Chapter 1037: Shelling the Zhou Army
The Zhou army occupied the high ground, and if the Wei army attacked, it would inevitably suffer heavy losses.
If the Wei army competed for the high ground, it would be a taboo for the soldiers, and the Zhou army only needed to hold on to the high ground, kill and injure the Wei army with the help of the geographical advantage, and finally wait for the Wei army to attack weakly before launching a counteroffensive to win the war.
Gao Yihuan was a smart man and could not have made such a low-level mistake, so Sun Kewang judged from the beginning that the Wei army would not attack the high ground, but would place the breakthrough point on the relatively flat left flank.
After the war began, the situation did develop according to Sun Kewang's expectations, the Wei army mainly attacked the left flank and did not attack the high ground, but he ignored a problem, the reason why Gao Yihuan did not attack the high ground was because the coalition army occupied the high ground first, and the heavy troops were gathered, it was not that he did not want to fight for the high ground, but he knew that he could not fight it.
At this time, the situation was different, most of the coalition troops on the high ground had been put into the battlefield, and they were led down the high slope by the retreating Wei army, far away from the high slope, and there were only 20,000 Zhou troops left on the high slope, so Gao Yihuan was given a chance.
"It's not good, the Wei thief has rushed over!" Xu Yixian, the prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, although he was better at government affairs, he could see at a glance that the situation was not right at this time.
If the Wei army occupies the high ground, it will cut off the retreat of the 130,000 Zhou army, and the left flank of the coalition army is already at a disadvantage, obviously unable to rescue the Zhou army, then the result of the war will be only 130,000 Zhou troops will be annihilated, triggering the collapse of the entire war situation, and the Wei army will win the battle.
"Attack with all your might, stop them!" Sun Kewang's hysterical roar shook the coalition array, and he shouted urgently, "Let Zhu Cihong send troops to reinforce me!" ”
The right flank of the Wei army retreated, leading the Zhou army forward, so that the right flank battlefield had reached the flank of the Wei army.
At this time, there was no longer any obstacle between the Wei army and the uplifted high ground.
The Wei army's artillery array roared, splashing a puff of dirt on the high ground, and 40,000 Wei troops, each armed with a weapon, rushed towards the high ground.
Sun Kewang judged that the Wei army would not attack the high ground, and the coalition army was not prepared, and the Wei army rushed to the high ground, only to hear the sound of muskets above, and a rain of arrows was fired, and the Wei soldiers were not afraid of the stone arrows and climbed up along the messy stones and mounds of earth on the hillside.
The Wei army's thunder thrower, halfway up the waist, threw the earth-shattering thunder on the high ground, and in the loud "boom", the Wei army's head was filled with smoke, and corpses and earth and stones flew wildly.
The Wei army climbed all the way and rushed to the high ground, the first few soldiers, just poked their heads out, the sharp spearhead stabbed head-on, the soldiers in front were stabbed, screaming and rolling down the slope, the Wei soldiers next to them, immediately fought back with the weapons in their hands, and the defending Zhou army was also stabbed to death several people.
At this time, the Zhou soldiers rushed to the edge of the slope, the soldiers in front were killed, and the soldiers in the back were immediately filled, and the two sides exchanged deaths endlessly at the edge of the highland.
Xu Heihu rushed to the bottom, raised the axe, and a team of thunderbolts with multiple earth-shaking thunderbolts hung on their bodies, ignited the fuse with fire folds, and threw several sky-shaking thunderbolts in a row, and the Wei army's head immediately burst out with a cloud of white light, raising thick smoke and dust.
Xu Heihu didn't wait for the smoke and dust to dissipate, so he clamped the horse's belly, and the war horse rushed up the slope with force, and the cavalry behind him also rushed up from the passage, and the cavalry swung his spear to assassinate, instantly controlling a gap.
Xu Heihu's big axe smashed and killed several people in a row, but the Zhou army couldn't resist it, so he turned around and retreated.
The Wei soldiers quickly occupied one place, and the soldiers rushed to the high ground and quickly spread around.
"Kill Sun Kewang!" Xu Heihu rushed up, and Yang Qi shouted excitedly: "Kill Sun Kewang!" ”
The Wei soldiers also shouted: "Kill Sun Kewang!" ”
After he finished speaking, he directly raised the bloody axe and let out a long roar: "Kill ~~~~~~~~~"
The Wei soldiers broke through the weak defenses of the Zhou army, and the army rushed to the high ground, Sun Kewang's face turned red, and he retreated down the high slope without the protection of the guards.
The 40,000 Wei army drove the 20,000 Zhou troops down the high ground together with Sun Kewang, Sun Kewang's face was hideous, and he hurriedly roared, "Quick, go and transfer the 50,000 people on the left flank back, I want to recapture the high ground." ”
At this time, the 130,000 Zhou troops who rushed forward saw the Wei army attacking the high ground, and the army's heart was shaken, Liu Wenxiu and Feng Shuangli led their soldiers and horses to fight and retreat, retreated to the bottom of the high ground, and were blocked by the Wei army.
For a time, behind the 130,000 Zhou army was the high ground, on the right side was a high mountain, on the left and in front were the 100,000 Wei army led by Huang Bingzhong and Li Laiheng, and the Zhou army on the right was trapped in a narrow area by the Wei army, unable to advance or retreat, but the Wei army could not eat such a huge coalition army for a while.
Gao Yihuan stared at the battlefield and waved his hand calmly, "Order the artillery team to approach and bombard the enemy!" ”
On the battlefield, the gunners of the Wei army immediately packed up their equipment, pulled up the artillery, and advanced forward.
The bronze cannon of the Wei army was pulled directly to a high place, condescending to look down on the 130,000 Zhou army, and the mortar cannon was pulled to the rear of the Wei army, hanging and shooting at the trapped Zhou army.
The Wei artillery team quickly finished erecting the artillery, and the various artillery arrays began to bombard recklessly without the threat of the enemy.
The bronze cannon movement speed is fast, first of all, the artillery position suddenly burst out of the deafening sound of artillery, thick white smoke covered the long line, the artillery mounts retreated, the iron bullet rushed out of the muzzle and smashed into the dense crowd, a cannon shot out of a straight line, the Zhou soldiers on the line fell to the ground one after another, leaving a place of stumps and broken bodies.
For a while, the 130,000 Zhou army stood under the muzzle of the Wei army as if they were undressed, Liu Wenxiu's expression changed greatly, and he roared urgently, "Hurry up and rush south!" ”
"Boom!" There was another loud bang, and the Zhou soldiers saw a projectile, which rose from the rear of the Wei army, jumped over the head of the Wei army, drew a line of emergence, fell into the dense crowd, and with a loud bang, a piece of Zhou army was directly lifted away.
"It's a mortar!" Liu Wenxiu's face was full of horror, and the soldiers and soldiers of Zhou were also panicked, they watched the Wei army blow up twenty or thirty people with one cannon, and instantly crowded outside like crazy, wanting to escape.
"Boom Boom Boom~" Clouds of white smoke rose again from the rear of the Wei army, followed by dozens of shells, jumped over the heads of the Wei army, and fell into the dense sea of Zhou soldiers, the Zhou soldiers felt a earth-shaking force attacking, almost at the same moment, a huge explosion sounded like a thunder explosion beside him.
In an instant, pieces of Zhou Jun were thrown away, corpses and dirt were blown into the sky, and minced flesh and blood crackled and fell, smashing on Zhou Jun's body, causing Zhou Jun to collapse instantly and squeeze out desperately.
Sun Kewang, who retreated down the high slope, could not see the situation of the Zhou army, but when he heard the roar of the Wei artillery, he knew that the situation was not good, and if he could not open the gap to respond, the 130,000 Wei army would be finished.
Sun Kewang's face was hideous, and he shouted anxiously, "The army on the left flank, why hasn't it come here yet!" ”
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(End of chapter)