Due to distance and the obstruction of the woods, Li Xingzhou could only see people walking around from a distance, and there were still many.

The new light cavalry had already undergone countless trainings. When they encountered the enemy, the crackling gunshots instantly recalled that green smoke filled the foot of the mountain. After the first round of shooting, they began to retreat under the leadership of Wei Yubai, and before leaving, they dropped five or six signal flares next to the woods.

The flames rose instantly, and the slightly darker forests at dusk were illuminated, and the orange flames burning from rosin could be clearly seen across a mile.

I can't see the enemy clearly, but I can see the light.

"Ten meters above the target signal flare, open fire!" Li Xingzhou quickly ordered that the twelve artillery squads on the top of the mountain had been waiting for a long time, and instantly opened fire. The earth trembled, and the sound of artillery sounded around, echoing around the surrounding hills. The artillery shells hit the cypress forest at the foot of the mountain with a sharp whistling sound.

After the first volley, several trees in the woods were knocked down, creaking and then falling down, and then screams came from the woods.

The black-shirted cavalry had retreated about a hundred meters behind and filled with pistols.

Next, the artillery quickly filled the fire again, and a round of volleys was fired. A piece above the Pine Berlin signal flare below had been beaten to the point where it was tilted. There was no one in the woods, but screamed in pain. Then Li Xingzhou ordered the shooting to stop because the black-shirted cavalry had been filled and began the second round of close-range shooting.

Under the leadership of Wei Yubai, the new cavalry turned their horses and charged again.

Li Xingzhou didn't know the specific situation below, but overall, the Liao people who were still confused during the shelling had no room for resistance. Wei Yubai quickly led his men to occupy the forest where the Liao people were ambushing.

Amid the gunfires in the woods, I finally saw a large black shadow on the opposite hillside escaping from the woods and fleeing towards the top of the mountain. Many horses were shocked by the sound of gunfires and fell down and ran around. The horses of the new army had long been accustomed to gunfires and were not afraid.

When the dark Liao people were about to reach the top of the mountain, they finally slowly gathered from panic again and occupied the top of the mountain to fight against Wei Yubai's attack. Moreover, there were still many people gathered from all directions, and soon occupied the top of the mountain.

It is indeed a tactic to deal with the cavalry from a high position. Wei Yu rushed halfway and suddenly led his men to retreat down the mountain. First, the black-shirted cavalry needed to fill firearms again, and second, they threw signal flares at the mountain.

In fact, the artillery soldiers on this mountain were prepared for a long time, because there were no trees to block them, everyone could see clearly the movements of the Liao people.

But signal flares not only guide artillery shooting, but also another function is to tell the artillery vanguard that the artillery vanguard has escaped from the dangerous area. You must know that the shells are not eye-catching. Horses that hit their own people and shock their own people have all happened during training and have experienced bloody lessons, so there are signals flares in the new army.

The signal flash also means that the vanguard troops have left the range of fire attack, and the artillery in the rear can fire with confidence.

With the order of Li Xingzhou, twelve cannons standing on the top of the mountain began to shoot in turn at the opposite mountain top. The opponent had a high place to resist the cavalry. The vision was wide and there was a slope. It was difficult for the opponent to break through.

In history, a major battle that Su Dingfang decided to win when he destroyed the Western Turks was using this tactic.

The Khan of the Western Turkic Khan held more than 100,000 soldiers, while Su Dingfang had only more than 10,000 Uighur soldiers who assisted in the battle, and more than 1,000 elite cavalry of the Tang army. He ordered the infantry to defend the top of the mountain to death and led the elite cavalry to break through.

The Turkic cavalry attacked the Tang army defending the mountain top, but three bottom-up attacks were unable to rush into the Tang army camp, giving Su Dingfang, who led more than a thousand people, the opportunity to rush back to the horse and attack the Turkic Central Army. In an instant, the Western Turkic army's front collapsed.

The Tang army fought for thirty miles and beheaded tens of thousands of times. From then on, the Western Turks were beaten and were chased by Su Dingfang until they destroyed the country.

Therefore, highland defense is a classic tactic of the cold weapon era, with a broad vision, and it is easy to concentrate troops to defend, so it can often achieve the effect of fighting with less.

Unfortunately, times have changed.

An area with a wide vision and concentrated personnel is for the artillery - it is for nothing...

The sharp and howling shells crossed the valley one after another, and soon caused a bloody storm among the crowd opposite. The solid cannon hit people, which was simply killing people.

After several rounds of shooting, the opposite mountain top was like a hell on earth, covered with various scattered limbs, and the Liao people had collapsed.

You could hear someone crying across the valley. At this time, Wei Yubai's black-shirted cavalry surrounded him again. After a round of close-up shooting that resounded throughout the valley, the new cavalry directly got on the sabre, rushed to the top of the mountain, and launched hand-to-hand combat.

But rather than talking about hand-to-hand combat, it is better to say unilateral pursuit, because until now, the Liao people have completely collapsed and have almost no intention of resisting, just thinking about how to escape quickly.

Li Xingzhou made a quick decision and ordered the army to pull out the camp. The musketeers were alerted to the vanguard. The black-shirted cavalry of the third and fourth battalions guarded both sides and approached Weizhou.

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The guns and cannons kept ringing until it was completely dark, and the army was approaching Weizhou, and it was unobstructed except for stumbling all the way.

A team of Liao cavalry broke out halfway, about three or four hundred, bypassing Wei Yubai's vanguard and trying to attack the camp, but after being shot by the musketeers, they fell off their horses, and only more than a hundred people fled in a hurry.

When the sky was completely dark, the army approached the hillside three or four miles outside Weizhou City. Li Xingzhou ordered to stop advancing and camp directly under the enemy's city.

Soon, the two battalions of cavalry led by Wei Yubai also returned one after another, bringing back three corpses and sixteen wounded people. These three were unlucky to be shot into the vital force by the Liao people. Although three comrades in the army died, the soldiers were excited and their morale was high.

Because the Liao people didn't know how many people died, but the hillsides and woods they passed by and the top of the mountain were covered with corpses. In addition, the team that was injured by muskets later, they didn't know how many Liao people killed in this sudden first battle, but in short, many!

Even they can feel more...

......

That night, Li Xingzhou sent people to take turns to guard the city of Weizhou, which was extremely bold, but this contempt for the enemy greatly enhanced morale. As a result, no one dared to attack the camp all night, and it was probably because the Liao army was afraid of being beaten.

The next morning, Li Xingzhou sent a scout to count the damage and clean the battlefield. When the scout reported it back at noon, the Liao people left 739 bodies from various places last night. These were confirmed to have been killed in battle, not including those who were beaten by artillery, those who were taken away by the Liao people when they retreated, and those who were injured.

It is estimated that if the bodies were taken back to the city, they might have killed a thousand enemies in the battle last night, and the Liao people suffered at least more than two thousand casualties!

The news quickly spread throughout the military camp and the morale of the army was greatly boosted. For many new soldiers who fought for the first time, this victory was too important. In addition, it was at the cost of killing three people in battle and injuring sixteen people, killing 739 enemies, and even more.

Moreover, the battle last night scared the Weizhou defenders so much that they all hid in the city and did not dare to come out. From a distance, the defenders on the city dared not show up. It is estimated that various legends of monsters and monsters have begun to spread in the city.

For example, the new Jing Jun is invulnerable to swords and guns...

Originally, the Liao people set up an ambush and wanted to give them a warning, but unexpectedly, the new army organized a lightning-thundering counterattack, and fought directly under the city of Weizhou within a few hours from twenty miles outside Weizhou.

Taking advantage of this morale, Li Xingzhou prepared to conquer the city that afternoon and directly seize Weizhou, an important town in one of the sixteen prefectures in Yanyun...
Chapter completed!