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Chapter 815
The movement of the Tianyun Army was quickly detected by the scouts of the Tianhua Army. When Zheng Han learned of this information, he understood the opponent's plan and immediately dispatched a thousand cavalry to pursue and intercept it.

Soon, the Tianhua army finally arrived at the foot of Yaoshan Mountain, and stationed five miles away from the defense line of the Tianyun Army.Not long after, seven or eight hot air balloons slowly rose from the army formation and floated towards the top of Yaoshan Mountain.

In this regard, Ma Kuiming was helpless, he could only order the whole army to be on alert to prevent the opponent from throwing explosives.As for the whole armament spying clearly, there is nothing to be done.

However, the mission of the hot air balloons was not just to detect the enemy's situation. They floated above Yaoshan Mountain, slowly landed in the sky near the county town, and delivered all the supplies they could load to the garrison.

Ma Kuiming was stunned by the transmission of supplies in this way, and at the same time he was furious. If this continues, won't the enemy army in the rear become more and more powerful and difficult to break through?
So, he immediately dispatched tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to continue to attack the enemy's rear.Although he had already sent people to Floating Cloud City to ask for help, he couldn't guarantee that Floating Cloud City would be able to send troops. He could only hope that in the next period of time, he would be able to break through Yaoshan Mountain and save himself from danger.

But what Ma Kuiming didn't know was that before he sent people to ask for help, Zheng Han had already dispatched thousands of soldiers and horses to detour to the west side of Yaoshan Mountain to support the 3000 people under Lin Hai's troops.

After a day of preparation, the entire Tianhua army finally pressed forward, and hundreds of artillery pieces pushed to the front of the formation, and began to launch a fierce bombardment.

The Tianyun army was completely unable to launch a counterattack, and could only bear the artillery fire silently.However, after going through so many battles, the Tianyun Army is not completely defenseless against artillery.

Long before the Tianhua army arrived, they dug a large number of shallow pits on the defense line, and built thick earth walls on the ground.When the cannon hit the soft soil, most of its strength was lost, and it could no longer bounce back and sweep across the ground.

Seeing that the artillery attack power had been weakened a lot, Zheng Han immediately ordered to stop the shelling, and began to roll out the musket phalanx to press down on the enemy.

Seeing this, the Tianyun army immediately raised hundreds of crossbows and lined them up in front of the formation.Today, only this kind of bow and crossbow can shoot a hundred meters away, posing a threat to Tianhua's Musketeers.

With the shooting of Tianyun Ta's crossbow, the Tianyun Army suddenly suffered a lot of casualties, and had to evacuate their formation quickly. Under the cover of the sword and shield soldiers, they stepped into a distance of [-] meters and started shooting at the Tianyun Army.

However, the Tianyun Army half-kneeled in front of the formation and was covered by a half-meter-high earth wall. As long as they bent down and hid behind them, the muskets would basically be unable to hit them.

But these were just expedient measures. The sword, shield and spear soldiers of the Chinese army rushed to the front of the formation under the rain of arrows that day, and they had no choice but to stand up.The musketeers in the rear immediately took advantage of this opportunity to shoot and kill.

What disgusted the Tianyun army the most was that hot air balloons kept drifting towards their positions, dropping explosives from time to time. In this fierce battlefield, it was impossible to carry out embankments, causing heavy losses for a while, and the army's morale was in chaos.

Ma Kuiming mobilized his troops with a gloomy face and continued to fight, but the loss of the first line of defense was already a matter of time, and what he needed most now was time.

On the second line of defense, a large number of trenches are being dug.On the third line of defense, relying on the terrain of Yaoshan Mountain, they built multiple lines of defense, not seeking to resist the pace of the Tianhua Army, but merely delaying their attack speed.

Finally, after holding on to the first line of defense for nearly two hours, it finally fell completely.With 8000 casualties, the Tianhua Army's offensive was slowed down.All soldiers and horses withdrew into the second line of defense and stood ready.

Zheng Han immediately withdrew the division that had killed or injured more than [-] people to rest, and ordered another division to continue the attack.Compared with the Tianyun Army, the Tianhua Army under Zheng Han actually needs more time.

After all, it is a large army that goes deep into the enemy's territory. Whether it is food, grass or ammunition, there are restrictions.Once it is dragged here for a long time, I am afraid that it will eventually run out of ammunition and food, and it will really become a disaster.

At this time, the intensity of the battle on Yaoshan Mountain was no less than that at the foot of the mountain.The attack of tens of thousands of troops put Lin Hai's three thousand soldiers under a lot of pressure.After receiving a batch of supplies sent by the hot air balloon, the combat power has also been restored to a certain extent.

But in the face of endless crowds, the bullets and various firearms it consumes are huge.More than 600 muskets were consumed alone, and tens of thousands of bullets were consumed.If it weren't for the continuous delivery of musket bullets by hot air balloons, I'm afraid they would have started hand-to-hand combat long ago.

However, the weight that the hot air balloon can carry is not large, and the supplies delivered are still consumed in a very short period of time.

Lin Hai also launched several fire attacks, but the Tianyun Army was always on the lookout, and the effect of the fire attacks had diminished, and it was no longer possible to burn and kill the enemy army on a large scale.

However, it is still very useful in blocking the enemy's attack and delaying time.Whenever they are about to be unable to hold on, or when ammunition is scarce, they will ignite fires to block their way of attack.

The battlefield on both sides was still going on, and it wasn't until nightfall that the Tianhua Army slowly withdrew its troops.

In just one day of fighting, the Tianyun Army lost more than 5000 horses.This is undoubtedly a major loss for the Tianyun Army, which has only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.If such a loss rate is used, how many days can the army last?

Ma Kuiming knew that the morale of the whole army was low, but he had no better way, he could only order people to spread the word among the whole army. He had sent people to the capital to ask for help, and reinforcements would arrive in a few days to motivate the soldiers.

On the other hand, the Tianhua Army also lost more than 700 people in today's battle. Among them, Lin Hai's troops have already suffered [-] casualties, and the remaining [-] people will face the counterattack of the Tianyun Army. more difficult.

On the next day, after summarizing the experience and lessons learned, both sides launched targeted arrangements.However, the second line of defense did successfully hinder the offensive of the Tianyun Army. If you want to attack the second line of defense, you have to cross those trenches.

Zheng Han had to organize troops to bury it. During this period, the two sides launched fierce offensive and defensive, and the losses were particularly heavy.

The [-] soldiers under Lin Hai's command were almost unable to sustain the fight. Fortunately, a hot air balloon came to support them, and they did not hesitate to consume the kerosene on the hot air balloon, dumping it down the mountain road and pouring it on the Tianyun army. .

Then the explosives fell into the crowd and exploded loudly. Sparks ignited the grass near the mountain path and the kerosene in the crowd, and immediately diffused, the entire mountain path was full of flames, forcing the Tianyun army to retreat.

Just as the two sides were fighting fiercely, Ma Anyang's guard cavalry was finally overtaken by the Tianhua Army cavalry, and the two sides fought fiercely on the wide Yunyang Plain.

On the other side of Yaoshan Mountain, a group of thousands of cavalry was rushing towards the mountain pass on the west side of Yaoshan Mountain, only fifty miles away.

(End of this chapter)