The three-eyed guns of Li Yan's troops all stood up, checked the three-eyed guns in their hands again, and then clamped the wooden pole of the three-eyed guns under their right armpits, holding the three-eyed guns in their right hands, and taking out the fire medium in their left hands, ready to light the fire at any time.

The crowd of hungry people soon appeared in Li Yan's field of vision, and they crowded together and slowly advanced. Although the hungry people attacked Zhang Dianshi's grange, how much grain could dozens of tenants have? It's not enough for them to stuff their teeth. As for the wheat in the field, at first there were two handfuls of it, but later, I don't know who set it on fire, and the wheat fields burned uncontrollably.

After eating some gruel, the hungry people continued south, knowing that there was food to eat near the county seat. They have eaten too much human flesh and want a change of taste. Slowly but surely, they moved forward, completely ignoring the troops already lined up in front of them, and the three-eyed guns in the hands of the soldiers.

Huang Desheng estimated the distance, and after the hungry people had entered the distance of fifty paces, he commanded loudly: "Light the fire!" Shoot! ”

The standard-bearer in front of him immediately waved the big flag in his hand forward, and then set it up again.

At this time, the captains of the two teams saw the banner waving down, so they pulled out their waist knives, raised them above their heads, and then slashed down hard, and at the same time ordered: "Fire!" ”

At this point, the gunners blew on the flame, lit the fuse, and then closed the lid of the flame and put it in the left pocket. After that, use your left hand to hold the bottom of the three-eyed gun, so that the three-eyed gun can be held more firmly, and the recoil of this thing is not small. At the same time, try to keep the three-eyed gun level, after all, it is in the hand, and the rod is clamped under the armpit, so it is still a little difficult to aim.

The gunners all made the lead into bursts, and when they arrived, they knew they were dealing with the hungry. For these ragged enemies, there was no need for a three-pronged salvo.

The lead was blazing and burning rapidly. After that, there was a "bang", "bang", "bang" gunshot, and white smoke came out instantly.

At this time, the homeless people were more than forty steps away from the array, and the bodies of the homeless people walking in the front row fell backwards, and the blood that flowed out quickly stained their clothes red. But as if they hadn't seen it, the outcasts stepped over the downed outcasts and continued to move forward.

"Bang", "bang", "bang" gunshots rang out again, and the homeless people who had just become the front row were knocked down by the flying lead bullets. This time it was the same, the hungry people behind did not stop, stepped over the corpses, and continued to move on.

Soon, all three projectiles of the first row of gunners were fired. They put away their three-eyed guns and turned sideways and walked backwards. The second and third rows also turned sideways to give way to their first row mates, and then they took a step forward and moved forward to the positions of the first and second rows.

The deputy captain who commanded the second platoon waited for the soldiers to be in place, and also slashed down with his waist knife, and ordered loudly: "Ignite!" Shoot! ”

Again, the gunners repeat the movements of the first row. But when the three-eyed gun in their hands sounded, the wanderer moved forward another ten steps or so. It was only after the three-eyed guns fired continuously that the advance of the hungry people was once again contained.

The three-eyed gunner, who retreated to the third row, took out ammunition from the satchel on the right, stood up the three-eyed gun with a belt rod more than three feet long, and began to reload.

Their projectiles and gunpowder were encapsulated in a roll of oiled paper, and when loading, the lead was first placed, and then a hole was opened on one side of the oil-paper package of gunpowder, and the gunpowder was poured in, and then the projectile was also poured in. Finally, use a general strip to stuff the oiled paper into it, tamp it, and let the oiled paper ball seal the gunpowder and projectile to prevent the projectile from falling while moving, and then you can shoot the next time.

Li Yan watched the effect from the side and back, because after the three-eyed gun had been continuously shot, the front was already filled with white smoke, and only the figure in front could be seen.

He was disappointed with the three-eyed round. Although the firepower is strong when firing continuously, it can stop the advance of the hungry people. But the gap between the rounds was too long, which was more than enough to offset the little advantage it had just achieved.

"Qian Er," Li Yan commanded, "two teams of crossbowmen, spread out on both sides of the crossbowmen!" Get the pikemen ready and ready for melee! ”

"Yes!" After Qian Er got the order, he immediately went to pass the order.

Soon, four teams of crossbowmen lined up on either side of the gunners. With the command of the respective captain and vice-captain, the sound of "boom", "boom" bowstrings sounded, and the crossbow arrows flew towards the hungry people like rows of lightning, dragging white shadows. The crossbowmen were so fast that some of the hungry people had two or three bolts thrown into them.

With the crossbowmen on board, the hungry people finally couldn't take a step forward. Even if they were not afraid, they were stopped by rows and rows of flying crossbow arrows and lead bullets, and as soon as the people in the front row fell, the people behind them became the new first row, and they would soon be killed.

The leaders of the hungry people finally realized that their indomitable momentum was useless under the continuous attacks of the opposing army. So someone shouted the order: "Disperse!" Make a detour! Bypass them! ”

However, these hungry people, who have eaten human flesh and red eyes, have almost no ability to think, and although they can listen to the instructions, they still continue to advance on the official road slowly but firmly according to their inertia.

"General," Wang Renjie came to Li Yan's side and said, "I brought our cannons." ”

"Huh? Who let you get it?! Li Yan frowned and asked.

Wang Renjie replied: "I just installed the gun carriage and tested two rounds, there is no problem, and now I am testing the towing march, so I came here." ”

Li Yan looked back and found that the gun carriage dragged by two horses was running towards him. Even with the wheels of the car in front, which were nearly a third smaller, the muzzle of the gun was still pointed diagonally downward to the ground.

"Let the artillery go to the junction of the gunmen and crossbowmen on the right." Li Yan commanded. This is a heaven-sent testing ground, and if you don't try it, you won't try it.

Wang Renjie asked the artillerymen to quickly pull the cannon to the vicinity, then took off the front car and pushed the cannon to the designated position with manpower. Prior to this, Li Yan had already moved the crossbowman to the right to make room for the cannon.

The gunners took the guns from the cart behind, and the first one to put them was actually an iron projectile. When everything was ready, the igniter lit the fuse, and with a "boom", the cannonball flew out and rampaged through the crowd of hungry people, opening a long bloody path. All the hungry people in the trajectory of the shells were either pierced through the body or their limbs were broken. Even if the shell lands, it can continue to bounce forward under the action of inertia until all kinetic energy is exhausted.

The hungry crowd finally let out a scream, the first time they had been attacked with firebolts and crossbow arrows. Now that they finally knew that they were afraid, they remembered the leader's command and began to flee one after another. Either running backwards or fleeing to the sides, they screamed and scurried, and finally there was no indomitable disregard for life and death, and all that was left was fear.