Xifeng Manniu led more than 600 horsemen and rode forward. Suddenly, he saw the dark soldiers of the Song Dynasty appearing in the grass 200 to 300 steps ahead and on the roadside. The opponent was already waiting...
Xifeng Manniu also saw the muzzles of ten black cannons of unknown origin...
Xifeng Manniu's heart sank. He knew that the Song army had been prepared for a long time, and it seemed that he had been ambushed by the Song army.
When Xifeng Manniu appeared in front of the Song army at such a long distance, he could not order his cavalry to shoot with bows and arrows. The reason was that it was too far and the arrows could not be shot.
He shouted: "Our troops are arrayed and ready..."
Before Xifeng Manniu could say a word, he suddenly heard several deafening gunshots.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom……"
In the formation of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty, Guo Cheng saw more than 600 Xixia cavalry coming towards them after leaving the city. After they had reached the bombardment range of the red cannons that had been adjusted at an angle, he decisively gave the order to fire.
At this time, Xi Fengmannian finally understood that what had just blasted open the east gate of Zhejiang Huidong where he was stationed was not the Song trebuchet that he had inherently known in his mind, but the one two to three hundred steps in front of him.
That big barrel-shaped thing with black holes!!
"boom!"
"boom……"
Ten artillery shells flying from the Song Dynasty army hit the Xixia army formation and immediately knocked many soldiers to the ground, including men and horses...
Those who are killed on the spot die quietly.
Those whose arms and legs were blown off, or whose bodies were injured or whose internal organs were shocked, screamed in agony:
"ah!"
"ah!"
"ah?!"
"ah……"
Xifeng Mannian, who had spent half his life in the military, witnessed the scene before him.
A wave of artillery attacks by the Song army caused nearly a hundred casualties to the Xixia cavalry...
Xifeng Manniu's original view of war was completely shattered by this new weapon of war that he didn't know the name of that was newly developed by the Song Dynasty!!!
What even made Xifeng Manniu wake up from drunkenness and break into a cold sweat was:
Of the more than 500 cavalry remnants he led out of the city, many of them had already fled on a large scale after being hit by the artillery fire of the Song Army...
This also made Xifeng Manniu's original plan to lead his army out of the city, and the Song army's plan to fight to the death, come to nothing!
Xifeng Manniu knew very well that the massive defeat was not something he could do to save Jia Lai by temporarily killing a few deserters on the battlefield. This was different from what he had been able to do when he had just faced the twenty or so fake Song merchants in the city.
The small exploding iron hammer was different. At that time, he was able to kill people to establish his authority and stabilize the morale of the army because his subordinates knew that if hundreds of people could deal with the twenty or so Song merchants, no matter how powerful they were, they would win in the end.
But now, it's all over, the morale of the army has been shaken, and the retreat is like a flood...
Xifeng Mannian had already made a decision in a flash of thought:
"In the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty, I don't know which genius developed that kind of powerful weapon. In addition, there are now a large number of Song soldiers outside the East City. This is definitely not something I can deal with. If I get trapped here,
In the end, they were ruthlessly slaughtered by the Song soldiers..."
Xi Fengman shouted and ordered: "Turn the horse's head around and return to the city to hold on!"
Although he did not give the order, many Xixia soldiers had already turned their horses and fled back to the city;
However, his order still reassured the whole army, especially the deserters who had already made an attempt to escape. After all, this was the order given by the commander-in-chief, General Xi Feng, to "return to the city and hold firm." His failed escape would not be traced back.
Account settled.
…
On the side of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty, veteran general Guo Cheng saw that the Xixia Army had been defeated by artillery fire. In order to save ammunition, he did not order to continue firing. He shouted an order:
"Army attack!"
"Follow the order!"
"Kill!"
"Kill..."
Here, Xifeng Manniu led the remnant of more than 500 cavalry. Hearing the roar of killings behind them, they were frightened to death. Fortunately, they were two to three hundred steps away from the Song Dynasty's pursuers. In addition, they
The horses ran very fast, and it was impossible for the opponent to catch up with them in a short time.
However, when Xifeng Manniu led the remnants and retreated to the gate of Zhejianghui, what shocked him was that the city gate that had been shattered by the Song army's artillery fire and several gaps in the city wall that had been blasted had already been destroyed.
It was blocked by someone with many trolleys.
The dozen or so carts piled haphazardly at the city gate and at the gaps in the city wall were also filled with ignited firewood and other items. The raging fire prevented the defeated remnants of Xifeng Manniu's troops from entering the city directly.
Especially the war horses they were riding on, no matter how much the party warriors on their backs pushed them, they would just stand there and neigh with their hooves, and they would never rush into the sea of fire...
"Wow..." Xifeng Manniu yelled angrily, and hurriedly ordered the remaining men under his command. He separated thirty cavalrymen to dismount, ran to the city gate on foot, and manually pulled away the ten cavalrymen blocking the city gate.
Here comes a cart that is on fire.
The thirty Xixia cavalrymen who were assigned to dismount looked reluctant. They looked up at the eerily quiet East City Tower, but they did not see a single Xixia soldier guarding it.
They were extremely confused in their hearts, but they did not dare to disobey the military orders of the strict military discipline and murderous general Xifeng Manniu.
They dismounted one after another and ran quickly to the east city gate, when suddenly they heard loud shouts of killing from the city.
At this moment, at various crenellations of the East City Tower that were originally guarded by Xixia soldiers, a total of hundreds of Song soldiers dressed as Song merchants, traffickers and pawns suddenly appeared. They opened their bows and fired arrows...
"Whoosh..."
"Whoosh..."
"Whoosh..."
From several crenels on the east city tower, more than a hundred incompetent arrows were shot down, like heavy rain...
"ah?"
"ah?"
"ah?"
Most of the thirty Xixia soldiers who obeyed the military orders and ran to the east city gate were shot to death by arrows in an instant. The Xixia soldiers who were lucky enough to be hit by arrows and still breathing were also shot by two or three arrows.
The arrows made them roll on the ground in pain...
"Ah?! Could it be that Dongcheng was captured by the Song Army so quickly?" Xifeng Manniu, who was watching on the horse, was horrified.
He then thought about it, the group of twenty or so Song merchants who had appeared in the city to cause sabotage were openly luring the general into making mistakes, but in fact, they secretly sneaked into the fake Song merchants in Zhejianghuihe City.
Not just them?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Sure enough, as Xifeng Manniu, who had woken up at this moment, expected, before that, veteran Guo Cheng sent out Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Yang Zaixing and other 21
After being named a martial arts scholar, he also sent a hundred elite soldiers of the Song army, overseas Chinese disguised as traders and pawns, and infiltrated Zhejianghuihe City in order to prepare for the cooperation between the Song army and the outside world.
When Xifeng Manniu led the main force of his cavalry out of the city, Wu Jie and other twenty-one Wu Jinshi who ran into the deep alley returned to the east city gate and met the Song Dynasty soldiers who were also attacking the Xixia garrison in the east city.
There were hundreds of warriors in the army, and together they quickly captured the east city of Zhejianghui.
And those hundreds of Song army warriors pretending to be the pawns of the traffickers happened to light the flammable objects in the pushcarts they were pushing into the city, and blocked the gap between the city gate and the city wall.
They picked up the weapons and bows and arrows of the Xixia defenders who died in the battle, and just like this, they blocked the remnants of Xifeng Manniu who had fled back from the city after being defeated in the battle, and blocked it outside the east city gate...
At this time, Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Yang Zaixing and other 21 martial arts scholars led a hundred warriors of the Song Dynasty. They used the captured enemy bows and arrows to kill and push away the burning cart blocked at the city gate.
After the enemy troops were defeated, he bent his bow and arrow again and shot at the remnants of Xifeng Manniu.
"Whoosh..."
"Whoosh..."
"Whoosh..."
"ah?"
"ah?"
"ah?
After Xifeng Barbarian Niu knocked down several arrows that were shot at him with his scimitar, he stared angrily with his eyes like bells. He saw nearly a hundred cavalrymen around him fell from their horses after being struck by arrows. He heard that his descendants from the tribe
The cavalrymen let out heart-piercing screams...
"Wow..." Xifeng Manniu shouted angrily, and his silver teeth clenched with hatred.
"I fell into the Song Army's trick!"
Xifeng Barbarian Niu, who was riding on a war horse, frowned deeply. He knew that they had to break through this siege before they could return to their tribe alive and regroup with their old troops.
Xifeng Manniu saw that the heavy pursuers of the Song Dynasty were approaching, and his Zhejiang Huidong City in front could not return. He shouted to the remaining 400 cavalry in Dangxiang dialect:
"Break through the encirclement to the left, go through the woods, and bypass the Song army!"
"drive!"
Xifeng Manniu took the lead, led the remaining troops, and broke out to the left...
"drive!"
"drive!"
…………
The remnants of the rear group of Xifeng Manniu were shot dead by the Song army who caught up, and more than a hundred people were hacked to death.
At this time, Yang Zaixing, who was on the east side of Zhejianghui, asked Wu Jie for a battle.
After Wu Jie agreed, Yang Zaixing picked up the captured spear, mounted his horse, and asked his Song Army warriors to push away several carts burning at the city gate.
"drive!"
Yang Zaixing left the city, took the lead, and joined the pursuit of the Song army led by veteran general Guo Cheng...