"Why don't you go?! Bastard! ”

"How old are you?!"

"That's it, you go!"

……

Some of Li Jiyu's subordinates who had retreated scolded loudly in the crowd, allowing more people to join in. After that, the second of them began to walk back without believing in evil, and then most of them followed behind.

Li Jiyu's subordinates naturally wanted to bypass from both sides, but the officers and troops behind were also shooting shotguns from both sides. Moreover, this time they hardly dared to approach the east and west, so the officers and soldiers concentrated more artillery, killing and wounding many of their companions who circled on both sides. So they all consciously moved closer to the middle, making the crowd more crowded, and they could only face the crossbowmen in front of them.

Liu Zongmin instructed his soldiers: "Shoot arrows at those who walk in front." ”

Li Jiyu said dissatisfiedly: "General Liu, it's too domineering, right?!" ”

"Okay, let's go back and forth three times! Your men will only fill the trench once. Liu Zongmin looked at Li Jiyu and said coldly: "When my people go to fill the trenches, your people can also supervise the battle in the back." But now, if your people continue to retreat, they will only die. ”

At this time when they were talking, Liu Zongmin's crossbowmen had already released arrows one after another, shooting all the dozen or so leaders who were walking in front. At this time, Li Jiyu's subordinates finally didn't dare to go any further, they gathered together, just where the flowering bullets and shotguns of the official army could not hit, and looked angrily at the outsiders who blocked them.

"The leader has an order, as I said before, go back to fill in the trenches! Otherwise, your family will be starved of food! Li Jiyu's personal soldiers stepped forward and reminded them loudly of the threat.

Li Jiyu's subordinates were very angry when they heard that they were going to cut off food for their families. But now there is so much food, even if it grabs the grain, it has to be handed over to the top for unified management. The leaders can eat and drink without worry, but they can only use their lives to earn three meals a day for their families.

"Go back, two more times and you'll be able to retreat."

"The family is still waiting for dinner."

……

Although most of them were angry at this time, under the persuasion of some old adults, they also turned their heads back with scolding, continued to pick up the dirt bag, and rushed to the ditch in front.

At this time, there was no need for Liu Zongmin's subordinates to supervise the battle, and Li Jiyu's men rushed up with a roar and threw the dirt bag into the trench in front of the earthen cart. Although Li Yan's tiger squat cannon still hit as fiercely, the flowering shells all fell on the place where they had the most crowds. But they have no choice but to complete the task as quickly as possible in order to keep themselves and their families alive.

Although the smoke and dust from the explosion of the flowering bomb and the fog formed by the fire of the tiger squat cannon and the cannon obscured the vision, judging from the number of dirt bags thrown out, Li Yan and the others could still know that the thieves might be afterburner.

"Oh, I didn't expect that." Li Mu said in surprise: "This Li Jiyu really has a hand, and his subordinates can actually withstand our artillery fire." ”

Because Liu Zongmin and the others were deliberately hidden, and their artillery fire did make a lot of smoke, they never found Liu Zongmin and the others. I also didn't see the thieves who were shot and killed by Liu Zongmin's subordinates, more than their artillery killed and wounded.

Li Yan said lightly: "Don't expect the enemy to be a weak brigade that will collapse at the touch of a button. Have the Tiger Squat Cannon ready in reserve, and try to hit the Blossom Shell behind the cover close to the Rogue where the artillery is most likely to be placed. There are also three-inch guns to be prepared to destroy the enemy's earthen carts as soon as possible. And the soldiers should also be prepared to fight in close combat, and the chain mail and knives and guns issued to them are to be used! ”

"yes, got it." Li Mu nodded solemnly and asked his soldiers to pass orders everywhere.

Outside the trench, Li Jiyu's men finally retreated and replaced with Liu Zongmin's troops to take over the task of filling the trenches. Li Jiyu's troops also prepared their bows and crossbows, and waited for these bastards to retreat and release their arrows.

However, Liu Zongmin's troops knew that they had offended Li Jiyu's subordinates, so they did not dare to have the idea of fleeing when they were attacked by shells. Still in the face of explosions and casualties, he rushed over again and again, throwing small dirt bags into the trenches.

In this continuous rotation, within half an hour, after paying thousands of casualties, they finally filled in a trench of more than 80 paces in front of the earth-wheeled cart.

Li Jiyu said with emotion: "Finally, he @ Niang @ got it right, if there is a next time, Lao Tzu said that he won't come anything!" ”

Liu Zongmin said with a smile: "It's just more than a thousand casualties, what's the matter?" As long as this group of officers and soldiers is defeated, Kaifeng will be ours. Leader Li, let's go back and set it up now, and we'll rush over right away. ”

"Okay, let's beat the drums." Li Jiyu immediately went back to his home formation. Since this time we are going up to fight hand-to-hand, let's let those homeless people go and use their lives to build a victory.

"It's time for our tiger squat cannon to go up." Li Guo reminded.

Liu Zongmin nodded, and ordered his own soldiers: "Let the tiger squat cannon go up, tell them, follow the distance of seventy steps, and let the earthcart stop." Let them listen to the order, be ready to retreat at any time, and not let the tiger squat cannon miss the slightest. ”

"The sentinel has no confidence?" Liu Fangliang asked suspiciously.

Liu Zongmin replied: "How can a team that can maintain a formation under the impact of cavalry be so easy to deal with? These tiger squat cannons have been scavenged and cast by all the bronze vessels, and if you want to build them again, you will have to wait until they are opened and opened, so there can be no loss to the tiger squat cannons. ”

A quarter of an hour later, as several large drums began to beat, Liu Zongmin and Li Jiyu both sent troops and followed behind the earthen carts. Liu Zongmin's tiger squat cannon was placed at the end, wanting to wait for the infantry to start charging, and then go up to start bombarding the officers and soldiers, so as to avoid unnecessary losses when advancing.

But the cart had only just taken a few steps forward before it stopped. It turned out that the dirt bags were all empty, and the wheels of the thousand-pound dirt cart were sunk into it as soon as they went up, and they fell deeper and deeper. The men who pushed the cart were busy lifting it, but their feet immediately sank into the dirt.

Li Yan naturally will not miss this opportunity, and it is naturally much easier to hit a fixed target than a moving target. As soon as he gave the order, fifteen three-inch guns on the south side immediately opened fire, firing solid bullets to hit the thieves' earthen carts. The forty tiger squat cannons fired flowering shells at the back of the thieves' dirt carts to kill and injure the thieves' personnel to the greatest extent.

On the east and west sides, although the thieves also made a few trenches out of long logs, after all, the number was small, and as long as there were a few three-inch cannons and tiger squat cannons, the trench bridges could be blocked, so that the thieves could not cross the trenches. Moreover, the thieves in these two directions have no enthusiasm, they are just attracting the attention of the officers and soldiers, and they are not willing to use their lives to attack. This also saved Li Yan a lot of heart.

Looking at the subordinates in front of him who were cut off by the explosion, Liu Fangliang frowned and said, "Hey! It's in vain again! ”

Li Guo proposed: "Chief Sentry, I think we should use the old way." Always let him set up the position, let's fight, it's not a problem. ”

Liu Zongmin gritted his teeth and thought for a while before nodding: "Okay, you go and decorate." ”