Following Sakagami's order, several island messengers on horseback appeared on the front line, and the reward promised by Genmori was passed on to the ears of all island people.

After hearing the words samurai, some civilians and the untouchable island nation of Ashigaru instantly became extremely excited like chicken blood being beaten.

Under the blessing of this buff, the island nation of Ashigaru, who was only wearing light armor or no cloth at all, under the leadership of the samurai, frantically rushed towards the defense line composed of tall horses, long soldiers, and heavy armor of the Changying Army.

As the soldiers of the island country entered the battle formation of the Changying army more than one hundred and fifty paces, the crossbowmen in the rear of the formation raised the crossbows, and the buckle was expanded, and the crossbow arrows with a length of nearly two feet, three wings as the tail, and three edges as clusters flew straight into the charging island soldiers.

The charging island soldiers entered the front sixty paces of the Changying army, bent their bows and arrows, and the archers began to shoot freely at the island soldiers in the dense charge.

For these island nation Ashigaru, who are short in stature and only equipped with light armor, these armor-piercing arrows and crossbow arrows fired by strong bows and heavy crossbows exert amazing lethality, and those who are hit by the arrows are either dead or disabled.

As the arrows and crossbows continued to fire, the island nation fell to the ground in pain, however, before they could scream and wail, the red-eyed and shouting "onboard" of the island soldiers had already followed, stepping over their bodies, and the fate that awaited them would be to be trampled into flesh.

It's just that all this doesn't seem to affect the pace of the islanders' charge, and the islanders, who are red-eyed and extremely excited, are frantically rushing forward like tides and waves.

Compared with the islanders who shouted "onboard" and charged frantically, the soldiers of the Changying Army clenched the blades in their hands and looked calmly ahead, like a reef on the shore, proud, majestic, and unfalling.

After carrying a dense number of arrows and paying the price of nearly a thousand people, the first group of islanders finally came into contact with the battle formation composed of heavy infantry, and from this moment on, the battle entered a white-hot state.

The first group of islanders who came into contact with the battle line had not even had time to wield their weapons, but they had already been split in two by Mo knives, or stabbed into blood gourds by spears, spears, and rifles, just like the smashing of the raging waves after hitting the reef.

However, the first wave fell, and the second wave of islanders resurfaced like rats, and in this way, group after group, stubble after stubble, the islanders were still frantically attacking the defense line of the Changying Army.

In less than half an hour, outside the line of defense composed of heavy infantry, a whole layer of corpses of the islanders had been erected.

Because of congenital reasons, unless it is specially customized, it is difficult for the islanders to use the standard armor of the Tang Army, so most of the islanders use the light armor they brought from the islands.

This kind of light armor can't be said to have no defense against the arrows, crossbow arrows, Mo knives and other blades of the Long Silk Army, but it can neither save life nor reduce damage, and the actual effect is infinitely close to 0.

However, just because the armor doesn't fit properly doesn't mean that the blade can't be used.

Li Shidao obviously understood this, so after successfully controlling the island country, Li Shidao quietly transferred a large number of obsolete and abandoned ordnance that once belonged to the Pinglu Army to Wendeng.

Thanks to Li Shidao, a considerable number of soldiers from the island countries replaced the bamboo guns in their hands with these eliminated Pinglu army ordnance after landing.

Rao is a blade that has been eliminated, and the power and effect it brings have also made a qualitative leap, after all, the durability and lethality of bamboo spears and iron and steel blades are not the same.

Under the frenzied impact of the islanders, the heavy infantry on the front line gradually suffered casualties, but fortunately, although there was no crisis on the entire front, the insane, death-like charge of the islanders still made the soldiers of the Changying Army feel extremely uncomfortable.

The heavy infantry of the Changying Army were all carefully selected elites, and they had experienced more than one battle.

Tragic, hard, and difficult, they have seen and encountered all kinds of situations, and many of them themselves have witnessed several bloody battles such as Xingqing Palace and Jingzhou.

Even those who had not participated in those bloody battles had participated in or watched the battle between the Changying Army and the Huaixi Army more than a month ago.

Compared with those meat grinder, apocalyptic battles, the losses in today's battle with the islanders are almost negligible.

However, the behavior of the little people in front of them, who are like the little people of the island country, regardless of casualties and losses, and come up to die like crazy, really makes them incomprehensible.

As the battle progressed, there were even piles of corpses in front of them, and in this kind of battle, the heavy infantry felt that they could carry it until they were old.

It's just that the so-called old age of the wasteland is just wishful thinking of the heavy infantry.

As the battle progressed, looking at the soldiers of the island country who were attacking frantically, Lu Xiaobing in the battle formation couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"These dog-called island country little squirrels are really as crazy as the general said, the pigs are advancing suddenly, the jade is rushing, tsk! Tut! Tut! It's a bunch of ***."

said stupid forks, but Lu Xiaobing's face had a thick smile, and his eyes showed even more excitement and excitement.

He believed that these little people from the island country would never know that there was something called black powder, let alone that Xiao Junpeng had called the black powder mixed with frosting as an incendiary bomb.

Thinking of the incendiary bomb, Lu Xiaobing's heart was full of mixed emotions, full of awe, full of expectation, and palpitations, because he had seen the effect of the incendiary bomb with his own eyes.

After the night battle, in order to verify the effect, Xiao Junpeng dug a tunnel with the assistance of a group of engineers, and Lu Xiaobing watched the whole process very poorly.

At first, Lu Xiaobing was as excited as Xiao Junpeng, but the tunnel was dug up little by little, and a pungent smell of blood, rancid, and barbecued meat hit his face.

Looking at the struggling and twisted wreckage left by the scouts of the island country in the tunnel, smelling this disgusting mixture, coupled with Xiao Junpeng's analysis and speculation from the side, Lu Xiaobing, who has been in the army for more than 20 years and has seen countless tragic scenes, vomited without even blinking his eyes, not only vomited, but his bitter gall was almost vomited out directly.

According to Xiao Junpeng, the relatively narrow terrain of the tunnel is more suitable for the original black powder to exert the power of explosion, rather than the effect of incendiary bombs after adding frosting.

After all, after adding frosting and turning black powder into an incendiary bomb, its explosive power is greatly reduced, but the adhesion and combustion ability are greatly improved.

Because of the added frosting, it is almost impossible to break free after being stuck to the incendiary bomb after the explosion, and the flames from the incendiary bomb will firmly adhere to the skin, causing the flames to spread inch by inch on the body.

This small space will increase the power of the explosion and increase the level of pain, but the narrow space will also cause the space scattered after the explosion to be greatly reduced.

And if this kind of thing explodes in an open place with dense personnel, it will definitely bring the effect of a goddess scattering flowers......

Thinking about the scene that Xiao Junpeng told him with calm and excited expectations that day, Lu Xiaobing couldn't help but shudder.

He seemed to suddenly understand that Guo Rong had given the black powder a name for a big killing weapon, and he also understood why Guo Rong had been very cautious about the use of a big killing weapon, and he had to admit that this thing was worthy of the name of a big killing weapon.

Fortunately, Xiao Junpeng, Qing Xuzi, and the Taoist priest who taught the black *** are all on their own side, and it is their own side that has mastered the big killing weapon.

"Herald!"

"All the heavy infantry hold their formation, slowly retreat fifty paces, and the archers and crossbowmen are ready to attack!"

"Catapults and crossbows are ready to shoot, as soon as the foot soldiers retreat into a safe distance, they will be fired immediately!"

"The cavalry is ready to attack, and after the catapult has completed its first round of fire, it will immediately circle from both flanks and drive the fleeing islanders in both directions to the north and south to the center of the battlefield."

"All light infantry unloaded all unnecessary equipment, followed the pace of cavalry, and besieged the chaotic islanders in the middle of the battlefield as much as possible."

"After all the catapults have fired the ten incendiary bombs attached to them, blow the trumpet!"

"After the bugle sounded, except for the equipment battalion and the heavy infantry

The sappers, cooks, medics, and other auxiliaries must immediately begin the pursuit with all their might, and complete the order given by the Great General to kill."

With the issuance of the order, in the outer circle of the battle formation, under the command of the companies and platoon academies of the heavy infantry, the heavy infantry began to slowly move backwards and fight and retreat.

In the inner circle of the battle array, Xiao Junpeng led the gunpowder masters with the names of sappers and the Taoist priests of the Daomen to begin to install time-delay fuses for catapults, black powder and incendiary bombs belonging to catapults, eight-bull crossbows.

The archers and crossbowmen in the middle of the heavy infantry in the outer ring and the equipment battalion in the inner ring stopped firing at the same time after firing the last arrow in their hands.

The relatively thin crossbowmen quickly handed over the heavy crossbow in their hands to the auxiliary soldiers of the logistics battalion around them, turned around and copied out the horizontal knives on their waists or the sapper shovels behind their backs.

The archers, who were tall and round-shouldered, also gave their bows to the auxiliaries, and with the help of the auxiliaries put on their arms and took up their blades.

The light infantry directly threw all kinds of unnecessary bits and pieces on their bodies, carrying only horizontal knives and wooden shields, and quickly walked towards the rear of the military formation under the leadership of their respective commanders and platoon commanders.

As the first line of defense formed by the heavy infantry slowly retreated, the equipment battalion began to load the catapult with a revised version of the incendiary bombs, reloading the eight-ox crossbow with crossbow arrows, turning the design angle of the eight-ox crossbow and turning the winch of the eight-ox crossbow at the same time, making the final preparations before shooting.

When the Changying Army began to make final preparations according to Lu Xiaobing's order, above the head of Wendeng City, Yuan Sheng, who was originally anxious, became extremely excited after seeing the battle formation of the Changying Army begin to retreat.

In his eyes, the Tang army has begun to decline under the crazy attack of the island army, the rout of the Tang army is just around the corner, and the victory is already in hand.

As long as the island nation's army wins a complete victory, all its predicaments will be solved.

"Wow, the Tang army was really defeated, Sakagami-kun is worthy of being the first general of our island country who led the army to destroy the Ezo people, if there is no Sakagami-kun's strategy, there is no Sakagami-kun's command......

It's just that the general of the island country who is also on the head of Wendeng Castle and stands next to Gensheng, Sakaueda Jun Maro does not have such a good mood as Gensheng.

I saw that his brows were furrowed, his eyes were fixed on the direction of the battle formation, his expression was extremely serious, and he was visibly full of anxiety and doubt.

After hearing Gensheng's boasting and praise, Sakagami shook his head uneasily.

"Your Royal Highness, I'm afraid things are not simple, and the situation in front of me is probably not right!"

Listening to Sakagami's words, Yuan Sheng chuckled in his heart, and the smile on his face froze directly.

"What, Sakagami-kun, hasn't the Tang army already begun to retreat?"

"Your Royal Highness, it hasn't been too long since the white-knuckle battle began, our army seems to be fierce, but the Tang army has not suffered large-scale casualties, and its morale has not collapsed, so there should not be such an obvious retreat in the case of an even situation."

"You mean that Tang Jun is cheating?"

Sakagami didn't answer directly, but that grim face said it all, and Gensheng's heart was awe-inspiring, and a thick uneasiness enveloped him again.

After a moment of hesitation, Yuan Sheng asked tentatively.

"Sakagami-kun, now that we know that it is the conspiracy of the Tang army, how about ordering the collection of troops now, or postponing the attack, maybe ......?"

Halfway through his words, Sakagami shook his head, then looked at Gensheng with a wry smile.

This ambitious prince really doesn't understand military affairs at all, but it is precisely because he doesn't understand military affairs that he won't interfere and disturb his own layout and deployment, which is also his advantage.

"Your Royal Highness, there is an ancient saying in the Tang Dynasty, the husband fights, and the courage is also, one drum of strength, then decline, three and exhaustion!"

"Right now, our battle with the Tang Army has reached a critical moment, and at this time, if we order the withdrawal of troops, it is meaningless to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and we will kill ourselves!"

"But, but...... Tang Jun doesn't ...... either."

"Your Royal Highness, that's Tang Jun, not us! Tang Jun can afford to wait, we can't afford to wait, for the sake of today......

As he spoke, Sakagami's gaze was aimed at Jingguan, which was still standing in front of the west gate of Wendeng County, and morale

It's really exciting!

Look at the strange battle situation outside, and then look at the Jingguan in front of him, his eyes focused on Yuansheng's body, Sakagami knew that it was a critical time, and then Sakagami turned around and bowed to Yuansheng.

"Your Royal Highness, now is the time for me to be loyal to the island nation, if I fail, please make sure that your palace holds on to this city and the two dock forts in the rear, and waits for reinforcements sent by the emperor and the regent, as long as you hold the landing point, there is still hope!"

After finishing speaking, Sakagami straightened his armor and led several guards to walk under the castle tower, and after dozens of breaths, under the gaze of Yuan Sheng, Sakagami led a whole team of island cavalry to rush out of the city gate.

After rushing out of the city gate, Sakagami went straight to the battle formation composed of more than 1,000 heavy infantry!

Just as Sakagami arrived at his position and commanded his trump card to begin to move forward, a cannon sound came from the Tang army, and then a fireball flew out of the Tang army's military formation.