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"Report to the capital, Hu Lu has entered the range of artillery shelling!" Shi Yong, the observer of the artillery battalion, held an observation glass in his hand, turned his head and shouted loudly at Zhao Zhang, the head of the capital.

Zhao Zhang, who was in his forties and was originally a carpenter, was biting a grass stalk in his mouth at this time, wearing a covered helmet without a mask on his head, and also holding an observation glass, looking at the Hu people who were approaching Nanying in an array. The lips were slightly raised, revealing a sly smile.

It is said that the flying thunder cannon is also called the conscienceless cannon, the famous inaccurate head, the firing range can reach 200 paces, but the accuracy is extremely poor, often pointing to the east and the west, can deviate by more than ten zhang. But despite these shortcomings, as long as they are used well, in Zhao Zhang's opinion, this thing is much stronger than catapults and ballistas. After all, the flying thunder cannon barrel is only three feet high and one foot caliber, and the weight is less than thirty catties, so that each infantry team is equipped with two, and the cavalry is also equipped with two. Especially against those fortresses, and dense arrays, it's not too easy to use.

As a professional artillery battalion, Zhao Zhang has a full twenty flying thunder cannons, anyway, this thing is cheap, simple to manufacture, and easy to transport.

"Hehe, the third child, according to the predetermined goal, the first shot is coming!"

The Qin army has not only dealt with more than 10,000 miscellaneous fish and Hu soldiers here in the past few days, in fact, they have built a very powerful fortification and artillery position here. Behind the simple wooden fence that looks like it can be blown down by the wind, there are ditches with planks to prevent arrows, piled with soil, leaving only a line of space for archery. A little later. In the trenches were artillery positions. A flying thunder cannon has been prepared here for a long time. They even took advantage of the fact that the Hu army had not yet arrived, they had already adjusted the trajectory in advance, set up the shelling point, and planted various small flags in front of the camp fence to mark it.

Everything is ready, only those who are bombarded are owed.

"Boom!" A puff of white smoke came out of the flying thunder cannon barrel, and the ace gunner Lao San in Zhao Zhang's capital raised his thumbs and squinted his eyes for a long time with his bare arms, and then lit the fuse. The twenty-pound bomb bag in the shape of a disc flew out of the river with a roar, and then landed next to a small red flag about three hundred paces in front of the formation, where a group of hulu had just poured by.

With a miserable scream, this twenty-pound flying thunder deviated from the small red flag about three feet away, this kind of accuracy is already quite remarkable, Zhao Zhang patted the third child on the shoulder, worthy of being the ace gunner of Pontus. Although it is three feet off, it sounds very far away, but it doesn't matter. Those stupid donkey-like Hu people. I have already eaten a lot of shells under the city of Yunzhou, and I have arrived here. It wasn't long before they learned a lesson, they were still densely lined up in arrays, and they had all kinds of shields in front of them, and a wall had been erected, but they didn't know what to do, and disasters flew from the sky.

Two hundred paces away, even beyond the range of most catapults, but still within the range of the Flying Thunder Cannon.

The twenty-pound flying thunder deviated from the small red flag, but it accurately smashed into a team of thousands of people, although the gunpowder was not powerful, it was at least extremely powerful compared to stone bullets. In the midst of the shaking of the mountains for a while, the flying thunder that burst out of the explosion overturned all the Murowei soldiers within the range of three zhang, and the seven or eight people in the center of the explosion were directly killed and shocked to death, and dozens of people farther away also fell to the ground, bleeding from their ears and noses, dizzy, and the remaining eight or nine hundred people of the thousand-person team were scattered in a hurry, and they were directly dispersed.

The Tiger of Murowei Bara lay on the ground and spit out a few mouthfuls of mud in his mouth, panting and palpitating, he led his thousand-man team backwards, retreated more than two hundred steps in a panic, and ran to a mound before stopping. Bala is known as the Tiger of Murowei, and he is skilled in riding and shooting at the horse, but he is really afraid to deal with this kind of thing that can not even see the enemy's face, but can overturn a group of people at once from a distance of two or three hundred paces. This thing is even different from catapults, which cause trouble, often firing once for a while before continuing, and even if they are unlucky, they will kill a few people at most. It is not like this kind of cannon at all, not only is it lethal, but also the huge thunderous sound and the sky-high fire make those men in Mobei almost have no heart to resist.

These Murowei people still don't know what to do, when facing artillery bombardment, the dense array is sending people to death, if they are lined up in a skirmish line, the lethality of this kind of artillery is much smaller. And if they see the shells coming and lie down, it's safer. It's a pity that they don't know the way yet, and the shelling on Yunzhou City didn't let them understand this.

After a good start, the corners of Zhao Zhang's mouth rose more and more.

"The Hu people of the dog day retreated two hundred steps after only one shot, and if there is a 10,000-gun cannon fire in a while, they will not be able to retreat to grandma's house?" Zhao Zhang's words were full of pride, the carpenter who fled from the wilderness back then has now become a commander, a benevolent and brave captain on the ninth grade. And this battle is going to be fought, and if you go to the next level, it will be the eighth grade, and when you return to your hometown after two years, you will almost be able to become a county police chief. "The third child, come up again in a while, put them closer, put them two hundred steps and start fighting, this time, we all twenty flying thunder cannons are fired, if the fight is good, at noon Lao Tzu personally went to the logistics camp to make pork stewed taro noodles for everyone."

The third child wiped the cannon fodder on his face, grinned, and showed a mouthful of white teeth, "Another roasted whole sheep, and I will designate it for Du Tou to earn his face in a while!" ”

"Dog, you will still bargain, isn't it also for you to earn face for Lao Tzu, if you fight well, King Qin can still lose your reward. You kid, you have a reward and save it well, this time I will go back and ask your sister-in-law to tell you a good girl to tie the knot, so as to save the whole dangdang, and if you have money, you will either gamble or drink. ”

The third child, who was almost thirty years old, was a little embarrassed by what he said, smiled wryly, turned his head and pretended to observe Hu Ren.

Under the banner of the Hu people's Chinese army, Yelu Shilu saw that Bala was bombarded back by the Qin people, and his face was blue. These damn guys are getting more and more cunning, and they already know how to preserve their strength. He didn't believe that the Tiger of Mur Wei was so bold, it was obvious that this guy had some thoughts of not being able to work. Thinking of this, he also sighed a little. If it weren't for the big loss in Yunzhou City, plus the defeat of Jincheng, and those fools in Tatar. So that only the 70,000 of the 200,000 remained. The tribal leaders wouldn't be cowering like they are now.

Especially the Li Ziwang flag planted there. It made the tribes even more afraid, and they did not intend to go up and work hard as cannon fodder until the situation was clear.

"Beat the drums, cheer for the Tiger of Murowei, give the command flag, and urge Bala to break the formation!"

The rumbling drums rang out like earth-shattering, and Barra looked back helplessly. He knew that Yelu Shilu was urging him, and he quickly set himself up. Not as a last resort. He still didn't dare to stand up to Yelu Shiru. He is also experienced in a hundred battles, but he is really embarrassed in the face of the Qin people's flying thunder cannon. But when he turned his head and thought about it, retreating at this time, Yelu Shilu couldn't spare him, so it was better to give it a go, after all, the Qin army only had more than 20,000 people, and they were still attacking from three sides. Perhaps, Li Jing will abandon the camp and leave.

He looked behind the mound and saw that the cannon had just been fired on the other side and there was no sound.

A few commanders said indignantly behind him: "These southern barbarians only dare to fire cannons, they are all rat cowards!" ”

Barra exclaimed, "Those flying thunder cannons are just scary, but they are not as scary as our bows and arrows. Look at it. Just now, they were lucky to hit. Only a few dozen people died. When we are fighting each other, a rain of arrows often means that hundreds of enemies fall. Besides, we have seen a lot of this cannon under the city of Yunzhou, and it is rare to have one out of ten cannons, just now they just ran into a dead mouse. ”

Boosting the morale of a few of his subordinates, Barra directly called all five commanders over. Just now he had the heart to preserve his strength, but he just brought a team of 1,000 people to fight. This time, he planned to throw his 5,000 men, and the 5,000 people from several other small tribes to him, a total of 10,000 people, into it, directly according to their traditional tactics, without setting up any arrays, and no longer tempting, directly charging with 10,000 horsemen, and crushing these southern barbarians in one fell swoop.

"Can a few small cannons intimidate our warriors in Mobei? Let's rush over and engage in close combat, can they still load their cannons with spears? ”

"Hahaha!" The crowd that was scared just now immediately burst into laughter. Indeed, it is not their style to be cautious, and it is their tactics to approach with a whistling horse, to charge, to mount and shoot, to fight in close quarters.

"Destroy the Southern Barbarians!"

"Kill them all!"

Barra looked at the re-energized morale triumphantly and nodded with satisfaction.

"Rush!"

The Hu people began to attack again, but this time the scale was already much larger, and the south alone directly launched a 10,000-horse charge. On the vast grassland on the edge of Baishuiluo, thousands of horsemen roared on the southern grassland for more than ten miles, the sound of rolling thunderous hooves sounded, and the knights shouted wildly on their horses.

"King, Hu Lu is fierce, you should retreat to the Zhanhao Command Headquarters to take charge of the overall situation." Zhang Chengye looked at the overwhelming Hu Qi and carefully persuaded Li Jing. He is not a timid eunuch, and he has participated in several general battles with Li Jing, and the scale is no smaller than this. It's just that Li Jing's identity is different from the past, and there is no room for error.

Li Jing was wearing a cricket dragon gold armor, the four-clawed python dragon was wrapped around the gold battle armor, and the gold-plated steel and gold wire gloves were pressed against the jade long sword, standing on the high arrow tower. On a hot July day, even wearing such a suit of armor outside the plug is a sin. Li Jing actually wanted to take off his armor and lie in Zhanhao's headquarters, drinking herbal tea. But now is the war, especially this battle is very important.

The Hu people's southward march had failed, and there were still 70,000 of the 200,000 left, but these 70,000 were the elite part of the 200,000. Li Jing didn't want to let them go back, and he didn't plan to let them go back. However, it is easy to defeat a Hu cavalry, but it is very difficult to annihilate a Hu cavalry. Especially since they have already left the Great Wall, on this vast plug, these Hu people on horseback, once they lose, they will roar away, and they will not be able to catch up. It is precisely because of this that he tried his best to lure Hu Ren here with his body as bait. What you want is to annihilate them all.

How could he leave at such an important juncture?

With him standing here, the morale of the Qin army will be a little higher.

"Hu Lu has entered the death ground, this is a battle to the death, even if we have already arranged, but if we want to annihilate these fierce Hu people in one net, we have to show all our strength. The trapped beast will fight to the death, and we can't be careless. This king is standing here to let the whole army know that in this battle, there is no advance or retreat, and if we let go of a Hu person, we will all be considered defeated. ”

After Li Jing finished speaking, he raised the clairvoyant mirror to observe Hu Ren, and no longer paid attention to Zhang Chengye.

"Gongsun, how many more of our soldiers and horses can be surrounded?"

"For the sake of concealment, the four ambushes are far away, and they will arrive in about an hour." Gongsun Lan replied.

It was Li Jing's idea to place the ambush fifty miles away. Li Jing personally lured the enemy here, and it was impossible for the Hu people to crash in without the slightest defense. Especially after a few defeats, they will be more and more careful. In order to successfully lure the enemy to come, Li Jing only brought 20,000 men here, and the rest of the army was divided into four armies, which were far away from 50 miles away.

These four armies are 15,000 men and horses of Wang Chong's guards and pro-army, 10,000 horses and horses of the Eagle Yang Army and the Iron Cavalry Legion led by Li Wei, Qiu Shengong's Leopard Cavalry Army and the Second Iron Cavalry Army with a total of 10,000 horses, and Xuancheng's Flying Bear Army plus the Iron Cavalry Army with a total of 10,000 horses. A total of 45,000 soldiers and horses were fifty miles away, and it took about an hour to start sending troops from the sound of cannons.

Li Jing has 20,000 horses, and he has to deal with 70,000 Hu people alone for at least one hour. Then 65,000 people wanted to encircle and annihilate this Hu army, and the pressure was a little great.

Feeling the pressure, it's not that I'm worried that I won't be able to withstand the Hu people for an hour, but that my own people are still a little small, and it's easy to defeat and annihilated.

"How quickly can the follow-up troops arrive?" This time, the Qin army dispatched more than 200,000 horses.

"The fastest thing to reach is the 20,000 Shatuo soldiers in Niupiguan, Li Siyuan has already sent someone to summon it, but it is estimated that it will not arrive until tomorrow morning, and the 20,000 people are not strong." Gongsun Lan replied that the 20,000 Li Siyuan's subordinates in Niupiguan, of which 10,000 auxiliary soldiers were also recruited after he entered Datong, and the remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses were also old and weak. However, they are the closest to this, and the Hu people have never paid attention to this miscellaneous army before, and as a result, now they are the closest soldiers and horses.

In addition, Marshal Zhang Zimian's newly formed Changsheng Army had to stay in Yanmen Town for the time being to stabilize the results of the battle, and it was difficult to participate in the battle. Liu Xun's Wansheng army is coming, and it must not arrive at least the day after tomorrow. ”

20,000 Shatuo will arrive tomorrow, Liu Xun will arrive 30,000 the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, they will be able to increase 50,000 people, but it is still not enough to wipe out the Hu people. If it was in the Central Plains, Li Jing was already sure, but in this grassland, there was no terrain obstruction, and it was easy for the Hu people to escape.

"Where is Junduguan?"

"There are still the remaining ten corps of the Iron Cavalry Legion over there at Jundu Pass, which have been assembled and are rushing here, and are expected to arrive in three days. In addition, 80,000 soldiers and horses in each town have also arrived at Jundu Pass, and it is estimated that they will arrive in five days. ”

Li Jing frowned and thought for a long time, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "Immediately send an order to the four armies of Wang Chong, Li Wei, Qiu Shengong, and Xuancheng, and ask them to suspend the dispatch of troops and continue to stay where they are!" Without the order of this king, it is forbidden to be exposed! ”

"Your Highness!" Gongsun Lan exclaimed.

"Command!" Li Jing said firmly. (To be continued......)