Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 239 Alternative uses of gunpowder

"Report! Your Majesty, the Song army set up a formation at the mountain pass in front, General Yelu Degu attacked and was shot back by the Song army's crossbow." The messenger ran to Yixin to report.

"Oh? The Song people are not running away?" Yixin was overjoyed, and immediately ordered all the ministries to follow up, determined to wipe out the Song people in this mountain.

Pushing the horse forward, Yi Xin couldn't help frowning.This place immediately enters the mountains. Although the road is still very wide, it converges forward into the valley. The mountains on both sides are not conducive to cavalry rushing, and it is difficult to deploy troops to outflank. At this time, he thought that the Song army was deliberately leading the Liao army into This battlefield is good to limit the advantage of Liao army cavalry.

But since the Song army dared to come to Xijin Mansion, plundered the four fields, and alarmed the Liao Lord, then he must annihilate the Song army on the spot, otherwise the face of the Liao cavalry would be lost, and the morale would be hit too much.So he was going to annihilate the Song army in the mountains at any cost.

Having made up his mind, he ordered General Xun Xiaolu to detour from both sides to try to outflank the Song army.

When Yelu Degu saw Yixin's big banner approaching, he hurried over to greet him, and immediately reported: "Your Majesty, these people from the Song Dynasty are unusual, so we must deal with them carefully."

Yi Xin hurriedly asked: "Why not the general law?"

"His riding and shooting are all top-notch. The two thousand-man teams chasing at the end suffered more than half of the casualties, but the Song people did not leave a few corpses behind."

Now Yixin was also very puzzled: "Since when did the Song people have such powerful cavalry? Is this still a Song people?"

Seeing that Yelu Degu couldn't answer this question, he had no choice but to look forward and say, "This king will see for himself how different these Song people are."

At this time Li Buqi had already commanded [-] cavalry to line up in the middle of the road, and [-] crossbowmen occupied both sides of the hillside.A tentative attack by the Liao people just now was quickly collapsed by the heavy rain of bows and crossbows, leaving more than a hundred corpses behind.

Li Buqi sneered slightly when he saw teams of Liao troops arriving, filling the funnel-shaped mountain plain in front of the valley with blackness, and large banners gathering in front of the formation, Li Buqi sneered slightly, and looked back at the people in the long valley. The thousands of cows crowded together said to Zhong Er: "Let's get started. We don't have time to waste time with the Liao people."

With a smirk on his face, Zhong Er shouted to the trumpeter next to him: "Blow the horn! Drive the cattle! Fire the cannon!"

The soldiers immediately drove the cattle to the mountain pass, and then set off gunpowder behind the cattle, making a loud bang.

Yixin had just discussed with the generals to send troops to dismount and hold shields to attack the Song army, but suddenly heard a muffled thunderous sound from behind the Song army, followed by the terrified howl of wild animals.Everyone hurriedly looked up and saw the cavalry of the Song Army rushing up the hillside in a panic, wishing the horse had two more legs.Almost at the same time, the ground seemed to tremble, and the herd of beasts screamed wildly and rushed out of the valley to the Liao army formation like a raging wave!
Yixin's first reaction was to yell, "Fire the arrows! Stop the cattle!"

Cattle have a loose temperament and are not as easy to control as horses, so the Liao army used horses instead of cattle when attacking the enemy's positions.But Yixin understands that the power of the herd of cattle is even more terrifying. If the herd of cattle is driven crazy, it will have the power to destroy the world.

Now these generals are at the front of the battle, bearing the brunt, and it is too late to escape.Because there are tens of thousands of troops in the back, all of them are packed in the funnel-shaped area between the two mountains. The more people there are, the more time-consuming it will be to mobilize. I am afraid that before the order to let the rear army get out of the way is conveyed, the cattle will rush forward. up.So now there is only a ray of hope for hard resistance!
All the soldiers of the Liao army in front of the battle were pale, and they raised their bows and arrows in a hurry to shoot at the cattle.Cows are rough-skinned and thick-skinned, so they can't die with a few arrows, but the pain arouses even more fierceness.Many cows were still breathing heavily after counting arrows in their bodies, and rushed straight towards the Liao army blocking them with blood-red eyes.

Finally, a cow full of arrows fell to the ground, but the cows who were driven mad by the loud noise, flames and pungent smell behind them wanted to escape from this terrible environment and ignored the fallen cows at all. Companion, step over the fallen cow, jump over and continue to rush towards the Liao people's team.

Some soldiers of the Liao army threw away their bows and arrows, turned their horses' heads and tried to escape, but more than 2 people crowded together, and the passages left between the various phalanxes were immediately filled.

The herd of cattle collided with the Liao army's men and horses with huge kinetic energy. Under the momentum of more than a thousand catties, no shields or armors were useless.The cow in the front pierced the horse's belly with its sharp horns, provoking the human body.When they were blocked and stopped, the bull behind knocked them down again, and then the burning bull stepped on the fallen bull and jumped high, smashing down from the head of the knight on the horse...

Under the protection of the soldiers, Yixin and others were running backwards in the passage left between the teams. When they looked back, they saw that the formation of the forward had been overwhelmed, and the cavalry rushed back desperately.He hastily whipped the horse's buttocks twice again—this kind of collapse of tens of thousands of troops is very terrifying. Once they are crushed and knocked off the horse, they will no longer have physiology—now he has no power to recover, so he can only escape first. Besides.

While Li Buqi and Gao Zunyu were standing on the hillside trying to appease the horses under their crotches, they couldn't help being dazzled by the scene in front of them.The police cavalrymen galloped behind the cows with their gunpowder puppets that sprayed bright flames, and from time to time, some of them held iron pipes and made a "boom tom" sound.The cows, who were driven crazy by the flames and loud noises, ran faster than horses at this time, stepping over piles of cows, horses and human corpses fanning towards the Liao army who was running backwards desperately. Where the army meets, it is like the waves of two rivers colliding together to stir up huge waves.

And farther away, the Liao army fleeing for the road also rushed into each other, especially the Liao army who had just come from the rear was scattered and ran wildly before they could figure out what happened.

Li Buqi saw that the densely packed corpses made it difficult for the cavalry to pass, so he ordered: "Let all our people come back and stop chasing them. We need to hurry, there are still more than 300 miles to go."

Gao Zunyu touched the cold sweat on his forehead and said, "How did you come up with the idea of ​​patrolling the border? I have watched the puppet set off with medicine during the New Year since I was a child, but I never thought that the puppet with medicine can be used in this way."

Li Buqi smiled and said, "I have only recently started to pay attention to this gunpowder. It was originally intended to be a war horse used to set fire and scare the Liao people in battle."

Seeing Zhong Er coming on horseback, Li Buqi turned to Zhong Er and asked, "How about the casualties?"

Zhong Er had a dumbfounding expression on his face: "More than a dozen casualties were caused by the Liao people. Although the horses had seen gunpowder, they had never seen such a large battle. Many people were shocked and knocked down. , and a few others were too slow to hide, and were knocked off their horses by the bulls."

He didn't go on, but there was no need to say any more.If you look at the tragic situation of the Liao people, you will know that if you are knocked off your horse by a herd of cattle, there is absolutely no hope of surviving.

Li Buqi glanced at the messy battlefield again, and said to Zhong Er: "You lead the cavalry to guard the mountain pass, and set off in half an hour. Now let the soldiers dismount and rest, and keep vigilant, so don't cut off their heads."

Gao Zunyu interjected and asked: "Patrolling the border, if we don't cut off the heads, how will we calculate the military merits after we go back? The general will see that the Liao people can't come back for a while, so why not cut as much as you can?"

Li Buqi glanced at Zhong Er, and seeing his disdain for Gao Zunyu's words, he immediately had a clear judgment on the abilities of Gao Zunyu and Zhong Er.He patted Gao Zunyu on the shoulder and said, "Gong Chuo, there is still a journey of three hundred miles to Zijingguan from here. Every ounce of stamina is precious. And there may be continuous battles down there, and carrying so many heads is also a burden." .We have plundered the Liao Kingdom this time. As long as we can return to the Song Dynasty and do not repeat the mistakes of Old Master Yang, it will be a big victory. Even if only half of the more than [-] war horses are brought back, they are worth hundreds of thousands of guan. Ask for more. Let's go, there is still a long way to go, we must not let the Liao people stop us at Zijing Pass."

With Li Buqi's reminder, Gao Zunyu also remembered that his life was of the utmost importance, and glanced at the people's heads in the distance, and then reluctantly followed Li Buqi on the westbound road.While urging the horse to run, Li Buqi lifted the book to feel the direction of the wind, and said meaningfully: "Ah! The south wind is blowing!"

(End of this chapter)