As the Republican army's platoons started, a smoke of gunpowder was soon filled with smoke in front of the Song army's position on the Xiaolingan. Because the Xiaolingan was not an open area, hundreds of muskets could not be moved at all, so they could only be divided into several rows, and after one row, they retreated to let the musketeers behind them open fire. Therefore, the output of firepower was a certain degree of sustainability. Rows of projectiles shot on the earth wall, with great force, and suddenly there was a chaotic smoke. From time to time, archers and crossbowmen standing behind the low wall were hit by one or two bullets, and flesh and blood were immediately flying!

The second master Wu Songwu, who has become a general of the Zhaoyi Army, immediately felt something was wrong. The Zhou Republic Army has made too fast progress, and something new has been created! It seems that he has made a "small cannon" that can be used by individual soldiers, probably an upgraded version of the camel cannon?

Moreover, the second wave of Zhou's charge became obviously fierce. He did not fire outside seventy or eighty steps, but rushed within fifty steps before the first round of launch was launched.

While firing the rogue guns, their team was rolling forward and firing a rogue gun, and then took a few steps under the cover of smoke, and then another rogue gun!

This is not to consume the strength of his own archer, but to come up to fight in close combat.

He quickly passed the order: "Concentrate all the auxiliary soldiers and form a team, and the officer directly controls it!"

Wu Erye is a general of the Zhaoyi Army who has fought many times. He has long forgotten how to win the battle, but he knows how to defeat the battle very much.

Judging from the current situation, Wu Song knew that he was going to be defeated. So he immediately put together the palace army. When he came from the south, he found in advance that the ambush place was in the mountains. It was so easy to set up an ambush. He didn't ask for anything to do with the Zhou army. It was still possible to scare them and let them chase them slowly.

However, the Zhaoyi soldiers were not completely ruined. Just as the musket was fired, their crossbows also began to fight back. They threw the rain of arrows out in waves and landed on the armor of Zhou soldiers, making a jingling sound.

Some musketeers were also injured by the powerful crossbow of the Song army! The bows and arrows basically do not penetrate cold forged armor, but the penetration of the crossbow arrows is much stronger, which can pose a certain threat to the soldiers in armor. However, they cannot be fatal to one blow... Unless it is particularly coincidental, it is difficult to achieve a killing.

Therefore, it is difficult to cause major damage to the Zhou army in armor. In later generations, people always fantasize about using bows and arrows to deal with European line infantry in the 18th and 19th century. It is theoretically reasonable. Because the fire rate of bows and arrows is faster and the fire density is greater. But if you push the time forward for two or three hundred years, it will be replaced by various phalanx soldiers wearing plate armor when the hot and cold weapons meet. The lethality of bows and arrows to them is limited, unless you can shoot accurately at a longer distance to avoid the plate armor covered by the enemy.

It is also possible in theory, but when the cannon and musket fire repeatedly, a large amount of gunpowder will be generated, blocking the archer's vision...

The wind was not strong on the saddle of Xiaoling today, so after the Republican musketeers fired several rounds of gunfire, smoke rose in front of the two armies.

Under the cover of smoke, the grenade sword shield soldiers following the musketeer had ignited the leads of the wooden-handled hand cannon.

After a few harsh whistles, they started running and dropping bombs!

Dozens of hand cannons like hundreds of hammers fell from the sky, mostly in the crowd of people from Zhaoyi Army's crossbowmen. Before they exploded, they knocked out more than ten people on the spot. Wu Erye, who was watching the battle from a high place behind, was also stunned. What kind of fighting is this? Throwing the hammer and hitting people? How many people can this kill?

While wondering, a ball of fireballs were flying among the crowd of archers in Zhaoyi Army!

"Damn it! It's a hand cannon!" Wu Song couldn't help but shout. "The hand cannon cannon can actually be used like this..."

There are similar weapons in the Song army! There are only "grenadiers" that do not have wooden handles installed, and they do not have specially trained, and they are usually only used in battles in the city.

The tactic of using gunpowders to approach with gunpowders like this, and then suddenly throwing wooden-handled hand cannons was something that Wu Erye had never heard of in the past!

"Beat the drum!" Wu Song roared.

The drum is to send signals to the sword and shield hands!

Wu Song did not bring the spearmen to Xiaoling'an, but brought two teams of archers, two teams of crossbowmen, four teams of knife and shieldmen, two teams of auxiliary soldiers, and one team of engineers. A total of eleven teams and more than 1,600 people were brought.

I wanted to build some fortifications in Xiaolingan to resist the Zhou army for ten or eight days. Unexpectedly, I encountered a hard battle as soon as I got up!

The hard battle has just begun!

Wu Song's sword and shield hand met Zhou Jun's axe and spearmen!

The so-called axe and axe is the combination of short spears and tomahawks. This weapon has existed for a long time. When the "Education Regiment's Western Expedition" more than 20 years ago, Wu Haogu wanted to equip the axe and gun with the troops.

However, this weapon is not easy to use, and it is a bit difficult for the first generation of soldiers who have just put down their hoes.

But it has been nine years since the Republic of China, and the second generation of military citizens have entered the battlefield. They have been trained as soldiers since childhood, and there are many experts with outstanding martial arts skills, so it is easy to train qualified axe and spearmen.

The Zhaoyi sabre and shield hands they met were recruited from farmers on the territory of Zhaoyi Town, most of which were strong tenants.

Although the Zhaoyi Army has been working hard to learn from the Zhou Kingdom over the past decade, it has never been able to break away from the framework of the regiment training. The basis of the regiment training is "magic scholars and officials", that is, the landlords. Basically, the military men in the landlord's family are generals, and the heroes in the tenants are soldiers, and the heroes who are soldiers are pieced together. The heroes who are soldiers earn military pay and will not become military citizens. Basically, they make money by joining the army, and then buy land to marry and have children.

In other words, they are still recruiting soldiers, but they are not directly hired by the court, but through "sages and officials".

These "magic doctors" have become military contractors who fall into money's eyes!

Needless to say, Wu Song is just a general contractor. Now he is working on it, but his capital is his capital...

The tenant soldiers hired by the literati were actually quite powerful. After all, they were troops with "masters". However, their foundation was still not as good as the second-generation military citizens of the Zhou State. Once the two sides were hand in hand, the tenant soldiers could no longer withstand it.

But he did not collapse immediately, but was forced to step back step by step.

Wu Song, who was supervising the battle behind, saw the enemy's axe and spearmen rushing up, and knew that Xiaoling'an could no longer defend it.

He has a lot of martial arts skills, so of course he knows that axes and guns are not easy to use, so it’s not that masters can’t play with them. Now there are so many axes and gunsmen, how can his own tenants and swords and shields be blocked?

However, the problem is not very big, because the Anshan Road in Xiaoling is narrow and it is not convenient to pursue. The soldiers under Wu Song can still retreat more calmly.

The question now is just where will the Republican army that broke through Xiaoling'an advance?

If the Zhou army marched southward to the third gate of Dingbei after breaking through Xiaolingan, then Wu Song, the commander of the Dingzhou military commander of the Zhaoyi Army, would be overwhelmed!

If the Zhou army enters the Pingxing Pass west, thank goodness... Today's Battle of Xiaoling'an will be successful.

...

"Good news, good news!"

Liang Fangping's excited voice once again sounded in Zhao Ji's ears.

"read!"

"............ On the 18th day of the first lunar month of the sixth year of Xuanhe, the commander of Dingzhou troops, Wu Song, led the three camps of Dingzhou army from the third gates of Dingbei to Xiaolingan, Feihukou, and fought with the Eastern thieves. In this case, the Dingzhou army was in danger, with bows and crossbows like rain, swords and guns like forests, and round-route battles, destroying more than 10,000 Eastern thieves. The so-called first division of the Eastern thieves was defeated, and it was said that more than ten thieves were killed, hundreds of bandits were killed, and they retreated in succession. Wu Song's army also suffered more than 100 casualties, because the arrow cluster was consumed too much and the injured soldiers needed to settle down. After the Eastern thieves retreated in a hurry, the three gates of Dingbei were not worried, temporarily reorganized their troops and retreated south to Yinchengfang for repair.

The official family, this small lingan is a dangerous place on the Feihu Path, while Yinchengfang is located south of Feihu's mouth, facing the Danbei Third Queue. Neither of these two places are the defense zone of Zhaoyi Army, but the territory of the Jin Kingdom."

"The Eastern thieves did not continue to attack Yinchengfang?" Zhao Ji was a little suspicious.

"No." Liang Fangping smiled, "Han Xiaozhou still said in the memorial: After this battle, the Eastern thief was brave and there was no danger in Dingzhou!"

"Okay, that's good! Han Xiaozhou has always been reliable and will not report victory by chance. He said that Dingzhou is safe, so Dingzhou will definitely be fine." Zhao Ji breathed a sigh of relief and turned his eyes to the map platform in the Qionglin Palace Hall. "Hejian Road and Cangzhou Road are full of good news. Now Zhao Yijun has reported victory again... It seems that Hebei is safe. Only Dengzhou is not good, and a lot of territory is lost to the east of Zhifu Mountain."

"Your Majesty, don't worry," Liang Fangping smiled, "Zong Ze has already gone to Jingdong East Road to supervise the army. I think the situation will be stabilized in less than a few days. The Eastern thieves obviously cannot defeat the official army!"

"That's right!" Zhao Ji nodded, "It shouldn't be able to defeat the official army..."

To Zhao Ji's expectations, over the past month, his army has received good news, with a winning rate of up to 90%!

The Eastern thief, that is, the Republican Army, encountered obstacles everywhere on the main battlefield in Hebei, and only took advantage of loopholes on Jingdong East Road. However, they did not capture Dengzhou City, but only occupied some territory in the east of Dengzhou.

Today, the victory of Zhaoyi Army came again! The Eastern thief's plan to attack the third gate of Dingbei was once again crushed by the invincible Song Xinjun.

"It seems that Zhao Yijun is still reliable!" Zhao Ji nodded, "How is that Yue He? Are you in better health?"

Zhao Ji still trusts Yue He who has fought many times in the north. Now there are many generals who have won the victory, and it is inevitable that they will become arrogant because of the victory. It is time to promote the defeated general...

"Okay, much better." Liang Fangping smiled.

"Then let him come out and do things," Zhao Ji said, "It's common for victory and defeat. Let him go to Xiangzhou to recruit soldiers. Recruit a new army, and after training, they will be controlled by Zongze."

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