After Liang Yizhang witnessed the fireworks display made by the security army, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and said: "General Hou's army is really brave, and the city of Guide has been saved." ”

Now he has changed the title of Hou Defu to general, what kind of brigade commander was the original, Liang Yizhang didn't understand how big an officer was, he only knew that Hou Defu was a thousand chief military attachés in the imperial court.

Staff General Yang Sheng stared at the heavy machine gun with bright eyes and kept watching, this firearm is too sharp, it can be fired in bursts, not only the distance is long, but also powerful, the security army actually used only the firearm to solve the artillery of the intruding army, it is really unbelievable.

Hou Defu said: "Lord Liang, the thieves have lost artillery, and they will inevitably retaliate frantically, and we must prepare for a hard battle." ”

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The artillery positions were in shambles, the explosion of the gunpowder trucks, and the unknown blows, the remaining artillery shouted and broke up and fled to the rear.

In front of the middle army formation, the generals Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, Gao Yigong, Hao Shaoqi, Li Guo, He Jin and others took some horse teams and old battalion sergeants to escort the formation.

Seeing these artillerymen fleeing back, Liu Zongmin did not speak, waved his hand, and immediately a layer of archers came out, stretched out their bows and arrows, and shot the routs who attacked the formation to the ground.

Some soldiers of the old battalion stepped forward on horseback, armed with long knives and spears, and without saying anything, they stabbed and hacked to death some deserters who shouted fiercely.

Tian Jianxiu's temperament is slightly generous in the general, and when he sees this scene, he is a little unbearable.

Liu Zongmin glanced at him and said: "The military order is like a mountain, brothers, disturbing the morale of the army is a big crime, and you can't be merciful." ”

Now the military discipline of the army has gradually become harsh, and it is not soft on the deserters and the rout, and in a year or two in history, all the escapees in the army will be executed by Ling Chi. Their arguments say that the fugitives are called falling into the grass and stumbling.

Gao Yigong smiled and said, "Yes, these deserters affect morale, what do you do if you don't kill them?" ”

Tian Jianxiu sighed and said no more.

Hao Shaoqi said: "This security army is really weird, I don't know how to end our artillery." ”

Because of the long distance and fast speed, the generals could not see the trajectory of the bullet clearly.

He Jin said: "It must be a firecracker, only the firearm of the Tiance Army can hit so far, we have to be careful." ”

The 5th Battalion of the Left Revolution had suffered a big loss at the hands of the Tiance Army, and the soldiers of the old battalion who had participated in the battles near Anqing spread the Tiance Army more and more evilly, whether they believed it or not, the achievements of the Tiance Army could not be taken lightly, so He Jin couldn't help but be instinctively vigilant against the Tiance Army.

"Humph!" Liu Zongmin snorted coldly and said: "What's the big deal about the loss of the artillery battalion, after taking Guide, the guns of the security army are not going to belong to my army." ”

The artillery was defeated for a while, and Liu Zongmin knew that the situation was incomprehensible, and he had to step up the siege of the city to boost the morale of the whole army.

"Siege!" Liu Zongmin unfurled the flag, and the army attacked the city of Guide like a tide.

Gao Yigong beat the war drums with his own hands, and in the sound of drums, countless hungry people in ragged clothes shouted and ran forward.

The offensive scene of tens of thousands of people is indeed spectacular, the strategy of breaking into the army is still old-fashioned, encircling three and missing one, the main direction of attack is the north, south and west three gates, leaving the east gate alone, of which the focus of the attack is the west gate.

At the forefront are a large number of hungry people, strictly speaking, these people are not cannon fodder, the army is different from other rogues, and everyone's role must be squeezed out.

The hungry people in the front row all carried a cloth bag, the bag was sandy, although Henan was dry, the moat was also a big obstacle, and the task of these hungry people was to fill the three moats of Guide.

The moat of Guide is fifty steps (about 60 meters) away from the city wall, six zhang wide and five zhang deep, no matter how deep and wide, it can't resist the crowd tactics of the intruding army.

Seeing that the hungry people were approaching the moat, the brigade commander Hou Defu had not yet given the order, and the general Yang Sheng couldn't wait, so he hurriedly ordered: "Open the cannon!" ”

The two bronze cannons on the head of the city, which had already been loaded with gunpowder projectiles, made a deafening sound, spewing out a large thick puff of smoke, and two solid iron balls weighing several pounds roared away, rushing towards the hungry people under the city.

Hou Defu involuntarily moved away from these two cannons, Guide City is not Luoyang, these two cannons are the Ming Dynasty imitation of Xiyi eight-pounder cannon, the explosion rate of this cannon is higher than the original load, especially in the case of improper operation and too much gunpowder.

Two eight-pounder guns were a drop in the bucket to deal with tens of thousands of hungry people screaming for the reclamation of the river, and the range of the guns was also very painful, only two rounds per minute, ranging from 300 to 500 meters.

So the Ming army's long-range weapons were more than these, only to hear Yang Sheng shouting again: "Set off the rocket." ”

Of course, this is not the rocket of later generations, I saw more than 200 Ming troops move out all kinds of "swarms", "fire dragon arrows" and other rockets, and strive to target the hungry people on the other side of the river. More than two hundred soldiers stood behind them, blew the fire folds in their hands, and the officers, on order, lit the ropes behind the bazookas.

There was another fireworks display, and in the thick smoke, sharp arrows roared into the air, with obvious fireworks tracks, or rotating or straight lines, shooting towards the hungry people under the city.

Hou Defu can be regarded as an eye-opener, the Ming army's firearms are good to watch, but they are not powerful enough. However, the number of hungry people was indeed too large, and the moat was densely packed, although it was not accurate, it still knocked down nearly 100 hungry people.

"Attention artillerymen, now the shelling begins!"

Hou Defu also gave the order for artillery bombardment through the walkie-talkie, the war does not allow mercy, and these hungry people, although they are not regular intruders, have now become enemies.

"Ready, fire!"

"Boom, boom!"

Eighteen Type 37 guns located at the west head of Guide City opened fire one after another, and eighteen scorching solid projectiles rushed towards the hungry people under the city.

The land is arid, so it is easy to produce ricochet, and the blood and flesh of the hungry soldiers are flying everywhere the shells pass, and the arms and limbs are broken, and it is a mess.

The rate of fire of the Type 37 artillery was also impressive, reaching seven to eight rounds per minute, and after a few sucks, the second round of artillery bombardment came one after another, and the iron balls roared away, and the hungry people by the moat suffered heavy casualties in an instant.

"Okay, good fight!"

Liang Yizhang, who supervised the battle at the head of the city, applauded excitedly, he finally saw the power of the security army's artillery, which was much stronger than the Xiyi cannon on the head of Guide City.

Hou Defu was not as optimistic as him, and the absolute numerical superiority of the invading army was not enough to rely on only eighteen Type 37 artillery, so he decisively gave the order to shoot through the walkie-talkie.

"Attention units, start shooting now!"

"Ready, put!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The combat mode of the security army is different from that of the Tiance army, because of the smoothbore guns, so they shoot platoon guns.