Wang Jiayin's lieutenant led 5,000 thieves to attack the security army, but Zhang Chu only had 3,000 men and horses, but he was not afraid, and had already led people to line up outside the camp.

The lieutenant general ordered the thieves to line up in front of the line, ready to crush the security army in one go.

The rattan players had just arrived in front of the battle, and before they had time to line up, they heard a cannon sound from the security guards.

Everyone looked up and followed the sound, only to see a black iron ball in the air in an arc, flying towards the bandits' team.

The artillery of the artillery battalion of the Security Army began calibration firing. The cannon shot was inaccurate, and the landing point was a little close, and the shell landed a dozen paces in front of the line of thieves.

The new thieves were still secretly glad that they were not hit, but they didn't know that they had not escaped this catastrophe, the cannonball hit the hard ground, bounced, jumped a few times, and rushed straight into the thief array, opening a bloody passage in the array. The thieves in the passage are either dead or wounded.

A wail rang out, and the rogue soldiers in the queue trembled.

The lieutenant general who led the team formed the team at a distance that he considered safe and prepared to attack, and he underestimated the power of the security artillery, and brought the thieves into the range of the artillery.

The adjutant general was very remorseful and regretful. Hurriedly ordered the troops to quickly form a formation and launch a charge, if they could get close to the front of the security army, the artillery would be useless. Reality didn't give him that chance.

On the artillery position of the security army, Li Fugui stood proudly behind the artillery in a standard Ming army armor, and this artillery bombardment was commanded by him.

After arriving in Zhongyang, Li Fugui has been pestering Zhang Chu, according to him, since it is a regular army, it must have a military uniform, and if he joins the Ming army, he must have a military uniform of the Ming army, and at the same time, he also wants to get an official of the Ming army.

Zhang Chu was entangled, and let people find out the garrison uniforms and armor given to him by the court and give them to Li Fugui. I heard that the pattern on this dress represents the rank of the garrison. And the garrison can lead more than a thousand soldiers. Li Fugui was very happy.

Today, Li Fugui specially asked people to dress him neatly, and he came to the front of the battle with vigor.

After checking the shot, the artilleryman quickly calculated the firing parameters. Li Fugui was very satisfied. The soldiers in Zhongyang were indeed trained hard, and after studying hard day and night, for more than ten days, they had completely mastered the basic skills of artillery shooting.

Li Fugui was a little touched by their hard-working and serious spirit, but he didn't want the soldiers to find out that he still kept a straight face every day and put on a stand as an officer.

Li Fugui ordered the adjustment of all artillery. The report of "Adjustment completed" sounded one after another, all the artillery was adjusted in place, and Li Fugui raised the bright war knife in his hand and ordered loudly: "Open the cannon!" “

Dozens of cannons opened fire almost simultaneously, and the solid shells accurately hit the chaotic array of thieves, and the shells rampaged through the array, leaving mutilated corpses along the way.

Dozens of casualties are not a large casualty ratio for a team of 5,000 people, and it is tolerable if it is a battle between the two sides.

But the tragic situation of the corpses that died from shells added to the fear of the soldiers.

The bandwagon of thieves was in an uproar. The adjutant immediately ordered his own soldiers to go and suppress them. As soon as the loud shouting of the soldiers had had had had a little effect, another round of shelling by the security forces began.

Zhang Chu's introduction of the concept of salvo fire in later generations played a role, and at the same time, the falling shells maximized the power of artillery. The thieves were shocked even more intensely. A large number of thieves were at a loss in the queue, not knowing whether to charge or wait for orders, and before they could get close to the enemy's own side, they suffered heavy losses, and the sound of artillery rang out one after another, and at some point the shells fell on their heads.

The thieves were made up of hungry people who had no food to eat, and after participating in the rebellion, the leaders did not train them at all, but only used them as cannon fodder and drove them to their lives, and only those who survived a hundred battles became the leader's own soldiers, and received good armor and fine weapons. Their will to fight is very weak. After a few rounds of shelling by the security forces, the cowardly thieves lost control and turned and ran towards the rear of the formation, their escape served an exemplary effect, the queue of thieves in front of the formation collapsed at once, and more thieves fled back screaming, they had only one thought, the farther away from this terrible artillery, the better.

The adjutant general's own soldiers cut down a few deserters who passed by him, but they could not prevent the rout of the whole army. The adjutant general was carried by the defeated soldiers together with his own soldiers and had to retreat from the front of the formation.

Zhang Chu was not merciful at this time, and ordered the cavalry to charge and kill into the bandit formation, causing even greater panic among the fleeing thieves. The thieves ran faster, and in order to survive, the thieves pushed and trampled on each other, and some people unceremoniously picked up arms and killed their companions in order to seize a way out.

The security infantry then attacked, catching up and cutting down the slow-running thieves to the ground one by one.

Zhang Chu saw that the recruits in the team had already seen the blood, so he ordered the soldiers to shout: "Kneel on the ground to avoid death!" ”。 The thief, who couldn't escape, reacted, threw away his weapon and knelt on the ground in pieces. The cavalry of the security army surrounded more thieves and became prisoners on their knees under the threat of the sabers.

The adjutant general led the people to run for twenty or thirty miles before stopping, ordered his own soldiers to gather the team, and after counting, he found that only more than 1,000 people ran back. Most of the others were taken prisoner by the security forces, and some of the thieves were so frightened that they deserted after seeing the death in the battle formation.

There was indeed laughter and laughter on the side of the security forces, and the soldiers happily gathered the prisoners to clean up the battlefield.

The reality is so cruel, the bloodshed and sacrifice are terrible, but the death of the enemy can bring laughter. The recruits who went to the battlefield for the first time also forgot their fears and walked without discomfort on the battlefield full of broken corpses.

In the face of such a battle, Zhang Chu didn't even have the urge to go into battle in person, and watched the soldiers busy from behind.

After a simple count, the clerk came over and reported the results to Zhang Chu. More than 500 thieves were killed and 2,000 prisoners were taken in this battle. Most of the thieves who died trampled on each other and killed each other as they fled.

"Pick out the wounded among the captives, let the lightly injured and seriously injured on the back, and the cavalry escort Wang Jiayin to send them back." Zhang Chu gave the order.

Wang Jiayin of Fugu first ushered in not Zhang Chu's kindness, but the disgraced deputy general.

The adjutant general was full of shame and didn't know how to face the fact of defeat, and he reported the results of the battle to Wang Jiayin, who was stunned and speechless. Only 1,000 men and horses came back, and what was even worse was that they didn't even approach the other people's military formations, and the enemy should have no casualties. Is there a worse fiasco in this world?

Tens of thousands of subordinates watched there, and Wang Jiayin's tone could be concluded no matter what, this revenge must be avenged, otherwise how would he get mixed up among the thieves.

Wang Jiayin asked the adjutant general in detail about the situation of the security army, and then ordered him to go down to rest.

Watching the deputy general walk away, Wang Jiayin kicked over several cases in front of him, and scolded: "Idiot, idiot!" He sent soldiers to the range of people's artillery and was beaten. After a period of scolding, Wang Jiayin felt a little better, shouted back the guards who were hiding outside the tent in fright, and ordered them to summon the generals and discuss sending troops to Zhang Chu to settle accounts.

Later, the wounded soldiers who were released by Zhang Chu helped each other back to Fugu, showing this fiasco more vividly. The thieves in Fugu had an intuitive understanding of the fierceness of the war. made Wang Jiayin hate Zhang Chu even more.