Although a large number of the thieves who rushed out of the camp fell to the ground and rolled down to the riverbed, a large number of men and horses still rushed out and fought with the front army under the command of Liu Guozhen on the riverbed. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, the archers under the command of Liu Guozhen could no longer throw a large area of arrow rain, and the remaining more than 300 Ming troops on the riverbed immediately fell into a bitter battle.

Seeing that there were more and more thieves rushing out, Liu Guozhen gritted his teeth, and ordered the archers under his command to change their bows and arrows to swords and shields, and then held a shield in his left hand and a knife in his right hand, and rushed over together, and the thief army that rushed out of the camp came and went, slashing and killing each other.

This is not Liu Guozhen's recklessness, but he has to do this, not only the gap in the fence where the thief army camp was pulled down needs to be held, but in the face of the thief army rushing out, he also has to win time for Wang Shixuan, who has already arrived, to stand still.

Wang Shixuan led 2,000 men and horses, dragging 20 cannons of all sizes all the way, not only walking on the mountain road, but also on the mountain road under the moonlight in the second half of the night, and he could not light torches, so he walked very hard, and the speed was difficult to get up quickly.

However, while Liu Guozhen led the remaining hundreds of former troops to rush forward and fight with the thief army, Wang Shixuan finally arrived with the rear soldiers and horses.

Liu Guozhen's army attack not only won him time to set up camp and set up artillery, but also freed up a place for him to set up camp and set up artillery.

Walking out of the winding mountain road and coming to the half-moon-shaped open land in front of Huangluling, Wang Shixuan did not dare to delay a little time, and immediately commanded the men and horses to give way to the passage, so that one artillery could pass through first, and set up in the rear of the arrow array set up in Liuguo Town before, which was not only outside the range of the thieves' bows and arrows, but also within the range of the artillery bombardment of the thieves' barracks.

By the time Wang Shixuan's artillery position and the archers, spearmen, and sword and shield men in front of the artillery position were arranged, there was not much left of the headquarters of Liuguo Town on the riverbed.

And the fence that was pulled down at the edge of the thief camp was also re-erected and reinforced by the thief army in the camp, and the gap no longer existed.

At this moment, it no longer makes sense how the battle of Liu Guozhen will win or lose on the riverbed.

Wang Shixuan arranged the position, and then ordered the arrow array to prepare, while sending several soldiers on the left and right to brave the rain of arrows shot from the thief camp, and stepped forward to order Liuguo Town to collect the army and retreat.

Liu Guozhen was already covered in blood at this time, there were his own wounds gushing out, and there were also thieves sprayed, turned around and saw that the rear army had been arranged, and vaguely heard the herald shouting for the withdrawal of the army, and immediately shouted "retreat", struggling to swing the long knife, cut down a thief army in front of him, quickly broke away from the battle, and led the remaining men and horses to run back to their own positions.

Of the 1,000 people that Liu Guozhen had brought with him when he set out from Jinsuo Pass, less than 300 had returned to his side alive at this time.

Nearly 100 people were trapped in the siege of the thief army and could not get out, and they were quickly killed in a state of confusion.

And a group of thieves who were chasing not far behind Liu Guozhen's headquarters were all shot to the ground by the arrow array laid by Wang Shixuan.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Youyi, the thief head "One Lamp" standing on the watchtower of the thief camp, stomped his feet and scolded, but also had to give the order to withdraw the troops.

It's just that the thief army rushed out of the thief camp, it was easy to come out before, but it was difficult to go back at this time.

Because the thief army knew that the Golden Lock Pass more than 20 miles to the east was also steep and difficult to break, so after occupying Huangluling, Wu Yangui, the king of the whole world, did not have a strong desire to go east, and the camp here was mainly to guard the Huangluling crossing, and there was no camp gate left in the east.

Wang Shixuan saw that the thieves were beating the gong and retreating, but there were more than 1,000 thieves crowded on the riverbed outside the fence of the thief camp, scrambling to climb over the earthen wall fence, rushing back to the camp.

The archers in the camp also kept throwing to cover, but although the range of the projectile was far greater than that of a direct shot, the speed and strength were ultimately inferior.

From time to time, some of the soldiers under Wang Shixuan's command were wounded by arrows, but this did not affect them to avenge their comrades who died on the riverbed and in front of the enemy's camp.

There were also four relatively easy-to-move tiger squat cannons, which were finally loaded with gunpowder and scattered bullets, and were moved to the front of the formation under Wang Shixuan's order.

Crowded on the riverbed, stranded outside the fence of the thief camp, frightened, but there was no escape, except for some of the thieves who abandoned their weapons and surrendered, lying in the ravine to hide, survived, nearly 2,000 thieves rushed out of the camp the previous time, almost all of them died outside the camp.

Half of them died in the battle with Liu Guozhen's troops, and the other half almost all died tragically under the rain of arrows and artillery shelling of Wang Shixuan's troops.

As the thief army in the valley and riverbed either died or surrendered, the thief camp soon stopped throwing arrows out to cover it, and Wang Shixuan also ordered to stop shooting, and the valley that had just boiled suddenly returned to calm, except for the pain and sorrow of the wounded, all that remained was the whirring wind through the valley.

At this time, the morning sun finally jumped out of the mountains in the east, the golden light shone on the camp of the thief army, on the zigzag mountain road that winds and turns in the distance, there are a large number of thieves coming down the mountain to reinforce, and on the yellow reed pass in the shade of the trees at the top of the mountain road, the flag is fluttering, and it is vaguely visible that there is a "Wu" word written on it!

Wang Shixuan took the clairvoyant mirror in his hand, looked down along the mountain road, and finally fell on the camp of the thief army in front of him, near the earthen wall fence in the thief camp, there was a watchtower several feet high, and there were several people standing in the watchtower, one of them was dressed in brocade, hanging a treasure knife on his waist, and was building a pergola in his hand, looking at his side.

With many years of experience in the army, Wang Shixuan concluded that this person must be an important person in the thief camp in front, and immediately commanded the left and right, and moved all the twenty artillery pieces forward, no matter what kind of tiger squat cannon, Franc machine, or general cannon at the mouth, general cannon, etc., all of them were adjusted to the upward firing mode, and they were aimed at the watchtower in the thief camp one by one.

Seeing that the artillery generals under his command signaled that the preparations were completed, Wang Shixuan said fiercely: "It's all aimed at Lao Tzu, hit his mother!" ”

After Wang Shixuan finished speaking, the artillery general immediately issued an order, and the gunners of each artillery immediately approached the fire doors of each cannon, and the ignited medicine twisted around with white smoke, sending sparks into the barrel of the cannon.

Immediately after, there was an earth-shattering sound, twenty cannons fired a salvo of various cannons, and the sound displayed was enough to shake the earth!

In the mountains and forests in the distance, a flock of birds flew in surprise and flew over the Huanglu Pass.

The white smoke in front of Wang Shixuan's eyes had not yet dissipated, and he saw his own soldiers in front of him cheering and jumping.

When his ears finally recovered from the sudden roar and deafness, Wang Shixuan finally heard the cheers of the soldiers around him.

"Hit! Hit that shit! ”

"Hit! Hit that shit! ”

Sure enough, listening to the repeated cheers of his subordinates, Wang Shixuan found that the watchtower in the thief camp had disappeared through the smoke that had almost dissipated in front of him.

Twenty artillery salvos of various types, some of which had a very short range, even if they were fired at an elevation angle, they only hit the earthen walls and fences of the thief barracks, but after all, it was a salvo of twenty guns, and finally there were several large general cannons loaded with chain shells, which swept the pillars of the watchtower.

As long as two of the four pillars are broken, the enemy platform full of people on this watchtower will have to collapse.

Regardless of whether the leader of the thief army was hit by the projectile of the Franc machine or not, he fell to the ground from the six-foot high watchtower, and even if he did not die, he was seriously injured.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Shixuan immediately ordered: "Load each cannon, and fight a few more rounds of fucking rounds!" ”

While the other soldiers were cheering, the gunners of each artillery were not idle, cleaning and wiping the chambers, preparing gunpowder projectiles, and adjusting the firing angles of the gun positions, each performing its own duties and responsibilities, and in a hurry, they were all seizing the time to prepare for reloading and shelling.

The people who could be in charge of the artillery at this time were all veterans in the border army of Shanxi Town, and naturally they would not get carried away with the excitement of hitting the target in the first round of artillery bombardment, just like other soldiers.

At this time, the gunners heard Wang Shixuan's order, immediately loaded the gunpowder, wrapped the projectile with silk cloth, then stuffed the cannon into the barrel from the muzzle, took a wooden stick to top the wrapped projectile and gunpowder, and finally inserted the thin bamboo tube with the powder twist from the fire door into the gunpowder in the breech.

Wang Shixuan saw that the artillery team under his command raised flags one after another to signal that the loading was completed, and immediately shouted: "Ignite!" ”

What followed was largely similar to the first round of shelling.

What is different is that while this round of artillery bombardment killed a large number of thieves in the camp, several artillery pieces also happened to break down a section of the earthen wall and fence of the thief camp because of the adjustment of the firing angle.

Waiting for the smoke to dissipate, listening to the shouts and cheers of his subordinates, Wang Shixuan suddenly felt that he might be able to rely on the might of artillery today to attack Huangluling.

At the moment, he didn't have time to think about it, first ordered Liu Guozhen to lead the remnants of the front army to stay in the artillery position, and then gave an order, and personally led more than 1,500 archers, sword and shield men, and spearmen under his command to rush through the open ground in front of him again, jump onto the dry riverbed, cross the earthen wall fence that was broken by artillery, and rush into the camp of the thief army with a shout.