Chapter 272 Response

Everyone else was stunned. The eldest brother's words were too shocking. With tens of thousands of horses, can you beat back the millions of people in the court?

They are not sure. Although they have been winning the war these days, they are all fighting with the province, and at most they will fight against the enemy's 100,000 horses, millions of troops? It is not only a tenfold difference in quantity, but also a matter of quantitative change that has reached a qualitative change, which is simply unmatched.

Zhang Yang has a certain confidence. Although it is a million troops, there are not many elite troops who can really fight. Although the number of Tatar's army is large, the current Tatars are far from comparable to the Tatars commanded by Genghis Khan. Their combat effectiveness is not of the same level at all. They fight a smooth battle and take advantage of it, but if they encounter a hard stubble and the attack is not smooth, they will definitely run away without hesitation.

At the beginning, Tuo Tuo attacked Sesame Li in Xuzhou. That's right. At that time, he was also known as a million-dollar army. After fighting for several months, he took Xuzhou. He was also beheaded by Tuo Tuo and killed dozens of generals who had escaped from the battle, causing heavy casualties.

After a lot of uprisings, the elite troops in the tars have long been destroyed, especially the troops of Liu Futong in the north, who beat the tars' cavalry to pieces. The court had no choice but to let the local nobles recruit troops to fight against the uprisings in various places. As a result, the uprising was not suppressed, but let all kinds of noble forces rise up. Come on, and finally end up in an infighting.

Although the current tars are known as a million troops, there are at most than 100,000 people who can really fight. As long as all these parts of the tars are slaughtered, the rest will be scattered like birds and beasts.

What makes Zhang Yang more confident is that the imperial court does not care how many troops have dispatched, but there are few sailors in the north. Fortunately, here, there are rivers everywhere. If the tars want to march here, they may have to walk on thin ice. My own navy has developed into a powerful force.

Last time, Bian Yuanheng harvested 20 large ships. After the efforts of the base, they were all converted into steam engine ships, equipped with 10 Ares cannons and 30 scattered flower cannons. When the war, all the warships can participate in the ground support. If the tars have a navy, they will bombard them to the bottom of the water by rely on the God of War cannons. It was to attack Gaoyou Mansion. The artillery on the warship could directly attack the tartars on land in Gaoyou Lake. They could not fight back. The existence of the navy made Zhang Yang full of confidence.

Science and technology is the first productive force, and science and technology can also be transformed into the first combat effectiveness. With the advantage of firearms, it is not difficult to defend Gaoyou Prefecture.

And this battle, not only the province, but also the whole country, I'm afraid they don't have the ability to organize large-scale armed forces to eliminate the uprisings everywhere, which is also the stage of rapid development of the rebel army.

To be fair, Zhang Yang did not want to take the initiative to provoke the large army of the imperial court. He just wanted to "liberate" the south of the Yangtze River first. It was enough to have Liu Futong in the north. Shoot the first bird with a gun and hit the red scarf army first. However, in the current situation, I can't get rid of it. Since I can't hide it, I simply shoot the Mongolian tars back and hit my own prestige. There will be an endless stream of people who come to run, and it can also deter the neighbors around, especially Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Shou. Hui, and Chen Youliang, Xu Shouhui's subordinate.

"Yes, why should we run? Now that the Tatars are here, we will beat them back!" Tang was the first to speak.

In the last battle, Tang He was the most active. Following Tang He's second battalion, he also felt very glorious. He not only destroyed the whole army of the besieged Taizhou, but also solved the long-range attack position of the Tartar army that besieged Gaoyou Prefecture under Gaoyou Prefecture, and rushed to the salt field. With a small team of 200 people, it was kicked out. Tens of thousands of tars ran all the way, and finally set up an ambush in the Wanghai Tower, beating the tars to ashes again.

After the battle, Zhang Yang rewarded 1,000 taels of silver in the second battalion. The second battalion won the title of Tiger Ben Battalion. The officers and soldiers of the whole battalion felt energetic when they walked in front of people.

"Yes, we must beat the Tutars back. We can't withdraw from the Gaoyou Mansion. If we retreat, all the people will be slaughtered by the Tutars." Shi Yi also said.

The Tatars were never soft on the people who supported the insurgents. Even the always incorruptible prime minister defected. After attacking Xuzhou City, he slaughtered all the people in Xuzhou. No one doubted that the Tatars would do the same in Gaoyou Mansion. The Han people living under the rule of the Tutars are not regarded as human beings at all.

Hearing Shi Yi's words, the eyes of other generals have become extremely firm. Yes, if they withdraw from the Gaoyou Mansion and let the tars come, all the people will suffer. Now all the soldiers in the army are from the local people. Their relatives are slaughtered by the tars, but they can't protect them. It's not good, really There will be a mull.

"Lord, I also agree with your decision. We can't retreat. Gaoyou Mansion is the strongest city in our control. We must guard Gaoyou Mansion and drive the tars back!" Shi Nai'an said.

"Gentlemen, we have no way out, so that our relatives will not be killed by the Tutars, that our land will not be occupied by the Tutar nobles, and that we can save the people of the world from the iron hoofs of the Tutars, we will not hesitate to fight!" Zhang Yang stood up and said loudly.

"Yes, we will not hesitate to fight!" All the generals also shouted.

"In the middle." Zhang Yang said.

"Yes, Lord."

"Immediately deploy all intelligence forces, and be sure to find out the number of troops dispatched by the Tutars, the composition, the forward, and the route!" Zhang Yang ordered.

"Yes, Lord."

The so-called knowledge of oneself and the enemy can win every battle. How many people have come to the tars, which route to follow, how many ways to divide the troops, and who the vanguard is. We must find out clearly before we can arrange countermeasures.

If the tars want to send troops, they have to pass through Zhongshu Province to reach Huainan River North Province. It will take at least one month to march, plus the preparation time, at least two months to reach Gaoyou Mansion, and these two months are the time left for themselves.

"Yuan Heng." Zhang Yang said.

"Yes, big brother."

"The navy sent a small number of ships to block the canal, and all ships that transport materials to most of them are not allowed to pass!" Zhang Yang said, "On both sides of the canal, a few cannons are placed. Anyone who does not obey orders will be killed without mercy!"

"Yes, big brother." Bian Yuanheng replied.

This idea is very brilliant. After blocking the canal, the food and cloth in the south can't be transported to most of them. I'm afraid that the hundreds of thousands of people in the capital will be hungry.

At the beginning, they occupied Gaoyou Mansion but did not dare to say anything, because Gaoyou Mansion controlled the canal. Once the court knew that it was threatening the safety of the transportation, it would be furious.

However, now the court is ready to encircle and suppress itself. The two are already your life-and-death struggle. Of course, the means that can be used must be used. If the transportation is cut off, there will be a food crisis in the court, which will directly threaten the court. Anyway, it's too hard to do it. If you want to do it, you will spare no effort.

In addition to transportation, there are only land and sea roads. The common feature of these two roads is that the cost is very high. Land will lead to a large increase in the consumption on the road. Although sea transportation takes a route close to the coast, there are also threats of storms and pirates. Therefore, although there will be a crisis in the court, it will not starve to death. Let them eat food that is several times higher.

In most of the capitals, most of them are Mongolians and Semu people. There are not many Han people in the north, and there are even fewer Han people in the south. Therefore, they will not put the people to death because of the blockade of transportation.

"Brother, if we block the transportation, will it infuriate the tars?" Lv Zhen is a thinking general. Like Tang He, she only knows how to kill the enemy on the battlefield. After breaking the rations of the tars, the tars can't go crazy.

"Even if we don't anger the tars, the tars will not let us go." Zhang Yang said, "Or don't do it. Since you have done it, you have to do it. Let the Tatars taste the taste of starvation."

There is absolutely no need to be soft to the tars. The soldiers of the tars came to attack, and they left any way for the tars.

These are all aside, and the most important thing is to determine the strategy of attacking the tartars.

"We now have six cavalry thousands of troops. I want to combine these six cavalry into two columns separately to give full play to the advantages of the cavalry, disturb the tars along the way, consume the sharpness of the tars, and delay the actions of the tars." Zhang Yang said.

Each of the three battalions has a cavalry team, and the base camp has three cavalry teams, a total of six. It is formed into two columns, each with 3,000 people. The team that disturbs the Tatars is also a lot of power.

Everyone's eyes lit up. At the beginning, he was still relatively weak. The eldest brother's tactic played several times more than himself, relying on the mobile surname of the cavalry and the range of the sky. Shoot a few shots from afar to attract the attention of the tars. If the tars ignore it, they will continue to fire. If they send someone to chase them, they will run immediately and destroy the tars' pursuers while running.

This tactic was originally the original of the Mongolian tars. At the beginning of the expedition to Europe, the tars were proficient in this tactic. While riding horses, they shot arrows back. At the beginning, Europe was still heavily loaded with cavalry. They could not run away from the Mongolian elite soldiers. While fleeing, they destroyed the other party, and finally scared the Europeans. However, now it has been used by Zhang Yang.

"Like our original tactics, we delay the action of the tars by constantly harassing the tars. The most important thing is to kill the tars by constantly disturbing the will to fight, so that they begin to feel war-weary, especially the unstagnant elements in the tars." Zhang Yang said.

Shi Nai'an nodded. The master's theory has achieved good results through the test of practice. Speaking of the key, the range advantage of Tianque is too obvious. No other army can have such ability.

"Two cavalry columns, led by Zhao Zixiong and Pan Yuanshao." Zhang Yang said. Both of them were old brothers who followed their own in the salt field. They had served as cavalry captains before. They fought bravely and were familiar with the strategy of attacking and disturbing. Therefore, Zhang Yang was very relieved to send these two people to lead his most elite force.

The people at this meeting are all the highest-level generals, and thousands of households are not qualified to participate. However, everyone is very satisfied with Zhang Yang's order.

"The most important job for the rest of the people at present is to dig trenches." Zhang Yang said.

Dig a trench? Everyone was puzzled. With the strong wall of Gaoyou Mansion, what is the use of the trench?

"Brother, our Gaoyou Mansion is already a relatively strong city. Why do you want to dig a trench? Isn't it enough for us to stick to the city directly?

"Don't forget that the tattars will definitely carry the return gun and crossbow machine." Zhang Yang said.

The power of the tar's return gun is well-toyond. Last time, the tar's return cannons actually collapsed the wall of the Gaoyou Mansion and opened a mouth more than ten feet long. If Bian Yuanheng's naval army hadn't fired scattered cannons in time, and Tang He had destroyed the Tatar's position in time, otherwise, it would have been a little hanging.

This time, the tars tried their best to attack, and they will definitely carry these equipment. The disturbance along the way is mainly to delay the journey of the other party's heavy equipment. It would be better if it could be killed along the way. However, the other party will definitely send heavy troops to guard it. Once the cavalry hits the range of the opponent's bow and arrow, it will be seriously killed and injured. The cavalry can't carry scattered fireworks and can't take down those heavy equipment.

And when it comes to Gaoyou Mansion, the other party will still be like this. Then, there is only one way to keep the other party's return gun range out of reach. That is to move the position forward. Although the return gun is called a gun, it is a cold weapon after all. It relies on a simple mechanical device to shoot hundreds of catties of stone bullets hundreds of steps away. This is almost the limit of cold weapons.

A hundred catties of stone bullets can hit the ground a few feet deep into the earth. At the same time, if you hit a few stone bullets, you can collapse the city wall.

Moreover, in addition to stone bullets, there can also be various bullets such as burning fireballs. The weapons of this era also have many characteristics.

There is a solution. According to Zhang Yang's idea, a common building material in later generations can be produced: cement. I also have countless steel, which can be wrapped around the periphery of the city wall with a reinforced concrete structure. In this way, it is enough to resist the firing of the back gun. However, the main work of the base now is to make firearms, especially cannons, and there is no manpower to make cement for the time being.

Moreover, Zhang Yang just remembers the simple method. In practice, he must have to be experimented. In less than a few months, I'm afraid he can't put it into practice. Therefore, the second method can only be used now, which is also a common way of fighting in modern positions: digging trenches.

If you dig the trench forward, you can block the tar from the periphery of the city wall. The tar's return gun and crossbow position have to be moved backwards, and the head of the city will be out of the range of the return gun. Once the Tutar's return cannon is fired, the God of War cannon at the head of the city is not vegetarian, and it can immediately completely destroy the position of the Tutar. Relying on the ultra-long range of the God of War cannon, it is enough to offset the advantage of the backgun of the Tutar.

This is Zhang Yang's idea. My cannon can beat you, but you can't beat me and destroy each other from a distance. This is the realm that Zhang Yang has been pursuing.

And the trench has another purpose. The modern trench is the most beneficial to the advantage of Tianque. The soldiers shoot in a standing position in the trenches, which can destroy the enemy very easily, while the other party has to fall on the way to charge. Their arrows can no longer hit the soldiers' heads, because in Zhang In Yang's hands, there are nearly 10,000 excellent firefighters. As long as thousands of people are sent into the trenches, they can form a continuous firepower, forming a defense line composed of lead bullets, causing heavy casualties to the tars.

However, the tar's crossbow machine cannot effectively shoot the soldiers hiding in the trench, unless the arrow thrown just flies into the trench. This kind of possible surname is relatively small.

When he was still very weak at the beginning, he used the trench to completely bury Nasu-lading in the murder port. Now, Zhang Yang is also confident that he will bring the millions of troops of the imperial court back to their original form.

"Guanzhong, please tell everyone what the power of the tar's return gun is." Zhang Yang said.

In the last defense battle of Gaoyou Mansion, the tar's return gun was just a surprise, so most of the generals did not know the power of the tar's return gun.

"Yes, Lord." As the person responsible for collecting intelligence, Luo Guanzhong has collected the details of the tar return gun very comprehensively.

"The return gun of the Tatar actually came from the Western Regions. It was obtained through the improvement of A Lao Wading and Yi Sima. Although it is also a kind of mite, the stone thrown can weigh up to 150 catties and have a range of 300 steps. The power of this mite is very huge. Lv Wen of the previous dynasty at the beginning General Huan, who guarded Xiangyang City for five years, the tars were helpless. Later, he was transferred back to the gun, and a few shots took Xiangyang down.

What? Is Xiangyang City lost like this? The faces of the generals changed.

The previous dynasty is also the Song Dynasty. At this time, it has been less than a hundred years. When it comes to the previous dynasty, it is still full of respect. The Tatar rule is unpopular, and everyone misses the previous dynasty.

"Although we have such a powerful firearm as Tianque, we still need to beware of the backguns of the tars and the threat of the bed crossbow. The army of the tars still have the ability to compete with us at a long distance. Once our advantages are not brought into play, the consequences are very serious. Although we have a moat and a sky, after the city wall is collapsed, it will greatly improve the morale of the tars. Millions of troops will rush up. No matter how sharp our firearms are, they will be close to the tars and fall into hand-to-hand combat.

The generals know that what Zhang Yang said was not alarmist. Although the combat effectiveness of the tars has seriously declined, it is by no means a worm. It is still very powerful to fight a downwind.

"So, our trenches must be dug 300 steps away!" Zhang Yang said.

"Shi Yi."

"Yes, big brother."

"Your first battalion is responsible for guarding the north. Be sure to dig all the trenches within half a month!"

"Yes, big brother."

"Dingchen."

"Yes, big brother."

"Your second battalion is responsible for guarding the south. Be sure to dig all the trenches within half a month!"

"Yes, big brother."

"Lv Zhen,"

"Yes, big brother."

"Your third battalion, guard the east, can't get the support of warships in the east, and the battle will be more cruel. I hope you can dig the trenches well and live up to my hope."

"Yes, big brother."

"Yuan Heng."

"Yes, big brother."

"The warships of the fourth battalion will expand the defense line to the northern part of the province and pay close attention to the whereabouts of the tars. If the tartars' sailors come, they must anniperform the enemy. After the battle of Gaoyoufu, you can support the ground battle at any time in Gaoyou Lake.

"Yes, big brother."

(to be continued)