Chapter 18 Firearms

On the outer city wall, the loyal army leveled the muzzle of the cannon and aimed at the inner city wall, and the distance between the two sides was about 300 paces, which was completely within the range of the artillery.

"Pong! Ponto!"

The smoke of gunpowder was filled, the inner city wall was full of earth and stones, and the battlement walls were smashed one by one, and even the party soldiers hiding behind them were suffered. Countless party soldiers were knocked down by artillery, and the logs and rolling stones on them scattered and rolled down. The Xia soldiers on the wall were frightened, fleeing in embarrassment, and miserable.

The sound of earth-shattering thunder and explosions was incessant. After a bloody battle, the loyal army finally cleared the remnants of the enemy in the outer city. They no longer marched forward, but under the cover of artillery fire, they went towards the inner walls.

After several rounds of artillery bombardment, the Song army finally climbed the southern wall of the inner city. They followed the city wall, set up small cannons and bombarded all the way, flicking the earth-shattering thunder, and soon controlled the entire inner and outer city walls.

On the northeast, west, and west sides of the outer city, including the entire inner city, all the party soldiers who hid in the houses and fought in the streets were in close contact with the Song army, and the fierce hand-to-hand combat began.

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In less than half an hour, among the Song army, the sound of Mingjin collecting troops suddenly sounded, and the Song army that had just broken through the south gate of the inner city retreated, and all the Song troops climbed the city wall, leaving the confused Western Xia soldiers in the inner and outer city dwellings.

"Why did Song Gou's artillery stop?"

"How did they retreat to the walls?"

"Song Gou also suffered heavy casualties, and they can't stand it, you see, they will retreat after a while!"

In any case, the Western Xia soldiers hidden in the houses in the inner and outer cities finally breathed a sigh of relief. The Song army's earth-shattering thunder was too brutal, and the killing was unambiguous, which made them tremble. The Song army finally retreated, which also made them feel relieved.

"Don't slacken, it's Song Gou's trick!"

The officers all looked solemn and did not let their guard down.

"You see, the Song army seems to have moved something to the city wall, box by box!"

Xia Jun pointed to the city and shouted loudly.

"Whatever the hell, just prepare for battle!"

"Individuals guard their positions, hide their bodies, attack more, and kill less head-on!"

The Xia army in the city is like a great enemy, and the Song army at the head of the city is also busy.

Boxes of fire oil bottles were transported to the city, and one by one, the fire oil bottles the size of beer bottles in later generations, were distributed to the soldiers. The glass bottle was larger than the earth-shattering thunder, and it contained about a pound of fire oil, and the seal was plugged with a cork.

Xu San looked at the inner city in front of him, shook his head slightly, and then shouted loudly.

"Everyone, prepare!"

"Throw!"

With Xu San's first order, the Song army started from the inner city and threw the oil bottles into it one by one, which were immediately ignited by the rockets that were fired and the earth-shattering thunder that exploded.

Outside the city, Zhang Hu gathered with his own soldiers and went straight to the flank of Weiming Anhui in front.

Seeing Zhang Hu's Song army arrive, a party knight broke away from the formation and roared towards him.

The distance between the two sides was too close, and the feather arrows only fired one round, and the Song army avoided the large array of party knights and cruised to the side. And in their hands, countless white smoke iron bumps were thrown out.

Some of the party knights in the back were still unaware, and the party knights in front screamed in horror. Some people wanted to hit the horses forward, some people were at a loss, and the horses suddenly became a mess.

The explosion of "Tongtong" sounded again, the column of smoke rose up, the dust flew, and the screams rang out one after another.

"Throw it again!"

Zhang Hu shouted angrily, lit the fuse, rode forward, threw it with all his might, and the earth-shaking thunder drew an arc and flew towards the head of the panicked party knight.

Just now, a round of feather arrows from the party knight fell hundreds of brothers. It is precisely because of the sacrifices of these brothers that they can kill and injure each other to a large extent.

The earth-shattering explosion made Song Yan's heart tremble, he

Look up. Seeing the right flank of the party army in front, the party knights were in a mess, and around them, there was billowing smoke.

"Brothers, break the left wing of Xia Lu!"

Song Yan stepped forward, stabbed the party knight in front of him off his horse, and led the more and more courageous villagers to move forward.

The addition of Zhang Hu and others made his positive pressure suddenly decrease. At this time, seeing the confusion of the opponent's right flank, the left wing party knights were shocked and undecided, and it was a good time to repel the left flank.

The Song army is in full swing, the party knights are not left behind, there is the prince of the party royal family to charge in person, the two armies are brave to take the lead, hedged, the fall of the horse is endless, screams one after another, there are wounded and corpses everywhere, blood stains the ground red.

This is the nature of war.

"Fire!"

With the addition of the right flank artillery, 600 large and small artillery pieces have been assembled on the positions of the Song army. Liu Hongjin gave an order, and the huge shelling sound sounded one after another, but this time it was aimed at the swarming party soldiers.

The sound of undulating cannons was deafening, 200 furlong cannons, 300 heavy cannons, 1 million other small cannons, endless iron balls and iron bullets woven into a bullet net, flying wildly, smashing towards the shouting party foot soldiers.

"Fire!"

In time to see the effect of the previous round of shelling, Liu Hongjin directly ordered to start the second round of bombardment.

There were 30,000 party foot soldiers, including at least five or six thousand archers, and once they were allowed to reach the front of the battle, the casualties caused to the loyal and righteous army could be described as heavy. The killer must be killed before they reach the main formation.

The continuous and stormy blows, the party foot soldiers were already frightened and frightened. The party foot soldiers who were hit by the artillery either had broken legs or were covered in bloody holes, all of them were blurred with flesh and blood, and they couldn't bear to look at them directly.

Everyone was afraid. Some of the fleeing party foot soldiers were cut down and stabbed to the ground, while others, under the intimidation of the officers, only came forward with a hard head.

Brother Richard couldn't help but feel a trace of sadness in his heart. If this fight continues, how many of these tens of thousands of party soldiers will be left?

"Spread them all out, don't pile them together!"

Brother Richard was so anxious that he roared loudly: "Rush forward, so that you can defeat the Song army!"

His light cavalry had already suffered heavy losses, and the light knights on both sides were in a bitter battle. If you can't get close to the other party quickly, this battle will really be more than lucky.

The artillery roared, the earth-shattering thunder exploded everywhere, the opposite side of the cavalry rushed to kill the earth, and the entire plain at the mouth of Shimen Gorge was full of desperate battles that sacrificed life and death.

A row of shotguns came over, and a party foot soldier was beaten to a bloody face, but he didn't lose his breath, holding his face and screaming on the ground, and the surrounding foot soldiers were panicked.

An iron ball smashed into the crowd of foot soldiers, rolled along the ground, waded out of a bloody path, and smashed into the calf of a party foot soldier, the lower leg was broken, and the foot soldier let out a scream that shook the sky.

Iron balls and iron bullets flew into the large array of party foot soldiers, and everywhere they went, there were dead and wounded. Especially those foot soldiers who had been shot by the shotguns, their bodies were full of blood holes, and they struggled hopelessly in pools of blood.

"Those who flee from the battle will be killed!"

Brother Richard frowned, cut down a foot soldier who fled backwards, and shouted loudly: "Quickly move forward and attack the Song army's big array!"

The party foot soldiers were terrified, dodged all the way, hid behind the corpses of the men and horses, and stubbornly moved forward. Finally, many foot soldiers approached the Song army's main array.

Once within 50 paces, the Dang Xiang archers hid behind the corpses and attacked the Song army's large array.

The feather arrows galloped, the earth-shattering thunder explosions, the roar of artillery, the two sides came and went, the feather arrows covered the sky and the sun, and the soldiers of the loyal army continued to fall to the ground, and the casualties of the loyal and righteous army gradually increased.

Especially those pikemen and gunners

Without the shield to cover them, even with iron armor, there were people who kept falling down and howling in pain.

Richard's face finally soothed, and he dismounted, hiding behind the pile of corpses, directing the battle.

"Brothers, hide your body, shoot these dogs well, and avenge your dead brothers!"

Richard shouted loudly, opened his bow and arrows, and shot down a Song knight.

"Swordsmen and shieldmen protect the formation, gunners and pikemen retreat!"

Seeing the increase in casualties among the soldiers, Li Yanxian had no choice but to move the large array backwards in order to make room for it and then think about dealing with these party pawns.

But for a moment, it was necessary to move the artillery carriage to prevent the opposing cavalry from rushing in, how could the large array move recklessly. The two sides came and went, and the loyal and righteous troops continued to fall, and the situation became grim.

It was originally a pile of corpses for the results of the battle, but now it has become a fortress for the other party to rely on. Although under the attack of artillery and earth-shattering thunder, the casualties of the other side were much more, but the opponent had a large number of foot soldiers, and Li Yanxian did not want to have such an exchange.

Zhang Hu led people to move forward frantically, frantically shook the thunder, and kept rushing forward, and people along the way turned over on their backs, and flesh and blood were flying, which made him carve out a bloody road.

He raised his head and looked around, only to see that among the ten thousand troops, a party general with bright armor all over his body, surrounded by party knights, rushed forward, only fifty or sixty meters away from him.

He covered the horse's head with a shield, and looked back at the soldiers around him, most of them were killed and wounded, and all of them were wounded.

"Brothers, see clearly, the party generals in front!"

He roared loudly: "Smash all the earth-shattering thunder on your body out of me!"

Ayuna Yasui was directing the sergeant to fight forward, when suddenly countless smoking iron bumps came straight at him from the sky.

"Earthquake Thunder!"

The party knight next to him had a face like ashes, and his face was horrified. Wei Ming Anhui's heart trembled, an iron lump flew from the side, he subconsciously blocked it with a spear, but it missed, and the iron lump fell into his arms.

"Lord Wang!"

The party warriors on the left and right let out a terrible cry, and they stepped forward one after another, wanting to throw Wei Ming Anhui off his horse.

"Pass! Pass!"

The surrounding sky-shaking thunder and the sky-shaking thunder in Asena Ahui's arms exploded almost at the same time, and the scene was full of screams, and thick smoke enveloped the surroundings where Amina Asui was.

As if he had been hit hard, his whole body fell off the horse, his whole body was blurred with flesh and blood, and his abdomen was even more in a mess. He lay on the ground, motionless, his eyes dark.

"Lord Wang!"

The surviving knight jumped off his horse and flew forward, protecting the body of Akina Yasue with his body.

The morale of the Song army soared, and they were thrown in like thunderstorms. The party warriors who covered the body of Asuma were killed and injured by the bombing, but they still did not dodge.

"General, Xu San, they burned the city!"

Li Yanxian was about to let the grenadiers go up, and also used the pile of corpses to carry out a bombardment, and then the sword and shield men took over, but the sergeant below pointed to Pingxia City in the distance and shouted loudly.

"King Jin, look, how can there be such a big smoke coming out of the city?"

At this moment, suddenly a soldier pointed to Pingxia City and shouted loudly in horror.

Brother Richard was shocked and hurriedly looked in the direction of the city.

I saw thick smoke billowing in Pingxia City, and the flames soared into the sky, as if it was on fire.

Brother Richard was furious and anxious, and Pingxia City, which he wanted to protect with the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, was burned by the Song army.

In this way, the tens of thousands of soldiers in the city are more than lucky.

Song Jun, how could he be so vicious?

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the Song army has sharp firearms, and he is offering the king...... Killed!"

Brother Richard saw the Venus in front of him, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.