Chapter 94 Xunyang Manjing-4
Yan Xi yelled: "Fire!" With that, he lit the fuse of the fiery gun.
The war horse rushed to this distance, and no matter how clever his riding skills were, he couldn't turn the horse's head. Chen Wuyi shuddered, and almost pestled the entire fire fold on the lead, and the lead crackled and burned. In order to shorten the time from ignition to launch, the Zhenguo munitions took it upon themselves to cut off the lead. It was strictly forbidden in the Bao Yi army, and it worked wonders at this time. After a breath, the sound of "bang" and "bang" sounded loudly, and dozens of guns rushed towards the Liao cavalry like a storm.
In Chen Wuyi's eyes, the oncoming galloping war horse seemed to freeze for a moment at a certain moment, and then, the mournful war horse rushed forward with huge inertia, Chen Wuyi's face was full of fear, and he could only desperately aim the fire gun in his hand at the front. The fire door at the end of the gun was still smoking, and he did not cut the lead, until this time, the fire gun had not been fired, and he did not dare to stab it. The war horse rushed quickly, the huge block was getting bigger and bigger in front of Chen Wuyi's eyes, and several soldiers around him had frightened expressions on their faces, but the shadow of death was so desperate that no one retreated, "Hold on to death!" Someone was shouting, at the last moment, Chen Wuyi loaded the spear into the barrel and pressed all his strength on the barrel of the gun.
The war horse collided directly with Chen Wuyi, and the huge inertia rushed him step by step, and at the same time, the fire gun penetrated deeply into the wide chest of the war horse, at this moment, there was a loud "boom", and the entire fire gun barrel exploded in the body of the war horse, and the splashed blood sprayed Chen Wuyi's face all over his face, he was pressed under the war horse, his bloody face was facing the sky, and his pupils reflected the clouds in the sky, gradually dimming and godless.
The salvo of the third capital saved a phalanx collapse, and after being afraid, Yan Xi felt that all the energy in his body seemed to be drained, and the bottom of his throat hurt hotly, and the shout just now directly tore his throat. "Again—" His voice was low and hoarse, and the Song army stabbed to death the last few Liao cavalry that rushed in with their hands and feet, and hurriedly reloaded the muskets with ammunition. The battle to the death is far from over. In each phalanx, a row of gunners loaded, stepped forward, propped up their guns, lit fires, and fired, to this point, the Zhenguo troops on the battlefield understood that if they didn't fight hard, they would die! It's better to fight hard and let the enemy die!
"Fire—"
"Fire—"
As bursts of fire guns rang out, the sky above the phalanx was covered with thicker and thicker black smoke, making it difficult for Zhao Xingde to see the situation on the battlefield clearly, and only the sound of shouting and killing seemed to be low. Three Liao armies have already galloped into the battlefield shrouded in black smoke. The perimeter of the battlefield was littered with the corpses of men and horses. Thousands of Liao cavalry tried to bypass the fierce battlefield to sneak attack the Shuai tent, but were discovered by the Chinese army scouts, Yang Zaixing immediately led the cavalry of the Tabai Battalion to intercept the enemy cavalry and fight, and could not get away for a while.
"I wonder how long the Zhenguo Army can last?" Zhao Xingde was anxious, looked in the direction of the Chinese army from time to time, and saw the flag officer riding a horse, Zhao Xingde took the reins of the horse from the hands of the guards, and prepared to get on the horse and command the Baoyi army to go out of battle.
"Yue Shumi told General Zhao that the Liao thieves are not tired, and the Baoyi Army will go out again when they see the banner of the Chinese army."
"What?" Zhao Xingde's face was full of surprise.
"If you don't go into battle again," Du Blowhorn said loudly, "Can the Zhenguo Army withstand it?" ”
"Perhaps, Privy Yue has special confidence in the Zhenguo Army." A complicated light flashed in Zhao Xingde's eyes, he looked at the Yue Zi Shuai Qi in the distance, and sighed in a low voice, "Ci is not in charge of the soldiers...."
The front-line fort is not too big, and as soon as Zhao Xingde rode on his war horse, Lu Mingyu, Luo Xianshi, Ma Rui and other generals saw him. Lu Mingyu said loudly: "Be in good spirits, the commander is on the horse, ready to go into battle!" The soldiers who were originally sitting cross-legged on the ground to rest stood up, and the cavalry under Ma Rui got on their horses one after another, just waiting for Zhao Xingde to personally issue the military order to attack!
On the other side of the battlefield, Temuge's face was already extremely gloomy. The Song army put on a loose formation, thinking that it would collapse as soon as it rushed, and after fighting for more than half an hour, these Song troops were still resisting. The cavalry on both sides of the large array was bombarded by artillery, and the Liao cavalry in the formation was volleyed in all directions. Since entering the Central Plains, Brother Temuge's troops have never suffered such heavy casualties as today. If this continues, even if they are victorious, the tribes will inevitably complain. The cavalry was easily tired from charging into battle, and Temuge was anxious to end the battle, and had already sent several thousand troops to join the battle group, but he still couldn't take it.
If he engages troops on the steppe, he will inevitably crush all his forces and crush the enemy in one go. However, Brother Temu looked at the gunboats on the river not far away, as well as behind the artillery forts that kept throwing shells, and he didn't know how many Song troops were hidden, he couldn't help but feel a slight chill in his heart, after all, it was just a team of 1,000 people, and a team of 1,000 people threw their subordinates into the battlefield that seemed to be shrouded in demonic fog. The battle was at an unbearable stalemate. Until now, Brother Temu still has more than 10,000 elite cavalry in his hands, but the Song army has obviously not gone all out, and I don't know how many troops are hidden in the warships and dense camps on the river?
"Let Naima really retreat first and let the southern barbarians come over!"
Temuge's face was ugly. He originally planned to use the signing army to consume the Song army's sharp energy, but the battle of the Beiwei battalion made him change his mind. If you don't give Nanban a little bit of power, it's hard to say whether the signing army is reliable or not, maybe you will throw yourself into Nanban on the spot, but when the battle comes to this point, the sharpness has been lost, and it is meaningless to stalemate any longer. It is better to retreat the cavalry of your own clan and blunt the knives of the Song army with the flesh and blood of those who signed the army.
There were long beards on the opposite side, which was a signal for the Liao army to retreat.
Zhao Xingde's face changed, he turned his head to look at the Chinese army, and sure enough, the Yue character handsome flag shook violently, Zhao Xingde put down the mask, pulled out the horizontal knife at his waist, and pointed straight to the center of the battlefield. The mount seemed to feel the fierce fighting spirit, and with a long hiss, it galloped down the fort.
"Look, General Zhao—" "It's General Zhao—"
Under the fort, the soldiers of the Baoyi Army who recognized the commander cheered.
"Out of battle!" "Out of battle!" Luo Xianshi, Lu Mingyu and other officers shouted loudly, and one phalanx after another quickly moved.
"Charge!" Ma Rui shouted, raised the big gun, and the good horse under his crotch rushed forward, more than a thousand horsemen followed closely behind him, and the speed of the war horse was unhurried. The two commanding cavalry were divided into left and right cavalry formations in front of the artillery fort, protecting the two wings of the infantry army in advance.
At the same time as the flag of the Chinese army swayed, 40 war drums were beating at the same time, and the low drum sound of "dong dong dong" and "dong dong dong" made people's hearts beat rhythmically, even in the roar of artillery, it was clearly audible, it was transmitted far away, and it was clearly heard even in the smoke and dust.
Wang Gui's face was full of smoke and blood, he heard the sound of the drum, his expression suddenly became extremely hideous, he reached out and grabbed a spear, and shouted loudly: "Yue Shuai has an order!" Rush out and kill—rush out and kill—" This phalanx is in the northeast direction of the entire Great Array. The cavalry of the Liao army rushed over and bore the brunt of it, and at the most critical time, it was surrounded by the enemy's cavalry, and arrows rained down. After a hard battle, only about 300 soldiers remained, almost all of them wounded, and their robes were covered with blood and dust. Hearing the order to "charge into battle", the soldiers couldn't help but hesitate for a moment. The infantry and cavalry fought against each other, and they had to fight in formation, and if they broke out of formation and rushed out, it was no different from seeking death. Among them, the soldiers and the cavalry of the Liao army have been fighting for most of the hour, and it has long been clear.
A man with a wound on his forehead yelled: "The handsome told us to rush out, let's rush out!" ”
"Get out!" Wang Gui shouted loudly, "Rush with me-" rushed out with his own soldiers around him, this time, if the whole formation opened a big gap, it would be useless for the others to stay in place, the situation was like this, many soldiers raised their spears, long-handled axes, fire guns and other blades, and rushed out with more than ten people in a group.
"Rush out—" Yan Xi and Ma Quan shouted loudly at the same time, there were still more than a hundred people left in the phalanx they were in, killing them from four directions. Before he could rush out a few steps, he encountered several cavalry soldiers. Before Yan Xi could react, he was knocked to the ground by a horseman, his chest seemed to be cracked, he only struggled twice, and then he fainted without knowing whether he was alive or dead. If they had encountered enemy cavalry in the past, the soldiers would have avoided it. But after a vicious battle, the Zhenguo Army became much bolder. With the smoke shrouded, Ma Quan squatted slightly, and a long axe swept towards the leg of the first horse, "bang-", the shin bone of the war horse was broken by the heavy axe, the horse screamed and fell down, and the cavalry of the Liao army also fell off the horse and did not know whether to live or die. Seeing that the way was blocked, several cavalry Liao troops urged their horses to catch up and fight. The Song army did not show weakness, each holding a spear and an axe, back to back, and fought with these cavalry soldiers on the flat ground.
According to common sense, where the cavalry galloped back and forth, the Song army disbanded the phalanx and rushed out to fight the Liao cavalry, which was tantamount to self-destruction. However, when the phalanx on the entire battlefield was disbanded at the same time, the infantry of the Zhenguo Army, who had scattered and fought on their own, suddenly blocked the gap that originally existed in the middle of the phalanx. The cavalry of the Liao army and the Song army have been fighting for a long time, the horsepower and speed have long been inferior to the beginning, hearing the sound of the retreating soldiers, many Liao soldiers have no intention of fighting, but the clinker originally smooth road was blocked by the Song army scattered and fighting. The soldiers of the Zhenguo army fought desperately, and thousands of tired Liao cavalry had to wield scimitars and spears to fight with them.