Zong Han fainted, what the hell is going on? Is this the Hezhong Army or the Yuanzhou Army, the charging tactics of the two armies, so that the weapons and equipment are the same, their own Tiefutu has no power to fight back under the long cavalry spear, and from the other party's formation, it seems that the number is larger and the organization is more tight, it seems that the Yuanzhou Army was born out of the Hezhong Army in front of him!

"Boom..."A loud bang pulled Zong Han back to the battlefield in reverie again, if the artillery bombardment they encountered in Yingzhou was equivalent to an eighth-level gale, then what they encountered now was a twelve-level hurricane, and in an instant, the cannon sound was indistinguishable, and the charging Tiefutu was in the eye of the storm, drowning in the fire and gunsmoke!

"It's over!" Zong Han squeezed out two words with black lines on his face, looking at Tie Futu who was struggling in blood and fire, his heart was like a knife, Tie Futu was defeated again and again under the sharp firearms as his trump card, which made him angry and unwilling.

"Marshal withdraw his troops, or Seri won't be able to retreat!" Wan Yan Lou Room was also frightened, Tie Futu broke the formation and attacked the enemy since they started the army, and he was invincible for more than ten years, but he didn't expect to meet the nemesis today, but he was afraid that the scenery would no longer be in the future, he saw that the enemy army with a horse gun had finished lining up, and began to jog to meet the enemy, and the enemy's two wings had also been opened, trying to surround themselves, and a light cavalry on the right wing was taking advantage of the gap between their own side and Taniguchi to outflank them, once they controlled Taniguchi, they would cut off the way back!

"Retreat, retreat to the valley!" Zong Han also knew that he couldn't do anything today, so he had no choice but to order.

'Woo...' a low horn sounded, and Seri reined in his horse in hatred, but the wall of iron and fire in front of him. It became a deep ravine that he could not cross, and wave after wave of fearless warriors rushed forward. But it could not be filled, but turned into pieces of flying feathers. Become the burial place of Tiefutu...

"Loyalty and invincibility, victory!" The artillery fire gradually thinned, dozens of military trumpets sounded at the same time, the fierce and poignant charging horn made people's blood boil, the dragon general Xu Biao raised his gun and shouted, and took the lead in leading the first wave of hussars to the Jin army Tiefutu, who was slowing down and preparing to retreat.

"Loyalty and invincibility, victory!"

"Loyalty and invincibility, victory!" … The battle cry resounded through the sky, drowning out the galloping hooves of ten thousand horses. Silenced the rumbling cannons.

Since the Loyal Warriors participated in the Western Expedition, there has been no major battle, and Xu Biao has grown from a commander to the head of a general. Missed the war Liao, didn't catch up with the beating of the Jurchens, in addition to training or training in the past few years, Xu Biao is like a tiger trapped in a cage for a long time, eager to smell the bloody breath on the battlefield, hear the enemy's desperate shouts of death, and see the enemy's embarrassed appearance of fleeing in the wilderness!

"Run. Shoot! Xu Biao knocked down the horse's belly with his heel, the war horse suddenly picked up speed, the spear in his hand was put down, and the cold and shining spear tip pointed at the enemy in front of him.

In order to ensure that you keep moving forward. Piso, who exerted the greatest impact and connected the war horses, became the biggest obstacle to the retreat of the Jin Army's Tiefutu at this time, and their Tiefutu has always been forward, forward. Until they broke the enemy's strong military formation, they were the strongest warriors of the Jurchen tribes. It is the pride of the family. But today they actually took the initiative to retreat, which made the Tiefutu feel ashamed and helpless. Especially in front of the weak Song Army!

Seeing the enemy's elite cavalry rushing in a line like a huge wave set off by the tide, although it was a galloping horse, the sound of horses' hooves fell to a point like a war drum, showing that this army was well-trained, and it was by no means something that any army he had defeated could have.

The two iron horsemen collided together, and Tiefutu, who had lost its speed advantage because of retreat, was instantly crushed without any accident, and the long cavalry spear turned into sawdust in the blood fountain, and the horse's hooves stepped directly over the corpse of Tiefutu who fell to the ground, killing into the chaos.

In a few breaths, the second wave arrived, and Seri hurriedly summoned his subordinates to meet them, and as soon as the two armies met, a cavalry spear rushed forward in the chest like lightning. Seri hurriedly stepped up the horse's belly, and the spear slashed across his shoulder armor, sparking a spark and taking away a few armor leaves, and the two horses staggered, and the two staggered over.

Seri was glad that he had escaped the fatal shot, and before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he listened to the wind in the back of his head, and he peeked to see that the boy who had pierced himself with the gun had pierced the air, and he was unwilling, and turned the spear back as a big stick. Seri hurriedly bowed his head and pounced forward, slammed the stirrup, and the war horse slammed forward, but he still couldn't dodge, only heard a bang, and felt that his back was pumped painfully, and if he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been knocked off the horse.

"What!" Xu Biao whipped the enemy general with the handle of the gun, the handle of the gun was broken into several sections, the enemy general was unharmed, he couldn't help but scold the prince for giving them weapons are all tattered, in fact, the material used to protect the user is not strong, it is a one-time thing, who let him use it creatively!

Seeing that the iron cavalry of the Hezhong Army had defeated the advance led by him, and had lost more than half of it, Seri did not dare to fight again, and led the remnants of the army to the left flank, avoiding the main force of the Hezhong Army and returning to his own position. And Xu Biao succeeded in one blow, and continued to advance with the momentum, pointing the spearhead directly at Zong Han, the commander of the Jin Army.

Zong Han quickly recovered from the temporary panic, and ordered Yan Lou to meet the Zhengchuan Department of the Song Army outflanked from the right flank, and let Yelu Ma Wu block the Yeli Department of the Song Army that was killed from the left flank, and cover the retreat of the Chinese army towards Gudaozhong. Wanyan Lou led 2,000 people to kill the right flank of the tribal army led by Zhengchuan as the main body, he personally led 200 people as the vanguard, holding a shield to block the arrows that came to advance, the war horse was shot to death, he changed horses and fought again.

Wanyan Lou's fierce and fearless tactics brought great trouble to Zhengchuan, and the offensive was blocked by two thousand Jurchens, and the two armies fell into a melee for a while. The Jin army was beaten in front of the sharp firearms of Zhao Ta's loyal army, but in front of the army also equipped with cold weapons showed extremely high combat effectiveness and superb combat skills, they broke through the front army on the left flank several times, killed the Chinese army, Zhengchuan led the pro-army to fight before the Jin army repulsed, and its plan to seize the valley mouth to cut off the retreat of the Jin army was also in vain.

Yeruma led his troops to block the Yeli division on the left flank, and after the first battle, he found that the opponent's combat strength was not as elite as the striker, so he began to organize a strong counterattack. Most of the five divisions of Ma were the Liao army, and Yeli was the commander of the Western Xia army. The tactics of the two armies are similar, and it is difficult to distinguish between them in a moment. But its relentless assault momentum was quickly curbed.

Zhao Ta saw that the left and right flanks of the battlefield were in a stalemate, and the attack of the hussars who broke through in the middle also fell into the end of the strong crossbow. Caught in a melee with the enemy, and if they continue to fight, they can only launch a new attack by returning to the army to organize their formation, and as soon as they retreat two flanks, they may be broken through by the Jin army. At this time, the scout came to report, and a golden army was rushing to help.

Zhao Ta felt that his troops had made great gains in the first battle, and the reinforcements of the Jin army had reached the point where they could not break through the three crossings, and it was noon, and the Hezhong army had to fight against the sun, which was already unfavorable, so he accepted it when he saw it. Ming Jin withdrew his troops and took the initiative to withdraw from the battlefield. The Jin army also slowly retreated into the valley, and Zhao Ta camped three miles away at the intersection of Sanjiao, blocking the passage for the Jin army to enter and exit, and the first confrontation between the two sides came to an end!

The next day, Zhao Tan waved his troops to attack, and the Jin army relied on the village to defend the three crossings, blocking the Song army with bows and crossbows, and several attacks were repulsed. Zhao Ta ordered the 1st Artillery Brigade to bombard Sanjiaozhai with heavy artillery. This heavy artillery battalion was put into actual combat for the first time. It was originally prepared to capture the city in the future, but now it is used by the prince to attack a small fortress, which is really a bit overkill, and Zhao Ta also wants to see how powerful this cannon is!

This heavy cannon is actually a copycat version of the red-coated cannon in the last years of the Ming Dynasty. It belongs to the recital front-loading smoothbore gun, which is characterized by its long barrel and thick pipe wall. The length of the cannon is more than nine feet, and the caliber is six inches. It weighs more than 3,000 catties, and there are cylindrical lugs on both sides of the center of gravity of the gun body. The gun can adjust the firing angle with this axis and change the firing range according to the amount of gunpowder; It is equipped with a crosshair and a light gate, which can be used to calculate the trajectory, and the range reaches 600 steps, although it is not as good as that made by later generations, but at this time it is a big killing weapon.

However, this cannon can also be used to siege cities, because it is impossible to increase the rate of fire of front-loading guns, and each time it is fired, it will seriously deviate from the original firing position, and it needs to go through the steps of resetting, reloading, and setting the direction angle and elevation angle again. Moreover, after shooting, it is necessary to fill the chamber with water, extinguish the fire star, wipe the chamber dry with a dry cloth, then fill it with gunpowder, combustibles, stuff the shell, and then light it again, these actions are quite slow and cumbersome.

But this kind of cannon is powerful, there is no problem with bombarding the city wall, but it is a joke to deal with the cavalry, there is no time to fire the second cannon, and the cavalry will rush into the dead corner, so Zhao Ta only let each brigade be equipped with five guns, which are used to siege the city, thinking that it may be used this time, so he asked them to bring two.

In order to ensure a hit, the 1st Artillery Brigade led Cao Yi to go into battle in person, calculated the yuan, and commanded the soldiers to fill gunpowder and load ammunition. 'Boom' loud noise, even the war horses that are used to hearing the sound of guns can't help but stomp their hooves a few times, Zhao Ta held the telescope and looked at the cannonball to draw a beautiful arc, right in the middle of the village gate, the gate made of thick logs with a bowl mouth knocked out of the door, and the Jin army hiding behind was not dead and scattered in fright.

Zhao Ta was overjoyed and ordered two cannons to bombard in turn, destroying the entire village. Although the rate of fire of the heavy artillery is slow, but the power is great, the Jin army stepped up the repair, but after all, it could not catch up with the speed of destruction of the artillery, and finally collapsed with a loud bang, Zhao Ta immediately waved his troops and rushed into the stockade, and the Jin soldiers, who were frightened by the huge power of the artillery, lost the barrier and quickly retreated, and he led the troops to follow the pursuit.

However, the Jin army occupied the high ground on both sides of the valley, relying on the geographical advantage to resist with giant trees, rolling stones and bows and arrows, and Zhao Ta ordered the wolf to capture the mountains on both sides to disperse the Jin army that was blocking, and the army followed suit. The battle until the evening, advanced thirty miles to occupy the entire valley road, less than ten miles away from Taiyuan City, the sky was getting dark, Zhao Ta ordered to go down to the village, ready to march into Taiyuan tomorrow and the Jin army decisive battle to relieve the siege...

The next day, Zhao Ta reorganized the troops and horses to command more than 100,000 troops to kill Taiyuan, more than ten miles of distance is estimated at noon, Taiyuan City is already in sight, but not far, the scout cavalry came to report, the Jin army actually withdrew from the siege, disappeared from Taiyuan City overnight.

Zhao Tan was shocked when he heard this, and while lighting up his light horse and advancing towards Taiyuan, he sent scouts to find out where the Jin army was retreating. When he led the army to Taiyuan City, he saw that the Jin army camp still existed, the bonfire was not finished, but it had been emptied, and the Taiyuan City in front of him was dilapidated, the corpses under the city were stacked, exuding a foul smell, arrows, broken soldiers, broken hole cars, goose carts can be seen everywhere, and the soldiers in the city looked at the galloping soldiers and horses and sounded the alarm bell!

"In accordance with the emperor's edict, Prince Yan led his troops to relieve the siege of Taiyuan, and the cash army has retreated, so open the city gate quickly!" When he came to the city, Zhao Ta ordered people to shout the city across the river.

shouted three times in a row, and the people in the city seemed to react, looking at the Song army under the city in disbelief. It has been nearly eight months since Taiyuan was besieged in December last year. The soldiers and civilians in the city wanted reinforcements every day, but they couldn't believe it when they saw it. Hurriedly flew to report to the prefect Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Yu.

"Prince Yan... Prince Yan is here with his troops to break the siege! Zhang Xiaochun lay on the head of the city and watched for a long time, only to confirm that the leader of the city was his old boss, and shouted loudly to the soldiers and civilians under the city.

The news of the siege quickly spread throughout Taiyuan City, people rushed to tell Prince Yan that he led the troops to relieve the siege, and they flocked to the gate to wait, the blocked city gate was quickly dug up, Zhang Xiaochun went out first, and the prince knelt down and cried bitterly, so long he sat in the lonely city. The city's food stocks were basically exhausted, and the soldiers first slaughtered cattle, horses, mules, and other livestock, and then had to cook bows, crossbows, and leather armor to satisfy their hunger; The people of the city, on the other hand, could only feed themselves on chaff and hay, and they could only eat people.

Zhao Ta knew that the old man was aggrieved, and he said good words to appease him, and at the critical moment, Tong Guansa ran away, leaving a mess for him, and held the city in the absence of a major general, and after Song Jin reached a peace agreement on withdrawing troops. But let him hand over Taiyuan to the Jurchens. The old man showed the integrity of a scholar, rejected the edict of the imperial court, and still led the crowd to stick to it, preferring to die rather than give in. It can be said that under great pressure from both the imperial court and the Jurchens, ordinary people have long collapsed.

At this time, the armies arrived one after another, and the Jurchens left strangely. Zhao Ta ordered a group of people to enter the city to strengthen the city defense, and most of them were walled according to the city. Take control of important areas to prevent the Jin army from taking advantage of this chaotic opportunity to sneak attack. Then mobilize food into the city to help the army and civilians, and join forces with Zhang Xiaochun to set up a list of people, bury the corpses, repair the city, and prepare to fight again!

Zhao Ta was in charge of Hedong for several years, light taxation, heavy industry and commerce, brought a prosperous area to Taiyuan, and had a very good reputation, and his order was responded to and cooperated with by the military and people of Taiyuan, everything was in order, there was no looting and rioting, and he also strictly restrained the Hezhong army that entered the city, and ordered the military law team to go to the streets to inspect it, and those who disobeyed the military order and harassed the residents were immediately beheaded.

He was busy until dark, Zhao Ta returned to his original nest Xuanfu Si Yamen, he was originally going to live in the post house, but Zhang Xiaochun resolutely refused to allow it, and he moved out of Lu to insist that he live here, obviously he also said that Taiyuan was headed by the prince.

In the evening, Zhao Tan invited Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Yu to his mansion to discuss matters. The three of them have been busy for a day and haven't taken care of eating, and now the people in the city have just solved the problem of eating, and there is still a shortage of food, and Zhao Ta is not good at eating and drinking, so he ordered someone to boil a pot of meat porridge and cook some meat patties to entertain the two.

"General Wang, this time you have made great contributions to defending the city, and the future is immeasurable!" Zhao Ta was drinking porridge while talking to them, and the two of them seemed to have lost the taste of meat for a few days, and they were very happy to eat even though the dinner was simple.

"The prince praised, the prince is a god general, and the two battles defeated the Jin army and relieved the siege of Taiyuan, which is not inferior to the style of the expedition to the west!" Wang Yu hurriedly put down the bowl and said.

"General Wang has seen this king in the past, but he can't remember it!" Zhao Ta heard him talk about what happened back then, and saw that Wang Yu really didn't know him.

"When the prince went west, he had a meeting with the captain to send troops, and the last general once followed the guards to see the prince's demeanor, but the last general was a small team at that time, of course the prince would not remember me!" Wang Yu said with a smile.

"If you can hold Taiyuan, you still have to rely on General Wang, otherwise the lower officials won't be able to hold this lonely city!" Zhang Xiaochun was afraid of the embarrassment of the prince and hurriedly diverted the topic.

"Alas, the Taiwei was in a hurry to return to Beijing that day, and he was forced to stay in the last general to defend the city, but I don't know how the Taiwei is now?" When Taiyuan was besieged for a long time, the news was cut off, and the emperor still heard about it from the land cutter, Wang Yu asked.

"After Bianjing was besieged, Tai student Fu Que wrote a letter demanding that the traitor be killed, and in February, Tong Taiwei was demoted to the general of the left guard and went to live in Chizhou; In April, he was demoted to the deputy envoy of Jiedu, resettled in Chenzhou, and then relocated to Yingzhou, Guangnan, and the news was cut off from the distance, I don't know what happened recently! Zhao replied.

"This thief should have been killed a long time ago, I listened to Ma Kuo's words, where would there be today's disaster, even if the crime of escaping from the battle should be dealt with by military law!" Zhang Xiaochun gritted his teeth and said, obviously hating it.

"Alas, today's calamity is also its own infliction!" Wang Yu sighed and said, obviously dissatisfied with Tong Guan in his heart.

"If it weren't for his slander that day, the prince would not have been demoted to the river, if the prince was still there, how could he allow the gold thieves to run rampant, and the soldiers would come to the city and bring disaster to the east of the river!" Zhang Xiaochun remembered that the prince was good at this time.

"The emperor's grace is mighty, wind, thunder, rain and dew are all gifts, don't talk about this anymore!" In fact, it's all his father's fault, and it's embarrassing to talk about it anymore, Zhao Ta borrowed words to cover up the past, "The siege of Taiyuan has been resolved, and this king wants to join forces with the two of them to report the victory, how about it?" ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" The two said in unison, everyone knows that the credit should be credited to the prince alone, and now the joint report is equivalent to the prince giving them a share of the credit, but since they have accepted the prince's kindness, they have also indicated their respective positions, and they will be the prince's people in the future.

"Okay, last night the Jin army suddenly withdrew, and its whereabouts are unknown, and this king is worried that there must be tricks in it, and the matter of Taiyuan still needs to be worried about by the two of you!" Zhao Ta nodded and said, his words also implied to the two of them, since they are both their own people, Hedong will still be yours in the future, Lao Tzu will not rob you, stay with peace of mind... (To be continued......)