Chapter 123

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date="2020-11-30"

title="Chapter 123"

weight="107005"

series = ["I [Imperial] Am Not This Kind of Man"]

mode = "manual"

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The news came in the morning.

Not long after the morning dispersal, Qin Nuo was reviewing a day's memorial in the study, when suddenly Xu Mincai walked in quickly. His footsteps staggered a little, and his brows frowned.

Qin Nuo had never seen such a gloomy appearance in Xu Mincai, who had always been calm and calm.

"The emperor, Nanchen battlefield, our army is defeated!"

A news made Qin Nuo also change his color.

Just ten days ago, Southern Defence General's Residence instigated the biggest offensive since the start of the war. It mobilized a hundred thousand troops and joined the battalion of the gods who went to reinforce. A total of 150,000 elite soldiers tried to use the momentum of Mount Tai to top Nanchen in one fell swoop. The main force of the Remnant Party was completely annihilated.

After the war started, it seized the advantage from the beginning.

The counties and counties recaptured by Nanchen returned to their hands under the suppression of the imperial army.

After all, the main force of the Nanchen Remnant Party is only 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers. Even if the situation has deteriorated recently, some of Nanchen's family is vacillating and acting secretly. The newly recruited soldiers cannot be put on the battlefield temporarily. And more aristocrats from aristocratic families are swinging and watching.

The Southern Army was divided into two groups. They attacked from Suizhou and Mi State. They were as powerful as they were, and they captured several counties, including Guangyi and Luandao.

Just when he hit Lingwu County, he encountered a tough one. This is also expected. Since the demise of Nanchen, this is the base of the Nanchen Remnant Party. The people are strong and the terrain is complex and difficult to deal with.

The Southern Army had also prepared. The forward army and the left army joined together and tried to capture Guanxian, which was stuck on the main road. It was a small city, but with a population of 20,000 to 30,000, it was being built at the gap in the mountain road.

Therefore, this small county is a battleground for military strategists. A few years ago, the Southern Army also captured here, and only then successfully sent troops to the south and collected four consecutive counties.

The changing situation of the war appeared here.

After years of warfare, the Southern Army was familiar enough with the time and place here, and set up the battle as usual, ready to conquer in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, it was easier to capture Guanxian than expected, but after a long time, the army knocked on the gate and rushed into the city.

He rushed into the city but found that something was wrong.

The people in the city have long since been moved, and many people who dare to die were ambushed on the houses in the market, and they began to attack. At the same time an ambush outside the city appeared, approaching Guanxian.

Found that it was a trap, the Southern Army did not panic.

Not afraid of traps! The Southern Army is sitting on a large army, and any traps can just step over.

Any strategy is useless in the face of absolute power advantage.

At that time, Zhennan General Yuwen Che, the leader of the army, thought this way. He directly ordered the soldiers to destroy the ambushes in the city and organized soldiers outside the city to meet the enemy.

Even if the main force of Nanchen came with at most 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses, the number of soldiers and horses outside the city that had not yet entered the city far exceeded this number. This group of people was just wiped out on the spot, lest they flee the mountains and forests and have to spend their time searching.

However, after the war began, everyone was stunned.

Nanchen's soldiers and horses turned out to be as powerful as a tiger.

At that time, the southern army arranged to destroy only 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers in the city. The remaining 80,000 to 90,000 elite soldiers were all facing the enemy outside the city. The two armies met in a narrow way and faced off clearly. It stands to reason that it should be the elite, and the crowd will win.

The southern army is dominant in numbers, and they are all powerful forces, and they collapsed at the touch of a touch and returned in a big defeat.

Just because of Nanchen's soldiers and horses, a new type of weapon was used.

That is a kind of bow and crossbow!

At the moment when the two armies contacted, the cavalry first fought for the front, and the overwhelming crossbows and arrows slammed in the face.

Ordinary arrows cannot penetrate the armor of a soldier's horse. Although the vanguard cavalry of the Southern Army was not as fully armed as the Tiefutu, they were all wearing elite armor. However, under Nanchen's bow and crossbow, the steel armor was like paper, and it was easily pierced and killed.

The first half of Guan County's terrain is not open, and there are mountain roads on both sides, so the cavalry cannot disperse.

As a result, a large number of cavalry were shot and fell, which immediately hindered the team's charge and dispersion.

The bows and crossbows of Nanchen's soldiers and horses kept on, suppressing the southern army unable to raise its head.

Finally, Yuwen Che was also a good general on the battlefield. Seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately commanded the soldiers to retreat and retreated into the county. Thinking of resisting with the city wall.

Offense and defense instantly reversed.

The Nanchen side had already anticipated this situation.

Many of the houses on both sides of the Guanxian Passage had already been ambushed by them with kerosene and other objects. At this time, the dare to set on fire, and immediately thick smoke billowed, and the entire Guanxian was almost turned into a fire.

Although Yuwen Che immediately organized the soldiers to put out the fire, while resisting the soldiers and horses outside the city.

However, the Nanchen Remnant Party put a lot of kerosene in Guanxian County. It was a posture that would turn the entire city into hell. After the fire started, it could not be controlled at all. Coupled with dry weather, there is nowhere to find water.

Seeing that the fire could not be overwhelmed, the Southern Army had no choice but to withdraw from the city.

And outside the city are heavily besieged soldiers and horses, as well as overwhelming bows and crossbows...

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"The Southern Army is afraid of death, it will be defeated." Hearing the course of this battle, Pei Ling's first sentence was this.

Huo Donglai was also silent. In the situation at the time, if the striker was broken at the beginning, he rushed out in one fell swoop, and scattered the crossbow formation, then he could fight back.

However, the Southern Army has been stationed in the rich land of Jiangnan for too long. In these years, they have attacked the Nanchen Remnant Party. Although there have been continuous battles, they have won overwhelmingly with the advantage of the army. They have never experienced hard fighting. Speaking of elite soldiers, the most elite is probably the equipment and treatment. In terms of the energy to fight to death, I am afraid that even the Chinese army is not as good as the Chinese army.

Qin Nuo also read the information. In the early years, Great Zhou and Nanchen were evenly matched, and the fighting continued, and the southern ar was also considered to be fighting the battlefield for a long time. However, after the fall of Jianye, the fighting gradually decreased. The most tragic torture suffered by the Southern Ar in recent years was the rampant epidemic caused by the climate and the toxic miasma. The number of people killed in battle is not as many as those who died of illness! After being stationed for many years, gradually adapted to the local environment. In addition, the Imperial Medicine Court has been continuously developing medicinal materials over the years, and the Southern Defence General's Residence has also been equipped with pills, which gradually reduced the casualties of the disease.

On the whole, in Nanchen's battlefield, because the Great Zhou soldiers and horses have an absolute advantage, Jiangnan is also rich in resources, and the overall atmosphere of the war is relatively broad and gentle, not as cruel as the northern border. Any elite soldier who stays in such an environment for a long time will gradually wear off his militant heart.

At the final moment of the decisive battle, the number of casualties increased, and the generals and soldiers began to shrink back. This led to a series of failures.

After being blocked by the fire and found that there was no way to survive, Yuwen Che had also organized several assaults, trying to rush out with the overwhelming rain of arrows.

After experiencing a previous defeat, and after a series of changes in the retreat and fire fighting, the army was exhausted and the military spirit was dissipated. At this time, there was no way to rush out, and several charges were defeated and retreated.

A great battle ended with a crushing defeat of the Southern Army. More than 50,000 people died in the direct battle, and most of the remaining soldiers and horses became Nanchen's prisoners. Including Yuwen Che, the master of this battle! The dignified second-ranking member of the court, General Zhennan, turned out to be a prisoner of the enemy! It is also considered the first in the history of the beginning of the Great Zhou military service.

Only the lieutenant Du Kang counterattacked, leading more than 20,000 men and horses. After a long battle, he found the flaw and rushed out of Nanchen's encirclement. After that, he fought and retreated all the way, until Mi State, to the north, merged with the battalion that was one step behind, and then stood firm.

His ability to escape smoothly was also due to Nanchen's lack of soldiers and horses, and his long fighting strength.

After a big defeat, even with such a tragic defeat, what Qin Nuo was most worried about before became a reality.

Well, he was still worried before, how to punish this group of corpse-position vegetarian generals for corruption and corruption, now he doesn't even have to find excuses.

He sneered, "Such a terrible defeat, even if the Southern Army died, it would be difficult to atone for his sin!"

"Fear of death" and "to die", homophonic disagrees. But it shows that Pei Ling and the emperor made the same accusations against the Southern Army.

The courtier was silent. In fact, it was not only the emperor who felt angry, but the entire court was full of resentment at this defeat.

But how to hold accountable, these are follow-ups.

Compared to the Southern Army's tactical mistakes, something more terrifying is another thing!

The bows and crossbows used by the Nanchen Remnant Party were so powerful.

It's an open crossbow!

In the fierce battle that lasted for two days and three nights, the Southern Army also killed and injured many Nanchen's soldiers. Several of them organized assaults and captured more than a dozen bows and crossbows. When the deputy Du Kang broke out, he also brought it out. Huo Feimao, the leader of the Shen Barracks, arranged manpower and returned to the capital with a quick horse to report.

After receiving the news of the defeat, Qin Nuo immediately called a group of ministers to the palace.

After just half an hour, almost all the important ministers of the DPRK gathered in the Palace of Discussion.

Including Pei Ling!

This was the first time that General Pei retired to the court for several years. Although also took the job of the Division of Gewu before, it was only a false title, and there was no need to discuss matters daily.

Upon hearing the news of the defeat of the Southern Army, Pei Ling immediately returned to court.

Because of this defeat, the relationship is too great, almost visible to the naked eye, Nanchen's situation will deteriorate all the way, and even shake the nation-blessed of Da Zhou. There is also the loss of the Kaitian crossbow, which shakes the entire court.

The development of the Kaitian Crossbow has been kept strictly confidential. Although the development of such a large project cannot be hidden from the enemy's spy, the real organ plan will never be leaked.

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu Ji Kangle took a few experienced craftsmen to the main hall of the Yeejeongjeong Hall to disassemble the squatter sent back by the southern army.

But in a moment, a few craftsmen knelt and reported that they were indeed correct!

Although the shape and structure of the bow and crossbow are slightly different from those of Great Zhou, the key to opening the crossbow lies in its organ box.

How did the mechanism map of the Kaitian crossbow leak out?

Qin Nuo remembered that Pei Ling told him that the blueprint of the Kaitian Crossbow was designed by an elderly genius craftsman in the Northern Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but it was a pity that he could not complete the entity after all calculations and attempts, and finally ended up bitterly. Later, the agency drawings fell into Pei Ling's hands. Realizing the significance of this thing in the future, Pei Ling asked the Ministry of Industry to set up a project to allocate silver to research and development.

The project lasted for several years and was once deadlocked. After Pei Ling retired, the Ministry of Industry felt that the investment was too large, and the output was zero, which was really unbearable, and gradually reduced the bank expenditure.

Pei Ling refused to give up, and simply put the Kaitian crossbow's research and development in Nanyingfang, and made money to continue the research. Anyway, he has nothing to do when he is idle.

Qin Nuo, who was still the King of Junjun, accidentally came to the Zhaojia shop in Nanyingfang and broke the key in one word.

In the whole process, which part of the process revealed the secret?

The Department of Gewu is strictly confidential and extremely cautious in every aspect.

Even the drawings that Qin Nuo accidentally saw in Nanyingfang back then were actually only part of the drawing organization. That's why Pei Ling was not too nervous, so he took a second look. And it happened that this part of the data had a problem with the calculation, and Qin Nuo saw it through, and it was God's will.

Huo Donglai glanced at Pei Ling and knelt down and said, "According to Du Kang's memorial report, the number of Kaitian crossbows used by Nanchen this time should be more than 1,000, not more than 1,500. Based on this calculation, It should have been a long time ago to obtain the drawings of the Kaitian Crossbow."

The production of Kaitian crossbow is extremely difficult, and it is impossible for non-experienced craftsmen to complete it. From the successful development of Dazhou until now, the number of Kaitian crossbows has not exceeded this amount.

Even if Chen Xuan's small court was full of talents, and the craftsmen were more concentrated than Great Zhou, working overtime around the clock to complete more than one thousand aircraft, it would definitely take a year.

In other words, Nanchen got the drawings of the Kaitian Crossbow a long time ago. The leak was not from the Gewu Division, it should have been in Nanyingfang... Although Huo Donglai didn't speak directly, he has accused Pei Ling of ineffective supervision of the leak.

Pei Ling fell on her knees, "The minister is leading this matter, revealing the country's important weapons, and it is an unshirkable responsibility."

He changed the subject, "It's just that the ministers are puzzled. Since the opening of the crossbow, the army has been trembling and daring not to be negligent. Only..." He glanced at Huo Donglai, "Last summer, the thunderbolt A big fire in the battalion’s armory burned for no reason, depleting many of the heavy weapons of the Ministry of War. Among them was the first batch of forty open crossbows. Please investigate this matter in detail!"

Huo Donglai glared at him: "You..."

Qin Nuo was speechless. The fire at the Perak Camp Armory was when Qin Nuo and Qin Ze were fighting for the throne, the Huo Family sent people to release Pei Ling out of the capital.

Of course, in fact, Pei Ling had been prepared for a long time, but he was only tactics, pretending to leave the capital, and actually secretly dispatching troops, it doesn't matter.

But at that time, in order to convince the Huo Family that they were in the midst of it, the fire actually burned half of the armory in the Perak camp! If someone steals something while a fire is being set, there is no trace at all.

Huo Donglai accused Pei Ling's fault, but Pei Ling immediately pointed out that you have also acted on my warehouse. It is not certain who the thief is!

Qin Nuo was weak, and the Kaitian Crossbow was developed to deal with Beishuo’s cavalry. At the same time, he was also guarding against Beishuo’s theft. Who would have thought that the first time to shine on the battlefield, it was actually used in his own home. What an irony in people!

This matter is very important, Qin Nuo only has one word,

check!

The Criminal Ministry issued a military order in court, and Ge Changhai looked like he could not faint on the ground.

Qin Nuo gritted his teeth and put on cruel words: If no clue was found within ten days, he started to inquire about his Shangshu!

At the same time, the Ministry of War was ordered to cooperate, and all functions must not be concealed.

The courtier was silent, and no one interceded. Today’s changes are so great that the court can’t feel relieved even if it doesn’t come to light in a day. It can even touch important military matters such as Kaitiannu. What about other military and political arrangements and state secrets. ?

Be sure to find out the details as soon as possible!

Ge Changhai was very worried. Several omissions by the Criminal Ministry had already made the courtiers quite distracted, and he had to grit his teeth and accept it. I don't know if I have to add a front character to the name of the Shangshu of the Criminal Ministry after this incident.