Chapter 154 The situation is out of control
Many firearms production must meet the needs of the front line. Requires more accurate aiming and greater lethality. Longer range.
Of course, there have been no revolutionary reforms over the years. After all, since it is a revolutionary change, it is not that easy to happen. But the latest firecracker has been finely polished in many details. It's pretty good on the head.
After all, this is the name of the gun. It was named because this firecracker can hit flying birds.
The newly produced firecrackers polished by masters are simply works of art. Although it cannot be used as a sniper rifle. But from a hundred or two hundred meters away, it can already hit accurately. Naturally, most ordinary soldiers' fire blunderbuss cannot meet this standard.
But it's not like shooting out, and whether you can hit the target depends entirely on praying.
Such accuracy, such detail polishing and various improvements naturally come at a price, and this price is in the price of the gun. It is not that Song Sheng's department does not need these requirements, it can only be said that they are not that necessary.
Song Sheng's department also needs firearms to replace long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows.
Accuracy is a natural requirement. But the imperial military expenditure was never enough. Song Sheng is also very satisfied with so many second-hand weapons in stock.
As a result, Song Sheng's troops produced double spearmen.
That is to say, he carries two guns on his back, one long gun and one firecracker. Or a firecracker or a long knife. Form a formation and shoot from a distance, rush in and fuck the guy.
After all, shooting a firegun is not difficult in nature. I never thought about aiming accurately, just shoot in one direction.
It is precisely this advantage that makes Zhao Yong fall behind in various situations. After fighting outside Puzhou City, Zhao Yong lost consecutive battles and retreated to Anyi. The Ming army in the Henan direction urgently crossed the Yellow River for reinforcements, maintaining the fragile relationship between the two sides.
Once Song Sheng takes Anyi and the southern part of Pingyang Mansion. Shanxi was completely isolated from Nanjing.
It is precisely because of this that Zhao Yong tried his best to mobilize troops from all aspects and did not dare to attack. There is no idea of attacking Guanzhong to contain the Northern Army. Dedicated to guarding the channel to connect with Henan.
To put it bluntly, if we cannot defend this place, Shanxi will fall sooner or later. And here it was defended. Even if Taiyuan Mansion is lost, he still has some places in southwestern and southeastern Shanxi in his hands.
Such good news spread to all battlefields like lightning.
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He Xi first felt something was wrong.
The war deviated more and more from the original plan.
The original plan was for the West Route Army and the South Route Army to work together to capture Luoyang City. After Luoyang, the Central Plains was shaken.
Then from Luoyang to the southeast, the Southern Army would have to give up most of the Central Plains.
But it's different now.
The situation in Sichuan was excellent, somewhat beyond He Xi's expectations. He knew that Li Jinglong was likely to defect. But He Xi never pinned his hopes on others. So he did it. Hanzhong is not prepared to defect. But I didn't expect Li Jinglong to do so well.
Suddenly the door to Sichuan was opened.
However, the war in Sichuan is just like that. There won't be much progress for a while.
There are two issues that affect the war in Sichuan. One is logistics, and this is secondary. As for Sichuan, it is already difficult for Beijing to provide logistics. Not to mention that the routes to support Sichuan logistics overlap with those to support the Guanzhong battlefield. To allocate logistics supplies to Sichuan, we must seize supplies from Guanzhong.
You know, there is only one railway in the rear, and this railway was also being repaired during the war. Go all the way south along Qinzhidao. But this is a railway, and even the engineering standards in many places, which can be described as simple and simple, are somewhat beyond the standards.
Many sections of the road are no more than a dozen miles per hour.
Therefore, he is not a portal. It is impossible to send Beijing's supplies to the front line without any loss. There is also an upper limit.
To allocate supplies to the Sichuan battlefield, we must allocate logistics supplies from Guanzhong.
It's impossible for He Xi to think about it
Do this. Therefore, the Sichuan battlefield could only rely on supplies stored in advance to fight against supplies seized from the Southern Army. As for the Southern Army, their military supplies were not enough. How much inventory can there be?
On the whole, Mei Yin's troops are the most pitiable. On Guangwu Mountain, we work every day regardless of cost or consumption. Even the heavy artillery of a regiment was completely destroyed. Here, the number of cannons depends on the number of cannons, and the number of cannonballs.
But the enemies they faced were also very weak.
Although the war between the North and the South has been more than three years. But most Sichuan people did not realize that the war was coming.
The war did not have no impact on Sichuan. After all, many soldiers and civilians are from Sichuan. These people have long heard of people dying on the front lines or on transport roads. But for most Sichuan people, war is still a relatively vague thing.
I just feel like the days are getting harder and harder every day.
This is also in the ancient war model, where the pressure of war is unevenly borne. The people on the front lines were already in dire straits due to the changing nature of the war or the looting by soldiers. But many places in the rear are still unaware of it.
If it weren't for the reforms brought by He Xi, this regional division would be even stronger.
This is one of the reasons why China, as a unified dynasty, amazes many foreigners.
It is not easy to maintain unity in all aspects.
The people of Sichuan were not prepared for the coming war, and a considerable part of Sichuan Dusi's army was in Shaanxi, and now it became part of Meiyin and was about to fight back. Facing such an enemy does not require many supplies.
But they also face a problem.
As mentioned before, the people of Sichuan were not prepared for war at all. They never thought that the war between the north and the south could reach Sichuan?
Regarding the war that lasted for three years, most people in Sichuan said that they were just taking advantage of it. Wait and see who wins in the future. Who is their emperor. But accidentally, I woke up one night and, no, our place turned into a battlefield.
In this situation, Sichuan people instinctively protect themselves.
It is not necessarily true that they are loyal to Nanjing. But it’s true that they don’t trust Beijing. After all, I have never been in contact with you before. You kicked in the door in such a hurry. I know whether you are good or bad.
It is normal for them to decide to protect themselves first.
Therefore, the resistance Mei Yin faced was quite strong.
Mei Yin didn't feel it at first.
After all, he managed to win Jianmen with great difficulty, so he naturally opened up the situation in Sichuan. But many of his troops surrendered. Not to mention Jiang Jun who was born in Sichuan. They will not act recklessly in their own hometown. But it's hard to say for others.
The surrendered army is completely inferior to the regular army of the Northern Army in terms of military discipline.
As long as there are a few serious disciplinary violations, good things will not go out, and bad things will spread thousands of miles. Of course, Mei Yin can also learn from the Mongolian methods of killing people and killing them without fear. Maybe many prefectures and counties in Sichuan surrendered.
But Mei Yin couldn't do this. He also wanted to cherish the feathers, and he also wanted to return to serve in the center.
Therefore, he combines various situations. Decided to take it slow for a while. Everyone secretly linked up and found out that there were many surrendered troops under his command, and they were former colleagues with the opposite Sichuan army, and there were even brothers and fathers in different camps. In addition, Zhao Zongshou is also related to local toast in Sichuan.
Li Jinglong and Mei Yin also have their own connections in Sichuan.
As long as Sichuan people believe that the Northern Army will not do anything bad to Sichuan, the world will even return to Beijing. These Sichuan people will not resist to the end.
However, it takes time to win the other party's trust.
After all, many people in Sichuan have never considered before that I have to choose a side.
He Xi is not surprised by the situation in Sichuan. As long as Beijing wins the two battles in the Central Plains and Guanzhong. Sichuan is no longer a problem.
But for the situation in other directions, He Xi is very, very overwhelmed.
Guanzhong is fine. Qu Neng's adjustments, on the whole, did not exceed the authorization of the Privy Council, but they were due to the frontline
The combat changes are just temporary changes. This is still within Qu Neng's authority.
But Ye Chen was completely different. He almost entirely abandoned the idea of capturing Luoyang.
