As the troops brought by Li Mu spread out to both sides, Li Yan immediately asked his subordinates to shout, allowing the fleeing officers and troops to pass through the gaps between the farther formations.

Fortunately, there were enough corpses in front, and the officers and soldiers who had fled obediently ran farther to the flanks and gave way to the artillery in front of them.

Similarly, the officers and soldiers who fled were all wearing red fat jackets, which were well distinguished from the rogue thieves in disorganized clothes. After all, it is the country's army, and the basic equipment can still be guaranteed, even if the imperial court is already quite poor, they can still get a set of clothes.

The thieves also found Li Yan and the others who were already lined up in front, but they wanted to rush over with the officers and soldiers who had fled in front of them, so as to disperse the team in front of them.

Li Yan saw that the thief's cavalry showed signs of acceleration, so he immediately ordered: "As long as the thief enters a distance of a hundred steps, open fire immediately, and don't worry about the rest." ”

The artillerymen had long been prepared, they loaded cotton-wrapped grape shells into the sub-cannons, ready to fire at any moment. As soon as the cavalry of the thieves entered a distance of a hundred paces, the commander of the guns waved the small red flag downwards and ordered: "Fire!" ”

One of the gunners reached over the long pole holding the arquebus, and set fire to the short lead that was exposed. With a "boom", a large cloud of white smoke came out of the muzzle of the gun, mixed with a flash of fire. There was much less white smoke coming out of the interface between the subcannon and the mother cannon.

The several rogue cavalry running in front were defeated with men and horses, and of course, there were also unscathed rogue thieves, who continued to ride forward on their horses, not caring about the fleeing officers and soldiers around them, but coming straight to Li Yan's military formation.

But this time, the most fallen are those officers and soldiers who are still fleeing. For this kind of situation where thieves and officials and soldiers are mixed together, Li Yan can only strike indiscriminately like this. Ensuring that one's military formation is not defeated first is the first place, and saving people can only be ranked second.

The two guns were fired one after the other, and then they were unhurriedly reloaded. Those galloping rogue cavalry have their own crossbowmen in the army formation to block them, and they don't have to worry about their safety here.

"Boom" and "boom" cannon sounds continued to sound, and the thieves and fleeing officers and soldiers within the range of the artillery attack were basically knocked to the ground. If there is a net that rushes to the front, it is solved by the crossbowmen, and the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers in the team have not yet moved.

"We are the official army, the official army!" The surviving officers and soldiers shouted loudly, raised their hands and waved them, all the while still running towards the safe passage of their companions on either side.

But the artillerymen and crossbowmen continued to fire projectiles and arrows, preventing anyone from approaching their formations, not even the officers and soldiers. Because there are a lot of thieves mixed in with them, if they are asked to come, the thieves will inevitably come to them, and it is quite dangerous.

A quarter of an hour later, the thieves' cavalry, except for those who had escaped, fell to the ground. And most of the officers and soldiers who fell last fell to the ground, and the rest fled into the fields on both sides in cold and despair, and some simply ran back and surrendered to the thieves.

Yilong and Yuan Laoshan both stopped in the distance, and they observed Li Yan's military formation from a distance.

"Whose troops are this? And the cannons! Yuan Laoshan asked suspiciously.

Yilong was also puzzled and said: "I don't know, I haven't heard of very powerful officials and soldiers here." Did you come from Kaifeng? ”

"Shi Qian" came up from behind at this time, and said cautiously: "Big leader, this should be a general army named Li Yan in Qixian County, and his troops are very powerful with bows and crossbows. ”

The original "Meng Zhang Fei", and the current "Zhang Cripple" also stepped forward and reported: "Big boss, this should be the unit of 'Li Gongzi'." They are in a good formation, and it will be difficult to attack from the front. Their bows are strong and their crossbows are strong, and the rain of arrows they shoot is endless, and it is difficult to shoot them down. ”

After hearing this, Yilong and Yuan Laoshan looked at each other.

"How?" A dragon asked, "Boss Yuan, do we still want to fight?" There are woods on both sides here, and I don't know how deep it is, so I can only storm it. ”

Yuan Laoshan raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "It's just a general, how many people can there be?" How many shells can there be? Let's run out of his arrows and ammunition, and I see him going berserk!" Attack! What about the guns we grabbed? Get it too! In this area, only we must be the best! ”

A dragon has a little drum in his heart, he has never had a hard encounter with such a strong army, he has always taken advantage of it before, and ran away when he encountered a strong enemy. He said: "Boss Yuan, if you attack strongly, will it be a little difficult?" ”

Yuan Laoshan said disdainfully: "I attack the first wave, I can't attack it, you attack the second wave." ”

Yilong immediately nodded and said, "That's okay, I'll give up my life to accompany the gentleman." In fact, he was still very happy in his heart, after all, what was decided at the beginning, to the west of Decheng, was his territory. This Qi County is also west of Guide, and if he can really fight it, his territory will be much larger.

Yuan Laoshan quickly summoned the cavalry back, and then organized the infantry to attack Li Yan's military formation. They are still the usual trick, using the outcasts to take the lead and block the arrows for them. When they get close to the enemy's formation, they will have a way.

The displaced people in front were forced to rush forward, and these entrapped displaced people had no armor, no weapons, and only their bodies. The thieves in the back were wearing armor stolen from the official army, and held waist knives, spears, long knives, goose feather knives, three-eyed guns, bows and arrows, crossbows, bird guns, thunderbolts and so on. They also had a bag tied to their waists, and the bag contained a bag of lime, which was specially used to throw it into the eyes of the officers and soldiers.

"Rush, rush up and have food!"

"Shoulder to shoulder, there aren't many of them!"

"Rush up and eat meat and drink wine! Come on! ”

……

The exiles rushed forward with their eyes closed, shouting their own slogans or wishes. The thieves behind also shouted slogans and rushed forward. The difference is that they are much more likely to benefit than the displaced people in front of them.

Li Yan looked at the thieves in the distance, and he could tell from his outfit that the people in front were the homeless, and the ones behind were the real thieves. So he ordered: "Let the artillery be ready, and after a while, the thieves will enter three hundred steps and start firing." Don't wait until one hundred and fifty paces, the people in front are all inconsequential people, and you can only hurt these guys if you inflict enough casualties on those rogues behind. ”

After all, there are many thieves, and there are more than ten rows of homeless people in front of them alone. If you put it too close, I'm afraid you won't be able to stop it.