Fangzheng wiped out tens of thousands of Jin soldiers in the time it took to brew a cup of tea. Of course, he did not kill all of them. Although the meteor storm swept through half of the battlefield, there were still some who escaped. These people either surrendered or ran away in fear.
In fact, because it happened so suddenly, the Jin soldiers did not even know how their cavalry was wiped out. It must be known that if the Jin army did not exceed ten thousand, it would be impossible to defeat more than ten thousand. In the end, they were wiped out in the time it took to brew a cup of tea. What was even more strange was that they did not even know how the other party did it!
But this did scare the Jin generals. When Yue Fei led his army to Luoyang, the Jin generals were so scared that they shut the city gates tightly, as if they were going to defend the city till the end of time … Who the f * ck is the real invader here!
But Fangzheng was obviously prepared for this.
"Looks like these people are determined to defend the city walls till the end of time."
Looking at the tightly shut city gates from afar, Fangzheng and Yue Fei looked at each other and chuckled.
"Unfortunately, it's useless …"
"You're right, Exalted Immortal. It's time for us to show the Jin how powerful we are!"
Upon hearing Fangzheng's words, Yue Fei nodded. Then, he turned to look at the messenger beside him.
"Send the signal!!"
Whoosh!!!
Soon, a firework soared into the sky and bloomed. The Jin soldiers in the city were extremely nervous when they saw the firework. They gripped their bows and arrows tightly and stared at the horizon in the distance. However, to the Jin soldiers' surprise, after dozens of minutes, they still did not see the heavily armed soldiers coming from the other side of the horizon. On the contrary, the other side of the horizon was still calm, as if nothing had happened.
What's wrong with these Han people? Are they celebrating the new year early because they have nothing better to do?
Just as the Jin soldiers were feeling puzzled, they suddenly felt a shadow looming over their heads.
What's going on? The Jin soldiers raised their heads in surprise and looked at the sky. Then, their eyes widened in fear.
Dozens of huge white airships emerged from the clouds and slowly descended towards Luoyang City. The Jin soldiers did not know what it was. Many of them were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and prostrated themselves in worship. However, at this moment, the white airships stopped landing. Then, the partition below the airships was opened, and black dots fell from the sky.
"Boom!!!"
Accompanied by a thunderous roar, the bombs whizzed down and hit the city walls. In the blink of an eye, sparks were set off. Broken iron fragments flew in all directions, mercilessly and cruelly mutilated the Jin soldiers.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!! "
At this moment, the Jin soldiers finally reacted. They shouted loudly, but there was nothing they could do. Some of the Jin soldiers picked up their bows and arrows in despair and tried to attack the white airships, but no matter how hard they tried, they could not hit the white airships. Instead, the soldiers on the city walls were directly blown to pieces by the bombs that fell from the sky.
If the construction of the airships was a little "Xianxia", then these bombs were completely created by Fangzheng using the original technology and craftsmanship of this world. Of course, it took a lot of effort to formulate stable and lethal gunpowder, but other than that, the shells, fuses, and other things of the "bombs" were basically made from existing materials in this world.
In fact, in history, the Southern Song Dynasty was the first dynasty to use gunpowder to make "landmines". At that time, they were called "explosive cannons" and were mainly used to fight against the Jin cavalry. Now that they had airships, Fangzheng naturally modified them again and directly turned them into bombs.
The airships directly turned into bombers … After all, only they had airships in this era, so they did not have to worry about air supremacy for the time being.
After a wave of bombardment destroyed the Jin soldiers' defense on the city walls of Luoyang, the airships began to descend rapidly. Then, ropes hung down from the flippers at the bottom of the airships, and heavily armed soldiers quickly landed on the city walls along the ropes. At the same time, soldiers with bows and crossbows appeared on the deck and fired at the remaining Jin soldiers around them.
At the same time, the soldiers who landed on the city walls quickly set off the fireworks and sent out a signal.
"Good!"
Yue Fei, who was in the distance, suddenly slapped the back of his horse when he saw the fireworks.
"Let's go! Today is the day we take back Luoyang!!"
"Yeah."
Fangzheng could not help chuckling when he heard this.
"If General Yue had worked harder, maybe you would be the one standing on the city walls now."
"This … Hahaha …"
Yue Fei looked a little embarrassed in the face of Fangzheng's teasing.
"It can't be helped. After all, I … Hahaha …"
Looking at Yue Fei's expression in front of him, Fangzheng also shook his head with a smile. To be honest, he did not expect this gold-plated hero to have a fatal weakness.
Acrophobia!
According to Fangzheng's original plan, a commander like Yue Fei should directly command the battle from the airship. After all, it would be easier to give orders from a high vantage point. Although there was no radio in this world, it was not impossible to send signals with fireworks. In fact, that was exactly what Yue Fei thought.
But what Fangzheng and Yue Fei did not expect was that after Yue Fei stepped onto the airship, not long after the airship rose, he looked down at the ground below with a pale face. His legs turned to jelly, and he felt dizzy, as if he was about to die … Although Yue Fei had tried many times after that, but …
How should I put it … Some people are probably born with a fear of acrophobia ….
This set of tactics was naturally the result of Fangzheng and Yue Fei's discussion. Although Fangzheng had never fought in a war in modern times, he had played all kinds of war games. However, modern cities no longer had walls, so he and Yue Fei had to discuss for a long time before they came up with this set of tactics.
To put it bluntly, it was very simple. Seize air supremacy, carry out ground bombardment, and then forcibly land. After occupying the target location, they would work together with the main force in the rear to wipe out all resistance!
Welcome to the battlefield of "Southern Song Dynasty: Modern Warfare"!
Although flintlocks already existed in the Southern Song Dynasty, the range of flintlocks in this era was not very long, at least not on airships. There was not enough time to manufacture modern firearms. Therefore, the airships were equipped with safe and reliable long-range attack weapons such as bows and crossbows. For now, it was enough.
After occupying the city gate, Yue Fei led the army and advanced directly, cooperating with the airships to provide support from the air. The Jin soldiers, on the other hand, had never seen such cooperative air and ground combat, so they were beaten to the point of fleeing like rats. In less than a day, Yue Fei had reclaimed the vast city of Luoyang!
With the help of the airships, the Jin soldiers could no longer gain any advantage against the army led by Yue Fei. They were beaten back step by step. In just a short two to three months, most of the territory that had been occupied by the Jin soldiers had been reclaimed!
However, just as Fangzheng and Yue Fei were planning to destroy the Jin soldiers in one go, an imperial edict from the rear stunned them.
"… General Yue Fei and Master Celestial Fangzheng have rendered meritorious service in fighting against the Jin soldiers. We have specially returned to the capital to receive rewards. Hereby …"
Looking at the imperial edict in front of them, Fangzheng and Yue Fei stared at each other with their eyes wide open.
"Great Immortal, look at this …"
"I'm afraid Great Song is done for!"
Fangzheng also snorted coldly. He and Yue Fei were not fools. Whether in ancient times or modern times, speed in war was an unchanging truth. According to Fangzheng's original plan, they should have wiped out the Jin soldiers in one go, then killed the Mongol Empire, Western Xia, and Western Liao …
But before the war was over, the rear was sending them an imperial edict to ask for rewards?
It seemed that the ruling class of the Southern Song Dynasty was rotten to the core …
"Forget it, don't worry. I've asked Caiyi to investigate. There must be a problem with the sudden news from the rear …"
Fangzheng waved his hand and comforted Yue Fei. Not long after, Caiyi walked in.
"Greetings, Great Immortal."
"Oh, Caiyi, did you find anything?"
"Yes."
Caiyi nodded and said.
"I received some news from that lord just now. I heard that the reason why the Emperor summoned Great Immortal and General back is because …"
"Because of what?"
"Because … the abbot of the Benevolent Temple, Master Baozhi, came to the Emperor and said that Great Immortal and General used evil techniques to kill many people, violating the harmony of the world …"
"These bald donkeys, how dare they!!"
Hearing this, Yue Fei slammed the table, and Fangzheng's face darkened.
"Sure enough, these bald people are all up to no good … In that case … General Yue, let's go back to the capital and see what these bald donkeys are up to!"
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