Within the bandit army, Li Zicheng looked very ugly. The more than 400 artillery pieces he mobilized did not cause any heavy casualties to Liu Yan's troops, but were directly destroyed by Liu Yan's artillery battalion. This fact was difficult for Li Zicheng to accept.
Li Dingguo suggested that the entire army press forward to prevent the army from being further killed by Liu Yan's artillery fire. However, Li Zicheng hesitated at this time. Looking at the military formation in front, Liu Yan seemed to have pulled out all the new army soldiers and horses in the city, and his strength was even greater than last time. There was a big war, but our own military strength was only the same as before, and the firearms battalion's combat strength was even worse than the last war.
If all battalions are pressed forward, can Liu Yan's tribe really be defeated?
At this moment, Li Zicheng did not have the confidence to defeat Liu Yan, and he also had the idea of withdrawing his troops.
It was just the dull pain in his left eye that prevented Li Zicheng from giving the order to withdraw. He was holding his breath and wanted to continue fighting.
Liu Zongmin looked at the hesitant Li Zicheng, and naturally knew that King Chuang was thinking of retreating, so he said: "King Chuang, there is no need to worry, this battle is inevitable. Even if our rebels don't want to fight..."
Liu Zongmin raised his riding whip, pointed at the New Army formation in the distance, and continued: "Then will Liu Yan allow our army to withdraw safely?"
Liu Zongmin's words made Li Zicheng make up his mind, and then he said loudly: "Send orders to all the battalions to press forward for King Ben Chuang, and let all the dead soldiers and infantry from each battalion attack. This time, King Ben Chuang will sacrifice his life for Liu Zongmin." Yan’s artillery camp!”
"Haha, so happy, King Chuang is mighty!"
Liu Zongmin also wanted to take revenge and loudly conveyed Li Zicheng's order.
Soon, countless flags began to wave in the bandit army formation. They were for Li Guo and Li Lai.
Heng and other senior generals watched it. As for the captains, brigade commanders, headquarters commanders, sentry commanders, and even ordinary knights and armored soldiers in each battalion, they basically cannot understand the meaning of the flags. A large number of people need to be sent to convey orders everywhere.
When the dead soldiers and infantry from each battalion of the bandits received orders one after another and began a desperate charge, Liu Yan also issued an order for the entire army to fight.
Qian Qian shouted loudly: "Prepare the Tiger Cannon, prepare the rocket launcher, and continue bombarding with the Folan Cannon!"
The Folang cannon is different from the Hongyi cannon. Every time the Hongyi cannon is fired three to four times, it must stop for at least half an hour to cool down, otherwise it will explode.
Because of the filling, the Folan cannon dissipates heat very quickly and can continue to bombard without stopping.
At this time, the gunners of the New Army artillery battalion were very tired, but their spirits were very high. They had never fought such a fun and exciting artillery array. Therefore, although the movements were somewhat deformed when loading the artillery, the speed was not very high. The battalion’s firepower is as good as before!
boom!
A volley of artillery shells flew into the crowd. At this time, all the dead soldiers and infantry from each battalion of the bandits were pressing down on them.
Directly in front of the artillery camp are the soldiers and horses of the front and middle camps of the bandits, and on the left and right flanks are the soldiers and horses of the left and right camps. As for the dead soldiers and infantry in the rear camp, because they were too far away from the battlefield ahead and had to cross the entire military formation, Li Guo temporarily stopped moving after asking Li Zicheng for instructions.
At the same time, Sun Kewang also led his troops to launch a charge. Seventeen thousand spearmen, followed by countless dead soldiers and infantry, rushed towards the New Army artillery camp.
The three thousand gunmen led by Li Dingguo and the four thousand knights led by Ai Nengqi really did not attack.
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In the military artillery camp, looking at the sea of pirates getting closer and closer, Qian Qian ordered all the firepower of the artillery camp to open fire. Countless rockets were flying in the air. The barrage fired by the Tiger Cannon swept across the crowd in front, and the artillery camp and the More than two hundred artillery pieces on the city wall were still roaring.
Under such a fierce artillery fire, even though the bandit army had a large number of people, it was severely cut several layers, and countless dead soldiers were killed on the way forward.
On the front, a dozen strong women holding wooden sticks ran forward wailing and crying. These strong women were all from the same village. Since the village was looted by the bandit army, everyone had become dead soldiers in the army.
The husbands and fathers of these strong women either died on the battlefields everywhere, or they were lucky enough to survive and were selected as armored soldiers. Only these strong women were left struggling among the ranks of the dead soldiers.
Suddenly, a cannonball flew towards the head, directly smashing the head of a strong woman, and then hit several strong women behind with unabated force, directly beating the human body to pieces!
Several strong women around were splashed with blood and minced meat, and then they laughed, cried, and yelled nervously like ghosts. At this time, several people had forgotten to charge and run, and just stood there trying to vent their hearts. Fear, grief, anger, God damn it, why do you want to live in such a world? Why do those thieves not all die, but you have to act as cannon fodder!
Those strong women were then knocked down and trampled by the crowd coming from behind. In the blink of an eye, they were turned into flesh and blood all over the ground like their companions.
"put!"
The artillery roared, the shells flew, and the dead soldiers were also advancing step by step, getting closer and closer to the artillery camp position.
Nearby, Qian Qian saw this and yelled: "The Tiger Cannon and Rocket Launcher Cart continue to fire salvos, and the Folang Cannon is retreating!"
As the artillery camp's Fo Lang machine gun commander began to retreat, the firepower of the new army began to weaken. Although the dead soldiers did not know what was happening, the fearful roar of the heavy artillery suddenly decreased a lot, and everyone's hearts suddenly changed. Hope of life emerged.
Li Zicheng looked at the sea of dead soldiers who were about to rush to the front of the New Army's artillery battalion, and ordered all the armored soldiers and knights from each battalion to press forward.
Since Li Zicheng was determined to fight this battle, he must use all his strength and attack with all available troops.
"The dead soldiers retreat, and the infantry kills them; the infantry retreats, and the armored soldiers kill them; the armored soldiers retreat, and the brave cavalry kills them!"
"All the soldiers and horses of each battalion are engaged in the battle. King Chuang does not believe that hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are fighting to the death, and Liu Yan's tens of thousands of soldiers can still survive!"
Soon, the large banners of the bandit battalions began to move forward one after another, including Liu Fangliang's tribe on the left, Yuan Zongdi's tribe on the right, Li Laiheng's and Li Dingguo's tribe in the front, and Liu Zongmin's tribe behind them.
At this time, except for Li Guo of the rear camp who began to move towards the Chinese army to take over the protection of the middle camp, all the soldiers and horses of the other battalions pressed forward.
The army of hundreds of thousands of bandits roared and charged. In the wilderness to the west of Kaifeng City, soldiers and horses of bandits were running wildly everywhere. It was as if there was only an army of bandits left in the world!
Liu Yan looked at the army of thieves who were killing him, and said to Xun Jingyun and Miao Shao beside him: "Li Zicheng seems to be a loser gambler now. He has bet all his wealth, even his house and wife." On the table, only
Thinking of getting back the original. It's just that such gamblers often lose completely. "
"In this battle, this town will make Li Zicheng defeated. From now on, Li Zicheng will have weak legs and tremble when he sees the battle flag of our new army in Qinglai Town!"
"An order from this town: The gunners of each battalion are ready to fire a volley!"
"Order Chen Yongfu's artillery to continue bombarding without stopping. Even if the barrel is exploded, still shoot!"
"Order the artillery battalion to prepare to retreat and give way to frontal firing!"
The messengers scattered in all directions to deliver orders, and the flags and horns of the Chinese army were constantly changing.
The commanders of each battalion of the New Army moved quickly. All the gunmen were ready with the help of earthen vehicles or sandbag low walls. Behind the gunmen were densely packed spearmen and sword and shield players.
The soldiers of the cavalry battalion led by Xu Ming are also on standby at this moment, ready to attack and kill the enemy at any time.
On the artillery camp position, the rocket launcher vehicles had all fired their ammunition, but the sea of people of the bandit army was still advancing.
Qian Qian looked at the bandit soldiers and horses in front of him who were less than a mile away, and shouted with a ferocious expression: "Let go!"
The seventy-two Hu Zun cannons fired their last salvo, and then amidst Qian Cong's roar, all the soldiers in the artillery camp turned around and ran wildly. Everyone ignored the cannons at the moment and all stepped forward and rushed towards The central camp phalanx not far away.
"Kill the officers and soldiers!"
"Charge forward, kill one of the officers and soldiers, and be rewarded with five taels of silver!"
"If you kill two officers and soldiers, you can be directly selected as a soldier. If you kill three people, you can be promoted to a knight!"
For these thieves and dead soldiers and infantry, being able to become armored soldiers or knights means that they can escape from the sea of suffering. Not only will they have better daily meals, but they will also have a place to live.
It's better, and the hope of survival is greater.
So with the continuous encouragement of the generals of the bandit battalions, the dead soldiers were completely crazy at this moment, and they all howled and accelerated their pace. Even the strong women in the crowd did the same. There were even women holding sticks and kitchen knives in one hand. Holding the child in his arms with one hand, he screamed and rushed forward.
In the middle camp, the commanding officer Shen Tuo looked at the scene not far away with a very gloomy expression. Once the gunmen opened fire, those women and children would definitely die. Shen Tuo and the soldiers in the camp couldn't bear it. But he had to fire again.
"These blood debts will be recorded on Li Zicheng and the gang of thieves. If I want to catch them, they must be cut into pieces!"
Shen Tuo thought to himself, and then ordered to fire.
"put!"
In an instant, the New Army's middle camp, left camp, and right camp opened fire at the same time. The fierce firepower swept across the front. The sea of thieves who rushed to about a hundred steps were immediately blocked by the barrage. They stopped directly like a stormy wave hitting a rock. the pace of progress.
"put!"
There was another round of volleys, and the thieves fell down in pieces. The woman who was holding the child just now was also hit by three bullets and fell into a pool of blood. The child in her arms stopped crying at this moment and was quiet. Quietly nestled in her mother's arms.
The moment the woman closed her eyes, the corners of her mouth unexpectedly raised slightly. Perhaps only the moment of true death would be the relief for the mother and son!
Shen Tuo's eyes were red at this time. He saw that the mother and son were drowned by the crowd rushing up from behind. Even the bodies could not be saved after death. He was filled with anger. Then he roared with all his strength and vented his heart.
of grief and anger.
"put!"
The gunmen fired continuously, and the three-stage shooting continued. The fierce firepower caused heavy casualties to the charging dead soldiers. Even Liu Fangliang, Li Laiheng, Yuan Zongdi and other bandit leaders, who did not care about these dead soldiers, were frowning at this moment. Lock, my heart was shocked.
"Liu Yan's guns are so sharp!"
At the same time, Sun Kewang led 17,000 spearmen and rushed forward. However, after the gunners from the center camp started firing, Sun Kewang looked forward in horror. He saw the dead soldiers in front of him like crops in autumn. , being harvested layer by layer, unable to reach the front of the new army formation.
Maybe the shield-bearing soldiers from each battalion can rush to the front of the formation, and those brave cavalry can fight for casualties, but are the thieves leaders of each battalion willing to fight so hard?
At least until the dead soldiers and infantry in each battalion are exhausted, the thieves leaders of each battalion will not invest the real elite.
So at this time, Sun Kewang did the same. He directly ordered the spearmen to stop advancing, and then formed a square formation on the spot, driving the dead soldiers and infantry passing by to both sides, and then continued to attack the New Army formation.
"Come on and die!"
Sun Kewang's ferocious face appeared, and he roared at the central camp phalanx in the distance: "I don't believe it, even if you charge tens of thousands of lives!"
Inside the New Army Central Army, Liu Yan frowned slightly. At this time, the artillery firepower on the city wall was constantly weakening, and two artillery had already exploded. Chen Yongfu sent someone to ask for orders for the third time, hoping to stop the bombardment and allow the artillery to dissipate heat.
But Liu Yan still refused to let go and ordered Chen Yongfu's troops to continue firing until all the artillery chambers exploded!
Liu Yan looked at the battlefield ahead, those dead soldiers,
The corpses of the infantry had been piled up in front of the new army formation, forming a pile of corpses less than half a man high. The bandit soldiers rushing up from behind even had to crawl over before they could continue their charge.
The armored soldiers and knights from each battalion of the bandits were also moving forward, but they were still some distance away from the New Army's formation.
"Send an order to Chen Yongfu: Aim all artillery at the heroic cavalry and armored soldiers in each camp of the bandits, and blast them!"
