The battle just started, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.

The Tatar cavalry would not wait to be bombarded by artillery fire like straw men and wild beasts in captivity.

In an encounter, when placed on the plain, the Tatar cavalry had absolute advantages such as number, degree and maneuverability, but when they reached the hillsides on three cliffs, the Tatars' advantages were less obvious.

The hillside itself can slow down the impact of the cavalry. In addition, there are the corpses of soldiers and war horses of two armies on the slope, as well as the huge rocks thrown by the Ming officers and soldiers, potholes blown out by shells, and arrows shot out. The advantages of cavalry fighting on this terrain have been reduced to the greatest extent.

But the most important thing is the existence of the Flor cannon.

Chenxi chose a condescending position like the top of the hillside, and launched a fierce attack on the Tatars with the maximum fire range and range killing advantage of the Ferlang cannon.

As the artillery fired together, the ground trembled violently, not to mention the war horses and cavalry on the horse's backs in the distance.

"What's going on over there?"

The soldiers of the border army on the top of the Weicheng City in Yulin initially felt sad for the Ming army with the mentality of watching the fun, but when they thought that they were from the Beijing camp, they felt extremely relieved.

I deserve it, let you show off your power again. This is God’s punishment for you!

When the battle broke out, it indeed confirmed the idea of ​​the soldiers of the border army. These Beijing soldiers were too cowardly and had almost one-fifth of them escaped before the war began.

After the war started, they still did not think that the Beijing camp soldiers had any chance of winning. You want to use the earth slope to slow down the charge of the Tatar cavalry. However, although the earth slope is a little high, the east side is hundreds of steps long, which makes the slope appear relatively smooth. The Tatar cavalry has been through the battle formation for a long time, so the slope will be increased by a few more.

More than a thousand cavalry do not need to rush up, just one or two hundred cavalry can achieve suppressive victory. This is the absolute control of the cavalry over the battlefield in this era.

But when the cannon 6 continued to roar, the soldiers of the border soldiers on the top of the city gradually realized something was wrong.

Perhaps because the Tatars themselves were entrusted, the distance between their vanguard and the subsequent central army was a bit far apart. It would be fine if the more than 100 cavalry could rush up the mountain in one go, but if they failed, it would be difficult for the follow-up troops to be supplemented as soon as possible.

"That's more than one hundred Tatar cavalry, covered in heavy armor, and those bad eggs in the Beijing camp are no chance."

The veterans on the top of the city are popularizing knowledge for the new recruits. "If the shield and spear are combined and ready for battle, there may be a glimmer of hope..."

But the final situation was completely beyond the expectations of the Yulin border army.

It was originally a small-scale battle without any suspense, but was pulled back to a state of incomparableness as artillery fired.

In the battle of almost a cup of tea, more than 100 heavy cavalrymen who were leading the Tatars were bombed so that only a few could rush up the mountain. They were then hit by the Beijing camp on the mountain and fought in a similar situation for a moment.

"Archer...where are archers?"

On this side of the mountain, Song Shu used his sword to cut over the last Tatar, and finally successfully withstand a round of attacks.

When Song Shu inherited the Qianhu, the deputy deputy of the Jingying camp, he had fantasized that he would one day fight with the Mongol Tartars, but he never thought that this day would come so quickly, and how could it feel like chopping over the legendary incomparable Tatars to the ground?

Now his passion is rising and his passion is coming!

Before the next wave of Tatars rushed up the mountain, Song Shu couldn't even hold his helmet and hat, so he quickly looked for the "archer". But the hillside was already in chaos, so who could hear what others said? The gunners only had the small flag that kept rising and falling in Shenxi's hands.

"Next round... let it go!"

Chen Xi could not remember how many rounds it was. He only knew that his task was to raise the flag and land the flag at this moment, regardless of whether the Beijing soldiers could keep up with the rhythm. As long as he did not fall, the gunners would have the confidence to keep filling cannons, loading the sub-guns, firing cannons, changing the sub-guns, filling cannons...

Finally, the more than 100 Tatar cavalry who rushed to the mountain were wiped out.

Chen Xi clearly remembered that the Tatars were slashing at him with a knife, but were blown away by a shot. Life and death were in the blink of an eye. Either you die or I die. However, this unlucky Tatar acted as a shield and blocked the tribe behind him with a split ending.

After the attack and defense ended, Chen Xi was exhausted and needed to hold on to the rock behind him to barely stand.

"Sir, are you okay?"

Zhang Laowu looked bloody. Just now, not only did Zhang Laowu complete the task of firing a cannon, but he also chopped over a Tatar who rushed to the front of the Folang machine cannon with his own hands.

"continue!"

Chen Xi just took a breath and shouted.

Zhang Laowu said: "No, sir, you have to wait for the cannon to cool down now..."

The artillery cast before the Ming Dynasty was extremely bulky. After a few shots, water must be used to cool the cannon barrel to avoid explosion.

At this moment, I couldn't find water at the foot of the mountain, so the soldier took out his water bag and wanted to pour water into the cannon.

"No need to cool down, do you want to die? Stop it!"

Chen Xi shouted loudly, it seemed useless. He quickly kicked Zhang Laowu and asked Zhang Laowu to go over and tell the soldiers not to pour water into the cannon barrel.

You should know that they are currently using a relatively lightweight Flang machine cannon. The iron wall of the cannon itself is not very thick. When pouring water in high temperature and high heat, it is easy to explode when it is cold and hot, and the chance of a squib cannon also increases exponentially.

"Prepare to fire!"

Chen Xi raised his flag again. This time they were not facing more than one hundred cavalrymen, but more than one thousand cavalrymen flocking toward the ground.

However, this time Chen Xi was more confident because he could see clearly that the Tatars only treated the Flor cannon as ordinary crossbows to defend, and dismounted from a distance, and turned into infantrymen, trying to form a defensive formation with shields and heavy armor to attack the mountain.

Because of the long preparation time, the more than 100 Tatar cavalry who were almost rushing up the mountain in front of him were abandoned. At this moment, the Tatar soldiers closest to the top of the mountain were also four hundred steps away.

"First round preparation..."

As Chen Xi raised the flag, the gunner skillfully loaded the gun. At this moment, the loaders behind were busy. The cannons responsible for adjusting the angle had corrected the angle of the cannon, while Zhang Laowu and other artillery soldiers held torches, fire chubs and other objects in their hands.

"put!"

With a command, nine artillery fired volleys.

It was completely different from what the Tatars thought, the range and angle of the Ferang cannon far out of their imagination. Arrows usually only have more than one hundred steps to wield their power, and even if they are condescending, they cannot reach 300 steps. At the same time, they are attacked on the other hand, and the shield can just play a role.

But this time, the Folang machine shells crossed the shield formation and fell from a high altitude to the ground and exploded. As soon as they exploded, there was a large area. As a result, the Tatar infantry holding the shield in front had nothing to do, while the Tatars waiting for the charge behind were affected. In this round of shooting, dozens of Tatar soldiers had fallen down.

"Boom boom boom"

Three consecutive rounds of artillery came down, and at least one or two hundred Tatars charged in a dense formation were killed.

“Uluru…”

The Tatars felt that the snails rushed up the mountain, and that was the enemy used as a living target. So the Tatars, who acted as infantry, quickly dispersed, and the shield soldiers who were holding the front also retreated. The Tatar cavalry who fell behind stuffed earplugs into the ears of the war horse under their crotch, and then rode their horses to sprint.

This time, the Tatars' cavalry charge significantly accelerated. After four or five hundred cavalry formed a scale, the entire mountain was trembling for a while, and the Beijing soldiers on the hillside became nervous again.

Just now, the Tatars who had just dealt with more than 100 injured Tatars almost ended up being wiped out. Now there are four or five hundred Tatar cavalry in front of them. At the same time, the retreating Tatars are stepping on war horses and ready to support the attack at any time.

"Next round... let it go!"

At this time, Shen Xi did not have the approaching Tatar cavalry in his eyes. He just needed to remember the key points of his movements and control the rhythm of the firecrackers. Even when he came back, he simply closed his eyes.

After four or five rounds of artillery were shot down, the Tatar cavalry was already scared. After these short rounds of artillery, one or two hundred cavalry were again yelling and wailing. Coupled with the tragic neighing of the war horses, it gave people the illusion that the Hall of Hell is at the gate of hell in front of him.

However, at this time the Tatars had no way to retreat. Now they had reached a place more than 200 steps from the top of the mountain. Even if they retreated, they would have to be bombed. It would be better to rush to the top of the mountain and use the heads of the hateful Ming soldiers to pay homage to the people who died in battle.

But at this moment, Song Shu and others rushed out from the side of the hillside... Just now, Shen Xi keenly observed that there was a pile of logs piled up near the top of the mountain, probably the rest of the rest when building Yulin Cangcheng or the surrounding fortresses before, so he ordered Song Shu to carry the logs. Seeing that the Tatars were about to rush to more than a hundred steps in front, Song Shu and others pushed the logs down.

As the logs rolled down the hillside, the Tatar cavalry, who had already lost their sprint, felt that this thing was quite hindering. Some strangled the reins of the horse and successfully avoided it, but more were caught off guard and were knocked over by the rolling logs, and they all hit the cliff next to them with their horses.

At this time, the roar of artillery on the hillside has not stopped.

A large number of Tatars were taken away by shotguns shot from Fran's cannons.

The charging Tatars were in a very embarrassing situation. The short distance of a hundred steps seemed like a natural barrier. At this moment, the sound of withdrawing troops sounded from behind. Many Tatar cavalry turned their horses and galloped in a flash. The Tatars who lost their war horses did not have the courage to fight again, so Saya turned around and ran away.

Shen Xi glared at Song Shu and shouted, "What are you waiting for? Lead the troops to pursue him!"

"Mr. Shen, it's enough for the Tatars to escape. What should we do after him?" Song Shu looked at Shen Xi, as if he was looking at a madman.

Shen Xi was furious: "If you don't chase them, let them know our determination and courage to fight to the death. Could it be that they will wait for them to come back and kill them up the mountain?"

Song Shu thought that this was the case, but at this time the soldiers in the Beijing camp were completely disorganized. Without Chen Xi and Song Shu's orders, some soldiers were already chasing them.

Song Shu had no choice but to mobilize thirty or forty men and rushed down the mountain. As a result, before he could rush through the hillside, he heard a "boom" sound, and the fire was still firing on the mountain.

"Damn it, is this to let me wait and die?"

Song Shu watched the shells fly over his head and no longer silly rush forward. He stopped and looked left and right. As a result, the soldiers chasing him behind could not stop and kept knocking him to the ground. Song Shu rolled over several times in a row into the pile of bloody corpses.

"Unfortunate! Unfortunate!"

Song Shu got up, and these soldiers who caused trouble quickly came to help him. The sound of artillery behind him was still endless. Song Shu waved his hand: "Retreat!"

Well, just rushed to the hillside and went back along the same road!

The entire battle lasted almost an hour. When the Tatars finally retreated four or five miles away, they disappeared behind the southern wall of Yulin Wei. The people on the hillside had basically no strength. The most unbearable ones were Song Shu and others... But they couldn't blame them. They mainly rushed down the hillside, and they spent too much energy on one go.

"Sir, the Tatars have withdrew!"

Zhang Laowu excitedly pointed in the direction where the Tatar cavalry team disappeared and shouted loudly.

"Nine half of them were killed or injured. If the Yulin Guard attacked at this time, they would probably have to stay. It would be strange if they didn't retreat... hurry up and clean up and prepare to enter the city!" Chen Xi shouted.

Song Shu shouted at Chen Xi: "Mr. Shen had known for a long time that the Tatars would retreat, so why should the brothers chase after him?"

Nonsense! If you don’t pursue, how can the Tatars know that you have the strength to do?

If you defend the mountain to the death and even let go of the best chance of attack, the Tatars will definitely know that you are at the end of your strength and will probably attack for another round. I will not know who will win if you win.

Chen Xi didn't care about explaining anything to Song Shu at this time, and said with a stern face: "This is a military order!"

One sentence made Song Shu unable to refute it.

Indeed, Chen Xi was in charge of the battle from the beginning to the end, which seemed to be messy, but he did not make any mistakes. If it were him, he would probably have been torn to pieces by the Tatars at this time.

"What should I do now?"

Among the soldiers who retreated from the bottom of the mountain, there were many deserters.

"What are you waiting for? Packing up your things and entering the city, didn't you hear the order?" Song Shu had a bad temper at this time and was full of anger on the soldiers.

What Chen Xi was most afraid of now was the arrival of the Tatar reinforcements. After this battle, he accumulated a sense of evil fire in his heart and made up his mind that if he still couldn't open the city gate this time, he would point the artillery at the top of the city to see if the guys from the border dared to fool him with military orders.

There was another chaos of war. At this time, the artillery team did not care about packing up the bodies of their robes. They were all concerned about their lives. At most, they sent the wounded and sick to the carriage and loaded the artillery into the carriage. They rushed down the mountain and headed all the way to the west gate of Yulin City.

When I arrived at the city gate, before Chen Xi could go up and shout at the top of the city, the city gate automatically opened.

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ps: The first update is here!

Today I took my daughter to Chengdu Dental Hospital to correct my teeth. Because there are too many people doing the teeth, the emperor left at 8 am and arrived home after 4 pm. I delayed the update. Sorry!
Chapter completed!