After Cao's soldiers and horses entered within 800 paces, the Franc machine gunners kept asking the general to come over and ask about the timing of the cannon. Peng Guang replied a few times and became impatient, and yelled at the general: "You tell this group of ghosts that without my military order, all those who dare to fire are taken off the barrels of the scoops!" ”

The whole thing was so frightened that he was so frightened that he trotted and chattered with the Franc machine man for a while, and I don't know if Peng Guang's meaning was conveyed as it was, in short, the Franc machine gunners really became very quiet later.

Peng Guang waited patiently, and visually saw that Cao's soldiers and horses were approaching 500 paces before he gave the order to fire artillery.

The gunners of the Franc machine, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately got busy, and the gun body, gun carriage, etc. had been adjusted in advance, so almost in the blink of an eye, the five No. 2 Hongyi guns roared at the same time, resounding like thunder, and the sound shook for more than ten miles. Everywhere in the eyes, three iron pills hit the open space in front of Cao Ying's soldiers and horses, trapping and cracking stones, and the other two just fell into the formation, white smoke mixed with blood flowers, instantly knocking the flat formation open a hole out of thin air.

Peng Guang roughly estimated that only these two iron pills killed and wounded at least a dozen enemy soldiers, and he was stunned for a while. Before he came back to his senses, when the gunners measured the moment with the gun gauge, the second round of artillery fire spun out, this time, the accuracy was greatly improved compared with the test gun, and the five iron pellets all flew into the Cao Ying soldier and horse formation, and suddenly set off a "monstrous wave".

After two rounds of firing, the general ran to ask whether to adjust the direction of the attack, Peng Guangben did not have much expectations for the artillery, according to the past experience, he only felt that it was used to scare and scare the opposite side, and it could be withdrawn at about the same time.

Five No. 2 Hongyi cannons fired five rounds in a row, and the Cao Ying's array of soldiers and horses was already staggering, and there was chaos. The barrel of the Hongyi cannon is hot and needs to be cleared and cooled down, and the Cao Ying's soldiers and horses just entered the effective strike range of the big Buddha Lang cannon during the operation, so seven big Buddha Lang cannons as supplementary firepower took over the cannon, and the gunner used the gun body itself to shine on the door and the front sight, aiming at the enemy formation at three points and one line to shoot, the accuracy is certainly not as good as the No. 2 Hongyi cannon with the assistance of gun gauge and gun table, but because the rate of fire is very fast, the power is also extraordinary. I saw that each big Buddha Lang machine gun mother gun had eight or nine guns in turn to replace, and the gunner took the guns and released them, which was extremely fast, and in just a short time, Peng Guang listened to six or seven rounds of cannon fire.

The white smoke dissipated, and the front rows of Cao Ying's soldiers and horses in the west had long been shattered and eroded, but what was more terrible than the dead and wounded was the wavering of will. The Cao battalion had a total of nearly 2,000 soldiers and horses, and at this time they were repeatedly shelled, and only three or four out of ten were killed or wounded, but the soldiers were frightened and frightened in the intensive artillery fire, and their morale fell to a low point, and they could no longer suppress the phenomenon of retreating from the battle. Peng Guang judged the situation and ordered the soldiers in the front row to continue to fire salvos with bows and crossbows and bird guns, and for a time the arrows and bullets flew and the cannons rang out again and again, and the Cao Ying's soldiers and horses were difficult to support in the west, and began to retreat after advancing to 200 steps.

Luo Rucai saw that a part of his army was scattered and returned, he was furious, grabbed Fan Dingge who led the troops and was about to behead him, Luo Dain persuaded hard: "The official army's firearms are sharp, concentrate on attacking one, no matter who can support it, at the moment Zhao Yingyuan is still advancing, Li Rugui is being attacked in Dongshao, but Zhao can continue to attract firepower, and quickly order Li Rugui to lead the cavalry to attack the official artillery!" ”

Fan Dingge kowtowed and begged: "It is not good for the villain to suppress the soldiers, I am willing to make meritorious service by the crime, and gather the chaotic soldiers to re-advance, this time we must kill in front of the official army, otherwise we will be martyred!" "I knocked my head a few times in a row.

Luo Rucai kicked him away and scolded: "Kill Cai, since this is the case, don't get out of here, don't be an eyesore in front of Lao Tzu!" ”

There were still more than 1,000 Cao Ying's horse army, all of which were mixed with Li Rugui's troops. Li Rugui received the order, and immediately pulled out the horse army to break away from the infantry and attack the Qihun camp head-on. At that time, Zhao Yingyuan's troops were less than 200 steps away from the Qihun camp front, and after the defeat of Fan Dingge's troops, his troops became the key targets of the opposite side.

Peng Guangxin had a plan, knowing that the No. 2 Hongyi cannon and the big Buddha Lang cannon could not be fired too often, so he only used bows and crossbows and bird guns to block the distance from 200 to 100 steps in Zhao Yingyuan's department. Zhao Yingyuan's pressure dropped sharply and seized the opportunity to forge ahead. It's a pity that it was only a hundred steps, and the well-prepared, long-awaited Qihun camp artillery was on the spot, and the iron pellets and lead burst out one after another, and the flying arrows and gun pills were combined, and the soldiers of Zhao Yingyuan's troops shook the sky and the earth like ears of wheat in the wind.

Zhao Yingyuan himself couldn't help but injure his left arm by a stray bullet, and then listened to the urgent report of the Tang soldiers, and the soldiers and horses of the headquarters had suffered one-third of the casualties, and their morale plummeted, and there were also signs of fluctuating military morale. Fortunately, the Fan Dingge Department made a comeback, the reinforcements were timely, and the two divisions advanced forward and backward, and the position was slightly stable.

There were still nearly 3,000 soldiers in the Cao battalion on the front, and Peng Guang then learned of the abnormal movements of Li Rugui's horse army, and sent people to report to Zhao Dangshi and Guo Ruke, and ordered the artillery to be withdrawn.

Li Rugui calculated very carefully, and he led the army to quietly go around for a short distance, until he launched a full-speed charge when he was only a hundred paces away from the front line position of the Qihun camp diagonally. According to his previous experience, it took a lot of time to disassemble and transport the fixed artillery, and the horse army had to be within easy reach of a hundred paces, and as long as the artillery and the long-range troops of the officers and troops in the front were disrupted, they could buy enough time for the friendly troops in front to leap forward, and then merge the two into one, and fight hand-to-hand and bloody battles, which could reverse the disadvantage.

But halfway through, to his surprise, through the longing figure, he could observe that the more than ten artillery pieces in front of the officers and soldiers actually pushed the officers and soldiers into the formation in a few breaths, and completely disappeared from the cumbersome steps of pulling nails and tenons in his imagination. If it weren't for seeing someone operating it with his own eyes, the speed of the artillery retreat was so fast that Li Rugui almost thought that they were all fine, and they would have withdrawn on their own when they saw that the situation was not good.

"Keep rushing!" Li Rugui took the lead and kept holding the gun. The artillery was withdrawn and withdrawn, and there were the rest of the long-range troops of the officers and troops in front, which could cause huge casualties to the opponent if they attacked from the side.

It's just that the heavens don't fulfill people's wishes, how could the Zhao Ying horse army, which had been waiting in the rear for a long time, give him the opportunity to destroy his own array, almost at the same time as Li Rugui shouted loudly, the more than 1,000 horse troops of the Feijie right battalion cut off the Cao Ying horse army that was interspersed horizontally from south to north. The attacked Cao Ying's horse army instantly looked like an earthworm pinched in the center, and the head and tail suddenly came towards the center of the wound and fought with Feijie's right battalion.

In addition, more than 1,000 horse troops of Zhou Yuji and Liu Guangzuo, who had been watching on the east bank of the Yan River, drew their swords and rode their horses, crossed the muddy bed of the Yan River, and made a detour to the west.

"Here we go!" Zhao Dangshi, who was sitting firmly in the big tent of the Chinese army, heard the horn of the sky, and stood up and walked out of the tent with Guo Ruke.

"Report to the lord, Feijie's left battalion has stopped the Cao thief horse army!" Yang Zhaofeng, the counselor and overseer of the Feijie Left Battalion, who had just returned from the front line observation, said, "Is my battalion's horse army attacking? ”

"Out!" Zhao Dangshi raised his hand, "Intercept the infantry of the Cao Thief Horse Army on the east side." And said, "By the way, inform Zhou Dusi, let him lead the troops and the Qihun battalion to resist the Cao thief infantry who are attacking head-on!" ”

Yang Zhaofeng left, and the fast horse arrived again, and immediately the Tang soldiers came from the outpost of the Hun camp, only to hear him: "The sentry officer has pushed the artillery to the west bank of the Baihe River and is rearranging it!" ”

"Very good, let him not be anxious, wait for the Cao thief forces to gather on the east bank of the White River, and then it will not be too late to fire artillery!" Zhao Dangshi nodded and said, "How are the two adults Min and Lang?" ”

Tang Bing replied: "Continue to hold on after escorting the Ha Sentinel Headquarters across the pontoon bridge." ”

When Guo Ruke heard this, he said with a smile: "Everything is ready, only one shot is missing." In this battle, 'Cao Cao' will suffer a lot! ”

At the same time, Luo Rucai is also redeploying troops. The current situation was very unfavorable to him, and the two departments of Zhao Yingyuan and Fan Dingge, who were advancing head-on, paid a huge price and finally approached the front of the official army, but then fell into a bitter battle under the resistance of the left, right, and rear posts of the Qihun camp and the Zhenxiao soldiers. originally expected Li Rugui to lead the horse army to take the lead in disrupting the front line of the official army, but unexpectedly, he also entangled the official army and the horse army. According to the new arrivals, more than 1,000 Ma troops have been dispatched behind the official army, and their targets are likely to be Li Rugui's infantry temporarily separated from the Ma army.

Normally, the front line is tight, and Luo Rucai still has more than 2,000 troops in his hands, which should be sent to support in time, but he does not dare to do this at the moment, because the third officer army and the horse army that crossed the Yanhe tidal flat are coming from the east. Being in the empty plain of Kuiying, and there was no time to dig trenches and set up barriers, Luo Rucai, who only had 2,000 infantry left to protect himself, did not dare to divide his troops no matter what.

"It is better to lean west by the river, so as not to outflank the officers and soldiers." ”

In a hurry, Luo Rucai was afraid that he would be taken advantage of by the officials and horses, so he hurriedly led the army to the east bank of the Baihe River, and he was only a little relieved when he looked down and saw the surging white waves.

Don't you know that his move is in the hands of Zhao Dangshi. In other words, the purpose of Zhou and Liu Majun, who set out from the east bank of the Yan River, was not to directly kill and injure the soldiers of Cao Ying, but to force Luo Rucai's headquarters to the riverbank. Because this time, the decisive weapon was not them, but the twelve artillery pieces that Ha Mingyuan pushed to the west bank of the White River.

Across the river, the two sides are less than 100 steps apart. However, the turbulent river has become an insurmountable moat for Cao Ying's soldiers and horses at this moment. Not long after Luo Rucai saw the river, the rumbling of cannons sounded on the other side of the river.

"The West Bank has obviously been scouted, when did the artillery appear?" Luo Rucai was shocked and asked left and right.

Luo Dain and the others are all scattered, how can they answer him.

"His grandmother's, go, hurry up!" Luo Rucai wanted to cry without tears, his head was like a steamer, and he was stinging with fear and panic.

But unfortunately, just as he hurriedly stepped on the horse, a red-hot iron pellet fired from the No. 2 Hongyi Cannon whirlwind, and when his head hit him, everyone watched, Luo Rucai and the horse were shattered, and the flesh and blood were like lava bursting, scattered all over the ground, along with Luo Dain and five or six of his own soldiers near him, all killed on the spot.

"Cao Cao" Luo Rucai, there are no bones.

When the news of Luo Rucai's death was received, on the front of the battlefield, the Qihun battalion, supported by the flanks of the artillery on the other side of the Baihe River, and the soldiers and horses of Zhenxiao and Min and Lang had completely overwhelmed Zhao Yingyuan and Fan Dingge's troops, and Li Rugui's troops were also irretrievably defeated under the blows of Feijie's left and right battalions. Zhou Yuji and Liu Guangzuo led the army to kill the Cao Ying rout, so as to flank the Cao Ying's soldiers and horses who were still resisting from behind.

The overall situation has been decided, Guo Ruke couldn't help but stroke his palm and laughed: "Zhao Shuai is powerful and Chu Yu, and he killed Luo Rucai with one shot!" ”