Shen Hao had new feelings when he came to Zhuhuo Pass again.
If Zuo Yuliang's impression of Zhuohuo Pass when he came to meet him last time was "strict", then this time it was "boiling".
Shen Hao did his homework and learned a lot about the historical materials about Zhuhuo Pass. Closely speaking, in the past, the general manager's office of the southern military road was established on Tanshi. The location was neither too far forward nor too far back. It was a central position connecting the front line and the rear, which was relatively reasonable.
But since Zuo Yuliang took charge of the southern frontier army and became the general manager of Daoxing, he moved the general manager's office from Tanshi to Zhuohuo Pass. Even the specific office space was moved inside the wall of Zhuohuo Pass. It is the true "frontline command".
It is said that at that time, almost all the supervisory troops reported to Zuo Yuliang, saying that he was exposing the center of the border army to the barbarians and that he was irresponsible to the country. His words were no less fierce than what the civil servants wanted before. Take a bite of Xuan Qingwei's posture.
In the end, Yang Yansi, the Minister of War, stood up and argued against all the objections, and got the support of the emperor, and excused himself by saying that it was "not during wartime".
Not to mention that the supervisors did not understand, many generals in the army at that time did not understand Zuo Yuliang's approach, because this would indeed expose the command center and carry high risks.
But now, after Shen Hao spent some time in Haixia and Tanshi, he looked at Zuo Yuliang's original actions from the perspective of a military layman, but he had some personal understanding.
In Shen Hao's view, Zuo Yuliang moved the Daoxing General Manager's Yamen to Zhuohuoguan under such great pressure in the first place, probably because he wanted to use his power to suppress the most important link, but for Tan Shi and Hai Xia, he was self-conscious It is powerless to change its corrupt status quo. This can be seen from the fact that Zhuo Huo Guan had almost all the joints replaced after Zuo Yuliang moved the Yamen here.
Does this count as foresight and self-knowledge? Shen Hao thinks so.
If Zuo Yuliang had stayed in Tanshi, he might not have been able to completely subdue the Clumsy Fire Pass as he did now, which would also lead to the lack of necessary elite troops after the current military offensive. In this case, the emperor would blame Zuo Yuliang. Isn't it a dead end?
Today, Zhuohuo Pass is like boiling water, with a bustling crowd and an endless stream of cars and horses rushing from inside the pass to outside.
Shen Hao stayed at Zhuohuo Pass for two days before getting the order to rendezvous, and led more than 300 supervisory envoys to merge with Zuo Yuliang's Chinese army.
The next day, September 25, early in the morning.
Without an oath or a word of passionate encouragement, the Chinese army officially set off, exited the Zhuhuo Pass and entered the Bamboo Road and began to move south.
This was Shen Hao's first time following an army, and it was also his first time leaving Zhuohuo Pass and entering a place outside the boundaries of Jingjiu Dynasty. It was even his first long journey since arriving in this world.
To be honest, I have been here for a long time, and it is really not very adaptable to suddenly experience a day without a teleportation circle.
The first feeling you get when entering the bamboo path is desolation. Although the name here has the word "bamboo" in it, which seems to be green, in fact there are not even trees and bamboos in the bamboo path, and there are very few weeds.
This is not the natural state of the bamboo path, but the desolation caused by the deliberate "maintenance" of the border troops day after day and year after year. Because trees and flowers block the view, they are more likely to be used by the enemy as siege supplies, such as felling wood to make siege equipment, etc. Grasses can be used to supplement livestock food. Therefore, the Bianjun still felt that a clean bamboo path was more important than anything else.
It is even difficult to find a stone of suitable size in the bamboo path. Either it's a boulder, or it's just gravel.
Appropriately, where did the rocks weighing ten to thirty kilograms go? The answer is that they were collected and kept in the border army, and they were consumable war preparation materials.
Yesterday, Shen Hao saw the long-range attack methods in this world, which were quite different from what he had imagined before.
Although it is also a trebuchet or trebuchet, its size is not as big as Shen Hao imagined. Each one is only more than ten feet long, and the whole is composed of a mixture of wood and iron. The objects thrown are also stone projectiles, small ones weigh ten kilograms, and large ones thirty or forty kilograms. Different weights can reach different maximum distances.
How can such a small body be able to throw rocks at long distances? Where does the power come from? Aren't trebuchets supposed to be huge and have a long swinging arm?
These problems were solved one by one by various formation disks attached to the catapult. However, it only requires a few pan-spiritual stones as energy supply to allow this catapult to throw thirty kilograms of stone projectiles three miles away. Extraterrestrial.
In addition to throwing stones, throwing some fire oil bottles is also possible. Shen Hao saw a captain who was guarding kerosene bottles outside the Chinese army. Half of that man's face was mangled. It was said to be from an accident. He has been living in the kerosene depot ever since. Who dares to mess around? He will draw his sword and strike anyone with his sword.
Shen Hao had witnessed soldiers practicing catapults with his own eyes, and secretly evaluated the lethality of this weapon. With his current level of cultivation at the ninth level of the God Gathering Realm, he can easily withstand thirty kilograms of stone bullets without getting hurt if he relies on his true energy defense alone. He can even prevent himself from being hit by stone bullets or kill him in advance as long as he is willing. Chop it into pieces. But if ordinary soldiers cannot bear the bombardment of such stone bullets, even thick city walls cannot withstand such a blow for a long time.
It will definitely be very effective when used to bombard military formations.
In addition to catapults, Shen Hao also found a lot of strange ordnance in the army, which were basically created using magic circles combined with some simple principles. For example, there is a "beast cart" that can breathe fire, and a "spider leg" that can be equipped on a single person to climb cliffs like a gecko.
While gaining experience, Shen Hao also kept in mind the previous advice given to him by Jiang Cheng, Zhang and Gan, to be more honest, listen more, watch more and talk less, and not to meddle in other people's business or disturb Zuo Yuliang.
As the saying goes, Shen Hao benefited a lot from being advised to eat enough. At least in the past few days after leaving seclusion, he had learned a lot of rules in the army. At the same time, because of his "honesty", the generals in the army had a certain understanding of his senses. After a change, I feel that Mr. Shen, who has a bad reputation, is not as difficult to get along with as described in the rumors.
However, this morning, Shen Hao received the latest battle situation from the front line through the supervisory envoy, which made his relatively relaxed mood tighten.
Just last night, Jianchuan was once again violently attacked by barbarians. They even broke through a section of the defense line and entered the middle of Jianchuan, and launched a fierce attack on Jianchuan's Yushi Military Station.
The last mixed army arrived in time to rescue Yushi, and pursued the victory and finally annihilated more than 3,000 enemies.
It sounds like a win. But Jianchuan seems to have been sieved by the barbarians, right? It may be difficult to maintain such a defensive line for a long time. At least that's how it seems to Shen Hao, a guy who is half-informed in military matters.
However, the specifics will depend on the effect of Zuo Yuliang's shortening of the front after the Chinese army moves forward this time. If it's good, everything is easy to say.
