Chapter 73 The fate of the country hangs on the brother Shu-3
Arrows rained down, the Liao army still had armor to resist, and the signing army that was driven in front of the battle was thinly dressed, and was suddenly shot down. The crossbowmen of the Song army were divided into several teams to release arrows, and the arrows continued to fall, only to hear the screams, and the originally loose and unbearable signing team was even more chaotic. Tens of thousands of signatories pushed the front, just like the tide of the sea, pushing layer by layer, and the signatories in front were not enough, so they could only stagger forward with fear.
The on-the-coming arrows became denser and denser, and countless people fell to the dust, blood pouring all over the ground. The signing army in front was extremely frightened and frightened, but the signing army in the back couldn't see the sword and axe of the Song army's strong formation, and only cared about getting as far away from the fierce Liao army as possible, and the people in front were pushed forward involuntarily. Seeing that he was about to rush into the Song army's formation, someone shouted in a hurry: "I'll wait for Nai Han'er, let me live!" ”
"Han'er? What are you doing? Guo Xian, the commander of the front formation, sneered, "Hurry up and release the arrows, don't let these people mess up the formation." "Whoosh", "Whoosh", "Whoosh", crossbow arrows are more and more densely shot out.
A Hedong soldier hesitated slightly, and then was slapped by Situ Rui, "Kill all these thieves!" He muttered, his eyes full of hatred, "If it weren't for these Han'er to lead the way, the Liao army would have been able to take a detour to invade Hedong." ”
Under the banner of the marshal, the elite soldiers were surrounded by layers, Yang Yanqing was fully armored, he watched the enemy's formation, and saw that the Liao army drove the signing army to die for the front, he couldn't help frowning, his face was cloudy, and he said in a deep voice: "Rush to the front to kill, drive the Han'er army to the opposite side, take advantage of the situation to cover the kill, and break the enemy formation." ”
The flag officer Pegasus gave the order and waved the flag in all directions. Accompanied by the sound of "dong dong" war drums, the Song army's heavy armor brand players, spearmen, long-handled axe hands, and sword and shield hands in the rear line passed through the gap of the bow and crossbow array in front one by one, and after the brand players reached the front formation, the horizontal team of the even-numbered platoon accelerated their pace and happened to sneak into the gap of the odd-numbered rows, doubling the density of the soldiers at the front. "Rush up there, fuck it." This is what most of the soldiers think. The cold light of the sword and axe is dazzling, the spear is like a forest, and the iron armor of the strong array is like a wall, like the momentum of Mount Tai. The Liao army was frightened, so they had to desperately release arrows to prevent the Song army from approaching. The arrows fired at the Song army became more and more dense, but most of them were blocked by the sign with the rattan card.
This formation, let alone the signing of the army, even if it is the iron cavalry of the Liao army, it may not be able to withstand it. There are wolves in front and tigers in the back, tens of thousands of signing troops are in a dilemma, struggling under the dense arrow feathers of the Song army, as if the eighteenth layer of hell is tormented and wronged, and the impact of the Song army completely crushed the idea of lingering. The Song army swooped down like a fierce beast with fangs, Han'er was timid and weak, the armor of the signing army was thin, and the simple blade in his hand could not even pierce the iron armor, as soon as the servants on both sides touched, the Song saber slashed and stabbed, and the blood splashed, this was no longer a battle, but a one-sided slaughter, and the front of the Han'er army fell down, and the back was busy crying and fleeing backwards. "My mother-" "Grandpa Yang spares his life-" Among them, many people who were weak and weak fell and were trampled to death in the escape.
The Song army took advantage of the situation and drove the signing army towards the opposite side like a sheep, and the tens of thousands of signing troops were frightened, and they actually forgot the cruelty of the Liao army, and rushed to flee backwards like crazy. The Song army followed closely behind, deliberately driving the signing troops on both sides to the middle, not letting the signing army run away, but rushing towards the front of the Liao army like a flood.
"Shoot the arrows!" "Quick, release the arrows—" A number of officers ordered loudly in panic. In addition to a few artillery forts, it was a foot formation formed by the Xi army and the Jurchen battalion. Although the signing army is vulnerable, after all, there are tens of thousands of people, not to mention people, but it is really tens of thousands of sheep that rushed over in a frenzy, and it is also very troublesome. What's more, behind the signing army is the Hedong Song army, which can be called a fierce enemy. At this time, the Liao army on both wings also bent their bows and arrows and shot towards the middle, but the clusters of arrows that flew from both sides drove the signing army to the middle. Invisibly, driven by the idea of escape, the signatories instead converged into an unstoppable torrent and rushed towards the Xi army and the Jurchen camp.
"It's a rebellion—" Xiao Hongren, the commander of the Xi army, muttered, his face showing fear, "these Han people should have been killed a long time ago." He put down the iron mask of his helmet and drew the long knife at his waist, ready to kill the signatories. At this moment, several Liao army iron barrel cannons worked hard to lower their muzzles, "boom-" fire, hundreds of stones, projectiles, small arrows like violent raindrops, in the relatively narrow front, the rushing forward tide of signatories seemed to be slowed down by a huge wind in an instant. At this moment, countless people screamed and fell down with their bloody heads and faces. "I don't want to die—" Someone only breathed a sigh of relief. More of the signatories stepped on their shoulders and continued to flee for their lives, but their faces were visibly pale with frightened stupe.
"Boom-" "Boom-" The small iron barrel cannon in the Liao army's artillery fort opened fire. After many years of fierce battles between the Liao State and the Jin State in Liaodong, the artillery battalion was defeated again and again, and although there were still many deficiencies, the aiming and shooting and the circular bombardment had made great progress. As the Song army entered the range of small iron barrel guns, the sound of "boom" and "boom" artillery was endless. In contrast, due to the long distance of the Song army's artillery at the head of the city, only the solid shells of heavy artillery could bombard the Liao array, and the power of killing the enemy was greatly reduced. Where the two armies clashed, the artillery of the Liao army almost had an absolute advantage.
A swarm of bee bullets flew horizontally, penetrating everywhere, and even crossed the interval between the signing troops, and penetrated into the Song army formation behind. The crunch sound of "clanging" is a flying locust stone smashing on the armor, but it cannot penetrate, and the muffled sound of "poof" is often accompanied by blood. Some iron pills penetrated the rattan cards with a "poof" sound, and many brand players didn't even have time to react, so they fell in a pool of blood. The huge power of Tietong ran made the Song army in front of him chaotic, but fortunately, there was a signing army in front at this time, otherwise the casualties would definitely be even worse.
"The Song army is in chaos! Two wings ahead! The cavalry rushed|-rushed up! ”
Xiao Tachi said coldly. The situation on the battlefield is constantly changing. The scene at this time is the same as when the Liao and Jin soldiers stormed the Liao military camp and were caught off guard by the fierce bombardment of iron barrel artillery. Although the Song army used a large number of iron barrel cannons to defend the city, it was also chaotic and panicked when it encountered intensive bombardment of iron barrel artillery during the attack. Under the bombardment of artillery, if the cavalry is used to cover the killing, it is easy to break the strong position of the infantry army.
When the cavalry on both flanks heard the order, they drew their scimitars, raised their spears, and rode out of battle. When these cavalry had just stepped forward, before they had engaged the Song army, they were mixed with the Han Er's army that was herding sheep everywhere on the battlefield and running wildly. In order to seize the road and advance, the cavalry of the Liao army had to threaten loudly on the horse, occasionally slashing and stabbing with knives and spears, and immediately killed the signing army again. However, this move only made the already terrified signatories even more frightened, and although the signatories they encountered were about to collapse at the first touch, the situation on the battlefield became even more chaotic. The war horse couldn't run out of speed at all, so it could only gallop towards the Song army slowly. Xiao Tachi's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said, "These burdens—"
"Don't mess around—" "Don't mess around! The Song army was in front, and the commanders of all departments shouted loudly. These officers are the bones of the Hedong battalion, generations of generals, and they can be called proud generals in the Song Kingdom. Under the sudden and fierce shelling of the Liao army, the officers suffered heavy losses, the soldiers were in a panic, and the officers who were still alive, whether they were wounded or not, did their best to restrain their subordinates. Some people didn't care about their wounds, and while they were full of foul language, they beat and kicked to prevent the soldiers from leaving the team. Unlike other Song troops who advanced when they heard the drums and retreated when they heard the gold, the Hedong battalion valued bravery more than military discipline, and some officers shouted "Kill all these Liao dogs-" with his subordinates rushed out of the array, and rushed towards the Liao army artillery on the opposite side with fierce bullets. Before the cavalry of the Liao army rushed in, the Hedong army behind the large formation supplemented and consolidated the formation again.
Seeing this scene, Yang Yanqing's face was like iron, and he said in a deep voice: "Beat the drum - take the artillery base - kill the enemy!" ”
The war drums of the Song Guozhong army were in a hurry again, and when he heard the sound of "dong dong", "dong dong dong" and "dong dong dong", Zhi Keshi glanced back, only to see the word "Yang" handsome flag shaking back and forth. The banner of the commander cannot be easily moved, this is the military order of the front army to rush into battle with all its strength. "His grandmother's!" Guo Xian wiped his face, somehow his face was covered with blood, and he sneered, "Rush with Lao Tzu!" With a knife in both hands, he led hundreds of his own soldiers forward.
The so-called courage of the army, Guo Xian, as the commander of the former army, commanded tens of thousands of soldiers, and saw the commander fighting so hard to kill the enemy, they were all greatly excited, each with a sword and a gun, and moved forward. The Song army and the Liao army were like huge waves surging on both sides, and the signing army in the middle couldn't stand it, some died under the sword, some were trampled into pulp, and a few big luck escaped from both sides. With the decrease in the number of signing troops, more and more Liao army bullets hit the Song army, and people continued to fall, but the people behind still did not stop moving forward. The front artillery of the Liao army is getting closer and closer, and it seems to be within reach, at this time, death and gore are not only not frightening, but exciting, "run over," "rush over," "bastard iron barrel cannon," "kill the turtle grandson". Some Song soldiers actually threw away the rattan cards and sped up their pace and ran forward.
After a while, the Song army and the Liao army infantry fought together, and then the Song army on both flanks also contacted and fought with the Liao cavalry, and the battlefield situation was very chaotic, and the Liao army's artillery battalion could not distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, and the firing of artillery was also greatly restricted. The Liao State infantry army was in large array, although the Xi army and the Jurchen battalion resisted desperately, but the Song army first killed tens of thousands of signed troops like a broken bamboo, and braved the impact of the Liao army's artillery, which has accumulated great momentum, Guo Xian, Zhe Kecun and other generals all went into battle in person, shouting a fierce battle, and they were invincible in the Liao army, and no one could stop them. Under the onslaught of the Song army's front army, the Xi army and the Jurchen battalion retreated step by step, and soon, the Liao army's front fort lost the protection of the foot soldiers, and some red-eyed Song soldiers rushed into the fort, and in the future, they had no time to escape, and the gunners who knelt on the ground and begged for mercy were hacked to death.