Chapter 76: Chuzhou Although Wang Kai also serves as the political supervisor of the Second Army, according to the regulations of the Huai'an Army, he has no power to interfere with the general's command.
Seeing that Hu Dahai was stubborn, he had no choice but to shake his head and step aside silently.
A moment later, Ivanov concentrated the seventeen six-pound cannons belonging to the Third Army at the tiger's mouth on the west side of Fanling.
From a distance of more than 700 steps, they blasted towards the enemy's hiding place on the mountain.
Because the inner wall has been carved with rifling, the ballistic trajectory of the six-pound gun is very stable.
Although it is limited by the aiming method, it is still lacking in accuracy.
However, the gunners in the Huai'an army relied on their own experience to make up for this flaw to the greatest extent.
The fired shells landed in rows and soon smashed the target area into thick smoke and bloody flesh.
"Damn it, what should I do if Hu Dahai is crazy today?
Marshal, if we keep getting beaten and don't fight back, our military morale will be completely dissipated in a short time."
In the back mountain of Fanling, Hu Shen, a soldier from ten thousand households, held his head full of mud.
He got into the Chinese army tent and was furious.
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Chen, the sixth rank of the Xuanwei envoy in eastern Zhejiang, laughed at this interface and said, "Why should General Hu be so impatient?
As long as our army can withstand today and tomorrow, on the third day , Hu Dahai must either withdraw his troops or take a detour, there is no third option at all."
"It's not your people who are being bombed."
Hu Shen was slightly startled by the words, frowning and curling his lips.
According to Shi Mo Yisun's arrangement, hitting the tiger's mouth happened to be his defensive area.
Those currently gritting their teeth in the trench are also his direct brothers.
According to the consistent attitude of the Mongolian and Yuan local governments towards the rebels, whoever died was always buried.
Not only will he not be given any pension, but if he loses all his troops, his title of Ten Thousand Households will probably go to someone else.
"I will make up for you as much as you lose."
Shi Moyisun, the Xuanwei envoy in eastern Zhejiang Province of the Meng Yuan Dynasty, glanced at him and suddenly smiled.
"Master Ye is right, the Huai bandits are already at the end of their rope.
As long as we can hold on for another one or two days, he will definitely retreat."
"This" Hu Shen blushed slightly and quickly explained, "Sir, that's not what the general meant.
What the general meant was that the thief is a thief.
The thief is arrogant.
We can't just take a beating without fighting back."
"There is no other way.
The bandit army is well-equipped and the soldiers are well-trained.
We can only take a defensive stance for the time being to stifle his limelight, and then find a way to take advantage of him."
After hearing this, Shi Moyisun just shook his head with a smile.
Ye Chenshen, from the sixth rank of the capital, took this as a matter of fact.
He shook the folding fan in his hand and quickly added, "As the saying goes, the end of a strong crossbow cannot penetrate Lu Jian.
The Huai thieves came in fiercely and swept across the entire territory of Wuzhou in half a month. .
It is said that their infantry march no less than eighty miles every day and can immediately attack our army when they arrive here.
The attack is actually supported by one breath, and our army relies on the favorable geographical location to wait for work.
As long as we make no mistakes, we will not let the rebel army advance even half a step further.
In this way, the rebel army will be weakened in less than five days.
The energy will be suppressed.
When the soldiers have no desire to fight and are about to retreat, this is the opportunity for our army to win."
The host and guest spoke to each other in perfect harmony.
Hu Shen, a rebel soldier of ten thousand households, was not given a chance to continue to complain, and he was even more unwilling to send other troops to replace his troops now.
Hu Shen, a member of the Ten Thousand Households of Volunteers, had all his little plans come to nothing.
He was so anxious that his heart was burning.
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He hesitated again and again and murmured, "Commander, the general, and the brothers under the general's command have been at the forefront these past two days." .
The general does not dare to destroy the commander's deployment, but can the general ask them to retreat to the back of the mountain, wait until the Huai bandit's artillery is red, and then let them push back?"
"No."
Before Shi Mo Yisun could make a decision, Ye Chen, the sixth-rank capital minister, responded first, "Although the Hu thief has no skills, he is a veteran who has experienced hundreds of battles.
If he sees it with his clairvoyance, Our army doesn't have many brothers in the trenches.
He will definitely send dead soldiers to break in by force.
By then, it will be too late for General Hu to push forward."
"How do you know that the clairvoyance in my hand is not a decoration?"
Hu Shen, a volunteer soldier of Wanhu, couldn't bear it.
He jumped up, pointed at Ye Chen's nose and cursed, "Ye, I think you just don't have a good heart.
Want to I'll use up all my soldiers and horses, and then I can set up another stall."
Unexpectedly, the other party would fall out as soon as they said they were falling out.
Ye Chen, the sixth-ranked capital minister, was forced to take half a step back.
He retorted with a livid face, "What do you mean by General Hu?"
After fighting for military power and going north to stop the enemy, if Ye hadn't given you the idea to dig a deep trench and cover it with tree trunks, thatch and soil, you would have been able to hold on until now."
"Yes, General Hu, what you said is too much."
Lin Binzu, who joined the army, couldn't stand it.
He took a few steps forward and said bluntly, "The anti-gun trenches were discovered by Ye Dushi himself.
And the various ministries in the mountains Everyone thinks that his artillery is miraculous in dealing with the Huai thieves.
Why, when I come to you, not only do I not appreciate Ye Dushi at all, but I always want to beat him up."
These few sentences state the facts.
The greatest contribution to the reason why the troops of the Xuanwei Envoy in eastern Zhejiang were able to withstand Hu Dahai's strong attack should be attributed to Ye Chen, who was the sixth rank capital official.
It was this person who, through repeated observations, discovered various flaws in the artillery, and then formulated a set of targeted strategies to defeat the enemy.
Among them, digging deep trenches is the most convenient to implement and the most effective.
Unless it happens to hit the trench, otherwise, the solid shell will not be able to continue to take off when it hits the soft soil dug out of the trench, and of course it will not be able to cause any damage to the defender.
As for the powerful shells, the shrapnel will fly upward or horizontally after exploding, but it will not do anything to the people hiding in Haogou.
In other words, to put it more directly, no matter how fierce the Huai'an army's artillery fire is, as long as the defenders respond according to Ye Chen's method, they may not be injured.
It's just that someone always likes to be sneaky when doing things, and the trenches he digs are not deep enough.
Other auxiliary measures that should be taken have not been fully implemented.
So today Hu Dahai suddenly went crazy and mobilized a large number of artillery to bombard the tiger's mouth indiscriminately.
Someone will have to pay the price for his previous lazy behavior.
"You, of course it's easy for you to talk.
Brothers are not farmers.
They use knives to dig the soil.
How could they dig too deep in a hurry?"
Hu Shen, the volunteer soldier Wanhu, felt guilty.
He also took half a step back and quickly moved away. topic.
"Besides, if you open your eyes and take a closer look, you will see how powerful the Huai thief's artillery is.
Even if it doesn't hit the body, it will still shock the person's internal organs and vomit blood after landing more than ten steps away."
"Ye once said that you should dig out an extra layer of soft soil under the trench.
Then put some grass or leaves on it."
Ye Chen, the sixth-grade governor, glanced at him and reminded him coldly.
"Forget it."
Hu Shen waved his arms and continued shouting, "Don't just stand here and talk, try it yourself and see how uncomfortable it feels to be shot.
From the beginning of the war to now, at least More than two hundred corpses were pulled down.
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There were no injuries on their bodies, and blood was pouring out of their mouths, noses, eyes, and ears."
This is completely arrogant.
The role of trenches and various defensive facilities was to prevent the Zhejiang troops from being blown up in groups and in rows like they did when artillery first appeared.
Instead of causing the opponent's artillery to completely malfunction.
Moreover, for a team of ten thousand people, the casualties of about two hundred people were almost negligible.
There is no need to jump up and make a fuss.
So Ye Chen was not the only one who curled his lips after hearing this.
Shi Moyisun, the envoy of Xuanwei in Eastern Zhejiang, could no longer tolerate the two Han people under his command to fight against each other.
He coughed hard a few times and said loudly: "Okay, General Hu, I I have promised to recruit more troops for you.
Why don't you hold on to Ye Du and go back to restrain the team?
Don't worry, as long as the Huai thieves are defeated, you will definitely be credited with no less credit than others. " "General, I didn't say that I wanted to compete with him."
Hu Shen, a volunteer soldier with ten thousand households, did not dare to challenge Shi Moyisun.
He blinked a few times and explained in a low voice, "General, I just want to compete with you."
You learn to be good.
Pull the brothers out of the trenches first.
After the Huai thieves finish firing, they will attack again.
The general will watch them without blinking and promise not to give Hu Dahai any chance."
Shi Moyisun, the Xuanwei envoy in eastern Zhejiang, frowned and shook his head slightly, "I heard what Ye Dushi said just now.
He is right.
Hu Dahai is old in the army and will not seize the opportunity that comes to his door.
I can’t help it.
You’d better let the brothers hold on for a while, it’s going to be dark soon.”
Influenced by his family education and personal experience, he relied far more on Ye Chen, the capital minister who had no military power, than Hu Shen, who had nearly 10,000 "rebels" in his hands.
Therefore, when making decisions, it is inevitable to lean towards the former.
"Besides, the Huai thieves came all the way, and the number of cannonballs they brought must be limited.
At most, if they act arrogantly for one or two days, the cannonballs will be used up.
There is no need for you to cry anymore."
"This" Hu Shen, a volunteer soldier from Wanhu, turned dark when he was told that.
He gritted his teeth, cupped his fists and saluted, "Yes, I will obey the order."
After saying that, he glared at Ye Chen, the sixth-rank capital official, and walked away.
Looking at his back and disappearing into the ditch, Ye Chen shook his head gently, "A shameless man can actually get into the position of ten thousand households.
If the court only relies on you and others, what a thief."
"Jingyuan, don't criticize the government."
Shi Moyisun gently patted his back and reminded him kindly.
"The imperial court had no choice but to do this.
It would be better to give him a chance to stand out than to become a rebel like Butcher Zhu."
Speaking of this, Shi Moyisun sighed again.
Generals like Hu Shen, if it were any other time of year, would have been pushed out to enforce strict military laws.
But now, he had to entrust him with important tasks.
Otherwise, other volunteer commanders under their command will become disengaged, passively avoid the war or even defect to the enemy, and the situation will become increasingly uncontrollable.
Not only was the local situation in such chaos, the various measures taken by the imperial court were also really incomprehensible.
Butcher Zhu's troops have already attacked every state and are about to cut through the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, but the imperial court has not made any reaction so far.
It seems that all places south of the Yangtze River have long ceased to be under the jurisdiction of the Yuan Dynasty.
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