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"Stop! No backwards! Liu Zongmin's subordinates quickly erected a row of shields in the front row, spears stretched out through the gaps in the shields, and the soldiers shouted loudly.

But Li Jiyu's subordinates, who fled in front, didn't pay attention to it at all. Although the officers and soldiers' flowering shells could only hit one hundred and fifty paces, and they had already rushed out of the explosion range of the flowering bombs at this time, they were still within the striking distance of the shotguns, and their companions would still scream and fall down from time to time. They are still in danger, and naturally they will not stop and wait for death. They immediately ran in both directions, bypassing the line that stood in their way.

Although Liu Zongmin and his subordinates are quite a few, they are also behind Li Jiyu's men, and they also have to use earth-wheels as cover, so the length of the line is naturally only a hundred steps. Li Jiyu's subordinates who were retreating directly bypassed from both sides, and they could only stare dryly.

Liu Zongmin, who was in the back, also saw this situation, so he immediately ordered: "Go, let our people fire bows and crossbows to stop the rout!" ”

Li Guo reminded: "Chief Sentry, isn't this okay? ”

"What's so bad?!" Liu Zongmin said coldly: "They must be deterred!" We only have one or two chances, and if they are more afraid of us, they will naturally attack with all their might. If there is no chance at all this time, it will be almost the same to keep 10,000 or 20,000 people, and if there are more, it will cause trouble. ”

Li Guo didn't say more. Several of Liu Zongmin's personal soldiers immediately rode out and gave orders in three directions. By the time they ran over, many of Li Jiyu's subordinates had already bypassed from both sides. This is still the south, the other east and west, and after receiving Liu Zongmin's order, more than 1,000 people have fled back behind them.

And at this time, Li Jiyu's subordinates, who fled from behind, ran to both sides, exposing the front almost completely. Needless to say, the solid bullets fired by Li Yan could be continuously fired, and together with the solid bullets that came quickly, they shattered the shields in their front row. There were also people in their ranks who let out screams from time to time, some with a bowl-sized hole in their chests, and some with arms and legs completely broken, and fell in pools of blood and howled.

The leader of the team wanted to carry out Liu Zongmin's orders, but he was also powerless. On the one hand, they had to bear the cannonballs from Li Yan, and on the other hand, they were also worried that if they fired bows and arrows, would they be cut off by Li Jiyu's people?

Liu Zongmin and his subordinates did not dare to stay longer, and under the command of the leader, they also turned around and fled back with Li Jiyu's people.

"How!" Liu Zongmin roared angrily when he saw that his men had also retreated.

Liu Fangliang reluctantly persuaded: "Not this time, let's wait a while and start again." ”

And Li Jiyu, who was watching the battle in the west, also sneered, and said in his heart: Hmph! You still want to use my people as shields, and you haven't retreated the same way?!

The civil officials at the head of the city looked at the battlefield in front of them in amazement, although it was also the roar of artillery and the smoke and dust, but they always felt that it was different from the war they had experienced before. There are no galloping horses, no locust feathered arrows, and no tragic scenes of swords and spears stabbing each other. Just a few rounds of artillery fire, and the three-sided attack of tens of thousands of thieves was actually repulsed.

"This, this, this is too easy, isn't it?" Governor Wu stumbled for a long time before he made a sentence clear.

Gao Mingheng also nodded and said, "Yes, if General Li's cannon loses its effect, then the situation will be worrying." ”

"That's right, it's so dependent on artillery, if the thieves continue to attack, the artillery can't stand it." Sang Tongzhi also expressed his views.

But Chen Yongfu was not an ordinary envy in his heart. There is no need to fight to the death, there is no need to shed rivers of blood, and the enemy is repelled after more than 100 steps, what a desirable way of fighting.

But he was also very strange, although he also made a shotgun, and the flowering shell of the tiger squat cannon was not difficult, but how could his artillery hit more than Li Yan? And Li Yan's artillery has also been seen, it is thinner than the wall of his cannon barrel, how can it hit so far? As far as the casualties of the thieves he saw now, the shotgun could hit more than two hundred steps, and the solid bullet could hit at least six or seven hundred steps.

He had doubts and envy in his heart, but he didn't say a word. He also had to ask his artillerymen to think of a way to increase the range of the artillery. As for getting an answer from Li Yan, he didn't have any hope. Li Yan has been in Kaifeng for more than half a month, and his soldiers rarely enter the city, and even if they do, they are in a team, and he has no chance to buy off one or two people.

When the king of Zhou heard the pessimistic remarks of his ministers, he also had doubts. If it is really as they said, once he loses the help of artillery, can Li Yan still hold Kaifeng City? But on the battlefield to the east, he saw a dense mass of thieves' corpses and wounded outside the trenches, and I am afraid that there were thousands of them.

"Send someone to bring some gunpowder and projectiles to General Lee." King Zhou commanded lightly. Even if he was a little hesitant, he was still optimistic about Li Yan. At the very least, Li Yan can easily repel the attack of the thieves, and there is no need for people to be afraid. As for gunpowder and projectiles, what is there not in such a big city as Kaifeng? Gunpowder projectiles and other things, enough to do.

Li Yan's battalion, the artillery fire had stopped at this time. The artillery officers under his command have undergone a lot of training and actual combat, so they are naturally familiar with the range of the artillery they operate, and when they find that the enemy has withdrawn from the effective killing distance, they will let their artillery stop firing.

Li Mu, who was in the camp, asked suspiciously: "Fourth brother, this Li Jiyu has also learned too fast, has it only been a few days, and he has taken Li Zicheng's recruitment math away?" ”

Li Yan sneered: "No matter whose tricks he learns, as long as we have a way to break their tricks." ”

"That's right." Li Mu nodded. After that, he reminded: "I think this is Li Zicheng's doing, at least Li Zicheng means." ”

Li Yan nodded and said, "No matter who did it, we must be ready to rescue Qixian at any time." If Li Zicheng really wants to fight with us, the iron mines in Qixian and Suizhou must be saved, and other places can only be left to fate. The saltpeter and sulfur we stored can still make 80,000 catties of gunpowder, and with the gunpowder in stock, we can only fight about a dozen battles. Therefore, every time you use artillery, you must inflict maximum damage on the enemy. ”

"If Li Zicheng dares to fight ten big battles with us, he will guarantee that he will not have 50,000 people left!" Li Mu said disdainfully. After that, he said regretfully: "It's a pity, he doesn't dare, and he won't fight with us." Guide to the eight counties of Germany, we have almost done it. Alas, it's a pity! ”

"Destroy him, and we'll build it again." Li Yan said resolutely: "As long as someone has food, everything is easy to say." ”