Chapter 17: Shock
Under the siege of the Chinese army, Li Yanxian listened to the thunder of the artillery, watched the iron balls flying in the air, flying towards the galloping Xia army's cavalry array, he couldn't help but feel his heart swaying, his face turned red, and he could no longer regain the calm just now.
Iron balls and iron bullets flew wantonly, everywhere they went, people turned over on their horses, and pieces of party cavalry were planted under the horses, smoke and dust were billowing down, and the scene was extremely shocking.
Yu Ping and Song Yan stood on a high place, staring blankly at the scene of ten thousand cavalry charging, Yu Ping was sweating, and Song Yan was also dumbfounded.
"So many shells! Wang Xianggong's cannonballs, don't they cost money? ”
Yu Ping sighed and shook his head, stunned.
"No wonder Fanzi can't beat the Loyal Army, how can this be beaten?"
The two shook their heads and sighed, and the villagers behind them were also whispering and talking. The prosperity of the loyal and righteous army has opened their eyes today.
This artillery is so ferocious, it can be taken into account from far and near, and if it is fired at once, it will be at least hundreds of casualties, and it will be bombarded indiscriminately continuously, who can resist it?
The way of fighting a war has long been different from what it used to be. These township soldiers, in addition to being surprised, everyone has a feeling of being abandoned by the times.
On the city wall, Liu Zhengyan looked at the thrilling battle outside the city, his face was pale, and he forgot to command his subordinates to deploy defenses.
The subordinates of the former forbidden army around him were also silent, and everyone looked at the outside of the city, all of them stretching their necks.
The cannonballs arced, covering the sky and the sun, and fell into the party cavalry formation like hailstones, not only the light and heavy armored cavalry fell one after another, but those foot soldiers have also been affected. Shells flew vertically and widely, and some parts of the party's cavalry formation were almost swept away, revealing large vacancies. Especially those shotguns, a dozen are a large area, full of smoke, and the party knights are approaching the Song army's big array step by step, but they are more down.
"Yanai, this artillery ...... It's horrible!"
Liu Bin's words brought Liu Zhengyan back to reality.
"Let the brothers prepare for the battle, and then take Pingxia City first."
Liu Zhengyan sighed, it was so tragic outside the city, he couldn't be without achievements.
In the midst of the party's great array, Brother Richard was heartbroken, as if he was bleeding. This is a war, this is clearly a wanton massacre!
Seeing his hoplites being cut to the ground one by one, becoming the soul of the other Song army's sword, he could only watch and couldn't do anything.
The party in the back, the lightly armored knight, beat his horse upward, wanting to shoot the knife and axeman, who knew that he had just entered three hundred steps, and had already been bombarded by the opponent's artillery.
More than a hundred Fran cannons opened fire together, bombarding five rounds until the firing was finished. Countless party knights were knocked off their horses, countless war horses fell to the ground with a mournful roar, flesh and blood flew in the air, blood shot out, corpses accumulated on the ground, and stumps and broken legs were everywhere in the bloodstains, like a hell.
These five rounds of shotguns fell, and more than 1,000 party knights fell off their horses, suffering heavy casualties, and they couldn't bear to see.
"Pong! Disheveled! Ponto!"
The rumbling cannon sounded, Richard subconsciously shrank his neck, and an iron ball whistled past, and Richard could hear the sound of the air whistling. The iron ball smashed on the head of one of the knights next to his horse, and the man's brain burst and splashed all over the knights around him, and the corpse fell straight down.
"Hurry forward and rush into battle!"
Seeing that all the knights around him were pale and panicked, Brother Richard shouted in anger.
If the other party continues to bombard like this, how many of their warriors will be left?
Ten thousand horsemen rushed into battle, there was no advance or retreat, at this moment there were only two or three hundred steps away from the Song army's big array, and they could only quickly approach the other party and fight with the opponent in close hand-to-hand combat, so as to have a glimmer of life.
If they flee from the battle, they will be crushed. If the other party chases after him on horseback, and the artillery fires in unison, I don't know how many casualties will be killed, and Pingxia City may also be lost.
Pingxia City, but it can't be lost!
"Marshal, Li Xianggong
The fight is so fierce there, do you want the villain to bring someone over and kill it!"
Song Yan came up and asked Liu Qi to fight.
The left flank was under fire, but he had nothing to do here. The Western Xia army was fifty or sixty thousand, and this must be a fierce battle.
"It's okay, you and Yu Ping go to reinforce them and protect the left flank of the cavalry."
Liu Qi nodded and said to Lu Tianlai: "Lu Commander, you go with General Song, and the grenadiers also bring you."
Song Yan was overjoyed. He knew the power of artillery and bombardiers.
"Marshal, our army controls the outer city, and the Tanguts control the inner city."
Xu San came over, stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "It's all street fighting now, and the advance is very slow, and it may take some time to control Pingxia City."
The outer city has been controlled, and in order to fully occupy Pingxia City, street fighting is inevitable, and not only is it difficult to guarantee the time, but the casualties are probably also greatly increased.
"I don't have time to play with them!"
Liu Qi's gaze became cold, and a famous quote from Wang Song came out of his mouth.
"Let the brothers withdraw and take control of the walls. Whether it's the inner city or the outer city, with fire oil, burn it!"
Xu San was taken aback, in this way, Pingxia City would be destroyed.
Thinking of the boxes of glass bottles filled with fire oil, Xu San's heart was as hard as iron, and he couldn't help but twitch in his heart.
"Marshal, there is still so much grain and grass in the city, if it burns, it will be a pity!"
As for the stubborn Western Xia soldiers inside, Xu Santi didn't mention it. On the battlefield, there is no mercy of a woman.
"Xu San, do you want to disobey?"
Liu Qi's face darkened. If there is a fierce street fight, at least thousands of people will have to be lost. In the battle at the city gate, thousands of soldiers have been lost, could it be that in this Pingxia City, he wants to throw down tens of thousands of soldiers?
"Xianggong asked me to preside over the summer expedition plan, if it collapses in a small Pingxia City and stagnates, how can I be worthy of Xianggong's entrustment? How can we be worthy of thousands of brothers who died in battle?"
"The last general obeys!"
Xu San couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly hugged his fists and took the order.
Liu Qi, who has the "wind of benevolence", is so ruthless, what is the role of this dog's war?
"Li Yanxian, Li Yanxian, you are a battlefield general, I hope you don't disappoint me, don't disappoint Xianggong......"
Liu Qi muttered in his mouth, turning his gaze to the battle outside the city.
"Fire!"
Liu Hongjin's face turned pale, and the flag in his hand waved down again.
After firing more than 100 Furlong machine guns, the remaining 200 heavy guns and nearly 100 tiger squat guns continued to fire, billowing white smoke rose, and countless iron balls and iron bullets roared out, tearing the air and making people's scalps tingle.
At a distance of one or two hundred paces, the power of artillery is greater, especially the shotguns, which often form a fan, and the party knights on the horses are often swept away like cutting leeks, regardless of the people and horses, they are all beaten to bloody holes, and the tragic situation is unbearable.
One after another the war horses screamed and fell to the ground, one by one the party knights were knocked off their horses, and countless party cavalry pounced again.
The front of the position was full of corpses of men and horses, forming hills, and countless wounded people screamed miserably inside, and the wounded and fallen war horses rolled and screamed in the snow.
The knight of the party, who was following behind, avoided these obstacles in his path, and still fought his horse forward.
Finally breaking through the firing range of 50 paces, the party knights were heavily killed and wounded, and if it weren't for the large number of people, they would have retreated.
Entering the firing range of 50 steps, the party knights fired arrows in unison, and the Song army threw out countless smoking earth-shattering thunderbolts, rushing straight at the party knights who rushed over.
Despite the iron armor, there were countless Song soldiers who fell screaming, and dozens of earth-shattering thunderbolts could be thrown out before they could be thrown and fell into the Song army's large array, injuring hundreds of them
A Song sergeant.
"Pass! Pass!"
Hundreds of sky-shaking thunderbolts exploded in front of the Song army's formation, and each sky-shaking thunder could cause casualties to at least one party knight. The grenadiers threw out three or four earth-shattering thunderbolts one after another, and the entire front of the Song army's large array was shrouded in a thick smoke.
A gust of wind blew, and the gunpowder smoke dispersed, and the corpses of the party knights were already piled up in front of the Song army's large array, and everywhere there was a choking smell of gunpowder smoke and the fishy smell of flesh and blood, and the smell was mixed together, making people feel uncomfortable and want to vomit.
"Fight!"
Zhao Yun rode forward, led his subordinate cavalry, and rushed towards the party knights who broke through the artillery shooting.
At the same time, the party knights who came from the right flank also collided with Song Yan's subordinate cavalry.
As soon as they met, the two sides were on their backs, countless knights fell off their horses, and fierce scolding and shouts of killing immediately sounded.
Rushing into battle, without any flinching and without hesitation, is a desperate fight that sacrifices your life and your life, and an attack that sacrifices your life until the opponent can't breathe.
Personal courage is of no use here. Here, what is needed is the role of the team, the collective fight, the winner who can pass the battle, and the loser is often killed.
Flesh and blood were flying, people were constantly falling, the ground was covered with blood, there were stumps and broken arms everywhere, and the organs of the human body were trampled by war horses at will.
Looking at the white blades and blood, such a tragic fight on the opposite side also made the whole decisive battle a little more tragic.
After the cavalry hedged, the ground was full of weapons and flags, the horses were screaming in pools of blood, the wounded were wailing in the piles of corpses, and the ground was full of stumps and human organs.
Seeing that one by one the party warriors were stained with blood on the battlefield and fell off their horses, Renli, who was the royal family of Great Xia, was full of blood and red, and he didn't care about himself, raised his spear, and went straight to the Song army cavalry formation coming from the opposite side.
The party knight next to him was shocked, and hurriedly hit his horse and protected Renli in the middle.
Seeing Song Yan and the others coming in front of them, there was no Song Army's sharp arrow clash formation, and even the armor on his body seemed to come from the party knights, Wei Ming An Hui was furious and rushed forward like a whirlwind with the party knights.
This look is the township soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, first disperse these people, and then attack the Song army's main formation, maybe they can turn defeat into victory.
Before the Song army's big battle, the corpses of the party knights were piled up, and the blood flowed like a river, if they couldn't repel the Song soldiers today, don't defend Pingxia City, even if they themselves, I'm afraid they won't be able to die well.
Once the Song army conquered Pingxia City, the gate to the north was at the entrance of the cave, and the capital Xingqing Mansion was exposed to the Song artillery.
"Kill Song Dog!"
Wei Ming Anhui's blood was spurting, his face was hideous, he raised his long knife, slashed over a Song soldier, and roared and beat his horse forward.
As soon as the two armies fought, each sacrificing his life to the death, Wei Ming An Hui was shocked, these township soldiers were not easy to match.
In the northwest, the people are strong, the wind of martial arts is strong, these township soldiers are all horse and foot archers from all over the border fortress, everyone is a good hand, plus the party people burn and loot at the border of the Song people, these township soldiers are the hatred of the country and the family, how can they not die lightly, sacrifice their lives to fight.
The two sides came and went, without flinching, the flesh and blood were blurred everywhere, the stumps and legs were broken, and there was blood and corpses everywhere.
"Zhang Hu, you take my own soldiers to reinforce the township soldiers."
Liu Qi saw clearly, the township soldiers were unstoppable, but they had no way to gain power, and the two sides were entangled and fighting, and they didn't know when.
"These brothers are all good men, let them save more vitality, and let my descendants in Shaanxi stay more behind!"
Zhang Hu hesitated: "Marshal, the villain brought his own soldiers, and there are not many people beside you!"
"Go quickly, Liu Zhengyan and Xu San will come back soon for reinforcements, don't be verbose!"
Liu Qi said in a deep voice: "The party is so dense, you might as well use more earth-shaking thunder and bombard the dog!"