Fang Zheng wiped out tens of thousands of Jin soldiers in the time it took to drink a cup of tea. Of course, he didn't kill them all. Although the meteor storm swept across most of the battlefield, there were still some that slipped through the net. These people either surrendered directly or ran away in fear.
In fact, the incident happened so suddenly that the Jin soldiers didn't know how their cavalry was destroyed. You know, if the Jin soldiers are less than 10,000, they are invincible. As a result, they were directly destroyed in a cup of tea. What's even more weird is that they don't even know how the other side did it!
But this did scare the Jin army generals, so much so that when Yue Fei led his army to Luoyang, the Jin army generals were so scared that they closed the city gates tightly, as if they were determined to defend the city until the end of time... Who the hell is the invader! !
However, Fang Zheng was obviously prepared for this.
"It seems that this group of people are determined to stay in the city wall until the end of time."
Looking at the tightly closed Luoyang city gate from afar, Fang Zheng and Yue Fei looked at each other and then smiled.
"What a pity, it's useless..."
"What the Immortal said is absolutely right. It's time for us to take action and let those golden men see how powerful we are!"
Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Yue Fei nodded, then turned to look at the messenger beside him.
“Send a signal!!”
“——Swoosh!!!”
Soon, a firework flew up to the sky and bloomed. Seeing the firework, the Jin soldiers in the city were naturally very nervous. They held their bows and arrows tightly and stared at the horizon. However, to the surprise of these Jin soldiers, after dozens of minutes, they still did not see the fully armed soldiers coming from the other side of the horizon as they imagined. 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 just bored and celebrating the New Year early?
Just when the Jin soldiers were full of confusion, they suddenly felt a shadow covering their heads.
What happened? The Jin soldiers raised their heads in surprise and looked up at the sky, and then - their eyes widened in fear.
Dozens of huge white airships emerged from the clouds and slowly began to descend towards Luoyang City. The Jin soldiers didn't know what it was, and many of them were so scared that they knelt on the ground and worshiped. However, at this moment, the white airships stopped landing, and then the partitions under the airships were opened, and then small black dots fell from the sky.
"boom!!!"
With a roar like thunder, bombs whizzed down and hit the city wall, creating sparks one after another in the blink of an eye, and broken iron filings whizzed everywhere, ruthlessly and cruelly beating the Jin soldiers into a bloody mess.
"Enemy attack!! Enemy attack!!"
At this moment, the Jin soldiers also reacted, they shouted loudly, but there was nothing they could do. Some Jin soldiers desperately picked up bows and arrows and aimed at the white airships to attack, but even if they tried their best, they couldn't hit the white airships. Instead, the soldiers on the city wall were directly blown to pieces by the bombs that fell from the sky.
If the craftsmanship of the flying boat still had a bit of "Xianxia" flavor, then these shells were completely created by Fang Zheng using the original technology and craftsmanship of this world. Of course, it was a bit troublesome to prepare gunpowder that was stable and lethal enough, but other than that, whether it was the shell of the "bomb", the fuse or other things, they were basically made using the existing things in this world.
In fact, in history, the Southern Song Dynasty was also the first dynasty to use gunpowder to create "land mines", which were called "explosive cannons" at the time and were mainly used to fight against the cavalry of the Jin people. Now, with the airship, Fang Zheng naturally improved it again and made it directly into a bomb.
The airship was transformed into a bomber... Anyway, they were the only ones with airships in this era, so they didn't have to worry about the issue of air supremacy for the time being.
After a wave of bombing destroyed the Jin soldiers' defense on the Luoyang city wall, the airship began to descend rapidly. Then, ropes were hung from the flap at the bottom of the airship, and fully armed soldiers quickly landed on the city wall along the ropes. At the same time, soldiers holding crossbows appeared on the deck and attacked the remaining Jin soldiers around them.
At the same time, the soldiers who landed on the city wall quickly pulled down fireworks and sent out a signal.
"good!"
Seeing the fireworks, Yue Fei in the distance suddenly slapped his horse's back!
"Let's go, today is the day to take back Luoyang!!"
"yes."
Hearing this, Fang Zheng couldn't help but chuckle.
"If General Yue had tried harder, maybe you would be standing on the city wall right now."
“This…hahahaha…”
Facing Fang Zheng's teasing, Yue Fei looked somewhat embarrassed.
"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, Yue...hahaha..."
Looking at Yue Fei in front of him, Fang Zheng smiled and shook his head. To be honest, he had never expected that this anti-Jin hero actually had a fatal weakness.
Fear of heights!
Originally, according to Fang Zheng's idea, a commander like Yue Fei should have commanded the battle directly on the airship. After all, standing high and seeing far, it is convenient to issue orders. Although there is no radio in this world, it is not impossible to send signals with fireworks. In fact, Yue Fei himself did think so.
But what neither Fang Zheng nor Yue Fei expected was that after Yue Fei boarded the airship, before the airship had even risen for long, he looked pale, his legs and feet were weak, and he felt dizzy, as if he was about to die... Although Yue Fei tried many times after that, but...
How should I put it... Some people are probably born afraid of heights...
This set of tactics was naturally the result of a discussion between Fang Zheng and Yue Fei. Although Fang Zheng had never fought a war in modern times, he had played a lot of war games. However, modern cities no longer had designs like city walls, so he and Yue Fei discussed this set of tactics for a long time before tailoring it.
To put it simply, it is very simple. Gain air superiority, conduct ground bombing, and then force a landing. After occupying the target location, cooperate with the large force in the rear to directly wipe out all resistance!
Welcome to the battlefield of "Southern Song Dynasty: Modern Warfare"!
Although there were already firearms in the Southern Song Dynasty, the range of firearms in this era was not very far, at least not on airships, and it would be too late to manufacture modern firearms. Therefore, the airships are currently equipped with safe and reliable long-range attack weapons such as bows and crossbows, which are sufficient for the time being.
After occupying the city gate, Yue Fei led his army to advance directly, with airships providing support from the sky. The Jin soldiers had never seen such a coordinated air-to-ground combat mode before, and they were beaten and fled. The huge city of Luoyang was recaptured by Yue Fei in less than a day!
With the help of the airship, the Jin soldiers finally could not gain any advantage in front of the army led by Yue Fei, and were directly beaten back. It only took two or three months, and most of the territory that had been occupied by the Jin soldiers had been recaptured!
However, just when Fang Zheng and Yue Fei were planning to wipe out the Jin army in one fell swoop, an imperial edict from the rear left them dumbfounded.
"...General Yue Fei and Immortal Master Fang Zheng have made great contributions in the fight against the Jin Dynasty. They have returned to the capital to receive rewards. I hereby decree..."
Looking at the imperial edict in front of them, Fang Zheng and Yue Fei stared in amazement.
"My Lord, look at this..."
"I think this Song Dynasty is doomed!"
Fang Zheng also snorted coldly. He and Yue Fei were not fools. They knew that speed was the essence of war, no matter in ancient or modern times, at home or abroad. According to Fang Zheng's idea, he would wipe out the Jin people in one go, and then kill the Mongols, the Western Xia and the Western Liao...
As a result, the damn war hasn't even ended yet, and the rear has sent an order to them to ask for credit and reward?
It seems that the ruling class of the Southern Song Dynasty is still rotten to the core...
"Forget it, don't worry. I'll ask Caiyi to investigate. There must be something wrong with the sudden news from the rear..."
Fang Zheng waved his hand to comfort Yue Fei, and not long after, Cai Yi walked in.
"I have met the Immortal."
"Hey, Caiyi, have you found anything?"
"Yes."
Caiyi nodded and continued speaking.
"I got some news from that gentleman just now. I heard that the reason why the emperor recalled the immortal and the general this time was because..."
"Why?"
"Because... Master Baozhi, the abbot of Jinci Temple, found the emperor and said that the immortal and the general used evil ways and magic to kill many lives, which was against the harmony of heaven..."
"This bunch of bald asses is really outrageous!!"
Hearing this, Yue Fei slammed the table hard, and Fang Zheng also had a gloomy expression.
"Sure enough, there aren't many good guys among these bald guys... In that case... General Yue, let's go back to the capital and see what these bald guys want to do?!"