The first thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven chapters inquire about the truth
When Zongze set up this huge car camp, he considered everything. It is impossible not to take the catapult into consideration. If so, then this car formation will be too easy to break. We must prevent the opponent from using heavy long-range weapons.
Weapons of destruction of tanks.【
The cavalry is a means, but the problem is that there are not many cavalry left. The remaining cavalry has become a treasure and cannot be easily sent out.
Also, the body of the chariot is reinforced with iron sheets and copper rings. However, except for the chariots carrying gunpowder and firearms, all the chariots are covered with iron sheets. Only a small part of the other chariots are reinforced with metal.
The main reason is to prevent moisture and fire. Moisture is the biggest enemy of firearms, so they are all made of tinplate. Fire is the second best. As long as you don't play with fire, it will be fine.
After all, the enemy would not be so dazed that they would use fire attacks to deal with the chariot. Although the chariot was made of wood, it would not ignite like a tent, straw, or gasoline. The Jin army without firearms could only use two attacks.
The first is to shoot rockets, but if you shoot rockets, they usually hit people, and most of them will be blocked by shield soldiers. Even if they hit the body of a car, they won't burst into flames. Just throw it casually,
It will be extinguished, and the control of shooting rockets is cumbersome. You have to go back and light the fire. This time, the people who have to be shot by Song Jun are not even recognized by the mother.
The second is to push a train full of straw to attack. If this is the case, how much does it cost you to get close to the Song Army's vehicle array? Moreover, the vehicles are not one next to another. Even if you spend a hundred people to burn them
You will obviously lose money on one chariot. You must know that the Song army has thousands of chariots. How many people do you have to fill them with?
Unless the Jin army knows the location of the Song army's gunpowder, then rushes into the formation, looks for the chariot containing the gunpowder, dismounts, pries open the tinplate, and lights the gunpowder. But preliminary calculations show that this will cost at least several thousand people.
Moreover, it may not be successful. After all, the Song Army is not a fool. The gunpowder carts are scattered in each cart camp. What will happen even if you light one cart?
Throughout the ages, few people have used fire to burn chariots.
Of course, the most important thing is firearms. Without firearms, Zongze would not dare to form such a huge fleet. This is all based on powerful long-range strike capabilities.
Why is it said that this fleet is completely made with money? The main reason is the revitalization cannon. The revitalization cannon has already been mass-produced. However, Yu Yunwen solemnly mentioned in the weapon description of the weapons supervisor that the revitalization cannon can only be used.
It is good at attacking fortified battles but not good at field battles. After all, the firing frequency of the revitalizing cannon is too slow. It is also very cumbersome. Unless you can destroy all the enemies in one round, otherwise, once the cavalry approaches, you will have no choice but to hand over the revitalizing cannon to others. The key is,
The revitalizing cannon cannot destroy the running cavalry in one round. Therefore, Yu Yunwen repeatedly emphasized that do not expect the revitalizing cannon to attack the enemy's mobile power.
Therefore, revitalizing cannons are generally placed in important towns. In addition, for any town with revitalizing cannons, the local garrison must sign a secret contract, that is, once the city cannot bear it anymore, the revitalizing cannons must be destroyed as soon as possible.
It must not fall into the hands of the enemy, otherwise, it will be punished with death, because the revitalizing cannon is the top secret of the Song Dynasty and must not be leaked.
However, Zongze was ingenious and placed the revitalizing cannon in the car camp. The revitalizing cannon and the car camp are really perfectly integrated, because the car camp is not fast, and it also has a heavy sword without an edge, which is extremely heavy and is equivalent to a short city. Of course
, these revitalizing cannons are used for siege, so Zhe Keqiu has never been used. In this huge convoy, a total of one hundred revitalizing cannons, fifty large cannons, and fifty small cannons are hidden.
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The maximum range of the cannon is 2,000 steps, with an effective range of 500 steps. The maximum range of the small cannon is 600 steps, with an effective range of about 300 steps.
The longest range of the Jin Army's catapults was only about 400 steps. In fact, Zhe Keqiu hoped to use the revitalizing cannon after the troops came to the city to give the Jurchens a surprise. However, the opponent launched the catapult in advance, so he could only use this catapult.
The secret weapon was taken out early. Just now, only fifty cannons were deployed. Two rounds of bombings destroyed almost all the catapults of the Jin Army in almost one stick of incense. After all, the shells of this revitalizing cannon are very heavy.
Yes, and it contains gunpowder. If it hits, it will be really exciting to bomb.
"Order the cavalry to stand by."
"Here!"
After these two rounds of bombing, the Jin Army was in panic. Even the commander-in-chief Wan Yanchang was blown away. This was completely beyond his understanding of contemporary weapons. He almost lost his life. The safer the place, the more dangerous it is.
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However, for the Song Army, this was the best time to attack. Because the Jin Army soldiers were not prepared, the formation was now in chaos. The commander next to Zhe Keqiu had already raised his flag.
The two thousand cavalry were also ready. As soon as Zhe Keqiu gave the order, they immediately rushed out to annihilate the enemy.
"Wait."
At this critical moment, the order was already on his lips. Zhe Keqiu suddenly caught a glimpse of the enemy's left wing flashing a few times. He immediately called to the commander, then picked up his clairvoyance and looked around, only to see the catapult's left wing a hundred steps away.
There were so many people outside that he couldn't help but frown. After a moment, he sighed and said, "Let Ye'er and the others come back." But he felt extremely regretful.
At this most critical moment, Zhe Keqiu suddenly discovered that there was a group of cavalry protecting the flanks of the Jin army. He finally chose to seek stability because he had too few cavalry and could not withstand any trouble.
However, Gao Qingyi, who was on the left wing on the opposite side, was greatly relieved when he saw that the Song army did not dispatch. In fact, he was here to cooperate with the catapult attack. Who knew that the catapults were all killed before firing a single shot? He also
He didn't know what to do. What he was even more afraid of was that the Song Army would choose to dispatch the entire army, because at this time the Jin Army was in chaos. If the Song Army dispatched all its main forces and rode on foot, the outcome would still be uncertain. Now for
As far as the Jin Army is concerned, it can be said to be the best result.
Both sides have difficulties!
Although there was no large-scale attack, Zhe Keqiu immediately ordered the army to move forward.
Because of the appearance of the revitalizing artillery, although the losses were not large, the Jin soldiers were already fearful. Wan Yanchang knew that it was not appropriate to fight again at this time, so he did not send troops to stop them, but retreated for more than 20 miles in a row to continue to consolidate the front.
Because in another twenty or thirty miles, the Song army would be approaching the city.
At night, in the Jin army's tent.
"I didn't expect that there would be such a magical weapon in the enemy's formation."
Wan Yanchang didn't seem to have recovered from the two rounds of bombings in the morning. He quickly drank a large bowl of wine to calm down what was happening. He was too scared.
The soldiers under him were also worried. The artillery was a little too powerful. One of them said: "Fortunately we did not charge. If the enemy chose to fire when we were charging, we might even be wiped out."
It makes sense! When Wan Yanchang heard this, he was even more frightened, and asked Gao Qingyi who was standing aside: "Military advisor, have you ever seen such a magical weapon?"
Gao Qingyi shook his head and said: "I think this was made recently by the Southern Dynasty."
Wan Yanchang asked again: "Does the military advisor have any countermeasures?"
Gao Qingyi shook his head and then said: "But don't be afraid anymore. I just observed carefully that although this kind of artillery is powerful, the firing interval is relatively long, and I don't think the enemy necessarily has many of this kind of artillery."
, Otherwise, they will not hide until now. I think they still want to keep it until the last moment. If they encounter it in the wild and face the charge of my cavalry, they can only cast it once at most, unless they have thousands of doors. Otherwise,
, as long as our cavalry is dispersed, there is nothing to worry about."
Wan Yanchang nodded and said: "What the military advisor said makes sense. So what should we do now? The enemy is only thirty miles away from Yunzhou City,"
All the soldiers lowered their heads one after another. Now that the catapults were ineffective, they really didn't know how to stop this chariot convoy.
Gao Qingyi pondered for a while and then suddenly said: "General, didn't you say that the poisonous arrow that hit you will not last long?"
Wanyan Changdu had almost forgotten it, but when he heard Gao Qingyi talk about it, he just remembered it and said, "Yes, Nazhe Keqiu was hit by an arrow from me at that time, how could he still last for so long? Is there any way they can cure my poison?
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Gao Qingyi said: "In that case, why don't we give it a try."
Wan Yanchang asked: "How to try?"
"Send someone to deliver the antidote."
Gao Qingyi said: "This team has been entangled with us here for many days, and it must be running out of food. If the opponent's general falls again, facing this double blow, this team will definitely be defeated without a fight, so we must
If we stop this convoy, we must not let them trap us in the city. As long as we are in the wild, we can cut off the food road. We cannot destroy this convoy. This is not our fault, but if we allow their supplies to be sent
If it goes up, then we made a mistake."
Wan Yanchang nodded and said, "The military advisor is right. As long as we persist, victory will definitely belong to us."
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In the large tent of the Song Army.
"Ahem, cough, cough, how far is it from Yunzhoucheng now?"
Zhe Keqiu was half lying on the bed, his voice became hoarse and his breath was weak.
Zhe Yanye said: "There are only more than thirty miles left."
Zhe Keqiu asked again: "Then how much food do we have left?"
Zhe Yanye said: "There are four or five days of food left. If you save some food, you should be able to survive for about seven or eight days. However, I have sent people to Hunyuan to prepare food. Now the food is on the ship. If we can hurry
, it won’t take a few days to arrive.”
This is a loss, but we should ask the soldiers to save some food and eat the dead horses first. In addition, if there are birds flying by, don't let them go and shoot them down quickly, otherwise the situation will be even worse than now.
Zhe Keqiu sighed and said: "Then we must move forward as quickly as possible and strive to reach the foot of Yunzhou City as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Jin Army is likely to cut off our food route."
You really can't blame him for this. If you want to blame it, you have to blame Zongze. This is definitely a major strategic mistake of Zongze, because at that time Zongze thought that Yunzhou City was empty and there was no way to stop this convoy from approaching the city, but he never expected that
, Wanyan Zonghan actually left 20,000 elite troops on the border between Yunzhou and Xixia, because that area was a strategic location, and it was behind Yunzhou, that is, the Great Wall area, which was originally heavily defended and guarded by heavy troops.
It was difficult for the sentinels in the division to go in and investigate. As a result, they were ill-prepared and fell into trouble. The convoy also became difficult to move. In fact, the place where Zhe Keqiu sent troops was not far from Yunzhou. If the cavalry was fast, it would only be five
It is a six-day journey, and most of it is in plain areas, which is conducive to the movement of chariots. However, if you do not suppress the main force of the enemy army, then supply will become very difficult. Therefore, Zhe Keqiu hopes to suppress the Jin army in the city as soon as possible. Then
His supply and reinforcement team will become safer.
This was also the original strategy, but it was a pity that the Jin Army suddenly gained 10,000 or 20,000 elite troops. Although it failed to eliminate this convoy, it still had enough capital to hinder this convoy.
Orihiko said: "But daddy, your body?"
Zhe Keqiu shook his head gently and said: "I can't care about this now. As a general, unless the emperor sends someone else to come, otherwise, I can only persist."
At this moment, a guard walked in, cupped his fists and said, "General Qi. The Jin Army has sent someone."
Oriyanye immediately said angrily: "If they are here to seek peace, let them go back. Our Ori family is incompatible with them."
The guard said: "Young General, the other party said they were sending the antidote to the general."
Orihiko was stunned for a moment, then snorted: "Those sons of bitches have such good intentions, I think the poison is enough."
Zhe Ke begged: "They are pretending to be sending me medicine, but they are actually here to inquire about my injury."
When Orihiko heard this, he immediately reacted and said, "Dad, then we just don't see him."
Zhe Keqiu shook his head and said, "If I don't see him, wouldn't I tell them that my situation is not good?"
Orihiko said: "But daddy, you---."
"No matter what, I must go see that person."
Zhe Keqiu makes a gesture and gets up.
Zhe Yanye hurriedly stepped forward to help him.
Zhe Keqiu sat up. He put on his clothes and asked Zhe Yanye to fetch water. He washed his face and arranged his hair and clothes. Then he said to the guard: "Bring that man to the car."
"As commanded."
Zhe Keqiu said again: "Ye'er, carry me up."
"Daddy---."
"hurry up."
"oh."
Zhe Yanye hurriedly carried Zhe Keqiu to the car and put Zhe Keqiu on the chair. He looked at Zhe Keqiu with a slightly worried look, thinking to himself, with his father's face like this, he would know at a glance how he could hide it.
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His look did not escape Zhe Keqiu's eyes, "Does my face look ugly?"
Orihiko was speechless.
Zhe Keqiu suddenly punched his chest and coughed violently. He quickly covered his mouth with a handkerchief.
Orihiko was frightened and stepped forward quickly, "Daddy---."
Zhe Keqiu raised his hand, coughed for a while, and then stopped. As soon as he put down the handkerchief, he saw that it was covered with dark red blood. He held it with one hand and said to Zhe Yanye: "What now?"
Zhe Yanye took a look and saw that his father, who was pale just now, was now flushed. He immediately realized that Zhe Kezhi had just deliberately hit his chest, just to cough to make his face look better, and nodded: "
Good---much better." But his eyes were full of worry.
"That's good."
"General, the people are here."
"Bring him up."
"yes."
After a while, the envoy from the Kingdom of Jin came to the car and immediately looked at Zhe Keqiu's face. He was slightly surprised when he saw Zhe Keqiu's face was rosy.
After seeing this, Orihiko secretly thought that he was indeed inquiring about his father's injury.
Zhe Keqiu said in a deep voice: "Are you Jurchens so ignorant of etiquette?"
The envoy was startled, then came to his senses, and was about to salute, when Zhe Keqiu waved his hand and said, "No need, what are you doing here?"
The envoy seemed a little unprepared when he was treated like this by Zhe Keqiu. He was stunned for a moment and then said: "Oh, our General Wanyan has always admired the Zhe family very much, especially you, general, and we also hope to have a fair fight with the general.
, Because our General Wanyan unfortunately shot the general in the rebellion a few days ago, and the arrowhead was coated with our General Wanyan's unique poison, our General Wanyan has always regretted this, so
Send me here to deliver the antidote. I hope the general can recover as soon as possible. If the general has any shortcomings, even if we win, our General Wanyan will feel that the victory is too weak."
Orihiko shouted loudly and angrily: "Be brave, my father is in good health and will never die earlier than that Wanyan thing of yours."
The envoy said with a smile: "We are here to deliver medicine with our hearts in mind. Why is the young general angry?"
Zhe Yanye wanted to say more, but Zhe Keqiu raised his hand to stop him and said to the envoy: "Your General Wanyan's good intentions are understood by someone in Zhe. Maybe you, General Wanyan, just came out of the mountains and don't know much about our Central Plains civilization.
I have extensive and profound medical skills in the Central Plains, but I am just a little poisonous. It is nothing to worry about. I tell you, General Wanyan, not to worry about it anymore. Come here, give him something."
"yes."
A guard beside him immediately handed over a porcelain bottle.
The envoy was stunned and asked curiously: "What is this?"
Zhe Keqiu chuckled and said: "This is the antidote to our poisonous arrows. You must also know that anyone who is hit by our poisonous arrows will definitely die within three hours. I guess you haven't developed an antidote yet. I think so too."
Let’s compete openly with your General Wanyan. If your general is unfortunately hit by an arrow, it may be too late to ask for medicine when the time comes, so you should give it to your general first to prepare for future troubles.”
**Naked humiliation!
The envoy's expression changed and he hummed: "Our General Wanyan has experienced hundreds of battles, how could your army be injured?"
Zhe Keqiu said with a smile: "If you're not afraid of ten thousand, are you afraid of just in case? Also, I hope that next time you send people, they will come to surrender, and not come here to delay my plan to eliminate you. I am not as good as you."
It’s relaxing and you can visit everywhere.”
The envoy was ridiculed by Zhe Keqiu, and he lost his composure and said: "Since the general has used a lot of this antidote, I will take my leave first."
Zhe Keqiu smiled coldly and said: "Send him out, oh, watch carefully, lest he find out the secrets of our army."
"As commanded."
The envoy's face was ashen, he waved his long sleeves and left angrily.
Zhe Keqiu kept watching the envoy leave. After a while, he suddenly said: "Ye'er, see if he has gone far?"
Zhe Yanye turned around and said, "The Chinese army has already left."
Zhe Keqiu suddenly let out a muffled cry, covered his left shoulder with one hand, and fainted.
"Daddy---."
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