The Dangxiang people claimed to be Dabaigao, as the name suggests... But Yang Gun's opinion, ordinary soldiers and herdsmen were not Dabaigao. In Yang Gun's eyes, the herdsmen army, which were like beggars, were all black and dirty, and there was also red red on their cheeks after the wind and sun on the plateau.
It’s not that they were born like this, it should be due to the environment.
Yang Gun, a Khitan from the Great Liao Dynasty, felt a sense of superiority arose at this time!Obviously, the Liao army was much more decent than the Dangxiang people.
Although the Liao people established their country as nomadic tribes, they once had Youzhou and now there are also Bohai farming areas with abundant resources. The land under their rule is vast and many tribes. In addition to nomadic, they mainly learn from the Han people, and have become more advanced from law and etiquette to production.
On the other hand, Yang Gun had enough confidence to think that they were like beggars.
However, Yang Gun did not underestimate their combat power and was still confident.
Because he knew that these nomadic herders and cavalry, their patience and courage were naturally trained... The poorer the person is, the less afraid of death.
There may be a lack of combat formation training, but cavalry combat should be flexible and rely more on individual force and endurance.
There are also a large number of Hengshan Qiang infantry behind, with simple equipment and extremely vicious people.
Li Yiyin, who was traveling with him, looked at the well-trained Liao army and seemed to realize the gap, and said: The Dangxiang people are desperately fighting against other families.
After all, he was an accomplice. Yang Gun hid his sense of superiority and said: All tribes in the world attach importance to the performance of the Li Gong tribe, and Mr. Xiao is looking forward to it day and night.Dangxiang people still need training...
As soon as he finished speaking, a martial artist said in Qiang language: We are not the sons of the Khitans, and we have to point fingers if we send someone to him?
Yang Gun couldn't understand and looked at Li Yiyin.Li Yiyin cursed in Chinese: It’s not your turn to speak!
Although he couldn't understand what the man said, Yang Gun could feel that it was not good from his expression and emotions. He pondered for a moment and said: At least he couldn't stop training the horse.
At this time, there was a crackling sound from afar. Several people looked in the sound. As soon as the cavalry camp was pierced, Yang Gun's training was started again.
The temporary training of Dangxiang war horses has been relatively reduced.Yang Gun had no choice but to get enough gunpowder for a while, and the gunpowder he carried with the army had already been used up in those days before.
During the Tang Dynasty, the Khitans knew about subduing gunpowder.
When the two Li Li of the Central Plains rebelled, the Zhao family made a large amount of gunpowder, intending to explode Jinzhou City. Although they did not successfully break the city (because Guo Shaojinfeng's prescription did not have a method of purification and classification test ratio, nor did they tell the court the importance of sealing to gunpowder explosion), they leaked a better gunpowder formula to the Northern Han Kingdom.
The Northern Han Kingdom was a vassal state of the Great Liao Dynasty at that time, so the Khitans obtained the prescription.
The Khitans learned to prepare gunpowder and did not come in handy on the battle formation, but they were used to train war horses to adapt to cannons and muskets.
The sealed hard bamboo tube can imitate the explosion of gunpowder, and the explosion of gunpowder can imitate the explosion of cannons.
Yang Gun said: The cannons of Xu people can also scare war horses when they are used to attack cities; although muskets are not as far as bows and crossbows and are not very useful, they can also scare the horses that are approaching.If you have never heard of an explosion, you will panic. Fortunately, the horse is spiritual and will be much better if you are used to it.
The Central Plains used firearms in both wars in Youzhou, and the Liao people already had experience.
During the first Northern Expedition, there were very few muskets, and the roaring horses and the noisy war drums were the cavalry that were close to the small group of musket soldiers, and they were very uncomfortable and frightened and confused.
The second time the Central Plains people had used a large number of muskets in Wubao, but the Liao people were already prepared...
Therefore, Yang Gun said: The musket is not powerful, it’s just that the horse is afraid.
After saying that, he looked at the training method outside the camp with some concern.Because the gunpowder carried by the Liao army was used up, the raw materials needed for the gunpowder were not found in Pingxia for a while, and the current method was a last resort.
I saw the soldiers laying low bamboos cut from Hengshan on the ground, and they knocked with hammers, ignited fires and smoke, gathering the war horses nearby to listen.
The Dangxiang people in the other place set fire and set off smoke while beating the big drum....
But more Dangxiang people were laughing and laughing. Many people danced in the open space with crackling sounds, using the thing as playful and accompaniment, and sang and danced happily.
Yang Gun saw it and his expression was serious. He really didn't do it for fun, but thought it was very important.
When it was dark, Yang Gun had already returned to the Liao army camp to rest, but was suddenly invited by Li Yiyin's people.
Li Yiyin stood up next to the fire when he saw Yang Gun: As soon as he received the scout, Xu Jun started building a city where the Wuding River flowed into the Yellow River.
Yang Gun frowned, but was not much surprised and said: Xu Guo’s old tricks are used again!They also built hundreds of big cities and small forts in Youzhou!
Li Yiyin: ...
Yang Gun cursed: People in Xu like to cheat and cheat the most. They build a city like this every time. They spend it if they don’t have the chance, and they will only go out if they have the chance.
Li Yiyin said: If they want to consume this in Pingxia, it is not easy to send food, grass and military supplies to afar.
After hearing this, Yang Gun nodded and said: That's right, Pingxia is not as good as Youzhou, and it is in the Hebei Plain, with water and land flowing smoothly.The people of Xu couldn't waste it either...but General Li had enough food?He couldn't help but emphasize specifically that the Liao Dynasty was not rich, and it was because it was high and the mountains were far away when transporting grain from the Liao Dynasty.
Li Yiyin looked embarrassed, and this time he gathered almost all the young and strong people who could help.
Li Yiyin said: If Xu's army builds a city and defends it, we will attack Lingzhou westward, occupy the plump land of Hetao, Lingzhou, and work together with Dangxiang, Hexi.
Yang Gun nodded and said: That's great.However, Zhe Dejian, who was in Lingzhou, probably had already smelled something wrong and was restless. He might have been wary of it and would hold on to his death.
Li Yiyin said: It's better to fight than the city guarded by the imperial guards of Xu... I was puzzled that since the Xu army attacked, its troops were only more than half of ours. It turned out that this move was used to reattack as the defense!
……
At the intersection of the Yellow River and Wuding River, more than 70,000 troops and tens of thousands of civilians arrived, and more than 100,000 people began construction work.
Guo Shao transformed himself into an architectural designer.
He first named the fortress Wuding Fort, and later added the name Never Fall Fort, intending to use it as the base camp in the rear, and then began to design simple drawings... The ancients had rich experience in building cities, and there were ways to build cities in winter, so he didn't need to do it.
However, Guo Shao believes that Xu Jun has equipped a large number of firearms, and the original city model is no longer suitable for tactical needs.
Guo Shao knew nothing about modern fortifications, and his knowledge of the construction of ancient cities was limited to practical experience.
But when he thought about it a little, he also wanted to find that ancient cities were born with cold weapons... walls that were often as high as eight meters (equivalent to three floors) and a circumference of more than ten miles!
Guo Shao was thinking about two reasons. One is to prevent a large number of cold weapons soldiers from climbing, so that the high walls can increase the difficulty of climbing; and the firepower of the defending city is also limited, the higher the walls, the easier it is to defend, and the greater the gravity of the earth and rocks.
Second, China has always been an economic power, and its large circumference can also protect urban residents and the economy; the larger the city, the more the number of troops the besieged will increase the threshold for the encirclement.
But time has changed, it would be boring to build Wuding City with the old ideas.
First of all, Wuding City is a barren land that is built without people living there.The range of the one-mile field bronze cannon also increased the circumference of the ancient army's besieged city in disguise.
Therefore, the size can be greatly reduced and the construction cost can be greatly reduced.You only need to meet the garrison barracks, warehouses and other territories.Complete military fortress.
Secondly, it does not need to be that high, and it will reduce the cost of building a city again.For defenders with a large number of firearms, the city depends on firepower, not the height of the city wall.High walls can also cause firepower blind spots.
Finally, square cities are not conducive to crossing firepower, and artillery has a large number of blind spots.
The ancient city of the urn, also known as Yuecheng, is like an arc protruding, slightly increasing the firepower point.
Guo Shao got inspiration from here and prepared to make this design more prominent.
Liuhua Castle!
The rough picture has been drawn, like a fortress flower with six petals.
Each petal is a corner with two sides long around the fortress; plus the arc-shaped connecting edge between the two petals, the figure actually has six corners and eighteen sides.
Guo Shao kept experimenting and graphic on paper with a wooden ruler and concluded that no matter where he attacked, he would suffer cross-killing firepower from about three directions.
Of course, this fortress is more fragile than ordinary cities without firearms, because it is shorter and smaller.Therefore, when designing, we must consider the weather when rain affects the performance of the firearm...
...Guo Shao mainly considers the firepower points of artillery and mesh rope guns.The six-petal protruding is solid earth rammed. Digging holes on the outer wall to install beams as cover. One can prevent the attack of the catapult cart, and the other can shelter from the rain.
Outside the physical fort, there is an inclined surface below, and three female walls are built in layers. A small Tibetan military cave (sheltering away from rain on rainy days) is dug behind the female wall.
The enemy soldiers nearby were shot and killed by crossing and densely by three or several directions; and there were three soldiers hidden in the hidden soldiers behind each wall, and they took turns to fire to ensure the shooting frequency.
A small fort and whistle defense system is set up within a radius of ten miles, and fireworks, Kongming lanterns, wolf smoke and drums are used as signal warnings; if a small group of people is sent to destroy the troops, a large group of people is sent to send troops to eliminate them, and if a large group of people is sent to send signals and run away on horseback.
There is a water gate to the south of the fortress, and the ditches and rivers connect to the Yellow River, and the pier is located in the fortress.As long as you control the Yellow River, you can guarantee the foreign aid of Wuding Fort.
Guo Shao designed the drawings and ordered the Tokyo Ministry of War to equip artillery on the inland water naval division to ensure that the water rights of the Yellow River should be seized if necessary... Although the Dangxiang people did not have a naval division.
But Guo Shao was excited and used a perfect posture to examine the design of this beautiful fortress as flowers!
Looking at his achievements, he couldn't help but excitedly said: As long as the Central Plains can supply materials, it can be kept for a hundred years!One million troops come to die!
It’s not that they were born like this, it should be due to the environment.
Yang Gun, a Khitan from the Great Liao Dynasty, felt a sense of superiority arose at this time!Obviously, the Liao army was much more decent than the Dangxiang people.
Although the Liao people established their country as nomadic tribes, they once had Youzhou and now there are also Bohai farming areas with abundant resources. The land under their rule is vast and many tribes. In addition to nomadic, they mainly learn from the Han people, and have become more advanced from law and etiquette to production.
On the other hand, Yang Gun had enough confidence to think that they were like beggars.
However, Yang Gun did not underestimate their combat power and was still confident.
Because he knew that these nomadic herders and cavalry, their patience and courage were naturally trained... The poorer the person is, the less afraid of death.
There may be a lack of combat formation training, but cavalry combat should be flexible and rely more on individual force and endurance.
There are also a large number of Hengshan Qiang infantry behind, with simple equipment and extremely vicious people.
Li Yiyin, who was traveling with him, looked at the well-trained Liao army and seemed to realize the gap, and said: The Dangxiang people are desperately fighting against other families.
After all, he was an accomplice. Yang Gun hid his sense of superiority and said: All tribes in the world attach importance to the performance of the Li Gong tribe, and Mr. Xiao is looking forward to it day and night.Dangxiang people still need training...
As soon as he finished speaking, a martial artist said in Qiang language: We are not the sons of the Khitans, and we have to point fingers if we send someone to him?
Yang Gun couldn't understand and looked at Li Yiyin.Li Yiyin cursed in Chinese: It’s not your turn to speak!
Although he couldn't understand what the man said, Yang Gun could feel that it was not good from his expression and emotions. He pondered for a moment and said: At least he couldn't stop training the horse.
At this time, there was a crackling sound from afar. Several people looked in the sound. As soon as the cavalry camp was pierced, Yang Gun's training was started again.
The temporary training of Dangxiang war horses has been relatively reduced.Yang Gun had no choice but to get enough gunpowder for a while, and the gunpowder he carried with the army had already been used up in those days before.
During the Tang Dynasty, the Khitans knew about subduing gunpowder.
When the two Li Li of the Central Plains rebelled, the Zhao family made a large amount of gunpowder, intending to explode Jinzhou City. Although they did not successfully break the city (because Guo Shaojinfeng's prescription did not have a method of purification and classification test ratio, nor did they tell the court the importance of sealing to gunpowder explosion), they leaked a better gunpowder formula to the Northern Han Kingdom.
The Northern Han Kingdom was a vassal state of the Great Liao Dynasty at that time, so the Khitans obtained the prescription.
The Khitans learned to prepare gunpowder and did not come in handy on the battle formation, but they were used to train war horses to adapt to cannons and muskets.
The sealed hard bamboo tube can imitate the explosion of gunpowder, and the explosion of gunpowder can imitate the explosion of cannons.
Yang Gun said: The cannons of Xu people can also scare war horses when they are used to attack cities; although muskets are not as far as bows and crossbows and are not very useful, they can also scare the horses that are approaching.If you have never heard of an explosion, you will panic. Fortunately, the horse is spiritual and will be much better if you are used to it.
The Central Plains used firearms in both wars in Youzhou, and the Liao people already had experience.
During the first Northern Expedition, there were very few muskets, and the roaring horses and the noisy war drums were the cavalry that were close to the small group of musket soldiers, and they were very uncomfortable and frightened and confused.
The second time the Central Plains people had used a large number of muskets in Wubao, but the Liao people were already prepared...
Therefore, Yang Gun said: The musket is not powerful, it’s just that the horse is afraid.
After saying that, he looked at the training method outside the camp with some concern.Because the gunpowder carried by the Liao army was used up, the raw materials needed for the gunpowder were not found in Pingxia for a while, and the current method was a last resort.
I saw the soldiers laying low bamboos cut from Hengshan on the ground, and they knocked with hammers, ignited fires and smoke, gathering the war horses nearby to listen.
The Dangxiang people in the other place set fire and set off smoke while beating the big drum....
But more Dangxiang people were laughing and laughing. Many people danced in the open space with crackling sounds, using the thing as playful and accompaniment, and sang and danced happily.
Yang Gun saw it and his expression was serious. He really didn't do it for fun, but thought it was very important.
When it was dark, Yang Gun had already returned to the Liao army camp to rest, but was suddenly invited by Li Yiyin's people.
Li Yiyin stood up next to the fire when he saw Yang Gun: As soon as he received the scout, Xu Jun started building a city where the Wuding River flowed into the Yellow River.
Yang Gun frowned, but was not much surprised and said: Xu Guo’s old tricks are used again!They also built hundreds of big cities and small forts in Youzhou!
Li Yiyin: ...
Yang Gun cursed: People in Xu like to cheat and cheat the most. They build a city like this every time. They spend it if they don’t have the chance, and they will only go out if they have the chance.
Li Yiyin said: If they want to consume this in Pingxia, it is not easy to send food, grass and military supplies to afar.
After hearing this, Yang Gun nodded and said: That's right, Pingxia is not as good as Youzhou, and it is in the Hebei Plain, with water and land flowing smoothly.The people of Xu couldn't waste it either...but General Li had enough food?He couldn't help but emphasize specifically that the Liao Dynasty was not rich, and it was because it was high and the mountains were far away when transporting grain from the Liao Dynasty.
Li Yiyin looked embarrassed, and this time he gathered almost all the young and strong people who could help.
Li Yiyin said: If Xu's army builds a city and defends it, we will attack Lingzhou westward, occupy the plump land of Hetao, Lingzhou, and work together with Dangxiang, Hexi.
Yang Gun nodded and said: That's great.However, Zhe Dejian, who was in Lingzhou, probably had already smelled something wrong and was restless. He might have been wary of it and would hold on to his death.
Li Yiyin said: It's better to fight than the city guarded by the imperial guards of Xu... I was puzzled that since the Xu army attacked, its troops were only more than half of ours. It turned out that this move was used to reattack as the defense!
……
At the intersection of the Yellow River and Wuding River, more than 70,000 troops and tens of thousands of civilians arrived, and more than 100,000 people began construction work.
Guo Shao transformed himself into an architectural designer.
He first named the fortress Wuding Fort, and later added the name Never Fall Fort, intending to use it as the base camp in the rear, and then began to design simple drawings... The ancients had rich experience in building cities, and there were ways to build cities in winter, so he didn't need to do it.
However, Guo Shao believes that Xu Jun has equipped a large number of firearms, and the original city model is no longer suitable for tactical needs.
Guo Shao knew nothing about modern fortifications, and his knowledge of the construction of ancient cities was limited to practical experience.
But when he thought about it a little, he also wanted to find that ancient cities were born with cold weapons... walls that were often as high as eight meters (equivalent to three floors) and a circumference of more than ten miles!
Guo Shao was thinking about two reasons. One is to prevent a large number of cold weapons soldiers from climbing, so that the high walls can increase the difficulty of climbing; and the firepower of the defending city is also limited, the higher the walls, the easier it is to defend, and the greater the gravity of the earth and rocks.
Second, China has always been an economic power, and its large circumference can also protect urban residents and the economy; the larger the city, the more the number of troops the besieged will increase the threshold for the encirclement.
But time has changed, it would be boring to build Wuding City with the old ideas.
First of all, Wuding City is a barren land that is built without people living there.The range of the one-mile field bronze cannon also increased the circumference of the ancient army's besieged city in disguise.
Therefore, the size can be greatly reduced and the construction cost can be greatly reduced.You only need to meet the garrison barracks, warehouses and other territories.Complete military fortress.
Secondly, it does not need to be that high, and it will reduce the cost of building a city again.For defenders with a large number of firearms, the city depends on firepower, not the height of the city wall.High walls can also cause firepower blind spots.
Finally, square cities are not conducive to crossing firepower, and artillery has a large number of blind spots.
The ancient city of the urn, also known as Yuecheng, is like an arc protruding, slightly increasing the firepower point.
Guo Shao got inspiration from here and prepared to make this design more prominent.
Liuhua Castle!
The rough picture has been drawn, like a fortress flower with six petals.
Each petal is a corner with two sides long around the fortress; plus the arc-shaped connecting edge between the two petals, the figure actually has six corners and eighteen sides.
Guo Shao kept experimenting and graphic on paper with a wooden ruler and concluded that no matter where he attacked, he would suffer cross-killing firepower from about three directions.
Of course, this fortress is more fragile than ordinary cities without firearms, because it is shorter and smaller.Therefore, when designing, we must consider the weather when rain affects the performance of the firearm...
...Guo Shao mainly considers the firepower points of artillery and mesh rope guns.The six-petal protruding is solid earth rammed. Digging holes on the outer wall to install beams as cover. One can prevent the attack of the catapult cart, and the other can shelter from the rain.
Outside the physical fort, there is an inclined surface below, and three female walls are built in layers. A small Tibetan military cave (sheltering away from rain on rainy days) is dug behind the female wall.
The enemy soldiers nearby were shot and killed by crossing and densely by three or several directions; and there were three soldiers hidden in the hidden soldiers behind each wall, and they took turns to fire to ensure the shooting frequency.
A small fort and whistle defense system is set up within a radius of ten miles, and fireworks, Kongming lanterns, wolf smoke and drums are used as signal warnings; if a small group of people is sent to destroy the troops, a large group of people is sent to send troops to eliminate them, and if a large group of people is sent to send signals and run away on horseback.
There is a water gate to the south of the fortress, and the ditches and rivers connect to the Yellow River, and the pier is located in the fortress.As long as you control the Yellow River, you can guarantee the foreign aid of Wuding Fort.
Guo Shao designed the drawings and ordered the Tokyo Ministry of War to equip artillery on the inland water naval division to ensure that the water rights of the Yellow River should be seized if necessary... Although the Dangxiang people did not have a naval division.
But Guo Shao was excited and used a perfect posture to examine the design of this beautiful fortress as flowers!
Looking at his achievements, he couldn't help but excitedly said: As long as the Central Plains can supply materials, it can be kept for a hundred years!One million troops come to die!
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