The neighing of the war horse may be loud at one point or abrupt at another.
The scouts who had already drifted away naturally heard this voice.
The scout captain immediately waved his hand in the direction of the sound: "Shitou, Goudan, go up and have a look!"
Listen to the captain's orders.
Shitou and Goudan immediately shook off their footsteps and rushed up a gentle slope.
Goudan's movements are obviously faster than Shitou's.
He took three steps and two steps at a time and rushed directly to the top of the mountain.
But before he could lower his head and look down, he saw a ball of fire flashing in front of his eyes.
Seeing this scene, Goudan was shocked.
His mind was still a mess, but his body responded first for him.
Just as he subconsciously knelt down, a strong gust of wind directly brushed the top of his head.
As a member of the Liangzhou Legion, he was also the first soldier to come into contact with firearms. How could he not know that what just passed over his head was an iron bullet from a flintlock gun?
"Don't show your head!"
Goudan shouted and told Shitou to lie down quickly.
At the same time, he took out two sky fire thunders from his waist, pulled out the leads and threw them down.
Boom! Boom!
Two thunder-like sounds resounded low on the cliff.
A few unlucky guys who didn't have time to react caused the sky to explode with fire and thunder.
The pain in their bodies made them no longer care about the occasion and screamed uncontrollably.
Shitou reacted quickly and took out two Sky Fire Thunders from his waist and threw them down.
Boom! Boom!
There were two more loud noises.
No one was hit by the explosion, and the rocks were not visible.
But just after these two loud noises, there was already a chaos at the bottom of the mountain with people shouting and horses neighing.
Without anything else, just by listening to this voice, you can tell that the number of people hiding under the mountain is definitely not a small number.
>The scout captain naturally judged the situation.
He immediately said to the person beside him: "Xiaohu, take your guide to report to the general that the big fish has hit us!"
"yes!"
The scout named Xiaohu immediately accepted the order, and then he and the guide ran wildly in the direction from which they came.
After he leaves.
The scout captain gathered everyone together again.
"One or two shi go up the mountain with a mortar to harass the enemy."
"Three, four, five, six, go to the east side of the valley to intercept the enemy."
"Seventy, eighty, ninety or so, follow me to the entrance of the valley on the west side."
The scout captain dismounted, took out his gun and bullets from the leather pocket on the horse's neck, and said while playing: "Since the big fish has caused us to hit it, there is nothing we can say to prevent them from slipping away from our hands.
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"Otherwise, when the second team and the third team see us later, they will laugh at us to death!"
The guide just told them.
This place is surrounded by mountains and valleys, and only the east and west sides have valley mouths that can be accessed.
And as long as he defends the openings on both sides, he won't be afraid that these people can escape.
After the order was given, the scout captain immediately led a group of people and ran towards the mouth of the canyon on the west side.
As for those who stayed behind, they didn't hesitate. They took off their weapons from their horses and rushed toward the top of the mountain on foot.
Today, the army of the Tang Dynasty has undergone several military reforms and has undergone earth-shaking changes from its original state.
The most obvious change is the weapons in their hands.
It has changed from the original muskets, muskets, and flintlocks to the current repeating guns.
A gun, twenty rounds of paper-cap bullets, and two skyfire mines are the standard equipment for ordinary soldiers.
Compared with ordinary teams,
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The scout team is equipped with much more equipment.
In addition to the most basic equipment, each scout team also has four small smoothbore cannons.
After reaching the top of the mountain.
The soldiers who numbered one or two immediately began to use the rocks as shelters and launched an attack on the crowd below.
In addition, some soldiers assembled the disassembled mortars together, and after finding the correct angle, they immediately fired.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
For a time, the sound of cannons, gunshots, and explosions of skyfire and thunder continued continuously.
Mortars are small in size and not as powerful as the large artillery in infantry regiments.
But in this kind of encounter, the tactical status of mortars is higher than that of large artillery.
First of all, this thing is easy to carry and easy to operate.
Secondly, the loading speed of mortars is much faster than that of large artillery.
As long as it is operated properly, the large artillery can fire one round and the mortar can fire three or four rounds.
Xue Yantuo and the others wanted to hide their whereabouts, so they stood very close to each other, almost crowded with each other.
This simply provides a stage for Usubao to perform to his heart's content.
Under the bombardment of mortar bubbles.
Before countless Xue Yantuo soldiers could figure out what was going on, or even see where the enemy was, they were blown away by the air wave generated by the explosion of the shell.
And saw this scene.
Grossan almost bit his own teeth into pieces.
I really don’t know if it was that damn thing that was causing trouble for him at this time.
But he also knows that now is not the time to blame others.
Because we don’t know when support from Datang will arrive.
If few people come, maybe they still have a chance to survive.
But once the large army of Tang Dynasty was attracted,
With their three thousand soldiers and horses, I am afraid that they will be wiped out here if they can't even make waves.
"No chaos, no chaos at all!"
Grossan shouted loudly to calm the panicked soldiers.
"Now that they have discovered us, we don't need to sneak anymore."
"Mount the entire army and march to the west!"
Following his shout, Xue Yantuo's soldiers, who were originally like headless flies, immediately had a target.
They all got on their horses and rushed out against the cannon and gunfire above their heads.
Although the weapons possessed by the Tang Dynasty were beyond the reach of Xue Yantuo's side.
Under the attack of one or two Shi, Xue Yantuo did indeed die a lot of people.
But their number was too small. It was possible to cause some damage to Xue Yantuo, but they were unable to restrict the other party's movements at all.
Just a moment later.
Xue Yantuo's soldiers in the field withdrew from their shooting range.
When the two people saw this, they looked at each other.
"Old Liu!"
"You go to the east road to meet Lao Wang and the others. I will take Jiupao and the brothers to support the captain!"
After finishing speaking, the First Chief didn't care what the Second Chief's reaction was, he stood up directly to greet his brothers, and ran towards the west valley entrance with long strides.
Not long after they ran out, there were bursts of gunfire from ahead.
Obviously, the two parties are already at war.
"Hurry up, faster!"
"Hurry up and send the mortar to the captain!"
A commander shouted urgently to urge his soldiers.
On the battlefield, time is life.
And at this moment, he didn't dare to waste even a second.
Because no one knows what will happen in the next second, let alone whether the temporary defense line established by their captain will be broken through by the enemy just because of their slowness.