Helian Tielie never dreamed that the Liao army would use a weapon of such great power, and the firing range of the bronze cannon was adjusted to a distance of one kilometer, and the distance of two miles was exactly half of the Western Xia cavalry charging, and the cannonball exploded in the middle of the galloping cavalry crowd!

But even Xiao Ming himself didn't expect that Helian Tielie would send his absolute trump card Iron Harrier when the second wave of cavalry charged, and after the cannonball exploded, Helian Tielie didn't expect that his decision would cause so much damage to the Western Xia army!

The continuous explosion divided the entire charging team of tens of thousands of people into two parts, the 10,000 people in front continued to rush, but the back was blown up, the huge sound and fire completely frightened the war horse, and the rider who was covered with blood on his face by the shock wave could not control the direction of the horse at all, and after leaving a large pile of corpses, a large number of cavalry, including the Iron Harrier, turned around and rushed back!

The casualties caused by such chaos were extremely great, the heavy armor of the Iron Harrier itself with spikes and steel knives strangled the oncoming cavalry, and the riders on it were all fixed to death, completely useless, and on the artillery position here, dozens of gunners were busy firing the second wave.

Qian Baguang adjusted the high and low firing boundaries of the two steel cannons to more than three miles, and the target was directly aimed at the banner of the Western Xia Army! And he also loaded two special shells, and said to Xiao Ming with a smile: "Mr. Ding called this a howitzer, I don't know what it means, it's probably more powerful!" ”

He didn't know what it meant, but Xiao Ming knew that at this stage, due to the constraints of the barrel length and processing rifling, the ten bronze guns and the two steel pipe runners could only be regarded as howitzers, not cannons fired directly at fire, let alone mortars of different calibers.

Xiao Ming pouted, "Who knows, since Ding Jianpeng officially joined him, he suddenly rejuvenated, although he is not good at making metallurgical steel, but because of the invention of explosives and his modern mind, who knows what else he will make in the future, to be honest, I haven't seen him for a long time, and I still miss him a little"

Xiao Ming put his attention on the battlefield, put his hand on the pergola to check the situation, the Xixia cavalry in front of the division had already collided with the infantry phalanx of the Liao army, they also heard the explosion behind them, and also heard the chaos of the people behind shouting and neighing, but once the war horse galloped wildly, it was very difficult to stop.

They had already suffered a heavy blow in the middle of the charge, which was several salvo shots of crossbow arrows, and this kind of accurate crossbow arrow shot a large number of cavalry off their horses, but there were still nearly 3,000 cavalry who crashed into the spear shield array, and the spears on the slope passed through the horse's chest and abdomen, and came out from the horse's back, and the huge impact force pierced the rider and the horse together on the spear.

"Bumper ......!" The sound of the impact shook everyone's heart, some pikemen were knocked to the ground by the war horse, and even flew out, the people behind immediately stepped forward to fill the position, after the scimitar slashed, many spearmen fell to the ground, although they were wearing heavy armor, but the scimitar of the Western Xia army could cut through the neck.

Blood pierced everyone's eyes, and the hideous-looking warrior pulled his neck and roared, "Kill ——! Suddenly the shouts of slaughter rang out to the sky, and the pikemen struggled to support their bodies, and the spears that twitched constantly stabbed the riders on the horses, and the fighting of the blades was intertwined with the sound of swords and spears entering the flesh.

At this time, the armor of these heavy infantry that Xiao Ming spent a lot of money to build played a vital role, the opponent's scimitar could not see through the seemingly thin chain mail at once, and the bow and arrow would also be locked by the fine chain mail and hung on the body, while the leather jacket wallet on their own body could not block the opponent's spear and crossbow arrows.

A large number of horsemen died in front of the spear and shield soldiers, the formation of this phalanx did not take a step back, the crossbowmen behind them under the command of the Huwei instructor, constantly firing crossbow arrows, shooting the Western Xia cavalry off their horses, and finally after suffering huge casualties, the Western Xia cavalry retreated, and they turned their horses and fled back.

But at this time, the Liao army would not let them go, and with a sharp horn, "the rumbling hooves came, and the 10,000 cavalry of the Wuhuai battalion were dispatched, followed by the fleeing Western Xia cavalry and began to charge, at this time, only a series of violent explosions were heard in the distance, and the fire that rushed to the sky was born."

It was the third wave of bronze cannons commanded by Qian Baguang to fire again, and at the same time, the two steel cannons he personally controlled also roared! These two shells flew in a certain parabola, and the people of the Western Xia could hear the screaming sound of it piercing the air, and the impact point of the cannonball landed right in front of the great general Helian Tielie......!

The Western Xia army began to rout on a large scale, and after seeing their own general being blown into blood, the last will of the Western Xia army was crushed! Everyone ran backwards like crazy, crying and screaming, and kept shouting: "Grandpa Lei! Spare your life! Grandpa Lei is mighty! ……”

The soldiers of the Western Xia army, who were chasing behind the Wuhuai Battalion, who were chasing after the soldiers of the Western Xia army, who were like cutting melons and vegetables, kept whistling in their mouths, and the big guys were all excited, and the time had come to grab military merits, so the heads were flying all over the sky, the stumps and broken arms were flying all over the sky, and the blood was flying all over the sky......!

Xiao Ming immediately sent someone to inform Han Lu, who led the charge, "Don't kill them all, I want to capture prisoners!" ”

But it's still a little late, the rise of the Liao army on the way, the Western Xia army was almost wiped out, and there were 30,000 or 40,000 people who were killed directly and their own people collided with each other, and finally captured the prisoners who dismounted and knelt and surrendered, only less than 60,000 people, most of them all ran away, and the Liao army won a complete victory!

Under the blood-colored sunset, there was a dead silence on the battlefield, the corpses and ownerless war horses were hovering around the dead master, the swords and spears on the ground and the wolf flags of the Western Xia, weapons and armor, and the baggage were thrown everywhere, as well as tens of thousands of grain and grass convoys, and now no one cared about them, these were the trophies of the Liao army, but tens of thousands of corpses were not cared about.

Xiao Ming looked at it with pity, for fear of a large-scale plague, he still organized people to bury the corpse, and he scolded Hanlu in his heart: "Damn! Tens of thousands of strong laborers, Lao Tzu still wants these people to dig coal for me! These murderers! ”

The result of this battle was almost everyone's surprise, and the battle damage report came up, the casualties of Xiao Ming's army were only more than 1,000 people, of which less than 300 were killed, most of them were wounded, none of the 10,000 people in the bow and crossbow battalion were injured, and the heavy infantry battalion only had 500 casualties, and since a few of the cavalry battalions were too fierce, they fell off their horses and were injured, and the most outrageous one was an artillery guy who was injured, he was actually burned by the bronze cannon pipe!

As the commanders of the infantry army, Han Lingshou and Zhao Yanwen were even more surprised, according to their understanding, such a battle, with 30,000 elite soldiers, can defeat 150,000 enemy soldiers head-on, even if it is a victory, it is a tragic victory, killing 1,000 enemies and self-loss 800 is always the law of the battlefield, but with such a low casualty ratio, doesn't that mean that the combat effectiveness of the Western Xia army is too low?

All the generals in the battalion basically fell into such a mood, if the Western Xia army was only so combative, the Liao army with 30,000 elite soldiers was enough to sweep the entire Western Xia, and it was possible to destroy the country, Xiao Ming sneered at this, and he directly pointed out the root of this victory.

"You don't understand why I spend so much money to build heavy armor for the whole army? Why a special training method? Moreover, against the traditional methods of warfare, abandoning cavalry as the main force and vigorously developing infantry, have you ever thought about these? ”

He looked at the generals and continued: "And the dozen or so metal pipes you saw didn't understand all along? Why do I serve my ancestors as I did to them? So you should figure it out this time, right? ”

Yang Qizhong said: "You mean that the overall tactical method and unexpected weapons are the key to our victory this time, right?" ”

Xiao Ming nodded and said, "You have seen the cavalry of the Western Xia army at close range, as well as their iron harriers, you can think about it, if my army did not have the changes I just mentioned, then what would be the battle situation today?" ”

Everyone was silent, their eyes staring at Xiao Ming, listening to him go down.

"I hope you don't underestimate the enemy, the reason why you don't underestimate the enemy is because we may encounter more difficult opponents and stronger enemies in the future, and once we are complacent, we will be defeated!"

The lieutenant generals bowed together and said, "Obey the teachings of the king (the great marshal)!" Qian Baguang followed and said: "I will listen to the words of the lord, and tell me to fight whatever I want, what should we do next?" ”

When he got to the point, all the generals looked at Xiao Ming together, looking at Xiao Ming with a respectful expression, ready to listen to his orders, Xiao Ming looked at everyone and said, "What else can you do?" Of course, winning the battle is a celebration! Drink at night! When the generals heard this, they were all stunned for a long time, and finally shouted loudly!

And regardless of Xiao Ming's drinking here to celebrate, after a big battle, the reactions of all parties are also different, Emperor Chongzong, the lord of the Western Xia Kingdom, after hearing the news of the defeat, cried a lot, this time the 150,000 army was lost, almost paralyzed the right wing of the Chaoshun soldiers and horses, there was a noise in the court, there were suggestions to please and surrender, some waved their fists and shouted revenge, and the prime minister Gu Limao stepped forward to appease everyone.

"Your Majesty, don't be sad, now the Liao army is strong, and our army has been defeated, but my Great Xia is far from the point of exhaustion, now we need to be prepared with both hands, our country's national mobilization and conscription has been completed, now we have 300,000 horses, and we want to transfer the military horses of the Altay region back to defense, and the north and south of the Liao army, but the north gate of Xingqing Mansion Dingzhou is occupied, we also need to be ready to move the capital to Liangzhou!"

Chongzong Li Qianshun wept and said: "The 100,000 soldiers and horses we borrowed from the Uighurs have not yet arrived, so we can only transfer the men and horses of the Chaoshun soldiers and horses from Hexi. ”

The entire Western Xia staff was on guard and frequently mobilized troops and horses, ready to block the footsteps of the Liao army to the south, but Xiao Ming did not move in Dingzhou, and the good news was sent to Shangjing, Emperor Tianzuo was overjoyed, and sent a decree to the whole army to commend and seal Xiao Ming as Xihai Bo, this is the first time Xiao Ming has his own title, but this time it took nearly a month.

In the course of a month, the Great Song Dynasty also reacted, they actually sent someone to see Xiao Ming, and this person turned out to be Xiao Ming's acquaintance! The newly promoted deputy envoy of the security army, the deputy commander of the soldiers and horses, and the young general Han Shizhong!

Han Shizhong's arrival made Xiao Ming overjoyed, and he was now eager to know the reaction of the Great Song Dynasty to the current Liaoxia War, after all, he still had to transport a large number of coal mines to the Great Song Dynasty, but there was another person who came with Han Shizhong, and the identity of this person was very different, and it was not tri......vial!

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