In Liaodong, he had often used cannons and watched others use cannons. He was very familiar with sharp weapons such as cannons. This time, in order to deal with Xuanda's rebels, he brought back more than a dozen cannons from Liaodong.
These cannons were all built within the last ten or twenty years.
Although it is not as meticulous as the workmanship of Taizu when he became an ancestor, it is still of better quality than most firearms that cut corners.
After all, it was used to fight slave thieves in Liaodong. If the quality was too poor, officials from the Ministry of Industry would not be able to explain it to the generals in Liaodong.
In the past, when dealing with slave thieves in Liaodong, these cannons only had to be fired at the top of the city. It would be extremely difficult for the slave thieves to get close to the city, and they would never be able to reach the bottom of the city wall without sacrificing some lives.
These cannons gave these generals from Liaodong an advantage when facing slaves and bandits.
However, today it was the other way around.
The officers and soldiers who were supposed to have an advantage in artillery were actually beaten so hard by the rebels' artillery that they could not lift their heads when facing the rebels. Moreover, if they wanted to use the officers' artillery to hit the rebels' artillery formation, they had to use the officers and soldiers. Only the army's artillery can advance within the range of the rebel bandit's artillery.
As a result, the gunners of the official army suffered a great loss in this artillery battle.
If it weren't for this reason, he wouldn't have let the gunners escape so easily just because of a few words of persuasion from the deputy general around him.
"The rebel bandit's cannon is stronger and more powerful than the cannon we brought." Zuo Fu said with a frown.
As a general from Liaodong, not only had he experienced hundreds of battles, but he also knew more about battlefield control than the general commanders and general troops within the Ming Dynasty.
Zhao Ledjiao said: "Not only that, the gunners of the rebel bandits are more accurate than ours. I am afraid that there are not many gunners in the entire Liaodong Firearms Battalion who can be as accurate as the gunners of the rebel bandits."
From the simple battle between the gunners on both sides, he could tell that the rebel gunners were better than his own gunners.
"Where did a group of rebel bandits find so many powerful gunners? Could it be that they are Xuanda's gunners?" Zuo Fu frowned.
When Liaodong received the order to go to Datong to quell the rebellion, he only felt that the rebels in Datong were just rioters recruited by Liu thief to make up their numbers. They had no strength or ability. Just like previous civil unrest, as soon as the army arrived, they could immediately Wipe it out cleanly.
Even though the Liu thieves of Datong defeated Xuanda's frontier army and several other imperial armies, he did not pay attention to it. He only thought that the soldiers and horses sent by the imperial court to Datong were too useless.
If it were their soldiers and horses from Liaodong, they would never have the problems of the previous armies.
It wasn't until the Ma Guerrilla and the hundreds of Guanning cavalry were wiped out that he paid a little attention to the rebel bandit who came to Huailaiwei. However, today he was taught a lesson by such a rebel bandit.
He just found it incredible that a group of rebel soldiers composed entirely of rebels actually had better cannons and better gunners than the imperial court.
In the past, the imperial court had better military weapons. Even when facing slaves and bandits, Liaodong had an advantage in military weapons.
Now they were overpowered by a rebel bandit in the Ming Dynasty. At least in terms of cannons, their Liaodong soldiers and horses were not as good as the rebel bandits.
Zhao Shujiao shook his head slightly and said: "It is possible that there are one or two powerful gunners in Xuanda University. Not all gunners are stronger than us. Look at the cannons they fired before, most of them can be smashed." Get around our guns and gunners."
"The rebel bandit has dozens of cannons. If we don't deal with these cannons, we will probably suffer a lot of casualties if we want to destroy this rebel bandit." Zuo Fu said worriedly.
Even though he saw that the rebel bandits had powerful cannons and gunners, he still believed that they could win the final victory. However, from the beginning of a crushing victory, they ended up needing to pay some casualties.
Zhao Lijiao nodded in agreement and immediately said: "We have no choice. No matter how heavy the casualties are, we must destroy this rebel bandit, otherwise we will not be able to explain to the court."
They came to Xuanda from Liaodong just to deal with the Liu thief in Xuanda. Everyone knew that the court would not allow them to spend too long with Liu thief in Xuanda.
"It's impossible for the rebel bandit's artillery fire to continue, otherwise some cannon fodder will be used." Zuo Fu narrowed his eyes slightly, and a ruthless look flashed through his eyes.
Zhao Shujiao looked hesitant.
Naturally, he knows who the cannon fodder mentioned by the other party is.
After he led his army to Yanqing Prefecture, he recruited soldiers and horses from several surrounding guards to be used. The soldiers and horses of these guards were what the deputy general said.
"Don't hesitate, they are only of this use, can we really count on them to kill the enemy?" Zuo Fu said disapprovingly.
After joining forces with these guards, he was completely disappointed with the guards here in Xuanda. At the same time, he also understood why the Liu thief was able to capture so many places in Xuanda in a short period of time.
It is really the local garrison that is too incompetent.
If these soldiers and horses in Xuanda were in Liaodong, they would not even be qualified to be used as cannon fodder.
Zhao Shujiao squeezed his brows together and said: "We will stay in Datong from now on. If we offend these local forces, I am afraid we will be in a lot of trouble in the future."
Local connections are inextricably linked, and he has begun to consider staying in Datong.
"If they don't come, there will be no one to resist the rebel bombardment. We can't send the soldiers and horses we brought from Liaodong to be cannon fodder. General, don't forget, this is just one of the rebel soldiers and horses under Liu Thief. There is another one near Xuanfu Town, let alone one in Datong." Zuo Fu persuaded.
A Taoist friend who will die in poverty will never die.
As the deputy commander-in-chief of this army, he naturally does not want to waste his own soldiers and horses to make wedding clothes for others.
His persuasion seemed to have worked.
I saw Zhao Shujiao grit his teeth and said, "Just do as you say. Send the soldiers and horses from the guard station to attack the rebel artillery formation, and our people will follow behind."
Rather than killing his own people, he chose to sacrifice others.
"Did you hear what the general just said? Go and deliver the order quickly." Zuo Fu said to the token officer on the side.
Shi Tongzhi hesitated for a while, but finally couldn't resist the temptation to return home, and said: "Then I'll go back first, and then I'll take over Guan Jun's place."
Other surrounding guards officers also bid farewell to Kang Shu, the guard commander.
Soon, apart from Kang Shu, there was only one general left on the city wall. The others were some low-level soldiers and low-level officers who controlled these soldiers.
Kang Shu waved to the general who was guarding the city and summoned him to his side.
"Do you think the rebels outside the city will come to attack the city?" he asked the commander who came to him.
Na Zong hesitated for a moment and said, "I thought it wouldn't be possible."
"Tell me your reasons?" Kang Shu did not let the other person go, but continued to ask.
General Manager Jiang saw that he could not do it, so he said: "The rebels ambush the Ma Guerrillas and others at night. Now that the rebels don't have the threat of cavalry, they can attack Huailaiwei at any time. But they haven't taken action for so long, which shows that they I didn’t expect to take down Huailaiwei so quickly.”
