No one looks down on the so-called artillery more than the soldiers of the Zheng army, legendary? The artillery of the Sui army, which had made the Taiyuan army and the Western Qin army suffer enough, was purely a chicken rib in front of the Zheng army soldiers who had eaten and seen, and the firing range was much farther than that of ordinary strong bows and crossbows, and the pebbles shot out could directly drill into people's bodies within sixty or seventy steps, injuring and killing the enemy, but the power would decrease rapidly if it was far away, and even if it hit the enemy, it would not have much effect. It is slow to reload and slow to fire, and it will explode after three or four shots, and the gun must be re-wrapped with iron bars before it can be used again.

This kind of thing, of course, can have the effect of intimidating the enemy when it is suddenly used, and it can be regarded as barely effective when used to attack dense enemies at close range, but this effective killing distance is not much stronger than a bow and crossbow, and the speed and cost are far less than that of a bow and crossbow, as long as the enemy is familiar with this weapon, the effect of intimidation and scare will plummet. Such a weapon is really tasteless to eat, and it is a pity to abandon it.

Therefore, after gradually getting used to the terrifying loud sound made by the pine cannon when it was fired, and gradually figuring out the basic performance of the pine cannon in actual combat, Wang Shichong and Zheng Jun gradually thought in their hearts that the legendary artillery was only so powerful, and there was nothing to be afraid of.

Because of this, when he saw his unfilial son-in-law suddenly show a full fifty cannons, Wang Shichong was not only not frightened like the Li family brothers and Xue Ju's father and son, who had suffered a lot, but on the contrary, he laughed wildly and showed a larger number of pine cannons, and said wildly that he would use artillery with Chen Fuliang to fight to the end! After Chen Fuliang laughed and ironic, he took a closer look at Wang Shichong's turtle formation, and said with a sneer: "Old horseman, it really hasn't changed at all, you can put the turtle formation at every turn, are you tired of it?" Why don't you dare to fight with this king last time? ”

"Little thief, are you tired of stealing chickens and touching dogs before you fight every time?" Wang Shichong was-for-tat, and also sneered and said: "Since you look down on my military formation so much, then come and attack, and I will accompany you to the end!" ”

"That's what you said, don't regret it!" Chen Fuliang laughed and turned his horse's head, shouting: "Artillery team prepare!" Let the puppet Zheng thief army see how powerful you are! ”

The artillery team of the Sui army led by Yuan Tiangang sang in unison, immediately took off the straw that wrapped the cannon body and the silk cloth that covered the muzzle of the gun, skillfully and quickly filled the ammunition, and planted the fuse. Over there, Wang Shichong also immediately turned around and returned to his own formation, shouting an order to the artillery of the self-army, "Get ready!" Pay attention to the flag, see the flag waving, and fire immediately! Mrs. Wang, you have shown me a good idea, you must wait for the thief army artillery to enter within eighty paces before firing the cannon, and you must kill the enemy with the first shot! ”

The Zheng army's artillery team also sang a promise in unison, and Wang Shichong's eldest nephew, Wang Tai, who was in charge of commanding the artillery team, quickly estimated the distance of eighty paces to find an effective killing range - why did he do this? Because Zheng Jun's pine cannon has an effective killing distance of only 80 steps and more than 100 meters.

But soon, Wang Tai, who had already eaten the performance of the pine cannon, immediately discovered that something was wrong, and the fifty guns of the Sui army were directly lit at a distance of about a mile after they were loaded with ammunition! Mrs. Wang was shocked when she saw it, and couldn't help blurting out: "So far? How can it be?! ”

"Boom! Bang! Bang! Thundered! ”

In the successive explosions, far better than the explosions fired by the pine cannons, the Sui army artillery team finally blasted out the first round of salvos, fifty eight-pound solid iron bullets came out of the disembowel one after another, whistling and flying towards the Zheng army's turtle formation, more than a mile away Zheng Jun turtle formation at the forefront of many long shield hands did not even see anything clearly, suddenly there was a huge force like a mountain and a sea of mountains hit the long shield, the strong long shield wrapped in iron sheet was suddenly shattered, and the Zheng army soldiers behind the shield also spit blood and fell backwards, But the black cannonballs did not go away, and continued to move forward, smashing on the Zheng soldiers one after another, and the ones who were hit were either crushed or broken or fractured, either dead or wounded, and after those black cannonballs landed with a whistle, they could still jump up and do Brownian motion, and continue to smash and smash Zheng soldiers, until the inertia was exhausted.

The dense square circle array is Wang Shichong's magic weapon used by the strong enemy on all roads, if he attacks head-on with cold weapons, even the strongest elite under Chen Fuliang may not be sure to be able to smash through such a turtle formation, but when it comes to the face of modern artillery bombardment, such a dense formation completely pits the Zheng army soldiers. Where the Sui artillery shells passed, the soldiers of the Zheng army, who were too densely formed, fell in rows like cutting wheat, either directly stoned to death or smashed and bruised, and the irregular bounce of the solid shells after landing can also ensure effective mass killing. In the first round of salvo fire, the fifty Sui artillery pieces not only did not miss a single shot, but also killed and injured more than a dozen or twenty Zheng soldiers with basically every shell.

A huge noise sounded inside the Zheng Jun turtle array, and seeing the companions near him spitting blood and even spitting out fragments of internal organs, they kept lying down, falling to the ground and rolling and screaming for no reason, Zheng Jun's soldiers were shocked, and naturally they also screamed one after another, asking what happened? Wang Shichong, who had already withdrawn to sit down in the flag array to command, also jumped up in shock, and screamed with a blank face: "What's the matter? What's wrong? What did Chen Xiaothief do? Why do we suddenly kill and wound so many soldiers? ”

Wang Tai, who was at the forefront and facing the Sui army's artillery, saw the situation most clearly, her face was paler than anyone else, and she kept muttering to herself, "How is it possible?" How is it possible to hit so far? How can it be so powerful? Impossible?! ”

What shocked Wang Tai even more was still behind, after a round of salvo, the soldiers of the Sui army quickly dipped the barrel of the cannon with a cannon shaft wrapped in cloth to extinguish the remaining sparks in the barrel, and then filled the rationed gunpowder wrapped in silk, quickly loaded the shells and fuses, and it took less than two minutes to re-ignite the cannonball, and the fifty guns roared neatly again, and once again bombarded the shells to the front of the Zheng army's turtle formation, and the Zheng soldiers and soldiers also screamed again and fell to the ground one after another, and the rows fell to the ground one after another, the wounded soldiers fell to the ground and rolled and howled, and the frightened soldiers ran to avoid the bullets, For the first time, the sturdy battle array that Wang Shichong was proud of was in disarray on its own without being attacked by the enemy.

The so-called artillery bombardment battle is completely a one-sided massacre, in the case of only about one mile away from the enemy, the Sui army's artillery with a maximum range of two miles is raging, constantly roaring and bombarding heavy shells into the dense queue of Zheng army's officers and soldiers, sweeping the enemy in front of them with a devastating momentum, each cannon bombarded several dozen enemies to the stomach, and each cannon cut a thick and deep blood mark that reached the heart of the Zheng army's turtle formation, and the Sui army only fired four cannons on average for each artillery. It has killed more than 1,000 soldiers in the battle, injured countless people, and completely smashed the frontal turtle shell of Zheng Jun's big turtle formation.

Seeing this scene, Wang Shichong's face was pale, but he finally confirmed a thing that had been determined a long time ago - his son-in-law was indeed not a good bird, not only did he yin himself countless times, but even the artillery that he was filial to himself was counterfeit and shoddy! In addition to the fury in his heart, Wang Shichong still refused to give up, and roared: "Let our artillery come forward and fire, and beat the momentum of the thief army first!" ”

The order was conveyed, a group of four soldiers, and the Zheng gunners began to rush forward with the pine cannons, but the Sui army was already prepared, and the crossbowmen of the brigade immediately stepped forward, first met the head attack with a strong crossbow with a long range, and covered the Zheng army's artillery team with a dense rain of arrows, as a result, the Zheng soldiers did not wait for the pine cannon within eighty steps to effectively fire the distance, they were already shot by the Sui army's bow and crossbow, and there were many dead and wounded.

Wang Shichong's move also angered Chen Fuliang, originally out of the psychological consideration of attacking the enemy's soldiers, Chen Fuliang only asked Yuan Tiangang to bombard the densest place of the enemy's soldiers with artillery as much as possible, and try to create casualties and chaos for the enemy, and did not ask for the decapitation tactics to directly bombard Wang Shichong's banner array. However, seeing that the old man dared to counterattack, Chen Fuliang also came to the fire completely, and immediately ordered Yuan Tiangang to command the artillery team to concentrate on bombarding Wang Shichong's flag array.

Unfortunately, more than two miles away Wang Shichong's flag array also happened to be within the range of the Sui army's artillery, although this distance from the Sui army's artillery has been unable to achieve accurate aiming, but fifty artillery guns are covered by concentrated firepower, even if the blind cat touches the dead mouse, it can also touch some, and then a round of salvo bombardment, at least ten shells fell on Wang Shichong's flag array, the cannonball bounced, the pseudo-Zheng Yulin army soldiers with clear flag armor staggered, suffered heavy casualties, and a shell fell less than ten steps in front of Wang Shichong, Bounced up and blasted a guard two steps away from Wang Shichong's side to the point that he died tragically, and Wang Shichong, who was greedy for life and afraid of death like a bad son-in-law, also urinated on the crotch of his pants on the spot, and subconsciously pulled out the horse and turned around and left.

Seeing Wang Shichong's handsome flag moving backwards, the Zheng soldiers, who were already frightened, could no longer support themselves, and for the first time they collapsed and fled in the battle, or collapsed on their own without launching a charge and assault by the Sui army's soldiers, and even the Zheng army's small turtle formation with two wings was also affected, and collapsed on its own without being bombarded by the Sui army's artillery, scrambling to flee to the east.

Chen Fuliang was waiting for this moment, with a wave of the dirty claws in the banner array, the two cavalry of Cheng Yanjin and Xue Renguo on the left and right of the phalanx flew together, and Luo Shixin also led the front army of the phalanx to launch a pursuit, and the slogan of capturing Wang Shichong alive rose one after another, earth-shattering, and then after the Sui cavalry took the lead in the defeat of the Zheng army, another brutal massacre also began.

If it is a battle in formation, the Zheng army soldiers who are good at battle are absolutely not afraid of the four thousand Sui army cavalry led by Cheng Yanjin and Xue Renguo, but now it is completely different, the Zheng soldiers who fled for their lives have completely messed up the queue and lost their command, and there is no longer any power to fight back in front of the Sui army cavalry who charge in clusters. The cavalry of the Sui army had no mercy, swords and guns fell, constantly bringing up ** blood flowers, and constantly chasing and killing Wang Shichong's handsome banner in the blood splash.

The infantry of the Sui army led by Luo Shixin also chased and killed from behind, and slashed the defeated soldiers of the Zheng army more fiercely and quickly, and the soldiers of the Zheng army threw down their weapons and knelt on the ground to surrender countless, but Luo Shixin, the number one killer under the command of Chen Fuliang, ignored it, and commanded his corporal to even surrender the troops to kill correctly, and the footsteps did not stop just chasing and killing, and refused to waste half of the time for the reception of prisoners. It was Wang Fubao, who had a relatively mild personality, who led the troops up, and those Zheng soldiers who were lucky not to be hacked to death by Luo Shixin's army or lay on the ground and pretended to be dead were lucky enough to get the opportunity to surrender.

The battlefield of the battle was very close to the small city of Xin'an, but when things came to this point, Wang Shichong, who was afraid of being taken by his unfilial son-in-law to make dumplings after entering the city, did not even dare to enter the city, and took the remnants of the defeated army to bypass the city and the camp outside the city and continue to flee to the east, and the Sui cavalry continued to chase closely. Luo Shixin took the Sui army infantry to kick the Zheng army's camp outside the city, expelled the Zheng army's defeated soldiers as the vanguard and killed them into the camp, killed people and burned them when they saw them, and the Zheng army's rear army who stayed in the camp could not parry at all, so they could only quickly abandon the camp and a large number of valuable baggage in the camp and flee eastward, Luo Shixin continued to pursue the Zheng army's defeated brigade reluctantly, and made up his mind that even if he didn't have a chance to take Wang Shichong's head, he would try his best to get the enemy's soldiers to get the merits.

Gao Bi, the general of the Zheng army who guarded Xin'an, did not dare to go out of the city at all, and sat back and watched Wang Fubao take 3,000 Sui army infantry to show off his might under the city, and contain and capture more remnants of the Zheng army. ”

In this battle, the cavalry of the Sui army pursued and killed until Cijian before Mingjin withdrew his troops, although he failed to kill Wang Shichong, who fled faster than a rabbit, but also achieved a proud record of more than 9,000 beheadings and more than 6,000 prisoners, which not only severely damaged the overall strength of the Zheng army and captured countless military baggage, but also completely smashed Wang Shichong's attempt to block the main force of the Sui army in the Cuihan Road, and completely destroyed the confidence and morale of Wang Shichong and the Zheng army's soldiers, killing Wang Shichong is even Cijian whose tactical position is also very important. With the defeated army, he directly withdrew to Luoyang and closed the city to defend himself.

Immediately afterwards, the main army of the Sui army, which opened the advance channel, also took the opportunity to walk out of the Kunhan Road, and set up camp south of Xin'an, Chen Fuliang sent people to the city to surrender again, and the general of the Zheng army, who was barely a little loyal, continued to grit his teeth and refused, Chen Fuliang was furious when he heard this, and immediately ordered the army to immediately prepare siege equipment, and launched an attack on Xin'an two days later.

Gao Bi, who led the army to resist stubbornly, only held out for one day, and was blown down by Chen Fuliang with his expert gunpowder blasting tactics, and the Sui army soldiers entered the city in an endless stream, Gao Bi was forced to lead the army to break through to the east, but was assassinated by his deputy Tian Zhan, and his head was also sent by Tian Zhan to Chen Fuliang's face for credit. Chen Fuliang was overjoyed, and immediately canonized Tian Zan as the earl, and Xiangcheng County was too guarded, and ordered him to lead the troops to the south to capture Xiangcheng County, and also set up a model model of surrendering to himself, and he would have meat to eat and enjoy.

The small city of Xin'an was dilapidated, the morale of the defenders was low, and the old rammed earth city fortifications were also restrained by the Sui army's gunpowder blasting tactics, and it was of course easy to win in the first battle, but the real test of Chen Fuliang and the Sui army soldiers was still to come. As Chen Fuliang guessed, after Wang Shichong fled back to Luoyang City, he not only immediately prepared for the battle to defend the city, but also immediately began to arrange Luokoucang and Tiger Prison? At the same time, he once again sent an envoy north to Linwei to ask for an alliance and help from Dou Jiande, who was at odds with Chen Fuliang.

Originally, Wang Shichong was also very worried that Li Mi, the sworn enemy who preemptively attached to Dou Jiande, would take the opportunity to make trouble, and instigated Dou Jiande to refuse to form an alliance to retaliate against himself, who would have thought that on the second day after receiving the news of the fall of Xin'an, Wang Wan, who was ordered to go north to Linwei and Dou Jiande's nephew, sent someone to send good news, saying that Dou Jiande had promised to form an alliance with Wang Shichong to fight against Chen, and decided to send troops to help Wang Shichong at an appropriate time.

And when Wang Wan thanked Li Mi in private, Li Mi also introduced the reason why he did this, "No matter how deep the hatred between me and Emperor Zheng is deep, can it be as deep as the hatred between me and Chen Yingliang's traitor?" Emperor Zheng just swore to me, but Chen Thief and I are not in the same place, and Chen Thief is hostile to it, why don't I do it? ”

Viciously praised Li Mi's clear grievances and disregard for previous suspicions, Wang Shichong, who was determined, asked Wang Wan to ask Dou Jiande to send troops as soon as possible, and at the same time guessed that Chen Fuliang would definitely attack Luokoucang first, take Luokoucang first to reduce the cost of grain and grass, and completely cut off his own supply of grain and grass. Therefore, in addition to ordering Wang Xuanying and Yang Gongqing to give up attacking Yanshi and defending Luokoucang and Tiger Prison Pass, Wang Shichong also adopted the suggestions of Duan Da and Li Shiying, and decided to send people to contact Chen Fuliang's camp, pretending to claim that on the condition of returning Chen Fuliang's mistress Pei Cuiyun and paying a large amount of jewelry, he asked for negotiations with Yanhe, took the opportunity to buy time to delay the army, and waited for Dou Jiande to send troops to rescue.

Dare to use tricks against Chen Fuliang naturally has no good end, Chen Fuliang first arranged for Fang Xuanling to come forward to extract the Luoyang military information from the mouth of Zheng Jun's envoy, although Fang Xuanling did not get the important information that Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande have formed an alliance from the mouth of Zheng Jun's envoy, but also found that Wang Shichong did not attach great importance to this peace request, at least did not let the envoy participate in the meeting to decide on the peace request, and the envoy was appointed after deciding to make peace - this is a bit unreasonable, because if Wang Shichong is really sincere in seeking peace, At the very least, the envoy can know the bottom line of his negotiations before he can have the confidence to negotiate peace.

In view of this situation, Fang Xuanling and Chen Fuliang unanimously suspected that Wang Shichong's request for peace had ulterior motives, and it was very likely that it was just a delaying tactic. Therefore, after discussing with Fang Xuanling, Chen Fuliang and Fang Xuanling decided to refuse to summon the envoy of Zheng Jun, and asked the envoy of Zheng Jun to send his mistress Pei Cuiyun first, and then he could consider starting peace talks with Zheng Jun, and in turn test Wang Shichong's reason for seeking peace.

Wang Shichong was really tested, considering that Pei Cuiyun, an important hostage, was still of great use at a critical moment, Wang Shichong categorically rejected Li Shiying's suggestion to immediately hand over Pei Cuiyun in exchange for Chen Fuliang's trust, and just sent someone to hand over Pei Renji's head to Chen Fuliang, promising to hand over Pei Cuiyun after the negotiation was over. As a result, Chen Fuliang and Fang Xuanling also immediately concluded that Wang Shichong was just delaying time, continued to refuse to receive the envoy, and did not accept Pei Renji's head, and on the same day, they led the army eastward and marched to Luoyang, and began to capture Luoyang's Acropolis Jinyong City and the new Acropolis Qianjin Fort.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, when Wang Fubao, the vanguard of the Sui army, took Qianjin Fort at night with a sneak attack on the surprise tactics of his master, the Sui army, which is currently fighting with the Zheng army in Heyang, also sent a fast horse to send the news that Dou Jiande had formed an alliance with Wang Shichong. The Sui army was a little surprised when they heard the news, but Chen Fuliang was both surprised and happy, of course, he was surprised that Dou Jiande came to make trouble for himself, but he was happy that he was like Li Er in history, and he actually encountered a great opportunity to beat the rabbit and kill Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong.

Immediately afterwards, a new question was put in front of Chen Fuliang, can he do Li Er's step, or can he be as lucky as Li Er to kill Dou Jiande at the same time as Wang Shichong?

tentatively told the accomplice lackeys the idea of killing Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong at the same time, and the arrogant accomplice lackeys under Chen Fuliang's command were rarely taken aback, and they all exclaimed: "Pacify Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong at the same time, two strong enemies? How can it be? Our strength is more than enough to deal with one of these thieves, but when these two thieves join forces, the overall strength has surpassed ours, and it is not easy to defeat them and join forces, how can we eradicate them at the same time? ”

The accomplice lackeys who are usually arrogant and arrogant are rarely frightened once, and Chen Fuliang, who is usually obedient, also rarely refuses to accept advice, and after thinking about it carefully for a long time, Chen Fuliang said slowly: "Are we now? Situation, can it really not eradicate Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande at the same time? In the king's opinion, not necessarily! ”