But now that the Northern Expedition is advancing faster and faster, Li Xingchen cannot wait for Jinling Military Academy to turn all the generals in the army into standard firearms age commanders bit by bit, let alone apply what he learned in the school to the battlefield.
Practice itself is not just talk.
This also made Li Xingchen realize the importance of something similar to the infantry training manual of later generations. We cannot expect everyone to know how to use it after getting it, so it is always good to have a unified novice tutorial and specifications.
The Code of Conduct has not been compiled yet, so Li Xingchen simply went to the battle to direct it personally and set it as a model for everyone.
After the artillery bombardment is finished, wait for the enemy to enter the city and start another round.
After the bombardment is over, the enemy will definitely not dare to attack the city again. At least they will have to wait for a while, and this is the best time to launch an attack. When the army rushes to the bottom of the city, the enemies on the top of the city may not react until the army rushes to the city.
As the sound of the cannons dissipated, the Han army advanced rapidly. There were four gates in the entire southern city wall. The outermost gates on the left and right had very small openings. The city wall was almost integrated with the city gate. It was nothing to regard the city gate as an enemy platform.
problem, so Li Xingchen finally chose the two middle gates as the main attack direction of the army. The Yiyang Gate on the west side was handed over to the Imperial Guards, and the Pingchang Gate on the east side was handed over to a part of the Yingyang Army.
Because the direction of the west city wall was only used as a feint attack and cover, Chen Zhishen withdrew nearly half of Ying Yang's army and launched an attack from Pingchang Gate.
The attack on Luoyang was the decisive battle in the first stage of the Han Dynasty's Northern Expedition. The Yingyang Army had fought hard battles, so how could it be absent at the most critical and critical moment?
Of course Li Xingchen understood Chen Zhishen's thoughts. Anyway, the Eastern Route Army was on the west side of the main battlefield in Luoyang, and Chen Zhishen did not come with all the Yingyang Army. Even he himself was still encamped to the west of Yanshi to cover the main battlefield in Luoyang.
The flank of the battlefield, so Li Xingchen certainly didn't mind giving Ying Yangjun this opportunity.
The Yingyang Army's several battles were not very impressive, and the bones they gnawed were not the hardest, so they have been questioned since the beginning of the war. However, Li Xingchen also knew that the Yingyang Army's operations were almost all tough battles, especially the early naval battles.
Prioritizing support for the Huai River battlefield and insufficient support for the Ru River and Ying River battlefields caused Chen Zhishen a lot of trouble, which made it difficult for Chen Zhishen to perform. In comparison, although the West Route Tiger Wing Army's battle was the most difficult, Yuchi
Instead of occupying a favorable location and confronting the Han army, Jiong turned the city defense battle at Hangu Pass into a decisive battle in the wilderness.
Decisive battles are about quickly determining the outcome, which is naturally faster than attacking fortified battles. Therefore, it is reasonable for Xiao Shilian to quickly break into Luoyang after defeating Yu Chijiong.
Now Chen Zhishen and the entire Yingyang Army are eager to prove themselves. Of course Li Xingchen doesn't mind giving them this opportunity. After all, the Yingyang Army is waiting for battle. If Li Xingchen directly throws them on the bench, waiting for their boiling hearts to cool down.
, then this army may really be at the bottom of the Han army.
It is simply a waste to have Chen Zhishen, a fierce general, bring out a mediocre army.
Facts have proved that the Yingyang Army is indeed very eager to fight, but the Imperial Guards who launched the attack with them are not easy to offend. All the way north, the Imperial Guards are almost marching, except for the battle on the north bank of the Huai River.
, in most cases they can only watch others rush and kill in front, so they now also hope to prove through the Battle of Luoyang that among the powerful armies in the world, the Imperial Guard is still the most powerful one.
The two in the south are eager to prove themselves, and the one in the north is not to mention. In the battle of Hangu Pass, the Tiger Wing Army became famous in one battle. It even overwhelmed the imperial guards and led all the troops of the Han Dynasty. However,
Everyone knows that the Imperial Guards have not yet entered the battle. Now they will attack Luoyang. The Imperial Guards are also there. The Tiger Wing Army hopes to be the first to attack Luoyang and prove that it is stronger than the Imperial Guards!
In the past, the battles experienced by the two sides were not comparable, but now it is a fair competition.
Therefore, when the order to attack was given, Luoyang City, which was originally shrouded in the sound of cannons and billowing smoke, was quickly overwhelmed by the sounds of killing.
Looking at the entire south city wall, there are seven or eight ladder trucks. In addition to the large ladder trucks that can directly transport people to the top of the city, there are also some slightly simpler ladder trucks.
There was just a ladder set up on the car. In Li Xingchen's opinion, it was no different from the fire trucks of later generations. Of course, the ladder couldn't be retracted, so it just stuck straight up to the top of the city.
Compared with simple ladders, although these ladder trucks are more expensive to build, and their forward speed is not necessarily that fast, all the equipment in this era has to be pushed and pulled by people. It is normal to not be able to run on two legs, but the advantage is
Compared with simple ladders, they are gentler, easier to climb, and more stable.
When attacking a city, even if there is a hook at the end of a simple ladder that can be hung on the city head, it is still just a ladder. The soldiers on the city can easily push the ladder out, which will naturally cause unnecessary casualties, especially
The person on the ladder is naturally a bit unlucky.
The wheels of these ladder trucks can be locked when they arrive at the bottom of the city. The top of the city faces two pop-up ladder tops. Even if hundreds of people work together, it is impossible to lever the entire ladder truck through this, thus ensuring
Han soldiers climbed up in a steady stream.
In addition to these various ladder vehicles, there are also shield vehicles specially designed to deal with the enemy's horses and enemy platforms. The so-called shield vehicle lifts a huge wooden shield to block the enemy's front or side.
vision.
The protruding horse faces on the city wall meant that the enemy could use the horse faces to shoot arrows from the flanks of the siege troops when they attacked the city wall. The enemy tower was often used as a gathering place for crossbowmen because of its condescending position.
So when these shield carts appeared and were placed very close to the city wall, the enemy's crossbowmen knew that a large number of siege troops were approaching the city wall behind the shield carts, but there was nothing they could do.
In addition, there are large and small rams for ramming into the city gates, and nest cars for observing the enemy's situation, not to mention.
Even the bed crossbow, which had almost disappeared from the ranks of the Han army, was brought up. Although the killing effect of this thing is not as good as that of artillery, it is better than nothing, and the most important thing is that it is cheap.
It can be said that the Han army was well prepared for this battle. It was more like a big carnival where the Ministry of Industry brought these old guys who had been hoarding for a long time to show off their skills.
Previously, these siege equipment had been sealed up because they had not been used for a long time, and some were even dismantled. Now they are quickly transported from the south through waterways and reassembled, so that they can be put to use.