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Chapter 56 The Artillery of the Song Dynasty

But I have never heard of Master Wen’s praise, and this young general who is not astonishing as his appearance or even a reputation has never been heard of. Not only was he accepted as an apprentice by Master Wen’s disciple, but he even directly praised him as unparalleled in the world.

Is this considered Wang Po selling melons? Of course, no one will think so now.

"The little disciple was originally Miao Lei's army, but he made some military achievements. Young people always need to practice more. Seeing that the war here is about to begin, they called him over." Wen Fei smiled faintly, with an indescribable feeling of pride and pretentiousness. A small-scale military god, who can shock you, the country buns, isn't it easy to win?

Everyone noticed this young general named Yue Pengju. He looked not very old, but he looked fifteen or sixteen years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looked a little immature. He smiled shyly at everyone and took out his own bow and arrow.

"Hiss..." Everyone can't help but suck in the gap between their teeth when they see Yue Peng holding the bow and arrow. Damn, is this really a bow and arrow? Not a bed crossbow?

Looking at the heavy bow and arrow in Yue Peng raised the hand, everyone was a little stupid, especially the bow strings that looked so thick that even their teeth became sore.

Yue Pengju not only made the bow, but even the arrow is also made, making people's eyes thrill.

Before everyone could react, the iron arch was already full, and the sound of collapse made a loud noise.

The arrow flew over the river more than a hundred meters with a shrill clamor, almost in a straight line. There was no smell of an ordinary bow and arrow shooting out, and it passed through the eyes of a childish girl who was showing off her power on the opposite side, leaving only the eagle feather outside.

The huge kinetic energy even made the strong armored Jurchens, who were probably more than 300 pounds, shoot up and fall heavily on the ground after three steps.

Now, the people around were shocked that they could not even make a cold voice. They looked at Yue Pengju with a ghostly look. Is grandma still a human?

"Swoosh, swoosh. swoosh..." The rain of pearl arrows shot out one by one, and saw the Jurchens on the other side fly backwards one by one. They were named one by one.

In the blink of an eye, a pot of arrows on Yue Pengju was shot out. None of the Jurchens who were originally shouting across the river were left. They either fell to the ground dead or ran away with a piss on their backs.

Under such terrifying and incredible arm strength and archery skills, even the Jurchens were extremely frightened. Don’t look at their simple minds, but they are not slow to escape.

"Wow..." Seeing this scene, all the Song army who saw it shouted, and their momentum was greatly boosted. On the contrary, the Jurchens on the opposite side were in a state of dismay.

This is often the case in the era of cold weapons. Personal bravery can often affect the morale between the two sides.

"General's sharp shot..." Guo Yaoshi stammered. He couldn't say a word after that, his eyes were extremely weird.

Damn, how could there be such a sharp shot in the world? Will it make people live? If I were Yue Pengju's enemy, I wouldn't dare to stand in front of him within 300 steps.

The other people's faces could not be so good. Both Zhang Jue and Xiao Gan's faces were extremely wonderful. Only the original generals of the Song Dynasty smiled depressedly, and they were basically completely exaggerated by Yue Peng.

Thinking back to the beginning, Master Wen Datian accepted Yue Pengju as his disciple. Han Shizhong was a little dissatisfied and instigated the generals of the army to compete with Yue Pengju. He was tortured by Yue Pengju and had no temper at all.

Master Wen laughed loudly, "Old Huai was very comforted": "Haha, Pengju did a good job. It greatly increased the morale of our army. I will lead my personal barracks under my command. I will cut down the Jurchen banner for me later!"

Yue Pengju smiled shyly, neither anxious nor impatient, and bowed his fists and said, "Yes, Shangfu. The last general will surely fulfill his mission!"

Having said that, I heard the sound of the Jurchen horn, and I was actually preparing to start the attack.

Wen Fei smiled coldly, expecting that the Jurchens would not be able to resist attacking first. It can be said that every step of the Jurchens is within the calculations of Master Wen.

Sun Tzu said in the Art of War: War is a major event of the country, a place of life and death, and a way of survival and death.

Those who have won the temple before the battle have to be counted more; those who have not won the temple before the battle have to be counted less. Those who have won the temple before the battle have to be counted less. More than just having to be counted less, let alone nothing! From this perspective, I can see the victory or defeat.

Temple calculations, temples refer to the court. Before the war, many things were already prepared and secured in the court.

For example, Master Wen Da, had already had a chance of winning at the beginning of the war. For example, the Jurchens mobilized the army of 200,000 to 300,000, and it seemed that the number of people was quite large and the momentum was huge.

However, it is quite difficult for any side of the war to support so many military rations.

Wen Fei's side was a little better. The Song Dynasty was rich and could provide continuous supply of supplies. In addition, the newly occupied land of Liao, Youzhou and other places were relatively densely populated and rich, and it was easier to prepare military rations.

Therefore, the supply of military rations by the Song army was far better than that of the Jurchens.

On the other hand, the Tokyo Road of Liao Kingdom was wide and sparsely populated at this time, and almost all of them were at the bottom among the five capitals of Liao Kingdom. With such a strength, it would be quite difficult to prepare the food and grass for a large army of 200,000 to 300,000 troops.

Therefore, if the Jurchens were not stupid, they would definitely find a way to fight the Song Dynasty before they were finished, otherwise the army would collapse without fighting.

Just now, Master Wen ordered Yue Pengju to shoot and kill those Jurchen warriors, but it was not just to make Yue Pengju show the limelight, but to establish his authority and to anger the Jurchens.

Now it seems that the Jurchens were indeed angry with success. Wen Fei was waiting for the Jurchens to take the initiative to attack.

He looked up at the sky, the sun was dim, and the murderous aura among the two armies swelled up in the sky. If any god or Buddha dared to break into it at this time, he would only have the consequences of his death. It can be said that within a radius of hundreds of miles, there were ghosts and gods who could break the fire.

It is not a matter of rectification of military combat for a while. Wen Fei calculated the time silently, just to see how powerful the Jurchens mobilized the organization!

The combat effectiveness of the army has been explained very clearly in Sun Tzu's Art of War.

One is Tao, two is heaven, three is earth, four is general, and five is law. This so-called law is organizational force. That is, the law mentioned in Sun Tzu's Art of War is the rule, official way, and main use.

The Jurchen army took more than three hours to mobilize all the troops and begin to prepare for a tentative attack.

From this point of view, it made Master Wen feel relieved. The Jurchens are not worth worrying about!

On the battlefield, it is never possible to defeat a small number of people with a large number of people. In fact, you can know just by looking at history. Often, those who fail to lose a war of nations are the ones with a large number of people.

Whether it is the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Feishui, or the Battle of Bubudagang, the more troops there are, the more difficult it is to command. Especially under the ancient technical conditions, hundreds of thousands of troops camped for hundreds of miles. Just by sending a message, you can imagine how difficult it is.

From this point of view, it can be seen that China's organizational strength has been constantly regressing since the Qin and Han Dynasties.

The organizational power of the Jurchens was much worse than what Wen Da Tianshi imagined. The Jurchens' soldiers and horses reacted quite quickly, but the speed of other vassals was gradually getting louder.

The Jurchens had never organized a large-scale battle with so many people, and had no experience.

"Wu Qimai is far inferior to Aguda!" Wen Fei said lightly: "If Aguda was there, I'm afraid he wouldn't have hoped on those vassals. Many times, one plus one will not equal two, or even less than one!"

No one fully understood what Master Wen Datian said, and everyone seemed to understand it, but everyone could hear the contempt for the Jurchens contained in their tone, and they couldn't help but feel more confident.

After so much trouble, the Jurchens began to prepare for the attack. It was not too early. The sun had already set its sight, and it was about two or three o'clock in the afternoon.

The Jurchens began to send cavalry to cross the river. The central troops on both sides were in a position where the water level of the Prince River was shallowest. You could easily wade by the water on a horse.

In other areas, the Jurchens seemed to have built several floating bridges and prepared to cross the river at that time. Of course, it is not ruled out that the Jurchens would send surprise soldiers and suddenly penetrate the back of the Song army from unexpected places at critical moments.

However, Master Wen did not worry about this at all. He did not prepare any surprise weapons. In the past, he was full of romantic thoughts, thinking that war could be determined by some cleverness, but now Master Wen knew more clearly that the outcome of a war is always determined by strength!

Master Wen Datian must use a dignified army and a righteous army to completely defeat the Jurchens' offensive from the front. Only in this way can he easily leave a psychological shadow in the minds of the Jurchens, making them as afraid as the Liao people, and they will be afraid when they see the banner of the Song Dynasty!

As for the Jurchens, which may or may not have, no matter how many variables there are in the battlefield, as long as you leave enough reserve force, it is enough to prevent it.

People in the world will only remember those successful miracles, but they have completely forgotten that the surprises that hundreds of times failed and hit the iron plate.

"Father Shang, you are all ready!" A man with a non-stunning appearance and smelled of gunpowder all over his body walked over quickly and reported.

Wen Fei heard this and immediately said, "Let's go and have a look!"

After he said this, the man suddenly felt embarrassed and said, "That's not right. After all, it's dangerous..."

Wen Fei laughed: "You are not afraid of dealing with those cannons every day. I just went over and saw what is scary?" He said, "It's settled!" (To be continued...)
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