Xi Jun's face during the walk, Zhao Xingde could see clearly in the clairvoyant mirror, except for fear or fear, he believed that most people's minds were already blank. Despite the officers' best efforts, the formation was crumbling, and most of the men were pale except for those who had been killed and wounded by shells and fell to the ground, and were paralyzed and unable to move forward. The Xi army entered the range of three hundred steps in front of the trench, and Zhao Xingde said in a deep voice: "General Gao gathers his subordinates, and after firing three rounds of shotguns, the cavalry rushes out." The herald replied loudly, and through the colorful banner at the head of Nanshan City, the general's order was transmitted.

The military order passed down by Zhao Xingde in front, and Han Ningshuang had no objection in the back, Gao Bolong suddenly smiled and said: "To behead the general and hold the flag, we still have to use our horse army." Han Ningshuang's eyes lit up, and he ordered: "This battle is extraordinary, we must act in accordance with General Zhao's orders, and we must not make our own decisions." Gao Bolong clenched his fists and said loudly: "The last general understands!" He immediately retired and strode out. Gao Bolong's subordinates suffered a lot of losses under Liaoyang City, and after returning to Suzhou Guannan, he supplemented some elite cavalry selected by various departments and trained them. A moment later, more than 500 cavalrymen mounted their horses, held their spears in their hands, and slowly moved forward under the cover of Nanshan City.

In the Liao army's big array, Yelu Yanshan saw that the Xi army had gradually approached the Han army trench, and his eyes showed a hint of joy, and the more than 5,000 Khitan cavalry of the front army were eager to try, but Yelu Yanshan still did not give the order, only waiting for the Xi army to launch the final sprint, and then took advantage of the opportunity when the artillery fire on the head of the city was attracted by the frontal Xi army, and the cavalry could bypass Nanshan City with minimal casualties.

When the forward of the Xi army was only more than 100 steps away from the trench, the artillery on the opposite side had been replaced with shotguns, and if more than 100 musketeers fired at the same time, the Liao army's skinned wooden shield could not block the oncoming shotguns at all, and the soldiers in the front row were shot one after another, screaming and falling to the ground. The soldiers in the back couldn't see the situation clearly, so they could only stumble to fill it.

Seeing that he was about to rush to the front of the trench, Yuwen Mo said in a deep voice: "Push out the Hao Bridge and the stone cart!" The ranks of the Xi army slowed down slightly, and the soldiers in the front were separated on both sides, and the siege equipment hidden in the formation was pushed forward in the back. At this time, it was only a few dozen steps away from the trench of the Han army, not only the power of the Han army's artillery had reached its maximum, but the archers behind the wall of the trench were also constantly releasing arrows, and the artillery shotguns and arrows were like rain, and every moment there were soldiers and soldiers of Xi who kept falling, and the soldiers in front of them were suddenly a little scattered.

Yuwen Mo shouted loudly: "Don't mess up! "Rush forward together!" While urging the soldiers to push the cart full of earth and stones, they rushed towards the oncoming Han army fortification. The artillery fort at the front of the Han army was also built at the lowest level, as long as the stone cart was pushed up and earth and stone were added, the cannon hole could be temporarily blocked, so that the Han artillery fort would be ineffective, and the other Xi troops could pass through the trench smoothly. The other Xi army officers also drew their scimitars and rushed forward with their subordinates. Just across the trench dozens of paces away, there were only a few hundred crossbowmen, and they could not resist the attack of nearly 10,000 people. The capture of the outermost ditches and bunkers was only the first step in the capture of Nanshan City, and the next step, through the second trench, the besieging army could get close to the walls of Nanshan City, which was the narrowest place and the most dense Han artillery fire.

"Yuwen Mo is really a brave general!" A smile appeared on the corner of Dutong Yelu Yanshan's mouth. He secretly said in his heart, after this battle, he should ask His Majesty to give him the surname Xiao, or even the surname Yelu, but the Yuwen clan of the Xi clan has always regarded itself as the royal family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and I don't know if this Yuwen Mo Ling does not appreciate it. Thinking of this, Yelu Yanshan restrained his smile, his eyes showed a cold light, and he ordered in a deep voice: "The cavalry of the left army will go out of battle and cut off the enemy's way back!" He hesitated slightly, and then said, "If you can capture the defender of Nanshan City alive, bring him over to see me!" ”

Deputy Commander Guo Baoyi also nodded. He was still a little ashamed in his heart, but Shicai was shocked by the sharpness of the artillery. "It seems that the thief's military skills stop here!" Guo Baoyi thought secretly, "As long as you can go forward, the next digging of the city wall, the ladder siege, are all old methods, no matter how powerful the artillery is, firing shotguns, at most it is equivalent to a hundred crossbowmen, and the small city in Nanshan can withstand the siege of a hundred thousand troops?" Thinking of this, Guo Baoyi bowed slightly, and his heart relaxed a lot.

The Chinese army's own soldiers gave the order, and the 5,000 cavalry, who were already eager to try, immediately dispatched. Because the soil in the south was soft and unsuitable for horses to gallop, the cavalry general who led the army chose to return to the rear of the city from the north of Nanshan City. With the cavalry out of the battle, the shouts of tens of thousands of Chinese troops in unison also reached the climax, the sound of the Hu Ji resounded in the sky, and the drummers also used all their strength to beat the war drums to the sky, as if the sound alone could collapse the small Nanshan Tucheng.

However, in addition to the deafening roar of artillery, the cheering sound of the rear was almost inaudible to the besieging Xi army. The Xi army that rushed to the front all opened their eyes wide, and looked at the group of iron horsemen who turned out from behind Nanshan City in fear, turning several times along the way that the Han army had left for the cavalry to counterattack. When he rushed to the open ground, he was only less than twenty paces away from the front Xi army. In an instant, hundreds of cavalry did not have time to organize the formation, so they rushed into the Xi army's foot soldiers, which had been completely scattered, and patches of blood and screams were scattered everywhere, and the fear of the Xi army's collapse to the extreme finally broke out like a flood that broke the embankment.

"Kill—" "Kill! Gao Bolong laughed proudly, these Liao troops braved the artillery fire for two miles, maintaining the formation, and they could be regarded as a strong army, but so what, as soon as Grandpa's cavalry came out, they were scared. The formation of the Xi army has been scattered, although the number is large, but it cannot resist the cavalry, not to mention that Gao Bolong's cavalry is the most elite in the Han army, the men and horses are all wearing heavy armor, once the war horse runs at full speed, the foot soldier does not say that it is confronted head-on, even if it is rubbed, it may be knocked out. Many of the soldiers did not care about anything, turned around and fled.

The Liao cavalry, which was detouring towards the north of Nanshan City, discovered the Han cavalry almost at the same time and rushed out. "Cavalry!" "The cavalry of the Han Chinese!" The commander of the thousand and the centurion shouted to Yelulu, "Do you want to rush over?" Yelulu's face was gloomy, and he knew in his heart what the appearance of cavalry at this time meant to the besieging infantry. Originally, there should have been a team of kidnappers and horses on the flanks of the infantry formation, but the artillery at the head of the city was powerful, and there were trenches in front of Nanshan City, so in order to avoid unnecessary casualties of the cavalry, Yelu Yanshan did not arrange for the cavalry to follow.

"Leave them alone, let's go!" Yelulu said in a deep voice, as if he was about to quickly leave the area where the cannonballs were flying, he clamped his horse between his legs, and the five thousand Liao cavalry passed through the open area north of Nanshan City like a gust of wind. Because the cavalry ranks were sparse and the horses were running extremely fast, the artillery at the head of the city was constantly bombarding, but it did not cause them many casualties.

In front of Nanshan City, more than a dozen stone carts were abandoned only a dozen steps away from the Han army's artillery fort, most of the Xi army turned and fled, and a few people scurried around like headless flies in place. "Don't retreat!" Yuwen Mo's face was gloomy, he pulled out his scimitar and shouted hoarsely: "Form a circle!" "Formation!" Yuwen Mo had hundreds of personal soldiers, and stopped a few of the fleeing soldiers, barely forming a circle formation according to the chariot, like a hedgehog, and forcefully pointed the sword and spear outward. The cavalry of the Han army had no way to speak, and most of them went to chase and expel the scattered Xi army, and only a few dozen horsemen circled around the circle.

Zhao Xingde's face was slightly gloomy, Xi Jun was still able to resist in such a situation, which was much to his surprise. "All artillery fire, aim at the enemy formation!" As soon as he finished speaking, before he could give the order, he only heard a few sounds of "boom-boom-", and the shells fired from the north battery fell into the Xi army formation one after another. Immediately afterwards, the other artillery positions also opened fire one after another, this round array Nanshan City is so close, the artillery is very easy to aim, and the power of the cannonballs is also extremely great, whether it is a round iron bullet or a shotgun, all of them make the flesh and blood of the Xi army in the formation fly, and even a cannonball can continuously penetrate more than a dozen people, almost in a moment, this hastily formed circle formation collapsed.

"My lord, let's go, let's go!" Several pro-soldiers desperately dragged Yuwen Mo backwards. The defeat is like a mountain, and no matter how great the ability is, it cannot be recovered. Some of the defeated soldiers fled to the enemy, and the officers who prevented them from escaping, on the contrary, they were able to ruthlessly attack the enemy, and no one could say clearly on the battlefield anyway. His subordinates were scattered, and Yuwen Mo had nothing to do, his face was covered with blood, and he looked back at Nanshan City fiercely, and then fled backwards surrounded by his own soldiers, and behind him, there was no longer a Xi army that resisted. Compared with the cavalry of the Han army, which pursued the north, the number of the Liao army was still the absolute majority, but almost all of them were fleeing, and some even collapsed to the ground in the pursuit of the cavalry, kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy.

"Well done!" Until this time, Zhao Xingde said in a deep voice: "Order, let General Gao return to Nanshan City immediately, and there is no need to entangle with the enemy army." When the horn of the city's collection of troops sounded, his mood relaxed slightly, and he said with a smile: "If the enemy army is in formation, if it really saves morale, it will be troublesome, who is the one who fired the cannon on the enemy platform in the north of Shicai?" Take credit. ”

Gao Bolong was rushing to kill, and when he heard the military order to withdraw the troops, he couldn't help but be disappointed, but he remembered Han Ningshuang's instructions and scolded: "His grandmother's, don't let people kill him!" He turned his horse's head and rushed backwards. The battlefield was very chaotic, the cavalry had long lost its subordination, and most of them immediately turned their horses back after hearing the order of the city's heads, and a few cavalry chased them out for a long time, until the Liao army sent a large cavalry to intercept them, and then turned the horse's head and returned to the city without danger.