Chapter 1509 The comprehensive confrontation between Xu Shiji and Li Jing
Not far away from Wang Junlin and Shen Guoer, the trebuchets had already started working. Facing the densely packed Wagang Army soldiers below, the trebuchets that had already calculated the distance and direction were so accurate that the Wagang Army almost despaired.
At such a long distance, the officers and soldiers of the Wagang Army deliberately kept the distance between them, but they still managed to hit a few people every time. You must know that at this time, the missiles were only stones.
Although the gunpowder bag is easy to use, it is expensive after all. It is very troublesome to mine and collect some raw materials in this era. What's more, at this distance, the gunpowder bag explodes in mid-air before the fuse is burned out. The lethality is really limited.
Soon, Li Jing temporarily stopped the projectile of gunpowder packets.
The banner of General Manager Xu Shiji appeared on the three-foot-high observation command platform in front of the Wagang Army camp in the west military camp. The Wagang Army units were attacked by trebuchets on the hills on both sides and entered their respective attack areas.
The Wagang Army broke out with chants like a mountain roar and a tsunami.
The battle has reached this level. Last night, Wang Junlin arranged for people to spread rumors among the Wagang Army. However, the morale of the Wagang Army was still able to maintain a certain level. It must be said that Xu Shiji's method of training and leading troops is indeed unique.
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Wang Junlin said to Shen Guoer next to him: "Since Xu Shiji has already decided to retreat, if there is no sign of breaking through our defense line after this full-line attack, it is possible to withdraw the troops at any time. You should pay attention and notice that Xu Shiji has withdrawn at any time.
If there were any signs, he reported them to Li Jing and asked him to launch an orderly pursuit in accordance with the established battle plan.
Shen Guoer agreed, took out the binoculars, and fixedly looked at the podium where Xu Shiji was, carefully observing Xu Shiji's every move.
Wang Junlin, surrounded by a group of guards and black-armored dead soldiers, went to the military stronghold and the top of the mountain to take a look at the second trench.
He also wanted to take the opportunity to take a look at the results of the reform after the initial professional division of labor in the army under his command, so that he could improve it in the next step and further promote the reform of professionalization of the army.
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Xu Shiji, who was on the command post of the Wagang Army Camp, looked at the two unbreakable defense lines of the Far Eastern Army in front of him with a complicated expression. It was true that he had fought against elite armies in the past, but he felt that it was very different from the Far Eastern Army in front of him.
In fact, any army he had ever seen, whether it was the most elite imperial soldiers of the Sui Dynasty or the Turkic cavalry, had never had such momentum. Although the Far Eastern Army maintained a strange silence from beginning to end, the other side
The will shown during the battle seemed so strong and terrifying.
Although Poison King Wang Junlin had created too many miracles over the years, Xu Shiji still couldn't figure out how Wang Junlin was able to train his army to such an extent.
This was another miracle created by Wang Junlin, and it was the miracle that Xu Shiji was most moved by.
At this moment, Xu Shiji even doubted in his heart that no matter what, the Wagang Army could not defeat the Far Eastern Army, even if the Far Eastern Army came to the Central Plains with only 40,000 to 50,000 people.
Just as before, it seemed that no matter how hard they fought, it was difficult to capture these two military strongholds.
"General Manager...it's time for a full-scale attack." Someone reminded from the side.
Xu Shiji closed his eyes, knowing that his firm will had been shaken by Wang Junlin and the Far East Army.
But when he opened his eyes again, that determination appeared in his eyes again.
"Send the order and launch an all-out attack." Xu Shiji ordered in a deep voice.
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More than three hundred trebuchets of the Wagang Army roared, and the stones flew towards the last line of defense wall in front of the two military camps of the Far East Army, smashing up balls of debris. After four rounds, a flood of shield trucks rushed towards the two camps.
Coming from a military village with an earthen wall, the Wagang Army lined up two rows of shield vehicles, and there were even three levels in the middle.
Li Jing kept observing with a telescope on the tower of Xijunzhai, and issued the most accurate orders at the most appropriate time.
After the Wagang Army entered one mile, the Far East Army's trebuchets began to fire powder packets regularly, and the giant crossbows on the earth wall began to fire. Each gunpowder packet could kill at least a dozen people, and more
Then there are forty or fifty people, as well as several shield chariots. Each one-foot-long spear and crossbow can turn a seemingly solid shield chariot into flying pieces of wood.
The battle between the two sides was fierce and brutal.
Although it is the first time for the Bao Xiong Camp to engage in this kind of defensive tactics integrating trenches and military fortresses, based on previous defensive warfare training of this type, they have become completely proficient after these days of practice. The giant crossbows and powerful crossbows on the earth walls are
The trebuchets attacked with all their strength, and each shield vehicle was smashed to pieces and fell behind.
After paying a heavy price, the Wagang Army also became more proficient in the attack. After they entered the pothole area, the shield vehicles stopped one after another, and soldiers rushed out from behind, throwing earth bags into the potholes one after another.
The filling in the past few days has been much faster. While filling the holes, they were cleaning up the remains of the shield carts left over from the past few days. Although the forward speed was still so slow, they were able to maintain the progress. Of course, the premise was that the soldiers pushing the carts behind were hissing.
Howling at the top of his lungs, he pushed the shield cart forward with all his might.
The archers and crossbowmen of the Storm Bear Battalion fired continuously from behind the earthen wall, and the Wagang Army soldiers who cleared the obstacles suffered heavy casualties.
Forced by the battle supervisory team sent by Xu Shiji, groups of soldiers continued to clear obstacles and fill holes in the unprotected front. The holes were filled one by one, and the shield vehicles moved forward little by little.
The attacks from the Storm Bear Battalion were still fierce. The trebuchets and giant crossbows did not stop. The firing of gunpowder packets maintained a rate of fire of about two rounds every five minutes, ten per round, and continued to destroy the shield vehicles and tiles.
The echelons of the army broke up their formation, and at the same time, they continued to destroy the morale of the Wagang army.
When the Wagang Army finally advanced ninety steps away from the earth wall despite casualties, Xu Shiji gave an order, and the messenger beside him quickly blew the horn. The next moment, thousands of light arrows rose into the sky and headed towards the earth wall.
Pour down.
A dense popping sound suddenly sounded on the hanging curtain on the earth wall, and the arrow-proof quilt seemed to be covered with weeds in an instant. The hanging door on the earth wall protected the soldiers of the Storm Bear Camp, and most of the bows and arrows fired at an angle were blocked.
The soldiers on standby behind the wall hide in the hanging curtains, which are also made of wooden frames and quilts, which can effectively resist bows and arrows, fully demonstrating the defensive advantage.
However, those engineers, heavy baggage troops, ambulance troops and messengers who had to come and go began to suffer casualties. In the process, the crossbowmen and archers of the Storm Bear Battalion fought back from behind the parapets, attacking the Wagang Army soldiers who were filling the pits.
, the two sides are still in the long-range shooting stage.
Generally speaking, the two military camps of the Far Eastern Army are in order on the earthen walls. The observation posts in Dongshan and Xishan constantly transmit messages, and complex information is shot down with arrows on the mountainside. After receiving the information, the messengers at the bottom of the mountain ride to the western military camp.
At the top of the city, a wooden observation tower was also erected there to constantly report military conditions to Li Jing.
Simple messages can be transmitted according to the flag language specified in the Far Eastern Army flag language doctrine.
Of course, Li Jing can also use telescopes to observe the enemy camp and make some judgments in person at the first time to ensure that some responses can be timely and effective.
The Far Eastern Army's long-range attacks were extremely violent, and their accuracy within a hundred steps was not low. Therefore, fragments of shield vehicles exploded one after another on the Wagang Army's front line. Balls of fire appeared on the ground, and mines destroyed those who had cleared the obstacles.
The soldiers were overturned one by one.
But Xu Shiji had people build a large number of shield vehicles these days, so the number of shield vehicles of the Wagang Army did not decrease. Some of them stopped after being hit, and then passed around another one behind them to replenish the front line. There was also an endless stream of soldiers in front.
As soon as they fell, another group of people were driven out from behind the shield car.
The shield car stopped between seventy and eighty steps. Countless Wagang Army soldiers worked desperately in front of the shield car, stacking the remains of the shield car from the previous few days in front of the new shield car. Thousands of people were behind the shield car.
The archer drew his bow and fired, and after five or six arrows, he replaced it with another round. Maintaining his strength, the waves of arrow rain seemed to never stop. Even though the Far Eastern Army had various blocking and defenses, it still suffered some casualties.
Li Jing knew very well that since Xu Shiji had seen his prince's conspiracy and planned to withdraw his troops, the battle would not last long before something unexpected happened.
In addition, in order to reduce losses, we gave up the blocking ditch without hesitation, and asked people to withdraw to the earth wall one by one, climb up the winding passages, retreat through the ditch, enter the parapet in front of the earth wall, and rely on the parapet to continue shooting at the tile hills.
Army. In this way, the earthen wall has two lines of firepower, which can be fired at the same time without affecting each other.
During this process, gunpowder packets were fired every few minutes, so white smoke appeared on the battlefield from time to time. The northwest wind blew the smoke away from the battlefield, and soon new white smoke appeared. The two military camps were more than a mile away.
The long earth wall defense line was filled with smoke and heavy smoke.
Because of the threat from the Far Eastern Army on the East and West Mountains, the Wagang Army's shield vehicles were unable to cover the front, and their wings became their weakness. They seemed to want to form an arc, but the blow on the west side was very violent, causing their
The shield car suffered heavy losses. At this time, it could only cover the front, and the protection on the two wings was very empty.
Sure enough, Li Jing deployed a thousand cavalry on each side of the mountains and began to assemble and charge.
Xu Shiji reacted quickly. With an order, the Wagang troops on both sides quickly gathered more than 3,000 infantrymen behind the earthen walls.
On a wooden platform on the east mountain, the semaphore was played continuously, using the excellent viewing angle to transmit signals to the Far Eastern Army troops at the foot of the mountain. A signal soldier nearby looked at the semaphore with a telescope, and read word by word: "After twenty-five breaths, the cavalry will come from
Charge from both sides at the third position on the left and the seventh position on the right."
Upon hearing this, Li Jing immediately ordered: "Send the order to the engineer and baggage camp. After ten breaths, the trebuchets will uniformly eject the gunpowder packets at the enemy's positions three from the left and position seven from the right."
Wang Junlin was also watching, but he couldn't understand the flag language.
Speaking of the appearance of serious flags in the Far East Army, it was Wang Junlin who vigorously advocated it two years ago. Wang Junlin made some modifications based on the flags of later generations. Considering that most of the soldiers were illiterate, he personally
I made a pinyin table and then came up with the current standard semaphore. Although it is still in the experimental stage, it has shown great advantages in conveying simple military information and orders. I don’t know how much the speed and efficiency have improved.
As for the positions No. 3 and No. 7 mentioned in the military intelligence, it is because all the areas facing the defense line are numbered, and this is only part of the Far East Army's combat doctrine, which is mainly completed by people from the Military Intelligence Office. They work every day
It is necessary to train with a labeled map at the lookout post to accurately determine the enemy's position without a calibration object. This is why the accuracy of the Far East Army's trebuchets, whether they are stones or gunpowder packets, is much higher than that of the Wagang Army.
One of the reasons for the lack of.
Therefore, the Far East Army's preparations were far more complete than Xu Shiji and other Wagang Army generals imagined, and were already beyond their imagination and cognition.
At this time, all the trebuchets were adjusting their angles and putting on gunpowder bags. There was a brief silence on the front. However, the Wagang Army thought that they had the cover of the earth wall and were not afraid of the Far East Army's gunpowder bags.
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The pennant of the engineering unit responsible for operating the trebuchets was raised. The command flag with a red background and yellow edges next to Li Jing rubbed the flag in a circle and waved it forward. All the trebuchets that were ready packed their gunpowder, and the two Wagang Army flanks
Positions No. 3 and No. 7 were thrown out.
The two wings of the Wagang army had just gathered to prepare for the battle against the violent bear camp. The cavalry and infantry formations on the east and west mountains were ready to attack. Suddenly, the cavalry and infantry formations were in chaos, and they all hid near the earthen wall.
Li Jing said to the flag bearer beside him: "Send the order, the cavalry on the two mountains will attack the Wagang Army's left and right wings at No. 3 and No. 7."
A moment later, a thousand cavalrymen from the Storm Bear Battalion each lined up in strict formation, galloping down the mountainside of Dongshan and Xishan. Taking advantage of the momentum of the downhill slope, they quickly entered the battlefield like lightning and charged towards the two wings of the Wagang Army.
The Wagang Army was caught off guard and suffered thousands of casualties in an instant. However, the infantry formation quickly regrouped and it was difficult for the Storm Bear Battalion cavalry to take advantage.
Seeing this, Li Jing did not want to increase casualties, so he decisively ordered the cavalry to withdraw.