Chapter 420: Rifle vs. Cavalry

The remaining half, under the leadership of Wanyan Xiyi and Wanyan Wushu, has gone to the Daimyo's Mansion. Silversmith is also among them.

And part of the city of the Daimyo's Mansion has been captured, and Zheng Shimin gathered his routed troops and prepared to defend the Daimyo's Mansion. The second Jurchen army is already approaching the Daimyo's mansion.

Once the Daimyo's Mansion is broken, coupled with the Jurchen side's elimination of the Yuan Zhao army, the two armies will converge, and Ningzhou Mansion will be attacked left and right.

However, the premise is that Zong Han's side can take down the Yuan Zhao army. Destroy the power of the Yuan King.

Hearing the voices of the generals around him, Zong Han's face showed a sense of disdain. He felt that way, too. He whispered:

"Jiang Chao! It seems that Ben Shuai overestimated you, and I wanted to compete with you here, but now I'm afraid I don't have a chance, but when Ben Shuai takes the Yuan Zhao Army, you Ningzhou Mansion and the Zidi Army, Ben Shuai will personally come to destroy you! ”

"Okay, let the army advance, and give Ben Shuai the ...... to take the Yuan Zhao army as soon as possible"

With Zong Han's order, the 100,000-strong army advanced.

At the same time, in the rear of the Jurchen army, the 50,000 men of the Yuan and Zhao armies were already slowly in place. They did not attack the Jurchen army from behind.

Facing each other head-on, they are not the opponents of the Jurchens at all. And what they have to do now is to block the back road of the Jurchens. Do not give the Jurchens a chance to escape.

It's just that with their 50,000 yuan Zhao army's troops, they don't know if they can stop the Jurchen army. Moreover, whether the Jurchen army will be defeated or not, it is still two theories.

The main commander of the army, his eyes were full of disbelief and doubt. If it weren't for King Yuan asking him to lead the army to cooperate with Jiang Chao, he wouldn't have come over, who knows if it would have been a trip for nothing.

He was even thinking about how King Yuan could be so gullible about Jiang Chao's kid. However, having said that, Song Zhen, who was originally disdainful of Jiang Chao, tried his best to persuade his father to cooperate with Jiang Chao.

Even Song Yan, the county lord of Yuanwang, was also persuaded by the side. King Yuan finally chose to believe in Jiang Chao. divided his 130,000 army into 90,000 to cooperate with Jiang Chao.

And he himself only left 40,000 troops to garrison Jingyang City.

On the other side, the 100,000 troops of Shu who had already passed Jingyang City were marching, and someone suddenly came to report. Luo Ningshuang, who led the army, and Ashima hurriedly asked the messenger to step forward.

"Two marshals, I waited to send a letter to Jingyang City, but I didn't get into Jingyang City, Jingyang City at this time was heavily guarded, and no outsiders were allowed to enter, as long as it was an unknown person, all of them were detained, in addition, there were a large number of troops in Jingyang City, and after investigation, they were going to Tiger Leaping Gorge."

"I heard that the Jurchens are coming, and they are preparing to snipe the Jurchen army in Tiger Leaping Gorge."

Hearing the return of the messenger she had sent, Luo Ningshuang glanced at Ashima, and there was a look of surprise in her eyes.

They never imagined that the Jurchens would come so quickly, and they couldn't imagine that Zhao Xin, the king of Yuan, would have the courage to confront the Jurchens head-on.

Just when they were confused, the messenger continued: "It is said that King Yuan is ready to unite with Grandpa Jiang Chaojiang and prepare to keep the Jurchens out of the Tiger Leaping Gorge!" ”

As soon as the messenger said this, the eyes of the two coaches, who were originally puzzled, suddenly lit up, and there was a joy in their eyes.

"You mean, the person who led the alliance with the Yuan King is Grandpa Jiang Chaojiang!?" Luo Ningshuang was the first to ask, and Ashima's eyes were full of anticipation.

"I didn't hear the specific information, but I heard that it seems to be Grandpa Jiang, it is said that Grandpa Jiang personally led the army and saved the prince of Yuan Wang and the county lord, and King Yuan will make up his mind to join forces with Grandpa Jiang to resist the enemy."

Hearing the messenger's words, the two girls were in high spirits. They looked at each other, then turned to the army and whispered; "Go all out, we have to rush to the Tiger Leaping Gorge in the shortest possible time......"

The words of the two commanders immediately accelerated the speed of the army. Whether it was cavalry or baggage troops, the speed was a few points faster.

Luo Ningshuang and Ashima rode forward, taking the lead with the lightly armed troops.

Before the Tiger Leaping Gorge, Zong Han followed the rear army, and the cavalry of the front army was getting closer and closer to the mouth of the canyon in front.

Soon, almost 3,000 cavalry of the front army had entered the Tiger Leaping Gorge, and the 3,000 men of the rear army also began to march towards the Tiger Leaping Gorge.

At this time, Zong Han and the others had already completely believed that Jiang Chao was not ambushed here, otherwise, if they didn't attack at this time, they would have no chance.

After all, with the mobility of the cavalry, even if the ambushers attack now, they will not be able to stop the cavalry from rushing through the Tiger Leaping Gorge.

Just when Zong Han and the other generals relaxed a little, suddenly, a loud noise sounded from the mounds on both sides of the opposite side.

This loud noise made the faces of the marching Jurchen cavalry full of consternation, and for a while they all looked in the direction where the sound came from.

As far as the eye could see, I saw some meteor-like fireballs rushing towards the cavalry in the middle of the Tiger Leaping Gorge. Before they could understand what had happened.

In an instant, those fire balls fell into the cavalry formation, and thump...... Bang...... A loud explosion sounded, and the three thousand cavalry were immediately drowned out by artillery fire.

This time, Jiang Chao brought 80 artillery pieces, and a salvo was 80 shells. With the power of today's cannonballs. The radius of destruction is about ten to twenty meters.

The caliber of the gun was almost 105 mm. Unfortunately, it can't be optimized yet, otherwise, the kill radius will definitely be doubled.

With such a powerful killing radius, it was almost a devastating blow to the cavalry in a dense formation. A volley came down, killing almost three or four hundred cavalrymen.

And that's not even counting the aftermath of the chaos when there were casualties during the ram and stampede. The moment the artillery fire covered it, those cavalry formations were instantly chaotic. There were cavalry rushing towards the gorge on the other side.

Under the already frightened war horses, they have long lost control of the war horses. Some rushed up the mounds on both sides, and some turned their heads to rush back.

But no matter where they charged, suddenly, there was another thud, and then the cavalry on the horse fell down one by one.

In particular, the cavalry that rushed to the mouth of the gorge on the other side, they were taken care of, almost three or four hundred people, almost in a few breaths, and the whole army was wiped out.

And the rest of them were still being slaughtered, and there was a bang and thump, and as long as the sound sounded, the cavalry must fall.

Before the chaotic cavalry could stabilize their formation, more than half of them were killed or wounded.

From the time the accident happened to the present, it has only been a dozen breaths, and such casualties can be described as terrifying.

And Zong Han and other generals who were still at the mouth of the gorge looked at the scene in front of them in astonishment, their eyes full of shock and disbelief.

Thinking of his Jurchen cavalry, he has never met an opponent in the world. But at this time, it is so miserable.