Woohoo!
The north gate is closed, and the flags cover the sky, fluttering in the wind under the strong wind. The horn is hoarse and powerful, echoing in the sky; the beating drum is powerful.
At this time, three generals, Li Jing, Li Xiaozhi, and Wei Hu, were present at Beimen Pass.
"Report! General, the Liao army's 50,000 troops are less than five miles away from Beimen Pass!"
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"Report! Twenty Hongyi cannons, the shells have been loaded, waiting for the general's instructions!"
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Good fellow, the orders quickly echoed in Li Jing's ears. He stood on the pavilion, overlooking the boundless grassland outside the pass, at this moment! The command spring of this battlefield is all in his hands.
Facing the 50,000 Huns army approaching Beimen Pass, there was no trace of fear or panic on his face. Instead, the hot blood flowing in his body made him extremely excited.
He had been waiting for this battle for a long time and vowed to annihilate the Huns army without leaving a single person behind.
"General Li's calculations revealed that the Huns army bypassed the king and attacked Beimen Pass." Wei Hu climbed up the tower and praised him without hesitation.
hehe…
Li Jing chuckled, then shook his head slightly, and said: "Commander Wei Hu, it is not me who is a divination, but the King who is shrewd and unparalleled. He has already known that the Liao army will definitely attack Beimen Pass, so! That's why he transferred me to Beimen Pass." Pass, lead the military affairs of Beimen Pass."
Dongfang Yu secretly guessed that the Liao army rushed to Beimen Pass. Unexpectedly, Huerzan and Cook actually played into his hands and led a large army to capture Beimen Pass and seize Beiliang while he was on the front line and had no time to care about the rear.
Generally speaking, Huerzan still underestimated him. Even more, he underestimated the secret guards under his command. Dongfang Yu's secret guards are very proficient in dressing up and disguising themselves, maybe! On the road leading to the front line and Beiliang, there may be hidden guards under a patch of grass.
In fact! Dongfang Yu had already figured out the march route of Liao General Hurhuode very clearly.
certainly! Li Jing's talent is beyond words.
At this time, there were 10,000 forbidden troops in Beiliang, 5,000 were stationed at Wuguan, and 5,000 were stationed at Beimen Pass. The Li family's 10,000 soldiers and horses were all pulled to Beimen Pass.
A total of fifteen thousand troops were deployed at Beimen Pass; twenty Hongyi cannons were deployed, divided into five gates at the left gate, five gates at the right gate, and ten gates at the middle gate. Zhongguan is the focus of the enemy's attack, and the firepower must be concentrated.
But at this time, there were only 5,000 forbidden troops and 10,000 Li family troops inside the North Gate Pass, none of which were inside the pass.
Not all of the Li Jiajun lineup consists of infantry, among them! Three thousand cavalry and seven thousand infantry.
"Commander Wei Hu, you are the deputy commander of the Forbidden Army. The five thousand Forbidden Army are under your command! How this battle is fought is under my unified command!" Li Jing said.
Wei Hu cupped his fists and said, "Everything must be obeyed by General Li."
To be honest, in terms of official positions, Wei Hu's status as deputy commander of the Forbidden Army is higher than Li Jing's. But in the Qin army's camp, there was only obedience and orders.
despair! despair! despair!
"Where is the North Gate? I, Hurhuo, am finally here!" Looking at the North Gate, which was getting closer, Hurhuo finally showed a smile on his face.
"Send the order! The army will camp three miles away."
"An hour later, the army immediately attacked and caught him off guard!"
"promise!"
time! It is the best condition to seize the fighter opportunity. Hurhuo received the military order and worked non-stop along the way, for fear of delaying the fighter opportunity.
"General, our army is very tired after running thousands of miles. If we attack the city at this time, will it be..." The deputy general felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it clearly.
hehe!
Hurhuo couldn't help but smile on his face, "The main force and generals of King Qin are all mediating with His Majesty on the front line. How many troops can be left in Beiliang? Even if there are some soldiers and horses, they may be from the county or county. Ordinary government office."
"The front line is tight. If our army can capture Beiliang earlier, the pressure on Your Majesty will be relieved a lot. Do as I wish. When Beimen Pass is captured, I will treat everyone to wine and meat."
I don’t know where Hurhuo got the confidence to look down on Beimen Pass so much.
And this time! The 10,000 Li family troops sent out by Li Jing also began to take action.
The 10,000 Li family troops were divided into three parts, left, right and rear. Each army on the left and right had 3,500 infantry, and the rear army was 3,000 cavalry led by Li Xiaozhi.
At this moment! The Liao soldiers were exhausted and exhausted. If they continued to attack the city, they would probably lose half of their physical strength.
An hour later!
The soldiers under Hurhuo's command filled their stomachs and rested for a while! The horn of the military camp assembly sounded like a nightmare. It can be seen that the Liao army, which has traveled a long distance, has become quite tired physically and mentally after resting for an hour.
And they traveled lightly, bringing only the ladders for siege. If you want to cover the siege, you can only rely on archers and infantry.
Forty thousand Liao troops formed a formation and pressed toward Beimen Pass.
Dong dong dong~
"Here he comes! Someone is coming!"
"General, the Liao army is coming. The 40,000-strong army is only one mile away from our army."
The soldiers came to report.
Li Jing walked up to the main building with hurried steps and looked at the army below the city, feeling both nervous and a little excited. This is his first time leading troops in a war, and! Still a big battle.
"Send the order! The Hongyi cannons are fully loaded. There is no need to wait for the enemy to stop firing. Fire immediately."
"promise!"
If you waste less words, you can be the first to catch the enemy by surprise.
The Hongyi cannon does have advantages in design. The barrel is long and the wall is very thick. It is gradually thickened from the muzzle to the breech, which is in line with the principle that the chamber pressure changes from high to low when gunpowder is burned.
There are cylindrical lugs on both sides of the center of gravity of the gun body. The gun can adjust the firing angle based on this axis and change the range according to the amount of gunpowder. It is equipped with a front sight and a rear sight, and calculates the ballistic trajectory according to a parabola with high accuracy. Most Hongyi cannons are about 3 meters long, have a caliber of 110-130 mm, and weigh more than 2 tons.
The firing of Hongyi ammunition is programmed and "artillery table"-based. In addition, its tail is thicker and has a tail bead. There are cylindrical lugs on both sides of the center of gravity of the gun body. The artillery uses this as an axis to adjust the shooting angle and change the range according to the amount of gunpowder.
The gun body is equipped with a front sight and a rear sight, and the ballistic trajectory is calculated according to a parabola with high accuracy. The Hongyi Cannon is carried by a vehicle and can run anywhere.
Of course, compared to the range of the Frankie Cannon, the shells of the Hongyi Cannon are extremely powerful, but in terms of range, they are inferior to the Frankie Cannon.
For heavy artillery, range is an important aspect of measuring its performance, even today. According to data on similar types of artillery in the West at that time, the earliest batch of Hongyi cannons used in the Battle of Ningyuan had an effective range of about 500 meters and a maximum range of less than 1.5 kilometers.
Later, it was continuously improved, so that the effective range reached 1,500 meters and the maximum range reached 2.5 kilometers.
At this time, the Hongyi cannon guarding Beimen Pass was naturally the Hongyi cannon with a maximum range of 2.5 kilometers.
