Outside Lingzhou City, Di Qing finished reading the paperwork and handed it to Zhang Yu on the side. Said: "Taiwei Han has broken through Jingzhou and is waiting there." The document says that Jingzhou also has artillery, but there are not many, and it is not as sharp as the artillery of this dynasty. The artillerymen preferred to suffer some damage, and approached the city of Jingzhou, confronted the party, and knocked out the artillery at the head of their city. Needless to say, the artillery forced the city to have no party defenders, and the ants broke the city. ”

Zhang Yu listened and hurriedly took the paperwork. He didn't read much, and it took him a while to understand the paperwork. Putting away the paperwork, Zhang Yu said to Di Qing: "Taiwei, in this way, we don't have to wait for heavy artillery, we can also attack the city?" ”

Di Qing pondered for a while, then nodded, "Yes." It's just that Lingzhou is not comparable to Jingzhou, the city is very large, and it is close to the water's edge. If we get close, our artillery will lose a lot of money, and we are afraid that the artillery will not have the courage to approach the battle. ”

Zhang Yu stood up abruptly and said, "The two armies are fighting, and the infantry is desperate to kill the enemy, how can you ever be afraid!" Why do artillerymen get more money, but they are not as good as infantry! Reward them in the army, give them more, don't dare to come forward if you don't believe it! ”

Di Qing nodded and said, "What you said makes sense." Now more than 200,000 troops are besieging Lingzhou, to be honest, if they are forced to attack the city, they are only afraid that there will be people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, but it will disturb the morale of the army. If the artillery comes forward to fight first, it can deter the generals in the army. ”

Di Qing was born at the bottom, and although he later entered the military academy and learned the relevant knowledge of artillery, he was really not familiar with the specific operations of artillery. It's not that he doesn't know that he should be the first to fight bravely, but because of the limitations of knowledge, when he saw that the range of the artillery at the head of the city exceeded that of his own artillery, he felt that there was no way to deal with it.

Han Qi had already made an appearance in Jingzhou, and Di Qing naturally understood that artillery should actually fight for courage. What if the party has a cannon? The Song army had more artillery. How about hitting high and low, and hitting far? If you don't fight that far, you can push the cannon closer, fight for loss, and knock out the cannon at the head of the party's city. As long as the party item is out of artillery, what is the use of Lingzhou?

Zhang Yu walked around in the tent, and after a while, he returned to the front of the case and said to Di Qing: "Taiwei, now that we have just entered the first month, according to the usual year, there is less than a month to attack. If we fight hard and deploy artillery in front of the city, we may be able to capture Lingzhou! ”

Di Qing nodded emphatically. Since sending troops last year, his hundreds of thousands of troops, although the progress has been slow, has not made a big mistake after all. Even if there was an accident in Qinggangxia, it did not disrupt the deployment of the whole army. Although the officials of the DPRK and China are full of themselves, they are mainly too slow. If Lingzhou is broken in advance this time, see what else they have to say.

After thinking for a while, Di Qing instructed his soldiers: "Go and call the artillery general Chen Oulai, I have something to say." ”

The soldiers were ordered to leave the tent, and after a while, they brought Chen Ou in.

Di Qing ordered to sit down and said to Chen Ou: "The former Japanese and Han Taiwei have already commanded troops to break through Jingzhou and come over with documents. There were also party cannons at the head of Jingzhou City, and Captain Di Tai brought small cannons because of his rapid march. During the siege of the city, although the cannons were small, they all pushed close to the city wall and could reach the position of the head of the city. First knocked out the cannons at the head of Jingzhou City, knocked the defenders out of the city, and then the infantry attached to them, and in one fell swoop—"

When Chen Ou heard this, he couldn't help frowning and said, "Captain, it's not impossible to do this, it's just that the artillery will inevitably suffer great losses." Moreover, Lingzhou City is surrounded by water on three sides, and the party only needs to guard one side, and their artillery is relatively concentrated. ”

Di Qing said in a deep voice: "The city is condescending, it must be much stronger than our cannon, needless to say. I only ask you, can you defeat the party artillery at the head of Lingzhou City with such a siege? After the defeat is over, can you drive away all the party defenders at the head of the city? ”

Chen Ou thought for a while and said, "If the Taiwei has to be like this, it's not impossible. It's just that there will be brave men under the heavy reward, and if there is no reward, I am afraid that the artillery will not be willing to take such a risk. ”

Hearing this, Di Qing's face couldn't help but become gloomy: "As long as the city is broken, of course the reward will be given!" Now is not the time to talk about rewards, I'm just asking if I can do it! Di Qing has led the troops for 20 years, and he has lost the reward of his subordinates! ”

Chen Ou said helplessly: "Captain, artillery is not infantry. They are already generous, and if they are not rewarded, they will not come forward. And Lingzhou is a big city, and it can't be broken overnight, which is not a small amount of money. ”

Di Qing said: "You don't have to think about it, I have my own way to reward money!" All you have to do is figure out how to get the artillery close and knock out the artillery at the head of the city! As long as there is no cannon at the head of Lingzhou City, what is the difficulty of breaking it! Now there are more than 200,000 troops outside the city, if you can't break the city, how much will it cost you a year, have you thought about it? If the city is broken, how can the court care about that little reward! ”

Chen Ou listened and nodded heavily: "If you say so, your subordinates can guarantee that the cannon at the head of the party will be destroyed in a few days." In the past two days, I will take someone to check the situation of Lingzhou City, and wait for the night when the moon is dark and the wind is high, and transport the cannon over before dawn——"

When Zhang Yu heard this, he couldn't help but say loudly: "That's right, take advantage of the night to push the cannon to the front of the city, and as soon as the morning dawns, they will confront the party, how can they resist the enemy!" Alas, General Chen, since there is such a good way, why didn't you say it earlier! ”

Chen Ou arched his hand: "How did I know before?" Artillery is a heavy weapon of the imperial court, and each one is expensive, so how can it be damaged lightly? ”

Zhang Yu said: "No matter how heavy it is, how can it be compared with winning a battle!" As long as the city is broken, the party will be in danger, and what is it to spend some money! Besides, the imperial court made artillery in order to win the war! ”

Chen Ou nodded and did not speak. He was originally a general of the forbidden army, but after entering the military academy, he was transferred to be an artillery commander because he learned the best artillery. At present, the artillery in the army, for various reasons, has a lot of gap with the infantry. When commanding, the artillery commander was not allowed to participate, and when it was time to use artillery, he came to ask them. In the final analysis, the infantry generals were not familiar with artillery, and the salaries of artillerymen were high, so they were somewhat excluded.

Di Qing looked at Chen Ou's attitude, softened his complexion, and said to him: "General Chen, there are cannons at the head of the party's city, the army cannot be arrayed, and the city is full of defenders, so it is difficult to attack the city. The artillery in the army was originally to defeat the soldiers guarding the city, so as to make meritorious contributions. This attack on Lingzhou depends on you to command the artillery, and first knock out the party's artillery, so that the infantry can line up. I hope you will do your best to fight this battle! ”

Chen Ou forked his hand: "Since the captain has arranged the sweep, I will be ordered." These two days were cold, the earth froze, and the city was besieged. Tomorrow, I will take people to the front of the city to check, set the route, and listen to the captain's orders. ”

Di Qing was overjoyed: "If you can break the city here, this battle should be remembered as the general's first merit!" Since the party has artillery, how to attack Lingzhou, I have thought of countless ways these days, but there is nothing to do. It's not uncommon to use cannons against cannons, it's just that everyone hasn't used it, and they can't even think of it for a while! ”

Chen Ou said: "This is not unusual. When the two armies fight, in the final analysis, it depends on which side has more brave soldiers and more troops that can be used. The artillery in our army is one or twenty times that of the party, so what can they do if they hit farther away? As long as we are not afraid of casualties, how can we be our opponents if we get close to them and bombard them? Fighting a war is like that, as long as you are not afraid, there is nothing difficult. ”

Di Qing nodded: "It's because we weren't familiar with artillery before, and we thought badly." If you wait for the heavy artillery to arrive, I don't know when you will wait, and you will wait for a year in vain. If you can attack a city with only the artillery you bring with the army, many things will be much simpler! ”

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