After all, the Ming army on the opposite side is cavalry, although the number is only half of their own, but the impact of the horses is placed there, as long as they rush up, 2,000 soldiers are a dish. Under his leadership, 2,000 people lined up in a loose phalanx, keeping an eye on the movements of the Kuizhou army under the city wall at any time.

However, everyone knows the virtues of the Ming official army, after all, they are still wearing the standard uniforms of the Ming army, and they know each other and know each other, and they can guess how strong the Ming army on the opposite side is.

At present, it is surrounded on all sides, surrounded by strong enemies on both sides, and this battlefield is surrounded like an iron bucket, and no matter how strong the cavalry is, it will have nowhere to exert its might if it is confined to a small area. In fact, when the Qing army was maneuvering just now, it was the best opportunity for the Ming cavalry, and seizing the moving Qing army to break through one by one was the only way for the Ming army to win this battle, but unfortunately, they didn't move just now.

This greatly increased the confidence of the soldiers, just by this point, it can be seen that most of the main generals of the Ming army are a rice bucket, no military knowledge at all, and have been standing stupidly under the city wall, looking blankly, this is not the cavalry who is good at maneuvering and coming and going like the wind into a foot pawn? And it's a stupid pawn.

The guerrilla eyes were shining, constantly measuring the distance between him and the Ming army, one step at a time, getting closer and closer, the distance of a hundred steps had been shortened to less than fifty steps, this distance, the cavalry could not rush up no matter what, and with more effort, it would be able to enter the point of short-handed combat.

Such an effect not only surprised the soldiers, but also Li Maozu, who was firmly in the rear, and Yu Shizhong and Ma Jiaolin on both sides were also surprised and delighted.

"Are the Ming soldiers stupid?" Li Maozu stared at the soldiers who were about to approach the bottom of the city wall, and said to himself in some surprise: "What do they mean? Without a fight and without running, what is the pestle doing there? ”

But strange is strange, the three of them have a consensus that this group of Baijia Ming Army has lost the biggest advantage of cavalry and wasted the opportunity, although there is no sign of escape until now, but it is absolutely vulnerable, take them, but sooner or later.

"Perhaps, just by relying on these pawns, they can force them into the city, and then catch turtles in an urn and level them in one fell swoop. In this way, at least hundreds of healthy horses can fit into my pocket. Li Maozu thought in his heart, raised his eyebrows, and was happy: "Hehe, great, Benfu is the most lacking of healthy horses, can solve the urgent need, the other party's main general, can spare him not to die, to show Benfu's gratitude, hehehe!" ”

Li Maozu was so happy in his heart that he couldn't suppress it, and he actually laughed out loud, but Wang Huan didn't let him be happy for long, and broke Li Maozu's unrealistic illusions with practical actions.

"Flat crossbow, aim, free fire, put!" Li Dingguo followed Wang Huan's instructions, tore open his throat and shouted left and right: "Don't shoot empty quiver boxes, don't stop!" ”

He shouted in his mouth, the mountain-destroying crossbow in his hand had already been leveled, and he aimed at the guerrilla-like general running in front of him, and pulled the trigger.

The eight-inch crossbow, driven by the strong bowstring of ox tendon mixed hemp rope, bounced out of the groove of the crossbow, turned into an afterimage, and flew towards the target like an electric speed.

In the next second, 10,000 crossbow arrows turned into a dark cloud, and in just a few breaths, they continued to overwhelmingly press the densely formed team of soldiers in order to maintain a loose phalanx.

The coming bloody hand-to-hand combat made his hormones release quickly, stimulating the tense nerves, making his body continue to give birth to infinite strength, and the long-handled broadsword in his hand couldn't wait to cut off the opponent's head and drink the blood spurting from the wound.

It was precisely because of his highly concentrated attention that he instantly discovered the crossbow arrows that Li Dingguo aimed at him, and the crossbow was as fast as lightning, and it was ghostly in front of him.

Guerrilla's pupils contracted suddenly, and at the last moment, his head was deflected, and the short arrow flew past his right ear, which happened to hit the face of a person behind him, and was accurately inserted into his eyeball.

The pawn screamed and fell on his back.

The short arrow scratched a bloody mark on the side of the guerrilla's ear, and it was a hot pain, but he had no time to care about it, and he suddenly froze, and his frightened eyes were filled with a large rain of black arrows falling from the sky.

"According to the shield! According to the shield! The guerrilla used all his strength to lose his voice and roared, only to find out after roaring, where did the two-handed broadsword used by his mother come from?

Even if you go to grab the shields of the people around you, it's too late in time, the arrows that flash with cold light fall like a shower in an instant, and they are in front of you in the blink of an eye, and the guerrilla is also ruthless, with a turn of his hands, a long knife was danced by him like a ball of light and shadow, turning into a barrier, blocking in front of him.

Those who have shields immediately raise their shields to block their figures, and those who do not have shields lean their bodies behind those who have shields, and bend down and shrink their heads, in a vain attempt to escape.

But the strength of the mountain-destroying crossbow lies in the speed of fire, a box of ten arrows can be released in a few breaths, comparable to a machine gun at close range, and the "Bang Bang Bang" shot on the shield can force the person holding the shield back several steps, let alone a pawn without a shield and no iron armor to defend himself.

Countless soldiers were shot by a dense number of arrows, and those who were hit by the vital points fell to the ground and lost their breath after kicking their legs a few times; Those who missed the vital point struggled and wailed in pain, and then were shot again by the successive crossbow arrows, completely no longer in pain.

The guerrilla bravery was indeed commendable, his arms were so strong that he could not splash a long knife into the water, and the crossbow arrows that were shot at him were knocked to the ground by the long knife, and none of them hurt his body.

After a while, 10,000 crossbow arrows swept by, and the team of soldiers who were still shouting and screaming just now were shot to a halt, and the number of 2,000 people had already been damaged, and many of the wounded were rolling and moaning on the ground, but they could still stand and fight, but only four or five out of ten.

"There is a repeater." Li Maozu in the distance frowned, and said hatefully: "No wonder you are calm, this kind of crossbow can indeed shoot the rushing foot soldiers, strange, when did the Ming Dynasty have such a sharp weapon?" ”

No wonder he was puzzled, at this time among the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, crossbow arrows are not standard equipment, the southern towns, there are many firearms, bows and arrows in the army, and only a very small number of troops have crossbows and bows.

"The three-eyed commander can only be used as a hammer once released, the interval between the bird's guns is too long, and the cavalry is not convenient to use, the Ming army has no harm in using these firearms, and it is okay to send a pawn to lure him to radiate, and he can attack with confidence, what he is afraid of is that they use bows and crossbows." Li Maozu frowned and pondered: "The bow and arrow will be exhausted if you shoot ten arrows in a row, and the power will be greatly reduced, our army is slowly approaching, and the shield wall is in front, but they are not afraid of him, but they use the crossbow, as long as the arrow box is not empty, they can keep firing, but it is a little troublesome." ”

He thought about it in his mind, staring at the battlefield in front of him, and saw that the soldiers frequently turned back, and seemed to have the intention of retreating timidly, so he waited for his Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, after all, the soldiers had already broken a lot of people, and it was meaningless to attack the Ming army again.

However, Li Maozu sat on the horse, and he didn't mean to hit the gong at all.

The guerrilla dancing knife was panting, and finally waited until the Kuizhou army's arrow box shot out and no arrows attacked, so he stopped dancing, held the long knife and breathed evenly, and looked at the soulless subordinates behind him, and the dead and wounded all over the ground, and cursed in his heart, and wanted to turn back.

But he didn't dare, surrendered to the Qing army, but it was not as easy as having to change the owner, the Qing army had strict military regulations, and those who were afraid of the battle would be killed, but it was not as good as the Ming army when everyone ran together so that the law did not blame the public, the Qing army killed the Han army, but it was not merciless, Li Maozu was known for his harshness, so he was deeply loved by the nobles of the banner people and became the governor of Guangxi.

Therefore, knowing that there was no hope of victory, the guerrilla attacks could only stop in the local area, and they did not dare to advance or retreat, and they were frozen and at a loss.

"Order, beat the drum and blow the trumpet, let the striker go in again!" Li Maozu's emotionless voice sounded, making those who heard it on the left and right shudder: "The Chinese army is ready, moving forward slowly, ready to use the gap behind the Ming army's bow and arrows to rush into battle and kill the enemy!" ”

"Yes!" The generals on the left and right agreed, and they went down to prepare, and at the same time, there were fast horses to send this order to Yu Shizhong and Ma Jiaolin on the left and right wings.

The drums of war sounded and the trumpets sounded.

When the soldiers between the Qing army and the Kuizhou army heard it, their faces turned white.

The guerrilla's face was desperate, but the fear of death still made him grit his teeth, struggled to pick up the long knife, and roared angrily: "Brothers, there is only one way to die when we go back, the governor will not let us return to the battle alive, if we want to survive, the only way to survive is to kill all the Ming troops in front of us and cut off their heads as a military merit!" Those who are not afraid of death are all rushing with Lao Tzu! ”

The remaining minions were stimulated to the last remaining blood, brandishing swords and spears, and followed him, once again gathering their strength and moving forward.

But without waiting for them to run a few steps, the work of replacing the quiver box of the Kuizhou army has been completed.

"Free fire, the rules are the same!" Li Dingguo shouted coldly: "Don't shoot the empty arrow box, don't stop!" ”

Everything loses its suspense, a one-sided slaughter.

Guerrillas run the fastest and die the fastest.

Because of the exhaustion of strength, his knife danced less tightly, several crossbow arrows pierced his sword shadow, shooting him to the ground, and the huge impact of the crossbow arrows at close range carried his burly body upside down two steps, and he died on the spot.

As soon as the main general died, the army's heart collapsed, and the habitual collapse of the Ming army inevitably appeared on the soldiers, for the Kuizhou army, shooting the people who fled with their backs was much calmer and calmer than shooting the people who approached and hid behind the shield.

Of the more than 2,000 soldiers, there were still about 1,000 left, and almost half of them were lost in the second rain of arrows, and less than 500 people ran back intact.

Waiting for these 500 people was another rain of arrows.

Under Li Maozu's order, the overseers in the front row shouted in unison: "Those who return to the battle without permission will be killed!" ”

The shout shook the sky, but it fell on the ears of the soldiers who fled for their lives, and it fell on deaf ears. Someone else shouted angrily: "Grass your grandma! The Ming army has powerful crossbow arrows, you can try it! ”

Seeing that the soldiers rushed back regardless of it, the lieutenant officer who was in the forefront shouted without mercy: "Raise the bow, take the arrow, shoot!" ”

Rows of long arrows shot from short-tip bows accurately hit one by one, and 500 people cried for their fathers and mothers, and they were all shot.

When the last pawn was like a headless fly, turned around in place a few times in great fear, and fell to the ground after being shot in the chest by a long arrow, Li Maozu's barracks, which had been gathering momentum for a long time, finally moved.

In the sound of the vast horn, the Chinese army in front of it took the first step, a full 5,000 people, following the beat of the drum, marching forward in unison, with heavy armor in front and shield hands in front, like a thick wall, slowly crushing in the direction of Xinhua City.

Yu Shizhong and Ma Jiaolin on both flanks did not move, but the formation was fine-tuned, and the repulsion rifle was moved to the front, and together with the shield hand, they formed a solid obstacle against the impact of the cavalry, and their first task was to prevent the Kuizhou army from escaping to the two wings under the impact of the frontal Qing army.

Li Maozu calculated very accurately, the Ming army under the city wall has shot two waves, and a wave of crossbows is a box of arrows, and in the past, the crossbowmen in the Ming army generally carried two boxes of arrows, which was the rule he understood when he was preparing for the army.

So at this time, the Ming army should have been killed.

The crossbow has become an ornament, the Ming army has run out of skills, and it is time for the Qing soldiers to play.

The drums rumbled, the horns were in the sky, the Qing soldiers took a step, they roared "Huo", just like the Eight Banners soldiers shouted "kill" when they rushed into battle, self-boosting morale, the entire wilderness echoed the sound of thousands of people shouting in unison, the blades reflected the sun, the stars were as bright as scales, looking from the Xinhua city wall, covering a large area in front of them, and it was palpitating to see it.

However, this scene fell in Wang Huan's eyes, but he was overjoyed.

Li Maozu didn't expect that in fact, every time the Kuizhou soldiers went out to fight, even the crossbows were three boxes per person, not just two.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, Wang Huan didn't plan to let his subordinates shoot crossbows again.

"Good, good! Well done! Wang Huan praised three good words in a row, and said with a smile: "The formation is orderly, strict and orderly, worthy of being the governor, it's good to come!" ”

He smiled and touched his chin, but Li Dingguo was a little breathless, he looked at the wings uneasily, and said with a worried face: "My lord, the Qing soldiers on the two wings have not moved, I'm afraid there is some trick!" ”

"What tricks can they have? It's just that they are afraid that we will escape, and the foot soldiers will not move in order to block the onslaught of the cavalry, so they dare not come up together. Wang Huan said: "This is very good, we don't have many Shenwei cannons buried on both sides, it's just good that they don't come." ”

When Li Dingguo heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched unnaturally, and he looked at Wang Huan with a strange expression and asked, "That, my lord, that gunpowder bag buried in the soil is the Shenwei cannon you said?" ”

"Of course, what's the name?" Wang Huan said happily, as if he was talking about some great invention: "Don't look at the lack of a cannon barrel now, when you go back this time, summarize your experience and improve the product, you will understand." ”

Li Dingguo nodded with a complicated expression, and said, "Then what should I do now?" ”

Wang Huan looked at Li Maozu's Zhongjun who was slowly pressing over, and said softly: "Didn't you say that the Qing army has 30,000 people?" There are definitely not so many here now, and it seems that the Tartars are not honest, but it doesn't matter, just let them try the new weapons of this military sect first. ”

He put away the crossbow arrow in his hand, hung it back on his waist, and said loudly: "The igniter is out of line, and when the drum sounds, you can ignite and launch!" ”

(End of chapter)