After Yelv Mo's command was passed on by the messengers, the seemingly chaotic but rhythmic sound of war drums began to be heard from the Jin Kingdom's phalanx.
Under the puzzled gaze of Dalong's soldiers, the Jin cavalry who were fighting with their own side began to retreat on a large scale, retreating in the direction of the Jin's infantry.
At this time, Dalong's soldiers discovered that the nearly one hundred thousand infantry phalanx of the Jin Kingdom had already changed its formation and turned into a formation that resembled the Nine Palaces and Bagua but was not the Nine Palaces and Bagua.
The infantry and cavalry gradually mixed together, and the dragon soldiers gradually began to gather together, taking a long circuitous route not far from the Jin army, looking for opportunities to attack.
Cheng Kai, Zhou Baoyu and others glanced at the Jin army gathered in the field and formed the Nine Palace Formation. They looked at each other silently and rode towards Young Master Liu, who was riding towards the center position.
"Commander, the enemy has set up a formation. It looks like the Nine Palaces Formation."
Zhou Baoyu nodded in agreement: "Yes, it seems that it is nine times out of ten that it is the Nine Palaces Formation. All the students in the formation are occupied by the enemy's cavalry. We don't have swords and shields. If the infantry rushes up, the form will be different."
How wonderful."
"That's right, all the enemy forces left behind are gates of death. As long as we are surrounded by their infantry and their cavalry rush out from the gate of life to outflank us, we might really stumble and be defeated.
In the hands of a bunch of nobody."
Liu Mingzhi wiped away the blood on the Heavenly Sword with his cloak, and looked at the two people with serious faces pointing in the direction of the Jin Kingdom's formation and making comments.
He raised his eyes and glanced at the gradually darkening sky, listening to the still-unceasing sounds of fighting in the south and west of the city. Young Master Liu raised his hand and slapped Cheng Kai and both of them on their helmets.
The two of them paused and turned around to look at Mr. Liu with aggrieved face.
"Commander, why are you beating us? We are analyzing the enemy's situation!"
"Yes, our analysis is very reasonable. There is nothing wrong. Why do you slap us for no reason?"
Young Master Liu shook his head helplessly: "You two and I are pretending to be so mysterious."
"What's wrong with the formation? What if there are no sword and shield soldiers to cover it? I don't believe that there are large formations that can't be broken by artillery, and there are gaps that can't be opened!"
"Commander!"
"exist!"
"Send the order to Jiang Lei. The artillery is to move forward one hundred and twenty steps and set it up for me. All the nine palace formations aimed at the Jin army will be replaced with explosive shells for me to blast to death."
"There is a way to heaven but you are not there, but there is no door to hell so you have to throw yourself into it!"
"I have no reason not to accept all the credit for delivering it to my door."
"Got the order!"
Cheng Kai and the other two were startled, with twitching corners of their mouths as they looked at the messenger who was riding away.
In the first half of their lives without being with Young Master Liu, the two of them had long been accustomed to leading a team to charge and break the formation. Suddenly they were thinking about how to break the formation, and they really forgot about the invincible siege weapon.
!
Looking at Mr. Liu who was scanning the Nine Palaces Formation of the Jin Kingdom, the two looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
"The handsome and wise man!"
Yelv Mo was in the center of the formation. He stared at the Dalong cavalry who had reappeared as Xuemu but did not charge. He was stunned for a moment, his face turned blank in shock, and he waved the flag in his hand repeatedly.
"Spread out, keep your distance, and be careful of enemy artillery!"
The messengers standing around the formation holding command flags were startled and hurriedly waved the command flags to convey the command.
In an instant, the Jin army formed a formation to meet the enemy and immediately dispersed in an orderly manner, leaving a large amount of space.
The cavalry also began to wander around the formation to prevent the dragon's artillery fire.
As soon as the Jin army's formation had enough space, a violent cannon fire came from the direction of Dalong.
Hundreds of artillery shells pierced the snow-covered sky and fired towards the formation of the Jin army.
Listening to the explosions and screams in his ears, and even more shells falling and exploding in the open space, Yelv Mo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with lingering fear.
If he hadn't thought of this problem in time and asked his soldiers to disperse, I'm afraid that just one round of artillery fire from the dragon would be enough to cause heavy losses to his side.
"General Humu, then Xuemu blocks the enemy's sight, and you lead the three thousand cavalry in a roundabout way, trying to find a way to stop the dragon's artillery."
"As long as their artillery is destroyed, their advantage will be completely gone!"
"Got the order!"
Liu Mingzhi's ears moved slightly and he scanned the dense snowflakes around him: "Du Yu, Tao Li, listen to the order!"
"exist!"
"You two each lead three thousand soldiers and horses to move towards the two wings. Just now, the sound of horse hooves came from the phalanx of the Jin army. Be careful that the enemy sends troops to sneak attack Jiang Lei and his artillery."
"Got the order!"
Not long after Du Yu and the others launched their attack, something unexpected happened.
The sound of artillery fire became increasingly rare. Instead of falling into the enemy's army formation, many artillery shells landed dozens of steps away from the dragon cavalry, causing violent explosions.
Caught off guard, countless war horses raised their hooves restlessly and neighed. The soldiers tightened their horses tightly and stroked their manes to comfort the frightened horses.
Liu Mingzhi was stunned for a moment and immediately turned around and looked towards the artillery formation. However, except for the snow, he couldn't see the specific traces of Jiang Lei and the others at all.
"Commander, what's going on? Why would Jiang Lei shoot at his brother?"
Liu Mingzhi looked around and fixed his gaze on the location of the Jin army.
"It's not our artillery. The sound of the artillery came from the Jin Kingdom!"
"It's coming from the direction of the Kingdom of Jin? How could the Kingdom of Jin have artillery? Commander, did you hear it wrong?"
The name Wanyan Feixiong flashed in Young Master Liu's mind, and before he had time to think deeply, Young Master Liu waved his command flag.
"Command the brothers to retreat a hundred steps. The range of Jin's artillery is obviously not as far as ours. It was just a test firing by them. Please retreat a hundred steps immediately!"
"Got the order!"
Sure enough, just as the dragon cavalry retreated for a moment, the sound of cannons was heard from where they were stationed.
Everyone took a deep breath with lingering fear. There was no time to think about the reason why the Jin Kingdom had artillery. It was all a feeling of fear for the rest of their lives!
If it hadn't been for the commander's timely order, with our dense formation just now, at least thousands of soldiers and horses would have died under the artillery fire.
"Commander, how could the Jin Kingdom have something as powerful as artillery? Our border has never exported goods prohibited by the imperial court. Where did their artillery come from?"
Liu Mingzhi breathed out slowly: "A genius tinkered with it, these are no longer important."
"Listen to the sound of cannons. There are not many artillery pieces in the Jin Kingdom. Otherwise, they would have been used to attack the city. Order the brothers to keep their distance to avoid being hit by their cannonballs."
"Got the order!"
"Commander, go and ask Jiang Lei immediately what's going on and why the artillery stopped?"
"Got the order!"
Except for the sound of artillery, the battlefield fell into a period of tranquility for a short period of time, as both sides were looking for opportunities to effectively attack the enemy.
"Report, General Han Peng and others have returned from the south of the city and west of the city to join forces. The enemy troops of the Jin Kingdom were defeated by them and retreated. Looking at the direction, they should want to join the main army!"
"Report, General Jiang Lei replied, the snow is too heavy, and the temperature around the artillery is very high, causing the snow to melt violently. Many artillery shells are damp and cannot be fired. General Jiang Lei is cleaning the damp artillery shells, and they can be re-launched in about a quarter of an hour.
fire!"
"Report, the letter from the Capital Golden Eagle is urgent!"