Seeing that a thousand-man team serving as the vanguard and the thousand-man team responsible for filling the trench lost more than half of them almost in the blink of an eye, and the rest of the men and horses also continued to fall to the ground in that roar. This situation completely shattered the confidence and fighting spirit of the Khitan general who led the team, and he didn't even give the order to retreat, so he took a group of personal soldiers Ding Ba turned his horse and ran back, just hoping to leave this hell on earth like the Shura field as soon as possible.

Since the main general fled, the soldiers who followed closely behind naturally did not stupidly continue to collide with the invisible death line, and they also followed their main generals to turn around and turn back. It's just that a large group of thousands of people wants to turn around, and it's not easy to say. The soldiers in front saw the fate of the striker and the movements of the main general and ran back in a hurry, but the soldiers in the back only heard the sound of guns and couldn't see the specific battle scene at all, let alone the reaction of the main general, and were still struggling to fight their horses and advance, plus the Khitan general who led the team only cared about fleeing for his life and did not give the order to retreat, and it was entirely up to the soldiers themselves to decide whether to withdraw or not. As a result, some people moved forward and some people went backwards, and the formation of this group of Liao cavalry immediately became chaotic, everyone was crowded together, and no one could move.

The road ahead was impassable, but the enemy's invisible and untouchable artillery and musket attacks did not weaken in the slightest, and the Liao cavalry was constantly killed by shells or bullets. In this case, the usual humility, friendship between the robes and the people, and battlefield discipline have been completely left behind. Some anxious Liao soldiers began to attack their own people regardless of it, in a vain attempt to rely on the weapons in their hands to kill a way for themselves. And those Liao soldiers who were chopped by them naturally did not sit still, and they also raised their swords and axes to counterattack. In this way, not only did the scene become more chaotic, but the crowded Liao army also became the best living target for the artillery and infantry of the "Flying Dragon Army", and every bullet and shell would take the lives of one, several, or even dozens of Liao soldiers -- if they were lucky, a single machine gun bullet or even a rifle bullet could hit many Liao soldiers in a row, causing them to die or be wounded.

The battle reached this point, and it was only a matter of time before the thousands of Liao cavalry in front of them were all annihilated, and the attention of Qian Yuanshan, Wang Feng and others returned to the Liao army camp in the distance. Qian Yuanshan took out the watch that had been transformed into a pocket watch from his bosom and looked at it -- at this time, it was about half an hour before the "Southern Route Army" fired the first shot; He raised his binoculars again to observe the situation of the Liao army camp -- at this time, the entire Liao army camp was already in chaos, thick smoke was billowing out, and it was only a matter of time before it completely collapsed. However, Qian Yuanshan has his own plans, he doesn't want to just sit back and wait for the Liao army to collapse by itself, but wants to pour some oil on the fire to make the Liao army collapse faster.

On the one hand, the sooner the battle here ends, the sooner the Youzhou side can start, and the sooner you take Youzhou City, the faster you can arrange a defensive line on the front line of the Great Wall and block the Liao reinforcements. According to the news from the "Flying Dragon Army" scouts and the "Dark Feather" detectives, the forward troops of the Liao reinforcements were only two days away from Yuguan, and if they could not fight a quick battle here, the "Flying Dragon Army" and the "Security Army" would have to fight against 100,000 Liao army iron cavalry in the plains. Although Qian Yuanshan was sure of victory, that would not only increase his own casualties, but also bring disaster to the local people, which was the last thing he wanted to see -- even if the "Southern Route Army" could not arrive with all the troops, at least the cavalry regiment and ranger battalion should be deployed in place before the arrival of Liao reinforcements, so as to delay the speed of the Liao army and buy time for the arrival of the main force.

On the other hand, although there has been no major movement on the Zhou army's side after the shelling began, its 80,000 horses and horses have always been an unstable factor, especially after Chai Rong found out that Xu Shao'an's previous so-called "supply of grain and grass" and "joint forces in one place" were all deceiving him, and no one could have predicted what kind of reaction he would have. The longer his side is entangled with the Liao army, the more likely it is that Chai Rong's side will make a move. Now that it is far from the time to confront the Later Zhou court head-on, it is still the best choice for the crossing team not to clash with it. The best way to achieve this choice is to end the battle here in Baoxingzhuang before the Later Zhou army can make any moves, and not to give the Later Zhou army a chance to come into direct contact with him. …,

So, after Qian Yuanshan and Wang Feng discussed a few words, he beckoned to Ma Zhengsheng, the commander of the artillery regiment who had been waiting behind the two, and ordered: "Commander Ma, I see that this fire is almost over, it is time to give the Khitan Zuihou a hammer and completely knock down his army." ”

Ma Zhengsheng naturally understood what Qian Yuanshan's "zuihou hammer" meant, and immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Yes, my subordinates will arrange it, and it will definitely make the Khitan people always remember the power of this 'hammer'." After saying that, he turned around and walked down the watchtower to prepare.

After giving Ma Zhengsheng the order, Qian Yuanshan turned his head to Wang Feng and said, "Old twenty-seven, it's time to signal that kid Chang Mao." Whether he can stew the tens of thousands of Liao troops in front of him is the key to his actions. As long as they can succeed, our first battle to build the foundation will be a big victory. ”

Wang Feng waved his hand and said, "Brother Eleven, don't worry, Chang Mao's kid doesn't know others, Brother Eleven, don't you understand." Although this kid was a toss when he was a child, his brain was definitely smart enough and he was eager to learn. When I was in the 'Reserve Liliang Training Class', I was the best of their batch, and I learned a lot from you and the other brothers in the Military Department. Now that he has been training in the 'Flying Dragon Army' for a few years, especially after personally experiencing and participating in the suppression of the attempted rebellion at the end of the seventh year of the calendar, this kid is not only much more mature, but also much more fierce. Although he only brought about a hundred or so people, they were all the best of the best, one in a hundred, and with specially strengthened firepower, there was no problem in dealing with three or five hundred Khitan soldiers. ”

Qian Yuanshan nodded after hearing this, and did not speak again, but the expression on his face became more confident and determined. Seeing this, Wang Feng didn't say anything more, turned around and walked down the watchtower to give orders. A moment later, a huge firecracker bomb rose from the main camp of the "Southern Route Army" and exploded in the sky, bringing a dazzling brilliance to the battlefield filled with gunpowder. And with the blooming of this big firework, the elite detachment led by Chang Mao immediately took action behind a small hill on the east side of the Baigou River, only 200 miles away from the Liao Army pontoon bridge, which had been hidden for a night and a morning. In the improvised fortifications dug overnight, the fire team selected a location to set up four 60 mortars and a dozen light and heavy machine guns, the assault team Zuihou checked their guns and ammunition, and the demolition team took bags of explosives out of their backpacks and inserted the fuse. After making sure that all his subordinates were ready, Chang Mao gave an order, and the four 60 mortars were the first to fire, and the four shells were discharged almost simultaneously, and at the same time they exploded in the middle of the camp of the Liao army defending the bridge.

The 500 Liao troops guarding the east side of the pontoon bridge obviously did not expect that they would be attacked from behind, and they were nervously watching their own battalion, which had been battered by the enemy's artillery, immediately panicked, shouting and aimlessly releasing arrows in all directions, and at the same time hurriedly sent people to rush across the bridge to report the news of the attack to a commander on the other side of the bridge -- as an important retreat route for the army, the Liao troops guarding the bridge were well aware of the importance of this pontoon bridge. Naturally, the Xiangshang-level report is very timely. At the same time, after a short period of panic, the defenders on the west side of the bridge also realized the seriousness of the problem and hurriedly rushed out of the camp and moved towards the bridge, trying to reinforce the east of the bridge.

The reaction of the Liao army defending the bridge was already expected by Chang Mao, he ordered light and heavy machine guns to fire together to kill and wound the enemy as much as possible, and at the same time let the mortar team divide into two routes, one way to continue to bombard the defenders east of the bridge, and the other way to focus on bombarding the pontoon bridge, so as to prevent any Liao army from the east of the bridge to run back to the west of the bridge, nor let any Liao army reinforce the east of the bridge from the west of the bridge. As Chang Mao's order was handed down, light and heavy machine guns opened fire at the same time, and more than ten tongues of fire erupted, sweeping down the Liao army in pieces east of the bridge, and the screams and wails were endless.

Under the heavy fire of the squad, the defenders east of the bridge were completely suppressed, while the defenders on the west side of the bridge did not dare to go to the bridge deck after throwing down dozens of corpses under mortar bombardment, and even the pontoon bridge that had to be destroyed was blown to pieces, and it is likely that the explosives of the demolition group would also disintegrate. This made Chang Mao, who had always wanted to fight a vicious battle to show his true strength, a little disappointed, and felt that such a one-sided battle was very boring, far less comfortable than the dangerous but blood-boiling feeling when he and dozens of warriors from the eighth company and three platoons blocked the rebellion against Botong. …,

However, disappointment is disappointment, discomfort is uncomfortable, and the task must be successfully completed. Therefore, after determining that the defenders of Qiaodong had fallen into complete confusion and could no longer organize a decent defensive line, Chang Mao handed over his pistol to his left hand, drew his saber from his waist with his right hand, and shouted loudly: "The fire team is covering with all its might, the brethren of the assault group will come with so-and-so, and the brethren of the demolition group will follow." The brother went with such and such to kill the enemy! ”

After shouting, with a wave of the long knife in his hand, the first one jumped out of the fortifications and rushed towards the camp of the Liao army guarding the bridge. Behind him, the soldiers of the assault group and the demolition team followed, while the fire team was fully supportive, splashing mortar shells and machine gun bullets on the Liao troops defending the bridge.

The sudden attack coupled with the heavy fire strikes, the Liao army defending the bridge was already in a mess at this time, and it was impossible to organize a decent resistance at all. Chang Mao led his team to rush over a distance of two hundred paces, and only five or six feathered arrows that had lost their heads were ushered in. Such a blockade naturally did not have any impact on the small detachment, and dozens of people of the assault group rushed into the camp of the Liao army defending the bridge almost unscathed in an instant, and began to fight Zuihou with bayonets. Although in terms of weapons, the Liao army actually still had a certain advantage in white-knuckle warfare, the Liao army defending the bridge, which had lost its effective command and fighting spirit under the firepower, was still powerless in the face of the small detachment assault group with strict organization and discipline, skillful cooperation with each other, and superb rifle assassination skills.

Seeing that his comrades-in-arms had successfully attacked the enemy's bridgehead, the fire team, which had been providing fire support in the rear, also quickly followed, rearranged the firing position in the camp of the Liao army defending the bridge, and continued to maintain the fire suppression of the Liao army on the other side of the river, so as to cover the blasting group to go to the bridge to carry out blasting.

Ten minutes later, with a few loud noises, the entire pontoon bridge was blown to pieces, and the road for the Youyun Liao army to retreat east was completely cut off.