Du Zhongxiao climbed up to the tower, picked up the telescope in his hand, looked at the battlefield in front. After looking for a while, put down the telescope, and said to Fu Bi: "Today is commander Zhang Ke, we will watch the battle. If this battle is won, Shannan will be owned by the court."

Fu Bi nodded: "That's true. It's precisely because of this that Zhang Ke must win! If Ilik runs away, even if he wins, it will be his mistake! In addition to the troops participating in the battle, there are more than 3,000 cavalrymen, arranged behind the side and waiting for pursuit."

Du Zhongxiao looked at the huge military formation in front and said, "This time we have more than 40,000 people and more than 70,000 black sweaters and horses. This is the biggest battle I have ever participated in. On a battlefield, there are more than 100,000 people, which looks really spectacular."

The sun rose to the east, shining with light, and the vast desert shone with golden light. Next to the river, there was a large poplar forest, which had already taken off its leaves and stood there quietly. Occasionally, one or two goshawks flew by in the sky, staring at the earth.

The Song army began to line up. In the sun, rows of bayonets shone coldly, which made people look scary. The artillery pushed the artillery stands, mixed in infantry formations one by one, and prepared to move forward according to the pre-determined route. They faced the castle, strengthened two flanks, spread out the huge fronts, and aimed at the Hei Shan's military camp. There were several towers in each direction, and were set up front command posts, with higher-level generals standing on it.

The Black Khan Army formation was arranged against the Song army and strengthened its flanks, and the arrangement against the Song army began to unfold. There were many cavalry in the Black Khan Army, mostly concentrated on the two wings and stretched far, which was quite like the Song army's tit-for-tat. The front was based on the castle and retreated slightly.

Watching both sides slowly unfold the formation, Du Zhongxiao said: "The advantage now is that the Black Sweat army has no artillery, and the flanks can be surrounded by artillery slowly forward. After entering the range of artillery, use artillery to break up the enemy formation, and the infantry rushed up with artillery fire. The difficulty now is that the front of the formation of the Black Sweat army is too wide. After the first round of attacks, it depends on how Zhang Ji did it."

Fu Bi held a telescope and looked at the battlefield ahead without saying a word. It was the first time he saw the soldiers and horses fighting on Hequ Road, and he was particularly focused. He had only heard of how powerful the soldiers and horses on Hequ Road were, but unfortunately he had only seen soldiers and horses practiced, but he had never seen actual combat. Today he was considered fulfilling his wish.

Suddenly, a cannon sound came, dull and distant, breaking the tranquility of the battlefield.

With the sound of cannons, the Song army's war drums began to sound, and the two wings slowly approached with the nodes.

Du Zhongxiao said to Fu Bi: "Today, in addition to drums and music, Zhang Ji also added cannon sounds. This cannon was ordered to advance both left and right wings together. However, behind, cannons are useless. I heard that they are fireworks."

Fu Bi shook his head: "Fireworks are used for entertainment, but Zhang Ji remembers that they are used on the battlefield."

Du Zhongxiao said: "The fireworks fly into the air. If they are used well, they can be clearly seen during the day. It is okay to use them on the battlefield. The so-called cloud-piercing arrow will meet thousands of troops, which is also good to use."

Fu Bi was stunned for a moment and said, "What kind of arrow through the clouds? Where did this sentence come from?"

Du Zhongxiao waved his hand casually: "Just say it casually, take a good luck. Look at the deputy envoy, and the two wings are attached!"

There were artillery in the Song army. When the two armies lined up, the distance was no longer a single arrow. Hei Han was afraid of artillery, and the distance between the middle was farther than the range of the artillery. The two wings of the Song army approached forward, and Hei Han did not dare to attack head-on. The distance was gradually shortened and gradually entered the artillery range.

Seeing that the Song army reached a distance of more than 100 steps, the formation stopped, and the gunner pushed the cannon and slowly entered the cannon position. Fu Bi saw it and sighed and said, "There are cannons in the army, and there are no cannons in the army, which is completely two troops. The enemy has no cannons, and our army can shorten the distance to the range of artillery. The enemy can only be passively beaten, or they have to come up to attack. Zhang Ji did this to give full play to the power of the cannon."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Yes, if there are cannons in the army, of course, the power of cannons must be exerted. Zhang Ji's arrangement is reasonable. The only difficulty now is how to completely block Ilik, the central army in front after the enemy's formation is in chaos."

Ilik stood in the castle tower and saw that the army formation in front did not move. Instead, he rushed forward on his flanks and said to Alsey: "The intention of the Song army is very obvious, that is, to defeat us on both wings first. Order the generals on both sides to respond calmly and block the Song army! As long as the Song army's attack is blocked, their morale will be lost. Let's fight and defeat them again!"

Alsey obeyed the order and ordered his personal soldiers to go and pass on the military order.

The castle has perfect defense, and no matter how powerful the Song army's artillery is, it cannot directly break here.

Seeing that his wings had approached the enemy, but the enemy's formation had not moved, Zhang Sheng said to Zhang Sheng: "The two armies were more than 100 steps apart, and artillery could break up the enemy's formation. At that time, it would be much easier to attack."

Zhang Sheng said: "The general said it is right. The enemy's bows and arrows cannot shoot us, so they can only let the cannons be bombarded. How can we maintain the army? Hei Khan and I were in the field in this battle and had already lost. Except for the two armies fighting together, they would not be able to win us."

Seeing the artillery of the two wings of the military formations take place, Zhang Ke whispered loudly: "Send another shot and notify the army to attack!"

The personal soldiers of the command obeyed the order, picked up the flag in their hands, and shook violently at the cannon position not far away. The cannon position received the order and issued another empty cannon. As the cannon sounded, the Song army on both wings sounded the cannon at the same time, and smoked guns were raised. As the guns filled the smoke, the infantry loaded the bullets and raised the rifle forward.

A large number of flowering bullets fell into the formation of the Black Sweat Army, and there were explosions, and the positions were filled with smoke. With the first round of cannons, the attacked Black Sweat Army was in chaos, with frightened horses everywhere, fallen wounded, and chaotic soldiers who were scared to death.

Irik saw it on the city tower and said sternly: "What are the generals on both wings waiting for? The Song army is approaching, and they are still attacking, waiting to drag the cannons to bomb them! Send the messenger to order them to organize the suicide squad attack! Disperse the Song army, what's the use of artillery!"

Alsey obeyed the order and hurriedly ordered the commander to go and pass the order. If he did not attack, he could only be approached step by step by step by step by step by cannon and used artillery to teach the Black Khan army to be human. At this time, the two sides were closer, with only more than a hundred steps, and were fighting for the dead, and could rush forward.

The lethality of the artillery at this time was not amazing. When the flowering bullet exploded, there were actually not many casualties around. However, for those who had never seen firearm wars, the momentum was amazing. Especially for the injured, the sound of ghosts and howlings of wolves can be particularly shocking. The Black Sweat Army is elite enough. As long as the troops are sent to rush up, the Song army infantry must fight against them and protect the artillery position. At this time, the artillery position is relatively fixed, and the Song army's infantry cannot retreat, and both sides need to fight hard.

Unfortunately, Ilic overestimated his army. The Black Khan generals on both wings were desperately restrained, but they could not stop the scattering of the army and slowly retreated to the middle. The Song army artillery extended its range and continued to bombard the Black Khan army until they forced them into a large lump.

Du Zhongxiao held up a telescope and looked at the war in the distance, with no expression on his face. This result was expected that the range of the artillery was far above the bow and arrow, and as long as the black sweat did not attack, he would inevitably come to such a stage. Zhang Ke’s most difficult task was how to make a final decision when it reached this stage.
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