Chapter 270: Burning the Enemy Camp
The arson bomb Li Yan said was actually a solid bomb that was heated to a red heat. When a projectile with a temperature of hundreds of degrees hits the enemy camp, it will set fire to the enemy's tent, firewood, and wood, thus achieving the purpose of arson.
Li Yan saw that there was already movement in the military camp in the north, and he was shocked by the fireworks. So he immediately ordered: "Fire the arson bomb!" ”
At this time, the loaders immediately used special iron tongs for two people to take out the solid bullets that were baking in the brazier and put them into the sub-cannon. Not only did the cannon contain a powder pack, but there was also a thick layer of soil on top of the powder pack, which was used to insulate the heat.
Immediately after loading, the loaders put the subcannon into the mother cannon. The gunner immediately ordered the ignition, and the igniter quickly lit the fuse.
"Boom" sounded, and the red-hot solid bullet was fired. In the dark night, a red trail could even be seen flying towards the enemy camp.
The red-hot solid catapult flew past the horse and passed through a tent at a speed that was too fast to cause a fire. However, due to the blockage of the tent, it slowed down a lot, and when it flew into the second tent, it ignited the tent without incident. Then start bouncing on the ground, changing trajectory and igniting more tents.
"Boom", another red-hot solid bullet was launched. , this one was lucky, and actually hit the stable of the thief, igniting the forage inside. Then the frightened horses broke off their reins and began to flee away from the fire, throwing up the second half of the camp that the shells could not reach.
"It's on fire! It's on fire! ”
"Hurry up and put out the fire!"
"The horse is gone! Catch the horse! ”
"Someone set fire! Get them! ”
"The officers and troops are attacking! The officers and troops have attacked! ”
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There were more fires in the camp of Shi Qian, and there were figures running around everywhere, as well as their panicked shouts, which made the already panicked camp even more chaotic.
"Don't mess up, don't mess up!" Shi Qian ran out of the camp, and his own soldiers panicked to tie him with armor.
Shi Qian pushed his own soldiers away, and ordered loudly: "Disperse, let them stop for me!" Assemble to the north of the camp! If there are those who do not listen to orders, kill! ”
"Yes!" A few of his own soldiers gathered around him said yes and immediately went to find the horse. But the horses ran away in groups, and they could only gather their troops on foot.
Without the war horse, without the command flag, who would care about their orders? In the light of the fire and darkness, these soldiers shouted in vain, but their panicked companions pushed them to the ground. There is a dead brain who wants to use the usual method, drawing a knife to threaten, but he is killed by several minions together. This kind of chaos is a good time to put an end to ordinary grudges.
At this time, a small minion ran to the surroundings of the big tent, and finally found the time to gather the troops, and immediately reported loudly: "Leader, five miles to the north, there are officers and soldiers!" ”
"What?!" Shi Qian stopped gathering troops, and the crowd that had stabilized heard the arrival of official reinforcements scattered again and ran in the direction they thought was safe.
The little minion reported loudly again: "Five miles to the north, there are officers and soldiers coming!" ”
Shi Qian looked at the chaotic team, and then looked at the firelight of the camp. He looked back at his assembled men, but only a few remained, and the rest didn't know where they had gone. He was a little desperate, chaotic, and uncontrollable chaos, which made him lose control of the team.
He commanded those who remained: "Follow me, and if you see anyone on the road, you will all come into the procession!" ”
"Oh, okay."
"Got it."
The men replied weakly and without confidence.
Shi Qian didn't care about the morale of his subordinates, and immediately led his troops to the Yuan Laoshan camp in the east. Since there are officers and troops in the north, they can only follow Yuan Laoshan to Bozhou. Yuan Shizhong's hometown is north of the Yellow River, so it is even more unreliable. As for going to join Li Zicheng, who is in the limelight, he hasn't thought about it yet.
Li Yan saw that the effect was good, so he ordered: "Turn around and fire artillery at the enemy camp in the east!" ”
The artillery crew began to get busy and moved the muzzle to the east. Immediately after that, the cannon was fired, firing red-hot solid shells.
"Boom", "boom" cannon sound again. Not only did the artillery fire here, but Li Mou, who was south of the phalanx, also commanded the artillery to open fire.
Fortunately, the Frankie cannon was used, and the sub-cannon and the mother cannon were separated. Moreover, when he set out on the expedition, Li Yan specially coordinated a sub-cannon for each of the two artillery groups, so that each artillery group had six sub-cannons. In this way, different sub-guns can be fired at such a fast speed without worrying about heat dissipation.
Shi Qian led more and more of his subordinates to the east, but when he could see the barracks to the east, he found that the barracks on the east side were also on fire, and they were also in chaos.
But he had no choice but to rush to the barracks to the east. However, he did not enter the chaotic barracks, but went around the back of the barracks and continued south.
Yuan Shizhong was also in a panic at this time, he didn't know where to go. He saw that both the south and the north were in chaos, so he gathered his men and ran west with his team.
Li Yan ordered: "Cavalry, get on the horse!" ”
The sound of metal clashing sounded, and the cavalrymen all rolled over their horses.
"Check the bullets!" Li Yan then ordered.
The sound of "click" and "click" sounded, and the cavalrymen all checked the handcuffs for the last time to see if there was any charge in the medicine pool, and then stabbed the bullets with the whole bar, and then inserted the handcuffs.
Li Yan raised his long knife and shouted, "Follow me!" Defeat the thieves on the other side! ”
"Defeat them!" The cavalry chimed in.
"Rush!" Li Yan waved his long knife to the north, struck his horse forward, and took the lead in rushing out through the gap that the soldiers had let go.
The cavalrymen, also armed with long knives and steel whips, rushed out with loud shouts.
They rushed to the enemy camp to the north, and when they rushed in, they cut down people on sight, and rushed all the way north, and in a short time they passed through the camp and reached the north side of the camp. They did not stop and continued to run north, and Li Yan wanted to get in touch with Li Zhong, who came to help. Otherwise, if you fight separately, it will be difficult to achieve combat results, and it is easy to be injured by mistake.
Li Mou asked the artillery to continue to bombard the camp in the south, and used ordinary solid shells without red-hot shells, so that the thieves in the south had no time to take care of them, so that they could retreat smoothly.
On the official road to the north.
"Alert!" The leader of the troops marching on the official road gave an order, and the troops on the march stopped, and the ranks quickly spread out and formed a formation. The soldiers in the group moved their torches forward, and several torches fell to the ground, illuminating a little of the way ahead.
"I'm Sun Sifu!" The cavalry of the brigade stopped, and only one cavalry stepped forward and shouted loudly: "General Li's personal soldiers!" It's Qixian Li Shoubei? ”
"You're coming alone!" The command was in the military formation on the opposite side.
Sun Sifu rode slowly past.
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