Chapter 681: The Way to Retreat

The dolls a mile away couldn't see clearly. Zhe Yanzhi just saw a sway, and some fell to the ground, not knowing the specific situation.

Wang Ruohai said: "Du Cheng, let's go over and take a look. When you see the doll, you will know what power the artillery has on the battlefield."

Zhe Yanzhi calmed down and walked towards the doll with Wang Ruohai.

When I got to the front, I saw the dolls in the front row being beaten to pieces, and the ones behind were all broken there. It was not until the eighth row that the dolls fell down before blocking the iron balls.

He took a breath of cold air. Zhe Yanzhi said, "The artillery is so powerful. Who can stop it from the battle formation? After one shot, even the elite soldiers and generals will be destroyed! No wonder, no wonder the Jin army had no power to fight back in the previous few battles!"

Wang Ruohai said: "It is true. However, when using cannons in battle formations, the enemy must line up and dare to rush forward. If the enemy retreats and comes up one by one, the cannons will not kill many people. Xuan Fu said that with cannons, the battlefield will definitely be different."

Zhe Yanzhi shook his head repeatedly: "Just fighting in Shanzhou, how did the Jin army come up with a way to deal with artillery? With this weapon, I will no longer be afraid of the Jin army!"

Wang Ruohai sighed slowly in his heart and said nothing.

What Wang Xiaolie was most worried about was that after having artillery, the army relied too much on artillery, which led to shortcomings in combat effectiveness. Because the Jin army knew that you had artillery, they would definitely find ways to make artillery useless in wartime. At that time, it would be very dangerous to lack combat effectiveness.

Judging from Zhe Yanzhi's appearance, I am afraid that this level will not be expected. Now in Zhe Yanzhi's heart, I only think that Wang Xiao's first few victories were all due to artillery. If other Song troops had artillery, the Jin army would definitely not be the opponent. What's the difficulty of restoring the Central Plains?

After carefully looking at the doll, Zhe Yan asked Wang Ruohai: "Senator, it is also a powerful weapon to attack the city. I wonder how to bomb the city wall?"

Wang Ruohai said: "The current city wall cannot block artillery. We have tried it several times. Once in Junzhou, a round of artillery collapsed the city wall. The second time was in Zhongmu County, which was a small city and was easy to blow it up."

Zhe Yanzhi clapped his hands suddenly: "With artillery, the field battle is invincible, and there is no city to be destroyed. Why should the Jin army fight with us? The emperor heard about this magical artifact and ordered me to come to Luoyang and must go back a few sects. Okay, Wang Xuanfu is so generous, so he will not be afraid of the Jin army in the future!"

Wang Ruohai thought for a while and said, "Du Cheng, since we had artillery in our army, we have never been defeated again when we encountered the enemy. However, the artillery is powerful and the Jin army knows it, and they will definitely find a way. If we want to restore the Central Plains, we should think of more ways. After all, when there were no artillery before, we had never been defeated in fighting with the Jin army. Xuan Fu repeatedly said that we must first ensure that our army has no artillery and are not afraid of fighting with the Jin people. At that time, the artillery can exert its maximum power."

Zhe Yanzhi smiled and said, "In the past, when fighting with the Jin army, the most feared thing was the heavy armor attack of the Jin army. With artillery, the Jin army could not form a formation, so why are you afraid of them? At that time, a few guns were bombarded, and the Jin army collapsed, and our army would be suppressed."

Wang Ruohai didn't say anything anymore, but just looked at the white clouds in the sky with his hands behind his back.

Why did the Song army fail? Wang Xiaolie has actually conducted statistics within his ability. The most common way of failure is that the Song army itself dispersed. As long as it does not disperse, it will be difficult to separate from the Jin army. It is rare to force the Jin people to form heavy formations and strong attacks. Even if the Jin people form heavy formations and strong attacks, the winning rate is only half.

Wang Xiaolie repeatedly emphasized that the army is an organized violent group, and the core lies in the organization. One reason for this is to understand the Song army. During the battle with the Jin army, the Song army repeatedly showed its shortcomings in its organization. Many times, once the two armies contacted, the Song army itself was disbanded. How to fight the war?

Zhe Yanzhi is a veteran on the battlefield. When he saw the cannon, others could imagine how the court officials had imagined the cannon before Zhe Yanzhi left.

Everything that should be said was said, and the artillery was sent out, so I was too lazy to care about the result.

When he returned to the post station, Zhe Yanzhi was extremely excited. The power of the cannon was still above his imagination. With such a powerful weapon in the army, why are they afraid of the Jin army? Even Zhe Yanzhi thought that he should return to the battlefield and use the cannon to clean up the shame of his previous defeat.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhe Yanzhi couldn't sit still. He walked out of the station, looked around and saw that there was no one around, and walked towards the tea shop at the intersection of the street.

After entering the tea shop, he took out a few copper coins and recruited a child from the street. He said, "In the inn there, there is a Fan Guanren and a Shibalang, who came from Shaanxi. If you call Shuro, you will come out, and the money will be yours."

The child looked at Zhe Yanzhi for a while, then grabbed the copper coins and ran to the inn quickly.

Soon, I saw the child and Shibalang coming out of the inn, pointing at Zhe Yanzhi and saying a few words. Then I turned my head and went to the street to buy two pieces of malt sugar, put it in my mouth and sang the song and disappeared quickly.

Shibalang walked to the tea shop and sat next to Zhe Yanzhi. He said, "What's wrong with brother?"

Zhe Yanzhi said, "Go and call Fan Guanren out and go to the tavern over there. I have something to tell you."

Shibalang agreed, paid the tea money and walked back to the inn slowly.

Zhe Yanzhi stood up and breathed a sigh of relief.

With the powerful weapon of artillery, the Song army would have the confidence to win the Jin army. The future prospects of the Song and Jin countries are almost clear at a glance. The foundation of the Zhe family is the prefectures on the front line of the Western Xia. At this time, if you don’t actively plan to return to the Song Dynasty, what are you waiting for?

The Jurchens lacked manpower, and after the surrender was requested, they still had to rely on the Zhe family to guard the border with the Western Xia. The current Zhe family, in addition to the Lin, Feng, and the surrounding Jinning Army, the Suide Army was also under its control. Compared with the Song Dynasty, they had greater freedom.

After Cao Zhi sent troops to occupy Shizhou, he captured Wubao Village. Wubao Village belonged to the Jin family's army and was under the jurisdiction of the Zhe family. Zhe Keqiu did not send anyone to defend him. As soon as Cao Zhiyan came, he took the initiative to withdraw his troops from Wubao Village, leaving behind his friendship with Wang Xiaoli.

After Wang Xiaoli sent troops to occupy Shizhou, the troops pointed directly at the Zhe family. Zhe Keqiushi was forced to surrender to Jin. Although he actively cooperated with the Jin army to fight and seek status after surrendering to Jin, he was still thinking about the Song Dynasty in his heart. Now that the Song army has arrived at the door of his house, Zhe Keqiu is in great difficulty.

If Wang Xiaolie quickly occupied Taiyuan and headed north, Zhe Keqiu would not object to returning to Song. However, after occupying Jinzhou, Wang Xiaolie stopped moving there, but instead sent troops to occupy Shizhou, which made Zhe Keqiu unable to make up his mind.

This time Zhe Yanzhi came to Luoyang, and Zhe Ke asked for news and hurriedly sent his family to come. He hoped that Zhe Yanzhi would use his position to help him get in touch with Wang Xiaoli. No matter what he did in the future, this would be a way out.
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