Chapter 302: Mixed Battle

"Kill!"

A roar erupted from the mouths of the Wangfu Army.

They raised the Long Blade in their hands and slashed at the Xiliang soldiers.

Some Xiliang soldiers, in their panic, had only put on their clothes and had not yet donned their Armor.

Under the sharp blades of the Wangfu Army, a soft "hiss" sound of flesh being sliced rang out.

Fresh blood splattered out from the bodies of the Xiliang soldiers.

With a scream, a Xiliang soldier fell into a pool of blood.

Immediately, more Wangfu Army soldiers charged over at this moment.

These Wangfu Army soldiers were all wearing Plate Armor.

After arriving at Hengshan County, they had rested for a while and recovered their strength.

When the city gate was shattered, they entered the city directly under the leadership of their commander, acting as the vanguard to kill the enemy.

Facing these Yan Wang soldiers wrapped in Armor from head to toe, the Xiliang soldiers, who were already in chaos, were simply unable to resist.

After being slaughtered one-sidedly by the hundreds, these Xiliang soldiers completely collapsed; ignoring the other soldiers in the camp, they turned and ran.

The rout began with one Xiliang soldier, then dozens, and later it turned into hundreds.

Seeing this, the Wangfu Army commander ordered the soldiers to press on and kill the enemy.

Their mission was not to annihilate the enemies inside the city, but to herd them like ducks toward the North Gate.

Letting them escape through the North Gate, for outside the North Gate lay the true killing trap.

"Boom!"

Just as the fighting was intense, a violent metallic clanging sound rang out.

It turned out that a tall Xiliang soldier had used a long hammer to strike the chest of a Wangfu Army soldier's Plate Armor.

The Wangfu Army soldier was knocked flying backward for a meter by the immense force and fell to the ground, feeling a sharp pain in his chest from the shock.

Seeing this, other Wangfu Army soldiers immediately swarmed up, one on the left and one on the right.

One soldier slashed at the lower path, and one soldier slashed at the upper path.

The tall Xiliang soldier could not dodge, a deep wound was carved into his thigh, and he fell suddenly to the ground; the two soldiers stepped forward to deliver a finishing blow, killing the Xiliang soldier.

Raising their heads, they saw that there were still several tall soldiers among the Xiliang troops wielding long hammers.

Being hit in other parts of the body was fine.

Some soldiers were struck in the head and fell immediately.

The commander leading them also noticed this problem.

He immediately led his soldiers to specifically deal with these tall Xiliang soldiers.

South City Wall.

After this place was completely occupied, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei climbed onto the city wall.

Looking down from a height, he used the Telescope to take in the entire battle situation within the city.

Currently, most of the Xiliang soldiers were still gathered near the main camp in the city.

A portion of the Xiliang soldiers there were fighting the Wangfu Army, while another portion was fleeing toward the North Gate.

After surveying the overall situation for a while.

His gaze was quickly drawn to the battle situation near the Xiliang main camp.

Chang Wei seemed to have discovered it earlier than him; he said, "Your Highness, the Xiliang people seem to know how to deal with Plate Armor."

Zhao Xu nodded.

He had sold Plate Armor to the Ma Family, and the Ma Family in turn fought against the Xiliang people.

The Xiliang would certainly study how to deal with this new type of Armor.

That was to use hammers.

Of course, hammers were not just the nemesis of Plate Armor, but the nemesis of all Armor.

By comparison, due to the curvature of the Plate Armor, resistance was still better when struck in places other than the head.

However, there was no help for it if one was struck in the head.

Even wearing a contemporary Helmet, one's brains would still be splattered.

After all, hammers belong to blunt weapons, relying on shock damage.

But even so, because the Plate Armor Helmet was hard in texture and had a thick cloth lining, it was not something an ordinary small hammer could deal with.

Therefore, to deal with Plate Armor, one had to use a large hammer.

But large hammers were very heavy; ordinary soldiers found it difficult to swing them, and even if they did, the movements were very slow.

This could be seen from the movements of a blacksmith forging iron.

So, in the end, only tall and strong soldiers could be allowed to take hammers to deal with soldiers wearing Plate Armor.

However, there were not many soldiers with such strength.

Although this posed a certain threat to the Wangfu Army soldiers wearing Plate Armor, it was not very great.

"It does not affect the overall situation," Zhao Xu said.

The commander and soldiers fighting in the Telescope's view quickly took targeted measures to deal with these Xiliang soldiers.

Despite being tall and strong, the movements of these soldiers were still not as agile as the Wangfu Army soldiers holding swords and blades, and they were quickly cleared out one by one.

And as these Xiliang soldiers were killed, facing the Wangfu Army, the Xiliang soldiers scattered even faster.

After all, the defense of Plate Armor against blades and Arrow was top-tier.

They simply could not cut through it.

And this was the reason why Zhao Xu had not abandoned Plate Armor and had consistently equipped his army with it.

The current Great Song is still in an era where cold and hot weapons are mixed.

Completely abandoning cold weapons is inadvisable.

Flintlock Infantry wearing only cloth clothes would certainly be at a disadvantage when engaging in hand-to-hand combat with enemy troops wearing Armor.

Therefore, even his Flintlock Infantry wear Scale Armor.

"It's all resolved." Chang Wei breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.

The Wangfu Army are all his treasures; he feels immense pain if even one is lost.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Just as the two were staring at the battlefield, a burst of artillery fire rang out.

It turned out that the Artillerymen had pushed the Six-pound Field Gun to the center of the battlefield and were shelling the Xiliang camp.

Because the Field Artillery was loaded with Grape Shot, as soon as one shot was fired, Zhao Xu saw a small patch of the crowded Xiliang soldiers fall, with over a dozen Xiliang soldiers collapsing in a pool of blood.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

At this moment, there were twenty such light Field Artillery pieces aimed at the Xiliang camp.

Amidst the rumbling artillery fire, Xiliang soldiers fell continuously.

In front were Wangfu Army soldiers wearing Plate Armor, which swords and spears could not pierce.

Attacked from the side by Artillery, the Xiliang soldiers completely collapsed.

They could not find their own commanders to begin with, and no one was stopping their rout.

The instinct for survival made them unable to persist in the battle any longer.

"Rumble, rumble, rumble..."

As the Xiliang soldiers fled in a massive rout, the follow-up troops of the Wangfu Army entered Hengshan City with steady, rhythmic steps.

On one side, a silver torrent entered from the three city gates.

On the other side, the Xiliang soldiers, having discarded their Armor and weapons and in total disarray, fled from inside the city toward the North Gate.

Ye Renrong had already fled to the North Gate by this time.

Closing his eyes, he appeared extremely pained.

Once an army routs, it is impossible to win the war.

It is difficult enough to convey military orders to commanders on the battlefield.

Even if a god of war were alive, it would be impossible to convey orders to all commanders amidst a routed army, for the commanders to then convey them to all the soldiers.

Often, a commander can only be followed by a few confidants, while the other soldiers are busy fleeing for their lives.

And such an army, when facing an army with disciplined command, can only be slaughtered.

"Deputy leader, if we don't leave now, it will be too late." The commander beside Ye Renrong looked anxious.

He had managed to gather three hundred Cavalry to escort them.

If they didn't leave now, they truly wouldn't be able to leave.

A flash of malice in his eyes, he struck his horse whip heavily and charged out of the North Gate.

However, just as he had gone less than three miles and was passing through a patch of woods, a sound suddenly exploded like thunder.

The horse he was riding was startled and threw him to the ground.

The moment his head hit the ground, he saw a mist of blood burst from the bodies of the Cavalry behind him.

At the same time, numerous soldiers charged out from the woods on both sides.

Furthermore, silver-armored Cavalry rushed out from the woods, wielding Cavalry Saber to pursue and kill the scattered Xiliang soldiers.

Then he only felt a throbbing pain in his head and lost consciousness.