Ma Qiang was silent for a while, raised his wine glass and said, "Meng De, can you promise me something?"

Cao Cao almost said what I must raise your wife. He finally swallowed the catchphrase and then asked, "What's the matter?"

"If I win, don't fight to the death. The time is right, please lead the earth and surrender! The great man has been in chaos for too long, and it's time to restore peace.

I promise that there will be a place for you and your civil and military officials in the court!”

Cao Cao didn't know whether it was better to say that Ma Qiang was naive or that Ma Qiang was as good as a king. He just raised his glass and drank it all, then walked out of the car, took a look at the steam engine at the front of the car that he could not understand, and said to Xu Chu, who was still fighting with Dian Wei, "Go back to the army!"

Dong~dong~dong~dong~

The drums are coming, and the war is about to begin.

Ma Qiang poured the wine on the ground, as if he was paying homage to something, and then said to Dian Wei, "Send the order, march!"

Ma Qiang knew that his command ability could not control a war of such a scale, so he handed over the command of the entire battle to Duan Ying and Guo Jia for discussion and decision. He only made up his mind when the two were undecided. All he had to do now was to sit in the position of commander and watch the end of a hero of the era.

This battle will definitely win!

Before the war officially began, Zhang He's telegram arrived first.

"Yiqiu City was fought by our army with earth pits and exploded with gunpowder. Sun Ben saw that the situation was not good and divided his troops to break out, but he was unable to leave, so he led his army to surrender."

Ma Qiang put down the telegram and smiled at Duan Ying beside him, Guo Jia said, "There is good news before the war begins. It seems that our army will win this battle!"

Guo Jia took another telegram and said, "Taishici's cavalry has arrived at the designated location and is circumventing here. It will arrive in about two hours."

Of course, Ma Qiang did not give up his cavalry. He just let the cavalry appear in the position he should appear. He used to invite Cao Cao to reminisce about the past, which also meant to delay time.

At this time, the two armies were less than 800 meters apart, and stopped each other and adjusted their respective formations.

"Ming Gong! Look, Ma Ziyu is digging a tunnel behind him, and I don't know what to do."

Xi Zhong waited for Cao Cao to return to the army and immediately told Cao Cao about the changes that had just happened.

Cao Cao picked up the telescope and saw that the back formation of the Hebei army was indeed full of soil. He said, "Ma Ziyu's soldiers are few and strong, and he may be defeated if he passes the order. If he has no order, he will not pursue him without authorization!"

"promise!"

If Cao Cao could see the back of the Hebei Army, he would know that the flying soil was not caused by digging a trap, but was digging small mounds, and there were artillery guns beside the mounds, which was building temporary field artillery positions.

"Ling Lejin, Li Dian and the other teams set aside. I found in Ma Ziyu's army that he brought all musketeers this time. The more our army gathered, the more unfavorable it was. The front was opened to five miles long!" Cao Cao ordered again.

"Ming Gong, if it is too evacuated, it may be raided by the thief cavalry." Xi Zhong raised his concern.

"I'm afraid that his cavalry will never appear now. Hebei's firearms are sharp and too dense formations will only expand the losses of our army, allowing Le Jin and Li Dian to use the fish scale chariot formation."

"Zhicai understands!"

As the flag shaking and the drum sound changed, Cao's front army began to disperse in units of five hundred people, increasing its size several times.

"It's worthy of being Cao Mengde... I immediately understood how to fight with musketeers." Ma Qiang couldn't help but admire him as he looked at Cao's army's transformation.

Then, Ma Qiang saw Cao's front and rear launching shield chariots, forming a wooden wall before the front.

This is?

Ma Qiang laughed. Cao Cao had prepared a lot of things.

In the early days of the musket era, using shields to increase their own defense was still a very effective way. For example, during the Warring States Period, Japan liked to tie dozens of bamboo into a bunch as shields. The Chinese army of the Ming and even the Qing dynasties also liked to use car camps to act as city walls to protect muskets from killing enemies.

These shield chariots launched by Cao Cao now have similar effects to the tactics of later generations.

"Five hundred meters! Each cannon song is ready! Heavy field artillery and field artillery cover and shoot at 300 meters and 200 meters respectively!"

Hearing Duan Ying's order, Ma Qiang's mouth bent slightly.

Your shield may be thick enough to block my musket, so... can it block my cannon?

The artillery that had already dug up the position immediately began to adjust the angle when he heard the order.

The two artillery battalions of the instructor and the Fourth Army were under the jurisdiction of two Xingping 80mm mortars, four Xingping 90mm field artillery, two Xingping 120mm heavy field artillery, and two baggage jingles. There were 160 mortars, 160 field artillery, and 40 heavy field artillery, totaling 360 artillery.

It was the first artillery force at that time!

With the continuous efforts of the Military Industry Bureau in recent years, Xingping artillery has gradually become a series. In addition to the mortars that show their power in the Liaodong Battle, field artillery has also been developed and mass-equipped in the Guard Corps.

This field gun is equipped with suitable artillery and logistics vehicles, which can quickly follow the army. The effective range of the 90mm field gun is 700 meters, but don't be too close, its effective range of the catapult can exceed one thousand meters.

The so-called effective range of ejection is because the main shells of this field gun are still solid shells, after all, this shell is cheap...

Soft land is like a water drifting surface for a solid shell flying at high speed. The shell will bounce up and increase the range after it hits the ground.

For example, the range of Xingping 120mm heavy field gun has reached nearly 1,400 meters. If a catapult occurs, it may even achieve a good result of 1,800 meters.

It was also because the artillery was placed in the rear team, otherwise the artillery could be bombarded with the artillery now.

"Four hundred meters! The last time the artillery is ready!! The Fourth Army is ready to fight each song!!"

Lehe is a member of Lejin's tribe and the army he joined when Lejin recruited troops. It can be said that he is the oldest group of people in Cao Cao's army. Now he is already a military marquis, in charge of two hundred soldiers, forming a small army formation.

In front of their military formation, the four wooden shield chariots gave them great comfort and confidence. With the small holes of the wooden shield chariot, they could also stretch out their spears or use arrows to kill the enemy. Lehe was very confident. After the ground rats on the opposite side came out, they used their halberds to upgrade their official positions to two levels.

"Three hundred and fifty meters, the attack tactics begin!!"

With Guo Jia's order issued, dozens of carriages rushed out. The carriages were more than a hundred meters away from each other, covering the entire cross-section of the battlefield. Moreover, these carriages all have a characteristic, that is, they ride on a huge horn.

What weapon is this?

Is it a crossbow?
Chapter completed!