers Sun Quan and Sun Yi to guard the border pass and resist Liu Xuan's army. There are only 20,000 troops left who can go north.
Liu Bei had to divide an army of 5,000 to deal with it because of Liu Biao's battle, which reduced the manpower of attacking Tongguan to 15,000, but in his opinion, there was no problem in defeating Tongguan.
This is a real Armageddon, but it is now mid-August. Winter will begin in three months. In the winter of this era, it was not ordinary cold, and there was a lack of sufficient means to keep out the cold, so once the winter began, even if the two sides fought inseparably, they had to withdraw their troops and recuperate, otherwise the situation of non-combat attrition would be particularly serious.
Perhaps, this is the main reason why the system gives a three-month defense period? Apparently. As long as you hold on for three months, everything will go back to the way it was when it started. Whether the coalition forces want it or not, a large-scale withdrawal of troops is also necessary.
The most important thing is that their grain and grass cannot withstand their large-scale march. If they can't defeat the enemy in three months and get a large amount of supplies, then they must withdraw their troops and come back. Wait for the grain to be ripe next year, otherwise it will be a problem for them to survive next year's green and yellow crops.
No one expected that this day would come so suddenly, but the arrow had to be sent! Besides, even if Liu Bei and Cao Cao retreated at this moment, wouldn't Fang Yun attack Yuzhou and Yanzhou? Sun Ce and Yuan Shu retreated. Wouldn't Zhang Hejun expand his territory further? Yes, everyone didn't choose, and they couldn't retreat!
"Seventy miles ahead is Xiangxian, everyone cheer up, don't give the enemy a chance!" As the 15,000 people of the tentative army, they had unknowingly come to a seventy miles outside Xiang County, and Lu Bu, as the commander, shouted.
"Got it!" Cao Jun's generals Yue Xi, as well as Liu Beijun Tai Shi Ci returned one after another.
The two of them are obviously not very convinced of this Lu Bu, who does not listen to the announcement, and faintly has Lu Bu, who is the head of the army on the separating side. Originally, he was driven to Yuzhou like a lost dog, but now there are five people and six people, which is really unpleasant. This time, he only said 'I know' instead of '喏', mainly to show that everyone is just an ally, but not a relationship between superiors and subordinates.
"Report, the enemy army has set up a position thirty miles away, and it seems that it wants to fight our army." After a while, a scout came to report.
"Hah! Originally, if they were defending the city, then we might have to work a little harder. Now that he is actually out of the city to fight, he really doesn't know whether he is alive or dead! When Lu Bu heard this, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and smile.
"General, our investment in war weapons is extraordinary, and if the other party defends the city, I am afraid that it will be even more constrained." Tai Shi Ci shook his head and reminded him kindly.
In recent years, weapons of war have become popular, and pure siege warfare has become less and less likely, and defending the city has become more and more unfavorable. Lu Bu is afraid that he is still in the year of Jin Ge Iron Horse, this is why there will be this kind of statement, nominally everyone is colleagues, looking at Yue Xi's appearance that he couldn't hold back his smile, Tai Shici had to remind him kindly.
"No, no, if they defend the city, our weapons will rain out, and when the time comes, it is impossible to say that it will harm the food and supplies in the city. Recently, I heard that the armies of both sides are fighting a decisive battle with Fang Yunjun, but I am afraid of the lack of materials, and now it is rare to attack the place where the Fang army stores food, so it is natural to get some supplies. If they defend the city, we will have scruples, but it will not be easy to fight. Lu Bu laughed, he knew Tai Shi Ci's thoughts, but he just laughed at his pattern was still too small.
Sure enough, when Yue Xi and Tai Shici heard this, they did feel a little angry. Fighting a war means fighting logistics, and especially when a large number of weapons of war are used, the need for logistics is even more serious. However, whether it was Liu Bei or Cao Cao, the production efficiency was not as good as Fang Yun's, and the low supply rate of materials made the two armies fight for a long time.
As Lu Bu said, it is also a good thing to be able to get some supplies in the hands of the enemy army when you are fighting.
Thirty miles is not very far, it will arrive in an hour, and if you march in a hurry, you can even reach it in half an hour, but no one will do such a thing to destroy the Great Wall.
Yang Feng has been waiting here for a long time, and beside him is his clan brother Yang An. After passing the military attache examination last year, he was transferred to the army to obey orders. Now he is the captain of his personal guard, and he plans to train him for a few years, and then gradually promote him.
"General, the number of the enemy's troops this time is fifteen, of which 5,000 are cavalry, and the team is a mixture of Bingzhou wolf cavalry and Xiliang iron cavalry; The other 5,000 are the Taishi Ci Ministry. 5,000 foot soldiers under his command, for Liu Beijun's war weapons troops; The last 5,000 were Cao Cao's Yuexi troops, which had 5,000 foot soldiers under their jurisdiction, including Cao Cao's war weapons troops. It is worth noting that Lu Bu and Tai Shici are both congenital-level generals, while Yue Xi is a super-first-class general, so it is best to avoid fighting them head-on. Yang An reported to Yang Feng on the latest information he obtained.
"When the two armies are fighting, how can they be afraid that the enemy is a congenital general. Don't you dare to fight head-on? The Lord has given us the latest weapons of war, and it's time to put them to the test! Yang Feng said fearlessly.
He had 5,000 soldiers under his command, of which 3,000 were the most elite cavalry, and 2,000 were weapons of war. It is rare that Xu Le was also transferred here this time, which means that Fang Yun attaches great importance to the use of this batch of war weapons.
Besides, Zhao Yunjun has already begun to move towards this side. Their troops came and went like the wind, and they traveled thousands of miles every day without tirelessness, and they were only a thousand people from beginning to end. It is difficult for the average person to qualify for service in it.
According to the original plan, it was up to them to hold these enemy forces back. Then Zhao Yun launched a surprise attack from the rear, and quickly routed the enemy's main force under the front and rear attacks.
In addition, Zhao Yun is not only an innate general, but the Silver Dragon Anti-Scale Spear in his hand is a Horcrux in the true sense, and it is also a top-grade existence in the Horcrux. If you really want to deal with Lu Bu or Tai Shici, you will not fall behind at all. If you really want to fight hard, I'm afraid that all three of them will have to retreat five points.
But before that, let their troops make some contributions.
The two sides had already lined up their troops, and the other side was led by something like a shield cart, and a row used to be like a wall of shields. However, this shield cart is a full two meters high, which makes it difficult for ordinary crossbows and arrows to shoot inside.
Behind the shield cart is some kind of firing machine that can be manually propelled, a bit like a stone cart but definitely not a stone cart. Yang Feng, who had detailed information about the enemy's army, somewhat guessed that this should be some kind of projectile device that fired a large number of arrows. It is not difficult to see from the size of the projectile pocket that at least fifty arrows can be thrown at one time.
In the rear of the army, there is a similar existence of a stone car, which uses a special process to make the range far and near, and it is rare that the pocket seems to be able to be filled with more or larger stone bullets.
Obviously, the opponent intends to use the shield cart as a means of cover, and use the arrow cart and the stone cart to engage in medium and long-range combat. I'm afraid that after getting closer, there will be further offensive or defensive means.
"Lift the veil!" Xu Le smiled and immediately gave an order to his cronies.
The veil covering more than thirty armored vehicles was lifted in this way, revealing the armored vehicles inside. It was the third type of armored car, in fact, it was no longer called an armored car, and Fang Yun named it an artillery car, which was actually the so-called tank car.
Thickened armor makes it more difficult to destroy ordinary arrows and axes; The track design, and the thistle gun is also extended on the roller, which moves more steadily, and the process of movement can also cause damage to the enemy; The spirit motive adopts the second type of improved version, sacrificing the conversion rate to achieve the effect of increasing the energy output rate; Equipped with a repeater shooting hole, it can be strafed from front to back, left and right, and there are more than 500 crossbow arrows for use; There is a main cannon with a special round shell, and when the shell is hit by a huge impact, it will cause the internal fire device to activate, and then cause an explosion, and then a large number of flames will erupt, which is a specially made incendiary bomb.
At the same time, there were 500 soldiers armed with some kind of strange weapon with a main body of wood and a round pipe, which did not look like crossbows or arrows, but it was not known how it worked.
In fact, I'm afraid that even Yang Feng or Lu Bu didn't realize why they were setting up a formation here.
There are alpine forests everywhere around here, and the distribution of spiritual energy is the densest, and it is precisely because of this that the formation is chosen in this kind of place, and only abundant spiritual energy can make the spiritual motivation work normally.
Of course, if Lu Bu could always be on the lookout for ambushes in the woods, and then he couldn't concentrate on the battle, it would be an unexpected joy.
Even if it doesn't, it doesn't matter, in Xu Le's opinion, these smart weapons of his own are enough to annihilate the other party! (To be continued......)
PS: Tanks began to appear on the stage of history! But are tanks really invincible?
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