Yang Wenguang sat in the tent, and by the kerosene light, he read the documents reported by various ministries and inspected the camping and position arrangement. A personal soldier hurriedly came in and said with a forked hand: "General, the city is gathering troops and horses, and it seems that they are going to go out of the city to fight!" ”

Yang Wenguang pushed the paperwork aside, got up and said, "Recruit the second battalion of the headquarters and prepare for it." Command the gunners to take their positions! ”

The soldiers made a promise, turned around and walked out of the tent quickly.

Yang Wenguang stretched out his arms, stretched hard, and said to himself: "Okay, if you fight, you know who the other party is." ”

There were mountains on both sides of the city, and the Song army set up lookout posts on high places to see the city clearly with binoculars. As soon as the army was reorganized over there, it was reported to Yang Wenguang here, and the two sides lined up together.

Yang Wenguang's headquarters, the third battalion besieged the city, the second battalion was the front, and the first battalion was the reserve. With the width of this city, the two armies fought against each other, and one battalion of men and horses was enough, and no matter how many men and horses were placed, they would not be able to move away.

The second battalion set up a formation less than a mile in front of the city, and Yang Wenguang rode in the formation, quietly looking at the city in front. When the battalion was formed, the main general charge was abandoned, and the commander carried out front-line command in a place that was convenient for observation, according to the battle situation. It is said that Yang Wenguang does not have to go to the battlefield in person, today is the first battle, and he specially went to the battalion commander to watch the battle situation together.

As soon as the sun rose, the gates of the city of the Vultures Sea City slowly opened, and the soldiers and horses of the party went out of the city in turn.

This is a big city, Zhuang Lang was buried in the urn city, watching the armies slowly go out, and took a deep breath. The striker goes out of the city to stand in formation, and after the main force goes out of the city, the main general will go out. The main will come out first, and it is difficult to ensure that the formation behind is not chaotic.

Today, Zhuang Lang buried more than 1,000 soldiers and horses out of the city to fight, and they were the elite of the Black Mountain Supervision Army. If the Song army is not strong in battle, then actively attack and break their onlookers. If the combat power is strong, then it can only hold on and wait for the armies from other places to come to the rescue.

Looking at the soldiers and horses of the other party out of the city, they were sword and card players at first, with distinct armor and neat formations. Yang Wenguang said to the battalion commander: "The enemy troops who went out of the city to fight today seem to be the elite of the party. Not only is the formation neat, but also battle-hardened. ”

The commander said: "The general is right. The party and military temperament that came out was calm, calm and murderous, and it was not easy to deal with. ”

Yang Wenguang smiled: "It's a pity that we are not the same tactics as before, what is the use of these elite soldiers?" Order artillery to prepare! ”

The commander repeated the order, took out the seal he had with him, and asked the herald to send the order to the artilleryman.

This is the disadvantage of not having artillery, the crossbows and whirlwind cannons at the head of the city are not long enough and powerful to ensure a large enough safety zone in front of the city. The artillery of the Song army could hit the city, but there was no countermeasure in the city, and the Song army could make the party soldiers unable to get out of the city. Yao Shouxin had already done it once when he attacked the turbidity wheel village, and the walled fort without artillery defense could only be surrounded and beaten by the besieging army.

There were about three or four hundred sword players in front, and after leaving the city, they quickly lined up in front of the Song army. Then came the crossbowmen, also brightly armoured and armed with swords. The party soldiers are good at bows and crossbows, and the god arm bow in history is offered by the party leaders who voted for the Song Dynasty. Moreover, the crossbowmen of the party were different from the Song army and were good at fighting. The power of the bow and crossbow is not as good as that of the Song army, but the melee combat is stronger than that of the Song army, which is relatively comprehensive.

Seeing more than 200 crossbowmen coming out and lining up behind the sword players, Yang Wenguang shouted categorically: "Order the artillery to open fire!" Target City Gate! ”

The commander repeated it, took out the seal letter that had just been recovered, and ordered the herald to give the order again.

In an instant, with the sound of a horn, thick smoke rose from each gun position. With the sound, all kinds of shells smashed towards the city gates.

The live ammunition smashed the party soldiers who had been lined up one after another and shot straight into the urn city. The flowering bomb fell into the crowd and exploded, and for a while the ghosts cried wolves, and the party army was in chaos. The formation that had just been lined up was immediately chaotic.

Zhuang Lang, who was still in the urn city, was dumbfounded and muttered, "Why are you firing at this time?" How to hit people with cannons? Song Jun: What kind of play is this? Fighting like this, how can you fight with the Song army? How to fight this battle! ”

The pro-soldier on the side said: "My lord, the military formation is already in chaos, quickly collect the troops and close the city gate!" If the Song army rushes in with chaos, what should it be? ”

Zhuang Lang said hatefully: "Mingjin, collect the troops, close the city gate!" Straight lady thief, the cannon is so powerful, how can this battle be fought! ”

Seeing the chaotic party army retreating towards the city, the battalion commander said, "My lord, do you want to go up and kill them?" ”

Yang Wenguang shook his head: "No need." This time, we are besieging the city to send reinforcements, so let's not push them too hard now. First use artillery to knock out all the watchtowers and artillery positions on the city wall, so that the top of the city is unmanned, and then attack the city with all its strength after listening to the order of the scripture. ”

The battalion commander obeyed the order. More than 1,000 infantry of the Song army, without firing a single shot, watched and fired a few cannons, and beat nearly 1,000 party soldiers back to the city, and even the corpses left outside did not dare to take them back.

When two armies fight, it is often said that at the beginning, they must shoot their positions in order to form a formation. At present, the party and the army are unable to shoot their positions, so naturally they will not be able to line up. The positional arrangement of the opposing sides is based on long-range weapons. The era of cold weapons was the bow and crossbow, and the era of hot weapons was replaced by artillery. Only when the artillery of both sides is not within the range of the other side can the positions be safe and the positions can be arranged with confidence. An attack on one side generally starts from an artillery position and attacks the opponent's artillery position, or occupies a more advantageous artillery position.

One side has artillery, and the other side has no artillery, unless the side with artillery cannot arrange positions, otherwise it will be at an absolute disadvantage, and it will not even be able to conduct an organized attack, and there will be no victory. The Song army calmly besieged the city, and the Vulture Sea City had actually become a dead place, and it had lost the strength to fight back at all.

Looking at the gate of the city on the opposite side slowly closing, Yang Wenguang said calmly: "All the troops returned to the camp, ordered all sentry posts to be vigilant, and prevented the party members in the city from secretly going out of the city." ”

The battalion commander said yes, and ordered the herald to order all units to withdraw to their respective barracks in an orderly manner, and today's battle has ended.

Yang Wenguang rode on his horse, looked at the retreating army in an orderly manner, and then looked at the city opposite, and suddenly had an unreal feeling. I fought for half my life, but in the end, the war became like this. In the past, the scene of bloody battles on the horse field is vivid, and at that time, such a fortified city with dangerous terrain did not know how much it would cost to take it, but now it is like digging for something. There was even an illusion for a while, if he had sufficient supplies and could take these thousands of soldiers and horses all the way to Xingqing Mansion, what would the party use to resist?

The crushing of the combat power brought by firearms is beyond the scope of manpower, as long as you don't make mistakes, the other party is at your own mercy.

Zhuang Lang was buried in the official hall, his face was gloomy, and he drove all the officials out and paced back and forth alone. I used to fight with the Khitan who had artillery, and I knew that the artillery was powerful, but I didn't know that it was so powerful. The Khitans just used artillery to bombard the city wall, but the Song army used it to beat people, how many cannons did their army have? Under the artillery, the military formation cannot be formed, how can this battle be fought? The method of skirmishing is not in this era, and it is useless.

Braving artillery fire to advance, since artillery has become the master of the battlefield, this is not a description, but a bloody reality. The attacking side must brave the enemy's artillery fire, attack the enemy's position with flesh and blood, and seize the enemy's artillery position. As long as the artillery is still roaring, the opponent will not be able to organize an orderly attack. Between the artillery positions of both sides, there is a ruthless mill of flesh and blood, which cannot be separated from the range of artillery, and is powerless cannon fodder.

Zhuang Lang sat weakly on the throne and looked at the roof. In the past, even if he was defeated, he could fight with the enemy army with a breath of blood in his chest. Now in the face of the artillery outside the city, there is no such opportunity as well, and the inside can be slaughtered.

I don't know how long it took, Zhuang Langshi arrived outside the door, and his soldiers reported loudly.

Zhuang Lang said weakly: "Sir, please come in." ”

Zhuang Lang came in, Zhuang Lang pointed to the seat next to him and said, "Sir, please take a seat." ”

Zhuang Lang sat down and said in a low voice: "Chief, I heard that today's first battle was unfavorable? ”

Zhuang Lang shook his head: "It's not just a disadvantage, it's just a failure!" Before the formation was formed, and before he could see the other party's appearance clearly, he was hit back with a cannon, and many horses were broken in vain! Sir, our own people, I tell you from the heart, this battle can't go on! ”

Master Zhuang Lang was taken aback: "How can the leader say this?" Isn't it to increase the morale of others and destroy one's own prestige? ”

Zhuang Lang smiled bitterly: "I don't even have the opportunity to fight the Song army, what is the prestige at all?" Mr. didn't know about today's battle, our saber players went out of the city, and the crossbowmen had just left the city for half of them, and they were attacked by the Song army's artillery. This clearly shows that the Song army is half-crossing the enemy, so we can't fight back. Now that they have artillery, they can hit us, but we can't hit them, how can we fight this battle? They didn't even have a chance to get out of the city, they could attack the city whenever they wanted. Man is a knife, I am a fish, sir, the Montenegrin Prison Military Division is finished! ”

Zhuang Langshi said: "The Vulture Sea is a big city, and there is enough grain and grass in the city, so it can still hold on. Even if the Song army had artillery, it might not be able to collapse the city wall. ”

Zhuang Lang shook his head: "Don't be lucky. When I came back, I saw that the Song army was setting up artillery positions on the hills on both sides, and they didn't have to collapse the city walls at all, they could fire artillery from the two mountains. Well, needless to say, Sir is ready to go out of town tonight. ”

Master Zhuang Lang said in a deep voice: "Leader, do you really want to vote for the Song Kingdom?" ”

Zhuang Lang nodded helplessly: "There is no way, for the sake of the clan, there is only this way." Now that the city is dedicated, the Song army has merit there. When the city is broken and he becomes a prisoner of others, he doesn't even have this capital. ”

Master Zhuang Lang nodded heavily, and arched his hand: "I will definitely not dishonor the leader's order!" ”

Zhuang Lang buried and said: "Mr. is going, I hope to do everything possible to protect our tribe." The whole family reads Mr. good! ”

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