Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 485 6.56 Princess Yongchang: That’s it – like this?
Volume VI

6.56 Princess Yongchang: That’s it?
Shanhaiguan, the residence of the guard under the city wall.

Princess Yongchang woke up in a daze. She stretched out her delicate hand to touch the brocade quilt to her side, but found nothing. She opened her eyes nervously and saw that the large brocade quilt was covering her body. The outer edge of the big bed was gone. Luckily, thanks to the sunlight that diffused into the room, a tall figure blocked the light and cast a shadow on the tent, making her quietly sigh in relief.

"Are you awake?" Hearing the movement behind him, Zhou Yang came over with a smile, opened the tent and hung it up, "I've asked someone to prepare some good food for you, and it will be delivered to the outside in a moment; you really are. , a daughter's family must be so strong, they just follow me all the way here, and they want me even though they are exhausted."

"What time is it?" Princess Yongchang interrupted someone's singing angrily. She frowned and tried to sit up, but she only felt weak all over. The soft feeling that still remained on her body made her reluctantly give up her efforts. Instead, she raised her arms and asked someone for a hug, begging him to pull her up.

"You!" Zhou Yang was a bit dumbfounded. He carefully helped Her Royal Highness sit up and helped her stuff the pillow. He had not seen Princess Yongchang in such a weak state for some time. "There is still a lot of time left." By noon, all the brothers in the army have almost eaten. After finishing their work, they will rest for half an hour to digest, just in time for the whole army to attack."

"We brought a lot of supplies this time, but the situation this time is important." Princess Yongchang ignored the exposed scenery and hurriedly asked about business.

"Don't worry, I have people buy up almost all the meat that can be bought nearby to ensure that everyone can eat at least one or two pieces of meat, not to mention enough slices of meat and vegetable soup, enough pure white noodles and big steamed buns, even war horses They only feed them beans and fine grains, and a clean water pipe mixed with salt is enough." Zhou Yang valued this war more than anyone else.

"That's good." Princess Yongchang breathed a sigh of relief and let someone help her get dressed. "You have been tired for these days. There will be war later, so why not take a rest."

"Don't worry, haven't you already felt how my body is?" Zhou Yang joked with a smile, and was brutally punched by a certain princess, "Okay, I'll go out to cushion the situation, and I'll send out troops when it's almost done. We'll be there in the morning We have discussed that the war cannot be delayed any longer.”

"Then you can't either." Princess Yongchang was obviously anxious.

"Okay, you can rest for a while." Zhou Yang smiled, hugged his lover and kissed her gently, then turned and walked out of the room.

Naturally, such a huge cavalry force cannot be accumulated in Guancheng. When Zhou Yang left the south gate of Shanhaiguan, he saw that all the troops and horses had begun to form a team. Unfortunately, the three thousand battalion was obviously much worse. Maybe their riding skills, The cavalry and archery are better than our own, but when it comes to queues, formations, etc., they are not even the slightest bit worse.

"Brother Qiu, are you ready?" Zhou Yang smiled and walked towards Qiu Liang, who was so busy that he was sweating.

"Don't worry, we have prepared according to our plan. I have dedicated people to defend the whole morning. Not a single bird can fly out, and I even took the opportunity to capture several craftsmen." Qiu Liang nodded vigorously, "Ziyang, you know Bing, what do you think of the success this time?"

"Don't worry, they can't." Zhou Yang smiled coldly, "Besides, I picked a good time for them."

Three quarters past noon is the time of day when the sun is the brightest. The ancients believed that the murder was unknown, and they specifically chose this time to perform executions in order to let the prisoners' ghosts dissipate in the sunshine. It was also at this time that there was a lot of noise in the rebel camp, but It was time to start eating, and the meaty aroma that made people want to eat wafted through the entire camp, which made people feel even more uneasy.

At the same time, the north gate of Shanhaiguan slowly opened. In the astonished eyes of the rebels, the cavalry of the Shenji Battalion rushed out of the city gate in four waves and quickly lined up in front of the city. , followed closely by two hundred infantry artillery pieces, quickly rushed to the rear of the already lined up cavalry line, and quickly unloaded their loads.

The entire rebel camp was in chaos. No matter how much the rebels who were waiting for dinner complained, they could only gather under the greetings or whippings of their respective leaders. Fortunately, they only had weapons in their hands and no armor or protective equipment - —Well, it’s not completely impossible. At least the less than 200 people in the core can still get some leather armor and the like.

After such a toss-up, nearly a stick of incense has passed. The preparations in the rebel camp are still not very good. The artillery of Shenji Battalion is already in place. The speed requirement of the wall-type charge cavalry is not as high as that of traditional cavalry, so they directly cover it. He followed the draft horse pulling the infantry artillery until he was less than [-] steps away from the rebel camp, and then protected the artillery and opened fire.

"Bang bang bang -" Following the order from artillery commander Chen Gan, two hundred 24-piece infantry cannons opened fire one after another. Two and a half kilograms of solid bullets easily hit the rebel camp over a distance of two hundred steps, everywhere. The rolling iron bullets caused screams wherever they hit, easily smashing the rebel organization's poor organization. Not only were they solid bullets, this time they also used experimental explosive bullets!

The accurate term should be that the time fuze blooms - well, primer bombs. The power of black powder in this era is limited. Although the principle of time fuze bloom bombs is not complicated, it was only after Zhou Yang guided the creation that he discovered that the infantry cannon was light in weight and small in caliber. , The power of the projectiles is small. Unless such explosive projectiles happen to explode less than ten steps away from the target, otherwise they are just like a big firecracker, and they can only make a loud noise when fired.

The new projectile adopts a thin-shell structure and is filled with a large amount of sawdust that has been soaked in fire oil and then "solidified" with paraffin. Once the core black powder explodes, it will definitely ignite, and the fire will fly randomly. It is extremely suitable for starting fires, especially when facing field camps - such camps are full of tents and wooden parts, which are really easy to light!
"Zi Yang, is this treasure of yours so useful?" Seeing the fire in the rebel camp getting bigger and bigger, even Qiu Liang, who had already guessed, was a little dumbfounded at this time, "If this bombardment continues, maybe it won't happen at all. Our cavalry is needed.”

"How many first-level skills can be obtained by defeating them?" Zhou Yang glared at him angrily, but also called the messenger and said, "Go and give the order now, let the artillery continue to bombard, and arrange the solid bullets and ignition bombs according to the normal proportion. , use another stick of incense - Brother Qiu, your people are ready, be sure not to let any of them go!"

"Don't worry!" Qiu Liang rushed down Guancheng excitedly.

As the bombardment progressed, the fire in the rebel camp became more and more intense, and it was gradually impossible to control it. The rebels were not stupid either. Seeing that the camp was destroyed, each one of them had a little bit of a "last stand". Meaning, the remaining troops were being prepared one after another under the call of their respective leaders. Unfortunately, less than half of them were missing, and the rest were all disgraced.

"You didn't go?" While watching the battle, Princess Yongchang came from behind and asked strangely.

"After all, I am also a third-grade imperial commander and a high-ranking military official. Do I have to risk my own life in every battle? It's not like my subordinates can't be used. I can at least give them a chance to make meritorious deeds." Zhou Yang said angrily, "Let's talk about this time. The rebels are absolutely certain to win with their limited strength, so I might as well save some trouble and go to the top of the city to 'strategize'."

"You are quite thick-skinned." Princess Yongchang gave him a disdainful look and pointed at Qiu Liang, who personally led three thousand battalions of cavalry to outflank the east side. With a forceful charge, surrounded by three thousand battalions on both sides, we can easily fight a battle of annihilation without leaving a single rebel behind."

"It doesn't matter. This battle is enough to completely destroy any hope of the rebels. It doesn't matter if a few escape." Zhou Yang looked at the rebel camp that had turned into a sea of ​​fire and nodded to the flag messenger next to him, "Order , attack with the whole army immediately!"

After responding to the order, the ordering soldiers waved a huge red flag nearly two meters high and repeated the order three times. When the ordering soldiers in the military formation under the city saw the order, they immediately reported it to their respective commanders. Soon the four rows of cavalry, who had been excited and waiting for orders, began to slowly Accelerating, the neat and compact formation was always maintained well, and the speed also increased in the distance of nearly two hundred steps - at this time, the rebels still had not completed their preparations!
But he couldn't allow them to continue. Seeing that there was no way to delay, "Manager Jin" just gritted his teeth and ordered his men to start charging with all their strength. He didn't even care about "mounted shooting" - in fact, this point between the two sides Due to the distance, it is impossible to use tactics such as "Mangunai", and we can only use our combat power as much as possible.

Unfortunately, they can't do anything!

The rebels formed a ranger formation that was much looser than the Shenji Battalion. The line they spread out was more than twice as large as the Shenji Battalion. They collided with the dense wall charge before they even picked up speed. , and soon there were shouts of death and screams, but the result was beyond everyone's expectations.

The formation of the Shenji Battalion was almost like a hot knife cutting butter through the rebels, so many people couldn't believe it. This was because the wall-type charge cavalry was much denser than the traditional rangers, and the unit area One of the rebels inside even had to face two or three sabers. They were often cut off their horses before they could react, and they couldn't stop them at all!
Meng Kun, who was leading the first platoon, couldn't even stop his pace. He almost led the team into the rebel camp that turned into a sea of ​​flames. He finally managed to suppress the line and turned to look at the area where a full three-thirds of the troops were missing. A group of rebel cavalry adjusted their formation without hesitation, and after giving the order with a sharp wave of their swords, they took the lead and followed the rear team to the front team's own troops and rushed back!

"That's it - like this?" On top of the city, both the original defenders and the later reinforcements all looked stupidly at the rebels who were "cut open" again. After a long while, Princess Yongchang said stupidly, " Even if there’s no such thing as ‘invincible’, it’s not like that, right?”

"Otherwise?" Zhou Yang was not too surprised.

"Zhou Ziyang, I remember you said that you also came up with this tactic?" Princess Yongchang asked anxiously.

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Wall charge - well, it doesn't exist in this era, that's a "new invention".

"Write a note in two copies, one for Kai'er and one for me, immediately!
(End of this chapter)