Today, the Qi army in Jinan is in a very difficult situation.
Originally, there were hundreds of thousands of defenders in Shandong, but now, some of them have been eaten by Shen Yi and some have surrendered.
Today's Shandong Qi army is fully prepared and only has about 80,000 troops.
A considerable part of these 80,000 people were scattered in Daming Mansion and Dongchang Mansion. Among them, the Qi army in Daming Mansion was still entangled by Zhang Meng and had no time to come over.
Now, there are only more than 60,000 Qi troops in Jinan City.
Among these 60,000 people, some are wounded soldiers who have been withdrawn from Tai'an and other places in Jinan Prefecture, and they are temporarily unable to join the battle.
In other words, Jinan's actual combat strength is probably only over 50,000 people.
In this case, both Tu Yuan and Zhou Yuanlang need to give an explanation to the court.
I can't give you more than 100,000 people. In less than two years, it will be empty. Not to mention, I will also lose the entire Shandong.
In this case, even if both of them have the so-called ability to follow the dragon, they still cannot withstand Emperor Zhaowu's thunderous wrath.
And this new type of artillery is obviously a good excuse for the two of them.
Send the artillery to Yandu and tell the emperor why the battle in Shandong turned out like this.
With this artillery, the craftsmen of Yandu can imitate it and put it on the battlefield in one or two years. Tuyuan and Zhou Yuanlang can also have an explanation to Emperor Zhaowu.
So this time, Tuyuan sent a group of the most elite soldiers in Jinan City. After leaving the city, they went straight to the artillery positions of the Huai'an Army.
They were so fast and so fierce that the artillery battalion was unable to retreat in time. They caught up with them in just a tea break.
Several tall Qi people slashed down a strong man pushing a cannon with their swords. Then three or five people screamed strangely, grabbed the cannon, and pushed it towards their own camp with all their strength.
As they pushed, they shouted: "Surround us! Stop the Southerners!"
The nearby Qi army immediately rushed up to protect the people pushing the carts, covering their retreat to their own camp.
Unfortunately.
Although the artillery has been updated by the Huai'an Army for two generations, the artillery now produced is no longer immobile like the artillery placed on the city wall, but it still weighs hundreds of kilograms.
The movement of the Huai'an Army Artillery Battalion is still slow. Even if there are several or even a dozen of these Qi people pushing the cart, the speed cannot be too fast.
After all, there are no smooth roads in this world.
When Zhong Ming saw someone snatching the cannon, his eyes immediately turned red. He held a long knife in both hands and slashed hard, directly into the armor of the people in front of him. Then he raised his arms and shouted: "Xuanjia Guards" ,Follow me!"
"Join me and intercept those sluts who steal the cannons from the artillery camp!"
At this time, the Xuanjia Guards had nearly 500 people. They were all elites selected from the left army. They knew the boss Zhong Ming very well. After hearing this, they immediately gathered together, followed Zhong Ming, and moved towards Rush towards the artillery camp.
At this time, dozens of Qi people, protecting an artillery vehicle, retreated towards Jinan City.
Their speed is naturally not fast.
The same number of Xuanjia guards attacked them. With just a stick of incense, dozens of Qi soldiers were killed and routed. The remaining Qi soldiers abandoned their artillery carts and fled in a hurry.
Zhong Ming looked back.
Thousands of Qi people were seen rushing into the artillery camp. There were almost twenty artillery vehicles that had been taken away by these Qi people and were being pushed back to Jinan City.
The fierce general suddenly became angry and gritted his teeth: "I want to see if you can push the artillery back to the main formation!"
He shouted angrily: "Eight and ten battalions, protect the artillery!"
"Kill all these bastards who are robbing artillery!"
After he said this, the tiger roared and rushed towards the Qi people.
At this time, Su Ding finally arrived on the battlefield and took over the command of the battlefield.
Because the battlefield at this time is likely to turn into a big battle, it is no longer suitable for Zhong Ming, a general who rushes into the battle, to take command.
Su Ding only glanced at the artillery camp position and stopped paying attention. He quickly glanced at the entire battlefield, then called the messenger and said in a deep voice: "The fourth, sixth, eleventh, and thirteenth battalions will go to battle immediately."
General Su looked grim and said indifferently: "Let these Qi people who dare to leave the city know that the Huai'an army is invincible."
The messenger bowed his head respectfully, said yes, and then strode forward to deliver the message.
The four thousand-household battalions of the Left Army immediately went out to fight and participated in this battle.
At this time, Shen Yi was still standing high, silently watching the movements of the entire battlefield.
As for the Qi people grabbing the artillery, he only watched it for a while, then stopped paying attention and looked more at the entire battlefield.
Shen Yi didn't know who came up with the idea of Qi people going out of the city to grab artillery, but this tactic only caught his attention for a moment, and then he didn't like it much.
It’s not that this tactic is ineffective, or that it’s too stupid, but…
Too selfish.
Thousands of Qi troops chased the artillery vehicles one after another, risking their lives to fight for them.
Not to mention how many artillery pieces they were able to grab, even if they took away half or even all of the hundred artillery pieces from the Left Army, it would not be of any help to the current battle in Jinan.
It will only throw the lives of soldiers in vain and damage your own vitality.
This approach made Mr. Shen look down upon.
If he were the commander-in-chief of the Qi army in Jinan, he would never do this.
As for whether the artillery was lost, or how many of them were lost.
For Shen Yi, it's actually not that important.
These new things…
Sooner or later, it will be leaked. After all, these improvements to the artillery are not essentially new technologies. They are just improvements that Shen Yi provided some new ideas to the craftsmen and spent several years making them.
There are no patents in this world, so Mr. Shen doesn't think his firearms workshop can be so airtight.
For now, if these artillery can kill hundreds or thousands of Qi people, even if a few are lost, he will be happy to do this deal.
After all, as long as Beiqi is still there, they will learn it sooner or later. The key is how much advantage they can get before they learn it.
Of course, the technology of the explosive bomb must not be leaked. Currently, this thing is considered a new technology, and Mr. Shen still wants to keep it "exclusive" for a few years.
Compared with artillery, he paid more attention to the first battle of the Battle of Jinan.
Originally, this was just a routine, exploratory attack. Shen Yi himself had no intention of coming to watch the battle. He just wanted to see the level of Jinan City's defense, so he came to the battlefield to take a look.
Unexpectedly, this tentative attack has evolved into a large-scale battle with more than 10,000 people, and it is also a frontal field battle!
Thinking of this, Mr. Shen looked up at Jinan City and narrowed his eyes slightly.
He seemed to have seen the young man named Zhou Yuanlang in the city.
"Delicate in mind, smart and bold."
Mr. Shen gave his own evaluation.
"only…"
He put his hands behind his back and turned to leave, no longer looking at the battlefield.
"The intention is not right."
…………
The battle lasted until evening.
In the evening, the Jinan garrison suffered heavy losses and retreated to Jinan City.
In just one day of fierce fighting, they lost at least thousands of people.
Of course, most of these thousands of people were injured.
Until they closed the city gate, some people still had no time to enter the city and were locked outside the city.
The Huai'an army attacked outside the city, pursued them all the way to a stone's throw outside the city, and then shouted in unison towards the city.
"Since we belong to the Xia Dynasty, we should belong to the Han family!"
"Surrender the city and let bygones be bygones!"
"Surrender the city and let bygones be bygones!"
As the Huai'an army shouted loudly, the Qi army defending the city struggled to lift the suspension bridge and close the city gate.
As the city gate slowly closed, the two Qi troops behind the city gate looked at each other in the night, with complicated expressions on each other's eyes.
Obviously, they are all Han Chinese.
At this time, two relatively complete artillery pieces were placed in the courtyard of Jinan's governor's office.
The two artillery pieces were almost soaked in blood.
There were clearly visible blood stains on the wooden base and wheels.
Obviously, in order to get back these two artillery pieces, the Qi army paid a lot of money.
Tu Yuan and Zhou Yuanlang were currently circling around the two artillery pieces, studying them intently.
General Tu thought for a while and said softly: "The southerners are really smart. I never thought that artillery could be like this."
Zhou Yuanlang nodded silently.
"Shen Qi is indeed a powerful person. I heard that he took the lead in figuring out all the new things in the Huai'an Army."
Tu Yuan hesitated for a moment and asked: "Sir, should these two cannons be sent to Yandu immediately?"
"yes."
Zhou Yuanlang said: "We should send someone overnight to Yandu, present it to the emperor, and then hand it over to the craftsmen for imitation."
At this point, he shook his head slightly: "It's a pity that I didn't get the kind of cannonball that can explode."
"Otherwise, it would be better for you and me to have good relations with each other."
Tu Yuan nodded.
"It's indeed a pity."
He looked at the two artillery pieces and said with emotion: "I don't know how many lives were lost for these two artillery pieces. I hope the imperial court can imitate them as soon as possible so that we will not be controlled by the Southerners everywhere on the battlefield..."
He paused and was about to continue speaking. Suddenly, a follower stepped forward quickly and whispered a few words in his ear. Upon hearing this, General Tu's face changed slightly and ordered: "Stop it, without my order." , no one is allowed to enter or leave Jinan City!"
"Go tell him and I'll see him in a moment."
The entourage bowed his head and turned around.
Zhou Yuanlang looked calm and asked: "Prince Rui is leaving?"
Tu Yuan nodded.
"He said he is ill and needs to go back to Yandu for treatment."
Having said this, General Tu sneered.
"Now that we're here, it's so easy to leave!"
Zhou Yuanlang also narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Of course he can't leave. If anything happens to Jinan City, it will fall on him..."
(End of chapter)
