Zhao Zi was dealing with official documents in the tent. Qin Youpeng hurriedly ran in and crossed his hands and said, "General, the enemy has left the city!"

After hearing this, Zhao Zi stood up suddenly and asked, "Where? How many people are coming?"

Qin Youpeng said: "There are about 3,000 people leaving the southern city gate. They are coming to the general. Should he go to the battle?"

Zhao Zi said: "Order the troops to set up formations immediately and prepare for the battle! The artillery has been laid out. I originally thought that after Deputy Envoy Zhang came, they would attack the city, but they would come out first. Order the artillery and load the ammunition. As soon as the enemy attacked, they would use artillery to greet them!"

Qin Youpeng followed the order and hurriedly left the commander's account.

Zhao Zi breathed a sigh of relief, slowly put on his clothes neatly, and took the lead out of the commander's tent. This time, he attacked Gaochang, attacked 10,000 with more than 70,000 people, and was all surrounded in Gaochang City. It can be said that he attacked strongly by the thunder. Now, it is time to end the harvest.

After leaving the commander's tent and boarding his personal soldiers, Zhao Zi slowly arrived in front of the formation. At this time, the entire army was forming a formation, and it seemed busy and messy.

Gaochang is a basin with a flat terrain around it and no prominent highlands. The command area of ​​the southern army of the city is on a small earth slope, and all the commanders directly under Zhao Zi were there. This is Qin Youpeng's position, and his command post is on another earth slope not far away. The two places are not far apart. Zhao Zi arrived at his command post and ordered Qin Youpeng to be summoned to discuss countermeasures.

After a while, Qin Youpeng arrived and sang a promise to Zhao Zi with his hands and stood firm aside.

Zhao Zi raised his telescope and looked at the north gate where Gaochang's troops had already left the city and were lined up. In front of the city, he was protected by the defenders on the city wall. It was a safe area and could form a formation and then advance.

After looking for a while, Zhao Zi said, "Look at the soldiers and horses on the opposite side of Gaochang, there are about 3,000 soldiers and a military general who grew up in the team. This battle is the first battle we came to Gaochang, and we ordered the artillery to be prepared. After receiving the order, we should fire the artillery immediately!"

The commander of the personal soldiers to fulfill their promise, turn the horse's head and run quickly to notify the artillery.

After the Song army finished the formation, they waited for another cup of tea before the Gaochang soldiers on the opposite side formed the formation. With a command, they slowly walked forward.

Zhao Zi saw it in the telescope and ordered: "Order the artillery to prepare, look at the flag here. Take the flag and fire immediately!"

Gaochang's troops moved forward for about a hundred steps, then stopped and waited quietly there.

When Zhao Zi saw this, he sternly said, "Why did Gaochang's troops stop? Where are they stopping, who are they going to fight?"

Qin Youpeng said: "General, Gaochang soldiers are lined up there, waiting for us to send people to fight them. When the two armies fight, they naturally have to fight small formations first and then large army fight. Look at them leaving three or four hundred steps ahead, which is for us."

Zhao Zi laughed and said, "I forgot that the two armies had an arrow before, and they had a plan. But we no longer had bows and arrows, and now we use guns and cannons. What's the use of them like this? The whole army is ready, wait, we don't attack, and see how they deal with it."

Long Luodusha rode a horse in front of the formation, looking at the Song army array in front, one row at a time, three rows at a time, and one small array at a time. The small array and the large array were in conjunction with each other, and there was no way to tell the reason. When the two armies were fighting, they would line up and attack. The opponent should send a corresponding military formation to come. First, a small-scale confrontation, and then decide how the formation should move according to the results of the battle. You should move forward a hundred steps and leave the city wall protection. The opponent should line up and attack.

Unexpectedly, after waiting for half an hour, the other party was quiet and without any action. Long Luo Dusha couldn't help but mutter to himself. The Song army's actions were a bit strange. They were about to siege the city, so wouldn't they have to fight? What's the reason for bringing people out but not fighting?

The reason is very simple. The Song army now uses guns and cannons, and the combat distance is very different from before. In theory, the army besieged the city, and the soldiers and horses in the city no longer have a safe array distance and should not go out of the city to fight. If they want to leave the city, they must choose a direction and attack with all their might in order to break through. When Gaochang soldiers left the city, if Zhao Zi ordered the artillery to fire, they would not have the chance to come out of the array.

The current Gaochang Army formation is completely within the range of the Song army's artillery strike, and Zhao Zi did not just order the artillery to fire.

Seeing that the Song army had no intention of moving, Long Luodusha had no choice but to sternly say: "The whole army comes forward and advance another hundred steps to see if the Song army fights or not!"

After saying that, he commanded the army and continued to advance slowly, approaching Song.

Zhao Zi saw it in his telescope and said, "Gaochang soldiers and horses are going to test our army's combat power today. We must fight a battle. Instruct the artillery to wait for the orders here, and the undertakings will fire immediately! After firing, the artillery positions will fire freely, and wait for the orders here to stop!"

The personal soldiers responded to the promise and ordered the people on the side to wave flags and command various artillery positions.

Long Luodusha looked at the strange Song army formation ahead. The more he moved forward, the more he muttered in his heart, and always felt something was wrong.

As he was marching, he saw the soldiers next to the Song army cannons in front of him lifting torches and lit the medicine twist on the cannons. He had heard the legend of the Song army using cannons in combat, and was shocked. Just as he was about to instruct the army to be careful, he heard the sound of cannons one after another, and smoke from gunpowder rose from the Song army's positions.

Before they could react, various shells fell into the Gaochang military formation. Solid bullets almost shot straight, crushing a bloody path in the military formation. Various hollow bullets exploded as soon as they landed on the ground, and the iron nails and pieces inside flew around, and countless people were injured.

The Gaochang military formation was immediately in chaos. Long Luodusha was shocked. When he looked back at the military formation, he found that he had lost many people. What's even more terrible is that many of the Gaochang military horses were scared and ran around in the military formation without special training.

How can I fight like this? Long Luo Dusha immediately shouted loudly without thinking: "Retreat, retreat immediately! The Song army let us come forward, just to hit us with cannons! Go back to the city immediately!"

At this time, the Gaochang military formation was in chaos. Who could follow Long Luodusha's orders? There were soldiers running around everywhere.

At this moment, the sound of cannons in the Song army's positions sounded again, and various shells fell on the Gaochang Army formation like rain. Long Luodusha could not dodge himself, and a piece of iron was caught on his body, and blood immediately flowed.

Covering his wound, Long Luodusha looked back at the soldiers on the Song army's position who were slowly filling medicine and loading ammunition, and sighed to the sky: "The Song army's artillery is so powerful, how can we continue this battle?! Alas, the situation is over!"

After saying that, he took his personal soldiers and tried his best to command the Gaochang troops leaving the city and retreated to the city.

Most of the Song army's artillery were here in Zhao Zi. They originally wanted to use it to bombard the city gate, but they happened to be facing the retreating Gaochang soldiers. They kept firing artillery at the retreating Gaochang soldiers. After a cup of tea, there were countless Gaochang corpses outside the city.

If Gao Chang had left enough distance and rushed straight with a dense formation, it would not be so miserable. Unfortunately, Long Luo Dusha did not have the difficulty of fighting with the firearm army. The army formation was wide, and after being fired, it retreated and became chaotic, concentrated near the city gate, and was attacked by the Song army artillery. For a while, the cannon continued, and many people died inexplicably.

When Pugu Huaien, the King of Khan of Beiting, who was standing at the top of the city, saw it, his face changed drastically. He originally thought that he had ten thousand soldiers and horses in his hand, but he had no choice but to kill for a while. Baishui, which blocked the important road of Tianshan, was a small city. As long as he ran fast enough, he should be able to cross the Tianshan Mountains and return to Beiting. Now, looking at the situation outside the city, Gaochang City has been surrounded by Song's army, so where is there any room for escape?

Long Luo Dusha was commanding at the city gate until the entire army entered the city, and then sighed and went up the city tower. When he arrived in front of Pugu Huaien, he crossed his hands and said, "The last general is incompetent, and he will implicate the three armies. Please punish the king!"

Pu Gu Huaien opened his mouth and didn't say anything. After a while, he said: "The Song army's artillery was sharp, unexpectedly, General Long Luo was guilty of this? Just this matter, let's not discuss countermeasures and see how to leave the city."

After saying that, he waved his hand so that Long Luo would not have to worry about it.

Looking outside the city, in just a short while, nearly a thousand corpses were left behind. Pu Gu Huaien's face was dark. He underestimated the combat power of the Song army too much, and he still wanted to rely on the ten thousand soldiers and horses in the city. Even if he could not defend Gaochang, he could always escape. As a result, in today's battle, Gaochang's troops and horses had no ability to fight compared to the Song army. What should I do? It is impossible to defend the city, can I escape?

After getting off the city tower, Pu Gu Huaien took everyone back to the royal court, and everyone sat there without saying a word.

After a long time, Pu Gu Huaien raised his head and said to everyone: "Today's battle is too embarrassing. The Song army was not injured, and only fired a few guns and drove us 3,000 troops back to the city. Now Gaochang has been surrounded by the Song army. From today's perspective, all the city gates cannot be out. To defend, there are so many artillery outside the Song army, why is it difficult to break the city gate?"

Pu Guchen bowed: "King, from today's battle, our Gaochang soldiers and horses have no ability to fight with the Song army at all. If you want to defend, there must be reinforcements, but where are the reinforcements? There has been no news in Yanqi, and Baishui was blocked by the Song army, let alone, Yangji Bali actually has not many soldiers and horses. We cannot fight and there are no reinforcements. This battle-"

Speaking of this, Pu Guchen shook his head with a look of sorrow.

Pugu Huaien said, "There is another difficulty. There has been no explanation for why the Song army came to attack Gaochang. They sent envoys out and were blocked several times. The people who besieged the city outside said that they were following orders. Whose orders were obeyed?"

Long Luodusha said: "In the eyes of the Mo General, this is just an excuse for the Song army. They just felt that their troops were strong and they were determined to be our Gaochang, so they sent troops to attack us. It's hateful that Gaochang has no elite troops and cannot fight with them!"

A group of high-ranking officials and nobles discussed it, but they could not find a way to defend the city or break through. The final topic slowly turned to surrender.

After thinking for a long time, Pugu Huai'en told the Du Seng Tongyuanzhi: "Only for now, I have to trouble the master and go to the Song army. The master's identity is beyond the same as others. The Song army will not be confused by one question, and they always have to give an explanation."
Chapter completed!