"Captain A, there's a fight over there!"
At this time, Liu Yan and others had rushed to the north of the salt drying field. Wang Bo pointed at the noisy salt drying field ahead and shouted loudly.
"I saw!"
Liu Yan was extremely angry at this time, but he was unusually calm in his heart. He stopped everyone about a mile away from the salt drying field, and then said loudly: "Form up, form the formation and then go over!"
The three small flag officers Wang Bo, Wang Yue, and Miao Shao were shouting breathlessly at this time. Under the command of the three small flag officers, more than a hundred Dun troops quickly formed their formation.
The Dunjun army uses a flag as a unit, and each squad is a fighting unit. The sword and shield hand in the team is in front, using a shield to protect himself and his companions behind him. The five spearmen follow and stab the enemy in a half-moon shape with the sword and shield hand. , five gunners are behind. When a volley is needed, the gunners will rush to the front over the spearmen to shoot. When the enemy rushes closer, they will withdraw and let the spearmen meet the enemy.
This formation was improved by Liu Yan with reference to Qi Jiguang's Yuanyang Formation. The Dunjun of Dapanbao did not have special equipment such as wolves, but they used equipment such as spears, blunderbuss, and swords and shields to form a battle formation similar to the Yuanyang Formation, which gave full play to the The combat power is also very impressive.
Each flag has three such combat units, and three flags make nine. After they were all unfolded, they pressed towards the salt drying field.
Soon, Liu Yan led his troops into the salt drying field. At this time, the entire salt drying field was in chaos.
Liu Yan observed the surroundings calmly, and saw Xu Ming leading his soldiers who did not raise the flag at night to besiege a group of enemies. The enemies occupied the warehouse of the salt drying field and were shooting arrows out of the roof and windows. For fear of causing a fire, Xu Ming The soldiers who had not lowered their flags at night had to be ordered to dismount and fight on foot. They did not dare to use the muskets they were equipped with. They all attacked forcefully under the cover of sword and shield men.
However, in the face of the enemy's bows and arrows, the soldiers who did not close the flag at night were unable to charge forward. Instead, they were shot down by three soldiers. At this time, they fell to the ground and did not know whether they were alive or dead.
On the other side, Zhang Yi's banner army has formed its formation and is fighting fiercely with the enemy's main force. The two sides are attacking in the center of the two salt-salting ponds.
The main force of the enemy consisted of more than forty people, among whom there were more than a dozen archers who could be seen, and their shooting speed was very fast.
Zhang Yi led his troops to fight back with a volley of cannon fire. Although the two sides had not yet come into physical contact, they were still fighting inextricably, and both sides suffered casualties.
All the strong women and old and weak men in the salt drying field fled at this time. Some of them were hiding in some houses in the salt drying field, and some of them had been poisoned. The bodies of military households killed by the enemy could be seen everywhere.
Liu Yan immediately sent someone to give an order to Xu Ming: "Tell Xu Xiaoqi to withdraw immediately, and mount your horse to search around the salt drying field without raising the flag at night to prevent possible enemy reinforcements and block the enemy's retreat!"
"yes!"
"Wang Xiaoqi, you immediately lead your troops to replace Ye Buhu's flag, and shoot the enemies with cannons immediately. Don't worry about the pots and pans. Even if all the sea salt in the warehouse is burned, we will never let these bastards leave here alive!"
"yes!"
Then Liu Yan led the Wang Yue and Miao Shao banners to rush towards the direction of Shaiyanchi, preparing to join Zhang Yi's troops to encircle and annihilate the enemy's main force first.
In the warehouse, a tall and strong man shouted angrily: "Sun Qian, this idiot, didn't he say that there will be no Dunjun from Dapanbao here at the salt drying field? Why are there dozens of Dunjun troops stationed here? They also have blunderbuss!"
Then, the man pointed outside the window to replace the retreating soldiers who had not collected the flag at night, and shouted loudly: "What is that? There are dozens of cavalry in Dapanbao. Sun Qian has planned a strategy for a long time in advance. Why?" Liu Yan still has so many troops stationed here!"
Next to him, a thin man with sinister eyes and a scar on his face said coldly: "Instructor Jia, I respect you as the Xu family's servant instructor, so I have always treated you with respect. The current situation is different from that of my family. There is a huge discrepancy with what the elder brother expected, and no one wants to see this. Since we encounter a hard nut, we just need to work together to chew it down, and we can’t make it a mistake to undermine each other when the outcome is still undecided, right?"
"Bite it off?"
Instructor Jia sneered and said: "I brought fifteen servants this time. When I rushed in and faced each other, seven of them were shot dead by Dapanbao's gunners. In such a battle, the winner can still be said to be undecided! The second master told me I, how should we win this battle? Are we just going to be blocked here by those Dunjuns waiting to die? Or should we hope that Sun Qian, who is pinned on the other side of the big pond, can roll over and save his life!"
Facing Coach Jia's questioning, the second master suddenly pulled out a dagger, and then hit Coach Jia's chest like a leopard. The sharp dagger was also pressed against Coach Jia's neck.
"If you dare to speak rudely to my elder brother again, I will kill you now, believe it or not!"
Coach Jia also got angry and shouted: "How dare you! This is Wangjiazhuang. As long as I can't go back tonight, Mr. Xu will definitely not let you thieves go!"
"Jiejie, Mr. Xu?"
The second master laughed and said, "Let's win this battle tonight first, otherwise you will all die!"
After saying that, the second master pushed hard and ignored Coach Jia who was lying on the ground. He walked to the window and looked out carefully, only to see dozens of Dunjun soldiers forming a formation and approaching. , more than a dozen bird cannons were raised at the same time, and the black holes of the cannons were aimed at the window and the roof.
"careful!"
The second master yelled, and a roar rang out. The warehouse window was filled with dust from the bullets. The two saltmen were shot inadvertently and fell to the floor of the warehouse, howling in pain.
The second boss also saw two of his men fall from the roof and stopped moving. They must not have survived.
"Bastard! The archers fired arrows, and those muskets were slow to reload. Shoot them with open arrows!"
Outside, Wang Bo had found several door panels and used them temporarily as shields to block the enemy's arrows.
"Bump the door, break it open for me!"
Wang Bo mobilized several spearmen to carry a piece of wood and began to rush towards the warehouse door. At the same time, the gunners also finished loading and concentrated their firepower on the four remaining archers on the roof of the warehouse. After a burst of shooting, the The four unobstructed archers were beaten into a sieve and fell to the ground like broken sacks.
The door to the warehouse only had a bolt that was not too thick. Even though the second master and Coach Jia blocked the door with some sea salt, it didn't take long for the door to fall down in the face of constant collisions.
At this time, the second master and Coach Jia were dumbfounded, but they were not good people after all. At this time, their blood was also rising. They called to the dozen or so subordinates around them and rushed out of the warehouse with a roar, wanting to fight hand-to-hand with the big army. .
But as soon as the second master and Coach Jia rushed out, they saw that Wang Bo's fifteen gunmen had finished loading. With a roar, a line of black smoke rose up, and fifteen birdguns were fired at the second The lethality of a volley fired from a distance of more than ten steps is huge.
The second boss and four of his subordinates were beaten to death on the spot. Coach Jia was shot in the thigh and left shoulder and fell to the ground in pain, rolling around. In addition, four servants of the Xu family were beaten to death, and the remaining thieves were also frightened. They stood there screaming in terror, not knowing whether to continue charging or hide in the warehouse.
Wang Bo shouted: "Lancer, kill!"
The spearmen of one flag and three teams moved forward in formation, and six sword and shield bearers also rushed forward. The army surrounded the remaining enemies and began to fight hand to hand.
"I surrender, I surrender!"
As the first saltman screamed in terror, the remaining saltmen also surrendered one after another. Wang Bo immediately ordered his men to tie up these people, and together with the injured instructor Jia, they were all tied up and locked up in the warehouse. , guarded by a team of Dunjun.
"Everyone else, follow me to support Commander A!"
At the same time, as Liu Yan led his troops to join the battle group, the situation began to become clearer.
At this time, Sun Qian was leading his troops to engage in a fierce battle with Zhang Yi's banner. Suddenly, he was attacked by two banners led by Liu Yan. With a volley of cannon fire, more than a dozen of Sun Qian's men suddenly fell, and the remaining Yanding was also in a state of disarray, and his originally decent formation collapsed instantly.
Sun Qian was frightened when he saw this. He saw Liu Yan in the crowd at a glance and shouted angrily: "Liu Yan, I want to kill you, do you dare to duel with me!"
Liu Yan followed the voice and saw Sun Qian, couldn't help but sneered, and then shouted loudly: "You think this is the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and you still have a fucking duel? This is a battlefield. I am full and have superior troops. I don't have to use them. I ran over and followed him. You duel!"
The surrounding Dunjun soldiers laughed loudly, and then there was another volley of cannon fire. This wave almost killed all the archers under Sun Qian.
When Sun Qian looked at Liu Yan in the Dunjun formation, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth and wanted to rush forward to fight with him, but he was held back by two of his men.
"Brother, leave quickly. We are defeated. If we don't leave, it will be too late!"
Sun Qian couldn't accept this fact. He had planned hard for a long time and tried his best to get these bows and arrows from shopkeeper Bai. He was no match for Liu Yan. He couldn't take over the salt drying field in a surprise attack. Really? The sky has no eyes!
"Come on, kill Liu Yan, and we can turn defeat into victory in this battle!"
At this time, the remaining twenty salt soldiers were indeed brave. Faced with a desperate situation and the cannons in the hands of the fortress army, they still had the courage to charge with Sun Qian, which really impressed Liu Yan.
However, Liu Yan would not show mercy. At this time, Zhang Yi also led his troops to approach. Liu Yan gathered Zhang Yi, Miao Shao, and Wang Yue's three flag bird gunmen, as well as two teams of bird guns under Wang Bo who had just arrived to support them. Gunshou gave Sun Qian a visual feast.
"Fire!"
Liu Yan slashed with his sword, and fifty-five musketeers opened fire simultaneously at Sun Qian and his group, who were only thirty steps away. In an instant, the salt soldiers in front were knocked off their feet, and almost all of the more than twenty salt soldiers were knocked down. On the ground, only Sun Qian and three salt men were left standing staggeringly on the spot, using swords and guns to support their bodies to prevent themselves from falling.
Liu Yan looked at the bloody people and said loudly: "Sun Qian, if you lose, put down your weapons and surrender, and I can keep your whole body!"
Sun Qian laughed ferociously and said: "Liu Yan! I had the intention to join hands with you to run Haiyan, but you chose that coward Chu Yunfei. You really looked down on me. How can I swallow this tone?" . My plan failed to work out today, so the army was defeated. This is my destiny, I am only destined to die. How could I surrender!"
Liu Yan originally wanted to capture them alive and send Sun Qian to Wangjiazhuang, but now it seemed that it was a bit unnecessary, so he ordered the gunmen who had reloaded their guns to prepare to kill Sun Qian and others.
At this moment, Sun Qian burst out laughing and said a little arrogantly: "Haha, you think that if you kill me, the matter will be over? Liu Yan, you think so! After I die, someone will come to trouble you again. I'm here Waiting for you underground!”
Liu Yan frowned slightly and said coldly: "Oh, really? No matter who it is, as long as they dare to cause trouble for me, there will be blunderbuss and spears waiting for them! Today I can kill you, and tomorrow if someone else comes to attack, I will do the same. That’s right!”
After saying that, Liu Yan waved his right hand fiercely, and fifty-five gunmen fired again, directly beating Sun Qian and the remaining saltmen into a hornet's nest.
