Chapter 181 Cleverness Is Misunderstood by Cleverness

The three groups of soldiers arranged by Zhang Beichen went to their destinations.

The first is to defend the defenders of Wei.

After Pang Ming suffered a defeat, he became much more cautious.

"The weapon called the artillery is amazingly powerful. It is installed on the city wall. If we want to attack by force, our army will definitely pay a heavy price!" Pang Ming decided to rest in place and sent scouts to scout for intelligence.

More than ten days later, the scouts came to report: "General, the Han army is repairing the city wall, and they are installing new artillery."

"They still have cannons? How many more?" Pang Ming asked in surprise. A few of these things are already difficult to deal with. If there are more, how can this city be fought?

"It seems that there are more than ten!" said the scout.

"More than a dozen cannons?" Pang Ming was surprised, and he personally led someone to secretly observe the Han army's city wall.

Sure enough, the Han army was installing new artillery, and there were three artillery pieces on each of the four walls!

"How do they have so many of such sharp weapons?" Pang Ming wondered, "If the Han army really has such strength, how could it be bullied by several countries? Is there any fraud in it?"

"General, the cannon's power is terrifying. If we attack by force, it may be difficult to succeed." The deputy general reminded.

"But your majesty is urging you very hard. If you don't fight, your majesty will definitely issue an order to blame you." Pang Ming said, "Well, let's pretend to attack tomorrow to test the enemy's reality. If they really have so many cannons, we will first Siege, wait for the opponent to run out of ammunition and food."

The next day, Pang Ming led his army to attack the city again.

"Attack the opponent's artillery first, and be sure to destroy it! Or occupy the artillery position!" Pang Ming told the soldiers.

"Siege!" With the sound of war drums, the soldiers of the Wei army began to attack the city again.

On Han Jun's side, the guards were also panicked.

Among the cannons shipped, only one is real, and the others are all fake.

Together with the original three cannons, they have a total of four cannons.

One is placed on the front to face the enemy, and one is placed on the back, and the other artillery are all decorations.

Fortunately, Pang Ming did not disperse his forces to attack the city, but concentrated his forces to attack one side.

"Fire!" Han Jun ordered someone to ignite the cannonball, and the cannonball smashed into the enemy army, turning Wei Jun's soldiers on their backs.

The battle lasted for about two hours. On the Han army's side, the barrel of the gun was so hot that it was about to be destroyed.

The ammunition reserves have also been decreasing. If the Wei army really continues to attack by force, they will definitely lose.

But at this time, Pang Ming also began to hesitate.

Because of the cannon, he lost some soldiers, and there is no sign of breaking the city until now.

If those cannons are used, even if people like myself capture the city, they will suffer heavy losses, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Seeing that the opponent was not stingy with firing cannons, Pang Ming could only order: "Send the order, withdraw the troops!"

The Wei army withdrew and began a siege strategy, blocking all roads and supplies around the city. A lonely city, without food and grass, must be surrounded for several months, and the city will definitely not be able to hold on.

...

On Qin Jun's side, Ying Meng was also leading his soldiers to attack frantically.

He encountered more resistance than Pang Ming.

Zhang Beichen shipped most of the manufactured artillery and shells over.

When the fireball fell into the crowd, although its power was not as powerful as that of the artillery, it could still injure or burn several soldiers. Moreover, it was cheap to make, easy to make, and there were a lot of it.

As for the artillery, not to mention, Qin's elite black armor army can only walk around in front of the artillery. Who can withstand the bombardment with a mortal body?

Ying Meng encountered great resistance, no matter how brave he was, he could not break through the fire defense line of the Han army.

...

At this time, Zhang Beichen himself was leading the South Korean gunfire cavalry to face Zhao Jun.

Among the 100,000 Zhao troops led by Xinnan, there were 20,000 cavalry and 80,000 infantry.

It has only been more than three years since the simulation, and the national strength of each country is not strong enough, so it is not bad to be able to produce so many cavalry.

You know, the total number of Donghu's elite cavalry is only 30,000 to 50,000.

Because Zhao Wang ordered a quick attack, Xinnan simply took 20,000 cavalry to go first, and let the infantry follow behind.

He wasn't worried at all that he would meet the enemy. On the contrary, with this elite cavalry under his command, he wished he could meet the enemy sooner so that he could make contributions.

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"Prime Minister, the scouts found that Zhao Jun's cavalry was less than fifty miles away from us." Zhang Beichen had already arrived at the border, and his subordinates came to report.

"How many people are there in the enemy army?" Zhang Beichen asked.

"Judging from the number of tents, there are about 20,000 people."

"Prime Minister, our main force has not arrived yet, should we go back to the city for shelter?" the generals asked.

At this time, Zhang Beichen had only 3,000 cavalrymen!

Compared with the enemy's 20,000, the difference is a bit much!

Moreover, the generals have heard about the prestige of Zhao Guo's iron cavalry. Although they are equipped with the latest weapons, they are still very afraid of their opponents.

"No, just wait here, send the order to go down, and prepare to meet the enemy. Start pulling out the tents, making the illusion that you are about to leave. Zhao Jun will definitely not wait to come and chase them, and then take them down in one fell swoop!" Zhang Beichen ordered.

"yes!"

Everyone began to prepare.

Their scouts can spot each other, and the other party's scouts can also spot them.

Soon, Xinnan learned that a Korean cavalry of about 3,000 men was within fifty miles and seemed to be preparing to flee.

"A good opportunity from God!" Xinnan was overjoyed, he didn't think much at all, and he didn't need to think too much. With his 20,000 elite cavalry, even if the opponent has tens of thousands of infantry to assist him, he can easily defeat it!

"The whole army listened to the order and attacked immediately, killing these 3,000 people." Xinnan said, "These 3,000 people must be the elite of the Han army. If they are destroyed, the Han army will suffer heavy losses!"

"Obey!" Zhao Jun's generals were also overjoyed. They all thought this was an opportunity to make meritorious service, and hurriedly urged the soldiers under their command to mount their horses one after another and chase the enemy away.

...

When Xinnan came after him with 20,000 cavalry, Zhang Beichen's 3,000 firearms army was ready.

"Prime Minister Zhang, I never thought you and I would meet here!" Xin Nan said with a smile, "Your Majesty has already told you that if you meet Prime Minister Zhang, you must be captured and returned home alive."

"Prime Minister Zhang, don't blame the general for being rude. I will apologize to you when you come to my country of Zhao!"

"Xinnan, don't talk big too early!" Zhang Beichen said, "Today you encounter the truth, and you are going to stumble!"

"Really? The prime minister, please take a look at how well my tigers and leopards are riding! Charge!" Xinnan ordered the cavalry to charge, and the Zhao army's cavalry immediately formed a formation and charged towards the Han army.

On the other hand, the Han army did not put up any cavalry formation that Xinnan was familiar with. Instead, they stood in a row, picked up unknown weapons, like bows and crossbows, and fired at Zhao Jun.

Xinnan was smiling. Zhao Jun's cavalry were all wearing leather armor and were extremely fast. It was difficult for ordinary bows and crossbows to damage them. They would definitely be thrown into disorder and the enemy would be defeated!

However, after the enemy fired the first round of firecrackers, Xinnan's expression immediately changed from a smile to horror!

"Bang bang bang bang..." He heard a neat voice, and those weapons hit the cavalry, and the cavalry had no strength left to resist, and was knocked off the horse.

Even if he is not dead, he is still screaming!

Only those cavalry with relatively high cultivation bases and able to protect their bodies with spiritual energy could barely resist, but the Han army was not a vegetarian, and a few people rushing into the enemy army would be death!

The enemy's firecrackers came round after round, and the cavalry was defeated at a long distance!

If it is a heavy cavalry with full body armor, it can disperse the firecracker army. But the cavalry of Zhao State followed the example of the Huns. For the sake of mobility, they were all light cavalry, and their equipment was not enough to resist the power of bullets!

In just a moment, Xinnan saw a large number of his cavalry fall!

He has fought half his life and has never encountered such a situation!

All his cavalry fell before they touched their opponents? How to fight this?

"This weapon is too powerful!" Xinnan was terrified. According to this way of fighting, let alone 20,000 people, even if there are 100,000 people, they are all here to die.

"Retreat!" Xinnan made a decisive decision and ordered the soldiers to retreat.

"Pursuit!" Zhang Beichen naturally wouldn't let him go.

Blaster cavalry can attack while running.

The firecrackers designed by Zhang Beichen are much stronger than those ancient ones in parallel time and space, with higher accuracy and longer range, and they can shoot quickly, directly forming a generational difference in equipment!

It can be said that only those with "mysterious power" can defeat his firearms.

For example, Gu soldiers, corpse soldiers and the like.

But now that the simulation has just started, and the mysterious power has not yet appeared, the firecracker cavalry is invincible at this time!

Zhang Beichen led 3,000 people to chase and kill 20,000 people in Xinnan.

"Bang bang bang..." Xinnan's scalp was numb from the sound of firecrackers firing. He knew that every sound meant that a soldier might be shot and killed!

Zhang Beichen chased him for a hundred miles. At this moment, Xinnan found that out of his 20,000 elite cavalry, there were less than 1,000 left.

More than 10,000 of them were killed, while the others ran for their lives in a hurry and lost contact with the large army.

At this time, they had reached the border of Zhao State.

Zhao Guo's soldiers rushed to support, but Zhang Beichen gave up the chase.

He is also waiting for the infantry of the Korean army to come, wait for the infantry to arrive, replenish ammunition, and then continue to attack.

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Inside the camp, Xinnan was still in shock.

He never expected that he would lose so quickly and so miserably!

"20,000 cavalry, gather the remnant army, and now there are only 3,000 people!" Xinnan knew that in order to build 20,000 elite cavalry, King Zhao took the lead in saving money, buying horses and building equipment.

But now, most of the effort has been lost, and he doesn't know how to go back to work.

"General, do we want to retreat?" The generals under his command were also hesitating.

"No, if we retreat at this time, our army will be completely defeated!" Xinnan gritted his teeth and said, "The king has already explained that we must put pressure on South Korea!"

"That weapon of theirs, I would have known. It is very powerful against cavalry, but how can it be used against infantry wearing armor and shields?"

Xinnan still held his breath in his heart, he had to make a contribution, or occupy a few cities from South Korea, so as to recover today's loss!

...

Han Jun and Zhao Jun rested for nearly a month.

Chen Bing of the two armies is at the border, ready to fight.

In order to deal with the fire gun, Xinnan made sufficient preparations. He not only brought in the shields and armor of the nearby defenders, but also specially poured tung oil on the shields to block the attacks of the firecrackers.

"Today, the general will be ashamed! Not only are the cavalry strong, but the infantry are also strong!" Xinnan had more than 80,000 soldiers at this time, and Zhang Beichen, because the Han army needed to divide the troops into three groups, at this time he There are only 40,000 troops, less than half of the opponent.

When the two armies meet, there is no need to talk nonsense, and both sides choose to attack by coincidence.

Xinnan learned the lesson this time, and distributed the cavalry on the flanks to cover the attack, let the armored soldiers go first, break up the enemy's formation first, and then the cavalry go up, so that they can deal with the firecracker's attack.

The soldiers of the Han army took firecrackers and shot. Sure enough, the bullet hit the shield brushed with tung oil, and it was extremely difficult to penetrate it. Zhao Jun soon came to the battlefield.

"This general will only suffer once. Your weapon is useless this time, isn't it?" Seeing this, Xinnan felt complacent.

Zhang Beichen saw that the enemy had pulled into the distance, and ordered: "Through the fire bomb!"

They attacked, bringing chariots like catapults. But this is actually a simple fire bomb launcher. The fire bomb is ignited by the fuse and thrown out.

When the fire bomb fell among the enemy troops, with the sound of the explosion, the flames splashed everywhere.

The shields and armors that were soaked in tung oil were very easy to catch fire. For a while, Zhao Jun's camp was full of flames, and soldiers screamed from time to time. Some soldiers turned around and ran away in fear of fire bombs!

"What is this?" Xinnan was dumbfounded again, he thought that his tung oil shield could defeat the enemy, but he didn't expect it to be used as a kindling by the opponent!

It's not that Xinnan hadn't considered the enemy using fire to attack, but he thought that the enemy mostly used rockets, and the range of the rockets was short. As long as the soldiers charged over and disrupted the enemy's formation, the rockets would be useless.

But who would know that the enemy still has such a thing?

The war has just begun, and Xinnan has a premonition that he is afraid that he will fall again this time!

Under the cover of fireballs, the morale of the Korean soldiers soared and they began to launch a fierce attack.

The three thousand firecrackers also rushed out, outflanked the enemy from the flanks, fired with firecrackers, and immediately killed a large number of Zhao soldiers.

Zhao's army collapsed at the first touch. Even though Xinnan tried his best to command, Zhang Beichen, who was on the other side, was even better than him in military command ability!

A few hours later, on the battlefield, the Zhao army was completely defeated. The soldiers were either dead or wounded, and those who were alive either surrendered or fled.

Even Xinnan himself was surrounded by Zhang Beichen.

"Xinnan, surrender." Zhang Beichen persuaded.

Xinnan looked sad and said: "I believe Nanping has fought more than a hundred battles in his life, and he has never been defeated so badly. He is ashamed of his trust in the king!"

"Today, I can only apologize with death!"

After saying that, Xinnan drew his sword and killed himself on the battlefield.

"Collect his body." Zhang Beichen ordered, "The rest, clean up the battlefield and prepare to return to aid."

"yes!"

At this time, Zhao Guo lost its main force. If he took the opportunity to attack Zhao Guo, it would definitely hurt Zhao Guo's vitality.

However, the other two roads in South Korea lack the main force and cannot last for a long time. Zhang Beichen can only give up expanding his advantage and go back to support.

This battle not only proved the power of the new weapon, but also solved a big opponent. Zhao Guo will not be able to offend South Korea again for at least ten years.

And with the loss of 100,000 main forces, it is hard to say whether Zhao Guo can survive these ten years.