The cavalry of the Ming Army and the cavalry of the Song Army soon fought against each other. The two sides fought fiercely and confronted each other, with blood and flesh flying everywhere. The battle was very fierce.
On the other side, after the second round of bombardment, the Song Army's military formation could no longer move forward. No matter how hard the officers worked, no matter how carefully the army was trained by Li Xianzhong, they could no longer persevere in the face of unknown fear.
Some people began to flee backwards, and some began to passively avoid the battle. The military formation in the best condition could no longer move forward. All four military formations were gradually unsustainable.
Ma Hongxing noticed this trend and immediately ordered the Ming army's formation to advance. The artillery retreated, and the Ming army's infantry moved forward step by step to attack the Song army's formation in chaos.
Although the Song Army's military formation was in chaos, some troops were still able to attack the Ming Army with bows and crossbows, but bows and crossbows of this level could not stop the Ming Army's attack.
Once within musket range, the massacre began.
"Light the fire - raise the gun - fire!"
As the commander's order was given, the musketeers pulled the trigger.
After a series of explosions, clouds of white smoke rose up. Along with the white smoke, there was a series of blood splatters and miserable screams from the Song Army formation opposite.
The front row swordsmen and shieldmen of the Song army did not realize what weapons the Ming army used. They thought they were also using the same conventional weapons. However, they realized that they had made a big mistake after the Ming army's muskets were fired. .
They are also firearms. The Ming army also equipped the army with individual firearms, which are equally powerful!
The sword and shield players in the front row of the Song Army were either hit in the body and died or seriously injured on the spot, or the shield in their hands was hit. The huge impact caused the shield to fall off. The luckier ones only suffered fractures, and the less lucky ones had their shields hit. Broken, the whole person is also half dead.
After a burst of gunfire, white smoke rose in front of the Ming army's formation, and the swordsmen and shieldmen in the front row of the Song army all fell down, and the spearmen behind them also suffered. Some spearmen were also affected by the shooting, and were either seriously injured or injured. He died on the spot, blood splattered everywhere.
However, the Ming army's musketeers did not have only one column in the firearms phalanx, but three columns.
After the first round of shooting, the second row of musketeers stepped forward directly.
"Raise the gun - let go!"
There was another series of explosions, and another row of people fell from the Song Army formation - this time it was spearmen.
To be fair, the Song army's armor wearing rate is still acceptable, and the armor wearing rate of the hand-to-hand combat soldiers is indeed acceptable. However, the impact of the Ming army's new firearms cannot be blocked by traditional armor. Even if the armor is very thick, after being impacted by musket projectiles The kind of impact is very likely to damage or shatter the internal organs.
Although there is no blood on the surface for a while, the possibility of death is higher than those where blood is seen.
The Ming army's muskets kept firing, and people on the Song army's side kept falling. At first, they could trick themselves into persisting, but when they found that they did not dare to face the rising white smoke no matter what, everything All declared over.
Li Xianzhong's elite 10,000-strong military formation began to collapse, and the Ming army launched an all-out pursuit.
At the same time, the Ming Army's cavalry successfully annihilated the Song Army's cavalry by relying on their combat effectiveness and numerical superiority. The Song Army lost its cavalry and battlefield mobility, and was cut off by the five thousand Ming Army's cavalry.
The Ming army's cavalry roared in, outflanking the Song army's rear route from two directions, and attacking the Song army's rear army and the broken troops that had not yet been reorganized from the rear.
As a result, the rear army was not in disarray, and those broken troops who had not yet completed their reorganization were in disarray again. Behind them was the central army. Since there was no way to escape, they could only flee backwards instinctively.
It is equivalent to attacking the Chinese army.
The Ming cavalry slowly pressed forward, forcing the Song army to break up and attack the Chinese army. Li Xianzhong was shocked and tried to stabilize the Chinese army. He also sent his elite cavalry team to the battlefield to attack the Ming cavalry. However, they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers. He could not effectively hinder the Ming army's cavalry, nor could he prevent the collapse of the rear army.
In front, he faced the fierce pursuit of the Ming Army musketeers. On the wide battlefield, the Ming Army musketeers shot out long lines of white smoke. A large number of soldiers in the front army formation were killed and scattered.
In the rear, his cavalry was completely wiped out, and the rear army collapsed, and in turn attacked the center army.
He was shocked to find that only half an hour into the war, he had already fallen into a terrible situation where the entire army collapsed.
What's even more frightening is that he can't reverse the situation. He has played all his cards. Even the most important personal guards have been sent out to fight, but there is still no way to solve the current problem.
The experienced general Li Xianzhong now had to admit that he had faced a humiliating and dangerous defeat.
And the root of all this is not just that the Ming army suddenly came from the north. If the Ming army just came from the north, he was confident that he could lead the main force to challenge the Ming army head-on and fight a bloody path, just like back then. That way.
He may not be able to defeat the Ming army, but the Ming army also cannot prevent his retreat.
But the current situation is no longer like this. He cannot defeat the Ming army, nor can he successfully retreat.
The root cause lies in the strange, terrifying, and powerful firearms.
What exactly is that?
Why is there no news at all?
Although he had always heard that the Ming Army's firearms were sophisticated, no one had ever told him that the Ming Army's firearms were so sophisticated. There had been no similar news before.
If he knew this news, he would not attack Xiangyang so unprepared anyway. He would definitely want the Southern Song Dynasty court to prepare ways to deal with the Ming army's firearms, instead of being in a hurry and unable to provide any countermeasures.
Although he was very reluctant, although the Chinese army was still intact and still capable of fighting, Li Xianzhong knew that he had no hope of victory.
His support failed, and the 80,000-strong army might not be able to save much. The Song army's support plan fell into disarray, and the Xiangfan defenders had to rely on themselves...
No, how long can the Xiangfan garrison hold on with such terrifying firearms?
If the Xiangfan garrison cannot hold out until the Sichuan and Shu troops come for reinforcements...
No, even if the Sichuan and Shu armies came to help, they would not be able to deal any blow to the Ming army, and they might suffer a big loss!
Then the two supporting armies all failed, Xiangfan was not saved, the overall situation collapsed completely, Jinghu fell, Jiangnan West Road fell, and the Southern Song Dynasty was cut into two sections.
This almost announced the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, didn't it?
On the ever-changing battlefield, Li Xianzhong's empty mind did not come up with a solution to the problem. Instead, he thought of the situation that the Southern Song Dynasty would face after the war.
His failure foreshadowed the overall failure of this great battle and the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty.
And you are the sinner?
Li Xianzhong let out a long sigh.
Yes, I am the sinner.
