Qiming 1158

Chapter 1048 The destruction of Xiangyang City and Fan City is imminent

The Song Army's military village, which was completely destroyed, could no longer resist the attack of the Shenji Camp.

The defense facilities destroyed by artillery can no longer provide even a little cover for the Song army in the military village.

It was not until this time that the Divine Machine Battalion and the Musketeer began to act.

The standard musket phalanx is rapidly formed, and they advance step by step, and the speed is relatively fast.

When the crying and running Song soldiers in the ruins of the military village entered the range of their muskets, the musketeers raised their muskets and started shooting.

The sound of a series of gunpowder explosions rose along with the cloud of smoke, and the Song Army soldiers who were within range were hit by lead bullets.

Suddenly, Xu Tong felt as if he saw a scene of blood flowers blooming on the soldiers of the Song Army.

Those soldiers of the Song Army were hit by irregular lead bullets, and even those who wore armor were hit and fell to the ground, bleeding profusely, not to mention those soldiers who did not wear armor.

They couldn't stop the musket fire in any way.

The musket phalanx advanced all the way, and fewer and fewer Song soldiers survived the artillery bombardment.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion crossed the ruins of the military village, crossed a corpse, crossed the smoke-filled space, and walked forward step by step.

The Shenji Battalion led by He Feihu destroyed five Song army camps in exactly the same way during the day.

It was all artillery bombardment to destroy the defense, shock the army, and then the phalanx stepped forward and fired a round of muskets, sending them directly to the sky.

Rarely need melee troops to come forward to make up for the knife.

In fact, according to Xu Tong's observation, he found that the equipment of these Song troops is not bad, and the armor rate is quite high, which is a little higher than that of all Song troops he encountered before.

But in the face of the shooting of the musketeers of the Shenji camp, they were completely wiped out.

The power of the musket is so terrifying, under a single shot, there are few living people who are hit.

Xu Tong had never seen such a fierce firearm, at least in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Although it was only a short contact, Xu Tong probably understood the powerful power of this kind of firearm. If the two armies collided face to face, he could imagine the appearance of the Song army field troops being beaten into sieves by the Ming army with muskets.

Xu Tong followed He Feihu's department step by step, and saw that they were in a rut, but their army was well-organized, disciplined and organized.

The commander ordered to move forward whenever he ordered, and stop firing when he stopped firing.

When encountering the fleeing Song army, He Feihu did not order the pursuit, and there would never be any soldier of the Shenji Battalion who would leave the army formation to pursue the pursuit.

The artillery roared and the muskets were ferocious. In Xu Tong's eyes, Song Jun's military village, which could not be breached without paying a huge price, was like a sand castle built by young children by the sea. Same.

During the whole process, it was not without the Song army soldiers waving steel knives and raising crossbows to launch a counter-charge at the Shenji battalion.

When attacking a certain military village, the artillery general village was razed to the ground, but some very brave Song soldiers were not defeated by the fierce bombardment of the artillery, but instead launched a counter-charge when the Ming army approached, which is indeed very rare.

But their counter-charge was meaningless in the face of a volley of musketeers.

Xu Tong saw with his own eyes a group of about [-] or [-] Song soldiers with steel knives, shouting and rushing out of the ruins. The speed was very fast and the momentum was amazing, but the magic camp was not moving like a mountain, and the musketeers followed the order. Raise the musket.

When they rushed to a closer position, under the order of the officer, a row of musketeers fired in unison, and one round of shooting made the blood of the twenty or thirty Song soldiers smeared, and even their bodies were blasted with blood mist. .

Blood splattered everywhere, stumps and broken arms flew around.

None of the [-] or [-] Song soldiers survived. , all lost their lives here.

Shenji Camp remained motionless and continued to move forward without being shaken in the slightest by the surrounding environment.

A day later, at sunset, He Feihu led his army to destroy the third army village and wiped out all the Song soldiers inside. He returned his troops to the camp and replaced them with other troops to clear the battlefield and build an advance base to stabilize the victory and prevent Song. The army came at night.

After returning to the barracks, according to the statistics and reports of various parties, Xu Tong learned that the Shenji Camp destroyed a total of seven Song army camps on the battlefield today.

The troops of the Shenji Battalion in every direction have made great progress, pushing the battle line forward by a third of the distance in one breath, killing and capturing about 600 Song soldiers, and completing the battle. previously set strategic goals.

In this way, in just two more days, the Ming army will be able to advance under Fancheng and bring Fancheng into the firing range of the general artillery.

Then, you can watch the performance of the Great General Cannon.

Anyway, from Xu Tong's point of view, although Fancheng's city wall is tall and thick and tough, it is hard to say how long it will last under the bombardment of the Great General's artillery.

As long as a gap is broken, even if it is only one, the Ming army soldiers can quickly rush up and start a fierce battle with the Song army in the city.

As long as the hand-to-hand battle is engaged, the Shenji Battalion will be able to shine again, causing huge damage to the Song army, and quickly advancing the front.

As a result, the destruction of Xiangyang City and Fan City is imminent.

Xu Tong was very excited.

At the same time, at the head of Xiangyang City, Wang Yan fell into a huge panic and confusion.

He was very worried after listening to the sound of roaring and cracking like gunpowder exploding all day, and hearing that the battle situation on the front line was not good.

The Ming army seems to be using firearms to attack the Song army camp on a large scale.

He had heard of the Ming Dynasty's reputation for being an excellent weapon, but he didn't know exactly what was going on. As a result, after someone from Fancheng came to report the battle, he was terrified.

"Seven military villages? One day? Seven military villages were breached in just one day? Are you kidding me? Do you think I don't understand military affairs? Do you think I am one of those jinshi masters who don't know anything? You dare Lied to me!!!"

Wang Yan was very strong, and he picked up the messenger sent by Zhou Benyuan to report the battle situation with one hand. The messenger was too thin and could not fight against the sturdy Wang Yan. After being picked up, he had difficulty breathing and his face flushed. .

Seeing that he was about to die, Wang Yan threw him on the ground with a flick of his hand.

Before he could get up to catch his breath, Wang Yan followed him and stabbed him in the chest, killing him.

"Nonsense! Disturb our army! Kill!"

Wang Yan didn't believe in today's battle situation at all, so he sent his personal guards to enter Fancheng through the river and boats to ask Zhou Benyuan for "real" information.

(End of this chapter)