Listening to the guard's report, Duan Shi sighed, but subconsciously looked at Yue Le, who was standing next to him.

Sure enough, after Yue Le heard the guard's report, his face suddenly changed drastically, and his long, thin face was whiter than the dim moonlight. He raised his eyes into the distance in a daze, as if he wanted to see what the two corpses that were surrounded by a group of Tang soldiers looked like now.

Soon, the bodies of Abatai and Turge were brought to Duan Shidi by a group of Tang sergeants, and they were placed together about five steps away from the head of his horse.

Duan Shidi looked down coldly, and saw that the corpse of General Turg was still intact except for the bullet holes on his body that had dried up like blood holes. But the corpse of Abatai was very terrible and miserable.

The supreme commander of the Qing army's siege of the city, on his neck, there was a bloody hole like an open child's mouth, blood was hissing, and the neck bone was faintly visible, showing a terrifying dark red in the moonlight. And what is even more frightening is that his entire torso, although he is armored, has been trampled by the hooves of an unknown number of horses, and his entire body is sunken, like an oval-shaped pancake spread out, which can be described as miserable.

"Amma!" Seeing his own father die so tragically, Yue Le couldn't bear it anymore, he rushed forward, hugged the head of his father's corpse, and cried loudly.

Even though in order to save his life, he could not avenge the revenge of killing his father, but now that he saw such a tragic death of Ama Abatai, Yue Le was still very moved by the affection of father and son, hugging the corpse and crying bitterly, which made the Tang soldiers who were watching sigh.

Seeing him crying so heartbroken, Duan Shidi, the commander of the Tang Army, was also unbearable, he sighed softly, and said: "Yue Le, since your father is dead, it is useless to cry more." This town remembers you a piece of filial piety, the heads of him and Turg, our army will not cut down, and leave the two corpses, so that they can be buried outside the city. ”

Hearing Duan Shidi's words, Yue Le's heart felt even more miserable, he let go of Abatai's corpse, turned to Duan Shidi and said loudly: "Lord Duan is so benevolent and holy, Yue Le is grateful, how can he express it." Here, I can only kowtow to thank you, and thank my father and Turg for passing through the Duan. ”

With that, he knelt on the ground and banged his head to show his gratitude.

Duan Shidi sighed lightly, and without saying much, he ordered his subordinates to collect the bodies of the two as soon as possible, and then pulled out his horse and returned to his own formation.

After another hour, the Tang army had completely cleaned up the battlefield outside the city, and even the accumulated materials in the left and right camps of the Qing army had been carried out and loaded back into Jintang City. The entire battlefield was cleaned up and cleaned up very smoothly.

What made Duan Shidi and all the Tang troops very speechless was that from the fierce battle in the middle of the night to the time when the sky was about to brighten, the Dashun army in the east and south of the city, although the camp was noisy and the flow of people was surging, but they never saw their troops to fight, let alone the Qing army in the north, but they were like a mess of ants, and they were busy until dawn for some reason, but they achieved nothing.

Seeing that the Dashun army was so useless and sat back and watched the complete defeat of the Qing army in the north, Duan Shidi sneered in his heart, but he had to admire Li Xiao, the king of Tang who was far away in Nanjing, and had an accurate and thorough grasp of the situation in this Jintang City.

These Dashun troops, which were composed of ordinary recruits and local troops, were really a group of mediocre people and wine bags and rice bags, and they had no ability to fight at night.

Seeing that the Dashun army had not had any military action, Duan Shidi ordered the soldiers and horses of the second town of the Tang army to line up in the north of the Dashun army in the east of the city, and he personally led the soldiers and horses of the fourth town of the Tang army to line up at the east gate of Jintang City, preparing to launch a general attack on the Dashun army in the east of the city after the sky brightened.

Because the Tang army had sufficient time to prepare, and there was night as a cover, Duan Shi simply took down the small and medium-sized dragon bombers placed at the head of the city, and lined up in front of the formation, preparing to give the opposite Shun army a head-on attack after dawn.

After the artillery was arranged, the sky was already bright, and the specific scene of the Shun army camp on the opposite side could be clearly seen, and all the Tang troops saw that the Shun army camp in the east of the city was hastily formed at this time, and it was like a swarm of bees pouring out of the camp gate, and the twisted array was in front of the Tang army. Seeing that they were so unstable and looked like a rabble, Duan Shidi sneered and immediately ordered the sixty dragon cannons that had been dismantled from the city to advance forward and shoot at close range.

These small and medium-sized dragon guns of different shapes are all various types of artillery that the Tang Army had tested in the artillery factory of Tielongcheng in Shanxian County. Later, because the Tang Army's technology was finalized, it was uniformly equipped with heavy dragon bombers that fired 32 catties of bullets, so Li Xiao ordered that all the eliminated artillery pieces be shipped to Jintang City on Xuanfu North Road to stabilize its city guards.

These cannons have always been placed at the head of the city for the purpose of defending the city, but they did not expect that they could play an unexpected role today.

Seeing that the Tang army launched its artillery and was about to launch an attack, the Shun army on the opposite side was suddenly very nervous, and they subconsciously felt that if they did not rush out, but let these artillery pieces go hard, the consequences would be very serious.

As a result, the commander of the Dashun army, Zehou Tian Mixiu, immediately gave the order for the front army to attack

"Rush!"

These chaotic Dashun soldiers let out a loud roar in unison, like a group of wild bees that were suddenly released, everyone fought bravely, one by one, and swooped towards the Tang army's position.

The enemy army, which numbered a total of 30,000 people, was like a moon array, like a big open mouth, as if it was about to swallow the Tang army that was waiting in a straight line on the opposite side.

In the face of the enemy army surging like a tide, the face of Duan Shidi, the commander of the Tang Army, who was as resolute as iron, had a faint smile.

Hmph, you guys who don't know whether to live or die, the sixty cannons of the general are already hungry and thirsty, and they are waiting for you to collide with them.

He raised the command flag in his hand and shouted loudly: "Attention all artillery crews, prepare for battle!" ”

"Order!"

Under the order of the commander-in-chief, the gunners, who were waiting for the battle, immediately began to fix the gun mounts, adjust the firing angle, reload gunpowder and shells, and soon made preparations for battle.

These 60 dragon guns of different sizes were lined up in a neat straight line along the moat of the eastern city wall of Jintang City, and the silver-gray barrels flashed with a dazzling cold light under the bright sun at noon in autumn.

At a glance, the artillery group is majestic and majestic, and the muzzles of each dragon hammer are placed almost horizontally parallel to the ground in order to obtain the greatest and best killing effect.

At this time, those Dashun soldiers who shouted and rushed forward quickly rushed closer and closer, and finally saw clearly the dragon bombardment artillery that was lined up in a straight line by the moat, and the majestic and majestic dragon cannon.

They saw that the muzzles of those cannon barrels with thick black holes were like countless yang roots pointing straight ahead, with an indescribable momentum and majesty. The faces of many Dashun soldiers changed dramatically.

They have seen what kind of big general cannon was cast in the Ming Dynasty, the second general cannon, the tiger squat cannon, and even the so-called Hongyi cannon, but today, they finally saw this behemoth like a giant beast dragon cannon, and the shock and impact of everyone's hearts are simply difficult to describe in words.

In fact, they have not yet seen the heavy dragon hammer in the Tang army, which has become a standard for firing 32-pound heavy artillery shells. I believe that if they have the opportunity to see the most powerful and terrifying cannon of this era, they will be completely shocked.

These enemy soldiers who were clamoring to rush forward could almost intuitively feel that this row of huge artillery of the Tang Army was not only so terrifying, but once it was put down, its attack and destructive power would be even more amazing.

At this time, the commander of the Dashun Army, Zehou Tian, who was in the rear, saw Xiu, Rao He was a general who had been in battle for a long time, and at this moment, seeing that the Tang Army was able to launch so many dragon strike artillery pieces to the front of the formation, his face was dripping with cold sweat, and his face turned pale instantly.

He could imagine how serious and even devastating the morale and fighting spirit of his army would be under such a terrible artillery bombardment.

It's just that now the whole army is like a wild horse that has escaped from the reins, trying its best to rush forward, and it is impossible for me to let them retreat.

What is the outcome of this battle, perhaps, can only depend on the will of God......

It should be said that Tian Jianxiu's subordinate soldiers, from the beginning of the impact to the distance closer and closer to the Tang army, everything was still very smooth.

When the enemy army rushed to the Tang army's battle formation about 1,000 steps away from the east gate, the entire Tang army's position was still silent.

Eight hundred steps, the Tang army still did not move.

Seven hundred steps, when the entire Tang Army's battle formation was already clearly visible, the Tang Army's main formation still did not move.

The enemy troops, who had been shouting and running wildly all the way, finally reached a distance of six hundred paces.

The steel beast, which had been silent for a long time, finally showed its sharp and cruel fangs.

In the shrill sound of horns, the red flag in the hand of Duan Shidi, the commander of the Tang Army, was raised high and waved down vigorously.

"Ready, fire!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

……

Sixty dragon cannons of various sizes immediately spewed out crimson afterburners and dazzling golden fire, like countless golden flowers blooming in the bright sun, and in the dense billowing white smoke, sixty black and blazing iron bullets of all sizes pierced through the smoke and rain curtains, and rushed towards the enemy soldiers on the opposite side.

The iron bullet roared through the crowd that was running hard, and with absolutely strong and terrifying force, it ploughed out a straight path of flesh and blood. Wherever the iron bullet reached, there were screams and screams, and the broken limbs and human internal organs were splashed everywhere, causing absolutely terrifying death and injury to the running enemy troops.

Because the enemy is already very close, the range of fire and penetration is very wide and deep. Although this kind of parallel shooting did not have any accuracy, and the charging personnel were relatively scattered, the damage caused to the enemy on the opposite side by these 90 iron bullets was still very considerable.

The first round of artillery salvo killed more than 200 enemy soldiers and wounded more than 300 in an instant. Although it seems that the damage is limited, it is not an exaggeration to say that such a dense artillery salvo, such an absolutely powerful and terrible death, can almost be called devastating to the morale of the enemy.

The enemy troops, who were suddenly attacked by heavy artillery fire, immediately began to appear in great confusion and panic, and the battle formation, which had originally rushed forward in unison, instantly became chaotic, and even many of the defeated troops turned around and fled, and the speed of the impact of the entire army formation began to slow down greatly.

"Bastard, don't run, all of them will be charged to Lao Tzu!" Seeing this scene, Tian Jianxiu was furious, and he and his escort immediately rushed out to slash and kill these soldiers who had withdrawn and fled, and finally re-stabilized the situation.

At this time, the second round of shelling was ferocious.

While the entire enemy army had finally regained stability and was completely recovering from the panic, the next round of artillery bombardment of the Don army began.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

……

Sixty black, fiery iron bullets, like heavy punches from death, roared in an extremely terrifying manner.

This second round of fire also caused terrible damage and an increasingly great panic, and hundreds of enemy soldiers were killed or wounded, and their flesh and blood flew everywhere, killing them on the spot.

All the enemy soldiers, who were already terrified, were deeply afraid of such an almost absolute death and terror, and after this round of shelling, more and more enemy troops, almost instinctively, began to retreat and flee.

This kind of rout is quite contagious.

The enemy army, whose chemical composition was still rushing forward desperately regardless of life and death, saw that there were already many soldiers in the formation, and they were routed and fled by the artillery of the Tang army, and disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye.

Although they were still rushing forward, their speed was reduced much in an instant, more of a habit and fear of the sharp and terrifying machetes of the prison firing squad.

At this moment, the third round of shelling of the Don army began.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

……

The rumbling of cannons, the flying of iron bullets, the violent violence and the swift death quickly left hundreds of enemy soldiers, whose corpses were incomplete and flesh blurred.

In the face of such fierce violence and complete death, the struggle and resistance of human beings is almost a joke.

The morale of the remaining soldiers who rushed into the formation was finally completely zero, and now they no longer need anyone to mobilize, I don't know who shouted, these guys immediately turned around and ran back, and they were only more than two hundred steps away from the Tang army's formation, howling and hugging their heads and running away.

Their flight was so resolute, so unstoppable, that it was like a horde of mad beasts that seemed to knock anything in their way to the ground.

For a time, the enemy army was in chaos, and the entire battle array was out of order.

Seeing that the entire army array was so chaotic, a large number of soldiers fled and withdrew from both sides of his own commander, and the commander of the Dashun army, Tian Jianxiu, couldn't help but be furious, he scolded loudly and rushed forward, and together with his own escort, he slashed and killed those routs, trying to prevent them from fleeing further.

"Don't retreat! Don't withdraw! You bastards, keep rushing to Lao Tzu! Rush up, everyone will be rewarded, if you retreat, you will not be spared! ”

Tian Jianxiu shouted hoarsely, his face was splashed with blood, and his angry and distorted face looked even more terrifying and terrifying. （）