At this moment, He Feihu could see the appearance of Fancheng Tower more clearly.
Based on this calculation, He Feihu felt that he could start planning an attack on Fancheng in one day.
Use the general's artillery to continuously bombard Fancheng. Any time a few gaps are made in the walls of Fancheng, it will create a good opportunity for the Ming army to attack.
Directly entering the street fighting stage will bring great convenience to the Ming army and can greatly reduce siege casualties.
"It is said that Wang Yan is a famous general, but now I don't see how Wang Yan looks like a famous general. Facing our new firearms, without any emergency measures, the Song Army almost relied on the military stronghold to defend it for two consecutive days. Other ways to fight back.
The military strongholds did not support each other, and the front military stronghold did not receive support from the rear military strongholds. They did not take the initiative to fight me hand-to-hand, and they did not act rationally and directly retreat to preserve the fresh troops. They just carried on like that. Isn't this exactly what they wanted? "
He Feihu began to feel that Wang Yan was nothing more than that.
But Xu Tong, who had been watching, had a different view.
"Of course you will be frightened and overwhelmed when you see new firearms at first, but after seeing more, you will calm down and start to think about the problem. Wang Yan has never been able to make a decision to fortify the wall and clear the field in a short period of time. mediocre.
Firearms must be effective during the day on a clear day. Firearms are less effective at night. If I were Wang Yan, I would choose to send people to attack at night, engage in hand-to-hand combat with us, and try to regain the lost ground. "
Before He Feihu could react, Zhang Yuejing, who was standing next to Xu Tong, became interested.
"Is this the way you came up with?"
"Yes."
Xu Tong said with a smile: "Although our firearms are indeed very powerful, they are not without weaknesses. In my opinion, as long as we find the weaknesses, we can circumvent the power of the firearms."
"So you think Wang Yan can win?"
Zhang Yuejing raised his eyebrows. .
Xu Tong shook his head firmly.
"cannot."
"Why?"
"First of all, the military stronghold has been almost destroyed. There is no danger for them to defend. Even if the night attack has the upper hand, it cannot change the situation of the battle. They still have to leave at dawn. Secondly, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is really strong. Even if there is no Firearms will not defeat you!
Moreover, Wang Yan can attack at night, and the sky can rain and blow, but it cannot always prevent the Ming army from using firearms. As long as it does not rain or blow strong winds, the artillery can always roar, so the Ming army can still win in the end! "
"well said!"
Zhang Yuejing patted Xu Tong on the shoulder and laughed: "You are right. Even if the Ming army did not have firearms, it would not lose to the Southern Song army! This battle was already a must-win for the Ming Dynasty! There was no way the Southern Song Dynasty could win. !”
Zhang Yuejing was ambitious and wanted to knock out the souls of the Southern Song Dynasty under the Second City of Xiangfan.
At this time, in Fancheng, Wang Yan was indeed killed by artillery as Xu Tong had guessed.
He is quite tough.
In today's battle, a few soldiers fled back to the city. They were originally supposed to be executed because they had first-hand information about the Ming army's firearms, so they were temporarily spared death and were brought to Wang Yan.
They were asked to describe the appearance of Ming army firearms they had seen.
Most of this group of defeated soldiers did not have time to see the appearance of the Ming army's firearms. Just like the small group of defeated soldiers who escaped yesterday, they were knocked unconscious by the iron balls falling from the sky before they could see them. Son.
But today, a defeated soldier said that he saw the appearance of the Ming army's firearms.
It was a long black iron pipe, mounted on a car. It could spit fire and smoke. The iron balls it produced were terrifying. They could directly penetrate the defenses of the military stronghold and beat the military stronghold. It's so broken that it can beat people to pieces, which is terrifying.
"A black iron pipe that breathes fire and smoke?"
Wang Yan frowned and asked, "Did you see clearly?"
"The villain is on the observation deck. I saw it with my own eyes. It really... breathed fire and smoke, and the sound was very loud. It was very scary..."
The defeated soldier was trembling all over.
Wang Yan looked at Zhou Benyuan, then waved his hand, indicating that these defeated soldiers should be taken away.
"A black iron pipe that can spit fire, emit smoke, and shoot iron balls?"
Wang Yan frowned and said: "If it were an iron ball, it would not be difficult to destroy the military stronghold. But what kind of weapon is it? Is it really a firearm? Why have I never heard of the Ming army using it?"
Zhou Benyuan shook his head.
"I've definitely never heard of it. There were only a few types of Ming military firearms. Where did the iron pipes come from? Could it be a new type of firearm that they made?"
"Are new firearms so scary?"
Wang Yan looked solemn and said: "In short, your judgment is correct. If this continues, tomorrow, they will be able to destroy all the military strongholds and obstacles around Fancheng. We will lose our troops and generals, but they will have almost no losses. This cannot be the case." Keep fighting, otherwise, I don’t know if Fancheng can hold on for a month..."
Zhou Benyuan swallowed.
"General, what should we do?"
Wang Yan took a deep breath.
"Although their firearms are sharp, we cannot sit idly by and watch them take down Fancheng in a month. In that case, the entire Song Dynasty will be over. There is really no need to continue this battle..."
Zhou Benyuan suddenly remembered that Wang Yan had said before that if the Song Dynasty still could not break the siege in three years, the battle would not be fought. Now it seemed that, let alone three years, it was a question whether the two cities of Xiangfan and Xiangfan together could sustain it for three months.
As a result, whether the reinforcements sent by Lin'an can arrive in time is also a question.
Is it really going to end here?
"General, we have to do something, right? Just defending the city like this is no different from surrendering, isn't it?"
"I know. Aren't I trying to think of a solution? None of us have ever seen this new type of firearm. How do we know what other new weapons the Ming Army has? It is extremely stupid to act rashly without knowing anything!"
Wang Yan sighed: "But you are right, we can't sit still and wait for death, we must find a way..."
After being silent for a while, Wang Yan suddenly clenched his fists.
"Firearms can be used during the day, but they are difficult to use at night. No matter how new a firearm is, it is difficult to use it at night, right? If we attack at night, we may be able to reverse the situation!"
After hearing this, Zhou Benyuan looked embarrassed.
"A night attack is not impossible, but the problem is that even if we take back the lost territory with a sneak attack at night, the military stronghold has been destroyed and was blown up by the Ming army's firearms. At dawn, we still cannot hold on and must retreat. Or Say we can rebuild the military stronghold overnight?"
It is of course impossible to rebuild the military stronghold overnight, and if the Ming army can bomb it once, it can bomb it a second time.
Wang Yan would not be able to figure this out.
It means that the land we fought hard to regain at night will still be handed over to the Ming army during the day. There is no such way to fight, unless we can kill a large number of Ming troops in this way and repel them at night, which can offset the disadvantages during the day. .
But will the Ming army be that weak?
"If we can attack the Ming army at night and drive them back ten or twenty miles in one breath, there is still a possibility of reversing the decline. Maybe we can defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop, but..."
This time there is no need for Wang Yan, Zhou Benyuan can answer it himself.
"General, it's not that subordinates' ambitions over others destroy their own prestige. There are actually some things that we ourselves understand. The Ming army's combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the golden thieves. It only took three years to defeat the golden thieves and recapture the Central Plains.
It can be said that the golden thieves have almost never won a battle with the Ming army, especially the Henan Corps of the Ming Dynasty. They captured Henan like a storm back then, and our army...at most, they could only fight the golden thieves back and forth. This night You may not be able to get any benefits from attacking, right? "
What Zhou Benyuan said was true. Because it was true, Wang Yan had nothing to say.
Even the Sichuan-Shu army, which was the most elite and proficient in fighting in the Song Dynasty and whose combat achievements were second only to Yue Fei's Yue Family Army, faced the Jin Army in a 50-50 situation. The battle was back-and-forth, which was already a good record.
When they were the most tenacious and powerful, they defeated the Jin Army in defensive operations and preserved Sichuan and Shu. However, the problem was that although the Jin Army could not invade Sichuan and Shu, it would be even more difficult for them to restore Shaanxi.
They know how powerful and good at fighting the Jin army is.
But the Ming army had successfully eliminated the main force of the Jin army in frontal combat and retaken the Central Plains.
Not to mention anything else, let’s just say that when 60,000 Ming troops went south and smashed the Jianghuai War Zone with hundreds of thousands of troops, the famous general Liu Qi died for this, and then came to Lin’an City to force Zhao Gou to abdicate. Zhao Min signed an alliance under the city, and this glorious record is still vivid in his mind.
Fight with the Ming army in a field battle, defeat them, and then drive them away for more than ten or twenty miles?
General, are you serious?
Zhou Benyuan was a down-to-earth man, who had worked his way up from the grassroots level as a military officer. Although his words were not pleasant, everything he said made sense, and Wang Yan could not refute him.
But Wang Yan really had no other option.
Faced with the sharpness of the Ming army's new firearms, the traditional defense methods can no longer stop the Ming army. The military stronghold defense line that was thought to last for three to six months has completely collapsed. If the Ming army breaks through the military stronghold defense line, it will soon be over. Able to attack Fancheng.
By then, who can guarantee how long Fancheng can hold on?
After thinking about it for a while, Wang Yan gritted his teeth and made up his mind.
"How do you know if you don't try? The Ming army must be arrogant and arrogant because they have made such progress with new firearms. They can't believe that we would take the initiative under such circumstances. In this way, we might be able to catch them off guard.
If you are lucky, you can get their new firearm and take it back to see what kind of firearm it is and how powerful it is! Let our military camp be unable to resist! I want to see what these Ming people do all day long! "
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