"Artillery? I have it too! ”

Seeing this, Lu Zhishen urged the artillery units in the rear to hurry up, the cavalry was too fast, which caused the artillery units to easily get out of touch during the surprise attack.

The horses pulled the artillery to the front of the formation, and the artillery quickly adjusted the angle, and then there was a burst of artillery fire.

The city of Hongzhou exploded in an instant, and the Western Xia soldiers were blown up in chaos.

"Kill me!"

Lu Zhishen roared and commanded the army to step forward, he wanted to take advantage of the enemy's chaos to achieve more results.

The Western Xia army ran into the city in fear, and there was even a stampede under the chaos at the city gate.

At this time there was a wailing in the city, and the soldiers were more or less wounded, but most of them were not caused by the enemy, but by their own side when they fled into the city.

Gongsun Sheng said.

Brother Richard looked at everyone and said, Iron Harrier is the most elite unit of their Western Xia.

"More than 10,000 dead! Wounded ...... Tens of thousands! ”

"What then? The enemy has already gone to the ancient Uyan City, and the plan to cut off the enemy's food and grass is afraid to fail! ”

Everyone looked at Liu Fa and asked.

Li Heda looked at Brother Richard and said, the big war is imminent, and retreating from the enemy is the most important thing.

Gongsun Sheng shook his head and said.

When everyone saw that Richard was pushing the blame to them, they all retorted unconvinced.

Gongsun Sheng looked at Hongzhou City, the sky had darkened at this time, there was a lot of fire on Hongzhou City, and he could see the soldiers arranging defenses.

"King Jin, in today's battle, the enemy in front of you is far stronger than the former Western Army, and it is not easy to defeat the enemy!"

"King Jin, it's not our fault, the 60,000 army suddenly withdrew, leaving such a big gap, where can we quickly get close and make up for it?"

Hongzhou City.

"Strategist, why?"

The battle lasted until dark, when the Western Xia army completely withdrew to Hongzhou City, and outside the city was a corpse.

"Form a squad and kill!"

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, why don't I be a pioneer tomorrow?"

The responsibility for today's fiasco is not all theirs, the army is well arrayed, and Richard suddenly transferred 60,000 soldiers and horses, making the entire army formation scattered, which is the reason for the rout.

"The artillery is too high by one degree, put it!"

"No, those are just ordinary artillery, the Whirlwind Cannon has a mechanical firing device that rotates around the shaft of the gun, which can change direction at will and adjust the firing direction."

Liu Fa said.

Li Heda looked at Brother Richard and asked for battle, he had also seen the Iron Harrier, it was indeed a rare elite.

However, the enemy we see today is completely different from the previous Western army, these enemies are quick to move, have a strong ability to seize opportunities, and have strong combat effectiveness.

"Then you'll be sure it's black powder! The Tangut people have often used gunpowder in battle, and it seems that they have prepared a lot this time! ”

"Test the enemy tomorrow with the Iron Harrier!"

Shi Xiu looked at Lu Zhishen and asked for battle, they killed tens of thousands of enemies in the big battle just now, and now the enemy has been frightened, as long as he attacks wildly, he will definitely be able to break the city.

Liu Fa spoke, he had been observing, although there was no obvious discovery, but several explosions of extraordinary power in the city made him suspicious.

"No!"

Brother Richard asked, looking at the group of generals.

"You mean there's gunpowder on it?"

"Ten thousand dead, tens of thousands? I told you to get close to the formation, why are you running around! ”

Lu Zhishen shook his head and said, the skills of the Western Xia people are not sophisticated, the artillery is definitely not as good as the Qi country, and the gunpowder is also very ordinary, but a large amount of gunpowder is very terrible in close combat, even if the explosion is nothing, the burn is enough for a person to drink a pot, and this kind of attack does not care about armor defense.

"Didn't the enemy already use it just now, but that's it!"

Liu Tang opened his mouth and said, they had already seen the enemy's artillery just now, and they couldn't compare with theirs at all.

Shi Xiu frowned and thought about it, and then looked at Hongzhou City again, he had almost hit the city just now, and he didn't find anything.

"King Jin, now is not the time to think about responsibility, the enemy's army is outside the city, what should we do?"

"Send scouts to spy on the enemy's movements, and take a look at the situation in Ancient Uyan City!"

"I can't be sure, but the explosion is indeed more powerful, and there is abnormal black smoke, you also know that the gunpowder of our Qi country is white-gray after the improved explosion, and the smoke from the abnormal explosion in the city just now is pure black!"

Liu Fa said.

"Let's see if they dare to go out of the city tomorrow!"

Lu Zhishen thought about it for a while and didn't come up with any good way, so he could only wait first.

Li Heda looked at Brother Richard and said, he also participated in the battle between the Western Xia and the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty, although the Western Army was elite, but it was evenly divided with the elite of Western Xia, and there were mutual victories and defeats.

"And the enemy just launched a surprise attack, not giving us time to react at all, do you say to move closer or line up in place to meet the enemy?"

"The city of Hongzhou seems to be chaotic, but in fact, the rout did not go to the city, and the defenders on the city did not move at all, and when the artillery bombarded just now, I found that there seemed to be an unusual explosion in the city."

Lu Zhishen yelled and commanded the soldiers to rush and kill, the enemy is now gathered around the city wall, huddled together, if you want to kill the enemy, you must rush and kill in a small formation, if you rush indiscriminately, you are likely to be killed by the enemy.

"What about the casualties?"

Qiao Daoqing, Shi Xiu, Fan Rui, Liu Tang, Li Ying, and Du Xing immediately organized their soldiers to attack from three directions.

Qiao Daoqing said.

One of the generals replied hesitantly.

"The enemy has been staying in Hongzhou for a long time, and he has been defending the city, so it is impossible not to be prepared at all, and now although the city is chaotic, the enemy's rear hand does not know yet, and it is likely to be successful in attacking rashly."

"Formation, kill!"

"And artillery is still the second, the most important gunpowder, if there is a large amount of gunpowder in the city, then we will not attack the city properly!"

"What did General Liu find?"

Shi Xiu looked at Gongsun Sheng puzzled and asked.

Besides, at that time, there were all kinds of orders, one moment we were still closer, the next moment we were to meet the enemy, and then we were to withdraw to the city! ”

"Master Lu, it's better to attack the city overnight!"

"I've found some clues!"

Lu Zhishen opened his mouth and said, there is a Poxi army in the Western Xia army, which is good at using whirlwind cannons, and can even stand on the saddle of a camel and shoot fist-sized stone balls, which is an extremely troublesome type of troops.

"Backhand? What else can this do? ”

Brother Richard roared angrily, the reason for today's fiasco was that several large armies did not obey the command and rushed into the army formation in a panic, causing chaos on their own side.

Hu Cheng also commanded the army to change the angle of artillery at this time, and the army was already close to each other, if it also attacked outside the city, it was likely to injure friendly troops by mistake, so it was better to focus on bombarding the city wall and the city to break up the enemy's defenses.

Brother Richard ordered to the soldiers beside him.

"Li Dutong, tomorrow is just a temptation, not a decisive battle!"

Brother Richard politely refused, he was not willing to let Li Heda be in the limelight, if Li Heda was allowed to make great contributions, Li Heda would definitely take the opportunity to gather the remnants of the Liao State in Western Xia, and it was likely to become an uncontrollable force at that time.

(End of chapter)