Everyone looked up and saw another group of infantrymen appearing on the hillside ahead of them.
I saw that they had formed a formation, with the shield soldiers in front and the cavalry on both sides. As for what kind of troops were behind the shields, Nan Yuexi couldn't see clearly.
What I saw at the very back of them seemed to be a group of small carts with some dark cylinders on them.
While everyone was astonished, the young commander of the defeated army suddenly exclaimed: "It's just...those things."
"Those are the things that broke General Qin and the others into pieces. Your Majesty... Your Highness... let's retreat quickly..."
"Shut up! How dare you disturb the morale of our army! If you talk nonsense again, I'll kill you first!"
Nan Yuexi scolded: "I'm asking you, you said you were attacked three hundred steps away from them, but our bows and arrows can only shoot a hundred steps."
"The trebuchet can hit two hundred steps, how could it be that you suffered so many casualties without even touching the enemy's clothes?"
"This... this... I don't know..."
The young commander was stunned when he was asked. The battlefield at that time was filled with smoke and chaos.
He himself didn't know what happened before.
I don’t even know how to answer Nan Yuexi’s question.
Seeing this, Nan Yuexi frowned slightly and suddenly lost interest.
He turned around and ordered: "Take him down!"
"yes!"
The bodyguard beside him agreed and moved forward to take him away.
Suddenly, a deafening roar came from the military formation on the opposite side, which was as continuous as spring thunder.
"Ah... Thunder Lord appears again, appears again..."
As soon as the voice came, the little commander who had been kneeling on the ground suddenly seemed to go crazy.
Shouting incoherently, he got up in fear and ran madly towards the back of the military formation.
"Presumptuous! Capture it for me!" Nan Yuexi frowned and was about to order his guards to capture him.
Suddenly, there was a huge explosion sound that shook the earth and the mountains.
"Boom...! Boom...! Boom...!"
Then came the wails of many soldiers, and the scene became chaotic for a moment.
"What's going on...what's going on..."
Nan Yuexi pushed away the personal guards protecting him and looked around, seeing everything he saw was devastated.
The military formation, which had been neat just now, was shaken by dozens of loud explosions.
"Your Highness...Your Highness...it's really the Lord of Thunder who appears...!"
The lieutenant general's face was full of panic, and he stumbled over: "It's really Thunder God appearing... Let's retreat quickly..."
"Shut up! How could my entire army of fifty thousand be defeated like this!"
Nan Yuexi shouted unwillingly, stretched out her hand to pull out the sword from her waist, and ordered loudly: "Counterattack, counterattack!"
"Order the entire army to attack, with cavalry on both sides, archers, and catapults to fight back!"
"But Your Highness...our bows and arrows and catapults can't reach them at all!"
"If you can't reach it, push forward!" Nan Yuexi roared crazily: "I have been planning for many years, and victory is right in front of me!"
Then he put the sword on the deputy general's neck and said with blood-red eyes: "Whoever dares to take a step back, don't blame him for being ruthless!"
"Go and give me the order! Attack with the whole army, shield bearers in front, archers and catapults following closely behind! Cavalry attack on both sides!"
"Go! Go to me!"
"Yes Yes!"
Although the lieutenant general had already begun to think about retreating, he had no choice but to agree to the order from the top.
He turned around and braved bursts of artillery fire, ran up to the high platform and began to wave the command flag.
"Woo..."
"Dong...dong...dong..."
The horn of attack and the sound of drums to boost morale came, and the soldiers screamed and charged towards Nan Yanxi's army formation.
Due to the long distance, the terrain is relatively open.
Nan Yanxi ordered the Fran machine guns and Hu Zun guns that had just been set up to be equipped with explosive shells.
The cannonball explodes as soon as it hits the ground. It is powerful enough to crack mountains and crack rocks. Once the cannon is dropped, it can be said that people are knocked over and scattered.
Before Nan Yuexi's team could run very far, they were already scattered to pieces by the explosion.
In addition, Nan Yanxi ordered the infantry to move forward and set up a rectangular formation in front of the artillery position.
The shield hand is in front, and the spearman is in the second place. The spearman is stretched out and placed on the shield to form a horse-repelling formation.
Behind him are the musketeers. Since the distance between the enemy and us is six to seven hundred steps, the new muskets cannot reach them.
Then they used the eagle cannon, which was similar to a large musket, to shoot at the enemy's dense formation at a long distance.
Finally, there are the archers,
The cavalry was divided into two teams, stationed on both sides of the artillery position and behind the infantry line.
Be careful to prevent the enemy's cavalry from slipping through the net and bypassing the enemy's rear.
"Boom...boom...boom..."
As Nan Yanxi's military formation was bombarded by various types of artillery, the opponent's sergeants gradually began to collapse.
Mainly because the South Korean Navy has never seen this kind of weapon.
The sound is like thunder and the power is like a fierce tiger. If you touch it, you will die. If you touch it, you will be injured.
Huge sounds and fires can cause great shock and pressure to people's psychology.
And the powerful lethality washed away the last bit of luck in my heart.
The two armies gradually approached, and the cavalry on both wings of the Southern Navy relied on their greater speed advantage than the infantry.
Carrying huge casualties, he reluctantly rushed to the front of Nan Yanxi's military formation, but he didn't have time to feel happy in his heart.
What came oncoming was three waves of intensive shooting from fire cannons.
"Bang bang bang... bang bang bang..."
Accompanied by the rhythmic sound of gunfire, the musketeers fired intensively and indiscriminately at the enemy cavalry rushing into the range.
The enemy cavalry suffered heavy casualties in an instant, and they were thrown off their backs.
The usually arrogant elite cavalry were now falling down one by one, including men and horses.
Even some lucky ones could barely break through this dense fire net.
In the end, they couldn't escape the shooting of the archers who were hiding behind the musketeers as a supplement.
Nan Yanxi stood on a command carriage, waving the command flag, commanding various military services to carry out closely coordinated operations.
After all, there are only 16,000 of our own troops assembled here at this time, and they are all light artillery.
The bulky red-coated cannon and the 10,000 soldiers escorting him are still rushing towards this side from behind the hillside.
...
"Your Highness... Your Highness, the enemy's weapons are too powerful, and our casualties are too great."
At this time, in Nan Yuexi's army formation, several lieutenants were trying their best to persuade him.
"Your Highness, the enemy's weapons are too powerful. We would be at a loss if we fight like this."
A senior lieutenant knelt down and raised his hands, admonishing Nan Yuexi: "We don't have the numerical advantage now."
"If the fight continues like this, the morale of the soldiers will collapse!"
Nan Yuexi roared twice angrily, with a ferocious and unwilling look on his face: "How could this happen! I obviously..."
"How could my many years of planning fail like this!"
"It's precisely because His Highness has been planning for many years that you have to calm down!"
The old general advised loudly: "The enemy's new weapons are powerful. Our soldiers are in the wilderness unobstructed, so they can only massacre unilaterally."
"I'm afraid that since the war began, the enemy's losses have been less than 10% of our army's."
"The old minister suggested that before our army is destroyed, we should quickly issue a retreat order and let our army return to Kyoto."
"Our capital city is solid and tall, has sufficient food and grass, and is protected by a moat. We will be able to hold on until reinforcements from the Yan Kingdom arrive."
"At that time, His Highness will lead his army to attack again and attack the Yan army from both sides. Naturally, defeat will be turned into victory!"
"Instead of fighting for a momentary victory here! Your Highness!"
Everything the veteran said made sense, and Nan Yuexi was by no means a mediocre person. A few words would wake him up.
Looking up at the front, the soldiers were already showing signs of defeat. If they continued to fight, they might really be annihilated.
Nan Yuexi gritted her teeth and made a decisive decision: "Send the order...retreat..."
"Boom...boom...boom..."
As soon as the words came out, everyone was about to pass on the order, but suddenly they heard another roar in the distance.
It's just that the loud noises this time were obviously thicker than those just now, the intervals were longer, and the sounds were louder.
Everyone subconsciously looked up and saw dozens of fireballs flying rapidly from the hillside behind the enemy's formation.
It drew a beautiful arc in the blue sky, and in just a moment, it crashed into Nan Yuexi's stronghold.
"Bang...!"
Dozens of military tents were overturned in an instant, the barracks and stables were blown up one after another, and the accumulated grain and grass were blown up to the sky.
"Ming Jin...Ming Jin! Get out quickly! Get out quickly!"
The scorching earth exploded by the explosion bomb fell on the body, and the huge hole that was exploded was emitting a trace of green smoke.
Nan Yuexi, who was shocked by this blow, finally no longer hesitated.
He yelled a few words to retreat, then turned around and took the lead in running towards the capital with his soldiers.
"When...when...when..."
The crisp and sharp metal sound, piercing the rumbling sound of artillery, echoed on the devastated battlefield.