Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Looking at such a neat military formation, Zhai Changsun was stunned for a moment, and then he saw the opponent holding a blunderbuss and a saber hanging on his waist, moving neatly towards this side.

He immediately shouted to the herald beside him:

"Let the scout team attack, wander around and harass the enemy, and try to delay the opponent's advance."

"The crossbowmen come forward and attack freely after the enemy is within range."

"In addition, rearrange the trebuchet, adjust its direction, and smash it directly into the enemy's formation."

After issuing a series of orders, Zhai Changsun transferred 500 Xuanjia troops directly to the rear to assist Li Junxian in fighting Chu Xin's reinforcements.

On the other side, Li Junxian, as soon as he arrived at the rear, saw a large group of clan members wearing various armors and holding various weapons charging towards them in the distance.

Looking at this group of miscellaneous soldiers, Li Junxian's mouth showed a trace of ridicule.

He shouted at the herald beside him:

"Pass our military order, the entire army will attack, directly penetrate the enemy's center, and end the battle as quickly as possible."

Originally, Li Junxian had planned to hone the new army in the attack on Panzhou City. Therefore, most of the front line was composed of new troops.

The rear army was composed of veterans brought all the way from Chang'an City, and was originally intended to be used to suppress the formation.

Unexpectedly, this unexpected attack happened to happen.

Knowing that the battle situation ahead was changing rapidly, Li Junxian was worried that the new army would not be able to resist Chu Xin's new weapons. Therefore, he wanted to make a quick victory and deal with this batch of reinforcements before attacking Panzhou City with all his strength.

Following the order, Li Junxian took the lead and rushed out with a spear in hand.

At the same time, in Panzhou City, Chu Xin frowned again as she watched the scene of the two armies confronting each other below the city, and the clan reinforcements in the distance being slaughtered like melons and vegetables by Li Junxian.

Soon, she made up her mind and said to the shadow guard beside her:

"Send the order, turn the muzzle of the guns, and attack the enemy's formation directly. I want to open a gap for the Fire Gun Battalion."

After hearing this, the shadow guard asked tremblingly:

"Sir, in the previous wave of attacks, the artillery has basically fired three rounds. Are you sure you want to continue firing now?"

"Keep firing and tell the gunners that the dead, injured and disabled, as well as the young and old at home, will all be taken care of by me, Chu Xin."

"After this war, anyone who survives will be rewarded with 30 taels of silver and five acres of fertile land."

As soon as he finished speaking, the shadow guard said nothing more and turned around to leave.

Not long after, the artillery fire that had stopped started again.

However, this time Chu Mo's army had begun to slowly withdraw from the artillery attack range after receiving Li Junxian's order, so the casualties were not very large.

Although there were not many casualties, every shell dropped was undoubtedly a shock to the soldiers.

If Li Junxian had not considered the psychological quality of the new recruits and specially placed many veterans among them to stabilize the morale of the army, I am afraid that the entire army would have dispersed by now.

Even so, the team began to slowly become chaotic for a while, and the retreat of many soldiers began to involuntarily speed up.

Seeing this situation, Zhai Changsun immediately ordered half of the catapults to be aimed at the artillery on the city wall, and the other half to continue to aim at the enemy's military formation to attack.

When Chu Xin's army was attacked by catapults, except for the place where the boulder fell, which would cause a commotion, the rest of the army that was not affected continued to move forward at a uniform pace at a regular pace.

The quality of the armies of both sides is strong and weak. You can see at a glance at this moment.

Although he admired the opponent's military training methods very much, the two sides were still hostile on the battlefield, so Zhai Changsun just admired him secretly in his heart and did not worry too much.

As the armies of both sides slowly approached, Chu Xin's soldiers quickly entered the opponent's range.

However, before Zhai Changsun could give the order to attack, a group of soldiers holding huge shields appeared from behind the opponent's gunman, blocking the front.

Looking at the military formation that was moving slowly like a turtle, Zhai Changsun knew that he could not continue like this.

Otherwise, once the enemy gets close, your side will only be massacred.

Just as he was thinking about it, a messenger suddenly ran over and said:

"General Zhai, General Li has an order for you to get some kerosene and lay a wall of fire in front of you. First, hold back the enemy. After he has dealt with the reinforcements behind, he will meet up with you and then attack the enemy from both sides."

After hearing what the messenger said, although Zhai Changsun did not agree very much, he still followed Li Junxian's wishes and ordered the laying of a fire wall to delay as much time as possible.

At this time, the battle between Li Junxian and the clan reinforcements has entered a fierce stage.

Although in his opinion, all these clans brought were chickens and dogs, but the ants killed the elephants, and the strength gap between the two sides was directly equalized by the number of people. It was still difficult to resolve the battle quickly.

Just when they were thinking about how to break the situation, 500 Xuanjia troops sent by Zhai Changsun arrived and joined the battle.

The arrival of these 500 Xuanjia troops was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, catching the clan by surprise.

The scale of the battle also tilted in an instant.

There was no suspense at all. The army was defeated like a mountain. The fate of the clan's army was doomed the moment the Xuanjia Army joined.

After handing over the finishing work to his deputy general, Li Junxian rushed towards the front army without stopping.

Originally, according to his status, he only needed to sit in the central army and be responsible for command.

However, the only ones Chu Mo could take action against were him and Zhai Changsun.

Zhai Changsun had to deal with the attack from Panzhou City, and the battle in the back line could only be fought by him personally.

There was no time to complain about Chu Mo, an unscrupulous and black-hearted boss, for not giving him overtime pay. Li Junxian returned to the Chinese Army covered in blood and immediately gave orders to Zhai Changsun to slow down the opponent's progress.

Chu Mo saw Li Junxian come in covered in blood. He was startled at first, and then he relaxed a little when he found that the other person was not injured and that the blood belonged to others.

"General Li, how is the situation outside? Can the enemy retreat?"

Li Junxian nodded and said:

"The reinforcements from behind are no longer a worry. Now the ones in Panzhou City are the biggest problem for us."

"Sir, you have also seen that the power of the artillery on the opposite city wall is too great. Now the opponent is hiding in the shield array. We are not allowed to get close, and bows and arrows cannot effectively kill it."

After hearing this, Chu Mo pondered for a moment and said:

"General Li, you also know the range of those fire cannons. As long as we don't get close, they basically don't pose much of a threat."

"Also, although the artillery you mentioned is very powerful, according to the information I received before, the number of times the opponent can use it is limited."