Gao Daquan went from north to south and killed the vanguard camp of Jiaozhi. He looked coldly at the gate of the two-mile Diplomat camp, looked back at the hills on both sides of the valley entrance, and shouted loudly: "The reinforcements of the Jiaozhi people have gathered up, and they will come here to kill them in a short time. Let's retreat."

After hearing this, the personal soldiers behind him went to various command offices to pass the orders.

Xu Ping looked at the situation on the top of the mountain and ordered Tan Hu. After a while, a cannon rushed into the night sky.

Chen Changji looked at the flames left by the cannons in the air in front of the tent, frowned and said, "The Song army will make these strange things and disturb people's hearts."

Five thousand soldiers of Jiaozhi spread to their wings and quietly covered their vanguard camps two miles away. At this time, the cavalry formations of the Song Dynasty were scattered. If they were surrounded by the Jiaozhi formation, they would inevitably pay a huge price.

Xu Ping could see clearly on the top of the mountain with the fire, pointing at the attacking Jiaozhi soldiers and said to Lu Fang: "You also see that the Jiaozhi reinforcements have come out. Just in the middle of the two camps in Jiaozhi, aim at the route of their two teams and let the Dazhongshi cannons fire together."

Lu Fang took the order and took the command soldiers to make arrangements.

This time it was covered and the test firing was not corrected. With a drum sound, two large and medium stone cannons behind the mountain were fired together.

The huge reaction force made the entire hill tremble, and stone bombs all over the sky even blocked the moonlight, flying down the mountain with the sound of whimpering wind.

The Jiaozhi soldiers who were attacking forward were walking halfway, suddenly felt the light dim, and then the sound of tearing the air from above the head came. Before the stone bullet could land, a strong wind was brought out.

This area is an open space, with only a few sparse trees. First, they were hit by stone bullets. The branches as thick as bowls were smashed from the big tree, sweeping seven or eight Jiaozhi soldiers to the ground.

The Jiaozhi soldiers just felt frightened. Before they could react, the huge stone bullet had fallen into the crowd and ran over the Jiaozhi soldiers. Taking advantage of the momentum, they rolled forward and pressed a blank space in the crowd.

A total of two or three hundred cannons and medium cannons on the mountains on both sides were fired together, just like a stone rain falling under the mountain. The Jiaozhi soldiers shrouded in nowhere to hide, and countless casualties were killed or injured.

This time the shooting was still a little bit off. Most of the rock bullets hit the open space in the middle, and only a small half of them hit the crowd. Especially this, a volley also took away the lives of more than 300 Jiaozhi soldiers.

The deputy general who led the troops was so scared that he was still in place by the earth-shaking momentum. He stared blankly at the stone bullets that were still rolling on the ground, and he didn't know whether to move forward or backward.

Chen Changji looked in front of the coach camp and saw a large group of secret bees flying out of the hills on both sides, buzzing and covering the soldiers he was attacking. In just a moment, the five thousand soldiers were in a mess.

"Ruan Dali's killing talent is no wonder he was so scared by the Song army's stone cannons, and he had such a might." Chen Changji took a breath, "I don't know how many stone cannons the Song army set up on the mountain, and it can fire hundreds of stone bullets at a time. How can I fight this battle a few more times? Will my five thousand soldiers and horses be all over?"

Thinking of this, Chen Changji said to his personal soldiers around him: "Send an order to ask Deputy General Li to take his people back."

The sound of snatching sounds in the Jiaozhi military camp, and as the wind spreads to the distance in the winter night, it will not stop for a long time.

Deputy General Li heard the sound of the stern and breathed a sigh of relief, organizing his subordinates to start retreating. He could no longer control whether the soldiers in the vanguard camp were dead or alive, and the Song cavalry who retreated calmly no longer cared about it. If the Song army retreated, they should retreat. Let's save their lives first.

More than a moment later, the drum sounded on the top of the mountain again, and the second round of stone bullets hit the Jiaozhi army again with a whistling sound.

This time, the Jiaozhi people were already prepared for defense, but the stone bombs would fly everywhere after they landed on the ground. As long as they were closer, they would be unable to defend themselves. More than 200 people died under this round of stone bombs.

Taking advantage of this space, Gao Daquan took his subordinates back to the valley. Two thousand cavalrymen took over a military camp of nearly 3,000 people in Jiaozhi, but only lost more than a dozen people, which was unscathed.

Xu Ping saw it on the top of the mountain and completely relaxed. He ordered Tan Hu to tell Lu Fang that the range of the stone cannon would be increased by fifty feet and then another round to give Jiaozhi a surprise.

The so-called long range is just one or two counterweights on the stone cannon, which is theoretically fifty feet. However, the range of the stone cannon is affected by too many factors, and the dispersion is particularly large, so it can only be roughly hit.

The retreating Jiaozhi soldiers were caught off guard by the third round of stone cannons. This time, the most casualties were killed and injured. One time, more than 500 Jiaozhi soldiers withdrew from the battlefield.

The most surprised by this round of artillery was Chen Changji, who murmured: "How is it possible? The Song army's stone cannons were accurately shot. Not to mention this, how can they still be close and far away? This is great."

Seeing his subordinates in a mess, Chen Changji became more and more shocked the more he thought about it: "If Song Jun's stone cannons could chase people and they were condescending, how could this battle be fought? How could it be done at one time? I have many people who can withstand this torture and get close to the entrance of the valley. Thousands of people lost their lives. No wonder the Song army emptyed the entrance of the valley and did not build a pass there. I thought they had no time, but I didn't expect that they had relied on such powerful stone cannons to facilitate their troops to come out of the valley. What should I do?"

That night, both sides could not fall asleep.

Xu Ping here rewarded Gao Daquan and a group of two thousand cavalrymen who had made military achievements. Through this battle, Xu Ping also strengthened his confidence in victory, and it was not difficult to destroy 10,000 or 20,000 Jiaozhi soldiers outside the valley.

Jiaozhi is busy treating soldiers injured by stone bullets, and arranges to escape from the vanguard camp that are already scared. Most of the local soldiers who have been killed have escaped without a trace on the moonlit night. They are not fools, so how could they still stay here for others to be cannon fodder?

The most worrying thing is Chen Changji. He couldn't fall asleep all night and thought about how to deal with Song Jun's stone cannons on both sides of the valley entrance. According to conventional rules, the best way to deal with stone cannons is to use stone cannons, using cannons to counter cannons. As long as you can hit farther than the opponent and hit more accurately, you can naturally win easily.

But Chen Changji saw the three-wheeled volleys of the Song army, and he was really not confident that he could create a better stone cannon than the opposite mountain. Not to mention that the Song army was in a position and was condescending. Even if both sides used the same cannon, the Jiaozhi army would not have any chance of winning.

Stone cannons are curved weapons, and are naturally beneficial to the defense, especially when there are covers. A hundred years later, Chen Gui, a famous defensive general in the Song Dynasty, believed that the city wall should not be too high because the stone cannons of the defense can be mounted under the city wall and must just cross the city wall when fired. And the stone cannons are under the city wall, and no matter how powerful the stone cannons of the attacking party are, they cannot hit the head. If the city wall is not broken, the defense will be unbreakable.

Xu Ping naturally didn't know about these, but he understood the ballistics of long-range weapons. If the stone cannons are arranged on the back of the ridge line, the enemy would either occupy the ridge line or dig through the mountain, otherwise they would not be able to threaten the stone cannon position.

With these hundreds of stone cannons, several blockade lines can be established on the offensive route, so that the Jiaozhi army cannot form a continuous attack. When the troops are not fewer than Jiaozhi, the intermittent attack cannot threaten the Song army at all. Even if there are any mistakes, the reserve team can make up for it in time.

The war has reached the present moment, the Song army's advantages have become extremely obvious.

In the next three days, Chen Changji did not make any moves and quietly sent a large number of soldiers to the surrounding mountains to cut down big trees and speed up the production of simple stone cannons.

The principle of a simple stone trencher is not complicated. It has been a necessary weapon for siege since the Warring States Period. As long as you find a few more skilled craftsmen, you can make it yourself in the army. Especially simple stone cannons dragged by manpower, it is easier to make. As long as there is enough wood, it is not difficult to make a few tables in a few days. However, how powerful this stone cannon can be depends on the character of the coach.

On the fifth day, it was time to see that it was the end of the first lunar month. Chen Changji at the entrance of the valley was calm, while Li Fomake from Shenglong Mansion could no longer calm down.

The situation in Sumaozhou became increasingly corrupt. The local soldiers who entered the country from Luzhou were unpopular. They encountered walls everywhere and launched fierceness, burning, killing, and looting everywhere. Sumaozhou was originally a mountainous area of ​​Qianzhou on the border. How could it withstand the torture of thousands of defeated soldiers and the local households were getting worse and worse. Leaded by local large households, two thousand households fled into Qinzhou of the Song Dynasty. At this time, the Song army on the border had already gained an advantage, especially Xu Ping restrained 10,000 or 20,000 mobile troops in Jiaozhi, and Shenglong Mansion was unable to increase troops to the border.

Feng Shenji's veteran general for many years naturally would not miss such an opportunity. He became tough on Jiaozhi. He followed Xu Ping's actions in Liangzhou and insisted that Su Maozhou was a resident state under Yongzhou of the Song Dynasty. He intervened in Su Maozhou affairs as the governor of Yongzhou and recruited households, but he was almost sending troops to occupy it.

Without the support of local households, the soldiers sent by Shenglong Mansion to Sumaozhou and the local soldiers who entered there had been a conflict in order to compete for supplies and had already formed a group of troops.

On the 28th day of the second month of Mingdao, the day of Yiwei, the Jingzhe solar term.

Winter has just come to an end, spring seems to be coming and going, the chill between heaven and earth has finally faded away, and the warm wind blows from the sea to Liangzhou.

Li Foma sent the military supervisor to the front line of Liangzhou, and the eunuch Li Mingxin came to Chen Changji's military camp.

After hearing the soldiers' reports, Chen Changji did not dare to neglect, so he hurriedly welcomed the gate outside the gate.

Li Mingxin was the adopted son of Li Renyi, the favored eunuch at this time. Li Renyi was the planner of Li Foma ascended the throne, and his status in front of Li Foma is self-evident.

Chen Changji has made Li Fengxiao his backer, and no one cares about him. But not to mention that his subordinates cannot be compared with their adopted sons, even his status in front of Li Foma, Li Fengxiao may not be able to compare with Li Renyi, the eunuch who guards the king every day.

Seeing Chen Changji, Li Mingxin was cold and said after a while. He raised his head and said indifferently: "General Chen, the emperor is here to come down. I ask you, it has been nearly ten days since he arrived in Liangzhou, so why are you still not going to patrol? Recently, the villains in Su Mao have been in trouble. The emperor is anxious and is waiting for the general to pacify Liangzhou, sweep Luzhou along the Qiongqi River, and together with the defenders of Su Maozhou, they took down the villains who caused trouble. As a result, the general stayed honestly outside Liangzhou and did not take the emperor's advice to heart. What does it mean?" To be continued.
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