We set out in early November of the fifth year of Zhenghe.
The north wind was blowing, there was an auspicious snowfall, and the sky and the ground were all white.
If it weren't for the trees and houses, it would be easy for people to forget where they were.
On November 26, Hua Rong finally arrived in Zezhou with three thousand musketry battalion men.
Fifty thousand Yan troops were stationed on the flat land thirty miles away from Zezhou, covering an area of nearly ten miles, and built eighteen camps in front and behind.
Lin Chong's army was stationed in the middle.
As a Taiwei, Lin Chong was of the first rank, higher than Hua Rong.
But after receiving the report from the messenger, Lin Chong led several major military generals from Qin and Ming Dynasty to greet him at the door in person.
Seeing from a distance that Lin Weishuai actually went out to greet him, Hua Rong did not dare to ask for help and hurriedly rode forward.
After ten or twenty steps, he dismounted early.
Walking over quickly, Hua Rong hurriedly raised his hands and said, "It's a shame that I let the palace commander wait in this cold wind."
Lin Chong smiled and said, "Brother Hua, what did you say?
It's windy outside.
Come on, follow me into the camp.
I've already asked people to prepare a banquet."
Since Lin Chong said this, Hua Rong couldn't refuse.
Besides, he is a Taiwei, and he can be said to have a high position in the Yan Kingdom.
His sister and nephew may have to rely on his help to stabilize their status in the future.
Hua Rong took half a step behind and said, "Dian Shuai Lin invites you first."
Lin Chong took Hua Rong and walked to the commander's tent together.
"You and I are ministers in the same palace, there is no distinction between superior and inferior.
Let's go."
In the handsome tent, there are two desks in the middle and five desks on both sides.
Lin Chong took Hua Rong and sat down on the left and right sides.
The generals such as Qin Ming and Huang Xin who followed him each chose their own seats according to their official positions and sat down.
Although it was explicitly forbidden to drink alcohol in the army, it was freezing cold and we were not going to the battlefield.
What's more, it's just a bottle of wine per person.
Even the military commander would not be bored at this time.
He even took a wine glass and drank a few drinks to warm his body.
After three rounds of drinking, Thunderbolt Qin Ming drank a few glasses of wine, looked at the glass and said: "This damn weather, I don't know how to survive without this thing."
Huang Xin said: "However, there are still few of us, and those spying horses and secret whistles rely on this thing to stay up late at night.
The thing that the Holy Spirit asked people to brew back then is indeed a great blessing."
Hua Rong said with a smile: "The Holy One knows that everyone is working hard.
When Hua Rong came this time, he also ordered Hua Rong to bring more than a dozen carts of burning knives to support you."
Upon hearing this, Lin Chong hurriedly raised his hands in the direction of Dading Mansion and said: "The Emperor's grace is so great that I should sacrifice my life to serve the country.
I don't know if the Holy Emperor has sent General Hua here.
Do you have anything else to explain?"
Hua Rong had always been at the rear, but now he sent his brother-in-law here, which made Lin Chong think twice.
Do you want Hua Rong to gild it, or do you want to suppress yourself and increase Hua Rong's prestige?
Hua Rong was not an idiot, and he did not want to push Lin Chong to his opposite.
He hurriedly explained: "Actually, this time, the Holy Lord sent the general here specifically to verify a new type of weapon."
Lin Chong heard this and said smoothly: "Oh, it's a héx weapon, so the Holy One pays such attention to it."
Lin Chong didn't quite believe that Hua Rong came to verify a new weapon.
Looking at Lin Chong's look, Hua Rong knew that the other party didn't believe it.
He thought for a moment and said: "The tactics of this musket battalion have not been finalized yet.
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Lin Dianshuai is also a veteran.
It is better to watch together.
Understanding the performance of this musket can also better understand the performance of the musket."
Fight with the army" In the official document sent by the Ministry of War, Lin Chong knew that the Holy Emperor asked Tang Long to create a new weapon and named it a musket.
But he had no idea what exactly this musket looked like or how powerful it was.
Now when he heard Hua Rong say that he wanted to practice with the musket, Lin Chong replied: "Okay, I just want to see the power of this musket that the Holy One highly recommends."
There was no need to drink anymore, and all the generals followed Lin Chong and Hua Rong out of the commander's tent to watch the musketeer battalion's exercises.
At the training ground, the three thousand musketry battalions brought by Hua Rong were arranged in three teams.
In front of them, a hundred steps away, rows of wooden stakes were erected.
There are also archery targets placed behind the wooden piles.
Hua Rong stood on the side of the musket battalion team and shouted loudly: "Go to dànyào" The soldiers in the musket battalion immediately took out the paper shells from their satchels, bit them into pieces, and put them into their muskets.
Seeing that the instructions were basically followed, Hua Rong shouted: "The first row raised their guns and fired."
In an instant, the first row made a "bang bang bang" sound, and smoke and fire came from the muzzles.
Then there was a snapping sound from the wooden piles, the wood pieces were broken, and some wooden piles were even broken and fell to the ground.
Before Lin Chong and the others could react from their shocked eyes, they heard Hua Rong shouting, "The first row squats down and gets on the dànyào.
The second row shoots."
Another round of shooting.
After only a breath, I heard Hua Rong shout again: "Second row, squat down, get on the dànyào.
Third row, shoot."
There was a long-lasting smoke floating on the musketeer camp, and Lin Chong and the others could no longer see clearly the operations of the musketeers.
But the gunfire didn't stop, and the bullets still flew out.
The wooden pile was completely broken.
Eight rounds, nine rounds, ten rounds, a total of fifteen rounds.
Only then did the musketry battalion stop shooting.
Just when Lin Chong was about to go up and check the condition of the archery target, he heard Hua Rong roaring: "Fix the bayonet!"
swish The sound of a knife being drawn out sounded for a moment.
With a click, Hua Rong's voice sounded again, shouting: "Charge" Three thousand musketeers were seen rushing out of the smoke, holding muskets with bayonets inserted, and rushing forward.
He rushed to the archery target and plunged into it with his musket.
Originally, the archery target was already in tatters after being ravaged by bullets, but now it was directly stabbed and collapsed, falling to the ground and falling into pieces.
Even the musketeers in the two rows behind had no chance to take action.
But Hua Rong didn't care.
Anyway, the purpose of this exercise was to make Lin Chong and the others realize the power of the musket.
They thought it would make him understand that they were not here to take his position this time.
The Holy One just wanted to hold the musket battalion in his hands.
Wait until Hua Rong shouted: "Take the bayonet and line up again" Following the order, the musketeers immediately removed their bayonets from their muzzles and then formed themselves into formation as they had been practicing day and night since joining the army.
Lin Chong walked over with a stern expression and first looked at the broken wooden stakes and arrow targets.
He picked up a piece of archery target and looked at the target that was pierced by bullets.
He was even more surprised and speechless.
This is a hundred steps away The penetrating power of arrows is actually a bit unsatisfactory, especially when the soldiers are wearing armor, it is difficult to bring huge lethality.
Otherwise, in history, Xiahou Mang would not have been hit in the eye by an arrow, and he would still have survived and could continue to fight.
In the Battle of Xiaoshanghe, Yang Zaixing could still fight without having arrows inserted all over his body.
After his death, after his body was burned, a total of two liters of arrowheads were obtained.
One hundred steps, the average arrow will basically have no energy left when it flies here, and there is no strength at all to hit the target.
But the bullets from this musket can still penetrate the target, but the penetrating power of this bullet must be so strong.
In addition to its huge power, the rate of fire is also very fast, especially in the three stages of shooting, it can be said to be continuous.
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In terms of shooting speed alone, it can be said that bows and arrows are definitely faster than this musket in a short period of time.
But it takes a lot of effort to draw the bow and set the arrow.
If you draw the bow seven or eight times in a row, the archer's hands will basically become sore and weak, and it will be difficult to even pick up the bow and arrow.
Moreover, the range and power of bows and arrows are completely inferior to that of muskets.
They can only rely on saturation attacks and rain of arrows to deal a heavy blow to the enemy.
The hit rate of this musket is not very high, and the rate of fire is also a bit low.
But the three-stage shooting makes up for this shortcoming very well.
Coupled with the range and power, Lin Chong thought that if the enemy attacked, even if the opponent was cavalry, he would probably collapse under such continuous attacks.
What's more, our army also has powerful weapons such as artillery.
If the muskets were matched with the artillery, Lin Chong felt a sense of fear when he thought of that scene.
Lin Chong sighed as he looked at the musketry battalion that was neatly lined up.
I don't understand why the Holy Spirit would let General Pingbei, his brother-in-law, take charge of the musketeer camp with only 3,000 people.
Although there are only three thousand people, as long as there are enough troops, I am afraid they can be worth ten times the enemy.
Thinking that these 3,000 people can be worth more than 30,000 soldiers and horses.
Lin Chong felt excited again.
Now Lin Chong was dispelling the news that the Holy Emperor was going to send Hua Rong as his replacement.
He was excited that with these more than 3,000 troops, he would be even more confident about taking Yan Yun.
Nowadays, various forces in Yanyun are complicated.
First, Yelu Dashi, the general left behind in Nanjing of the Liao Kingdom, led 50,000 Liao troops to guard Youzhou.
At the same time, in order to expand the army, the Lord of Liao has issued an order to recruit disaster victims and hungry people from all over the Liao Kingdom, named the "Resentful Army", which is divided into Qianyiying, Houyiying, Qianjinying, Houjinying, Qianying and Xianying. , Ganxian Camp, Yanzhou Camp, a total of eight battalions with 28,000 people.
Now Yelu Dashi of the Liao Kingdom has nearly 80,000 soldiers and horses.
And in addition to the Liao army, although Tong Guannasi was defeated, he has now gathered another 100,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Tanzhou, watching eagerly.
As long as he sees the Liao Kingdom defeated, he will definitely take the opportunity to attack the Liao Kingdom and seize the city.
Lin Chong only had 50,000 troops and horses.
The most important thing was that Shi Jin had just occupied central Liao.
He needed troops to defend Liao and Jin, and Liaodong also needed troops to defend Goryeo.
In a short period of time, there was no way to send more troops to support Lin Chong.
Lin Chong could only rely on his own ability and an army of 50,000 to defeat Yelu Dashi, and at the same time, he had to guard against Tong Guan's profit.
Now that Hua Rong has a musket battalion worth 30,000 soldiers and horses, his plight of soldiers and horses has been greatly alleviated.
Lin Chong raised his hands and said, "With General Hua's help, I am now more confident in taking down Yan Yun.
It can be said that General Hua has just solved my urgent need."
Hua Rong also hurriedly raised his hands and said, "I don't dare.
The Lord sent me to assist Lin Dianshuai."
Lin Chong walked over, took a musket in the hand of a soldier, looked at it, turned around and said, "With such sharp weapons, why can't we defeat the Liao army and capture Yanyun?
No wonder the Holy One wants you to take charge of this musket camp."
Hua Rong cupped his hands and said, "I think it's because the general has been training archers, so it's convenient to train this musketeer."
Lin Chong didn't believe Hua Rong's explanation.
Pang Wanchun is also responsible for training archers.
Why didn't the Holy One choose him to be in charge?
But it hurts my heart to say such things.
Lin Chong handed the musket back to the musketeer, stretched out his hand and said, "It's windy outside, let's go inside and continue drinking."
Everyone sat down again, and Lin Chong said cautiously: "Although the Musket Battalion is very powerful, the number of people is a bit small after all.
The whole army has been training for several years and has completely adapted to the formation.
If the whole army is with you, If the formation is changed, I am afraid that I will not be able to master the new formation proficiently in a short time.
The cold weather is not suitable for dispatching, but our army will be dispatched in the next spring.
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It is unrealistic to ask the entire army to train the new formation at this time.
My opinion is to let the artillery battalion train with you.
After you capture Yanyun, let other soldiers train with you, what do you think, General Hua?"
Hua Rong nodded and said: "This is a good idea.
Just follow the palace commander's wishes and be the palace commander.
I will be in trouble for you next."
Lin Chong said hurriedly: "Without further delay, starting from tomorrow, I will ask the artillery battalion to fully cooperate with you.
You will fully preside over the training of the new book formation."
Hua Rong understood what the Holy One meant and said unequivocally: "This is a matter within the general's duty, and he has no shirking responsibility." : :