And the Xiongnu servant army commanded by Jin Ilgang followed the Han army for many years, and was no different from the main force of the Central Army in terms of training and equipment.

The brothers Jin Riyan and Jin Rigang already occupy a high position in the central military system, so the treatment of the Xiongnu servant army is also rising.

What's more, the loyalty of the Huns has been tested for a long time, and Lu Bu and other high-ranking members of the Central Army are also very relieved to use it.

In particular, the Xiongnu servant army has been fighting with the Xianbei people on the grassland for many years, and the Xianbei slaves captured do not know how many, and they have the most experience in dealing with the Xianbei people, not to mention that they have a repeating crossbow.

Therefore, as soon as they fought, the Xianbei servant army was still the upper hand, and the Xiongnu servant army of Jin Rigang was already one-sided and slaughtered.

From a distance in his own phalanx, he saw that the opponent's 20,000 cavalry was obviously much stronger than his own cavalry, and the equipment was even more advanced.

Especially the 10,000 Huns, they were even more killed, shouting again and again!

It seems that if you want to win, you have to rely on the advantage of numbers.

He turned his head to look at the bald Pi Gu beside him, "Pi Gu Patriarch, let's take the initiative to be the main force, you and I will each send 50,000 people, how about it?" ”

The bald Pi Gu nodded in agreement, and he could also see that if he fought alone, he was definitely not the opponent of the Han army.

The horn sounded in the Xianbei army, and the herald conveyed the military orders to the ten commanders one by one.

The elite cavalry of 100,000 Xianbei in the west immediately urged the war horses to enter the battlefield.

These 100,000 elite cavalry are the standing armies of the two major Xianbei tribes in the west, and they are the most elite Xianbei iron cavalry except for the royal court guards.

One by one, the armor was neat, and the charge of 100,000 people was huge, and the horse's hooves kicked up the sand and dust in the sky, like a sandstorm sweeping towards the Han army.

100,000 men formed a wide front, overwhelming the world, and the men and horses of the two sides that had tried to fight had already withdrawn to their own positions, and did not love fighting.

It's just that the 20,000 people in Xianbei in the west left six or seven thousand corpses of people and war horses in the center of the battlefield, while the Han army suffered no more than 1,000 casualties.

Pei Yuanshao saw that the enemy was attacking in a big way, so he ran to Zhao Yunma, "General Zilong, please give us the depth of the front of our artillery position, and when the army attacks, please launch from both flanks of the artillery position to avoid accidental injury." ”

Zhao Yun asked solemnly: "You people can hold this front five or six hundred zhang wide?" ”

"No problem, the main thing is that the sound of mortar shells exploding is quite loud, I'm afraid of frightening our own war horses!"

Zhao Yun can understand this, when the detonators of the Central Army explode, the movement is quite large, and the same is true when the salute fires fireworks.

He nodded, and ordered the heralds to inform them that when the brigades attacked, they should bypass the deep area in front of the artillery positions, and take care of their horses, preferably blocking their ears.

When the 100,000 Xianbei iron cavalry charged, they naturally couldn't all be lined up, but a phalanx a few miles wide was discharged, and ten rows were arranged in front and back, and the left and right intervals were still quite dense.

As they charged, they were curious to see that there was no cavalry deployed in the center of the Han army's front, but a gap five or six hundred zhang wide.

On the gap is a large flat piece of land, which feels slightly condescending because it is a hillside.

On the flat ground was a large group of infantrymen in armor, busy around some iron racks and iron rods, which numbered about thirty piles and were arranged at intervals of ten zhang.

Since they are not the legendary chariots, and there are no spearmen like a forest, then there is nothing to be afraid of, no matter what kind of monsters they are, just go up and slash them.

Pei Yuanshao calmly watched the enemy charge coming, especially the Xianbei Iron Cavalry in the middle who charged against the artillery position, which accelerated significantly, and gradually highlighted the offensive queue.

Pei Yuanshao used his thumb, right eye and target to form a three-point line, made a rough calculation, then closed his right eye, and then used his left eye to observe, this is Professor Lu Bu's eye-beating method.

"Attention to all guns, prepare for the maximum range attack, one test shot!" Pei Yuanshao gave an order in a loud voice.

Then Pei Yuanshao saw those bombardiers who were holding cannonballs and participating in actual combat for the first time, carefully holding the cannonballs in their arms one by one, for fear of bumping into them.

Then he shouted loudly: "Hold it steady, hold it tight, don't worry, I'm afraid of a ball!" When changing hands, you must remember to shout "yes"! Listen to me! ”

When the enemy finally rushed into the range of 200 zhang, Pei Yuanshao shouted, "All of them, one test shot, prepare, release!" ”

The commander of each mortar followed the order, repeating Pei Yuanshao's instructions, "One test shot, release!" ”

The bombardier handed the shell to the second gunner, who shouted "Good!" While putting the shell into the muzzle with both hands, and then letting go of the shell to fall naturally, he quickly retreated.

The first gunner, who was responsible for stabilizing the gun mount, had already stuffed cotton in their ears so that the sound would not be too loud and hurt their ears.

Then there was a continuous "Bang! "Bang!" "Bang!" Then there was a large amount of smoke in the barrel of the gun, and a small amount of fire from the muzzle of the gun flashed.

With the naked eye, it can be seen that the cannonball with the tail fin is discharged at high speed, and with a sharp and piercing whistling sound all the way, it draws a beautiful curve in the air and falls towards the Xianbei cavalry charging at high speed.

The Xianbei cavalry who were charging also heard the sound of "bang" and "bang" coming from the position of the Han army, because the distance was far away, they didn't hear it very really, and they didn't know what it meant?

Then there was a sharp whistle, coming from far and near, towards them, and to the naked eye, it was a black thing, and something seemed to be spinning behind it, and the closer it got, the louder the whistling became.

Finally, the top of their heads began to fall, and when they hit the ground, there was a sudden loud noise, accompanied by a dazzling bright light and billowing smoke!

Each mortar shell has a radius of about three or four feet, and people and horses within this range are either directly blown to pieces or killed by the fragments produced by the explosion of the shell.

Those who did not directly hit the vital point, or those whose hands and feet were cut off, lay on the ground and let out bursts of screams, as is the case with people, and the same is true for war horses!

The place where the shells fell was blown into a large crater, and thirty shells fell into the Xianbei army almost simultaneously, and hundreds of Xianbei cavalry were either killed or wounded and fell to the ground, and the attacking team was immediately in chaos.

The Central Army on the battlefield erupted in loud cheers, and the officers and men who had seen the detonator explosion were relatively easy to understand and accept the power of the mortar.

Zhao Yun also nodded deeply, it turned out that this was the artillery that the lord mentioned when he was in the military academy, and it was finally built, and the effect was really good.

It's the equivalent of shooting a detonator into the enemy's formation and then detonating it, which is great.

Mortars became the first firearms to appear, and it was a matter of course.

(End of chapter)