"Puffy Puff!"

The rumbling cannon sound sounded again, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and iron balls and iron balls flew in the air, and many iron balls directly hit the people and horses, smashing pieces of flesh and blood. Some solid iron balls bounced and leaped on the ground, smashing out flesh alleys in the Mongolian army's scattered cavalry formation, and patches of Mongolian soldiers and horses were overturned, and the screams and neighing of horses continued.

The Mongolian army's cavalry formation is still rolling forward, and it seems that it is going to impact the front army infantry formation of the Song army.

"Change the shotgun!"

Cao Erxiong remained silent and shouted loudly.

On the battlefield, we do not pay attention to benevolence, righteousness and morality, and we should kill and injure the other party to the greatest extent, which is the fundamental.

"Kill Song Dog!"

Xiao Naitai pulled out his sword, pointed at the saber obliquely, and led the Mongolian cavalry to go straight to the Song army's infantry formation.

In several battles with the Song army, Xiao Naitai did not catch up. He had heard that the Song army's artillery was powerful, and he did not dare to be careless, although the thousand horsemen rushed forward, the war horses still tried to distance themselves from each other to reduce possible artillery casualties.

As long as the front army of the Song army is defeated, and then the opponent's Chinese army is defeated in one fell swoop, the arrows rain down, and the Song army will no longer be able to return to the sky.

Iron hooves rushed, the ground trembled, and smoke and dust billowed like a sandstorm, obscuring the sky and the sun. The light cavalry of the Mongol army held their bows in their hands, so that when they reached the appropriate distance, the heavy cavalry rushed the Song army and fired arrows to kill and wound the Song army at any time.

"It's still the same old tactic!"

In the large array of the Chinese army, Yu Jue shook his head and snorted coldly.

The Mongol army still wanted a heavy cavalry assault, and the light cavalry feathered arrows were scattered and killed and injured the opponent with a rain of arrows.

Unfortunately, in today's age of firearms, this tactic is no longer effective.

Entering Erli, the light and heavy cavalry began to accelerate slowly, the horse's head moved, the ground trembled, the dust flew, and the sound was terrifying. The crossbowmen in the front of the Song army stepped on their crossbows and loaded their arrows, ready to shoot crossbow arrows at any time.

"Puffy Puff!"

Seeing that the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army had entered the firing range of one mile, on the artillery array of the Song army, suddenly the artillery was fired in unison, thick smoke billowed into the air, countless solid iron balls came out of the disembowel, and the sky was dark, covered with black dots of different sizes, and they roared straight towards the Mongolian cavalry like a tide.

Zhang Zhongxia was secretly frightened, and he was in a trance for a while. If this shell smashes into his position, I don't know what kind of flesh and blood will fly?

As time passed, the artillery of the Song army became more and more powerful, and it also fought farther and farther.

The cannonballs whistled into the smoke and dust, the war horses roared, the light and heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army shouted miserably, countless cavalrymen turned on their backs, the smoke and dust flew, and the horses neighed and shouted, no one could see clearly, and they did not know what was happening.

The iron balls continued continuously, smashing into the smoke and dust, and the flesh and blood flew sideways into the sky, and the sound of broken bones, falling to the ground, and screams were earth-shattering and terrifying.

The large and small artillery opened fire in turn, and the light and heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army that came forward fell one by one, perhaps because there was too much blood, the dust on the battlefield began to decrease, the corpses of the wounded piled up on hills, the ground was red one by one, swords, guns, bows and arrows were scattered, and human organs were everywhere, as if hell on earth.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment, looking at the three thousand-man cavalry of the Mongol army, it has become much more sparse.

Finally, there were still many Mongolian knights who rushed out of the range of firearms, and the Mongolian heavy cavalry that bore the brunt of the fire rolled like a giant spirit, although the number was small, but it was still terrifying.

A group of tall grenadiers rushed out, and under the shield of the sword and shield hand, they ran one after another, throwing out the smoking thunder in their hands. The galloping Mongolian heavy cavalry was shrouded in smoke.

The Mongol light cavalry that broke through the blockade of artillery and earth-shattering thunder stretched out their bows and arrows, and the arrows were like flying locusts, and there was a miserable scream when the Song army landed on the position, and countless people were killed, and the cavalry swords and shields were affected.

The two sides continued to rain arrows, the Mongolian army won in the rate of fire, and the Song army was strong in the well-armored. The two sides desperately released arrows, and on the way to hedge, people kept falling.

Some of the light cavalry of the Mongolian army swept out from behind the heavy cavalry and went straight to the cavalry formation on the right flank of the Song army, wanting to be killed by a rain of arrows and attack the Song army by surprise. On the right flank of the Song army, several battalions of cavalry came out of formation, and there were also waves of arrows, and the Song and Mongolian cavalry had not yet received the battle, and they had already fallen.

The front infantry was in a large array, and the two sides finally took over, and the remnants of the Mongolian heavy cavalry were too small in number, and they were hooked and smashed off their horses by the Song army one by one in a blink of an eye, and they were soon killed.

On the right flank position, the Song and Mongolian light cavalry collided violently, and countless war horses fell, and immediately flesh and blood flew sideways, and countless people fell off the war horses, scolding in various languages, and sacrificing their lives to fight.

Zhang Zhongxia put down the clairvoyant mirror, sighed, and closed his eyes tightly, unable to bear to witness this bloody scene.

One will eventually become ten thousand bones. Are the young soldiers sacrificing their lives and forgetting their deaths just for that little bit of money and fame?

For the country and the people, sacrifice and dedication.

The school motto of Jinling Lecture Martial Arts Hall suddenly sounded in his ears.

Du Er, who was beside Zhang Zhongxia, was also solemn in his heart.

Everything we do today, all the bloodshed and sacrifices, is for the strength of the nation and the strength of the country.

Today's spilling blood is also the ambition of every hot-blooded man.

He just didn't understand that the lethality of the flowering shell was huge, and the rifled gun could shoot five miles away, so why not use it?

Sweeping his gaze to the overwhelming Mongolian cavalry opposite, Du Er seemed to understand a little.

However, in a short time, the Song and Mongolian cavalry arrays separated again, leaving behind a place of dirty blood and countless corpses and wounded.

The Mongolian cavalry suffered heavy casualties and were too few in number, so they did not dare to fight, so they went in circles from afar and returned to their own formation.

The cavalry of the Song army did not pursue, and before returning to their own formation, they also brought back their dead and wounded comrades.

In the large array of Mongolian cavalry, the Mongolian cavalry was ready to move, but did not come up again, obviously afraid of the artillery of the Song army.

In the great array of the Song army, whether it is Yu Jue Wang Jian, or Zhang Zhongxia and Cao Erxiong, they are all relieved at this moment.

In the first contact battle, hundreds of Song knights were killed and wounded, and most of the three thousand-strong cavalry of the Mongolian army were also killed and wounded. And the Song army was infantry, but only two or three hundred people were killed and wounded.

Sure enough, firearms have changed the rules of the game on the entire battlefield.

The Mongolian iron horse dominates the world, and the reputation of indestructibility can become history.

"All the troops forward!"

Yu Jue no longer hesitated, and resolutely gave a military order.

The distance between the two armies in four miles is too far. The Mongolian army can wait, but he is not willing to wait.

The Song army came like a wall, with neat steps, tens of thousands of people synchronized, and the pace was the same, just like one person. The gun carriage is rolling, the cold light is shining, the steel torrent is raging.

On the city wall, Han Chijin's face sank like water, and he was full of anger.

The Song army had sharp firearms, and once they chose to fight, the casualties were incalculable. But if they retreat into the city, 30,000 cavalry may be able to retreat, but 30,000 foot soldiers, should they also risk retreating into the city?

If it is really like this, if it retreats without a fight, will the military still have the heart?

"Marshal, the Song army is too hateful! Let's fight! ”

Baitar on the side couldn't hold back anymore and shouted loudly.

The Song army's great array is getting closer and closer, which is a naked provocation that is unbearable.

"Marshal, the Song army is aggressive, either withdraw or go to war, hurry up and give a military order!"

Meng Ge couldn't help but urge.

"What's the hurry?"

Han Chijin said coldly and remained silent.

"Baitar and Liu Heima lived outside the city and commanded a large array of foot soldiers, using artillery, stone throwers and ballistas to contend with the Song army. Xiao Naitai and Ta Char led the cavalry to retreat temporarily, and when the infantry fought against each other, the cavalry attacked from the flanks and broke the Song army in one fell swoop. ”

Several people in Baitar received orders one after another, and Meng Ge was secretly frightened.

The artillery of the Song army was fierce, and it was possible to use stone throwers and ballistas to compete with the artillery of the Song army, and I am afraid that many lives would have to be filled.

I don't know, can those firearms come in handy?

From the bottom of his heart, Meng Ge despised those useless things.

Under the Song Army, Gao 13 pointed to Taiyuan City in the distance and spoke in detail.

"Yu Shuai, there are more than 400 stone throwers and more than 500 ballistas in Taiyuan City. Although we blew up the baggage warehouse, there were still more than 200 large and small artillery pieces in Taiyuan City. There are about 200 stone throwers, 300 ballistas, 300 large and small artillery, and at least 100,000 earth-shaking thunderbolts outside the city. ”

"Brother Gao, how are the firearms of the Tatar army?"

Wang Jian interjected.

"Yu Shuai, Deputy Marshal Wang, the artillery in the Tatar army is mostly 30 jin and 100 jin, although the range is not as good as our army, and some of them often blow up their chests, but they are always a threat to our army. In addition, when our army fights, we should destroy the trebuchet and artillery, and when attacking the large array outside the city and attacking the city, we should prevent the earth-shaking thunder in the Tatar army, so as not to cause excessive casualties in our army. ”

Gao Thirteen's words made Yu Jue and Wang Jian both nod.

Fortunately, the Mongol army did not create powerful firearms, otherwise, it would not be easy to fight the fortified battle.

"Brother Gao, how many earth-shattering thunders are there in the Tatar army?"

Wang Jian was not at ease and continued to ask.

When attacking the city, the most worrying thing is the earth-shaking thunder, defend the city, and the lethality should not be too great.

"Deputy Marshal Huiwang, the brothers have inquired, due to the lack of enough craftsmen, and they have no confidence in the earth-shaking thunder, there should be about 100,000!"

Gao Thirteen's answer made Wang Jian and Yu Jue feel a lot more relieved.

Sure enough, as the emperor said, whoever masters the steel will control the future. The Mongol army did not fully master the technology of iron smelting and gunpowder, and the number and power of the earth-shaking thunder were far inferior to those of the Song army.

"Send an order to Zhang Zhongxia, beware of the artillery and earth-shattering thunder of the Tatar army!"

Since the other side wants to fight positionally, let's let the artillery fire be more intense.

The front army of 15,000 people, with artillery reinforcements, should be able to break the Mongolian army's large array outside the city.

"Yu Shuai, why didn't you use heavy artillery just now?"

Gao 13 asked in surprise.

He could see clearly just now that the Song army only used part of the artillery, otherwise the Song army's casualties would be smaller.

"If not, how can the Tatar army get into the pit?"

Yu Jue smiled coldly, and the cold air in his eyes was overwhelming.

"Brother Gao, when I was training in Jinling Lecture Martial Arts Hall, the principal had a famous saying that I have always kept in mind. Do you know what it is? ”

"Yu Shuai, I would like to hear about it."

Gao 13 knew that these officers from the Jinling Lecture Martial Arts Hall were proud to be the students of the emperor, the principal.

This famous saying is: The purpose of war is to kill and injure the opponent to the greatest extent and make the opponent lose the ability to resist. Think about it, if you don't do this, how can you let the Tatar army in front of you take the bait, how can you break Taiyuan City? ”

Yu Jue's words made Gao Thirteen sweat and nodded again and again.

Kill the opponent to the maximum. Sure enough, it's every word...... Ruthless enough!

There are more than 10,000 foot soldiers in the front army, and 30,000 foot soldiers in the Mongolian army, the number of foot soldiers is half of the difference, which is enough to be horizontal!

Yu Jue looked at Gao Thirteen and nodded with satisfaction.

"Brother Gao, when the army captures Taiyuan and restores Hedong, Ben Shuai will give you credit in front of the emperor!"

Without these intelligence officers who endure humiliation and lick blood, I don't know how many more soldiers would have died.

"Thank you Yu Shuai! Where the duty lies, don't dare to be greedy! ”

Gao 13 hugged his fists and saluted solemnly.

In the battle just now, he was really shocked by the elite of the Song army, the ferocity of the firearms, and the fact that no one flinched in the face of the Mongolian light and heavy cavalry.

As long as the Battle of Taiyuan is won, not only the recovery of Hedong is in sight, but also the recovery of Lianghe and the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun will be natural.