"Kill, kill the officers and soldiers"

"Eat meat and drink wine, rush"

The thief's foot soldiers shouted, ignoring their companions who had been shot down by crossbow arrows, and continued to charge at Li Yan's phalanx. , the distance is getting closer. The thieves who are behind are getting more and more excited, and the thieves who are in front are pushed forward by those behind them, or they are simply grabbed by those behind and pushed forward as shields.

With a "boom", the artillery crew to the north finally began to fire, and the powerful grape bullets were a dozen and large, and with the effects of sound, light, and smoke, the deterrent effect was still quite large. The rogue onslaught from the north slowed down suddenly.

But the onslaught on the other two sides continued, and was already only five or six steps away from the sparse rejection in front.

At this time, the thieves finally began to fight back, and they threw axes, stones, javelins, lime bags, and all kinds of other things towards Li Yan's military formation.

"Ah~" A crossbowman scurried in panic, shouting: "My eyes, eyes~"

One of the veterans roared angrily and pushed the soldier out of the queue with his eyes burned by the lime pack.

"Stand still and keep firing," the captain roared.

In the face of the approaching thieves, the soldiers are nervous to continue the battle. Some soldiers were even nervous enough to pull off their crossbow arrows.

Li Yan quickly ordered: "Let the baggage soldiers go up with bombs"

His own soldiers immediately gave the order. The baggage soldiers who had been prepared in advance rushed out of the headquarters with six bombs and rushed to the west for reinforcements. They had not been trained in grenadiers before, but were only taught how to operate by Li Yan's own soldiers. Luckily, it's very easy to use, just light the fuse, grab the rope and pull it twice, and throw it in the direction of the enemy.

The baggage soldiers, led by several of Li Yan's personal soldiers, came to the rear of the queue. Wei Cheng picked up the fire rope wrapped around his arm and said loudly: "Blow it often, don't let it go out." ”

After that, he picked up a bomb, lit the fuse with the fire rope, then grabbed the rope on the bomb and circled it twice, and finally threw the bomb into the group of thieves outside the phalanx.

There was an explosion of "boom", and the thieves within a five-step distance centered on the bomb all fell down screaming. Those who are close may have died, and those who are far away have been killed and wounded by the splashes of iron. Those who were further away were frightened by the explosion, and instinctively had to bend down or crouch down.

Because the thieves stood too densely, even if the thieves saw the bomb falling, they had no way to dodge, and could only watch the bomb explode. The bomb caused more than a dozen casualties to them, and also caused a little chaos to the surrounding thieves.

"See no" Wei Cheng said loudly: "Do this and throw it farther, don't hurt your own people"

The baggage soldiers all nodded. Although they usually have less training, the training of recruits has been completed, and there is still no problem with the sense of obedience and execution ability.

Wei Cheng waved his hand and ordered: "Scatter where there are many enemies, where there is danger, throw it wherever you go"

The baggage soldiers scattered with their bombs and began to concoct them in the same way, throwing bombs one after another into the ranks of the thieves.

"Kill"

"Kill"

The pikemen in the front row of the phalanx had already begun to assassinate, and the sword and shield soldiers at the front were crouching on the ground, holding a shield in one hand and a long knife in one hand, and also stabbed at the thieves who were already close to them. They also have the task of mending as much as possible to the thieves who have fallen to the ground, otherwise not only will they be in danger, but the entire army will be in danger.

"Boom", "boom", the explosions kept coming, and the ranks of the thieves began to become chaotic because of the constant explosions.

"Thunder, it's thundering, run"

"It is ten thousand enemies, ten thousand enemies"

"Poisonous Fireball, Poisonous Run"

Some of the thieves retreated, while others ran in both directions. They ran around in confusion, shouting out the fear in their hearts with their own imagination, making the team even more confused.

Finally, Yuan Shizhong's troops in the west collapsed under the sudden blow of the bomb, and the thieves began to retreat on their own.

More than 40 heavy soldiers took bombs and sent reinforcements to the north. Here are Shi Qian's subordinates, and under the timely blows of the artillery, a large part of them have begun to retreat, away from the position of the artillery.

Under the blow of the bomb, under the exemplary effect of Yuan Shi's central retreat, Shi Qian's troops also began to retreat.

The casualties of Li Yan's subordinates were not small, although the pikemen in front were wearing chain mail, but the protection against the enemy's spears was not very strong. Some of the soldiers were badly wounded by the enemy's chain mail, but they still managed to poke their spears out of their hands before they collapsed weakly.

If you still have the strength, climb to the back of the queue yourself. If you don't have the strength, you can only lie on the spot. And their positions are quickly filled by their comrades in the back, so that the entire military formation remains intact.

Crossbowmen continue to take advantage of the gap between the pikemen and constantly fire crossbow arrows at the thieves, reducing the pressure on the shield bearers and pikemen in front of them.

Far south of the formation.

Yuan Laoshan stood on the saddle and observed, and then rode on the horse again, and roared angrily: "Why did the two of you team withdraw, defeating Li Yan is my old Yuan's business alone, you don't want to stay in Guide Mansion anymore."

Shi Qian and Yuan Shizhong glanced at each other, and Shi Qian said: "Don't worry, Yuan Dangjia, let's go back this time and let the children continue to attack." As long as Yuan Dangjia is still attacking, we will not stop. ”

"That's right, as long as Yuan Da is attacking, we will continue to attack," Yuan Shizhong also said. They all understand now that it is really not easy to defeat Li Yan. Everyone can barely accept the loss together, as long as one stops, the others are not willing to be wronged anymore.

"Okay, go back to the two masters, continue to attack, don't defeat Li Yan today, I vow not to withdraw the troops," Yuan Laoshan also said impassionedly.

Shi Qian and Yuan Shizhong hugged their fists at Yuan Laoshan, took their own soldiers, and beat their horses to bypass their respective teams.

Li Yan, who was on the roof of the shed, breathed a sigh of relief, at this time the attacks from the north and west basically stopped, the thieves in the south were afraid of artillery fire and stayed in the distance, only the thieves in the east were still attacking.

However, by this time, the baggage soldiers had already sent reinforcements to the east with bombs, and they were able to quickly contain the attack of the thieves.

But before he could put down his binoculars, he heard war drums begin to beat on all sides. The drums of "dong" and "dong" echoed in harmony with each other, echoing throughout the wilderness.

And the thieves on all sides sounded the howls of "rush" and "kill" again, and then the thieves who had retreated surged up like a wave. And the south, which had been holding its ground, was also crowded and launched an attack. The thieves in the east continued to repress, wanting to break through Li Yan's military formation as soon as possible. ~ Search the basket color, you can read the full text of the following chapters

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