Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

"Don't mess up!"

Gu Tingye shouted loudly, hoping to control the troops. However, under the attack of artillery fire, no one could hear his command.

The soldiers were either stunned or running away in all directions. Some thought they could escape such shelling by running, but as soon as they took a few steps out, they were blasted into the sky by artillery shells.

But Gu Tingye overestimated the soldiers under his command. The soldiers of the Tianwu Army seemed big and brave, but after two or three rounds of shelling, they were knocked upside down.

In other words, I was blown away!

After all, who can withstand a cannon attack?

In fact, the thirty Weiyuan cannons were not very powerful. After one minute, they only fired 1 rounds.

Although the Weiyuan Cannon was much more powerful than the cannons used by the Northern Song Army at that time, there was still a big gap compared with today's cannons. Therefore, the actual casualties caused did not exceed 1000 people.

But the psychological deterrent caused is absolutely great.

Seeing that the Tianwu Army was in chaos, Su Xia ordered the flag to be raised and began to attack.

The Third Corps and the Fourth Corps, which had been hiding on the flanks of the two armies, launched a surprise attack and launched an encirclement and suppression campaign with absolutely superior force.

The ambush troops launched attacks from the left and right. Su Xia's intention was very obvious. He asked the troops to wipe them out as much as possible, at least not to allow them to escape.

In the face of the powerful artillery fire, although the domineering Tianwu Army suffered few casualties, they had completely lost their will to fight, lost their command, and fled in all directions.

"Raise the command flag, divide them, and those who refuse to surrender will be resolutely shot to death."

Before the battle, Su Xia had strictly ordered all corps to be willing to pay more casualties than to allow any Tianwu Army soldiers to escape, in order to completely annihilate the enemy.

In order to completely annihilate the Tianwu Army, Su Xia used nearly half of the First Corps, one Cavalry Brigade, one Fire Support Corps, the Third (Zeng Keda) and the Sixth (Sun Li and Sun Xin) Corps, a total of Nearly 2 people surrounded and divided the 5000-strong Tianwu Army.

Gu Tingye stood at the front of the team, waving flags and shouting. He looked quite like a nobleman. He stood motionless in the middle of the army, surrounded by towering flags and surrounded by guards and generals.

If this were in a traditional battle, this would definitely be the best. When the enemy shoots bows and arrows, unimportant people such as guards and lieutenants around them can resist the flying arrows and crossbows. However, in the age of firearms, artillery shells are not a vegetarian. of.

The place where Gu Tingye's group stood became a place covered by concentrated artillery fire.

Ling Zhen, the commander-in-chief of the artillery, immediately raised the flag and said silently: "The target is due south and west, [-] feet away, load one round, prepare, fire!"

"Boom boom boom!"

"boom……"

"General, be careful."

A soldier of the Tianwu Army heard the fierce sound of artillery shells and wanted to step forward to protect Gu Tingye.

But it was too late, as more than a dozen shells hit Gu Tingye's side at the same time.

Under the fierce artillery fire, the Tianwu Army quickly became invincible. During the artillery battle, the poor and loyal Gu Tingye was killed on the spot under the fierce artillery fire of the National Guard Army.

The rest of the troops were frightened by the artillery formation, suffering heavy casualties and chaos.

"Put down your weapons, put down your weapons, kneel down and be bound, and you will avoid death."

The soldiers of the Tianwu Army shouted the pre-arranged slogans in unison, making people shudder.

Su Xia did not want to turn this into a slaughterhouse. Most of the left and right armies were from the capital and were unwilling to surrender. However, when Su Xia launched the cannon again, most of them surrendered.

How can we not win if we use superior firepower and superior troops to attack weak firepower and weak troops?

This battle lasted for more than two hours. Most of the "spiritual guys" from the Tianwu Army were frightened, and they all had dull faces and couldn't help but be captured.

After cleaning the battlefield, it was discovered that eight people including Gu Tingye, the commander of the Tianwu Army, and his subordinates had been killed.

As many as 300 Tianwu troops were killed by artillery fire and soldiers, and more than [-] were injured and captured.

Su Xia rode a horse and looked at Gu Tingye's body. Gu Tingye's body was very complete, with shiny silver armor and no wounds on his body.

Ling Zhen checked his whole body, raised his fists and said, "General, he was killed by a cannon."

Su Xia nodded and sighed helplessly: "It's a pity. He is loyal to the Song Dynasty, but he is just not useful to me."

During the transformation, he continued: "Publish my general's order to annihilate the Tianwu Army. This matter will not be spread for the time being. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy."

"Yes."

Xiong Hui on the side asked hurriedly: "Sir, what should I do with these prisoners?"

"Bring them back here first and let them do farming work temporarily. It is basically impossible for them to be used by us. Their families are all in the capital. They can do business with Song Huizong in the coming year. We will discuss it later. Wasn't Wu Bingbi also captured? Are you ready? Let’s see how much money Song Huizong is willing to spend to redeem them!”

……

Lin Chong's cavalry team was tall and powerful, and Lin Chong, the leader, was covered in blood. It was obvious that many people who tried to resist in the previous attack were knocked down by him.

Behind Lin Chong were several cavalry officers. Seeing Su Xia and others riding over, they immediately gave a military salute on their horses.

The military salute was newly customized by Su Xia's army. Like modern military salutes, when junior officers and soldiers see their superiors, they raise their right hands slightly. Su Xia explained the reason for this.

This kind of military salute avoids the red tape of kneeling down on one knee and other red tape rituals, and is more convenient during combat. However, during major ceremonial activities, it is still necessary to maintain the tradition of kneeling down on one knee. After all, the ancients attached great importance to this, and Su Xia did not It all changed at once.

"Coach Lin, the battle was well fought,"

Lin Chong led the cavalry and killed the Tianwu Army of the Song Dynasty. He was extremely convinced: "Sir, your artillery is so powerful. When our cavalry rushed up, they were all stunned. It was like chopping melons and vegetables." Like, this kind of battle is so enjoyable."

Su Xia changed the subject:

"Coach Lin, although you have won this battle, you can't rest. Your cavalry unit must quickly move to Dengzhou Guards and agree with the Lord Zhizhou Zong of Dengzhou. I am worried that Duan Peng will do something unruly. Although we last time We defeated him, but this man was erratic in his battles. Our intelligence personnel sent intelligence that Duan Pengju himself was not seen on Duan Pengju’s advancing army, which is very strange.”