The three of them, Bury Xiangre, Ye Pu Duoge and Bao Baozhong, looked at the earthen fort demolished by the Song army in front of them, and they were all puzzled.

Bao Zhong said: "Although this military fort is small, the city wall is strong, what does it mean that the Song army does not hold on here, and retreats to the back?" Even if you don't dare to stay away from Hue Du, isn't it good to stay here in the military fort and send people to garrison it? ”

Bury Xiangre said: "Tai Lieutenant, the Song army relies on artillery to fight, and you can't idealize what they do as usual. ”

Ye Pu Duoge nodded when he heard this: "What Ling Gong said is true. The Song army has retreated, leaving people to garrison here, won't it delay the opening of the cannon? ”

Bao Zhong said: "The artillery is so powerful? I believe that it is stronger than the stone, if it is said that if you fight so far, you can't hide it in the military fort, which one is willing to believe it? ”

Burying Xiangre and Ye Pu Duoge had never seen what Song Jun looked like when they fired the cannon, so they had to say: "Be careful, it's always right." ”

After some discussion, he ordered to camp here. According to the meaning of Baozhong, they should camp one mile forward and about one mile away from the Song army. The two armies were too far apart, and after the party attacked the formation, they had to move forward to the Erli Road, and their own formation would be chaotic before the Song army.

Burying Xiangre remembers that the Khitan Emperor Yelu Zongzhen is as stupid as Baozhong, and he had to go to the front of the Song army, and a burst of artillery was killed by a burst of cannons. How can you be in danger with your own daughter's body? The whole army was ordered to camp according to the abandoned military fort.

Zheng Lian is Yao Shouxin's deputy, and this time he came south with Du Zhongxiao's army, and he was assigned to Dou Shunqing along with heavy artillery. Standing on the watchtower, he saw the Dangxiang army camping in front of the abandoned military fort, handed the telescope to Dou Shunqing, and said with a smile: "The Dangxiang people are really interesting, we destroyed the military fort, just to leave a mark there, and they camped there." If they dare to fight, they will camp forward, and if they are afraid, they will retreat, for they must be there, to die? ”

Dou Shunqing looked at it for a while and said: "I think the party members also know the power of our artillery, so they don't dare to move forward, thinking that it is safe there, so they choose there." That's good, don't re-calibrate your artillery, just take the military fort as the center. ”

Zheng Lian rubbed his hands and said, "When will the cannon be fired?" The general ordered! ”

Dou Shunqing said: "Don't worry, when it is quiet in the middle of the night, a few rounds of artillery will knock out the party's military camp and scare them!" ”

When the artillery is aimed, there should be landmarks, and several landmarks within the attack range should be linked, and the school guns should be commanded in wartime. The first symbol of the Song army's heavy artillery selection was the abandoned fort, which was connected with the big trees and boulders in the west, which was the farthest firing range of the artillery.

The party was camped according to the abandoned fort, which happened to be covered by the heavy artillery of the Song army, and there was no need to even recalibrate.

In the middle of the night, when the sky was full of stars, Dou Shunqing and Zheng Lian stood on the watchtower, observing the movements of the Dangxiang military camp with binoculars. The moon had just risen in the east, and the vision was blurred, and only a rough outline could be seen. There was silence all around, save for the occasional beast roar in the darkness.

Putting down the binoculars, Dou Shunqing said: "After a stick of incense, open the cannon!" ”

Zheng Lian listened to the order, got off the watchtower, and sent a herald to order the artillery to prepare.

Not long after, a low horn sounded, and before the officers and men on both sides could react, they heard the roar of the cannons. The light of the muzzle of the cannon pierced the deep darkness of the night, and the earth trembled in the sound of the cannon.

Bury Xiangke had just fallen asleep when he was startled by the sound of cannons. One turned over and sat in the tent and shouted, "What sound? What was that? ”

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a loud noise nearby, followed by the wailing of men and the neighing of horses.

Bury Yixiang was stunned for a moment, suddenly came to his senses, and said loudly: "It's a cannon, the cannon of the Song army!" Pro-soldiers, pro-soldiers, quickly lead the horse! ”

As he spoke, he didn't care about putting on his coat and ran quickly to the outside of the tent.

At this time, the entire barracks was in chaos, many soldiers were running around, and some places were already on fire. Everywhere there were people shouting and neighing, and there was confusion. The artillery of the Song army was not concentrated, but the party had 10,000 people, the area occupied by the military camp was too large, and the markers were very obvious, and all of them fell in the military camp.

After a while, the soldiers led the horses. Burying Xiangre didn't care about anything, turned over on his horse, and ran south with his own soldiers.

Bao Zhong came out of the tent and saw the chaos around him, so he couldn't help but be angry: "What's the matter, I made a mess first!" Where is Captain Nopu? Take me to him! ”

Surrounded by the elite of the party, seeing that Baozhong was full of voice, he didn't dare to disobey, and took him to the front of the Yepu Duoge tent.

Ye Pu Duoge had just come out of the tent, and was about to call his soldiers to flee south, but when he saw Bao Baozhong, he had to give his hand: "Tai Lieutenant, this place is too close to the Song army, and the Song army sent artillery to hit the middle barracks." Quickly come with me, gather troops and horses, and retreat a few miles south. ”

Bao Zhong said: "Tai Lieutenant said that it was the cannon from the Song Army just now? How can it be! Even the cannon can hit several miles away, earth-shattering! ”

Ye Pu Duoge was about to explain to Bao Zhong when he heard the sound of cannons in the distance, and he couldn't help but change his color: "Did you hear it, the Song army fired another cannon!" ”

At this time, I didn't know how to dodge the artillery fire, so I stood there dumbfounded, hearing the sound of shells whistling, and my face turned pale.

Immediately after that, the shells fell to the ground, jumped a few times, rolled a few more times, and a series of explosions were heard.

Ye Pu Duoge stayed where he was, watching a few soldiers roll out of the tent nearby, his flesh and blood blurred, and he couldn't stop wailing. When the cannon stopped, he looked at himself and said happily: "It's dangerous, it's dangerous!" I don't deserve to die, I don't have a single wound on my body! ”

After speaking, he said to the soldiers around him: "Quickly go and inform the generals, don't take care of the camp tent, withdraw, retreat five miles to the south!" ”

commanded his own soldiers, and said to the stupid Bao Bao on the other side: "It's time for the captain, the Song army's artillery is so powerful!" Hurry up and follow me south, wait a little longer, the next round of artillery will come again! ”

After speaking, he stepped forward and grabbed Bao Baozhong's hand, and with the help of his own soldiers, he pushed him on his horse and fled all the way south.

As soon as he escaped from the barracks, he heard the sound of artillery again, and the entire party barracks was completely chaotic.

Hearing the sound of cannons, Bao Zhong came to his senses, and muttered: "It turns out that this is the artillery of the Song Army, it turns out that it is really so powerful!" How can this battle be fought? Isn't this battle unfought! ”

Ye Pu Duoge said: "Don't worry too much, Captain, there are not many such cannons in the Song army." After a few months of fighting, I only heard that they killed the Khitan Emperor with such a cannon, and I didn't hear that it was used in other places. It can't be attacked here, so it's better to neat up the military horses and return to the military city. Good artillery is here, but Yang Wenguang must not have it, and we will concentrate on attacking there. ”

Bao Zhong nodded numbly, felt a tingling pain in his arm, and touched it with his hand, feeling sticky. When you put it on your nose and smell it, it has a faint fishy smell. He was a battle-hardened man, and knowing that he was wounded, he said to Ye Pudoge: "Captain, I have a wound on my arm. How could there be such a small wound when such a cannon was set off and the earth was shaken? ”

Where can Yepudogg make it clear? said casually: "Xu smashed something, and it hit you." The injury is not serious, just go back and bandage it. ”

As he spoke, he kept urging the horse forward.

Song Jun's flowering bullets were filled with iron balls and broken pieces of iron, and once they exploded, they were in danger within one or twenty steps. No, how could so many people have been injured. Bao Zhong was injured by the broken iron that was blown out. He was lucky, he was injured in his arm, injured in his eye and other vital points, and it was just as difficult to save.

Dou Shunqing looked at the fire flashing in the party camp in the distance, couldn't see it really, and guessed the situation there.

At this moment, a personal soldier quickly climbed up to the watchtower and said with his hands crossed: "General, the party members are afraid of artillery and have fled south!" ”

Dou Shunqing asked, "Have they all withdrawn?" ”

The soldier said: "The incident happened suddenly, and they fled for their lives, and it has become a pot of porridge there." In a hurry, I want the whole army to escape! ”

Dou Shunqing nodded, thought for a while, and said, "In addition to your rangers, how many cavalry are there in the army?" ”

The soldiers said: "General Hui, there are more than 800 people!" ”

Dou Shunqing waved his hand: "Order these more than 800 cavalry to chase the enemy with all their might!" It's hard to command at night, so it's divided into squads and fights on its own! Regardless of the outcome of the battle, the whole army returned to the barracks before dawn! ”

The soldiers listened to the order, quickly got off the watchtower, and gave the order.

Dou Shunqing guarded this line, and there were not many cavalry, a total of about 1,000 people. In addition to the reconnaissance rangers, there were only more than 800 formed cavalry. In the face of the enemy's retreat, it would be a pity not to chase. simply let them attack with the whole army, with dates or without dates, how many results are earned.

Zheng Lian's heavy artillery was still roaring, and even Hue Ferry in the south was so heavy that the earth trembled.

Du Zhongxiao got up, put on his clothes and went to the courtyard, looking at the fire that kept flashing in the south.

Zhao Zi came out of his room, yawned, and stood beside Du Zhongxiao, looking at the south together. After a while, he said: "All the heavy artillery is put in Dou Shunqing, it is really majestic!" He was too clever in fighting, watching the party members set up camp and firing cannons in the middle of the night. After this artillery bombardment, the party members were not scared back to the military city. It's better to wait a day, transfer some cavalry, and maybe wipe out all the party members who came. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "This time we are fighting the White Horse Supervision Military Division, don't be greedy for small achievements and miss the overall deployment." The purpose of firing the cannon tonight is to make the party members unable to figure out the truth and scare them first. If the party members don't dare to attack Dou Shunqing, his soldiers and horses can support you. ”

Zhao Zi smiled: "That's good." I have more than 7,000 people here, and he can support 2,000 soldiers, enough 10,000 people, and eat all the soldiers of the White Horse Supervision Division! By the way, after encircling and annihilating the soldiers and horses of the White Horse Supervision Army, you can also move westward and occupy several Bobei. ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "This proposal is feasible." There are salt ponds there, which produce good salt and are also a source of wealth. Once I control there, all the west of Helan Mountain will be owned by me. Xingqing Mansion is connected to Hexi and Heishui, and can only go from Lingzhou to Ganzhou and Suzhou. ”

Lou Bobei is located near Yanchi, which is an important place west of Helan Mountain. I don't know how much salt is stored in the salt pond, and the quality is excellent, which is an important source of wealth for the party. It was located in the middle of the desert, thousands of miles uninhabited, and once the Song army occupied it, it cut off the northern line of communication of the party.