"Throw," Li Yanze ordered.
Li Yanze gave an order, and countless sky-shaking thunderbolts were thrown out, these sky-shaking thunders were all trumpet-based, and the killing range was not small within five or six steps; Because the weight of cast iron is too heavy, the throw distance is not particularly far, generally between thirty and thirty-five steps.
Under the intensive bombardment of the Xia army's earth-shattering thunder, the Song army suffered huge casualties, and thirty steps became an insurmountable line for the Song army, and the corpses of the Song army soldiers were piled up outside this line, and it was a death to rush forward, looking at the people who fell in front of them one by one, the hearts of the Song soldiers had a deep fear, because they could not see the hope of victory, and thirty steps became the death line of the Song army soldiers.
"Marshal, the casualties of our soldiers are very heavy, in less than half an hour, our army has lost nearly 30,000 people, and if we continue to fight like this, we will not wait for all the Xia troops to cross the river, and our army will be killed and wounded."
A Song general said to Wang Kai.
Not long after the Song generals finished saying this, the Song soldiers who were attacking on the front line began to rout, and Wang Kai saw that the army was showing signs of collapse, and immediately ordered: "Order the personal guard battalion to supervise the battle forward, without the military order of the commander, dare to retreat privately, and there is no mercy for killing." ” "Yes, the last general commands."
General Song took the military order head-on.
"Daxu sent an order, the pro-guard battalion moved forward to supervise the battle, and retreated without authorization to kill without mercy" The Song soldiers, who were about to retreat, were suddenly slashed and killed by the Song army's overseers, and shouted loudly: "The commander order, retreat and die, and those who attack the Xia army's big array will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver and a third rank of Jinjue."
Retreat is death, although forward is also death, but it is possible to fight for fame, under such a generous reward, the Song army once again went crazy and rushed towards the Xia army's landing force, at the same time, the Song army's catapults, bed crossbows, etc. also began to fight, explosives bags and earth-shaking thunder also caused a lot of casualties to the Xia army, but these are still within the Xia army's tolerance range.
Li Yanze led the army to hold on to the south bank of the turbulent water for nearly half an hour, the second batch of reinforcements of the Xia army finally arrived and began to land, the second batch of reinforcements had 30,000 people, with this batch of reinforcements, the Xia army was able to stabilize the battle line very little, the Xia and Song armies carried out a tragic battle on the south bank of the turbulent water, although the Song army occupied an absolute advantage in terms of strength, but with the increase of the Xia army's landing troops, the Xia army began to gradually grasp the dominance of the war by virtue of its sharp firearms.
The two sides fought from morning to afternoon, after all the troops of the Xia army except artillery landed, Wang Kai saw that he had lost the last chance before ordering the withdrawal of the army, outside the area where the Xia army held five miles long from east to west and three miles wide from north to south, the corpses of the Song army were piled up, and the blood of the dead soldiers had completely dyed the turbulent water red, and the withdrawal of the Song army gave the Xia army a chance to breathe, and the prince Li Wu immediately transported five hundred artillery pieces across the river in batches.
In the camp of the Song army in Dengzhou, the Song general reported to Wang Kaiyu: "Marshal, our army lost 120,000 soldiers and horses in this battle, and now our Jiang Han army has 200,000 elites, and there are only 80,000 left.
Wang Kai closed his eyes and said, "How many casualties have been inflicted on the Xia army?"
"The Xia army lost about 10,000 people at most, and it was all caused by our catapults and bed crossbows."
Song will report to Wang Kaiyu.
Wang Kai frowned, looked at the map with his hands behind his back, and said, "How much grain, grass and baggage are there in Dengzhou City now?"
"Marshal, the food, grass and armament are enough for my army to consume for a month."
Song Jiang said to Wang Kai.
"The marshal Dengzhou City is high and deep, and our army's holding on to the city will definitely be able to inflict great casualties on the Xia army."
Song Jiang said to Wang Kai.
Wang Kai looked at the map and said, "You let Ben Shuai think about it." ” Speaking of the Xia army, the Xia army camped with its back against the turbulent water, and Li Yanze also reported to Li Wuyu in the Xia army camp: "Your Highness, our army lost more than 6,000 troops in this battle, of which 5,000 were killed in battle, and more than 1,000 were heavy; And the Song army lost no less than 100,000, which is a big victory that has never been seen before."
Li Wu nodded and said: "The reason why there will be such a big victory in this battle is mainly because my weapons are sharp, if my Xia army can be equipped with such sharp firearms, then the combat power of our army will be unprecedentedly improved." ” "Your Highness, although our army has won a great victory this time, the consumption of gunpowder is also extremely serious, and the gunpowder carried by our army with the army has already consumed two-thirds."
Li Yanze said to Li Wu: "Your Highness, do you see if our army should suspend the attack first, and wait for the follow-up gunpowder to arrive before attacking." ” Li Wu nodded and said: "It is reasonable, I ordered the army to repair for three days, and ordered someone to go to Nanyang to carry gunpowder, just so that Li Hu'er can also lead the army to cut off the Song army's southward retreat." ” Three days later, a large number of ships came on the north bank of the turbulent water, there were more than a dozen, and these ships were loaded with gunpowder, which was stored separately in the rear camp of the Xia army, guarded by special personnel, of course, Li Wu was not idle in the past three days, and sent a lot of troops to Dengzhou City for a tentative attack.
"Your Highness, all the gunpowder has been shipped, and there are 50,000 catties, which is enough for us to fight a big battle."
Li Yanze said to Li Wu.
"Don't be careless" Li Wu said very cautiously: "The prince has obtained accurate information, the Song army has stored a lot of gunpowder in Dengzhou City, and through the attack of the past two days, it can be seen that the Song army's defense in Dengzhou is very strong, in addition to the conventional defense means, the Song army has also prepared a large number of firearms, earth-shaking thunder and explosives packs, and they are also heavy sky-shaking thunder and explosives packs. ” "His Royal Highness means that the Song army intends to hold on to the lonely city," Li Yanze said to Li Wu.
"It should be."
Li Wu said.
"Then what does Your Highness plan to do next" Li Yanze asked Li Wu: "Although our army has artillery to help, if the project is forced, it will inevitably suffer huge losses. ” "Siege the city with artillery and return artillery."
Li Wu said very firmly; "Until the city wall collapses, Prince Ben wants to see how strong the city defense of Dengzhou will be."
"Yes, the last general commands" After Li Wu's military order was issued, the artillery unit of the Xia army immediately began to prepare, in addition to 500 artillery pieces, there were 300 return guns, these are all heavy siege weapons, in order to give full play to the equipment of these heavy weapons, Li Wu concentrated all the heavy weapons at the north gate, and at the same time prepared hundreds of base ammunition before each artillery fire, and there are far ammunition in the rear.
Wang Kai stood on the city wall and looked at the artillery array of the Xia army outside the city, not to mention how frightened he was, the power of these artillery Wang Kai has seen, according to the Xia army's way of playing, this Dengzhou city can not be held anyway, but the Xia army's artillery preparation will take a long time, Wang Kai immediately used this time to prepare, although Wang Kai knows that this city may not be able to hold, but Wang Kai also hopes to give the Xia army the most favorable damage, and it is best to let the Xia army hurt his muscles and bones, so as to achieve his strategic goals.
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