Chapter 501: The artillery fire was leading by a century (5k)
"What did the lord say?"
Conductor Yuan, with a national face, asked, "The wind was too strong, and Zhao Duan muttered too little, and he couldn't hear it clearly. "It's nothing," Zhao Duan smiled, suddenly reached out and grabbed a yellow pear from his sleeve, and looked at the rebel camp while gnawing: "Is the so-called 'evil fang' hidden in the enemy camp?"
Zhao Duan learned about the information about the "secret weapon" of the Qingzhou army halfway through the letter sent by the flying eagle in the court.
Knowing that King Heng broke through the Five Military Camps, he relied on the chariot dragged by the "fanged beast". "That's right," said the generals led by Yuan Feng, who were all afraid of fear: "We didn't know before that the Heng Palace had secretly raised more than a dozen fang beasts, which caught us off guard." As he said, as if he was worried that Zhao Duan would not understand, Yuan Feng explained: "South of Yunfu, within the mountains, outside the territory of Yu State, there are also 'fang people's 'fang people' in the tribe. The fang people are strong and far beyond our Dayu people. The specialty of the fang people is a kind of alien beast called 'fang'. It is much stronger than the tigers and leopards and is extremely fierce. Once the war horses approach fang, their four hooves will become weak and difficult to fight. The reason why I, Dayu, called this alien crown "fang people" is because of this."
Zhao Duan said "happy" and said: "The southwestern border army led by Zhao Shixiong has stationed on Yunfu Road for many years. It is not only a bandit suppression, but also a way to prevent the invasion of the Liao human race. Although I have never been to Yunfu, I know this. In your opinion, is it that there is a shadow of the Liao human race behind the Heng Palace?" Yuan Feng shook his head: "In terms of Qingzhou geography, it is too far from Yunfu, and not to mention that if you collude with the Liao people, there is no reason that there are only Liao beasts on the battlefield. , but there were no fangs. Therefore, I thought that it is highly likely that the Heng Palace had a disobedient heart, and quietly captured the fangs from Yunfu from a long distance, and then raised them carefully.
and secretly trained a chariot army that matched it. Suddenly, we were caught off guard by the attack. Lord must be careful. Once those evil fangs go into battle, they will rush around and the arrows will be difficult to hurt. A soldier in the chariot cast by steel will break into our military formation, with great destructive power."
Zhao Duan bit the pear with a grunt, and the juice splashed everywhere. He didn't know if he heard it, but instead said curiously: "Since this thing is so useful, the court has not arrested and tamed it?"
He didn't understand that there is no such strategic weapon in the Beijing camp.
On the contrary, a counter-king can be created.
At this time, a general said angrily:
"Sir, I don't know that this fang beast is extremely difficult to cultivate. Not to mention the danger of catching it, it will cost a lot of money to raise it, and there must be people who know how to tame it... But these are not the key. The key is that if the fang beast wants to stimulate its ferociousness, it must eat human flesh and blood. If it is not given, it will be no different from ordinary tigers and leopards." Zhao Duan's movement of eating pears was staggered and he looked at him in a daze: "Eat people?"
Yuan nodded bitterly:
"That's true. Taming this beast will harm the harmony of heaven, so the court strictly prohibits raising it, and naturally there will be no one in the army."
Zhao Duan fell into silence.
This is a cold knowledge that he doesn't know.
So, the Heng Palace raised these more than a dozen evil fangs, and I don’t know how many lives they could have filled in. Even if the death row prisoners are all used as food, they can feed their fellow tribe to wild animals...
"Haha." Zhao Duan swallowed a mouthful of pear hard and said vaguely: "It should be killed."
No one responded.
Only the cold wind blew across the hills, the green trees rustled, and the clouds in the sky became more and more intense.
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"Rumbling..."
The sound of war drums sounded, and Zhao Du'an looked into the distance. He saw the enemy camp spread wide, and a large group of Qingzhou infantry carrying military flags walked out in a row, and in front of the queue.
There are more than a dozen giant chariots made of solid wood and wrapped in iron.
In front of each chariot, there is a strange beast two or three meters high and six or seven meters long.
The body is like an elephant, the head is like a lion and tiger, but the body is like a buffalo, with sharp, thick and hard horns on the top of the head, red and bloodthirsty eyes, and the body is covered with crocodile-like hard phosphorus armor. The tail hangs on the ground, along the spine to the end of the tail, with convex bones forming bone spurs.
At this moment, evil fangs stomped on the huge hooves that were nailed to horseshoes, and hot white smoke spewed out of their nostrils. "Prince, the person on the other side has come out. Hey, the soldiers in the fifth army camp have already collapsed their morale?"
On the watchtower built in Qingzhou camp.
The pampered King Heng led his advisers and civil officials of the royal palace to stand here to watch the battle.
At this moment, a strategist was building a pergola and said unexpectedly.
A personal guard general with good eyesight frowned and said, "That's not a soldier from the Five Military Camp! Look at the flags he cast, they are clearly officers and soldiers of Shenji Camp!"
Shenji Camp? Reinforcements? So... Zhao Duan is most likely true?
King Heng's heart skipped a beat and he narrowed his eyes. However, although he could observe the battlefield at this distance, he could not see the words on the flag and the specific outfits of the soldiers.
He said irritably, "Where is Qianlitong?"
A follower searched for a while and quickly accused him of the crime:
"Prince, there was one, which was on His Highness the Prince. The villain is going to get a new one now!"
"Why don't you go quickly?!" King Heng was angry and almost kicked it out. He was so scared that his follower was in a hurry and ran down the watchtower.
King Heng's face was gloomy. Looking back at the battlefield ahead again, he saw that the tents of the fifth army camp were also wide open, and teams of soldiers from Shenji Camp with high fighting spirit walked out in a queue.
Because Evil Yao was present, almost no cavalry was sent on both sides, most of them were infantry.
However, in the Shenji Camp, there were several officers riding war horses with bloodlines that could resist the suppression of the fangs.
The most eye-catching one is silver helmet and silver armor, and a long spear in hand, and is extremely heroic. "Looking at that dress, if nothing unexpected happens, it should be Tang Ping, the son of Duke Zhenguo." The adviser calmly guessed.
Duke Zhenguo... King Heng snorted coldly, but his heart sank again. He suddenly said: "It is said that Zhao Duan had conducted a firearm military exercise in Shenji Camp last year, which was quite powerful, but the specific process was not known to outsiders." The strategist nodded and said: "It is true that the female emperor attached great importance to that military exercise, but according to the information we have obtained, it should be just a little improvement to the old firearm.
The key point is a kind of musket, but that thing may have miraculous effects on people, but a few projectiles may not be much stronger than arrows, and it will definitely not be able to threaten our Fang Beast Warrior."
Another civil official also smiled in agreement: "What kind of firearm is so powerful that it boasts, but when will it become the mainstream in the real battle formation? Even the Shenji Camp is mainly infantry, which shows that."
For these Qingzhou people, their impression of firearms is still in the past.
The Yu State has been in peace for a long time. Even if there are some slight disasters, most of them occur in the southwest and northwest borders, or on the coastal roads, and firearms are rarely used.
So, not only these civil officials and strategists, but even Ning Xianzong, who was commanding below, were also not alert to the new firearms of the Shenji Camp.
The biggest idea of it is nothing more than an enhanced version similar to a crossbow. And if it were just like this, the evil chariot would be enough to deal with it.
At this moment, the sound of war drums on both sides on the battlefield became louder and louder, and the two military formations slowly approached under the gaze of the commanders of both sides. "My commander, the other party seems to have no intention of taking the initiative to attack." On the battlefield, a general of Qingzhou turned his head and looked at Ning Xianzong.
Ning Xianzong put on armor and held a knife, stepped on the platform, his qi poured into his eyes, his eyesight increased greatly, and he was able to see that the Divine Machine Camp was about to be ready.
The head of Tang Ping's spear was hanging down, and he was on the horse, looking cold.
"Release the chariot and rush forward!" Ning Xianzong said decisively. He suspected that the other party was spending time and was not ready to give the enemy more preparations.
"Send the order! Crash the formation!"
"Crash the formation!"
"Crash the formation!"
The excited shouts passed along the military formation, and the morale of the Qingzhou soldiers was high.
The past three battles have broken the filter for the "Beijing Camp" in their hearts. Now, amid the intense sound of war drums, their bloodlines are scattering and they are roaring in order: "Crash the formation!" After the words come, the dozen evil fangs in front of the formation are as if they get a signal, and at the same time exert force and exhale turbid air.
The body, which was almost invincible, pulled the chariot and rumbled, roaring towards the Shenji Camp. Behind the chariot, the soldiers of Qingzhou divided into columns and covered them.
The chariots roared, and the earth shook.
In the Shenji Camp's policy, Tang Ping sat proudly on the horse, still as motionless as a mountain. He witnessed the huge chariots stepping from far to near and entering the buffer area in the center of the battlefield. He still did not order to charge, nor even order to form a defensive formation. He just said in a deep voice: "Cover your ears!"
The drum sound suddenly changed!
The infantrymen of Shenji Camp were neatly and took out cotton from their bodies to block their ears.
This scene fell in Ning Xianzong's eyes, which made him startled at first, and then he instinctively felt a strong sense of anxiety.
The word "fire" suddenly jumped into his heart, but he clearly saw no firearms in his field of vision.
Unless...
Ning Xianzong suddenly looked up and looked at the sky above the battlefield. He vaguely saw a group of figures the size of an ant standing on a mountain in the distance.
Zhao Duan felt the faint feeling of peeping, spit out the pear core in his hand, pulled out his handkerchief and wiped his hands, looked at the pale and fearful expressions of the generals of the five military camps around him, and smiled: "Cover your ears."
"What?" Yuan Feng and others were stunned for a moment, not coming back to their senses.
But the next second, a huge roar suddenly exploded in a nearby valley, and then, endless thunder overwhelmed all the sounds on the battlefield. ...
On the hidden hill, Chen Gui, the head of the Firearms Bureau, stroked his beard, and his eyes flashed on his thin face and said loudly: "Shenwei cannon, fire the cannon!"
Behind the military craftsman and military officer, the tarp has been removed, and nearly twenty newest models of Shenwei red cannons with a adjusted angle are silent like black beasts, lying on the ground.
The stunningly diametrically tanned gun barrel is raised high, and each gun barrel is engraved with complex patterns.
After a command, the ammunition filler carried the shell out of the straw-covered ammunition box and pushed it into the muzzle. The artillery hand-cranked the rotor at the rear and ignited the lead with flint.
Amid the low and strange buzzing sound, the patterns on the cannon barrel lit up one after another, and a strong restlessness was brewing.
Finally, with the first roar, the beast that did not belong to this world let out a low roar that belonged to the firearm.
...
In the enemy camp, Ning Xianzong saw a cluster of fire suddenly lit up in the dense forest in the sky. The fire was extremely fierce, like the lightning in the sky before the heavy rain.
But at this moment, what he saw in the eyes of filling the aerator was another scene:
In the sudden light of fire, a dark "projection" rose from the ground at an extremely terrifying speed.
Flying through the accurately calculated parabolic track, crossing a hundred feet away, accurately falling toward the charge tanks in the area in which the two armies fought.
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"Not good——"
As soon as Ning Xianzong uttered these two words, a huge roar overwhelmed his voice.
The first shell was wrapped with the huge force of gunpowder, rolling up the scorching waves of air, and accurately hit the head of a fanged beast.
This beast, which was bloodthirsty and cruel, and extremely ferocious, seemed to have no idea what the shell was. The moment before death, she raised her head and opened her mouth wide, revealing her fangs, trying to bite.
But the next second, its hard phosphorus armor suddenly sank. If the time is slowed down countless times, you can clearly see how the hard flesh and flesh will be crushed into ripples like water waves.
With the combined support of gunpowder and precision gun barrel, even if it is just ordinary iron, it has the power to kill the stacked heavy armor at this moment.
No surprise, the evil fang's head exploded with a "pop", blood splattered, losing the huge body controlled by the brain. It still continued to run wildly under instinct and inertia, but it ran far away and fell down to one side.
Inside the chariot, holding sharp blades, the soldiers hidden behind the chariot fell down and rolled in horror, as if not on a land battlefield, but on the sea, riding a ship that was bumpy and overturned by the waves.
At this moment, the strong chariots became the grave that cut off their way out.
Only one shell hit the fangs so accurately, and more shells just follow the calculations and cover the entire battlefield evenly.
Some evil fangs were hit and fell down even if they were immortal. Others roared fear, tended to instinct, turned around and ran around, and crashed into the Qingzhou soldiers who followed the ban and killed.
"No——"
The soldiers of Qingzhou thought it would be another easy hunt, but unexpectedly, the evil fang turned and the roar of artillery fire made them feel even more confused. In almost the blink of an eye, the formation of the Qingzhou rebels fell into a state of collapse.
Even if the officers ordered command loudly, it would be useless. The soldiers shouted in horror and fled in all directions - Qingzhou's soldiers were not elite, but now they are frustrated and immediately exposed their prototypes and become a scattered market.
Some elite teams are difficult to stop this scene.
"Firearm...Firearm...Is this Zhao Duan's confidence..." Amid the sound of artillery fire, Ning Xianzong murmured to himself, staring at the front, and the chariot that was invincible was defeated in an instant.
He clenched his fists, his heartbeat like a drum. "Commander! What to do? The formation in front is broken!" The military officers around them all showed panic expressions.
"Clang!"
Ning Xianzong suddenly drew his sword, and a splash of swords exploded, causing a cluster of dust to rise on the ground.
The generals subconsciously stopped their mouths and met Ning Xianzong's extremely calm eyes:
"What's the panic? Just a charge. Send orders to stop the defeated soldiers. Whoever dares to escape, kill immediately! You can't let these people scatter the rear military formation!"
After saying that, he turned his head and looked to the side of the fifth military camp and said ruthlessly:
"At this moment, the raid team should have arrived. Not long after the Shenji Camp arrived, there must be a large group of officers and soldiers in the fifth military camp with morale collapsed. The defense is relaxed. As long as the camp is broken and the front and back attacks can be swallowed up the Shenji Camp!"
Chariot? He never put his bets on the front battlefield.
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Side by the Five Military Camp, in a mountain forest.
A large group of elite Qingzhou soldiers were wearing soft armor, carrying military crossbows, holding swords and stepping on dense footsteps, and flew out of the mountains and forests.
A general in the lead looked at the camp not far away, listening to the thunderous roar in his ears, and said calmly:
"Prepare to attack the camp!"
They didn't know what happened on the front battlefield at this location, but they thought they knew that it must be related to the firearms of the Shenji Camp.
But this is not important. As a pair of elite soldiers Ning Xianzong has worked hard to raise, the quality of this team is no less than that of the imperial guards. "The commander has an order. No matter what happens, we have only one mission, which is to attack the enemy camp." The head officer whispered to comfort a soldier behind him.
Everyone nodded, stopped one after another, and moved in an orderly manner. The general's crossbow was removed from behind and the arrows were "loaded".
He drew his sword and unsheathed it, and a group of people quietly touched the quiet camp like a tide.
But just as they were about to arrive at the high wooden wall outside the barracks, suddenly, without any warning, a soldier from Shenji Camp suddenly stood up above the long wooden wall!
They seemed to be ambushing here for a long time, and only then did they show that these soldiers did not hold swords or crossbows, but each of them held a rifle in their hands. "There is an ambush!" The Qingzhou rebels were shocked, but they were well-trained and ran away while running and tightening their pace, trying to rush under the wooden wall to attack the dead corner. "Don't worry, the musket fires slowly. Just avoid the first round..." the rebel officer in charge shouted.
But the next moment, the musketeers of the Shenji Camp on the wall silently pointed the guns at them and pulled the trigger.
Not the fuse that was ignited during the "military exercise" in the first "military exercise", the new and improved striker replaced the backward firing device in the past.
"Bang bang bang bang..."
The dense gunfire suddenly broke out, and the chargers had no resistance, like a sickle to harvest wheat straw, falling down. "How is that possible?" The head rebel's pupils were shaking and shouted: "Retreat!"
However, it was too late. The closed wooden wall suddenly opened. Commander Shi Meng personally led a group of musket soldiers to wait here with a smile: "It's really just like Lord Zhao expected. You know that he will spare no effort in this round of attack, and it is very likely to attack..."
The rebels were shocked and turned around and ran away, but how could they run over the bullets that were ready to fire?
There were two more rounds of bullet rains covering them, and all the elites fell. Only a few military officers with cultivation survived, but were easily suppressed by officers such as Shi Meng.
"I was quite prepared."
Shi Meng pulled out a "signal flare" from the headed rebels, grinned, stepped on the other party's seriously injured and bloody body, and slowly ignited the special "fireworks" in the army.
"Swoosh!"
A firework rose from the ground and flew into the sky, and could be clearly seen from a distance.
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Rebel Command.
Ning Xianzong paced back and forth anxiously, and suddenly, a red firework suddenly rose from the sky, attracted his attention.
Fireworks appeared, but the camp opposite the Five Military Camp was quiet.
Ning Xianzong's heart suddenly sank into the bottom of the valley. He realized what was going on. He was stunned and suddenly went crazy and shouted: "Send the order, beat the drum! Charge! Give up the fanged beast to rush to the camp! The whole army charges!"
People around were shocked: "Commander?"
They suspected that the commander was going crazy. How could they charge against artillery fire in this situation?
Ning Xianzong almost roared and shouted anxiously:
"As long as we rushed to them and fought with the people of Shenji Camp, those firearms would lose their function! They dare not bomb us with their own people!
On the contrary, retreating will only be covered by the opponent's firearms and completely defeated! We only have one way, rush over! There must be not enough people in Shenji Camp, and we have more people, and we can still win when fighting in close combat!"
At this moment, facing the crushing of advanced firearms for the first time, this unknown commander found out the biggest flaw of artillery fire washing the ground in just a short time.
If you open the distance, you will die. If you close the distance, you will let the firearms and soldiers throw them into danger and stop the shelling.
However, facing his orders, the generals hesitated:
Who will charge? Want to pass through the area covered by artillery fire with flesh and blood?
Ning Xianzong stared at these military officers who were afraid of war, and became angry from his heart. He pushed them away and wanted to lead the crowd to charge in person.
However, at this moment, the artillery fire suddenly stopped opposite the battlefield.
From beginning to end, Tang Ping, the young master who had been waiting in a row, used his little finger to dig his numb ears and muttered: "Your uncle Chen Gui..."
Immediately, Tang Ping suddenly raised his spear and pulled his horse to charge: "Shenji Camp! Follow me to charge!"
"Kill!" Behind him, a young military officer shouted in unison, leading the soldiers behind him to launch the final strangle on the Qingzhou rebels who were on the verge of collapse.
...
On the mountain in the distance.
Zhao Duan squatted on the top of the mountain, and planted the pear core of another fresh pear into the soil with a smile, clapped his hands and stood up, and smiled and said to the stunned generals behind him:
"It seems that I won."
(The end of this chapter)