The sound of enemy artillery in the distance was still like thunder, Zhu Gaoxu shouted, turned his horse, and passed by a charred village ruins; In a short time he led a group of soldiers up the hillside to the north. The hillside is bare with only scorched wood and plant ash.

Two or three hundred paces away is the enemy formation! Dust and fog billowed in the air, and gunsmoke filled the distance. In the midst of a loud roar, the artillery of the enemy battle shone brightly and blindly, and the firearms flashed in the smoke, and the arrows above were like swarms of locusts.

It was obviously a sunny day, but the sky above the enemy's large array in the north seemed to be as hazy as a cloud.

The smoke was so great that Zhu Gaoxu couldn't fully see the fighting on the front line; But in his line of sight, he could also see that the cavalry of the Han Dynasty army was turning on their backs one after another, and the scene was very tragic more than 200 steps away. You can also hear the neighing of horses, the cries and screams of the people, the cries of despair and misery!

"Only the most loyal and brave soldiers can do this." Zhu Gaoxu stared at his eyes and said with a heartache.

But he let the most loyal and brave soldiers be sent to death in front of him! He could only hope that they would not die in vain and that they would die worthwhile.

Zhu Gaoxu's left hand tightly grasped the hilt of the waist knife, and his right hand was clenched into a fist, his heart was nervous and emotional. The murderous battlefield aroused his memory, and the images of those losers being exterminated by the Ju clan flashed uncontrollably in his mind from time to time.

But he understands that too many feelings are useless at this time! Reason reminds him that he must face everything calmly, make the right judgment, and make the right decision! There can be no pity, no sympathy, no heartache and weakness......

Zhu Gaoxu looked left and right, and the nearby Hanwang artillery had been set up, and the artillerymen were digging and pounding sacks of sand around a gate with a triangular red flag attached to the artillery. There was also a hillside on the left, and the artillery on that side was also pulled uphill.

All more than 40 Hanwang cannons, such cannons are also the only ones in the world at this time.

On the hillside behind, the sound of whips and the cries of donkeys were noisy, and there were soldiers pushing behind the donkey carts. On each donkey cart was a triangular red flag with a number written on it...... Because the size of the shells used in each Hanwang cannon is different. Each cannon only had one iron bullet for a donkey cart, and there was no more after the shot, so the craftsmen could only be called in the big city to re-cast and screen.

All Hanwang artillery is deployed on two gentle slopes; Each artillery array was divided into two rows. The cannons were spaced far apart to avoid being hit by the heavy artillery of the officers and soldiers. This place is completely within the range of the officer's artillery!

Zhu Gaoxu watched the battlefield for a while, pondered for a moment with a solemn expression, and suddenly turned his head and shouted: "Drumming!" Facing the east side of the Han King flag, three on the left and two on the right. Send someone to herald peace, and attack immediately! ”

"Order!"

The drums of "Knock ......" sounded, but in the midst of the loud cannon and noise, the drums seemed to have little momentum.

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to the right, and saw that the Ping'an Army flag behind the right side began to move forward. There was a big man under the banner of the army who was looking this way, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but looking at the figure, it seemed to be Ping'an. Zhu Gaoxu also faced over there and nodded vigorously a few times, not knowing if he could see it from a distance.

He said to himself: I trust Ping An so much, you must not make a mistake in a critical battle!

The sound of horses' hooves gradually roared, and the huge movement seemed to be a continuous muffled thunder in the sky. Zhu Gaoxu looked east, the smoke and dust were everywhere, and he couldn't see the east end of the horses, as if the whole land was covered with cavalry!

The total strength of the horse army under the command of Ping An is about 20,000 cavalry. The cavalry occupies a much larger area than the infantry, and the dispatch of 20,000 horse troops is simply an endless battle.

The horses in front of them had begun to jog one after another, looking like the field and countless animals were migrating in the field when the storm came.

Huguang is not very suitable for cavalry combat; The terrain of the whole land was more complicated, and the ridges, ditches, villages, and ponds were not conducive to cavalry charges. Therefore, most of the time the horses are jogging, and only when necessary, they will launch short charges.

But no matter what, the tactical movement of the Ma army on the battlefield will always be faster than that of the infantry barracks!

The great herd of horses in the east, like a torrent, gradually spreads to the north.

From the distance to the northeast, there was also a faint roar. Zhu Gaoxu looked at it with great eyes, and when there was a burst of gunpowder smoke and dust, he could already see the movement of the horses in the distance to the north. The main force of the cavalry of the official army was also dispatched!

With such a vast and numerous battlefield, the arrangement of the army is indeed difficult to hide. The officers and soldiers should have found out the position of the Ping'an cavalry in advance, so they transferred a large number of horses to the east for reinforcements.

At this moment, the area around the hillside where Zhu Gaoxu was located was gradually filled with a tidal wave of infantry phalanxes. Countless large and small military flags fluttered in the wind, and the front waves of the army began to cross the position of the artillery position.

A number of infantry troops and hundreds of households formed a phalanx, and a large phalanx was formed, and each department generally maintained the queue and order and moved forward. However, due to terrain restrictions, some phalanxes that walked to both sides of the hillside of the artillery charge were forced to temporarily turn into longer and narrower columns; After passing through the eastern and western slopes, the phalanxes returned to their positions.

In this situation, the large infantry of the Right Wing Army was as grand as the ocean. The whole army is divided into two front and rear phalanx groups, and there are some quanyong phalanxes in the back, all of which are advancing!

The offensive of the right flank, there was no repeated struggle, no advance or retreat! Before the war, Zhu Gaoxu thought that the right flank had a better chance of winning, so he pressed all the troops at the beginning and mobilized all the Han Wang artillery on this side; When it's time to stuop, you must not be soft!

Knights around Zhu Gaoxu rushed up one after another to report the military situation. Chen Dazhui, the military general of the Northern Division, is now also leading Zhu Gaoxu's pro-army general, Chen Dazhui and several civilian officials are talking to the scouts who are coming one after another.

Zhu Gaoxu ignored the general military situation, he was staring intently at the scene on the battlefield. The big brown horse, seated, seemed a little restless in the midst of the great roar, and its hooves kept pacing in place. Zhu Gaoxu's body swayed slowly with the horse's back, but he himself was quiet, his expression was calm, his breathing was even, and he was trying to get rid of distracting thoughts.

So far, there have been no unexpected mistakes on the battlefield, and Zhu Gaoxu's mentality is very stable. He was also secretly mentally prepared, even if something went wrong, he couldn't panic and be anxious.

He calmly watched the changes in the battlefield on the right flank, observing the distance from the front wave of the infantry to the main formation of the officers and troops, and his mind was constantly calculating the time of the infantry march everywhere.

"Bang!" A stone bullet suddenly smashed a dozen paces away, and a horse neighing came from the left. But Zhu Gaoxu didn't reply, turning a blind eye. Chen Dazhui's voice said: "Lord Wang, beware, it's very dangerous here!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu did not respond, his eyes were still looking back and forth from the horse army in the distance to the infantry artillery array in the distance. In my head, I was thinking and thinking non-stop.

A voice said: "Lord Yu, the Han King Cannon is ready!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look and nodded. He waited a little longer, and then shouted: "Order, prepare to bombard the enemy position!" ”

"Order!"

The generals on the artillery emplacements shouted and shouted, and there was a burst of drums, and shouts were also heard from the hillside on the left.

After a while, there was a sudden "boom" on the ground! Zhu Gaoxu, who was on the hillside, only felt a flash in front of him, his eyes blinked, and the horses under the seat were frightened and ran forward.

There were several neighing sounds of horses around him, white smoke billowed from the hillside, and some horses rushed down the hillside in a disorderly manner, and the shouts and curses of people came from the hillside. The war horses of the Ming army have been trained in the sound of guns and cannons, but the sound of a cannon near just now was so loud that the hillsides seemed to tremble! The horses probably didn't pay attention suddenly, and several war horses were frightened.

"Phew! ...... Zhu Gaoxu reined in the horse while stroking the horse's neck to comfort her. His horse was very human, and sure enough, it quickly stopped, slowed down its gallop, and raised its head to "neigh......"

The shot just now, Zhu Gaoxu didn't see the effect. The smoke in the air was also very large, and it was estimated that only the gunners in front of the artillery array could see it. A moment later, a loud cannon fire was also heard on the hillside on the left.

A puff of white smoke rose from that side, and Zhu Gaoxu heard a whistling sound in the air!

The enemy army in the distance has been firing artillery and firing guns, and the smoke and dust of gunpowder have spread. But after a while, Zhu Gaoxu still saw that in the middle of the wide enemy formation, there was a turbulent formation, and the crowd between dozens of paces deep was chaotic.

It was even faintly as if I had heard screams.

Zhu Gaoxu was overjoyed! Through the observation of the test artillery on the school field, he had long expected that the low angle of the Hanwang cannon shell bounced, and the lethality of the infantry phalanx far exceeded that of the Hongwu cannon that fired dozens of pounds of heavy artillery shells into the air.

On the hillside not far ahead, the remaining more than 20 Hanwang cannons began to adjust their height. An even bigger battle is coming!

The artillery of the Han Wangjun also did not have measurement tools, and mainly relied on the observation of the gunner to adjust the bearing, and the accuracy was relatively poor; But the deviation will not be too outrageous, what accuracy is needed to hit those dense large squares on the opposite side? As long as the shell didn't drift too far, if it could hit an approximate position, it would definitely hit someone!

The artillery array was only two or three hundred paces away from the main formation of the officers and troops; But the place of artillery shelling is not in front of the enemy formation, but in the depth of the back! Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu has not issued a military order for Wang Bin's troops to retreat; At present, Wang Bin's cavalry is still attacking the front of the enemy formation from time to time in columns.

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't just think about how many cavalry would die in Wang Bin's troops in the extended time, he forced himself to only think about the odds of victory. He said in his heart: After the Han King cannons are shot for one round, he will order Wang Bin to collect his troops!

"Beware!" A military general on the artillery array turned his head and shouted, and then raised his waist knife high.

Zhu Gaoxu stared at the large phalanx in the north, and waited calmly.