On January 2, Nanmao Prefecture suddenly became lively.
First, Ding Kui announced to the whole country, condemning Nanzhao Prefecture Mu Shaodianxi for sending people to assassinate his daughter, and vowed to avenge his daughter, and sent troops to Nanjing City to capture and try Shaodianxi.
Because it was during the Chinese New Year, there was not much reaction in other places. However, all walks of life in Nanzhao Prefecture exploded. Everyone still remembered the last national announcement. The Jiang family wanted to vent their anger, and neither did Ding Kui, who had hundreds of thousands of troops.
Good men and women, there is a big drama going on in Nanzhou this time.
Bang!
"Absurd! How could I do such a despicable thing!" Shao Dianxi was so angry that he smashed his glass. "Ding Kui is slandering! It is the biggest insult to this king!" He called Lou Xiao, who had just left the city and was about to go south to find Ding Kui.
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"Misunderstanding! There must be some misunderstanding here, sir. I will go to Ding Kui immediately to make it clear." Lou Xiao was a little confused.
He wasn't sure whether Shao Dianxi had done that thing, and he couldn't tell whether Ding Kui had any evidence. He couldn't call the person who assassinated Ding Kui's daughter a shameless person for the time being.
"Is there any misunderstanding? This is a conspiracy! It's Ding Kui's conspiracy! In order to rebel against the imperial court, he even made up such ridiculous reasons and used such dirty methods. Is he worthy of the ancestors of the Ding family?" Shaodian
Xi was so angry that she kicked off one of her shoes and could no longer care about her manners.
The people next to him were as silent as a cicada and could hide as far away as they could. Only Lou Xiao bravely stood in front of Shao Dianxi.
"This way we can't be fooled by Thief Ding. I think I can ask Ding Kui to provide evidence. No one can accuse a noble prince without any evidence." Lou Xiao tentatively made a suggestion.
Young Dianxi sat down panting, and the old housekeeper brought a new cup of tea.
"How many more troops can we recruit?" He pressed the lid of the teacup, his fingers still shaking slightly.
"Sir." Lou Xiao lowered his voice, "Last year's tax revenue was beyond our means. Continuing to recruit troops will accelerate the depletion of the treasury, unless!" He paused at this point.
"Unless what?" Shao Dianxi's fingers tightly hooked the edge of the cup lid.
Lou Xiao held his tea cup, dipped his fingers in the tea, and wrote the words "increase tax" on the table in front of Shao Dianxi.
He didn't want to say these two words. The people in Nanzhao Prefecture under their control are suffering enough now. Many people can't afford to burn smokeless lamp oil during the Chinese New Year. Most people can only live hand to mouth. If taxes are added, they will not have enough food and clothing.
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"How much more?" Shao Dianxi no longer cares about the life and death of the people.
"At least ten percent is enough." Lou Xiao sighed inwardly.
As the Minister of People's Livelihood, he should consider people's livelihood first. He must find a way to prevent the increase in taxes and conscription. Now that things have happened, he knows that no one can stop Shao Dianxi.
"It will be implemented next month, and we must first make preparations for conscription." Shao Dianxi gradually calmed down, "Immediately send a message to the whole country, accusing Ding Kui of treason and slandering the king, deliberately provoking war, and calling on the people of the whole state to resolutely resist this thief!
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He decided to fight Ding Kui to the end.
At noon, two large-scale battles broke out in Nanzhaozhou on the ground and on the water.
Hua Song led the Nanmao Prefecture naval force down the river and encountered Chen Coin's fleet in the south of the waters of Jinping County. Of course, there were also densely packed warships of his own country behind him.
The commander-in-chief of the navy of his country jumped off the mast and threw the binoculars to a staff officer, "How did this battle happen? Did the Shaodian people negotiate it themselves? Before the ships on both sides got close, rockets were flying all over the sky, and the enemy ship was on fire inexplicably.
I can't understand." He stopped paying attention to the battle situation and turned around and walked into the cabin.
Ahead, Chen Yi's flagship flew a flag, signaling to all ships to keep a distance from the enemy ships and advance steadily.
Afterwards, battle reports reached Nanjing City. Hua Song's fleet was attacked by the navy of our country. After a desperate struggle by the navy soldiers, the Nanzhaozhou navy severely damaged the enemy and withdrew from the battlefield.
If the commander of his country's navy saw this battle report, he would definitely scold Hua Song, fake a fight and burn the ship himself, and finally have the nerve to claim to severely damage the enemy. But those who have not witnessed the battle will not know clearly.
It is said that after this battle, the Nanma Prefecture navy lost more than half of its ships. Fortunately, Hua Song's command was good and saved the lives of most of the officers and soldiers. However, it was no longer able to expel the enemy navy south of Jinping County.
The cities along the coast of Jinping County were in panic. The enemy navy attacked all the docks where ships could dock in multiple batches. Some even parked on the shore and attacked nearby villages, towns and cities, causing the Jinping County Sheriff to order the people along the coast to evacuate.
In addition, on the plain south of Bai'an City in Anyang County, the forward troops of the Southern First Army encountered the enemy and a field battle broke out.
First, the scouts of the Southern 1st Army Corps discovered that the enemy had built earthen walls of varying heights in the direction of their advance. After many tests, they determined that the enemy's troops were no more than a few thousand. After reporting to Gongsun Mi, the 1st Division in front organized a battle formation and launched a battle. attack.
"Don't use the crossbow cart yet. Reduce the density of the crossbows by half. Move closer and use the repeating crossbow to attack." Han Ruren stood on the earth wall and commanded.
She did not let people build a general platform, but ran back and forth on the earth wall, personally commanding the first, fifth and sixth battalions to stop the enemy.
The 1st South Division took the lead with heavy iron shields, and the heavy armored infantry protected the two wings, forming a wild goose formation to attack the enemy's wide defense line.
The local army fought with Ding Kui's men many times and knew how powerful the crossbows were. However, the enemy in front of them had limited troops and was under the banner of the 111th Division. According to experience, they would not be equipped with too many crossbows, so the 1st Division planned to Use your military superiority to crush your opponents.
The initial advance went very smoothly. The sparse crossbows caused some casualties, but had little impact on the combat effectiveness of the 1st South Division. The heavy iron shield troops still maintained their intact formation.
"Four hundred meters!", "Three hundred meters!", "Two hundred meters!" A rangefinder loudly announced the number.
"Don't move the ballista, the rest of the troops attack with all their strength!" Han Ruren showed no fear in the face of an enemy force several times his own.
The local army's numerical advantage was nothing. Back then, she still charged against an enemy that was dozens of times her size.
The crossbow arrows suddenly became denser, and they were fired continuously. Among them, the strong crossbows focused on the heavy iron shield phalanx, while the repeating crossbows sprinkled freely on the two wings.
The number of casualties in the 1st South Division skyrocketed, and the soldiers in the front row fell one by one like strong winds blowing through wheat fields.
Gongsun Mi, who came quickly from the rear, realized something was wrong and quickly ordered the South 1st Division to withdraw from the battlefield.
"This enemy force is well-equipped and has many fortifications. It is not suitable to deploy a formation. It needs to use a dense battle formation to attack. If it only needs to break through a point, the entire enemy force will inevitably collapse. Wait for the 2nd South Division to come up before fighting again." Gongsun Mi knew two things. No matter what the gap between armies is, one division may not be able to defeat the enemy face to face.
He synthesized the intelligence from the past two days and found that the enemies who invaded Anyang County were all under the banner of the 111th Division. He estimated that the enemy only had one division, so he safely led 30,000 forward troops to detour and cut off the rear.
He was not worried at all when he encountered thousands of enemy troops here. As long as the forward troops gathered together, he was confident that he could hold back a division of enemy troops and wait for the main force to arrive.
"Here he comes, here he comes! Another enemy division is coming." Dai Le weighed his feet on the earthen wall to observe the enemy's situation.
"Do as much as you come!" Long Shuang was sitting on a ballista, with a baffle in front of him to prevent the enemy from seeing.
"That's right, if we had used the ballista just now, none of those people with shields would have been able to escape." Dai Le jumped off the earth wall.
"You know nothing! I can't even claim credit for repelling a division. What if I use a ballista to frighten the enemy? If the enemy doesn't dare launch a second attack before dark, will you compensate me for the credit?"
Long Shuang played with the sword in his hands boredly.
He did not participate in the battle just now, and just squatted on the ballista.
"I really think you will be able to gain military exploits. I just killed thirteen people, what about you?" Dai Le proudly raised his crossbow and gestured at Long Shuang.
He has the best accuracy in the entire group, even Long Shuang cannot beat him with his crossbow.
"Stop bragging, the enemy has begun to form a battle formation."
Dai Le turned around quickly and saw Han Ruren standing behind him, and quickly saluted: "I did not lie about my military exploits in my humble position."
"Why don't you go and stare at the enemy?" Han Ruren raised his foot as if to kick, and Dai Le ran away quickly and climbed up the earth wall again.
"That's right, this kind of person lacks lessons." Long Shuang jumped off the ballista, nodded and bowed to Han Ruren.
"Watch carefully! If something goes wrong, come and see me." Han Ruren walked away with his hands behind his back.
The 1st South Division and the 2nd South Division mixed into a combat formation. This time, it was the spear formation, or the heavy iron shield troops took the lead. The infantry and archers followed in sequence, so the area under attack from crossbows was greatly reduced.
Gongsun Mi was sure that there were less than 3,000 people on the opposite side, and he thrust his arrow formation straight through. Even if the arrows were knocked off, the troops behind him would still be able to attack the earth wall. At that time, the cavalry on both wings would suddenly charge, and the enemy would be unable to stop them.
If 20,000 cannot beat 3,000, he can go home and farm.
The local army once again attacked the 111th Division's defense line aggressively, advancing along the route they had just destroyed.
"Five hundred meters!" the rangefinder just reported this number.
Han RuRen raised his right hand and ordered: "Prepare the ballista!"
Long Shuang blew the brass whistle fiercely, and then shouted: "Remove the board!"
Bang bang bang, the baffles in front of all the crossbow vehicles were removed, revealing arrows like gun heads. Some of the crossbowmen retreated and operated the crossbow vehicles to aim at the enemy.
Han Ruren watched the last ballista complete its preparations, then waved his right hand and ordered: "Shoot!"
Bang, bang, bang...
Ten ballistas fired one after another, and the giant spear-like crossbow arrows pounced on the fish like hungry sharks, flying straight towards the front arrow array.
The soldier holding the heavy iron shield looked at the ten cold lights in horror, with only one thought in his mind, resist it!
Boom, boom, boom, the huge sound sent dozens of figures flying, and the giant crossbow arrows rushed into the crowd unstoppably, causing incredible damage.
Gongsun Mi's heart suddenly twitched: Isn't this a bed crossbow? Why was it moved to the field?
It's not like he has never seen this kind of heavy long-range weapon. He remembers that he had seen the power of the crossbow under a certain city. Not to mention heavy iron shields, even iron beasts could shoot through them.
"Shoot quickly! No need to save crossbow arrows, just shoot them all for me!" Han Ruren waved his fist excitedly.
"Okay!" Long Shuang pressed a giant crossbow arrow with his own hands.
The five big men shook the string-opening runner together and stretched the bowstring of the ballista little by little.