Li Ruoxu looked from afar, and saw that the two thousand Song cavalry were running faster and faster, and they had already crossed the wilderness between the two armies.

The cavalry of the Song army was only a short distance away from the artillery of the Liao army, and the hooves of the horses roared, and the earthquake trembled, as if the next moment, the cavalry of the Song army would rush to the artillery fortress of the Liao army. However, Li Ruoxu looked around him, and none of Zhang Xian and the other generals had relaxed faces, but many generals showed nervousness and unbearable in their eyes. 2,000 cavalry rushed into the enemy's artillery fortress, regardless of success or failure, heavy casualties can be imagined.

"Let the cavalry withdraw first, and then charge after the artillery fire?" Du Yi was bold again.

Du Yi is Zhang Xian's right and left hand, building and managing the distribution of grain, grass and ordnance in various departments, so he knows every unit and battalion of the former army well, and even knows every officer above the head. Because of this, more than 2,000 cavalry forcibly launched a decisive attack on the Liao army's artillery forts, and he really couldn't just watch them die like this.

"General Zhang, it's better to retreat, let the artillery team bombard for a while before rushing!"

Several other lieutenant generals and staff officers also looked at Zhang Xian with regret, every cavalry and every war horse in the Song army was not easy to come by. It was very difficult for the 2,000 cavalry to be trained, but in the face of a dense fireload of shotguns, not only would they suffer heavy losses between a few salvos, but they would not necessarily be able to rush to the fort. The so-called retreat first is just to give Zhang Xian a step down. However, Zhang Xian didn't appreciate it, he looked ahead in silence, and the sound of war drums continued.

"Boom-" A cannon rang out, and the hearts of all the officers sank, as if confirming the worry just now.

The Liao artillery fort began to fire, and round iron shells flew through the air in an arc.

Zhang Xian and Du Yi looked ahead in silence. "Boom" "Boom-" There were several cannon shots, many Song cavalry were injured and fell off their horses, the faces of the officers were gloomy, the shelling was just the beginning, the heaviest casualties were after entering the range of the shotgun, the current artillery bombardment of the Liao army was still very sparse, it can be seen that most of them were loaded with shotguns, just waiting for the Song cavalry to enter the range of the shotguns, and when the guns took turns, it was the real hell of blood and fire.

"Damn it!" Li Ruoxu heard someone curse in a low voice, and his face was also gloomy.

"Damn it!" A louder scolding sounded on the Liao army's artillery fort.

Immediately after, more than a dozen horses rushed to the fort like a whirlwind. The heavy iron hooves of the horses tossed the dirt, and the cavalry, led by the commander of the Murb thousands, all drew their scimitars, and the swords dazzled the eyes.

"Don't open fire, our brother hasn't retreated yet!"

"That bastard shot just now?"

With a dark face, Urti glared at the people of the artillery battalion and scolded loudly: "You white-eyed wolves! ”

The Liao army of the artillery battalion saw this group of Murb cavalry rushing up violently, shouting loudly the Mobei barbarian words that no one could understand, and they had a posture of pulling out a knife and cutting people without saying a word. Most of the gunners here are Han Chinese, and a small number of officers are Khitan and Xi, these officers are also very sinicized, and even the orders of the artillery battalion are copied from the Song State in Chinese characters. He was speaking the Murbo dialect, and when everyone was looking at each other, the Khitan general next to him did not dare to slack off, and immediately translated it into Chinese. At this time, the artillery battalion commander Yelushu hurried over, he recognized at a glance that Erti was Xiao Tachi's confidant and favorite general, Yelushu secretly said trouble, people were under the eaves, he took a deep breath, while signaling his subordinates to be patient for the time being, while stepping forward.

"Erti, if you mess around again, let the Song cavalry rush up, Xiao Dutong will ask for the guilt, see how you explain?"

"Messing around?" Urtier sneered, and took off his felt hat, revealing the hastily wrapped cloth on his forehead, and a large blood stain appeared on the cloth, "Kill many of our warriors, if I hadn't dodged quickly, I would have been killed by you bastards!" If it weren't for our Mlbs, you would have killed them all by now, damn it! He ignored Yelushu, turned his face to look at the gunner, and asked again, "Murder pays for life, who fired the cannon just now?" Stand out! Don't admit it, do you? Seeing that the artillerymen were stunned, Urti sneered, "One life of a Murber, you take two lives back!" As soon as he lifted the reins of his horse, his horse leaped forward, and the other Smelb cavalry followed suit, and the unknown artillerymen scurried with their heads in their hands, but they were still cut down in pieces, and Urtier departed with a grunt.

"Serve the country with loyalty!" Zhang Chi, the commander of the cavalry, raised his big gun, "Rush with me!" ”

The Song cavalry followed him, driving their horses over a wide trench filled with corpses.

Just in front of the Song cavalry, the Murbo cavalry was still retreating from the battlefield in a panic, and farther away, through the smoke of the battlefield, the cavalry in the front row could already see a row of black hole muzzles, as if they could spray deadly shotguns at any time. However, the cavalry did not do any dodging action, such a distance, such a battlefield situation, the only way to rush into the enemy formation, is to go forward and fill with human lives one after another, even if most of the battle is killed, as long as a small part of the cavalry rushes to the Liao people's fortification, it will win time for the infantry army to follow behind. Serve one’s country with true allegiance! "Let's rush together!" A shout sounded in the front of the cavalry, and countless people were ready to meet the rain of shotguns, their eyes unconsciously stared at the guns of those black holes, and accelerated their horses to rush towards the Liao people's fortification, the speed of the war horses was pushed to the extreme, and every moment, the cavalry of the Song army was a little closer to the fort.

The Liao army's artillery base was quiet, and the Song cavalry had no time to think, so they could only speed up their horses. "Serve the country with loyalty! Kill! ”

In front of the artillery barracks that are waiting for battle, every moment that passes means more chances of survival.

A moment, a moment passed, another moment passed.

Two breaths passed, and the expected storm of shotguns did not hit head-on.

"What's going on?" A burst of doubt suddenly rose in Zhang Chi's heart.

Although the lethality of the shotgun is great, its range is much lower than that of a solid iron bullet, and the speed of the cavalry is extremely fast, and the short distance can be run by the war horse in a few breaths. In order to gain power, the artillery battalion deliberately put the cavalry within the range of the shotgun before firing the artillery, which was a risky or bold tactic, however, after the Song cavalry entered the range of the shotgun for two breaths, the Liao army artillery was still silent except for the first two rounds of solid bullets.

"What's going on?" Although Zhang Chi had doubts, he shook the gun and shouted: "Rush! Serve one’s country with true allegiance! ”

The commander took the lead in urging the horse to rush into battle, "Serve the country with loyalty!" Serve one’s country with true allegiance! The cavalry of the Song army responded with a sound of killing, like a mountain and a tsunami.

The Song State lacked horses, and the people did not know how to ride horses, so the cavalry in the Zhenguo army has always been called the most elite in the selection of soldiers, the best salary, and the fastest promotion. The so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days is used for a while, and at this life-and-death juncture, the vast majority of the Song cavalry did not have the slightest fear. It was only more than ten zhang away from the Liao army's artillery fortification, and at the beginning it was a decisive rush to the death, but now that there is a little certainty, the cavalry in front of the front suddenly increased their confidence, regardless of the fact that the horses were already sweating profusely, and desperately urged the horses to rush forward. And at this moment, the Erbo cavalry in front of them could retreat from both sides of the fort, and the Liao army artillerymen on the fort were still in a pool of blood and did not come to their senses, seeing that the Song cavalry was about to rush up, the anxious artillery battalion commander Yelushu shouted: "Hurry up and open the cannon!" "Hurry up and fire! The Khitans, Xi people, and Han'er gunners trembled and stretched out their torches to Yaoyin.

"What's going on?" Zhang Xian stared into the distance and muttered, "What the hell is going on?" ”

The battlefield attack and defense of the two armies, just like two sumo wrestlers wrestling with each other, it is obviously possible to withstand a huge counterattack, but the other party has not reacted until now, if this is a trap, Zhang Xian can't think of what kind of trap it is, the Song army does not hesitate to use the precious cavalry elite to impact the artillery base, it is an unavoidable opportunity for the Liao army, right? "Is it a ploy to lure the enemy? Attract our troops to rush to the central artillery barrier and then bombard? Where did the Liao army get so much artillery? Even if there were, how could they hide after many days of confrontation? Countless thoughts flashed in Zhang Xian's heart, his face turned pale, and he gave another order to the flag officer in a low voice.

After issuing the military order, Zhang Xian's face relaxed, and he sat silently on the chair, staring at the front of the battlefield, and put his arm on the armrest of the chair.

"Boom-" "Boom-" "Boom-" "Boom-"

The artillery of the Liao army finally fired, and countless black smoke rose over the fort, although it was not clear to see, Li Ruoxu could still imagine that the storm of shotguns flew through the smoke to the Song cavalry, just under the gaze of everyone, the Song cavalry who charged the battle continued to fall, decreased, and the smoke on the battlefield covered their desperate figures, in addition to the sound of cannonballs, there were also echoes of heroic shouts and bursts of sorrow of war horses, this distance, in a dense formation to withstand artillery shotgun fire, for the cavalry is a cruel massacre, however, All these sacrifices are worth it. The cavalry of the Song army braved the shotguns and kept attacking the Liao army forts, "Serve the country with loyalty!" "Serve the country with loyalty!" After falling countless robes, they rushed through the distance of blood and fire for the last dozen zhang, and the cavalry rode directly onto the Liao army's artillery fortress, "Kill them all!" The cavalry had long been red-eyed, and the big guns were constantly picking off the panicked Liao gunners. The battlefield is so cruel, after passing through this period of time and spatial distance, the side that slaughtered and was slaughtered was instantly reversed.

"Well done!" There was a cheer and cheer in the sky above the Song military camp.

Zhang Xian stared at the front tightly, following his line of sight, Li Ruoxu saw that the phalanx of infantry soldiers composed of more than a dozen firecracker battalions on the battlefield sped up, I don't know whether he got Zhang Xian's military order, or the commander of the front formation found that the fighter plane directly ordered, the firecrackers were originally walking slowly side by side, and now they were trotting up with the firecrackers on their shoulders. On the other side, another cavalry commander, Wu Quan, led 3,000 cavalry to gallop out of the battle, passing through the condensed smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield and thinning the enemy's formation. Judging from the direction, the cavalry led by Wu Quan did not go straight to the central artillery fortress, but planned to tear another hole in the Liao army camp from the flank, and then flank the back of the Liao army artillery fortress.