The Song army was still calculating and unintentional this time. Ni Liang can be said to have inherited the tradition of the little emperor very well. The Jiangqiao suddenly collapsed without any warning. A team of 100 people in the Yingzhou army walking in front slid into Tianmu Creek with the floating bridge. Even the well-trained army suddenly changed. The people in front quickly retreated and dodged, but the ones behind didn't know what was going on. They wanted to find out and continue moving forward. In this way, the marching queue was immediately in chaos.

Ni Liang concentrated all the artillery of each brigade in the middle of the front line, hoping to destroy the command system of the enemy's central army first. At a distance of 300 steps, the rapid-fire cannons could only use flowering bullets, but more than 40 doors opened fire at the same time, and the power generated should not be underestimated. When the enemy's marching formation exploded, all the squads of the thunder gun began to rush forward while the smoke was rising, and then quickly set up the cannons to fire at the enemy's marching formation.

The range of the thunder gun is short and it is difficult to effectively kill the enemy in the lurking position. Therefore, they must quickly carry the gun forward after the rapid-fire gun fires to ensure that they enter the effective range. The rapid-fire gun fires at a fast speed, which not only can continuously kill the enemy, but also can cover their impact, so that each team can quickly catch the enemy.

The Benlei Gun Team strengthened more than 50 gates before the expedition, including nearly 200 equipment from the headquarters of the Third Brigade, and the two guns were spaced around ten steps, thus forming a coverage of more than three miles wide, completely covering the enemy's central army. The advantage of quantity also allows them to choose between spaced rounds to maintain the sustainability of firepower and win time for the infantry to assemble and enter the battlefield.

The front-loading thunder gun usually uses a mixed loading mode for large and small projectiles when firing. The large lead bullet weighing two taels is like a meteor, and the enemy is the favorite. It can easily penetrate the body of the enemy in leather armor, and often the remaining energy has not yet disappeared into the body of the adjacent enemy soldiers. If it goes well, it will pass by a blood alley.

Although the more than a hundred small projectiles sprayed out on the fan are not as domineering as the big projectile, they are like sweeping out all obstacles within a thirty steps in front of them. If they are hit at close range, the person becomes a sieve. Even if they are not hit by the vital points, the blood in the body will flow in a very short time. Of course, even if they are hit by one or two small projectiles, they will feel uncomfortable. Under the current medical conditions, being hit by the limbs may save their lives. If they are hit into the torso, it will probably depend on how much virtue they have accumulated in their previous life!

The continuous artillery fire of the Song army instantly caused heavy casualties. However, after being hit, whether it was because of the first reaction of human instinctive or well-trained, the enemy either looked for something to cover up or left the official road to avoid artillery fire. For a moment, a long gap appeared on the road. It is not clear whether the Wanhu Dijia of the Yingzhou army was killed, but his commander flag had already fallen to the ground.

When the artillery fired, the hidden infantry quickly climbed over the earth beams and completed the assembly during the movement, forming a column to advance quickly. The faster than them were the cavalry of the third brigade. Their mission was to strike out from the right wing after the battle started, cut off the retreat route of the Yuan army, and drive the enemy eastward to prevent them from escaping back to Changhua. After completing the task, they would guard the westward to block the enemy in Changhua.

The most powerful weapon for the infantry to block the cavalry is to form formations and resist its impact in dense formations. However, at this time, the central army was raided by Song army artillery and was in extreme chaos. The widest place of the official road was only about two meters, but the march could not have a dense formation, otherwise it would not even be able to move its legs. Therefore, at most, it could only accommodate six columns. Even if they lined up on the spot, the thin formation could not resist the cavalry's charge, let alone enough time to set up the formation with peace of mind.

The distance of five hundred steps was very short for the running war horses. The panicked Yuan army had only time to shoot a sparse arrow in the direction of the Song cavalry attacking, and the marching line that was not in a formation was washed away. However, before the scattered Yuan army had completed the assembly again, the Song cavalry turned back and killed them, and the Yuan army's rear team was already in a mess.

The road ahead was destroyed and was cut off by the Song cavalry. The central army was hit by artillery. The northern Song army had already gathered to press towards them. The only direction to retreat was the beach between the two rivers. They also knew that it was a dangerous place, but there was no time to consider or the opportunity to choose. The defeated soldiers rushed back in.

The Song army infantry column quickly crossed the artillery position to pursue. The eighth regiment in the middle of the front quickly broke into the open gap, and then deviated to the left and right, dividing the enemy into two parts. The seventh regiment and the ninth regiment on both wings launched the pursuit in units of the two, just like the common tactics used by the Mongolian army. After any of them penetrated into the gap between the enemy, they immediately blocked their retreat, and the others in contrast quickly surrounded and divided the enemy out to annihilate...

"The chief commander, the Yingzhou army retreated into the preset area, but raised the general flag again and sent troops to stop our army and cover them up!"

"I saw it!" Ni Liang stood on a high slope west of the official road, holding a telescope and looking at the battlefield. The enemy had been compressed to the depths of the angle. The front line was shortened to less than three miles, and the two enemy troops merged again. After the Yuan army resumed its command, it gradually stabilized its position and organized waves of troops to fight one after another, trying to gain time for formation of the formation. The Song army also felt the resistance. Often, as soon as it broke through, the enemy army rushed to fill the gap and blocked the gap, resulting in the speed of advancement becoming slower and slower.

"Master, if the enemy forms a formation, it will be difficult for us to break through!" Sun Jin frowned.

"Turn the column into a horizontal line, advance in unison, shoot while advancing, defeat their blocking defense line, and continue to compress the enemy!" Ni Liang put down the telescope. He had discovered that the tactic of breaking the enemy's point and defeating the entire defense line. As the terrain narrows and the concentration of the enemy, this tactic is difficult to implement. Instead, it is better to use the advantage of his own troops to advance in a horizontal line in a horizontal line, and use firepower to crush the blocking line, making it difficult for it to organize a new defense line.

"Master, it will be even more difficult for us to break the formation!" Sun Jin said with a bitter face after hearing this. As the attack surface decreases, the troops they can invest will be limited. When the two armies gather in one place, the muskets will lose their advantage in distance and can only fight in close combat.

"Are you scared?" Ni Liang turned his face and saw through Sun Jin's Xiaojiu at a glance, knowing that he was worried that the Song army would lose to the Yuan army, which was skilled in hand-to-hand combat in close combat.

"Master, how can the last general be timid!" Sun Jin said straight.

"Look at the brigade, it took a distance of 40 steps to fire and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop. Why can they do it?" Ni Liang stared at Sun Jin and said coldly. He knew that the little emperor insisted on developing firearms, and the purpose was to avoid close combat with the enemy, hoping to use long-range firepower to annihilate the enemy to reduce casualties on his own. The reason was that the Han army of the Yuan army was composed of northerners, and they were stronger than the southerners in terms of height and physical fitness. In close combat with the Yuan army, they did suffer a loss in one-on-one situation. However, Ni Liang understood that a soldier could not be called a soldier without courage, and at the same time could not tolerate his subordinates, so he lost the courage to fight with the enemy in close combat.

"The commander, the last general is definitely not a person who is afraid of death. He is willing to lead the army to kill the generals and seize the flag!" Of course, Sun Jin did not want to be looked down upon, nor did he want the third brigade he led to be looked down upon, and he asked for orders angrily.

"Accurate!" Ni Liang did not stop him, but said in a deep voice.

"Yes, they are all handsome!" After Sun Jin saluted, he turned around and led a team of personal soldiers forward.

"District, this...Sun General was not intentionally offended." Seeing this, Xiao Ting quickly explained.

"Haha, it's okay, this guy is still a bit bloody, but he is always afraid of how to lead the army alone!" Ni Liang was not angry, pointed at Sun Jin's back and smiled, and ordered him, "Marquis Xiao Yu, please immediately inform the artillery to move forward, choose a favorable terrain to arrange positions, and help the infantry break through!"

"It turns out that the commander is using the method of provoking generals!" The most taboo thing on the battlefield is that the generals are not incompatible. After hearing this, Xiao Ting understood that the generals had no intention of blaming him. He ordered the communication soldiers to convey the commander's order and said with a smile.

"Our command center should move forward, otherwise this kid should be laughed at as being timid!" Ni Liang waved his hand and ordered to move forward and get closer to the battlefield...

Di Jia was in a very heavy mood at the moment. He did not expect the situation to develop to this extent no matter what. As early as ten days ago, he suddenly received an order from Wanhu Mansion, which ordered him to immediately lead his army to Shaoxing. The Tongyidu Army assisted the Shangdu Army to encircle and suppress the remnant Song Guangwang who invaded Shaoxing. He felt something was strange at the time. Although the military order was general, the remnant Song had been committed to a corner of Qiongzhou. It had to pass through three southeastern provinces across the sea, but no one reported that a large number of Song army warships were found, which showed that their troops were not too much.

Di Jia also knew that the four ten thousand households under the jurisdiction of Wanhu Prefecture in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were the strongest in combat effectiveness. The 10,000 Han army in Yingzhou was the same as the other three ten thousand households, but the farthest from Hangzhou. However, in addition to using the Yidu Army and Shangdu Army, Wanhu Prefecture also ordered the Yingzhou Army to assist from afar. This is enough to show that the invading Song army, in addition to the strong combat effectiveness, the army coming was definitely not the 10,000 people. As for the provinces along the way, there must be another reason.

According to the military system of the Yuan army and the military household system, once they join the army, they will be a military service for generations. They belong to the commander of the ten thousand households in their family. When there is a vacancy, they will be organized into each army according to the number of young people in their family. Now the two teams of ten thousand people cannot destroy the Song army, and they also need to reinforce themselves, indicating that the incident has exceeded the controllable range and had to dispatch Yingzhou army to reinforce. Therefore, Di Jia secretly recruited 2,000 new soldiers from the military households under his jurisdiction, so that the Yingzhou army's strength reached 9,000 to prevent accidents.

He prepared according to the worst plan, but Di Jia never expected that the Song army would ambush him more than 200 miles away from the main battlefield. In fact, under the first round of artillery fire, the central army suffered extremely heavy losses. Three of the seven commanders were killed, two were seriously injured, and the other two were led by the front and back, and the two were not in the central army before they escaped the disaster. The staff of the accompanying army were almost completely injured, but he was blown off and fainted at that time.

When Di Jia woke up, the Song army had already launched an attack. He was forced into this small river. The troops under his jurisdiction were defeated and scattered everywhere. The food, supplies and supplies that were traveling with the Central Army were almost completely lost. He urgently ordered the commander's flag to erect the defeated army, and organized the defense line. At this time, he also realized that the Song army's firearms were so sharp that the Shangdu Army and the Yidu Army must have suffered a great loss. Only after having to do so did the Yingzhou Army to go for reinforcements, he had already become one of the targets of the Song army's attack.

After this analysis, Di Jia could conclude that the remnant King of Song Guang came here, not just a matter of wanting to go back to his hometown on a whim, but to regain the old capital and occupy the southeast. As the main force protecting Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, they were naturally the first to be eliminated. But it was useless to figure it out now. The most important thing at the moment was to break through the encirclement and protect the Yingzhou Army. He re-appointed several commanders to gather the collapsed troops, organize defense first, and then counterattack.

However, it is not easy to stop the Song army. The Song army is simply chasing itself. Di Jia always gathers some troops, and the defense line has not been built yet. Either the left or right wing is broken, forcing him to retreat. After repeated failures, the Yingzhou army, which could not defend, has retreated for more than ten miles, with three or four thousand soldiers missing. If he retreats, he will be driven into the river. Seeing that he has no choice but to retreat, Di Jia drew a line in front of him with a knife and ordered that he use this line to block the enemy. Those who retreat will be killed, and those who retreat will be led to supervise the battle. He shot forty or fifty crossing the line one after another, and finally stopped the decline.

The Yingzhou Army's troops came from Xijing, Daming, Zhending, Hejian, Xingzhou, Weizhou and Weizhou, all belonged to the Yanzhao area. This place has always been a place that military strategists must fight for, which has made the people who have been strong since ancient times, and have been generous and tragic. Seeing that they were already in a deep place of death, moving forward is death, and retreat is also death, they were inspired to be brave. With the determination to fight back, they continued to launch counterattacks in the rain of bullets, and finally forced the Song army to slow down their attacks, won time for the army, and finally succeeded in the array.
Chapter completed!