Huang Degong strode up to the heights, observed outside the camp, and when he saw the soldiers and generals of the Xingtian Army coming like a tide, he ordered to prepare to resist, and then one by one the artillery was pushed into the gun position by the officers and soldiers, and the muzzle of the gun pointed outside the camp, and boxes of rockets were also erected, pulling out the lead at the tail of the box, and the crossbowmen and firecrackers were ready to fire, and they all stood up straight, exposing the chest above the chest to the chest wall.

This method can be said to have been learned by Huang Degong from the Xingtian Army, and it was very effective in dealing with infantry attacks, so Luo Li's department suffered a big loss under such circumstances.

Just when they rushed to the official camp for more than 100 steps, the edge of the official camp erupted one after another, and also rose up a cloud of gunsmoke, and then the rumbling cannon sound rolled away on the ground and spread in all directions.

Xiao Tianjian was observing the situation on the battlefield with a telescope from a distance, and when he saw these flames and gunpowder spewed out from the edge of the official barracks, his heart chuckled, and a strong sense of uneasiness immediately hit him, and he couldn't help but squeeze the telescope.

The cannonballs fired by the officers and soldiers fell in front of the two armies in front of the formation, and there were two cannons that were loaded with dozens of small shells on the cannonballs, and a dozen was a large piece, which was fan-like, holding a very wide surface, and immediately in front of the array of the Xingtian Army that was charging, there was a rain of blood, and dozens of soldiers fell on the battlefield with a miserable howl, and some cannonballs jumped into the formation of the Xingtian Army, and suddenly opened a bloody alley in the formation of the Xingtian Army, although the artillery fire of the official army was not as accurate as the Xingtian Army, However, such a salvo also brought great damage to Luo Li's subordinates.

Luo Li, who was leading the army to assault, couldn't help but be a little stunned, he didn't expect that the officers and soldiers would still have such a fierce artillery counterattack waiting for him, when he saw the soldiers and generals under his command falling down one by one, he couldn't help but be angry and rose from the side of the guts, not only did not order to suspend the attack, but instead ordered to speed up the charge, at least rushed to the outside of the official army camp dozens of steps away, and fully exploited their advantage of sharpness.

However, his decision brought more damage to his subordinates, as soon as the artillery of the officers and soldiers was fired, and then the rockets arranged at the edge of the camp began to be ignited and launched.

The Ming Dynasty swarm bee rocket is quite a powerful killing weapon, after the end of the Ming Dynasty, the gunpowder process is also becoming more and more mature, the craftsmanship of the craftsmen is relatively perfect, the production of a swarm of bee rockets is less than a few in unison, there are as many as 100 tigers rushing arrows, there are many types, and the farthest range can reach 100 zhang (more than 300 meters), the effect of dealing with cluster targets is very good, and the effective range also suppresses the musket of the Xingtian Army.

And when the Xingtian Army used to fight against the official army, in front of these swarm of rockets, the losses were often relatively heavy, and there were no less losses before, and the number of Xingtian saber players was limited, and the knife players were mainly arranged in front of the queue when charging, for the rockets falling from the sky, the defense ability was very limited, this time the officers and troops suddenly counterattacked, and thousands of rockets were shot out at once, and the smoke pulled out by these rockets was almost in the sky to cover the sun, and they fell in the offensive formation of the Xingtian Army with a roar.

In an instant, there were a lot of Xingtian soldiers who screamed and fell to the ground with arrows, although the number of armor of the Xingtian Army was relatively large, but it was not possible to equip all the generals with armor, so the limited armor was mainly equipped with officers and veterans, and the recruits could only obtain the armor after meritorious service, once they were shot by rockets, the damage to people was also great, and such a covering rocket soon caused a lot of damage to Luo Li's subordinates.

Xiao Tianjian's eyebrows were twisted together at this time, because the performance of the official army today was a bit unexpected to him, first of all, the enemy army did not appear too much chaos after the shelling, which was already quite surprising to him, and then the artillery bombardment of the official army and the launch of rockets, it was obvious that someone was in the middle of the dispatch, and it was also quite good when it was handled, so that the firepower of the Xingtian Army could not be carried forward, so it was hit hard by the official army first, which was rarely seen before, So Xiao Tianjian had an ominous premonition, and couldn't help but want to order Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

However, after he hesitated for a moment, he still did not order the troops to be withdrawn for the time being, after all, the performance of the officers and troops was too poor before, and now although Luo Li's department has suffered a certain loss, this kind of loss is still within an acceptable range, he still thinks that Luo Li's department can play their level, and after entering the range of muskets, it can still cause great damage to the officers and soldiers.

Luo Li also received a rocket on his shoulder, fortunately, the armor was strong enough to bounce off the rocket, but it also scared Luo Li, and the angry Luo Li scolded and continued to wave his troops to attack forward.

That is, in just a few hundred paces of distance, the official army actually fired two consecutive artillery salvos, and the second artillery salvo caused greater damage to the Xingtian army, before Luo Li led his troops to attack the effective range of the muskets outside the official army camp, he suffered nearly two or three hundred casualties, which was a situation that had not been encountered before, and the distressed Luo Li jumped to his feet and scolded, repeatedly urging the soldiers to speed up.

It was not until they entered the seventy paces distance of the official army camp that Luo Li ordered the musketeers to stop advancing according to their guns, and began to line up to aim at the official army camp and open fire, while the rest of the soldiers were used as assault forces to clear the things outside the official army camp and clear the obstacles to the official army camp.

Although the counterattack of the official army just now was very unexpected by most people, causing considerable damage to the generals of the Xingtian Army, but after all, most of these generals are veterans, and they have long been accustomed to the battlefield of blood and fire, and the dead are already commonplace for them, anyway, whether they are killed in battle or wounded in battle, the Xingtian Army will not treat them badly, and the Xingtian Army is strictly disciplined, and it is never allowed to be defeated in the battle, so even if the casualties just now are not small, but it has not been able to break the will of the Xingtian soldiers and generals to continue to rush forward. After receiving the order, a large number of musketeers began to assemble in a rapid and orderly manner, and the columns began to prepare to fire, but at this time, many officers and soldiers also began to use hard crossbows, lying on the low wall to fire at the Xingtian army column outside the camp.

The effective range of an ordinary hard bow is about fifty steps, and at seventy paces, it basically can't kill the Xingtian Army, but the effective range of the hard crossbow is much higher than that of the bow, and seventy steps can already suppress the firecrackers of the Xingtian Army, and the volleys of the firecrackers of the Xingtian Army are to be placed in rows and shots, and the formation is relatively dense, so the crossbow arrows also play their role.

After the firecrackers of the Xingtian Army began to put them in line, soon someone was hit by a crossbow arrow and fell in the queue, and the firecrackers with bird guns on the official side also began to fire at the wall at this time, and the lead shot flew into the crowd of the Xingtian Army, which also caused some trouble to the Xingtian Army.

However, fortunately, the firecrackers of the Xingtian Army have begun to equip more cuirass, even if they are not equipped with cuirass, they are also covered with cotton armor, these armors have considerable defensive power against crossbow arrows and guncorps long-distance shooting, and the casualties are not large.

As a row of firecrackers began to fire, the firecrackers of the Xingtian Army finally began to exert their might, and in an instant, hundreds of projectiles flew towards the official barracks, and smashed on the chest wall of the official barracks, and some of the projectiles directly hit the officers and soldiers standing behind the chest wall, as long as the officers and soldiers were shot, they were shot in the chest, and they were seriously injured if they did not die.

An officer and soldier's crossbowman was putting the crossbow on the chest wall, aiming at the outside of the camp and preparing to pull the crossbow machine, but at this time, a bullet directly hit his eye, and the officer and soldier immediately fell back, and after the bullet entered his brain, it did not pass out of the back of the head, but immediately stirred his brain into a pot of porridge, and white brain and blood gushed out from his eye sockets.

But before he was shot and fell, he also pulled the crossbow machine, and the crossbow arrow flew out in an instant, and after crossing the sky, it shot impartially in the eye socket of a firecracker of the Punishment Heavens, and instantly nailed deeply into the brains of this firecracker, and the same firecracker silently threw away the firearm in his hand, and fell in front of the array.

A large number of sword players took the opportunity to protect the pikemen and pounced on the obstacles in front of the official army camp and began to dismantle these obstacles, while the officers and soldiers were under the leadership of Huang Degong, and the archers and musketeers also joined the battle group and began to counterattack the attacking Xingtian army.

For a while, the two armies were staggered with bullets and arrows, and the two sides fought across the camp, and every moment someone was shot or knocked down by an arrow, but immediately someone would take their place and continue to shoot arrows at each other like crazy.

Although the volley of the guns of the Xingtian Army was very powerful, and the firing density was also very large, causing a lot of damage to the defenders, and almost collapsing the officers and soldiers several times, Huang Degong was really ruthless this time, and personally led the Jiading team to supervise the battle, as long as he found that there were officers and soldiers trying to flee the line, he immediately killed them on the spot, so he suppressed the officers and soldiers who almost collapsed under his command several times, forcing the officers and soldiers to turn around and lean against the chest wall to fight back, so that the defense line could be stabilized.

Although Huang Degong is also an old-style general, compared with other officers and generals, he is still a person who cherishes soldiers and loves soldiers on weekdays, and Huang Degong is not very greedy, as long as the salary is allocated, he withholds relatively little, and can basically send the salary to the officers and soldiers under his command, and compared with other officers and soldiers, the military discipline of Huang Degong's department is also relatively strict, so that the officers and troops under Huang Degong's command still have a certain combat effectiveness. It can also be called an elite soldier.

It is precisely for these reasons that the officers and soldiers under his command are more obedient to Huang Degong's military orders, so that today Huang Degong is ruthless again, forcing the officers and soldiers under his command to play extraordinarily this time, showing a relatively strong fighting spirit, plus they have the advantage of terrain, they can overlook the entire battlefield, although the Xingtian Army is fierce, but the preparation is not sufficient, and the offensive equipment is not sound, so under the death of the officers and soldiers, several attacks have been repelled by the officers and soldiers.

And Luo Li's Xingtian army is not desperate, whether it is the firecrackers or other arms, the vast majority of them are very brave, braving the bullets shot by the official army, constantly rushing forward, but such an attack has brought them unprecedented casualties, but after all, the Xingtian army is at a disadvantage in the terrain, the official army camp is on the gentle slope of the regimental mountain, and their attacking side must always be in a state of upward attack, so it is very convenient for the officers and soldiers to carry forward their firepower, However, the Xingtian Army was unable to give full play to their firepower advantage, and at the same time, no one in Luo Li's department thought that the resistance of the official army would be so fierce this time, especially the repeated bombardment of the artillery of the official army.

Seeing this, Xiao Tianjian really couldn't help it, and shouted: "Tell Ming Jin to withdraw his troops!" Take Luo Li down for me! ”