Demoness, Where Are You Fleeing To?

When the battle clouds were gathering in the north of Taiyuan, Li Xuan was reorganizing his army near Jizhou City.

Mainly the Shenji Right Camp, the original 11,000 people have not yet completed their training.

They are not very proficient in line formation and hollow square formation and need to be further strengthened.

There are also eight thousand newly recruited Yiwu soldiers who are also practicing the operation of flintlock guns day and night.

Li Xuan certainly had no hope in their battle formations and bayonet skills, but he hoped that these Yiwu soldiers would be able to fire skillfully before the war came.

For this reason, he spared no expense in ammunition and ensured that these new troops fired more than ten rounds of live ammunition every other day. Mainly to practice reloading and getting used to the recoil after firing.

As for the accuracy, Li Xuan didn't have any hope. He just wanted to ensure that these people could obey the command and fire normally in the target direction. .

Rifled guns are also called rifles, and their accuracy is much better than smoothbore guns. During the American Civil War, some people relied on rifles to snipe enemy generals from hundreds of meters away.

But this requires extraordinary talent and mastery of muskets. Without one or two thousand shots, it is impossible to become a sharpshooter.

Although Leng Yurou designed the 'Rune Flintlock Rifled Gun' with the help of the power of runes, it was mainly to increase the power, range and fire rate. Leng Yurou did not put any effort into accuracy.

Therefore, on the battlefield, these firearms mainly rely on dense barrages to kill.

Also, the barrel life of the 'Rune Flintlock Rifled Gun' is only about 1,200 rounds. But in fact, when they fire 600 rounds, the rifling of the barrel will wear out, and the accuracy will drop significantly.

This is also the reason why the ‘Rune Flintlock Rifled Gun’ sold outside the Artifact Alliance can only be sold on the market for a maximum of 2,500 taels.

Although its power is equivalent to that of a middle-grade magic weapon, it has flaws in many aspects, and there is still a huge gap between it and a real middle-grade magic weapon.

At the same time, Li Xuan is also waiting for the weapons to be ready.

Just after the Mongol movement in the north in early March, the imperial court ordered an additional 7,000 'Rune Flintlock Rifled Guns' to the Artifact Alliance on credit due to his activities and instigation.

This is simply because the current ‘Rune Flintlock Rifled Guns’ in Shenji’s left and right battalions, after several purchases and distribution by the imperial court, only amount to over 30,000 guns, and there is still a large gap.

The eight thousand newly recruited Yiwu soldiers can only temporarily borrow the firearms from Shenji Zuoying for shooting training.

At this time, the Artifact Alliance is working hard overnight, trying its best to deliver these 7,000 muskets before March 20th.

By then, Shenji's left and right battalions will have 37,000 'rune flintlock rifled guns' and 160 four-inch caliber towed wheeled field smoothbore cannons, truly achieving full coverage of firearms.

The total number is 37,000 musketeers, 160 artillery crews, and 1,400 men - each of these cannons requires at least eight to ten people to serve.

The remaining two thousand people are all auxiliary soldiers who handle various chores, including fire-headed soldiers and so on.

In addition, Li Xuan also asked Helian Fulong and Jiang Yunqi to join forces to create a bayonet technique more suitable for the battlefield.

But now it's too late to use it. At present, we can only slightly improve a battlefield spear technique called "Tiger's Stab Technique" and teach the soldiers to practice it.

The ‘Rune Flintlock Rifled Gun’ is four feet two inches long, which is 1.4 meters long. Coupled with the 0.55-meter bayonet, the length is close to six feet, which is just suitable for this spear technique that focuses on thrusting.

In addition, the ‘Tiger Burst Divine Thorn Combat Technique’ is also particularly suitable for formation battles.

In particular, the forest of knives formed by tens of thousands of bayonets is also extremely powerful in close combat.

While the Shenji camp training was in full swing, Li Xuan was also selecting elites from Jizhou Town, and gathered 50,000 guardsmen in Jizhou City.

——This is the essence of Jizhou Town. Whether it is individual combat power or the level of the battle formation, it is not inferior to the Forbidden Army. Moreover, he had just experienced the Tangshan War a year ago and had experience in dealing with the cavalry.

It is worth mentioning that there are 16,000 archers among them, all of whom are skilled archers and can shoot a twenty-stone bow.

Li Xuan gathered the cavalry from various tribes together. About nine thousand knights were organized into two regiments and camps by himself.

Li Xuan has full confidence in the 'Shenji Left and Right Battalion' and firmly believes that these 40,000 musketeers are enough to defeat the hundreds of thousands of leather armored cavalry.

But he will not give up his efforts to increase his chances of winning just because of this.

On March 18th, the Artifact Alliance delivered all the muskets and artillery two days in advance.

At this time, Li Xuan had learned that the Mongol cavalry had entered the territory of Shuozhou to plunder, and Yu Jie and the emperor were gathering troops and horses to prepare for a preliminary battle with the Oara Khan in Shuozhou.

But on this day, Li Xuan still did not hesitate in the name of 'drill march'. The military order to march north was issued.

Shenji's left and right battalions have 41,000 men, plus Li Xuan's temporary five infantry regiments with 50,000 men, two cavalry regiments with 9,000 cavalry, plus 30,000 auxiliary troops to transport baggage, a total of 13 Ten thousand troops marched north.

They first arrived at Xifengkou, where they repaired for a day, then crossed the pass under Li Xuan's forced order and marched towards Chengde.

Li Xuan's move caught everyone off guard and shocked them.

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Only half a day later, Gaogu, the second assistant, who learned the news, roared angrily in the Wenhua Hall where Yu Hongshang was supervising the country and overseeing the government: "What does the champion prince want? Does he want to put me, the Jin Dynasty, to death?"

He left so many important passes unguarded, but took the initiative to run to Chengde with these few troops. Does he know that there are 270,000 Pishi corpses in the tomb of Taizu of Liao Dynasty? Does he know that underneath the Qianhu House in Chengde, there are remnants of the Khitan dragon energy?

With a mere 130,000 people fighting against the Khitan's leather cavalry, did he think he was the reincarnation of Overlord Xiang Yu, or the resurrection of Wei King Li Jing? The imperial court conferred the title of Champion on him. Did he really think that he was the Champion? "

The furious Gao Gu didn't even care about court etiquette, and spoke with majestic force, making the Wenhua Palace rustle.

Everyone in the court also frowned. Even Yu Shiyue, the Minister of Justice who was close to Li Xuan, had a worried look in his eyes.

Xiao Ci, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, raised his fist towards Yu Hongshang and said, "Your Highness! Please quickly issue an order to recall the champion and relieve him from his military duties! Jizhou Town should also appoint an experienced and good general to take charge of the defense."

Shang Hong, the left minister of the Ministry of War, also agreed to remove Li Xuan from his military post. He bowed and said: "Your Highness, this matter must be done as quickly as possible! Once the champion is defeated in Chengde, the consequences will be disastrous. If these 130,000 people are killed, our Jin Dynasty or It’s a game where everyone loses!”

Yu Hongshang was also shocked by Li Xuan's actions, but her face was calm and her eyes were calm: "Xiao Shangshu, the champion general of Zhenji, was appointed by the emperor. His fate This matter is not something I can decide, so I should ask the Emperor for instructions and leave it to my father to make the decision!"

Although Yu Hongshang was worried about losing this battle, she had unreserved trust in Li Xuan's abilities.

She saw that the ministers in the court were extremely dissatisfied with Li Xuan's decision to attack first and then report, so she chose the "drag" strategy to buy Li Xuan as much time as possible.

But under the imperial rank, the censor of Zuodu snorted angrily: "What the supervisor said is wrong! The reason why your majesty and Yu Shangshu appointed the champion to be the general of Zhenji is to let him stick to Xifengkou and Gubeikou. The 270,000 Pishi Corpse Army that defended the Tomb of Taizu of Liao Dynasty went south, so he was not allowed to risk fighting with them in the wild! How could he be so reckless?"

His eyes widened and he stared at Yu Hongshang: "The emperor is in Shuozhou now. Even if he uses the 'Fire Eyes Golden Crow', it will take an hour or two to go back and forth. In addition to the time they discussed, when will this wait? ?The champion's army is less than 200 miles away from Chengde. I estimate that he can reach Chengde in half a day at most. By then it will be too late!

Your Highness, what is the purpose of the Emperor letting Your Highness oversee the country? It is for His Highness to make decisions about things in the country that are beyond his control. Otherwise, what use does the emperor have for you to supervise the country? What's the use of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty? "

Yu Hongshang remained calm and calm: "What Zuodu Yushi said is reasonable, but although I don't understand military affairs, I also know that changing generals before the battle is a taboo for military strategists.

I absolutely dare not make a decision on this matter, I still have to ask my father for instructions. And so far, the champion has never lost. Are you too worried? Also, if the champion is to be replaced, who in the DPRK is worthy of the important task of Jizhou? Who can take over these hundreds of thousands of troops? "

She thought that if the "drag" trick didn't work, she would try to confuse the public discussion.

Sure enough, as soon as she said these words, the originally agitated courtiers became confused.

Some people think that it is really inappropriate to "change generals before the battle", and some people argue about the candidate to take over as the general of Jizhou.

At this time, Yu Hongshang's expression changed slightly, and she looked at Zhu Guoneng, who had been transferred from the Xuanfu General Army to the Tongzhi of the Jingying Commandery and the former Left Commander of the Army Commandery.

"The Marquis of Changping is familiar with the art of war. What do you think?"

Zhu Guoneng raised the wat board and said: "Your Highness, Champion Hou Beijin has made complete preparations before. Even if he is defeated in Chengde, Jizhou Town can hold on for more than ten days under the impact of the Pishi cavalry, and there is enough time for the court to mobilize Soldiers and horses.

And as far as I know, it only took five hours for Shenji's left and right battalions to march from Jizhou to Xifengkou. Therefore, I expect that the army under the command of Champion Hou has arrived in Chengde. At this time, no matter what decision the court makes, it is too late——"

Sure enough, just as he was finishing his words, the Commander-in-Chief of the Xiuyi Guards and the Admiral Zuo Daoxing of the Inner Factory hurriedly walked in: "Your Highness! Military reports came from Chengde. The outpost cavalry of the Champion Marquis has arrived at Qianhu Station in Chengde. The young Tianshi from the Tianshi Mansion who was traveling with the Champion Hou took the initiative to detonate the Chengde Dragon Qi."

At this moment, all the ministers in the court frowned, and many of them had angry faces.

Li Xuan's move was not only to kill first and then show off, but also forced them into a situation where they had to agree with Li Xuan's field strategy.

Just two hours later, Yu Jie, who was far away in Shuozhou, also learned the news.

He felt dizzy in his head, veins bulged in his temples, and he was pulsing.