The decision to send troops to Pengcheng County was decided in just a few words.
This time, the commander who sent troops to Pengcheng was Zang Ba. Originally he was an old man, but it was he who mentioned it again this time.
Of course, Lieutenant General Su Fan gave him Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and others.
The reason why Huang Zhong was brought there was also to experiment with the new firearms camp.
Huang Zhong was good at archery, and he was the strongest in the entire Donghai Territory, but at the same time, he was also the strongest in archery. Even Tai Shici, who was good at archery, could not compare to Huang Zhong.
Since Huang Zhong came under Su Fan's rule, Su Fan specially established a Longbow Battalion with a total of 8,000 people.
Su Fan originally had only a crossbow camp under his command. After all, with the ink workers there, and with Su Fan's advice, the crossbows made by the East China Sea Territory were quite sharp.
Of course, even if the crossbows of the East China Sea Territory are extremely sharp, they are still not as good as the archers in terms of range.
The crossbows of the East China Sea Territory can reach up to one hundred feet, which is considered extremely powerful in history and is no shorter than an archer.
But in this fantasy era, the shooting range of archers is at least one hundred and fifty feet, and some elite ones can reach more than two hundred feet, and their long-range strike power is also very powerful.
But the training of archers is not simple.
There is nothing wrong with the crossbowman, he just needs to train the rewinding speed.
But archers are different. The most important thing is strong arm strength. If the arm strength is not strong, it cannot be pulled at all. Nowadays, archers generally use three-stone bows.
In history, Huang Zhong could draw a three-stone bow, but now, he is just a small soldier. He really has amazing arm strength and can draw five or six stone bows. Huang Zhong can even draw a ten-stone bow at this time, with a range of two kilometers.
Of course, the lethality is only about one kilometer. Beyond this range, it cannot be seen with the naked eye and can only be determined by feeling.
But even so, if Huang Zhong were to attack him by surprise within one kilometer, it would be difficult for a general with the fourth level of Gang Refining to survive.
This is the horror of Huang Zhong.
In order to make him feel at ease, Su Fan also specially built a new Longbow Camp and gave it to him to train. Because Su Fan's East China Sea Territory has no shortage of supplies, especially in the army, all kinds of meat are provided, and everyone's physical fitness is extremely strong.
The strength is also very great.
It can be said that they are all excellent archer seedlings.
It's no wonder that once Huang Zhong entered the military camp, he never came out.
The longbow battalion is trained in the military camp every day.
The Longbow Battalion has been training for nearly two years. Not only the Longbow Battalion, but also the 30,000 crossbow battalion that Su Fan called, and the 5,000 firearms battalion were all handed over to Commander Huang Zhong.
This time, Huang Zhong took away 5,000 longbows, 10,000 crossbows and 3,000 firearms soldiers to see the effect.
Especially the firearms camp, which is the Armament Section of the Ministry of Industry. It has spent a lot of effort to create weapons in the past few years. If it is not ideal on the battlefield, then the Armament Section will immediately turn into a dead end.
It's a pity that the artillery battalion cannot be formed yet. Otherwise, Su Fan would like to have the artillery battalion also be brought out to show off.
In addition to the first time, Zang Ba also brought 10,000 heavy infantry and 5,000 cavalry.
Heavy armored infantry is the most distinctive feature of the Donghai Army. Since there is no shortage of steel, there is certainly no shortage of armor.
Over the years, the Department of Armaments has accumulated an unknown amount of armor. All the troops in the East China Sea Territory are wearing armor, and the heavy infantry are wearing three layers of thick armor.
Heavy infantry, just like heavy armored infantry, is the tank among infantry.
He is also the ace of the infantry. The selection itself is extremely demanding. First of all, the primary candidates must be physically strong, with a minimum height of 1.85 meters.
A strength of five hundred kilograms is also the basis. Otherwise, three layers of thick armor would weigh nearly a hundred kilograms, which would be impossible to carry.
The weapon is a Mo Dao, which weighs eighty kilograms.
Those who can become heavy armored infantry are strong men.
The East China Sea Territory currently only has 50,000 heavy armored infantry, but its combat strength is definitely more than 500,000 troops. This heavy armored infantry can be said to be the most powerful force in the East China Sea Territory, a killing machine on the battlefield.
Since we want to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, we naturally have to show our powerful power so that we can intimidate them.
It is impossible for Su Fan to kill the aristocratic families in this world at will, and the power of today's aristocratic families is even stronger than that of the previous Tang Dynasty.
In the Tang Dynasty world, the world's power is nothing more than the right to speak and the control of knowledge, but the aristocratic families in this world really have personal strength.
Scribes also have terrifying combat prowess.
Su Fan didn't suppress it just because he wanted to.
Of course, if the aristocratic family is really stubborn and insists on fighting with him, then there is nothing to say if he takes action. But generally speaking, as long as the aristocratic family sees your strength, they will rarely really fight to the death, even if they lose part of it.
Interests.
Su Fan naturally also understands the nature of those aristocratic families, especially those in Xuzhou, so this time, he plans to show some of the power he has in his hands and let those people weigh it and not keep jumping over and over again.
80,000 soldiers and horses set off for Pengcheng County, eight Liangang generals, especially Huang Zhong, the top god general. Su Fan was sitting in the East China Sea Territory Government Office waiting for news.
Two months later, Zang Ba did not disappoint Su Fan either.
After traveling for more than half a month, there was only one month left to seize six cities in Pengcheng County, kill 40,000 people, and capture 300,000 troops.
After that, the entire Pengcheng County surrendered, and the nobles who had originally taken refuge with Yuan Shu asked for surrender. What would happen if they didn't surrender?
The army from the East China Sea Territory really took action.
When the two armies are fighting, if I kill your clan, no one will say anything. Everyone is their own master.
Therefore, before Yuan Shu's support came, Pengcheng County was the first to be unable to bear it.
"Haha! Xuan Gao is good, and General Han Sheng is the most brave among the three armies. His archery skills are unparalleled. He killed two Lian Gang generals with one arrow."
The detailed battle report has been sent to Su Fan.
After seeing the detailed battle situation over the past month, Su Fan was quite satisfied.
When he set out to conquer Pengcheng County, he naturally did not think that he would fail. Pengcheng County's army was a ragtag group of private soldiers from aristocratic families. A few might be elites, but if they were actually put on the battlefield, it would be a joke.
Fighting on the battlefield and fighting in the arena are completely different.
Most of the private guards of the aristocratic families pay more attention to bravery, and each of them is quite powerful.
Just like Su Fan's Gao family, the family has some private soldiers who train their own martial arts and have no requirements for battle formations.
If it's just a small number of people fighting, or dealing with some bandits, that's no problem. If they really encounter a large army, I'm afraid they will be finished with one impact.
Naturally, the combat effectiveness of the army in Pengcheng County is also very fragmented.
Zang Ba led an army of 80,000 people, but there were not many casualties at all. The total casualties were less than 3,000, and after treatment, less than 800 people died.
This number is quite impressive.
Of course, the key point is that the new recruits have seen blood, and the Longbow Battalion and Firearms Battalion have also shown good combat effectiveness. This is what Su Fan is most happy about.