Chapter 1566 The style of the horse thief king in the Western Regions
It has to be said that Li Shimin is a man of great wisdom, decisive in his actions, and has a long-term vision. He does not hesitate on some major matters, and he will not be swayed by current secular ideas or some conventional rules that are generally followed by wealthy families.
bondage.
In short, Li Shimin is worthy of being the chosen son of destiny. Under his vigorous promotion, the Li Yuan Group imitated various equipment of the Far Eastern Army. Although core equipment such as gunpowder weapons was not harvested due to the strict confidentiality and tight defense of the Far Eastern Army.
In addition, other trebuchets, giant guns, and crossbows have all been imitated, and even rapid-fire crossbows and other things have been imitated. However, the Far Eastern Army's nine-volume rapid-fire repeating crossbow, Li Shimin
What was created was a three-shot bursting fast crossbow.
Fortunately, the weapons and equipment production base near Taiyuan established by Li Shimin has been difficult to build a steel factory like the Far Eastern Army, making it difficult to produce steel plate armor on a large scale. Otherwise, the soldiers' defense capabilities will be greatly improved, and the improvement in combat effectiveness will be even greater.
obvious.
But even if it was only a partial imitation, the combat effectiveness of the Li Yuan Group's army would be greatly improved. At this time, Wu Si felt the threat from the opponent's improvement.
"The stupid Liu Hongji actually has such a giant gun and crossbow. Fortunately, he doesn't have a hundred-shot crossbow and a gunpowder bag!" He looked at dozens of giant crossbows and guns flying towards him with a piercing scream.
A dozen or so soldiers were knocked away, revealing a gap. Wu Si was slightly surprised and at the same time couldn't help but curse.
An hour earlier, or it took Liu Hongji less than two hours, the outer positions of the Far Eastern Army's Pegasus Camp had been destroyed, the trenches had been filled in, the parapets had been knocked down, and the two sides were about to enter a close-quarters battle.
Of course, the Li Jiajun led by Liu Hongji also paid a very heavy price for this, with more than 5,000 casualties.
At this time, the center of the double-layered circular formation was where Wu Si's central army was located. A square arrow formation composed of 5,000 warriors holding steel string bows kept shooting out of the circular formation. Under everyone's feet
, there are dozens of sharp arrows inserted densely in rows. This kind of shooting frequency, if it were not for the steel string bow specially made by the Far East Army equipped with a winding machine, you can shoot more than a dozen arrows with strong arms.
After branching, there will also be muscle soreness and numbness in the bones.
But even so, every time this group of Pegasus battalion archers shot twenty, their arms would become sore and tired, and they would have to rotate to the next group to let the previous group rest for a while.
Therefore, Wu Si had to worry that if the circular formation was broken, these archers would have to take their spears into battle.
From time to time, stone bullets fired from trebuchets fell on the square formation, bringing up a cloud of blood. The archer who was hit would definitely not survive. The accompanying medical staff of the Far East Army Flying Camp, who had been well prepared, immediately rushed to the phalanx.
The dead were dragged away, the wounded were treated on the spot, and archers immediately filled them in.
Everything is tense and orderly. This is the combat mode of the Far Eastern Army that already has the prototype of a later professional army.
In the gaps outside the circular formation were trebuchets and giant crossbows. The guns never stopped firing, causing great damage to the Li army, especially the gunpowder packets. Every time they were fired, they dealt a huge blow to the enemy's morale.
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However, because the Pegasus Battalion came across the Luliang Mountains with cavalry at that time, and they were lightly armed at the time, they did not bring many gunpowder bags.
Moreover, Hedong and Guanzhong under the rule of the Li Yuan Group were also different from when the Far Eastern Army attacked the Wagang Army in the Central Plains. The Fanyang Chamber of Commerce could easily pass through various places under the Wagang Army and send various supplies and weapons to the front line. The Li Yuan Group was obviously very good at it.
Drawing lessons from others, now Hedong and Guanzhong are very strictly managed in the areas under the control of the Li Yuan Group. Whether it is the Fanyang Chamber of Commerce or the Xiaoyu Theater, it is too difficult to transport all kinds of ordnance and weapons without anyone noticing, even if it can be successful.
, the quantity each time will not be too much.
Instead, it would be safer for the navy to bypass the Goguryeo Peninsula and pass through the Turkic territory, or directly pass through Youzhou and transport it from the Turkic territory.
It's just that the journey is far away and takes a long time. Although Mayi County has stockpiled some various equipment and equipment, there are not many gunpowder bags left. After all, they still need to be given to Shangguan Hu, Wu San, Zhou Hu, etc. in the northwest.
Su Changqing, Jiang Mulang, Li Xiang, Niu Jinda and others still have to distinguish some points.
However, at this time, the ten hundred-shot crossbow chariots of the Far Eastern Army's Pegasus Battalion hidden on the second floor of the circular formation have not yet shown their power.
Resist for an hour
Finally, a layer of the thick circular array had been cut away. Looking at where the sun was in the sky, and then looking behind Liu Hongji, there was still silence. Wu Si couldn't help but start to feel worried, looking at the waves coming from all sides.
The enemy soldiers couldn't help but murmur to themselves: "Luo Shixin, I'll wait for you for another half hour. If you don't come, I'll have to mount my men and fight with cavalry tactics. By then, it's probably going to be difficult to kill them all. You can't blame me for that."
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"Sha Po Lang!" he shouted.
He is used to being a horse thief and has always liked cavalry charges. The thief does not like the defensive battle in front of him. He is like an ant on a hot pot. He pulls out the knife and inserts it back, then pulls it out and inserts it back again. Looking at his companions beside him fighting for his life, he can only
Onlookers felt that the feeling of a cat scratching their heart was more painful than being stabbed. In the heat of the moment, they suddenly heard Wu Si’s shout. He jumped up, ran to Wu Si in a few steps, and shouted: "Subordinate
exist!"
Wu Si glanced at him sideways and said: "I wanted to wait for Luo Shixin to lead the Tornado Battalion before letting you charge, but the 50,000 troops led by Liu Hongji were more powerful than we thought. It seems that we can't wait any longer.
You take your people and charge once, but remember, don't charge too deep, otherwise you won't be able to come back if you go deep into the enemy's position."
Sha Po Lang was overjoyed and said, "I understand!"
Before he finished speaking, Sha Po Lang turned around and ran out, shouting from afar to his five thousand cavalry: "Mount the horse."
Five thousand of the best horse thieves in the world were very different from the past after being trained in the Far Eastern Army model. They immediately got on their horses as quickly as possible and took off the bayonet hanging from the saddle.
Sha Po Lang pointed his spear and shouted: "Charge!"
The circular formation suddenly opened a gap, and Liu Hong, who was besieging this place, relaxed his pressure. He couldn't help but be overjoyed. He thought that the enemy troops could no longer hold on, and immediately swarmed in along the gap of more than ten feet, but then they
The expressions of the Li family soldiers who rushed forward changed greatly, and they looked ahead with fear. A group of cavalry was charging towards them fiercely.
"Kill!" Zhapolang rode up like a demon god, knocking several enemies in front of him into the air. He stabbed out the spear in his hand. Every time he took it back, it meant that a life was harvested.