Wu Jie looked at Wei Xiang speechlessly and spread his hands: "So?"

Wei Xiang was stunned for a moment and said: "After building a large number of fortresses in this area, we can form a deep and moving depth with Yinzhou."

"Isn't this a cliché arrangement?" Wu Jie said with a serious face, "You brought me here early in the morning, is this a cliché?"

Several people were stunned for a moment.

Wu Jie looked at Guo Hao resentfully: "You tell me!"

Guo Hao said: "It was General Staff Wei who said he had something important to do with Wu Shuai."

Wu Jie's anger reached Wei Xiang, who said: "This matter is very important. I feel it is necessary to confirm it with Wu Shuai again."

"Talk! Keep talking! Tell me what you want to confirm with me! Don't repeat what has been confirmed in the past."

"The official is saying that the process of this matter must be accelerated!"

"How can we speed up in the snowy weather now?"

Wei Xiang added: "The first batch of candy bars has arrived in Fuzhou, and the first batch of bronze cannons have also arrived."

This time Wu Jie was surprised: "When did you arrive?"

"It was early this morning, when it was just dawn."

"Where?"

"It has entered the military supply depot."

"Bring out two of them. I want to take a look."

"yes!"

Wu Jie became energetic now.

He has tasted the benefits of new weapons. He used huihui artillery to attack Fuzhou before, and everything went smoothly.

Everyone was outside in the snow, and not long after, bronze cannons were delivered, two in total.

Under the artillery demonstration, two deafening sounds erupted, and the iron cannon fired hundreds of meters away.

"This thing can't shoot as far as that cannon." Wu Jie said with a slight frown, "And this iron cannon is a bit small."

"But it is very convenient to carry," Wei Xiang said, "and it is much more convenient to operate than the cannon, which greatly reduces the difficulty of marching."

Guo Hao emphasized it again and said: "The most important thing is that the nozzle of this object is tilted, which is suitable for field battles in the mountains."

Guo Hao is right. The Crouching Tiger Cannon is actually more suitable for mountain battles. Using it for naval battles will actually stretch your hips.

The most suitable cannon for naval battles is the Hongyi cannon, but with the current iron-smelting and forging technology of the Song Dynasty, it is still impossible to produce the Hongyi cannon.

The need for overseas expansion is already on the table, so Zhao Ning can only use the Crouching Tiger Cannon first.

Returning to the war against Xixia in the northwest, the squatting tiger cannon is most suitable for destroying Xixia.

After all, there are mountains everywhere in the Hengshan battlefield.

Wei Xiang added: "This bronze cannon paired with crossbows is a perfect match for fighting against the Western bandits in the mountains!"

Wu Jie asked: "How many have been sent?"

"Twenty."

Wu Jie turned around and walked back.

"Wu Shuai, where are you going?"

"Go back and write a letter to ask your Majesty for more of these bronze cannons." Wu Jie didn't even look back.

"How many do Wu Shuai plan to have?"

"At least a hundred first!"

"Wu Shuai, my official is saying that this item should be reported to the imperial court by Jingzhao Mansion, and distributed by Xianggong Zhang. The bulk should be at Liu Qi's place."

Wu Jie stopped, looked at Wei Xiang, and said, "How much has been allocated to Liu Jinglue?"

"There should be...more than us." Wei Xiang reminded, "You'd better write to Mr. Zhang first. It's not good to go past him."

"Well, what you said makes sense." Wu Jie was still convinced by Zhang Jun. After all, Wu Jie was promoted and hired by Zhang Jun when the situation was critical.

At present, Wu Jie's troops in Fuzhou and Linzhou are basically assigned to Shaanxi and are under the unified command of Jingzhao Prefecture to fight against Xixia.

Including the construction of a large number of fortresses east of Hengshan that Wei Xiang mentioned before, this is also a strategic plan issued by the Jingzhao Prefecture.

On the fifth day of November, Fuzhou, Liaodong.

The heavy snow dyed everything in the sky and earth silvery white.

A group of scouts rushed over: "Han Duhu, the Jin army bypassed Heizikou in front, appeared five miles away, and are rushing towards us quickly."

The biting cold wind blew against Han Shizhong's dark and rough face, and ice and snow cut between his armor.

The ice and cold could not shake his will, just as it could not shake the will of the Divine Guards stationed in Liaodong.

During this year, both the Song and Jin Dynasties invested hundreds of thousands of troops here.

First, the Jin army launched a series of attacks on Fuzhou with a strong attitude. After Han Shizhong returned to support from Goryeo, the two sides began to engage in high-frequency and deep battles in the mountains between Duli City and Fuzhou.

After the court's reinforcements slowly caught up, the war situation entered a protracted state.

Countless loyal bones have been buried among these rolling mountains and rivers.

"How many people came?"

"There are at least three thousand cavalry and more than eight thousand infantry."

"This is already a main force." Geng Zhuo said, "It seems that after being repelled many times, the Jin Army has not given up on Duli City!"

Han Shizhong said: "Duli City is the only supply point in Liaodong. If the Jin army takes Duli City, Fuzhou will be destroyed without attacking it. Now the Jin army is to contain Fuzhou and mainly attack Duli."

Geng said: "We can set up an ambush in the valley ahead."

"It's useless. There is no cover on this hillside. The Jin's scouts found it easily." Han Shizhong said.

Geng Zhu suddenly said: "Han Duhu, didn't the Military and Political Council send someone to bring fifty bronze cannons not long ago? This time, I asked someone to bring them over. On this mountain road, the bronze cannons were used to bombard the kidnap horses head-on. I don't know. What is the effect?"

"I heard that the artillery might explode." Han Shizhong said.

"I've brought it all, let's use it first." Geng said with a smile.

Han Shizhong observed his surroundings.

It’s not that Han Shizhong didn’t know the power of bronze cannons. He tested them after they were delivered.

But it is undoubtedly a fool's errand to use the Crouching Tiger Cannon to attack the highly mobile Guaizima.

All you need to do is calculate a probability.

If in a field battle on the plains, the hit rate of a squatting tiger cannon hitting the kidnappers head-on is 30%, and 30 guns are fired in a salvo, the hit rate increases to 50%. Even if it increases to 60%, only 18 kidnappers horses will be hit. .

And by the time the iron cannon is changed, the kidnapping horse hundreds of meters away may have already rushed there.

This is also the reason why the Ming army in later generations was unable to effectively defeat the Mongols and Manchu armies even though they had squatting tiger cannons.

It is not possible to defeat the barbarians with artillery.

We really have to wait until the hollow phalanx of flintlock guns comes out before we can initially overcome the mobile charge of cavalry.

And it was Maxim who completely ended the cavalry.

But the current situation is another story.

There is a saying in the art of war that the right time, place and people are favorable.

Location is also very critical.

The Shandao Jin people also calculated that it would be difficult for the Song army to hide an ambush, so under the investigation of a large number of scouts, the Jin people marched confidently and boldly.

But don’t forget, the mountain road is not wide, and a row can accommodate up to four horses without being too far apart from each other.
Chapter completed!