At the top of Zhongmou City, Liu Lin looked at the Song army outside the city with a look of horror on his face. In the early morning sunshine, I saw many copper pipes lying on the ground, with a few soldiers working on them, not knowing what they were doing. There are many iron bumps next to the copper pipe, which looks a bit scary.
Feng Changning said: "I heard that in the east of Hedong, the army of Talan Langjun was defeated by the Song army with iron bullets. Look at the piles outside, aren't they iron bullets? Did the Song army also use these to attack Zhongmou City? It's just that I don’t know how to throw it on top of the city.”
With the cool morning breeze, a horn sounded, the sound was low and distant.
As the trumpet sounded, the soldiers beside the copper pipes outside began to be busy. Some people filled the tubes with gunpowder, while others picked up iron bullets and loaded them on top of the gunpowder. It was so busy and neat for a while that the people at the top of the city were confused. Following Zuo Yuhou Tong Yuanqing's order, the commander's flag waved sharply, and the gunner fired the cannon.
Liu Lin was on top of the city and couldn't understand what Song Jun was doing. He stretched his neck, eager to see clearly. There was a muffled sound, black smoke came out of the copper pipes, and the city wall under my feet suddenly trembled sharply.
He suddenly fell to the ground and slid down the city wall. Liu Lin said in horror: "What's going on? What's going on? The city wall collapsed? What kind of magic did the Song army outside the city use? How did the city wall collapse?"
At this moment, the Song army outside the city had already rushed over, shouting and killing loudly.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the soldiers hurriedly stepped forward to help Liu Lin. He said: "Prince, the city wall has collapsed. How can the county be defended? It is better to quickly take some elite troops and flee to Baisha Town to join Li Cheng. With tens of thousands of troops in hand, we can still deal with the Song army."
Liu Lin stood up and braced himself, and saw that half of the east wall of Zhongmu County had collapsed, and many of his soldiers were struggling in the rubble. The Song army outside the city formed a formation and rushed towards the gap.
In the small county of Zhongmou, Liu Lin's 20,000 troops were stationed, and they were packed to the brim. Suddenly the city wall collapsed, and the other troops who were not defending the city panicked and ran around like headless flies. In a short time, the city was in chaos.
Liu Lin stamped his feet fiercely: "Zhi Niang, you have fallen into the hands of the Song Army today!"
After saying that, he hurriedly waved his hands to the generals, tried their best to organize the soldiers in the city, and fled out of the west gate to Baisha Town.
Lu Yuandeng led his men to kill at the front. They quickly filled in the trench and headed straight for the gap in the city wall. The defenders were not prepared at all, so how could they be a match for the Song army? In less than half an hour, the Song army reached the city.
Feng Changning said to Liu Lin: "The Song army is coming to the city. The prince should leave quickly! If he is held back by the Song army, the consequences will be really hard to predict!"
Liu Lin nodded. Said: "The counselor is coming with me. The Song army is in the east of the city. Let's go out of the west gate and meet Li Cheng at Baisha!"
After saying that, he commanded the one or two thousand people he could organize and opened the west gate.
The troops at the front stepped out of their horses and were about to form a formation when they heard several muffled sounds. Then he saw several iron bullets flying towards him like lightning. There was no time to dodge, and all the dozen people in front were hit by iron bullets on the ground.
The surviving people shouted: "No, there are iron bullets from the Song Dynasty here! I am in danger today and I can't escape!"
Liu Lin looked at Feng Changning, then at the chaotic city, and said in a deep voice: "The matter is irreversible, we have to escape immediately. The counselor must follow me closely and cannot be separated. We will take our relatives with us Soldiers, go to Baisha Town!"
After saying that, he took dozens of personal soldiers, as well as Feng Changning and other close followers who followed him, and ran out of the city.
Most of the troops were without command and wandering around the city gate. Some formed formations outside Ma Mian, preparing for battle. Before the formation was formed, the Song Army's second round of artillery had arrived. Only then did the puppet Qi army realize that the iron bullets came out of the copper in front.
Gunpowder already existed, and stone cannons were commonly used in the army. Gradually, some people understood that it might be a new cannon of the Song Army. It's just that they have no way to deal with it, so they can only be bombarded indiscriminately by the Song army. Before long, troops began to surrender one after another.
Liu Lin had more than 20,000 people in Zhongmu County. In order to prevent accidents, Niu Gao only deployed a few cannons one mile away from the west gate without encircling them. Taking advantage of this way of survival, Liu Lin escaped with his soldiers and one or two thousand people who ran out in the chaos. The rest of the army was surrounded and annihilated by the Song army.
Baisha Town was less than twenty miles away from Zhongmou. Li Cheng sent troops to respond and integrated Liu Lin and others into the army.
In Niugao Shuai's tent in the west of the city, several people sat in front of the map and looked at the attached situation map.
Staff officer Xu Yan sorted out the situation of the war ahead and said to Niu Gao: "Marquis of Du Yu, Liu Lin led a few of his cronies to flee to Baisha Town, and less than 2,000 people escaped. The rest of the army was surrounded in Zhongmou City, and the army was Eliminate the remaining enemies."
Niu Gao said: "How many casualties did we have?"
Xu Yan said: "About 60 people were killed and more than 200 were injured."
Niu Gao said to the rest of the people: "With less than 300 casualties, this battle was fairly well fought. According to the agreement with Cao Zhiyan, Baisha Town will be encircled tomorrow. It's still early. You go to each ministry to have a look. After the battle, let's They'll fix it immediately. Let's leave early tomorrow morning!"
All the generals agreed and went out of their commander's tents to visit the various ministries.
Niu Gao looked at the map and said to Xu Yan: "Baisha Town is adjacent to the Jinshui River. There are no ferries on the river. It can be regarded as a dead place. After this battle, Liu Lin only has more than 10,000 people in Baisha. We add Cao Zhiyan's troops. There are more than 30,000 people in total. Three against one, we must wipe out all the puppet Qi troops!"
Xu Yan nodded. After thinking for a while, he said: "Li Cheng is also a famous general. He shouldn't be waiting for us to encircle him in Baisha Town. Du Yuhou, do you think he will break through at night? He can't go east, and he can't go west, Li Cheng If we lead the army south, there will really be no army to intercept it for a while."
Niu Gao said: "If we leave at night, we will be defeated. Whether it is us or Cao Zhiyan, we can chase them down to nothing. Li Cheng is also a famous general and cannot be willing to end up like this. After all, he has a There are more than 10,000 people, but they can still give it a try.”
Xu Yan said: "If we fight hard, more than 10,000 people are not enough to fight. We moved the cannon over, and Li Cheng didn't know what was going on. He might have formed an array within the range of the cannon. At that time, the cannon started blasting, and it was chaos."
Niu Gao smiled and said: "Jiang Min played this trick at the top of the Shenshan City and won a great victory. Why don't we take the medicine according to the prescription?"
Xu Yan said: "With all artillery bombardment, fighting like this is a bit unwinnable. However, isn't this kind of battle the most interesting?"
The infantry of this era cannot form a formation when faced with an army equipped with field artillery. How can a battle be fought? An army that responds quickly can also withdraw its troops in time and reposition them. Liu Lin's army does not have this ability.
Niu Gaoke didn't care whether he won by force or not. The most important thing was to end the war in the simplest way. Suffering such heavy losses, the Jin Army and the Puppet Qi Army will devote all their efforts to studying the tactics of Wang Xiaolie's army. The artillery can't be hidden for long. When the next battle comes, it won't be so smooth. So why would Niu Gao give up this great opportunity? The artillery in the army does not even need to be specially arranged for the artillery positions now. It can be just pulled up to the front of the formation and fired.
The enemy formed a good formation, and the artillery fired here. The enemy's formation was soon in chaos. At this time, if the army covers up, it will be a great victory, and the battle process is simple and clear.
