Li Yan hurriedly ordered: "Quick!" You all go to the east to help and get the bombs. ”

Sun Sifu replied: "There are no more bombs, all of them have been taken out." ”

"Then you go over and help." Li Yan ordered: "Get some bows and crossbows and beat down the thieves in the east!" ”

"Yes!" Sun Sifu agreed, and immediately asked the other soldiers to do the same, while he continued to stay by Li Yan's side, ready to give orders at any time.

Li Yan began to observe the situation again. At this time, the thief's offensive began to rise again, and the crowd of Liu thief once again rushed towards his phalanx. There are differences, though. The thieves from the west and north did not attack enough, and they did not dare to rush to the front of Li Yan's army again, they were afraid of bombs or artillery attacks.

The thieves in the south also marched slowly under the blows of artillery, and only the thieves in the east took advantage of Li Yan's failure to take care of them at the beginning, and had already rushed to the front and met the soldiers of the phalanx in close combat. And after being hit by several bombs, the bombs ran out again, did not form a continuous blow, and the blow to their morale was not enough. Then they met the war drum Cui Zhan, which made their morale even stronger, and they were already inseparable from Li Yan's subordinates.

The pikemen were still trying to stab, but now they were no longer flat stabs, but back stabs. There were already a lot of corpses in front, and the subsequent thieves were all stepping on the corpses of their companions, so they had a height advantage.

Some of the thieves jumped down condescendingly, and although most of them were stabbed to death by pikemen or shot by crossbowmen from behind, their corpses still caused trouble for Li Yan's troops. The corpses distorted the pikeman's stabbing and began to move incoherently. The thick blood under his feet also softens the ground, making it easy for the pikemen to slip under their feet.

At this time, nearly half of the pikemen and sword and shield men on the east side had been killed, and the pikemen in the second row were basically replaced by crossbowmen. Fortunately, they have all trained in spear stabbing, and they are not unfamiliar with picking up spears.

"A row, thorns!"

"Second row, thorn!"

At this time, the second vice captain, Zhao Yi, ordered in a hoarse voice. Their captain Lin Ruhai had already died in battle, and the first deputy captain Mu Nian was also seriously injured and was dragged to the back, so it was his turn to command at this time.

While commanding, he must constantly use his shield to block enemy attacks, and use his long knife to kill approaching enemies. Therefore, his physical exertion is very high, and now he can only make a not too loud command sound.

Li Mu held a spear at this time, stood on the side of the cannon, and flew out of the thieves who came in from the gap one by one. His spear was as nimble as a snake, and its head trembled so that the enemy had no idea which direction it was coming from. The elasticity of his gun is very good, and while stabbing the enemy, he raises his front hand and presses his back hand, and with a slight force, he picks the enemy's corpse out of the air.

He had already dealt with more than twenty thieves, and he was also starting to sweat at this time. With a flick of the tip of his gun, he shook the blood out of it and began to look for his next opponent. His own soldiers were on guard with handcuffs, and if an enemy suddenly rushed out, they would shoot immediately, first to protect Li Mou's safety, but also to provide cover for the artillery.

Li Yan's nine personal soldiers rushed to support with crossbow arrows, but they did not change the critical situation when they went.

"We've got to rush out and line up in front of the pile of corpses, and let the crossbowmen line up on the corpses, and we can shoot from a high position." Wei Cheng proposed.

The soldiers saw this situation, but the current situation was that the soldiers did not have the strength to attack and advance, and even with the addition of them, they did not have the strength to rush out.

Li Yan observed the battle situation, now only the east side is the most dangerous, as long as the east side is also defeated, they can survive the crisis safely.

He carefully observed the battle situation in the other three directions, and confirmed that the other three sides should be able to withstand it. But the east side was in danger, so he immediately got out of the shed.

He ordered Bai Shixiong: "Gather the cavalry, take down the handcuffs, reload, bring ammunition and follow me." ”

"Order!" Bai Shixiong immediately agreed, and immediately went to let the cavalry prepare.

When the cavalry was preparing, Li Yan continued to observe the enemy situation, and did not find any changes, so he put a little bit of heart. When the cavalry was ready, he led them on foot to the east.

He commanded: "All ready, soon to fight!" ”

The cavalry checked all four handcuffs again. Then pin the handles of the two handcuffs to your waist, hold the other two in your hands, and knock the striker down to the firing position.

By this time, the baggage soldiers had already replenished the crossbowmen with crossbow arrows. As soon as Li Yan raised his hand, Sun Sifu ordered loudly: "Go!" ”

At this time, the cavalry, lined up in two rows, began to advance, passing through the gaps in the ranks and approaching the front. When they came to the back of the spearman, Bai Shixiong ordered loudly: "Release!" ”

There was a "bang", and a row of fire and smoke knocked all the twenty or thirty thieves who had rushed to the front to the ground. The pikemen and shieldbearers in front of them were all frightened. But they soon learned that it was their backup.

The cavalry then moved forward, and when it came behind the shieldman, it fired another volley, knocking all the thieves who had just climbed up the pile of corpses backwards and sending them backwards, knocking down a large number of thieves who were still climbing behind.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the first platoon of cavalry stuck the two empty handcuffs in their hands at their waists, pulled out the other two handcuffs from their waists, and prepared them to shoot. At the same time, they continued to rush forward, climbing over the pile of corpses, and condescendingly fired another volley at the thieves. The thief who was hit fell backwards, blocking his companion again.

The cavalry continued to charge forward two steps, followed by another volley. Then the cavalry of the first platoon crouched down and began to reload the handcuffs. The cavalry in the second row continued to charge forward, firing a volley at the rogue on the opposite side every two steps.

"Bang", "Bang" gunshots rang out continuously, and the cavalry wearing chain mail rushed out bravely, causing a lot of damage to the thieves directly opposite, and at the same time, it also frightened the thieves. Moreover, after being hit, the thieves all fell backwards, blocking the thieves from moving forward. This terrifying power made the thieves in the front row dare not continue to rush forward, giving the cavalry the distance to rush forward.

When the cavalry rushed forward, Li Yan ordered: "Follow up, line up above!" Fast! ”

Shieldmen, pikemen, and crossbowmen immediately followed. Before the second platoon of cavalry could fire its four-wheeled handguns, it lined up on the pile of corpses and began firing crossbow arrows at the gathered thieves.

The thieves stood in a dense group, and the crossbow arrows were so close that a single crossbow arrow could penetrate two or three thieves.

A cannon shot came from the southeast corner, and the bandit team in the south of the east was knocked down by a fan. At this time, the thieves finally knew that they were afraid, so they scrambled to turn around and flee, and the crisis in the east could be regarded as safe.

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