If Xie Ziwei's artillery wants to be trained, it is not a matter of time and a half, but the big battle with the Ming army is imminent, and if he wants to play a role in the next battle, he can only rely on those craftsmen who make cannons.

These artillery-making craftsmen are naturally the most familiar with the performance of artillery, and with them, there is no need to worry about the cannon not being able to shoot or not being able to hit accurately.

When the artillery of Huangzhushan arrived three days later, in the morning after Li Xuan's breakfast, someone came to report that there was a change in the Ming army on the opposite side, and it was very likely that they wanted to officially cross the river.

Hearing this news, Li Xuan naturally climbed the mountain for the first time to personally observe the Ming army on the opposite side.

I saw that the Ming army on the opposite side appeared on the beachhead one after another, and at the same time, many Ming soldiers also began to carry the rafts on the river bank into the river.

At this time, Li Xuan was no longer familiar with combat, but he could also see that the Ming army on the opposite side was really planning to cross the river.

And calculate the time, the Ming army should indeed have crossed the river in these days, they have been facing each other at the Lanjiang ferry for more than half a month, both sides have not been idle in this half a month, the new army of the Tang Dynasty is building a chest wall and a fort, and the Ming army is building a raft, from time to time you can still see the Ming army small-scale launching, obviously for the relevant training of crossing the river.

Both sides have been preparing for so long, and naturally it is impossible for the confrontation to continue indefinitely, and the battle will always have to be fought.

This is not Li Xuan's eagerness to fight, in fact, he wants the Ming army to delay time, it is best to wait a few months before crossing the river, but it is obvious that the Ming army cannot wait so long.

These Ming armies have a clear mission, that is, to exterminate the puppet Tang thief army.

And such a task cannot be delayed forever, otherwise, whether it is the general who led the army or Song Zhiwen himself, he will not be able to explain to his superiors.

Leading an army of 3,000 to suppress a bandit, it is reasonable to say that there has been no results for a month, but if there is no progress for several months, then the bigwigs above will be unhappy.

In addition, it is also very important that the army spends a lot of money outside, and every day is an extra day's expenses, and these expenses are not taken care of, and the place is at your own expense.

Of course, if any loot is captured, such as looting several large villages on the road, the loot obtained does not need to be handed over.

In a nutshell, when the local army fights, especially the type of war against bandits, it is self-financing, and the court doesn't care!

This is why it is recorded in many history books that the passage of the imperial army and the suffering of the people along the way are no different from encountering bandits and thieves.

Why, because the bandit army needs to survive by robbery, and the officers and soldiers in many places, especially the guest soldiers, also need to rely on robbery to survive, the only difference between them is that the name of the bandit army is not justified, while the officers and soldiers are justifiable, and for the people, neither of these is a good thing.

Otherwise, how could there be a word called 'a family of soldiers and bandits'!

Under a lot of pressure, it is impossible for the Ming army to stay on the other side of the river to confront the new army of the Tang Dynasty, and after they have completed many preparations, they will definitely cross the river.

And now, they are clearly about to start crossing the river.

"Pass the order, let the soldiers get ready!" As Li Xuan spoke, he turned to look at the group of generals behind him, and then took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Today, we will fight to the death with the puppet thief army!" ”

Li Xuan deliberately said deeply, just to let them know that today's battle is related to the survival of the Tang Dynasty, and even more to the life and death of everyone here.

The group of generals below immediately said in unison: "Obey the order!" ”

Li Xuan nodded slightly, and then said, "Let's all go and prepare!" ”

Immediately, Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren, Wang Danxu, Hao Bonian and other generals bowed down and retreated, and they wanted to lead their respective troops to prepare for battle in order to meet the largest battle since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, and this battle was also the first frontal large-scale battle experienced by the new army of the Tang Dynasty.

In the past, the new army of the Tang Dynasty generally avoided the main force of the Ming army without fighting, and ran away directly when encountered, and many battles were partial divisions that chose to bully the Ming army.

But this time, they had to directly face the three thousand main forces of the Ming army, even if there was a Lanjiang River as their defensive moat, but whether they could win the battle and whether they could stop the Ming army from the Lanjiang River, Li Xuan's grasp in his heart was not enough.

Half of the 60% chance of winning is brought by the musket team of more than 200 people, and the chance of winning is 30% because of Lanjiang.

As for the remaining forty percent chances, it is purely up to God to give him face, if God gives him face, maybe when the Ming army crosses the river, there will be a big flood, and the Ming soldiers will be drowned.

If God doesn't give face, the Ming army crossed the river smoothly, and was washed up on the beachhead by their main force, and even entered the stage of short-handed contact with the new army of Datang, then it would be very difficult for Datang Xin to win.

After all, no matter what, the Ming army has 3,000 people, while the Datang New Army has only a little more than 1,300 people, and the strength of both sides is not small.

As for the quality of the soldiers on both sides, in fact, they are also about the same, only half of the Ming army is a regular army, and the rest are also young and strong people who are temporarily pulled, and the main force of the Datang New Army is only four or five hundred people, and the rest are all recruits.

As the so-called is, both sides are half-hearted, and no one can say who is not.

The Ming army on the other side of the river moved quite quickly, and it had not been long before it began to move, and it had already begun to assemble on the other side of the river.

At this time, the Datang New Army was the first to take action!

With Xie Ziwei's cannon, the only artillery 'Italian artillery' in the Datang New Army was the first roar in this battle.

Under the loading and aiming of the artillery engineers, the Italian cannon took the lead in firing, and suddenly the rumbling sound of the cannon sounded on the surface of the river, and it was heard far, far away.

This cannon sound shook for dozens of miles, and the soldiers on both sides of the Lanjiang River heard it clearly.

Accompanied by a loud bang, smoke rose from the muzzle of the cannon!

However, these are not within the scope of Li Xuan's attention, at this time, Li Xuan was dressed in a military uniform, with long leather boots on his feet, a three-foot Qingfeng hanging from his waist, and he was also wearing gray leather gloves named Dong Yunyun sewn by himself, but they were actually done by Zhu'er.

The mountain breeze blew, causing the ends of his long hair to flutter slightly, and the hem of his uniform swayed slightly.

At this time, he stood on the hill like a green pine, and he did not move even though the mountain breeze blew on his face.

In his eyes, the Ming troops on the other side of the river were crowded on the river beach in a dense and chaotic manner, and they headed towards the raft that was already by the river, and many Ming army officers were shouting and urging.

At this time, a small black dot fell from the sky and then fell into the dense crowd of the Ming army.

Suddenly, flesh and blood fly!