Wanyan Lou is not in a hurry, Tang Ning is in a hurry. He penetrated deep into enemy countries, and it was already difficult to receive supplies. And now that Zhao Xu is sick in bed, he has to do something to make Zhao Xu's mood better.

If Zhao Xu didn't see the sixteen states of Yanyun being recovered and ended up with regrets, wouldn't all his efforts be in vain?

Thinking of this, Downing decided to take the initiative. But on this night, the Jurchens actually sent a force around the back of the hillside and raided the Song army camp from the rear.

Fortunately, the training of the Zhenguo Army in the past few years has simulated this situation, and the soldiers reacted immediately. Put on the armor and pick up the weapon, and fight with the Jin army.

The Song army was able to react, which surprised the Jurchen generals who led the army to sneak attack. But at this point, he couldn't retreat, so he could only rush forward with people.

On the other side, Wan Yan Lou saw the fire on the hillside, and immediately sent infantry to clean up the thistles on the ramp. But the Song army would not let him get his wish, and the crossbowmen began to throw crossbow arrows down the hillside.

Rising high, the arrows then turned sharply and fell towards the Jurchen infantry with a sharp sound, and even if the Jurchen infantry raised their shields high, it would be useless.

The arrows stabbed deep into their shields, and the explosion of gunpowder shattered their shields. The impact of the explosion sent fragments of the shield flying.

The shield that these Jurchen infantry relied on to save their lives turned out to be the murder weapon that took their lives.

The Jin had never seen gunpowder, and their enemies would not use it at all. Now that they saw the power of gunpowder for the first time, the Jurchen soldiers suddenly fell into a panic.

The characteristics of the Jurchens are extremely superstitious, they have a fight with those Tubo people on the high mountains of Tibet, and they make a fuss when they encounter something, either thinking that it is the power of the gods, or thinking that it is the anger of the gods, anyway, as long as it is something they cannot understand, there must be nothing wrong with the arrangement of the gods.

At the beginning, Wanyan Agu was confused with Jiangbian, and the people who relied on the dream of a hand to foreshadow him were convinced of him, and stupidly followed him with 6,000 to 100,000.

Of course, 100,000 people were only blown by Yelu Yanxi. At that time, the Jurchens were not yet in the climate, and Yelu Yanxi only transferred 7,000 soldiers, claiming to be 100,000.

But when the Jurchen soldiers heard about it, they were all terrified. Under such circumstances, they can still be fooled by Wanyan and Agu, which shows that feudal superstition has taken root in the hearts of these people.

As soon as the gunpowder exploded, the loud sound and the sudden flash of fire made the Jurchen soldiers think that this was a sign of the wrath of the gods. For a while, they all knelt on the ground and prayed to the gods to calm their wrath.

Wanyan Lou naturally knew that it was not the gods who were angry, it was his own people who were stupid. Then they shouted that the gods were helping us, and that we should rise up and fight.

But here's it

At that time, Liang Zhen's flint cannon was also prepared.

Knock knock knock...... With Liang Zhen's order, a series of muffled sounds immediately sounded. Immediately afterward, one after another stone bullets with thick bowls fell from the sky.

Before these stone bullets fell to the ground, there was a series of muffled sounds in the Song army barracks......

The Jurchen raised his head, but soon his entire head was shattered by stone projectiles falling from the sky.

The stone bullets fell like rain on the Jurchen army, and the Song army's crossbowmen did not rest.

The Jurchen army, which was covered by long-range firepower, had already suffered tremendous damage in an instant. There was not one out of ten infantry sent out to clean up thistles, and those who fled back also looked like they were about to go crazy.

This kind of firepower suppression frightened Wan Yan Lou's room, how to fight this battle? Your own soldiers can't get close at all!

But this is not over, Chen Daniu has already led the cavalry out of the barracks.

The cavalry mounted on the whirlwind cannon, under the protection of the other cavalry, threw gunpowder canisters at the Jin army's main formation from a distance. Wanyan Lou Room, who had just given the order to retreat and felt that he could breathe a sigh of relief, heard the sound of explosions in his own military formation, and was furious.

He looked around, and at once he spotted the Song army wandering two hundred paces away, firing gunpowder canisters at the main formation. After opening his mouth and roaring a few times, a cavalry rushed out of the military formation and killed the cavalry of the Song army two hundred paces away.

In order to make up for the gap between riding and archery skills, Downing thought of many ways. For example, the current cavalry of the Zhenguo Army has to use a total of four weapons.

The first type is the long soldier, which has no uniform requirements, whether it is an eyebrow knife, a moon occult knife, or a spear...... Even if it's a stick, if you use it well, you can use it as a weapon.

The second is the sabre, which is used in close combat, as well as when falling off the horse.

The third type is a strong crossbow, which can shoot three shots in a row, and can shoot up to 600 paces, but the most lethal distance is within 150 steps.

The fourth type is the assault gun, which differs from that used by the artillery battalion in that it has a shorter range and less power, but has a greater scattering angle.

For example, if the other side rushes in front of you, you use a musket, and the porcelain pieces, lead shots, and iron bullets that come out of it will rush towards the opponent like a handful of sand, so that the opponent cannot avoid it.

And because the war horses produced in Qingtang have higher endurance, the armor of the cavalry can also be appropriately increased. This made it difficult for the Jin people's arrows to break through the defense of the cavalry of the Zhenguo Army, and they could only fight hand-to-hand.

The assault spears and crossbows used by the cavalry of the Zhenguo Army were prepared for this situation, so the cavalry of the Jin Army suffered a great loss when they encountered this kind of enemy for the first time.

Downing stood in a hidden corner of the hillside and watched the cavalry in the distance

Seeing that although it was the Jin people who chased Song Jun and ran, but Song Jun did not fall behind, Tang Ning breathed a sigh of relief.

The Zhenguo army needs to spend a huge amount of military expenditure every year to equip its soldiers, and the ministers of the DPRK and China have a great deal of opinion about this, believing that an army simply does not need to spend so much money.

The artillery battalion and the cavalry battalion are the bulk of the money, although not as expensive as the artillery battalion as a whole, but the cavalry has reached a terrifying amount of about eighteen taels of silver for each soldier's equipment.

Everything used by the cavalry battalion, from horses to weapons, to armor, was the best. No wonder it is said that the cavalry is a gold-swallowing beast, Tang Ning understands it now.

Now it seems that the eighteen taels of silver are not lost. The fact that the Jurchen cavalry can not be left behind is enough to show that better equipment can completely make up for the technological gap.

But there is also a problem with this, that is, the speed of the Jurchen cavalry is still faster than that of the Song cavalry, and the armor with outstanding protection ability will be heavier, and the burden on the horses will be greater.

It may not fall behind in a short time, but after a long time, the disadvantages of this equipment will be reflected.

It still needs to be improved. Tang Ning thought silently, lighter armor, more effective protection, I don't know if this proposition can be answered......

As soon as he thought of the few generals who would be the overseers who refused to take off their hats even if they were killed, Tang Ning sighed, he was really embarrassed for them.

The Jurchen soldiers who attacked the camp of the Zhenguo Army were quickly defeated, and the captured Jurchen generals muttered something that Tang Ning couldn't understand, and Tang Ning simply beheaded him, which gave him a headache.

Tao Fugui was still on his way to this side in Shunzhou, and the Jurchens always spoke the language of their own tribe and didn't consider the feelings of others at all, so it was better to wait for Tao Fugui to come before he could understand what they were saying.

The first battle was lost, and Wanyan Lou ordered the whole army to retreat five miles. After the Song army cleaned up the battlefield, they sent a box full of ears to Wanyan Lou's room.

The man who delivered the box threw the box and turned around and ran, Wan Yan Lou was so angry that he wanted to catch him and kill him to vent his anger, but he had long since disappeared.

Needless to say, the ears of this box must be their own.

However, Wan Yan Lou didn't care too much about the lives of these people, this time the people who attacked him were all prisoners of the Liao army and cannon fodder composed of slaves, and the reason why he was angry was Tang Ning's unscrupulous provocation.

"The Song people are nothing but a flock of cowardly lambs, and as long as they are allowed to taste the sharpness of their fangs, they will flee in fear." Wanyan Lou said to his subordinates: "They dare to provoke like this in the land of my Dajin Kingdom, they really don't know whether they are alive or dead!"

Lazy! You take 20,000 soldiers and horses, take advantage of tonight to go around behind the enemy again, and tomorrow as soon as you start fighting head-on, you immediately lead the army to raid from behind, you and I will attack from both sides, and we will definitely take down these rampant Song people! ”