Because of the lack of airtightness, the sound of the "Bang Bang Bang" small Franc machine is relatively mute, and the range is relatively close, but even if the range is short, the Western Army does not have many weapons to counteract.

When the Franc machine opened fire, the heavy artillery of the Ming army on the south bank of the Yangtze River also began to launch an artillery bombardment on the opposite beachhead, and the roaring cannon sounded, and one after another iron bullets roared across the river, slamming into the sand on the river beach, and the mud splashed, and some smashed into the Western army array, and a blood line was shot out with one shot.

The road to the southwest of the Ming army has been repaired to Guizhou, which makes it possible for the red-coated artillery of the Ming army to be transported in addition to armor, grain and grass.

Seven months, transported from Liangguang, and He Tengjiao borrowed craftsmen from Chen Zilong to cast them himself, so that the Ming army could carry forty red-coated cannons when they set out on this expedition.

On the side of the river, the few artillery pieces of the Western Army also began to return fire, and more than a dozen old artillery pieces could not bombard the heavy artillery positions on the other side of the Yangtze River, and their goal was to rush through the river-crossing troops in the middle of the river, and the shells fell into the river, splashing up a column of water more than a zhang high, and the river water was splashed into the sky and fell again, instantly drenching the armor of the Ming army.

At this time, the huge difference in equipment between the two armies was presented, and the Ming army's artillery array on the south bank was filled with gunsmoke, and a cloud of gunpowder smoke rose on the hillside on the opposite bank, and the scene was magnificent.

More than 40 pieces, more than 10 pounds of iron bullets roared and smashed towards the beachhead, the shield array in front of the Western Army array was immediately smashed open, a Western sergeant soldier held a shield in one hand, a knife in the other, pressed the formation, suddenly his face was wet, a gap appeared next to it, an iron bullet smashed the shield of the Western Army, flew out with his body upside down, smashed a piece, and the entire Western Army Front suddenly became chaotic.

Forty red-coated cannons created a huge threat to the western army on the beachhead, and the small franc machine on the raft of the Ming army should have been very bumpy, and the fight was not very accurate, but it did not cause much trouble to the western army.

At this time, the raft had already passed three-quarters of the way, and the river began to reverse, and the people on the raft immediately used long poles to resist, and several long poles alternately supported the raft and rushed to the north bank.

Bai Wenxuan looked at the front that had not yet been in turmoil, his face was in a hurry, and he hurriedly waved his hand and shouted: "Archer, prepare!" ”

When the archers of the Western Army heard the order, they were a little panicked and bent their bows and arrows, but at this moment, the Ming Army gunners on the raft were half-squatting and raised their guns to shoot, and after a "bang, bang" sound, the Western troops in the front row suddenly fell.

The equipment of the Western Army miscellaneous soldiers is extremely backward, the soldiers are all cloth clothes without armor, the shield is also a wooden shield covered with a layer of leather, the defense is very poor, the Ming soldiers squatted on the raft to shoot, the Western Army in the front row was beaten with blood splashed, and immediately formed a panic, and the shield soldiers and gunners in front of them unconsciously retreated timidly.

The entire front was covered with artillery and guns, the soldiers in the front row were constantly killed, several soldiers retreated, fear spread, forming a chain reaction, the archers behind panicked and released the bowstrings, and the rain of arrows in the sky shot towards the Ming army, but the arrows fell on the river and fell into the water.

It turned out that the effective range of the Ming army's new gun was about 150 paces, while the western army generally had a seven-step bow, and it took 100 steps to cause casualties.

"Don't mess around! No backwards! No arrows are allowed without an order! ”

Bai Wenxuan's face was extremely gloomy, the gap between the two armies was too great to fight at all, although the generals and colonels of the Western Army shouted vigorously, but the entire front still retreated dozens of steps before it stabilized again.

At this time, the raft had rushed to the shore, and nearly a thousand Ming troops jumped off the raft one after another, and the western army retreated, and the bow and arrow could not reach the shore at this time.

Li Dingguo commanded his soldiers and immediately lined up on the riverside, with swords and shields standing on both sides, and the Ming army guns shot while assembling on the river beach, and soon formed three columns.

Under the command of the lockers and drums in the queue, the firecrackers on the river beach quickly changed from scattering to rounding, and the three rows of gunners alternately moved forward, and the smoke was filled, and the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers in front of the Western Army were beaten backwards and fell back on their backs like a strong wind blowing through a wheat field.

Bai Wenxuan couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this scene, the rate of fire of the Ming army's guns was too fast, they took advantage of the range to release the guns outside the range of the Qing army's bows and arrows, and the Western army retreated in panic, they did not charge, but followed the rhythm of the trumpets and drums, and always maintained a distance of 100 steps.

If it went on like this, there was no need to fight at all, and the Western Army almost did not cause casualties to the Ming army, but it did lose nearly 1,000 people.

Seeing this, Bai Wenxuan hurriedly shouted: "Rush forward, swords, shields and pikemen will drive down the enemy troops who have landed on the shore, and the bows and arrows will come close to suppress the Ming army!" ”

Seeing that it couldn't go on like this, the Ming army's firearms were too powerful, and the Western army had no armor, so they were knocked down in pieces, Bai Wenxuan could only choose to press up for close combat.

"Don't be afraid! Stick to the enemy's firebolt and it becomes a burning stick! Kill! ”

The generals of the Western Army heard the sound of war drums, pulled out their war knives, and loudly urged the soldiers to rush forward, and the soldiers of the Western Army were panicked, looked at each other, and could see the fear on the faces of their comrades, but the military order was difficult to disobey, and the troops hesitated for a while, and suddenly broke out into a roar, and rushed to the beachhead.

"Kill! Drive the lackeys of the government down! "The heroes of the green forest can't line up, but they are more brave than the soldiers of the West, and when they heard the order to charge, they immediately roared and charged forward.

Seeing this, Li Dingguo immediately waved his hand, and the drums in the army changed, and the gun team that was advancing alternately immediately stopped, and the three sergeants began to shoot in place in turn.

The newly equipped self-generated firecracker, the performance has been exactly the same as the Dutch, Portuguese muskets, much faster than the original Ming army's bird guns, the continuous firepower formed by the three columns of soldiers, showing great power, the forward rushing Western army only felt that the bullets rained like a wall, rushing in the front of the soldiers fell in pieces.

A bandit leader, leading his subordinates to charge forward, did not rush to fifty steps, nearly half of his subordinates died, an accomplice beside him held a shield, but the Ming army's gun pill actually pierced his wooden shield directly, causing a blood hole in the chest, his body immediately softened, on the other side, a Western sergeant ran wildly, a gun shot directly hit his thigh, blood splashed, his whole body ran and ran to the ground, and his mouth let out a wail.

When the bandit leader saw this, he saw the soldiers who rushed forward and died in pieces like cutting wheat, and the people around him became sparse, and he looked at the Ming army's guns in fear, mechanically releasing them, retreating, charging them, and putting them in front of him, and his heart was cold, and he suddenly turned his head and ran back.

If it is cavalry, it may be able to break through the formation with speed, but it is obviously difficult for the infantry army, especially the equipment of the Western Army is too poor, and the Ming Army has put several rounds of guns in front of it, and these miscellaneous soldiers of the Western Army who have not been severely trained have been beaten and collapsed.

The bandits were also shocked by the firepower of the official army, and almost when the leader fled, the entire Western army that rushed forward was defeated by the Ming army's guns, and found that the Western army, which was getting fewer and fewer comrades, ran back frantically like a school of frightened fish.

Seeing this, Li Dingguo smiled on his face, and immediately drew his knife and kept it, "Kill!" The Ming army immediately stopped shooting, and the swords, shields, and spears on both sides immediately began to cover up.

The Western Army had not yet fought close to the Ming Army, and the bandits did not have time to exert their personal force, they were defeated by the Ming Army's self-generated fire array, and in an instant, the Western Army and the bandits rushed to run backwards, and no one resisted the Ming Army anymore, they shouted in fear, and the army was defeated.

Bai Wenxuan watched the rout run past him, his heart was extremely depressed, he had never fought such a battle, he loudly stopped the soldiers from escaping, but the quality of this army was extremely poor, it could no longer be described as a rabble, he slashed and killed several people, and the rout still bypassed him and fled, so that he could only pull the reins of his horse and flee back to Luzhou with the defeated army.

In the distance in a mountain forest, Wang Fuchen saw this scene with a clairvoyant mirror, he put down the clairvoyant mirror, his expression was complicated, he sighed heavily, and then waved his hand, leading the soldiers hidden in the forest to make a detour to the south.