This shows that with the soldiers guarded by pistols, ordinary infantry armed with long knives cannot get close to them!

Only bows and arrows, which are good at long-range attacks, can cause a little damage to the pistol team. Other close-quarter weapons have no effect on the pistols at all.

This situation seems strange, but in fact it is real.

Different from modern thermal weapons wars, the soldiers at that time already had a deep understanding of the power of thermal weapons.

They are well aware of the huge advantages of thermal weapons, and they are also well aware of its disadvantages. For example, the offensive efficiency of weapons such as pistols and rifles is always restricted by the amount of ammunition and the durability of the firearms.

The gun is jammed and there are no bullets. As long as you can hold on until this point, you will have a chance in close combat!

It is a pity that such combat experience does not belong to the Di people in the late Jin Dynasty.

They are not even as good as the ancients of the Song and Yuan dynasties who had already used firearms to hedge, let alone the soldiers of the Ming and Qing dynasties who had already used evolved versions of firearms.

The soldiers at the end of the Jin Dynasty knew nothing about this magical weapon. Therefore, the elementary firecrackers could also cause a crushing blow to the Qin army.

"What you said makes sense. Let's try attacking the city with archers and infantry first."

"The infantry is in front?" Liu Yu was confused again.

The cavalry with powerful weapons and powerful combat effectiveness are not used, but the infantry with the worst equipment should go up first. Someone wouldn't want to use the infantry to die first!

Clear the way for the Pistols?

"How can this be done!"

"Yang Ding and the others are not blind. Once they fire arrows from the city or use heavy weapons such as catapults, the infantry will become their easy targets!"

disagree!

Liu Yu doesn’t agree with anything!

Although he is now a general and has never been a serious infantryman for a few days since he entered the army, as a farmer, he is still full of sympathy for the most common infantry in the army.

No matter what the battle situation is, the most severely damaged in an army are always the infantry. As long as they rush to the battlefield, the infantry will often fall in pieces like small insects.

Since the emergence of the cavalry as an arm, they have assumed the task of charging ahead. They rely on their sophisticated equipment and the huge impact of their horses to open up a path for the infantry to attack.

As the tactics of the cavalry became more and more sophisticated, the damage to the infantry was also reduced. This was originally a good thing. However, Wang Mi, who was not unskilled in military affairs and had fought several vicious battles himself, actually wanted to do the opposite.

Follow the path.

Liu Yu really couldn't figure out where his idea of ​​​​letting the infantry rush in front and the cavalry hold back came from.

"Jinu, you misunderstood!"

"I do this for a purpose, definitely not to let the infantry die!"

"In the Great Jin Dynasty, no matter whether they are Beifu soldiers or Jingzhou soldiers, no matter what kind of army they are, they are all my brothers. When they go to the battlefield, they will not distinguish between you and me. How could I frame them like this?"

Xiao Wang simply died unjustly. What he wanted to do was not a foot soldier, and he really couldn't do it!

If the cavalry can go up, can he still not let the cavalry go up?

"Then your plan is..." Liu Yu finally realized that Wang Mi had other plans. Xiao Wang chuckled and said: "Let's not talk about attacking the city, we must cross the river first!"

"Look at the rushing white water, guarding the front of Nanyang County's city tower. If you can't cross the river smoothly, you won't be able to shake the foundation of Nanyang City. This is what you reminded me."

"Indeed, crossing the river and attacking the city have always been the difficulty in capturing Nanyang County."

Crossing the river will definitely waste time and manpower, and once the defenders set up an ambush along the river, the attacking party will be extremely easily ambushed.

By the time the attacking party is lucky enough to land on the shore, they will probably be dead.

This is why the cities in the south of the Yangtze River are always so difficult for the Qin soldiers to attack for a long time.

With Xiangyang as the boundary, the situation south of the Yangtze River and north of the Yangtze River is completely different.

Strictly speaking, there are also large rivers in the north. The nearby Baishui River, as far away as the Wei River near Chang'an City, and the Zhang River near Ye City, are all large rivers with abundant water.

Not to mention our mother river!

However, these large rivers in the north often have less complicated water systems and are not so widely distributed.

But in the south of the Yangtze River, there are dense river networks and water everywhere. Let alone marching and fighting, even residents' daily travel can't be done without boats.

Because of the obstruction of large and small rivers, the power of the powerful cavalry relied on by the northern wealthy families was greatly reduced here.

Regardless of whether you are a man or a horse, by the time you wash up on the shore, the defenders will have already been prepared and can annihilate you all just by waiting.

Now, the situation is completely reversed!

The Jin army was about to face the same dilemma as the Di people outside Nanyang City.

A strip of white water meanders outside Nanyang City. It is well taken care of in several directions. It is almost impossible to attack the city without wading through the water.

But if you wade into the water, you will definitely be discovered by the Qin soldiers on the opposite side.

When the time comes, arrows will rain down like rain, and the infantry will rush out. Even if there is a pistol team to attack, the Jin army will be severely hit, and it will not even gain much advantage.

What to do?

"Difficulties are like springs. If you are strong, they will be weak!" Suddenly, Wang Mi thought of this wise saying.

“When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!”

"Brothers, are we still afraid of those wolf-like Qin soldiers?"

"Do you still need to avoid their arrows?"

Although his subordinates could not understand a single word of Wang Mi's poem-like remarks, everyone understood his subsequent explanation.

Wang Mi is encouraging them to rush forward in the face of difficulties!

"Brothers, if you are brave, come to my side. As soon as we reach the foot of Nanyang City, we will wade through the water and rush over!"

In front of Wang Mi's eyes, those young and energetic soldiers who hurried from Xiangyang City and those who followed Wang Mi all the way from Jiankang City to the outside of Nanyang City had expressions written all over their faces.

They were tired, but their eyes were so bright.

"Anyone?"

"Who dares to come?"

Wang Mi raised his voice, but there was still no one around him.

No way!

No one is brave enough!

I felt a little panicked, but looking at the eyes of these young men, they were clearly clear and mighty, not cowardly at all.

"Shilang Wang, it's just such a small matter, do we still need to stand up?"

"Whatever you want to do, just ask the minister, and we will all do it!"

"Ever since the Battle of Xiangyang, we have long seen that, Mr. Wang, you sincerely regard us soldiers as brothers. Since Mr. Wang thinks highly of us, why should we be cowardly?"

"Whether we go to Nanyang City during the day or at night, we will definitely be able to attack it. Please give me your instructions, Minister!"

As expected of a master who came out of the workshop, this impassioned reply came from Li Kuan, the apprentice of the blacksmith Master Wei.

With his leadership, all the soldiers present, including the Xiangyang defenders who were one mile away and were rushing towards Nanyang County, all stood together with Wang Mi.

If a soldier is cowardly, he will be cowardly to a whole group of soldiers.

That's what I'm talking about.

These Xiangyang defenders originally belonged to the Jingzhou sequence. I think back when Mr. Huan led them, they all had the style of turning around and running away.

But in Wang Mi's hands, to be honest, these soldiers had only known him for a few months at most from the Battle of Xiangyang, but they seemed to have been transformed.

He is full of courage, and when he talks about killing enemies, he screams with excitement.

Why is it that the same team, without much change in personnel, completely changed in a short period of time?

The reason, of course, does not lie with the soldiers, but with the general who leads them, Huan Chong, who used to be happy and muddle along.

What now?

It is Wang Mi and Wang Zhiyuan who are high-spirited, resourceful and brave!

The generals are not timid, so how can the soldiers give up easily?

What's more, Wang Mi standing here has a stronger appeal to these ordinary soldiers than other generals.

Don't forget his identity, he is a descendant of the Langya Wang family!

In Jiankang City, the crown is the highest among the wealthy families!

The leader among the first-class wealthy families!

In the late Jin Dynasty, when heroes were judged based on their status, it was not only the wealthy families who cared about their status, but the most ordinary people also respected these wealthy families.

When did the descendants of the Langya Wang family take the lead and regard them as real brothers?

It is already a great kindness to treat them as human beings without bossing them around.

Now that Wang Mi is treating them so generously, how can the soldiers not be grateful and swear to serve him to the death?

The soldiers were full of fighting spirit, and Wang Mi was also very pleased. If they chose to attack the city during the day, they would indeed need sufficient courage.

All the brothers gathered around him, and he summoned several generals together to come up with his plans one by one.
To be continued...