Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 516 94 Xunyang full of Jingzhan -14

He rode his horse back to the fortress, Zhao Xingde swayed on the horse, his own soldiers hurried over to help him up, but Zhao Xingde raised his whip so that he didn't have to come up.The artillery fortress was built on a low hill, and the entire battlefield could be seen from a panoramic view, and countless eyes were focused on it.Zhao Xingde lifted his face curtain and took off his helmet.The soldiers around saw the majestic face clearly, and cheered and applauded louder.

"General Zhao!" Seeing his pale face, Ma Rui couldn't help feeling a little worried.

"Nothing." Zhao Xingde's voice was a little low, he raised his right arm and shouted: "Swear to kill the Liao bandits!"

Only then did the soldiers see clearly that this was actually a head with a gold ring on its ear, and it must have been the general of the Liao army who had been beheaded.For a moment, morale boiled to the extreme, forgetting the fear just now, countless soldiers shouted loudly: "Swear to kill the Liao bandits!" "Swear to kill the Liao bandits!" "Swear to kill the Liao bandits!" , I was so excited that tears filled my eyes.

In the infantry formation, all the generals of the Baoyi Army praised them one after another.Although Lu Mingyu, Luo Xianshi and the others did not dare to look left and right, the emotions revealed from the corners of their eyes were glorious.Shi Jingkui secretly said: "As expected of a strong general who was born in Anxi."

"Good man!" Yang Zaixing praised loudly.

The psychology on the battlefield is quite delicate, one general will fight for his life, a hundred people will not be responsible, and a hundred people will die, but ten thousand soldiers will not be responsible.The Song army originally occupied a favorable location, but after this encouragement, even without the assistance of cavalry, the Song army in the surrounding counties and counties could fight evenly with the cavalry of the Liao army attacking the hills.

Seeing that the situation had stabilized, Zhao Xingde just ordered the soldiers to bring chairs to sit on, and disarmed the Langzhong to dig out the arrowheads.

"Dang"..."Dangdang"..."Dangdang"

Several arrows landed on the iron plate one after another. Shi Langzhong sniffed them with his nose and 'licked' the arrows with his tongue before he said: "General, don't worry, there is no poison on this arrow." At this time, Ma Rui, Du Chuijiao and other generals were relieved.Zhao Xingde saw that the doctor did not avoid the danger, smiled and cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Rao Shi." There are still many wounded soldiers who need to be taken care of by the doctor, Zhao Xingde is not too polite, put on the armor again, stood up and supervised the battle.

"Very good!" Zhao Xingde endured the severe pain of the wound, and said with ease on his face, "Big guy, if you use four or five points of your usual skills, you can draw with the Liao bandits. If you can use six or seven points in Ping , and you will be able to win the battle." Although his armor is thick, but when he moves, he grinds the wound from time to time, and the pain gradually becomes stiff and numb.He felt that the entire back seemed to be a little swollen, and the cloth shirt next to his body was soaked with sweat and blood.

Zhao Xingde was like a magnet, wherever he went, arrows shot at him one after another.Even if it was more than a hundred steps away, the Liao army did not 'shoot' at the nearby target, but shot arrows at Zhao Xingde desperately.The iron shields erected on both sides "ping-pong" sounded non-stop, like rain hitting lotus leaves.The accompanying soldiers looked tense, but Zhao Xingde acted as if nothing had happened, he didn't look like someone who had been injured.Correspondingly, wherever Zhao Xingde went, the morale of the Song army was greatly boosted. The elite Baoyi army guarding the fortress plus more than [-] soldiers and horses of the Song army in prefectures and counties experienced the tempering of fire and blood, fear, cowardice Whether they are calm or numb, most of the spearmen, longaxemen, and musketeers can use the battle skills they usually teach to seven or eight points, and become a bit of a strong soldier. look.Not long after, the cavalry horses stopped their horsepower, and Ma Rui led the army to fight back again.

Relying on more than [-] state and county soldiers and more than a thousand cavalry, the small hill artillery fortress was able to attack and defend with more than [-] Liao army cavalry. On the battlefield, the balance of strength suddenly became microseconds.Xiao Xiangsheng couldn't help asking Brother Tiemu to add more troops to attack. However, the infantry of the Song people did not move. If the Liao army continued to attack the artillery barracks, they would be completely passive. "What should we do?" Brother Tiemu's face was as gloomy as iron, and his heart was as chaotic as numbness. "The people of Song Dynasty had already prepared for it. This is a trap. Only by saving the lives of the warriors can we win the battle." He said He cast his eyes on the back of the Khitan cavalry who were still storming the hill artillery barracks wave after wave. If he abandoned Xiao Xiangsheng's troops and retreated alone, the consequences would be unbearable for him.Even if he stands still now, he is under great pressure.

At this moment, the drums of the Chinese army rumbled.Yang Zaixing, Lu Mingyu and the others cheered up. The officers waved their right hands forward from top to bottom, and the front line commanded one by one to move forward. According to the previous drill, the soldiers walked forward fifty steps before stopping. During this period of time, the cavalry of the Liao army were attracted by the battle on the artillery base, and did not rush to attack.After the front army marched forward several times again, more than ten thousand infantrymen had begun to occupy the center of the battlefield. The gunners set up firecrackers in all directions, and the officer gave an order and began to attack the surrounding Liao army at the fastest speed. The cavalry shoots.

"Align! Fire!"

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

The infantry in the large formation is well-trained, like a machine that runs non-stop. The soldiers of each team reload the ammunition on the spot, then walk outside the phalanx one by one, and pass the loaded firecrackers to the chief. And in the hands of the Deputy Chief.The two soldiers kept setting up their guns head to tail, ignited and fired under the order of the centurion.

Looking from the outside of the formation, one could see a forest of spears piercing, with bursts of green smoke billowing up, and the blunderbuss shot towards the cavalry of the Liao army like a storm.Although the power of the projectiles fired by a single firecracker is limited, the power of thousands of firecrackers fired at the same time is not small, and the cavalry who were hit fell off their horses one after another.The cavalry of the Liao army also rode their horses to the front of the forest of gunners, shooting arrows with their bows at a distance of [-] or [-] steps, which also caused many deaths and injuries from the arrows in the gunners.However, although there are many arrows fired by the cavalry, they are still not as powerful as the row after row of firecrackers.Most of the infantry formations are battle-hardened suppressors and security forces. Even under the rain of arrows from hundreds of cavalry, the infantry formations are as stable as Mount Tai.Zhang Xian even directed the front army's formation to slowly approach the artillery fortress, gradually forming an encirclement trend with the Song army on the artillery fortress.At this time, quite a few Khitan cavalry no longer cared about attacking the artillery barricades, and took advantage of the fact that the encirclement had not yet been formed, they beat their horses and retreated from the side.

"Brother Tiemu, damn it!" Xiao Xiangsheng yelled, and he looked back at Brother Mu's troops who were still motionless. He must have lost the battle in Shuzhou because he couldn't be teased.Countless Khitan warriors fell under the rain of bullets, and their horses wailed and collapsed to the ground. "Back, back quickly!" Xiao Xiangsheng shook his head and shouted, "I'm going to argue with that coward!"

Under the threat of the large infantry formation, the cavalry of the Liao army finally gave up attacking the artillery barracks and fled in all directions like sparrows and flies. Behind them, the Song army on the artillery barracks cheered and shouted loudly: "The commander will win!" "The handsome must win!"

"Master Du Tong, do you want to send troops to help Xiao Tong control them?" The commander asked in a low voice.

Brother Tiemu seemed to have never heard of it, he was hesitating whether to retreat, Subotai asked several times, Brother Tiemu raised his head just now, and seeing the Khitan cavalry retreating voluntarily, Brother Tiemu's eyebrows flickered Happy 'color', and then disappeared again.The retreating Khitan cavalry rushed for thousands of miles, bypassing the main formation of the cavalry led by Brother Tiemu, and retreating towards the back of the hill.

At this time, the artillery barracks of the Song army began to readjust their muzzles, aiming at the large array of Liao army cavalry not far away to bombard them.The black cannonballs whizzed one after another, and the hills where the Liao army stationed horses were in chaos. Some were shouting at their subordinates, while others ran towards Temuge in panic. He said loudly: "Lord Du Tong, the Khitan people have escaped, what should we do?" At this time, the Liao army that was besieging the artillery fortress was defeated in less than a quarter of an hour.

"Retreat!" Temuge pointed his horsewhip at the back of the hill, where the Khitan cavalry of the brigade were scattered and assembled. The army's artillery had not fully exerted its power, and the infantry formation was slow to move. The cavalry of the Liao army urged their horses and scrambled to retreat. They camped two miles away and gave up this condescending hill to Song Dynasty. military.

The large group of troops finally got out of the range of the Song army's artillery fire. The cavalry took out tents, antlers and other things from the prepared horses, and set up the tent again. Xiao Xiangsheng, the deputy commander of the capital, got off the saddle and said, "Brother Tiemu, you coward, we Khitan people are bleeding and fighting, and you are sitting on the sidelines!" Several defeated Khitan generals followed behind Xiao Xiangsheng with dark faces, with angry faces on their faces. Staring at Brother Timu.When the Liao army marched south and north, it was always the vanguard of foreigners, and the Khitans took advantage of it behind.Xiao Xiangsheng had an impulsive move today, the Khitan cavalry suffered heavy losses, while the grassland tribe cavalry led by Brother Tiemu was killed and injured by shells, but their strength was intact, which made these Khitan people with high eyesight even more upset.

Xiao Xiangsheng is a descendant, lost his temper at this time, and asked loudly, "If I don't speak clearly today, I will tell His Majesty, and I will make you a barbarian look good!"

"Master Xiao is right!" "Speak clearly!" "Speak clearly!" The Liao army was not very strict about respect and inferiority. The Khitan generals saw Xiao Xiangsheng standing out, and followed him loudly, and several people actually put their hands on each other. On the handle of the knife, ready to draw the knife to face each other if there is any disagreement.

The scene was deadlocked, and it seemed that as long as there was a spark, the situation would turn into an explosion.The generals looked at each other nervously, while Xiao Xiangsheng looked straight at Brother Tiemu's face defiantly.Brother Tiemu's subordinates had been discriminated against by the Khitan people for a long time, and they usually swallowed their anger, but now they could not hold back, they drew their sabers and confronted the Khitan generals. In the meantime, with Brother Tiemu and Xiao Xiangsheng as the center, hundreds of soldiers and horses drew their swords to face each other, and more than a dozen horsemen ran to the periphery, it seemed that they were going to rescue the soldiers.

Brother Tiemu pressed his hand on the handle of the knife, rubbed it a few times, and then slowly put it down. He took a deep breath, stared at Xiao Xiangsheng and said: "Your Majesty Dashi has always been fair, and rewards and punishments are clear, even if I sue His Majesty. No matter whether you are a Khitan or a member of the imperial family, you have committed a capital crime today without my general order. According to the military law, you have committed a capital crime! Discussion!"