Chapter 463: Blocking Battle

Zhao Xing nodded: "When I entered the sea, I drank all the harder water than this."

After putting down the water bowl, Zhao Xing looked around and said curiously: "How do you eat this breakfast in Xixia people? The grassland is apart from the loess and wet grass... I understand that the grass in the morning has dew and cannot be cooked, so Xixia people have to travel for an hour before they can bury the pot and cook... Fortunately, we brought a kerosene stove."

A soldier handed over the hot soup and said sneeringly: "Taiwei, this kerosene is not worth much, but the asphalt paving is valuable. I heard that even steelmaking in Guangzhou is burning this kerosene."

Chaolu was right. The people of Xixia arrived in front of Zhao Xing in the afternoon. A long distance away, the Xia army lit up the flag. It was indeed the Baimaqiang Town Military Office. However, Zhao Xing did not cast the corresponding general flag. Only the Qinglong Army flag belonging to the Qinglong Legion was flying.

The Xixia soldiers stopped two miles away. At this moment, the Zhuque Army, who was marching in a hurry, also arrived. The Song army on the hillside released the camp. The Zhuque Army soldiers entered the formation one after another. The Xixia Army on the opposite side seemed to be busy resting and did not try to stop it.

The camp built by Zhao Xing was very strange. He piled a piece of chest wall with earth bags in shape of eight characters, and the mouth of the eight characters was open, with only a few giant horses and eight characters on all sides, making Zhao Xing's army look like a starfish in the four corners. There was a small slope in the center of the position. The slope was piled up with earth bags to form a slightly higher earth platform. The chair Zhao Xing was sitting on was placed on the earth platform. Several commanders holding signal flags were squatting at the four corners of the earth platform.

After the Suzaku Army entered the formation, it quickly began to build the yard and on the earth platform. Zhao Xing began to use the military flag to summon several soldiers on the front line. The flag on his four corners swung slightly, and the signal flag was pointed to the team he belonged to. The team on the front line immediately waved the flag to respond. The soldiers also shouted at the same time, indicating that they knew the name on the stage.

The shouts came one after another, and the Xia soldiers on the opposite side seemed to have rested their horsepower. A team of cavalry turned around and ran away. They seemed to go to inform the subsequent central soldiers. From the far end of the horizon, cavalry was still pouring here - all cavalry. The Baimaqiang Town Military Office was a pure cavalry team. Chao Lu was good at calculating cavalry. She pointed a bit thickly and replied: "About 30,000."

The Xixia Central Army General Banner also arrived. Facing the position constructed by Zhao Xing, he seemed a little at a loss. He walked around the formation. The Xixia commander decided to continue to move forward in order to shorten the charge distance.

At this time, the people of Xixia seemed to have understood the belongings of this army, including the fiery red military uniforms, shining spears, and continuous muskets. The soldiers of Xixia had encountered a few such soldiers in Huanqing. At this moment, although they wondered how this army came here magically, they already understood that the enemy was in front of them.

The Xia soldiers' cavalry line pressed against the horses and slowly approached the Song army's position, stopping about one mile. This is Song Li, which is less than 500 meters away. At this distance, the enemy soldiers could see each other's eyebrows and beards clearly.

Zhao Xing laughed. In the cold weapon war, it is safe enough to arrange the line four hundred meters apart, because even the crossbow cannot shoot to this distance. Occasionally, a certain crossbow explodes miracle. There is no damage to the shooting to this distance - but Xia Bing is obviously not suitable for a firearm war.

"Blame and bombard them!" Zhao Xing gave a cold order.

Several small cannons were pushed to the opening of the Eight-Character Scattered Line. These five-pound cannons with the army and the eight-pound cannons were about one kilometer. The place where the Xia soldiers lined up happened to be within their strike range.

Zhao Xing called the artillery commander and induced him step by step: "I heard that the artillery once discussed an artillery strategy, which divides the target area into grids, so that the shelling points are scattered in each grid, covering the entire area. One artillery attack strives to achieve maximum damage. Is there such a strategy?"

The artillery officer nodded: "What the adults are talking about is covering shooting. I have learned this technique, but I have never had the opportunity to experiment."

Zhao Xing waved his hand: "Then try it, the opposite side is the best target."

The artillery officer ran out in response. He whispered a few words, and twenty small cannons re-adjusted the artillery position. At this time, the Xixia soldiers were constantly dispatching troops. The cavalry formed a scattered line on the front side had far exceeded the width of the Song army's position. Chao Lu pointed at the cavalry line and explained: "This is an assault formation. The cavalry on the opposite side urged the horse to run for half a mile, which just happened to heat up the body. The front side would directly attack our position, while the side would detour to the left and right wings, and even behind us to conduct assault..."

Zhao Xing slapped his thigh: "I've seen it. This is the classic cavalry style, multi-point infiltration, multi-way assault, and launch a full-scale attack on the wide front!"

He waved the command flag on the stage and repeatedly bombarded the artillery to interrupt Zhao Xing's feelings.

When the first cannon was fired, the Xia cavalry opposite was bowing their heads in a conditioned manner. The shells flew over the heads of the first row of Xia people with sharp roars and landed heavily. Then there was a huge explosion, and a cloud of mushrooms rose from the middle. Because the first row of cavalry was blocked, Zhao Xing could not see the specific scene of the explosion site, and could only see the broken limbs and broken arms that rose with the flames.

The Suzaku Army is an old army. Each gunner fired at least a thousand shells. They fired the cannons very quickly. In the blink of an eye, more than ten cannons were fired in one breath. In the interval between the sound of cannons, the Xia army blew the oxen horn to charge. At this time, disturbed by the continuous explosions, the cavalry of the Western Xia could no longer complete the charge. The horses under their crotch were jumping around, and the cavalry front line that was originally arranged had begun to scatter.

When the Western Xia soldiers who could still control their horses were running to the Song army's positions after hearing the sound of charge, they tried their best to run towards the position of the Song army, but before they could run a few steps, the Xia army's gong rang, and the Xia soldiers who controlled the horses retreated like a tide and retreated two miles away before barely stopping.

Yuan Yeping rushed out at some point. He looked at the retreating Xixia soldiers and muttered in a low voice: "It is free to advance and retreat, and it is worthy of being a strong town in Baima. The artillery fired artillery bombardment. Although it defeated them, it also exposed the range of our cannons. When the Xixia people attacked again, it would be difficult to deal with it."

Zhao Xing said lightly: "Time, what I need is to delay time. When my fleet passes through Huedu, the Baimaqiang Town Military Office will not be able to punish the prestige. Once they retreat, they will have a whole team, and there is no time to attack today."

Sure enough, after the Xia army finished the whole team two miles away, they held back again, slowly retreated, and retreated until five miles away before camping again. It seemed that the Xixia people had lost the courage to attack at night.

On the Great Plain, five miles away is not far away. There are no buildings covering this day. The Xixia camp five miles away is clearly visible in the night. The entire Xixia camp is brightly lit. At the same time, in order to prevent the Xixia people from attacking at night, the Song army also lit the lights. Not far apart, the two camps seemed to be two cities that never sleep, both busy.

"What are the people in Xixia busy with?" Zhao Xingting looked at the camp in Xixia and asked unconsciously.

Wen Xixing narrowed his eyes and looked at it for a while, and replied: "I can't think of what they are busy with. The weapon the Xia people are best at is the whirlwind cannon, but today our cannon told them that this whirlwind cannon is not useful and cannot reach the range. The Xia people are so busy all night, I guess it's not for the whirlwind cannon."

Yuan Yeping thought for a while and replied: "When we were in the Weifu Army of the Black Mountains, we also encountered a small amount of gunpowder weapons, but I think the Xia people might be able to get the sulphur, but they can't get the large amount of sulfur. Even if they have gunpowder, they won't have too much."

Chaolu was eager to try: "Maybe there are shield cars - the Yu team of Xia Jun is very powerful. It should be no problem to make a hundred shield cars that night."

Wen Xixing nodded: "We cannot do anything to the Xia people's shield chariot when we use small cannons in Huanqing. Xia people lay asbestos quilts on the shield chariot and poured water on them. The cannon shells of the cannons cannot penetrate the shield chariot at all. Taishi, will the shells you use explode? If they are all such shells, the Xia people's shield chariot is useless."

Yuan Yeping nodded. He knew it as a matter of knowledge: "The Qinglong Army itself is equipped with forty cannons, and the Suzaku Army has forty. It is not a problem to arrange these cannons into a cannon regiment. I think today's artillery officers are very good, so it's better to hand over all the cannons to him to command.

In addition to the small cannons of the army, we also brought 100,000 grenades, each soldier equipped with 100 bullets, which should be able to withstand for a while."

Zhao Xing turned around and looked at the direction of the Hue Ferry. The Yellow River roared about a mile behind him. Zhao Xing asked worriedly: "I don't know if the fleet has crossed the river. Didn't the Dragoons say that they could finish the lunch break? Why haven't they arrived at night?"

Yuan Yeping suggested: "Send someone to inform them? If they come over at night and can't figure out the direction and go to the Xixia people's camp, it will be a bad thing."

Zhao Xing pointed to his general station: "I have raised the recognition lights on the general station. These people have been on the boat for so long, so they should know our identification signals. At night, we are not familiar with the roads. The people of Xixia are familiar with this place and they will be sent out. I am afraid they will be hunted by the people of Xixia."

Time passes by minute by minute, and waiting is a lasting moment. It seems particularly long to spend this night while waiting.

Finally, it was dawn, and the Song army was still preparing breakfast. The Xixia army opposite had already come out. The fragrance from the Song army camp shocked and jealous, but they had no choice but to find firewood around. They could only hope to fight a battle first, and when the dew dried up, they would collect dead grass and horse manure the next day as fuel.

"It turned out to be an iron kite, so extravagant!" Zhao Xing saw the formation of the Xixia people in his telescope, and opened his mouth in surprise: "How many iron kites can there be in the entire Xixia? The Baima Qiang Town Military Office has taken three thousand at a time, which is too extravagant."

Wen Xixing sighed: "Yongle succeeded and failed. The Xia people captured about 30,000 archer armor. They modified the 30,000 archer armor, cut off the hem of the armor, and formed about 50,000 pairs of iron kites. All wars were slightly damaged. Now, the entire Xia Kingdom only has about 30,000 pairs of iron kites."

Zhao Xing shook his head: "I used the Iron Harrier to charge as soon as I came up... Although I don't know how to command the cavalry, I know that the Iron Harrier's charge distance is not long. At least they need to enter our artillery fire zone and order the artillery fire to prepare."

Zhao Xing had just ordered that the Xia army's position had launched hundreds of shield cars, and there were several fire crossbows in the gap between the shields. These chariots lined up in a row and slowly advanced forward. After approaching the shelling area yesterday, the fire crossbows ignited fire crossbows, and things like the "Sky Monkey" of the Song Dynasty fireworks rushed out. It had no direction or accuracy. It flew out not far from the fire crossbows and had already started to move in any direction, making the sky full of white smoke.

"It seems that the Xia army's gunpowder formula is still not good..." Zhao Xing talked softly, and the sound of Xia army's trumpet came from the smoke. The fire crossbow chariot that shot light-fire crossbow continued to advance as a shield chariot. After a while, vehicles were pushed out of the smoke.

"Fire the artillery!" The Song army artillery officer issued a shooting order.

This time, due to the protracted war, the artillery officers did not ask for rapid fire. The Song army's artillery shells were fired rhythmically, and the shells were flying and landing heavily on the bullet point. Near the explosion range, countless shield vehicles turned into debris, and the wreckage began to burn, but the remaining shield vehicles were still advancing tenaciously.

After another 100 meters, the shield cart could no longer form a coherent line. At this time, the Xia army's horn sounded, and iron kites wrapped in iron armor rushed out of the smoke behind the shield cart. They were not running fast, and at this distance, the war horses were so tired that they were panting.

The earth was shaking, as if a heavy roller was pressing the road. Not only did the iron kite appear on the front of the Song army. There were also large groups of cavalry on the two wings far away. With the difference in running speed, these cavalry naturally formed a crane wing shape, and the iron kite was in front of them. Slow and slowly rushed towards the position, with rangers on both sides. Some cavalry were riding whirlwind cannons on their horses, and fired stone bullets while running. The flying stone bullets were like locusts rising, and rushed towards the Song army's positions in black. Many stone bullets were still emitting black smoke in the air - it was a thunderbolt fireball.

The Song army's position was like a disturbed monster, suddenly making a huge roar. Human language cannot describe this roar. It was the sound of six thousand muskets shooting together. This was the first time in human history that such a large-scale musket shooting was the first time.

Zhao Xing used a telescope to observe the rushing iron kite. A series of sparks appeared on one of the iron kites. The ground effect of the bullet hitting him, but it seemed that the bullet did not penetrate the iron sheet. The iron kite shot was shot straight back by the powerful impact of the bullet. However, he still sat on the horse and charged forward with the horse.

"It is said that the iron kites are tied to the horse, so sure enough!" Zhao Xing put down his telescope and exclaimed.

Yuan Yeping did not put away the telescope. He replied while observing: "It's useless. At this distance, our muskets cannot penetrate them, but closer, closer... OK, knock it down."

The muskets were shot very quickly. After one shot, the soldiers quickly pushed the bullets on the bore and fired a second shot. Rows of guns were shot over and over, and the iron kites kept falling off their horses. Many iron kites were knocked to the ground with their people and horses, but there were still nearly a thousand iron kites rushing into the trench in the fire of artillery and rain of bullets.

The armor on the Iron Harrier was too heavy. Although the trench was shallow, it was very fast. The war horse could not jump up, so it could only slow down and jump into the ditch and then slowly climbed the hill. With this pause, the firepower advantage of the Song army was revealed, and countless war horses were knocked to the ground as soon as they poked their heads...

Zhao Xing turned his head to look at the left and right wings and asked: "How is the two wings?"

The soldiers who sent the order looked at the flags on both wings and whispered: "The left wing has been broken through, and the Qinglong Army is fighting with the rushing cavalry; the right wing is still insisting, and a small number of cavalry infiltrated, but the right wing reports that they can defend it."

Yuan Yeping jumped up: "Hand-hand combat, our guards are the best at this. Sir, please let me go."

Zhao Xing thought for a moment and waved his hand immediately: "You bring 400 people and bring the organ with you... You must guard the left wing."

Yuan Yeping asked worriedly: "Is it okay to leave only one hundred people here?"

Zhao Xing waved his hand, Yuan Yeping took the knife and rushed to the left wing without saying a word. Near the platform, one hundred servants left behind to start tidying up their muskets. Seeing this, Wen Xixing also took a musket from the weapon Chaolu brought over and began to load bullets.

The left wing was actually very dangerous. Three or two Western Xia cavalry had already rushed to the vicinity of the General Platform. Zhao Xing could not sit upright. The guards knocked the soldiers who rushed to the ground with quick guns. Soon, a man with the appearance of a Xixia general waved his mace and led more than a dozen servants to the earth slope. He saw Zhao Xing standing on the earth slope, and a girl squatting beside him, so he let out a strange scream, waving his mace to rush to the platform.

The guards fired guns one after another, and the general shook his left and then showed his superb riding skills. The guards behind him were knocked down one after another, but even though he was alone, he was still struggling forward.

"Wu'n't Song Gou, I have the courage to fight with my grandfather for three hundred rounds..." The Xia army general danced the mace like a windmill. The iron nails on the mace were hung with minced meat. His horse was fast, and in the blink of an eye, he rushed into the earth platform.

"Boom!" Zhao Xing fired his bow from left to right, and fired two shots with his hand gun. The first shot hit the horse's head. The man in the pain stood up. Taking advantage of the moment when the general of Xixia was stuck in the air, Zhao Xing's second hand gun fired. At the same time, the guards seized the opportunity and poured a rain of bullets over, and countless blood holes emerged from the general's body.

"You... are not a hero..." The Xixia general fell heavily to the ground. He stared at Zhao Xing with wide eyes and shouted with all his strength.

Zhao Xing blew the green smoke at the muzzle lightly and replied: "When I destroy your country, who will say I am not a hero?"

The left wing sounded dense guns, which was the sound of the organ. In this era, Zhao Xing could not make a machine gun. He took out the local machine gun that the members of the Paris Commune liked to use - the volley gun. Many barrels were made into volley pipes similar to the Katyusha rocket launcher, and then fired immediately, which also played a role similar to the machine gun.

This type of gun is as large as an organ and is difficult to load, but its power is unimaginable. As soon as the organ is played, the shouts and killing sounds of the left wing immediately weakened, and the whole world is filled with gunfire. When the gunfire is calm, the left wing is silent.

After a moment of stopping, Yuan Yeping rushed back to the General Platform with the remaining guards. When he saw the corpse beside the General Platform, he quickly threw down the bloody sword and kowtowed repeatedly: "The death penalty is committed by the death penalty. The official actually ordered the enemy to attack the lord, and the death penalty is committed by the death penalty!"

Zhao Xing pointed to the right wing: "Go and look at the right wing, they seem to be still fighting hard."

There was no battle ahead. Tie Yaozi rushed through the gun forest and most of them fell in front of the last trench. The artillery fire of the Song army suppressed the follow-up troops. Tie Yaozi was weak afterwards, and all of them were killed in one attack.
Chapter completed!