mtlumby2d Chapter 494 Artillery Bombardment and Crane Wing Formation
Chapter 494 Artillery Bombardment and Crane Wing Formation
Shen Changgong smiled and said,
"Is that your job title? Well, I command you to give me your hand."
"You...are not serious!"
Yu Ziling snorted coldly, rode on the horse, and continued to look into the distance with the telescope.
"The stage is ready. You can see farther from the stage."
"it is good."
Yu Ziling followed Shen Changgong to the general platform pulled out from the camp.
They were the central army. This time, Shen Changgong and King Nan did not choose to command from the central army, but chose to come to the front line, observe the battlefield on the spot, and then make deployments.
Of course, Shen Changgong and Ma Ling had discussed this time and delegated a lot of power to the commanders below, allowing them to change tactics at any time according to the battlefield and command the army to fight. The two of them were more like military supervisors, mainly responsible for maintaining stability.
The 450,000 infantrymen faced the enemy's 300,000-strong army. Although they had an advantage in numbers, it was not obvious.
In war, it is not the case that whoever has more people will definitely win. Formation, morale, weather, terrain, fighting spirit, etc. are all factors that affect the outcome of the war and are also the most challenging for the quality of generals.
If the side with more people will definitely win, then there is no need to fight. The side with fewer people can just surrender directly.
On the central army's platform, Yu Ziling and Jiang Shun arrived, and the crane wing formation was set up.
The position in the middle of the crane wings is the artillery and musketeers of the Shenji Camp.
The advantages and disadvantages of the Crane Wing Formation are very obvious. The advantage is that there are more people on the two wings, but fewer people in the middle, which is weak. If the enemy sets up a sharp arrow formation and charges recklessly, they can directly break through the central army, kill the main general, and win.
This is very risky.
Yu Ziling placed the Shenji Camp of the two armies in the middle, hoping that the artillery and muskets of the Shenji Camp could directly cause great damage to the enemy in the middle.
At the same time, there are many archers and shield soldiers on the side and behind to ensure that the enemy will not rush over and directly cover and kill from a distance.
After these arrangements were made, the hot air balloon in the sky also sent down flag signals.
Shen Changgong looked at the flag above and felt it was very obscure, but he could barely understand it.
After all, he was not a professional general, and learning flag language was a very difficult thing.
He doesn't quite understand, but someone else does.
After reading the flag signal, Yu Ziling said,
The three enemy armies were all approaching forward, and the emperor's large dragon flag also appeared. It should be Tong Xuan who came to lead the army in person.
"Well, don't worry. Wait until the enemy gets close enough, then you can bombard them. When they get closer, you can surround them."
Shen Changgong nodded.
Yu Ziling snorted coldly and glanced at Shen Changgong.
"Are you teaching me how to fight?"
"Okay, okay, I won't say anything. I'll let you take charge this time."
Shen Changgong sat on a high chair and knocked on Yu Ziling's helmet with a smile.
Yu Ziling snorted coldly and continued to observe the battlefield.
Soon, the enemy approached and stopped two miles ahead of the Yan army.
Soon, scouts came to report from the front.
"Your Majesty, Tong Xuan has arrived at the front lines and wants to meet you for a battlefront meeting."
Shen Changgong held a telescope and looked at the dragon flag three miles away.
At this time, Tong Xuan was two miles away from the front of the Yan army, while Shen Changgong was at the rear of the army.
At this distance, Shen Changgong could still see clearly that there was a person there, although he couldn't see his appearance clearly.
Shen Changgong smiled and said,
"A meeting? What do you want to discuss? Tell him, if you want to fight, then fight. If you want to surrender, then just lay down your weapons and come over to apologize."
"As ordered!"
The messenger left, and the Southern King chuckled and said,
"This Tong Xuan probably still doesn't want to fight and wants to talk to us. It would be best if he could retain his military power and become a provincial governor or something like that.
If they had talked to us before, we would have definitely disagreed. Now they are bringing out a large force and showing off, thinking they have the upper hand and want to negotiate with us."
Shen Changgong sneered and said,
"A traitor who killed the king and usurped the throne wants to be an official of Great Yan. He doesn't even know what kind of person he is.
If we really keep this guy here, he might even try to kill the Emperor of Dayan someday. I wouldn't dare employ someone like him."
Yu Ziling nodded aside and said,
"Yes, people like this should be cut into pieces."
Shen Changgong gave her a playful look.
After all, the Emperor Qi whom Tong Xuan killed was her ex-husband.
At that time, the Emperor of Qi was still alive, and they were still a legitimate couple.
Although Yu Ziling had no feelings for Emperor Qi, she still hated this act of regicide.
The messenger went to tell the messenger of the pseudo-Qi army, and the messenger went back and told Tong Xuan.
Then, Shen Changgong saw Tong Xuan's dragon flag moving backwards, and their army charged forward.
Obviously, it is impossible for Tong Xuan to come here and take the blame and allow himself to be slaughtered.
The three armies of the pseudo-Qi army also had different formations.
Their central and western armies deployed the sharp arrow formation to counter the crane wing formation of the Yuying Army, the Zhengnan Army and the Tianyu Army.
The Eastern Army deployed a traditional square formation, charging forward and engaging in battle with the Pingnan Army.
When the enemy entered within two miles of the Shenji Camp, the flag officer on the hot air balloon transmitted a signal, and the Shenji Camps of the three armies fired artillery shells at the same time and bombarded the enemy.
The charge of 300,000 people on the opposite side was so powerful that it covered the sky and the sun, and was endless.
The Yan army was on high alert, ready to fight the enemy at any time.
Hundreds of pitch-black shells were fired from the artillery of the Shenji Camp, heavily hitting the enemy's front line.
Boom boom boom!
As a series of explosions were heard, the pseudo-Qi army was thrown to the ground. Those who were close were completely destroyed, and those who were far away were knocked to the ground and trampled by other soldiers.
Shell craters appeared on the battlefield, and the formation of the pseudo-Qi army suddenly became chaotic, and its momentum was seriously hindered.
The sound of drums continued to come from behind, ordering them to charge forward.
The Yan army's Shenjiying was already extremely mature, with extremely fast loading and firing speeds.
Soon, the second round of shells was fired.
The formation of the Fengshi formation is extremely dense and has a strong momentum, which can pierce through the enemy's formation like the tip of a spear.
But this dense formation is simply the favorite of the Shenjiying.
The artillerymen of the Shenji Camp were extremely excited and kept firing, blowing the enemy to pieces.
It was impossible for artillery to cover the entire battlefield, but round after round of artillery fire still greatly reduced the number of enemies.
But killing the enemy was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that their formation was severely disrupted and their momentum was hindered.
In the era of cold weapons, once the formation is disrupted, it will be the most deadly.
On the central army side, the pseudo-Qi army finally rushed into the Yan army's formation under artillery fire, and Yu Ziling and Jiang Shun also ordered the two wings to close together and surround the enemy.
The center remained motionless, and the two wings quickly encircled the enemy's 100,000-strong central army, with Yan troops all in the front, left, and right directions.