Although the security forces were slow to move, they also broke away from the rest of the officers and marched far in the direction of the rebels. Pen, Fun, and Pavilion www.biquge.info have become a real lone army.

Li Jiucheng left Dengzhou City with more than 10,000 rebels, and they wanted to teach a lesson to the unknown official army led by Zhang Chu. Li Jiucheng was determined to defeat this bird that was in the early stages, so that the other officers and soldiers would not dare to act rashly.

The rebels in Dengzhou City were a new army built by Sun Yuanhua, which was changed from the military household system that had been passed down from generation to generation to a conscription system, and was equipped with a large number of firearms.

According to Sun Yuanhua's plan, the new army was a battalion of 4,000 people, each battalion had 120 vehicles, 120 artillery trucks, and 60 grain trucks, a total of 300 vehicles. There were 16 cannons in red coats, 80 guns in medium guns, 100 guns in eagles, and 2,200 guns in birds. There were 2,000 combat soldiers and 2,000 auxiliary troops.

The Eagle Gun is a small Fur machine, and the Bird Gun is the arquebus.

The rebels basically maintained the original structure of the New Army, and the more than 10,000 rebels brought out by Li Jiucheng this time basically possessed the number of firearms and equipment of the two battalions of the New Army.

Their combat effectiveness is very strong, and they also specially carried more than two dozen red-coated cannons when they left the city. These red-coated cannons each weighed a thousand pounds, and it was very inconvenient to move, and the rebels who were eager to fight were very dissatisfied with the slow movement of the artillery, and kept urging them to speed up, so what would happen if the officers and soldiers who were grinding away from it.

Li Jiucheng had no choice but to order part of the team to be left to escort the artillery to move forward slowly, and the rest of the men and horses marched towards the security army, if the security army retreated, they would follow the attack, and if they held on to the spot, they would wait for the artillery to catch up and then attack together.

The rebels have been fighting against the officers and soldiers these days, winning one victory after another, and they are becoming less and less concerned about the officers and soldiers, let alone these thieves who have just been recruited.

The rebels saw the security army from a distance, and rushed forward excitedly one by one, it is said that this team carried a lot of supplies in large carts and small carts, and rushed up to beat the officers and soldiers, maybe they could make a fortune.

Bang! Bang! Li Jiucheng saw that the distance between him and the official army was beyond the range of the medium artillery he carried, and immediately ordered the team to speed up. At the same time, Li Jiucheng was secretly frightened, seeing that the officers and soldiers of this range should be carrying red-coated cannons.

The next thing that made Li Jiucheng even more frightened happened, although the red-coated cannon was powerful and had a long range, it was very complicated to load, so the rate of fire was particularly slow, and it couldn't shoot for half a day. This is also the reason why Li Jiucheng dared to let the rebels advance against the artillery fire of the security army.

But Li Jiucheng did not expect that the artillery of the security army would adopt the method of reloading and adding copper shells improved by Zhang Chu. The rate of fire of the whole artillery was very fast, and shortly after the first round of shelling, the second round of shells smashed into the rebels, which caused a panic among the rebels, how many artillery pieces were on the opposite side, why did they fire another round so quickly.

The rebel generals hurriedly ordered their troops to move forward quickly, and as soon as they came within range of the medium artillery they carried, they could counterattack. The distance between the two sides was closer, and the artillery fire in the security army formation became more intensive.

The rebels found that the tactics of their opponents were very similar to their own, and formed a strong defensive line with baggage vehicles in front, and the artillery behind the line constantly fired shells. Moreover, the opponent also has a large number of medium guns, and it is desperate that the number and range of the medium guns in the opponent's hands surpass them, and the rate of fire of the guns can only be described as terrifying. A large number of shells focused on the artillery units in the ranks of the rebels. The rebel artillery had not yet been able to establish a position, and had already suffered heavy casualties.

Li Jiucheng's battlefield adaptability is still very strong, and when he saw that the artillery of the security army was focused on attacking the artillery of the rebels, he immediately ordered the soldiers in the team with shotguns to charge, and he would fight back if he was beaten.

The reason why the arquebus used by the rebels is called a bird gun is not a gun used to hit birds, but a gun that can hit a bird, compared to the musket used by other teams of the Ming army in terms of range and accuracy are much stronger, which is also where the rebels have always been proud, can hit the enemy from a distance and reduce their own casualties. Therefore, although the rebels were somewhat blinded by the artillery of the security forces, they still firmly believed that they could defeat the opponent with their shotguns.

The rebel musketeers lined up in front of the battle and charged, and with the accuracy of muskets of this era, it would only be effective if more muskets were fired at the same time, but it also provided a good target for the opponent.

The rebel musketeers did not advance far before they were hit by a heavy fire from the security forces, and the security guards, who were hiding behind the baggage trucks, finally waited for the order to open fire from the officers and soldiers, and they mechanically fired and reloaded according to the usual training procedures, and then fired, and no one thought about the situation of the enemy troops.

At this time, the rebels' hearts were broken, how could they choose to fight such an opponent, there are more artillery than you, the rate of fire is faster than yours, and then the muskets with a super long range will kill the soldiers in front of the battle one by one. On the other hand, the rebels, the musketeers could not advance within the range of the muskets at all, and the whole team could not exert their strength, so they could only be beaten passively, and now they only hoped that the red-coated artillery behind them could arrive at the battlefield in time, and then they would have the strength to fight back.

While the rebels in front were still gritting their teeth and insisting on waiting for the redcoat cannon, the redcoat cannon had another situation.

After several battlefield practices, Zhang Chu found that although the artillery and musket teams were powerful, the flanks must be protected by cavalry. On this expedition, Zhang Chu brought a full 2,000 cavalry with him.

Finding that the rebels were coming to attack, Zhang Chu ordered the team to form a defensive formation, using 1,000 cavalry as the defensive force on the flanks and another 1,000 cavalry as a mobile force.

As a mobile force, the cavalry battalion commander was very depressed, he participated in many battles of the security army, most of these cavalry were used to capture prisoners, and as a mobile force, they didn't want to get any battles. So he asked Zhang Chu to lead the movement to the side of the rebels to see if there were any fighters.

The cavalry battalion commander hid his troops on the flanks of the rebels, nervously observing the movements of the rebels. Although the rebels were badly beaten by the artillery of the security forces, the basic formation was not chaotic, and the cavalry battalion had no chance to take advantage of it. This disappointed the cavalry battalion commander. At this time, he found that there were two or three thousand men in the rear of the rebel ranks, escorting the red-coated cannons, and they were slowly approaching the battlefield.

If the rebels' red-coated cannons were delivered to the battlefield, the balance of forces between the two sides would change, and there would definitely be losses for the security forces, and at the same time, the cavalry battalion commander, tired of the errand of capturing prisoners, decided to take a risk.

So under the leadership of the cavalry battalion commander, a thousand cavalry of the security army rushed towards the 3,000 rebels guarding the artillery. (To be continued.) )