Zuo Liangyu didn't doubt for long, before he could find the real reason why the Heavenly Mandate Army stopped shelling, the battlefield once again appeared in an unexpected situation.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

……

The Chinese army of the Mandate of Heaven closed again, and thousands of gunners fired hateful bullets at the Ming army.

Mountain artillery can also shoot the Ming army, but it is not as pleasant as killing face-to-face like this.

Shoot the Ming army with your own hands, watch the Ming army fall, and the people who are slaughtered in Linying, you can rest in peace!

When Zuo Liangyu heard the "bang" sound, although he didn't know what kind of firearm the Heavenly Mandate Army used, he was already terrified, how could the Heavenly Mandate Army be full of strange weapons?

Song Wen was calm and relaxed at this time.

Before the gunners fired the first round of bullets, he knew that the Ming army's central army was finished, and the Mandate of Heaven army would win a great victory.

When they were shelled, in order to speed up the march and enter the blind spot of the mountain artillery as soon as possible, many soldiers abandoned the shields they carried.

The shield is almost the nemesis of the rifle, without the shield, the rifle will have no nemesis, with 10,000 gunners against 20,000 infantry, even the new army can win.

Can a person's legs outrun a rifle bullet?

The gunners did not need a high hit rate, as long as they used their rifles to establish a fire network in front of the Ming army, and the Ming army would die as many as they came.

Song Wen put the Ming army at a distance of 200 paces and fired, even if the Ming army could break through slightly, it was still within the range of 100 paces, on the contrary, the Ming army wanted to retreat, at a distance of 400 paces, the Ming army was so concentrated, the hit rate of the rifle must be good, and the gunners could still pursue forward for a while.

10,000 gunners, a wave of shooting, more than 10,000 bullets, is a fifty percent hit rate, and the casualties of the Ming army will also reach 5,000, considering that many soldiers are shot several times, there are always two or three thousand casualties.

Song Wen's only concern was that the Ming army retreated prematurely!

It's a pity that Zuo Liangyu is too far away from the battlefield, what happened on the battlefield, he doesn't know for a while, he doesn't see much casualties of the Ming army, and he can't hear the heart-rending screams of the soldiers.

The rifle fire speed is much faster than that of the bow and arrow, and the "three-stage" shooting can ensure that there will be no loopholes in the fire network in front of the Ming army, and if the Ming army cannot enter the fire network in time, the gunners can also rely on the advantage of salvo fire to extend the range forward.

Three waves of shooting, more than 30,000 bullets out of the chamber, the front of the Ming army and the gunners of the Heavenly Mandate Army, not only did not close, but slightly farther away, visually, about two hundred and fifty steps.

The slaughter was too intense, and the time left for the Ming generals to react was too short!

The generals in front of the Ming army finally woke up from the shock, but he could only move forward bravely, but he did not have the right to withdraw the army, so in desperation, he had to send a herald to quickly convey the battle situation in front to Zuo Liangyu.

Zuo Liangyu had been trembling and waiting for the latest information, and when he heard that the army had suffered more than 10,000 casualties, he suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood, and his body shook for a while.

He pushed away the guards in front of him, and stared at the herald with blood-red eyes: "It's only less than half a pillar of incense, why are there nearly 10,000 casualties among the officers and soldiers?" Are you lying to the public? ”

"The villain doesn't dare!" The herald's face was sprayed with a lot of blood by Zuo Liangyu, but he didn't dare to wipe it with his hands, and said tremblingly: "The fire gun of the Heavenly Mandate Army...... Really...... It's so sharp......"

"Let's go, I'm going to see for myself!" Zuo Liangyu jumped off the high platform, turned over and got on the horse, and without waiting for the soldiers around him, he raised his whip and whipped it to the horse's buttocks, and shouted in his mouth: "Drive!" ”

How dare the guards let Zuo Liangyu be left alone, they hurriedly grabbed the war horse and chased it all the way.

Zuo Liangyu arrived at the front of the Chinese army, and the generals who commanded the battlefield had already greeted him, "General, the fire of the Heavenly Mandate Army is too sharp, and the range reaches two hundred paces, and we can't get close to ...... at all."

There is no need for him to relay, Zuo Liangyu has already seen clearly, the officers and soldiers seem to have hit a wall, as long as they enter the distance of two or three hundred steps in front of the Heavenly Mandate Army, they will fall down as if they have been separated by a hole in the air, the battlefield is full of corpses and wounded soldiers of officers and soldiers, and in the middle of the position, people and corpses have been piled up five or six feet high, which can be used as a cover.

Zuo Liangyu felt dizzy, how much he hoped that everything in front of him was an illusion, he rubbed his eyes with his hands, and to his despair, everything was true, and there was no hallucination.

No one knows an exact number of casualties on the ground, but with Zuo Liangyu's experience in marching and fighting, the casualties are definitely more than 10,000!

"General, what should I do?"

What to do?

Only then did Zuo Liangyu come to his senses, with the current situation, the officers and soldiers would definitely not be able to get close to the Heavenly Mandate Army, and the more heroic the soldiers, the faster they would die.

If we want to attack again, the 20,000 Chinese troops will be exhausted in less than a moment or three, and the troops must be withdrawn, and the lives of the soldiers must be saved no matter what!

He shouted in a changed voice, "Stop...... Stop attacking! ”

The Ming army in front immediately stopped, and some smart soldiers hid behind the corpse pile on the spot to avoid the bullets of the Mandate of Heaven Army, but the Ming army behind still rushed forward like a tide, and could not stand still for a while, either trampling on the body of their companions, or tripping over the corpse pile.

The Ming army itself was in chaos.

Song Wen found that the Ming army had stopped advancing, and knew that the battle of the Chinese army was about to end, so he hurriedly ordered: "Expand the range, continue to shoot, and prepare to get up and pursue!" ”

The "bang" gunfire is like a dynamous note, and the Ming army that hears the sound is basically a soldier in the front, and if you are not careful, you will follow in the footsteps of your companions.

The Ming army wailed, almost completely covering up the "bang" sound of the rifle, Zuo Liangyu found that even if he stopped advancing, the soldiers still continued to suffer casualties, did he see the hell?

The bullet, impartial, happened to shoot into the shoulder of Zuo Liangyu's guard, and the guard said "ah", covered his shoulder with one hand, and fell backwards from the horse, followed by continuous screams......

"General, will you withdraw your troops?"

Withdrawal? Zuo Liangyu was already frightened, if it weren't for the guard standing in front of him and using his body as a shield, he would probably be the one who was injured just now, knowing that the fire of the Heavenly Mandate Army was too sharp, but he was unwilling to withdraw the army.

Could it be that he was defeated at the hands of the Mandate of Heaven like this?

Besides, once the Chinese army retreats, what will happen to the two wings?

The Providential Destiny Army will definitely pursue!

The Chinese army has already failed, and if the two wings fail again, it will be a rout today.

"Kill ......"

"Kill!"

"Kill all these beasts!"

Zuo Liangyu didn't have time to raise his head, and some generals hurriedly said: "General, the Heavenly Mandate Army has killed you!" ”

With the shouting of the Heavenly Mandate Army, there were also bullets whistling by, although through the pile of corpses, the officers and soldiers were already trembling, just waiting for Zuo Liangyu to give the order.

Zuo Liangyu knew that today's rout was irreparable, so he sighed and said weakly: "Withdraw the army!" He still pretended not to go, and was already turned by the guards and whipped on the horse's buttocks.

The war horse was in pain, neighed, and walked away, the guards were not only afraid of the rifle of the Heavenly Mandate Army, but also worried about Zuo Liangyu's safety, so they also turned the horse's head and followed Zuo Liangyu away.

Song Wen saw that the Ming army was about to run, and he didn't care about the danger of his own wings, so he shouted: "The Ming army wants to escape, chase after it!" ”

"Chase!"

"Kill!"

At this moment, it seemed that the sea water was ebbing, the Ming army was running in front, and the soldiers of the seventh battalion were chasing after them, and the "bang" gunfire was endless, which was much louder than the sound of the ebb tide.

Song Wen didn't care about the wounded soldiers of the Ming army on the ground, and only cared about chasing forward, and the gunners released their guns while chasing, and when they needed to reload their bullets, they would stop and give space and opportunities to their companions.

Seeing that the 7th Battalion of the Song Ministry of Culture had already stood out from the front army, Li Zicheng gave orders to the two wings, ordering Li Xin and Gao Ligong's troops to advance at full speed and defeat their respective opponents as soon as possible.

Li Xin and Gao Ligong had been waiting impatiently for a long time, and today's military exploits were all taken away by Song Wen...... Seeing the signal to attack, they all rushed towards the Ming army with all their might.

Go all out, and maybe get some soup to drink!

Zuo Liangyu's Chinese army was defeated, and the Ming army on both wings had no intention of fighting, seeing tens of thousands of Heavenly Mandate troops swooping over, they didn't have the courage after the break, turned around and chased Zuo Liangyu's pace, and went south along both sides of the official road.

Li Xin and Gao Ligong's troops covered up the past, and the Ming army was defeated with numerous casualties.

Song Wen only chased two or three miles, and saw that Li Xin and Gao Ligong's troops on both wings had already defeated the Ming army, so he stopped his pace, turned around to harvest the wounded soldiers of the Ming army, and began to clean up the battlefield.

Thinking of the tragic situation in Linying City, the gunners were furious one by one, and the wounded soldiers, no matter how severe they were, were all mended!

Ma Po's gunfire gradually sank, except for the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army, there were corpses of the Ming army everywhere, Song Wen looked at the corpses of the Ming army, and there was not much joy in his heart, but it was very heavy.

Li Xin and Gao Ligong chased them all the way to Yuncheng, Zuo Liangyu fled into the city, and the soldiers who did not enter the city were all covered up and killed by the two, and the two immediately divided their troops and surrounded the south and north of the city along the official road.

Li Zicheng ordered the Song Ministry of Culture to clean up the battlefield, and rushed to the city on the other hand, personally commanding the siege of the city, Yuncheng is not a strong city like Kaifeng, the city wall is not more than one foot and five feet high, Zuo Liangyu will sooner or later atone for the slaughter of Linying.

Zuo Liangyu fled into the city, he still had palpitations in his heart, he was secretly grateful to the guards, if he hadn't escaped quickly, I am afraid that he would have become a ghost under the knife of the Heavenly Mandate Army.

The Heavenly Mandate Army besieging the city was only 30,000, and it was also stationed in the south and north of the city, but Zuo Liangyu thought that the Heavenly Mandate Army outside the city was the same as the seventh battalion of the Song Wen Department, and they were equipped with extremely sharp firearms, and they did not dare to break through for a while.

More than half of the soldiers were lost, but they did not build an inch, and the Huguang soldiers were thrown home in shame, Zuo Liangyu hated and feared, and he fell ill unconsciously, and he didn't even have an appetite for dinner......

Song Wen cleaned up the battlefield of Mapo, and the corpses of the Ming army were burned, leaving only armor and weapons, and joined Li Jibu, who arrived later, and rushed to Yuncheng the next day.

Yuncheng was surrounded by 60,000 Heavenly Mandate troops, and Zuo Liangyu had no intention of fighting, so he had to send soldiers to break out of the city and ask for help everywhere.