From hundreds of cannons firing at close range to the fierce fire of hundreds of 400-pound cannons, and at least a thousand archers who were not too low in the first round of accuracy shot five to seven bucket hunting bows that could inflict heavy damage on those without armor as if they were either dead or maimed. In total, in an instant, seven or eight hundred casualties were inflicted on the attacking peasant army. If it had been the previous one, this kind of blow would have caused the peasant army of tens of thousands of troops to be defeated in one round, at least a large number of people would have fled and abandoned the battle.

Of course, at this time, the main force of Li Zicheng's peasant army had already changed greatly from the early level in history from the level of organization to level, and only then did the team not collapse after suffering such a blow. The lesser casualties were still trying to use shields as barriers and cover, even pushing to a very close distance. The sporadic armored infantry even engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the main forces of the Guards and Warrior Battalions in the front row at close range, only to be quickly repulsed because it was only a sporadic case.

After only a few breaths of heavy blows, the second round of heavy fire, from the lifting of the cannon to the artillery, began unexpectedly quickly. No one could have imagined that these gunners would be able to reload their ammunition and fire again in a few breaths. Seeing that the young officers and men were able to fire almost at the rate of fire of four rounds per minute and about 10 seconds of reloading in the face of actual combat pressure, which they had already become relatively proficient in training, we knew that the strict demands and hard work of the army over the past year had not been in vain. Today, both the Guards Battalion and the Brave Guard Battalion have become a modern army with relatively complete combat effectiveness in the true sense. There is no doubt that the combat effectiveness has changed compared to before.

With seven or eight hundred men knocked down again by this fire, even some of the peasant troops, who had suffered relatively few casualties before, began to cower or be routed. Some of the men are already showing signs of flouting. It's just that the interval is too short, and some of the peasant army generals in the rear still have a little fantasy when they see that the entire team is being contained under heavy fire: maybe two rounds of fierce fire are already the limit of the opponent's use of all firearms?

However, when the third round of fire rang out one after another, and the rain of arrows that gave people no small pressure seemed to show no sign of stopping at all, the dense front line of the peasant army finally began to break back. As a result, the young officers and men, who originally had some psychological pressure, calmly continued to fire one after another.

When the peasant army brigade fled to the edge of the effective fire range, it fired four rounds of fire with a very fast rate of fire in just one minute. The archers continued to fire six volleys at a high rate of fire.

In the short period of about a minute and a half from the opening of fire by the Guards Battalion and the Brave Guards Battalion to the crushing of the opponent and the hasty escape of the enemy from the effective firing range, in this short period of about 100 seconds, the entire peasant army left at least five or six thousand wounded and corpses in front of the battle.

When the archers and artillerymen gradually subsided, and the whole opponent's large army had not yet recovered from the chaos, more than 1,000 cavalry, which had been prepared for a long time, launched a counterattack, and the infantry team quickly spread outward and continued to pursue the peasant army that had just established itself.

Although the heavy 400-pound body-barreled field artillery was still rooted in the speed of the troops' diffusion counterattack at this time, with the coordination of the gunners and archers in the squadron who were light and able to follow the front team to fire continuously, the peasant army that had just gained a foothold after the collapse suffered heavy losses again.

However, after Xiao Xuan saw the state of these peasant armies, he did not let the team continue to fight back, but let the entire army gather as much as possible. Although the strength of the Guards Battalion and the Brave Guard Battalion is strong, there are still many risks in relying on more than 10,000 people and thousands of soldiers to kill tens of thousands of reliable armed opponents in a single battle. Xiao Xuan's status as an aspiring emperor rather than an ordinary military general decided that he was unwilling to take such an adventure. In addition, if the opponent is completely defeated in a battle, it is not conducive to training the team.

This war, which did not last long, caused the peasant army, which seemed to have an absolute superiority in strength, to pay the price of nearly 10,000 losses in a very short period of time, almost exceeding the expectations of the more cautious peasant army generals, including Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang.

No one thought that this very dull-looking Son of Heaven Forbidden Brigade would be so powerful, and many people also chose to surrender at this time, or even fled from the team.

Through this battle, Li Zicheng also truly realized how big the gap between the "master" and the "apprentice" is. Gao Yingxiang, who was just rushed back from the inspection of the temporarily gathered teams, spoke at this time: "The Forbidden Brigade of the Son of Heaven has won a big victory over our army for the first time, but I look at the teams, because there are still some reserve teams, not everyone is discouraged." This time, it was a loss that our army could not grasp about the frontal combat strength of the officers and troops. If you seriously carry out a night blasting and night attack, there may be a chance to turn the tables... ”

Li Guo, who was unwilling in his heart, did not lose confidence at this time, especially when more than half of the invested team was lost, but at least most of the elite main forces were still there. More importantly, the conservatism of the Forbidden Brigade in counterattacking made many people have the impression that although the combat effectiveness of this officer and army is extremely strong, the command is lackluster.

Li Zi didn't plan to get an axe in front of the Son of Heaven who taught him how to organize a blasting attack, but now he knew. If you don't do it again, I'm afraid many people will be unwilling. In the end, it was decided to launch a demolition and tentative attack on the opponent, and if all went well, and the teenagers who came out were able to detect the chaos of the official army, they would devote some of their forces to attack. Otherwise, it's just a blast attack.

Thinking of this, he finally agreed to the plan to launch a night attack while the opponent had just achieved a substantial victory based on his previous successful experience.

"What is the situation with the enemy's battalion? Can the outgoing rangers still be able to get close? ”

"It seems that you can't get too close, but the cavalry of the official army is limited, and it seems that the large camp of the official army can be barely observed from two or three miles away. But it's not like it's deliberate, many officers and soldiers began to build fortifications when it was getting dark...

"That's fine, tell the teams to hurry up and prepare! Dispatch two-thirds of the demolition team, and the heavier lead bullets captured can also be used as blasting munitions. In addition, in order to save gunpowder, our army had to carry out blasting at a very close distance. This time, tell the children: There is no need to approach the enemy's camp too close, a little farther, but double the medicine, I think it can also give a real blow to those many people who wear armor to the forbidden brigade of the Son of Heaven... ”

(End of chapter)