On the Song-Liao battlefield, the Liao army showed the top resilience of the contemporaneous army.

Yelu Zongzhen ordered that as long as the battle was victorious, the army would plunder the entire Hebei, and the coins obtained would be used to reward the three armies.

This order undoubtedly greatly boosted morale, so much so that even if thunderbolts, fireballs, bows, grenades and other things flew all over the sky, they had to withstand the powerful firepower of the Song army and continue to advance.

On the contrary, the Song army was a little frightened by the Liao army's fearlessness to death, and some Hebei troops with poor combat quality showed signs of collapse when they were about to engage the Liao army head-on.

Obviously, the founding elite of the Great Song Dynasty was defeated in the Battle of the Gaoliang River in Zhao Guangyi, and then in the Battle of Shanzhou, the Liao army's momentum frightened the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty, which had made the army of the Great Song Dynasty from top to bottom, and had a natural fear of the Liao army.

But this fear did not last long at all, and the Liao army launched a charge, and almost a dozen seconds later, the front armies of both sides collided like roaring tanks, and huge sparks erupted.

If you look down from a high altitude, you will see that the dense sea of people on both sides converged in an instant, and the Song army continued to throw grenades at the Liao side, and the dust and smoke of the explosions continued to rise from the Liao army, blowing up the Liao soldiers on their backs.

It's just that it's still the same sentence, it's actually difficult for a grenade to kill people by splinters, at most it's just the impact of the explosion that stuns people. But on the battlefield this is deadly enough, and many people are not even killed by the bombing, but by their own people behind them.

All kinds of roars, screams, wails, weapons colliding, and banging explosions continued to sound, from several miles east of Baosai to several miles of west city, the continuous battle line stretched into a long river, and there was no end to the fighting.

The soldiers on both sides either slashed with knives or stabbed with guns, and the grenades and bows and crossbows in the rear were endless, and the Liao people were not to be outdone, and they also returned the crossbow arrows, and the sky above their heads was covered by this dense array of arrows.

A Song Dynasty general held his own bravery, rode a heavily armored war horse, brandished a small golden gourd hammer, and smashed it fiercely at the head of a Liao soldier. But as soon as he finished smashing, his leg was grabbed by the Liao soldiers on the other side, and seven or eight people dragged him off his horse like a zombie and drowned in the waves of the sea of people.

Another Liao general was worse than him, he hadn't yet approached the battlefield, and he didn't know where to throw a grenade, which happened to fall at the foot of the war horse under his crotch, and with a bang, he was swept away by the huge impact.

The whole man leaned backwards and fell off his horse, and the heavy armor smashed a soldier to death, and then the people behind him did not even have time to pull him up, and he was trampled under the feet of the crowd and trampled to death.

And things like this happen all the time on the battlefield.

Yang Wenguang stood on the hill and looked into the distance, at this time, the battle line had just begun, and not long ago, the Liao army was charging forward with huge casualties.

He had just asked the Minister of Economic Affairs to go to the front line to fight, but he was refused, which made him very unhappy.

No way.

Who made him the guard sent by Zhao Zhen to test the artillery.

The gunners under his command were crucial.

Therefore, Yang Wenguang had to stand on the hillside to protect the safety of the artillery.

This hill is not high, about four or five zhang high, about a mile away from the battlefield, and can overlook the situation of the entire battlefield.

"Pillar, aim that way, don't hurt your own people."

"Adjust the muzzle of the gun a little lower, this time it is not an ultra-long-distance upward fire, but a flat shot, if you want to shoot it for me, you can hear it for miles."

"Da Niu, you are like a pillar, go in that direction, and try to defeat them all the way first!"

Yang Wenguang commanded impatiently.

He was very talented in military history, which surprised Fan Zhongyan.

But as a family of Jiangmen, it is incumbent on him to recast the glory of the Yang family.

Just commanding two cannons in the back obviously made the boss not realize his bravery, and he couldn't let the Liao people know his strength.

Even if these two cannons can play a decisive role on the battlefield, Yang Wenguang still feels that when the cannonballs are finished, they must charge forward and fight fiercely.

After the two cannons are ready, they are adjusting the direction of firing, in fact, such a large battlefield does not need to be aimed too much, but the position of the muzzle needs to be adjusted.

As mentioned before, if you are shooting an ultra-long-distance target a few miles away from the castle tower, you need to raise the muzzle of the gun to shoot at the air upward.

The shellmen found that the distance of such a shot was very long, but after the shell was shot, after passing through the parabola and air resistance, the potential energy would be reduced a lot, and it was easy to fall directly into the ground with a "bang".

If you shoot flat, it's amazing. Even if it can't hit that far, the potential energy of the cannonball will not decrease after it lands, and it will bounce high to form a ricochet, and continue to shoot forward.

The flesh and blood of a human could not resist the pace of its catapult, and facing the enemy in front of it, it was enough to shatter hundreds of planks with a single shot.

The gunner pillar and the big bull were a little excited at this time, the last ultra-long-distance upward shooting was just an appetizer, and now it is finally time to shoot flat, and they have only tried to hit the plank before, and now they will test the water with the ironclad soldiers that the Liao army is proud of.

After a while, the position of the guns was almost adjusted, and they were aiming at the Liao Central Army about 1.5 miles away, so that even if the shells deviated from expectations, they would not hurt the friendly troops at the close point.

"Commander, the muzzle of the gun is adjusted."

"I've adjusted it too."

The pillars and the bull reported one after another.

Yang Wenguang shouted: "Then what are you still doing in a daze, boom!" ”

"Get on the cannonball!"

The two soldiers immediately lifted an iron bullet the size of a bowl and stuffed it into the chamber.

This gun chamber is hand-polished rifling, whether it is gun rifling or gun rifling in history, it was not invented at the beginning, and it was later explored by people.

But with Zhao Jun here, this is naturally not a big problem, and even the research and development of the musket side is to directly skip the inefficient arquebus, and study the production of the flintlock pistol with the shooting principle of the assault rifle.

As the shell was smoothly stuffed into the muzzle, he poked it to the bottom with a pickle, and after making sure that it was tightly fitted, Yang Wenguang looked at the soldier holding the torch next to him.

"Ignition!"

He shouted.

"Zizizizi!"

The soldier immediately lit the fuse.

"Bang!"

The moment the fuse didn't enter, the cannon burst out with a loud sound, and the barrel seemed to retreat.

The soldiers standing next to them could feel the ground shake beneath their feet, and the loud sound was like a shock wave. Even if something is stuffed in the ear, it is deafening and the brain is buzzing.

This thing sometimes makes the soldiers who fired them feel that they will lose 20 by 1,000 wounds to the enemy, and the ears of the artillerymen will be deafened for a few more years.

But its effect is truly amazing.

The artillerymen standing on the slope saw two huge iron balls fly out of the two flame-spewing barrels in an instant, flying into the enemy's formation at a very fast speed.

I saw where the iron ball passed, the man turned on his horse, all the way through the body of an unknown number of enemy soldiers, and the fragments of broken limbs flew all over the sky, and when it stopped, the artillerymen on the hillside only saw a very spectacular scene.

Where the shell passed, two lines of blood burst out, and the line became a vacuum, and no one stood anymore, only the fallen corpses, and pieces of minced flesh and armor.

In fact, standing on a high slope in the distance does not intuitively feel the power of the cannon, and only those who stand near the position of the gun line can understand what has just happened.

At this time, where the artillery line passed, all the Liao soldiers were stunned, and many of them were even stunned, completely unaware of what had just happened, only feeling that the strong wind around them was howling, and then a stream of heat filled their faces, accompanied by the feeling that something had fallen on their bodies.

When they came to their senses and looked to the side, they could only see that the ground was full of broken flesh, stumps and fragments of clothes everywhere, and at least thirty incomplete corpses, and the blood on the ground had gathered into a small river.

Their bodies were also stained red by the blood of their comrades, and some of them still had the bodies of their teammates hanging on their heads, and there was a row of people directly missing from the entire artillery line, leaving a long line vacant around.

"Ahh

"Run!"

"Hex, it's hex!"

This piece of Liao army is Bohai people, they wear warm animal skins, and their faces are fierce.

But when he saw this scene, no matter how fierce he was, he only had to collapse.

Because they have the courage to fight the enemy, but if they don't know where the enemy is, they will only give them fear.

Many people opened their mouths wide and stared blankly at the remains of their teammates, and after coming back to their senses, they already felt that their souls were scattered, their eyes were full of fear, and then they instinctively crowded in the direction of their surroundings.

Their squeezing immediately caused the gap near the long line to get bigger and bigger, and then a large number of unknown people also squeezed to both sides, and the formation suddenly scattered and became a mess, even if the leader pressed it, it had no effect at all.

And after about four minutes, two more shells completely destroyed the psychological defense line of this part of the soldiers. Many simply dropped their weapons, turned around and ran, and the battlefield was chaotic.

The Bohai Soldier Regiment in the northwest of Baosai City directly let the four shells be thrown into a mess, and even the panic has spread to the rest of the legions next to it.

The Song army in front did not greatly boost their morale, after all, they were too far away, and they still needed to deal with the enemy in the near distance.

However, the war was basically fought to this extent, and after less than ten minutes, the infantry regiment in front was blown apart by grenades, but the Bohai Navy Regiment in the rear was slow to make up, which also made the balance of war in this area quickly tilt in the direction of the Song army.

At the same time, on the hillside several miles away from the battlefield to the north, Yelu Zongzhen also quickly noticed the commotion there, although it was extremely far away, he could only see that there seemed to be something wrong there, but it was not clear what the problem was.

The main thing is that the cannon is in the rear of the Song army, and the position must be at least seven or eight miles away from Yelu Zongzhen's side. At such a distance, it is almost impossible to see the situation over there except with a telescope.

Moreover, the sound of the explosion of grenades and thunderbolt fireballs also masked the explosion of the cannon, and it was impossible to understand it unless Yelu Zongzhen personally went to the front line of the battlefield.

Now he could only vaguely see the direction of the Bohai Army on the distant battlefield, a large number of people were crowded, up and down like a wave, which was extremely rare in the disciplined rear corps.

So he could only react normally immediately, and said anxiously: "What's going on over there, is it the enemy's grenades and thunderbolt fireballs that blew up their formation?" Quick, go over now, let their tribal leaders stabilize their formation, and don't mess up. ”

"Yes."

Tang rode forward to deliver the order.

However, how difficult is it for hundreds of thousands of people on the battlefield to convey instructions?

At least when the Tang cavalry galloped away, the two artillery pieces on the Song army's side had already aimed at the next target, and a few more shells went down.

At this time, not only the Bohai army could not bear it, but even the brave and warlike Jurchen army could not withstand it, screaming and screaming, fleeing in all directions like ants on a hot pot, trying to avoid the baptism of artillery fire.

But in fact, there is no need for the surviving people to panic so much, because there are only two cannons, and their target is only a corps arranged in formation, and often once this kind of corps of three or five thousand people is defeated, it will immediately change to another target.

So as long as it's messy, the rest of the people will be able to stay safe.

But the enemy doesn't know.

Soon the riots continued to expand, but because the scale of the war was too large, such riots could not immediately become the fuse for the enemy's rout.

Fan Zhongyan was keenly aware of the disturbance in the enemy's Chinese army due to artillery, and it continued to expand.

Especially in the direction of the northwest corner, there were already several corps that did not make up the front line, causing the Song army's grenades to explode a gap.

A large number of Song soldiers poured into the enemy's front army formation, slashing and killing everywhere, and the Liao army's front army in the northwest corner area was already on the verge of rout.

Lao Fan immediately decided: "Pass my order, and the cavalry from the west will immediately press in and break through their front army." ”

"Yes!"

Tang Qi conveyed the order.

At this time, the situation on the battlefield became more and more serious for the Liao army.

After about half an hour, the northwest corner of the Liao army completely collapsed.

Especially with the arrival of the cavalry of the Song army, the trend of rout has been obvious.

Even Yelu Zongzhen noticed this, and immediately sent the Liao cavalry in the rear to try to stabilize the position.

But after the sound of two huge explosions, the Liao cavalry also turned on their backs, making a mess, and they were still on the road, so they had already frightened the artillery back.

Time passed minute by minute, and the war was fought from noon to afternoon, and when it was close to dark, the Liao people could no longer hold on, and a large number of them were defeated.

On the front line of the battle between the two sides, the corpses of the enemy and our soldiers were densely packed, the Liao people threw away their armor like a tide, fled in embarrassment, and the Song soldiers in the rear waved their weapons in their hands and excitedly pursued and killed.

"Hahaha."

Fan Zhongyan seemed to let out a vicious breath, there were too many thoughts in his heart, and after laughing wildly, he said loudly: "Order, the whole army attack, chase, chase me for a hundred miles!" ”

"Yes!"

The pond rider next to him also shouted excitedly.

"Woooooooo

"Knock knock!"

"Kill!"

The desolate trumpets and the sound of war drums continued to sound.

Countless Song soldiers bravely pursued forward, and they were everywhere in the mountains.

coincided with the arrival of reinforcements from Cangzhou, Qingzhou, and Hejian Provinces, and suddenly dealt a severe blow to the Liao people in the east from the flank.

On the battlefield more than ten miles below, there were not many Liao people who dared to fight back, only the Liao soldiers who discarded their weapons and fled in a panic.

A large number of cavalry of the Liao State threw down the infantry and fled all the way north, with smoke and dust billowing behind them. Countless foot soldiers were caught up by the cavalry of the Song army behind them, and then drowned in the crowd of the Song army, and now they have only one result - if they run slowly, they will die!

(End of chapter)