Shangguan Bolong felt incredible and determined to find out more.
It turns out that the 10,000 men are only the superficial troops in Xi County, and the Hu people still have 50,000 troops in Dingjun Mountain as a surprise force.
Their 50,000 men were used as surprise troops and could rush down from the mountains for reinforcements at any time.
While they occupied the city's tightness and height, they also took advantage of the steepness of Dingjun Mountain.
Moreover, it can cooperate inside and outside, and can melt the ice and snow of all Nanman offensives.
Xi County as a whole is a hilly area, similar to Changyuan County.
But there is an exception outside the city, which is Dingjun Mountain ten miles away, which is higher and longer than Tonggu Mountain in Changyuan County.
It is two hundred feet high, has a small lake with a radius of three miles, and has tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, which is very suitable for garrisoning troops.
Tonggu Mountain can only be regarded as its younger brother in front of it. It is six or seven times larger than Tonggu Mountain.
It has been an important place for military strategists to fight for since its history. The famous Five Tigers General Huang Zhong beheaded Xia Houyuan in Dingjun Mountain.
It can be said that as long as Dingjun Mountain is defended, the entire West County is defended.
Ten miles is indeed a long distance for infantry, but just in time for cavalry charge, it only takes a stick of incense to reach it.
If Xi County is a piece of fat, Dingjun Mountain is the tiger waiting for this piece of fat.
If you don't kill the tiger, how can you eat the fat meat?
The bang bang sound in the middle of the night has passed, and people in West County have fallen asleep.
The barbarian guard yawned repeatedly, looked around, covered his mouth and sat on the tower to rest.
At this time, dozens of people quietly crawled out from the darkness. They were wearing night clothes and almost silently, carrying several stretchers.
They put the stretcher down, but instead of people, it was something like a box.
They placed the boxes in front of the city gate, took out fairy matches and lit a rope-like object.
The rope kept shining with fire and made a "chichi" sound.
Although the sound was not very loud, it still woke up the guard.
They stretched their heads out together, and finally found the light of fire flashing under the city gate.
I don’t know what this is, but it’s definitely not a good thing.
The barbarian centurion heard the call and hurriedly stretched out his head.
He was well-informed and shouted: "No, that's a Nanman firearm."
As soon as he finished speaking, an explosion sound that was enough to temporarily deafen their ears came over, "Boom, boom, boom."
Then they felt the entire city tower shaking. Dozens of people were unsteady on their feet and felt like they were about to fall, so they hurriedly held on to the city wall.
A large hole was blown out of the city gate. Dozens of soldiers from the security group quickly entered through the hole and opened the city gate.
At this time, groups of cavalry suddenly appeared around the south gate, holding torches on one side, sharp sabers on the other, and thunderbolts on the other.
Their targets are directly the government offices and barracks.
Hua lost the battle and was dismissed from his post as deputy marshal.
Originally he should have been severely punished, but he suggested in the memorial that the reason for their failure was Nanman firearms.
He emphasized that the firearms of the Southern Barbarians were powerful and suggested that the Mongol Khanate make firearms to deal with the Southern Barbarians.
Regarding his memorial, the imperial court was divided into two factions. The Han faction led by Zhongshu Ling Yang Weizhong believed that Han firearms should be valued.
The Mongolian generals led by Kublai Khan had different opinions, believing that spending was just an excuse for their defeat.
Mongolia conquered Liuhe and dominated the world. It relied on cavalry, didn't it? Isn't it the bow cavalry they are proud of?
If we admit that the firearms of the Southern Barbarians are powerful, then wouldn't we also admit that the Mongolian archers and cavalry are not as good as the Southern Barbarians.
You must know that they have always looked down on the weak Southern Barbarians. The Southern Barbarians are very powerful. They are just talking. In front of the cavalry, the words will only be wiped out.
Although the Mongolian generals were unwilling to admit it, Meng Ge Khan vaguely felt that something was wrong.
Brother Tian has never lost a battle. How can it be justified if he is not capable?
Apparently the Nanman used firearms that they had never seen before, and they were quite powerful.
The Mongol Khan ordered Huo to be the Director of Firearms, who was responsible for making firearms.
Didn't you say that Nanman's firearms are powerful? Well, I will give you a chance to atone for your sins.
Hua took the order with joy and discomfort at the same time.
Happily, I managed to escape the disaster by relying on the memorial, and received a heavy responsibility again;
The uncomfortable thing is that what I have done is something I have never done before, and other people have not succeeded. Can I do it?
But after all, he has seen the firearms of the Security Regiment and knows the power and shape of the firearms of the Shen'an Regiment, which is better than others.
He asked people to draw the firearms of the security group, and also asked people to make pottery containing gunpowder based on the gourds and ladles.
After the pottery was made, he asked someone to fill it with gunpowder. At this time, he was dumbfounded and didn't know how to ignite the gunpowder.
In desperation, he issued a heavy reward order and gave a heavy reward of Qian Guan.
Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected gain. Several cavalrymen took over the security group's thunderbolts that had not detonated.
At this time, he no longer bothered to ask these cavalrymen why they had not turned them in before.
The spender ordered the craftsmen to imitate Hong Tianlei according to the security team, and he rewarded him heavily for success.
The craftsman carefully opened the Hongtianlei and saw the fine and even gunpowder inside, and understood the reason why the Hongtianlei was so powerful.
After a month of counterfeiting, a counterfeit version of Hong Tian Lei was finally produced.
The ignition failed the first time and the fuse went out midway.
The craftsman repeatedly improved the formula, and finally succeeded in detonating the imitation version of Tianlei ten days later.
Jiagu Longgu was overjoyed and ordered Hua Fei to immediately make a large number of imitation Hongtian Lei.
He didn't know how powerful the security team's thunderbolt was. He only knew that his side had succeeded!
Zheng Ding was indeed a general, and he knew something was wrong when he heard the explosion.
He is not young either, only thirty-seven years old. He is in his prime, with energy and experience at the peak of his life.
Zheng Ding immediately beat the drum himself. The barracks was near the Yamen. Hearing the sound of the drum, he immediately took action.
His soldiers were also extremely responsive and mounted their horses neatly and came to his side, which made him feel relieved.
He mounted a horse brought by his own soldiers, gave the order, and set off.
Huang Xiaoniu, Xiong Zezhong, Yun Shuchen, Hu Hudong, Li Kunlun, and Bibifanjiang each led a hundred cavalry to attack the Hu's Yamen.
Huang Xiaoniu was eager to fight and led his soldiers to the front.
The cavalry from both sides collided with each other in the middle of South Street. Huang Xiaoniu secretly sighed that the Hu people reacted so quickly this time.
Huang Xiaoniu blew the whistle in his mouth, and his men immediately lit the thunder and threw it at the opponent.
Before the Hongtianlei exploded, the opponent also lit a similar object and threw it at them.
Huang Xiaoniu couldn't help being surprised. He didn't expect that the Hu people would also have thunder from the sky so quickly.
"Boom, boom, boom!" The firearms of both sides exploded in front of each other.
Amidst the fireworks, soldiers on both sides made screams of pain and horses whined.
This was the result of pottery fragments splashing against the opposing soldiers and horses and entering their bodies.
The soldiers of the security group just grunted, shook their horses, and then basically stopped.
Not only did the opponent's personnel fall, but their horses also fell in the explosion.
Huang Xiaoniu couldn't help but be overjoyed. Although the security team's thunderbolt imitated by the other party was obviously not as powerful as his own.
He gave an order and took advantage of his momentum to directly hit the opponent.
The opponent was also fierce and did not flinch under this situation. He still kept throwing imitation thunderbolts while moving closer to them.
They also realized that the power of firearms was not as powerful as that of the security team, and wanted to increase the power of firearms by getting close to them.
Huang Xiaoniu didn't want the other party to succeed. He wanted to keep throwing Hong Tianlei while retreating.
But behind them were Li Kunlun and Xiong Zezhong. The cavalry, unlike the infantry, could not stop when they charged.
He had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue charging forward. Fortunately, the opponent's imitation of the Thunderous Thunder was not as powerful as his own.
Their genuine Thunderbolt was several times more powerful than the imitation Thunderbolt, and the opponent's casualties were about ten times that of theirs.
However, the Hu people also came forward one after another. They were not to be outdone and tried to overwhelm them through their superior strength.
They have ten thousand soldiers and horses in the city. As long as the Song Dynasty attacks the soldiers and horses in the city, kills them or drives them out of the city, it will be a victory.
Because Dingjun Mountain still has their 50,000-strong army watching eagerly from the side, they can cooperate inside and outside to eliminate all the security groups.
"Boom, boom, boom", thunderous explosions suddenly sounded on both sides of Huang Xiaoniu's formation.
The horses and soldiers of the security team who were unable to protect themselves were either injured or fell down.
What surprised Huang Xiaoniu was that the opponent's cavalry actually came out from the alleys on both sides.
Moreover, they were not like the barbarians throwing imitation thunderbolts from afar. Instead, they lit the thunderbolts right in front of the security team.
Although the Hu people's imitation thunderbolts are not as powerful as Huang Xiaoniu and others, their close range lethality cannot be ignored.
Huang Xiaoniu's men were caught off guard, and people kept falling.
It turns out that the barbarians lured them from the front, but killed them from both sides.
Xiong Zezhong's whistle blew, this time twice in a hurry.
The cavalry behind immediately rushed out from both sides, drew their sabers, and slashed hard at the barbarians who rushed out.
The imitation Thunderbolt Hus who were thrown had no time to dodge, and fell down one after another amid screams.
The security guards at the back lit the thunderbolt and threw it directly into the alley.
Amidst the rumbling explosions, the screams of the barbarians continued to be heard.
Zhao Ping had already considered the cruelty of street fighting in the city, but he did not expect that it would be used now.
However, the barbarians in the alley still rushed out one after another. It seemed that there were still many barbarians in ambush.
Xiong Zezhong led a battalion of cavalry to clear out the cavalry in the alley.
However, the barbarians were extremely ferocious and kept pouring out.
They also kept throwing the thunderbolts. Since the alley was only two or three people wide, the power of the thunderbolts was amplified, and Xiong Zezhong's battalion also suffered casualties.
The two sides started a life-and-death battle in the alley.
Although the Hu people are extremely fierce, the imitation Hongtian Lei is not as good as the authentic Hongtian Lei.
After half an hour of fierce fighting, and at the cost of one-third of the casualties, Xiong Zezhong finally cleared all the barbarians in the alley.
Huang Xiaoniu's cavalry continued to charge towards the Hu people. Although they had the upper hand, their casualties were increasing in the face of the fierceness of the Hu people.
