More than thirty scouts from the firearms battalion rode their horses into the night. Ai Nengqi and others could only hear the sound of the iron hooves of the horses in the distant night, but they could not see through the scene in the night.
Suddenly, the night in the south suddenly flickered, accompanied by the violent roar of firecrackers.
Ainengqi was shocked to see countless officers and soldiers as the firecrackers fired flashed and then blacked out. He saw more than thirty scouts who rushed out were shot and fell off their horses, and soon became silent.
"Enemy attack!"
Enengqi roared with all his strength. The fifteen thousand knights in the camp, as well as the more than two thousand gunners and heavy soldiers of the artillery team, immediately exploded and began to assemble amidst the roars of their respective superiors. , deploy defense.
But at this time, the military morale of the Xiaoqi and the artillery team had begun to waver, and the speed of deploying defenses had also slowed down. Enengqi kept roaring and yelling anxiously.
At the same time, Li Dingguo on the top of the city also heard the roar of firecrackers in the south, and hurriedly led his troops to wait and see. In the night outside the city in the south, the roar of the army advancing in formation began to be heard. Getting closer and closer to the city of Quyang County, like an elf coming out of the dark night, making Li Dingguo extremely nervous. After so many years in the army, he had never been so nervous. He immediately shouted: "Prepare for war, let's start the war!"
In an instant, before Li Dingguo's roar ended, countless torches were lit one after another in the wilderness to the south of Quyang County, just like the stars in the night sky reflected on the earth, boundless and spectacular.
"How can this be!"
Li Dingguo looked at the scene outside the city in disbelief. In the south of Quyang County, there was an almost endless army formation.
, spreading to the intersection of the night sky and the earth in the south.
Even if Li Dingguo cannot see the whole army outside the city now, he must know that this is Liu Yan's army, and it is also the entire main army. He is just annoyed, why he only guessed now that Liu Yan came from the direction of Xinle County, otherwise If we had contacted Li Laiheng's headquarters in the front camp one day earlier, the battle situation would not be what it is tonight!
"Order the artillery team to open fire immediately and bombard Liu Yan's military formation first!"
Before Li Dingguo's order was sent out of the city, Qian Qian was already standing in the artillery array outside the city, and the hundreds of artillery in the artillery camp had all been loaded.
During this raid, Liu Yan learned from Ye Bushou's investigation that Li Dingguo had led his troops into the city and had deployed corresponding defenses. Therefore, the strategy of dividing troops and raiding on all sides like that in Xingtang County was not feasible.
Therefore, Liu Yan concentrated his forces, with the artillery battalion as the vanguard. The new army's front camp, rear camp, middle camp, left camp, and right camp were arranged according to their camp numbers. The guard camp and the middle camp were in the center of the army, serving as the center camp. , the cavalry battalion followed behind the guard battalion.
With such an arrangement, Liu Yan also made up his mind that if the surprise attack failed, he would fight head-on at night and use all his fighting spirit to fight Li Dingguo. This was also a sign of respect for Li Dingguo, a famous general.
At this time, Qian Qian roared loudly: "Fire!"
boom!
The New Army artillery battalion took the lead in firing. The Hongyi artillery was aimed at the south wall of Quyang County. The Folang machine gun and the rocket launcher were aimed at the bandit artillery team outside the city, as well as the Xiaoqi barracks. The Huzun artillery was on alert, ready to "block" any The bandit soldiers rushed forward.
At the same time, Liu Yan was also fully prepared to quickly attack the army.
When heading north, they also ordered people to prepare a large number of sandbags. At this time, the heavy troops of the front battalion were deployed in front of the artillery camp to block the artillery bombardment of the rogue artillery team.
"Fill! Release!"
boom!
The firepower of the New Army artillery battalion continued, and each main artillery was divided into three squads to fire volleys in turn, suppressing the Ryu Bandit Firearms Battalion very hard.
At this time, Enengqi braved the artillery fire and directed the artillery team to fire back. Of the 300 artillery pieces, only 230 or 40 were able to fire normally. The remaining artillery pieces were either shot by the New Army artillery battalion or the gunners were killed by the New Army artillery battalion. Already frightened by the new army's surprise attack, he fled elsewhere in a panic.
"put!"
Enengqi roared loudly, and the Rogue Firearms Battalion and the New Army Artillery Battalion fired at each other. The artillery on both sides continued to shine in the dark night, illuminating the earth under the night. The gorgeous sight and the sound that resounded throughout the world, The morale of the New Army battalions was boosted and their fighting spirit was high. However, the Rogue Firearms Battalion was suppressed by this sudden artillery array. Most of the soldiers fell into panic, even panic. The army's Morale began to decline rapidly.
boom!
While Ainengqi urged the artillery team to fight back, he ordered the assembly of 15,000 knights to flank the New Army artillery camp position from the west.
However, at this time, the Xiaoqi camp was also under attack from the New Army artillery battalion. Fierce rockets and a considerable number of artillery shells continued to fall, beating the fifteen thousand Xiaoqi into confusion. Although the casualties so far were only a few hundred, put them in one place. There are not many of them among the 5,000 men and horses, but this kind of continuous bombardment is fatal to morale. Fear spreads rapidly in the Xiaoqi camp. Although Ainengqi's order to attack has been conveyed to
, but the soldiers and horses were never able to assemble.
At the same time, Li Dingguo was also escorted by his personal guards and hid in the tower. Just now, Li Dingguo saw with his own eyes that a captain next to him was hit by a cannonball. The captain's strong body was instantly shattered. Even if he was wearing sophisticated armor, he could not withstand the direct hit of the cannonball!
The bandit soldiers on top of the city were also frightened by the power of the Hongyi cannon. A cannonball weighing nearly ten kilograms hit the top of the city hard. No matter how strong the city wall was, the rocks would fly everywhere. Those flying rubbles instantly turn into death talismans. If you are hit by them, you will basically be seriously injured or die on the spot!
What's even more terrifying is that the shells fired by the Hongyi cannon are very powerful. They can easily bounce off the city wall and then sweep left and right among the crowd, directly taking away a large number of lives, broken limbs, and even large pieces of broken pieces. The meat was leaking on the city wall, and the scene was very bloody.
At this time, Li Dingguo stood in the city tower with a pale face, listening to the roar of hundreds of artillery pieces from both sides outside, and the screams and shouts of the soldiers under his command on the city wall, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart.
How many wars have I experienced and how much effort have I put in since I joined the army with my adoptive father? Why am I still so powerless when fighting against Liu Yan? I am always suppressed and beaten hard, even though my subordinates are equipped with a large number of firearms. Still unable to gain the upper hand, why?
For a moment, Li Dingguo wanted to directly order surrender. He wanted to see Liu Yan with his own eyes and ask Liu Yan personally about his doubts.
However, this thought was interrupted by a burst of shouting, and only one person was seen.
The lieutenant rushed into the tower in panic and said loudly: "General Qi Zhi, our heroic cavalry has been attacked by the army's artillery fire and has shown a tendency to be defeated. General You Guoyi requests to lead his troops into the city to assist in defense!"
Li Dingguo gritted his teeth and said, "No! Order General Ai Nengqi of You Guoyi to immediately organize a charge of the cavalry and raid the official artillery array at all costs!"
"yes!"
After this order was issued, Li Dingguo felt extremely painful, because Li Dingguo knew that if Ai Nengqi led his troops to attack the army's artillery array, it would be a lifeless end. If his sworn brother died in the battle, he would still have something to lose. The courage to live?
At this time, Li Dingguo closed his eyes in pain.
"What?"
Ai Nengqi looked at the captain who had returned and said in disbelief: "Attack Liu Yan's artillery formation now? There are 100,000 elite new troops over there, how can we attack!"
The captain lowered his head and did not dare to speak.
Then Ai Nengqi sighed and said: "It is right to control the general. At present, this is the only way to interrupt the artillery bombardment of the army, but what to do next? This battle cannot be won. If you want to defeat Liu Yan's tribe, it is not the Firearms Battalion alone. What you can do with your own strength, you can’t do!”
"General, what should we do? Do we really want to attack the official artillery array?"
At this time, the surrounding subordinates all looked timid. Ainengqi looked at the expressions of everyone, and the remaining fighting spirit in his heart had disappeared. Then he sat down frustrated and said: "You are here?" Maintain the situation here, I will go into the city to meet General Zhi!"
Ai Nengqi hurriedly rode into the city, but the heroic cavalry and artillery behind him became more and more turbulent.
The cavalry began to retreat slowly, and the artillery firepower also weakened a lot.
"Control the general!"
Ai Nengqi rode his horse and rushed to the south city tower, panting and saying: "The artillery fire of the general's army is too fierce, and there are the main gunmen behind it. Now if we attack the army's artillery formation, all fifteen thousand knights will be destroyed." !”
Li Dingguo was shocked and said angrily: "Xiaoqi hasn't charged yet?"
Ai Nengqi said with some guilt: "I haven't given the order yet."
"asshole!"
Li Dingguo said angrily: "If we don't charge while the brave knights are still brave, how long will it take? Should we wait until all the troops are defeated before launching a counterattack!"
Ai Nengqi was speechless. The situation at this time was almost a dead end. If he charged, the best result would be a tragic victory and a high probability of defeat. If you don't charge, you can only wait for death, without any room for maneuver.
"Now what?"
Li Dingguo sighed and said: "I have ordered people to prepare sandbags overnight and deploy them all on the top of the city to defend against Liu Yan's artillery fire and cannon fire. Next, we have to hold on to the city and wait for reinforcements!"
Enengqi said: "The general is saying that the knights and artillery units will be transferred into the city?"
"Only Xiaoqi!"
Li Dingguo gritted his teeth and said: "It's too late to mobilize the artillery team. We can only let Xiaoqi enter the city as soon as possible to preserve our strength!"
Three hundred artillery pieces!
At this time, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi's hearts were bleeding. This was most of the belongings of the firearms camp. Will they be forced to give up under a surprise attack by Liu Yan's troops?
Ai Nengqi said angrily: "Then let the artillery team continue to bombard Liu Yan's troops and cover the Xiaoqi entering the city!"
"good!"
Soon Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi acted separately. Li Dingguo, protected by his guards holding up shields, left the city tower to urge the ministries to deploy sandbags. However, under the bombardment of the New Army artillery battalion, the process of deploying sandbags on the south wall was very slow, often just now. A section of sandbag wall was built up, but before it could be reinforced, it was shattered by several cannonballs.
"Sending people over again, first concentrate on deploying sandbag defense lines on the south city wall!"
Li Dingguo didn't have much to worry about at this time, and began to exchange human lives for defense lines, constantly mobilizing soldiers and horses from other city tops. Soon, the strength of the Rogue Firearms Battalion on the south city wall increased by 30%, and the New Army Artillery Battalion was severely damaged. The number of casualties also increased rapidly.
At the same time, Ai Nengqi rode his horse and rushed out from the south city gate. The scene before his eyes became even more chaotic. The fifteen thousand knights had already killed and injured thousands of people. The remaining knights had begun to retreat and gathered. Near the south city gate, soldiers and horses kept taking the opportunity to rush into the city from the city gate. Ainengqi shouted angrily, but it didn't help.
"Reorganize immediately and follow my general into the city according to the organizational structure!"
Ai Nengqi roared loudly. After a large number of Xiaoqi received the order one after another, no one was there to form a team. They all rushed into the city along the south gate. The chaos in the Xiaoqi camp became even more chaotic. Many soldiers and horses even started to Trampling on each other.
In the artillery camp in front, before Ai Nengqi's order could be conveyed here, the news that the Cavalry Army was entering the city spread first. The artillery team suddenly began to panic, and a large number of gunners turned around and ran away. The firearms battalion artillery team The counterattack was instantly misfired.
"Huh?"
At this time, Liu Yan looked ahead and the artillery team of the Liuthi Firearms Battalion suddenly misfired.
The artillery fire that was still flickering suddenly dimmed, leaving only the shouts and noises of the retreating troops outside the south gate of Quyang County.
"The enemy is about to withdraw into the city. The artillery battalion is ordered to stop firing immediately, and the infantry battalions immediately launch a general attack!"
"Today's third chapter is here for you. Please accept it."
