Chapter 102: Decisive Victory 1
As the ten-faced human skin drums in the rebel army were rumbled, groups of rebels slowly advanced towards the battlefield under the leadership of their respective leaders. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Both armies watched each other silently, moving forward until they heard their drums fall, and then they stopped.
Gao Huaiyuan walked to his commander's flag, raised his eyes and looked ahead, looking at the enemy army with their company camp covering almost the entire north bank of the Enjiang River, if he hadn't been reinstated as soon as possible, Chen Sangun's rebellion would never have risen so early, and the force would never have developed so rapidly.
But immediately Gao Huaiyuan swept this idea into the garbage heap again, because judging from Jia Qi's intelligence, this Chen Sangun had actually been secretly preparing to rebel for a long time, and the government in the area of Jiangnan West Road and Fujian Road had indeed not done much good over the years, and more and more harsh taxes were imposed on the people, which had already overwhelmed the people. The losses to the Great Song Dynasty may be even more severe, and it is likely to become a protracted peasant uprising.
Rather than let this tumor slowly fester, it is better to let him develop rapidly, and it is better to cut it off directly, Gao Huaiyuan made up his mind, after this time the rebellion was quelled, he would use the power at hand to rectify the rule of the two roads, at least let the people have the capital to settle down, and it can be regarded as his explanation to the people who were forced to make trouble.
After seeing the Song army stopped, Chen Sanshu looked at the formation of the Song army in front of him, and was still a little worried in his heart, because the appearance of this Song army was very neat, and there was no slightest commotion in the whole army, as if he was ignoring so many soldiers and horses under his command, it seemed to be quiet and terrifying.
Although there are not many soldiers and horses in the Song army, the sense of pressure produced is far more than that of the rebels under his command, don't look at their numbers, but under the murderous aura of the Song army, many of the generals under his command still showed nervous and frightened looks on their faces, some soldiers even trembled with nervousness, and some archers couldn't help but raise their arms and pull the bowstring without the order of the leader.
Chen Sangun suddenly found that the situation was not good for him, if he continued to let the Song army put pressure on the soldiers and horses under his command like this, I was afraid that if he continued to confront him for a while, his soldiers and horses would not be able to bear the pressure and would be chaotic, so he did not dare to delay, and immediately ordered to wave the order flag, and beat the drum to give the order, so that his soldiers and horses would attack first.
Zhang Mowang led more than 10,000 rebels to stop behind a hill on the left flank of the Song army, waiting for the news of the standard-bearer in charge of the order on the mountain, when he heard the standard-bearer shouting loudly on the mountain: The king has an order! Let our army attack!
As soon as Demon King Zhang heard this, he immediately turned over and jumped on his war horse, raised a machete in his hand into the sky, and roared: "Brothers! Kill the officers and soldiers!
Those rebel soldiers standing behind the mountain, after hearing the roar of Demon King Zhang, also shouted together: Kill the officers and soldiers! Go to Lin'an to eat meat!
Under the leadership of Zhang Demon King, the rebel army that had been ambushed behind the mountain rushed out like a flood towards the outside of the mountain pass, and the ground suddenly seemed to wake up, and the ground was trampled by these rebels trembling slightly.
Set the cannon 600 paces, reload the solid bullets, and prepare for the ricochet attack! Xie Quan led his team to line up the fifteen medium-caliber copper cannons he carried on the left flank of the army, and the muzzles of the cannons were just aimed at the mountain pass opposite. 6
Most of these soldiers were fighting for the first time, although Xie Quan was very strict with their drills on weekdays, but after all, this was the first time they were in battle, so most of them looked a little nervous after seeing the rebels surging in under the black pressure.
Fortunately, Xie Quan's voice was very loud, and the order immediately reached everyone's ears, and the long-term drill made them act instinctively, and one by one the guns were raised to the muzzle, and they were set six hundred steps away by the door, and then the gunners of each cannon skillfully began to operate according to the regulations, and soon completed the first loading, and at the same time, the loader turned around and took out the medicine bag, ready to reload again at any time.
Fire! When he saw that the enemy troops rushed into the firing range, Xie Quan immediately waved the red flag in his hand with all his might.
One cannon after another was ignited by the gunner, and the muzzle of each gun immediately spat out a burst of flames, and then the cannon body jumped violently and fell to the ground again.
Set the cannon at 500 paces, reload with solid bullets, and prepare for a ricochet attack! Xie Quan didn't look at the landing point of the shells in the distance, and continued to give orders calmly.
The loaders rushed up one after another, completing a series of actions such as clearing, charging, and loading in an orderly manner at a rapid speed, and then each returned to his position again, and the cannon commander shouted: The seven cannons are loaded
Nine cannons reloaded, six cannons reloaded
Put! Xie Quan once again waved the red flag in his hand.
After Chen Sangun gave the order to attack, he has been nervously watching the situation in front of the two armies, he has no choice now, although this Song army makes him feel a little uneasy, but he still insists that his strength exceeds the other party many times, he will definitely be able to win this victory, even if it is a pile of human lives, he will bury this Song army alive here.
The rebel troops, who were already extremely nervous, immediately shouted loudly together after receiving the order to attack: Kill the officers and soldiers! Then they collectively shot their feet and rushed towards the array of the Song army.
Since Gao Huaiyuan seized the military power of the front division of the palace, he tried his best to change the weaknesses of the Song army, and through strict training, he greatly strengthened the field combat ability of the Song army, as well as the will of the officers and soldiers.
And now he finally reaped the results, even if the black pressure in front of him countless rebels rushed towards them, but the Song army spearmen in the front row still stood at the front of the line like javelins, without the slightest commotion, even if some officers and soldiers showed a little nervousness on their faces, but they did not make any undesirable movements, and they were still neatly arranged in front of the formation.
The crossbowmen lined up in front of the pikemen under the orders of the officers, and there were special soldiers who constantly reported the distance between the enemy and them, and these crossbowmen also waited quietly for the officers' orders, and none of them made any undesirable movements because of nervousness, until the officers gave the order to prepare, and the crossbowmen raised their arms and pointed the crossbow at the enemy.
Put! With the order of the crossbowmen officer, a row of strong crossbows was immediately fired, and the second row of crossbowmen stepped forward and raised their crossbow arms again, and so on repeatedly, hardly a moment of respite, and the three shots exerted their maximum power in such a situation.
Chen Sangun's mouth opened slightly, in his eyes, the Song officers and soldiers should not be so powerful, but as soon as they fought, he found that the crossbow array of the Song army was so sharp and abnormal, stretching like rain and constantly sprinkled in his attacking team, making the soldiers and horses under his command fall on the road one by one like cutting rice.
Dai San was originally just a tenant in Suichuan, Ganzhou, and his life has been too hard these years, so when Chen Sangun's rebel army passed by his door, Dai San hid from his parents and secretly followed Chen Sangun's team to Ganzhou City.
It has been more than half a year since he left home, and in the past six months, he has experienced several large and small military formations, and he has been promoted to a small leader because of his merits, with nearly fifty soldiers under his hands, and his life is quite smooth, this time he followed Chen Sangun's army to Jizhou, he made up his mind, this time he said that he would make a big contribution, how could he be a big officer, and go home to let the relatives and friends in the family envy him.
In order to achieve this goal, he had been cheering up his soldiers last night, telling them that the Song officers and soldiers were not terrible, and the last time they came there were so many people, they were still beaten by the king's troops, and even the commander of the Song army was still captured and slaughtered by them?
Therefore, his subordinates who were encouraged by him were also enthusiastic, and they all planned to make a meritorious contribution and kill a few more officers and soldiers in order to receive more rewards.
Today, Dai San was lucky to be placed in the position, but when he saw the appearance of the Song army in front of him, he couldn't help but start playing a small drum in his heart, because he also saw that this Song army seemed to be more powerful than the officers and soldiers they had encountered before, which made him a little uneasy.
But before he could figure out what to do, the Chinese army sounded a burst of drums, and his leader immediately ordered them to attack, so Dai San immediately roared, and led his soldiers to rush towards the Song army with a roar.
Dai San led his men to run forward while looking at the Song army opposite, and he was looking forward to seeing this Song army, like the officers and troops they had encountered before, mess up with their own as soon as they launched an attack, so that they could easily win the battle.