It was also the first time for Li Yan to see a dense crowd with solid bullets, and he was still riding on a horse, so he could see it more clearly. After hearing the sound of cannons, people in the hungry crowd began to fall quickly, forming a vacant line in the crowd. Although it became zigzag after that, it felt like a red-hot iron rod burning on the snow, and the person on the line seemed to have disappeared.

Then the wails of the hungry people, the screams and screams drowned out the sound of firecrackers firing "bang", "bang", "bang". In fact, the casualties caused by this shelling were definitely not as many as those caused by the three-eyed guns and crossbow arrows, but the casualties this time were no longer limited to the front, but appeared in the depth of the entire starving people, making the people behind feel the breath of death.

Some of the hungry people were directly hit by the shells, while others were touched to their limbs. It's okay to die directly, there is not much pain, but the injured are miserable. Some of their injuries are exposed to white bones, and some of their hands and feet are still hanging on the flesh and skin, but the bones inside have been shattered, and these people are the most painful.

Li Yan waited for a while and didn't hear the second cannon sound, and looked at the position of the cannon, at this time, the artillerymen were busy getting up the iron drill that was driven into the ground to prevent the artillery from retreating after firing, and planned to adjust the angle and come back with another solid bullet. Several artillerymen used crowbars and hammers to pry upwards and smash upwards.

He struck his horse over and reprimanded him loudly, "What are you doing?!" Can't shoot grapeshit?! Hurry up and launch! Like you, not to mention the cavalry, even the infantry will rush up! ”

Wang Renjie didn't care about answering, so he hurriedly asked the people of the artillery crew to beat back the square iron chisel that had been pulled out, and asked the second and third gunners to quickly carry a sub-cannon loaded with grapeshot, load the gun chamber, smash the wooden block, and immediately ignite the gun.

With a "boom", more than a dozen hungry people who were already running around in a mess suddenly fell. This is still close, and the grapeshots have not fully spread, otherwise the killing effect is better.

Fortunately, Li Yan took his horse with him every time he went to test fire the cannon, otherwise his horse would have been shocked.

Li Yan held the reins in one hand to tell the somewhat restless war horse not to move, and gently patted the war horse's neck with the other hand to calm it down. When the horse's mood stabilized, he hurriedly took the reins of the horse and moved away from the artillery.

He was quite satisfied, at least the speed of the cannon was okay, and there were no mistakes. But I still lack experience, and I still have to practice in the future. Fortunately, dealing with the hungry people with little organization and discipline is their first battle, and there will be little loss, and they can gain some experience and confidence. If they were on the battlefield, they might not be as lucky as they are today.

Li Yan saw that some of the hungry people began to flee to both sides, while most of the hungry people turned around and ran backwards. Then he ordered: "Crossbowmen, spread out along the river to both sides, don't let them come!" ”

As soon as the officers of the crossbowmen received the order, they immediately led their men to move to both sides of the river. Each team has a number, and their single number moves to the left and the double number moves to the right. Soon they formed a queue beside the river and began firing crossbow arrows at the hungry people in front of them.

The hungry people who entered the river were quickly knocked down by the dense arrows of flying locusts, and those who did not have time to enter the river ran backwards without looking back to join their large army.

The artillery continued to fire, and the five subguns were fired in turn, at a high speed. The artillerymen fired a solid bullet and a grape shell. "Boom", "boom" cannon sound for a while, as if there were several artillery pieces.

"Stop shooting! Stop shooting! After Qian Er got Li Yan's instructions, he immediately shouted loudly.

At this time, the three-eyed gunners and Franky gunners who were in the smoke finally stopped shooting, in fact, they could hardly see the hungry people, but they didn't know if it was because of the fog or because the hungry people had run away.

The white fog of gunpowder is severe, and this is one of the factors that affect the accuracy of the shooters, though not the main one. In windless weather like this, the fog was hard to dissipate, and it was suspended around the firing position, and the faces of the three-eyed gunners and gunners turned black, as if they had been burned by fire.

If it is rainy, the firearms will basically be out of service now. If you have a cannon, you can build a shed, but you can't build a shed for all the guns, right? It's got to be like a solution. As for the fog, it is estimated that there is no solution.

Li Yan stayed away from the fog of gunpowder, and saw that the hungry people had run far away, so he ordered: "Spears, swords and shields, go over and follow." Be careful, don't chase too close, just drive them out of the county border, and don't kill too much. ”

"Yes!" The soldiers around him agreed, and ran to give orders to the pikemen and sword and shield men waiting behind.

The sword, shield and pikemen who had been waiting for a long time finally had a task, and under the command of the captain, they slowly crossed the river and hung far behind the hungry people. And the crossbowmen also followed under Li Yan's orders, providing long-distance cover for the sword and shield soldiers and pikemen in front.

And the hungry people saw that there were pursuers coming, so they all scrambled to flee. They are unstoppable when they advance, and they are just as uncontrollable when they flee. The leaders of the party were tempted to stop the party and raid somewhere else, but they couldn't. They could only follow the crowd all the way north along the official road and flee to the place where they came.

Li Yan called Huang Desheng over and asked, "Is there any explosion?" ”

"Nope." Huang Desheng replied immediately. His face was also blackened.

Li Yan then asked, "How do you feel?" ”

Huang Desheng frowned and thought for a while, and replied: "The interval between the radiation is too long, and the smoke of that gunpowder is very large, which affects the line of sight. Not as good as a bow and crossbow. ”

Li Yan nodded and said, "Go back and summarize it well, and the captains of each team should also summarize." See if there's a good solution,"

"My subordinates know." Huang Desheng nodded in agreement. Then he asked, "We don't have to go after it?" ”

Li Yan nodded and said, "No, those hungry people don't have the courage to turn back." Rest now, let the soldiers give their opinions, and see if there are any good ideas. ”

"Yes, the lowly post went down first."