After Han Shizhong's Song Army artillery launched three rounds of shelling on the besieging Xia Army, the Xia Army could no longer hold it back.

After they heard the Jin King Richard's brother's call to withdraw his troops, they all acted like a bereaved dog after being beaten up by a ruthless man. They howled like ghosts, whipped their horses, and retreated in retreat.

Even among the many Xia soldiers who were killed and injured by Song artillery shells, many of the dead and injured were relatives of the Xia army generals who fled backward. They did not dare to save them when faced with the threat of unknown Song artillery.

He even dared not collect the bodies of his wounded comrades and relatives.

Han Shizhong admired Zhao Guanjia even more after seeing three rounds of shelling, which defeated the menacing Xia army and fled.

If the Zhao Guan family hadn't developed artillery and equipped their Song army with more than a dozen mountain cannons and dozens of boxes of artillery shells, then tonight, when he faced Xixia's strongest iron kite army, he would not have

What odds.

Han Shizhong assessed the situation and judged that most of the soldiers of the Fourth Route Xia Army had fled out of the artillery attack range. There was no need to waste artillery shells now. This was the best time to counterattack. At the same time, he also judged by observing the battle situation.

He found the location of Xia Army coach Richard.

He loudly ordered: "The whole army attacks and kills Brother Richard! Those who bravely kill the enemy will be rewarded, and those who retreat in fear of the enemy will be killed!"

"Follow the order!"

"Come on!"

"Kill!"

Han Shizhong rode his horse and rushed to the front, holding a spear in his hand and taking the lead. Three thousand soldiers followed him, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.

At the same time, Brother Li Cha, the Xia army’s coach, saw that the Song army gave up chasing the other three defeated Xixia armies, but concentrated their troops and horses, came out in full force, and attacked him with all their strength...

At this time, the remaining 300 cavalry of the Iron Kites Army led by General Xishui Canglang, who had been bombarded by the Song Army for three rounds, and the remaining 2,000 soldiers and horses from Jingzhou were approaching the front of Brother Richard's formation.

The army was defeated like a mountain, and even Brother Richard, the first warrior of Xixia, was helpless.

However, he wanted to organize the remaining troops to resist the Song army's counterattack within a limited time, and also buy him more time to retreat and make a comeback.

He roared angrily: "Pass this king's military order to carefully reward Cang Lang's soldiers and horses, and use all your strength to block the Song army's counterattack. Those who are defeated and retreat will be killed without mercy! Guards, draw your bows and arrows, and kill those who are defeated and flee.

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"Follow orders..."

Xishang Canglang, who originally wanted to retreat with Jin King Richard, received the military order from Jin King Richard, so he could only bite the bullet and roar at the remnants of the Iron Kites and Jingzhou soldiers around him.

road:

"Follow me to protect the King of Jin and fight back to block the Song army's pursuit. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"

The Iron Harriers he led had been following King Richard of Jin for several years, so they were very loyal. They all turned their horses and prepared to follow Xishang Canglang to block the pursuit of the Song army led by Han Shizhong.

After the Jingzhou soldiers and horses were hit hard by the Song army's stone cannons and artillery for three rounds, their loyalty to Brother Richard was not high in the first place, and most of the Jingzhou soldiers and horses still retreated backwards.

Watching Canglang angrily shouted: "Anyone in Jingzhou's army who disobeys military orders will be shot without mercy!"

"Follow the order!"

The generals of their Iron Kites Army took the lead in wielding their butcher knives at the defeated Jingzhou soldiers passing by them. In the blink of an eye, dozens of Jingzhou soldiers who fled back were hacked to death.

At the same time, Tu Lunxia, ​​the tooth general next to Brother Richard, had already organized forty soldiers on horseback to mount their bows and arrows on their horses, shouting the party language of "Those who retreat will die" and said to

Those Jingzhou soldiers who were at the forefront of the retreat were shot and killed mercilessly.

Brother Richard also asked the Iron Kites soldiers protecting him to shout in Dangxiang:

"Those who die in battle will be treated favorably by their families.

If you are defeated and flee, your family members will be punished with imprisonment."

The remaining approximately 2,000 soldiers and horses from Jingzhou who had been damaged in the battle saw this. If they fled back, they would die, and their families would be harmed. It was better to obey the King of Jin's military order and fight to the death here. Maybe there would be a glimmer of hope. Even if they died in battle, they would not be able to survive.

It will harm the family.

They reorganized their flags and drums, turned around and rushed toward the Iron Harriers led by Cang Lang, preparing to resist the pursuit of the Song army led by Han Shizhong.

Watching Cang Lang regain his remnants, the Xia army of more than 2,000 people had not even formed a formation, but they saw that the Song army was already chasing them about sixty paces away.

Han Shizhong took the lead, armed with a spear, and rode his horse to the front, killing six or seven Xia troops who were running slowly.

"Fire the arrow!"

The order to pay close attention to the wolf was given too late.

After all, most of the Xia army's generals had just turned around and were preparing to resist the Song army's pursuit. In preparation, they were bound to be a few breaths slower than the Song army.

At this time, the Song Army had already followed the military orders of the commander Han Shizhong. The Song Army cavalry in the middle and rear teams had already let go of the bow strings that had been stretched with arrows like a full moon. Arrows like rain were directed towards Xia Xia who was arrayed in an irregular manner in front of them.

The army shot away.

"Swish swish..."

"Ah, oh, oh..."

Hundreds of Jingzhou soldiers of the Xia army were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, screaming in agony.

And pay close attention to Cang Lang's more than 300 iron kite troops, because they themselves and the good horses they ride are all heavily armored. Even if some of their cavalry were shot by the random arrows of the Song army, they were also

He was blocked by his heavy armor and was not stabbed.

Watching Cang Lang carefully, he saw that the remnants of the Jingzhou soldiers and horses he had recovered had been injured by the random arrows of the Song army and killed hundreds of them. The Jingzhou soldiers and generals who were still alive were all timid and most of them were not under the control of military orders.

possible.

Watching Cang Lang speak Dangxiang dialect, he shouted:

"The arrows of the Song army could not hurt our Iron Harriers at all. The Iron Harriers turned their horses and followed me into the Song enemy's army, disrupting the Song army's formation. The Jingzhou soldiers and horses then covered them up and killed them."

"Follow orders..."

"Come on!"

"Kill!"

…

Watching Canglang lead an army of more than 300 people riding iron kites, charging from a distance of more than 60 steps from the Song army led by Han Shizhong to about 30 steps away from the Song army, they were all surprised to see the front line of the Song army.

It quickly changed into a horizontal formation.

Moreover, when looking closely at Cang Lang and his more than 300 kite-riding troops, they all saw the more than 40 generals of the front line of the Song army forming a horizontal formation, each holding a "Chi Chi" weapon in their hands.

The little stick of smoke...

"Swish swish..."

Under the leadership of Song Army coach Han Shizhong, they threw grenades into the Iron Kites in front of them.

"Bang bang..."

"Bang bang..."

Before the wolf could recognize the more than forty smoking sticks thrown into their team, grenades had already exploded.

Even though the generals of the Iron Kites Army all ride good horses, are heavily armored, and are invulnerable to cold weapons, they are faced with the lethality of hot weapon grenades that Zhao Ji brought to this era hundreds of years in advance.

The heavy armor of the army could not withstand the extremely penetrating shrapnel that was ejected after the grenade exploded.

"Ahhhh..."

"Ouch, ouch, ouch..."

In the blink of an eye, with fire and smoke rising everywhere after the explosion of many grenades, many cavalrymen of the Iron Kites Army, known as the strongest fighting force in Xixia, were blown away...

The fragments generated after the explosion of some grenades even cut off the arms and thighs of the Xia Army cavalry wearing heavy armor. Even many Xixia war horses wearing armor were not spared. Those Xia Army cavalry who were missing arms and legs were only injured.

He could lie on the ground screaming and wailing.

Although the war horses of the Xixia Iron Kites Army were all carefully selected, they had never experienced the lethality and huge momentum of thermal weapons. The surviving hundreds of horses of the Iron Kites Army were frightened. They raised their front hooves and roared.

, fled in all directions, and trampled to death many Xixia Jingzhou infantry who were following behind them...

The aftermath of the grenade explosion made the disgraced Xishang Canglang extremely angry. Before his troops had a head-on fight with the Song Army, most of his troops were killed by the Song Army's gunpowder weapons.

He was so angry that his eyes widened, his canthus was cracked, and the corners of his eyes were bleeding. He waved his machete and shouted heart-breakingly in Dangxiang dialect:

"Warriors of the Iron Harrier Army, are not allowed to escape. The families of those who disobey orders will suffer the consequences. Protect the King of Jin, follow me into the Song Army, and avenge your brothers!"

"Kill..."

Inspired by the fine admiration of Canglang and his leading example of charging forward on horseback, half of the iron kite army, more than fifty warriors, followed the general, brandishing their swords, and charged towards the Song army's formation led by Han Shizhong.

forward.

Han Shizhong leapt on his horse, raised his spear, and led his cavalry to fight...

Han Shizhong fought with Xishang Canglang for three rounds, and then stabbed Xishang Canglang in the throat with a spear.

"puff!"

Watch the wolf die on the spot, his body lying limply on the horse's back, and the blood staining most of the horse red...

Han Shizhong thought to himself: "If you can fight with me for three rounds and die, you can be regarded as a fierce general. I heard that the soldiers of the Xixia Iron Harrier Army were all tied to their horses with hooks before going into battle. Even if they died,

It will not fall to the ground. Now it seems that this statement is true!"

At this time, I paid close attention to Cang Lang's Iron Harrier Army. Because their leader was killed in battle, the morale of the army was in chaos. They had no intention of fighting anymore and turned around and fled back.
To be continued...