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Five hundred and eighty-six, hand-to-hand combat

"First row, shoot!"

"Second row, shoot!"

"Third row, shoot!"

"go ahead!"

Many new troops were lined up in neat arrays, pressing step by step, without fear. Everyone had re-arranged into three shooting arrays, constantly moving forward, and had already been bayonets ready to fight hand-to-hand combat at any time. The remaining cavalry of the Liao army had retreated step by step. Faced with the new troops' approaching shooting, they could not fight back except for escaping.

The new army always remembered the tactics of fighting horses first as Di Zhi said. After being dismissed, the Liao army could not escape even if they wanted to escape, and a large amount of living forces were eliminated.

In order to prevent the possibility of a sudden counterattack from the Liao army, Di Zhi kept riding a horse in front to ensure that he could observe the changes in the overall battlefield in time. This also made him a dangerous position on the battlefield. He was attacked several times by cold arrows. In the most dangerous time, someone threw a spear over to death, stabbed Di Zhi's war horse to death, almost killing him.

Di Zhi changed his horse and continued to command, but the Liao army did not counterattack anymore. The new army stepped on the corpses all over the ground and pushed directly from the east to the west.

The new army rushed to the west, and the last main force of the Liao people. They could not see the infantrymen at first sight. Di Zhi raised his hand and ordered everyone to stop and reorganize the team.

The two armies were about a hundred steps apart, and the opposite side also stopped. The opponent was several times theirs, and the long front line was much higher than them. At this time, the new army had just experienced two great victories. The morale was high and there was no intention of fear. The order was prohibited. Many people were already injured and covered in blood. They had their own and some enemies, but they could complete the reorganization of the team quickly.

At this time, they had heard the sound of gunfire sounding from the direction outside Nanjing City behind, and the prince's army across the river had already taken action!

Yan Shen's fleet also accompanied them slowly westward in the river. Because sandbags were added and the cannons were all installed on the starboard side, the hull was unbalanced, and the river was not as fast as the sea. There was no sea breeze. The huge firecraft was very slow in the starting stage and was not much faster than the new army charging on the side, but at this time it had already entered the fire support position.

They have few people, but they never fight alone. They have firepower in the rear, fleets on the river surface, and they have firepower support from all over the place.

Everyone took deep breaths and adjusted their states, quickly loaded up their ammunition, and the two armies confronted each other at a distance of hundreds of steps, and the final battle was about to break out.

All new troops have already been bayonetized.

“First row, squat down!

Everyone, raise your gun!" Di Zhi rode his horse through the front line and ordered loudly that the two hundred black-shirted knights beside him also gathered at Di Zhi.

The Liao army, a hundred steps away, was still looking around, hesitating, allowing the commander to shout Khitan language that he couldn't understand, but no one dared to take the lead in rushing up. After all, after an hour of fierce battle, they had defeated the huge Liao cavalry unit ahead, and the Liao army was already scared.

The Liao army commander was so angry that he slashed several people in a row, and the Liao army brigade rushed towards them slowly.

"Fire!" With Di Zhi's order, thousands of new troops and two hundred black-shirted cavalry shot together. In an instant, the front row of the Liao army fell down like a cut wheat. The Liao army's charge stopped, and the large ships in the river also opened fire as they marched. More than one hundred artillery fired a bloody storm in the back row of the dense Liao army array.

After a series of attacks, the Liao army has no morale until now.

"Kill! Hand-to-hand combat!" Di Zhi gave an order.

"Kill and kill..." All the new soldiers shouted from the sky, rushing towards the Liao army with bayonet guns, like ferocious bloodthirsty beasts, instantly biting the Liao army, which was still hesitating at the forefront, and launching a close-killing hand-to-hand combat.

Di Zhi also led the black-shirted cavalry to pull out their sabers and rushed up. The fleet in the river slowly advanced westward while firing fire from the side. The river bank camp behind was also bombarded by the firepower of the Pingnan King's army across the river.

The entire battlefield, such as oil in the oil, had completely exploded, shouts of killing were everywhere, and gunpowder and bloody smell were everywhere.

To the east of the Liao army was Di Zhijun, who rushed directly to the battlefield, and to the west, the camp was attacked by the firepower of the Pingnan King across the river, and the river bank on the south side was fierce fleet-level firepower. Although the last main force of the Liao army was large, it was compressed into a very small river bank.

Less than a quarter of an hour after the vanguard's close soldiers were met, the Liao people began to flee and flee westward. The frontier commander of the Liao Kingdom angrily cursed in Khitan language that he could not understand, and even killing several Liao soldiers who fled back could not stabilize the situation.

Di Zhi seized the opportunity and took advantage of the Liao army's commander still roaring, he rode his horse quickly approached in the rioters and killed him with one knife.

The new army was even more motivated, and they chased the Liao army all the way to the west. When they fought, the Liao army had no intention of fighting at all.

The fleet in the river was close to the south bank of Lugou and kept firing with the Liao army. This desperate attack caused the morale of the Liao army to collapse. They could not hurt the fleet in the river at all, and could only passively chase and be beaten all the way without any fighting back.

The huge sound and firelight of each shooting of the fleet in the river were like the ruthless roar of an evil dragon, smashing the fragile hearts of the Liao army soldiers. After each round of artillery shooting, a large number of severely disabled soldiers would be left behind on the river bank, without any way to fight back. The Liao army was heartbroken.

On the west bank of the river, Di Zhi rushed with his black-shirted cavalry. Every time he rushed up and chopped and slashed, he retreated to fill the pistol, letting the war horses breathe, preparing for the next charge, without pulling too far from the main force of the army.

It was not until the Liao army completely gave up resistance, the people all over the mountains and fields threw away their armor, dropped their weapons and flags, ran westward, and ordered their full pursuit.

Di Zhi waved his hand and called his deputy: "You are responsible for stopping the pursuit, pay attention to the fleet's firepower, and do not accidentally hurt."

"Yes, commander!" The deputy bowed and received the order.

"All cavalry, come with me." Di Zhi immediately led many black-shirted cavalry to tram from the north flank, and ran straight to the west without caring about the defeated troops on the way, because he suddenly thought that although these Liao troops were defeated here, if they were allowed to enter the city, they would become defenders in the future!

The ultimate goal of this battle is to take over Nanjing City. If they are allowed to enter the city, the future battle will be difficult. If the city gate is broken, there will be street fighting. If they are directly connected in the streets and alleys, the new army will not be able to exert its advantages. So many people will never let them enter the city.

Relying on the light cavalry and fast horses, he led more than 190 cavalry to quickly take shortcuts from the flanks and rushed to the city of Nanjing in front of most of the defeated soldiers. The defenders at the city probably saw the situation on the battlefield from a high place, and all came down to the door and opened the door to pick up the people in the capital to hide.
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