Zhao Zi was disposing of the official documents in the handsome tent, Qin Youpeng hurriedly ran in, and said with a forked hand: "General, the enemy army is out of the city!" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Zi stood up abruptly and asked, "Which side?" How many people came? ”

Qin Youpeng said: "Out of the south city gate, there are about 3,000 people, who are coming to the side of the handsome tent. General, do you want to go to war? ”

Zhao Zi said: "Order all armies, immediately set up formations, and prepare for battle!" The artillery had already been arranged, and I originally thought that I would attack the city after Deputy Envoy Zhang came, but I didn't expect them to come out first. Order the artillery, charge and reload, and as soon as the enemy attacks, greet with artillery! ”

Qin Youpeng listened to the order and hurriedly went out of the handsome account.

Zhao Zi let out a sigh of relief, slowly dressed neatly, and walked out of the handsome tent. This attack on Gaochang attacked 10,000 people with more than 70,000 people, and all of them were surrounded in Gaochang City. Now, it's time for the end of the harvest knot.

After getting out of the tent and getting on the horse with his own soldiers, Zhao Zi slowly arrived in front of the battle. At this time, the whole army was in formation, and it seemed busy and disorganized.

Gaochang is a basin with flat terrain around it and no prominent highlands. The command area of the southern team in the city was on a small dirt slope, and all the command staff directly under Zhao Zi were there. This is Qin Youpeng's position, his command post, not far away on another dirt slope, not far from each other. Zhao Zi arrived at his command post and ordered Qin Youpeng to be summoned to discuss countermeasures.

After a while, Qin Youpeng arrived, sang a promise to Zhao Zicha, and stood on the side.

Zhao Zi raised his binoculars and looked at the north gate of the city, where Gao Chang's soldiers and horses had already left the city and were arraying there. The front of the castle is protected by the defenders on the city walls, so it is a safe area to form a formation and then move forward.

After looking at it for a while, Zhao Zi said: "Look at the soldiers and horses from Gaochang out of the city on the opposite side, there are about 3,000 people, and a military general who has grown up in body is leading the team. This battle was the first battle we came to Gaochang, and we ordered the artillery to get ready. As soon as you get the order, you have to open fire! ”

The herald ordered the soldiers to answer, turned the horse's head, and quickly ran to inform the artillerymen.

After the Song army finished the formation, they waited for tea time before the Gaochang soldiers and horses on the opposite side lined up their formation. An order was given, and he slowly moved forward.

Zhao Zi saw it in the binoculars and ordered: "Order the artillery to prepare, look at my order flag here." Command the flag, fire immediately! ”

After about a hundred steps forward, the Gaochang soldiers and horses stopped and waited there quietly.

Zhao Zi saw it and said sharply: "Why did the Gaochang soldiers and horses stop?" They stopped there, with whom were they going to fight? ”

Qin Youpeng said: "General, the Gaochang soldiers are lined up there, waiting for us to send people to fight them." When the two armies fought, it was natural that the small formations would fight first, and then the large armies would fight. You see, they left three or four hundred steps ahead of them, and they were given to us. ”

Zhao Zi smiled when he heard this: "I forgot, the two armies were one stone's throw away before, so as to be perfect." It's just that we have long since run out of bows and arrows, and now we are using guns, so what's the use of them doing this? The whole army is ready, wait a minute, we will not attack, see how they respond. ”

Longluo Dusha rode in front of the formation, looking at the Song army in front of the formation, one row at a time, three rows of small formations, the small array and the large array were set together, and I couldn't see why. When the two armies are fighting, this side is arrayed to attack, and a corresponding military formation should be sent to the opposite side. First skirmish, according to the results of the battle, decide how the big array moves. He advanced a hundred steps and left the protection of the city wall, and the opposite side should be arrayed to respond.

Who knew that after waiting for half an hour, the other party was quiet, without any movement, and Long Luodusha couldn't help muttering in his heart. The Song army's actions are a little strange, they are besieging the city, don't they want to fight? What is the reason why you bring people out by yourself, but you don't face them?

The reason is very simple, the Song army now uses guns, and the combat distance is very different from before. It is said that the army is besieging the city, and the soldiers and horses in the city have no safe distance to line up, so they should not go out of the city to fight. If you want to get out of the city, you must choose a direction and attack with all your strength in order to break through. When Gao Chang's soldiers went out of the city, if Zhao Zi ordered the artillery to fire, they would not have a chance to come out and line up.

The current Gaochang army formation was completely within the artillery strike range of the Song army, and Zhao Zi did not order the artillery to be fired.

Seeing that the Song army had no intention of moving, Long Luo Dusha was helpless, and said sharply: "The whole army stepped forward, and advanced another hundred steps, and saw whether the Song army fought or not!" ”

After speaking, he commanded the army and continued to advance slowly, approaching Song.

Zhao Zi saw it in the telescope and said: "The soldiers and horses of Gaochang are going to test the combat strength of our army today, and they must fight a battle." Command the artillery, listen to the orders here, and fire the artillery immediately! After the cannon is fired, the gun positions are free to fire, and I will stop here when I give the order! ”

The herald ordered the soldiers to answer the promise, and ordered the people on one side to wave the flag and direct the various gun emplacements.

Long Luo Dusha looked at the strange Song army formation in front of him, and the more he moved forward, the more he muttered in his heart, and he always felt that something was wrong.

As he was marching, he saw the soldier next to the Song artillery in front of him raising a torch and lighting the medicine twist on the cannon. He had heard the legend of the Song army's use of artillery in combat, and he was shocked, and was about to tell the army to be careful, when he heard a series of artillery fires, and gunpowder smoke rose from the Song army's position.

Before he could react, all kinds of shells fell into the Gaochang army formation. The solid bullet almost shot straight through, grinding a bloody path in the military formation. All kinds of hollow bullets exploded as soon as they landed, and the iron nails and pieces inside flew wildly, and many people were injured.

The Gaochang military array was immediately in chaos, and Long Luodusha was taken aback, and when he looked back at the military array, he didn't know how many people had been lost. What's even worse is that Gaochang's military horses have not been specially trained, and many of them are frightened and are scurrying around in the military formation.

With this kind of appearance, how can you still fight? Long Luo Dusha didn't think about it, and immediately shouted loudly: "Retreat, retreat immediately!" The Song army let us come forward to hit us with cannons! Return to the city now! ”

At this time, the Gaochang army formation was in chaos, which one listened to the orders of Longluo Dusha? There were soldiers scurrying around everywhere.

At this moment, the Song army's position sounded again one after another, and all kinds of shells fell on the Gaochang army formation like rain. Long Luo Dusha couldn't dodge himself, and was hit by a piece of iron on his body, and immediately bled profusely.

Covering his wounds, Long Luo Dusha looked back at the soldiers on the Song army's position who were unhurriedly reloading and loading, and looked up to the sky and sighed: "The Song army's artillery is so powerful, how can this battle continue?!" Alas, the tide is over! ”

After speaking, he took his own soldiers and tried his best to command the Gaochang soldiers and horses out of the city, and retreated to the city.

Most of the artillery of the Song army was here in Zhao Zi, and it was originally intended to be used to bombard the city gate, which happened to be facing the retreating Gaochang soldiers and horses. The retreating Gao Chang soldiers kept firing cannons, and there were many Gao Chang corpses outside the city.

The Song army, which originally attacked with firearms, would not have been so miserable if Gao Chang had left a sufficient distance and rushed straight with a dense formation. It's a pity that Longluo Dusha didn't have the experience of fighting with the firearms army, the army formation was wide, and after being artillery, they retreated and made a mess, concentrated near the city gate, and happened to be attacked by the Song army's artillery. For a while, the sound of artillery continued, and I don't know how many people died inexplicably.

Gu Huaien, the servant of the king of Beiting Khan, who was standing at the head of the city, saw it and his face changed greatly. Originally, I thought that I had 10,000 soldiers and horses in my hands, but there was really no way, and I could get out of the city after killing for a while. Baishui, which blocks the main road of the Tianshan Mountains, is a small city, and as long as you run fast enough, you should be able to cross the Tianshan Mountains and return to Beiting. Looking at the situation outside the city now, Gaochang City has been surrounded by the Song army, where is there room to escape?

Longluo Dusha has been commanding at the city gate until the whole army has entered the city, then he sighs and goes up to the city tower. When he arrived in front of Fugu Huaien, he crossed his hands and said: "The last general is incompetent, and he has affected the three armies, please punish the king!" ”

Fugu Huaien opened his mouth, but did not speak. After a while, he said: "The Song army's artillery is sharp, unexpectedly, what is the crime of General Longluo." Let's not discuss countermeasures to see how to get out of the city. ”

After speaking, he waved his hand, so that Long Luo Dusha did not have to worry about it.

Looking outside the city, after just a while, the corpses of nearly a thousand people were left there, and Fugu Huaien's face was black. I underestimated the combat strength of the Song army, and I still thought that with the 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city, even if I couldn't hold Gaochang, I could always escape. As a result, in today's battle, compared with the Song army, the Gaochang soldiers and horses had no ability to fight at all. What to do? It's impossible to defend the city, but can you escape?

When he went down to the tower, he led the people back to the royal court, and they sat there without speaking.

After a long time, Fugu Huaien raised his head and said to everyone: "Today's battle is really too embarrassing. Not a single one of the Song soldiers was wounded, and after only a few cannons, they sent our 3,000 soldiers and horses back to the city. Now Gaochang has been surrounded by the Song army, and from today's point of view, all the city gates are impossible to get out. And to hold on, there are so many artillery pieces outside the Song army, why is it difficult to break through the city gate? ”

Fu Guchen arched his hand: "King, judging from today's battle, our Gaochang soldiers and horses have no ability to fight with the Song army at all. If you want to hold on, there must be reinforcements, but where are the reinforcements? There has been no news from Yanqi, and Baishui has been blocked by the Song army, not to mention, Yangji Bali actually does not have many soldiers and horses. I can't fight, and I don't have reinforcements, this battle-"

Speaking of this, the servant shook his head with a sad expression.

"There is another difficulty. Why the Song army came to attack Gaochang has not been said. Envoys were sent out, but they were blocked several times, and the besiegers outside only said that they were acting on orders. Ordered? By whose orders? ”

Long Luo Dusha said: "According to the last general, this is just an excuse for the Song army. They just felt that they had a strong army and were sure of our Gaochang, so they sent troops to fight against them. It's hateful, Gaochang doesn't have elite soldiers, so he can't fight them! ”

A group of high-ranking officials and dignitaries discussed and discussed, but they couldn't find a way to defend the city or break through the siege, and the final topic slowly turned to surrender.

After thinking about it for a long time, Fugu Huaien said to the monk Tong Yuanzhi: "The only way to do this is to trouble the master and go to the Song army." The identity of the master is not comparable to others, Song Jun will not ask three questions and not know, and always have to give an explanation. ”

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