Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

Zhao Wenhui was about to step forward with his gun drawn, but Su Xia immediately shouted gold, and he didn't want to go out to fight now.

Behind him is a big killer!

Su Xiaang immediately stepped forward and continued: "General Gu, everyone has his own ambitions. I am Su Xia. We have met before. Let's fight sword to sword, gun to gun, real swords and guns. Now set up the formation! You Do you dare to challenge?"

Gu Tingye nodded. He was confident about defeating Su Xia's army. After all, he had the Tianwu Army under his command: "Little Su Xia, please stop being so arrogant. The Great Song Tianwu Army, set up a formation!"

Gu Tingye's Tianwu army was quickly divided into five parts: the forward, the middle army, the back hall, and the left and right wings.

Three square formations formed the main force. Each formation was a hundred feet apart, all staring in the direction of Su Xia. However, Su Xia's National Defense Army remained motionless and did not change their formation.

On the other hand, the soldiers standing in the first row were so densely packed that it was difficult to see clearly the formation behind them.

Gu Tingye squinted his eyes and looked at the Su Xia army formation in the distance: "What kind of formation did they set up? Why haven't I seen it before?"

In the distance, Su Xia looked up at the sky in the military formation. The whistling north wind blew towards Gu Tingye's military formation. Su Xia realized that her opportunity had come.

Sure enough, the cold wind howled, and when the north wind blew, the sky occupied by the Su Xia army was in the direction of the wind.

Su Xia raised the telescope, looked at Song Jun's changing formations, and moved upon hearing the sound.

Zhao Wenhui looked to the side and said, "Are they going to launch an attack?"

"No, this is a defensive formation. Once we attack, the two square formations on the left and right will surround us. This is a move for stability."

"General Gu, we are also changing our formation, please wait for us." Su Xia shouted loudly and turned around:

"Set off smoke bombs."

The so-called smoke bomb is the ashes of the pot and stove placed in the wine jar.

At this moment, the wind blew in the direction of the Tianwu Army, and the soldiers immediately broke the wine jar. When the strong wind blew, a huge smoke instantly rose, although it was very different from the smoke bombs used by modern military.

(Note: The principle of smoke bombs. The main component of modern smoke bombs is white phosphorus. As soon as white phosphorus encounters the air, it immediately burns itself and continuously produces billowing thick smoke, thus causing a wide range of chemical smog.)

For example, compared with modern smoke bombs, the so-called "smoke bombs" such as Su Xia's lime powder have extremely different effects.

It can't form a smoke wall, but it still blocks the opponent's line of sight.

He just wanted to use such smoke bombs to "cover" the artillery behind his army.

The cold wind was getting colder and colder, and the smoke combined with it made it hard for the Tianwu Army in the distance to keep their eyes open.

"The north wind is strong. It seems it's time for us to take action."

Su Xia waved his hand and Ling Zhen rode forward: "General, the fire support team is ready. The wind direction is now in our favor. Do we want to attack?

"Prepare to attack."

Gu Tingye looked at his organic formation confidently. This formation was inherited. Surrounding the central army were cavalry. There were two rows on the left and right sides. There were fifteen teams in the front row, each with fifty cavalry, for a total of 750 cavalry. There are fifteen teams at the back, each with thirty riders, for a total of 450 riders.

If you are familiar with the history of the Song Dynasty, you must know this. This is the formation designed by Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin.

That is the famous-"Pingrong and Ten Thousand Formations".

However, Gu Tingye's move was completely different from Zhao Kuangyin's. Zhao Kuangyin's formation was completely designed for the Liao army's tactics.

"Wu Jing Zong Yao" mentions Song Taizong's original intention of compiling this formation: "Specially because the soil of Heshuo is as far and near as a rock, the barbarians often rely on their horses to rush, so the caves are enough to increase their control. Therefore, the galloping and sudden attacks are frustrated. Sharp, knowing the power of solidity and weight, following the clear and picking the truth, knowing that the divine plan is there."

The general meaning is that the cavalry will serve as the guard and the infantry will serve as the central army. However, the biggest difference is that the formation of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin requires tens of thousands of troops to operate.

Gu Tingye sent out troops this time with only 5000 people. It could only be regarded as a small formation, especially after they were surrounded, there were not many people.

If there are students who don’t understand, just think about how you did gymnastics when you were in school. The 6000 or [-] people would only be around two or three playgrounds. It’s not that big, so this formation is not scary.

The north wind blew, and Su Xia looked at the Tianwu Army's array. Gu Tingye, who was in the distance, saw the smoke rising from Su Xia's army. He rubbed his eyes vigorously, but he could not clearly see the array behind Su Xia's army.

He didn't know at all that under the dense infantry array and smoke of the Su Xia army, thirty Weiyuan cannons were deployed!

This is the first time that the Weiyuan Artillery has fought in extreme weather. The north wind is bleak and the weather is freezing. It is very difficult to operate the artillery. The soldiers surrounding the back are wrapped in shields and have established an airtight barrier for the artillerymen. Line of defense.

After blocking the strong wind, the artillerymen began to light the cannons at Su Xia's command.

"Change formation! Fire!"

Just when the smoke bombs reached their maximum camouflage effect, Su Xia issued an order, and the Weiyuan cannons fired one after another.

Following Su Xia's order, the Protectorate Army soldiers standing in the front retreated, revealing the thirty cannons hidden behind them.

The muzzles of the black holes rushed towards the Song Army and towards the Tianwu Army.

However, the strong wind blew and the smoke had not dispersed. Gu Tingye, who was as benevolent and righteous as Song Xianggong, did not notice anything wrong in front of him.

Because when the north wind blew, the two armies were hundreds of meters away. The Su Xia army was waving flags and shouting. Coupled with the strong north wind, Gu Tingye and others could not open their eyes.

"General, the smoke has cleared, they seem to have changed their formation."

"Yes, but I don't know who they are. The wind is too strong."

"No, General, they seem to be using cannons."

"What did you say? Cannon?"

Gu Tingye was so blown by the wind that he couldn't open his eyes. "No way, aren't the two armies going to confront each other? What's going on with the artillery bombardment?"

"Boom boom boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Deafening bombardments fell from the sky.

Thirty shells from the first round of bombardment roared towards the Tianwu Army's densely packed camp.

This group of soldiers were all under the command of Gu Tingye. They thought that the two armies were going to confront each other, and they were unprepared. They didn't expect that the artillery shells would fall from the sky and come straight towards them.

In fact, artillery has never been recognized as a main battle weapon. Before that, the artillery used by the Song Army was used as a command cannon, or a solid cannon, that is, it contained boulders and was used to hit the enemy. Very few There are such fireworks.

Therefore, the artillery bombardment directly stunned the Tianwu Army.

During the fierce bombardment, the Tianwu Army did not expect that the opponent would have such a powerful weapon. Many soldiers of the Tianwu Army in many formations became unstable under the violent bombardment and fell to the ground.

Especially when it came to artillery attacks, the soldiers of the Tianwu Army didn't know how to dodge the artillery. They were all running around without lying down. They were hit by the huge waves and gravel exploded by the artillery, and were thrown into the air, screaming in agony.