"PS: I have a cold, a headache and a runny nose, but I still insist on coding. I was due for an update yesterday, and I don't know if I can finish coding two chapters today. In short, I will make up for the missed updates after I get better from the cold. Hope you all book friends
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The Wugang chariot is a very special kind of combat, a dual-purpose transport chariot, which is a great weapon for infantry to deal with cavalry.
In front of Wugang chariots, no matter how elite the cavalry is, there is nothing they can do against the infantry.
But having said that, the appearance of this kind of chariot is indeed not very good. At first glance, it looks like an ordinary cart used to carry goods, so when the merchant navy general Ran Teng distributed these chariots with thousands of soldiers,
When he gave it to his soldiers, the soldiers under his command looked at each other and were completely confused.
"Ran Tou." Yang Wu, the fierce soldier, interjected with a strange expression: "Will our thousand-man team be decentralized?...Did you offend His Highness again?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? How could I..." Halfway through, Ran Teng, the general of thousands of people, came to his senses and cursed angrily: "When did I ever offend His Highness?...Last time, you, too, had bad words in your mouth, which caused harm.
I will be embarrassed!"
The last time he mentioned was the time when the Shang Shui army conquered Chu.
At that time, the Shang Shui Army had incorporated many regular troops of the Chu State, so many of the original generals in the army were promoted to one level, but only Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming were still generals with a thousand men.
At that time, Ran Teng listened to the words of Yang Wu and others. At first, he really mistakenly thought that he had offended His Highness Prince Su. Unexpectedly, the truth was completely different. It was just that His Highness Prince Su valued their three thousand-man troops very highly.
We don’t want the strength of these three thousand-man teams to decline due to expansion.
No, in the end Ran Teng and others became the only three special thousand-man generals in the Shang Shui Army, with authority comparable to that of three thousand-man generals.
Probably because Ran Teng mentioned what happened last time, Yang Wu scratched his hair, and then he asked in confusion: "Since it's not Ran Tou who offended His Highness Prince Su, why did His Highness Su Prince ration us?"
Plant...a cart for transporting grain? You won’t let us be responsible for transporting grain, right?”
After hearing this, the soldiers of Ran Teng's Thousand-Man Corps nearby looked at each other with a somewhat uneasy expression.
You must know that among the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army, the highest status must be the vanguard army, that is, the troops who fight in the front line in every battle. For example, in the Shangshui Army, Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming
The three thousand-man teams fought at the front line at least seven or eight times out of ten. Although it was hard work and often suffered casualties, they were respected and envied by other thousands-man teams in the Shangshui Army - because only the elite could enjoy this.
Attention.
And such an elite team of a thousand people was suddenly assigned carts for transporting grain. It's no wonder that the soldiers looked uneasy and completely confused.
"Who told you this is a cart for transporting grain?"
After listening to Yang Wu's words, Ran Teng rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Listen to me, this is called the Wugang Chariot. His Highness King Su asked the Smelting Bureau to urgently build it to defeat the Korean army.
The cavalry depends entirely on it...His Royal Highness King Su said that this martial arts chariot is a powerful weapon against the cavalry!"
Hearing this, all the Shang Shui soldiers nearby ignored Ran Teng's words and gathered around them, looking at the Wugang chariots one after another.
But no matter how they looked at it, the Wugang cart looked like an ordinary grain cart.
"Is it possible that there is a mystery inside?"
Soldiers Li Hui, Le Bao, Yang Wu and others surrounded a Wugang chariot and looked around. Even Gan Mao, the former general of the Donglai Army of Qi State, became curious about the chariot in front of them. Unfortunately, they looked at it for a long time and found nothing.
You can see some clues.
At this time, Li Hui, who was thoughtful, picked up two sacks full of grain in the car with one hand and took a closer look. Only then did he realize that there was a pad lying under the two sacks.
"Le Bao." Li Hui greeted Le Bao. The latter understood, and the two of them worked together to lift the pad.
At this time, the soldiers who were watching discovered that there was a square and square slot at the front end of the cart chassis under the pad, about a finger wide, which happened to match the thickness of the pad.
Therefore, a soldier immediately suggested that Li Hui and Le Bao put the pad up and insert it into the empty slot in the car.
While Li Hui and Le Bao were busy inserting the thick wooden board into the empty slot on the cart, several more soldiers discovered that there were several round holes of unknown purpose at the bottom of the front end of the cart.
.
Among them, a soldier saw that there were several long guns in the car. He had an idea, picked up a long gun, and inserted the tail of the long gun into one of the round holes.
Unexpectedly, the round hole fits the spear very well.
As a result, the other soldiers followed suit and picked up long spears and loaded them on them.
After undergoing these two modifications, the Wugang chariot, which was originally a cart, suddenly changed its appearance, revealing its ferocious appearance as a chariot.
The nearby Shangshui soldiers suddenly realized that they had mistakenly seen it, and it turned out that this was really a chariot.
Next to him, Ran Teng, a general with a thousand men, looked at his soldiers exclaiming in surprise with a funny face. To be honest, if he had not already learned some information, otherwise, he would probably be like Yang Wu and others.
I was confused that a certain King Su ordered to allocate them this kind of martial arts chariot.
"Listen up, everyone." Standing on the board of one or two Wugang chariots, Ran Teng, a general of thousands of people, shouted loudly: Each corps will receive a Wugang chariot... Let's get familiar with the Wugang chariots today and tomorrow.
Organize, our army will accept a mission in two or three days."
Hearing this, all the nearby soldiers jumped for joy, thinking that they were about to use this kind of martial arts vehicle to compete with the Korean cavalry. Only Ran Teng chuckled maliciously.
Because he knew that the mission they were about to accept would not be what the soldiers under his command expected.
Two more days passed like this. During this period, dozens more ships flying the flag of "Wei" docked at the temporary river port in the south of Ji County. Wugang carts were loaded with bags full of cloth and were transported off the ships.
, pushed to Weiying in Ji County.
On March 19, Ran Teng's thousand-man team received the order first and left the city to the northeast.
The northeast of Jixian County, up to Qishui Pass, is a plain that is more than a hundred miles long and about sixty miles wide. To the northwest is Linlu Mountain, and to the southeast is a large river. The plain is almost a flat terrain.
, there used to be a lot of woods here, but now, all the woods on this plain have been burned down by the Korean army when they retreated during the last battle in Northern Xinjiang, so that the sight on this plain is extremely wide, especially for the cavalry.
favorable.
But today, in this plain - let's call it the Linlu Plain, Ran Teng's army of a thousand people pushed two hundred armed military chariots and slowly moved towards the northeast.
In front of their team, about four or five Green Crows were responsible for guiding the thousand-man team to the predetermined location.
It can be seen that during this dispatch, the soldiers of Ran Teng's thousand-man squadron were not in high spirits for some reason. On the contrary, they were a little tired.
The reason for this phenomenon is related to the orders they received.
I remember that three or two days ago, after the soldiers of Ran Teng Army got the Wugang chariot, they thought they were about to have a battle with the Korean cavalry. Unexpectedly, a certain King Su just asked them to temporarily work as masons - in Linli
Build defensive strongholds on the plains.
Isn’t this too boring?
The soldiers of Ran Teng's army were inevitably in a low mood.
After about half a day's journey, Ran Teng's thousand-man team came to an unknown river. Judging from the direction of the flow, this was probably a river that merged into a big river.
At the front of the team, several members of the Green Crows on horseback were making gestures and communicating with Ran Teng, a general of thousands.
"This should be the right place." A member of the Blue Crows glanced at the map in his hand, and then said to Ran Teng: "Sir, Thousand-Man General, please build a defensive stronghold near this river. We, the Green Crows, will be on the four sides.
I am on alert and will send you a message once I see the Korean cavalry approaching."
"Thank you a lot." Ran Teng said, clasping his fists.
After the Green Crows left, Ran Teng ordered his soldiers to cross the small river and then stationed on the east bank of the small river. He asked the soldiers to lift the green cloth covering the Wugang chariot.
Only then did I see what was loaded on the Wugang truck. It was actually a truckload of burned bricks.
In addition to these burnt bricks, there are also some pockets with gray powder faintly exuding from them.
"Pah, pah, pah."
Ran Teng clapped his hands and ordered: "Quick, quick, take action, don't pretend to be dead for me. Don't I know how capable you guys are?"
Saying this, he kicked a soldier lying beside him with his foot.
As a general with a thousand soldiers, Ran Teng knew very well that the soldiers under him were all the elites of the merchant navy. Just half a day's journey would not exhaust these soldiers. In the final analysis, this
Helping the little boy is just not in a good mood.
Under Ran Teng's urging, the soldiers took action while complaining. They chose a place, unloaded all the cloth bags from the Wugang cart, and poured a gray powder called "cement" in the bags onto
On the ground, we dug some more soil, fetched water from a nearby river, and stirred it into gray-black mud.
After the preparations were completed, the soldiers of Ran Teng Army used burnt bricks and mud to start building defensive strongholds.
They first built a brick wall about five or six feet high - against the cavalry, a brick wall of this height was enough.
As expected, the Korean cavalry noticed the Wei army, so about half an hour later, about five to six hundred cavalry came upon hearing the news.
Seeing this, Ran Teng's soldiers, who had received timely warning from the Green Crows in advance, did not panic. They placed two hundred Wugang vehicles side by side and surrounded the defensive strongholds that had not yet been fully constructed, forming a square gate array.
Note: The square gate formation is the "mouth" formation.』
I saw a Wugang chariot that was about two feet long, one foot four wide and one foot five high. Under the operation of the Wei army, it transformed into a solid wall that was difficult for the Korean cavalry to overcome.
In the Wei army stronghold where the Wugang chariots were connected to the city, the soldiers of Ran Teng ignored the Korean cavalry. Except for the crossbowmen who boarded the Wugang chariots and hid behind the thick baffle to peek at the movements of the Korean cavalry.
, preparing to greet them with crossbows, the rest of the infantry continued to build unfinished strongholds.
"this……"
The five to six hundred Korean cavalry circled twice around this Wei army stronghold made up of Wugang chariots, looking confused.
They intend to attack this Wei army, but the problem is that the chariots surrounding this Wei army are spliced together like a city wall, and there are no flaws at all.