Ah, there was a scream at the scene, the shells rolled out all the way for dozens of steps, and within dozens of steps, blood flowed like a river, and pieces of officers and soldiers fell, screaming, and some people didn't even have time to scream, and they were directly cut off by a cannon.

The artillery manufacturing level and gunpowder formula of the rebel army are better than those of the official army, so the power of the cannonball far exceeds that of the official army's artillery.

He also smiled: "It's not easy for the rebels to get the cannon up the mountain, do you want to rely on this cannon-"

Before his words fell, boom, boom, boom, there were one after another on Taihe Mountain, and the sound of cannons continued.

Whoosh, the sky was full of black shells bursting through the air.

The first wave of about twenty shells all landed accurately in the ranks of the officers and soldiers.

There is no way, the mountain is full of pieces of officers and soldiers, and they can hit with their eyes closed.

This is a catastrophe for the officers and soldiers.

Because the officers and troops were too dense, a single shell was fired, and it basically killed and injured a large area.

Twenty shells fell, that is, nearly 100 people were killed and wounded.

Although the nearly 100 people seemed inconspicuous compared to the large array of more than 300,000 people, the scene was too bloody and cruel.

Countless officers and soldiers saw their colleagues who were still alive in front of them, and the next moment they were smashed into a pile of mud, and they were simply out of the sky.

When more than 20 shells fell in the second round, turmoil had already begun among the officers and soldiers, and many people retreated uncontrollably, but there were also officers and troops behind, and there were people and horses everywhere, and they couldn't retreat for a while.

Boom, boom, boom, the cannon sound at the scene continued, and the shells of the rebel army were fired in rounds, with a slight pause in between, but soon they would also sound.

Zhu Gaoxu's cannon was like a musket fired in three stages, divided into six rounds, round after round, and kept the cannon sound continuous.

This gave the officers and soldiers the illusion that the artillery of the rebel army seemed to be endless.

Boom, a cannonball fell not far from Zhu Neng, this is the closest cannonball to Zhu Neng.

Zhu Neng watched the cannonball tear apart a cavalryman at once, and then the cannonball jumped, fluttered, knocked down another war horse behind him, and then slid out, boom, because the cannonball was too fast, it directly pulled out a blood mark in mid-air, and a large number of cavalry fell from the horse along the way.

After knocking down three or four cavalrymen in a row, they pounced and finally smashed on the head of a horse before hitting the ground.

After landing, the shells rolled under the legs of several soldiers, causing another burst of screams.

"Hiss" Zhu Neng's face turned white.

At this time, his large array of Chinese troops was at least a mile away from the front, and he didn't expect the rebels' artillery to be so powerful, directly passing the infantry battalion in front and hitting the cavalry behind.

Just that one shell overturned at least several horses.

Everyone at the scene was horrible, and many people would have been seriously injured if they had not been killed.

The screams, wails, and screams were endless, and the soldiers and horses around the screaming were terrified.

"Cheng Guogong, the rebel artillery is too fierce, stand back." At this time, a general stepped forward to grab Zhu Neng's war horse and said anxiously.

Zhu Neng stared ahead, listening to the air boom, boom, boom, cannon sound, a large number of shells fell into the official army formation, and then the officers and soldiers were screaming everywhere, and the entire official army was already unstable and had a tendency to collapse.

"Cheng Guogong." Xu Zhong rushed at this time: "Retreat quickly, retreat quickly, if you don't retreat, our army will be crushed by the rebel artillery?" ”

Zhu Neng was ashamed and angry: "My officers and soldiers are 300,000 people, and how many people can be killed and injured by just artillery?" ”

"Kill" At this moment, the rebel army in front shouted in unison, and the tide of rebels on the mountain rushed down.

The officers and troops were being bombarded, and the morale of the army was a little chaotic, but they did not expect the rebel army to rush down at this time.

There was a great chaos at the scene, and everyone had to prepare for the bombardment and prepare for the battle.

Just as the rebels rushed fifty paces away.

The "shooting" of the rebel army was full of archers, whooshing, and the overwhelming rain of arrows was thrown into the official army.

At this time, Wang Zhong's routine was basically seen.

Shoot the front of the officers with bows and arrows, and use artillery to hit the middle and rear of the officers.

Although there were many bows and arrows in the rebel army, what really scared the officers and soldiers was artillery.

Don't look at the artillery only more than 100, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Later Jin sometimes used a few artillery pieces to destroy tens of thousands of Ming troops.

The pressure brought by artillery is incomparable to that of many bows and arrows.

The officers and soldiers also withstood the bows and arrows and the rebels fired at each other, and the center and rear formations finally couldn't bear it when they were subjected to the eighth round of shelling.

"Roar" In the middle of the scene, a large number of officers and soldiers turned around and ran.

The middle and rear formations were running, and the forward officers and troops saw that the situation was not good, and they retreated one after another.

Suddenly, the scene turned into a big rout, and the officers and soldiers all over the mountains rushed to run back in fear, but there were also a large number of officers and soldiers behind.

Dense officers and troops trampled on each other and squeezed each other.

The cavalry rushed into battle, smashed away from their own infantry camp, and fled into the distance.

All just want to get out of this hell and escape from the range of artillery.

However, the artillery on the mountainside fought farther and farther, chasing after the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers who fought were distraught and collapsed in large numbers.

It can be said that before this great war, no country and army in the history of the world used so much artillery.

Zhu Gaoxu taught Zhu Neng a hard lesson with the god of war, and in his words, the way of fighting in the future will be completely changed because of this battle.

At this time, Zhu Neng could only stare at this scene, his eyes full of disbelief.

In less than half an hour, the army of more than 300,000 was shattered by the artillery bombardment of the rebels, and almost not a single phalanx on the scene was intact.

The scene collapsed so quickly that he, Xu Zhong and other generals had no time to react, and could only watch the collapse of the large forces of the official army.

At this time, the sound of a tsunami on the mountain in front of him was sweeping from the front, and the rebel army was charging with all the bows and arrows in front of him.

The crackling of horns and the sound of bowstrings in the air were endless, and every time they sounded, the officers and soldiers fell to the ground in pieces, as if they were cutting wheat.

Originally, the officers and soldiers had a lot of small round shields, but under the bombardment of artillery, many people threw the shield wall and fled for their lives.

This made the losses of the officers and soldiers suffer from the rain of arrows even greater.

Under the continuous rain of arrows, the rebel army rushed down the mountain like a tiger into the large array of officials and soldiers, and the scene was full of shouts of killing.

"The King of Han Will Win"

"The King of Han Will Win"

Shouts rang out one after another, sweeping from the front and soon reaching every part of the battlefield.

The officers and soldiers almost lost their resistance, and everyone turned around and ran back, everyone wanted to get out of this hellish place as soon as possible, away from the range of artillery bombardment.

But more than 300,000 people gathered within a range of about five miles, which was too dense, and the people behind did not flee, and the people in front frantically turned back, only to be more crowded.

In such a crowded situation, whenever a cannonball hit the crowd, there were all kinds of screams and howls in the crowd, and seeing such a scene, the officers and soldiers became even more frightened and afraid.

At this moment, Qu Tao led the horse down the mountain.

When his horse descended the mountain, he stumbled and stumbled, and finally reached the bottom of the mountain, he quickly turned over and got on the horse, patted the horse forward, and at the same time raised his arms and shouted: "The Ming people don't kill the Ming people, brothers, let's do it with the King of Han." ”

"Surrender or kill, raise your hands and squat."

Every time Qu Tao shouted, there were people around him, and then more and more people were calling.

"Surrender or kill, raise your hands and squat."

"The Ming people don't kill the Ming people, follow the Han King."

"The King of Han Will Win"

A large number of shouts came together, and sure enough, some people in the officers and soldiers raised their hands in surrender, and then squatted down.

The scene was so chaotic that the people who turned their heads in front and ran couldn't see the road, only saw that there were all heads behind them, and probably knew that they couldn't run away, so many people hurriedly raised their hands and squatted down to surrender.

As long as someone takes the lead in this kind of thing, there are many people who follow immediately, and then they see a very spectacular picture of raising their hands and surrendering.

"Boom" Another cannonball whistled in, almost swept over Zhu Neng's head, and with a bang, it hit the personal army behind Zhu Neng.

"Ahh

"I'm a mother."

There was a scream in the pro-soldiers, and the shell violently tore a gap, almost severely injuring a dozen cavalrymen.

The officers and troops were too dense, and each artillery had to suffer heavy losses.

Zhu Neng's Chinese army was in the middle, the rear behind was fleeing, and the front was also fleeing, but their Chinese army was squeezed in the middle, unable to advance or retreat.

"Chengguogong, defeated, let's go, it's too late to go." Xu Zhong persuaded again.

His face also turned red, and only now did he finally understand the rebels' way of fighting, that is, to lead them to the foot of the mountain step by step, and repeatedly broke through with charges, forcing the officers and troops to become more and more dense.

When a large number of officers and troops gathered within five miles of the foot of the mountain, the rebels suddenly used heavy artillery and crushed the officers and troops almost instantly.

You must know that the more than 300,000 people of the official army slowly gathered at the foot of the mountain, and it took a few days before and after, so it was impossible to disperse in a short time.

Now everyone is running for their lives, and only Zhu Neng's personal cavalry is still guarding Zhu Neng's side.

Nephew Zhu Ping stared at his uncle even more, his eyes were full of tears.

Guangxi was defeated, and if the more than 300,000 troops could not be brought back, Zhu Ping also knew that something was wrong.

This makes little difference between the fiasco of the Central and Southern Army, and even has a greater impact.

"What about the rear formation, there are still many soldiers and horses in the rear who have not been fighting." Zhu Neng finally spoke at this time: "Order them -—— stabilize their position." ”

The artillery of the rebel army could not hit four or five miles, so many of the soldiers and horses in the rear were safe for the time being, but the soldiers and horses in the middle and front collapsed, affecting them, and now the rear formation is also running.

Xu Zhong immediately said: "They are all running, the defeat is easy to spread, everyone feels defeated, and there are already several phalanxes in the back formation that have turned around and ran." ”

The Southern Army was the same back then, the army of 560,000 people suffered a crushing defeat, and as soon as the front lost, the rear ran away.

This is normal, the soldiers and horses in the back do not know the situation in front, and only see that the front is running, and they feel that the whole army is defeated.

Moreover, you can also see the artillery of the rebel army on this side, so the soldiers and horses behind are also afraid of being hit by the artillery, so they run faster.

Zhu Neng's eyes were about to pop out, he was originally standing next to the horse, and he would turn over on the horse and look at the distant back.

Sure enough, there were still camps in the army that had not participated in the battle, and there would be a lot of chaos in this area, and only a small half of them were still neatly lined up, but the defeated soldiers in front and in the middle kept moving back, and they were impacting these neat phalanxes, and it wouldn't be long before they couldn't receive orders and would run.

"There are still camps that have not moved." Zhu Neng's heart ignited hope.

(End of chapter)