"Report--Wang Bing led his troops to Shu to suppress the rebellion. He was attacked in the Liushuling area of ​​Chengdu Prefecture. He retreated for more than ten miles and suffered serious damage. The remaining troops moved to Jianzhou."

The almost trembling voice of the officials sounded outside the imperial study room in the palace city.

Many court officials who were discussing the war in the north with Zhao Che were stunned on the spot and looked back at the source of the sound.

The plan to unite Liao to resist Jin was decided. Most of the main forces of the Song Dynasty's imperial guards moved north and sent troops to aid Liao while stationing on the border. However, the Liao Kingdom was exhausted, and the Song Dynasty's army could only slow down the demise of Liao Kingdom. The angry Jin soldiers went south with iron weapons, which led to the defeat of the two countries' coalition forces retreating step by step. It had reached a point of comparing who could run faster.

After two months, the court officials almost forgot about the small rebellion in Western Shu. Someone suggested whether to withdraw the Northwest Imperial Army led by Wang Bing, exchange defenses with the Imperial Army stationed in Shaanxi Sixth Route, and drop the troops from Shaanxi Sixth Route to Bianjing to guard against the Jin soldiers going south.

But at this time, do you think that the Northwest Power Brigade led by Wang Bing was beaten to retreat more than ten miles and could only retreat to Jianzhou to supplement it?

The most capable thing in the Song Dynasty was the Western Army. It could pacify Fang La's millions of bandits with just 150,000. Even they were defeated. Who else could pacify this rebellion?

"Nothing nonsense, how did Wang Bing fight? Chengdu Prefecture has only 30,000 bandits, and it can be explained that it cannot be captured for a long time. How could the hundreds of thousands of imperial guards be beaten to retreat more than ten miles? Can Cao Hua rush to the formation and kill Wang Bing?"

Dazai Zheng Juzhong was furious and even raised his beard. He ran outside the imperial study room and looked at the official kneeling on the ground to report the news and cursed.

The other court officials were full of shock and shock. They were soaked in sand and dust for half their lives. The veteran general Zong Shidao, who had just been transferred back to the capital from the Western Army, was also somewhat incredible:

"The 150,000 imperial guards led by Wang Bing are the main force of the Western Army. Many people go out from under my command. You said they can't defeat them, but I still believe that more than 100,000 people fled at the same time. Can you be the master soldier of the Song Dynasty in Jiangnan?"

The clerk who reported the news spoke in fear and fear:

"According to the news, on the night of May 18, Wang Bing sent troops to attack the city. Before he could reach the city, more than 50 grand commander artillery appeared on the top of the city, and directly attacked the central army camp..."

"More than fifty doors?"

"Start directly at the Central Army camp?"

"Wang Bing is a fool, can he build the camp under the city wall?"

Many court officials were immediately in anger. They knew that the Grand Supervisor's cannon could hit three and a half miles away. Generally, the besieged city camps were five miles away. How could they be shot into the military camp by the Grand Supervisor's cannon? How much did they take Cao Hua seriously?

Zhao Zhe frowned and asked the eunuch to take the map of Chengdu Prefecture. Many court officials surrounded him and looked at him carefully, and then he was silent.

"What thing can beat people five miles away? Could Cao Hua have invited heavenly soldiers?"

Zhong Shidao was holding the map, a little unbelievable.

Five miles away, it is equivalent to standing in the outer city of Bianjing and directly hitting the imperial study, which is beyond the perception of the officials of the Song Dynasty.

The little official who reported the news was sweating heavily and said in a deep voice:

"It is confirmed that Wang Bing saw with his own eyes that the rebels fired fire at the top of the city, and then the central army camp was blooming everywhere. After that, the shelling of more than twenty rounds was bombarded. Afterwards, soldiers were sent to clean up the bodies of soldiers. There were more than a thousand earth pits in Liushuling...."

"hiss--"

The ministers gasped and no one spoke for a long time.

Zhong Shidao held the map and was silent for a long time, then turned to Zhao Zhe:

"Master, is there any progress in craftsmen imitating the Grand Commander's Cannon?"

The Minister of Works wiped his forehead sweat:

"There are only samples of the Grand Commander's guns, and how to cast them is being considered... But even if they are copied, they cannot hit five miles. The existing Grand Commander's guns can hit three and a half miles..."

The ministers were silent.

The truth is only within the range of the cannon.

The court officials of the Song Dynasty must have never heard of this sentence, but now, there is probably a vague concept.

"After a single shot, all the horses in a radius of several feet were killed. In half an hour, more than a thousand cannons were killed. Before they could reach the city wall, the people died. How could they fight?"

Zhong Shidao spoke in a deep voice and looked at the many court officials.

Zheng Juzhong crossed the steps back and forth with his hands behind his back:

"The Northwest Imperial Guards dare not approach, and the morale of the rebels has increased greatly. The next step is to attack cities and plunder. If they can cast fifty general artillery guns in two months, Chengdu Mansion will inevitably build a firearm workshop. If they are not destroyed, more than a hundred general artillery guns will appear in a few months. There is a city that can block the Song Dynasty..."

"How to knock it out? The workshop must be built in the city, and even the city walls dare not approach it. How could it destroy the firearm workshop?"

"If you can't kill it, you have to fight it. If you have 150,000 imperial guards have to fight it. Now if you don't strangle it to death, you don't have to wait for the Jin soldiers to go south. Cao Hua can push it to Bianjing with hundreds of large-scale general artillery..."

"Dig a tunnel, attack Chengdu from the underground and score the goal..."

"Let the Qingzhou Army recruited to the public take the lead, and the main force of the imperial guards followed closely to attack the city. As long as they rushed under the city wall, the Grand Supervisor's cannon will be useless..."

.....

There are noisy and mixed opinions, and all kinds of arguments are endless.

Zhao Zhe rubbed his forehead that was painful, looked at the distant west, and sighed...

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The Western Shu rebellion captured Chengdu, and Wang Bing and the Northwest Force suppressed the rebellion and the news that he was defeated in the first battle spread throughout the Song Dynasty in a short time.

Fang La's uprising, using 10,000 barefoot people to attack and wipe out the 5,000 imperial guards in Jiangnan, and he could find many excuses, underestimate the enemy and advance rashly, lack of experience for many years, and the gap in military strength, etc.

In the battle outside Chengdu Prefecture, because of the fast running, there were only more than a thousand casualties, and about two thousand people were captured. Strictly speaking, it was just a small defeat that was harmless. However, this small defeat put a serious problem on the table: it was impossible to beat it.

It is not that the generals are respectful and cannot fight, nor that the Northwest Imperial Army is not capable of combat effectiveness, but that the soldiers cannot drive the five-mile artillery bombardment and advance to attack the city under the city wall.

This is like a small country without air force in modern times, looking at the bombers in the sky, with strength and nowhere to be used.

The army of the Song Dynasty had the highest armor rate in history, and its crossbow technology was the highest among all dynasties. Heavy infantry built with infantry control cavalry could still fight back and forth against the Liao and Jin iron hooves, but they were meaningless in the face of artillery. The cavalry was actually the same. The Later Jin 60,000 iron hooves swept the world and even eight cities were captured. When attacking Ningyuan, they were hit by eleven artillery artillery and retreated more than ten miles. Nurhaci, the founding ancestor of the Qing Dynasty, was blown up and seriously injured.

As the saying goes, "If you can't beat it, join." To deal with the sudden artillery, there is no other way to fight against bombing, except for casting heavy artillery, the development of artillery cannot be copied at a glance. Dozens of craftsmen from Diankui Shi worked hard for nearly two years to figure out the casting method. Without skilled workers and drawings, just relying on a few cannons to push back, no one can tell when it can be built.
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