Jiang Min stood under the city and watched the soldiers put the iron cannons on the top of the city. He said to Wang Gan: "Tell Su Jie on the city that after the artillery is safe, fire a few cannons and try it. First mark out the locations where the Jin army might gather outside the city to see if it can be shot correctly."

Wang dared to claim his promise and walked quickly to the city.

Soon, Su Jie brought a few soldiers out and saluted Jiang Min. He said, "We have listed the places where the Jin army might gather when siege the city, so we will set up a few targets there. However, these cannons were cast shortly after they were cast and processed in fine detail, so I'm afraid they are not very accurate."

Jiang Min said: "There is no way to use it inaccurately. The key is that we know it. The Jin army has never seen artillery before and has no way to deal with it. We must use it well in this battle. If the artillery is used well, it can be easy to defend the city. If the artillery is not used well, it will be a waste of many lives."

Su Jie Yingnuo personally brought the soldiers and set up a target a mile away from the city.

As thick smoke came out of the city, the shells hit the target ten steps away. When Jiang Min saw it, she couldn't help but frown.

Su Jie sweated on his forehead, quickly stepped forward to check, and went to the city to continue firing. He fired three shots in a row, and the nearest one was a few steps away from the target.

Seeing that Su Jie was still busy, Jiang Min said, "Time is rushed, so let's do it. In this area where the Jin army gathered outside the city, you must select the reference objects in advance and divide the area into squares. During the battle, calculate the distance on the squares according to the selected reference objects, and constantly adjust the aim. We have been here for a short time, so we can only ensure that there are four cannons in a city. Each cannon is 2,000 kilograms, and it is really not easy to move. You have to arrange special personnel to move the cannons according to the direction of the Jin army's attack."

Su Jie said he deserved.

Looking at the sun in the sky, Jiang Min said, "This afternoon, all the fortress masters, village masters, military envoys will come here to study how to fight the Jin army. Go and prepare some wine, kill a sheep, and entertain everyone."

Su Jie said yes. Arrange people to prepare immediately.

Everything was arranged, Jiang Min went to the backyard of the yamen, sitting alone under the ginkgo tree, quietly thinking about the war.

After noon, the generals arrived. Su Jie ordered the army to put noodles in his arms and entertained the generals. After a short rest, he gathered in the village hall for a meeting.

Jiang Min looked at everyone and said, "With yesterday's news, the Jin army had left Lingshi County and the vanguard arrived in Zhaocheng. Li Songchen suffered a great loss. Fortunately, he had nothing to do and still had six or seven hundred troops under his command to participate in the battle. I replied to the letter, so that he would not have to come to Shenshan County and be able to defend the spirit stone. Liang Xing, in Zezhou to the east, led 1,500 elite troops, including 500 cavalrymen, were rushing over. The news the day before yesterday had passed Heilonggou and was expected to arrive here tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. We have 2,800 people to fight the 3,000 Jin army, and the troops are actually not much different."

Wang Zhongfu said: "The Jin army should have puppet troops, so there are still many people."

Jiang Min nodded: "Yes, there should be puppet troops. However, these people are not strong in combat, so just pay attention. This time we face the Jin army, we do not defend in the fort, but are arranged outside the fort with the main force. The three forts with Shenshan County as the center is the main battlefield. Each fort has 100 troops, and Shenshan County has another 100 mobile troops. The Shibi Fort in the north should pay attention to the battlefield situation at any time. If the Jin army is attracted to Sanbao and cannot draw out mobile troops, we will send troops to threaten the Jin army's retreat. The remaining 800 people are led by me and hide on the mountain in the east. When the conditions are appropriate, come out to attack the Jin army with the fort."

Speaking of this, Jiang Min was silent for a while. He said: "The key points of this battle are that the artillery in the fort should fully exert its power. The Jin army likes to assemble heavy troops to form heavy formations and force breakthroughs. Until today, no special tactics of the Jin army's organic action and attacks are discovered. The artillery poses a particularly great threat to the heavy formation."

The emergence of artillery directly changed the formation of infantry. Especially field artillery, after being widely used, the formation of infantry on the battlefield changed.

Whether it is a hollow square formation or a line infantry, one thing in common is that a shell can only kill a few people. A dense formation, a shell can penetrate a column, and a large number of casualties are easily caused in front of the artillery. Moreover, it does not require the accuracy of the artillery to cause huge damage.

The characteristic of the Jin army's attack is to form dense formations, not afraid of casualties, and continuously attack. Whether it is the Song army or the Liao army, they often cannot resist such a scattered attack and quickly collapse. With the possession of artillery, this formation has become a fatal disadvantage.

Jiang Min discovered this and insisted on implementing it. As long as there were a few cannons, the Jin soldiers would suffer major casualties after a battle. At this time, it would be useless for the Jin army to be afraid of death. If they resolutely attacked, they would soon use up the army.

Wang Xiaolie understood this, but his personality was relatively stable and he would not put the hope of victory in the war on one or two weapons. Therefore, when fighting against the Jin soldiers, the first choice was to choose a suitable battlefield and strategically surround the enemy. The situation of the specific battlefield was not so important at this time.

Jiang Min is different. Since he has this advantage, he must use this advantage to the extreme. Due to the short time, it is already the limit to building more than a dozen cannons, otherwise Jiang Min would push the cannons all over the city wall. The Jin army assembled heavy formations according to habits, so that the cannons could exert their power.

Modern and modern military reforms were initially changed because of the characteristics of artillery. Especially after field artillery was mature and widely used, the form of war was completely different from before. For example, the Spanish phalanx in the era of the meddles quickly became hollow phalanx. When the rifle technology was mature, it became line formations. These reforms were all to adapt to artillery on the battlefield, not because of cavalry.

When field artillery matures, infantry attacks do not advance in the rain of arrows as before, but in the continuous shooting of artillery shells. If the enemy's long-range offensive weapon is a crossbow, the denser the formation, the better, and it must be in a cone shape. When the enemy's long-range weapon becomes artillery, the gap between each row must make the shells lose lethality. It becomes a flush row and then gathers after leaving the range of the artillery.

The ancients often said that a single arrow, or that before the war, they were all saying that both sides were arranging the array, and the distance between the two formations was determined by the range of the crossbow. After equipping field artillery, the distance between the two formations was determined by the artillery. How to quickly pass through the intermediate space is an issue that the attacking party must consider.

The range of artillery is much larger than that of the crossbow. If you are not familiar with this, you will still be arranged in the array like before. If you do not start a war, you will be killed and damaged by artillery and the formation will be dispersed. Wang Xiaoli is equipped with a large number of field artillery artillery, but in fact, the current Jin army cannot face it head-on.
Chapter completed!