Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 515 94 Xunyang full of Jingzhan -12

The cavalry of the Liao army scattered widely on the battlefield. The forwards, consisting of seven or eight hundred cavalry, abandoned the frontal formation of the Song army and rushed straight towards the artillery fortress.Because of the shortage of troops, Zhao Xingde handed over most of the elite soldiers of the Baoyi Army to the frontal infantry formation.Except for a few gunners, most of the guards were state and county soldiers.Facing the brigade of cavalry rushing over like a boundless tide of anger.Before the enemy army could be killed, many state and county soldiers seemed to be dead. Fear had enveloped the entire artillery position, not only because the ground was trembling slightly, but also because the heart was beating violently, and many people's legs were weak.Some were peeking back furtively.

"My dear, so many are sent to die." Ma Yuan murmured, but his expression was extremely ugly, he didn't know if it was the enemy or me.

"The more aggressive the Liao army is, the harder it is to retreat. There is still a way to survive, and retreat is death!" Jia Yuanzhen said loudly, "If you retreat today, the Liao thieves will have an inch to invade your homes and rob your children and wealth. …”

Xiao Yi Da Yi is especially useful for those illiterate soldiers.Therefore, Zhao Xingde deliberately "inserted" the literate and eloquent scholars in the state and county barracks to boost morale.However, as soon as the Liao army came up, they stormed the artillery barracks with more than [-] cavalry. Many state and county soldiers were farmers and craftsmen not long ago, and they had never seen such a battle even in their dreams.At this moment, most of the soldiers' faces were pale, and everyone understood what the officer said, but it took a while to understand, but it was another thing to feel guilty.Ren's officers spoke dryly, and many of them were still fighting with each other.If it weren't for the restrictions of the camp and the restraint of the officers, I am afraid that some people would have fled long ago.

"boom--"

"Boom-"

Accompanied by the roar of the artillery, black shells flew towards the cavalry of the Liao army.The cavalry of the Liao army was so dense that almost every shell hit the target, and the direct hits penetrated through both men and horses. Even if the cavalry was slightly stained by the shells, they fell off the horses with huge momentum.Every shell caused chaos in the cavalry group of the Liao army.In just a few breaths, countless cavalry fell from their horses.However, the bombardment was not enough to completely stop the advance of the Liao army.The cavalry held their bows, arrows, knives and guns high, and rushed towards the artillery barracks one after another. In an instant, they had already reached the bottom of the hill.Hundreds of cavalry were automatically divided into two sides, as if two raging torrents surrounded the entire artillery camp.Braving the fierce artillery fire, the Khitan cavalry desperately urged their horses to charge up the hillside.The Song army was condescending, and the shotguns and firecrackers were like hail. Every moment, the Liao soldiers who were shot fell down and rolled down the hill, but more cavalry rushed up from the bottom of the hill.

"Quick, quick—" the gunner almost blazed, and shouted hoarsely, "Shots! Shots!"

"Quick, wet cannon brush!" "Where's the 'medicine' bag?"

On the artillery position, the gunner fired almost at the fastest speed.There are not enough crossbowmen, there are not enough gunmen, and the state and county soldiers are useless.The pressure to repel the Liao army was almost entirely on the artillery battalion.The soft armor worn by the gunners, once the cavalry of the Liao Army broke through the position, a battalion could not survive a few people.Most of the gunners were sullen, carrying shells, gunpowder packs, and scrubbing the barrel. Sometimes they didn't even have time to wait for the gun bore to cool completely, so they tested the temperature with their hands, risking pushing the gunpowder pack into the gun bore ahead of time.Some people were yelling hoarsely, some were sullen, with large drops of sweat dripping from their foreheads, some were coughing loudly, some were exhaling heavily, and their mouths were full of gunpowder. smell.

The defense line of the Yamashita State and County Soldiers was crumbling when it was just hit by the cavalry.The Khitan cavalry did not charge the infantry as soon as they came up, but first shook the Song army's formation with cavalry shooting. Most of the cavalry threw shooting dozens of steps away, and arrows rained down like rain.There are even cavalrymen who, with a sense of bravery, braved shells and blunderbuss, desperately rushed to a dozen steps away and shot arrows to kill the infantry.Although the Song army had the tendency to be condescending, they were intimidated by these desperadoes who were accustomed to seeing blood when they fought hand-to-hand.Arrows from the opposite side flew down, and many prefectural and county soldiers with thin armor were "shot" to the vital point, and fell to the ground. More arrow wounded were clutching their wounds and wailing. The defense line of the prefectural and county soldiers was very fast It was on the verge of collapse, and some people even turned around and fled backwards.

"Don't retreat, don't retreat!" The military law team waved their sharp knives and shouted loudly, desperately preventing the soldiers from retreating.

However, many soldiers were scared out of their wits by the cavalry, and some even grew vicious and shouted: "Grandma, if you don't let me, you will die with me!" The team drew their weapons.Most of the state and county soldiers were from the same village, and when they faced the enemy, they shared the same hatred, and when they fled, they were outnumbered. One person took the lead, and immediately more people rushed towards the weak military law team.Some threatened loudly, some wailed and begged for mercy, many soldiers of the military law team turned pale, and even the small captain couldn't help looking back at the military judge.

Lu Xing's face was slightly cold, he strode forward, drew out the horizontal knife from his waist, just in time to meet the deserter with the knife who pushed away the military law team. "Get out of the way—good dogs don't get in the way!" the gun yelled, pushing him with a sword in one hand and the other in the other.As soon as Lu Xing stepped aside, the man was about to flee, when Hu Lu's feet stretched out, tripping the villain immediately.The two military law teams around him were about to step forward to capture the deserter, but Lu Xing rushed forward and put his foot on the deserter's chest. No matter whether he resisted or begged for mercy, he just fell down with a single blow.Blood spewed out, and a head rolled down with eyes wide open, and the nearby military law team and deserters were stunned.

"Those who run away from the battle, kill without pardon—" Lu Xingda's body was covered with blood, and suddenly he didn't notice the strange eyes around him, and squeezed out a few words fiercely from between his teeth, "Those who violate the military law, behead without pardon immediately, hang their heads Show it off to the public! The relatives sit and distribute..." Holding the bloody horizontal knife in his hand, he walked towards the broken soldiers who were still clamoring.

A moment later, in front of the artillery barracks of the Song army and behind the defense line of the state and county soldiers, spears picked up dozens of bloody heads.The outside was heavily surrounded by the cavalry of the Liao army, and the inside was the murderous army. The state and county soldiers had nowhere to escape, so they had to fight to the death. However, their hearts were timid, and their resistance to the Liao soldiers became weaker and weaker.

Seeing that the Song army was unbearable in the fierce battle, the Khitan soldiers who besieged the artillery fortress were courageous. Taking advantage of the gap between the Song army's loading of the artillery, the Liao soldiers rushed forward and rushed forward. Climb the low wall.Some urged their horses to look for a place to jump, trying to jump over the low wall of the Song Army's defense line.

"Raise the gun, light the fire—"

"Boom—" "Boom——" "Boom——"

Clusters of pellets were fired from the smoke, but their power was not satisfactory.

Behind the spearman and the long-handled axeman, under the command of the officer, the few firecrackers completed their movements with trepidation. State and county soldiers with guns temporarily trained.Before this battle, many people only let go of firecrackers a few times, or even let go of empty blunderbusses without blunderbuss.Most of these temporarily concentrated young men are afraid of the power of gunpowder when it explodes, so they deliberately reduce the charge of 'powder', and even empty guns abound.However, due to the lack of officers and veterans in the Huo Gun Gun Battalion, they are often not found in time.The same volley of firecrackers is much less powerful than those of the town's army and the old battalion of the Baoyi Army. Not only are the blunderbuss scattered and not accurate, but their shooting ranges are also different.

After firing a round, Xu Lao Liu silently counted to "seven".The corners of his eyes swept left and right unknown.

No one noticed that Xu Lao Liu hadn't lit the fire at all just now.Back then when he was a gunner, he didn't want to stand in front with a knife to fight, but since he witnessed a bombing incident, Xu Laoliu never lit a fire again.When the firecrackers are firing in volley, it is very easy to make up the number of guns. He loads the "powder" like other firearms players, reloads, compacts the ammunition with a long pole, and then props up the firecrackers , only at the last igniting, Xu Laoliu secretly moved the fuse a little away from the fuse, so that it didn't ignite at all.The loud noise of the firecrackers and the black smoke enveloped the surroundings. At this terrible time, no one had time to look around. Even if they found out, Xu Lao Liu had a lot of excuses, such as nervousness, shaking hands and so on.In this way, from the beginning of the war to the present, Xu Laoliu didn't even fire a shot.

"Load the 'medicine', reload—"

"Raise the gun, light the fire—"

"Boom—" "Boom—" "Boom—"

Xu Laoliu silently counted "eight" and "nine"... He was secretly proud, and every time he counted a word, he felt like he had earned more.But when he counted to "fourteen", dozens of cavalry in heavy armor finally broke through the defense line of spearmen and axemen in front.In an instant, shouts of "stab with a spear!" and "stab with a long spear! up.Xu Laoliu 'inserted' the wooden stick at the end of the spear stab less than halfway, and then he could not 'insert' it in. It was not easy to shake out the heavily compacted ammunition.Although no one saw him, he was still sweating profusely, "Damn, damn." Xu Laoliu was muttering and cursing, when suddenly a horse rushed towards him, and he was caught off guard by the horse. , with a chill on the back of the neck, I don't know anything.

"Hahaha, Song Zhu really is bluffing." Xiao Xiangsheng said to the left and right, "As long as you rush into the artillery array, killing those gunners is as easy as killing sheep." He wiped his forehead with his hand.Just now Xiao Xiangsheng led the cavalry in a risky charge, and an iron bullet narrowly passed by in front of him. If he missed it by a single point, his brain would definitely burst.Surviving a near-death, on the contrary, aroused the ferocity of this titan, and urged his subordinates to attack the Song Army's artillery positions at all costs.

"It can't go on like this!" Zhao Xingde frowned, and he shouted loudly, "Yabing Battalion!"