When a transformed army suffered great losses, they could still grit their teeth and fight to the last man.
There would be a retreat, but there would be no collapse.
For most of the old armies, as long as the losses reached 20 to 30 percent, it would trigger a chain reaction, leading to the collapse of the army, and even Sun Wu couldn't save it.
The annihilation of the whole army was because they were surrounded and had nowhere to run. It was definitely not because they fought to the last man in the face of adversity.
The Qin Army might not have reached that level yet, and the speed of transformation was not that fast. But when it came to war, there was no longer confusion and panic in the eyes of the soldiers of the Qin Army. They began to have a vague idea, and there was a faint voice telling them why they were fighting.
Not for the army's pay, not for food, not to slaughter and loot after the war, but for something else.
For the time being, they did not understand it too clearly, but they had that kind of feeling.
They had to move forward, and they had to win. They couldn't collapse, and they couldn't run away.
Strict military rules, discipline, and education were slowly shaping the will of a national army.
In the long night before the metamorphosis, the Qin army could also find that weak ray of light and advance towards it.
At the moment, under Luomeng Pass, the well-organized Qin Army was eyeing Luomeng Pass covetously.
The soldiers of Bozhou on the city wall were trembling with fear.
Yang Yong stood on the city wall, looking at the movement of the Qin Army in the distance.
"What are they pushing out? Is it a cannon? "
The subordinate beside him also looked at it.
"It seems to be a cannon. I can't see it clearly, but it seems to be very big."
"Big?"
Yang Yong looked at the cannon on his city wall and asked, "Is it bigger than our cannon? So far? Isn't it at least two miles? Can they fire two miles to our head? Isn't that a fool's dream? "
The subordinate seemed to agree with him.
"I haven't seen a cannon that can fire two miles. I think it's just a bluff. But General, our morale is not high, and we need a victory to restore it. Why don't you let me lead a team of cavalry and kill our way out?"
Yang Yong shook his head at his subordinate's request.
"No, in this kind of situation, my mission is to defend Luomeng Pass. We have suffered great losses, and we can't afford any more losses. Luomeng Pass is tall and strong, and one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies. As long as we defend it and don't retreat, the imperial army can't do anything to us, no matter how many of them come!"
After hearing this, the general's face was full of sorrow.
"General, do you think that if we had heavily guarded the other checkpoints from the beginning and refused to fight, would we have been able to stall until the soldiers ran out of food and retreated?"
Yang Yong was taken aback and pondered for a moment.
"Don't say anymore. Don't think about what has already happened. What can you do even if you think about it? Those bastards have already squandered all our assets! Back then, even the Mongolians couldn't take down our Bozhou. Now, they've been forced to such a state by the imperial army! "
Yang Yinglong was also very indignant. He didn't support the three-pronged attack, but he couldn't refute Yang Yinglong's decision. As a result, when the news of the three-pronged attack was heard, the one who fainted was Yang Yinglong, and he was the one who put out the fire.
How did they end up in such a situation?
"Pass down my order: hold the fort and don't come out. Anyone who dares to talk nonsense about fighting will be executed!"
Yang Yong issued a strict military order that left no room for doubt.
It had to be said that his decision was very correct. If it were any other army, it would be very difficult to take down Luomeng Pass without some special techniques.
As a matter of fact, An Jiangchen had a way to take down Luomeng Pass. However, it seemed that Qi Dayong was very confident in himself. Therefore, An Jiangchen wanted to see how confident Qi Dayong was, and where did his confidence come from. Moreover, he also wanted to know how powerful those huge cannons were.
The cannoneers of the Qin Army skillfully operated those huge cannons. One by one, they raised up flags, indicating that they were ready to fire. When all the cannons were loaded, the officer of the cannons gave the order to fire and adjust the firing position.
This was the disadvantage of the Hongyi Cannons. They made too much noise, and the recoil was too strong. Every time they fired, they had to adjust the firing position again, and the firing rate couldn't be increased.
However, if the firing rate of these huge cannons was increased, wouldn't it be very terrifying?
The cannoneers of the Qin Army calmly made the final settings, then lit the torches, squatted down, covered their ears, and stared straight ahead.
The cannoneers lit the fuses, squatted down, and covered their ears as well.
The battle formation of the Qin Army was some distance away from those cannons. Their expressions didn't change. Someone told An Jiangchen and Song Seong-eun to plug the ears of their horses, or send someone to calm them down. Otherwise, the horses would be scared.
An Jiangchen and Song Seong-eun didn't take it seriously, but since it was a military order, they still followed it. They wanted the whole army to be mentally prepared, as the sound would be very loud.
They looked at those cannons with great concern.
In the next moment, they saw the huge body of the cannon shake violently, and a huge plume of smoke and flame sprayed out from the muzzle. After a thunderous boom, even the ground was shaking. An iron bullet wrapped in thick smoke streaked across the sky, bombarding towards Luomeng Pass.
The sound lingered in the air. The Qin Army had long been used to it. Their expressions didn't change. A few war-horses were a little restless, but they were calmed down by the cavalrymen. They were all very skilled in this.
The soldiers of the An Army were quite different from the soldiers of the Song Army. Many of them were startled, covering their ears with their hands. A few war-horses didn't plug their ears, and they were so frightened that they neighed in the battle formation. The battle formation was in a little chaos.
An Jiangchen and Song Seong-eun's eyes followed the iron bullet all the way to Luomeng Pass. They saw the iron bullet fly and fly and fly in the direction of Luomeng Pass …
Then, it smashed into Luomeng Pass, as if it had directly hit the city gate tower. A cloud of smoke exploded on the city wall, and something splashed up. It seemed that some people were smashed into the air, and some fell down from the city gate tower.
Did … did it hit?
Just right?
This … this was sorcery, wasn't it?
Both of them suddenly had such a thought.
In their opinion, if it was not sorcery, how could it hit so far and so accurately?
Did the Qin Army already have such a terrible weapon?
Wouldn't … wouldn't they be invincible in the world?
They looked at Qi Dayong with shock and panic, only to see Qi Dayong's surprised face.
"Oh my! The first shot hit? Good! Good! Very good! Guards! Give them a reward! Ten taels of silver for each member of that artillery team! "
"Yes, sir!"
Each member of that lucky artillery team was rewarded with ten taels of silver, which was more than three months' salary. As a reward for a good start, they didn't need to make a big adjustment. They just needed to adjust back to their original position and design angle. They were really lucky.
An Jiangchen and Song Seong-eun judged from Qi Dayong's tone that it was probably a result of good luck, rather than a certainty.
They breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
But then they realized that they shouldn't be so relieved.
Even if they were lucky, the cannons still existed.
Then, the second cannon was fired, but it missed and directly smashed into the mountain on the left side of the city wall. It didn't do much damage.
They adjusted the position and angle of the cannon in frustration.
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