Four days later, two groups of people, He Yilong and Liu Xiyao, the king of the reincarnation, entered Shenqiu. Fortunately, they split into two routes, otherwise there would not be enough food to eat along the way. The two battalions of them are still somewhat wealthy, and if all five battalions go together, they will only go hungry.

Although they are good at bribing peddlers and pawns, this place has just been robbed by Li Zicheng, and then the people who can run have gone to Li Yan's territory to divide the fields to live, and the rest are old people who can't walk. And they have only vaguely heard of Li Yan's reputation, but Huang Chuangzi (Huang Degong) They have all fought, what other officials and soldiers can enter their eyes? I didn't pay much attention to it.

He Yilong and others marched all the way and slowly came to the county seat. When they were still more than ten miles away from the county seat, a scout finally came to report that there were officials and troops in Shenqiu County.

The two of them were not surprised, aren't they just officials and soldiers, just fight them. Gerry asked lightly, "How many are there?" How's the precaution? ”

The scout replied: "The city wall has been torn down, and there are three or four thousand officers and soldiers lined up outside the city." ”

The King of Reincarnation laughed and said, "If you dare to go out of the city, it will be better." ”

Both sent people to give orders to their subordinates and let the troops prepare. After tidying up, they approached the direction of the county seat, and they were going to have a big battle.

When they saw Qian Er's formation outside the county moat, they all laughed. Ge Liyan pointed at the military formation with a horsewhip and said, "Look, just such a few people, and they are lined up on all sides, doesn't this just want us to besiege them?" ”

"It's just that it's so cowardly to line up on all sides." Liu Xiyao also responded with a smile.

Although they had already seen that the soldiers were well equipped, from armor and iron helmets to spears and cannons, they were all shining in the sun. But they didn't worry at all, the better the equipment, the more wasteful the officers and soldiers, maybe they just came from Beijing. The armor and weapons will be their trophies in a moment, but they still need to be picked carefully, especially the artillery and firecrackers, which are not a joke when they explode.

Qian Er was worried that they wouldn't dare to attack Geliyan at first, but Geriyan and they really came, and it seemed that they didn't mean to besiege, but directly wanted to defeat them from the front.

Now Qian Er was relieved, he first asked the other three artillery teams to prepare to transfer an artillery piece over, if the thieves really wanted to attack head-on, it could just cause them more damage.

The battle soon began, and the old routine was still for the Grimian and the others, letting the homeless people who followed them go up first, and then the elite behind. On the flanks were placed cavalry, and as long as the officers and soldiers began to retreat, it was their cavalry's dish.

The homeless people have no choice, it is not easy to eat a mouthful of food, if they want to eat enough for themselves, and if they want their families to be full, they have to fight with their lives. As long as they can mix in the elite team, not only their families can survive, but even they themselves can live better.

So the outcasts shouted and rushed forward with their eyes closed. This is by luck, the so-called knife and gun have no eyes, and whoever you find is whom. The elite behind is also closely following, if it is too far away, it is possible to be injured by the rain of arrows of the official army, or rush directly to the front to take advantage of hand-to-hand combat.

In the blink of an eye, they were a hundred paces away from the formation, and at this time not a single arrow was released from the formation, and the sound of guns and cannons was not heard. Now the eyes in the back are a little nervous.

Officers and soldiers generally start firing from a long distance, whether it is artillery or fire, whether it can inflict damage on the enemy or not, and it crackles and begins to sound at a hundred and fifty paces. But this time it was quiet, and there was no sign of the officers and soldiers fleeing, which was a little abnormal.

"Brother, this is a little unusual." Grim said suspiciously.

Liu Xiyao looked ahead and relieved Ge Li's eyes: "Hurry up, it's easy to do it when you rush up." ”

The sound of "boom" and "boom" cannons suddenly rang out, and a large amount of white smoke rose from Li Yan's military array. The displaced people who ran in front fell in pieces, unarmoured and only eighty paces away from the artillery, and even buckshot could penetrate their bodies and continue to injure their companions behind them.

At the same time, it also began to explode at a distance of one hundred and thirty to one hundred and fifty steps, and the sound of "booming" explosions was endless, and the smoke and dust quickly blocked the sight of He Yilong and the others, so that they could not see the status of their attacking troops.

At the same time, He Yilong and the others couldn't care about their troops who were shrouded in the explosion, because they were only less than three hundred steps away from the military formation of the official army, so their war horses were startled by the explosion, and they all neighed and wanted to retreat. The same is true of the cavalry and horses next to them, the horses neighing as if communicating with each other, and they are all moving in horror. The cavalrymen on the horses tried their best to control the horses, and did not let the horses run away because they were afraid.

The sound of artillery firing and bomb explosions continued, and Grimeye and the others seemed to be able to hear the release of the bowstring after pacifying the horses. At the same time, there were the screams and panicked shouts of their soldiers.

After a while, the elite of the rear team rushed out of the smoke and dust of the explosion, and ran back with black and gray faces. More and more people came back, but there were many fewer people than they had just set off.

After a quarter of an hour, the explosion finally stopped. The smoke and dust were still floating in the air, and the two sides still couldn't see each other. However, they had no intention of attacking, especially He Yilong and Liu Xiyao, they always had to see the situation.

After waiting for nearly two quarters of an hour, the smoke and dust finally dispersed a lot in the breeze, and Grimian and the others looked at the previous battlefield in horror. From about thirty paces outside the military formation of the official army, it stretched to more than one hundred and fifty steps, all of which were corpses, all of which were the corpses of their subordinates and homeless people who had been sent out to attack. Blood poured out from under everyone's body, a large black patch.

Especially close to the official and military fronts, corpses were stacked on top of each other, but they could not go any further. In addition to the dead bodies on the ground behind, there were many wounded who were moaning, and some were still rolling on the ground and screaming. Especially their elites, all of whom are wearing armor, and most of them are injured.

"Go up and save people!" He Yilong commanded loudly.

But no one acted. It was the range of the enemy's bombs, and wouldn't they be trapped in their own death if they went? So these brothers, who usually drink and play with women, just stand there and watch their companions struggle on their own. Even if there were a few who wanted to help, they were quickly stopped by the people next to them.

"Boom", "boom", "boom" Several cannon shots suddenly came one after another, and He Yilong and the others seemed to see a few black dots flying in front of their eyes. The muscles in their bodies tense instinctively, and there is no time to dodge.

There was a scream of men, the mournful screams of horses, and the sound of flagpoles breaking. He Yilong looked back, and there were many people and horses near the Shuai Qi behind him who had been hit, and the soldiers around the King of Reincarnation had also been hit and killed.

Now they couldn't care about anything, and ordered repeatedly: "Withdraw, withdraw quickly!" ”

"Don't follow the banner! Roll it up! ”

At the same time as they gave the order, they turned their horses and hurried to the rear. If you can hit a distance of 300 paces so accurately, you have to run at least 6 or 700 steps to be safer.

At this time, Qian Er looked at the thieves who were retreating in the chaos, and thought regretfully: It would be nice if there was that telescope, at least to see if their leader was killed.

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