"Those who are good at fighting must be invincible first, and then wait for the enemy to be victorious!"

Ye Xiaotian said: "My soldiers, good at fighting!" But that's just a personal martial arts tactic, how to deploy, how to coordinate, how to fight, how to deploy a large army, how to fight, I am not good at it, and you are not good at it, so we must be cautious step by step, first seek not defeat, learn in war, and then win! ”

Ye Xiaotian's tent was full of people, except for Hua Yunfei, none of them were his original team. Ye Xiaotian knew what his problem was, so he dared to boldly use newcomers. Shen Jianyu, Tang Jiancheng, Luo Dun, Wu Zhen, Gao Dabao and others were all promoted and reused after he discovered that he had military expertise.

These young generals, either have fought in the army, or are familiar with military books, familiar with military books and war strategies, among them there is also a lame man, named Ding Yue, who was originally a thousand households under Qi Shaobao, and on the way to the south with Qi Shaobao, because of the injury of his leg, he was disabled after all, so he simply stayed and settled in Nanjing.

A cripple, the court is full of talents, and he will not use such a person as an official, Ye Xiaotian is eclectic, he already has eyeliner in Jinling, and when he consciously wanted to train his own generals, he hired Ding Qianhu with a lot of money, and now he is also a chief general under his account.

Ye Xiaotian said: "My soldiers are good at jungle warfare. But it's not enough to be good at jungle warfare! We always have to get out of the jungle, field battles, city defense battles, tough battles, foot battles, horse battles, and infantry and horse coordinated operations, we must all be able to practice, and we must be good at it! Now is your chance! ”

Ding Yue coughed and said, "My lord is right, in a war, is it when the two armies start a war that they decide who wins and who loses?" Sometimes it is, but most of the time it isn't! If you make a few deep, meticulous, steady, and meticulous calculations in advance, you will have a better chance of winning. When Qi Shaobao was fighting, the reason why he was invincible. That's the reason, it's not that it's on top of the battle array, relying on the martial arts of the battle! ”

At this time, a pro-soldier walked into the tent quickly and whispered a few words to Ye Xiaotian, Ye Xiaotian got up and said with a smile: "Liu Dadao is really interesting to me." Knowing that I was going to attack the fortification, I specially transferred eight artillery pieces! I'll go and receive the artillery, Yunfei and Ding Yue, you continue to discuss! ”

The generals got up to receive the order, Ye Xiaotian walked out quickly, everyone sat down again, Ding Yue said: "There is a big difference between the offensive and defensive operations of the infantry corps and the field battles of the cavalry corps, and the siege of the city and the attack on the field are also different. Therefore, they also have their own knowledge in personnel rationing, troop composition, ordnance and equipment, baggage and grain stalks, and battle formations. Ding thought of a few sets of allocation plans before, let's take a look! ”

Ding Yue said. took a stack of paper full of words and distributed them to everyone, everyone looked down, Hua Yunfei looked at it very carefully. He knew that if he wanted to assist his eldest brother well, he couldn't do much with good archery skills, so he was hungry and thirsty, and he absorbed all knowledge.

Ding Yue said happily: "Now we have artillery. The certainty of siege is even greater. But in everything, there must be advantages and disadvantages. Artillery is a sharp weapon, but it is very difficult to carry it on the road. Dingshan Pass is only our first pass, once it is conquered, there are still a lot of battles to be fought behind, and the artillery is heavy. If the transportation is not effective, it will drag the whole army back. Men must be sent at once to prepare mules, horses, and carts in case of emergency. ”

Hua Yunfei got up and said, "I'll do it immediately, if there are any precautions, General Ding can tell you in detail." ”

Hua Yunfei's position is higher than Ding Yue's. But he knew that he was inferior to Ding Yue in dispatching troops and marching to fight, so he had great respect for Ding Yue, and Ding Yue was respected by him and felt like a fish in water in the army. Although his leg is crippled and he can no longer fight in person, he can still fight on the battlefield, and there is nothing more pleasant for this veteran.

The cannon that Liu Dadao gave to Ye Xiaotian was a tiger squat cannon, Ye Xiaotian knew that Liu Ting was greedy for money, and gave him a very valuable gold pearl and jade treasure in the name of super knife fans. Now that Ye Xiaotian is playing his vanguard, it is reasonable and legal to give away cannons, and it is fair.

At this time, there were no Hongyi cannons in the Ming army. Since the invention of gunpowder, its burning and explosive power has been recognized, and quickly used in the army, in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, there were firearms hatchlings, the Southern Song Dynasty in the late years of the anti-gold famous general Yu Yunwen in the quarry rock had used the "thunderbolt cannon" to defeat the Jin soldiers.

However, at that time, the so-called thunderbolt was better than a large shotgun, which was filled with gunpowder and steel grit and porcelain in a bamboo tube, and blasted out to form a fan, with a large killing area and short range, but it could only hurt people and was difficult to use to attack fortifications.

During Genghis Khan's expedition to the west, tubular firearms flowed into the Arab world and therefore into the West. So the Easterners invented, the Westerners perfected, and the development of artillery in the West at this time was even better than in the East.

During the Zhengde period, the Ming court obtained the Franc machine gun, and although the Chinese officials at that time despised the strange and obscene skills of the West, they did not have any difficulty in accepting battlefield weapons, and absolutely pursued the "take-it-or-leave-it-or-leave-it" doctrine. They developed it accordingly, and soon built their own general cannon.

At this time, the development of Western artillery had entered a new stage, and heavy artillery later called Hongyi cannons by the Ming people appeared. This kind of artillery, two zhang long, can crack the stone city, and shake dozens of miles, but the Ming people have not seen it. It will take more than ten years for the Ming army to appreciate the power of this kind of cannon: "The first time I saw a wisp of green smoke, these hands were eroded, and there was no trace of it. ”

It was not until the 48th year of Wanli that the "Unicorn" of the East India Company sank in Guangdong, and the Ming court sent people to salvage it, which only got 22 Hongyi cannons, each weighing 3,000 catties, and since then the artillery of the Ming court has developed by leaps and bounds.

At this time, he had not seen the Hongyi cannon, and the eight-door tiger squat cannon that Liu Ting gave to Ye Xiaotian was already one of the most advanced weapons in the imperial court. This tiger squat cannon is a kind of artillery improved by Qi Shaobao, and its power is also very great, similar to today's mortars, especially suitable for mountain combat.

Therefore, even if the Ming army already had the Hongyi cannon at this time, considering the geographical situation in Guizhou, it was not necessarily more suitable for fighting here than the tiger squat artillery. Ye Xiaotian went to receive the artillery, specially brought Tian Nufeng, and stroked the swarthy barrel, Ye Xiaotian was overjoyed.

There were no soldiers in Ye Xiaotian's army who could use artillery, and Liu Ting also took this into account, and specially allocated eighteen gunners to stay in Ye Xiaotian's army until he trained qualified gunners on his side. Ye Xiaotian asked the gunner sent by Liu Dadao to test fire a shot, the sound was like thunder, a cloud of smoke rose from the cliff in the distance, and a large area of mountains and rocks fell in an uproar, and the sound was terrifying.

Ye Xiaotian patted the hot cannon barrel, looked at Tian Nufeng, and said proudly: "I have this thing, can Yang Yinglong still keep it?" ”

Tian Nufeng was also shocked by the power of the artillery, but she still raised her face disdainfully, the sun shone on her beautiful face, brilliant and bright: "The king of heaven can't hold Dingshan Pass, but you ...... Can't conquer Loushan Pass! ”

"Really?" Ye Xiaotian looked at Tian Nufeng, and a strange light flashed in his eyes. He took Tian Henfeng with him, but not to attract his eyes, he remembered this sentence in his heart!

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