Chapter 131: Underestimate the enemy
Regardless of what Zhu Houxi's side did, just talking about the battle between Qi Jingtong and Xu Yang, the two sides of the Ming Dynasty and the New Kingdom faced each other in the three passes. Qi Jingtong played the banner of swearing not to take a step back, and the whole army was united, and his soldiers had retreated enough, had enough of humiliation, and had been pressed and beaten by the Lu family's army. In their eyes, he is a righteous man who has restored the country, while Lu Jiajun is just a villain who has succeeded in rebellion. Now that the villain is relying on sharp weapons, the righteous men of the court are losing and retreating, and there is a sense of grief and indignation that God will not help me but help the thief.
Now that there is finally no need to retreat, everyone is happy for Qi Jingtong's decision, the integrity of the Han nation has been stimulated, and he would rather die on the battlefield than give in to a thief. Everyone knew that it could be an extremely tragic battle, knowing that many people might die in this battle, and even everyone could be wiped out, but no one flinched, even if they were afraid, even if they were nervous, they still regarded death as home. A wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the tragic feelings of the strong man who will never return spread in the army. This is what Lu Bing often calls the Han soul, this kind of Han soul is affected by the education and environment of adulthood, it is difficult to erase it deep into the bone marrow, and it is very powerful to never die. Even if there is no strong combat effectiveness, even if there is no strong physique, even if there is no sharp weapon, as long as the Han soul is still there, then one day it can be turned over.
The Han soul is usually stimulated in the history of humiliation, and it is often the day of foreign invasion that it is fully awakened, which may be the disadvantage of the so-called elegant cowardice of the Han people, but it is true. Therefore, no matter how strong the foreign invaders who are bloodily suppressed, they will eventually be overthrown. And the reign will never be too long, because the Han soul will awaken one day. In Lu Bing's opinion, if he was one of those invaders. Assimilation, benevolence, and violence must be a three-pronged approach to achieve great things.
However, Lu Bing's new country does not have the question of what the people resist, first of all, on the national issue, Lu Bing is a Han Chinese, and it belongs to the internal struggle rather than the Tatars swallowing our mountains and rivers. Secondly, there is more help for the righteous and less help for the unjust, Zhu Houxi has really done too much over the years. So it lost the hearts of the people. Lu Bing is different, he started from anti-corruption to expelling the Japanese bandits. There is also the national society of the later Dragon Shadow General Bao, and the later Ying Tianfu to avenge the people's grievances. These aspects can create an excellent reputation for Lu Bing, and the people of Shandong are getting richer and richer, and they have changed from a medium-sized place to a well-known and wealthy place in the whole territory. The people are all looking at it. Everyone in the world knows it. No one wants to be under Lu Bing's jurisdiction, and some people don't sue Lu Bing when they encounter grievances, but instead sue Lu Bing, because complaining to Lu Bing may still solve the problem, if you find Zhu Houxi, it will be unattainable, and it will not be of great use at all.
Therefore, Lu Bing inherited Zhu Houxi's position, and becoming a generation of kings with his face to the south and his back to the north did not make the people feel very uncomfortable or indignant. Through the rumors and various forms of descriptions of artists, Lu Bing's experience is also well-known to everyone. A loyal minister and righteous man has made great contributions to defending his family and country, but he has not been treated as he should be. The king is dim and dark. Lu Bing was the only one who went forward, and in the end he was made unbearable, and in order to protect himself, he went out of Lu and laid down the great cause of this new country. The people love heroes, and this is a successful hero rather than a tragic hero, so it can be said that word of mouth is spreading. And everyone has a scale in their hearts, and they can see clearly which is right and which is wrong, and Lu Bing's public opinion guidance is indeed doing a good job. The more freedom of speech and freedom of thought, the more natural Lu Bing can take the matter of the world, and the more reasonable he feels, which is the role of people's wisdom. At the same time, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Lu Bing quickly stabilized the current politics, brought benefits and stability to the people, as well as the dignity of being a human being, where did the people have any great righteousness to talk about, and living well was the biggest truth, so Lu Bing was not only not opposed by the people, but also did not use violent means to make the people submit, but really won the hearts of the people.
Therefore, the new internal politics are stable, and the current Lu Jiajun does not have the idea that the remnants of the Ming are the homeland, but the emperor must be correct if the emperor asks the remnants of the Ming to be defeated, and the remnants of the Ming should have been returned to the new country, and recovering the remnants of the Ming is equivalent to liberating the people who have been deceived from now on and allowing them to live a good life. With such a mentality, Lu Jiajun's natural combat effectiveness is also good, and his temperament can be said to be united, but compared with the tragic feelings of Qi Jingtong's department, Lu Jiajun's slightly benign will to fight is gradually declining.
After the arrival of the materials and equipment, Xu Yang looked at Yesan Pass without hurry, preparing to take this place in one go, just like the previous times, even if the enemy was ready to fight to the death, saying that he would not take a step back, but Xu Yang would still win. Even if this war may have casualties because the enemy does not retreat, Xu Yang will not be soft-hearted, after all, the war itself is cruel, and the kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself, and the kindness to oneself is also cruel to oneself, so Xu Yang has decided to kill.
Air cavalry is expensive, and for such a city defense battle, because the city wall is high enough to reach the flight height of the air cavalry, the air cavalry is not very suitable. Moreover, in the previous war, the remnant Ming army had long been prepared for an air attack, and the effect of surprise was too poor, which was not as convenient as the Lu family's hot air balloon.
Lu Jiajun's air balloons are getting bigger and bigger, and now there are many hot air balloons that can carry more than 100 people. Just put more than ten on the top of the enemy's head, it is equivalent to letting more than 1,000 people pee on the enemy's head at will, throwing bombs or something is infinitely powerful, and the range of the enemy's weapons is not enough, it can't be dangerous at all, let alone throwing explosives, even if you throw an iron ball by the principle of gravitational acceleration, it can also cause great destructive power. Therefore, the high-altitude combat units can be said to be invincible, and this is also a major reason for the defeat and retreat of the remnants of the war.
This time, Xu Yang brought eleven top-level large balloons, which could carry more than 1,100 people in total, plus all kinds of high-altitude throwing ordnance, saying that the phalanx was floating unscrupulously towards the remnant Ming level. In addition, more than 30 small balloons have been prepared, and they can be scouted around the perimeter, and they can check whenever they want during the day and night, the enemy has no choice at all, and they can join at any time during the battle, although they can only take a few dozen people on it, but it is enough to pose a threat. What the remnants of the Ming soldiers hated most was not the constant artillery fire. What I hate the most is this thing called a hot air balloon, and I will look up when I have nothing to do, and I didn't have to guard against the sky before. But later I found that these slow things did not come and go without a trace, but they could be seen but could not be hit, which made people's hearts like cats scratching, and their hearts were even more hateful. At the same time, even the soldiers who came to reconnoiter sometimes joined small battles, and would throw some things from the hot air balloons to kill people, and the most annoying thing was that they would also throw some filth. Insult the remnants of the soldiers below. Although the Lu Jiajun has strict military discipline, the new country also pays attention to fairness and justice, even if it can be cunning in dealing with foreign enemies, it cannot be despicable. But there are still people who do it. This is that human nature is difficult to control, not everyone can be rich and noble, can not be lewd and poor, can not move mighty and unyielding, a gentleman governs the country and hopes that the people are gentlemen, but not everyone can do it.
The Great War began. In addition to the fact that there are six hot air balloons scattered around the perimeter to guard against enemy sneak attacks. The rest of the balloons joined the battle, as did the various siege guns. Xu Yang had already heard the military report, claiming that Lu Xun had met Yu Dayou in the battle, and Yu Dayou's artillery fire was extremely sharp, if it weren't for the small number of Lu Jiajun, they would only be evenly divided. In this regard, Xu Yang scoffed a little, this is not only confidence in Lu Jiajun's weapons, but also some disdain for Lu Xun's intelligence. That's right. Lu Xun is more sensible than before, and he has improved a lot. But after all, it was delayed for too many years, which made Xu Yang a little disdainful, thinking that it was not enough, and every qiē was deliberately created by the intelligence. And Qi Shuhai is the little brother he can't bring out, and he was stunned when he ruled back then. Now that the tiger is not at home, the monkey is called the king, these two people can be regarded as ambitious, and the so-called meritorious achievements on the battlefield in Shandong cannot enter Xu Yang's eyes at all.
If you want to say that Duan Qingfeng is powerful, Meng Xueqing is smart, Lu Yi is young and old, and even Li Xiang's strength, Xu Yang agrees, but for Lu Xun and Qi Shuhai, Xu Yang can only repay him. Besides, Yu Dayou has some skills, but in Xu Yang's opinion, he is not at the same level as Qi Jingtong at all. The reason why Yu Dayou was able to gain power in the remnant Ming was the same as Qi Shuhai's ability to take on a big responsibility, which was a helpless move that no one could use.
Later, Lu Xun went to be Lu Yi's deputy and made some achievements, but it was obvious that Lu Yi gave credit to Lu Xun, and coupled with Meng Xue Qinggui's series of political efforts for the queen, Lu Xun was able to make rapid progress in just one year and change his previous image and establish some of his own power. This is probably all in preparation for the succession in the future. Therefore, Lu Xun's so-called greatness, Xu Yang would only laugh at it, thinking that what he said was false. If he came to fight the defensive battle of Lunan, he thought that he would definitely fight better than the combination of Qi Shuhai and Lu Xun, and Yu Dayou who encountered in Mu Xu, Xu Yang would definitely let him go and never return, even if he escaped, he would lose his troops and lose his vitality.
This time, when he saw the remnant Ming army, the main force of the remnant Ming under the leadership of Qi Jingtong, Xu Yang's thoughts were even stronger, this must be Lu Xun's view of the frog at the bottom of the well. Remnant Ming has made some progress, but the plan is not as powerful as Lu Xun said, obviously his own ability is not good, so this will deify the opponent.
No, the remnants who are so powerful are still defeated and retreated by themselves, and they can't form an army, the legendary ten dangerous passes have all been beaten to the seventh level and the third level, what else is there to brag about.
Xu Yang used a high-precision monocular to look at the enemy's pass, and then ordered the artillery to be fired. And the enemy didn't fight back at all, the entire Yesanguan was quiet, Xu Yang knew that they must be hiding underground or hiding in the cave, deliberately consuming their own artillery fire, and giving up the sixth level of Langping Town to rush to the seventh level of the wild three passes, the purpose of these hiding places has been prepared for a long time. But not to mention that the Lu family has a lot of artillery fire, just saying that Xu Yang can win without such a method.
So Xu Yang ordered the artillery attack to stop, and gave the order to the people on the hot air balloon in guò flag language, throwing incendiary objects. Isn't it not coming out? Then burn you out, and at the same time order the artillery fire to push forward, ready to work together to blast the city walls, and then do the same devastating blow to the buildings in the level. Once the remnants of the enemy army are burned out by the incendiary materials thrown by the hot air balloon, they will be directly covered with artillery fire, and the steam crash will also take the first step, preparing to open the city gates, and then use the enemy field artillery to defend the city gates, so that the enemy cannot repair them. Once the fire is finished, two more rounds will be fired, and as soon as the fire is extinguished and the city wall is destroyed, he will lead the army to rush in, and call the thousands of troops and horses to attack in a tiled way. Isn't it going to be stubborn? Then let your whole army be wiped out, the wild three passes are your graves, and then two and no longer three, the three words of this wild three passes are used well.
Xu Yang thought proudly, and suddenly heard a report, claiming that the flag was on the hot air balloon, and the enemy on the ground had changed, and he was ready to counterattack. Xu Yang smiled and admired Qi Jingtong's cleverness, he saw it thoroughly, if he didn't fight back at this time, he was afraid that he would have no chance to fight back again. But even so, it's just that the trapped beast is still fighting the donkey's skills, and if they want to turn the tide or save their lives, they are afraid that it will be difficult, and they can't toss any big storms.
At this moment, I saw a flash of fire shooting out of the city of Yesanguan, and the firelight shot straight into the sky and shot through a small hot air balloon at once, the hot air balloon paused for a moment, and then the whole balloon quickly deflated, like a rag, and the soldiers above flipped to the ground and planted it. Up and down the Lu family's army, every soldier from Xu Yang to every soldier was in an uproar. (To be continued......)