Mountain.
The sea of fire continued, and the southeast wind continued to blow.
The wind stirred up the fire, completely covering the top of the mountain. The fire light also tended to cover the lower part of the mountain. The hot breath, combined with the heat of the sun in the sky, could really bake people.
The soldiers fleeing on the mountain were covered in sweat.
The soldiers in ambush at the foot of the mountain were not much better. They also felt the heat, but all the firearms at the foot of the mountain were ready, waiting for the people on the mountain to come down.
Their eyes widened with strong desire, like hungry wolves seeing countless little sheep rushing down the mountain to become the wolves' lunch.
"Close!"
Although it was Li Jinglong's first time to lead troops into battle, he had rich theoretical knowledge. At this time, it was his own side that had the advantage. He simply judged the distance between the enemy and ourselves, entered the range of the firearm, and immediately shouted: "Do it!"
boom……
A deafening roar appeared at the foot of the mountain.
Mortars and rocket launchers fired simultaneously.
After the military exercise that day, Zhu Xuan delivered a large number of mortars to the Ministry of War. The equipment was first sent to the Beijing camp. At this time, Li Jinglong went north to support Liaodong and brought many of them with him in the army.
But the rocket launcher was brought by Zhu Xuan's personal guard battalion.
The personal guards also have some mortars.
The artillery shells were bombarding the mountain together, and the enemy who was impacting down the mountain was blown up on the spot. The one who ran at the front didn't even know how he died. In the end, his body was not even intact.
The first round of bombing panicked the soldiers who rushed down the mountain. They retreated in embarrassment and did not dare to move forward.
But the people behind were still rushing down the mountain, and they soon crowded together.
"Get out quickly!"
"If we don't rush, the fire from the mountain will come down and we will all be burned to death!"
"Those in the front row, shoot, cover with bullets, and shoot down!"
Zhang Yu had to shout at the top of his lungs.
His voice was heard far away amid the explosion of artillery.
The soldiers holding rifles had no choice but to rush forward desperately and shoot to cover the large troops behind them. Bullets continued to be fired down the mountain in an attempt to suppress the soldiers who fired the guns.
"They still have rifles."
Li Jinglong narrowed his eyes.
Only the Ming army can possess rifles, and it is impossible for others to obtain them.
But this unit also has rifles, which is even more intriguing.
Yan Guan could already think of where the rifle on the mountain came from, and quickly asked the Jin Yiwei around him to make a record. Regardless of whether Zhu Xuan would report it or not, as a Jin Yiwei, he still had to report it to His Majesty.
Bullets kept falling.
The shells kept hitting.
"fire!"
"shot!"
Li Jinglong never thought about letting the people on the mountain go.
Their rifles were also raised and pointed at the mountain, and bullets began to hit the mountain.
"Come on, the fire is coming."
Zhu Neng shouted.
They looked back up the mountain and saw that the fire was really about to burn down.
The sea of fire continued to expand due to the wind, and soon burned behind them.
The soldiers no longer cared about artillery and had to rush out to face the artillery fire. In order to escape and survive, they didn't care about anything else and didn't care about so much.
"Let's go!"
"Run!"
The soldiers rushed down the mountain one after another.
Those armed with rifles still fired for cover.
Soldiers were lost both on and off the mountain.
But the damage on the mountain was even greater. Basically, the whole area was blown down in one explosion.
However, Zhang Yu and the others were still allowed to rush down the mountain.
"Let's go!"
Qiu Fu shouted.
Once the distance between the two sides is shortened, the effect of the mortar is weakened, and only the rocket launcher can continue to bombard the enemy at a short distance, as well as the rifle fire.
"Walk!"
Zhang Fu also shouted.
They rushed out in panic.
A large number of soldiers protected several of their generals, using human walls as bunkers, and had to sacrifice most of them to break through.
"Keep rushing!"
"Don't fight back, don't fight, just rush out!"
Zhang Yu continued to give orders.
"Intercept and kill!"
How could Li Jinglong let them all escape.
It would be of great benefit to Zhu Xuan if a few people who could prove the identity behind this unit were captured and returned. Such a great opportunity must not be missed.
Li Jinglong commanded the soldiers to intercept and kill.
Zhang Yu and the others met, and while arranging a breakout, they also asked people to cut off the rear.
Those soldiers with rifles were responsible for breaking up the rear and shooting out, knocking down many of the soldiers Li Jinglong intercepted, but Li Jinglong immediately ordered someone to blast them out with rocket launchers.
The shell fell among the enemy and killed a group of people.
The two sides are like this, pulling each other to fight.
In terms of leadership ability, Zhang Yu and other generals who followed Zhu Di in hundreds of battles were capable of killing Li Jinglong, a man who only knew how to talk on paper.
No matter how solid the theoretical knowledge is, when it comes to the real battlefield and seeing the changes in the battle situation, Li Jinglong is still prone to confusion when he directs the battle for the first time. Yan Guan doesn't know how to lead the army in battle, and he just comes to keep an eye on Li Jinglong, so he can't help much.
Sheng Yong is capable, but he only listens to Li Jinglong's command and cannot display his abilities.
Finally, Zhang Yu led more than 5,000 people and fled north in embarrassment.
There were more than 50,000 people in total. During the attack down the mountain, while fleeing and cutting off the rear, Li Jinglong led firearms to kill more than 40,000 people, leaving only one tenth to escape.
"Damn it!"
Li Jinglong was in a hurry and said unhappily when he saw that the enemy was being allowed to escape.
However, seeing that they had wiped out so many enemies, it seemed to be good and a credit, so he stopped chasing. Zhang Yu and the others continued to escape to the north. If they chased further north, they were worried about the danger of being unfamiliar with the terrain.
At this time, Argan Mountain was completely immersed in a sea of fire.
The corpses on the mountain were also devoured by the sea of fire and burned to ashes.
The battle situation was like this, slowly calming down.
Li Jinglong quickly led his troops back and reported the outcome of the battle, saying: "Your Highness, it was my incompetence that allowed them to escape."
"never mind!"
Zhu Xuan was not surprised by this result. Li Jinglong's ability was indeed inferior to that of the generals under his fourth uncle. He added: "It is enough to kill so many enemies. Even if they escape, they will not dare to continue to cause trouble here." storm."
Zhu Di can have so many private soldiers and can annex so many people, which is already the limit.
It would be impossible for him to develop again, let alone develop to this level.
But after killing so many people under Fourth Uncle, if he knew about it, he would definitely vomit blood.
Zhu Xuan was actually looking forward to what kind of reaction Zhu Di would have. He wanted to go to Peking, so he decided to go to Peking to have a look so that he could continue to beat his fourth uncle.
"Your Highness, there is something I don't know whether to say or not."
Li Jinglong hesitated and added: "The people on the mountain have firearms. The origin of those firearms is unknown. On the battlefield just now, we could still see the rifles we eliminated. It's a bit wrong!"
Automatic rifles gradually became popular among the Ming army.
For the previous 38-style rifles, they are indeed in a state of elimination. Only the frontier army has not had time to replace them. Perhaps Lao Zhu does not want to popularize them to the frontier soldiers for the time being.
