Chapter 70 Blessing
Xiong Jing did not kill Li Xin. He was in front of him. A row of Chu soldiers rushed out. Several barbarian spears stabbed Li Xin under the carriage to death. Two years ago, Li Xin led the Qin army to attack Fangcheng and killed more than 10,000 people. The soldiers of Yingshi hated what they did and were unwilling to persuade them to surrender. Li Xin did not intend to surrender to the Chu army. He knew that the Chu army would not let him go. He shouted something before he died, and then he was beheaded by the Chu soldiers, and the head was finally raised high by the barbarian spear.
The Chu Zhu screamed excitedly, and the Qin Zhu was so scared. Xiong Jing looked at Li Xin's bloody head and was slightly stunned. He was not regretting that he could not kill Li Xin himself, but thought that if he was defeated, his head would be provoked by the Qin people like this.
"Long live the king!" Chu Junqing, who was extremely excited, couldn't help but shouted long live the king. They finally forgot the anxiety and worry when the Han River moved south, and once again believed that with their bravery, they could defend their motherland and sweep the Qin people.
"Long live the king!" The soldiers shouted in unison again, including the Emperor Yangqiu, who was rushing to the east, and his morale was as bright as a rainbow.
"Long live the king!!" He shouted and the Qin soldiers on both sides hurriedly retreated. Zhuang Wudi, who was still in the bushes, and Shentong and others smiled slightly. After the Daze war, the Chu army defeated the Qin people again, and once again injected fear into the Qin people's hearts.
"Quickly report to Xiangyang, saying that Li Xin is dead, our army is victorious!" Zhuang Wudi and Shen Tong were happy to forgot to report the news behind. Instead, Nao Xin remembered this and urgently ordered. After writing the pigeon, the shouts of the mountains and thunders made the pigeon scared. As soon as he let go, the pigeon flew to the southwest like a fleeing, disappearing without a trace.
The Ying army attacked the Qin army in the marching, killed Li Xin, and then quickly attacked the east with the chaos of the Qin army. Sixty miles ahead of the east were the left army led by Zhao Wan. Although the number of people was several times that of the Ying army, the mountainous land could not be unfolded. I heard that the general was dead Qin soldiers had no morale and were completely shattered by the Ying army like a bamboo sword.
When night fell, on the battlefield forty miles west of Langshan, the largest counterattack organized by Zhao Wan, the general of the Left Army, was defeated by Ying's army. The Chu cavalry that finally caught up with him used the starlight to kill the Qin soldiers who were scattered everywhere. The Xiong Jingyi spear standing next to the pile of corpses had long broken, and he was holding a chief spear in his hand. His standing posture could not help but shake. He was too tired and too tired.
"Report to the king, Zhao Wan has been defeated. Our army should return to the north and quickly pull Xianghe Pass, otherwise the Qin army..." Deng Sui reported loudly. Xiong Jing joined the ranks and fought side by side with his soldiers, but the generals of Ying's army still performed their duties and were not in chaos.
"The king is tired." Xiong Jing seemed to be asleep. Chang Jiang said slightly. Xiong Jing was not asleep. He just dozed off, "How many more does the Qin army have?" He asked with a strong heart.
"Report to the king, there are less than 100,000 Qin soldiers." There were 20,000 or 30,000 Qin soldiers in the central military's shogunate, and more than 70,000 Qin soldiers sixty miles east. In addition to those who fled, the remaining Qin soldiers were indeed less than 100,000.
"But our army has no artillery." Zhuang Wudi and others also stood beside the Qin people's corpse pile. They did not speak, but Nao Xin spoke.
"The Qin army has become a frightened bird. I am very afraid that I have withdrawn from Xianghe Pass and head north at this time." Shentong said the meaning of Zhuang Wudi and others, which is also the meaning of the shogunate strategist. "Only, there are only baggage and strong soldiers along the way..."
It is very easy for the soldiers to change into the back team. Just turn around, but it is difficult for the front team to change into the back team. The strategists can think of the scene when the Qin army went north. They must have rushed to the front team if the road is blocked, and there are all dead soldiers along the way.
"The whole army will be ordered to rest on site for a moment, and then the whole army will go north after a moment." The fighter plane was fleeting, and Ying's army could not stop no matter how tired they were, but should go north as soon as possible.
The more urgent the ones they pursued, the more fear the Qin army became, and the faster they escaped. The number of enemies they killed was not the most important thing, but the important thing was to make the Qin army afraid. This is the meaning of the battle in Lao Yushan.
You can't rest on the spot for too long. If you have too long, your body will be cold. For a quarter of an hour, you can sit down and breathe for a while, drink a few sips of water, and chew a few pieces of salty dried meat. When the bell rings, the soldiers who have finished eating quickly line up. At this time, in order to facilitate the march, the workers erect a fire every other mile. Under the illumination of the fire, the bodies of Qin soldiers along the way were placed.
The march seemed to become a kind of review, and the soldiers proudly reviewed their own battle results. The singing quickly rang out in the queue: "Put the spear and put on huge armor, the sound of cannons is loud and the soldiers are connected. The flags cover the sun and the enemy is like clouds, and the arrows fall and the soldiers compete for the first..."
The singing was so vigorous that it was exciting. The whole army opened its spirit towards Xianghe Pass, chasing the Qin people who had become frightened.
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"Our army wins! The king wins! Our army wins..." In the brightly lit Xiangyang, the Lingqi who came from Yancheng ran all the way in the night. The Chu soldiers at the city gate almost forgot to put down the suspension bridge in surprise, and the Lingqi stood outside the city for a while before entering the city.
Yesterday, after the Biyang news, today is the day when the Ying army attacked the Qin people. From the morning, Naojiu, Luyang Jun, Li, don't let me... The entire Grand Sima Mansion is waiting for the news of Yingshi. Unlike yesterday's sunny and rain, the entire old Yingdu was raining heavily this morning. After the Gexin arrived at Yingdu, Yingdu could only send a message with a fast horse. In the second half of the night, the first pigeon news that killed Li Xin came hurriedly.
Hearing that our army won a great victory, everyone who had been sitting for a long time staggered and stood up. The Lord of Luyang almost jumped up. He patted his thigh and shouted: "Great victory, great victory! Our army won a great victory..."
"Taiyi is blessed. The Grand Secretary is blessed. The ancestors are blessed." Naojiu murmured, he knew the meaning of this victory too well.
"When Nan Zheng defeated the Qin people again, our Chu State will be safe!" Li Qi also understood the significance of this battle very well. The huge rocks rolling down in the Battle of Daze were held tightly by Ying's spear. As long as the big-winged gunboat could defeat the Qin army's boat troops on the water, the Chu State could completely break free from the crisis, and the Qin State would die with food-
The food is exhausted and the death may only happen in one situation, that is, whether it is the Lingshi or Zhoushi, the Qin army was defeated by the Chu army and completely suppressed by the Chu army. If this is not possible, the Qin State has no food and other countries have food, so send troops to rob it. Why do you need to plant it yourself?
The Battle of Lao Zhushan gave Li Qi hope for victory. The situation in the world has not been completely changed due to the sudden rise of the Qin army's boat troops and the Battle of Daze. As long as the Qin army was defeated in the battle of Nanzheng tomorrow, the Qin people will be defeated.
I hope this is the case, but there are still many concerns. The way of fighting in the large-wing gunboat is to retreat. Although the retreating battle is not in line with the habits of the Chu army and the generals and soldiers are extremely despised, the generals and soldiers can still barely carry out the military orders under strict orders. The real problem with the retreating battle is: the seating posture of the slinger is forward, but how can the slinger who sits forward quickly paddle backward? Even if they can paddle backward, the speed is not as fast as the Qin army warships that paddle forward.
Retreat combat is to keep a certain distance from the enemy boat, and then continuously fire artillery during the pursuit of the enemy boat. If the speed of your retreat is not as fast as the speed of the enemy boat advance, then the two boats will quickly collide, and the artillery will lose its value after the collision.
The solution is not without it. As long as the Chu army's boat division uses the stern of the boat to face the enemy and advances backwards, the problem of the retreat speed being inferior to the enemy's boat's forward speed will be completely solved. This is very similar to the return arrow of a cavalryman, which takes a bow to attack the enemy while retreating.
However, this seems to have created a new problem: what should we do if the enemy boat does not chase after us? Turn the bow of the boat while chasing the Qin people while firing? What if the Qin people retreat to advance and rush back again? Then we urgently turn around and use the stern of the boat to face the enemy?
Li Qi's subordinate, Cao Cao Cao, described the battle of the big-wing gunboat to him. It took Li Qi a half hour to understand how the big-wing gunboats fought. Only then did he understand why the generals of the boat army would cancel the big-wing gunboats at that time - not only because the retreating combat method made the generals of the boat army disliked, but the way the big-wing gunboats fought was either helpless or too complicated.
It is useless to say that the bow of the boat is against the enemy. At this time, the cannons installed on the bow of the boat can only fire one shot, so it is better not to install them; it is too complicated to say that the bow of the boat is against the enemy and the stern of the boat is against the enemy. This will increase the difficulty of leading the boat officers to command the battle, and will also bring chaos to the boat army array.
The large-wing warship only requires one and a half-boat rotation diameter, which is forty meters, but this is a warship. If the two warships turn at the same time, the space required may be eighty meters. Even if the two boats overlap closely, the diameter of the cycling will not be less than fifty-five meters (the two boats are fifteen meters apart from each other). If the five warships overlap, the diameter of the cycling will not be less than one hundred and fifteen meters. In addition, the left and right sides must maintain a certain distance from the river bank to prevent stranding, and the width of the river channel is close to two hundred meters.
From this point of view, the waterways outside the river, river and lake are not suitable for large-wing gunboat combat, because the width of the waterway limits the rotation of the gunboat array. In addition, Jing Fei also warned carefully: Even if the boat stands against the enemy, the large-wing gunboat with only 124 wooden oars in the boat is less than the five-wing warboat with 180 eighty-oars. According to the information obtained by the Knowledge Office from the extreme west, the five-wing warboat with 5-wing warboat with 100 and 80, the speed of the five-wing warboat with 5-wing warboat with 5-wing warboat with 100 and 80.
This means that the two boats can race, and each minute the five oars and big wings can chase nearly 30 meters. If the big wing gunboat fires at a distance of 200 meters (the hit rate of the cannon at this distance is relatively high), then at most half a quarter of an hour, the bronze collision angle on the bow of the five oars and big wings will hit the stern of the gunboat.
In other words, if a large-winged gunboat is chased by a five-oat warship, plus the initial gun, it only has six to seven chances to sink an enemy ship or injure an enemy ship to slow down. If it is not a five-oat warship chasing, it is chased by two, three, and four five-oat warships, the average chance of each ship will be less than two.
This is the disadvantage of the short body of the large-wing gunboat. However, if the large-wing gunboat is built, the wooden oar will be increased to not be afraid of the pursuit of the five-oar warboat, and the rotation diameter will rise sharply, forty meters will become seventy meters, and the width of the waterway will be greatly increased.
Chapter completed!