"Raise the flag, beat the drums, and blow the trumpets!"

The sound of drums and horns sounded, and the Xixia cavalry who retreated to cross the river received the order and immediately formed a formation to fight south.

On the mother city side, two thousand soldiers were left to be defended by Han Huaizhong, and Li Yuchang personally led the rest of the troops out of the city.

On the other side of Zicheng, Zhang Chuo heard the horn sound and shouted: "The reinforcements are coming soon, guard the gap and the city wall!"

Li Yuchang tried to cross the river with his main force, and Gong Xiu on the south bank of the tributary followed suit, clearly intending to attack the mother city wall from the south.

Gong Xiu, the leader of illegal gold mining in Yangzhou, took several sons and hundreds of miners to join the army. Now his military rank is second only to Zhang Guangdao, Li Bao, Yang Zhi and Li Jinyi, and he is regarded as the fifth highest figure in the Ming army.

When Han Huaizhong saw this, he quickly sent someone to spread the news.

Li Yuchang learned of the situation and had to divide his troops to deal with it.

But from the north, the Xixia general Yeli Fulu came with his infantry and cavalry. A large number of Han people attacked the son and charged as cannon fodder, while the captured soldiers followed on foot and cavalry to suppress the formation.

This is a common routine between Xixia and Northern Song Dynasty. Xixia used Han people to kill their sons as cannon fodder, and Northern Song Dynasty used Western army soldiers as cannon fodder.

Both types of cannon fodder are extremely capable in combat, no less than their own regular army, and sometimes they are even braver!

The artillery commander Deng Xia held the waist knife and said: "Put it closer and then fire!"

The forty squatting tiger cannons were all loaded with shotgun shells. When the Xixia army approached forty or fifty meters away, Deng Xia suddenly waved his sword and ordered to fire.

Countless shotguns the size of pigeon eggs were sprayed overwhelmingly towards the Xixia army.

The troops in front were stunned. The dead ones were fine, the injured ones were rolling on the ground screaming, and the rest were stunned in place, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.

The narrow valley flatland was divided into two by the river, leaving only a small amount of terrain. Soldiers from both sides were lined up very densely.

The shotgun shells of forty tiger squatting cannons covered almost all the front troops of the Xixia Army.

"kill!"

The infantry of the Ming Army received the flag order and only dispatched 3,000 troops. They were afraid that too many troops would be crowded together and cause chaos.

Han Huaizhong on the top of the mother city looked frightened. Even at this point in the battle, the Ming army's formation was still tight.

And, what the hell is that?

How come one piece is one piece after a dozen?

As the Ming army infantry charged across the vehicle formation, the confused soldiers finally came to their senses, turned around and ran away. It was not that they were not brave, but that they suffered too many casualties and were too afraid of the unknown.

"The last general calls for battle!" Li Yanxian rode up to Yang Zhi.

Yang Zhi handed over his hand and said, "Thank you, General."

The Ming army's formation had a channel for troop deployment, which could only accommodate two or three cavalry abreast. Li Yanxian led four thousand miscellaneous cavalry, whizzed past along the channel, and rushed towards the Xixia soldiers who had completely collapsed in the front army.
Chapter completed!