Phi-Fic Chapter 414 Showdown
Chapter 414 Showdown
Indeed, the truth seems to be only within the range of artillery fire.
Qian Dazhuang, who had never experienced such a cruel scene as an artillery battle, was quickly defeated by the fierce artillery attack.
Moreover, the terrifying artillery fire was still advancing step by step, and the distance had extended to two hundred steps.
Most of the houses in the city were reduced to ruins by the raging artillery fire.
The people in the city had experienced such ruthless baptism of artillery fire many times. When they heard that the war was about to break out again, they hurriedly packed up their money and food and fled out of the city through the east gate.
The news reached Zhao Qin's ears as fast as a gust of wind. He panicked and shouted to the guards around him, "Quick, let's go too!"
In fact, long before the war began, he secretly ordered his people to be prepared to escape at any time. As long as he gave the order, they could quickly leave the city in a carriage.
At the critical moment of life and death, time is running out and there is no room for hesitation!
With Zhao Qin's departure, Shangjun instantly lost its backbone.
Qian Dazhuang originally planned to fight to the death, but Zhao Qin forcibly took him and the army away on the pretext of protecting the emperor.
Moreover, Yan Ruxiang did not have time to take away any of the things he left in the Shangjun workshop.
Qian Dazhuang's army, which was not good at using artillery in combat, followed Zhao Qin out of the city in a panic, carrying only the things they thought were important.
Before the people had completely evacuated, they had disappeared without a trace.
Seeing that the enemy had no power to fight back, Zhu Xuliang, the Dingbian Army outside the city, first sent out 2,000 men to conduct a tentative attack, but the result was...
"What kind of battle is this? There's no excitement at all!"
When You Fengqi accompanied Chu Xuliang into the city, his face was full of disdain and contempt.
Also traveling with them was Yu Long, a small leader of the Di tribe. He didn't quite understand what You Fengqi said, but seeing his arrogant expression, he asked Chu Xuliang, "Commander Bing, can we not put away our swords?"
The so-called order not to put down the sword means massacre in the city.
Before sending out troops, Zhao Hong had instructed Chu Xuliang that the Di people must not act recklessly after entering the city, and must be made to stay in one place. If that was not possible, they should be stationed outside the city.
"Yulong, what do you mean by not sealing the sword?"
Chu Xuliang asked with a frown.
"General Bing, not sealing the sword is to let my soldiers have fun and do whatever they want."
Although Yulong's words were straightforward and vague, Chu Xuliang still roughly understood what he meant.
"This will be our most important weapons manufacturing site in the future. You just saw our siege weapons, all of which were made by the craftsmen and people here. Besides, this city originally belonged to us, so don't have any crooked thoughts."
Chu Xuliang tried his best to describe the situation clearly, hoping that the Di soldiers would behave themselves.
"Oh, so this is our city too. Are we here just to recapture it?"
Yulong said doubtfully.
"This place is the same as Dingbian, and the land and housing policies are the same. We'll see when the time comes. If it's an unowned place, we'll give it to you."
Although Chu Xuliang said this, he secretly cursed in his heart: Damn it, this group of people didn't put in any effort, but they still want to get benefits so easily.
After the entire army entered the city, Yulong's troops had 50,000 people, and Chu Xuliang arranged them all to guard the south gate.
At the same time, two cannons from You Fengqi's team were placed on South Street, and the Tiger Barrel Cannon, which was a single stone and weighed 10,000 people, was also deployed here.
The purpose of this arrangement is to prepare to block the reinforcements from Yanzhou.
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Elsewhere, Wulan'er of the Di tribe and Wei He from Zhao Hong's team led 200,000 troops to set up an ambush on the only way for the troops to return to Yanzhou for support.
A day and a night passed, but no reinforcements arrived from Yanzhou.
On the third day, they saw from afar an army of about 50,000 people rushing towards Shangjun.
When Wulaner saw that the other side had only 50,000 people, he was immediately overjoyed.
In his opinion, ambushing 50,000 people with 200,000 people was a piece of cake.
He discussed with Wei He and set up an ambush behind a hill two miles away from the road. As soon as the army approached, both sides launched an attack at the same time.
Half of Weihe's army were Di soldiers, most of whom were infantry.
The Di people were originally a nomadic people. Their army was mostly composed of cavalry, and they were accustomed to fighting with bows and horses.
Therefore, on the Ulaner side, most of them were cavalrymen, and they did not have any hot weapons. There were as many as 60,000 cavalrymen equipped with war horses and steel swords.
In contrast, the total number of cavalrymen in Deng Liu's team coming from Yanzhou was no more than 10,000.
Several carriages followed the team.
Deng Liu walked in the snow, feeling uneasy. His biggest fear was that he would be ambushed by the enemy.
So he walked extremely carefully along the way.
The terrain in front of me is endless, with only a few small gentle slopes like mounds.
He had already wasted some time, and now that he was about to arrive at Shangjun City, he finally relaxed a little.
However, at this moment, countless black spots suddenly appeared on the mound.
As the black spot grew larger, it was discovered that tens of thousands of people were rushing out on war horses.
"Oh no, there are enemies, prepare to fight!"
Deng Liu, who was sitting on horseback, exclaimed, and immediately someone in the team rode a horse to deliver orders to the team.
"Meet the enemy and organize the defense!"
Different generals with different types of troops took quick action.
The soldiers in the vanguard quickly put up their shields in front of them for protection.
Logically, there should be a spear protecting the body from behind, but it turned out that the tiger barrel cannon was fixed on the ground.
When the Tiger Barrel Cannon is marching, the barrel and the gun carriage are separated, and five people form a group.
During combat, if there is enough time, one person will place the bracket on the ground.
The bracket is similar to a horse pitchfork, with bayonets at the front and back to fix the barrel. Place the barrel into the bayonet and then install a fixing wedge to firmly fix the barrel.
The main forces generated when firing a gun are recoil and upward force. Due to the weight of the barrel and the bracket, this slight upward force can be basically ignored after the gun is fired.
The rear shell is shaped like a thermos. After being pushed into the groove of the barrel, it rotates to one side. There is a spiral groove at the tail of the shell, which will automatically lock the shell.
Especially the handle, after rotating to the bottom, it will be hung on a mortise, so that the recoil will not push the shell into the gun position.
This is a very sophisticated shooting device.
Behind a shield, a cannon like this is placed. When dealing with cavalry, three projectiles are usually used as the first shot, followed by all shotgun shells.
Moreover, the cannons fire in groups of three, similar to the principle of rifle shooting, in order to ensure uninterrupted shooting.
During training, in order to let each gunner know clearly which one he is when firing the first shot, it depends on the time when the shield soldiers withdraw.
When the enemy approaches, one shield soldier will retreat after every two others, and the artillerymen will immediately know that their cannons will be fired first, followed by the second and third.
When firing the reflector cannon, after firing one, it will be fired two, and finally three.
After the first round, there is no longer a need for such a strict firing sequence and the shells can be fired freely once they are installed.
This method of firing artillery is only used during the training of the new army. The artillerymen of Deng Liu's army were trained with the help of Shan Ning when he was there.