Chapter 42: The Battle of Yecheng

Anlu City is peaceful, but thousands of miles away Xiangzhou Prefecture Zhiye City is murderous.

Yecheng, successively Cao Cao's Cao Wei, Shi Le's Hou Zhao, Ran Min's Ran Wei, Murong's Qianyan, Yuan's Eastern Wei, Gao's Northern Qi a total of six dynasties capital, nearly 400 years of glorious northern city, following the Northern Zhou three years ago after the destruction of the Northern Qi Dynasty ushered in the war again.

Wei Xiaokuan, the marching marshal appointed by the imperial court, led the counterinsurgency army to Zhiye City in Xiangzhou Prefecture, and started a major battle with the "Xiangzhou rebel army" led by Chi Jiong, the governor of Xiangzhou, and the total number of troops invested by both sides reached more than 200,000.

At the beginning of the month, Wei Xiaokuan led a large army in Qinshui with the determination of "fighting against the water" to break the 100,000 Xiangzhou army led by Wei Chi Dan, Wei Chi Dan only fled back to Yecheng on a single horse, Wei Xiaokuan immediately led the army to cross the Yellow River to the north and the troops pointed directly at Yecheng.

Chi Jiong, the governor of Xiangzhou, had already assembled a large army and was waiting for a battle in Yecheng today, and had a decisive battle with Wei Xiaokuan, who had arrived on the outskirts of the city.

The two armies have collided together, and the bloody wind and rain are rushing towards them, and the Chinese army, Wei Chijiong, who is dressed all over his body, is riding on a war horse to command all units to fight, and in front of him are 10,000 personal soldiers directly under him.

The soldiers are all the sons of the good family in Guanzhong, wearing a green scarf and a brocade jacket, known as the Yellow Dragon Soldiers, who are the elite brought out by Wei Chijiong's southern expedition to the north for decades.

Yu Chijiong and Wei Xiaokuan are both famous generals under the command of Yuwentai, the founder of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the old men of decades are now making people draw swords against each other, and I don't know how Yuwentai feels in the spirit of the sky.

"Lord Lang! The enemy's eastern flank is unstable and shows signs of collapse! A herald rushed to report to him with a happy face, and Wei Chijiong raised his eyes to look at the east side of the military formation, which seemed to be noisy, and his son Wei Chi was in charge there.

The last time Qinshui was defeated, Wei Chi Dian fled back alone, Wei Chi Er did not punish excessively but continued to let him lead the troops, and now it seems that his son is holding back his strength to make meritorious service and kill the enemy desperately.

"Boss! The enemy's main formation is also beginning to crumble! "The generals in the Chinese army can see that after nearly two hours of fighting since the start of the war, the winner is finally going to be decided, and the famous general Wei Xiaokuan is really slightly inferior to his own coach!

However, Wei Chijiong did not see any relief, he looked back behind him, left and right, looked at the black onlookers on the dirt slopes on both sides, frowned, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Yes, the onlookers, the people of Yecheng dragged their families out of the city to watch, men, women and children, tens of thousands of people stood on both sides of the battlefield, and the small dirt slopes formed a black and oppressive human wall, one by one tiptoe and stretched their necks to watch the 'big scene', during which there were even hawkers shuttling back and forth to sell snacks.

Three years ago, Yecheng was still the capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty, after the Great Zhou destroyed Qi, the people of Yecheng became the people of the Zhou State, but they had no feelings for the Great Zhou, and now they are not interested in who will rule Yecheng after the three-year war.

It's better to watch the excitement, according to the unspoken rules of this era, the battle between the two armies will not hurt the lives of these onlookers, after all, no matter who wins, someone has to pay food and taxes, right?

"Boss! Please order the whole army to assault, the enemy will not be able to hold on! The generals of the Xiangzhou Army said in unison, but Wei Chi Yu was still frowning, and he took out a crumpled piece of letter from his arms and looked at it.

He had read the contents of that piece of paper countless times, especially after Wei Chi Dun returned from the defeat in Qinshui, which was a letter sent by his son Wei Chi Shun in Chang'an in April.

Looking up at the crowds of onlookers on both sides again, Wei Chi Yu closed his eyes and was silent for a moment, and suddenly opened: "Order!" ”

The horn sounded continuously in the Xiangzhou army formation, and the situation on the side of the imperial army began to be bad.

They are not defeated, but they really withstood the onslaught of the Buxiangzhou army, Wei Chi Zhen really deserves to be one of the famous generals of the Great Zhou, the number of troops on both sides is about the same, and the front is still slightly inferior.

On the west flank of the military formation, Yu Wenxin, the head of the march, looked at the formation and was anxious, and if he didn't think about it, the situation would collapse!

Looking at the situation around the battlefield, his gaze was fixed on the onlookers: "There is!" ”

The archers on the west wing of the imperial army suddenly shot at the onlookers in Yecheng on the north side, and the rain of arrows in the sky knocked them over, and the people of Yecheng saw the highlights and never thought that they would be attacked, and they dodged in a hurry, pushing and trampling each other, killing and wounding countless people, and the sound of crying and shouting was earth-shattering.

It's scary, it's scary, I'm going home!

This is the common aspiration of the onlookers, who rushed to Yecheng, and the crowd was surging, and the momentum was amazing. Seeing this, Yuwen Xin, who succeeded in the attack, ordered his subordinates to shout: "The rebels are defeated, the rebels are defeated!" "At the same time, they fought hard to rush forward.

The soldiers on both sides who were fighting bloodily heard the shouts and looked in the direction of Yecheng in confusion, only to see the black crowd running towards the gate, and the first reaction of both sides was that the Xiangzhou military formation was collapsing, or why did a large number of people flee to the city?

Seeing this, Gao Gong, the supervisor of the imperial army, and Shi Lixun, the marshal of the marshal, were overjoyed and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to shout in unison: "The rebels are defeated!" At the same time, the formation was reorganized, and the horn was blown to encourage the soldiers to fight hard to kill the enemy.

The soldiers of the Xiangzhou Army, who had already gained the upper hand, thought that their morale would fall sharply if they were dispersed in the rear, but the soldiers of the imperial army were overjoyed and shook their spirits to fight back, and the situation was reversed in an instant.

The Xiangzhou army formation sounded a terrible horn, and the banner of the Chinese army began to move, rushing towards the enemy army formation to the south, and it was the Yellow Dragon soldiers who surrounded the banner, and it was their commander Wei Chi Yuan who led the charge.

"The enemy army has won the plan of Yecheng, and the soldiers of Xiangzhou will go all out to kill the enemy with their own commander!" The roar like thunder spread all over the battlefield, and the soldiers of the Xiangzhou Army were refreshed when they heard this!

"It's a good strain, but it's too late!" Wei Xiaokuan laughed, drew his saber and pointed to the north, and then galloped: "Kill the enemy with this commander!" ”

In the nick of victory, the commanders of both sides invariably led the army to rush into battle, and the soldiers under their command were also driven by them to kill the enemy bravely, and the two arrows of one south and one north were rushing in the opposite direction.

Forty years ago, the boss of the Wuchuan Group, Yuwen Black Otter, had two brave generals, one named Wei Xiaokuan and the other called Wei Chijiong.

More than 20 years ago, Yu Wentai, the prime minister of the Western Wei Dynasty, had a shield called Wei Xiaokuan, who resisted the army led by Gao Huan, the prime minister of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, for two months, and a sword called Yu Chijiong, who led the army to capture the eighteen states of Shu.

More than ten years ago, the Great Zhou Dynasty's powerful minister Jin Wang Yuwen Hu wanted to go east to the Northern Qi Dynasty, Wei Xiaokuan said that he would be defeated, and in the end, the army was defeated; Wei Chijiong said that the general would be fine after the break, and the army returned to Guanzhong safely.

The two famous generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty are now enemies of life and death, one for the family and the other for loyalty, each leading his own soldiers to gallop in the midst of the ten thousand armies and collide with each other.

On the west side of the battlefield, Yu Wenxin, the head of the march, led the cavalry to storm the north in order to intimidate the onlookers to run towards Yecheng, this method has already had an effect, and the army's large array not only blocked the decline, but even began to turn defeat into victory.

'The Xiangzhou army is still struggling, as long as it can rush to the foot of Yecheng and light a fire, then the Xiangzhou army will definitely collapse, and the great achievement of this battle is mine! Yu Wenxin led the cavalry with a happy face to rush to the small dirt slope where the people of Yecheng were standing, and when he was about to reach the top of the slope, the pupils of his eyes shrank suddenly......

An Lu, Xiyang County Mansion, backyard.

Yuwen Wen put his arm around Wei Chi Chifan and taught her to practice calligraphy, the handwriting on the white paper was crooked, and the two of them were not on it at all, and the little couple began to be restless between the ears and temples.

The battle was tragic the night before until yesterday at noon, Yuwenwen rubbed his waist and went out of the bedroom door, and Wei Chi Chifan appeared in the mansion in the afternoon.

Then this morning, that is, now, the little couple began to resurgence again, but it didn't take long for mundane things to come to the door, and Yuwen Wen came out of the backyard in a huff.

Lin Youdi, the 'experimental director', took him to a small courtyard in the house, and on the table in the courtyard was a "powerful elephant two-year trial type aerodynamic bead gun." ”

The size of this Lianzhu gun is about the same size as the Olympic sports gun in Yu Wenwen's memory.

Yuwen Wen looked at Lin Youdi's young assistant and nodded, this was a reliable servant carefully selected by Lin Youdi after his permission to assist in perfecting the black technology.

After all, it's so tiring to cheer up alone!

"Let's get started!" Lin Youdi asked his assistant to erect a wooden plank ten meters away, one inch thick, and then erected a second plank of the same thickness one meter behind, and then he saw Yu Wenwen nodding and carefully picked up the Lianzhu gun with both hands and started shooting.

A "poof" sound sounded, and then there was a crackle at the wooden board, and Yu Wenwen pulled over to see that the first plank had been punched through a small hole, and the corresponding second plank was inlaid with a buckshot.

The assistant also used charcoal to record in a small notebook, and when the two of them dispersed, they finished shooting the remaining nine buckshot bullets in the Lianzhu gun in turn. The assistant then reported the results of the experiment.

Ten rounds in a row, the first three shots penetrate the first plank and are embedded in the second plank at the same time, the fourth-sixth fire penetrates the first plank but cannot cause substantial damage to the second plank, and the remaining four shots can be embedded in the first plank to varying degrees.

Changing to a person without armor and no protection is that the first three shots can be severely injured in the non-critical parts, the four to six shots can be moderately injured, and the rest can be lightly injured. To achieve this damage, the gas canister used needs to be pumped with a pump for a thousand blows.

That is to say, the first three shots of this thing are the most powerful when defending themselves, four to six are barely enough, and the last four shots

Limited by the production process, the air pressure of the air tank is larger, and the air leakage will be leaked if it is placed for a long time, and the air seal is made of tanned animal skins and oil-soaked cotton yarn coarse thread, and the legendary eucommia gum is still being improved.

"Master Lang, the little one has tried to use it to fight flying birds, no problem." Lin Youdi held the Lianzhu gun in both hands and handed it to Yu Wenwen, "According to the instructions of Lord Lang, I tried to make two, each of which is equipped with two gas tanks, one pump, one twenty-round bullet shuttle, one lead bullet mold, and a special backpack for storage." ”

"Very good, it's called 'Powerful Elephant Two-Year Type A Pneumatic Lianzhu Gong'."

"You find a carpenter with good skills, come over the morning after tomorrow to do carpentry work, and you can go to the house to read the drawings and then talk about what you do."

Lin Youdi asked curiously what it was about, and Yuwenwen smiled slightly: "Turning tool rotary cutting machine, make a model first." ”