The offensive and defensive sides were at a stalemate in front of the walls of Yuncheng, and life was not easy on both sides. Liu Lianxiang, a general of the official army, looked at the tragic situation on the head of the city, and his heart was bleeding, and some of the officers and soldiers climbed on the top of the city to climb in the corner, and some had shields on their heads, trying to shrink their bodies to the smallest to avoid the attack of the cannonballs under the city, but this cannonball was different from the bow and arrow, and it immediately passed through the shield, and the people below were either killed or wounded, even if the masonry debris stirred up by hitting the ground would splash everywhere, causing casualties to the officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers had never seen artillery with such a fast rate of fire, such dense artillery fire. What is even more terrifying is the explosive bag that flies up to the city from time to time, the explosion can even overturn the heavy artillery, several of the artillery pieces of the officers and soldiers have been blown over, most of the gunners are killed and wounded, and the surviving ones have also hid under the city wall and dare not fire back again, the whole battlefield has become a one-sided slaughter of the officers and soldiers, and the security forces that may enter the city at any time make it impossible for all the officers and soldiers to retreat to the city to hide.

Zhang Chu was also very anxious here, the consumption of the explosive bags that were constantly shelling and throwing was very huge, and the ammunition would run out after a long time. And the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, was hurrying towards Yuncheng. There was no news from the chariot battalion and cavalry regiment sent by Zhang Chu, and I don't know what the situation was.

At the same time, the chariot battalion and cavalry regiment of the security army encountered Hong Chengchou's vanguard three miles away from Yuncheng.

Hong Chengchou transferred a large number of troops from various state capitals, among which the real combat effectiveness was Cao Wenzhao's Guanning Iron Cavalry. This time, Cao Wenzhao's team was the most active and the fastest marching speed. Walking in front were more than 200 cavalry led by Cao Wenzhao's commander. The soldiers under the characteristic generals are often very similar to the character of the main general, and the soldiers led by Cao Wenzhao are as brave and very cunning as Cao Wenzhao, and this general leader walks in front of the brigade, and does not let himself go too far, and maintains contact with the large army at any time, so that he not only appears to be proactive, but also does not go deep into the ambush of the thieves alone. Everywhere they went, the officers and soldiers always sent scouts to reconnoiter the surrounding environment before marching forward, so they were very safe all the way, seeing that they were only a few dozen miles away from Yuncheng, they were always happy in their hearts, as long as they were the first to rush to Yuncheng, not fighting with the security army was already the first achievement, so he urged the team to speed up the action. He went a short distance to probe the Malays, and found a team of thieves in front of him.

The general immediately ordered the team to stop, and he personally went to the front to observe the situation, and when he came to the front, he saw dozens of large vehicles connected end to end on the road in the narrow part of the road, and the flags of thieves fluttering behind the cars.

It is impossible for the thieves to ignore the arrival of the officers and soldiers of the brigade, and the team of the thieves should be cannon fodder troops, here to delay the advance of the officers and soldiers and cover the withdrawal of other thieves.

However, this tributary thief is still quite discerning, and the terrain chosen is very good, just stuck in the main road leading to Yuncheng, with rivers and ravines on both sides, and it is difficult for large troops to pass.

However, it also has the same benefit for the officers and soldiers, there is no need to worry about thieves ambushing on both wings, as long as you break through the frontal defense, the front will be unimpeded.

The officers and soldiers did not dare to get too close, and the situation on the cart was not very clear, but the scale was the appearance of thousands of people.

After reading it, Mr. Qian put his mind at ease, this kind of not too high cart lined up in a row can not stop the cavalry charge at all, a good rider can easily drive the horse to jump over the cart, at this time the enemy hiding behind the cart will lose the ability to resist, how many people are also in vain.

With a wave of his hand, he ordered his cavalry to follow, and lined up behind him, ready to deliver a deadly assault on the enemy.

At the front were the soldiers of the Tank Battalion of the Security Army.

After the war, Zhang Chu took the soldiers to the south of the Yangtze River, and the chariot was brought back to Zhongyang by Li Yi, enriching the soldiers, and a lot of modifications were made to the chariots, and all the vehicles were replaced with the latest rear-loading artillery. The soldiers of the chariot battalion were still very confident in the strength of their ranks, and these fighters did not participate in the battle with Houjin, but the traditions of the troops were preserved. There was no fear at all in the face of cavalry. Originally, the men and horses of the cavalry regiment also participated in the blockade, but after deliberation, it was decided to let the chariot battalion put up a rigid posture in front to attract the men and horses of the officers and soldiers, and if the enemy attacked, the cavalry hiding behind when the two sides were fighting a stalemate rushed out to defeat the enemy.

Two hundred Guan Ning iron cavalry under the leadership of the general rushed towards the security army blocking the road, they did not start fast, this is to preserve the horse's physical strength, the fastest speed is reserved for the time to rush into the enemy camp, but they just ran forward not far, only to see bursts of gunpowder smoke rising from the cart in front. Immediately followed by the rumbling of artillery, several shells passed through the array of the cavalry of the officer, knocked several horses to the ground, the thief actually had artillery, this is not expected, he immediately ordered his men to rush forward with all their strength, although the artillery is powerful, but the loading is slow, to rush into the formation of the security army before the second round of artillery fire of the enemy, otherwise it will suffer greater losses. If he was faced with an old type of artillery, his general idea was quite correct, but when he encountered a new type of rear-loading artillery, his actions turned into suicidal behavior. After the soldiers of the security army of the chariot battalion finished a shot, they pulled out the wedge-shaped bolt, withdrew the copper shell from the chamber, loaded the copper shell with gunpowder and warhead in advance into the chamber, inserted the bolt, lit the fuse, and the second shell was shot, during which it took only ten seconds, the brave Guanning iron cavalry was hit by the second round, and according to the distance of the enemy, the new artillery of the security army can also choose different warheads, when the three rounds passed, the officers and soldiers were getting closer and closer to the car formation, and the soldiers replaced them with shotguns. Because of the use of copper shells, the shells and the chamber are very well sealed, and there is no chance that gunpowder will be sprayed from behind and burn people, so the soldiers appear to be calm and methodical when doing these things.

The officers and soldiers running over from the opposite side were not in a good mood, and after three rounds of shelling with solid bullets, the officers and cavalry had suffered dozens of casualties, and they were just rushing forward with one breath, and when the security forces were replaced with shotguns, the cavalry that rushed up basically had no chance of survival.

For the dense charging team, the shotgun is the best weapon, not to mention the use of a new type of artillery modified by Zhang Chu, its terrifying rate of fire is faster than that of the musket, and each of its shots shoots out hundreds of grape-sized iron projectiles.

After only a few rounds of artillery bombardment, the officers and cavalry who participated in the charge were wiped out.

The infantry in the security tank, armed with muskets, were very annoyed, and they did not even have a chance to shoot.

Seeing the situation on the battlefield, the dozen or so cavalry officers who remained and did not participate in the attack made the most correct choice, and they turned their horses and fled.

In their words, fleeing backwards is not to fear death, but to report what happened here to the chief soldier. Avoid repeating the mistakes of the soldiers in the back. (To be continued.) )