At the head of the city, accompanied by the sound of rumbling war drums, Zhu Minchun took the county order of Qi County and the guard of Qi County to board the city tower, and looked nervously at the phalanx lined up by Xiao Ruxun under the city, as well as the Northern cavalry that rushed not far away.

"Why did Admiral Xiao go out with those people? Isn't there still Li Rusong's Liaodong cavalry? ”

Zhu Minchun asked nervously.

The county commander of Qi County naturally didn't know anything, and the guard of Qi County squeaked for a long time, and he was not very clear, so he could only answer tentatively: "After all, he is a famous general in a hundred battles, and he has not tasted defeat, Admiral Xiao must have his own reason......

Such an answer naturally did not satisfy Zhu Minchun, he glanced at the Qi County guard unhappily, and then continued to look at the battlefield.

The Northern Cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the sound of war drums was getting faster and faster, and Zhu Minchun felt that his heartbeat was getting faster and faster.

Suddenly, the drums of war stopped abruptly.

Zhu Minchun's breath stagnated.

In the battle below the city, Xiao Ruxun raised his sword.

"Shield soldier raises shield!"

When the order was given, the shield soldiers immediately erected three layers of iron shields, one layer upon another, and built the skeleton of the large array.

The cavalry approached again, and Xiao Ruxun gave another order.

"Gunslinger raise gun!!"

A thousand gunners immediately raised their spears, and through the tiny gap between shields, the snowy spear heads pierced out, and under the reflection of the sunlight, the spear heads flashed with an icy light, and a large array like hedgehogs was quickly lined up.

And the northern cavalry seemed to be ready, not flustered at all, as if realizing that the Ming army would be so prepared, the original arrow-like charge instantly separated to the left and right, and the distance gradually widened, turning into two troops charging together.

The soldiers on horseback had already tightened their bows and arrows, bent their bows and arrows and pointed them into the air, ready to shoot.

This is exactly the cavalry and archery kung fu that has threatened the Han people for thousands of years, and the cavalry of the Central Plains Dynasty has never been able to gain the upper hand in this kung fu.

But it doesn't matter now, the horn of the firearms era has sounded, the bow and arrow have been eliminated by Xiao Ruxun, and it doesn't matter whether you master the skill of riding and archery.

Two torrents of black cavalry rushed towards the two wings of Xiao Ruxun's large array like a flood rushing towards the building.

They had no intention of facing the impact on the hedgehog array, but planned to use bows and arrows to crush this Ming army that dared to challenge the cavalry head-on, and then slaughter them to their heart's content, and finally take down the city behind them.

And then the slaughter!

Slaughter, slaughter, slaughter!

All that was left in their minds was the consciousness of such a beast.

The greatest deterrent effect that cavalry brings to the infantry is the strong feeling that comes from this impact, the shaking earth, the roaring war horses, the number of people who are pressed by the black, and the bloodthirsty killing intent.

Once a person can't bear this deterrent, he will first have a psychological breakdown, which will bring about a series of chain reactions, which will be devastating for the blow to the infantry phalanx.

The Great Array will be self-defeating.

The infantry against the cavalry needs to have a strong psychological quality and a strong fighting spirit, and the recruits who have not undergone strict training and have not seen blood will definitely not be able to hold on.

Xiao Ruxun's Zhennan Army has already possessed such qualities through three years of uninterrupted combat and training, everyone gritted their teeth and looked hideous, their eyes were bloodshot, and they stared at the Beiyu cavalry roaring in the distance, like a tiger lying on the ground, ready to give their enemies a fatal blow at any time.

They are not afraid.

The North Captives are attacking!

With a burst of sound breaking through the sky, dense bows and arrows fell from the sky, the shield soldiers of the large array were well-trained, prepared, and resisted the big shield to the death, protecting all the soldiers under the big shield, after a rain of arrows, except for a few unlucky soldiers who were injured by some tricky bows and arrows, no one was killed by arrows.

Xiao Ruxun did not order the pawn to fight back, and the pawn was still under the strictest protection.

The Northern Cavalry roared over, passing through the two wings of Xiao Ruxun's large array, the strong ground shaking and violent noise brought huge psychological pressure to the Ming soldiers, and a stronger ferocious bloodthirsty killing intent rushed to the face, and a bloody breath filled the soldiers' noses.

Beiyu hoped to crush the fighting spirit of this infantry in this way, but the faces of this well-trained soldiers became even more hideous, and at this moment, the second and third rounds of arrow rain began to strike.

Dense arrows fell from the sky, and the increasingly dense arrow rain had injured a few Ming soldiers, and soldiers who were shot to death began to appear.

At the same time, more than 10,000 cavalry from the north had formed a huge encirclement, and they circled around the infantry phalanx, keeping a certain distance from the infantry phalanx, to make sure that the arrow rain would not accidentally hurt their own people, and shot the dense arrow rain towards the infantry phalanx.

If you look at it from a high place at this time, it is a huge black encirclement that surrounds the red battle formation that is obviously not enough people in the circle, the black encirclement is fierce, and the red battle array is extremely weak, just passive defense, no active attack.

Zhu Minchun trembled, his teeth chattering.

Xiao ...... Admiral Xiao ...... Why didn't he fight back? Why don't you fight back? All...... That's it...... Shaw...... Admiral Xiao won't die, will he? Let Li Rusong save him! Let Li Rusong go! ”

The county commander of Qi County was already paralyzed in the city with fright at this time, and the Qi County guard gritted his teeth and held on to the city tower to keep himself from falling to the ground.

They can't protect themselves.

The deterrent power of 10,000 cavalry is simply too great.

Suddenly, the drums beat again.

Knock knock————

For thousands of years, when the Han people faced the strong enemy in the north and went south, they would beat the drum that symbolized death, but wherever the drum sounded, there were always Han warriors who were not afraid of life and death to fight back to the north, facing the north to die, and the nation was born to death.

The Ming soldiers heard the sound of the drums and their faces were solemn.

Xiao Ruxun pulled out his sword.

"Gun Pawn Lifts Gun !!"

At last, the Bird Men received the order, and raised their muskets in their hands, the muzzles of which protruded out of the large array from the gap in the large shield.

The northern captives have formed a circle around the large array to carry out a rain of arrows, and there are northern captives in all directions, densely packed, and the distance is within the effective range of the musket, at this time, whether it is a smoothbore gun or a rifled gun, the lethality will be doubled!

Regardless of the people and horses, as long as the northern captives are hit, the lead poison of lead bullets and the fire poison of gunpowder will instantly abolish them, whether they die or not, they will become wasted people, and horses will also become waste horses!

One bullet for one Northern Captive cavalryman, this deal is really a bargain!

Under tremendous pressure, the soldiers need to fight back in a storm to relieve the pressure that is about to drive them crazy!

"Fire !!"

The order was given, and the gunners roared, and the anger and madness were shot along with the bullets, and they launched a counterattack against the northern captives.

呯呯......

After a round of fire, the gunners retreated to the outermost circle of the circular queue, while the second layer was connected, extending the muzzle of the gun beyond the large array.

"Lift!! Fire!! ”

呯呯......

Another round of shooting.

The bullet was wrapped in the hatred of the soldiers and the strong fighting intent to gallop away from the northern captives, or flew out straight, or flew out diagonally, which was not accurate, but the northern captives surrounded the Ming army in a ring, how to fight, how to hit, and the hit rate miraculously greatly improved.

With the howl of the people who were shot, there were some discordant elements in the originally smooth Beiyu Ring Array.

The counterattack of the Ming army began.