Chapter 158: Artillery Fire

"Ready!"

Tian Yi shouted loudly, the flag officer's order flag waved, and the gunners of the Song army began to adjust their angles, load their ammunition, and the muzzles of the artillery were faint, aiming at the rolling Mongolian cavalry formation together.

The medicine bag and solid iron balls were stuffed into the cannon chamber one by one, and the Song army's artillery carriage slowed down, but it still did not stop and went straight forward.

"General Cannon! Get ready! ”

The Song army's large array stopped, the artillery carriage slowly pushed forward, Tian Yi looked at the rushing Mongolian iron cavalry torrent, his face was solemn.

Although there were three or four hundred general cannons in the array, he still beat the drum in his heart in the first battle.

Let's not talk about the shame or anything, more importantly, Zhao Hong is in the array, and he can't let these heavy cavalry overwhelm the battle formation. Otherwise, if the army retreats and the emperor is in danger, he will die and will not be redeemed.

"Grenadier! Hook and sickle! ”

Sure enough, he was not the only one who was nervous, and Xu Sheng behind him also had a tense face and shouted.

The emperor is behind him, and he can't make any mistakes, otherwise the joke will be bigger.

If the artillery can't work, there is a second line of defense for earth-shattering thunder; Shocking thunder is not good, and there are hook and sickle guns and sword and shield hands as the third line of defense; It really doesn't work, and there are cavalry hedges.

In short, no matter what, the Mongol cavalry in front of him could not alarm the Great Song Emperor.

"Cavalrymen! Get ready! ”

Su Haoxin, the commander of the Beiwei Army, had a red face and clenched the iron rod in his hand.

The heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army rolled in, like a surging river pouring into the mountains and seas, and in the large array of the Song army, those students, including Wang Wen, who was both civil and military, were all pale, and many people tried to control the war horses under their crotches to prevent themselves from falling off the horses.

"Poof!"

Finally, the student was frightened, and he could no longer sit steadily, fell off the horse, and stood up in embarrassment, trying to climb on the war horse, but his hands and feet were sore, and he couldn't climb up.

"Push him up!"

Zhao Hong pressed the shock in his heart and glanced coldly at the fallen student.

What is the use of Da Song to be such a weak reader?

Among the ten thousand armies, he, the son of the Great Song Dynasty, can't drop the chain.

"Go up to you!"

The two forbidden soldiers next to him dismounted and violently pushed the red-faced Tai student up.

In front of the two armies, under the watchful eyes of all the people, this guy has lost the face of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Your Majesty!"

Tian Yi turned his head, looked over, and respectfully hugged his fists and asked for orders.

"Tian Yi, give the order!"

Zhao Hong nodded lightly as a sign of encouragement.

When it comes to the battlefield, tension is inevitable. On the contrary, these border troops seem to be a little eager to try.

This may be the role of him in driving in person and coming to the front of the battle. The soldiers all wanted to perform meritorious service, especially after having firearms that were ahead of the times, and their mentality was already very different.

"Send an order to Su Haoxin, once the Tatar cavalry is heavily damaged, all the cavalry, immediately attack, and the right army will besiege the Tatar camp in the trench!"

Zhao Hong looked at the Mongolian heavy cavalry that was pouring in like a tide, and then looked at the Mongolian army camp outside the city of Chuzhou, and quietly gave a military order.

The Mongolian army was so confident that it was unbearable to want to crush the 70,000 army of the Great Song Dynasty with only a few thousand heavy cavalry.

He didn't believe that the epoch-making god of war couldn't deal with the cold-armed Mongol cavalry on the opposite side.

Sure enough, the emperor's military order was issued, and there was a commotion in the cavalry formation of the Song army, and all the troops were holding bows in their hands and waiting for them.

The people in northern Sichuan are strong, and most of the border troops in Shukou have gone through the war, and the big war is imminent, so they are not afraid.

Seeing the ministers of the court beside him, as well as the group of students who were nervous and even trembling, Zhao Hong shook his head gently.

Facing the bloody battlefield, these guys are still rookies. After a few battles, everyone will be much better.

Many times, many people, just a little bit of courage is missing.

The Mongolian heavy cavalry horses were crowded, advancing like a tide, and in a blink of an eye, they had reached a distance of two miles, the ground trembled more violently, and the murderous figures of the Mongolian heavy cavalry became clearer and clearer.

"Puffy Puff!"

The order flag was waved, and the earth-shattering sound of artillery sounded from the Song army's array, and in an instant, white smoke bursted, and a hundred seven-pound iron balls flew into the air, splitting their heads and covering their faces, and the iron balls flew all over the air, making a piercing whistling sound, like meteors scattering, splitting their heads and covering their faces and smashing them into the Mongolian cavalry formation.

Countless iron balls either fell into the Mongolian army's large array, or fell in front of the Mongolian army's left formation, bouncing and leaping, and smashed into the Mongolian army's heavy cavalry array.

The iron ball roared, indestructible, smashing out a flesh alley, pieces of Mongolian heavy cavalry blood mist soared, people turned on their horses, and a piece of flesh and blood flew tragically.

Another hundred five-pound solid iron balls screamed out, and pieces of Mongolian heavy cavalry fell in the smoke and dust. Some of the horses could not stand the roar of the artillery fire, and they were frightened and ran on a rampage, which further aggravated the riot of the Mongol cavalry.

The artillery of the Song army continued to bombard, continuously, and the number of heavy cavalry of the advancing Mongolian army continued to decrease, and the battle formation continued to thin.

"Song Gou's artillery, why did it hit so far?"

Su Butai was frightened, and scolded angrily.

Didn't you say that the Song army's artillery was five or six hundred steps? Why did the Song army start firing artillery after eight or nine hundred steps?

"How many guns are there? Can't you stop playing? ”

Tari was stunned. The Song army had so many artillery pieces and so much artillery fire that it was completely beyond his expectations.

"Shoot without greeting, you vile and shameless bastards! How many artillery guns do they have? ”

Su He, the general of the defeated army, was angry and scolded.

Thousands of heavy cavalry were blown up by the artillery of the Song army like this?

The light cavalry behind the Mongolian heavy cavalry, all pale, three horizontal formations of three thousand elite horsemen, unexpectedly intermittent, many horsemen did not keep up, as if forgetting their duty.

The artillery fire of the Song army was too fierce and too dense, and there was thick smoke everywhere, and there were heart-rending screams everywhere, which was too chilling.

Seeing that some Mongolian heavy cavalry rushed out of the artillery blockade, in the Song army's large array, countless earth-shattering thunderbolts were thrown out, completely enveloping the heavy cavalry.

And the Song army's large array did not stop, and it was still rolling forward.

"Speed up, the Song army's artillery is too fierce, let's withdraw our troops quickly!"

Chaur was thrilled to see it and shouted loudly.

Why don't you leave, waiting to be bombarded indiscriminately by the other party?

"If you don't go fast, a hero won't suffer a loss in front of you! If you don't leave, it's too late! ”

Tari couldn't help it and yelled at Subutai.

Amid the shouting of the tower, the sound of "puffy pong" artillery rang out again. The Song army's large array was filled with gunsmoke, the gun carriage rolled forward, and the solid iron ball pierced the sky, this time shooting farther, and the iron ball rushed directly into the Mongolian light cavalry formation.

The Mongol cavalry was smashed one after another, and everyone was terrified. They didn't wait for the speed to give the order, and they all stepped back.

Flesh and blood are flying, bones are broken, who can stand such a brutal slaughter?

A solid iron ball roared, fell to more than 20 steps in front of Subutai, the iron ball flew all the way, devastating and decaying, causing the Mongolian army to cry wolf howl, smashed a war horse's leg was broken, the war horse screamed, and fell to the ground violently, the Mongolian cavalry on the horse fell to the ground heavily, half of the body was pressed under the horse, and screamed heartbreakingly.

Another Mongolian cavalryman was hit in the face by a volley of iron balls, and immediately his flesh and blood were blurred, his brain was shattered, and his body flew five or six paces away, leaving the horses to neigh and run away.

"Withdraw... Soldier! ”

Subutai's face turned pale, and he gave a military order in a trembling voice.

The artillery of the Song army is so fierce and overwhelming, if you don't leave, I'm afraid you will really be wiped out.

Subutai turned the horse's head, and without hesitation, went straight to the north, and the Mongolian commanders and centurions followed one after another.

As for the foot soldiers and craftsmen of the Mongol battalion in the west, they couldn't take care of it at this time.

"Don't stop the gun carriage! Heavy artillery forward, small artillery attack the Tatar army battalion! ”

Tian Yi shouted angrily and directed the artillery carriage forward, and the gunners kept firing cannons.

Beat the water dogs. If you don't take the opportunity to kill at this time, when will you wait?

Iron balls flew all over the sky, smashing into the Mongolian cavalry that receded like a tide. At first, the Mongolian army retreated in an orderly manner, but due to the narrow post road in the north, the Mongolian cavalry could only move through the fish, and the speed was greatly weakened. As the Song artillery approached, the iron balls continued to smash, and the Mongolian cavalry broke their bones and were constantly smashed off their horses.

The Song army pursued from south to north, and those who did not have time to escape were shot down by the feathered arrows of the Song cavalry one by one, and the field was full of ownerless war horses.

Su Butai was furious, but he had no choice but to beat his horse and gallop, wanting to lead his subordinates to quickly get out of the range of the Song army's artillery.

The Mongolian cavalry retreated, and the foot soldiers and craftsmen in the Mongolian army camp were dumbfounded, and they mounted their horses one after another, desperately fleeing out of the trench. They panicked and galloped out along the mountain road where only a dozen or so horses could be paralleled, and many of them were squeezed into the trenches and in a mess.

The small cannons of the Song army continued to roar, and the Mongolian infantry soldiers who fled in a hurry were knocked over one by one, and countless wounded and dead were killed in the trenches. The grenadiers of the Song army followed, and smashed into the trench like a thunderstorm, and the Mongolian army was blown up and flesh flew sideways, and the trench was full of bloody corpses and wounded. Many Mongolian soldiers escaped the indiscriminate bombardment of artillery, and many Mongolian knights were overturned by low walls and pits dug by themselves, and were trampled by the horses behind.

The infantry and craftsmen of the Mongolian army camp were surrounded and intercepted by the Song army, and they were killed and wounded. The Mongol cavalry, which retreated first, retreated northwest along the Jialing River, covering the mountains and hills. The Song army pursued behind, the crossbowmen and crossbowmen continued to shoot crossbows, the earth-shaking thunder bombarded indiscriminately, the gunners continued to fire cannons, and the cavalry galloped with arrows, although they were constantly shot off their horses by the Mongolian cavalry who desperately turned back and fought back, but they chased desperately, shot desperately, and did not flinch. The feathers and arrows of the two sides roared, covering the sky and the sun, and they were equal.

Zhao Hong shook his head secretly, the Song army lacked cavalry, and the mobile force was greatly insufficient, which seriously limited the combat power of the Song army.

Still have to find a way to get a war horse. Don't even think about any train or car, even if it is a steam engine, I am afraid it will take ten or twenty years of painstaking work to develop it.

Sweeping his gaze to the high and bulging hills in the distance, Zhao Hong shook his head helplessly.

If only there was an ambush.

It's a pity that it's a great time to destroy the enemy!