When these Tubo people were pressing over to the Maergan City, which had been occupied by the Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen could be sure that these Tubo army were the "cannon fodder" sent by Jiaosiluo.

Of course, these cannon fodders are not useless. What Zhao Zhen can be sure of is that Jiao Siluo uses these cannon fodders to test the combat power of the Yong'an Army and the Divine Guard Army.

Before, when Maergancheng fought in Jiaosiluo, he did not understand the strength of this army. Thousands of people were completely wiped out by the Song army, which surprised the Tubo people, and the news sent back by the Tubo people who were hiding in the dark and observing secretly made Jiaosiluo feel that they were exaggerating the facts.

If you want to know the combat power of the Song army, the only way is to use a powerful force to test it again. This is very important on the battlefield, and ordinary rulers will do this.

Only by knowing oneself and the enemy can one be defeated in a hundred battles. When the army used for testing cannot be sacrificed in vain, a question arises. What kind of army should be used to test? There is only one answer... a person who does not obey Jiao and is driven by interests.

This is in line with Zhao Zhen's previous judgment and speculation. Although these Tubo soldiers knew that Ma'er had dared to erect a tall city wall, they were still using simple siege equipment to launch an attack on Ma'er.

If it were Jiao Siluo himself, he would not have done this, because he was a smart man. In less than half a month, the Song army built a strong city in Maerdao. Although it cannot be considered magnificent and huge compared to the city of Song Dynasty, for the Tubo Plateau, Maerdao City is already quite large.

Under such circumstances, the Tubo soldiers still dared to attack Ma'er, and the causal relationship here was already extremely obvious.

Cai Boqi was a little scared when he stood on the Que Tower on the city wall. He didn't expect that the official family was in this city of Ma'er Dan. There was no one else in the entire army except Sancai and Wang Shao.

Tian Kuang also knew the situation, but he did not know first before Cai Boyi. They knew together, so when they saw the official family aiming with the Qianli Mile Mile Mile Mile on the musket on the wall of Maerdan, the coughing sounds made Zhao Zhen very unhappy.

"The official family, the son of a thousand gold cannot sit in the hall! The official family's dragon body is more than a thousand gold? Such danger is not done by the saint!"

As a genuine civil servant, Tian Kuang started to argue without hesitation. In his opinion, the emperor's actions were too casual, and there would be dangers everywhere on the battlefield.

But Zhao Zhen didn't care. He knew that Tian Kuang was just performing his duties, but at the same time he said indifferently: "I have never been a saint! You have to remember this, let alone the prince has been in charge of major policies for several years now, so what can I worry about?"

"Official family! Never speak of ominous words!"

Before Tian Kuang could speak, Sancai had already knelt down at Zhao Zhen in panic. Somehow, Sancai was cautious during this period. The older he was, the more cautious and "metic" he took Zhao Zhen's care.

When you get older and become timid, this is the most common phenomenon that people have, and it is also a concern for people or things. Zhao Zhen has become accustomed to this.

Cai Boqi kept checking the brand new muskets on the side, especially the Qianli Miles above, which made him love it. With this thing, the accuracy of muskets at long distances should be higher.

The Tubo people in the distance were gradually approaching, and the cavalry did not have the advantage in siegeing the city. On the contrary, they were not even as efficient as infantry siegeing the city.

In the eyes of the Song army, the simple siege equipment of the Tubo people was simply a pile of rags, but they had to use artillery to destroy any equipment that might pose a threat to the city, but the time has not come yet.

The Tubo army began to dismount when it was a distance from the city. This was a tactic to use cavalry as infantry.

Of course, this seemed quite stupid to the Song army. The Song army's muskets were equipped on a large scale, and rows of musketeers stood on the city wall to prepare.

As long as the Tubo people began to attack the city, the muskets of the Song Dynasty would continue to shoot, which in Cai Boyi's view was simply a unilateral massacre.

When the trumpet of the Tubo people sounded, Zhao Zhen was evacuated from the city wall by Wang Shao, and the emperor should not appear on the battle wall, as this would disrupt the arrangements of the army and the well-trained rules.

If the enemy climbs the city wall and starts close combat, guarding the emperor will definitely become a top priority and will also become a burden for the soldiers.

Even if the Tubo people cannot climb the city wall, there will be a wave of arrows. Anyone will let the officials of the Song Dynasty take risks here. If something happens, it will be a disaster that will cause the sky to spread.

When the Tubo soldiers reached the effective range, the Song army's copper whistle blew. Relying on the battlements on the city wall, the Song army began to shoot continuously. When the gunshots sounded, the Tubo soldiers fell in rows.

The Tubo army that was originally charged was stagnant with the naked eye, and then accelerated the charge in panic.

The attack of tens of thousands of troops made Maerdan City attacked from three sides, but this did not pose much threat to the Song army. The muskets kept firing, with extremely fast speed and frequency, and could fire in almost one second.

The Tubo people were too many and the military formation was particularly dense. It was obviously unrealistic to try to use small shields to block the Song army's muskets.

When they approached the Song army's city wall, lit gunpowder bullets were quickly thrown down, accompanied by the explosion, and screams sounded, and under the city wall of Maerdan was like hell in an instant.

Zhao Zhen actually does not advocate the use of white phosphorus, and it is inconvenient to transport and store, and it is extremely dangerous to spontaneously ignite, but in Wang Shao's eyes, it is a defensive weapon.

The white phosphorus bombs contained in the glass jar were taken out of the wooden box filled with straw. Even the soldiers of the Song Dynasty were in awe of this thing.

Officials from the Firearms Department of the Gewu Academy once demonstrated the power of white phosphorus explosion and combustion in the army. This thing is much more dangerous than gunpowder bullets. Even if there is no fire, a can of white phosphorus bullets will explode when thrown on the ground. Once humans and animals are contaminated, they will be like ghost fire, and can even burn on steel knives!

There is one of the rules of the Song army: Once you accidentally get white phosphorus fire on the battlefield, the most effective way is to cut it together with your skin!

This is the real weapon that hurts the sky. The white phosphorus in the glass bottle was subjected to a huge impact when it broke, and it would also be contaminated by the Tubo people.

The powder began to burn in a short moment, emitting a faint green light and rolling eyes, which made the Tubo people scream in surprise.

This once again proves that Wang Shao is a pragmatist. On the battlefield, he only considers the outcome of the war, and does not care about anything else.

His goal is very simple, to win every war without thinking about whether the means of war are too intense.

Even in his opinion, fear was also a weapon of the Song army, a weapon that made the Tubo people surrender.
Chapter completed!