Chapter 614

The application of gunpowder in the military will not break the original military system at once. Even after the large-scale emergence of troops equipped with guns and muskets, some cold weapons will still have their own stage. It does not mean that Liu Yan will completely disappear at once, or even that cold weapons will never disappear... Such as bayonets and daggers.

In history, the firearm appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty, but the gunpowder did not pass the test at that time. In addition, there were defects in the construction of the firearm. The range was short, not to mention the accuracy.

In fact, the fire gun in the Southern Song Dynasty was not a gun, but a fire blast tube. It was not projectile, but some iron filings. It is often a frightening thing to spray fire and smoke. It won't have any lethality beyond three or five steps. When it is close, the effect of being shot is similar to that of a shotgun.

It may be known that the actual combat application effect is poor. The Southern Song Dynasty did not manufacture flamethrowers on a large scale. It prefers to study the "swarm of bees" rocket propelled by gunpowder.

The so-called "swarm of bees" is actually the kind with a gunpowder boost device at the tail, which is equipped with a specially made honeycomb. After the fuse is ignited, the gunpowder boost device has an effect, and then hundreds of thousands of arrows are launched quickly.

In addition to the "swarm of bees", there were "fire Tribulus terrestris" in the Southern Song Dynasty, which was similar to a grenade. Only because the gunpowder formula was wrong, the power of "fire Tribulus terrestris" was actually very limited.

When it comes to the gunpowder formula of the Southern Song Dynasty, it is actually a "medicine puppet" inherited from the late Tang Dynasty. The ingredients are not only saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal, but also some inexplicable things. It is exaggerated to add something that can't be hit by eight sticks of ginger or garlic, and the proportion is even wrong.

The emergence of "medicine making puppet" stems from the failure of some alchemists (warlocks). In the late Tang Dynasty, Jianghu warlocks used "medicine making puppet" to perform some fireworks performances.

Bronze cannons were also developed in the Southern Song Dynasty. Of course, they fired solid bullets. However, due to the lack of explosive thrust caused by the wrong gunpowder formula, the range was not long.

The gunpowder produced by Liu Yan is directly to the black gunpowder stage. The power of gunpowder is enough, but some smelting constraints make the development of gunpowder weapons not smooth. For example, the metal formula of the cast gun barrel is wrong, and it is difficult to bear the explosive force. A good grenade has become a porcelain can.

Even the bronze gun is not that simple. It doesn't mean that even if a gun tube is cast, the metal heat resistance and the bearing capacity of relevant seismic forces need to be considered. In addition, the wind tunnel in the gun tube is also a knowledge. Anyway, it doesn't mean that a solid tube can be filled with gunpowder for artillery. Such a thing will only make a long and thick bomb, and the probability of being killed will be infinitely high.

The explosive packs and porcelain can grenades used by the Han Army at the present stage, in which the explosive packs are purely used for killing by explosion. There is no metal added for lasing. The killing range is actually limited. The maximum power is to kill or injure people with seismic force and splashed stones in addition to the explosion center; The porcelain pot grenade is a small explosive package. After the explosion, the power is not large. The scope of the explosion wave is within one or two steps, mainly killing and wounding people with porcelain splash.

Because gunpowder weapons were used in the battlefield for the first time, Murong Yanjun, who was completely ignorant of gunpowder, was actually killed and killed less seriously than expected. The main reason is to make Murong Yanjun panic about the fear of the unknown and associate it with the power of ghosts and gods.

Before science was recognized, Fanyi faith was a common phenomenon, especially in the system of Chinese cultural circle. It was a long-term Fanyi faith atmosphere cultivated by the state ruler as the son of heaven and the "induction between heaven and man" in Confucianism.

Therefore, as the Han army using gunpowder weapons, they firmly believe that they are favored by heaven. Murong Yan army attacked by gunpowder weapons will feel abandoned by heaven. One side must be brave and unparalleled, while the other side is uneasy and frightened. I'm afraid there will be no more results.

The statistics of the war were sent to Liu Yan at noon the next day.

In this battle, 14000 corpses of Murong Yan army could be collected. Only about 800 people died of gunpowder from the wounds, and the rest died under cold weapons. There must be some dead people who have not been found for a while, and there are also dead people who have been directly evaporated by gunpowder. The military newspaper will only make a general supplement later.

"The statistics of prisoners of war are more than 63000, and more than 4000 were seriously injured." Yuan Qiao did not say that Murong Yan army, who was slightly injured, would also be dealt with after being seriously injured: "we guess that about 30000 enemy troops escaped successfully."

The so-called treatment of the enemy's seriously wounded is nothing more than giving pleasure. There is no cruel place to do this. No army will spend precious medicinal materials on ordinary soldiers of the enemy. Giving pleasure is the greatest kindness.

"Including murongke, 30000 escaped?" Liu Yan didn't ask too much. The victory was built in a hurry. Although he was prepared, he was still insufficient. He put down the tableware in his hand, changed to a sitting posture and asked, "where are our casualties?"

Yuan Qiao didn't look at the wooden calf in his hand. He replied, "there were 217 people killed in the battle, including a school captain, a military Marquis and four other Department commanders. There were 301 heavy casualties, which did not affect the continuation of the battle. No statistics were made on the light casualties."

Any victory comes at a price, especially in the era of cold weapons. Killing the enemy 10000 and losing 8000 is the mainstream. Annihilating the enemy 10000 and losing only 1000 people can definitely be called a strong army in the world.

In the early stage of the Han Army's confrontation with the enemy, the probability of casualties was often 5:1, which rose to 7:1 three years after Yuanshuo.

"It's almost six to one..." Liu Yan can still accept the data: "in forest warfare, the battle array we are good at can't be set aside, and the result of war damage ratio can be accepted."

In fact, as long as the Chinese civilized army is able to fight with other races, even if it is defeated, the casualties will not be too ugly. The exaggerated number of casualties occurs in the process of fleeing and being pursued. Generally, more people are trampled to death than killed by the enemy.

As an army, they used gunpowder to cause the collapse of Murong Yan army, but later they pursued in the woods. In fact, many advantages were basically not shown. The Han Army did not pay enough attention to the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers. What it paid attention to was the cooperation and coordination of the military array. It can be justified that some murongyan troops who were forced to pursue soldiers were killed.

In fact, Murong Yanguo is now in the rising stage. Most of the soldiers in the army have experienced hundreds of wars. Especially in the Northeast countries, they have found self-confidence. Panic is panic. There are examples of the Han Army killing Capricorn people on a large scale. The more ferocious Murong Yanjun feels that they can't escape and will fight back. Most of the Han army killed in the battle are killed by those people.

"If there were no firearms to fight Murong Xianbei in the open, our casualties would be more serious." Sang Yu didn't come long ago. He was qualified to check the casualty data of the war. After reading it, he said in a reasonable tone. Later, he said proudly, "but the final winner will definitely be a big man."

Sang Yu said not only the hill water battlefield, but also the overall situation of the war against Yan.

Last night, the information about the north line and other areas has been gathered. The victory or defeat of the Qiushui battlefield appears much faster than expected. In addition to capturing Liucheng, the army on the north line has also cut off the traffic, and LV Tai's Department on the east line is stable on the majushui line.

If this trend continues, the army led by Liu Yan will join forces with the army on the north line in no more than two days. It will wipe out Yuyang County, Beiping county and Liaoxi county at one stroke, and directly march into Changli County (i.e. the county where Longcheng is located). There may be accidents in Koguryo, Baiji and Xinluo reported by the eastern shogunate.

"Liucheng is the frontier acropolis of the dragon city. It was only conquered by the first World War." After Ji Chang came over, he looked at the known information again very carefully. When he looked up at Liu Yan, he said, "Murong Xianbei's evacuation speed is faster than we expected."

"Xianbei was born after grass. It didn't take long to choose a place to settle down. Most people in China maintain a nomadic attitude except Jin people." Sang Yu stroked his chin's beard and said with a smile, "this is within our calculation."

"If I say, we can't let go if we can destroy more." Xu Zheng danced the leg of lamb in his hand and swallowed the meat in his mouth. While smashing his chest, he said with difficulty: "I just want to leave some opponents practicing. There are Rouran and Ding Ling."

Annihilation of Yan must be to annihilate, but the difficulty of complete annihilation is not generally high. Therefore, when formulating the battle plan, the state of Han did not expect to completely annihilate Murong Xianbei, or judged in advance that a certain number of Murong Xianbei would complete the evacuation.

Liu Yan knew that the country could not be invincible. Since Murong Xianbei could not be completely destroyed, he would fight with the goal of maximum destruction.

The general deliberately leaves the enemy to feed the tiger, and the state deliberately leaves the enemy is a strategic deployment.

A truly wise leader never wants the whole world to be friends. Even if it is made, it should also create an enemy country, not to spur himself, but to make the people not completely free of a sense of crisis.

In the next long time, the Han parliament entered a period of developing internal affairs, but it can't really let the Nanshan sword and gun into the warehouse. Even if it is to remind the people to "live in hardship and die in happiness", it still needs the existence of the enemy. The army also needs to maintain its combat effectiveness in a series of continuous operations. Then drive Murong Xianbei to the cold Xianbei grassland, Murong Xianbei, who is extremely weak, will be a good target for continuous military training.

Of course, Liu Yan did not mean to give up the complete elimination of Murong Xianbei. He did not even intend to let go of the Tuoba Xianbei and was sure to annihilate it before going west.

Not only Murong Xianbei, Rouran and donggaoche entrenched in Mobei, but also xigaoche in the northwest of zhuoye mountain. Naturally, there are di and Qiang on the other side of the basin and those who fled from the Central Plains. None of Liu Yan plans to stay and perform the drama of "spring breeze blowing again".

"Practice?" Xu Zheng tilted his mouth: "it's not that someone despises Rouran and Ding Ling. They are not a series with Xianbei at all."

It's hard to hear, but it's true. The closer the eastern world is to the Central Plains, the stronger the national strength is, mainly reflected in the national structure and science and technology. Rouran and Dingling are a nation that tends to be primitive. Do you believe that most people are still using stone tools without mastering smelting technology?

It is no exaggeration to say that not only Rouran people and Ding people, but also a large number of people who do not master metal smelting technology. There are no more than ten people who master smelting technology on the world island. All countries with technology and sufficient population are big countries. The rest are basically still drinking blood, not even the stage of slash and burn cultivation.

It may be funny to say that the world island is already very good. There are not many civilizations in South America and North America that entered the Bronze Age in the 16th century. As a result, when the white people entered the great colonial period, the Aborigines were basically finished, and the Maya were exterminated by the germs brought by Europe. Therefore, in Modern North America and South America, there are only a few real aborigines, and mixed race children are the mainstream. Africa? No need to say.

"The prisoners of war were killed in one out of ten, and then transported to the (Liaodong) Peninsula first." Liu Yan is not a bloody madman. It is a universal practice to shoot and kill prisoners. The Romans strictly implemented it to destroy the country. He went to the shelf hanging the mountain map, lit several areas, issued some orders, and finally said, "I won't participate in the next war in person."

No one has any opinion. The West Route Army of Murong Yanguo collapsed, and the Han Army also came under the dragon city. The subsequent development of the war situation is to enter the stage of division and elimination. Even if there is a battle, it is also against the East Route Army led by Murong Jun. If Murong Jun is not stupid, he knows that Murong Ke's West Route Army is finished, he should leave ya to enter the fleeing stage.

"Is it Dingxiang?" Ran min lifted the curtain of the tent. Before he came in, the voice came first. After he came in, he saluted Liu Yan and said impatiently, "six days ago, the Dragon Guard began to try to fight back. Did the stone tiger want to break through, or did the stone tiger break through without death?"

Dingxiang had been besieged by the Han army for a long time. After the war in Bingzhou and Shuozhou, Li Tan had been personally in charge.

What Liu Yan smelled in his nose was a strong smell of blood. The source point was ran min, who was covered in blood.

Sang Yu and ran min were always wrong, so they said, "general hussars, at least freshen up first?"

"Just you, a soft egg who hasn't fought in the battlefield, can't stand it." Ran min was not polite at all. After spraying sang Yu's face, he ignored it and looked at Liu Yan again: "Your Majesty, if you want to go to Dingxiang, please allow the last general to follow."

Liu Yan felt somewhat surprised. It wasn't an accident. Ran min unexpectedly knew the news from Dingxiang. It was an accident. Ran min wanted to miss the ending battle of killing Yan. However, he was relieved when he thought about it a little. It is difficult to make clear the entanglement between ran min and Shi Jie Zhao, but he will never miss the stage to draw a full stop to Shi Jie Zhao.