The sound of artillery stopped and stopped, but the sound of fighting did not stop for a moment.

The heavy infantry of the Third Army on the gentle slope to the east let out a shout, like a dam to hold back the onslaught of thousands of people. The mortar artillery could not stop the attack of the sea of people, and the two armies were screaming with the sound of killing, corpses were scattered all over the hillside, and the wounded soldiers were crying in the sky.

In the rear of the coalition army, more enemy soldiers were thrown into the front, and the Xu army front did not retreat. The staff of the former battalion military government shouted in the army: "The foundation of the dynasty is built because of the blood of the son!" ”

The spring breeze crossed the ravine and swept through the boiling battlefield, carrying the smell of blood and the shouts of the people in the wind. Guo Shao's heart was tense, and the palms of his hands holding the hilt of the sword were covered with sweat, and the damp touch was reminiscent of blood on his hands. He couldn't help but blurt out: "The great cause of the empire does not only rely on weapons, the spirit of the Han family will last forever!" ”

Wang Pu and Li Chuyun were both beside him, Li Chuyun heard this, and bowed: "It's all because the soldiers are loyal to His Majesty's heart, and the sun and the moon can be seen." ”

At this moment, the enemy cavalry in the distance finally moved! Large herds of horses slowly surged from the hillsides and valleys towards the north of the Xu army's camp.

To the north, the right flank of the Great Xu Army. At this time, the elite cavalry of the First Army of the Xu Army was deployed in the rear (west) of the infantry formation, and the movement of the allied cavalry was to prepare to attack on the flanks and assist the frontal infantry...... The two armies are stalemate, and the conventional way to break the stalemate on the battle front is to invest new forces!

The smoke of gunpowder dispersed in the mountains, and the rumbling sound of the horses in the north stepped on the yellow dust, as if it was about to sweep the entire mountain and river. The party infantry attack in the east became more violent, and the number of troops increased one after another.

The sun had just risen in mid-air, and half a day had not passed, but the battle had intensified, and it was time for the fish to die and the net to be broken.

…… On the gently undulating hillside in the distance, the black-pressed horizon is undulating, and that's a herd of horses! The sound of "rumbling ......" seemed to come from all directions, and it was like the sound of magma surging in a large area under the ground.

The cavalry group poured to a mile away, and the troops were divided into two routes, all the way to the right flank of the Xu army's large array, and all the way to the direction of the deployment of cavalry on the rear flank of the Xu army. Patches of cavalry were still jogging, and their speed had noticeably begun to pick up.

At this time, the sonorous sound of a pipa sounded abruptly in the sound of horses' hooves and the noise of the crowd, faintly audible. Then many lute lute was played in unison, and drums and horizontal blows were added to make the song louder. "Ambush on All Sides"!

The melody of the pipa makes this battlefield, full of screams, pain, and yellow dust, seem to have a little more color.

The sonorous song, with a bit of pathos, spread between the galloping horses and the mountains full of swords and guns.

In the familiar sound of the pipa, the soldiers on the large array pulled out the thatch one after another, and a five-foot-long copper cannon revealed a hideous face! The sound of the cannon glowed in the sunlight with a dim metallic glow.

"Huh!" The general in command of the 1,500-strong artillery corps drew his sword with an excited expression on his face. The gong players on the side grabbed the handle of the rod and stared at it.

The advance of the coalition's spreading cavalry group took the lead in the charge from about six hundred feet away! The herd of horses in the back stretched more than a thousand feet away, and the herd of horses that had not yet launched an attack was dense, because they were jogging and were not fast.

The sound of horses' hooves became even louder, and the shouts of killing suddenly rose, and countless iron hooves rushed out. The melody of the ambush on all sides is like an accompaniment to a cavalry charge.

At this moment, suddenly the gong joined in, followed by a loud "boom"! In the flash of gunsmoke, a ten-pound iron ball was between the horses in an instant, and it flew quickly sideways to draw a smooth parabola with a large arc, "Bang!" The running rider didn't know what was going on, and he couldn't call out, and suddenly a piece of his head was missing! Flesh, broken bones, ** splashed into the air.

Then, the second horseman behind him suddenly turned on his back, and one of the knights let out a frightened scream, and the war horse roared and rolled over. Between the lightning and flint, the iron ball hit the hard earth and stone ground, "Bang! "The lateral angle is very small, and it immediately bounces!

A party cavalryman in the rear saw the black hot iron ball fly up, but it was too fast, the speed was completely disproportionate to the human reaction, and with the howling wind, the man watched the iron ball crash into his side chest in an instant. "Bang!" He was almost knocked into the air, the sound of bones shattering was clearly audible, and he fainted immediately.

The iron ball deflected in the direction and bounced on the ground a few more times, and finally the speed became slower and it rolled on the ground. In the herd of horses, a line of people turned on their backs, and people were terrified, as if a strong wind was blowing through the wheat field.

A row of lightning flashed in the Xu army's camp, white smoke rose up, and in a few moments, the "boom ......" explosion louder than the sound of horses' hooves spread to the continuous mountains.

The herd of horses that spread across the entire hillside seemed to have encountered a curse from heaven in an instant, and it was like an earthquake and thunder, it was a sudden disaster! The crowd was in shambles, panicked shouts and screams were everywhere, bloody rain, flags collapsed and discarded.

But that's just the beginning! The second salvo of artillery fire soon unleashed an earth-shattering roar.

After the third salvo, the first artillery team to open the cannon was already busy cleaning the chamber with a brush, because the bronze cannon was very heavy and required a lot of effort...... Then take the wooden cylinder that has been weighed and loaded and pour it into the gun chamber**; Smear the lard, wrap the iron ball in sackcloth and stuff it into the barrel (for air tightness), and then take the wooden stick and shout and poke it in!

…… The coalition strikers were frightened by the artillery, but they couldn't stop the charge, because if they stopped, they would be hit by the horses behind! He could only rush towards the infantry formation of the Xu army in a chaotic manner.

Facing the queue of Xu Jun and the commanders of the infantry army. The three rows in front of each commander squatted down, and the two front rows staggered and squatted, stuck the tail of the spear nearly ten feet long diagonally into the ground, and held the wooden handle with both hands; The back row carried spears on their shoulders and faced forward, ready to stab their horses.

Along the back of the gentle slope, the position is slightly higher. It was a six-platoon arquebusier.

The ten generals held the barrier knife and raised it high: "Ready!" "A crane flag at the head of the row toppled forward, waving again like a dragonfly dotting water. The first platoon of non-commissioned officers fell to one knee on the ground, and the second-row non-commissioned officers stood and raised their iron pipe firearms in unison.

"Put!" Suddenly, the row standing first sounded the sound of "crackling", and then the row kneeling alone immediately fired another volley.

On the hillside, there was a crackling sound like smashing beans everywhere, and the smoke rose in rows. The coalition cavalry charged this formation from the front, and the shock after the shelling caused confusion, and it was a disaster to get close at this time!

One of the knights shook his horse, blood splattered from his chest, and his saber flew away, and his screams were hoarse. The horses were in chaos, and their own people were also rushing and overturning.

...... crisp drum sound of "dong dong, dong ......" sounded first, and soon Heng Fu and Xiao also played in front of the Chinese army, and the golden gong also joined in, forming a very rhythmic tune; There is a slight adaptation in the song, and the drums are still beating, beating the drums in a constant rhythm, which is more suitable for the sense of rhythm of tactics. "General's Order"!

The melody of the wind music is very similar to Jackie Chan's "Men Should Be Self-Improvement", which makes Guo Shao of the Chinese army a little distracted, because it is too familiar.

In the rear wing of the ironclad cavalry group, Shi Yanchao heard the change of tune, and immediately grabbed the spear, without pause, without nonsense, and shouted: "Kill!" ”

Dong Zunzhi pointed flat ahead with a sword inlaid with gems and gold, and the tiger flag with a tiger pattern in front of him was also laid flat to the front, and the cavalry group lined up began to follow him and slowly start the horse's hooves.

The horses gradually accelerated, turning into a large herd of galloping beasts. Dong Zunzhi shouted: "God bless my emperor!" ”

A shout suddenly rang out from the crowd: "Hooray! ”

The coalition cavalry was in large formation, and at this time, the depth was also bombarded and ran in panic and chaos. The cavalry group maneuvered quickly, but it was not easy to suddenly retreat in battle, because there were too many people and it would be crowded! The people in the middle are in a hurry to run, but some of the people at the back will run, and some will be confused, and it takes time to go from forward to backward, and more importantly, organization. In the face of this sudden chaos, the coalition forces were all flags, and the men and horses were staggered.

Shi Yanchao's heavy cavalry took the lead in charging towards the front flank of the chaotic army at high speed, and the formation was roughly in a zigzag, rushing fast, and the front end was as easy as a sharp arrow shooting through window paper, and went straight into the enemy group. The cavalry on both wings also quickly moved in.

In the crowd of horses, galloping heavy horses roared towards the coalition army like a typhoon, and the wielding swords and guns danced in the sunlight like countless droplets of boiling water. Flesh and blood flew under the wheels of war, and tens of thousands of people shouted frantically!

The artillery was still roaring, and the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood was crumpled together. The muzzle of the gun adjusted the elevation angle and shelled the middle and tail of the coalition cavalry group 1,500 feet away. There was even more confusion in the rear, causing chaos and congestion on the entire hillside; The gap between the cavalry is relatively large, but it can't run fast when it's messed up, and if the back is too urgent, it will cause the horses to be more and more crowded! The scene was noisy and chaotic, and it was simply miserable. On the edge of the hillside, a large number of horsemen scattered and fled in all directions, regardless of military orders.

At this time, the cavalry of the Tiger Army was like a flock of sheep in the battle array, and the cavalry with high morale and anger faced a group of frightened men and horses! Shi Yanchao's subordinates shouted, picked up the general long-handled horse chopping knife with both hands, caught up with a horse, aimed at the back of the Liao horse, and slashed diagonally. The light of the knife reflecting the sunlight flashed, and in the clanging sound of metal impact, the saber force penetrated the chain mail, and with a "bell" sound, blood beads splashed with a red mist.

An iron spear flew to the hip of a horse, and with a "neighing" ......, the horse fell as if it had suddenly sat down, and the knight above screamed and waved his hands.

Shi Yanchao's troops advanced very quickly, only inserting the depth of the coalition army, and there was chaos on the battlefield. A Liao soldier stood in front of a dead horse, holding a bloody arm in his left hand, and raised his head and cried out.

The loess was red, and in some places, blood and loess were mixed together, like mud from rain.