On the seventh day of the first month of April, the sky was bright, and Li Yan's vigilance troops discovered the abnormality. They found that the thieves had set up artillery on the other side and, like them, had set up a bunker in front of the artillery with sacks. They also found that there were a lot more people in the camp of the thieves, so they reported the situation to Li Yan while they were on guard.

Li Yan immediately ordered all the troops to be dispatched and prepared for battle. And let the baggage troops send ammunition and food to the various camps, so as to prevent the battalions from being surrounded by thieves and running out of ammunition.

Before they were ready, the thieves on the other side suddenly boiled over, and then a large number of homeless people rushed out of the various camps. The homeless people had no armor, only thin clothes, some with waist knives in their hands, others with lime bags, and rushed to the bridge with a shout. And the thieves' artillery also began to fire to cover the onslaught of these outcasts.

As soon as the artillery on the thief's side went off, the cannon on Li Yan's side also fired. They placed six guns at each of the bridgeheads, encircling them in a half-moon shape. Two on the front, two on the left and two on the right, and two or three Franc cannons with a faster rate of fire on each side of the bridge. There are also four artillery pieces on guard at a later position.

They also set up high bunkers to guard against the flanking attacks of the thieves. Their mission was to block the bridgehead and prevent the thieves from rushing over. As for the enemy's artillery, it was left to the artillery in the back to deal with. The infantry left only one wing of infantry to protect the artillery, and the rest rested in the rear camp to come up for reinforcements in time of war.

Some of the thieves' artillery was on the top of the city, and it was farther away. However, the accuracy was not good, most of them hit the clearing, and the projectile barely bounced. Or it was blocked by the earthen wall in front of Li Yan's army formation, and the damage caused to Li Yan's troops was not large.

And some are in the open space outside the city, but they are somewhat accurate. They wanted to suppress the artillery that Li Yan had set up at the bridgehead, but those bunkers were very defensive, and even if they were hit, they would not collapse. If they could cross the bridge to see, they would have found that the back of Li Yan's earthen wall was reinforced with wooden supports, so it would be difficult to fall down even if he was hit.

The sound of "boom" and "boom" artillery rang out on both sides, and white smoke soon spread near the three bridges on both sides, and the shouts and screams of the displaced people also echoed on the battlefield.

The artillery on Li Yan's side was more efficient, and the six guns at the bridgehead were specially used to block the bridge. When the artillery commander found that there were too many homeless people pouring out, he knew that this was a large-scale attack by the bandits. So he immediately ordered to open fire with all his might, instead of letting the thieves cross the bridge and fire again, as in the previous few small battles.

The two guns on the front used solid shells, while the four guns on the sides used shotguns. They all take turns firing, and they continue to kill the thieves who hit the bridge. The solid iron bullet broke through the crowd, almost penetrating the entire crowd on the bridge deck, leaving the thieves with severed arms and limbs, and countless casualties. The shotguns on both sides made the thieves on the bridge be shot in large numbers, and the corpses and wounded fell into the vortex like dumplings.

The artillery on the flanks is focused on dealing with rogues. Due to the distance, they can only use solid iron eggs to defeat the enemy. However, their three-inch guns are highly accurate and powerful, and their artillery advantage against thieves is not small.

The thief's artillery, due to the slightly less powerful gunpowder and the fact that the projectile was not strictly cast and treated, had too much gap between it and the barrel. In addition, the caliber is less than three inches, so the power is inferior.

However, Li Yan's artillery did not have these drawbacks, not only the gunpowder formula had been improved, but also the casting of the shells was also excellent, powerful, and accurate. Solid iron bullets can always hit near the gap in the thief's bunker, which makes the thief's artillerymen frightened, and they dare not make aiming movements.

The Franc machines of the thieves ran better, and the other front-loading guns, many of the chargers were killed, and no one rushed to load the ammunition. There were also several artillery bunkers, which collapsed after a few hits, and some buried the artillery as well. Now those gunners were relieved, and ran directly to the rear, not daring to participate in the battle again.

And the artillery on the walls of the northern city is not easy to deal with. Although Li Yan's artillery had also practiced hitting targets at high places, they were still a little unfamiliar with how high the targets were in two battles outside of 500. Therefore, the artillerymen constantly adjusted the depth of the artillery and the digging of the pit so that the shells could hit the city.

Not long after the two sides opened fire, Li Yan came to the front to observe first. He found that there was no problem with the command at the front, and the artillery blocked the bridge as much as possible, shooting a large number of thieves on the bridge deck. The thieves who were lucky enough to come over were also under the attack of the crossbow arrows that protected the artillery, and would not pose much threat to the artillery.

A quarter of an hour later, the other infantry under Li Yan's command, as well as the baggage soldiers, also arrived at the battlefield and joined the guard and strangled the thieves who crossed the river, and those who rushed over were not a threat.

Li Yan found that the thieves who were attacking were mainly old and weak, and there were women in between, and he knew that these people were here to consume his ammunition. He sneered in his heart, in this almost massacre scene, how many people could still muster up the courage to continue rushing over?

Sure enough, after two quarters of an hour of impact, Li Zicheng did not hesitate to use the self-ruining practice of cutting off grain first and then using grain to lure the displaced people, and nearly 20,000 displaced people were killed and injured. The ones who are ready to continue the attack are those miscellaneous weapons.

"Ready, you guys rush along!" Li Zicheng's subordinates reminded loudly.

Itogu's men roared, "Fuck you! Why don't you go?! Don't go on! ”

"That's right! I'm going to go, you're going! ”

"I want the old men to die, no way!"

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Not only Itogu's men are making noise, but so are the miscellaneous weapons in the other two places. The leaders who came to Li Zicheng with their teams were extremely dissatisfied, and they watched as the homeless people were killed by hundreds of people on the bridge, and the corpses on the bridge were piled up in several layers. Didn't they go up at this time and look for death?

"Leader Lee." Yidougu brought people to Li Zicheng's front and said coldly: "If you think that we people are an eyesore, just say it, and we will take people away immediately." ”

"Yes, Leader Li has something to say! Don't beat around the bush! The other leaders also said indignantly.

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Don't get me wrong, aren't you behind my subordinates?" Otherwise, my men will go first, and your men will come last. ”

All the leaders shut up and didn't speak, even Li Zicheng's descendants were stunned, this was not planned before.

Li Guo found Li Zicheng here and shouted, "What's the ink?!" The outcasts are dead! It's a waste of time, it's all stupid! ”

Li Zicheng frowned, and shouted: "Hugh wants to talk nonsense!" Hurry up and compensate the leaders! ”

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