July 11, the second year of Zhenghe of the Song Dynasty.

This is an epoch-making day in the history of human war. The first time artillery has been on the stage of history as a field weapon.

Just after noon, after a full meal, the fifth general of the Youzhou Army and the first part of the artillery were driven out of the city of Lushun. The first person to appear was the cavalry battalion of the fifth general. About 500 half-armored knights carrying bows and arrows and rifles, wearing half-armored knights (equivalent to a platoon, with about 40 people) to control the open flat ground outside the north gate of Lushun City. After a brief contact with them, the cavalry troops of the Bohai Dawang Mansion quickly retreated and retreated to their main position.

The cavalry between the two sides was very short and there was no point in being very fierce. It was just that the cavalry of the Youzhou Army easily crushed the opponent. Under the rule of the Liao Kingdom, the Bohai people had long become an agricultural nation that farmed, and only a few children of the right surname had a little bit of maneuvering skills. However, their maneuvering skills and the war horses under their crotch were not enough to be seen in front of the cavalry of the Youzhou Army. So as soon as the two sides fought, they immediately decided to win.

Gao Yongchang didn't expect his cavalry to fight against the Youzhou Iron Cavalry. He just wanted to delay with his cavalry a little. Seeing that his cavalry was beaten to pieces, he quickly called out gold and took back the remaining cavalry and returned to the main position.

After clearing out the cavalry of the Bohai people, the cavalry of the Youzhou Army did not take advantage of the situation to attack the Bohai people's formation. Because they had already discovered that the Bohai people had many large chariots standing in front of the formation, and there were also a chariot resisting horses in front of the carts. They were very cautious and defensive!

After the cavalry controlled the battlefield, the fifth general of Youzhou Army's spearmen, swords, shields and crossbows were also launched in a row.

Amid the waves of golden drums and horns and the unique whistle sounds of the Youzhou Army, the well-trained infantry quickly took their positions and formed a circular formation. Although the Youzhou Army's military academics became more and more complicated, the formations they used for war were very simple. They were the three basic formations (formations). When they went to the battlefield, they then used three basic formations (formations) to combine and change according to the terrain, and used them flexibly.

The battlefield where the two armies fought today was not very open. It started from the beach in the west and ended at Heishan in the east, less than ten miles from east to west and less than four miles from north to south.

There is no room for detour, so we can only set up a tough battle. Therefore, the array is simple, which is a large horizontal formation composed of multiple pure team battalion horizontal formations (that is, battalion-level horizontal formations composed of a single army). In the center are spearmen, with swords and shields on both wings. There is a passage between the spearmen and swords and shields for entry and exit.

After the cavalry was completed, they retreated. After the cavalry retreated, the crossbowmen rushed out of the passage and formed a dense three-row array, which was placed in the forefront of the spearmen. Then 27 1,500-jin bronze cannons were pulled out by a strong horse, and one door was arranged in front of the big horizontal formation. They were not scattered evenly in front of the big horizontal formation, but were distributed in front of the knife and shield soldiers on both wings of the big horizontal formation. There were 13 doors and 14 doors.

The last ones were today's commander-in-chief Luo Gang, the fifth general Chai Chong, and their two aides, the commanders and guards.

A large group of people ran to the front of the center of the Great Hange Formation and established a small temporary command post in the open space between the crossbowmen and the spearmen. Because Luogang, Chai Chong and others were riding on horseback, they could get a good view from the sky above the crossbowmen's heads.

Chai Chong looked at the position of the Bohai people in front of him and frowned, "The Bohai people built a chest wall with big carts and sandbags... They moved quickly enough!"

"It's really fast..." Luo Gang held the far tube and looked at it for a while, then suddenly shook his head, "No, that's not a sand bag, that's a grain bag! If it were a sand bag, where did the soil be dug? I didn't see the trench."

"Grain bags? How much food are these Bohai people bringing?"

"Haha, live for a while!" Luogang put away his telescope and waved his hand and said, "Let's start!"

There were messengers holding various small flags beside him, who took out the red flag and waved it suddenly.

The artillery commanders on the artillery positions on both sides saw the red flag dancing and immediately waved heavily: "Let it go!"

The 27 1,500-jin bronze cannons had already loaded the shells and aimed at the center of the Bohai Army's battle formation. The ignited gunner got the order and ignited the red-burned iron rods, and each muzzle roared and spit out the flames!

The artillery position of the Youzhou Army is very close to the center of the Bohai people's battle formation, with a direct shooting distance of less than two and a half miles. The opponent's crossbow is no longer threatening at this distance. The solid bullet shot directly aimed at can obtain good power. As for the accuracy, there is no need to worry about it, because the target of the shelling is too large, and at least tens of thousands of people is boundless and difficult to fight!

A round iron ball was sprayed out of the muzzle by the power of gunpowder, and the huge recoil would push the cannon backwards. The artillery around began to work hard, using long hooks and dry and wet wool brushes to clear the chamber, fill in the medicine bag, fill in the iron bullet, press it with a bullet rod, and pierce the medicine bag through the fire door with an iron cone. Then the artillery teamed up to reset the cannon, aim, and use a special wooden tool to block the cannon's wheel, load gunpowder, and then ignite... There were more than ten processes in total, and seven well-trained gunners needed to work hard for a while before completing a loading. If there were timers from later generations, it would take about 5 minutes.

Of course, this loading speed cannot be compared with the artillery in the 18th and 19th centuries of Europe in later generations. After all, cannons have just appeared on the war stage now. It is really important to admire the genius of Luogang's generation of artillery officers. Of course, Wu Haogu also gave them many ideas...

It takes 5 minutes to complete a loading, and the actual rate of fire is slower. Because the barrel will become hot after several firings, it needs to be poured into water and cooled down (Wu Haogu didn't know the method of cold vinegar), which means there is another process.

But even this slow fire rate of fire, which is a few minutes, is far beyond the ability of the Bohai people on the opposite side. They formed a dense formation and stood there as targets! The 27 cannons were arranged in intensive manner, and they were bombarded a little more. Every few minutes, 27 hot iron balls were smashed down hard! The speed was so fast that it was difficult for the naked eye to catch, let alone dodge. Anyone who was hit by these iron balls would be dead. If he was lucky, he would hit the vital point and die before he could even scream. If he was unlucky, he would have to struggle for a while before he could die...

The most terrifying thing is not this smash, but the iron ball will rebound after hitting the ground. Sometimes it bounces higher and flies over the heads of the Bohai warriors. Sometimes it bounces lower, it will be amazing, just sweeping across a bunch of people's heads. That's a shell! No matter what kind of helmet or horn will smash you into pieces!

After several rounds of volleys, the area where the Bohai Army was bombarded was completely in chaos. Human flesh, brain, and residual limbs flew everywhere!

However, I really need to carefully calculate the number of people killed in battle. In fact, it is not too many. In total, only 27 cannons were firing, and several rounds of volleys were fired, which was more than one hundred shells. They were neither flowering bullets nor shotguns. How many people could they kill?

But the problem is that the firepower is concentrated. 27 cannons aimed at a point and all more than 100 shells fell on the head of a Bohai commander with only more than 1,000 people. How could there be no collapse? If it was a flowering bullet or a shotgun, the Bohai commander would be wiped out.

Of course, the one who was bombed was completely collapsed and was in chaos. From officers to soldiers, they seemed crazy, screaming and running away, and panicking, chasing all the friendly formations on both sides and behind.

The Bohai people who were not bombed were also stunned. What's going on? Why did they make such a big noise? The formation was in chaos, and screams and screams were heard. Smoke rose in the center of the battlefield, and fire flashed in front of the other formation from time to time... Is this the legendary magic?

The people of Bohai all believe in Buddhism. Since there is Buddhism, of course there should be magic. Now the magic of Youzhou Army is very powerful, so what about the Buddhism of Daliao? When will it appear?

Just when everyone thought about when the Dharma would appear, the continuous sound of cannons on the opposite position suddenly stopped.

Why don't you fire a gun?

Behind the Bohai Army, when the cannon sounded, Gao Yongchang turned down from the horse's back and hid behind a chest wall built with a grain bag. He colluded with the Youzhou Army, and of course he knew that there was a firearm called cannon in the Wuhao Gu army, which could use gunpowder and other things to fire iron balls. It was invincible and everything could be broken. So when Gao Yongchang was pushed out by the Khitans this time as a consumable, he did not forget to ask his subordinates to build a very strong chest wall for himself. When he saw something wrong, he hid immediately.

So when he heard the sound of cannons suddenly stopped, he still had the heart to think about it. However, the other party did not give him too much time to think, and the cannons rang again. However, this time the target of the shelling was replaced by the two wings of the Bohai Army.

At the same time, under the cover of the smoke that had not yet dissipated on the battlefield, the crossbowmen and spearmen in the center of the Youzhou Army's position began to rush towards the center of the Bohai Army's formation that had not recovered from the shelling with a brisk pace, accompanied by the snare drums.
Chapter completed!