Ren Jirong's order had no effect at all, they were all fleeing for their lives, how could anyone be willing to turn around and fight to the death with the enemy? Moreover, there are so many of them, what is there to be afraid of? Can you still kill them all?

The defeated soldiers continued to crowd across the bridge, but Li Yan's subordinates followed slowly forty or fifty paces behind, and the musketeers slowly and methodically placed their guns. "I can't rely on it at this time.,That's knife-to-gun.,Their advantage in long-range weapons is gone.,Really take human lives to pile up.,Then they're too stupid.。

The artillery originally arranged on both sides of the bridge on the west bank was being bombarded by Li Yan's tiger squat artillery at this time. Previously, the artillery fired the flowering shells, which either bounced backwards for a distance and then exploded, or were blocked by the bunkers in front of the artillery, and did not deal much damage to the enemy artillery.

After the artillerymen found out about the problem, they all raised the muzzle of the cannon to let the flowering shell stay in the air for more time, so that the flowering shell could explode when it landed. They've been adjusting the muzzle, and it's not a short process. There is no way, the length of the lead inside the flowering bullet is fixed, and they have no way to change it, so they can only solve it by adjusting the elevation angle.

Fortunately, they adjusted in time, and after their comrades also rushed to the bridge, they had basically blown up the enemy's artillery positions into a sea of fire. One by one, the flowering shells flew over and exploded, so that the enemy artillery could not open fire.

However, after all, they could only take care of the artillery at the bridgehead, and the distant artillery on both sides of the west bank could continue to bombard the bridge. Due to the insufficient preparation of sandbags on their side, the tiger squat cannon was not placed in the corresponding position in time, so their companions who rushed to the bridge deck still suffered a blow.

A solid bullet hits, as long as it hits the team, it can cause seven or eight casualties to the troops. Even if they can't hit the team's array, solid bullets will cause serious damage to the wooden bridge. The bridge is a makeshift bridge, not very strong. During the dry season in winter and spring, it was built to cross the river, and when the water rose in summer and autumn, most of the bridge was washed away by the flood, and it was still necessary to use a ferry to ferry.

Li Yan found the problem and immediately ordered: "The tiger squat cannon will go up immediately, and seal all the artillery that can hit the bridge on the other side of the river!" The assembly of the stone thrower should be accelerated! ”

The Tiger Squat Cannon can only shoot more than 120 steps, but the stone thrower can fire up to 200 steps. Moreover, the lethality of fire oil is also greater than that of flowering bombs, and the effect is much better.

The artillerymen, who received the order, immediately rushed to the shore with the Tiger Squat Cannon and ammunition. The infantry also cooperated, giving them sandbags first, and it was good to be able to block the enemy's shells. Infantry needs artillery support, and sending troops requires infantry to protect them. The soldiers all know that the two branches of the army are interdependent and a whole, and naturally they cannot suffer losses from their comrades.

The artillerymen on the west bank who were bombarding the bridge saw Li Yan's tiger squat cannon coming up, and they naturally knew that this was coming to deal with them, so they turned their guns over one after another, wanting to knock out these artillery that had not yet been built into cover first. They also use shotguns, which are within the range and hit in the killing area, which is easy to use. If you use a solid bullet, you don't know how long it will take to hit someone, maybe they will be hit by Li Yan's flowering bullet first.

But in this way, those hastily erected single-layer bunkers can also play a protective effect. Li Yan's artillerymen tried their best to hide behind the not wide bunker, and continued to adjust the muzzle of the cannon, so that the shells could more effectively kill the enemy's artillery.

Without the threat of flank artillery, the infantry on the bridge was much calmer, and the follow-up infantry and tiger squat artillery also followed. In order to gain a foothold in the West Bank, it is difficult to do it with infantry alone.

The defeated soldiers rushed to the west bank, and immediately ran farther away, because Li Yan's infantry was following behind. The killing effect of the rows of guns on them was no worse than that of artillery. When they rushed to the west bank and looked back, the deck of the Baqiao Bridge was simply paved with corpses.

These defeated soldiers continued to flee westward, so that Ren Jirong's infantry had no way to step forward in time to stop Li Yan's rushing troops, so that Li Yan's troops occupied the bridgehead position, and they were still sending troops over. The artillery on the other side is also being prepared, and it will be transported soon.

At this time, Li Zicheng came to the west bank of the Bahe River with his guards. He found that the defense line of the Bahe River, which he had high hopes for, had actually been broken through by Li Yan.

He immediately ordered: "Give Ren Jirong an order, if he can't drive Li Yan's troops back to the east bank within half an hour, come and see him!" ”

At this time, without Li Zicheng's order, Ren Jirong himself was in a hurry. Ordered the troops to disperse the defeated troops who were dragging behind, and rushed straight towards Li Yan's troops. However, Li Yan's tiger squat cannon quickly hit, and the explosion rumbled in his ranks, cutting his 1,000 troops in two. And the men who rushed over were hit by muskets, and each platoon of guns made his troops lose forty or fifty men.

Ren Jirong personally killed a soldier at the end of the team and roared: "Rush forward!" Fear the former, kill! ”

Seeing that the commander had taken matters into his own hands, and that the commander's guards were also ready for the march, the soldiers did not dare to hesitate any longer, and could only close their eyes and rush towards the area of the rumbling explosion.

Li Yan's tiger squat cannon didn't go up much, only ten, so it looked like the explosion was very violent, but the blockade effect was not very good, and it still made many enemies rush over. If it weren't for the muskets, the enemy's infantry would not have been able to be stopped at thirty paces at this time.

Li Zicheng viciously ordered: "Bring those defeated soldiers up!" ”

When he came, he saw that these scattered defeated soldiers disturbed the entire defense line, so he asked Liu Zongmin to lead his troops to arrest those defeated soldiers who fled first, and surrounded most of the other defeated soldiers.

Li Laiheng took his personal guards and brought over more than 100 defeated soldiers. And Liu Zongmin's men drove the defeated soldiers over, and there were thousands of them. However, they were all depressed, and few of them still had weapons in their hands, and they were too much of a hindrance when they fled for their lives, so they had already been discarded.

Li Zicheng rode on a horse, pointed at the more than 100 people with a horsewhip, and said loudly: "These are the first to escape." Flee without an order, disrupt the military formation, and behead them all! Come to people, write down their names, and after they go back, they will raid their homes, and their families will be enslaved! ”

"Your Majesty, spare your life!"

"We really can't stop it, Your Majesty!"

"The villain is willing to go back and fight to the death with the enemy, please be gracious to Your Majesty!"

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The soldiers who were being held in prison wept and begged for mercy. The defeated soldiers who were not arrested were silent, not daring to make the slightest sound, for fear of being noticed by the emperor. Even the generals in the army did not dare to intercede for their subordinates.

After waiting for a while, Li Zicheng saw that a batch had been registered, and immediately ordered: "Kill!" If you remember a batch, you will kill a batch. There will be no mercy on those who disrespect orders! ”

With Li Zicheng's will issued, more than 100 defeated soldiers were beheaded in batches. The bloody heads were picked on bamboo poles and stood behind the entire defensive line.

"Now, you go and drive Li Yan's troops back to the east bank for me! If you cringe any longer, you will end up in the same way! Li Zicheng announced loudly.

These defeated soldiers fell to their knees and thanked them loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace not to kill." We will fight bravely to kill the enemy to repay Your Majesty's grace! (To be continued.) )

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