Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 72

This time the Liao army was attacked, and Wang Yan was personally presiding over the overall situation.The commander of the Zhongyong Army, Bai Anmin, led [-] infantry to form a large formation of the central army, and Zhao Xingde's [-] firearms soldiers were among them. He led [-] cavalry to form the right vanguard formation, and the third army in Zhenbei commanded Bi Sheng to form the rear formation with [-] cavalry.

After the Song Army's large formation was completed, the advance and retreat of each battalion were controlled by the drums and horns of the Chinese Army, and the flags of the Chinese Army were still galloping back and forth on horseback.The commanders of all the armies, together with the banner officers, had a little leisure time before receiving the military order to go out or engage in battle with the enemy.

Teng Ying is a surname of Baling County, the head of the Second Army in Zhenbei, and Han Shizhong recommended him to Zhao Xingde as the banner officer.The front, back, left and right sides of the Fire Gun Battalion are neat square formations of friendly troops. He tilted his head and smiled at Yuhou Su Wenyu: "Your Commander really knows how to choose a date. On the third day of March, Yueyang Tower will divide the eggs."

Su Wenyu said with a smile: "Today, the people of Liao will be told to eat iron bullets." The commanders and above of the firecracker barracks have no iron helmets on their helmets and have a wide field of vision. Su Wenyu looked to the left, and the six consecutive phalanxes were all of the same color Although the seven-foot long-barreled guns were trained for only fifteen days, the ranks were the most orderly in the entire Chinese army, not much worse than the Bianjing emperor's review.

The difference from the review is that at this moment, the sound of cannons and crossbow arrows is continuous, arrow feathers are flying in the sky, and the left and right vanguards have already met the left and right kidnapped horse cavalry of the Liao army.The hooves of thousands of galloping horses rumbled, making the ground tremble slightly.Shouts and screams resounded through the sky.However, the firecrackers marched in the center of the infantry formation with neat steps, as if they were reviewing by the emperor of Bianjing.

After formally forming an army, the Firebolt Army is organized into six battalions. When they go out, each battalion forms a square formation of fifty rows across and ten rows. Ten soldiers in each row are the most basic squads, and those who wear long are five. Ten catties of heavy step armor, while the rest of the soldiers wore thirty catties of light step armor.Shichang stood at the front of the team, and when the guns were fired from behind, they had to prop up their spears to prevent the enemy from approaching and disturb the formation of the firecracker battalion. Behind Shichang was the deputy Shichang. All the guns were lit by him with a fire pocket.Before Zhao Xingde reorganized the Fire Gun Battalion, these two soldiers were both corporal leaders.After the deputy chief, they are arranged in descending order according to their qualifications and status in the squad. Only the last one is the oldest soldier who is not an officer.Behind the veterans is the military law team specially assigned by the commanding yamen for the firecracker battalion.The capital stands in the space on the right of every ten rows of soldiers, and the battalion commander stands in the right front of the entire battalion.

The firecracker army, including Zhao Xingde, is an infantry carrying a firecracker on their shoulders. Behind the commander of the army, there is a flag officer carrying a large flag. The commanders of each capital battalion have their heads, and the very long flags are hung on the on the barrel.Zhao Xingde stood at the right front of the entire firearms army, and was assisted by Marquis Yu Su Wenyu and several loud flag officers to issue orders. All the chiefs in the first row could see, including the commander of the army, as long as they looked to the right. All officers directly under the superior, including Zhao Xingde.

In the eyes of the officers above the head of the six firecracker battalions, Zhao Xingde's expression didn't look like he was on the battlefield at all. He frowned and stared at the distance, but he didn't seem to be observing the situation of the two armies fighting, but more like he was in a daze .

"If a straight arrow 'shot' at me, maybe the Firebolt Battalion wouldn't collapse." Zhao Xingde thought to himself, "They should hate me, I won't bring officers to drink and gamble like Han Shizhong, and my martial arts skills I am not smart, but I severely restrained them with military orders that the soldiers could not understand at all. There are only fifteen days, and I have no time to win people's hearts and cultivate prestige. I have left a cold-blooded impression on all six battalions. Now the fire The gun battalion is now an army that is condensed entirely by military orders, not by the prestige of the generals."

Just as he was thinking this way, the uneasy mood of the Fire Gun Army because they were about to face the battle was relieved a lot by Zhao Xingde's calm attitude.Some thought, "Your Commander values ​​this Zhao so much, no wonder he has nothing to fear." Some thought, "Anyway, he's dead. If this Zhao dares to run first, I'm going to shoot him in the back." Some thought, "Just now The forward military order that I missed was pushed away by the back, and it didn’t fall into the eyes of this surname Zhao, so let’s eat his military stick afterwards.” Some eyes only looked at their toes, and murmured, “Left, Right, left, right..." Huobaoying was like a balloon stretched by all kinds of anxious emotions, and many people had no time to think about the problem of facing the Khitan people.Just as they were advancing calmly, the infantry in the front had already entered the Liao army formation.

Zhao Xingde saw it, and said in a deep voice, "Get ready!"

"Prepare"

"Prepare"

The battalion commander and the head of the capital yelled orders, and some nervous soldiers almost dropped their firecrackers. Many people silently said "just prepare." "Just prepare." In the previous training, Many people started to unload their guns when they heard "ready" because of excessive nervousness, and suffered a lot.

Passing over the heads of the friendly phalanx in front, the commanders of each battalion could already see the chaotic battlefield. The Song and Liao armies fought back and forth with swords and guns in a mess, people were noisy and horses were neighing everywhere, and arrows pierced the sky. There was a lot of noise, and there were also those who fell into the formation of the Chinese army. Corpses began to stumble on the ground, and bright red blood flowed everywhere.

Seeing that the Song army was getting closer and closer to the artillery barracks, Xiao Dabu, commander of the Liao army, was forced to order the Tiebi Battalion to go out to intercept the Song army again.

Accompanied by the sound of tinkling iron chains, Xu Ding stood up again. The last time he was in battle, he was lucky, and the five slaves in this group were all fine.In the last battle, Xu Ding would never forget the scene where Song Ren turned into a piece of flesh and blood and fell down. He forced himself to forget.On the opposite side are still Han people of the same culture and clan, and they still have to use crazy killings to survive. "I will definitely go to hell." Xu Ding whispered, this was heard by Zhang Zhouhou, a prisoner beside him, and Zhang Zhouhou murmured: "We Han'er are living in hell in this world." Then Following the orders of the officers of the Xi clan, the Tiebiying came to the back of the front Liao army with heavy steps. After the Liao army cavalry in front of them slowly retreated from both sides, Xu Ding saw the fearful eyes of the Song soldiers.

"Kill!" The officer of the Xi clan urged from behind, and the Tiebiying stepped forward slowly and heavily. When he was disappointed by sex, dozens of soldiers in light armor suddenly came out from the chaotic army on the opposite side, and rushed to the Iron Wall Camp almost as if they were dying, facing the heavy axes and sharp blades that were advancing like a wall. Without avoiding or giving in, some hugged the soldiers in the front row of the Tiebi camp, and some desperately squeezed into the depths of the back row of the Tiebi camp.

"Are these Southern Dynasty people crazy?" Zhang Zhouhou muttered.

A Song soldier was immediately crushed by the mace, half of his shoulder collapsed, and he fell to the ground, still desperately holding the feet of the soldiers of the Tiebi camp. His body was almost smashed into a bloody mess, but his hands still tightly held the enemy.At this moment, only a few loud noises of "Boom, Boom, Boom" were heard, and the thunderstorms carried by the soldiers of the Song Army began to explode one after another.

The chin of the Shiwei man holding the mace was blown away by the iron block on the spot, and the iron plate shot out from the explosion of the thunder, and at the same time, thick sulfur smoke was emitted, making the Tiebi camp of the Liao army cough 'Chaos' made a mess.

Even with the Fire Gun Battalion, Wang Yan still did not give up on the plan of Zhen Tianlei's dead soldiers. This invitation to fight the Liao military is of great importance and cannot be lost. Even if dozens of lives are sacrificed, the victory must be ensured Song Fang.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Liao army in the front line, including the Tiebi Battalion, was in a mess due to the thunderstorm, the Song army's forward line moved to both sides, and the firecracker army, which was originally in the middle of the big line, advanced in front of the Liao army.

The thunderous explosion sounded continuously, and Zhao Xingde silently watched the violent death of dozens of Song people, the corners of his eyes felt a little wet, he held back the ups and downs in his chest, and said in a deep voice: "Go to the battle."

"Back up"

Under the command of the head of the first row, the head of the first row squatted on the ground to prop up the seven-foot iron gun. The second row of assistants took off the barbed, put the gun in place, and at the same time took out the fire pocket, and blew a few breaths into it. , Let the open flames burn brightly, the soldiers in the third row and the fourth row also unloaded the bayonets, and hung the nooses of the wooden sticks at the back of the bayonets on the hooks on the gun barrels, ready to be set up at any time.The six rows of soldiers in the back still kept their guns stabbed on the guns, warning the enemy's close-up raids on the gun camps.

Three hundred firecrackers have been set up, aiming at the Liao army who are still in a mess ahead.

"ignition"

Accompanied by the password, the deputy director lit the "medicine" primer inserted into the small hole in the breech of the gun barrel with a fire clip.The three thousand soldiers held their breaths, and the deputy chiefs in charge of lighting the fire hung their hearts in their throats. The sizzling sound of burning sounded more like the sound of drums urging them to die. This was a double dose of medicine. 'ah.In the entire fifteen days of training, the damn general only let them shoot a single dose of live ammunition once.

The 'drug' lead is very short, and the burning time is also very short. A "bang" pierced the dead silence in the firecracker camp. Continuously, within a very short period of time, three hundred firecrackers fired one after another, and puffs of thick smoke rose from the position of the firecracker battalion, like iron bullets like a storm, flying towards the Liao people .

Xu Ding was still coughing in the smoke, and he didn't pay attention to the crackling sound from the opposite side. In a split second, he suddenly felt something like a locust stone coming from the opposite side. He asked Xie Ye of the Five Kingdoms beside him: "What's the matter?" Before Xie Ye could turn his head around, suddenly, a firecracker pierced through his iron mask on the spot, Xie Ye groaned, and fell head down fall down.The iron chain rattled and dragged Xu Ding's waist down.