readx; For the thieves, the Yangzhou battlefield at this time was extremely chaotic. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info? Wen?? w?w?w?．? On the inner line, although the officers and troops who held the city did not have many troops, they had a cavalry with very terrifying combat effectiveness; On the periphery, there were thousands of firearms cavalry under Li Laiheng and artillery units that had just been wedged into the camp of thieves.

What made Lao Huihui and others even more troublesome was that the "King Lu Yan" also personally led an army of 4,000 heavenly heroes, and was rampage in the territory of thieves, invincible. These 4,000 cavalry did not clash head-on with the elite cavalry of the thieves, but chose the enemy to defend against the weak points of the attack. The combat effectiveness of the thieves is uneven, and the new recruits and their dependents who have little combat experience account for more than half, how can they resist the Tianxiong army, which is wounded by the commander and cannot get out of the line of fire and is becoming more and more courageous? At this time, for the thieves, the large number of troops became a burden, not only did it not play the role of consuming the officers and troops, but because they scattered and fled, they blocked the way for their cavalry to pursue the Tianxiong army.

To add insult to injury, He Jin had been defeated by Lu Xiangsheng just now, and He Yilong had not been able to block the artillery of the reinforcements, and neither of them knew where they had gone now. In this era, there are no telephones, telegrams and the like, and once the army cannot find a commander, it is like a fly without a head, and no matter how many people there are, they are vulnerable.

Lao Huihui discussed with Ma Jinzhong, and the top priority was to annihilate Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army first and stabilize his position. As for the artillery of the reinforcements, it seems that they have stopped at Tugangzi and do not intend to go any further. As long as the artillery does not enter the city, Lao Huihui thinks that it is still possible to break through Yangzhou, as long as Lu Xiangsheng can be killed, without this backbone, the official army will inevitably collapse.

So Lao Huihui and Ma Jinzhong hurriedly formed their team, and continued to lead more than 50,000 elite cavalry to chase after the Tianxiong army. They didn't know at the moment that the best time for the thieves to retreat had been missed.

Of course, Lao Huihui did not ignore the artillery of the official army, he ordered a part of the troops of He Jin and He Yilong, who had just followed him, to besiege Tugangzi. The absolute number of this part of the force is not small, nearly 10,000 cavalry, plus the temporarily retracted infantry army, there are also 20,000 or 30,000 people. Lao Huihui's order to them was to annihilate the officers and soldiers at all costs, in fact, he also knew in his heart that as long as the cannons of the officers and soldiers were not dumb, it was impossible to eat the other party. This move is quite vicious, not only dragging down the officials and soldiers, but also consuming a large number of He Jin and He Yilong's men and horses. When he solves Lu Xiangsheng and breaks through Yangzhou City, Ma Jinzhong is his sworn friend, and the fruits of victory can naturally belong to him alone.

Although He Jin and He Yilong's subordinates who received the order were reluctant, they had no choice but to besiege Tugangzi for fear of the cruelty of Lao Huihui. However, they also have their own little abacus in their hearts: the power of official artillery, bird guns and grenades, which is not covered, not to mention them, even if they return to themselves, they will collapse at the touch of a button. Now let's go and fight, isn't that hitting an egg on a rock? It's better to bluff, surround but not fight, anyway, although the official firearms are powerful, they move very slowly, and now it seems that they don't want to leave Tugangzi. As long as it is outside the range of the cannon, it is still relatively safe.

So more than 20,000 people quickly surrounded Tugangzi, but they carefully maintained a distance of more than 200 paces, and the killing shouted loudly, but they did not charge.

It's a pity that they don't know that the official army now has a longer range of the Easy Cannon, otherwise how can they hit Tushan two miles away? Liu Quanzhong was amused when he saw the thieves clamoring, and calmly ordered: "Each company organizes a defensive position in a ring, and the enemy advances 200 paces and fires artillery; One hundred and fifty paces, the sniper fired; Eighty paces, the bird fired; Twenty steps forward, throw a grenade, or you are not allowed to fight! As for the free cannon, give me a non-stop bombardment, which one will bomb more! ”

In a short time, two MEMs began a slow and rhythmic shelling. Although there were only two cannons, the casualties and psychological blows caused to the thieves were very huge. Previously, in the two Dangshan battles, because the thieves were ignorant and fearless, and used the tactics of intensive charge, Meng Gong only responded with artillery with a shorter range and higher accuracy, and the Xiaoyao cannon was not put into use, so the thieves did not know that the official army still had artillery that could fight so far in the field.

At this time, as soon as the cannon sounded, the thief closest to Tugangzi trembled violently, but he found that he had nothing to do, but the sound of ghosts crying wolves came from a distance behind him. At first, the thieves thought that the officers and soldiers had artillery elsewhere, but it was not until the cannon was fired several times that they realized that it was this earthen hill that opened fire, and they couldn't help but panic. You must know that although the camp of thieves is large, it is only three or four miles wide. If the cannon can hit a mile or two away, isn't it possible to hit all parts of the camp?

But what's the use of panic? The free artillery of the officers and soldiers was erected high on the earthen hill, and the thieves could see it from afar, but there was nothing they could do about these two deadly ancestors. The charge is to seek death, and the tragic deaths of thousands of accomplices just now have repeatedly proved this; Hide, this thing is a dozen miles or two, and even the brick and stone houses can collapse with one shot, and it's not safe to hide anywhere!

However, the officers and soldiers will not have the slightest pity for the enemy because of the "helplessness" of the thieves. Every minute or two, the muzzle of the cannon would erupt with angry tongues of fire, and then a shell would fall on the thieves, causing several, dozens, or even dozens of casualties. Especially the dependents of the thieves, these people have no combat effectiveness, and when there is chaos in the camp of the thieves, these people tend to "go with the flow" because they are panicked and at a loss, and when they see others running, they also run with them, and they can easily get piled up and become an excellent target for artillery. Cannonballs don't have long eyes, no matter what you men, women and children, a shot goes down the flesh and blood, this extremely bloody scene has caused even greater panic. In less than half an hour, the chaos in the camp of thieves, especially in the north of Yangzhou, was even more serious than before, and it was almost completely out of control.

He Jin and He Yilong's two generals were originally ordered to besiege Tugangzi, as soon as they saw this situation, the two of them combined, and now the four big palms are nowhere to be seen, especially the old Huihui who gave them orders is not a good bird, seeing that the official artillery is so raging, why bother to take his brothers to die here? Don't think about entering Yangzhou City, just "Combine the words side by side, the wind is tight"!

But at this time, I remembered to run away, it was too late! These people are in the north of the city, so it is naturally more convenient to flee north. But as soon as he ran out, he heard the thieves in front of him shout in terror: "Fire! It's on fire!! ”