Before artillery appeared, the defensive party had the advantage and was a great advantage.
The siege strategy is roughly divided into four types: strong attack, siege, lure the enemy, and attack.
In the early feudal dynasty in the Chinese state, even in ancient times, the army often hoped to directly destroy the city gates and achieve the purpose of attacking the enemy city. However, during this period, due to the lack of developed siege equipment, the siege tactics were extremely backward, and there were very few cases of victory in strong attacks. Therefore, in "The Art of War", the emphasis on "siege will be defeated" and "the method of siege is a last resort" is largely reflected in this issue.
In historical documents, sometimes even if the troops on the siege are more than ten times that of the defending city, they have to siege the city for a long time, and eventually defeat the opponent by eating, drinking, urinating, peeing and fart. Therefore, those who take advantage of tricks to capture the opponent's city are often widely promoted, such as Trojans, secretly telling, digging a river...
But as soon as the artillery was born, the gap between the offense and defense was narrowed.
Almost no need to emphasize this. After everyone has seen the cannon, they must understand this.
The era of city walls collapsed after the emergence of artillery. Just like feudal barriers, they will eventually disappear into the long river of history, flooded by the development of technology and become a piece of broken rubble at the bottom of the river.
Taishici was not idle when his soldiers were making the final pre-war preparations. He and several military marquis confirmed the specific steps to capture the royal city. After saving the loss of climbing and strong attacks, everyone was full of confidence in the battle directly into the royal city. Therefore, Taishici said that they not only had to conquer, but also had to fight well, smoothly and beautifully.
If the artillery troops successfully open the gap, and the subsequent infantry and cavalry are in a bumpy and bumpy manner, and they are trapped in street fighting and unable to extricate themselves, wouldn’t they slap their own face?
Taishi Ci, based on the information we know about the capture of horse thieves, roughly divided the structure of the stolen city into three parts: one is naturally the core area of ​​the palace and the other is the commercial granary storage area, and finally the residence of the royal city people, etc. The importance is also arranged from the front to the back.
To eat all three parts in a relatively complete way, of course, it requires a certain arrangement.
It is not impossible to rush in, but it may cause chaos in command. At that time, the regional jurisdiction is unclear and the division is not clear enough, and it will be ugly if you are chaotic.
Even if you control the soldiers, you may not be able to control the local situation.
After all, if the responsibilities are not clearly assigned, there may be a state of being careless or simply being careless. How can it be called clean and neat?
To play, you have to set a benchmark!
Not only did we want to reassure General Fei Qian of the Cavalry, but we also wanted to give each country in the Western Region a benchmark so that they could take a good look!
Therefore, Taishi Ci divided the troops into three parts, each with his responsibilities. Part of them was to directly raid the city gates along the street, and it was necessary to close all the city gates in a short period of time. This would allow the various areas of the Ni City to be divided, so that the surrounding soldiers and horses could enter the city as quickly as possible and control all parts of the city.
The second part is to surround the royal palace and at the same time eliminate the remaining enemy soldiers on the streets.
The third part is to occupy the storage area and close the resident Lifang. At the same time, the troops of the three parts have their own main coverage areas, some overlapping and some operate independently.
Taishici will be the core to conduct dispatch and coordination in a center. Anyone who is undecided must report it in a timely manner. Taishici's requirements for each part are brave and quick, and do not disperse troops in secondary places. They put the core priority first and do not rob or plunder without authorization.
Of course, these plans are based on the direct bombardment of artillery to the city gate and wall. For everyone, including Taishici, after seeing the power of artillery, they all have sufficient confidence in this.
When Taishi Ci and several military marquis determined the order of entering the city, a loud shout sounded in the artillery position in front of him, followed by a continuous roar, suppressing the voices!
Deafening sounds erupted in the artillery positions, and thick blue-gray and blue-white smoke spread out, covering the long line.
In order to prevent any problems in the artillery from affecting each other, the artillery positions are almost side by side, occupying the front of the entire battlefield.
With the roar, the cannon suddenly fell back, and then the shells rushed out of the mud and hit the mud wall, smashing the wall near the city gate into dust. The bricks and broken soil fell into pieces, and the smoke and dust were rising!
Even though there was a martial arts show before, such a dense and huge sound still made the war horses in the back and outside neigh, shook their heads and stamped their feet, and sniffed.
The God of War showed extremely powerful power when he first stepped onto the battlefield.
After firing the gunners, the gunners of each gun immediately cleaned the barrel with a stick wrapped in a wet wool felt blanket. The dipping water should not be too much, otherwise the next launch gunpowder will be soaked in the next launch gun, but it should not be too dry. Then, the deposit of gunpowder residues that cannot be completely burned in the barrel will affect the next launch efficiency.
The sound of water vapor evaporated from the hot gun chamber, and the white smoke enveloped the soldiers in a faint light.
After the gunner quickly cleaned the barrel, he waited for a while and saw that the water marks at the barrel mouth were about to dry up, so the loader filled the gunpowder bag into the barrel again. At the same time, another gunner covered a semi-wet cloth on the fire door to prevent the torch or something that caused the fire to accidentally fall into the fire door and ignite the gunpowder in advance.
After the loader, it is the loader's task.
Two people held the round iron bullets, raised them and filled them into the muzzle. After loading them, a third person had to hold a special egg press... Well, it was a long pole with a top surface to compact the iron bullet on the gunpowder.
Only then can the preparations before launch be considered completed.
As for the subtle adjustment of secondary launch and the trimming of target ballistics, it does not exist at this moment...
Even with such simple steps, mistakes will often make mistakes at the beginning, but the person who makes the mistakes will often not make mistakes next time, because most errors are fatal.
The next round of shelling quickly roared out again.
The smoke spreading on the position spread out one layer after another.
Although gunpowder is already considered the third or fourth generation formula, purification and particle assembly are gradually being carried out, just like this gunpowder for the gunpowder, it is to determine the amount in advance and then package it with special bamboo paper to avoid the need to worry about loading gunpowder, less or too much.
The burning of black gunpowder brought out a strong vulcanized atmosphere, like a crack in hell, emitting the smell of death.
In the rear array, the old monk Bu Sen was completely out of a state of stagnation. His whole body was trembling like a dehydrated fish. His mouth was already unconsciously drooling out of his open mouth, and it fell to the ground with a dripping look, his eyes dull and unconscious...
The smoke of gunpowder spread across Bu Sen's sight, and the mouth and nose were filled with the strong smell of sulfide, which made Bu Sen almost think that he had fallen into hell.
"Devil! Devil!" Bu Sen shouted heart-wrenchingly, tears flowing. Although he did not see clearly the situation in the Ni City opposite the smoke, he could already imagine...
When a new era comes, everything that has been old, no matter how brilliant and gorgeous it was before, is as humble as an ant.
The sound of bricks and stones falling and falling from the turbulent city were constantly heard, mixed with many screams and panic sounds. In front of the artillery, the city wall that claimed to be a powerful and strong was like an egg shell. In front of gunpowder, personal courage was suppressed. When smokeless gunpowder was born and rapid-fire weapons appeared, personal force would be completely worth mentioning.
After three rounds, the artillery positions became quiet.
In order to extend the life of the cannon, after three rounds, it will stop and wait for cooling.
In order to extend the life of the cannon, after three rounds, it will stop and wait for cooling.
Although there seems to be no big change on the surface, in fact, because of metallurgy technology and alloy technology are not up to standard, the bronze or black iron used in the artillery will undergo subtle deformation after continuous firing, especially in the area behind the barrel, the explosive and burning gunpowder not only applies the force on the shell, but also applies to the barrel.
Continuous firing will cause the originally poured or forged gaps in the barrel to expand, increase metal stress, and reduce the life of the artillery.
Simply put, it's just a cost.
At present, within one hour, the cannon can fire about six to nine times. After three consecutive rounds of fire, it needs to wait for the cannon body to cool down. Even so, the lifespan of the cannon is very short, which can only ensure the safety of a hundred launches, and then it may explode at any time. Therefore, the use of cannons is basically limited to a hundred shootings, and it needs to be scrapped.
Scrapped cannons cannot be melted again and reused and poured into cannons again. Because with the current metallurgical technology, there is no way to completely remove sulfide carbides and other debris from metals, and can only be used as secondary requirements, such as building agricultural equipment, etc.
Therefore, these artillery are not only used as a weapon for siege at present, but also a raw material for copper and iron agricultural tools in the subsequent development of the Western Regions. They can be regarded as a barely killing two birds with one stone.
While waiting for cooling, the smoke slowly dissipates.
The torn city of Minami was like a man and woman who stayed up all night long. Her outer robe was torn off, revealing her broken face and body, completely losing her previous gorgeous appearance.
The yellow rammed earth city wall has almost no immune ability to shells. Under the artillery fire, many cracks are almost visible to the naked eye, just like a land that has dried up for a long time, with the black gaps bottomless. The battlements on the city wall are also much more incomplete. I don’t know if they were knocked down or shook them down...
The Shanshan king Tong Groga, who was originally on the city wall, had long disappeared, and the remaining Shanshan soldiers were moving like walking corpses, almost instinctively, as if they were still proving to themselves and others that they were still alive...
Half a quarter of an hour later, the cannons roared again.
The morale of the Shanshan defenders on the front wall had already fallen to freezing point with the sound of artillery again.
Taishici couldn't help looking back. As a military general of almost top-notch level, he had a deeper understanding of the terror of artillery than ordinary soldiers. Fortunately, the artillery fired at a slow speed and cumbersome firing, and the cost was not small. Otherwise...
Taishici thought, and couldn't help but tremble for a moment, feeling a chill behind his back, but soon he was glad that he was now standing on the side with artillery. Then he thought of what the cavalry said before that the Han Dynasty must always lead, at least for more than thirty years beyond the surrounding area, whether it was force and military or civilized culture. At first, Taishici was still confused and had no clear understanding, and everything in front of him also made Taishici fully understand the meaning of the word "leading".
The meaning of writing with blood and iron.
In the artillery fire, the city gate that was being taken care of was not blasted. Instead, a section of the city wall near the city gate collapsed with a sour sound, revealing a big gap!
"Transmission!" Taishi Ci shouted in a deep voice, "Attack!"
In the wilderness, the drums of war roared, as if they were taking over the loud voice of cannons and began to sing the next song from Xintianyou from Guanzhong, the Han Dynasty.
According to the original plan, all the arrays moved, crossed the artillery line, and approached under the city of Jiangni.
The resistance on the mud wall that was bombarded in the front was almost zero.
Because they had been assigned and confirmed their respective tasks in advance, the soldiers under the cavalry basically did not stay at all, and even had no obstacles or collisions between them. They flowed from a distance like flowing water, and then naturally merged together, mixing into the smoke and smoke, as if they were originally here, and they have always been here.
The first team's array successfully rushed to the gap in the city wall and set up simple cloud ladders. In some places, there was no need for cloud ladders. Because of the collapsed bricks and broken soil, a not-so-steep corridor was paved. The front commander of the military academy loudly ordered, and then the vertical array was divided into two teams, and then divided into combat squads. Some advanced along the collapsed messy rocks and mounds, while others climbed quickly on the city wall along the cloud ladder.
When the soldiers had already climbed above the city wall, it seemed that the soldiers of Shanshan reacted in fear and chaos, shook their heads and rushed up in a mess.
I have to say that in this case, those who can still maintain fighting spirit may be considered very good warriors...
It's a pity that's all.
Whether it is morale, equipment, or even the formation of battles, they are all behind the soldiers under the cavalry. Even if these Shanshan warriors muster the remaining courage to resist, how much effect can they have?
The Hussars cooperated smoothly. When the first queue climbed into the city, the second queue waited under the city. When the second queue climbed up, Li Long lined up in the third queue and was under the city.
When Li Long led his men up, the Shanshan soldiers in other directions of the Ni City attempted to block the gap in the city wall.
Unfortunately it's too late.
If we could build an array at the first time, and then attack and suppress the weak link of Hussars climbing with more and less, we might have been able to hold on for a while, but when the Hussars had climbed up two queues and spread left and right, even if these Shanshan soldiers reorganized the array, they would have little effect.
The Hussar soldiers fought and advanced forward. After occupying a certain wall, they began to build positions. The subsequent soldiers followed the plan, either supplementing the left line, supporting the right side, or following in the direction of Li Long's advance. The direction was clear, without hesitation, no delay, no chaos and congestion.
The soldiers in the Shanshan royal city had no idea what they were going to do. They heard this person shouting for support, and then they heard another person shouting that they were broken through by the Han people. It felt like they were surrounded by the Han people, with loopholes everywhere and no guarding everywhere.
Li Long led his men and ran forward along the street. Their purpose was very simple, which was to take advantage of the other party's failure to react, snatch the city gate, open the city gate, and then be on duty on the spot. As for other matters, it has nothing to do with him!
After rushing forward for a distance, the smoke and dust gradually became thinner.
A group of Shanshan people rushed towards him. The team leader in front of him gave a loud order. Suddenly, a crossbow-holding soldier stood still and shot him in front of him without saying a word!
The soldiers in the front of the Shanshan soldiers were shot to the ground on the spot, some of whom were directly cut off, while others were rolling and screaming on the ground.
The Shanshan soldiers who were following behind were either startled by the death in front of them, their movements were deformed, or because they wanted to avoid their compatriots who were rolling and screaming on the ground, they had to turn away and dodge. For a moment, the Shanshan people's queue was very bad.
Li Long and others did not stop at all. After the crossbowmen were shot, they moved away from their positions and continued to load new crossbow arrows. The soldiers holding shields and guns rushed forward and covered each other. Soon the queue was chaotic so that the Shanshan people defeated and killed each other, opening up the way forward.
"Continue! Keep going! Don't stop!"
Li Long shouted loudly, "Leave the enemy troops behind to deal with the people behind!"
This tactic is completely incredible in the eyes of Shanshan people. I don’t even know whether to chase the team that passed before or face the next team that is about to come.
In fact, this kind of tactic is an infantry tactic evolved from cavalry tactics.
After all, when cavalry hedges, there is no way to say that in the huge army like a TV movie, a wide area is specially opened up to allow the protagonists and supporting characters to fight each other, and others need to applaud and applaud when they are on one side.
Most of the time, when cavalry hedges, there is only one chance to fight. No matter whether they can kill the opponent or not, they have to face the next opponent immediately. They have no time to control the situation behind them. Only after the two sides rushed out of the circumference could they turn around and fight the next battle. Therefore, Li Long and others, who are used to cavalry tactics, naturally cooperate with each other tacitly, like a sharp knife, rushing straight into the inner abdomen of the Ni City...
Chapter completed!