At the same time that several gunners of the "Flying Dragon Army" put the shells into the muzzle of the mortar, a stray bullet from the heavy machine gun of the "Flying Dragon Army" infantry that was firing at the Khitan Army in a cold manner just hit the back crotch of his mount. Although the shot did not kill the horse, the severe pain frightened it. The beast leaped forward and then began to run wildly. Seeing that the lord's mount was frightened, several of Yeluhuge's personal soldiers also hurried a few whips and rode their horses to chase after him, so as to prevent the lord from being injured. It was precisely this accident that allowed Jeruxiugo and the few soldiers who followed in time to escape. When the "Wyvern" shell hits the ground and explodes, it is on the edge of its effective kill radius. Although the shoulders and lower backs were still hit by flying shrapnel, the power of the shrapnel decreased due to the long distance; Second, the armor on Yelu Huge's body was much thicker than that of ordinary Khitan soldiers. Therefore, although Yelu Hugo was shocked by the sudden shelling and broke out in a cold sweat, and there were blood stains oozing from the wounds, he did not have any worries about his life. Rao is like this, and he still scared the soldiers who followed him. One by one, they didn't care that they were also scratched by shrapnel, and they all gathered around to bandage them.

At this time, the skilled Emerald Jeruxiu had already restrained the frightened mount, but he had no intention of stopping to let his soldiers bandage it. Now he did not have the frustration when he had just received the order to withdraw his troops, nor the panic when he was bombarded, but completely regained his former shrewdness and composure. While he was annoyed by his carelessness just now, he also knew that although he had escaped, he was not really out of danger. Although Jeruxiu didn't know how far the "Wyvern Army" artillery could hit, he understood the truth that the farther away the safer. Therefore, while waving his hand to stop the latter's actions, he hurriedly urged his mount, regardless of the blood still dripping out of his crotch behind him, and still rushed towards the direction of Yanjin City in Yinzhou at the fastest speed. As it turned out, Yeluhuge's judgment was correct, and just a minute or two after the first round of shelling, the second round of three rapid shots of the "Flying Dragon Army" fell from the sky, and the perimeter of the position where the enemy had only been shelled again was covered again to ensure that not a single living person would be left in this area.

After two rounds of shelling and machine gun fire that had not stopped, the main general rushed away again, and the other soldiers of the Khitan army could no longer maintain their calm, and they beat their horses and whips, hurriedly urged their mounts, and chased after Yelu Xiuge all the way, and retreated in the direction of Yanjin City, Yinzhou. However, it was precisely because the originally neat retreat queue became disorganized, coupled with the need to save ammunition to resist the Khitan army's next more fierce attack. Therefore, as the Khitan army retreated farther and farther away with Yelu Huge's back, Yan Shiyong also ordered heavy machine guns and mortars to stop shooting at the Khitan army's front army, and instead focused on the Khitan army's middle army, which had been slowly advancing towards him. At the same time, considering the limited number of cavalry on the left and right flanks, after the Khitan army pressed up, it was obviously unrealistic to think that it was as evenly matched or even slightly superior as when fighting with the Khitan army's front army before, and Yan Shiyong also gave them the order to retreat.

It stands to reason that it is not easy to retreat from the battlefield where the two sides are deadlocked, and if one is not done well, the other side will follow and pursue, and the retreat will turn into a rout. However, the cavalry of the Khitan Army, which was entangled with it, also received an order from Yelu Xiuge to collect troops and return to the city. Therefore, after a moment of stalemate with each other, the two armies disengaged from each other very tacitly under the constraints of the commanders of both sides, and each retreated and returned to their own formation.

Although Yelu Xianshi, the commander of the Khitan army, did not carefully study the "Flying Dragon Army" like Yelu Xiuge or Yelu Xianzhi, who died outside Fengzhou City, the battle between Yelu Xiuge and Yan Shiyong's troops taught him a real, vivid and tangible lesson. In other words, the blood of more than 2,000 generals in his former army taught Yelu Xianshi the most crucial points in fighting against the Zhou army, especially the "Flying Dragon Army" - not to keep a dense queue, not to attack from only one direction, not to stay in the same place for a long time, and not to reveal the position of the main general. Therefore, not long after leaving the city of Yanjin in Yinzhou, Yelu Xianshi divided the 10,000 troops under his command into three routes. The first route was composed of 2,000 soldiers with good cavalry and archery skills, all of whom switched to three-stone hard bows instead of relatively soft cavalry bows in a wandering manner, galloping back and forth around the main formation of the Zhou army, and firing bows and arrows at the opponent by direct or projectile as needed; The second route was composed of 5,000 soldiers with good white-knuckle fighting and climbing ability, and taking advantage of the opportunity of the Zhou army's attention being attracted by the rangers, the troops divided into multiple routes, abandoned horses and fought on foot, and launched an all-out attack on the small hill from all sides; The third was composed of 3,000 of the most elite soldiers, led by himself, and roamed the periphery of the battlefield. On the one hand, it provides support for the first two routes, and on the other hand, it is ready to press with all its strength after the second route of soldiers and horses opens a breakthrough, so as to completely defeat the Zhou army.

Speaking from the heart, with Yelu Huge's understanding of the Zhou army, especially the "Flying Dragon Army", it is not impossible to imagine adopting tactics similar to Yelu Xianshi. It's just that, when Jerehugo's troops were only half of the latter's, he was somewhat unable to adopt this tactic, so he had to change to a frontal attack. Second, due to the wrong information he had obtained, Yelu Hugo was inaccurate in judging the number of artillery and firearms of the Zhou army in front of him, so he dared to adopt the tactics of frontal attack. Thirdly, it was because Yelu Hugo was young and vigorous, and he attached too much importance to the victory or defeat of this battle, as a result, after the initial attack was frustrated, not only did he not adjust his tactics in time, but instead acted with great will, blindly urging his subordinates to attack, so that his troops suffered heavy losses. In other words, if Yelu Xiuge also has 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, if Yelu Xiuge does not attach too much importance to this battle, if Yelu Xiuge can calmly deal with the setback of the attack, I am afraid that Yan Shiyong's troops can hold their positions, and the losses will not be so low that they are not really injured. However, with the army of Yelu Xianshi's department pressing, Yan Shiyong's department was not as easy to deal with as before.

In fact, when he saw that Yelu Xianshi's troops were scattered far away from his own position, and instead of advancing in the direction of the gentle slope where it was easy to deploy troops from small hills and quickly pass through Guò as Yelu Xiuge had done before, Yan Shiyong realized that he was afraid that he was going to be bad for himself, and the subsequent development of the war confirmed his feelings.

The first thing that made the Zhou army on the small hill feel the pressure was not the main force of the Khitan army that gathered from all directions, but the armor-piercing cones shot by the Khitan archers who roamed around the small hill. Although limited by the fact that the Zhou army soldiers basically hid behind improvised fortifications, there were fewer opportunities for direct shooting, and most of the archers of the Khitan army used the projectile method, although the protection of the armor worn by the Zhou army could be called the wings of the same weight products in this era, but the three-stone hard bow and the sharp three-edged armor-piercing cone could still bring severe damage to the arrow. What is even more disadvantageous is that because it is usually only used as an auxiliary force, the cavalry regiment of the "Security Army" is only equipped with a cavalry bow and a repeating crossbow used for cavalry hedging, and cannot switch to a hard bow and crossbow for infantry in positional warfare like the Khitan Army, which is usually equipped for the infantry of the "Security Army" - so that when the enemy's arrows are splashed like a storm, they have no strength, but because the range of the bow and crossbow in their hands is insufficient, they have no use, and can only rely on the "Flying Dragon Army" Machine guns, rifles and mortars in the hands of infantry fought back. But the problem is that although the previous attack with Yelu Hugo ended in a crushing defeat, it also caused the Zhou army to consume a lot of ammunition. In addition, it is necessary to take into account the dismounted cavalry of the Khitan army that is gathering from all directions, so the amount of ammunition used to suppress the archers of the Khitan army is very limited, and it is completely relying on the personal shooting skills of the dozen or so excellent marksmen in the reinforced infantry company of the "Flying Dragon Army" to barely limit the density of the opponent's arrows, so that the "security army" cavalry in the improvised fortifications shrunk in the trenches dug out of the trench can also resist the vast majority of incoming arrows with only the small round cavalry shield in their hands. Reduced their own casualties.

However, it is impossible to be a "shrinking turtle" all the time. As the dismounted cavalry of the Khitan army approached the improvised fortifications step by step, the Zhou soldiers who were hiding in the trenches would have to throw aside the cavalry round shield in their hands and use the riding bows, crossbows, and grenades temporarily issued to them before the battle to counterattack the approaching Khitan army in the way they were good at.

The total strength of the cavalry regiment under Yan Shiyong's command was about 2,500 people, and according to the calculation of two grenades distributed to each person, the number of grenades owned by the regiment should be about 5,000, plus the 1,200 grenades equipped and carried by the reinforced infantry company of the "Flying Dragon Army", Yan Shiyong's headquarters had a total of 6,200 hand grenades before the start of the war. After stripping away the attrition and losses in the previous battle, when the 5,000 dismounted cavalry of Yelu Xianshi's department rushed to about 50 paces in front of the improvised fortifications and entered the range of grenades, they were greeted by waves of grenades woven from 4,000 grenades.

For a time, the improvised fortifications of the Zhou army were filled with gunsmoke and dust, and the first batch of Khitan soldiers who rushed up were almost all shrouded in smoke and dust, and suffered heavy losses in the sound of grenade explosions one after another. It's just that although the grenade rain effectively stifled the offensive of the Khitan army's dismounted cavalry, the "security army" cavalry, who subconsciously upright their upper bodies in order to throw the grenade farther, also gave the Khitan army archers on the periphery to the bow and arrow, and became the priority target of those Khitan archers with superb archery skills. As a result, the number of casualties among the cavalry of the "Security Army" also increased.

However, compared with the increase in casualties, Yan Shiyong was more worried that with the Khitan army's wave after wave of decisive charges, the amount of ammunition for his "Flying Dragon Army" was also rapidly depleting. If the war continues like this, it will no longer be possible to create round after round of "grenade rain", but I am afraid that even machine gun and rifle fire will not be able to continue. Therefore, on the one hand, he did not hesitate to increase the firing density of the bow and crossbow at the cost of casualties among the cavalry of the "Security Army" in order to reduce the pressure on the infantry of the "Flying Dragon Army" and save ammunition. On the other hand, the company commander and company supervisor of the reinforced infantry company of the "Flying Dragons" were discussed whether they should consider the "final disposition" of the firearms of the unit in due course.