In the white mist, suddenly a flame flashed!

A moment later, a huge roar came, and at the same time, an iron ball had smashed into the dense queue of officers and soldiers! In the center of several battle formations in front and behind, it seemed to be swept by a gust of wind, and whistling cannonballs flew through the crowd.

No one could see how the shells were bouncing, and by the time the people around them came to their senses, the dust that the shells had bounced on the ground had risen violently, and many people had already fallen to the ground. A sergeant's helmet burst together, blood splattered, and the man fell limply to the side.

It was only after a while that the frightened crowd began to riot. However, the overall situation of the front of the official army has not been greatly affected, and it is still advancing to the front line!

The rebels fired only one cannon at first, seemingly determining the location of the shelling.

There were tens of thousands of foot riders on the large array, and no military general reacted at this time. Several arrays that were hit by the shelling were chaotic, and the generals who saw it nearby were only shocked and surprised, and people were all watching the crowd of people screaming in confusion.

A moment later, suddenly behind a small lake on the opposite side, on the flat hillside, many dazzling fires flashed! After an instant, in the crowd queue of the official army array, many arrays in front and behind were broken through. Less than a snap of a finger (second) later, the cannon "boom boom boom ......" sounded intensively, and the flames on the opposite side continued to shine.

This is a salvo of more than forty heavy guns! The artillery positions of the rebels were supposed to be lined up in three rows of artillery, and the flashes in the mist and smoke were very neat.

On the large array of officers and troops, many arrays were pierced by artillery shells, and at least 10,000 or 20,000 people were affected by the phalanx of hundreds of households. On the grand military formation, it was as if the wheat fields had been blown by a gust of wind, and rows of wheat were blown down everywhere.

Huge screams of terror and painful cries for help suddenly filled the crowd. The dry mud was stirred up by shells and the thick dust had not yet dissipated.

The frightened war horse neighed and ran in the big formation, and one of the war horses raised its front hooves, neighed in panic, and suddenly rushed out uncontrollably. One of the wounded soldiers had broken his legs, and even his bones were peeking out of the wounds, his hands pressed against his thighs, his face contorted as he stared at his bones, and screamed loudly and in fear. There were also people who had been hit by shells lying motionless in pools of blood.

When the officers and soldiers in the front encountered such a situation, the officers and soldiers involuntarily stopped their march everywhere without waiting for the general's order......

Under the banner of the Chinese military marshal with the word "Xu" written on it, Xu Huizu sat on the horse, and his eyes were round. He was speechless for a long time, just staring blankly at what had just happened, and after a moment he reached out and rubbed his eyes vigorously, so that he could be sure that it was not an illusion of a trance.

"He's a mother! What is this? Xu Huizu took a long time to say a word.

Is this a cannonball? That's a meteorite falling from the sky!

Xue Lu next to him was very calm, and Xue Lu responded helplessly: "With such a huge dense formation, the casualties will be very large if they are fired by the rebels' heavy artillery. We must spread out the array, and there must be a large gap between the arrays, so that the cannon is just an iron ball......"

Seeing the chaos in front of him, with just a flick of his fingers, the "light" in Xu Huizu's heart suddenly seemed to be poured with a basin of cold water, and it was immediately extinguished! He didn't have time to savor the huge emotional contrast, and his heart was already panicking.

Don't panic!

"The heavy artillery on the rebel artillery is now being loaded. And the second, third...... Volleys, as long as the officers and soldiers are still within range, will always be subjected to artillery bombardment. Xue Lu's voice said.

"I know!" Xu Huizu roared angrily.

Mainly because it was so sudden! Xu Huizu never dreamed that this would happen when the two armies approached. The tactics and steps that he had already thought of in his mind were suddenly all invalidated, and all that was left in his mind was a mess.

Most of the commanders of the Ming army at this time did not have to fight in person, and the biggest role of the commanders was only to boost morale; Nowadays, the commander of the Ming Dynasty, the most important ability is to make decisions before the battle!

No matter what the situation is, the main general must immediately come up with ideas, form a series of tactical steps, and make a decision!

Xu Huizu temporarily abandoned all his feelings and forcibly suppressed the waves in his heart, he was pondering and calculating, trying his best to find a way.

The surrounding generals all waited silently, and even Xue Lu and Tan Zhong were silent.

Helltime time! Every snap of time is a matter of life and death. Calm, calm......

As Xue Lu said, as long as it is within the range of the rebels' heavy artillery, the officers and soldiers will continue to suffer such heavy losses! A volley of fire has already caused a large number of men and horses to be confused, scattered, killed and wounded, if the dense array is placed here waiting for the artillery to come down again and again, it is estimated that the rebels will not need to ride up, and the officers and troops themselves will collapse!

The fingers of Xu Huizu's right hand pinched the back of his left hand vigorously, pondering solemnly and nervously.

It is necessary to respond immediately, immediately! The Great Array can't be set up here to die. The first way he thought of was, of course, Xue Lu's previous statement, to withdraw immediately. But Xu Huizu quickly thought of another way: attack!

If the army is rout, and the troops retreat before the battle, they will definitely be defeated! If the troops were withdrawn at this time, the battle was doomed to defeat; However, now that the rhythm of retreat is immediately deployed, it is likely that the rear army will be able to retain a lot of strength; Even the remaining troops may be able to re-engage in a battle...... If morale hasn't completely collapsed.

And attack, that's to fight! This is an opportunity to turn defeat into victory, after all, Xu Huizu had already arranged an offensive formation before the battle, and also deployed as many as 30,000 or 40,000 roundabout flank troops behind Hongmu Mountain on the left flank.

Victory or defeat is often in an instant, the general's heart is sincere, tenacious, and determined enough, and a miracle happens!

However, of course, this method has huge risks, can it quickly defeat the enemy's front? In the current situation, the battle method of continuing to consume and slowly occupy the advantage is no longer suitable for this situation! The offensive must be fought quickly and break through quickly...... At the very least, quickly advance to the rebel artillery and capture the artillery positions that destroy the rebels!

Once the attack is not fast, the officers and troops will not only be defeated, but will also lose even more badly, and lose nothing!

Xu Huizu weighed painfully......

"Boom, boom, boom, boom......" Another round of dense artillery rang out. Xu Huizu's heart trembled violently with the sound of a huge cannon, and when he looked up at his large array, many cannonballs had pierced through countless arrays again. The positions of the officers and troops were like Shura fields, with screams and shouts one after another, and chaos and collapse everywhere. Some of the arrays had already collapsed and fled.

Two rounds of artillery bombardment can actually defeat some elite troops? This is the elite division of the Ming Dynasty to guard the capital! I am afraid that this situation is not only due to the sharp artillery of the rebels, but also the low morale of the officers and soldiers and the spread of the mentality of chaos throughout the army.

"Attack!" Xu Huizu gritted his teeth and said suddenly.

The surrounding civil and military officers all looked sideways when they heard this, and looked at Xu Huizu's side faces with various expressions.

"In this battle, I must not lose the Ming Dynasty! If you lose, the officers and troops will not have the morale to fight again. The survival of the Ming Dynasty, the ethics of the world, fight here! Xu Huizu said with a cold expression.

The generals responded categorically: "Follow the order of the marshal!" ”

Xu Huizu ordered: "The front continues to advance. Bring all the heavy artillery to the front and fire it at the hillside! The main force of the cavalry of all divisions, all attack! Whatever it takes, take down the artillery array. ”

"Order!"

The pro-soldier herald took the order flag signed by Xu Huizu himself, quickly left the Chinese army, and galloped everywhere. Not long after, the drums and trumpets of the Chinese army also played again.

Xu Huizu took a deep breath, he felt that his decision was correct! Keeping the overall situation and the campaign in mind, we must not give up this opportunity...... The killer weapon of the rebels is nothing more than that artillery position; As long as it can be taken down, the officers and troops will be able to regain their advantages, and they will be stronger than the rebels in terms of troops, armor and equipment, and battlefield deployment! So the officers and soldiers still have a chance.

At this moment, the drum sound on the opposite side "Dong Dong Dong ......" sounded straight, and the Ming military music was blown everywhere. The rebels are the first to move forward!

"The King of Han is our king......" Bursts of shouts came and went, and in the brisk rhythm and joyful melody of military music, the fanatical rebels marched forward in various formations. At this time, the sky was still filled with mist, and the entire battle line on the earth was far away.

The various units of the front line of the officers and troops also gradually began to move forward. Although many brigades are chaotic and simply pushing and shouting very reluctantly, they are the elite of the Ming Dynasty after all, and they have not yet reached the point of collapse on the whole front at this moment.

The plain space between the two sides is extremely wide and less than 200 steps deep! At this time, the open space was being swallowed up by countless soldiers and horses, getting smaller and smaller. On the grand battlefield, both sides used the tactics of the whole army to assault, as if two black and oppressive waves of people were slowly surging closer.

"Rumbling ......" sounded like a continuous thunderstorm. The elite cavalry of the officers and troops from all over the army successively dispatched southward, and soon crossed the large formation of the infantry army. The flags fluttered in the air, the Ming armor shone in the morning sun, and countless cherry spears and blades rose and fell among the horses.

The sound of horses' hooves on the rebel side resounded through the heavens and the earth, and the rebel cavalry everywhere also launched!

In such a large-scale battle, it is usually repeated rushing and killing, taking turns to attrition, and it may be difficult to decide the winner for a whole day, until the strength and morale of one of the sides are getting stronger and stronger, and the defeat gradually appears......

However, this battle of Zhili is completely different from the previous wars. Even Xu Huizu, the main general, didn't expect it at the beginning; His decision to attack with all his might was only a temporary decision.

Less than half an hour after the start of the war, the two sides directly pressed all the capital and carried out a life-and-death Armageddon!

The pace of the battle has become very rapid.