The east has just revealed a touch of fish belly white, and the whole earth is covered with a layer of cold clear light, and the clear blue sky is more and more blue. Spring has already entered the season, and the oncoming wind has softened.

Chen Changji rode on his horse, looked at the mountains on both sides of the valley covered by blue light, and looked at the stone bullets that the Song army had shot a few days ago that was still there not far from the valley mouth, and said in a deep voice to Li Mingxin beside him: "Official, you have also seen those stone bullets, and one shot can injure several people's lives. The Song army has hundreds of stone cannons in one round, and how many of us are not enough to toss like this, do you really want me to attack now? ”

Li Mingxin said coldly with a calm face: "The Holy Lord asked me to watch the general capture Langzhou as soon as possible, without unreasonable delay." As for how to fight that is a general's business, what is my identity? How dare you talk about military aircraft! ”

Chen Changji snorted coldly: "Okay, you always hold the Holy Upper to press me, and I will do what you want!" We are all holy ministers, you are not the only one in the world who is a loyal minister, you force me so much, poke out the mistakes, don't delay when the time comes! ”

Li Mingxin turned his face away, saw that the sun was about to rise in the sky, and ignored Chen Changji.

Sighing, Chen Changji had no other way, and called the vice president to arrange an attack. Don't look at this eunuch pretending to be dumb here, he doesn't know how to arrange himself when he returns to the palace, but the only way to do this now is to fight a few bloody battles to gag his mouth.

For the system of the Great Song Dynasty, Jiaozhi has just begun to learn, and even the fundamental politics of the country, such as the imperial examination, have not yet been learned, and the general system still follows the Tang system, mixed with some habits of the barbarians. Therefore, the authority of the internal servants of Jiaozhi at this time is very great, although it has not reached the point of casually abolishing the emperor, but it is still quite a bit of the legacy of the Tang Dynasty, which is different from the internal servants in the Great Song Dynasty Palace who are just doing errands. The five military generals of the late Tang Dynasty were in power, and they had enough of the hardships of the eunuchs. killed the eunuchs in power over and over again, became the emperor himself, and still formulated various systems to exclude the eunuchs from the center of power.

Li Fengxiao was brave, and he made great contributions during the rebellion of the Three Kings. It can be regarded as a minister from the dragon, and he has a high authority in the cochin position. But in terms of status, he still has to lose to Li Renyi, and Li Mingxin is naturally domineering outside.

On the top of the mountain, Xu Ping and Sang Yi were inspecting the front line.

The more the opposite side quieted down and was not in a hurry to attack, the more Xu Ping did not dare to be careless here. The so-called calm before the storm, the Cochin people must be thinking of a way to attack, and they must be prepared in advance. In the past few days, Xu Ping has to go to the front line every day to inspect, and Shi Quanbin has followed him twice. When he saw that nothing happened, he didn't bother to come again.

Sang Yi led his troops to Langzhou, but Xu Ping did not arrange for him to participate in the defense. At this time, Guangyuan Prefecture has been broken, and there is no other place to use troops in Yongzhou, Xu Ping concentrated 6,000 Xiang troops inside and outside the city of Langzhou, all of which were handed over to Sang Yi to lead, together with the township cavalry led by Gao Daquan, as the general reserve here in Langzhou.

Only when you can attack can you defend. Xu Ping has always kept this in mind, and a strong reserve is a guarantee. Sang Yi 6,000 Xiang Army. Gao Daquan 6,000 cavalry, with these forces alone, can fight against the Jiaozhi army outside the valley, and this last strength is the guarantee of Langzhou's foolproof.

There was no war for several days, Xu Ping called Sang Yi over, and when he was ready, the Jiaozhi people nested in front of the mountain and did not move. Xu Ping is about to launch a tentative attack here.

Lu Fang hurriedly ran over and saluted Xu Parallel: "Official, the Jiaozhi people have left the barracks and set up stone cannons in front of the mountain, it seems that they are going to attack!" ”

Xu Ping listened. Hurriedly climbed to the top of the mountain with Sang Yi.

When I looked up, I saw that the Jiaozhi military camp in front of the mountain was busy, and the huge wooden frame was transported to a place two miles away in front of the mountain and began to be installed.

It is also difficult to cut down many large trees for these Cochin people in just a few days, and start making stone cannons without waiting for the wood to dry. Looking at the tall shelves in front of the mountain, the Jiaozhi people were also ruthless, and tried their best to make a powerful stone cannon to confront the Song army on the mountain.

Sang Yi saw it and said to Xu Ping: "This is the right time, the stone cannons of the Jiaozhi people have not been installed yet, let's start them first and break them up!" ”

Xu Ping thought for a moment and shook his head: "It's not proper, the stone cannon is not installed, to put it bluntly, it's just a few big trees, it's really not easy to break it." Don't be in a hurry at this time, test the range first. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Ping turned around and shouted, "Lu Fang! ”

Lu Fang replied with a forked hand: "The end will be!" ”

"Go and tell the gunners, adjust the range, and test fire at the stone cannons of the Cochin people, one for every three guns, and the other two according to the test guns. Test firing before the Cochin stone cannons are installed, and when they have hit a cannon, a salvo will break their cannons! ”

"No!" Lu Fang led the order and turned away.

Sang Yi asked Xu Ping: "Why do you want to let the Jiaozhi people shoot a round of cannons?" ”

"We'll also see how well this hillside defends against the cannons. If the effect is good, there is no need to worry about the cochin people in the future. If it's not good, we have to find a way. By the way, you go to the back of the mountain and take your subordinates to get ready, just in case. If an accident really happens, the Cochin people attack the top of the mountain, and they must drive them down the mountain as quickly as possible, and this matter must not be sloppy. ”

"Okay, I'll go!"

"Wait a minute." Xu Ping stopped Sang Yi, "Pay attention to the soldiers under your command to be on guard, the stray bullets of the Jiaozhi people may cross the top of the mountain and hit the back of the mountain, don't be injured by them." ”

The stone artillery positions behind the mountain were carefully arranged, and the stone shells from the other side of the mountain could not be hit under any circumstances, but the reserve troops were in an open field, so we should be careful.

The fiery sun burst out from behind the mountain, smearing everything on the earth with a layer of red, and the whole world became warm.

It is particularly spectacular to see the huge artillery rack towering in the glow, smeared with gold edges. Li Mingxin said to Chen Changji beside him: "With such a sharp weapon, how can the Song army resist?" The general has been prevaricating, but he is too careful. Now that the state affairs are difficult, our generation should work hard to relieve the worries of the saints! ”

Chen Changji said angrily: "You only saw these artillery racks, and the stone cannons of the Song army on the other side of the mountain can't be seen, so you have this illusion." A few days ago, the Song army only fought a few rounds, and it was like a landslide and the ground cracked! ”

Li Mingxin said with a smile: "General Chen still makes up these nonsense words to make excuses for himself, and the Song army doesn't have artillery, is it possible that I can't see it?" You see there, only a stone bullet fell every now and then, and it took time to knock over a cannon of ours, what kind of climate did it become? ”

Chen Changji was silent, and he was also strange in his heart, how could Song Jun's performance be so abnormal today, sporadic stone bullets fell, and there was no threat at all.

Stone artillery does not pose much threat to scattered targets in the open field, so it is a siege weapon, and if you can't hit people, you can also hit the city wall and hit the house. The defender's stone cannon is mainly used to make cannons, which is to destroy the equipment of the direct attacker, and if you want to fight the army on the open ground, you must use a salvo as much as possible as a few days ago.

Song Jun is obviously good at salvo shots, how can he be abnormal today?

The sun completely broke free from the shackles of the distant mountains and jumped into the air, shining brightly and dazzlingly. The top of the hill in front of him became clear, silent, and not even a figure could be seen.

Chen Changji muttered in his heart, it was a normal reaction for the defending Song army to dodge the artillery, but it seemed a little unusual to be so quiet, and he was a little panicked in his heart.

The adjutant general came over and saluted Chen Changji: "General, the stone cannon has been installed and is ready to attack, please give the military order!" ”

Chen Changji looked at the sun in the sky and waved his hand: "Fight!" ”

The largest stone cannon of the Cochin people is dragged by more than 100 people, and the smaller ones are also dragged by 20 or 30 people. In front of the mountain, there are more than 50 doors, large and small, and a total of more than 2,000 people are used, and a group of people gather together, which is quite spectacular.

As the drums sounded, more than 3,000 soldiers and horses behind Chen Changji lined up, and the stone cannons that were ready to go to his side suppressed the Song army, and then took advantage of the situation to attack the mountain.

Ahead, the adjutant general got Chen Changji's military order, and when the order was given, the drums sounded in unison, and the stone cannons loaded with stone bullets shot by the Song army picked up from the front of the mountain, were pulled up by the Jiaozhi soldiers.

With human dragging, it will be difficult to fire a salvo, and the range and direction are difficult to control, and there is no point in firing a salvo. With the sound of drums, various stone cannons were fired one after another, and huge stone projectiles flew in an arc towards the mountain.

"Such a scene is really intimidating! Song army on the mountain, how to resist! ”

Li Mingxin was fascinated by it, looking at the stone bullets flying in the air, and admired it from the bottom of his heart.

Stone bullets streaked across the sky and landed on the mountains. Two miles is not a long distance, but the toes are hit from the bottom up the mountain, and only a few huge stone cannons can cross the top of the mountain, and the rest are hit on the hillside.

The stone projectile fell to the ground and smashed on the hillside, kicking up a huge amount of smoke and dust, and the scene was extremely spectacular.

The hillside was trimmed by the Song Dynasty, and it was relatively smooth, and most of the stone bullets rolled down, and only a few remained on the hillside.

Li Mingxin excitedly pointed to the stone bullet in the air and said loudly: "Look, there is a stone bullet hitting the other side of the mountain, this time, see how many Song army lives can be taken!" ”

Chen Changji's face was gloomy, and he scolded secretly in his heart, blaming this eunuch, he had to urge himself to attack in advance, now only three or five cannons can fight over the mountain, how much effect can it play? The other stone bullets hit the mountain, not only did they not have any use, but also became an obstacle for their own soldiers to attack the mountain for a while.

Li Mingxin just watched the excitement, pointing at the hillside in front of him, excited.

Seeing that the stone bullets landed one after another, Li Mingxin felt that it was very unpleasant, and urgently urged Chen Changji: "Hurry up and let the soldiers reload the artillery, so that after a few rounds, the Song army on the mountain will definitely not be able to support it!" ”

Before the words fell, suddenly the sky darkened, followed by a loud whistling sound.

Li Mingxin looked up and saw hundreds of stone bullets flying from the mountain in the air, covering the sky like locusts crossing the border, with the momentum of destroying the world, shrouding all the stone cannons in Jiaozhi in shadows.

(There's another chapter in the evening.) (To be continued.) )