As the republican army's platoon guns rang out one after another, the front of the Song army's position on the saddle of Xiaoling was soon filled with gunsmoke. Because Kolingan is not an open field, hundreds of muskets cannot be placed at all, so they can only be divided into several rows, and after fighting one row, they retreat back and let the musketeers behind them fire. Therefore, the output of firepower has a certain continuity, and rows of projectiles shot at the earthen wall, with great force, and suddenly there is smoke and dust. From time to time, archers and crossbowmen standing behind the low wall are hit by one or two heavy projectiles, and immediately flesh and blood fly!

Wu Song, who had become the general of the Zhaoyi Army, immediately felt that something was wrong. The progress of the Republican Army of the Zhou State is too fast, and what a new thing has come up! It seems that a "small cannon" that can be used by individual soldiers has been created, probably an upgraded version of the camel cannon, right?

Moreover, the second wave of the Zhou army's charge became obviously fierce. Instead of firing seventy or eighty paces away, they rushed to within fifty paces before firing the first round.

While firing a platoon of guns, their ranks were rolling forward - a volley of guns, just a few steps under the cover of smoke, and then another volley of guns!

This is not to drain the strength of their own archers, but to come up in close combat.

He hurriedly gave the order: "Gather all the auxiliaries and form a team, which will be directly controlled by this officer!" ”

Second Master Wu is the general of the Zhaoyi Army who has repeatedly fought in the north, and he has long forgotten how to win the battle, but he knows too well how to defeat the battle.

Looking at the current posture, Wu Song knew that he was going to lose. So immediately put together the palace army. When he came from the south, he had already found a place to set up an ambush - this was a mountainous area, and it was so easy to set up an ambush. I don't want to do anything to Zhou Jun, scare them, and let them chase them slowly.

However, the Zhaoyi soldiers were not completely tofu dregs, and just as the muskets were fired, their bows and crossbows also began to fight back. Waves of arrows were thrown out and landed on the armor of the Zhou soldiers, making a clanging sound.

There were also some musketeers who were wounded by the crossbows of the Song army! Bows and arrows basically can't shoot through cold-forged armor, but crossbow arrows are much more penetrating and can pose a certain threat to armored soldiers. But it can't be fatal with one hit...... Unless it's a coincidence, it's hard to achieve nirvana.

Therefore, it is difficult for a bow and crossbow with a firepower density that is several times greater to inflict heavy damage on the armored Zhou army - there are always people in later generations who fantasize about using bows and arrows to deal with the European line infantry in the 18th and 19th centuries, which is really reasonable in theory. Because bows and arrows have a faster rate of fire and a greater density of fire. But if you push the time forward by two or three hundred years, you can replace it with the various phalanx soldiers who wore plate armor when the hot and cold weapons intersected. Bows and arrows are only as lethal as they can be shot from a long distance to avoid the armor covering the enemy.

Theoretically, it is also possible, but when cannons and muskets are fired repeatedly, a large amount of gunpowder smoke is generated, obscuring the archers' view......

There was not much wind on the saddle of the hill today, so after a few rounds of volleys of guns from the Republican musketeers, smoke rose in front of the two armies.

Under the cover of smoke, the grenadier shield-bearers who followed behind the musketeers had already lit the fuse of the wooden-handled cannon.

After a few shrill whistles, it's time to run and drop bombs!

Dozens of hundreds of hammer-like hand cannons fell from the sky, most of them fell into the pile of crossbowmen of the Zhaoyi Army, and before they exploded, they smashed more than a dozen on the spot. Second Master Wu, who was watching the battle from a high place in the rear, was also stunned. What kind of play is this? Throw a hammer and smash someone? How many people can this kill?

Just as he was wondering, a ball of fireball rose up in the crowd of archers of the Zhaoyi Army!

"Damn! It's a hand cannon! Wu Song couldn't help but snort. Hand cannons can be used like this......"

There were similar weapons in the Song army! However, there were no wooden handles, and there were no specially trained "grenadiers", which were usually only used in defense of the city.

The tactic of covering the approach of grenadiers with the smoke of gunpowder fired with muskets like this, and then suddenly throwing a wooden-handled hand cannon, Wu Erye had never even heard of it in the past!

"Beat the drums!" Wu Song roared.

The drum is beaten to signal the sword and shield hand!

Wu Song did not bring the pikemen to the Xiaoling saddle, but took two teams of archers, two teams of crossbowmen, four teams of sword and shield men, two teams of auxiliaries, and one team of engineers. There are 11 teams and more than 1,600 people.

I wanted to build a little fortification in Xiaoling'an to resist the Zhou army for ten days and eight days. I didn't expect to encounter a hard battle as soon as I came up!

The bitter battle has just begun!

Wu Song's sword and shield hand met the axe and spearmen of the Zhou army!

The so-called axe gun is a combination of a short gun and a tomahawk. This kind of weapon has existed for a long time, and more than 20 years ago, when the "indoctrination regiment marched westward", Wu Haogu wanted to equip the troops with axes and guns.

However, this weapon is not easy to use, and it is a little difficult for the first generation of government soldiers who have only been putting down their hoes for a long time.

But now that it is the ninth year of the republic, the second generation of military citizens has gone to war. They were trained as warriors from an early age, and many of them were skilled in martial arts, so it was easy to train qualified axe spearmen.

The Zhaoyi saber and shield men they encountered were recruited from the farmers on the territory of Zhaoyi Town, and most of them were strong tenants.

Although the Zhaoyi Army has also worked hard to learn from Zhou Guo in the past ten years, it has never been able to break away from the framework of regimental training - the basis of regimental training is the "wise man doctor", that is, the big landlord. Basically, it is the armed forces that are pieced together by the warriors in the big landlord families as generals and the strong men in the tenants as soldiers. And the strong men who serve as soldiers earn military salaries, and they will not become military citizens. Basically, it is to make money as a soldier, and then go to buy land to marry a wife and have children.

In other words, they were still recruited, but not directly by the imperial court, but through the "Magi Doctors".

These "wise men" have become military contractors who have fallen into the eyes of money!

Needless to say, Wu Song is a general contractor, and now he has to fight for it, but it is all his capital......

The tenant soldiers hired by the scholars were actually quite powerful, after all, they were troops with "masters". But their foundation is still inferior to the second-generation military citizens of the Zhou State. As soon as the two sides were handed over, the tenant soldiers were a little unable to bear it.

But it didn't collapse immediately, but was forced to retreat step by step.

As soon as Wu Song, who was supervising the battle in the back, saw the enemy's axe and spearmen hula rushing up, he knew that Xiaoling Saddle could not hold it.

He is a martial artist, of course he knows that the axe and gun are not easy to use, and he is not a master who can't play it. Now that there are so many axes and spearmen, how can their own tenant sword and shield soldiers be able to stop them?

However, the problem is not very big, because the Xiaoling Anshan Road is narrow, and it is inconvenient to pursue. The soldiers under Wu Song's command can still retreat relatively calmly.

Now the question is just where will the Republican Army, which has broken through Kolingan, march to troops?

If the Zhou army marched south to Dingbei Sankou after breaking through Xiaoling'an, then Wu Songke, who was under the jurisdiction of Dingzhou soldiers and horses of the Zhaoyi army, would have a big head!

If the Zhou army goes west into the bottle-shaped pass, then thank God...... Today's battle of Xiaoling'an will be a victory.

……

"Good news, good news!"

Liang Fangping's excited voice sounded in Zhao Ji's ears again.

"Read!"

“…… On the eighteenth day of the first month of the sixth year of Xuanhe, Wu Song, under the jurisdiction of Dingzhou Soldiers and Horses, was ordered by Han Xiaoxuan, the commander of Zhaoyi, to lead three battalions of the Dingzhou army, from the three mouths of Dingbei to the Xiaoling Saddle of Feihukou, and confronted the East Thieves. It was the Dingzhou army that was entrenched in danger, with bows and crossbows like rain, swords and guns like forests, and round-the-loop battles, destroying more than 10,000 thieves. The so-called first division of the Eastern Thieves has been defeated, and it is said that more than 10 thieves and hundreds of thieves have been killed, and the brigade has retreated. Wu Song's army also suffered more than 100 casualties, because the arrow cluster was consumed too much, and the wounded soldiers needed to settle down.

Official, this Xiaoling Saddle is a dangerous point on the Flying Fox Trail, and Yinchengfang is south of the Flying Fox Mouth, facing the danger of Dingbei Sankou. These two places are not the defense areas of the Zhaoyi Army, but the territory of the Jin State. ”

"The East Thief didn't continue to attack Yinchengfang?" Zhao Ji was still a little skeptical.

"Nope." Liang Fangping said with a smile, "Han Xiaoxuan also said in the recital: After this battle, the eastern thief broke his courage, and Dingzhou was safe!" ”

"Good, that's good! Han Xiaoxuan has always been reliable and will not report successes indiscriminately. He said that Dingzhou is safe, then Dingzhou must be fine. Zhao Ji sighed, and his eyes turned to the map table placed in the main hall of Qionglin Palace, "Hejian Road and Cangzhou Road are all good news, and now the Zhaoyi Army has reported good news again...... It seems that Hebei is safe. Only Dengzhou is not good, and a lot of territory has been lost east of Zhifu Mountain. ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry," Liang Fangping said with a smile, "Zong Ze has already gone to Jingdong East Road to supervise the teacher, and it won't take a few days to stabilize the situation." The thieves obviously can't defeat the official army! ”

"That's right!" Zhao Ji nodded, "It should be a ...... that can't beat the official army."

Contrary to Zhao Ji's expectations, in the past month or so, his army has actually reported frequent successes, with a victory rate of 90%!

The Eastern Thief, that is, the Republican Army, ran into walls everywhere on the main battlefield in Hebei, and only made loopholes on Jingdong East Road, but did not take Dengzhou City, but only occupied some territory in the east of Dengzhou.

Today came the good news of the Zhaoyi Army! The Eastern Thief's attempt to attack Dingbei Sankou was once again crushed by the invincible New Army of the Great Song Dynasty.

"It seems that the Zhaoyi Army is still reliable!" Zhao Ji nodded, "How about that Yue He?" Are you feeling better?"

For Yue He, who has repeatedly fought in the north, Zhao Ji still trusts him very much. Now that there are many generals who have reported victory, it is inevitable that they will be proud of their victories, and it is time to promote the generals of the defeated army......

"Okay, much better." Liang Fangping smiled.

"Then let him come out and do things," Zhao Ji said, "Victory and defeat are commonplace." Let him go to Xiangzhou to recruit troops again, recruit a new army of generals, and after training, they will all be controlled by Zongze. ”

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