After a roar, the Tangut infantry was shaped like it had been gnawed by dogs, and more than two hundred fell at the front of the ranks.

Two hundred casualties were killed and wounded in between breaths, which was extremely staggering, and this change made the Tangut people on the front line all their footsteps stunned. But two or three hundred men was not enough to collapse the offensive compared to the three thousand men of the Tangut attack wave, and the people behind still pushed the soldiers in front to move forward.

After the smoke of gunpowder rose, the militia of Yanyan Road in the trench pulled the gun from the mound of soil on the side of the trench, roughly wrapped their hands in a damp cloth and reached into the mouth of the gun to clean up the inner chamber while wiping inside, and then wiped the water with a dry cloth, and then packed the gunpowder bags, wooden feeders and bullets tied together into the gun chamber, and then erected the gun on the mound of earth, pressed it with a cloth bag filled with soil, and aimed the gun at the Tangut people who could already see their eyebrows clearly and ignited the explosives.

With a bang, the gunpowder gas pushed the wooden nodder to push the cartridge pack of forty-two bullets out of the gun. At the moment when the bullet pack flew out of the gun, the sudden drop in air pressure tore the linen cloth that wrapped the bullet, and the bullet the size of a broad bean was thrown out, splashing a fragment of shields, armor, and minced meat in the ranks of the Tanguts.

Between the two shots of the gun, a group of militia soldiers poked their heads out of the trench, put the huge wooden plank behind the thick gun tube on the shoulder guard, and slightly aimed at the Xixia queue through the barrel, and then hooked the arquebus with their fingers, and the arquebus attached to the machine was lowered from the erected state, just so that the fire rope touched the gunpowder on the fire door, and the gunpowder ignited and ignited the gunpowder in the gun chamber to push the projectile to fly towards the Tangut people, and at the same time, the huge recoil also hit the soldier's shoulders numb.

At such a close distance, a projectile with a diameter of 2 mm has a huge kinetic energy, and even if it shatters the shield and hits a person, it is enough to break bones and tendons like a heavy hammer.

Immediately after firing the muskets, the militia fighters left the edge of the trench and moved out of the way for the second platoon to release the guns. They themselves retreated to the rear, pulled open the arquebus, removed the arquebus, cleaned the bore with a stick, took out a cardboard tube coated with lard from the leather box on their waists, bit the top of it, put one section of the paper tube and the lead bullet wrapped in the paper tube in their mouths, poured the gunpowder from the other section of the paper tube into the bore, used a pestle to solidify, then stuffed the lead bullet into the gun tube and pounded it twice with a steel stick, and then sprinkled the remaining gunpowder in the paper tube on the fire door as a blaster, and finally blew the fire rope twice to ensure that the fire rope burned normally, then clamped it on the arquebus, held the fire gun and waited for the order.

By this time the third platoon had finished firing the muskets, and the officers gave the order, and the musketeers who had been the first to let the muskets go to the edge of the trench again and put the wooden brackets of the muskets on the shoulder guards to activate the firearms.

Although the operation of the firecracker is complicated, these militia fighters have fired the firearm many times in the suppression of bandits, and this set of operating procedures is familiar with the chest, and there will be no mistakes with their eyes closed. Moreover, they have been living under the threat of war all day long, many of them have war experience, and they are not as nervous as the first brother who went to the battlefield for the first time.

The two rounds of firecrackers were released, and the gongs sounded, and the firecrackers stopped firing their guns, and only the guns and cannons still roared. The voice of Mingjin also sounded on the side of the Western Xia people, and Zhi Kerou had already ordered Zhi Kexing to lead the cavalry to rush out, and Yao Ji also led two thousand infantry to follow in a strict formation.

Zhao Sheng was under the banner of Shuai, because Yao Gang resolutely did not allow him to personally lead the charge, so he rubbed his hands in a hurry. If it was only Yao Gang, he might dare to jump on the horse and take a look at the front, but there was still Zhi Yinghui standing behind him. His ability to ride a horse and shoot arrows is enlightened by Zhi Yinghui, and he has been taught by Zhi Yinghui since he was a child. Although the twilight is sinking in the west, you can also see the dust rising, which is an ambush hidden in Fuzhou City.

Wei Ming Mahu is also a battle-hardened figure, and it cannot be said that he is not quick to react. When he saw his infantry being knocked down several floors, he knew there was trouble. Because both the Western Xia army and the Song army will put the strongest soldiers in heavy armor in front, many of the soldiers in the back row of the Western Xia army are completely unarmoured, if the soldiers wearing armor in the front row are killed, the soldiers who do not wear armor in the back will also be sent to death.

When he saw that the weapons of the Song army, which constantly made explosions and sprayed smoke, kept firing, and with the cooperation of bows and crossbows, his infantry could not advance for half a minute, he immediately gave the order to retreat, but it was still too late, his infantry had irretrievably collapsed, and even if there was no order to retreat, they had already turned and fled. The commander of the Song army was obviously a veteran, and he seized this opportunity very accurately, waving his army in pursuit, if he could not stop the Song cavalry, the infantry that had been completely confused would only be slaughtered.

Fortunately, he still had thousands of cavalry in his hands, nearly twice as many as the cavalry of the Song people. He immediately ordered the cavalry to attack, attacking the Song cavalry from both flanks. Not long after the order was given, a group of cavalry surrounded a chief and hurriedly ran over: "Oh no, the Song people have ambushed many people under the city of Linzhou, and they are coming here to kill." We can't resist the enemy, and it won't be long before they arrive. Hurry up and retreat, after reporting to the prime minister, raise a large army to take revenge for today's events! ”

Wei Ming Mahu was shocked: "Why did you report this matter now?" ”

The chief hurriedly said: "The Song people are too cunning, they used righteousness and courage to block our scouts, and they wore righteous and brave clothes, so they couldn't tell for a while. Generals, don't hesitate, it's too late if you don't withdraw your troops. ”

At this moment, several horses galloped over, and the cavalry immediately reported to Wei Ming Mahu: "A large number of Song troops in Fuzhou are marching westward, as if they want to cut off my rear road. ”

Wei Ming Mahu was embarrassed, most of the infantry and some cavalry were entangled with the Song army, and they couldn't retreat! Moreover, the cavalry is easy to withdraw, but as soon as the cavalry withdraws, the infantry without the cover of the cavalry is a lamb to the slaughter. The Song infantry faced the Western Xia cavalry, and the Western Xia infantry faced the Song cavalry, what can be done?

Before he could make up his mind, the situation on the battlefield had taken a sharp turn for the worse, and one of the chiefs beside him exclaimed: "The Song people are coming from the west!" ”

Wei Ming Mahu hurriedly turned his head to look west, the sun pierced his eyes and squinted his eyes, and he vaguely saw a cavalry with a fiery red banner killing this side with the background of the sun falling towards the horizon, and he couldn't see how many people there were, only the smoke and dust rolling.

Ma Hu understood that he had fallen into a trap this time and would never dare to fight again, but as a proud samurai, he would never abandon his subordinates and flee for his life. He drew his scimitar and shouted at the cavalrymen who followed him: "Come with me and get the people out, and everyone retreat together!" ”

According to his idea, he gathered as many troops as possible and retreated with them, but when he led the cavalry to cover a group of infantry out of battle, he was lucky enough to hit a 5.5 mm iron ball parabola, and half of his horse under his crotch was taken away in an instant, and he was also thrown off his horse and fell into the running herd and broke his leg.

The main general was wounded, and thousands of Tanguts fell into complete confusion, and in the end, although most of the Tangut cavalry ran away, the infantry was chased all the way for thirty miles, and many people died. If it weren't for the darkness, I was afraid that these Western Xia infantry would be wiped out.

The torches by the Quye River illuminated the Song army camp as if it were daylight, and Zhao Sheng had been standing straight outside the camp gate with his hands on his waist for two hours, so that when each team came back, he would see the heads cut back and the captured prisoners as soon as he returned. But after a long time, he suddenly became a little bored, and turned around and asked Yao Gang, who had been with him all the time: "Teacher, this battle is won like this?" It's a bit ......."

Yao Gang smiled: "Didn't you just win." It's not addictive, is it? Not thrilling enough, isn't it? But once the thrill starts, I don't know how many more people we will die, but it's still good. ”

Zhao Sheng's face flushed, and he defended: "I mean, it is said that the Western Xia people are so capable of fighting, and now it seems that it is nothing more than that. ”

Yao Gang said: "The Western Xia people can fight, that is because Li Yuanhao is good at using soldiers, and at that time, my Great Song Border Ministers did not understand military affairs. In fact, if you take a closer look at the history of previous battles, you should be able to see that whoever is well prepared, hides his intentions well, and is able to gain the initiative and mobilize the enemy, nine times out of ten, will win. We did all of this this time, and naturally won easily. But this is just a small victory, taking advantage of the unpreparedness, and the next big battle is the time to see the real chapter. ”