Chapter 473: The Great Tribulation Doesn't Die

And those few things are still waiting silently in the crowd. They are covered with a tarpaulin curtain, and I am afraid that even the anxious soldiers who are clustered around them have not thought that they can come in handy now.

The sky was already brightening unconsciously, and Xu Wei knew that if he couldn't open the situation as soon as possible, he was afraid that he would suffer the biggest loss since the founding of the army, gritted his teeth, jumped off his horse, and strode towards the place where the equipment was. On the way to the lion's mouth, there were still many soldiers who were blocked in the middle and couldn't do anything, and when they saw the commander coming in a hurry, they dodged one after another.

Coming to the instruments covered by the curtain, Xu Wei lifted them. The shape of this instrument was a little different from what he imagined. But it's useless to be anxious, he wasn't an interdisciplinary doctor before, nor was he an experienced technician, just a person who ran the rivers and lakes, take your time.

The flying fire cannon, less than three feet long, is made of iron, the body of the cannon is about eight inches thick, and the inner bore diameter is more than five inches. The cannon is mounted on the cart and can be pulled by mules and horses, or it can be propelled by manpower. Because it is fixed, the elevation angle of the gun mouth is also fixed. By the standards of the era in which Xu Wei originally lived, this was simply a clumsy product. But at present, at a time when war is still mainly based on cold weapons, its appearance is of great significance.

On this expedition, the Tiger Army carried six flying fire cannons, which have not yet come in handy. Now, it's time for it to play.

Guarding the fire cannon are soldiers who have been trained in Fangzhou for a long time, and they have mastered the use of two new types of firearms, assault guns and fire guns. Seeing the commander lift the curtain of the flying gun, they knew that it was time for them to show their skills

"Open them all and prepare to fire the cannon," Xu Wei ordered loudly.

The soldiers rushed up and lifted the cover on the cannon cart one after another, and the thick black cannon pipe made the artillery soldiers a little excited. Because they have seen the power of this equipment many times in the process of training, not to mention the earth-shattering sound when the cannon is fired, it is better than the earth-shattering thunder

"Commander, the brothers are crowded together, and the fire cannons are afraid of hurting their own people," said a petty officer who was anxious to drill the artillery.

As soon as Xu Wei looked, the location of the flying fire cannon was at least a hundred steps away from the Jin soldiers blocking the road, and because the cannon was fixed on the car, the elevation angle was not large enough, and it was difficult for the cannon to go out and get off his brother's head.

"Push forward, put something underneath, and raise the angle quickly"

Dozens of artillery handlers embraced the cannons, shouting and pushing them forward desperately, while the other brothers carried the gunpowder behind them. It didn't stop until it was forty paces away, and when the Flying Fire Cannon was cast, the highest range was fifty-three paces, which was no match for a bow and arrow, let alone a giant crossbow. But after all, it has just been trial-produced, and it is necessary to find out the shortcomings before it can be improved.

After the spitting cannon was arranged, the soldiers put something under the wheel of the cannon to raise the elevation angle, but it was too much, as it had appeared in the previous training, because the angle was too high, and when the cannon fired, the cannon jumped up and turned over the onion

The current spitting cannon is basically impossible to aim, and the operator only took a general look, and after estimating that the shells would fall in the crowd of the Jin army, he began to reload the gunpowder in a hurry. I saw a cannon operator holding a "cannon pestle" and stabbing it into the cannon pipe for a while, while another soldier picked up an iron cannon and put it through the gun.

"Get out of the way, fire the cannon," shouted the soldier with the torch, and as he spoke, the torch reached the lead. The officers and soldiers around immediately avoided and covered their ears.

Dozens of paces away, the troops led by Zhang Xian were fighting bloodily with the Jin army. It was a close battle, and both the Song and Jin armies showed great fighting skills and the courage to fight to the death. The Song army desperately wanted to kill the bloody road, the Jin army just took the corpses to fill in and did not give way, after a night of fighting, the two troops came and went, and they fought in the lion's mouth, and now, the ground is full of the corpses of the soldiers of the two armies, and other soldiers are stepping on these corpses and fighting hard

Zhang Xian himself has been killed covered in blood, the helmet is not known to be picked up by someone, his hair is glued together by blood, the round shield in his hand has been scarred, and the short-handled axe has already been changed twice, but the Jin army is still blocking the way, and it is up wave after wave, so it is necessary to put the tiger army here

When the soldiers on both sides were struggling to support, a loud noise that shook the heavens and the earth shocked everyone and made everyone tremble involuntarily

Zhang Xian suddenly felt that something "swished" and flew overhead, but found that a string of Jin soldiers suddenly fell in the tide of Jin soldiers in front of him, and he was stunned, and immediately woke up, this is when the flying fire cannon is surprised, the roar of the fire cannon sounded one after another, strictly speaking, it is the most primitive smoothbore cannon, limited by technology and technology, the muzzle velocity of the artillery shell when fired is not large, and the flight trajectory of the artillery shell can be captured by the naked eye

I saw that when the flying fire cannon fired, the smoke from the cannon mouth was thick, and the black iron cannon bullets whistled out, drawing an arc in mid-air, and fell into the ranks of the Jin army one after another

The soldiers of the Hu'er Army cheered for a while, but the soldiers of the Jin Army were frightened, not to mention the loud noise, once that thing flies, it often knocks down a column of people, and one person is the most unlucky, and is directly hit by the iron cannon Although the flying fire cannon has a short range and small power, the weight of the iron cannon and the thrust in the cannon tube still make it very effective in dealing with the dense Jin Army infantry group. was hit directly in the head, and there was no suspense when he flew with a cannon bullet on his head

After six cannon shots, there was no follow-up for a while. Song Jun took this opportunity to push forward desperately, and Jin Jun recovered from the shock and did not give an inch

"What's going on?" Behind the hill of Lion's Mouth, Yelu Ma Wu heard the earth-shattering noise and asked in discoloration.

The generals don't know anything, you look at me, I look at you, they don't know, but they just guess that it's probably the firearms of the Tiger Army, right? Didn't they use it when they were attacking the mountains before? It's just that the sound of the firearm is obviously not so loud, right?

When he was puzzled, he heard a loud noise several times one after another, Ma Wu was shocked and hurriedly sent someone to check. After a while, the soldiers reported that there was a weapon in the ranks of the Song army, which had not been seen before, and its sound was like thunder, throwing artillery, and the Jin army blocking the exit was too dense, and was caused great casualties by this firearm

"Artillery carts? The Tiger Army discarded all the baggage, where did the artillery come from? Ma Wu said angrily. No one has ever seen a cannon truck, it is the smallest single cannon, and it is also more than a foot high, why didn't I see a cannon truck in the Tiger Army?

It's just that he doesn't have a chance to check it with his own eyes now, because the battle has become a mess all around, and the soldiers of the Song and Jin armies are fighting to the death everywhere

"As long as the Hu'er Army is dragged here, as soon as the reinforcements arrive, no matter how powerful the firearms Xu Wei is, it will not help" With this thought, Ma Wu made corresponding arrangements for Xu Wei's new offensive. Besides, he can't arrange it anymore, and he doesn't have any extra troops in his hands.

The two rounds of artillery attacks, although there were not many enemies, but the psychological shock caused to the Jin army was great, Zhang Xian led his troops to attack, and gradually forced the Jin army to the exit, he moved, forcing the flying artillery to push forward, and the Song army, which was crowded in one place, gradually became lively

The "cannon" was once again reloaded, and the officer shouted nearby.

The gunman stretched the torch to the lead again, and the medicine line smoked, and when the spark flew towards the medicine room, it was only to hear an explosion, and the cannon was not blasted out, but exploded the body of the gun, and the soldiers around the fire cannon were affected, and the nearest one fell to the ground on the spot

A look of surprise flashed on Xu Wei's face, but at the moment, he didn't have time to investigate why he exploded. Because the cannon exploded, the cannon operator next to him didn't dare to light the fire again for fear of following in his footsteps

"Stunned, very cannon," the purple gold tiger roared, and the roar caused severe pain from the arrow in his right chest

The gunners will be heartbroken, damn it, even if the sprinkler family is unlucky After five cannon sounds, the Jin army suddenly collapsed as if it was responding to this cannon

Zhang Xian, who was almost numb with both hands, was overjoyed for a while, and howled in his throat: "Brothers, rush"

On the other end, the officer rushed to where Yelu Ma Wu was, shouting as he ran: "All the commanders, it's not good that the Hu'er army has stood out."

Ma Wu was furious: "Otherwise, the officers and non-commissioned officers will be executed together", and ordered the only remaining pro-army guards around him to also go up

How can it withstand it?

It is very difficult to advance forward, but it is easy to retreat, and once the troops retreat, it is difficult to stop. Zhang Xian led his troops to rush and fight all the way, and finally squeezed the Jin army out of the lion's mouth. As soon as the exit came, the outside suddenly opened up, as long as the Hu'er Army went out, the Jin Army basically couldn't block it......

South of Sanchuan Town, more than ten miles.

On the west bank of Luoshui, there was a sudden crowd of people, the further back, the denser the crowd became, as if Luoshui had risen the tide, take a closer look, these people turned out to be military men, although many people did not have weapons in their hands and no armor on their bodies, but it was still not difficult to see their identities from their descriptions. These soldiers supported each other and walked quickly to the south, and from time to time someone fell down, and their companions did not dare to stop for a moment, and dragged away

Yao Pingzhong was supported by a general, holding a phoenix mouth knife in his hand, and walked forward with a deep foot and a shallow foot. His description is really embarrassing, he is only wearing half a piece of body armor on his body, and the two covers are somewhere, even the phoenix mouth knife in his hand is also broken. Covered in blood and messy, how can there be the majesty of the little captain? He walked at the back of the line, shouting incessantly as the exhausted soldiers continued on their way.

"Where is this?" He asked, gasping, his eyes blank and even rolling his eyes a little.

"Xianggong, it has passed Sanchuan Town, and more than ten miles further is the Mausoleum of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor," the general said breathlessly.

As soon as he heard this, the little lieutenant could no longer walk, and sat down on the ground with his buttocks, gasping for breath. In other words, they have been out of danger and arrived at the border of Fangzhou

As soon as he stopped, the soldiers also stopped, no way, I really couldn't run, although it was only a few dozen miles, but the brothers were hungry and rushing, and the potential stimulated by the ** for survival had been exhausted, and now, these Xihe soldiers no longer had the slightest strength and even people, after they fell, they had no breath and a little strength, and they also climbed to the edge of Luoshui, buried their heads in the river, and drank desperately......

Yao Pingzhong looked at this tragic scene, and his heart was like a knife

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in front of him, listening to the exclamations of the soldiers, and the little lieutenant didn't know where he got the strength, so he jumped out and asked loudly: "What's the matter?"

"Ma Jun is coming, Ma Jun" responded to him with one voice after another.

When he looked around, he saw a group of horse troops coming from the south, heading north along Luoshui. Seeing them, Yao Pingzhong said happily: "This is my own brother, most of them are the garrison of Fangzhou."

The caravan of about 100 horsemen galloped like a fly, and at the first sight of such a large crowd, they immediately stopped the reins. After a moment's pause, he slowly came over.

For the rest of your life, seeing friendly forces, at this moment, there is nothing more exciting than this. The Xihe soldiers who had collapsed to the ground got up one after another, waving their hands and shouting loudly. As soon as the horse team came, they were surrounded by them.

There was a horseman in the army, a knight of about seventeen or eighteen years old, who wore a shiny armor and a sword that covered the moon, and who looked dignified and dignified, and took the reins and asked, "Where did you come from?" ”

"I am a Xihe soldier at the section level, and I just broke through," someone replied.

The young general was taken aback when he heard this, and blurted out, "Where is Yao Zhao?" ”

When the soldiers heard this, someone immediately cried: "Recruit the prime minister to lead his troops to break through the siege, and personally cut off the rear, I think it is not safe."

When the young general's face changed in shock, he heard the humane again: "Mo Hu said that Xianggong has broken through, and I think it is behind."

When the young general heard this, he didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately waved back the rout, and ran straight back, shouting as he ran: "Where is Yao Zhao?" ”

After running dozens of steps, someone beckoned: "The minister is here."

The young general turned over and dismounted, strode forward with a moon-covering knife, his eyes searched around the crowd, and finally saw Yao Pingzhong sitting on the ground, so panicked that he ran over in two and three, and bowed: "I have seen the lowly position to ask for the minister"

Yao Pingzhong felt that he was a little kind, so he asked, "Which officer are you?" ”

"The lowly Xu Zhong is the deputy commander of the Crane Army of the troops directly under the Xuanfu Disposal Division." The teenager replied.

"Xu Zhong? That Ling Zun is ......," Yao Pingzhong wondered.

"Father Xu Sheng." The young general said again. It turned out that he was Xu Si's eldest son, and at the age of fifteen, he fought from his father.

Yao Pingzhong listened, frowned and asked, "Your father was originally in Yaozhou, why are you here?" ”

"Hearing about the defeat at the front, Xuanfu was afraid that there would be a change in Fangzhou, and urgently ordered my father to lead his troops into Fang. Today, on my father's orders, I cruised along Luoshui, not wanting to meet my husband. Xu Zhong replied.

Hearing Xu Sheng's entry into Fangzhou, Yao Pingzhong's heart was a little relieved. If the Jin army comes to attack on a large scale, with his current strength and combat strength, I am afraid that he will not be able to resist it at all. After gasping for a while, after his breath calmed down a little, he stood up and said with difficulty: "Return to your father and ask him to send some soldiers to help." ”

"Obey" Xu Zhong clenched his fists, ran back to the side of the war horse, flew on the horse, and led his troops to gallop away in the direction of Fangzhou.

Yao Pingzhong was also afraid of losing and forced his troops to continue advancing. At this time, they have reached a safe place, and they have seen friendly troops again, where can the soldiers still walk? The little lieutenant had no choice but to let it go.

In less than an hour, more than 1,000 friendly troops went north to assist Yao Pingzhong's troops to return to the vicinity of Huangling. Xu Wei ran Fangzhou and set up a large camp around Huangling, and at this time, it was Xu Sheng's troops stationed here.

Xu Si thought thoughtfully, and as soon as they entered the camp after the collapse of the Xihe River, there were already ready-made hot soup and white flour buns waiting for them. The soldiers, who had been hungry for several days, were suddenly transformed into jackals and beasts, and swarmed up, eating and drinking indiscriminately, and some choked to death

Yao Pingzhong sat on a wheel, holding a bowl of broth in his left hand, and three buns stacked on top of each other in his right hand and nibbled violently, probably because he couldn't wait to chew the thread and wanted to smoke, so choked that he rolled his eyes, and that's it, he didn't stop. All around, there were officers and soldiers sitting or squatting, and there was no sound, only eating and drinking

A general led a few entourages to come in a hurry, about forty years old, seven feet long, and an extraordinary bearing, it was not difficult for anyone to guess his identity when they saw him. Because he looked very much like his brother, except for the long beard under his chin.

"Father, Yao Zhaoqiu is ahead." Xu Zhong led his father to Yao Pingzhong.

Xu Si really couldn't believe that the person in front of him was the little captain in the Mingzhen Pass, and the latter was only concerned about eating and drinking, and he didn't even notice that someone was coming to him.

Looking around, seeing that the Xihe soldiers, who were known for their fierce and good at fighting, had become like this, Xu Sheng couldn't help but feel heartache. After a long time, he hugged his fists and said, "Yao Zhao." ”

Yao Xiyan raised his head, and when he saw that it was Xu Sheng, he hurriedly put down the food in his hand, got up and saluted: "Xu is in control, and I will help each other." ”

"They are all comrades of the Western Army, why do they distinguish each other? It's been hard all the way to recruit the prime minister, please. Xu Sheng saw that he was really hungry, so he said.

Yao Pingzhong was not polite, sat down again, and munched. Xu Sheng looked at it for a while, sighed, and asked tentatively: "After all, something happened to make it ......"

Hearing him ask, Yao Pingzhong, who was stuffing the bun into his mouth, stopped, lowered his head, and didn't say a word. After a long while, he sighed and said, "The division is like a mountain falling." ”

Xu Siwen's color changed, and he and his entourage glanced at each other, and they were all shocked

"Don't hide the control of Xu, if it weren't for the Xuanfu Prime Minister to send troops to rescue, Pingzhong's time may not be guaranteed." The little lieutenant smiled bitterly.

Xu Sheng was even more puzzled, and frowned: "When will Xuanfu Xianggong send troops to rescue?" ”

This time it was Yao Pingzhong's turn to be surprised, and immediately asked, "What?" Xuan Xiang did not send troops north? ”

"After hearing about the defeat at the front, Xuan Xiang feared that Fangzhou would lose, so he sent me to station here in case the gold thieves came to attack, and there were no reinforcements to go north." Xu Sheng replied truthfully.

Yao Pingzhong's face was cloudy, this is strange, if Xu Xuanfu did not send troops to rescue, then who was the one who fought with the Jurchens on the shore of Luoshui last night? If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have escaped