Ran Min led his army out of Xiangguo and spent nearly twenty days to arrive in Dingxiang.
They walked for nearly twenty days for five hundred miles, and it was the artillery and the corresponding baggage in the ranks that slowed down the march, and if it was only four or five days for all the cavalry to travel 500 miles, the time taken by the infantry army might be shorter than that of the cavalry.
It's not that cavalry is really faster than infantry, it depends on what kind of road it is, and then it's not easy to take care of the cavalry's horses.
In fact, the war horse has always been extremely delicate, stopping regularly to feed and rationing, and must be given enough rest time, and even need to be washed and massaged.
If you have to endure it, you can carry out a non-stop day and night march, and the big deal is to recuperate after the war, but if the war horse really wants to carry out a non-stop day and night rush, it will really be wasted.
Li Tan, who had long known that Ran Min would come, was somewhat unhappy in his heart.
As the general of the expedition to the north, Li Tan feels that he is a tragic existence, as if he has been in the shadow of Ran Min.
The last time the Northern Shogunate was responsible for the conquest of Sizhou, Ran Min intervened halfway, and the later conquest of Bingzhou and Shuozhou was led by Ran Min, which was obviously the work that the general of the Northern Expedition should do, but it was taken over by Ran Min every time.
This time, Li Tan led the army to block the last remnants of the Qiang tribe in Dingxiang City, and in the final harvest stage, Ran Min came again.
"Come, don't cry and smile."
Ran Min saw that Li Tan did not hide his depression, not only did he not care, but on the contrary, he began to like Li Tan a little.
He said: "Xu Zheng has made all the contributions, he has to be made a marquis, and the official worships the captain, but he has to stay in the center all the time."
You can't live like that."
As a military general, if you can't lead the army to fight on the battlefield, stay away from the familiar soldiers and iron horses, no longer see blood soaring, don't smell the smell of corpses, and can only bury your head in the literature all day long, what a lifeless thing it must be "You're right, but" Li Tan really smiled, but a little reluctantly: "But anyone will be depressed if you are like this."
Ran Min waved his hand: "Take General Ben to take a look." ” The Han army besieging Dingxiang, the camp was built around Dingxiang, and the trenches were dug before the camp facing Dingxiang, and the width of the trench should be one zhang, and the depth was about one zhang.
"Those are horse pits," Ran Min pointed to the dense black spots in front of the trenches: "That's a lot."
"Didn't you have nothing to do before" Li Tan became even more depressed when he thought of this: "After nearly two years of siege, no matter how much I provoked the enemy before, I couldn't come out, so I could only dig trenches and ditches, and then dig and dig pits." ” In order to besiege Dingxiang, Li Tan failed to participate in the recovery of Bingzhou and Shuozhou, and the battle of the grassland and the battle of Yandi had nothing to do with him.
Ran Min personally came to the edge of the trench to watch, only to see the water in the trench, so he asked: "The enemy has repeatedly broken through and failed to attack the last line of defense."
"The stone throwing car, bed crossbow, car crossbow, strong crossbow and other sharp weapons equipped by the three standing armies are not decorations."
Li Tan restrained his mood and pointed to the distance: "If there is such a defensive chain again, how can it be attacked?"
Ran Min found that Li Tan was really annoyed, but he was still heartless, so he walked around the front line and took Li Tan to watch the bronze cannon he brought.
"This" Li Tan looked at the thick and long bronze cannon on the wheeled pedestal, and asked in a staggered manner: "This is the cannon that can hit three or four miles away."
The original one mile is the modern 300 meters, but Liu Yan has modified it and changed it to 500 meters and one mile.
In fact, Liu Yan not only modified the number of miles, but also referred to the unified measurement of the Qin Empire, standardizing and unifying the modern length units, and the military was the first to fully implement it.
The importance of measurement is incomparable, any technological development is above mathematics, and what mathematics is there to talk about when measurable confusion is confused.
In order to reorganize the measurement, Liu Yan spent a lot of effort, repeatedly confirmed that he came up with a ruler, and he could only promote it with the original.
He was the first to introduce a new measure in the military, considering that the era of firearms had arrived, and it could not be the same as before.
In the past, the smallest unit of length was the inch, and then there was the ruler, and the ruler was above the zhang, and the zhang was above the introduction, and the introduction was the inside.
The unit of length of each dynasty may be called by that name, but the actual length is always changing.
In terms of length units, the Qin Empire was unified, but after the Qin Empire, it was chaotic, the central government had its own measurement, and each place had its own measurement.
Not only the length unit, but also the weight, since the Qin Dynasty, the feudal dynasties have not been unified.
The reason why Qin was able to ensure that the measurement was not chaotic was because of the strict support of Qin's law.
Although the subsequent dynasties and dynasties also had their own laws, they were really not as strong as Qin's in terms of enforcement, and then there were all kinds of ununified counts that facilitated corruption by bureaucrats at all levels.
With the progress of the times, especially the progress of military equipment, the minimum length unit is really not an inch, take the manufacture of bronze cannons, the difference between the barrel of an inch and a millimeter is a world of difference, the same is true for the manufacture of projectiles, the higher the technical content of the product, the more intolerable the error.
"This thing fires about eleven pounds of projectiles, with a caliber of one hundred and twenty millimeters."
Ran Min patted the twelve-pounder cannon with his gun jacket off: "This thing brought thirty guns." ” Li Tan found that this world had become a little ignorant for him, and he had studied Jin and Millimeter, but he had never heard the word "caliber".
Ran Min specially walked to the muzzle of the gun, compared and introduced what caliber is, and then showed off the news that he had just learned: "In addition to the caliber of 120 mm, there are also various caliber models of 83 mm, 94 mm, and 100 mm. ” Hasn't Li Tan been staying in Dingxiang has heard of the firearms unit, but he hasn't seen it with his own eyes, and he doesn't have too many thoughts, and he only has one feeling when he hears Ran Min showing off, that is: It's really a little out of touch with the times.
The enemy troops trapped in the city of Dingxiang soon learned that they only saw about a thousand Han troops and did not take it very seriously, and they were worried about whether there would be new reinforcements from the Han army.
"Your Majesty returns, leaving me and others waiting to be killed."
Zhang Haozhu is Shi Hu's original Si Yu, he is completely looking around at the same unlucky group of people with the expression of a dead father and mother: "I have failed to surrender many times, and it is difficult to break through, what should I do?"
Shi Hu is indeed dead, or was he killed by several of his sons.
The state of Shi Qi and Zhao collapsed, and the various feudal kings with military power in their hands were either killed in battle or fled far away, and some of Shi Hu's young sons who did not have the title of king were left behind.
Dingxiang has been besieged by the Han army, and they can't get any news from the outside world at all, and they have not broken through because of Shi Hu on the one hand, and on the other hand, they still have some illusions.
If it didn't really happen, who would have believed that a huge country would collapse so easily, just because they didn't believe it, they would hold on to hope, waiting for someone to come to relieve the siege, they waited for two years, and there was still a half-dead Shi Hu pressed before, and Shi Hu was killed to be considered liberation.
It's not that Shi Hu hasn't killed his son, and his son doesn't want to kill him, after several sons in Dingxiang killed him, no one wants to do anything about ascending the throne, and he doesn't want to be the one who finally betrays the blame.
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After all, whether it is for the king or not, after the defeat, the fate is really different.
"What else can I do" Zhu Liang's face was gloomy, and he lowered his head and said, "I can only seek a breakthrough." ” Zhu Liang was Shi Hu's Shangshu when he was in office, and his official position was much higher than that of Zhang Haozhu, but it is useless to talk about the official position now, it is about who has the most influence on the Dragon Guard.
"Although helpless," Zhang Jackal said fiercely: "I can only finish my work in one battle." ” is still the same sentence, they have been trapped in Dingxiang for two years, there is really no news about the outside world, most people think that the worst situation is that the princes who are in charge of the army are still resisting somewhere, Da Zhao is not dead, how can he find a place to live if he breaks out.
Before Shi Hu died, he divided the Dragon Teng Guardian into several parts, and Zhang Jackal gained one-third of the command.
After Shi Hu's death, it can be regarded that everyone did not lose their heads and engage in civil strife again, and several generals who had the right to command the Dragon Teng Guards were able to retain their power, but they did not feel very happy.
"That's all there is to it."
Zhu Liang finally made a version: "If the enemy army can have 1,000 reinforcements, it can increase more troops, but it can't be delayed any longer." ” At this time, within two years, most of the city wall sections have long been opened, and the one that maintains a complete city wall is Miyagi.
There had been a plague outbreak in Dingxiang City before, and the Han army did not dare to enter at will, and after at least half a year after the outbreak of the plague, they would never enter the city without stepping in.
"Since they dare to come out of Miyagi, it should be that the epidemic has ended."
Ran Min didn't want to delay too much time here, so he convened the generals to discuss: "Is there any possibility for the enemy army in the city to break through, if there is no plan to take the initiative to attack." ” Li Tan once again became the deputy of the special one, saying that he was not in the mood to speak at all. is the same as the generals who have been dragged in Dingxiang for a long time, they are actually fed up with the endless siege, and it is really undesirable to be able to get out of this mud pit, so they have expressed their opinions one after another.
"Make a false impression of evacuation to attract the enemy army out of the city to break through" Ran Min said that this seems to be a bit unreliable, and it is based on the premise that the besieged enemy army does not know anything about the outside world: "The enemy army does not know whether the outside world knows or not, and if it knows, it may be self-defeating." ” "Our army is not afraid to attack at all now."
Li Tan felt that he had enough: "Why not attack the fortification with absolute strength" Ran Min said that he liked this kind of play that didn't require a lot of brains.
Not only did he bring thirty bronze cannons, but he also brought explosive bags that played a huge role in the early stage of the Battle of Yan, and there was no shortage of stone-throwing vehicles that could fire explosive bags in Dingxiang.
On the one hand, they wanted to storm up, and on the other hand, they wanted to break through at any cost, but the Han army wanted to spend at least three days to prepare, and the trapped army in Dingxiang City wanted to prepare for a day and then act late at night.
The Han army was equipped with firearms, but there were not many that could be mastered and used, and Ran Min didn't think about whether he would startle the snake, and decided to give the public a deep insight on the same day.
The bronze cannon has wheels, and the mules and horses can pull it to the front line, and Ran Min doesn't want to be a small family and only pull out one cannon, and pull it all at once.
In addition to the thirty bronze cannons that were pulled to the front line, nearly 100 stone-throwing carts were also pulled up after some tossing, and all kinds of bed crossbows and car crossbows were not dropped.
The remnants of the Qiang forces who had already decided to break through to the death had made all kinds of final preparations one step before, and when they learned that there was a big move on the Han army's side, they thought it was a leak of news, and their mutual distrust was further exacerbated.
It can't just be all kinds of long-range troops going up, it must be guarded by corresponding troops, and the movement will naturally not be small, and the moving Han army will soon spread out to the east of Dingxiang City.
When the people are full, it is boundless, and the flags of each phalanx of the army are waved in the wind, and all kinds of passwords are conveyed all over the field.
Zhang Jackal went up to the city wall and saw that there were too many things that he couldn't understand, and he was even more confused by the Han army's placing stone-throwing carts and other equipment in front of him.
There was already a gap in the city wall of Dingxiang, and there was no need to attack the city gate, and the infantry cavalry could quickly charge into the city, and it was completely unreasonable to put the cumbersome siege equipment in front of the military formation.
The ruined city wall has long had no value to hold, and the Longteng guards, who have repeatedly broken through, are also familiar with relying on the ruins in the city for street fighting, and Zhang Jackal and others did not pull the troops out.
Later, not only the army generals came to watch on the spot, but also people with a bit of status and status came over, but they all had the intention of fleeing back to the palace on horseback as soon as the Han army charged.
Zhu Liang pointed to the bronze cannon that he had never seen before, and asked Zhang Jackal: "Does the general know what this is?"
If Zhang Jackal knew, there would be ghosts, and then it was really far away, so he couldn't really see it, so he could only shake his head and say that he didn't know.
In the military formation outside the city, Ran Min put down his binoculars and shouted to his colleagues around him very proudly: "Let's just say so, the big movement will inevitably attract them to come and snoop, maybe there is no need to make any further preparations, bomb them and stop the war immediately." ” Li Tan and others who did not know the power of firearms did not understand what it meant to be killed, but they were extremely interested in ending the war.
Ran Min was very unconvinced that he was evaluated as a reckless man who only knew how to do things, and he had not succeeded much in finding opportunities to use his tactics many times, and he was naturally excited to show his face today, he knew that not everyone could kill a large group of people in high positions in the enemy country at one time.
The thirty bronze cannons were laid out in a straight line, each leaving the necessary spacers, and the calibration and reloading of the ammunition were done, waiting for the order to open the cannons.
"Regardless of whether they are all killed or not, they should be a tentative charge."
Ran Min dropped a sentence and began to walk in the surprised eyes of everyone, and he also beckoned: "Come and take a closer look, just remember to cover your ears after a while." ” That's right, although Ran Min has personally lit the fire and fired the cannon more than once, he is very obsessed with the kind of thing that can be heard with a little fire, and he is even more excited that he may personally blow up and kill a large group of enemy ministers.
Zhu Liang, Zhang Jackal and others, who were looking at the city wall, they found that the Han army had no signs of approaching before they continued to stay, but when they were still talking, they heard a muffled sound, and the next moment was a strange whistling sound, and they didn't know what they were hit by more than 20 steps away, and the cry was huge and a mess.
"Straight thief, hurry up and re-school the school team."
Ran Min shouted the trend artilleryman: "Move quickly, don't be run":