Chapter 40: Take a detour and enter the urn
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Just the repeated bombardment of the pine artillery has already crushed the attack of the Jin army. The officers and men of the Red Turban Army saw more and more clearly, and the remnants of the golden soldiers were fleeing in embarrassment, not even daring to turn back.
He was so far away that he didn't know what was going on. The soldiers who had already attacked were suddenly suffering heavy casualties and retreated in embarrassment.
"What's going on, what's that?" The servant sanliu frowned tightly, and asked repeatedly, but no one answered.
On the hill, armed with swords and axes, Red Turban soldiers crossed the trench and swung their blades at the corpses and wounded of the fallen Jin soldiers.
Desperate screams and curses rang out in the light of the knife and blood, and the bloody heads were grabbed by the hair and lifted up, and the headless corpses lay miserably on their stomachs or backs, blood gurgling and seeping into the cracks of the earth and stones.
It was the first time that the Jin army had been subjected to such a dense bombardment, and it was inexperienced, and under the heavy bombardment, it could not even reorganize its formation, and it caused a squeeze and trampling, and even completely collapsed.
Corpses and wounded soldiers stretched far along the hillside, and the Red Turbans' axemen mercilessly harvested the bloody heads, stripping them of their still useful armor and weapons.
At the foot of the mountain, the servants were looking at the scene on the mountain and gritting their teeth, listening to a grizzled officer report on the attack.
The mountain road was narrow and steep, blocked by trenches, stone-stoned arrows, and unknown weapons...... These are of course difficulties, but the death and injury of so many people at once still makes the servants scattered and stay in the family resentful.
Go on the offensive? He didn't know what kind of weapon the enemy was using, and he had palpitations.
After weighing and considering, the servants scattered and stayed at home to gather the troops and made a detour. It's not that he can't really attack this hill, but the number of troops is limited, and he doesn't want to pay for unnecessary casualties.
The decision was wise, and he didn't want the cavalry to turn into infantry, so he could increase the casualties with short shots and long shots, and he also saw that the men and horses on this hill were different from the previous two times.
Indeed, the Red Turban Army defending on this hill is elite, with a number of about 800, and it is the old foundation of Meng Jiucheng's beginnings. Although it has been repeatedly expanded, its combat effectiveness has always remained strong, and its weapons and equipment are also the best.
In addition to the stone throwers and pine cannons, this unit also had flying thunder cannons that were not used. But just this counterattack caused the Jin army to retreat and divert it, which was also somewhat unexpected.
Although the goal of killing and injuring the Jin army was not fully achieved, the Jin army also suffered nearly 100 casualties. While the Jin army continued to advance towards the target, it also handed over the back road to the opponent.
The small group of Red Turban Army that harassed and blocked seemed to have rushed into the mountains and forests, but as soon as the Jin Army passed, it reorganized and assembled, and the small group turned into a large team, and slowly pressed the Jin Army over.
This kind of tactic was proposed by Meng Jiucheng, and in his words, it is called "letting go of the road and walking on both sides." Taking advantage of the fact that the Jin army was eager to copy, and it was difficult for the cavalry to enter the mountains and forests to chase after them, they cleverly laid out a blockade on the back road of the Jin army.
The servants have never fought with the Red Turban Army, only hearing their names, not knowing their details, and still treating the Red Turban Army as the Red Jacket Army they have dealt with before.
Therefore, every time the Jin army led by him took a step forward towards the goal, it was one step closer to the final destruction, and he was still unaware of it.
The so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible.
Compared with the ignorance of the servants who stayed at home, the Red Turban Army led by Meng Jiucheng was fully prepared, and targeted weapons and equipment and tactics.
Fighting with the Jin army and fighting with the Mongolian army is a grand plan that Meng Jiucheng has already set in his heart. But if you think about it, there must always be a means to defeat the enemy, so that it is not a fantasy.
In ancient times, it is needless to say that the agrarian people had a natural disadvantage over the nomads.
Take the Jin army, which was beaten by the Mongolian army and could not find the north, for example, the battle with the Red Jacket Army, although there were fewer enemies, but there were more victories and fewer defeats.
Even compared to the Red Turban Army, the Jin Army has an advantage in some aspects.
The first is cavalry, which in ancient times was equivalent to the existence of rapid armored troops, and against infantry, the ratio of troops to 1 to 10 also had a chance of winning;
Then there is the bow and arrow, you can't expect to train a farmer who dropped a hoe to become a qualified archer in less than a year, right? And the bow and arrow were also very powerful and terrifying long-range strikes in ancient times;
The other is armor, which is very important in cold weapon combat. When the Jin Army and the Red Jacket Army fought against each other, the casualties were disproportionate, and armor was a very important factor.
As for the command of the battle formation, the soldiers' martial arts, the Jin Army is also stronger than the Red Turban Army.
And the Red Turban Army is not without strengths, morale and tenacity may be slightly worse, but it is much stronger than the Red Jacket Army, and more importantly, the weapons and equipment.
The Flying Thunder Cannon is equivalent to a mortar, with great power, a range that exceeds that of a bow and arrow, and a cooler sound and light effect.
The pine cannon is a sharp weapon for dealing with enemies at close range, and it is equivalent to the effect of a dozen shotguns in one shotgun.
The Red Turbans were also armed with another, more powerful long-range weapon, for a shorter period of time, with only two battalions. One of the battalions is a real fist unit led by Meng Jiucheng himself, a secret weapon.
In addition to weapons and equipment, choosing a favorable battlefield so that the cavalry could not give full play to its advantages and characteristics was also a winning factor in Meng Jiucheng's opinion.
Of course, it is not yet time for a decisive battle, and it is uncertain whether the advantage can be turned into a victory. However, the cavalry led by the servants had already realized the difference in the enemy they were facing.
The man shouted and neighed, and the striker stopped again. The servants soon got a report that there were pitfalls dug by the enemy on the road, and more than a dozen war horses were hit.
Trapped, simple and practical. The thickness of the bowl mouth is two feet deep, once stepped on, it can cause great damage to the galloping war horse, and the horse's legs are easy to be broken.
It is not far from the target place, and of course you can't give up halfway, you must always do your best to complete the task.
Besides, in his mind, since the enemy tried every possible way to block it, of course, he wanted him to retreat in the face of difficulties, not to lure the enemy deep and have other plans.
In other words, the servant scattered and stayed at home to think that the enemy was afraid of him, so he used all kinds of yin tricks and damage tricks.
What the enemy fears, do it. This is a relatively common practice in the military, which can also be called "doing the opposite".
Therefore, the servant scattered the family ordered the forward to slow down and cautiously explore the way forward, but the battle plan was not changed, and it was still copied behind Muling Pass, the target - Gaoqiao Town.
In this way, despite encountering road blockages and blockages in the process of advancing, the Jin army overcame difficulties and still stubbornly approached Gaoqiao Town
And the closer it gets to the target, the closer the Jin army is to destruction.
When he saw the shadow of Takahashi Town from afar, he didn't realize that this was the beginning of the nightmare.