Chapter 1438: Strength Gap
Qian Tiandun did have high hopes for the Phi Dao Army before the war, and even handed over the flanks of the artillery to them to guard, but judging from the actual performance, the strength of the Phi Dao Army was still some distance from his expectations. On the one hand, this is due to the performance of weapons and equipment, and on the other hand, the Phi Dao Army still lacks actual combat experience in this new combat mode.
Although Haihan had already taught the Phi Dao Army a set of relatively mature tactics, this was the first time it had been used on the battlefield, and there would inevitably be some mistakes when dealing with the enemy. But Qian Tiandun did not have the idea of using the Phidao Army as cannon fodder as Shen Zhixiang feared, on the contrary, he did not want this new army to suffer too many casualties in the battle.
After all, Haihan has invested a lot of material and financial resources in order to support the Phidao Army, and the object of this new army is currently changing from the Ming Dynasty to Haihan, and consuming them is equivalent to consuming Haihan's own strength. Qian Tiandun also hoped that he would be able to slowly reorganize the Phidao Army in the future and hand over a part of the defense of Liaodong to them to be responsible, and he did not want this part of the living force to suffer unnecessary losses when the battlefield situation was superior.
Qian Tiandun did not intend to order the Phi Dao Army to withdraw to the barracks immediately, which would deal a big blow to their self-confidence. And temporarily preventing the other party from continuing to send cavalry to charge and kill, leaving a little respite for the Phi Dao Army, this is probably the best way Qian Tiandun can think of at present. Although such sporadic artillery offensives were a bit hasty and the shock power was a little thin, as long as the artillery was fired, the Houjin army in Jijiabao would have to weigh the risk if they wanted to attack.
When the only artillery fired four rounds at Jijiabao at a rate of two minutes, the second artillery finally joined the attack. The shells of the two six-pounder guns were still strong after flying hundreds of meters and hitting the walls of Jijiabao, but the effect of such a shot was limited, the threat was far greater than the destruction, and the defending side had not suffered casualties at least for now.
Of course, the artillerymen did not expect such a few shells to blast away Jijiabao, and the current shooting was mainly for the purpose of calibrating fire, preparing for the large-scale fire in the future. And the most expensive new guns had just left the camp and marched to the position at this time.
Yanguli had been forcibly dragged off the city wall by his lieutenants and Qin soldiers, preventing him from continuing to watch the battle in a dangerous area where shells could fall from the sky at any time. The decisive charge of Erhe and his subordinates outside the city just now did not cause much emotional turmoil to Yanguli, since these people failed to break through the defense line of the Haihan army, then Yanguli would of course think that they were a bunch of low-fighting waste, and if they were gone, they would be gone, and there was nothing to regret.
Yanguli, of course, also noticed that the Haihan army formation was obviously weaker on the flank to the east, and if it hadn't been for the damned spear formation at the last moment, Erhe's cavalry would have been able to rush into the formation and kill them. If more cavalry had been sent to storm the area, Yanguli would have been almost certain that he would be able to overwhelm the army there. But just before he was ready to give the order, Haihan began to bombard Jijiabao, although it was only sporadic shooting, but the south gate of Jijiabao was completely exposed to the enemy's cannons, and at this time he did not dare to order the opening of the door to let the cavalry attack.
Yanguli descended the walls, but nevertheless ordered a cavalry of 1,000 men to be ready for an attack. If the shelling of the Haihan stopped, then it would be time to consider sending cavalry to rush the weak link of the Haihan position. He also vaguely felt that the rhythm of Haihan's sporadic shelling was a little wrong, but he didn't understand why. If his mind was a little more active and realized that this was because the Haihan artillery was not all in place, it was very likely that he would immediately give the order to rush out of the nest and do it before the Haihan completed the artillery deployment, and only in this way could he have a chance of victory.
Although there was a cannon on the wall that could also shoot a cannon from a mile away, Yanguli did not order it to be used immediately to launch a counterattack against the enemy. Because he knew that this kind of single-handed counterattack would not bring much threat to the opponent, but would expose the target by firing the artillery, thus attracting the opponent's concentrated fire. Therefore, before the most critical moment, Yanguli did not want to use this cannon to suppress the formation.
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Qian Tiandun did have high hopes for the Phi Dao Army before the war, and even handed over the flanks of the artillery to them to guard, but judging from the actual performance, the strength of the Phi Dao Army was still some distance from his expectations. On the one hand, this is due to the performance of weapons and equipment, and on the other hand, the Phi Dao Army still lacks actual combat experience in this new combat mode.
Although Haihan had already taught the Phi Dao Army a set of relatively mature tactics, this was the first time it had been used on the battlefield, and there would inevitably be some mistakes when dealing with the enemy. But Qian Tiandun did not have the idea of using the Phidao Army as cannon fodder as Shen Zhixiang feared, on the contrary, he did not want this new army to suffer too many casualties in the battle.
After all, Haihan has invested a lot of material and financial resources in order to support the Phidao Army, and the object of this new army is currently changing from the Ming Dynasty to Haihan, and consuming them is equivalent to consuming Haihan's own strength. Qian Tiandun also hoped that he would be able to slowly reorganize the Phidao Army in the future and hand over a part of the defense of Liaodong to them to be responsible, and he did not want this part of the living force to suffer unnecessary losses when the battlefield situation was superior.
Qian Tiandun did not intend to order the Phi Dao Army to withdraw to the barracks immediately, which would deal a big blow to their self-confidence. And temporarily preventing the other party from continuing to send cavalry to charge and kill, leaving a little respite for the Phi Dao Army, this is probably the best way Qian Tiandun can think of at present. Although such sporadic artillery offensives were a bit hasty and the shock power was a little thin, as long as the artillery was fired, the Houjin army in Jijiabao would have to weigh the risk if they wanted to attack.
When the only artillery fired four rounds at Jijiabao at a rate of two minutes, the second artillery finally joined the attack. The shells of the two six-pounder guns were still strong after flying hundreds of meters and hitting the walls of Jijiabao, but the effect of such a shot was limited, the threat was far greater than the destruction, and the defending side had not suffered casualties at least for now.
Of course, the artillerymen did not expect such a few shells to blast away Jijiabao, and the current shooting was mainly for the purpose of calibrating fire, preparing for the large-scale fire in the future. And the most expensive new guns had just left the camp and marched to the position at this time.
Yanguli had been forcibly dragged off the city wall by his lieutenants and Qin soldiers, preventing him from continuing to watch the battle in a dangerous area where shells could fall from the sky at any time. The decisive charge of Erhe and his subordinates outside the city just now did not cause much emotional turmoil to Yanguli, since these people failed to break through the defense line of the Haihan army, then Yanguli would of course think that they were a bunch of low-fighting waste, and if they were gone, they would be gone, and there was nothing to regret.
Yanguli, of course, also noticed that the Haihan army formation was obviously weaker on the flank to the east, and if it hadn't been for the damned spear formation at the last moment, Erhe's cavalry would have been able to rush into the formation and kill them. If more cavalry had been sent to storm the area, Yanguli would have been almost certain that he would be able to overwhelm the army there. But just before he was ready to give the order, Haihan began to bombard Jijiabao, although it was only sporadic shooting, but the south gate of Jijiabao was completely exposed to the enemy's cannons, and at this time he did not dare to order the opening of the door to let the cavalry attack.
Yanguli descended the walls, but nevertheless ordered a cavalry of 1,000 men to be ready for an attack. If the shelling of the Haihan stopped, then it would be time to consider sending cavalry to rush the weak link of the Haihan position. He also vaguely felt that the rhythm of Haihan's sporadic shelling was a little wrong, but he didn't understand why. If his mind was a little more active and realized that this was because the Haihan artillery was not all in place, it was very likely that he would immediately give the order to rush out of the nest and do it before the Haihan completed the artillery deployment, and only in this way could he have a chance of victory.
Although there was a cannon on the wall that could also shoot a cannon from a mile away, Yanguli did not order it to be used immediately to launch a counterattack against the enemy. Because he knew that this kind of single-handed counterattack would not bring much threat to the opponent, but would expose the target by firing the artillery, thus attracting the opponent's concentrated fire. Therefore, before the most critical moment, Yanguli did not want to use this cannon to suppress the formation. Qian Tiandun did have high hopes for the Phi Dao Army before the war, and even handed over the flanks of the artillery to them to guard, but judging from the actual performance, the strength of the Phi Dao Army was still some distance from his expectations. On the one hand, this is due to the performance of weapons and equipment, and on the other hand, the Phi Dao Army still lacks actual combat experience in this new combat mode.
Although Haihan had already taught the Phi Dao Army a set of relatively mature tactics, this was the first time it had been used on the battlefield, and there would inevitably be some mistakes when dealing with the enemy. But Qian Tiandun did not have the idea of using the Phidao Army as cannon fodder as Shen Zhixiang feared, on the contrary, he did not want this new army to suffer too many casualties in the battle.
After all, Haihan has invested a lot of material and financial resources in order to support the Phidao Army, and the object of this new army is currently changing from the Ming Dynasty to Haihan, and consuming them is equivalent to consuming Haihan's own strength. Qian Tiandun also hoped that he would be able to slowly reorganize the Phidao Army in the future and hand over a part of the defense of Liaodong to them to be responsible, and he did not want this part of the living force to suffer unnecessary losses when the battlefield situation was superior.
Qian Tiandun did not intend to order the Phi Dao Army to withdraw to the barracks immediately, which would deal a big blow to their self-confidence. And temporarily preventing the other party from continuing to send cavalry to charge and kill, leaving a little respite for the Phi Dao Army, this is probably the best way Qian Tiandun can think of at present. Although such sporadic artillery offensives were a bit hasty and the shock power was a little thin, as long as the artillery was fired, the Houjin army in Jijiabao would have to weigh the risk if they wanted to attack.
When the only artillery fired four rounds at Jijiabao at a rate of two minutes, the second artillery finally joined the attack. The shells of the two six-pounder guns were still strong after flying hundreds of meters and hitting the walls of Jijiabao, but the effect of such a shot was limited, the threat was far greater than the destruction, and the defending side had not suffered casualties at least for now.
Of course, the artillerymen did not expect such a few shells to blast away Jijiabao, and the current shooting was mainly for the purpose of calibrating fire, preparing for the large-scale fire in the future. And the most expensive new guns had just left the camp and marched to the position at this time.
Yanguli had been forcibly dragged off the city wall by his lieutenants and Qin soldiers, preventing him from continuing to watch the battle in a dangerous area where shells could fall from the sky at any time. The decisive charge of Erhe and his subordinates outside the city just now did not cause much emotional turmoil to Yanguli, since these people failed to break through the defense line of the Haihan army, then Yanguli would of course think that they were a bunch of low-fighting waste, and if they were gone, they would be gone, and there was nothing to regret.
Yanguli, of course, also noticed that the Haihan army formation was obviously weaker on the flank to the east, and if it hadn't been for the damned spear formation at the last moment, Erhe's cavalry would have been able to rush into the formation and kill them. If more cavalry had been sent to storm the area, Yanguli would have been almost certain that he would be able to overwhelm the army there. But just before he was ready to give the order, Haihan began to bombard Jijiabao, although it was only sporadic shooting, but the south gate of Jijiabao was completely exposed to the enemy's cannons, and at this time he did not dare to order the opening of the door to let the cavalry attack.
Yanguli descended the walls, but nevertheless ordered a cavalry of 1,000 men to be ready for an attack. If the shelling of the Haihan stopped, then it would be time to consider sending cavalry to rush the weak link of the Haihan position. He also vaguely felt that the rhythm of Haihan's sporadic shelling was a little wrong, but he didn't understand why. If his mind was a little more active and realized that this was because the Haihan artillery was not all in place, it was very likely that he would immediately give the order to rush out of the nest and do it before the Haihan completed the artillery deployment, and only in this way could he have a chance of victory.
Although there was a cannon on the wall that could also shoot a cannon from a mile away, Yanguli did not order it to be used immediately to launch a counterattack against the enemy. Because he knew that this kind of single-handed counterattack would not bring much threat to the opponent, but would expose the target by firing the artillery, thus attracting the opponent's concentrated fire. Therefore, before the most critical moment, Yanguli did not want to use this cannon to suppress the formation.
(End of chapter)