The distance of 700 meters is not far away, but it is not close. When the war elephants began to charge at the Song army, the infantry under the city inevitably wavered.

When they saw these behemoths yesterday, they were terrified. See you again today, and it's the same feeling. After all, they all came from the Great Song Dynasty, and they really didn't have much chance to meet elephants.

Kaifeng Mansion is better, in the past, the envoys of various countries came to pay tribute, and there were also elephants sent over. But where they were hidden by the officials later, they don't know.

"Archers! Shoot me the man on the back of the elephant! Fang La, who was standing on the city tower, shouted, but it was easy to say, how could it be so simple to do?

The knights on the back of the war elephants wear special armor. In order to prevent similar things from happening, they are all like tin cans, and crossbow arrows are extremely difficult to penetrate.

"Spread out! Spread out! "The Song army's tiger squat cannons and several eight-ox crossbows placed on the city kept projecting incendiary canisters and oiled paper bags filled with gunpowder.

The military formation of the Cochin people was not dense, but a large mass of infantry gathered behind the war elephants, which gave the tiger a chance to squat and exert its might.

Tang Ning looked at the five hundred lion models and sighed, fortunately he didn't put all the treasures on this lion. Turning his head to look at the eight-ox crossbow erected on the side of the city wall, Tang Ning nodded at Chong Jianzhong, who was standing on the side.

"Load the arrows! Put! Chong Jianzhong immediately began to command, and as soon as the words fell, the Eight Bull Crossbow was a buzz.

In order to ensure sufficient penetration, it is also necessary to extend the range as much as possible. It was estimated that there were about 400 paces before Chong Jianzhong gave the order to release the arrows.

The eight-bull crossbow arrow, which is thick and long enough, can easily pierce through the armor of the war elephant and pierce into the body of the war elephant. And a large amount of gunpowder tied to the body of the arrow also blew up the war elephant after piercing the body of the war elephant.

Even without harming the elephant, the knight on the elephant's back was shocked by the explosion and became dizzy. In such a state, they could not continue to effectively control the war elephants.

The frightened elephant panicked and fell into a state of frenzy. Uncontrollably, they began to run wildly, and the Jiaozhi soldiers, who were cowering behind the elephant's buttocks, were about to watch out for the Song army's incendiary canister, but suddenly they were trampled by the war elephants again.

For a while, they also fell into panic and fled one by one.

More than 30 war elephants were attacked by the Eight Bull Crossbows, and four of them were directly blown up and lay on the ground, unable to continue to stand up. Two more began to run wildly.

In the second round of eight-bull crossbow shooting, the distance is closer, the meat is deeper, and the damage caused is greater. Eight more war elephants fell to the ground, but the remaining sixteen war elephants also successfully rushed into the Song army's formation.

The huge impact of the war elephant made the Song army suddenly turn on their backs, and the Jiaozhi infantry that followed behind took advantage of the situation to pounce, and the Song army suffered a round of serious casualties in the first time.

The eight-bull crossbows on the city wall did not cease fire, and in the third round of shooting, the crossbow arrows sank deep into the bodies of the war elephants under the city. The gunpowder exploded inside the war elephant's body, blood flew in the sky, and huge pieces of flesh smashed on people, powerful enough to stun a person.

Pei Xiantong couldn't bear to look at it directly, she had never seen such a bloody scene in her life. He retreated behind with a paper umbrella and turned his head away from looking.

Tang Ning was staring at the battlefield, there were only six war elephants left, if the infantry under the city could hold on, the cavalry from the other side should also outflank the Cochin army, and then the whirlwind cannon to throw gunpowder would be enough to disrupt the formation of the Cochin people, thus inflicting a huge blow on them.

But this was based on the fact that the infantry was able to hold out, and if the infantry collapsed, the Cochins would have more energy to deal with the cavalry on both flanks. When the time comes, even the help of the archers on the city walls will not help.

The final round of the Eight Bull Crossbow completely blew the six remaining war elephants of the Cochin people into meat foam.

The people of Jiaozhi were heartbroken, but they were helpless. I could only watch my war elephant turn into a pool of blood and a pile of minced meat.

The gunpowder of the Song people is so powerful that everyone has completely underestimated the power of this gunpowder before......

"Kill! The thieves' war elephants have all been shot by our army! Now is the time to fight back! Brothers, do not be afraid! Rush with me! With a shout, the little stone picked up his banner and took the lead in the enemy's formation.

A group of guards immediately followed, and the rest of the infantry saw that Xiao Shi was so fierce as an officer, so they came to the fighting spirit one by one, screaming and killing the Jiaozhi army in front.

Whether it was the Song army going out of the city to meet the enemy, or the Jiaozhi people sending thirty war elephants to charge, it was a performance of a decisive battle. The tacit decision of both sides is determined here, and whoever it is, does not want to lose.

The Song army under the city resisted the first wave of attacks by the Jiaozhi people, and they had already begun to counterattack after gaining a firm foothold. Seeing this, Tang Ning also sent out the 6,000 people on standby in the city as reinforcements to support the Song army outside the city.

Yang Yingzheng, Xiaoshi, Shenqian, Fang Yong and others gave full play to the role of the generals of the first army, and they bravely killed the enemy, which inspired the morale of the Song army, which was a little depressed because of the war elephants, and the Song army under the city either fought hard to protect these generals, or was inspired by several generals, and moved forward bravely.

The Song army is like this, and the Jiaozhi people are not to be outdone. Li Changjie had already supervised the battle within the range of the archers of the Song army, and Chen Zhiming took the lead, killing seven in and seven out of the Song army with one man and one horse.

The battle was terrible

It was extremely fierce, and every moment there was a scream from the Song army or the Jiaozhi soldiers, and then they fell to the ground softly.

The Cochins had a numerical advantage, and they did not want to retreat. The Song army was also waiting for the roundabout cavalry to arrive on the battlefield and inflict extensive damage on the dense enemy forces with whirlwind artillery.

The two sides were at a stalemate for a while, but the Song army inevitably fell into decline.

At this time, two cavalry of the Song army suddenly appeared on the two wings of the Jiaozhi army array. Although the number of these two cavalry is not large, together they are about 400 people, but they are all equipped with whirlwind artillery.

I was just by this unit some time ago, and now I want to be again. The cochin people have a terrible toothache, and if it weren't for their long range, the ghosts would be afraid of them.

When the cavalry appeared, the Jiaozhi people had some intention of retreating, and Shenqian naturally would not let go of this opportunity. shouted that the thief was afraid, and he took the lead in killing him.

The Song army suddenly counterattacked and made it difficult for the Jiaozhi people to parry, and the whirlwind artillery also began to project gunpowder packs into the Jiaozhi people's military formation.

In order to facilitate close combat, the Cochin army has already shrunk its formation once. Now their formation was very dense, and the gunpowder bag fell at their feet, and with a loud bang, the severed limbs began to fly in all directions.

The rumbling sound came and went in the Jiaozhi army formation, and the Song infantry under the city counterattacked more intensely.

The Song crossbowmen at the head of the city were busy shooting at their own crossbowmen, and the Jiaozhi infantry did not have much pressure, except for the Song cavalry projecting artillery on both wings, which was really annoying.

The terrain within a few miles of the vicinity is quite suitable for cavalry, and the elephant soldiers have been killed by the Song army, and the cavalry without natural enemies is really not something that the Jiaozhi people can compete with.

If the archers can attack the cavalry, that's fine. But the Song crossbowmen on the city walls were so aggressive that their arrows would fall like locusts when the pressure was gone.

Li Changjie's face was pale, and at this moment, he finally admitted his defeat.

Although the Song army was able to achieve such a victory by relying on gunpowder, it has to be said that the use of gunpowder by the opposing generals is superb.

The crossbow arrows of the Eight Ox Crossbow combined with gunpowder are absolutely fatal blows to war elephants. And for the Jiaozhi infantry who are in the middle of fierce fighting, the gunpowder projector that can move is even more dangerous.

Seeing that the Jiaozhi army had fallen into an irreversible disadvantage, Li Changjie gritted his teeth and shouted: "Retreat!" ”

Immediately, a flag officer waved the flag of retreat, and the Jiaozhi infantry, who were fighting in front, had been waiting impatiently. As soon as the order to retreat arrives at this time, where can the battle continue? They threw away their armor one after another, turned their heads and ran......