Lord of the House - v12 Chapter 53

After returning from Dongxilian Island, Lin Fu did not rush to discuss the Northern Expedition after the banquet, but made Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi go back to the post house to rest first to relieve the fatigue of the boat and horse.

The more than 100 horsemen who guarded Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi who came to Haizhou were arranged to sleep in the military camp in the south of the city. Only three or five people such as Yue Zhou were able to enter the city and enter the post house to take care of Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi Er. People’s daily life in Haizhou city.

Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi were picked up by Wu Qi and Zhang Gou outside the city, and they disappeared until late at night, Yue Zhou’s heart was in his throat. Fearing that Duke Chongguo would turn his face and deny his identity, he ordered Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi’s uncle and nephew to be detained.

Looking at Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi, the wine smell was not in full swing from Gao Zongting to the post house, and Yue Zhou’s tense nerves relaxed. After respectfully sending Gao Zongting away, Yue Zhou couldn’t help but ask: “Master Governor, Young Master Nephew, where have you been for most of the day, and Yue Zhou and I have been frightened enough?”

Yue Lengqiu and his nephew Yuezhi looked at each other. The shock that they had suffered in the past six months has not weakened much. There were thousands of words in his chest for a while, and he didn’t know how to say it – although Yue Zhou He was the son of a servant, but Yue Lengqiu’s own sons were not good enough, so he regarded Yue Zhi, Yue Zhou and others as his heirs, and should not be viewed by outsiders.

“Let’s go in and talk!” Yue Lengqiu sighed softly.

Watching Yue Zhou lit the glazed lantern with the fire stick, and the yellow light shone through the transparent glazed wall, Yue Lengqiu opened his mouth and asked, “Yue Zhou, I should be able to recommend someone to attend the Jiangning Elementary Army Command School. Would you like to study?”

Yue Zhouzhuan turned around and looked at each other in amazement. He didn’t know why the governor suddenly brought up this matter, and he didn’t know how to answer for a while, but looked at Yue Zhi in confusion.

“Fortunately, I came to Haizhou.” Yue Zhi didn’t know whether it was fortunate or depressed. In Yue Zhou’s opinion, he said this without thinking.

After the battle of Jingxiang, the people of Guoyang did not want to fight against the Huaidong Army, but Lin Fu summoned Yue Lengqiu in Haizhou to discuss the Northern Expedition. Tao Chun and Yue Zhi both offered to come to Haizhou to meet Lin Fu on behalf of Yue Lengqiu. Yue Lengqiu also weighed it again and again, and finally decided to go to Haizhou with Yue Zhi to meet Lin Fu.

Obviously, if Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi did not come to Haizhou in person, they would not be able to gain Lin Fu’s trust. Before the Northern Expedition, Lin Fu would definitely use other means to force the soldiers and horses of Guoyang and Zhengyang to submit. Only in this way can we ensure that there will be no major chaos on the Western Front and will not delay the Northern Expedition.

Yue Zhou is also a smart person. Hearing the words of the governor and the young nephew, although he was shocked, he also understood what the decision the governor made…

Selected generals from the two towns of Guoyang and Zhengyang to study in the Army Command School run by the Huaidong Army. To put it bluntly, it was officially opened to accept the Huaidong Army’s infiltration of the two towns of Guoyang and Zhengyang. Going further, nothing more than It is to accept the direct dispatch or appointment of generals at all levels by the military staff to the two towns of Guoyang and Zhengyang. Then, the two towns of Guoyang and Zhengyang will completely lose their independent status and integrate into the Huaidong Army system.

Looking at the governor and the young nephew, there was a little frustration on his face, but there was no coercive anger on his face-Yue Zhou really didn’t know what the governor and the young nephew had gone through for most of the day to make such a decision?

Yue Lengqiu stretched out his hand and took it out of his sleeve, took out a lead pill, put it on the table, and said to Yue Zhou: “Our previous guesses in Guoyang were all in vain, so Duke Chongguo will go on the northern expedition first and then let it go. The ceremony is almost a foregone conclusion. Except for the emperor’s death before the Northern Expedition, there is no second possibility. The Cao family thought they had the danger of Xiajiang, and Dong Yuan thought there was still a chance, and this time they all hit the iron plate. As long as the two towns of Guoyang and Zhengyang have no other thoughts, the outcome in the future will not be too bad. After all, Duke Chongguo still needs two or three examples to calm the hearts of the world…”

Yue Zhou held up the lead pill to the lamp like pinching a snail and looked closely at the lamp. The lead pill had a dull metallic luster and was as round as a drop of water falling from the sky. The arrow cluster, but no edge and no edge.

“Is this the bullet of the Fufire Crossbow?” Yue Zhou heard the faint thunder as he accompanied him all the way. He only knew the name of the Fufire Crossbow, but did not see its shape. When the Governor brought a lead, he naturally thought of the Fufire Crossbow. Fire crossbow up.

“This is just a scatter of the fire crossbow,” Yue Zhi smiled helplessly, and asked Yue Zhou, “The twenty-zhang battle line, you may fill in the bow and crossbow, and the enemy cavalry will charge, how do you block it… …”

Hearing the young nephew studying his art of war, Yue Zhou replied, “Squatting down to guard the front line with a shield and spear, so that the enemy can’t get close, a battle line of 20 feet can be filled with 100 to 150 bows and crossbows after the shield formation, unless The enemy cavalry charges with heavy armor, otherwise it will be difficult to fight…”

“This kind of scatter, a fire crossbow can shoot 200 bullets at a time, the killing power of the scatter gun is not lower than the crossbow, a battle line of 20 feet, put ten fire crossbows, one shot and kill, worthy of Compared with one thousand to one thousand five hundred arms and crossbow salvos,” Yue Zhi said, “Did you think the Cao family and Dong Yuan collided with the iron plate?”

Yue Zhi spoke with conviction, but Yue Zhou did not witness the mighty appearance of the Fuyan Crossbow with his own eyes, and for a while it was difficult to imagine the situation where the Fu Fire Crossbow fired shotguns. If it wasn’t for Yue Zhi’s prudent nature and his dislike of bluffing, Yue Zhou could only think that Yue Zhi’s statement that “one thousand to fifteen hundred volleys of powerful crossbows were gathered on the twenty-zhang front” to describe the power of the fire crossbow was exaggerated. words.

“This is a secret military secret, don’t leak it,” Yue Lengqiu instructed Yue Zhou additionally, and then asked Yue Zhi, “If Duke Chongguo decides to go north next year, how do you think the Chongguo Guild will fight?”

“Although the fire crossbow is a powerful weapon, it has the disadvantage of being inconvenient to move. In a decisive victory against the Yan and Hu cavalry in the Hehuai Plain, it cannot give full play to its advantages,” Yue Zhi frowned and thought, “From what my nephew sees, Duke Chongguo is In the past two years, they have made a big splash in Haizhou and sent troops to land on Mount Yashan, Gaoli, which has attracted Yanhu troops to gather in Shandong, Hehuai and Hanyang County of Gaoli, and actually made Yanhu’s garrison in Yanji and the hinterland of Liangliao continue to weaken… …”

“Strongly tear open the sea defense line, bypass the Shandong defense line, jump into the Jinhai Sea, hit Yanjing directly, and kill you in one blow!” Yue Lengqiu almost sighed, and gently dismissed the Huaidong Army’s northern expedition strategy he had guessed. speak out.

Yue Zhi is also the same guess – immersed in the military for many years, Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi’s views on the art of war are considered to be top-notch in this world. , there will be no major deviation.

Before the Firebolt, only the heavy catapult could effectively damage solid fortresses.

The two strongest fortifications in Yanhu’s sea-locking defense line were built around the island, and there was no place to place heavy catapults outside the fortifications.

The deck of the old Lin Zhengjun-class warship was divided by five sets of huge and criss-crossed masts. In fact, there was no whole deck that could place heavy catapults—making most people think that the Huaidong Army To take down the two sea defenses of Miaoshan and Huangcheng Island in the Yanhusuo sea defense line, it can only be filled with human lives.

At this time, when Yan Hu was on the rise, he had recovered from the setback in the battle of Jingxiang. The morale of the generals was available, and all the elite troops deployed in the Suohai defense line were capable of fighting **** battles; Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi had not before. Dare to imagine that the Huaidong Army had to tear apart Yanhu’s sea-locked defense line, and how many lives would be enough to fill in.

Can’t tear open the sea defense line, Lin Fu wants to expedition north, can only honestly attack Shandong first, and then deploy troops from Shandong to Yanji and Hehuai.

After seeing the power of the Fu Fire Crossbow, Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi knew that Lin Fu had indulged Yan Hu to build the sea defense line at the Bohaikou between Dengzhou and Jinzhou over the years.

A 24-pound heavy artillery can hit the city wall at a distance of 1,000 meters, no less than a heavy catapult. Even if the new warships with dense crossbow positions are not used, the Jinghai Division renovated the old warships and installed a 24-pound or even heavier ambulance on the front deck of each Jinhai-class warship. More than a dozen warships gathered together on the sea surface of one thousand to two thousand meters, and continued to bombard the enemy’s island fortresses. No matter how strong the fortresses on the sea defense line were, they were only passively beaten, and they had no ability to counterattack. fall?

Even downgrading it by one level, with a 12-pound fire crossbow, at most, the bombardment time will be extended by two or three times. Compared with the traditional and ultra-long range of war weapons, the fire crossbow directly and completely changed the mode of water warfare.

Dengzhou Swordfish Village is a typical naval defense. When warships encounter strong enemies, they can avoid entering the inner lake of Swordfish Village, and use the solid city wall to keep the strong enemies out of the water village. Once the strong enemy retreats or hesitates when attacking the water village, the warship can go out to attack the tail or use the assault tactics.

However, the depth of the inner lake in Swordfish Village is not three or four miles. As long as the new Huaidong battleship approaches Swordfish Village, there is no need to break the village. The enemy ship in the inner lake of the village.

Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi couldn’t imagine it: when Yanhu princes and ministers saw the sea-locking defense line they built with the strength of the whole country, they were so fragile and unbearable in front of the battle crossbow of Huaidong’s new battleship formation. One blow, what kind of depression and despair?

Huaidong Li was capable of tearing apart Yanhu’s sea-locked defense line, and even if the Jinghai Division did not expand, it would still be able to remotely deliver 40,000 to 60,000 horse infantry troops at a time. Powerful naval battleships could also ensure that logistical supplies would not be cut off.

After tearing apart Yanhu’s sea defense line, Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi couldn’t imagine whether Lin Fu would directly attack Jinhai, not directly enter Yanjing, or directly attack Yanhu’s vital point that he must save. Instead, they will honestly attack Yanhu’s Shandong line of defense.

Compared with the cavalry corps, the biggest flaw of the fire crossbow is the lack of mobility, and it does not have an advantage in mobile warfare.

When the Huaidong Heavy Army successfully landed in Jinhai, there was no need to fight against the main cavalry regiment of Yanhu. As long as the troops pointed directly at Yanjing City, two hundred miles west of Jinhai, the main regiment of the Yanhu cavalry could be forced to fill up. Go between Yanhu and Jinhai, and fight a positional battle with the Huaidong Heavy Corps.

Thinking of this, Yue Lengqiu asked Yue Zhou to open the box he brought with him, take out the map, and spread it out only to see the Jidongnan area from Yanjing to Jinhai. Between Jinhai and Yanjing, the two rivers, the Eddy River and the Chaobai River, are so dazzling that they are almost like giant cables that strangle Yanjing to death…

Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi glanced at each other, and secretly said: Unless they immediately send someone to send the details of the Huaidong Fu Fire Crossbow and the new battleship to the Yanhu people, the Yanhu people can decisively abandon Yanjing and move the capital to the northwest. If you move to Taiyuan or Datong, you may be able to escape next year’s disaster… My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter