Chapter 260 Ranged Soldiers
The decision to send troops to Pengcheng County is just a few words.
But this time, the commander who sent troops to Pengcheng was Zang Ba. Originally he was an old man, but this time he mentioned it again.
Of course, Lieutenant General, Su Fan gave him Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and others.
The reason why Huang Zhong was brought over was also to experiment with the newly emerging firearms battalion.
Huang Zhong is good at archery. He is the strongest in the entire Eastern Sea Territory, but at the same time, his archery is also the strongest. Even Tai Shici, who is good at archery, cannot compare to Huang Zhong.
Since Huang Zhong came under Su Fan's rule, Su Fan also set up a Longbow Battalion with a total of 8,000 people.
Originally, Su Fan only had the Bow and Crossbow Battalion under his command. After all, there were ink workers there. With Su Fan's suggestion, the bow and crossbow made by the East China Sea Territory were quite sharp.
Of course, even if the bow and crossbow of Donghai Territory are extremely sharp, it is really better than the range, but it is still not as good as the archer anyway.
The bow and crossbow of the East China Sea Territory can reach hundreds of feet, and it is considered extremely powerful in history, no shorter than an archer.
But in this fantasy era, the range of archers is at least one hundred and fifty feet, and some elites can reach more than two hundred feet, and the long-range striking power is also very powerful.
It's just that the training of archers is not easy.
There is nothing for crossbowmen, they just need to train their winding speed.
But archers are different. The most important thing is to have strong arm strength. If the arm strength is not strong, they can't pull it at all. Nowadays, archers generally use three-stone bows.
In history, Huang Zhong used to pull three stone bows, but now, he is just a small soldier. His arm is really amazing, and he can pull five or six stone bows. At this time, Huang Zhong can even pull ten stone bows, with a range of two kilometers.
Of course, the lethality is also about one kilometer. Beyond this range, it cannot be seen with the naked eye and can only be felt.
But even so, if Huang Zhongru made a sneak attack within one kilometer, it would be very difficult for a general who was at the fourth level of Liangang to survive.
This is Huang Zhong's horror.
In order to make him feel at ease, Su Fan also specially built a new Longbow Battalion and handed it over to him for training, because Su Fan's East China Sea Territory has no shortage of supplies, especially in the army, all kinds of meat are provided, and everyone's physical fitness is extremely strong. The strength is also great.
It can be said that they are all excellent archer seedlings.
No wonder, once Huang Zhong entered the barracks, he couldn't come out at all.
The longbow battalion is trained in the barracks every day.
The Longbow Battalion has been training for nearly two years. Not only the Longbow Battalion, Su Fan called the 30,000 Bow and Crossbow Battalion, and the 5,000 Firearms Battalion were handed over to Commander Huang Zhong.
This time, Huang Zhong took away 5,000 longbows, 10,000 crossbows and 3,000 firearms soldiers to see the effect.
Especially the Firearms Battalion, this is the Armament Division of the Ministry of Industry. The weapons that have been built with great effort in the past few years, if they are not ideal on the battlefield, then the Armament Division will immediately turn into a dead end.
It's a pity that the Artillery Battalion can't be formed yet, otherwise, Su Fan wants to make the Artillery Battalion show up.
In addition to the first time, Zang Ba also brought 10,000 heavy infantry and 5,000 cavalry.
The heavy armored infantry is the biggest feature of the leading army of the East China Sea. Because there is no shortage of steel, armor is naturally not lacking.
Over the years, the armor of the Armament Department has accumulated an unknown amount. The large soldiers of the East China Sea are all wearing armor, and the heavy infantry are wearing three layers of thick armor.
Heavy armored infantry, like heavy armored infantry, is the tank in the infantry.
It is also the trump card of the infantry, and the selection itself is extremely harsh. The primary selection must first be physically strong, and the minimum is 1.85 meters.
Five hundred catties of strength is also the basis, otherwise, the three-layer thick armor will weigh nearly one hundred catties, and it cannot be carried at all.
The weapon is Modao, which weighs eighty catties.
Those who can become heavy armored infantry are all strong men.
The Donghai Territory now has only 50,000 heavy armored infantry, but its combat strength must exceed 500,000. This heavy armored infantry can be said to be the most powerful force in the Eastern Sea Territory, a killing machine on the battlefield.
Since we want to scare the chickens to scare the monkeys, we naturally have to show that powerful power, so that we can be deterred.
It is impossible for Su Fan to kill any family in this world at will, and the power of the current family is even stronger than that of the last Great Tang.
In the world of Tang Dynasty, the power of the world is nothing more than the right to speak and the control of knowledge, but the aristocratic families in this world really have personal strength.
Scribes also have terrifying combat power.
Su Fan didn't want to suppress it at will, so he suppressed it.
Of course, if the aristocratic family is really stubborn and insists on fighting him to the death, then he has nothing to say, but generally speaking, as long as the aristocratic family sees your strength, they will seldom really fight to the death, even if they lose part of it. Interests.
Naturally, Su Fan also understood the nature of those aristocratic families, especially those in Xuzhou, so this time, he planned to show off some of the strength in his hands, and let those people weigh it, so they don't always jump there repeatedly.
With 80,000 soldiers and horses going to Pengcheng County, eight Liangang generals, especially Huang Zhong, a top-notch general, Su Fan sat in the East China Sea government office and waited for news.
Two months later, Zang Ba did not disappoint Su Fan.
After more than half a month of rushing, the rest of the month, they pulled out six cities in Pengcheng County, beheaded 40,000, and captured 300,000 troops.
Afterwards, the entire Pengcheng County surrendered, and the gentry who originally took refuge in Yuan Shu asked to surrender one after another. What if they didn't surrender?
The army led by the East China Sea really took action.
The two armies are at war, and I beheaded your family, but no one will say anything, everyone is their own master.
So before Yuan Shu's support was received, Pengcheng County was the first to be overwhelmed.
"Haha! Xuan Gao is good, General Han Sheng is even more brave than the three armies, his archery skills are unparalleled, and he can kill two Lian Gang generals with one arrow."
The detailed battle report has been sent to Su Fan.
Su Fan was quite satisfied after seeing the detailed battle situation in the past month.
Naturally, he never thought that he would fail when he went to battle Pengcheng County. The army in Pengcheng County was a bunch of mobs. A small number of private soldiers from aristocratic families might be elite, but if they were put on the battlefield, it would be a joke.
Fighting on the battlefield is completely different from fighting in the rivers and lakes.
Most of the personal guards of the family pay more attention to bravery, and each of them is quite powerful.
Just like Su Fan's Gao family, there are some private soldiers in the family, all of whom are training their own strength, and have no requirements for battle formation at all.
If it's just a small number of fights, or dealing with bandits and bandits, then it's no problem. If they really encounter a large army, I'm afraid they will be finished with one shock.
Naturally, the combat effectiveness of the army in Pengcheng County is also very fragmented.
Zang Ba led an army of 80,000, and there were not many casualties at all. The total casualties were less than 3,000, and after some treatment, less than 800 people died.
This number is quite impressive.
Of course, the key point is that the recruits saw blood, and the Longbow Battalion and Firearms Battalion also showed impressive fighting strength. This was what Su Fan was most happy about.