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The fire soldiers behind the wooden wall of the cart felt that a long time had passed, but in fact they only took four firecrackers and fired them four times, that is, hundreds of firearms were fired one after another. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But the queue of foot soldiers who rushed over had been pushed back seventy paces away, and the people in front had desperately stopped their steps, but they were pushed by those behind who could not stand the footsteps, and the one-pound cannon in the car formation raised the muzzle of the cannon and hit the cannonball into the crowd.

The shooting was not long, but it was enough to make the foot soldiers, who had been put together by serfs collapse, and the fire in front of them was loud, and their companions were cut with blood holes in their bodies, and they fell down screaming.

Compared with this scene, the slashing of the light cavalry was not so terrible, and they could resist, they turned around one after another, and fled backwards regardless of it, and if there were companions in front of them, they would take their swords and cut at their companions, and if the cavalry of the captives came to drive them away, they would also resist.

Such a momentum could not be stopped even by the driving Tartar cavalry, as if the tide was receding, and the crowd of people who had been surging fiercely just now suddenly receded.

After retreating nearly two hundred steps, he was re-encircled by the cavalry, and rushed to the direction of the military formation, the Huwei army standing behind the wooden wall has already had a rotation, since it has already started, there is nothing to hesitate, everyone looks blank and holding the fire system, ready to fire at any time.

The military formation of the Huwei Army was extremely quiet, the atmosphere was very depressing, the guns on the side of Jizhen were firing again, and everyone's attention was too concentrated, so they didn't notice that the position of Jizhen was actually fired neatly, and the current firing was already the second round, which was the style of the veteran.

In such a life-and-death battlefield, the only purpose of the soldiers is to survive and win, and those who stand in the way of this goal are the enemy, not to mention those Han people who are coerced, when they rush over, they will not have mercy on the Ming soldiers who let them go, they will only do it frantically.

"Fire!!"

The weeping Han Min infantry stepped into the firing range again, and the general gave a loud order, and this time the fire commanders and artillerymen of the Huwei Army did not hesitate and immediately opened fire.

If these Han people who were driven and rushed were pitiful, then now it is the standard hatefulness, they already know that they will die if they rush over, and there is still a glimmer of life in fighting with the Tartar cavalry around them, but they would rather be driven to rush forward, and they have been serfs for too long, and they have no blood.

It was a little ridiculous on the battlefield at this time to be driven and rushed, this time without rushing within eighty paces, or even a hundred paces away, to be beaten by artillery and crying and fleeing.

Ma Sanbiao and other cavalry have begun to take turns to dismount, recuperate horsepower, in the formation of vehicles on both sides, constantly firing outward, every time they fire, just close to the range of the Han people foot soldiers crying father and mother to escape, and then being driven back by the cavalry, the battlefield seems to be like a monkey play.

Every time he rushed to the front, he threw away a dozen lives, and then the cycle was repeated, which was tireless, but he had to deal with it, but the military formation on the side of Jizhen was more intense.

In addition to the more foot soldiers used in that direction, there are several teams of cavalry in the flanks to take turns, but they are also very coping, and they do not use all their strength to rush, nor fall into strangulation, that is, to keep in touch with the Ming cavalry over there, although the fight is easy, but the officers and soldiers in the chariot formation do not dare to slack off, those Han people who were driven away are okay, if these cavalry are about to leave, if this side is relaxed, the other party will take advantage of the weakness, and always maintain a certain strength in the corresponding direction.

This kind of battle even makes people unable to concentrate, boring, tireary, and powerless, the generals are waiting for Wang Tong's order, such entanglement, it is good to use the horse team to break them up, there is no need to be so troublesome.

Wang Tong, who was on the wooden platform, kept staring at the back of the Tartar foot soldiers, and there were also cavalry driving behind them, his vision was so obscured that he couldn't see it clearly, but he could also see another group of foot soldiers resting something from the cart.

"Order Ma Sanbiao, drive away the foot soldiers in front of the Huwei Army's array, don't fight, just let them disperse for a while!"

Wang Tong finally gave this order, and the herald quickly gave the order, and the cavalry team on the flank of the chariot formation began to form a team and slowly move forward.

The movement of the team here, and the light captives also responded immediately, and you can see that there are cavalry from this formation and join the team that drives the foot soldiers.

As soon as the whistle sounded, Ma Sanbiao led the cavalry to rush out, and the distance from the middle of the array to the enemy's attack was less than three hundred steps, and the horses could not rush up, not to mention that they had to leave their strength to deal with the cavalry that followed.

But the foot soldiers who were driven away by the captives were indeed a rabble, and when they saw the cavalry of the Ming army coming, they immediately dispersed, and this time the light cavalry did not rush to retract, but formed a formation to prepare for the battle.

"Tell the cavalry to come back and stand by!!"

Wang Tong ordered again that the cavalry strength of the shoe captives on the battlefield here is always an absolute advantage over the cavalry strength of the Ming army, and rashly let his cavalry rush to that side, that is, to die.

The hurried gong sounded, and the cavalry of the Ming army retreated again, and the towed cavalry that had been lined up also did not pursue, but a general ordered the cavalry to disperse again to collect the scattered foot soldiers.

And then it was all over again, and the strength of the Tartar army seemed to be still well-trained, so was there only one way to drive the Han serfs to attack the formation?

"Marshal, the battle situation is so stalemate, it is quite detrimental to the morale of our army, please make a decision as soon as possible!"

At this time, the only person who is qualified to say this is the port general, Wang Tong frowned and said:

"Although the light infantry scattered, the cavalry blocked the front again, and it was always impossible to see what they were doing behind!"

"Marshal, if our army hesitates like this again, I'm afraid it will lose the opportunity, in case the target Tang has the upper hand......"

"I just want to see what they use to take advantage of this opportunity, the cavalry rushes forward, and the Han people foot soldiers, both of which have been used, and they have proven to be useless, but looking at their good appearance, there should be a back hand, Ben Shuai just wants to wait and see what this future hand is!!"

Wang Tong said in a deep voice, and General Tan was just about to speak, but he heard the guards on the watchtower report loudly:

"Dashuai, the shoe captives have already erected a wooden frame, there are about twenty of them, from the main formation to the position of the Ji Army, three hundred steps away are being built!"

Wang Tong hurriedly looked over, and there was also a commotion in the military array below, and the Tartar infantry and cavalry could no longer cover the project behind.

The wooden frame built with thick wood, like a hand is in the shape of a square cone, and the craftsmen are still passing a piece of wood in the direction of it, Wang Tong doesn't know what it is, but looking at these wood and iron parts, it seems that they are all customized, as long as they are tied together and then tied and reinforced, it is the finished product

The shelves were built quickly, and the height was already more than seven feet, and some people hung two cylindrical wooden cages on both sides of the wooden frames......

“…… It's a return gun!! ”

Tan Jiang lost his voice and said, back to the cannon, although the name has a cannon word, but it has nothing to do with firearms, this is the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, after the rise of the Mengyuan Dynasty from the Western Regions from the counterweight trebuchet, this trebuchet can throw heavy stone projectiles, there is great damage to the city fortifications, the original glyph of the cannon is a robe, that is, the meaning of the trebuchet, and Huihui, it began at the time of the confrontation between the Song and Jin, generally referring to people from the Western Regions, and later mainly talking about the color people.

After the technology was transmitted to Arabia, the craftsmen of the Western Regions improved the trebuchet and added the transmission pulley device of the counterweight and foot pedal, so that the trebuchet could throw heavier stone projectiles and throw farther.

Meng Yuan attacked the Quartet and broke through the city, which was to rely on such sharp weapons, not only to attack the city, but also to build trebuchets if the enemy army fought according to the terrain and fortifications, which would cause great damage to the enemy's foot soldiers and cavalry.

The current situation is like this, the Huwei army and Jizhen are all based on the chariot as the formation, which is equivalent to the flat ground to start the city, because the fortifications composed of large carts and partial vans hinder the attack of the cavalry, and the infantry is based on the fortifications to shoot long-range fire, and the infantry can not leave the protection of the vehicle formation without authorization, in this case, as long as the trebuchet is used to blast the fortifications, the defense is broken through, and in the field battle, the advantage of the cavalry over the infantry is well known.

Meng Yuan was expelled from the Central Plains by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, after several Northern Expeditions of Ming Chengzu Zhu Lin, plus the mutual attack of the Mongolian tribes, the degradation of various strengths is extremely powerful, and the technology of trebuchets is gradually lost, but I didn't expect to encounter it on this battlefield today.

Three hundred steps away, the firearms on the Jizhen side can't hit so far, and the Huwei army is on this side,

Wang Tong has never seen the return cannon, but when he was in the Huwei Martial Arts Hall, he heard Huang Yang and Yu Dayuan talk about it, and it was enough to know that it was a trebuchet, although Tan Jiang was nervous, Wang Tong smiled and opened. Said:

"This must be the means that the Tartars have been preparing all along!"

After saying this, he shouted on the wooden platform:

"After a salvo of guns and artillery, the first regiment and the second regiment will come out to meet the enemy!!"

The order was issued, and the generals below responded loudly, and the car formation, which had been dull for a long time, immediately boiled, Wang Tong and General Zhen got off the wooden platform together, and Wang Tong said:

"General Tan, in this car formation, I have to ask you and the prison army!"

"Please rest assured, there are 2,000 security guards and long-term husbands, and it is enough to report the car formation!"

General Tan bowed down and replied, very sure, over there Han Gang had already brought a horse to Wang Tong, Wang Tong nodded and turned over on the horse, but Mu En over there rushed over again, and asked a little listlessly:

"Marshal, how will the artillery team move this time?"

"Take out all the cannons you can take out, and it's time for you to show off your skills!"

Mu En's eyes lit up, he agreed loudly, and was just about to turn around to prepare, when Wang Tong said with a smile:

"Don't move the biggest three doors!!"

To be continued)