Chapter 3290 Stay in the green mountains
The lines of both sides approached quickly, and shouts with different accents sounded from time to time.
But no matter how you hear it, you will feel that the soldiers on the side of the Cavalry are more breathtaking, while the soldiers in the Cao army camp at the slope, which clearly have better bunkers and fortifications, seem a little panicked.
A spear is like a forest.
The flags float.
Even with artillery, cold weapons are still the main roles in the battlefield of this era.
When Xu Chu issued the order, Fei Qian did not give any guidance or expressed any attitude. Because Fei Qian knew that in a military, the orders should not be inconsistent or unclear.
In fact, the same is true in any organizational system, or in a family and country. The clearer the orders are, the more conducive it is to the execution of the lower level.
Huaxia actually likes to use words such as "in principle", but in fact, the more such words, the more unfriendly they are to subordinates and will also cause structural damage to the entire family and country.
"In principle, agree" means "I won't stop it, but if something happens, you will bear the responsibility."
The meaning of "not allowed in principle" is "this thing is not allowed, but the pressure makes me have to allow it, so the responsibility after something happens is borne by you and the person who puts the pressure."
"Not necessary" means, "Don't do something, unless there is a better situation or there is enough reason to follow the process, otherwise the accounts will definitely be settled later, and you will have to come out and take the blame."
"If necessary," means "I have expected this situation to happen and I have authorized you to make a plan, but I will not bear any responsibility for doing this."
Simply put, the above are all trashing the blame.
In the feudal dynasty of China, the lowly officials were increasingly inaction, greedy, lazy, dereliction of duty, and slackness. But have you ever thought that this situation was also because when edicts and articles were issued, there were more and more words such as "principles", "theory", "law" and so on?
"In principle", on the surface, it is an acknowledgement of "principles", but in fact, it is waving a hoe and digging loose holes on "principles". Even the most rigid law, through this clever "principle" handling, there is enough reason for violations of the law.
This is actually a trampling and insult to the law, and it has become a violation of the "flexibility" of corrupt officials and a bold and arrogant act to find "excuses".
Therefore, when Fei Qian issued instructions to Xu Chu, he was always sure that he could do it or could not do it, and he would not say anything to Xu Chu in principle or law...
When the army and soldiers attacked, there was no "principle".
The more important the moment of advancement and retreat, life and death, the more simple and clear it must be.
The soldiers of Cao's army were being passively beaten.
But when Xu Chu's infantry front advanced beyond the ground, the counterattack in the camp down the slope began.
Although arrows and crossbows cannot shoot Xu Chu's front, catapults and crossbows can.
However, I don’t know if it was because the number of catapults and crossbows in the Cao Jun camp at the foot of the slope was not large, or for some other reason, so there were only two or three catapults and no more than five catapults shooting.
After being counterattacked by Cao's crossbow and casting stones, Xu Chu issued an order to form a dispersed queue in front.
A neat and dense array means that it has to bear greater damage, while a relatively scattered small queue is more flexible. Moreover, facing long-range weapons like Cao Jun that seem "slower" than artillery, you can do some dodging actions when they attack, such as crawling on the ground to avoid it.
As for Xu Chu's scattered array, Cao Jun camp obviously did not have effective countermeasures.
The crossbows in Cao's camp roared, but most of the attacks fell in the air.
With the forward pressure of Xu Chu's infantry front, the other two bronze cannons were dragged down by four horses to the front line of the Cavalry formation and began to prepare for the installation. Although the artillery is more accurate than the catapult cart and has greater destructive power, it is still far from that of the artillery that can strike at a fixed point in the future.
The distance was farther before, and the hit was obviously much worse. Now, the artillery position was re-advanced to make accurate strikes on the camp walls of the already cracked Cao Jun slope.
Artillery is a newly developed project, so even if you have the experience of aiming a catapult, it cannot be used on artillery.
At the same time, the artillery is still a smoothbore cannon. If you want to light up a more accurate rifled technology tree, it is definitely not something that Fei Qian can do with just one sentence...
According to current metallurgical technology, smoothbore can obviously withstand higher chamber pressure, which is equivalent to extending the life and number of use of the barrel. If the bore is forcibly used when the metallurgical technology is not up to standard, then even if it is done, it is impossible to directly explode on the spot if one or two shots are fired, and you will be injured before you can hurt yourself.
『Bee!Bee!
The craftsman who was commanding the artillery fired a copper whistle, reminding the cavalry in front of him to make way for the artillery fire.
The infantry front of the cavalry is not a real scattered line, but is similar to a small array and exists as the defensive force of artillery. Therefore, when the artillery is to be fired, the artillery needs to be left to allow the artillery to support the infantry front to fight, and the infantry front can also defend against the enemy's counterattack against the artillery in a timely manner.
Soon, the rearranged artillery began to fire again.
One shell is about six pounds and six taels.
Hanjin.
Larger shells will have greater destructive power, but they also require stronger gunpowder explosion power to push them.
This is not the standard set by Fei Qian, but when he saw this standard, he couldn't help but feel a little bad in his heart.
This was after many tests, and the craftsmen determined that the weight of the cannon was set within the range of six pounds and six ounces.
So, every roar of artillery seemed to be roaring '666'...
The shells rushed to the Cao Jun camp at the slope, and wherever they went, the wood chips that hit the Cao Jun village wall flew everywhere, and blood filled the sky.
On the one hand, the Han flag, which was not known whether it was hit by a shell or was rolled up by the airflow of the shell, was thrown high into the air, and then slowly shook it and slowly fell down.
Liu Zhu, who was in the Cao army camp at the foot of the slope, saw that the Hussars did not pounce on him to attack the camp immediately, and even his infantry front was outside the land of an arrow. Although his catapults and crossbows could injure and kill these Hussars infantry, his efficiency was obviously very pitiful, and the reserve of more arrows and crossbows was temporarily useless.
This caused the morale of the archers lined up behind the camp wall to collapse, especially when the opposite guns bombarded the village wall, these Cao army archers couldn't help but exclaim, and some archers could not bear this terrifying pressure and collapsed and fled on the spot. The soldiers of Cao's army, who were supervised by the rear, were directly killed on the spot.
Faced with the new combat tactics of the Cavalry, Liu Zhu seemed very confused and couldn't make up his mind for a moment.
The original strategy of Cao's army was just to fight against the cavalry...
As a result, the cavalry of the cavalry are now on both wings, but the infantry attacking them are all infantry. Moreover, the combat mode of filling and digging pits and digging in the previous ones is completely different, which makes the Cao army camp at the foot of the slope continue to be passively beaten.
If you order an attack to deal with the artillery in the Husband infantry array, then let alone the "surprise" waiting for Cao's army in the Husband infantry front, just talking about the uncertain Husband cavalry marching on both wings is enough to let the Cao army soldiers who left the fortification bunker have a good drink.
But if you still don’t attack, then let alone the fate of these camp walls in front of you. Just now, the morale of the Cao army soldiers is constantly falling. If it falls to the critical point and causes the entire army to collapse, it will be like there will be no chance to rescue them!
What to do?
Liu Zhu felt his head buzzing, just as the sound of the roaring cannons drilled into his mind again and again, and then could not echo and stirred up recklessly.
The gun smoke filled the cannon, and the sound was like thunder.
The destructive power of the shell is more brutal than that of the catapult. It is probably because the stone bullets falling from the catapult are generally falling, and as long as they are not near the point where they fall, there is generally not much danger. Even if the stone bullet hits the side, as long as it is not hit directly, it will at most be beaten by the splashed stones and mud.
However, the main direction of the artillery shell is horizontal...
When bombarding the wall of the camp, the wall of the camp will immediately break, shake, and collapse. Everything on the ballistic trajectory bombarded by artillery seems to be destroyed by it.
The elite troops of the Cao army were better. On the one hand, they were all veterans and were treated with high salaries. On the other hand, they were also a little lower, so they would not have such a great psychological pressure.
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The ordinary Cao army soldiers who were closest to the walls of the camp were bad. Some of these ordinary Cao army soldiers had no combat experience, while others were originally soldiers from Hedong who had poor training and were not very morale themselves. When facing the long-distance artillery attacks of the Hussars and horses, their spirits became tense. Listening to the screams around them gradually increased, causing many ordinary Cao army soldiers to tremble with their hands and legs.
After another round of bombardment of artillery, another wall of village was hit by an important connecting structure and the whole piece collapsed.
The ordinary Cao army soldiers on standby behind the village wall still howled in fear even if they were covered by horses and trenches. The entire array suddenly collapsed and dispersed like the village wall, and instantly spread to other Cao army arrays.
『The person who retreats will be killed!』 Liu Zhu shouted, 『The person who chaotic troops will be killed!』
The leader rushed up and killed the ordinary Cao army soldiers who were running around in front of the formation. Even Liu Zhu brought his guards forward and killed almost the entire array of soldiers. Only then could he barely control the collapse of the array.
But this is not a cure for the symptoms.
There were not many soldiers killed and injured by artillery directly hit by artillery. Compared with the total number of people in the Cao army camp at the slope, they were probably less than a fraction, but those who were killed because of their timidity were several times more likely to be killed by artillery fire!
The smell of blood spreads and the morale collapse caused is irreversible.
The fortifications at the Cao army camp at the slope have now been destroyed, as well as the trenches in front of the village wall, the horse-resisting traps, and the half-man-high earth walls. These fortifications are basically in good condition, but they cannot bring the Cao army soldiers a sense of psychological security.
The cavalry and horses used four artillery guns in front and rear, which successfully caused chaos in the Cao army in the camp below the slope.
With the launch of the Heater, the combat mode between soldiers is constantly changing. Moreover, due to the existence of the martial arts lecture hall set up by Fei Qian, the experience between soldiers and generals can effectively communicate and communicate, learn and grow with each other.
Zhu Ling's improvement of the Great Yellow Crossbow is an example, Sima Yi's changing the cavalry to the archer and cavalry is an example, and Wei Yan's tactics from surprise attacks to bribery and lure are another example. After these outstanding generals in the history of the Three Kingdoms, with stronger support, no longer stick to a fixed pattern, they are more flexible, and they also bloom more dazzling lights.
The same is true for Xu Chu.
He restrained his desire to go directly to the front line to fight, but instead played his advantage as much as possible, destroyed the rhythm and array of opponents, and gradually adapted to new war changes in the operation and attack of soldiers.
That's right, scattered combat is indeed an effective tactical means to restrain hot weapons such as artillery and firearms. But the problem is that it is easy to disperse, but it is difficult to reclaim it. The scattered lines have very high requirements for the quality of soldiers and the requirements of middle and low-level non-commissioned officers.
Even if Liu Zhu had a sudden inspiration or a strategist like Guo Jia, he still had no effect when he thought of using scattered troops to deal with Fei Qian's firearms, because in the current Shandong military system, even if there is nothing, it is just that when marching and working, deserters may occur anytime and anywhere.
In order to prevent soldiers from escaping, they even had to implement a system of joint seats in the army. One soldier would be punished for everything, and one would be in trouble if he escaped, so the Cao army was unable to implement the scattered line tactics. The integrity of the infantry array that Cao army has always emphasized has now become a nightmare for Cao army.
Relatively speaking, when Fei Qian's initial revolt, the number of soldiers was seriously insufficient, and he could not recruit thousands of soldiers at all like Shandong. This led to Fei Qian's attitude towards soldiers became more cautious, and eventually evolved into a combat idea of ​​seeking excellence but not too much, and then evolved into a tactical process that was common to the generals under the cavalry, disrupting the opponent's rhythm at a lower cost, destroying the opponent's array, and finally defeating the opponent.
Therefore, even when Xu Chu first went into battle, he showed similar tactics, instead of relying on the large number of soldiers he commanded, he shouted, and then something happened...
The soldiers of the Cavalry Army have actually been changing and improving. The soldiers of the Shandong army were still in the Eastern Han Dynasty. In some places, there was no Cao Dian at all. They just recruited a group of soldiers and distributed some long spears and short swords to form an army.
However, every time the cavalry's artillery bombarded, it would cost 800 to 1,000 copper coins of cavalry...
The cost of gunpowder accounts for about 30%, while the shells account for 50%, and the rest is other losses.
If ten cannons are fired in one round, they are the "magic power" of "spentance" that is "a thousand gold coins".
Advanced technology and tactical barriers actually require a large amount of resources and wealth to accumulate, both in ancient times and in modern times.
The collection and smelting of copper and iron alone consumed a lot of manpower and material resources. If it weren't for the craftsman system and factory model that were built in the early stage, just relying on Fei Qian to capture his head, he could have put his ideas into practice?
The designation of standards, the inheritance of craftsmen, the unity of tools, and the customization of standards. If there is a little deviation, the final artillery must be all kinds of strange, different shapes, and different iron bullets and charges. In this way, how can an effective combat force be formed?
Fei Qian now wants to use this model to make those gentry children in Shandong feel that the laws of their ancestors are immutable and the ancient Zhou rituals cannot be violated. They would rather encircle land for generations and seek completeness to experience the earth-shaking changes brought about by an empire after concentrating resources and technology!
However, whether it was Fei Qian or Xu Chu, even Liu Zhu did not expect that the first thing that caused huge changes in the battlefield was not the Cao army soldiers who collapsed on the front line, but the Huzhi behind the camp...
Hu Zhi's courage is obviously not as good as Liu Zhu.
The reason why he was able to become a general was because he followed Cao Cao earlier, not because Hu Zhi's personal ability was so strong.
If the Cavalry adopts the combat mode that Hu Zhi is familiar with and attacks against various fortifications in the Cao army camp, then even if Hu Zhi is timid, he can still persevere. But he never expected that the Cavalry's attack was so unique, and in the first attack, it almost broke the front wall of the camp!
This almost penetrated Hu Zhi’s bottom line!
Originally, he thought that it would take at least three or five days before the trenches on the periphery would be filled, and then in another three or five days, the cavalry army would have the opportunity to break through the camp.
But now it's the first day!
Even the sun has not set west yet!
"Everyone prepare..." Hu Zhi couldn't help but tremble, and said to the guard beside him, "As soon as it gets dark, we... we will break through... This camp can't be defended anymore, I can't be defended anymore!"
When Hu Zhiguard heard this, he hurriedly responded.
The village wall that was so thick and so hard to build was blown up in a blink of an eye!
Even if Liu Zhu is covered in iron, how many nails can he make to fill such a big hole?
A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Since the situation is already very bad, he will lose the meaning of persistence.
Hu Zhi knew that as soon as he retreated, he would inevitably involve the entire army.
But he was just a general, not the commander, so he retreated early, at most he would go back and get scolded by the board, and be fined some salary and downgrade, or something else. When the limelight passed, he could still come out to make a living. As for warnings, counseling, reviews, etc. in the entire army, it was just a formality, eating and drinking, and singing and dancing.
And if he is still here, he may not have to delete the account!
Leave the green mountains...
Of course, in order to avoid directly causing the large-scale soldiers to disperse, Hu Zhi also endured his own fear and set the time for him to turn in at night.
But Hu Zhi forgot something. Now the soldiers in the Cao army camp at the slope were already very nervous and their morale was very low. They all rely on Liu Zhu's forced calls and encouragement on the front line and forced support.
Although Hu Zhi set the retreat time at night, his guards always need to prepare some gold, silver, fine gold, money, food and grass, all of which need to be more or less.
It would be fine if it was normal time, but during this tense period of time, Hu Zhi's guard's behavior was like turmeric oil encountering Mars, which immediately triggered a chain reaction...
"General Hu is about to escape!"
I don’t know who suddenly shouted like this, and then more soldiers started shouting.
『General Hu escaped!』
『Escape...』
The shouts reached the front line of the camp.
Chapter completed!