Turbulent Times Chapter 1509: The full-scale confrontation between Xu Shiji and Li Jing

Not far from Wang Junlin and Shen Guoer's group, the catapult machine has started working. Facing the densely packed Wagang Army soldiers below, the catapult machine has already calculated the distance and azimuth with such high accuracy that the Wagang Army almost feel despair.

At such a long distance, the soldiers of the Wagang Army intentionally kept the distance apart, but they still hit a few people every time. You must know that what was fired at this time was only rocks.

Although the gunpowder bag is easy to use, the cost is not low after all. Some raw materials are very troublesome to mine and collect in this era. What's more, the gunpowder bag at this distance explodes in mid-air before the fuse is burnt out. The lethality is really It was very limited, so Li Jing temporarily stopped letting the gunpowder packs be thrown.

The banner of General Manager Xu Shiji appeared on the three-foot-high observation podium in front of the Wagang Army camp in the west of the army village, and the various Wagang Army troops attacked with catapults on the hills on both sides, and entered their respective attack areas , Pieces of Wagang Army broke out like a tsunami.

The battle has been fought to such an extent that Wang Junlin arranged for people to spread rumors among the Wagang Army last night, but the morale of the Wagang Army can still be maintained to a certain level. I have to say that Xu Shiji's method of training and leading troops is indeed true has its uniqueness.

Wang Junlin said to Shen Guoer who was beside him: "Since Xu Shiji already has the intention to retreat, if there is no sign of being able to break through our defense line after this full-line attack, then the army may withdraw at any time. You should pay attention to it and be aware of it at any time." When Xu Shiji showed signs of withdrawing his troops, he reported to Li Jing and asked him to follow the established battle plan to pursue them in an orderly manner.

Shen Guoer agreed, took out the binoculars, fixedly stared at Xu Shiji's podium, and carefully observed Xu Shiji's every move.

Wang Junlin was surrounded by a group of guards and black-armored soldiers, and went to the second ditch to see.

He also wanted to take this opportunity to look at the reform results after the initial professional division of labor in the army under his command, so that he can improve it in the next step and further promote the reform of the professionalization of the army.

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Xu Shiji on the command platform of the Wagang Army camp looked complicatedly at the two Far Eastern Army defense lines standing in front of him. It was not that he had never fought against elite troops before, but he felt that he was very different from the Far Eastern Army in front of him.

In fact, no army he has ever seen, whether it is the most elite imperial soldiers of the Sui Dynasty or the Turkic cavalry, has never seen such momentum, although the Far East Army has maintained a strange silence from beginning to end , but the will shown by the opponent from the combat process is so strong and terrifying.

Although the Poison King Wang Junlin has created too many miracles these years, Xu Shiji still can't figure out how Wang Junlin can train his army to such a level.

This is another miracle created by Wang Junlin, and it is the miracle that Xu Shiji is most moved by.

At this moment, Xu Shiji even doubted in his heart that no matter what, the Wagang Army would not be able to defeat the Far East Army, even if the Far East Army had only 40,000 to 50,000 people in the Central Plains.

Just like in front of them, it seems that no matter how they fight, it is difficult to capture these two military strongholds.

"Chairman...it's time for an all-out attack." A reminder sounded from the side.

Xu Shiji closed his eyes for a moment, he knew that his firm will had been shaken by Wang Junlin and the Far East Army.

But when he opened his eyes again, the firmness appeared in his eyes again.

"Send the order and attack in an all-round way." Xu Shiji ordered in a deep voice.

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More than 300 catapults of the Wagang Army roared, and the stones flew towards the last line of defense in front of the two military camps of the Far Eastern Army. The carts came towards the earthen walls of the two army villages, and the Wagang Army dispatched two rows of shield carts, with even three floors in the middle.

Li Jing kept observing with binoculars on the walled city tower of the Western Army, and issued the most accurate orders at the most appropriate timing.

After the Wagang Army entered one mile, the Far East Army

The trebuchet by the side has started firing gunpowder packages regularly, and the giant crossbow on the earth wall has started shooting. Each gunpowder package can kill at least a dozen people, as many as forty or fifty people, and several A shield car. Each one-foot long spear and crossbow can turn a seemingly solid shield car into flying wooden blocks.

The battle between the two sides was very intense and tragic.

Although it is the first time that the Stormy Bear Camp has used this kind of defensive tactics integrating trenches and military camps, it has become completely proficient after these days of practice on the basis of previous defensive training of this type. The crossbow and trebuchet attacked with all their strength, and the shield vehicles were smashed to pieces and fell behind.

After paying a terrible price, the Wagang Army became more proficient in the process of attack. After they entered the pothole area, the shield vehicles stopped one after another, and the soldiers rushed out from behind, throwing soil bags one by one in the pothole , much faster than their filling in the past few days. While filling the pit, they were cleaning up the wreckage of the shield vehicles left over from the previous few days. Although the forward speed was still so slow, they were able to maintain the progress. Of course, the premise was that the cart behind The soldiers howling hissed and tried their best, pushing the shield cart forward desperately.

The archers and fast crossbowmen of the Stormy Bear Battalion kept shooting behind the earthen wall, and the soldiers of the Wagang Army who cleared the obstacles suffered heavy casualties.

Under the pressure of the supervisory team sent by Xu Shiji, groups of soldiers continued to clear obstacles and fill holes in the unprotected front. The holes were filled one by one, and the shield vehicles moved forward little by little.

The attack of the Stormy Bear Battalion is still fierce. The catapults and giant crossbows have not stopped. The gunpowder packs are fired at about two rounds every five minutes, and the rate of fire is ten per round, continuously destroying those shield vehicles. And the Wagang Army echelon broke up their formation, and at the same time constantly destroyed the morale of the Wagang Army.

When the Wagang army finally advanced ninety steps away from the earth wall despite the casualties, Xu Shiji gave an order, and the messenger beside him hurriedly blew the horn. Falling down the wall.

Intensive puffing sounds suddenly sounded from the hanging curtain on the earth wall, and the arrow-proof quilt seemed to be covered with weeds in an instant. To block it, the soldiers on standby behind the earthen wall hide in the hanging curtain, which is also covered with wooden frames and quilts, which can effectively resist bows and arrows, and the defender's advantages are fully displayed.

However, the engineering soldiers, supply soldiers, ambulance soldiers, and messengers who had to come and go began to suffer casualties. The soldiers of the Gang Army, the two sides are still in the stage of long-range shooting.

Generally speaking, the earthen walls of the two military camps of the Far Eastern Army are in order. The observation posts on Dongshan and Xishan keep sending messages. At the head of the military walled city in the west, a wooden watchtower was also erected there, constantly reporting the military situation to Li Jing.

Simple information can be transmitted in accordance with the semaphore regulations of the Far East Army's semaphore regulations.

Of course, Li Jing can also use binoculars to observe the enemy camp, and make some judgments himself in the first place to ensure that some reactions can be timely and effective.

The Far East Army's long-range attack was extremely fierce, and the accuracy within a hundred paces was not low. Therefore, fragments of shield vehicles exploded one after another on the Wagang Army's front line, and there were **** of fire on the ground. The soldiers who cleared the obstacles turned over one by one.

However, Xu Shiji had people build a large number of shield vehicles these days, so the number of shield vehicles of the Wagang Army did not decrease. Absolutely, just as the one in front fell down, another group of shield chariots were driven out from behind.

The shield car stopped between seventy and eighty steps. Countless Wagang Army soldiers worked desperately in front of the shield car, stacking the remains of the shield car left over from the previous few days in front of the new shield car. Tens of thousands of archers drew their bows and threw them. After five or six arrows, they switched to another round. They maintained their physical strength. The waves of arrow rain seemed to never stop.

Li Jing is very clear that since Xu Shiji has seen his lord's plot, he already has it

If you want to withdraw the troops, then this battle will not last long, and there will be changes.

In addition, in order to reduce the loss, they gave up the Lanma Ditch without hesitation, and people retreated to the earth wall one by one, climbed up those curved passages, retreated through the ditch, entered the parapet in front of the earth wall, and continued relying on the parapet Shoot the Wagang Army. In this way, the earth wall has two firepowers, which can shoot at the same time without affecting each other.

During this process, gunpowder packs have been fired every few minutes, so white smoke appeared on the battlefield from time to time, and the northwest wind blew bursts of gunpowder smoke away from the battlefield. The more than one mile-long earthen wall defense line was filled with smoke.

Because of the threat of the Far Eastern Army on the East and West Mountains, the Wagang Army's shield vehicles could not cover the front, and the two wings became their weakness. They seemed to want to form an arc, but the attack on the west side was very fierce. This caused serious damage to their shield vehicles, which were only able to cover the front at this time, leaving very little protection for the two wings.

Sure enough, Li Jing mobilized a thousand cavalry on both sides of the mountain and began to assemble, charging forward.

Xu Shiji reacted very quickly. With an order, the Wagang armies on both sides quickly assembled more than 3,000 infantry behind the earthen walls.

On a wooden platform on the east mountain, semaphores were continuously played, using a good viewing angle to transmit signals to the Far Eastern Army troops at the foot of the mountain. A signal soldier next to him looked at the semaphore with binoculars, and read word by word: "Twenty-five breaths The rear cavalry charged from both sides to the third position from the left and the seventh position from the right.”

Hearing this, Li Jing immediately ordered: "Send an order to the engineering and supply battalion. After ten breaths, the catapults will uniformly throw gunpowder bags at the third position from the left and the seventh position on the right of the enemy."

Wang Junlin was also watching, but he couldn't understand the semaphore.

Speaking of which, the serious semaphore in the Far Eastern Army was advocated by Wang Junlin two years ago. Wang Junlin made some modifications according to the semaphore of later generations, considering that most of the soldiers were illiterate , He personally made a pinyin table, and then came to the current standard semaphore. Although it is still in the experimental stage, it has shown great advantages in transmitting simple military information and orders, and the speed and efficiency have been improved.

As for the No. 3 and No. 7 positions mentioned in the military situation, it is because all the areas facing the defense line are numbered, and this is only a part of the Far East Army's combat regulations, which are mainly completed by the people of the Military Intelligence Department. They have to hold a marked map at the lookout post for training every day, and accurately judge the enemy's position without a calibration object. One of the reasons why the army is so high.

Therefore, the preparations of the Far East Army were far more complete than Xu Shiji and other Wagang Army generals imagined, and they were already beyond their imagination and cognition.

At this time, all the trebuchets were adjusting their angles, and uniformly replaced them with gunpowder packs. There was a brief silence on the front line, and the Wagang Army thought that they were covered by the earth wall, so they were not afraid of the Far East Army. The blow of the gunpowder pack.

The pennant flag of the engineer unit in charge of operating the trebuchet machine was raised, and the command flag with a red background and a yellow border beside Li Jing lapped the flag and waved forward violently. All the ready-made catapults threw the gunpowder pack, the positions No. 3 and No. 7 on the two wings of the two Wagang Army.

The two wings of the Wagang Army had just gathered to fight against the stormy bear camp. The cavalry and infantry formations on the east and west mountains were in chaos, and they all hid beside the earth wall.

Li Jing said to the bannerman beside him: "Head the cavalry on the two mountains to attack the positions No. 3 and No. 7 on the left and right wings of the Wagang Army."

A moment later, a thousand cavalrymen of the Violent Bear Battalion each lined up in a neat formation, galloping down from the mountainsides of Dongshan and Xishan, borrowing the momentum of the downhill, and quickly entered the battlefield like lightning, heading towards the two wings of the Wagang Army. The troops rushed away, and the Wagang army was caught off guard, causing thousands of casualties in an instant, but soon regrouped the infantry formation, and it was difficult for the bear battalion cavalry to take advantage of it.

Seeing this, Li Jing didn't want to increase the casualties, so he decisively ordered the cavalry to withdraw.

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