"General, retreat some." Shi Jincai looked at Li Yan, who was two hundred steps away, and reminded him with some horror.

Li Guo roared angrily: "Those who dare to retreat, kill!" ”

Shi Jincai persuaded: "General, this cannon from Li Yan can be hit." It's not one projectile, it's twenty or thirty small projectiles, a dozen and a big piece! ”

Li Guo ordered: "Bring the shield to the front!" Wang Dashan, take your people to the front to supervise the battle, and those who dare to retreat without permission will be killed! ”

When their own soldiers and Wang Dashan began to carry out the order, he ordered again: "Shi Jincai." Take your people and line up here to defend! Tiger squatting cannon, placed behind Shi Jincai's team, waiting for my order! ”

Shi Jincai said in surprise: "General, our Tiger Squat Cannon only has a firing distance of seventy or eighty steps, and if it is placed here, it is equivalent to a twenty steps less firing range, so it is not very useful." ”

"You've got me here!" Li Guo coldly ordered: "I'll be watching you from behind, if you dare to retreat without permission, I will be killed!" ”

Shi Jincai clenched his fists helplessly and said: "My subordinates take orders." But he knew that Li Guo was also forced by Li Zicheng. Now Li Zicheng is angry and wants to boost morale. After suffering Li Yan's loss, they will be allowed to retreat. These people are the backbone of Li Zicheng's command, but they are not comparable to those homeless people and Ding Zhuang. But what he had to think about was how he and his men were going to survive before they could retreat.

After Shi Jincai's troops lined up in place and watched their forty tiger squat cannons also be placed, Li Guocai led his direct troops to retreat to the bridge behind. He didn't dare to cross the bridge, but he was closer to it.

Those tiger squat cannons are the same as the tiger squat cannons of the official army, but the shells are different. Li Zicheng disliked the poor quality of the captured tiger squat cannons, so he spent 200 copper materials and recast 100 bronze tiger squat cannons. The ammunition was inspired by Li Yan, and it was also made from the fireworks craftsmen in their team, replacing the fireworks in the paper shells with small pieces of iron. It's too cumbersome to make small projectiles, just cut the iron bar into small pieces.

Shi Jincai waited for Li Guo to leave before he ordered his men: "Go, find tools, find sacks, and dig earth walls!" ”

"General, where are you looking for so many sacks?" The subordinate asked in embarrassment.

Shi Jincai shouted: "If you don't want to die, go find it!" It's really not good, just use clothes and pants to fill soil, how much time do you think Li Yan will give us?! Just go! ”

His subordinates had no choice but to prepare with five hundred soldiers.

At the same time, Li Yan's artillery had already begun to fire shotguns. As soon as the cannon sound of "boom" and "boom" sounded, the soldiers in front of them let out a scream, and the sound of broken shields was heard.

Although Li Guo asked the troops in front of him to give some shields, their shields were not too many, and each unit still had to keep shields for the troops to use for themselves, so naturally they would not give too much to others. And Li Yan didn't leave them too much time, they only barely took their shields in the first row, and Li Yan's artillery came over.

The shields in their hands were shattered by the blows of lead bullets. Moreover, Li Yan's artillery would also be mixed with some solid shells from time to time, so that their soldiers in the depth also suffered a lot of casualties.

"Boom", "boom" cannon sound is endless. This time, there were thirty artillery pieces in Li Yan's army, so the firepower was very intensive. Even if it was fired in turns, hundreds of lead bullets would fly towards the thieves' army at a time, causing hundreds of casualties to the thieves.

The troops in the front row of the thieves soon could not bear such heavy casualties, and they were terrified as they watched their companions fall screaming under the sound of artillery fire, and they were afraid that they would be hit by the next artillery fire. So some people began to slowly retreat backwards, squeezing the people in the back row backwards as well.

Although the penetration of lead bullet is not strong, after the shield in the front row is shattered and the shield bearer is hit and falls, they become the target of lead bullet. So not only are the people in the front row retreating, but the people in the back row are also slowly retreating. If it weren't for the Overseer behind them, they would have turned and fled.

"The Great General has an order! Death to those who retreat! Hold on! General Liu's troops crossed the river in a while, and the officers and troops were about to retreat! Wang Dashan commanded his men, threatening the troops in front of him while coaxing them with lies.

Liu Zongmin's troops were still building pontoon bridges, but they couldn't find enough boats to carry the load, so they had to find giant trees to drive piles in the river to build pontoon bridges, which would be much more troublesome to build. Therefore, Liu Zongmin and Luo Rucai's troops will not be able to cross the river for a while.

There are also clever thieves who simply lie on the ground and pretend to be dead. They have found a good way, as long as they lie down, they can dodge the high-speed flying projectiles, and they can temporarily save their lives. As for the officers and soldiers rushing up for a while, let's wait until that time to talk about it, and it will be a while if I can live a little longer.

As Li Yan's artillery continued to bombard, the bandits' team was slowly retreating while paying huge casualties. The entire team was retreating, including Wang Dashan's supervising team, which was also slowly retreating under the squeeze of the team in front.

Similarly, Shi Jincai's team is also retreating. Although he asked his men to find sacks and dig for the earth, where did the time come? Before his men had returned, the team in front of them was retreating step by step.

Li Zicheng looked at the battlefield on the other side of the city from the city. He saw the artillery of Li Yan's troops constantly spewing white smoke, and he also saw his troops sleeping in the dead and wounded in the artillery fire. He looked at all this with red eyes, but there was no solution.

"Zicheng," Liu Zongmin came to Li Zicheng's side with a cane, reminding: "Let the troops withdraw, don't waste our blood and bones anymore." ”

Li Zicheng shook his head and said with some distraction: "Can't withdraw, can't withdraw." If it is withdrawn, how can it compete for the world? Can't be withdrawn, can't be withdrawn. ”

Liu Zongmin said loudly: "Wake up!" Poisoned by those who read! What kind of world are you fighting for?! If these 30,000 elite soldiers are gone, we will have to go back to Shangluo Mountain! ”

Li Zicheng finally came to his senses and began to realize the seriousness of the problem. The troops he sent across the river first were all the elite of the vanguard team. If these backbone troops are annihilated, then even if he has a million displaced people, how much combat strength does he have? When the time comes, those rogues and bandits who come to him will probably find another way out.

He immediately ordered: "Let Li Guo bring the troops back and guard the bridge here, and don't let Li Yan chase after him." ”

Liu Zongmin stopped the soldiers who went to give the order and added: "Leave some troops on the other side to attract Li Yan's attention." After the pontoon bridge is built, I'll go over and copy his back road! ”

Li Zicheng's personal soldiers glanced at Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng ordered: "Let Shi Jincai's team stay on the other side." ”

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