Although five hundred muskets can cause a large amount of damage, they are not enough to change the situation on the battlefield of tens of thousands of people. As long as the imperial army is rushing forward one after another, the team of muskets can be dispersed, and even some muskets can be seized and brought back to the capital to study.

but……

This kind of thing that can kill people directly without using a crossbow is too terrifying!

This is a psychological blow. No one knows what these musketeers are holding, and no one knows why the comrades in front of them fell to the ground after a loud bang.

After following the command of the superior, these people rushed forward for dozens of steps, they found that the brothers in front of them were lying all over the ground. So someone stopped because of fear.

Fear is the first instinct when facing unknown things.

At this time, nearly 10,000 people from Li Shuo's Ningzhou army had already rushed into Xiangyang City.

The Ningzhou general who had just passed the thirties had no expression on his face and said coldly: "The shield soldier stood in front, the pitcher followed him, and advanced from west to east!" liejufa1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

"Everyone pays attention to protecting the musket!"

Five hundred musket soldiers cannot change the battle situation in Xiangyang City, but when thousands of shield soldiers joined the battlefield and more than a thousand unique "pitchers" of the Southwest Army followed and entered Xiangyang City, the battle situation was very different. Musket soldiers were a group of troops that Li Shuo and Mu Ying had trained in the past few months. They were relatively unfamiliar with the application, but the pitcher responsible for throwing thunder was already available in the southwest in the nine years of Taikang, and they were very familiar with it when applied.

After the enemy was hit by the musket for a round, the rhythm formation was already in chaos and no decent counterattack was formed. Even the long-range crossbow did not shoot a few arrows. Dozens and hundreds of thunders were thrown into the enemy's formation under the cover of the shield soldiers. In just one encounter, the Hanzhong army began to be defeated.

The wailing sounds loudly!

When Li Shuo saw the Hanzhong army begin to retreat, he spoke decisively: "Chasing slowly, don't be impatient, and slowly advance towards the east of the city!"

The predecessor of the Ningzhou Army was the remnant of the Pingnan Army back then. Although the Pingnan Army had been reorganized and had been incorporated into the Southwest Army, Li Shuo, after all, the major general of the Pingnan Army, and many elite troops in the Pingnan Army back then, remained in the Ningzhou Army. The later 50,000 Ningzhou Army was also trained according to the standards of the Pingnan Army. In terms of combat power, he even surpassed the Southwest Army under Mu Ying's command. His execution ability was very strong. After hearing Li Shuo's order, he nodded immediately, and only more than 10,000 Ningzhou Army fought tens of thousands of Hanzhong Army backwards step by step!

Because the Hanzhong army was in chaos, the retreating was not very orderly, and the Ningzhou army holding firearms were chased by the back, gradually changing from retreating to fleeing, with heavy casualties!

Li Shuo was now on the city tower of the west city wall of Xiangyang. He looked at the Hanzhong army who were constantly fleeing with a thousand-mile mirror, and then looked back at the southwest military camp still stationed outside the city, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

If the Pingnan Army had the equipment of the Southwest Army now, not to mention Emperor Taikang, even if it was Emperor Chengde or even Emperor Wu of the Great Jin Dynasty, it would have a strong force!

It’s a pity that my brother is just like my eldest father, and he is too arrogant in his bones, and the two of them are destined to be unable to get together.

Thinking of this, Li Shuo sighed and ordered to his subordinates: "Notify the general that the Southwest Army can enter the city."

"yes!"

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On this side, Li Shuo fought smoothly and was full of energy. On the other side, Xie Jing, the chief general of the Hanzhong army, was quite embarrassed. Seeing that the Hanzhong army was retreating step by step, he ordered the Hanzhong army to counterattack more than once, but his morale was broken by muskets and thunder. At this time, no military orders were effective. It was still Zhong Heng who saw that something was wrong and issued the order to withdraw the troops. The Hanzhong army fled from the west to the east.

The three generals who led the troops in Xiangyang also fled back to a house east of the city, and each of them looked very ugly.

Xiangyang is the most important city in the central part of the Great Jin Dynasty. Once Xiangyang is lost, these southwestern rebels can go straight to the capital city. Emperor Zhao of Yuan sent them all to Xiangyang to make them defend Xiangyang no matter what. But now, the two sides have only been fighting for half a day, and the Hanzhong army is immediately defeated, and the southwestern rebels have invaded Xiangyang City in this way!

Once such a huge sin is passed into the capital, each of these three generals who led the troops in the southwest cannot escape the blame. Even Xie Jing, the emperor's uncle, may not be able to stay out of the matter!

The three of them sat on a table, and Xie Guojiu was full of anger and gritted his teeth and said, "Half a day, only half a day!"

"In just half a day, the southwest barbarians seemed to have entered a deserted state and directly entered Xiangyang City. This incident spread to the capital. None of the three of us should have a good reputation. We might as well kill one head-on, or die in Xiangyang in battle, so as not to be embarrassed to return to Beijing!"

Pei Jin was relatively calm, and he frowned and said, "The Southwest Army has created new things beyond the sky thunder."

"Today they used a catapult to throw thunder. Although they were powerful, they were essentially the use of thunder. However, after these Southwest Army entered the city, the iron pipes that could shoot hidden weapons in their hands were things they had never seen before."

Pei Jin's voice was a little hoarse.

"It's over here. No matter whether Xiangyang City can be defended or not, we must find out what the iron pipe is. It's best to snatch one or two pieces from them and send them to the capital to hand them over to His Majesty. In this way, even if the southwest is broken, we won't bear too much guilt."

Zhong Heng, who frowned and said without saying a word, thought for a long time, then smiled bitterly: "This thing is probably something made by Marquis Li. Grandfather often talked about him to me, saying that he was rarely seen as a person for decades."

"Now it seems that my grandfather's vision is really great."

Zhong Heng's grandfather Zhong Xuantong met Li Xin when Li Xin was sixteen or seventeen years old, and even gave his own sword to the latter.

"This kind of amazing thing cannot be created in three or five years if you think about it alone in a year or two."

Xie Jing gritted his teeth and said, "It must be that Li Xin got a volume of ancient books somewhere that recorded these things, but he has been hiding in the dark and has never used them."

"The late emperor treated him like a brother and brother, and made him the most powerful minister. This man was not satisfied. He had hidden so many things and did not hand them over to the court at all!"

The uncle cursed fiercely: "The wolf's ambition!"

"Now, discussing what Mr. Li is doing, it is of no use."

Zhong Heng smiled bitterly and said, "The most urgent task now is how to deal with the aggressive Southwest Army and whether to defend Xiangyang City?"

"The walls of Xiangyang City have been broken. If you want to continue to defend, you will probably still suffer heavy casualties when facing those unknown iron pipes. So, with me, let's leave a group of people behind the palace, and then the large army will temporarily evacuate Xiangyang and send the information they have received to the capital. In this way, the Hanzhong army will not be wiped out, and can retain some strength. In the future, we can also help the imperial guards in the capital to fight the southwest."

After Zhong Heng finished speaking, he looked around and continued, "What do you think of the two generals?"

Xie Guojiu's face was gloomy.

"Just escaping from Xiangyang in such a panic, it is probably a death sentence after returning to Beijing!"

Pei Jin smiled faintly.

"Otherwise General Xie stayed here alone and took the Hanzhong Army to guard Yiyi. My Ankang Army learned from General Xiaozhong's suggestions and began to slowly evacuate from Xiangyang tomorrow."
Chapter completed!