The forward movement of the Sword and Shieldmen's formation does not reduce the damage caused by the missiles fired by enemy archers on the city wall. On the contrary, the loose formation greatly reduces the damage they receive from arrow attacks when they adopt a dense formation.
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But casualties are unavoidable, which is a kind of torture for the new soldiers, especially in the early stage of marching forward, they must face and bear the casualties of their companions and the psychological fear caused, although in daily life
During training, instructors and officers have used whips and sticks countless times to help them correct the deformed movements and confusion caused by this psychological fear, but this still takes time and experience to overcome.
Officers are also facing the test. They must maintain the formation at all times so that it will not be disrupted by the death or escape of one or more people. It is their most important responsibility to solve these problems as soon as possible, and they also know it.
As long as they have experienced this bloody battle, the pressure on them to show off in the next battle will be much less. The soldiers who survived this kind of battle can grow up quickly. They don't need to be so nervous now. They will consciously maintain the formation and bring about
The advantages.
Hu Chengyi took a deep breath, and the sweat on his forehead was already slowly flowing on his cheeks. The baseline in front was about to be entered. Finally, he saw that the pace of the front line stopped on the baseline he had preset, and burst out from his heart.
An unprecedented roar: "Stand still!"
Then the whistler's shrill copper whistle sounded one after another, and the huge camp slowly stopped like a giant that had been whipped violently by a whip. At this moment, it began to raise its head and reveal its sharp claws.
"Raise the gun!"
Accompanied by tiny and neat sounds, it was like a large and extremely sophisticated mechanical monster. If you looked down from the air, you could see that the soldiers of the Fire Gun Team began to raise their guns, charge, reload, tighten, and then
Accompanied by a sound: "Get ready to shoot..."
The elongated sound trembled and beat in the air, and finally ended in the shrill whistle, a continuous muffled sound that was mixed and superimposed by countless crisp sounds, and the entire camp was filled with smoke.
The crossbowmen of the Datong Army densely packed on the city wall were like dead leaves swept by a heavy rain in the autumn wind. They were beaten hard and fell rustlingly, instantly forming countless mottled blanks on the city wall.
Hu Chengyi pursed his lips in dissatisfaction and continued to wave his hand. The sentry continued to puff up his face and blow the whistle wildly, and the second round of aiming and shooting followed.
The story repeated itself, but with the experience of the first round of volleys, the soldiers in the second round were much calmer. Hu Chengyi squinted his eyes and observed. From such a close distance, he could clearly see the original mottled colors without a telescope.
The crossbow array once again lost countless small pieces in the second round of firecracker shooting.
The successive rounds of rolling fire are like a precise clockwork tool, with fixed and short intervals. Although the formation is maintained in a loose formation, which is different from the dense formation maintained in the field, this does not affect the shooting at all.
Efficiency and results, and even the damage of crossbows can be reduced because of the loose formation.
After four rounds of firing, the crossbowmen on the city wall could no longer hold on. The collapse at one point quickly spread to the collapse of the entire resistance force on the city wall. Seeing this, Hu Chengyi breathed a sigh of relief.
, the flag bearer behind him had already waved the small flag at his signal, and at this time the spearmen and sword and shield soldiers on both sides began to quickly form a spearhead to charge towards the gap in the city wall.
The outcome of this battle has been decided.
The fighting power of the Datong Army is also very good. Even though the Ji Zhen Army broke through the city wall, they quickly organized a counterattack, hoping to retake the gap. However, You Shilu, who had already taken precautions against this, did not give the opponent anything.
Opportunity, he seized this gap and took the opportunity to control the entire North City Gate.
With the influx of the main force, the Datong Army finally lost the ability to retake the Gucheng and was forced out of the city step by step. Although the street fighting in the Gucheng County was extremely bloody, with the superior strength and reinforcements from Dezhou and Wucheng,
When they did not arrive in time, the Datong Army had no choice but to accept the result of being driven out of the old city.
Sun Shaozu was not too panicked when he received the news that his old city had been lost. He knew very well that his defensive front could not hold the entire north of Dongchang Prefecture impregnably. He only had so many troops at hand. If he wanted to cover everything, the result would be everywhere.
It's a loophole that can only be broken through one by one, so he can only selectively defend key points.
Like Dezhou, he must defend, like Linqing and Dongchang Prefecture, he must defend, and he can even abandon Wucheng when necessary, but he always suspected that You Shilu was pretending to attack the old city and wanted to attack Wucheng.
Thinking that You Shilu actually played a trick on him, bypassing Wucheng, but captured the seemingly unimportant ancient city.
Taking the ancient city is not fatal enough, but it still brings a series of troubles. En County and Ling County are still in their hands. You Shilu is not enough to threaten his rear, but this is not a long-term solution.
The old city must be brought back.
The problem is that the troops at his disposal are limited. According to the information obtained from the old city, the number of troops dispatched by You Shilu is only 10,000. If he wants to retake the old city, he will need at least 20,000 to 30,000 people.
Sun Shaozu thought about it for a while. If this was the case, Linqing Prefecture and Wucheng would have to allocate part of their troops, but Wucheng would be fine. But he had not dared to move Linqing Prefecture's troops because of the important location of Linqing Prefecture.
To take care of Wucheng, we must also reinforce Dongchang Prefecture at any time.
Frowning, Sun Shaozu paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his hands.
You Shilu's Jizhen Army did not gain much advantage in the battle on the front of Dezhou. Sun Shaozu even deliberately showed weakness and wanted to lead the opponent to an area close to Dezhou in order to catch turtles in a jar. However, You Shilu was very cunning and would rather lose
The fighters were not willing to take risks easily. They saw twice that the opponent was about to fall into the trap, but failed at the last moment and were retracted by the opponent, unable to bite.
Wucheng cannot be lost, and it is best to regain the old city. If not, it must be contained and delayed as much as possible. Sun Shaozu sighed.
The news from Nanjing was not good. Before this major event could be accomplished, internal strife broke out within them. Even Tang Binyin could not suppress it. Prince Yi Zhong personally came forward to barely intensify the situation. However, the initial harmonious and harmonious state was long gone.
It's gone.
Fortunately, the situation on the court's side is even worse. Chaos has broken out in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and there is also a plague. This is because God will not help the court. As long as the chaos in Shanxi and Shaanxi continues to develop, the court will definitely be unable to support it. Beizhili and Henan
After a chaos, the big thing is over, and Sun Shaozu also learned from Niu Jizong that the Jianzhou Jurchens may also make some moves in the near future. This will make Liaodong Town and Jizhen have to withdraw their attention. You Shilu is facing Dezhou.
How much longer can I spend with myself?
Thinking of this, Sun Shaozu finally made up his mind.
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Feng Ziying, dressed in a purple robe, sat on a horse and walked leisurely along Xizhimen Street. After procrastinating for so long, she finally waited for this day.
At this time, Daiyu should have already been sitting in the room, waiting for her to pick up the bride.
Since there were no elders in Daiyu's family, Li Wan had no choice but to shamelessly act as Daiyu's elder. Feng Ziying went to get married just to take Daiyu from her hand, which was regarded as completing the reception ceremony.
Then, Daiyu is welcomed back to Feng Mansion, which completes the entire wedding ceremony.
According to the rules of this era, you have to go out in the morning, have a brief lunch with the bride, and then welcome the bride into the sedan after noon and take her home all the way.
Because this time for the wedding, not only did she have to marry Daiyu, but also Miaoyu, the concubine. However, the specifications of the principal wife's sedan and concubine's sedan were different.
The wife's sedan is a serious four-person sedan, while the concubine's sedan is a two-person sedan, but the sedans used by the concubine and the concubine are different in color and pattern. Even Feng Ziying can't understand these regulations, so
Someone has already prepared it in the mansion, so there is no risk of making any jokes.
Feng Ziying had to ride a horse along the way, which gave the guards in the mansion a headache. There were open areas along the way. If the assassin chose the right time and location, the happy event might turn into a tragic event.
Fortunately, Feng Ziying is now the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture and can use public power for private use. Almost all three teams of Shuntian Prefecture's Yamenmen have been mobilized, and Feng Ziying has also arranged three routes for welcoming her bride. No one knows which one Feng Ziying will take.
It is possible that Feng Ziying would not choose one of them until the last moment, and the guards would arrange it half an hour in advance. Before that, the three squadrons of government officials had deployed and cleaned all three lines in the strictest way.
Specialists were watching the commanding heights along the route. In fact, Feng Ziying was not worried along the route. After all, the possibility of an open assassination in the capital city was still very small, unless it was a dead soldier who risked his life. But Feng Ziying thought that she was still alive.
It won't make the other party desperate to fight to the death.
On the contrary, it is most dangerous to ambush and kill with crossbows or heavy fire guns in such two- and three-story buildings, but this requires choosing a location in advance to set up an ambush, and the dangers of these three routes cannot be concealed from these.
You local snakes, so the cleaning and arrangements have been completed early.
"Don't worry, sir, everything along the route has been cleaned up and everything is under control."
Wu Yaoqing went to Shaanxi, and the capital city was handed over to his deputy Li Guibao, a lay disciple from Shaolin who was quite famous in the north and south of the river. Wu Yaoqing was the candidate who was selected after careful selection and testing.
"Okay, Guibao, thank you for your hard work." Feng Ziying nodded with satisfaction: "That's it this time. Please ask the person in charge of your sect to come and let me see you."
Li Guibao was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Sir."
This chapter has been completed!