"Enemy archers are 65 paces away from our troops!" The observer shouted to the gunner, and after that, he continued to turn his head to take a closer look at the familiar field.

The battle between the Tuntian army and the Mongol army was fought in the harvested fields, and even if the ridges were trampled to the point that only a trace remained, those familiar with the terrain could determine the exact distance at a glance. The gunner glanced up and was sure that what the surveyor said was fine. He shouted: "The muzzle angle is fixed, three shots in a row!" ”

Orders were given, and there was a sound in the spear formation, and the soldiers in the front row raised their huge wooden shields. The shield is not thick, and against a bow and arrow flying at 65 steps, that is, about 100 meters, a shield with a thickness of one centimeter is enough.

Seeing the shield raised, many infantrymen couldn't help but gently touch the hat on their heads, or the paper armor on their chests, with their hands that did not hold spears. In the Song Dynasty, the paper was stacked, glued, and beaten one by one, and finally made into thick and lightweight paper armor. The armor of the Tuntian army is made of cowhide, and there are square holes like a beehive. Blocks made of pounded paper are stuffed into holes to form a solid set of armor. This principle is similar to the composite armor of a tank, which can be said to be very technical.

The armor of the Tuntian army was stuffed with this composite paper only in front and shoulders, and there was only a cowhide belt behind it, and the commanders explained that "fighting a war is to face the enemy head-on, and it is good to have armor pieces in these parts." There are our reliable comrades-in-arms behind them, what do you want the armor to do? ’

The first round of hundreds of arrows fired by the Mongol archers arrived at the battle formation of the Tuntian army, most of which hit the wooden shield, some fell in the clearing, and some hit the paper armor of the Tuntian army. With the exception of three fighters who were injured by a shot in a body that was not covered by paper armor, the others were all unharmed.

The platoon commander immediately dragged the wounded soldier out of the battle formation, and asked the medical staff to carry the wounded soldier from the passage to the back of the battle formation. The medic said in the wounded soldier's ear as he walked: "Don't shout, don't you hear!" Don't shout! I'm going to the back to heal my wounds right away, don't shout now! Hearing this order, and clearly knowing that he was on the way to be sent to the treatment center, the soldier gritted his teeth and said nothing.

At this moment, the two-pound cannon of the Tuntian Army also began to roar. The violently burning gunpowder produced a high-temperature gunpowder gas, which retaliated by firing cannonballs wrapped in linen cloth at the Mongol army. The speed of a round cannonball is much faster than that of a bow and arrow, and the destructive power of a two-pound cannonball is by no means comparable to that of an arrow weighing more than one or two.

The Mongolian archers who were hit in the head and chest and other vital positions were killed immediately, and the ** of the archers who were not hit in the critical positions first exploded as literally, and the whole person was driven by huge kinetic energy and moved in a strange motion curve. For example, a person who was hit in the thigh suddenly jumped backwards in his thigh. Normal humans would not be able to do such actions on a normal day.

Skilled archers rain arrows more than a minute apart, and skilled gunners don't miss each shell more than half a minute apart. Before the Mongol archers could shoot a second round, the second round of artillery bombardment by the Tuntian army was completed. 96 artillery pieces again fired 96 shells at the ranks of the Mongol archers. And again inflicted killing.

The archers were also human, and when they saw their comrades in front and behind were splashed with flesh and blood by cannonballs, they listened to the dying screams of their comrades who were not killed immediately. Their minds shook, and the movements that they had been able to skillfully shoot arrows were completely out of shape. Those archers with poor psychological quality have soreness in their hands and feet, and they can't even pull their bows.

At this time, the third round of shelling of the Tuntian Army had also been completed. Another 96 shells whizzed into the dense array of archers, killing and wounding some of them again. Such a blow was beyond the reach of the Mongol archers, who, though not to abandon their bows and arrows, instinctively retreated, wanting to be further away from the danger.

Compared to the infantry, which was positioned in the rear and protected by shields, the artillerymen were more forward and less sheltered. Seeing the chaos of the Mongolian archery team, the artillery company commanders were greatly relieved. However, these people did not rejoice unconditionally, and each artillery company commander shouted at the top of his voice: "Quick! Cool down the cannon! Cool down the cannon! ”

Some people use a damp cloth to apply water to the outside of the gun body, and some people use a strip wrapped in a damp cloth to wipe the inside of the gun muzzle. The water is heated and turns to steam, and now it's mid-September, probably the beginning of November in the Western calendar. There was some fog on the various gun positions of the Tuntian army. It's just that at this time, the smoke from the shelling has not completely dissipated, and even the Mongolian Wanhu Gorten, who has a keen eyesight, could not see it.

Of course, Gorten Wanhu didn't have the heart to observe these details at this time, and he was full of only three words: 'What to do'. The archers suffered seventy or eighty casualties, a tenth of the more than eight hundred archers. Just such a loss made the archers lose the will to continue fighting.

The archers are unreliable, so it is difficult to send infantry up to face the Song army on the opposite side? Gorten immediately dismissed the idea. The Song army on the opposite side was almost twice as large as the Mongol army, and the danger of facing Gang was too great. What's more, the Mongol archers were no longer able to fight, and the artillery on the opposite side was unscathed. The infantry probably ate a lot of shells during the attack.

Since he couldn't find an idea to attack, Gorten decisively ordered, "Withdraw!" ”

The Mongol army and the Song army each set up a front more than a mile wide, and it took four or five minutes for the order to retreat to reach the Mongol army. It didn't take so long for the artillery of the Tuntian army to cool down, and by the time the Mongol Qianhu received the order, the entire infantry phalanx was also subjected to six rounds of shelling. The shells caused even more tragic damage in the dense crowd, and nearly 600 two-pound shells caused more than 200 casualties and disrupted the formation of the Mongol army.

Song Jie, who was watching the battle, swallowed his saliva, and there was no need to say anything after the battle had reached this point. According to the previous hundreds of face-to-face exercises and actual exercises, it is time to enter the link of advancing the infantry phalanx. However, the knife-to-knife gun-to-gun battle was the first time for Song Jie. The only war experience in his life was the capture of Zhigu Village, in which the Mongol army chose not to fight but to flee in the face of heavy fire from the militia. In other words, the battle after the shelling was a completely new experience for Song Jie. It is also a new experience for the whole army of Tuntian.

Swallowing his saliva again, Song Jie pulled his throat and shouted to the herald of the Tuntian Army: "Order the first line, attack!" ”

The Tuntian army really lacked combat experience, but in the eyes of the Mongolian Wanhu Gorten on the other side, the performance of this army was very, very terrible. The timing of the gun attack was excellent, and not long after the Song soldiers stepped forward and backward with their spears flat, the Mongol army, which could not withstand the artillery blows, began to retreat. The battlefield soon showed that the Mongols were defeated and retreated, and the Song army advanced. Judging from the whole situation, the soldiers of the Song army seemed to be in a winning position.

There was a burst of hope in Gorten Wanhu's heart, and countless gun arrays were all out of trouble at this stage. The pikemen, who thought they were in the ascending position, began to pursue them wantonly, quickly letting their array loosen. Therefore, Gorten only sent messengers to slow down the retreat of the thousand households, and he himself ordered the cavalry to move, and once the enemy's spear array loosened, he would attack from the flank. Gorten Wanhu was convinced that the Song army, which had sent only half of its troops in pursuit, had no superiority in strength, and the artillery was again left behind. A small mistake can turn the good situation of the Song army around in an instant.

However, after more than ten minutes of pursuit, Wanhu felt as if his heart was being held by something. In the first row of each small phalanx of the Song army, there were three flag-bearers, and behind the flag-bearers was a row of soldiers beating waist drums. Accompanied by the neat drum beat, the drum beating Song army in the first row of the front line was always able to maintain a steady pace. The pikemen of the Song army who followed them were also able to steady their pace and move forward quickly. The entire array of the Song army has always maintained a desperate straight line on the Great Flat.

Gorten Wanhu had heard that Zhao Jiaren's artillery was extremely sharp, and after seeing it, he felt that it was really a famous man. But seeing that their troops had loosened their formation after half an hour of retreat, the infantry began to pant. The pursuing Song army was not left behind by the Mongol army, and continued to maintain a neat queue and a brisk pace. Gorten Wanhu was completely stunned, he never dreamed that there was such an elite army in this world. I didn't expect such an elite to be bumped into by myself.

Seeing the steady and powerful pace of this army, Gorten knew that if he could not immediately delay the pace of pursuit of this army. In another ten minutes, the Mongol infantry would probably be too tired to run. If the elite Song army on the opposite side had one more strength than the Mongol army, they could slaughter the staggered Mongol infantry.

As a last resort, Gorten ordered the cavalry to approach the Song army from the flank and use cavalry tactics to contain the Song army's advance speed.

Half of this cavalry were Mongol soldiers, and the other half were Yandi cavalry. The former was arrogant and thought it was time to show off the might of Mongolia. The latter and the Mongol infantry were both from Yandi, and they were not afraid to save their relatives. Originally, these cavalry were prepared to wait until the Song army's pikemen array was in disarray. At this time, the Song army's pikemen were pinned down with cavalry shooting, and both the Mongol cavalry and the Yandi cavalry were very confident that they could complete the goal.

The Mongolian short bow is shot at a distance of more than 20 meters, about 15 to 20 paces. Watch the Mongol cavalry gallop from the flank of the Song army array in an orderly formation, and take off their short bows as they approach the flank of the Song army's spear formation, 50 paces away. Under the influence of these cavalry, the Song army's flank gun formation slowed down, and this scene gave hope to Tengger Wanhu's heart.

The cavalry continued forward, and soon reached a distance of 40 paces from the Song flank. After a little reorganization, the Mongol cavalry drew an arc and began to approach the Song army 30 paces away, and began to accompany the Song army.

Before the Mongol cavalry could get closer, puffs of white smoke came out from the flanks of the Song army's spear formation, which was no different from the smoke sprayed by the artillery when it was fired, except that it was relatively small and light. As white smoke rose out, the men and horses of the Mongol cavalry fell to the ground one after another.

For the first time, Gorten was shocked. He never expected that the Song army would actually hide artillery in his gun array!

Three days after the end of this battle, Zhao Jiaren got the flying pigeon book. The 6,000 Mongol army attacked the northern city of Haizhou Labor, and the Tuntian army fought with it and won a great victory! Beheaded two thousand Mongol troops. One hundred and thirty-nine horses were captured. Other seizures piled up.