"The gunfire has stopped, the gunfire has stopped!"
Suddenly there were officers and soldiers shouting loudly on the city wall.
After hearing this, Chen Jisheng frowned and said to a soldier beside him: "Why don't you go over and see what's going on?"
It is true that there are no more cannons falling on the city wall, but he is worried that it is a trap set by tiger thieves outside the city, who are firing cannons in order to lure the officers and soldiers to the city wall.
The personal soldiers sent by Chen Jisheng came out of their hiding place and quickly came to the city wall.
Seeing the situation outside the city, he paused and ran back immediately.
Returning to Chen Jisheng, he said urgently: "General, this is Deputy General Huang. Deputy General Huang has led his people to deal with the tiger thieves outside the city."
Upon hearing this, Chen Jisheng hurriedly came out of his hiding place and almost ran to the top of the city.
Standing between the crenellations, he looked towards the outside of the city.
Huang Long, who was originally thought by him to have abandoned the city and fled, now led his soldiers and horses to charge towards the artillery formation with the Tiger Flag.
It is precisely because of Huanglong that the city no longer suffers from shelling.
"I have misunderstood General Huang."
Seeing this scene outside the city, Chen Jisheng could not understand that Huang Long did not abandon the city and flee, but went to the city to fight the tiger thieves in order to defend the city.
The soldier standing at the back said: "It's not the general's fault. It's General Wang who didn't speak clearly. Otherwise, the general wouldn't have misunderstood Vice General Huang."
"No matter who caused the misunderstanding, the top priority now is to make sure that General Huang can deal with the tiger bandit's cannon, otherwise it will be useless even if he leaves the city." Chen Jisheng said.
The soldier said: "How about sending a group of troops out of the city to cooperate with Deputy General Huang to deal with the tiger thieves outside the city?"
After hearing this, Chen Jisheng thought for a while.
Finally, he shook his head and said: "The tiger thieves are not that easy to deal with. It would be good if General Huang can deal with the tiger thieves' cannon. If even General Huang can't deal with it, then it will be useless no matter how many others there are. On the contrary, it will only make people angry." The city is empty.”
Compared with cooperating with Huang Long, he wanted to defend the city more.
Huanglong's life was not as important to him as Nancheng, which had a large reserve of supplies.
Outside the city!
Huang Long followed the more than 200 cavalrymen who left the city from Renhe Gate with him, circled most of the circle, and attacked the artillery array outside the Tiger Flag from the flank.
Do not give the Tiger Flag artillery array a chance to move.
Huang Long's actions really shocked Xing Chaoxi and others.
It was completely unexpected that some of the bright generals in the city would have the guts to come out of the city and launch a sneak attack.
The surroundings of the Tiger Flag's artillery array were not without any defenses. Although the artillery array was in front, there were soldiers from two battalions behind it, and they were soldiers who could be thrown into the battlefield at any time.
"Order the second battalion to step forward immediately to block the incoming flanking officers and soldiers." Xing Chaoxi quickly issued the order.
The second battalion, which received the order, did not need to spread out too much, so it lay between the artillery array and the invading Mingqi.
Even if the soldiers of the Tiger Flag start running, the team will not become disorganized, let alone such a short distance.
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When a battalion of soldiers entered their positions, they all raised their firecrackers.
At this time, Huang Long almost rushed to the front with more than two hundred cavalry.
boom! boom! boom!
There was a sound of gunshots, and some people from the oncoming Mingqi began to fall to the ground.
After firing one row of muskets, the second row came up and fired again.
In addition to the firecrackers, the Tiger Crouching Cannon grenades of the Tiger Flag were also brought to the front of the formation, and the gunners began to skillfully load iron sand and explosives.
Just as the gunners in the third row finished firing their guns, the gunner operating the Crouching Tiger Cannon immediately fired at the Mingqi in front of him.
The Tiger Crouching Cannon filled with iron sand, when the cannon sounded, countless iron sand flew out.
Ming Qi, who was about to rush forward with three rounds of impact, was instantly killed by the iron sand. The bodies of men and horses were scattered on the ground.
At the same time, it also slowed down the charging speed of Mingqi, and because of the casualties and injuries to Mingqi, there was a large gap in the middle.
At this time, some more gunmen came forward.
However, the front ends of the guns in the hands of these gunmen were equipped with bayonets, and they were placed in rows in front, with the tails of the guns on the ground and the bayonets pointed upwards.
A standard gun formation blocked the front, buying time for the gunners and tiger crouching gunners behind to reload.
Someone from the Ming army's cavalry rushed forward, but the horse stopped on its own.
War horses are not dead objects. Facing the bayonet blocking the front, they will also feel the danger from the gun array.
"Rush over!" Huang Long shouted loudly.
Not all the war horses were intimidated by the sharp bayonets in front of them. Some of the war horses, under the urging of their riders, forced themselves towards the gun formation, trying to break a way out.
There was also the Ming Cavalry because the horse stopped too quickly and crashed into the gun formation in front due to inertia.
Poof! Poof!
There was the sound of bayonets piercing flesh. At the same time, a soldier holding a bayonet was directly knocked away from his position by the collision of the war horse. Even if the bayonet pierced the body of the war horse, he was still thrown away by the collision.
However, at the newly exposed gap, other gunmen immediately stepped forward to seal the gap again, preventing Mingqi from having a chance to rush through.
boom! boom! boom!
The gunmen behind the gun array took advantage of the Ming Cavalry's speed to slow down and continuously used the fire guns in their hands to attack the Ming Cavalry who was blocked by the gun array.
As the distance increases, the accuracy of the fire gun also increases, and the power naturally becomes greater.
Mingqi was constantly hit by muskets and fell off his horse.
At the same time, there were also Mingqi who were afraid of the gun array in front of them and did not dare to rush past. They just circled outside the gun array, which forced the Mingqi who were following behind to slow down or even stop.
Without the blessing of speed, it becomes more difficult for the cavalry to break through the spear formation of the Tiger Flag soldiers. Instead, they have to continue to be hit by the gunmen hiding in the spear formation.
More and more Mingqi were hit by muskets and fell off their horses.
And Mingqi was unable to break through the gun formation for a while, even if he wanted to go around and directly attack the gun formation of the Tiger Flag.
In addition to the soldiers with tiger flags blocking the way of Mingqi, some of the cannons in the artillery array had already turned their muzzles.
"General, withdraw!"
As the deputy commander-in-chief, Huang Long was naturally surrounded by personal guards.
Seeing that the situation had reached a stalemate and that their own side was at a disadvantage, some soldiers immediately persuaded Huang Long to retreat.
"withdraw!"
Huang Long was also decisive. Seeing that he could not do anything, he took his own soldiers and turned around and rushed directly to Beicheng.
As for Nancheng, he doesn't plan to go back.
If the Tiger Flag's cannons cannot be dealt with, Nancheng will fall into the hands of the Tiger Flag sooner or later.
At this time, even if he returns to Nancheng, he won't be able to play a big role. It is better to go back to Beicheng to make arrangements in advance.
Once Huang Long left, naturally none of the remaining Mingqi would stay.
The cavalry who followed Huang Long out of the city were all soldiers and horses under his command. They followed him back toward the north city.
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