sweeping the world

Chapter 614 Always Need Enemies
The application of gunpowder in the military will not break the original military system all at once. Even after the emergence of troops equipped with artillery and muskets, some cold weapons will actually have their own stage, not to say that Liu Yan It will disappear completely at once, and it can even be said that cold weapons will never disappear... such as bayonets and daggers.

Historically, muskets appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty, but the gunpowder at that time was not up to standard, and there were also defects in the construction of muskets, not to mention the short range, let alone the accuracy.

The muskets of the Southern Song Dynasty were not actually guns, but a kind of flamethrower, and what they fired were not projectiles, but some iron filings.It is often a scary thing that breathes fire and smoke. It will not have any lethality if it is three or five steps away. The effect of being shot is similar to that of a shotgun when it is close.

It may be known that the actual combat application effect is poor. The Southern Song Dynasty did not manufacture flamethrowers on a large scale, but preferred to study the "swarm" rockets that use gunpowder as the thrust.

The so-called "swarm of bees" is actually the kind with a gunpowder booster device at the tail, which is equipped with a specially built honeycomb. After the fuze is ignited, the gunpowder booster device will take effect, and then hundreds of thousands of arrows will "swoosh" quickly. was fired out.

In addition to the "swarm of bees", the Southern Song Dynasty also had "Fire Tribulus", a grenade-like weapon, but because of the wrong gunpowder formula, the power of "Fire Tribulus" was actually very limited.

When it comes to the gunpowder formula of the Southern Song Dynasty, it is actually the "medicine hair puppet" inherited from the late Tang Dynasty. The ingredients are not only saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal, but also some inexplicable things are added. The exaggeration is the addition of ginger or garlic. The proportion of things that can't be hit by eight poles is even more wrong.

The emergence of "medicine hair puppet" originated from the failure of some alchemists (warlocks) to make alchemy. In the late Tang Dynasty, "medicine hair puppet" was used by warlocks in the late Tang Dynasty to perform some fireworks performances.

Bronze cannons were also developed in the Southern Song Dynasty. Of course, they also fired solid projectiles, but due to the insufficient explosive thrust caused by the wrong gunpowder formula, the range was not long.

The gunpowder produced by Liu Yan has directly reached the black powder stage. The power of the gunpowder is enough, but some smelting restrictions have made the development of gunpowder weapons not smooth. For example, the metal formula of the cast barrel is wrong and cannot withstand the explosive force. Good job Grenade became a porcelain jar filled with medicine.

Even a bronze cannon is actually not that simple. It doesn't mean that casting a cannon barrel is enough. It also needs to consider the heat resistance of the metal and the related shock resistance. In addition, the wind tunnel in the barrel is also a matter of knowledge.Anyway, it is by no means to say that a solid tube can be filled with gunpowder and used as a cannon. Such a thing will only make a long and thick bomb, and the probability of being killed by it will be infinitely high.

The explosive packs and porcelain pot grenades used by the Han army at this stage, the explosive packs are purely explosive to cause damage, there is no metal for lasing inside, the range of damage is actually limited, and the maximum power is sufficient except for the center of the explosion. The outside is to kill or injure people with the shock force and the stones that are carried away; the porcelain pot grenade is a small explosive package, the power after the explosion is not great, and the range of the explosion wave is within one or two steps. It uses flying pieces of porcelain to kill and injure people.

Because it was the first time that gunpowder weapons were used on the battlefield, and Murong Yan's army was completely ignorant of gunpowder, their actual deaths and injuries were not as severe as imagined.The main reason was to make Murong Yanjun panic about the fear of the unknown and think of the power of ghosts and gods.

Before science was recognized, superstition would be a common phenomenon, especially in the Chinese cultural circle system. Superstition would be more serious. That is, the ruler of the country is the emperor, and there is also "influence between heaven and man" in Confucianism. That set, the superstitious atmosphere cultivated for a long time.

Therefore, as the Han army who used gunpowder weapons, he firmly believed that he was favored by the heavens, and the Murong Yan army who was attacked by gunpowder weapons would feel that he was abandoned by the heavens. I am afraid there is no need to say more about the results.

The statistics of the war were sent to Liu Yan at noon the next day.

In this battle, [-] corpses of Murong Yan's army were collected, and only about [-] of them could be identified as having died of gunpowder from their wounds, and the rest were killed by cold weapons.There must be some dead who have not been found for a while, and there are also dead who were directly evaporated by gunpowder. The military newspaper will only make a general supplement later.

"The statistics of prisoners of war are more than [-], and more than [-] are seriously injured." Yuan Qiao didn't say that the slightly injured Murong Yanjun will be dealt with after the serious injuries: "We guess the enemy's army should have [-]. Left and right managed to escape."

The so-called treatment of seriously wounded enemy soldiers is nothing more than giving them a good time.There is no cruelty in doing this, no army will waste precious medicinal materials on ordinary soldiers of the enemy army, and giving them pleasure is the greatest kindness.

"Including Murong Ke, [-] people were escaped?" Liu Yan didn't demand too much. The victory was built in haste, and although he was well prepared, it was still insufficient.He put down the tableware in his hands, changed to a sitting posture, and asked, "Where are our casualties?"

Yuan Qiao didn't look at the wooden calf in his hand, and replied: "There were 110 people killed in battle, including a school lieutenant, a military marquis, and four Sima from other departments. There were [-] seriously injured, which will not affect the continuation of the battle." The minor wounded were not counted."

Any victory has a price, especially in the era of cold weapons. Killing [-] enemies and losing [-] is the mainstream. Annihilating [-] enemies and only [-] casualties can definitely be called a strong army in the world.

In the early stages of the Han army's confrontation with the enemy, the casualty ratio was often five to one. Three years after Yuan Shuo, the ratio rose to seven to one.

"Almost six to one..." Liu Yan could still accept this data: "For fighting in the forest, the battle formations we are good at cannot be deployed, and the result of the battle loss ratio is acceptable."

As a matter of fact, as long as the Chinese civilization's army fights with alien races, as long as they can arrange their formations, even if they are defeated, the casualties will not be too ugly. The exaggerated number of casualties occurs in the process of fleeing and being hunted down, and they are usually trampled to death by themselves. More than killed by the enemy.

Their army used gunpowder to cause the collapse of Murong Yan's army, but then pursued them in the forest. Many of their advantages were basically not shown.The Han army didn't pay enough attention to the combat power of individual soldiers. They paid more attention to the cooperation and coordination of the army formation. It is reasonable for some pursuing soldiers to be killed by the desperate Murong Yanjun.

To be honest, Murong Yan State is now on the rise. Most of the soldiers in the army are veterans, especially those who have found confidence in the Northeast countries. Panic is panic, and the Han army is aggressively killing Jie people. For example, the fiercer Murong Yan army felt that he could not escape and would definitely fight back to the death. Most of the Han troops who died in battle died under the desperate counterattack of those people.

"If there were no firearms, if we fought Murong Xianbei in the open, our casualties would be even worse." Sang Yu had not been here for a long time, and he was qualified to check the casualty data of this battle. After reading it, he finished in a reasonable tone. Somewhat proudly said: "But the final victor will definitely be the big man."

What Sang Yu was talking about was not only the Qiushui battlefield, but also the overall situation of the battle to destroy Yan.

The information about the northern line and other areas has been collected last night. The outcome of the Qiushui battlefield is much faster than expected. In addition to capturing Liucheng, the army on the northern line has also cut off traffic. Lu Tai's troops on the eastern line are stable. All horses are on the water line.

If this trend continues, the army led by Liu Yan will join forces with the army on the northern front in less than two days, wipe out Yuyang County, Beiping County, and Liaoxi County in one fell swoop, and directly march into Changli County (now Longcheng) The county where it is located), what may be unexpected is the instability of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla reported by the Zhengdong shogunate.

"Liucheng is the front acropolis of Dragon City. It was only defeated in one battle." After Ji Chang came over, he carefully reviewed the known information. When he raised his head, he looked at Liu Yan and said, "Murong Xianbei's evacuation speed was faster than We expected it to be fast.”

"Xianbei originally grew out of grass and did not choose a place to settle for a long time. Except for the Jin people, most of the country maintains a nomadic attitude." Sang Yu stroked the beard of his chin and said with a smile: "This is within our calculations. "

"If you want me to say, if you can eliminate more, you can't let it go." Xu Zheng danced the leg of lamb in his hand, swallowed the meat in his mouth, and said with difficulty while hitting his chest: "I just want to keep There are some opponents who practice their hands, don't they still have Rou Ran and Ding Ling."

Mieyan must be destroyed, but the difficulty of complete annihilation is not so high. Therefore, when formulating the battle plan, the Han Dynasty did not expect to completely eliminate Murong Xianbei, but it was judged in advance that a certain number of Murong Xianbei would complete the evacuation.

Liu Yan knew very well that the country could not be invincible. Since Murong Xianbei could not be completely eliminated, he would attack with the maximum lethality.

A general deliberately keeping the enemy behind is called raising tigers, and a country deliberately keeping the enemy behind is a kind of strategic deployment.

A truly wise leader never wants to be friends all over the world, even if it is to create an enemy country, not to spur himself, but just to keep the people from having no sense of crisis at all.

For a long time to come, the Han Dynasty will enter a period of internal affairs development, but it cannot be true that the horse puts Nanshan swords and guns into storage. Even if it is to remind the people to "live in sorrow and die in peace", they still need to have enemies Existence, the army also needs to maintain combat effectiveness in a series of continuous operations, so after driving Murong Xianbei to the cold Xianbei grassland, the extremely weak Murong Xianbei will be a good target for continuous training.

Of course, Liu Yan didn't mean to give up the complete elimination of Murong Xianbei, and he didn't even plan to let go of the Tuoba Xianbei. He would definitely wipe it out before going west.

Not only Murong Xianbei, but Rouran and Donggaoche who are entrenched in Mobei, and Xigaoche in the northwest area of ​​Zhuoxie Mountain. Naturally, the Di, Qiang and those who escaped from the Central Plains in the basin are indispensable. Liu Yan has none of them. I plan to stay and stage the drama of "Spring Breeze Blows Again".

"Practice?" Xu Zheng pursed his lips: "It's not that someone looks down on Rouran and Ding Ling, they are not on the same level as Xianbei at all."

The words are not nice, but it is really true. Nowadays, the closer the eastern world is to the Central Plains, the stronger the national strength is, which is mainly reflected in the national structure and technology.Rouran and Ding Ling are a kind of people who tend to be primitive. Without mastering smelting technology, believe it or not, most people still use stone tools?

It is not an exaggeration to say that there are not only Rouran people and Dingling people, there are many peoples who have not mastered metal smelting technology, and there are no more than ten fingers on the world island who have mastered metal smelting technology, and there are no countries with technology and sufficient population. One is not a big country, and the rest is basically still drinking blood, and has not even reached the stage of slash-and-burn farming.

It may be funny to say that World Island is already considered very good. South America and North America did not have many civilizations that entered the Bronze Age in the [-]th century. After all, the Mayans were wiped out by the germs brought over by Europe.So, there are only a handful of real natives in modern North America and South America, and mixed races are the mainstream.Africa?Needless to say.

"Ten slaps and one kill will be executed for the prisoners of war, and then they will be transported to the (Liaodong) Peninsula first." Liu Yan is not a bloody madman. It is a universal practice to slap and kill prisoners ten times, but the Romans strictly enforced it until the country was wiped out.He walked to the shelf where the map of mountains and rivers was hung, pointed to a few areas, gave some orders, and finally said: "I will no longer participate in the next battle."

No one has any opinions. The West Route Army of Murong Yan State collapsed, and the Han Army also approached Longcheng. The subsequent development of the battle situation is to enter the stage of division and elimination. Even if there is a battle, it will be against the East Route Army led by Murong Jun himself. .And if Murong Jun is not stupid, knowing that Murong Ke's West Route Army is finished, he should leave the girl and enter the fleeing stage.

"Is it something about Dingxiang?" Ran Min opened the curtain, and the voice came first before he came in. After entering, he saluted Liu Yan and said impatiently: "Six days ago, the Dragon Guards began to try to fight back. Shihu is dead and wants to break out, or Shihu is not dead and wants to break out?"

Dingxiang has been besieged by the Han army for a long time, and after the war between Bingzhou and Shuozhou ended, Li Tan has been personally sitting in the town.

What Liu Yan smelled in his nose was a strong smell of blood, the source of which was Ran Min who was covered in blood.

Sang Yu and Ran Min were always on the wrong track, so he said, "General Hussars, at least wash up first?"

"It's just that you, a soft bastard who has never been on the battlefield, can't stand it." Ran Min was not polite at all, and after spraying Sangyu's face, he ignored it and looked at Liu Yan again: "Your Majesty, if you want to go to Dingxiang, Please also allow the general to follow."

Liu Yan felt somewhat surprised, not that Ran Min knew the news from Dingxiang, but that Ran Min missed the final battle of Mieyan.It's just that he was relieved after thinking about it for a while. It's hard to explain the entanglement between Ran Min and Shi Jie Zhao Guo clearly, but he will never miss the stage to bring Shi Jie Zhao Guo to an end.

(End of this chapter)