Zhang Nengqi frowned and looked at the dozen or so gunners who were knocked down in front of him, as well as the other gunners who tried to hide behind the gun truck. These are all treasures, if they didn't have these gunners, they would have one less weapon to fight in the future.

"Come back, let them all come back." Zhang Nengqi ordered loudly.

Soon the gong sounded in the army, telling the artillerymen to retreat. But before the artillerymen could react, there were three more "boom", "boom", "boom". The target of this attack shifted to the right, and more than 20 artillery pieces were killed and wounded.

The dead fell to the ground, blood gushing out. And those who were injured were rolling on the ground, wailing, and begging for help, causing everyone else to panic as well. The uninjured artillerymen first hid behind the artillery carriage, and then they reacted, and this time was their best chance to escape, so they immediately fled quickly, leaving the cannon in place. After that, the artillery crews that had not yet been hit also began to flee, and no one cared about the cannons.

"Bastard" Zhang Nengqi roared angrily: "Get the cannon back"

But none of the gunners cared about the cannons, and they all spread their legs and ran back with all their might. They are also considered professionals, and judging from the time between the other party's two launches, there is not too much time for them to escape.

Sure enough, they had just run half the distance, and there were three more cannon shots, "boom", "boom", "boom". This time, the target of the officers and soldiers moved to the right a little more, knocking down a dozen or so fleeing gunners. The unwounded head did not return, and continued to rush back to the military formation. The military formation was more than 500 steps away from the official array, so it was still relatively safe there.

At this time, Li Yan's artillery began to prepare to destroy the artillery placed on the opposite bank according to Li Yan's instructions before.

The gunner commanded: "Solid shells"

The loader in the back immediately lifted the prepared solid ball-gun up, loaded, fixed, aimed, fired. The steps are very fast.

"Boom", "boom", "boom" are three more cannon shots. The gun commanders all moved upwind to avoid the smoke from the firing of the cannons, and tried to observe their results. However, the results were disappointing, none of their three guns hit the target. However, the thieves on the other side of the river were a little confused. The bouncing projectile ran towards the team of thieves standing behind, inflicting a little damage on them.

Again, the artillery commanders continued to give the order to open fire. This time, the aimers were all aiming carefully, but through the white launch smoke, they could only see the blurry black shadows of the enemy artillery trucks, and it was not easy to hit accurately.

"Boom", "boom", "boom", the three guns completed the adjustment, and once again fired one after the other. Only one cannon hit its target, destroying a two-wheeled Frankie gun carriage, which flipped off the vehicle and inflicted secondary damage on a nearby wounded gunner, making his already weakened howl high-pitched again.

This shooting also caused some casualties to the rogue infantry in the rear. Zhang Nengqi saw that the team was getting more and more panicked, so he had no choice but to let the troops move back. Fortunately, the officers and troops did not come at this time, not only far away, but also across a river, otherwise they might have turned into a rout as soon as they retreated.

Li Yan used binoculars in the team to observe the enemy on the opposite bank, frowned and ordered: "Let the artillery stop, don't waste shells." ”

As soon as the heralds left, the artillerymen fired another shell. This time it was the same, of the three shells, only one hit the enemy's artillery, and the other two missed.

Li Yan frowned and thought, it seems that if you want to improve the accuracy, you still need multiple guns to attack the same target at the same time. Otherwise, not only will ammunition be wasted, but valuable time will also be wasted.

Zhang Nengqi rode on his horse and looked at the officers and troops on the other side. By this time, he had already retreated more than 200 steps, and he could not see the situation on the other side clearly.

"They only have three cannons," he asked, somewhat depressed.

Shi Qian smiled bitterly: "How is it possible, there are so many." If they all fire, it will really shake the earth. ”

Zhang Nengqi gritted his teeth and stopped talking, he originally thought that it was because Yuan Laoshan and Shi Qian around him were too weak and had never seen any big battles, so he exaggerated how powerful that Li Yan was. But now it seems that if he attacks on his side, he really can't attack it. If it's defense, then it's like they are thieves, they can't fight and run, unless they are besieged by heavy troops, there is no reason to stay still.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong's herald came over, and the herald said: "The marshal has an order, within half an hour, you must cross the river."

Zhang Nengqi originally wanted to wait for the soldiers who went out to scout to come back and see where they could get around. But with Zhang Xianzhong's order, he had no choice but to attack it.

He ordered: "Push out our shield carts and escort the archers to the front to prepare." The rest of the troops are ready, rush over for me in a moment"

After a while, their huge shield cart was pushed out, and it happened that there was wasteland on both sides of the road, and the shield cart could be pushed by hundreds of pounds. The archers followed the shield cart more than two people tall and advanced towards the river. The shield carts were all nailed of logs, and they were very strong, not to mention bows and arrows, and even artillery could not necessarily penetrate them.

"Artillery preparation," Li Yan ordered, "After entering the three hundred steps, launch them, and knock out their giant shields first." The Tiger Squat Cannon is ready to fire at any time, waiting for orders. ”

Without Li Yan's orders, the artillery commanders had already asked their subordinates to prepare solid bullets. They estimated the distance, and after this period of truce, the smoke in front of them had also dispersed, and the visibility was much better.

"Boom", "boom", "boom", three Franky cannons were fired one after another, and the projectiles flew towards those giant shields. It is not easy to hit the gun wagons that are parked in place, but it is not difficult to hit those shield wagons that are more than one zhang high and two zhang wide, which is as simple as shooting targets during training.

The solid iron projectile flew over and smashed on the shield cart, smashing the log with great energy. If you are lucky, you will smash it on the support frame of the shield car, and the whole shield car will fall apart.

The three cannons fired rapidly, and as the distance approached, some of the shells could even smash the logs before smashing into the crowd behind, causing the archers to panic.

Although the artillerymen fired with all their might, they only had three cannons, and the other was specially used to block the wooden bridge. The enemy still had a few shield wagons moving forward, and they had reached a distance of less than a hundred and fifty paces from their formation.

And those archers who did not have the cover of the giant shield were also advancing in sync, because the artillerymen did not care about hitting those archers, their goal was to destroy all the enemy's giant shields as soon as possible. As for those archers who did not have cover, the Tiger Squat Cannon would solve it.

Li Yan frowned and looked at the three or four shield carts that were still moving forward, with some regret. Or his artillery is small, and in the future, he must organize enough artillery to increase the output of fire and increase the destructive power of the enemy's equipment.

"The Tiger Cannon fired with all its might, crushing the enemy's archers. Let the artillery continue to work hard and destroy the enemy's giant shield as soon as possible," Li Yan ordered.

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