Only then did Bai Yuan realize that although the firing principle of cannons and firecrackers were the same, they were really different in use.
A person can handle a firecracker, but a group of people can't handle a cannon.
He had begun to make silent calculations in his mind. It seemed that a cannon must be equipped with at least one group of artillerymen. There are people responsible for loading ammunition, people responsible for aiming and igniting, and people responsible for cleaning the barrel and resetting it. If you are not skilled, it will be like now. In this way, a group of people circled around.
If one is skilled, it will take at least four or five people to operate a cannon.
Okay, from now on we will train artillery in groups of five.
Everyone was busy for a while, and it took at least one hundred and thirty-two blinks of time to finally reload the cannon, and the muzzle of the cannon was re-aimed at the fleet of pirates on the river.
And in the blink of an eye one hundred and thirty-two times, the fleet of pirates was much closer. The water flow of the Yellow River was already fast, so the fleet coming down the river came very quickly. In addition, after the bandits were shot twice, they accelerated their speed and rushed over, really as fast as lightning.
Bai Yuan knew that the two cannons had only one chance to fire.
He shouted loudly: "Light the fire! The rest of the people, prepare to fight. Bows and arrows, crossbowmen...
“Boom boom!
The two cannons fired again, and this time the bandits were closer. One cannon was lucky enough to hit a medium-sized merchant ship. A big hole was blown out of the ship, sawdust flew, and dozens of bandits jumped into the river.
The other shot missed, causing confusion among the bandits.
But at the same time, a large number of ships have rushed to the edge of the pier.
The stall grabbing and landing battle is about to begin!
The boat that ran the happiest time plunged onto the beach of Qiachuan Pier.
A group of ruthless bandits rushed ashore.
“Fire the arrow!
Feng Juan roared loudly, and at the same time as he roared, he found that his nosebleed was dripping down. He stretched out his hand and wiped the nosebleed on his face into an arrow shape: "Fire the arrow, let the arrow!"
The Heyang County militiamen drew their bows.
Their bows were in a mess, including big tip bows, small tip bows, ordinary hunting bows, light bows... They were all in a mess, and a hail of arrows flew towards the bandits who had just landed.
The gangsters were not afraid. They took out their shields and shrank behind the shields. They heard a thumping sound. There were many arrows inserted into the shields, but few of the gangsters were injured.
Bai Yuan saw it immediately: "Border troops! These people are rebellious border troops."
Wang Jiayin himself was born in the frontier army, and he also had a large number of rebels under his command. They were powerful, so he was able to become the boss of all the gangsters in the early years of Chongzhen. He fought and won consecutively. This was not just a boast, he was really powerful.
If this group of border troops were allowed to stand firm on the sand stall, rogue bandits would continue to land from behind.
Feng Juan was anxious: "It's difficult to deal with them with bows and arrows.
"Huh, so what about the border troops?" Bai Yuan took out his rifled gun and aimed at the gangster at the front. He looked like a frontier soldier or a captain. , is a benchmark figure.
"Bang", there was a gunshot, and the man's face blossomed and he fell on the beach.
The border soldier next to him was shocked: "There are not only cannons on the other side, but also firecrackers!"
"How come it was so accurate? It hit the captain right in the face."
"Damn it, you were lucky, right?
"Stand still! Don't be afraid.
Someone yelled.
While Bai Yuan was loading ammunition, he yelled at Pa Ditu and Zheng Gouzi: "Do you have any grenades?"
Pa Ditu shook his head: "No, we came out this time because we were ordered to protect the Holy Lady, so we didn't bring grenades."
"Damn it, we still have to wait for Mr. He to bring the main force."
Bai Yuan continued to reload ammunition, scanning the sand stall with his eyes.
After the captain was killed, the morale of the gangsters was slightly dampened, but as expected of a frontier army, they guarded the beach to block the arrows and refused to retreat. From time to time, two arrows came over and hit the tall wooden wall.
Behind them, three more boats washed up on the beach at the same time, and three boats of rogues kept jumping ashore.
Pa Ditu and others raised their crossbows and aimed at the group of people who had just landed ashore and fired indiscriminately. Many bandits were struck by arrows and fell down. Some of them fell directly into the river before they had time to get off the boat, causing a huge splash.
But more ships also approached.
Feng Juan poked his head out from the wall of the village to take a look. It happened that a bandit shot an arrow. The arrow hit Feng Juan on the head with a "pop" sound. This frightened him, but he No pain was felt.
Only then did he remember that he was wearing a white hat on his head. This hat was made of rattan, like a helmet of a rattan armored soldier, and its defensive power was quite good.
"Fire arrows, keep firing arrows, don't shoot those border troops holding shields." Feng Juan yelled: "Shoot those guys on the boats and those paddling over."
A large number of arrows flew towards the ship.
The bandits held up shields, pot lids, wooden boards, and even thick cotton clothes. They used these things to block the arrows and rowed quickly towards the shore. The arrows were not very effective against them.
Bai Yuan couldn't help but think of two or three years ago, when Bu Zhanni first attacked Fengyuan Town, Liang Shixian borrowed hundreds of large colorful bows from Gaojiacun, and shot a bunch of crooked and weak arrows. The arrow scared the non-sticking part so much that it felt timid and just wanted to run away.
But things have changed! Today's rogue bandits have grown up and cannot be stopped by just shooting arrows.
Bai Yuan couldn't help but secretly sigh: We don't have many advantages. With only the militia in Heyang County, this dock is not easy to defend.
Just when he was thinking about what to do.
The lying rabbit had an arrow stuck in his helmet, hunched over, ran to the cannon, and shouted to Bai Yuan: "Mr. Bai, the enemy is approaching, our cannon can't be used, can it?"
Bai Yuan: “Yes, it’s no longer needed.
"I'm going to borrow that explosive bag." Pa Ditu took a gunpowder bag for cannons, inserted a match, then lit the match, and flicked it towards the beach. The explosive bag brushed the ground and rolled away. Arriving at the feet of a group of border soldiers holding shields.
Border troops: "...
Bai Yuan: "Huh? Can it still be like this?"
The match rope is burned out!
"boom!
The gunpowder packet exploded.
This gunpowder bag did not contain small iron beads, nor was it wrapped in iron sheets. It was not a blooming bomb, so its lethality was very limited. However, when it exploded at the feet of the border troops, it was enough to destroy the formation of the border troops. It's messy.
Smoke and dust billowed up, the frontier troops were in chaos, and their shields were crooked.
The people from the militia took the opportunity to fire a wave of arrows into the smoke of the explosion. They only heard a scream from the smoke. Some people rushed out of the smoke with several arrows stuck in their bodies, while others retreated. However, it fell into the Yellow River with a plop.
Pa Ditu looked up to the sky and laughed: "Hahahahaha! Sure enough, only by relying on this Lord Rabbit can we open up the situation."
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