Li Yan's artillery began to shoot slowly, they pursued accuracy, and wanted to destroy as many of the rogue's artillery as possible to ensure that the rogue's artillery would minimize their damage.

Luo Rucai's soldiers also took advantage of this gap and quickly built more than a dozen earthen platforms. These platforms are made of wood driven into the ground, enclosed in a square, and then filled with earth. They were pressed for time, so they made up the numbers. In the end, there are many people and great strength, and the construction is quite fast, but the wood is limited, and the height is also limited, so only these eleven five or six foot earthen platforms can be built.

They didn't have anything to ram, so they could only go up and step on two feet, which was considered to be a solid step on the soil. After the cannon was transported along with the gun truck, the wheels of the gun truck sank directly into the earth. This is not bad, it can be regarded as fixing the gun carriage and can be used as a battery.

The gunners adjusted the angle, padd two planks, and then ignited and fired. Fortunately, the turret was not high, so after lighting the fuse, he quickly jumped down. With a "boom", the shell was fired, and immediately there was a "Kara" sound, and the legs of the artillery truck directly broke the wood on the top.

There is no way, the earthen platform is cramped, and the gun truck can just be put up, and loading is also a problem. At this time, the earth began to pour downward, and the gun carriage also retreated, and finally fell from the earthen platform, breaking the gun carriage as well.

At first, Li Yan saw Luo Rucai's people making an earthen platform, and he felt that this platform could not be used at all, but when he saw two shells coming over, he caused casualties among seven or eight of his soldiers.

He immediately ordered: "Let the artillery hit those platforms first!" ”

In fact, the artillerymen also noticed those earthen platforms, and they also thought that those shoddy platforms were unusable. This is for hundreds of kilograms of cannons, but it is not for a few people to go up and look.

But seeing that the thieves really took advantage of these piers, they also turned the muzzles of the guns and began to bombard the batteries that were most dangerous to them. In accordance with the new requirements, the general manager issued an order that three or four cannons should be used to deal with one target, and only one or two rounds of fire could hit the target.

As long as the outer wood of those earthen platforms was broken, the soil inside collapsed in a moment under the pressure of the cannon. The guns on it will also fall, and most of the gun trucks will be broken, and it will be difficult to use them again.

Luo Rucai saw that the artillery of one door had lost its effect, and he could only do it in a hurry, there was nothing he could do. He regretted it a little now, and he regretted that he had to gamble, so he didn't choose to break through but stayed to fight Li Yan.

In less than half an hour, the artillery under his command could barely fire, and the crossbowmen behind the artillery were also killed and injured a lot by Li Yan's shells, and now they had retreated a hundred steps. At this time, the bows and arrows of those crossbowmen were basically useless, and they could only barely shoot outside the camp, and it would be foolish to kill and injure officers and soldiers.

Moreover, he also knew that Li Yan's artillery also had more lethal iron filings, and his gunners were killed and injured by this kind of artillery yesterday. He knew that he had to prepare for the road back at this point. For him, it is not a shame to run away, and he has not been running less before this year.

He whispered to the cavalry leader, "Do you see the gap in the northwest?" You get the cavalry ready, and we'll rush out in a moment. ”

The cavalry general nodded and said, "Don't worry, big boss, we will definitely be able to rush out." ”

Luo Rucai waved his hand and asked the cavalry general to do it. He can't take care of the infantry now, they are all his henchmen, and it's hard to let anyone stay and let anyone run, so he can only settle his destiny.

Sure enough, as he expected, Li Yan's military formation soon began to move forward amid the sound of drums, and stopped again at two hundred paces. The artillery bombardment was still fired, but this time his troops suffered heavy casualties, and almost none of the soldiers on the edge of the camp could stand. His subordinates all retreated in a chaotic manner, and they had no ability to stop Li Yan's army at all.

After a quarter of an hour's stop, Li Yan's troops cleared all the soldiers around Luo Rucai's camp and forced them to continue to retreat. And then move on, continue the shelling.

His intention was simple, as long as Luo Rucai's people were compressed in a small enough space, he could inflict a lot of damage on the thieves with artillery. And their encirclement will be tighter, and when the time comes, the thieves will not want to die, so they will have to surrender.

Luo Rucai also saw Li Yan's intentions, and ordered loudly: "Resist me!" If you dare to retreat again, you will be killed! ”

He had to hold back for a while to get the cavalry ready. It is also necessary to leave a certain amount of space for the cavalry, so that the horses can rush up to speed. As for the 5,000 cavalry, if Li Yan's artillery fire could be hit, those horses would also be frightened and flee.

At this time, his orders were not enough, and his infantry was still retreating. Luo Rucai felt extremely aggrieved at this time, he had never fought such a battle, there was no bloody fighting, there was no drum and horn contention, just firing cannonballs far away could beat him to the brink of collapse.

He had the cavalry urged, and the cavalry gave the horses the last bit of forage and water to eat, so that they might have the strength to carry them on their gallop.

At this time, their space was less than two hundred steps, and there was really no time to wait. Luo Rucai immediately prepared the cavalry to charge to the northwest corner, and at the same time let the infantry there get out of the way. But the infantry was slow to react, and could not make way for the cavalry.

"Rush over now! Don't stop! Rush all the way out! Luo Rucai commanded with standing eyes. At this time, he couldn't take care of the infantry under him, Li Yan's army was still slowly advancing, and his infantry was still screaming and being knocked down. It was like putting a noose around his neck, slowly tightening, so that he could not breathe, but he had no power to resist. That's what makes him nervous and scared.

The cavalry also slammed the horse's belly for their own safety, allowing the horse to run. At the same time, he shouted: "Get out of the way!" Get out of the way! Brothers in front get out of the way! ”

Their loud reminders only made them feel less remorseful, and few of the infantry in front had time to dodge. The infantrymen were knocked into the air by their own cavalry, trampled to death, and could not be blinded until they died.

The first batch of 200 cavalry rushed over, and although Li Zhong and Qian Er saw the cavalry rushing out, it was a little too late to turn the muzzle. It could only be hastily blocked with crossbow arrows, so the casualties of the first group of cavalry were not very large, and they rushed out from a gap less than a hundred paces to the northwest.

Luo Rucai said excitedly: "Okay! Rush out! Walk! Rush out together! ”

At this time, Li Zhong and Qian Er also hurriedly asked the artillery to adjust its direction. At the same time, Li Zhong also immediately ordered: "Sun Tianyang, look at your musket team!" ”

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