But now after choosing to take the initiative to attack, the situation is very different.

First, the Shu army will lose its condescending geographical advantage, which is equivalent to the Shu army giving up its own advantages.

Second, and more importantly, if the Shu army stays on the hillside, it will be difficult for the Wu army's Suzhou artillery range to reach the enemy, unless the Suzhou artillery is pushed to the enemy's formation.

But that would expose the intentions of the Wu army, and at the same time make the Shu army prepared.

And now, the Shu army took the initiative to attack, and only if they moved a certain distance to the front, they would enter the strike range of the Wu army's Suzhou artillery.

At that time, as long as the Suzhou artillery of the Wu army was hidden behind the slope of its own formation, it would be able to launch a sudden and fierce blow to the enemy with grenades.

It can be said that the Shu army did not stick to its own position, but took the initiative to attack it, which was definitely a big mistake made by Wang Zongshou.

Since the Shu army made a mistake, Wang Maozhang would not be polite to him, and immediately ordered the 10,000 troops behind to follow closely behind the front army.

Of course, at this time, he did not dare to send too many troops, so as not to expose the strength of the left flank and let the Shu army guess the intentions of the Wu army.

And after the Shu army was dispatched, Qin Pei on the right wing also sent an order to Mi Zhicheng in front to let him slowly retreat, and at the same time dispatched the army to meet Mi Zhicheng.

Mi Zhicheng's purpose of taking the lead in attacking, one was to further mislead the enemy, and the other was to attract the Shu army to take the initiative to attack.

Now that these two goals have been achieved, Mi Zhicheng's troops naturally have to withdraw before the enemy can react.

"Withdrawn like this? It seems that the enemy army has not yet reached full strength, right? Liu Yan saw it and asked with some surprise.

"It should be a temporary retreat to prepare for the next attack. The enemy army only dispatched 5,000 people just now, this should be just a tentative attack, and then the Wu army will move in earnest! Kou Yanqing pondered for a moment and replied.

Liu Yan nodded, today's battle has been going on so far, although it seems that everything is still in their expectations, but he always feels that something is wrong, and he always feels that everything seems to be too accurate.

"That Wu King Yang Wu, who was once also a famous commander in the world, commanded the Huainan Army to conquer the Quartet, and was known as invincible and invincible; Now commanding Wu Jun, how does it feel a little too ordinary? Liu Yan muttered in his heart.

In fact, not only did he feel this way, but Kou Yanqing also had this feeling in his heart.

In addition, Ni Kefu, Zhang Wu and other generals were also faintly uneasy in their hearts, and seemed to feel that Wu Jun's actions were too ordinary, which was a little abnormal.

It's a pity that they just have such a strange feeling after all, and not really have any evidence; Second, now that the war has begun, and the Shu army on the right flank of the coalition army has also launched an attack on the Wu army as planned, even if they feel a little inappropriate at this time, there is no time for them to adjust now.

"I just hope nothing goes wrong!" Kou Yanqing and the others thought in their hearts at the same time.

However, the more the generals did not want accidents, accidents were inevitable.

The first round of troops dispatched by the Shu army was 30,000 troops, led by Zhao Ben.

As the so-called troop strength once there are more than 10,000 troops, it is vast and boundless, and the 30,000 Shu army, although the battle array is arranged as thick as possible, its front is still more than two miles wide.

Such a wide front, although it can give full play to the "strength advantage" of the Shu army as much as possible, but it also makes the Shu army not so flexible in terms of formation adjustment.

The march of tens of thousands of troops kicked up large clouds of dust on the ground.

It seems that the heavens are also on the side of the Wu army, and the wind direction at this time is just blowing from the side of the Wu army to the side of the Shu army.

In this way, the dust flying in the sky just flew towards the Shu army, making the soldiers of the Shu army unable to open their eyes one by one.

"This is a blessing from heaven!" Chai Zaiyong, who personally led the advance of the army, was overjoyed.

Yes, at this time, the time and place are favorable, and almost all of them are on the side of the Wu army, which simply magnifies the advantages of the Wu army to the extreme.

At this moment, Chai Zaiyong and the other generals of the Wu army no longer had any doubts that they were going to achieve a big victory today.

"This battle will be won!" Chai Zaiyong shouted wildly in his heart.

As time went on, the Shu army gradually approached the Wu army, and in the process, the Wu army deliberately slowed down the pace of the march in order to bring the enemy army as close as possible.

After another while, Wang Maozhang ordered again: "Send the order to Lu Shizhou and let him lead the troops to attack!" ”

By this time, the Shu army had already left its home formation for some distance, and even if the Wu army exposed the strength of its left flank at this time, the Shu army would not have time to withdraw.

What's more, the Shu army is about to enter the strike range of the Wu army's Suzhou artillery, and the overwhelming blow is coming, and at this time, it is no longer meaningful to continue to hide its strength.

On the contrary, it is to show strength as much as possible to hit the morale of the enemy army and make the enemy feel frightened and panicked, which is what the Wu army has to do now.

As long as the Shu army can panic, and then use the elite army to launch a surprise attack on the enemy, with the grenade bombardment, Wang Maozhang believes that even if the Shu army does not collapse immediately, under such a blow, the morale of the Shu army will inevitably drop sharply, and it will be difficult to block the attack of the Wu army.

This is the critical moment of whether today's battle can be won, so Yang Wu, Zhu Jin and other generals in the rear are silently estimating the distance of the enemy, and at the same time waiting for the Suzhou artillery in the rear to be extremely nervous.

"Fifty steps, forty steps, thirty steps......"

When the officers around him slowly reported the distance of the enemy, the hearts of Yang Wu and the others became more and more nervous with this report.

After another moment, the officer said loudly: "King Qiqi, the enemy has entered the range of our army's Suzhou artillery!" ”

Yang Wu nodded, but did not immediately give the order to fire.

At this time, the enemy army had just entered the range of the Suzhou artillery, so it was not the best time to fire.

After he continued to wait for a while, he felt that if he waited any longer, the distance between the Shu army and the Wu army would be too close, and at that time, the Suzhou cannon might cause accidental injuries when it was fired.

Therefore, Yang Wu finally raised his right hand high, and immediately, he slashed it down without the slightest hesitation.

"Launch!"

"Boom!"

In an instant, ten Suzhou guns in the rear, which had been prepared for a long time, launched ten grenades that had ignited the fuse, and flew towards the Shu army formation with a roar.

In the large array of the Shu army, Zhao Benzheng led the Shu army to continue to move forward.

At this time, the distance between the Shu army and the Wu army was less than fifty paces, and the Wu army had even stopped, as if preparing to bend the bow and arrow.

Seeing this, Zhao Ben was also ready to order the whole army to stop advancing and start attacking the enemy with bows and arrows.

However, at this time, with a roar, ten grenades flew towards the Shu army.

"It's Suzhou Cannon!" Zhao Ben reacted instantly.

Although the Shu army did not have the technology to manufacture Suzhou artillery, and the Shu army had not fought with the Wu army before, Zhao Ben and others had naturally heard of the Suzhou cannon, a sharp weapon for attacking the city.

"This Suzhou cannon is indeed a big killing weapon, if it is used to attack or defend the city, it is simply a ghost and a god, don't dare to stop it!"

"However, judging from the current situation, the number of Suzhou guns of the enemy army is not very large, only about ten."

"Such a small number is nothing compared to the general's army of 30,000."

"Even if it will cause some damage to our army, it will not matter in the big picture!" Zhao Ben cheered himself up in his heart.

He was in a relatively backward position, located in the rear of the 30,000 Shu army, just outside the range of the Wu army's Suzhou artillery, so the Suzhou artillery could not threaten him.

However, he didn't know that this time he was not facing an ordinary stone bullet attack, but a grenade that had never been used since the Northern Expedition was short-lived.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

It's a long story, but in fact, it only took a moment for ten flowering shells to fall into the Shu army's array, and then exploded.

Wu Jun's luck today seems to be very good, these ten grenades were all successfully detonated, and they were blown up in an instant in the Shu army's array.

"It's... Grenades thrown by enemy troops? Zhao Ben was shocked.

Of course he knew what this was, and the Huainan Army used this kind of thing to break through the 50,000 Liang army camp led by Kang Huaizhen in a very short time, which directly led to a series of defeats for the Liang army.

It can be said that this kind of sharp weapon is like a legendary existence, and it is the key thing that determines the victory or defeat of the battlefield.

When he realized that Wu Jun was investing in this kind of big killing weapon, Zhao Ben's mood suddenly sank, and he couldn't help but secretly scream in his heart: "It's not good, our army is in danger!" ”

It's a pity that his exclamation came a little late.

Compared with those generals who have more or less heard of the grenade, those ordinary Shu army soldiers have never seen and heard of this kind of thing.

It can make a loud noise, it can explode a huge amount of smoke, and it can kill many people in an instant, isn't this kind of thing the power that only ghosts and gods should have?

At this moment, the soldiers of the Shu army near those explosion points were immediately in chaos.

Of course, after all, the Shu army was numerous, and the impact of ten grenades was only limited to the vicinity of the explosion point, and those Shu army officers and soldiers who were far away did not know what was happening, but were not frightened.

However, in this way, some of the frightened Shu troops were in confusion and tried to retreat; The other part of the soldiers, who did not know what was happening, continued to advance towards the Wu army - Zhao Ben had forgotten to give the order to stop.

At this time, the second round of Suzhou artillery bombardment arrived.

"Boom, boom!"

In this bombardment, only eight out of ten grenades were successfully detonated.

However, it was these eight grenades that caused a little better than the ten grenades in the first round.

Because, the soldiers who had not yet figured out the situation before also came back to their senses at this time.

And when they come to their senses, their first reaction is fear.

"Run for your life! You must run for your life immediately! ”

At this moment, whether it is a commander or an ordinary soldier, there is only one thought left in their hearts to escape. 19