late han empire

Hanzhong County can be described as one of the most critical strategic locations.

This place connects the north and the south, and it is the key to going north to Yongliang and south to Jingyi, so it is also a place that military strategists must contend for.With Hanzhong in hand, it will be difficult for the enemy troops from Yongliang to go south to invade Yizhou and Jingzhou. On the contrary, it will be difficult for soldiers from Yizhou and Jingzhou to go north to Yongliang and Liangzhou.

At this moment, this place has been occupied by Liu Bei.

It's despicable to say that Liu Bei cleared the land, polluted the water source in Hanzhong, killed all the animals in the mountains and forests, and pulled out all the edible ones. Anyway, nothing was left for Huang Zhong's troops.At the same time, he encircled Huang Zhong and the defenders of Hanzhong tightly, and instead of taking the initiative to fight the opponent, he directly attacked the supply troops, preventing the supply of supplies from being transported to the front line.

Under such circumstances, Huang Zhong, who was encircled because he took a wrong step by surprise, had no choice but to take away the friendly troops in Hanzhong with soldiers who had no combat effectiveness after running out of food.During this period, I fought several contact and pursuit battles with Liu Beijun. When I returned to Chang'an to rest, only a little more than [-]% of the soldiers remained.

Liu Bei may not be much better, but they still have the majority of soldiers.Therefore, they did not stop at all, but directly killed towards the boundary of Liangzhou.

The reason why he did not choose the more prosperous Yongzhou is because Liu Beijun actually opened up the location of Tibet in later generations, and opened up a road to Liangzhou in this remote and desolate place.

At the same time, by naturalizing those Qiang people who were scattered in this area and lingering on their last legs, as long as they conquered Liangzhou, they would definitely be able to join their own forces in the first place.It will be much easier to defend in this way, and there is no need to worry about threats from Liangzhou enemies.

At this moment, the guard of Hanzhong County is Zhang Ren, the general of Shuzhong, and Wu Yi is the deputy general.The former is Zhao Yun, so I won't say much about it, and the latter has something to do with Liu Bei.Just because after Liu Bei entered Shu, Xinna's queen was this guy's younger sister.

What makes people speechless is that Wu Yi's younger sister was only ten years old at the time... Apparently, for the sake of marriage, or to learn skills from barbarians and improve himself, Liu Bei began to learn from Liu Ming, targeting those underage girls?

In other words, this direction is obviously wrong, isn't it? !

As a lieutenant general, Wu Yi actually came here to be gilded to a large extent, but he himself was tolerant of words and martial arts. When he was not a military attache, he helped handle government affairs in Hanzhong, and Zhang Ren had to obey him.

Not long ago, it should be said that it was an hour ago, they got an urgent document from the front line.There is only one content in it, that is, when Shangyong found the enemy, the defenders were worried that they would not be able to resist, and asked for support.

This is nothing to consider. The road from Yizhou to Hanzhong is absolutely safe, but it is not good if Shangyong makes mistakes, so Zhang Ren has already made up his mind and set off immediately.

So, the large army started to move out, and now, they have already gone halfway in an hour.

Originally, they wanted to have a good fight with Liu Mingjun, but at this moment, they encountered a group of defeated troops.

What makes people speechless is that this defeated army knows itself, it is the group of robes stationed in Shangyong.But at this moment, 3 of them have been beaten to just over 1, and many of them are still injured.Even the guard, at the moment, was hanging an arm with a linen cloth, and that arm was shot by shrapnel.

"What's the matter with you, you lost so soon?!" Zhang Ren was very dissatisfied with Shangyong's defeat so soon.

"General, the opponent has a large number of heavy cavalry, equipped with grenades and throwing them at us within tens of meters. But at that distance, our firecrackers are capable of exerting their power. How do you want us to stop them?" The guard held back Qu said.

He also knew that if the enemy used that tactic with more than 300 cavalry, it would be able to exert a miraculous effect even without a follow-up surprise attack.The power of grenades and cavalry charges is still very terrifying.Some people discussed before whether the cavalry will withdraw from the stage of history in the future, but now it seems that it may not be possible, but it is just that they cannot use it.

"Okay, hurry up to Hanzhong to rest, and leave the rest to us!" Zhang Ren didn't intend to blame them for anything, even they were groping for the hot weapon war.

Liu Ming is the initiator and leader of this new type of war. The other princes developed hot weapons to a large extent to reduce the gap when fighting him.At the same time, the princes also discovered that firearms soldiers had many advantages. Compared with a group of fierce soldiers who practiced **, a group of firearms soldiers was more secure for the ruler.

The former must have enough talent and enough time to practice, and once strong, it is easy to be arrogant and disobedient, and it is difficult to control, which is not good for future generations; the latter can become an elite soldier in three months, and management is also convenient. If the bullets are not controlled, then these soldiers will lose their combat effectiveness, so naturally there is no basis for rebellion if they want to rebel.

Therefore, from the dissatisfaction at the beginning to the later investment, the replacement of cold weapons by hot weapons seems to have become a recognized mainstream.I heard that Sun Quan planned to start banning people from practicing Falun Gong, but I don't know if it is true or not.

Zhang Ren is also very entangled in the fact that his martial arts skills are not as good as this kind of fire stick.But he couldn't comment on Pao Ze's loss in the firearms battle, and he wasn't sure whether he would be worse than Liu Ming's powerful firearms.

This is the most frustrating part. Firearms warfare focuses on the power of firearms, not personal courage.

After bidding farewell to this group of robes, Zhang Ren continued on the road.As the scouts reported one after another, he already knew that the enemy was right in front of him.But what's interesting is that the other party should also know the existence of his party, but he has no intention of stopping.

Both sides came in a rush, but the other side had just fought a battle, and the sky was getting dark, so Zhang Ren didn't believe that the other side wouldn't feel tired, hungry and thirsty!

If the other party sets up camp, they will crush them immediately. If the other party comes over, they will wait for their own work!

In terms of the right time and place, he has an absolute advantage.

However, according to the report of the scouts, the enemy has been moving forward, and the beginning is [-] light cavalry.They have two horses per person, so they can save horsepower most effectively and ensure the speed of the raid.

Still planning to attack us with the cooperation mode of grenade and cavalry?Hmph, don't think I'll be fooled by the same trick!

Zhang Ren immediately thought of Liu Mingjun's method of dealing with Shangyong's defenders, so he immediately issued an order to prepare for the battle.Unlike Shangyong's defenders, his troops were not equipped with firecrackers, but were equipped with strong bows.

Perhaps, he is the only general in Shu who leads strong bow soldiers.But it cannot be denied that his strong bow is very powerful, at least able to shoot through low-flying balloons.

Accurately shooting the enemy five hundred paces away is their best skill.And five hundred paces away, the enemy should not expect to be able to throw a grenade over!

Not long after, there were traces of the enemy on the horizon.But they are not one person and two horses, but one person and one horse to kill towards where they are.

I don't know if the opponent has detected the reality of his army, but the running route is very irregular, and it will be very difficult to aim.It's just that Zhang Ren's strong bow soldiers can't be troubled!

"Shoot!" Seeing that the distance of [-] steps was almost the same, Zhang Ren gave the order to shoot.

"Swoosh..." The arrows flew out, forming a net of arrows.This is not an arrow that Zhang Ren gave up on himself and let the strong archers shoot at will, but an arrow that is focused on shooting in the area where it is likely to appear according to the opponent's walking trajectory.

These arrows did hit Liu Mingjun's light cavalry precisely, and nearly 700 horses and their knights were shot to death in a short time.Seeing these good war horses die like this, Zhang Ren felt a little heartbroken at the moment. After all, Shu did not produce war horses, but cavalry was the most scarce.

The opponent may have discovered the shooting ability of the strong archers, and immediately dispersed even more.But this is not a problem for Zhang Ren's army.As time goes by, the other party does not deny that it is getting closer, but the casualty rate is also increasing. Up to now, there are still about 5000 people attacking at a distance of about 200 meters in front of them.

Zhang Ren had to admire the other party's spirit of daring to die, but he didn't understand why they didn't mean to be afraid at all. Do they have any means to win?

Sure enough, when the 200 meters were reached, the soldiers decisively picked up something like a cannon barrel behind them, and fired more than 5000 small shells.These weapons are so-called hand cannons, and these light cavalry are actually just hand cannons on horseback.

The artillery shells directly entered Zhang Ren's position, and the soldiers here, including Zhang Ren, had already left immediately.But it cannot be denied that the opponent's artillery shells were also fired very irregularly, but it blocked the retreat of many soldiers.

Whether the shell hits the ground or hits Zhang Ren's soldiers, it will explode immediately.It may not be as powerful as a cannon, but it is almost as powerful as a grenade.

More than 5000 grenades exploded at the same time, what a spectacular scene.

"It's just that there are too many casualties, and we need to improve in the future!" Zhao Yun, who was watching everything from a distance, said heartbroken.