We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

The pupils of the Pi Shi army commander suddenly contracted, as the warhorse under his crotch had just stepped over the corpses of his comrades.

The gap in the Fengtian Army's formation in front was like the gate of hell. The morning light pierced through the cracks in the clouds, illuminating the row of cast iron beasts glowing green a few hundred steps away.

The commander of the Pi Shi Army finally saw clearly at this moment that the black muzzles of the guns were pressed almost parallel to the ground, changing the heavy artillery that was supposed to fire indirect fire into direct aiming!

This discovery made his blood freeze!

The Khitan's proud Pi Shi army armored cavalry were now facing thirty Death Eyes that were fully loaded with shells.

boom--

The first cannon spewed out a five-foot-long tongue of fire, and a solid projectile weighing forty kilograms tore through the air, plowing a bloody path in the area where the Khitan cavalry was most concentrated.

The moment the shells landed, fan-shaped waves of blood were stirred up, and more than ten heavily armored cavalrymen and their horses were turned into minced meat. The full iron armor was like paper in the face of the absolute power of the artillery.

This is not over yet!

The almost straight trajectory made it difficult for the potential energy of the shells to be released. Nearly half of the shells bounced up again after hitting the ground.

The heavy cavalry rushed towards the rear like skipping stones on water. There was no time to dodge and both the man and the horse turned into a bloody mist!

"Disperse! Disperse quickly..."

However, the roar of the Pi Shi army commander was drowned out by the second round of volleys.

The honeycomb bomb filled with iron sand exploded at a distance of 100 meters, and thousands of hot iron balls formed a metal storm.

The elite Pi Shi army who were at the forefront seemed to have hit an invisible iron wall. In the blood mist where both men and horses were shattered, fragments of Khitans and fine steel horse armor flew all over the sky.

Behind the Fengtian Army formation, the gunners, with their upper bodies naked, inserted a water-soaked brush into the barrel of the gun. The moment blue smoke rose, the barrel had been cleaned and loaded.

The loader pushed the pre-made shells into the muzzle, his movements as neat as a robot produced on a production line.

“Play it again!”

The third salvo!

The Pi Shi army that rushed into the gap was cut into a carpet of flesh and blood by artillery shells. The attack range of the thirty artillery pieces perfectly covered all the charge routes of the Khitan army.

The Fengtian Army soldiers in the front row saw with their own eyes that a warhorse was still charging with half its body dragging, its intestines entangled in its hooves and tripping up those coming behind!

The commander of the Pi Shi Army's left arm was missing, his right leg was beaten into a honeycomb by iron sand, and the warhorse under his crotch had long since turned into a pool of mud.

He struggled to support his body with his long spear and saw that the surviving Pi Shi cavalry were still charging, roaring and stepping on the flesh and blood of their comrades!

These men who grew up on horseback were worthy of the name of the Pi Shi Army, and they did not tarnish the honor of the Khitan Khan's personal soldiers. They maintained a charging posture until their death.

The commander of the Pi Shi army did not wait for the fourth round of artillery fire.

It’s not that the Dongfeng Brigade has no ammunition, but that there is no need for it.

Suddenly, deafening shouts of killing rang out from both wings of the Fengtian Army, and the infantry that had previously evacuated actually came from the flanks.

The Pi Shi Army, which had been half-crippled by the bombardment, was no match for this group of Fengtian Army elite soldiers. They were knocked to the ground by spears, and then the swordsmen stabbed their armor with sharp blades and fell in a pool of blood.

The commander of the Pi Shi army was stabbed several times and fell to the ground, his eyes wide open with shock and unwillingness.

The thousands of Pi Shi troops who were used as Yelu Dahe's trump card were all wiped out!

In the center of the Fengtian Army's formation, Li Che, who had witnessed the entire process, slowly put down his telescope.

Li Lin beside him had already been petrified on the spot.

"What...what is this?" Li Lin stammered. "I've seen this artillery before, but you never told me it could be used like this?"

Li Lin had seen the power of artillery. Whenever he was bored in Chaoyang City, he would go to the Gunpowder Department to watch them test the artillery.

Li Che did not hide it from him and asked Chen Gui to allow Li Lin to observe.

Although Li Lin's brain was not very good, he did have the talent of a general. He saw at a glance that artillery would become the dominant force on the battlefield in the future.

But in his impression, artillery is a weapon for ultra-long-range strikes, and its usage is similar to that of a catapult.

However, the operation of placing the artillery horizontally surprised him.

"It's normal that you don't know. This is not the way of doing things on the battlefield. As a military general, of course you don't understand it." Li Che replied.

"What's the reason for that?"

"This isn't logic, this is physics!"

The jump of a cannonball is a very simple physics knowledge.

After the projectile passes through air resistance and parabola, its potential energy will be consumed along the way, so it will just fall straight into the ground.

Flat shots are different. Although they also form a slight curve, their potential energy hasn't been completely dissipated because they haven't been shot as far. When the shell lands, it's lifted high and, relying on the remaining potential energy, it's launched forward again, achieving the effect of plowing the ground with a single shell.

This is not the same as the joke "Level the guns, military court."

However, the effect is the same, that is, great visual impact and deterrence!

In the eyes of other Khitan troops, their own invincible ace Pi Shi Army was turned into minced meat and blood by those steel monsters as soon as they rushed into the enemy camp.

They didn't even understand what was happening. They only heard a sharp whistling sound, and thousands of fully armed Pi Shi soldiers disappeared from this world.

The Khitans didn't understand physics, they had never even seen a cannon.

In their eyes, any method that could wipe out thousands of armored cavalry in an instant was just witchcraft!

"what!!!"

"The Fengtian Army has divine help!"

"Run, run!"

"God, please spare me, please spare me!"

The Khitan army, which was closer to the Pi Shi army, inevitably suffered a defeat.

It's not that these Khitans are not brave, nor is it that they are afraid of death. It's just that the scene before them far exceeds the visual limits of human endurance.

Their disarray was not a big deal, but it threw the entire Khitan front into chaos.

When the two armies were fighting, 100,000 troops from each side were spread out on the plain. That was a very long battle line.

The collapse of this part will inevitably flow into the rear and left and right of the battle line, squeezing and deforming the rest of the Khitan army that did not see this scene.

Moreover, fear can spread.

Although the other Khitan soldiers did not see the horrific scene, they were still frightened when they saw their tribesmen running towards them with terrified faces.

The Khitan army was instantly thrown into chaos.

Li Lin watched the Khitan army of 100,000 being defeated, still in disbelief: "Is this the end?"

Li Che smiled and shook his head: "How could it be so fast? Haven't you heard that a desperate enemy should be pursued fiercely?"

After saying that, he looked towards the platform for selecting generals. Coincidentally, Huo Duanxiao on the platform also looked at him and nodded slightly.

Li Lin pressed on: "What do you mean?"

"Yelü Dahe's cavalry has charged forward, but my cavalry hasn't moved yet!"

Li Lin suddenly realized and looked into the distance.

Chen Qianzhi's white-robed army, Yue Yun's armored cavalry, and other cavalry gathered from various units of the Fengtian Army had already circled to the two wings and were on standby.

"Hammer and anvil, hammer and anvil!" A fanatical glint flashed in Li Che's eyes. "A cavalry without hammer and anvil tactics is soulless."

As if to confirm what he said...

As soon as Li Che finished speaking, the Fengtian cavalry in the distance launched a charge towards the Khitan flank that was in chaos!