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"What? There have been more than a thousand casualties in less than half a day, and you actually have the nerve to tell the truth that you can't break through? Qin Zongquan, you simply have no military law!"
After receiving the report of the Suoyunguan battle sent by Qin Zongquan's order, Fa Yang suddenly changed his color.
But he soon calmed down and knew that Qin Zongquan might really be in trouble. After all, there was no news about Suoyun Pass in the previous intelligence.
"Could it be that Yu Jie had already anticipated that Yongzhou City would fall, so he sent heavy troops to guard Suoyunguan Pass?"
Fa Yang thought for a moment, then shook his head and rejected the idea.
"Impossible. Even if Yu Jie really expected that Yongzhou City was in danger, he should not have gathered troops at Lockyung Pass. Moreover, the true nature of Yongzhou's strategy has not been revealed before, and it is impossible for him to get the intelligence and react."
After thinking for a long time, Fa Yang finally decided that he had to go to Suoyun Pass in person to make a final decision.
As a result, Fa Yang immediately ordered people to notify Luo Song, and ordered him to arrange the defense fortifications of Yongzhou City, and quickly led his troops to meet at Suoyun Pass. He went to Suoyung Pass to find Qin Zongquan to understand the real situation.
When Fa Yang arrived at the barracks of Qin Zongquan's army, he realized that the truth was more serious than he thought. He was shocked by the number of casualties in the camp, and the morale of the army's sergeants dropped to an unprecedented level.
"The general has never thought that the small Suoyung Pass actually has sharp firearms that are only available in the Han army. We fought hard, but still failed to climb the wall. Please forgive me, Prime Minister."
Qin Zongquan took the initiative to plead guilty and only asked Fa Yang to give him a lighter punishment.
Fa Yang sighed, looked at Suoyunguan and said, "It seems that Liu Ce's actions are greater than we thought. The Han army has reached into Shu without anyone noticing."
Qin Zongquan was stunned and said hurriedly: "Please make a decision, Prime Minister."
Fa Yang said: "No matter what, Suoyung Pass must be taken. I ordered General Luo to gather the troops. He is currently rushing towards the pass. When your two armies join together, you must concentrate your superior forces and take down Suoyung Pass in one battle." !”
"As you command!"
With the support of Fa Yang and Luo Song, Qin Zongquan is full of confidence, at least his head is completely saved.
In the evening, Luo Song led 30,000 troops to Suoyunguan to join Fa Yang and Qin Zongquan.
As soon as he arrived at the camp, Luo Song immediately went straight to the camp where Fa Yang was located and asked eagerly: "Prime Minister, what are your instructions for urgently calling the generals here?"
Fa Yang said: "General Qin's troops encountered some setbacks when attacking Suoyunguan Pass. The defenders were equipped with firearms. I hope General Luo can help General Qin and help him."
Upon hearing this, Luo Song glanced at Qin Zongquan with contempt, while Qin Zongquan smiled apologetically and held up his hands to show his goodwill.
"Hmph..." Luo Song snorted, "You can't even attack a single Suoyun Pass. Qin Zongquan, how did you become such a pioneer general?"
These words were said without any mercy, which made Qin Zongquan very embarrassed and filled with resentment towards Luo Song.
Luo Song had always looked down upon this defeated general who suffered repeated defeats. In addition, his character was very bad, so he repeatedly reported to Huang Fu to request the death of Qin Zongquan.
However, Fa Yang protected Qin Zongquan to plead for mercy, and Huang Fu never thought of killing Qin Zongquan. At most, he only gave a few verbal warnings and did not continue to pursue Qin Zongquan's responsibility.
This made Luo Song very unhappy, and also made Qin Zongquan hold a grudge against Luo Song. The conflict between the two deepened day by day, almost to the point of being intolerable.
It's just that Luo Song is a general with great military exploits. Qin Zongquan can only feel down when he sees him on weekdays. If one day Qin Zongquan and Luo Song are on an equal footing, he vows to put him to death.
Regarding the conflict between Luo Song and Qin Zongquan, Fa Yang saw it but did not stop it. This was the scene he wanted to see, and it was also a means to divert the conflict.
Compared with military affairs, Fa Yang knew the horror of mutiny better. If Luo Song and Qin Zongquan settled their differences, the Chu State might be the next to suffer. After all, the Chu State had only been established for a few years, and its foundation was unstable, and Luo Song was already right. It is very likely that Chu State will be dissatisfied with its national policy.
Fa Yang stood up and acted as a peacemaker: "Well, General Luo, don't blame him. General Qin didn't expect Suoyun Pass to be so difficult to attack. The prime minister decided to rest for the night, gather the army tomorrow, and conquer Suoyun Pass in one go. close."
Luo Song turned away and did not look at Qin Zongquan. Qin Zongquan also stepped aside without saying a word, and the storm passed just like that.
"What does General Luo think about the prevention of firearms?" Fa Yang asked.
Luo Song replied: "As far as the general knows, the Han army's firearms were improved from the Jiang family. Jiang Ze relied on the power of firearms to defeat Liu Ce's defenders in the Han Mausoleum in the Far East. However, in the end, this firearms unit Still annihilated.”
Fa Yang frowned: "How did Liu Ce annihilate the Jiang family's firearms?"
Luo Song replied: "You may not believe it, but Liu Ce used a chariot that had been eliminated in the previous dynasty. With the impact of the galloping horses, he dispersed the firearm formation and defeated it."
Fa Yang sighed and said: "Liu Ce is indeed a rare military genius in thousands of years. He actually thought of such a method.
However, the terrain here is rugged, making it difficult for even infantry to walk, let alone cavalry and chariots. Moreover, our Chu army does not have many horses.
In addition, the defenders of Suoyunguan are clinging to the wall, so it will be very difficult to break through the pass with this strategy. "
Luo Song said: "It's not that there is no way. The Han army has a powerful siege weapon called a trebuchet, which can throw huge rocks hundreds of steps away, while the defenders' guns can only be exhausted in Pepsi steps.
It just so happened that I finally obtained a trebuchet after all the hard work and it was placed at Hukou Pass. Except for the iron tools called gears that cannot be imitated, several others can be made based on this.
In this way, the enemy's advantage in firearms no longer exists, and our army can completely collapse the Suoyunguan city wall with the help of trebuchets. "
Fa Yang's eyes lit up: "Yes, why didn't you think of the truth? When I traveled in the Far East in the past, I heard about the power of the trebuchets under Liu Ce's rule. They could load hundreds of kilograms of boulders and throw them at the enemy's city wall hundreds of steps away.
Any place hit by a bullet will be destroyed, so the truth is that he summoned Yongzhou craftsmen to imitate the trebuchet, hoping to enter the battlefield as soon as possible and capture Suoyun Pass. "
The original trebuchet was very powerful and indeed easy to imitate. However, the precision parts in Liu Ce's trebuchet could not be imitated with the Chu army's existing technological capabilities. However, as long as it was half as powerful, Suoyunguan would also be threatened by long-range attacks.
However, building a trebuchet cannot be completed in a day or two. According to Luo Song's calculation, it will take at least ten to half a month to build ten trebuchets.
However, Fa Yang gave a death order. The trebuchet will continue to be thrown into the battlefield for up to seven days. The longer the time is delayed, the greater the variables will be...
