Chapter 193: Two Powers Clash Together

"Huh... Hello! The Chinese scout ran over and saw that there was a change of person in the handsome seat, and he stammered, and he didn't know how to report it. (_&book&bar)

"Don't stutter, just say something!" Zhao Xin frowned, secretly scolded the prince for being irresponsible, and as soon as he moved, he ran to the left wing to personally command, throwing himself into this tank, and really used himself as a deputy commander.

"Yes, Captain Zhao, the Xia army is fierce, Vice General Zhao asks for an order, whether to send the dragon general!" The scout thought about it, Captain Zhao was a person next to the prince, and he had the same thing to say to him.

"No one is allowed to move without a commander's order!" Zhao Xin said with a cold face.

"Captain Zhao, do you want to ask the prince again, the foot soldiers on both sides have been transferred to the flanks, and only the archers of the Fan clan are left, I'm afraid they won't be able to withstand it!" The scout said.

"I temporarily execute the order on behalf of the prince, don't you understand? Root... Ben Shuai has his own plans, and you will return truthfully! Zhao Xin said with a glare.

"Yes, tell me the truth!" The scout was startled, hurriedly saluted and ran, went back to report to Zhao Lian, and thought as he walked, the prince was not there, Zhao Rendu was not in charge, and Shuai Yin should also be handed over to Vice General Zhao, why can't it be Captain Zhao's turn? It is said that the prince has a special 'hobby', which seems to be true.

"Immediately mobilize the vanguard army Linzhou Army and the right wing cavalry to move forward, reinforce the front, stop the Xia army's attack at all costs, and kill those who take a step back!" Zhao Xin didn't know what others thought of Lu Dao, but he clearly knew the plan of the prince of Lu Dao, and the four hussar battalions of the state army and the loyal army were the reserves for the decisive battle left by the prince, and they must not be moved lightly.

Ordered the Commander to use the archers against the archers. Suppress the Song crossbow army. These archers of the Song army have repelled several attacks of the Xia army in a row. Archery is also a work of strength, Rao is these archers of the Tibetan tribe have been accustomed to shooting since childhood, and their hands are strangled with blood by the bowstring, and the power of the arrows shot is naturally greatly reduced. Seeing that the Xia army was getting closer and closer, the cavalry also rushed up, but these archers of the Fan tribe had followed the prince to fight in Yulin County, and the prince treated them well, and the population and property were not divided into them. So they are still fighting to the death.

Seeing that the front of the Song army was unstable, Ling Jiejie was overjoyed, and the opportunity was rare, so he immediately ordered the whole army to press. Prepare to break through the Chinese army with all your strength and fight your way out. But he forgot that the mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, and there is a cunning wolf behind him...

Brother Cha stood tall and looked far away, except for the two armies on the left flank, the other two places were overturned, the battlefield several miles wide was full of corpses of men and horses, abandoned knives and guns, arrows standing like a puff of barren grass, and the dry land soaked in blood was dusty, making him seem to see the uncertain river valley that he had walked countless times. Although the dry bones of the Song army have been affected by floods for many years, they still accumulate a thick layer and can be seen everywhere. The world is reincarnated, and the white bones of the Xia military horses will also be piled up in this turbid wheel Kawaguchi.

Now the troops of the Jingsai Military Division, which was attacking the right flank of the Song army, had broken into the Song army's formation and were deeply trapped in it, and the two armies were fighting desperately; The battle of the Song army and the Chinese army has also entered a state of stalemate, the Shen Yong Army Division has broken through the front and approached the Chinese army, and the Song army has transferred all the reserves to the Chinese army's main array, indicating that their forces are already stretched. The left flank is no longer adjustable except for the ranger. But Chago still did not attack, because the artillery of the Loyal Army, which he feared the most, had not yet appeared, and its terrifying lethality made him have to consider the consequences of his rash attack.

At this time, Brother Cha could no longer afford to lose, and bringing 20,000 elites from the Western Front was the most important capital for him to save his life. And he believed that the person on the other side would never let himself break through safely, maybe there was a pit ahead. But now the sun is setting in the west. It wasn't long before it got dark, and although the Hezhou army behind him was repelled by himself, they were always looking for opportunities. Brother Cha can only gamble, knowing that there is a pit, he has to jump, otherwise the left and right armies will be exhausted, and the Song army will free up his hands to clean him up, and there will never be such an opportunity again, he decided to start acting, there is still a big river waiting for him in front of him......,

As soon as the left flank of the Xia army moved, Zhao Ta had already noticed it, but what he didn't expect was that the first formation of the two sides was actually an artillery battle, and the first one sent by Brother Cha was actually the 'Poxi Army'.

In a long war, the partymen who had suffered from the catapult would naturally try to make up for the inferiority in weapons, and the mobility of the cavalry was beyond the reach of bulky siege weapons. And the combination or compromise of the two created the Poxi Army. The whirlwind cannon on the camel was much smaller than the Song Dynasty's Qixiao cannon, and it was not so powerful, and it did not require such superb craftsmanship, which was precisely what the Western Xia lacked. However, the whirlwind cannon on the camel's back had the mobility and high rate of fire that the weapons of the Great Song Dynasty did not have, and it was almost a perfect combination.

The original intention of this cannon was to make up for the shortcomings of the nomadic siege, but in actual combat, it was found that this thing was also effective in hedging the formation and opening a breakthrough. Zhao Ta judged that it had not been able to develop on a large scale like his own artillery - lack of money, that is to say, it would take huge expenses to maintain the Poxi army, so its number was very scarce, and Brother Cha could have such an artillery team, but he could move this baby bump out when he came up, which just showed Brother Cha's determination to break through desperately.

Zhao Ta faced this cold weapon period of the 'four-legged artillery car', of course, did not dare to take it lightly, although he has been paying attention to this army, but there is very little information, I don't know how he fights, I want to see it today, he ordered his artillery to prepare for shooting, while running to the front and stretching his neck to look. I saw a herd of camels galloping in a row, and the animal was in a hurry, running no slower than a horse, and panting heavily, with white foam hanging from the corners of its mouth.

Four hundred steps, Zhao Ta did not order to open the cannon; Three hundred steps, the camel team has not yet stopped; Two hundred and fifty paces, the camel may have been tired of running, and slowed down, but the soldier on a camel moved, and the arm of the stone thrower bounced violently, and a fist-sized stone flew out, whistling and flying over, and smashed on the place of about thirty paces in front of it, and bounced up and down high, rolled a few times and stopped in front of his feet.

"Fire the cannons, don't let them get close!" When the stone landed, Zhao Ta immediately understood that this stone was fired by a 'benchmark cannon', which was used for ranging and could fire a cannon while running, indicating that this thing was equivalent to a modern wheeled artillery, and it could shoot without stopping, and he deduced that the range of this kind of cannon was about 200 steps, and it could not be allowed to get close anymore.

But Zhao Ta still underestimated the aiming effort of the Poxi Army and the Loyal Warrior Army's artillery team, and they had already entered the effective firing range and fired the cannon first, and Zhao Ta also paid the price for his 'curiosity', "Raise the shield!" The left wing guard reacted quickly, and when he saw a group of black shadows flying in the air, he immediately ordered the soldiers to raise their shields to defend, and Zhao Ta's left and right guards also hurriedly used their shields to cover the prince tightly.

'Crackling, knocking' Zhao Ta heard a chaotic sound overhead, I don't know how many stones smashed on the shield above his head, there may be a suitable angle, the shield smashed a big hole, right in the middle of Zhao Ta's feet, "Mom, hit me, hit hard!" Zhao Ta pushed away the shield in front of him, the tragic scene in front of him made him angry, he lay down a large area in front of his formation, holding his head and shouting, folding his arms and crying, covering his chest and humming, crying and screaming for his father and mother, making a mess.

However, this loss was not in vain, Zhao Ta at least understood that Xia Jun's artillery did not have effective sights, and relied on formed salvos to form a barrage to kill the enemy, as long as they were scattered, the damage caused to their own side could be reduced.

"Boom, boom..."The artillery bombardment of the loyal soldiers also began, accompanied by a huge roar, the mortar cannon threw the projectile into the ranks of the Poxi army, and with a bang, it exploded, overturning the camel of six or seven hundred catties, and the iron eggs sprayed by the rapid-fire cannon howled, rolled and flew over, and hit the stone thrower on the camel's back, which became firewood; If you touch a camel, you will have half a life if you don't die, and if you want to stand up, you will wait for the next life! …,

"Good!" The soldiers of the Song army cheered loudly when they saw that they had won a game, and Zhao Ta was also smiling, "Damn, although we use cannons, but your 'cannons' are hung with stones, and our cannons are with fire, see who is powerful... Oh! Zhao Ta was only half happy, although there were losses in the artillery bombardment on the opposite side, but he did not panic, immediately dropped the dead and half-dead, regrouped the formation, relied on its strong mobility to disperse, fired again, and took the artillery of the loyal army as the target of the next round.

"Bitter!" Zhao Ta quickly pulled a thick shield to cover himself, and he made a new discovery, people can not only shoot in maneuvers, but also use a one-legged stone thrower, which can quickly adjust the shooting angle, and shoot in all directions of 360 degrees, or how to call it a whirlwind cannon! His own artillery was relatively bulky, and it took longer to shoot and aim again than others, and he cursed himself that he should have fired as soon as it entered the firing range, and should not have given them a chance to fire when they entered the firing range.

"The rapid-fire cannon is replaced with a shotgun, and the mortar cannon is shortened with a fuse!" As soon as he saw the Xia Army's Poxi Army change formation, Zhao Ta understood that Brother Cha had also studied his artillery, and 'scattering' was indeed a good way to avoid artillery bombardment and reduce casualties, but he still didn't figure it out. Zhao Ta's cannon can not only fire iron eggs, if the shotgun is fired, the artillery can also form a large area of damage, especially within the firing range, and shorten the projectile explosion time of the mortar projectile, it will form an air explosion, covering from top to bottom, the killing area is larger, and it is more difficult to guard.

"Open the artillery, open the artillery..."The artillery of the loyal soldiers has not been beaten since their debut, but there is a first time for everything, they praised the wisdom of the prince, and installed a bomb shield on the artillery, so that they have a place to hide; On the one hand, he loaded the shells angrily, picked up the places where there were many people and fired the cannons, and he made a lot of mistakes, only in this way could the other party have no chance to fight back.

This time it's the turn of the Xia Army's artillery 'shrimp'! Run, no one can hit their own artillery far, they can't reach them, they can only be beaten; If you don't run, the overwhelming small projectiles make them have nowhere to avoid, and people may be able to fight to the death, but the camel is beaten, and no one can pull it if it is stubborn... (To be continued......)