On the south wall of Xingtang County, General You Guoyi Gao Yigong glared ahead. He saw that tens of thousands of soldiers had dispersed and the crowd had arrived at the bottom of the city. However, Gao Yigong did not dare to open the city gate at this time. Under the night, God knows how many people were following behind him. Liu Yan's new army troops!
At this time, Gao Yigong pulled all the 20,000 gunmen from the bandits' rear camp onto the city wall, 5,000 in each direction. In addition, the 20,000 knights in the city were also assembled to protect Li Guo and sit in the city.
"Bang the drum!"
Gao Yigong roared angrily: "Let them turn over and fight, attack!"
The rumble of drums sounded, but the defeated soldiers gathered near the city gate turned a deaf ear and continued to beat the city gate frantically, as if there were a large number of evil ghosts behind them.
Gao Yigong was furious when he saw this. If the city gate was opened now, Xingtang County would definitely be captured by Liu Yan's troops. If Li Guo was still in the city, Liu Yan's more than 100,000 elite troops would be blocked inside!
"Open the gun!"
Gao Yigong gave the order with bloodshot eyes. The captains, flag-bearers and other officers next to him all thought they had heard wrong. One captain exclaimed: "General, there are all soldiers in the camp outside. General Ma Zhong of You Guoyi Xi is also outside, and if you open fire now, you are killing your own brother!"
Gao Yigong said angrily: "What should we do? Let them attack the city gate and let the army fish in troubled waters!"
Then Gao Yigong roared angrily again: "Open the gun!"
The five thousand fire gunmen on the south city wall began to fire volleys. After the reorganization, the fire gunmen equipped by the bandits were not only equipped with the same standard of fire guns as possible, they were basically bird guns and three-eyed guns. Of course, there were also mixed fire guns. There were some other types of firecrackers, but the number was not very large.
In addition, these firecrackers
They were all collected by bandits from arsenals in various places and were of relatively good quality. These gunmen had also undergone certain shooting training, so they were quite powerful when firing in salvos, and their combat effectiveness was greatly improved.
However, this time, the first battle of the rogue fire gunmen was to kill one of their own people. Under the continuous volleys of five thousand fire gunmen, the rogue armored soldiers surrounding the city gate suffered heavy casualties, and the city gate quickly Hundreds of corpses were piled up, and the armored soldiers shouted curses at the top of the city, but what they received was a more violent volley of fire cannons.
"Brothers, we are all going to die anyway. If we rush forward and fight with the soldiers, there is still a chance of survival!"
"Form up a formation and kill the officers and soldiers!"
"Fight with the army and kill!"
Finally, the defeated armored soldiers outside the city were awakened by the gunmen on the city wall, and they rushed south one after another. Gao Yigong on the city wall breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, but then he received a report that the other three sides of the city were There were also a large number of broken soldiers rushing towards the gate, and they were attacking the city gates everywhere.
"Oh my God!"
Gao Yigong was about to cry at this time, so he hurriedly sent someone to report the situation to Li Guo.
Outside the south gate, Ma Zhongxi was overjoyed when he saw the retreating troops. He hurriedly sent out his subordinates to collect the soldiers and horses, urgently organized a phalanx of more than 10,000 armored soldiers, and then charged towards the south in a mighty manner. .
At this time, Qian Qian had led the New Army's artillery battalion to advance about three miles. Here, the artillery battalion's firepower could already reach the city wall of Xingtang County. Qian Qian was about to give the order to continue firing when he saw a mighty army of thieves. The sluts are coming to kill.
"cut!"
Qian Qian said contemptuously: "You are really a bit bloody, do you dare to fight back?"
Then Qian Qian said angrily: "Master Hu Zun Cannon is accurate."
Be prepared, fifty steps away, four volleys! "
In front, the full-time range-finding gunner of the New Army artillery battalion was holding a telescope and constantly reporting the distance of the rogue soldiers and horses ahead.
"The enemy is a hundred steps away from the artillery array!"
"The enemy is eighty steps away from the artillery array!"
"The enemy is fifty steps away from the artillery array!"
Qian Qian immediately shouted: "Fire!"
boom!
The one hundred and forty-four artillery pieces of the Hu Zun Artillery Command all used shotguns. The huge barrage formed swept across the front, directly eliminating a layer of the rogue phalanx fifty steps away. This round of salvo fired at least Killed seven or eight hundred people!
"Fill it!"
"The enemy is thirty-five steps away from the artillery array!"
"put!"
boom!
Another round of shotgun volleys, this time the distance was closer and the lethality was greater. Thousands of thieves and armored soldiers were killed. A layer of corpses and wounded soldiers fell in front of the New Army artillery camp, screaming. The sounds come and go.
Although the armored soldiers in each battalion of the bandits have been reorganized, most of them are equipped with iron armor, and the rest also have cloth face armor and armor. Basically, all the soldiers are wearing armor. However, at a distance of thirty to fifty steps, they were beaten by the Hu Zun Cannon. A large-scale bombardment, no matter how strong the armor is, cannot withstand it!
"The enemy is twenty-five steps away from the artillery array!"
"put!"
boom!
The third round of volleys swept over, and the phalanx of thieves and soldiers suddenly shook. More than a thousand people were shot and killed on the spot. Ma Chongxi even saw a few steps ahead, a captain who was holding the line was directly hit by a small cannonball. Hit in the head, the iron helmet and the head together, like a watermelon wrapped in a layer of something, were directly beaten to pieces, and the surrounding armored soldiers all screamed and ran away.
At this time, Qian Yan looked at the army of thieves who were already close at hand, with beads of sweat on his forehead. He gritted his teeth and shouted: "Fight again."
One round! "
"The enemy is fifteen steps away from the artillery array!"
The distance was already very close, and Qian Qian had even seen the ferocious faces of many rogue soldiers. Many of them had even begun to trot, preparing to charge.
"put!"
boom!
After a loud noise, the fierce barrage instantly swept down all the bandit soldiers within thirty steps in front of the artillery camp. This salvo killed at least two thousand people. Such a huge result, even Qian Qian and Many gunners were also stunned.
After several rounds of volleys, half of the 10,000 thieves armored soldiers were dead or wounded. The remaining armored soldiers, even the heavenly soldiers and generals, were about to retreat at this time.
Ma Chongxi was unwilling to follow the defeated troops and fled north again, still shouting in his heart: "Just a little bit, just a little bit!"
Qian Qian laughed, and at the same time he had a new understanding of the fighting power of the bandits. These bandit soldiers were able to rush to this point under artillery fire when they were attacked. It was already considered very good. Even the Qing army was at this level.
"Hong Chengchou and Li Zicheng are really a den of snakes and rats, and they can actually train rogue soldiers and horses to this point!"
Qian Qian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and then ordered the Hu Zun Artillery Commander to continue firing salvos to maximize the results.
boom!
There was another volley, killing many of the rogue soldiers who fell behind. Ma Zhongxi was following behind at this time, and suddenly he felt a gust of wind coming from behind. Just as he was about to look back, he felt a sharp pain in his back, and then he felt that all the strength in his body was quickly drained away, and his whole body He threw himself forward and fell to the ground, making no more noise.
"The general was bombarded to death!"
The surrounding thieves and armored soldiers suddenly dispersed, shouting
Xiao screamed and fled towards Xingtang County.
At the same time, Zhang Neng also led his defeated troops to the west gate of Xingtang County. Looking at the closed city gate and listening to the roar of blunderbuss approaching behind him, Zhang Neng was so angry that he cursed, but in exchange he only got the city gates closed. A fierce volley of firecrackers.
"Fuck you!"
Zhang Neng roared angrily: "I am fighting bloody battles outside, but you only know how to defend. If you don't open the door now, are you going to watch the troops outside the city die!"
However, the battlefield was so chaotic at this time, and Zhang Neng's roar was also mixed in. The soldiers on the top of the city couldn't hear it at all. They just used volleys to drive away the defeated troops, forcing them to go back to fight.
Seeing that this was not the solution, Zhang Neng said angrily: "Break open the city gate for me. If something happens, I will be responsible!"
Zhang Neng was originally a bandit leader who led a rebellion by himself. Later, when Li Zicheng held a meeting with the leaders of all parties, Zhang Neng came to join him with his troops.
So Zhang Neng was forced to a dead end at this time, so he didn't care much and just ordered people to break open the city gate.
The dead soldiers also knew that they were in a desperate situation, so they found large wooden stakes in the camp, and then braved the fire cannons on the city top to fire volleys, and began to hit the west city gate.
Zhang Neng looked ferocious at this time and roared: "Hurry up, knock it away!"
At this moment, the new army soldiers from the brigade arrived, and thousands of bird gunners began to line up to fire volleys. Hundreds of sword and shield handmen wandered through the gaps in the formation, throwing thunderbolts at the dense crowds in front.
Violent explosions and continuous volleys were like mowing grass, harvesting the lives of stray thieves and dead soldiers.
As the bandits and dead soldiers fell in large swaths, Zhang Neng began to panic and hurriedly summoned the surrounding soldiers and horses to come over.
Protect yourself while not forgetting to urge the dead soldiers in front to continue hitting the city gate.
But Zhang Neng forgot that the big banner next to him was too conspicuous. Even under the cover of night, he could see it clearly in the sparkling firelight. This area immediately became a key attack area for the New Army soldiers.
boom!
The sky-shaking thunder continued to fall, and the surrounding bandits and dead soldiers were blown to pieces with blood and flesh, and they all screamed and fled from this death zone.
Zhang Neng finally realized his situation and hurriedly scolded his subordinates to throw away the big banner, and then prepared to run elsewhere to hide, but it was too late.
A thunderbolt exploded next to Zhang Neng. The violent fire instantly swallowed Zhang Neng. A large number of iron nails, porcelain shards, iron caltrops and other objects exploded from the thunderbolt tore Zhang Neng's body into pieces. , except for the head which was still intact, the entire human body had been changed beyond recognition and turned into a puddle of minced meat.
As Zhang Neng's banner collapsed, the dead soldiers outside the west gate also completely collapsed and fled towards the south and north.
At this time, Chen Yujing, a general in the middle of the right battalion of the New Army, was about to lead his troops to attack north. Suddenly, he saw that the west city gate had been knocked open by the scattered dead soldiers. Chen Yujing could even see from the damage, inside the city gate cave. There are a large number of rogue soldiers and horses busy repairing it.
"Ha ha!"
Chen Yujing laughed. This was really pie-in-the-sky, and it hit him on the head today.
"Come forward and suppress the enemy's firepower at the top of the city!"
"The sword and shield men stepped forward and threw thunderbolts to blow open the broken door for me!"
boom!
Thousands of new army gunners marched forward, stopped less than 70 steps away from the city wall, and then aimed at the city head and started firing volleys.
Qianliu Thief's musket was caught off guard, and many people fell down immediately, and the two sides immediately started shooting at each other.
"rush!"
A dozen sword and shield bearers held iron shields and rushed towards the city gate. Several of them were shot by rogue fire gunmen and fell on the charging road. However, in the end, several new saber and shield bearers rushed to the city gate. He ignited the thunderbolts one by one and threw them in through the damaged part of the city gate.
boom!
A violent explosion sounded at the west city gate. The already damaged city gate was instantly torn apart by the explosion. Even the city gate hole shook. A large amount of dust fell from above, scattering the dead and injured rogue soldiers. layer.
"The city is broken!"
I don't know who shouted at the top of their lungs, and the rogue fire gunmen on the west wall suddenly panicked, and then began to flee into the city.
Chen Yujing roared: "Come in!"
Thousands of New Army soldiers rushed to the west gate of Xingtang County.
