Chapter 3332 Big Surprise
『This is really called "Everyone in the world... Well, hahaha..."
Fei Qian laughed twice, and then felt that the current situation was indeed a bit ridiculous.
As the army advanced, Fei Qian continued to receive information from all aspects, including those sent by fast horses and those sent by flying pigeons.
Among these information, there is a special phenomenon, that seems to be that in the blink of an eye, those who were originally squeamish, vague and ambiguous, whether in Heluo, Hedong, or in Guanzhong or Shandong, suddenly became clearer in attitude.
It seems that every day, someone comes to the door and pats his chest to show that they have always been loyal to Feiqian and are ready to fight for the cause of the cavalry for life.
There are also many people who couldn't find a way before, but now they are trying hard to find a way, wanting to contact the cavalry, and have some dew-like marriages, etc.
Moreover, this phenomenon even spread from Heluo to Yanzhou. Even in Jizhou and Yuzhou, such signs have gradually appeared, making the intelligence personnel who ambushed in Shandong happy, surprised and worried...
In the blink of an eye, it was like the world changing colors, and the wind and clouds were about to destroy the city.
Fatty Pang also thought this matter was a bit tricky, so he urgently sent someone... Well, he sent a bird to Fei Qian to ask for specific countermeasures.
At the beginning, Fei Qian thought that there was something else to consider in this kind of thing, isn’t it a good thing? But after he turned around and thought about it carefully, he realized the problem.
"The good and the bad are mixed, and the mud and sand are all under the sand." Fei Qian said slowly, "If you don't distinguish it, it will be the end of chaos. If you keep it away, it will be the enemy who will be in trouble."
Xun Chen nodded, with a little surprise and respect in his eyes, "It is a blessing for the lord to have this thought!"
Fei Qian waved his hand, "It's easy to know, but it's difficult to do it."
Xun Chen smiled and said, "Shi Yuan also knew that the lord wanted to go to the world and had this question."
Fei Qian sighed helplessly.
Seeing Fei Qian like this, Xun Chen smiled slightly and bowed down, saying that the question lord is coming, I'll deal with some miscellaneous things...
Fei Qian could only stare at him, becoming more and more depressed.
Xun Chen was right, this problem can only be considered as Fei Qian first, so that the following people can do things.
But even the blocked person cannot handle this problem well.
Pang Pang Niao really thought Fei Qian was a Dingdang cat, and what could he take out anytime and anywhere?
And under the names of the blocked person, there are many things that are intentionally or unintentionally run away...
Capital pursues profits, and like a thankless thing, the attitude is basically the same. If you can do it, don’t do it.
Then when applying these in this period, it is easy to find that these gentry and gentry children also have such excellent qualities, without seeing rabbits or eagles. In other words, at this stage, Fei Qian finally became the "rabbits" seen by these gentry and gentry children.
Thinking of this, Fei Qian had a little bit of joy in his heart and immediately disappeared.
Just as Fei Qian and Xun Chen said just now, this matter cannot be pushed, it can only be pulled, and then pulled over and then knocked.
And we also need to give some "sweetness", which is the so-called "money bones"?
Although this routine is indeed very old-fashioned, it's easy to use...
Therefore, the main direction is still to "track a small number of parts and let go of most of them".
hiss……
Fei Qian suddenly took a breath, as if he felt extremely familiar.
Then the next operation is, "No one will be killed, most of them will be caught"?
Orange squid wheat peel.
After all, are we going to encourage surrender?
However, most of these surrendered people are double-faced, and they will still have great problems in the future and even lay major hidden dangers.
The person who couldn't say it once thought he could handle it well, or believed that the loyal people under his command could handle it well, but later he found that it would take three years to learn it well, but it doesn't take three days to learn bad things...
So overall, you still have to do what you should do, and you still welcome it, but the knife in your hand can't be put down so easily.
Peace in the world is ultimately a beautiful dream.
However, Fei Qian's thoughts were quickly interrupted by the noise...
『Boom! Boom!』
The roar of the huge cannon fire made all the sounds in the four fields silent for a moment, leaving only the lingering sounds after the cannon roar.
Well, from a certain perspective, the title of artillery, the "God of War", is really not an exaggeration. Even the elementary artillery that is only immature, even low-powered, and has many defects, is still full of power and does not speak easily, but once it makes a sound, all living beings will be silent.
The weight of the cannon itself is not small, which leads to the use of traditional car plates and axles to transport cannons. There are often various problems. Even if the webbing of a wheel breaks, it may cause a chain reaction, and ultimately lead to the entire transport vehicle having to stop for repair. The key is that maintenance is also very inconvenient. After all, there are too many material restrictions in this era. There are quite a lot of wood, but it is not something that can withstand such a large weight that wood can withstand.
However, using iron plates and axles, the materials science points are insufficient, and the high-strength steel required for bearings cannot be made. Although this thing was widely used in later generations and not many people would pay special attention to it, in fact, it was still stuck in the neck for a long time in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Finally, after China mass production, capital was wailing...
This time, the army stopped specifically because Huang Dou said that he had some ideas and wanted to conduct actual combat tests. After receiving the news from the forward Xu Chu, Fei Qian agreed to Huang Dou's request. After all, if the front line is unfavorable, the army naturally needs to speed up its pace to support, but now the front line has achieved certain results, and Cao's army cannot handle it just facing the cavalry, so Fei Qian has no need to rush up to see Cao Cao.
The key is that the new idea proposed by Huang Dou is indeed very tempting...
The original artillery must be disassembled and installed.
The fragile small panels of the wheels and axles cannot withstand the superposition of the weight of the cannon and the recoil during the explosion, so the gun mount must be placed when firing.
Now, based on Fei Qian's suggestion of "crawlers", Huang Dou has built a concept similar to the artillery chassis in later generations...
Although Fei Qian knew that it was difficult to realize the idea of ​​Huang Dou, he did not make any refutation or criticism, but instead asked the entire army to stop and provide Huang Dou and other craftsmen with space and time for experimentation.
This also gave Huang Dou a "small temptation".
It is not about Huang Dou, but about the temptation of all the craftsmen represented by Huang Dou!
Just like Fei Qian before considering those gentry and gentry who jumped out at this stage, actively or passively bought it, and wanted to hook up with Guanzhong, it was necessary to make a certain "horse bone" effect. Those "horse bones" obviously do not have any real value, but for Fei Qian, this attitude must be made.
After all, in any matter, the power of action is always greater than that of spoken words.
Fei Qian said that "four peoples should pay equal attention to each other", and that we must do what truly fits this slogan.
Stopping the entire army was to rest and recuperate on the one hand, and on the other hand, it did show real behavior, so that all the minor officials and soldiers and military academys could understand that Fei Qian said that "four people equally" was not empty talk.
The lingering sound of the cannon stopped, and the pungent smoke gradually dissipated.
Fei Qian saw that in the distant wilderness, Huang Dou and the craftsmen in the army were flying around several cannons like bees discovering nectar...
After a while, Huang Dou came to report to Fei Qian.
Fei Qian originally thought that it was a failure in general, but he didn't expect that he could see a hint of joy on Huang Dou's face and couldn't help but feel aroused in his heart!
Could it be that Huang Dou's idea has really been accomplished?
Huang Dou was obviously very happy, "Lord! It's done! It's done! It's just broken one, and the other two are fine!"
"Oh?" Fei Qian was also very surprised, "It's really successful? Great! This is really... a big surprise!"
That's right, a big surprise.
Originally, artillery was not only bulky, but also took a long loading and unloading time from transportation to installation and finally to firing. Just like the siege equipment in the Age of Empires, it had to be packaged to transport and expanded to attack. Whether it was packaged or expanded, it was fragile and cumbersome.
And now, this elementary smoothbore cannon has an elementary footwear chassis...
What is it?
Elementary self-propelled artillery?
Oh, not counting as self-propelled, towing artillery?
Haha, this is a big surprise!
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At Tongguan, a small bronze cannon fired three times in a row. The Cao army's infantry formation was hit with two shots, bringing out two long bloody colors, but the gap that appeared was soon filled by Cao's soldiers on the flank of the rear row, and the front was generally complete.
When Cao Cao focused his main energy on Hedong to face Feiqian, the Cao army at Tongguan did not completely give up the hope of attacking Tongguan, and was still using human lives to dig the road to Guanzhong.
Cao's army marched under the earth slope of Tongguan Shangcheng, and then used bows and arrows to suppress the defenders on the earth slope of Tongguan, but due to the difference in distance and height, the effect was actually not good.
After Cao's soldiers pressed the front, there were roars in the back of the Cao's army. Some ragged civilians appeared densely, and they came to the Tongguan earth slope with wooden shovels and rakes, preparing to polish and rest the toes of Linzhiyuan, the lying earthen Qilin.
The Cao army's troops line was always fifty steps outside the earth slope, and they kept shooting at the Tongguan defenders on the slope with bows and arrows. The civilians risked their lives and worked hard to expand the original earth slope road between the upper and lower cities of Tongguan.
Because of the accumulation of loess, this loess is not as soft as the surface dust. After the outer floating soil is cleared, the loess below are indeed looser than rocks, but they are also limited. Otherwise, the earth kilns on the Loess Plateau will not have been supported for decades or even hundreds of years.
Because the civil servants all came up to dig in a hurry, there was no plan or goal. They dug a lot here and there. Sometimes the steps dug out in front, but the civil servants behind them were dug up...
Moreover, these civilians were completely passively beaten because they did not cover up. The Cao army's volley was said to be suppressing, but in fact it was more like comforting. However, after being bombarded many times, the Cao army soldiers gradually understood how to avoid artillery. As long as they saw the gun mouth slightly rotated, they moved left and right without saying a word.
Even if there was no time to leave, when the Cao army soldiers saw the cannon fire flash, they would immediately crawl on the ground with smooth and skillful movements.
Under such circumstances, simple artillery cannons cannot gain a decisive advantage, so the artillery in Tongguan is more intimidating and controlling the situation on the field. Seeing that the Cao army soldiers gathered over there, even if they turned the guns, it was often not necessary to fire the artillery. The Cao army soldiers separated again and gave up the artillery artillery line.
War is so boring and boring most of the time.
In Tongguan Shangcheng, Ma Yue and Zhu Ling stared at the Cao army soldiers coming and going. Their expressions were relatively plain, and they even felt less passionate. They were like couples who had been married for many years. They would only feel disgusting and bored when they were so intimate about the Cao army soldiers.
"I come here every day, but I can't get up..." Ma Yue suddenly said, "Is there still no news from Pang Lingjun?"
Pang Tong asked Zhu Ling to wait a moment before, but he did not say what he was waiting for.
Zhu Ling shook her head, "It's not time."
『When?』 Ma Yue asked, 『What does this mean?』
『This…』 Zhu Ling said, 『I don’t understand either. Pang Lingjun didn’t say it, and I dare not ask too much…』
Ma Yue glanced at Zhu Ling and tickled.
"Hey, we only use two or three cannons now, why don't they fall into the trap? It would be great if the commander of the Cao army came up," said Ma Yue, "Here's a round of bombing for them here, and Cao's army will be defeated!"
Zhu Ling nodded too.
Yes, yes, General Ma is right.
But in fact, both Ma Yue and Zhu Ling knew that the commander of the Cao army, who led the troops in Tongguan, was not a fool, and would not risk entering the artillery range of Tongguan, and would only constantly send ordinary Cao army soldiers and lowly squads to come forward to consume the artillery shells and gunpowder from Tongguan.
While the two were talking, on the Linzhi Plateau in Shangcheng, a transport convoy was carrying mules and horses to return to Guanzhong.
Because I also need to go through the forbidden ditches from Linzhiyuan to Chang'an, and it is not easy to walk. I am also afraid that mules and horses will be frightened and run around halfway after hearing the sound of cannons, so I have to take the reins of mules and horses and walk down little by little.
These transport convoys are all supplements to Tongguan by Guanzhong. In addition to the general consumption of swords, guns, equipment, and food and grass, there are many gunpowder and artillery shells. The Cao army has always wanted to rely on consumption to make Tongguan run out of ammunition and food, but in fact, because of the steep terrain of Tongguan, Cao's army has completely unable to exert its advantage. In addition, the innate suppression of the large-scale cluster of Cao's army by artillery has made the intensity of Tongguan unable to rise, so there is no question of "exhausting ammunition and food".
Zhu Ling looked back at the transportation convoy, suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but slapped, "Ahh! I guessed when Pang Lingjun said it!"
『What?』 Ma Yue was also interested, 『Oh? Tell me!』
Zhu Ling stretched out his hand and pointed, "At this time, it's up to these guys to decide!"
Ma Yue couldn't understand.
Zhu Ling thought about it and said, "Did the general notice that these two transport convoys have found that there are more things in addition to the original supplies... Well, we can't say that it's too much, but... how do you say this?"
Ma Yue said excitedly, "What do you say? Just say it!"
Zhu Ling nodded and said, "It's just that there is too much grass!"
"Forage?" Ma Yue asked.
"Yes, there are war horses in Tongguan, but because of this..." Zhu Ling stretched out his hand and gestured, "It can't be used, so it can't be used, but did the general find out that we will definitely get a few trucks of fodder in the transportation team now! Originally, I thought it might be that the Guanzhong officials didn't pay attention, but after collecting it, they would put it in the granaries, but now I think about it... Hey! The troops and horses have not moved, and the food and grass must go first!"
When Ma Yue heard this, he pinched his beard and frowned and thought, "Is that just based on this? Maybe it's just... maybe...
Zhu Ling became more excited the more he thought about it. He was as if he saw the white moonlight in his heart back then, and he giggled, "It's definitely that way! General! Are Pang Lingjun? You don't know? It's definitely the kind of pit... Well, the strategy is deep and the layout is far-reaching! Now that you are preparing more materials, you will definitely come in handy! Now Cao's army is sending people to dig up and expand the passage up and down the slope. For Cao's army, digging wider and better is indeed beneficial to Cao's army's attack, but, but! What if it goes the other way? Is it also beneficial to the cavalry to condescend and break through Cao's camp? The key is that this route was dug for us by Cao's army! Hahaha, it must be like this, which is in line with Pang Lingjun's character!"
After hearing this, Ma Yue couldn't help but open his mouth wide, and swallowed after a while...
What Zhu Ling said does seem to be somewhat like Pang Tong's style.
Just like the Wei family in Guanzhong, Pang Tong was waiting for Wei family to dig a hole and bury him.
As he thought about it, Ma Yue became excited, "It's true! If so, haha, that would be great!"
Ma Yue was actually a cavalry general who spoke, so if you had the opportunity to step on the war horse again this time, leading the cavalry to crush Heluo from Guanzhong to even further away Yanzhou and Yuzhou...
However, Ma Yue thought of another question and said: "If this happens, wouldn't we have to fight on the third line? Hedong Road, Tongguan, and Wuguan can go straight to Jingxiang!"
Chapter completed!