Qiming 1158

Chapter 1087 I am the sinner

The cavalry of the Ming army and the cavalry of the Song army soon fought, and the two sides fought fiercely and confronted.

On the other hand, after the second round of artillery bombardment, the Song army could no longer move forward. No matter how hard the officers worked, no matter how carefully this army was trained by Li Xianzhong, they would not be able to persevere in the face of the fear of the unknown.

Some people began to flee backwards, some people began to passively avoid the battle, and the army formation in the best condition could not continue to advance, and the four army formations were gradually unable to maintain.

Ma Hongxing noticed this trend and immediately ordered the Ming army to attack, the artillery to retreat, and the Ming infantry to advance step by step to attack the chaotic Song army.

Although the Song army was in chaos, some troops were able to attack the Ming army with bows and crossbows, but this level of bows and crossbows could not stop the attack of the Ming army.

After entering the firing range of the musket, the massacre began.

"Light up—raise the gun—fire!"

Following the commander's order, the musketeers pulled the trigger.

After a series of explosions, cloud after cloud of white smoke rose up, and along with the white smoke, there was a series of blood splashes and miserable screams from the Song army formation on the opposite side.

The front row sword and shield fighters of the Song army did not realize what kind of weapons the Ming army was using. They thought they were using the same conventional weapons, but only after the Ming army fired their muskets did they realize that they had made a big mistake.

It is also a firearm. The Ming army also equipped the army with individual firearms, which are equally powerful!
Song Jun's front row sword and shield players were either hit on the body and died or were seriously injured on the spot, or they were hit by the shield in their hands. The huge impact force made the shield disengage. The lucky ones were only fractured, and the unlucky shields were hit. Broken, the whole person is also half dead.

After a burst of gunshots, white smoke rose from the front of the Ming army, and the front row of swordsmen and shields of the Song army fell down. He died on the spot, blood spattered everywhere.

However, the Ming army musketeers did not have only one column in the firearm phalanx, but three columns.

After the first round of firing, the second row of musketeers stepped forward.

"Raise the gun - let it go!"

There was another series of explosions, and another row of people fell in the Song army formation - this time, spearmen.

In all fairness, the armor rate of this Song army is still acceptable, and the armor rate of the melee soldiers is indeed acceptable. However, the impact of the new firearms of the Ming army cannot be blocked by traditional armor, even if the armor is very thick, after being hit by musket projectiles. The kind of impact force is also very likely to shock or shatter the internal organs.

Although the appearance does not see blood for a while, people are more likely to die than those who see blood.

The Ming army's muskets kept firing, and people from the Song army kept falling. At first, they could trick themselves into persevering, but when they found that they dared not face the rising white smoke no matter what, everything changed. It's all over.

Li Xianzhong's elite 1-man army began to disintegrate in an all-round way, and the Ming army turned to a full-scale pursuit.

At the same time, the Ming army's iron cavalry successfully annihilated the Song army's cavalry by virtue of its combat strength and numerical superiority.

The Ming army's iron cavalry roared, detouring from two directions to outflank the Song army's back road, and attacked the Song army's rear army and the broken troops that had not been rectified from the rear.

So the rear army has not been messed up, and the defeated soldiers who have not completed the rectification are messed up again, and behind them is the central army, because there is no way to escape, they can only instinctively run back.

The impact of the army is equal to.

The Ming army cavalry slowly pressed up and drove the Song army to attack the central army. Li Xianzhong was shocked and tried to stabilize the central army. He could not effectively hinder the Ming cavalry, nor could he contain the collapse of the rear army.

In front, he faced the fierce pursuit of the Ming army musketeers. On the wide battlefield, the Ming army musketeers shot out long white smoke after another, and a large number of soldiers of the former army were killed and scattered.

In the rear, his cavalry was completely annihilated, the rear army collapsed, and in turn attacked the central army.

He was stunned to find that only half an hour after the start of the war, he had already fallen into a terrible situation where the entire army collapsed.

What's even more frightening is that he can't turn the situation around. All his cards have been played, and even the most important guards have been sent to fight, but there is still no way to solve the current problem.

The seasoned general Lee Hsien-chung now has to admit that he has faced a humiliating and dangerous defeat.

And the root of all this is not just that the Ming army suddenly killed from the north, if only the Ming army came from the north, he has the confidence to take the main force to beat the Ming army head-on and kill a bloody road, just like that year. That way.

He may not be able to defeat the Ming army, but the Ming army also cannot stop his retreat.

But the current situation is not like this, he cannot defeat the Ming army, nor can he successfully retreat.

The bottom line is that strange, terrifying, powerful firearm.

What exactly is that?
Why is there no news at all?
Although he had always heard that the Ming army's firearms were so good, no one had told him that the Ming army's firearms were so good, and there had never been any similar news before.

If he knew this news, he would not come to attack Xiangyang so unprepared anyway, and he would definitely want the Southern Song court to prepare the way to deal with the Ming military weapons, instead of being in a hurry now and unable to give any countermeasures.

Although very unwilling, although the Chinese army is still complete and still capable of fighting, Li Xianzhong knows that he has no hope of winning.

His support failed, and the 8-strong army might not be able to save too much. The Song Army's support plan fell to pieces, and the Xiangfan defenders had to rely on themselves...

No, how long can the Xiangfan defenders last with such terrifying firearms?
If the Xiangfan defenders can't insist on coming to the Sichuan-Shu army to help...

No, even if the Sichuan and Shu troops came to help, they would not be able to deal any blow to the Ming army, and they might suffer a big loss!
Then the two supporting armies all failed, Xiangfan was not guaranteed, the overall situation completely collapsed, Jinghu fell, Jiangnan West Road fell, and the Southern Song Dynasty was cut into two sections.

This almost declared the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, didn't it?

On the ever-changing battlefield, Li Xianzhong's empty brain did not produce a solution to the problem, but thought of the situation that the Southern Song Dynasty needed to face after the end of the war.

His failure heralded the complete failure of this great battle and the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty.

And yourself, the sinner?

Li Xianzhong sighed deeply.

Yes, I am the sinner.

(End of this chapter)