Chapter 366: The Art of Killing

"Power and range?"

Zhengwu's eyes cast on Chang Wei's silver armor, reflecting spots of light.

The King of Yan's casual words immediately excited him.

The fact that Beidi had artillery did not scare him.

But in his opinion, even if the strictly trained soldiers of the royal palace only wore armor and held steel knives, they could fight Beidi.

But in this case, the soldiers of the royal palace would suffer greater casualties.

He had the same idea as the King of Yan.

Win the battle, but minimize casualties.

At the same time, do not rely absolutely on firearms, rely on hard training, and even hand-to-hand combat can win a battle.

So, if their artillery can be improved, it will undoubtedly be a good thing to beat the artillery of the Beidi people.

After all, the life of every soldier in the royal palace is precious.

If you can use your advantages to defeat the enemy, there is no need to be dragged to the same level by the enemy to fight.

"In a few days, you will be able to see the improved artillery. During this period, you should cooperate with Wang Ying and transport the artillery in the army to the Bingzhang Division for improvement." Zhao Xu ordered.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei responded.

Zhao Xu thought about the current unusual movement of the Northern Di again, and said: "This king will immediately give orders to Mo Yu to let him be alert to the Northern Di."

After Mo Kuan went to Yanguan, the two brothers met.

The next day, Mo Kuan led the 70,000 imperial soldiers of Yanguan to Tongguan.

Zhao Xu immediately ordered the withdrawal of the royal soldiers of Jinzhou.

Another 80,000 royal soldiers were sent to guard Yanguan.

Because Mo Yu was familiar with Yanguan and was deeply taught by his father, he was good at defending the city, so Zhao Xu asked him to continue to guard.

"As for the Northern Di soldiers who invaded from Yanshan and wanted to attack the fort, they will be killed without mercy. Even if the Northern Di people want to fight, this king will fight with them." Zhao Xu said to Chang Wei.

Chang Wei nodded. He came this time to get the attitude of the King of Yan.

After all, the affairs of the Northern Di were not trivial matters for Dasong.

He did not dare to act rashly, since the King of Yan said that there would be no mercy.

The generals can then use all means to be ruthless.

"I will follow your orders." Chang Wei responded, and then laughed, "Your Highness is really prepared for a rainy day. If there were no five bastions blocking the mountain road, I am afraid that the four northern counties would be scourged by the Northern Di cavalry again, but now, they can't even think of crossing the bastion."

The Northern Di's unusual movements still made him a little uneasy.

After all, the Northern Di were like a nightmare.

But now that Yanguan has a bastion and artillery is placed on the bastion, he is not worried that the Northern Di can come and go as they please as before.

Thinking that the bastion of Yanguan is about to be completed, he said: "Not only the bastion of Yanguan, but the outer wall ordered by your Highness to be built in Yanguan seems to be equally extraordinary. If the Northern Di attack again, they will definitely suffer a lot."

Zhao Xu smiled. Zou Rong would report to him the progress of various projects every month.

He also knew about the outer wall of the expansion of Yanguan.

It is estimated that it will take two or three months to complete.

But now, he is gradually getting tired of just passively taking a beating.

In the past, the royal army was very weak, and relying on defense was the best way to defend against the enemy.

But now the royal army is getting stronger step by step.

He thinks that it is time to move to a stage where defense and offense are combined.

Let offense also become part of defense.

When it becomes stronger in the future, it will completely turn to offense, making the Beidi people afraid of their arrival. This is the way of war.

Thinking of this, he said: "Defense fortifications are naturally important, but in my opinion, appropriate offense is also necessary. Since the Beidi people are restless again this time, we will fight with them to see who is stronger. Remember, if the enemy can go, I can go too!"

"If the enemy can go, I can go too!" Chang Wei silently said, as if he was hit hard.

Once upon a time, the area outside Yanguan was like a restricted area for the soldiers of Dasong.

But there is Ningjindusi, the territory of Dasong.

Now the Beidi people can go, but Dasong cannot.

Now, the words of King Yan instantly ignited his inner pride.

That's right, where the enemy can go, why can't his soldiers go.

"I understand." Chang Wei clasped his fists heavily.

Zhao Xu nodded and asked about the situation in the army, "How is the recruitment of new soldiers now?"

"Your Highness, the recruitment of 30,000 infantry is in progress, and it will be finished in another month."

Zhao Xu nodded and continued, "How many bayonets have you received?"

"There are 30,000." Chang Wei said. In this battle, he also saw that the musketeers without bayonets were very fragile and needed special soldiers to protect them.

So after returning, he urged the Armory to provide them with bayonets.

"This king has instructed Wang Ying that he will continue to deliver them to you in the future. Now you should lead the generals to master the bayonet technique and promote it throughout the army." Zhao Xu reminded Chang Wei.

This bayonet technique is in the textbook he gave to the military school.

The main content is three defenses and one stab, which is the standard bayonet technique in the contemporary Chinese army.

Although these three defenses and one stab are just four words, they contain many actions.

For example, stabbing includes stabbing up, stabbing down, stabbing left, stabbing right, stabbing left, stabbing right, etc.

And defense is to push away the enemy's weapons.

After getting familiar with this set of actions, soldiers equipped with flintlock rifles and bayonets will be able to easily deal with close enemies on the battlefield in the future.

Chang Wei laughed twice when he heard this, pointing to the bruise on his neck, "I am practicing hard, this is what Lu Chang, the fool, stabbed with a stick."

These actions look very simple in the textbooks.

But after the sparring, he found that these movements were real killing techniques.

All the fancy things were removed, as if they were summarized after countless battles, hitting the vital points directly.

"This kid is ruthless." Zhao Xu shook his head helplessly, "In a few days, I will go to the army to see how you practice."

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei scratched his head.

Suddenly he remembered something, and he said to Zhao Xu: "Your Highness, there is another thing. When Zhongli led the cavalry to fight with the Beidi cavalry, he found that he always suffered from the Beidi people's bows and arrows, so he thought of the crossbow in the army. This test was really good. He took all the crossbows in the military warehouse to the cavalry."

Zhao Xu nodded frequently, "Yes, it is to think in battle, this is a good idea."

In the contemporary ancient period, there were also crossbow cavalry.

There are cavalry with crossbows in paintings of various dynasties.

However, they cannot be specifically called crossbow cavalry.

Because in addition to crossbows, they also carry bows and arrows, spears and other weapons.

The crossbow is just a crossbow with arrows, and it can be fired once in battle.

After all, it is difficult to pull the crossbow on horseback.

However, the pulley crossbow in the army now seems to have solved this problem.

Zhongli probably saw this and decided to equip his cavalry with pulley crossbows to offset the advantage of Beidi horse archery.