Similar plot, same scene. The newly attached soldiers fell to the ground near the point where the grenade exploded, while those who were not knocked down fled down the mountain. Zhao Shicai was wrapped up and pushed by the defeated soldiers for half a mile, and finally managed to stabilize his body. He led a company of personal soldiers to kill several soldiers who were leading the escape, and finally stopped the disintegration. In order to overcome fear and boost morale, he explained to his subordinates what he knew about the weaknesses of the Song Army's firearms. They were just that the firearms were powerful and ineffective. They were just "obscene and ingenious" and were absolutely useless. Moreover, he emphasized that there were not many of these thunderbolts in the imperial army of the Song Dynasty. There could not be too many of these wilderness mountain people, and they were really nothing to be afraid of.
After Zhao Shicai's kindness and power, the newly attached soldiers were ready to move again. Zhao Shicai also took the opportunity to promise that if open robbery was allowed for one day after Wanjiazhai was captured, the women would own the property obtained, and the same would apply to other villages captured in the future. Zhao Shicai understands human nature well, and he knows what the soldiers below want most - money, food, and women. His promise was quite effective. These newly attached soldiers looked forward to the pie painted by Zhao Shicai and wished they could fly into the village right away to steal money, food and women.
After successfully arousing the greed of his men, Zhao Shicai's next offensive organization became much smoother. The attack this time was a death squad of one hundred people, all of whom signed up voluntarily. As the saying goes, "wealth is gained through danger", rushing in first means that you can grab more property and you can give priority to beautiful women. Of course, just because these desperadoes are not afraid of death doesn't mean they have no brains. In order to reduce the casualties caused by grenades, they no longer swarmed forward this time. Instead, they bent down and held shields and quickly rushed towards the Perak Army in a sparse formation. The wave of grenades just now knocked down dozens of newly attached troops, and the dead and wounded were scattered everywhere, blocking the narrow mountain road. These desperadoes were also cruel and ruthless. They would push all the dead and injured people who were blocking the road, whether they were still alive or not, off the cliff.
Zhao Shicai's strategy was to have a small group of personnel rush forward quickly and engage in close combat with the Perak Army. If the Pili Army drops a bomb, only a few people will be blown up, which will only increase the consumption of grenades. If you don't drop bombs, you can charge into the Perak Army formation, wait until the two sides are entangled, so that the Perak Army will not dare to use grenades to throw rat traps, and then use all the troops to attack and win by relying on numerical superiority. After all, his troops are four times as many as the Perak Army. . However, Zhao Shicai's wishful thinking did not work. When the death squads rushed to the Perak Army formation, they were blocked by the shield wall. The tall and thick iron-clad giant shield sealed the mountain road tightly, and also blocked the rain of arrows from the newly attached troops. The soldiers of the Perak Army hid behind and kept stabbing with their spears through the gaps between their shields. The mountain road was narrow, and the new auxiliary death squads who rushed in front of the shield formation had no way to hide. After a few rounds, they lost more than a dozen people. A few agile people got close and chopped with swords and axes. The giant shield was not damaged at all, but was stabbed by a spear. Fighting and fighting, the charge of the newly attached troops gradually turned into the most taboo fueling tactic on the battlefield.
Seeing that the Perak army could not be attacked by a small number of people, Zhao Shicai doubled the number of people rushing into the formation and ordered archers to increase support. But as soon as the people rushing into the formation gathered together, they were bombarded with grenades as expected. Although the death squads were furious and were repelled repeatedly by grenades and spears, they reorganized their formation and launched a new attack. However, they gradually became suspicious of Zhao Shicai's statement that the Thunderbolt Army did not have many grenades. These Thunderbolt Army grenades seem to be inexhaustible. This is not a waste of grenades, but a waste of human life! Speaking of misjudgment of mine production capacity, Zhao Shicai is not to blame. After all, with the thinking of people in this era, it is impossible to imagine the high efficiency of industrial production. Although Pili military industrial production is still in its infancy, the production technology and management model have far surpassed the agricultural era. The current production capacity of Pili military gunpowder is restricted due to the shortage of raw materials, but it also reflects from another aspect that the production and use of gunpowder are too large. As far as the production of grenades is concerned, the Pili Army can not only meet the needs of field battalions, but even some soldiers in the garrison battalion are equipped with grenades. In fact, mining and building roads consume more gunpowder than making grenades and cannonballs.
The more urgent the enemy attacks, the more at ease Chen Hu feels. The newly attached army is attacking from the rear, while the Perak Army is waiting for work. Now the initiative on the battlefield is in the hands of the Perak Army. Chen Hu decided to use this turtle formation together with grenade tactics to consume the opponent. When the enemy attacks with many people, use grenades to blast them; if the enemy attacks with few people, use spears to stab them. After several repeated attacks, nearly half of the 100 suicide squads in the lead were killed and wounded, and the morale that Zhao Shicai had just incited gradually declined again. To make matters worse, the defeated soldiers who escaped from Wanjiabao brought news that the fortress at the foot of the mountain had changed hands, which made the morale of the newly attached troops even lower.
The current battle situation was already a dilemma, and now he heard that his retreat was cut off. This sent chills down Zhao Shicai's spine, knowing that he had fallen into a trap. Just a few hours ago, he was still despising the Perak Army as a group of bumpkins who had never seen the world, a group of rabble who did not understand techniques and tactics. Now he realized that the other party was deliberately showing weakness and pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger. However, Zhao Shicai knew that regrets were of no use. The top priority was to retake Wanjiabao, join the new auxiliary army in Qingcheng County and the Mongolian Hundreds, and then attack Wanjiazhai. We still have nearly a thousand troops on our side, so it is not impossible to defeat the Perak Army. If Xiong Ben successfully attacked Wanjiazhai from a small road, it would not be difficult to win a big victory. At that moment, Zhao Shicai left his rear troops to block the attack, preventing the Pili army from taking advantage of the situation to attack, while he led his troops down the mountain to seize Wanjia Fort. There is also food baggage accompanying the army stored in Wanjiapu, which must be recaptured. After easily capturing Wanjiabao, he originally thought that Wanjiazhai could also be conquered in one go, so he left most of the food, grass and baggage in Wanjiabao.
Seeing the newly attached army group walking down the mountain, Chen Hu did not chase them and took them back to Wanjiazhai. This time Ouyang Xuan issued a death order, and his mission was to lead the first company to defend Wanjiazhai. Since Xiong Ben was driven away, Wanjiazhai has become the headquarters of the Pili Army and the most important industrial production center besides Liuliba. There is no room for failure. In addition to focusing on the production of cement, Wanjiazhai's coal output has now exceeded that of Liuliba, and its iron output has also reached a quarter of Liuliba's. The top brass of the Pili Army have agreed to gradually transfer most of the industrial company's production capacity to Wanjiazhai. Although the conditions of Liuliba are also very favorable, the location is too remote and the logistics and transportation costs are too high, which is really not conducive to the next step of development to the plains under the mountains.
When Zhao Shicai led his troops hurriedly down the mountain, he was still imagining that the Mongolian army and the new auxiliary army of Qingcheng County would attack Wanjiabao from the front, and then attack from behind. There was no need to worry about being unable to capture Wanjiabao under attack from both sides. However, the shouts of killing in the direction of Wanjiabao gradually became quieter. At first, Zhao Shicai was overjoyed, thinking that the friendly forces had retaken Wanjiabao. Once this conjecture was revealed, the morale of his soldiers was greatly boosted. However, the noise became quieter as we got closer to Wanjiabao. As we approached, we could only hear sporadic screams and wails, which made Zhao Shicai secretly feel bad. As the saying goes, whatever you fear comes, at this moment, his pig teammates were running away in a hurry on the road leading to the outside of the mountain.
After the beating of the first company led by Chen Hu, Zhao Shicai still had about 400 soldiers capable of fighting. The ratio with Shi Zhongshu's second company reached 4:1. According to the common sense of three times the attack, there is also a Combat strength. But facing the strong fortress, the new auxiliary troops in Qingcheng County still had some light siege equipment, and all their baggage was left in Wanjiabao. Now Zhao Shicai's troops only have shields to defend themselves, and the only siege equipment is long ladders and ropes with iron hooks. Everyone knows that using these two things to capture the tall and smooth fortress is simply a fantasy. So after attacking several times in a row, they were beaten back without even touching the top of the wall. After being severely beaten repeatedly, the morale of the soldiers of Dayi's new annexed army was extremely low, and they refused to attack no matter how Zhao Shicai tried to coerce and induce them. Now it's the Perak Army's turn to close the door and beat the dog.
