Although the battlefield was full of fire, the sound was deafening, the flesh and bones of people and horses were churning, and the scene of blood splashing was like the end of the world, but the people who were there felt that it was not real because they were too shocking. Time seemed to freeze in an instant, and when the front line of five thousand Tartar cavalry was almost exhausted, the bald men in the rear finally came back to their senses.

"Stop the offense, stop the offense." The bald and fierce man roared and ordered, and the trumpeter with his chest and belly bare sounded a low horn, and the second group of charging Tartar cavalry made a big bend obliquely in the rear hundreds of paces away from the annihilated front team, drifting and turning the horse's head to the north, and several charging horses followed in the same way, and after turning the corner, they broke away from the strike range of the Ming army's firearms, threw the horse's butt to the Ming army's rocket artillery, and successfully escaped from the hellish battlefield.

Song Nan was helpless, the range of the rocket artillery was not far, and it was unlikely that he would rush to catch up, so he could only watch the cavalry escape from danger, but he couldn't pursue. How much Song Nan wanted this rocket to be miles away now, it would be a different scene.

And after the Tartars give up the attack and leave the battlefield, this place will definitely become the object of Tartar artillery bombardment, and at this time the idea is not to attack, but to evacuate quickly.

"Quickly collect the troops and disperse, retreat to the rear cliff and hide, and order the soldiers and horses of the Shenshu battalion to prepare to prevent the Tartars from storming here." As soon as Song Nan's words fell, a shell whistled and landed on the side of a rocket launcher not far away.

Song Nan yelled anxiously, and the soldiers braved the ensuing artillery fire, and hurriedly pushed these precious things out of the way, but Rao was like this, and three of them were still destroyed by the Tartar artillery fire, and dozens of people died.

Bald and red-eyed, when the cavalry was out of range, he ordered the Condor cannon to bombard the place where the Ming army's firearms were. He didn't care about the limited number of cannonballs, and in the face of the massacre just now, he had already breathed fire in his eyes, and roared vigorously: "Bombard, bombard, blow up all the miles around it." ”

Explosions and fires soared into the sky, and just now it was an excellent hiding place for a barren grass and forest, but after a while, it had become an apocalyptic scene, and hundreds of shells were poured into this area, blowing all the trees and dead grass into the air, leaving traces of thousands of holes on the earth.

"Why did it stop? Fried, fried for me. The bald man gritted his teeth excitedly, and suddenly felt that there was little artillery, and his soldiers and horses had no orders, so he took the initiative to stop the bombing.

"The Great Khan, the shells are gone, and the total of 2,800 shells has been fired." The two leading commanders of the Condor Artillery Battalion wept and said with sad faces.

The bald man was stunned for a moment, and finally calmed down, and the cannonballs ran out, which meant that the sharp weapon Condor cannon in his hand had become an ornament, and now he could only take Jingyu City to rest and wait for the next batch of supplies to arrive and replenish; And to take the Jingyu City in front of him can only rely on conventional tactics, his sons need to fight hard against the Ming army, although the bald is not worried about the combat effectiveness of both sides, but looking at the dark and dreary earth and the burning Jingyu City in front of him and the surrounding woods and grass, he hesitated.

"Great Khan, our army is in the light, the Ming army is in the dark, and so far, we have not found the location of the Ming army. Hypocrisy guessed that the Ming army must be hiding in the surrounding mountains, and there may be hidden behind Jingyu City, and the Ming army's firearms are too fierce, and if we rashly react, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to us. Batu said cautiously.

"You're right, we can't attack rashly now, Song Nan is obviously prepared, the delay and harassment along the way is to make us impetuous, delay time, and deliberately discard their old firearms, but in fact, we have already arranged amazing firearms waiting for us to attack, this is all premeditated and planned actions. I think their purpose in delaying time must be because it is advantageous for them to fight at night, after all, how many firearms they have of this kind and where they hide them do not know; Coupled with their familiarity with the terrain, it seemed unwise to attack at night. ”

"Great Khan Shengming, in fact, we didn't suffer much, but we lost thousands of soldiers and horses." Batu had a clear conscience, but in fact, he knew that the cavalry that charged was elite, and the loss of 5,000 was already difficult to accept, especially when he died without even touching a single poop of the other party's hair.

"The top priority at the moment is to restore morale, and immediately retreat and set up camp, take strict precautions at night, and spread night sentry posts in the surrounding areas to prevent the Ming army from sneaking attacks. As soon as the morning dawned, we attacked in a big way, and this time, the left, center, and right sides attacked at the same time, and the left and right sides attacked in a roundabout way to find the location of the Ming army's firearms in time, so as to facilitate the response. ”

"Batu, you have thought about it very thoughtfully, so you will follow your words and send the order, the whole army will camp on the spot, and the responsibility of guarding at night must be done, and all the mastiffs in the mastiff dog battalion will be released to cooperate with the vigil, and the Ming army will not be stolen in the middle of the night."

"Don't worry, the Great Khan will be careful."

The unprecedentedly fierce battle lasted less than an hour, and when the sky was completely dark, the battlefield outside Jingyu City, which should have been full of blood and fire, suddenly died down and quieted down. The smoke and blood in the night wind, the fires still burning inside and outside the city, and the broken corpses lying on the ground in the darkness all recount the fierce course of the battle just now.

Song Nan's plan was to delay the attack until dark and use the power of rockets to attack the camp, but he also changed his mind, in the battle just now, the power of rocket artillery is naturally undoubted, but it also exposes its short range and insufficient mobility. Before the rocket launcher is fired, it needs to be fixed with wooden stakes nailed at the four corners, and an anvil is placed to keep the ground stable, and the adjustment angle needs to be achieved by increasing or decreasing the number of anvils under the barrel of the firecracker; Even though this type of rocket launcher has made a lot of improvements in terms of firing range and operation, it has exposed many shortcomings in this battle due to technical limitations.

The frenzied artillery bombardment of the Tartars destroyed several rocket launchers, killing and wounding hundreds of gunners, all because of insufficient mobility, it took time to settle down, and it also took time to pull out, and the guide could not avoid being hit. Song Nan didn't want to take any more risks, these things were the only firearms he had at hand, and he had to rely on these things to resist the charge of the Tartar cavalry, bows. Sniper weapons such as crossbows could not withstand the frantic charge of tens of thousands of Tartar cavalry. If you attack the camp in the dark tonight, you will inevitably have to dispatch these guys, and the Tartars must be prepared for the night, once there is a mistake, these treasures are lost, it will definitely outweigh the losses. It was impossible to annihilate an equal number of Tartar armies in a night raid.

In view of this, Song Nan could only adjust his strategy, give up the plan of attacking at night, and only ordered a small group of soldiers and horses to harass the enemy camp at night, not letting them sleep well, and at the same time planning how to fight the next battle.

In a small village five miles south of Jingyu City, Song Nan's general tent is set up here, although it is already late at night, there is still a huge candle in the tent with a high fever, Song Nan stands alone in front of the huge sand table with his hands in front of his eyes, pacing and thinking from time to time. The curtain of the inner tent was lifted, and Ye Fanggu walked out with a tray of tea and snacks, put the wooden plate on the table, and said softly: "Husband, take a break, eat some snacks and drink some tea, your body is important." ”

Song Nan turned his head to look at her, nodded and said, "Okay, where to put it, I will use it when I am hungry." ”

Ye Fanggu sighed, folded her hands in front of her abdomen and slowly walked to the sand table, looked at the terrain on the sand table for a long time and said, "Is Husband worried about the outcome of this battle?" ”

Song Nan shook his head and said, "I'm not worried about defeat, it's absolutely impossible for the Tatar soldiers and horses to figure it out here." All I'm thinking about is how to hit them hard here. Tomorrow morning will be a bloody battle, and if the Tartars attack in an all-out way, I will not be able to stop the dozens of rocket launchers at hand, and I will inevitably fall into hand-to-hand combat. And that's exactly what the Tartars expect to see. ”

Ye Fanggu nodded and said: "That's true, if my Ming army is head-on, there is still a gap in the strength of the frontal battle, and the formation of the Tartars today is really earth-shattering, and it is indeed scary." If it weren't for the great achievements of the husband's firearms, I am afraid that Jingyu would have been lost. ”

Song Nan hummed and said: "Our soldiers and horses are all on the flanks, and there are only 10,000 soldiers and horses east of Jingyu to block it, if the Tartars insist on rushing hard, it is indeed difficult to resist." ”

Ye Fanggu said: "Since the husband knows about this drawback, why don't you transfer tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to guard the rear of Jingyu City?" ”

Song Nan shook his head and said, "You don't understand, the deployment of heavy troops in the rear is not equivalent to frontal combat?" That's exactly what the Tartars want. You look at this terrain, the terrain in the east of Jingyu City is becoming more and more open and flat, and fighting here is exactly what I don't want to see, so I'd rather drag them here. The slopes of the flanks could restrict the movement of the Tartars' cavalry, which is why they did not send troops to attack one of the flanks, knowing that my men and horses were in ambush on either side; The Tartars knew that while they were superior in numbers on either wing, their cavalry superiority was lost. ”

Ye Fanggu shook her head and said: "The slave family doesn't know much about military affairs, but tomorrow I know that the Tartars will attack at any cost, what countermeasures can the husband come up with?" ”

Song Nan sighed lightly and said: "There is a plan, it depends on whether the Tartars cooperate or not, what I am thinking about is that this plan has a few percent chance of winning, relatively speaking, I hope that the Tartars can make a desperate bet tomorrow; If I could get a greater gain than this at the cost of 10,000 men and 40 rocket launchers, then the battle would be won; The Tatars would have retreated without a fight. ”

Ye Fanggu looked at Song Nan's frowning brows, and said softly: "The husband is the best, the slave family has confidence in you, and the slave family has always believed that nothing in this world can stop the husband's footsteps." Tartars don't work, no one can. ”

Song Nan laughed, reached out and wrapped his hand around her waist, and kissed her lightly on the forehead: "Go to sleep, don't stay up with me, women will grow old fast if they stay up late." ”

Ye Fanggu glanced at him and said, "Doesn't that give you an excuse to find a young and beautiful girl?" I see that you accepted Kou'er, don't let her wait too long, she is not too young, I saw her mother today, and there seems to be a meaning in her words, it seems that although Lord Yang is not angry with his daughter as a concubine, but now, they are helpless. ”

Song Nan waved his hand and said: "It's not appropriate to talk about these things here and now, you go to sleep, I have to summon Jiang Bin and Xu Tai and them to make a plan." ”

Ye Fanggu sighed, turned around and went back to the inner tent.