It wasn't until early in the morning that Iric fell asleep. Not long after falling asleep, Asir hurriedly came in and said in a loud voice: "King, the Song army in the outer east is approaching, as if it is about to attack the city!" ”

Illic sat up all of a sudden, and said in a loud voice: "The Song army in front is about to attack?" ”

Asir nodded: "Not bad." Before dawn, their army moved forward in large numbers, and had already entered the castle more than a hundred paces. ”

Illic hurriedly put on his coat and said, "Take me to see it!" Originally, I wanted to personally supervise the battle today and drive out the Song army in the middle. The frontal army began to attack, but it did not have the energy. Attacking head-on, the Song army wanted to end the war. ”

After discovering that it was surrounded yesterday, Illic realized that the Song army's frontal delay in the offensive was deliberate, that is, to divide and surround itself. It's unclear what the reason for their boldness is, but they have done it anyway, and they are in an extremely dangerous situation. Yesterday afternoon, the failure to drive away the Song army in the middle made Ilik very anxious, and he originally wanted to supervise the battle today, but he didn't want the Song army to attack.

Du Zhongxiao dared to use less than 50,000 soldiers and horses to divide and surround more than 70,000 Black Khan troops, in fact, there is nothing strange. The Song army, which used firearms, had to achieve the same firepower density, which was much smaller than that of cold weapons. If there is artillery, generally three to one-fifth of the strength of the force, it can have the same firepower as the cold weapon army. The more than 40,000 people of the Song army, converted into a cold weapon army, should be 1340,000 to 200,000. In other words, in terms of firepower, the Song army was more than twice as large as the Black Khan army, and of course it could be divided and encircled.

Du Zhongxiao's conservative tactics were mainly due to doubts about the ability of middle- and lower-ranking officers in the army. At present, most of the middle and lower-level officers in the army were transferred from the forbidden army, and then entered the Wudu Military Academy to study. Now it seems that after two years of studying from time to time, the effect is still passable.

When he arrived at the bottom of the castle, Asir hesitated a little and said to Illik: "King, the Song army has surrounded it, and the castle has been covered by their artillery fire, so it is better not to go to the city." If you go up to the city and are seen by the other party, a round of cannons comes-"

"How do you know how they are arranged without going to the city? Needless to say, let's go up to town to see! ”

After saying that, Erik entered the city and went straight to the watchtower. Asir had no choice but to follow closely.

Ascending the watchtower, Iric looked up and found that the Song army outside the city was approaching. At this time, there was a mess, people shouted and neighed, apparently transporting weapons forward. At this time, the sun had not risen, and the cold wind was biting on the watchtower, and Illic wrapped himself tightly, only feeling a cool air rising in his heart.

Turning around, I looked at the barracks behind me, it was still quiet at this time, and the officers and soldiers had not yet gotten up. Illic said to Arsi: "The Song army has come to the city, and I order all the armies to line up immediately!" Today's war, life and death, there must be no slack! ”

Alsi promised to go quickly. Yesterday fought for a day, although it was cut off by the Song army, the Black Khan army was not afraid. Until now, there are still many people who do not realize the advantages of firearms over cold weapons, and think that they can rely on manpower to drive the Song army out.

Standing on the watchtower, Iric could see clearly that the Song army outside the city was moving a large number of artillery forwards, and some of them were not far from the castle, so he could see it clearly. Yesterday, he had seen the power of artillery, and Illic had the intention to send soldiers out to destroy the Song army's position, but when he saw that the Song army was already lined up outside, and his own army had not yet risen, he couldn't help but be so angry that he kept slapping the wall.

The sun in the east showed a face, and the two sides were already in array. Illik wanted to observe the situation again, when he heard the sound of horns in the Song army, and before he could react, many artillery pieces roared together, and the shells rained down on the positions of the Black Khan.

As the first line of defense of the Black Khan army, the castle was the first target of the Song army. With the smoke of gunpowder on the Song army's position, Ilik felt that his feet shook violently, and the city gate under the watchtower had collapsed, and the city wall had also fallen to pieces.

Alxi was shocked, hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and said loudly: "King, the Song army has attacked the city!" Their artillery fire is so strong that they can't stay on this watchtower, so they should go back to the barracks quickly! All the armies have been arrayed, and today they will fight to the death with the Song army! ”

Illic nodded, glanced at the Song army outside the city again, and then went down the watchtower with Alsi.

Zhang Qi held a telescope on the watchtower, looking at the first round of artillery bombardment by the Song army, Hei Khan's military formation was already in chaos, and said loudly: "Order the artillery of all artillery positions to shoot freely!" After the first round of artillery fire, wait for the military order! ”

The herald ordered his own soldiers to answer his promise, hurriedly went down the watchtower, and went to the armies to deliver orders.

Artillery, due to the barrels, has a limit on the number of shots, and there are regulations in artillery. Depending on the intensity of the battle, the number of cannons fired in a round varies. Today's battle is important, Zhang Qifa fought less and more, and ordered the artillery to fire as many shells as possible.

Illic had just come down from the watchtower, looked at the open gate, and said to Alsi: "Order all the soldiers in the city to withdraw, this city is useless!" This kind of small city, in front of the artillery fire of the Song army, can't be stopped at all! ”

Alsi listened to the order and had not yet moved, and the first round of artillery of the Song army had already arrived. The city gate collapsed, many shells entered the city, and many soldiers were injured and screamed on the ground. The scene in the city was horrible, like hell on earth.

Erik shook his head, and with his own soldiers, hurried out of the city and returned to his tent.

Arsi disposed of the soldiers in the city, walked quickly to the tent, and said to Illik: "King, the artillery fire of the Song army is too strong, should we retreat some?" Their artillery is far away, no more than two or three miles, and we can retreat to the rear to be safer. ”

Illic shook his head: "Where to retreat?" Behind is the Song army, and we have no way out! Order all armies to immediately organize troops to attack the Song army in the middle, and drive them out of our barracks at any cost! ”

Alsi responded and immediately sent his own soldiers to the military camps to deliver military orders.

The military camp of 70,000 people, except for some special troops on the edge, is actually not very big. The two sides confronted each other from east to west, extending far from north to south, and the depth of east and west was insufficient. was stabbed in the middle of the Song army, and now the front barracks are all within the range of the Song army's artillery, and the situation is miserable.

Iric was sitting in the tent when he heard an explosion next to him, and the tent was cut open with a heavy face. I still underestimated the strength of the Song army, thinking that more than 70,000 troops and more than 40,000 people were always superior. After inserting in the middle of the Song army, he thought that he could drive them out with the advantage of strength. Now it seems that it is fortunate that where you can drive it away and not collapse today.

The loud explosion made many Black Khan soldiers lose their minds, and some armies have collapsed. Rushing forward to the Song army, the Song army's artillery positions were protected by infantry, and those who rushed up were shot. Some soldiers went mad and slashed and killed in the military formation, and were soon killed by their comrades.

This round of artillery fire did not last long, less than half an hour, and then slowly stopped.

Illic came out of the tent, and saw that his army of 40,000 was completely chaotic. It's just that in the encirclement of the Song army, there is no way to retreat, so he still insists. When the guards next to him saw Illic coming out, they turned their faces away, as if they didn't know him. Illic sighed, but just took his own soldiers and looked around. At this time, even a complete military formation could not be placed. The commanders of each formation were either killed or hid in a safe place, and they didn't care about their subordinates at all. This round of artillery completely dispersed the black sweat.

Zhang Qi stood on the watchtower, and through the telescope, he could roughly see the situation of the Black Khan Army. Seeing that most of the enemy had dispersed and there were still a small number left, there were several troops still in full lineup and ready to fight. After thinking about it for a while, he said to his own soldiers: "Order all artillery positions, those who are closer to the Black Khan army in formation, and shoot at them." Other gun emplacements, free fire! One more round, so that the Black Khan Army can't fight at all! ”

The pro-soldiers responded to the promise, and several people acted separately and went everywhere to spread military orders.

Pan Jie put away his waist knife and let out a sigh. The front was shelled just now, and the Black Khan army attacked the rear without a life. The Song army relied on the various artillery pieces sent over last night, plus a strong reserve, to withstand the Black Khan army. As the shelling progressed, the Black Khan's offensive became weaker and weaker, and it was finally possible to catch its breath.

At this time, the more than 30,000 people of the Black Khan Army were isolated, looking at the artillery fire in front of them, and the sound was shocking, and they were at a loss for a while. Yesterday they had seen the artillery fire of the Song army, which was not particularly powerful, and the losses they suffered were relatively small. Today is different, with so many cannons, I don't know what the front looks like now. There was no communication between the two sides, and Iric was surrounded in front of him, and they did not dare to flee.

After a quiet time of two or three teas, Illic approached several important generals to discuss countermeasures. Everyone has different opinions, some people suggest that it should be lowered, some people suggest that they wait until the evening, and there may be no chance. While they were arguing, suddenly the cannon in front of them rang out again.

Compared with the previous round of guns, this time the guns are more targeted. Whatever part of the formation is slightly more complete, it gets the most shells, and it is quickly dispersed. As round after round of artillery came down, the formation of the Black Khan Army was completely dispersed. All the people were lying on the ground, waiting for the Song army's artillery fire to end soon. Without a military formation, without a command, the Black Khan's army became a complete straggler.

Illic hid behind a boulder, and some generals around him could not dodge, and were hit by artillery fire, and had already lost his life.

In fact, the lethality of artillery in this era is not very large, even if it is a flowering shell, it will not kill a few people if it falls into the crowd. Few people died, but many were injured, and most of them were wounded. It's Erik himself, and he has a cut on his leg.

Looking at the barracks, Illic sighed: "I didn't expect the Song army's artillery to be so powerful, it's not comparable to yesterday at all." It's just that this battle can't be fought. Wait until the artillery stops, Asir, you go to the Song army camp, our army has surrendered. ”

Asir wanted to persuade him, but he looked around, but could only nod silently. At this time, the Black Khan army had a lot of numbers, but it was completely out of organization, so how could they fight against the Song army? There is no way out except surrender.