It was so powerful that many of the warhorses at the front were startled, and the charging formation was disrupted.
But after all, Wanyan Chamu brought over 100,000 men in one go, charging forward in formation, which was simply not something that a hundred cannons could stop.
The Song army fired a second wave of artillery, which reversed the Jin army's advance, and the musketeers behind them quickly filled in.
They had already loaded their guns.
Bang bang bang...
Seven out of every ten bullets fired by the Song army hit the enemy.
The continuous attacks from cannons and muskets tore a small opening in the center of the Jin army, but they were still unable to truly shake the Jin army.
By this time, the artillerymen had already skillfully dragged the cannons down.
The infantry and crossbowmen behind them advanced in a square formation.
After the musketeers fired two shots, the crossbowmen began to fire their bolts. A hail of bolts rained down from the sky, striking the enemy in the forehead, eyeballs, and chest, taking their lives.
The Jin army must have been cursing. How come these damned Song soldiers have so many tricks up their sleeves when we're fighting a war!
That's fucking inhuman!
Even more chilling was the dense barrage of crossbow bolts from the Song army, while simultaneously, musketeers retreated to the rear lines, firing their final shots.
These first three moves immediately crippled the seemingly powerful Jin cavalry, with countless Jin soldiers falling to the ground, some trampled to death, others tripped and fell to their deaths.
Soon, the crossbowmen also skillfully retreated to the rear.
They were met by heavily armored infantrymen.
The infantrymen held sharp halberds in their hands, and they planted the ends of the halberds on the ground, forming a horizontal forest of spears, and also using their own bodies to form an impenetrable defensive line.
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