Chapter 334 Iron Cannon
The hazy clouds are extremely low, and the mountains are stretched below, and the wet and cold air flows through the mountains, and the burning camps still have smoke rising into the sky.
After inspecting the camp, the explorer inspected the camp without any living people, he quickly headed north. The food and supplies in the rear were attacked. It was a major military matter at any time. The scouts did not dare to stay and rushed back to the main camp in front of him every minute.
More than twenty miles away from Bazhou, when Wang Zongkan returned with the confirmed news, the army where Wang Zongkan was located was catching up to rest and stabilize the morale of the army. He summoned the commanders of each wing to wait until the confirmed news came back, and discussed the traces of the invading enemy. The scouts sent had not yet replied.
The only thing that was relieved was that Bazhou was not attacked, and even the news came back from the city was that the Yong army had only been visited once and quietly withdrew the next night.
Wang Zongkan and deputy general Li Jian were extremely puzzled by this. How should this army entering Shu behave, but they could not completely abandon the idea that the other party would really bypass Bazhou. After all, bypassing the city and going straight to western Sichuan to Chengdu, they didn't want the logistics of the supplies and logistics, and they were completely crazy people who were seeking death.
"The Yong army commander, Li Siyuan and Shi Jingtang, are only two first-hand military officials. They can be said to be a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. They attack Chengdu, and they think they are Deng Ai?"
"No matter what, use Bazhou as the boundary and set up defenses. When Zong Wan and Zong Kui come over, they will have more than 100,000 troops. They cannot cross the boundary of Bazhou."
After discussing for a long time, Wang Zongkan slapped the table and walked back and forth with his sword head. He was about to continue speaking when a war horse ran over outside the tent. A scout turned over and jumped off the horse, knelt on one knee and bowed: "I have reported to recruit the envoy, and the lieutenant has investigated. Commander Li's rear camp was indeed attacked... all the supplies, food and fodder were burned!"
In the military tent, the general looked at the rewarded scout in amazement. He heard the attack earlier, and it was the second day. It was the reconnaissance cavalry in the rear who found that there was a Yong army scout in the rear was worried that the food camp would be attacked. In this way, the news was not clear before, and it must be that the scouts of the other side were intercepting them in the middle, with their fast speed and decisive tactical arrangements that shocked them.
Soon, the scouts who had been inquiring around came back stumbled back, with a feather arrow inserted on his shoulder, flipped off from the horse's back, and fell heavily to the ground, and were supported by his companions next to him to the commander's tent. Only then did Wang Zongkan realize that from the south of Bazhou, the scouts sent were intercepted by the other party, and few of them escaped, and were completely targeting the Shu army that reinforced Bazhou.
The generals opened the map and could be clearly distinguished from the location where the scouts sent were killed. The enemy bypassed Bazhou from three directions and approached them.
The scout war broke out, which shows that the main force of the Yong army was not far away from here.
"Since you're here, let's set up your stance and have a slight effort with them last time-"
Wang Zongkan drew out the arrow and threw it into the air. When he landed on the ground and bounced, the generals in the tent held their fists together.
Almost the same moment.
There is about ten miles east and west sides of Bazhou. It is winter. There is little snow in Shu, and the climate is wet and cold. There is also water mist between the brown and yellow foothills. The surging fog then swept away, and human figures shuttled over.
The messy steps stepped on the wet mud surface and walked quickly with the yellow mud. In the faint light in the afternoon, the crowd rushed forward all over the mountains and fields.
In the valley, the foot of the mountain, and even the forest on the mountain, a vast army of 50,000 stretched for several miles. The cavalry responsible for contacting the front and back teams were flying back and forth, waving flags constantly, and developed orders from the generals of the Central Army.
In fact, these were two armies, Li Siyuan and Shi Jingtang each had 25,000 people. The former was a firearm battalion with heavy iron cannons. The horse was dragged by a horse to the end of the team. Shi Jingtang's other 5,000 people were all young and strong, and were responsible for escorting dry food for only four days. This was done by using the grain from the official warehouse at the fastest speed after taking Yangzhou.
Shu is the chassis of Wang Jian. If he wants to win, he has to fight slowly and catch his opponent off guard. If the Shu army reacts, even if the soldiers and generals are brave and good at fighting, they will have to retreat in a mess.
He went south to Shu for more than 300 miles, maintaining the fastest marching speed. When a shot from Bazhou attracted the attention of the other party, he quickly went up the mountain, dispersed the scouts, and sniped the Shu army's reconnaissance cavalry as much as possible. This is an important part of the marching and fighting. Killing the scouts is equivalent to blinding the other party's facial features. Even if the other party reacts later, they have forcibly arrived at the designated position.
In the past ten years, this was also the only military suggestion of the King Yong: clear strategies and tactics, encircle them at the fastest speed, and try to find the enemy's weaknesses through sports operations.
Occasionally, I encountered a small army sent by Bazhou to search for it, and then I was defeated by several powerful attack teams assigned by Shi Jingtang. I tried my best to kill and kill the enemy, drag the wounded corpses into the mountains, scrape up supplies, and then continue to march.
However, afterwards, two troops of 20,000 people broke out of the mountain and arrived about fifteen miles south of Bazhou. Nearly 60,000 Shu troops were ready to fight. The vast army formation was set up. Wang Zongkan finally saw that the Yong army that was deeply involved in eastern Sichuan could not tolerate the fact that the food and supplies of the camp were burned before and after. At present, all the 60,000 troops were set up, but only 50,000 were needed. The remaining 10,000 were paid attention to the two wings of the battlefield. The Yong army cavalry that burned the baggage could appear at any time.
"Only forty thousand people?"
Standing at a high terrain, Wang Zongkan was a general in the army. He still had the basic principles of observing the battlefield. His eyes swept through several arrays opposite below and roughly estimated the number of people.
The so-called 50,000 enemies should probably have the cavalry that attacked the rear battalion.
"Forty thousand to forty thousand, I will be honest with the juniors such as Yinger—" He raised his hand, and the order beside him blew the horn and ran down.
The central army did not move, and forty thousand people from the three formations on the left and right front slowly moved. The flags, armor and weapons advanced forward with countless steps, proudly staring at the same number of enemy formations ahead.
The wind blew across the wilderness.
Among the 40,000 Yong army array opposite, Li Siyuan rode his war horse on his horse's hair and whispered a few instructions with the guards beside him. The military formation that was stretched out moved. The shaft between the people and the people was heavy and heavy, revealing two deep marks, and pushed it to the front of the array to be side by side with the shield.
Shi Jingtang looked back and took a breath with his teeth bared.
"You can't fight first? You used it so early... it's not satisfying."
He raised his eyes to look at the other end, Li Siyuan, who was riding a horse under the umbrella. The latter looked silent. He looked at the Shu army array slowly moving towards the opposite side, and just said softly.
"Prepare!"
Then, he raised his hand and extended the array left and right. The dark muzzles were making the final angle adjustment, and several soldiers held their breath.
"Fire the cannon—" Li Siyuan roared!
The next moment, the manipulated soldier pulled the rope suddenly, knocked on it with a needle, and knocked it off the flint inside.
boom!
Boom boom!
Thirty iron cannons spewed out flames, making a huge roar, resounding throughout the world.
Chapter completed!