Follow General Cao to mix the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 875 Consistent Strength

This is definitely the most glorious moment in a man's life. Thousands of soldiers follow their own will and march forward indomitably, even if what awaits them is death!

This is the case now, in Wang Hou's binoculars, under the command of the military flags and the sound of war drums at the various entrances and exits of his barracks, the iron flow quickly gathered into a neat battle formation like solidified cement, which was also overwhelming, running through the entire narrow area. In the Yangquan Basin, banners and flags were like forests, shouts soared to the sky, and the army was like a mountain, crushing in front of the 27 Eastern Army in the Central Plains and Hebei.

"Has Mr. Jia not come out yet?"

Putting down the binoculars, Wang Hou casually asked the guards beside him.

This is the authority of the leader. When he asks a question on a whim, the guards will go to investigate every 5 minutes. Facing his question, the small school beside him answered affirmatively with his fists in his hands.

"Returning to my lord, Mr. Jia has been researching information all night and has not left the house, and now the lights are still on in the military tent!"

"Then don't bother him!"

Amidst the neighing of war horses, the army cheered again. Liaodong has formed the longest army, and the knights who have experienced many battles are in their 40s and approaching their [-]s. They are still led by Zhao Yun, a middle-aged male god with frozen age, and took the lead in the army. At the same time, the Yongzhou heavy cavalry and the Liangzhou heavy cavalry, two troops that are different from each other in the cavalry of the Western Army, one on the left and one on the right, formed a cavalry column in front of the army formation as gracefully and vigorously as Long Shengkong. The crisp sound of horseshoes attracted Wang Hou to pick up the binoculars again.

Although the terrain of the small basin is flat, it is too narrow. In fact, it is not suitable for cavalry to attack and circle, and it is impossible to fully utilize the advantages of the Kansai Army.

Therefore, this time, Wang Hou placed a large number of conscripted light cavalry on the two wings of the army. In front of the light cavalry, there were two hundred and five. The cavalry and some of these heavy cavalry lined up at an oblique angle to protect the artillery.

This time the key offensive area is in the central army. Wang Hou is going to break through the middle. Three selected heavy cavalry units of 5000 people are placed in the middle, with Liangzhou behind. The corps of Yongzhou have a total of 4000 troops As an elite infantry soldier, Wang Hou planned to smash through Sima Yi's central army in one fell swoop, and win him cleanly, so as to save Lao Yinpi from making any more troubles.

This time, the formation was completely different from the formation that broke through the side roads in the past. It seems that Sima Yi did not have time to be vigilant in advance. With the declaration of war by the Kansai Army, the Eastern Army still fought in a large square formation. The most common numerical advantage was brought into play, and the thick infantry formation was even more invisible than Wang Hou's.

In terms of geographical location, the Yangquan Basin was not equal in thickness in this era. The western part where Wang Hou was located was narrow and slightly higher, about three-fifths of the basin, and Yangquan County, where Sima Yi was guarding, was in the remaining two-fifths. , His army formation is as wide as Wang Hou, but too wide a distance also weakens the defensive force.

On this battlefield that determined the fate of the Central Plains in more than 1000 BC, the first to roar was the god of the battlefield, Cannon!

"fire!!!"

As Wang Hou issued the general offensive order, the two hundred and five field guns of the Chinese army were sandwiched between them. They were long and narrow, and the barrels and arms were made as thin as possible. The length of the gun body was strengthened with steel hoops. vented his anger.

Cannons are not just a pipe that can be hollowed out. Although Cao Cao was there, Wang Hou kept the artillery technology in sync with Yecheng in order to gain trust. With a huge manor, the Kanto gentry, who do not think about development, and are intriguing politically all day long, are a full five miles away, and they are still divided into two wings. The Kansai artillery, which is even farther away, suppressed the range of the Eastern Army's bronze cannons. It hit the densely packed ranks of the Kwantung gentry allied forces.

The exploding shrapnel sent hailstorms to these gentry armed forces, which were mostly lightly armed, and the pill-sized lead balls exploded on their heads like fireworks. The ones can be better, the melon seeds on the head are like a brick smashed, the blood is flowing down, the ones without helmets simply opened a tofu brain shop, watching the formation of the gentry army from a distance, the groups of soldiers are like special generations Like a certain leek, wave after wave was harvested on the ground.

It is directly composed of farmers, and the weakness of the lack of army probability is infinitely magnified under the attack of artillery fire. In the face of terrifying killings, many army formations collapsed directly. The big shield came to the front and scolded the gentry officers who beheaded the deserters in a messy voice like a vegetable market, but none of the officers in the first four or five rows that were hit by artillery fire moved forward.

Amidst the chaotic yelling, Sima Yi took out all the cannons he was hiding and choking this time. Not to mention, Wang Hou really underestimated him. The densely packed copper cannons were pushed forward and transported. No less than a thousand, one thousand, two or three can be had.

I don't know if this is the reason why Sima Yi decided to fight him in the Yangquan Basin. He gave full play to the power of artillery in the large army formation and defeated his elite training equipment, but the number of heavy infantry was small. But Sima Yi's wishful thinking was in vain. When the artillerymen pushed back and the sports car, which hadn't turned its angle, came into range, the second round of artillery bombardment from the Western Army landed like thunder, hitting Sima Yi's cannon formation with a crackling sound.

This time, solid bullets were fired, and a large iron ball weighing several kilograms hit the soft bronze cannon with a bang. The huge force even knocked the whole cannon into the air, and when it hit the crowd, its lethality was even stronger than that of shelling. Even bigger.

The military thinking of the later Western genius Napoleon the Great also gave full play to the power of artillery. This was achieved by Wang Hou. The artillerymen of the gentry allied forces who were still marching suffered a devastating blow head-on, and their lack of training was also exposed. out.

Just like the Ming army more than 500 years later, the untrained artillerymen were terrified, and before they were within a range of four miles, they couldn't bear the pressure and released the artillery first.

The eight or nine hundred bronze cannons that can be fired can be said to be earth-shattering. The shocking mountains are buzzing, and countless iron balls whizzed and smashed into the formation of the Western Army, but most of them hit the Kansai Army. , and fell to the ground weakly, a dozen or so iron balls bounced forward and rolled into the formation of the former army's heavy cavalry, startling the horses bouncing and neighing.

After controlling the horse, watching the iron ball bouncing around his feet, the vigorous heavy cavalry of the Western Army spat again in disdain.

However, the artillery fire complemented each other, and in the fierce battle, bursts of overwhelming roar seemed to come from a particularly far away direction. This was different from the noise on the battlefield, which attracted Wang Hou to put down his binoculars and glance towards the east, but In his eyes, there were only layers of mountains. After a daze, he lowered his head again and continued to focus all his attention on the battlefield, just as the echo of the cannon fire in the narrow basin.

The confrontation of artillery fire lasted for less than half an hour!

(End of this chapter)