The three of them discussed for a while and then ordered the soldiers to call Jiang Min and Zhang Jun. Since they were determined to attack the prefecture, they had to make arrangements in advance.
After a while, Jiang Min and Zhang Jun arrived. Zhang Jun held a porcelain jar in his hand, which looked mysterious.
Wang Xiaolie asked the two of them to sit down. Said: "Just now we asked Zhe Yan to be held hostage in Fuzhou to persuade Zhe Keqiu to surrender. However, the conditions we gave were very harsh, and it is estimated that Zhe Yan will not surrender. Or it can also be said that we must use a fight to urge him to surrender. And, we must put enough pressure on Zhe Keqiu.”
Zhang Jun said: "Zheke can ask for this person. It won't work without fighting. We have been in Shizhou for a few months, and we haven't contacted him yet. We obviously have no intention of giving up on the Jin Army. We want to sit back and watch the success or failure and get the benefits of both sides. This kind of person , I have to beat him until he refuses to obey!"
Wang Xiaolie smiled and asked Jiang Min on the side: "What do you think?"
Jiang Min said: "Fuzhou has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the core Zhe family army is about more than 10,000 people. With more than 10,000 people, how can Zhe Keqiu surrender? He will not surrender unless Fuzhou is pushed to a dead end. of."
Wang Xiaolie nodded: "Yes, it's not enough for you to be stationed in Shizhou. But the article about Fuzhou must start from the other side of the Yellow River. I plan to attack Yan'an Prefecture with three divisions, and then march into the Suide Army. In addition to Zheng Jianchong of Yan'an Prefecture, the Jin army also includes Zhao Bin of Qingzhou and Murong Wei of Huanzhou. The combined strength of these three men is fifty or sixty thousand, and there are no other strong troops."
Jiang Min said: "What should we do in Jingzhao Mansion? There are no strong troops stationed in the important place in Guanzhong."
Wang Xiaolie said: "I want to occupy Jingzhao Mansion with a division of troops. This battle may involve the whole of Shaanxi."
Jiang Min nodded. Said: "If we attack Shaanxi, we will only have four divisions, and there are three more new divisions. There are more than 10,000 Jin soldiers and 70,000 or 80,000 puppet troops from all walks of life. We can even make up 100,000 troops. From then on. In terms of military strength, we do not have the upper hand.”
Wang Xiaolie said: "That's right. So the plan is to attack Yan'an Prefecture first and occupy Jingzhao Prefecture by the way. There are Wu Jie and Yang Zheng in the west, and the Jin army does not dare to come to the rescue. In fact, in the final analysis, we are not involved in the Shaanxi war. Most of the Jin soldiers are on the western front. As long as we fight fast, there won't be too many Jin soldiers."
Jiang Min said: "What Xuan Fu said makes sense. But for this war, do you want us to send troops from the north?"
Wang Xiaolie said: "I called you here today just to see if you can mobilize troops. If you have spare strength, it is best to mobilize three commanders and about 10,000 troops to cross the Yellow River to the west to attack the Suide army. The north-south confrontation If we advance, we can quickly defeat Zheng Jianchong."
Jiang Min said: "The Suide Army is a very valuable territory. Should we wait for his answer?"
Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "No need. Within ten days, you have to prepare ten thousand soldiers and horses to attack."
Jiang Min nodded and said nothing more.
Wang Xiaolie turned to look at Zhang Jun and asked, "Do you have any objections? Is this arrangement appropriate?"
Zhang Jun said: "The departments of Xuanfu and Dutong are very appropriate. I have no objection."
Wang Xiaolie said: "That's good. - By the way, what do you have in your hand? Why do you keep holding it?"
Zhang Jun hurriedly raised the porcelain jar in his hand and said, "Xuanfu, this thing is called a grenade——"
Wang Xiaolie laughed after hearing this and said: "We are talking in the house, why are you using a grenade? Fortunately, there is no open flame in this room, otherwise it would be the same! Grenade is something that you will naturally think of doing after you use artillery a lot. In the military There is also production, but not much use.”
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Zhang Jun's eyes lit up. He came forward and said: "We think it is very useful! Let's see, if the front row of the battle array holds this object and throws it with all its strength before the battle begins, the enemy will be in chaos. If they swarm up at this time, they will naturally gain a great victory. Win!"
When Wang Xiaolie heard this, he thought it made sense. After thinking about it carefully, I suddenly remembered a name I heard in my previous life. Isn't this the Grenadier?
As muskets became more and more perfect and battle formations disappeared, grenadiers were naturally useless. But in this era, if there are cannons but no guns, the grenadiers will not be able to play their role!
Taking the grenade in his hand and weighing it, Wang Xiaolie asked, "How far can the soldiers throw it now?"
Zhang Jun said: "The distance is different. The far one can be thirty steps, and the close one can be nearly twenty steps."
Wang Xiaolie said: "This won't work. You go back and select people specially, and ask them to be tall and throw them extra far. See how far they can be thrown in the battle formation."
Zhang Jun heard this and smiled and said: "Why bother picking someone again! I have already found someone, just go and see Xuan Fu."
Wang Xiaolie saw that there was nothing important anymore, so he said to Wang Ruohai: "Let's go and take a look. If this method is successful, there will be new tactics in the future. After using artillery, the tactics are still too simple and require more Think of ways to."
Wang Ruohai said yes. Together with Wang Yan, they followed Jiang Min and Zhang Jun out of the room.
There is a small school ground behind the state government office. Zhang Jun has ordered fifty people and they are resting there.
Seeing Wang Xiaolie and others arriving, everyone hurriedly stood up and saluted.
Seeing that everyone was tall and strong, Wang Xiaolie said to Zhang Jun: "Choose twenty outstanding ones and line them up in two rows to listen to orders."
Zhang Jun obeyed the order and hurried forward. Twenty particularly strong ones were selected from the fifty people and lined up neatly.
Wang Xiaolie stepped forward and said: "Today I will test the power of the grenade, and I have chosen you specially. I have a whistle here. One whistle, and the grenade is taken out; two whistles, the fuse of the grenade is lit; three whistles, the grenade's fuse is lit; When the whistle blows, throw the grenade forward. Okay, don't light the fuse yet and see how far it goes."
Zhang Jun was asked to prepare grenades and everyone took them in their hands. Wang Xiaolie picked up the whistle and looked at everyone.
The grenades of this era used black powder and were packed in porcelain jars. The sizes were not uniform and their power was really limited. And since it is a porcelain jar, if you are unlucky enough to hit it on a rock or something like that, it will not explode and the porcelain jar will be broken, which is equivalent to a waste.
This thing was made by the army, but Wang Xiaolie felt that it was of no great use and had no intention of doing it, so he allowed the craftsmen to use it freely. Now for the use of grenadiers, these were of course unsuitable. These people selected by Zhang Jun could only practice bomb-dropping postures first.
Holding the whistle and looking at the grenades in the soldiers' hands, Wang Xiaolie couldn't help but shake his head.
At the first whistle, the soldier took out the porcelain jar. Fortunately, Zhang Jun was careful and the porcelain jars were all the same size, about the size of a cantaloupe. At the second whistle, some soldiers threw the porcelain jars out, and some looked around, not knowing where to light the fire.
Wang Xiaolie sighed. He said: "Okay, no fire today. When I blow the second whistle, I will throw out the grenade."
Everyone called him.
Wang Xiaolie took a breath. With one whistle, they took out the porcelain jar; with the second whistle, they all threw out the porcelain jars in their hands.
After three consecutive shots, Wang Xiaolie closed the whistle and asked Zhang Jun to dismiss his soldiers.
Several people gathered together, and Wang Xiaolie said: "The soldiers tried throwing grenades just now, and everyone saw it. I will talk about the problems I saw first, and everyone will talk about what you saw later. First of all, the movements are not uniform, what kind of The postures are all there. The movements are not uniform, so how can the distance of the throw be the same? Another thing is that many people throw it not in a straight line, but to one side. This is even worse. Of course, insufficient training is also a problem."
Wang Ruohai said: "Although Zhang Qianha specially selected the grenades, the grenades are still of different sizes. This is not acceptable."
Everyone was talking about it, and they all had different opinions.
Wang Xiaolie said: "This is how it goes. Jiang Min and Zhang Jun will then select a few people to form a group to discuss various issues of the grenadiers. The other personnel will fully cooperate with their work and strive to use it for three months. Preliminarily form a grenadier unit."
