The rumbling cannon sound lasted for almost two hours, and the city wall in the southwest of Yong'an County was already covered by thick smoke and dust, but on the high ground a mile and a half away, Wang Tanghe's artillery was still firing in an orderly manner, and the cannonballs were steadily sent to the city wall at a rate of one shot per minute.

The newly built artillery was only tried roughly, and Li Shi simply regarded this battle as an artillery training exercise.

Seeing that it was already afternoon, Li Xi was about to give the order to stop the shelling, the flag was waving in the south, and another group of men and horses appeared, and before he could raise the binoculars to observe, the sentry cavalry came to report that it was the town of Chaozhou that had arrived, and about 2,000 people were converging with the men and horses of the standard.

"The officers and soldiers over there must have something in mind."

Wu Ya narrowed his eyes, Li Xian nodded, it seems that Wu Ya has also begun to have the thinking of measuring the overall situation.

"I hope they can do it soon, otherwise it will be very annoying to be watching from the sidelines."

Long Gaoshan said this while staring at the history of Yongan County, who was pretending not to hear anything.

"I'm afraid of ......"

Li Xi was about to speak, when a tidal wave of shouts came from the direction of Yong'an County, and then a chaotic banner came out of the smoke and dust, the city wall should have been collapsed, Yao Zhen and Zhang Wu could no longer sit still, and rushed out with men and horses.

Afraid of this, Li Xian smiled bitterly, looked at the Qing army fluttering in the southeast, and estimated that he already had an idea.

"The bandits have rushed out! Let's also cover up the past from the side and earn credit! ”

Seeing the tide of thieves pouring out, Qu Wansheng cheered up, he didn't dare to fight Li Shi, the bandits can always fight, how can you not watch the battle in front of you all the time.

"Bandits...... Don't worry, if you want to do it, you should choose another goal. ”

The one who came with the Chaozhou town mark was also a general of the Zhongying camp, named Wang Deshan, and he looked at the thin Qingtian Siwei in the distance, and his eyes were churning with a strange light.

Qu Wansheng chuckled in his heart, yes, why didn't he think of it!? However...... "Li Shi's musket is too fierce, I'm afraid there is no chance." ”

Then he rejected this choice, and his men, trembling at the sound of the cannons, and then hearing the familiar sound of the platoon of gunfire, did not dare to come within a mile.

"There are also 3,000 people in your combined army, and there are 3,000 bandits out of the city. Even if you can't catch Li Shi and eat his team, it will be ...... Great work! ”

Wang Deshan didn't think so, the number ratio in front of him was too obvious.

"The younger brother is weak, so he will attach Brother Wang."

Qu Wansheng's mind churned for a while, and finally made a decision, there was really a big opportunity in front of him!

Seeing the Qing army's trumpet flag waving and gathering in formation towards his flank, Li Xian sneered, this was a strange battle, and he had become the common target of the bandits and the official army.

Sent the left wing of Qingtian to Fang Tangheng, and then sent Wu Ya to take the right wing of Qingtian to support the Foshan wing, Li Xian sighed, this is a battle situation of opening bows left and right. Now he has no reserves, only a hundred or so personal guards, and if another group of men and horses come out, things will be in trouble.

"There is no hostility ...... the lower officials"

The history of Yongan County kept shouting, but Long Gaoshan ignored him and tied him up with the guard, and at this time, nothing could go wrong.

In the inner city of Yong'an County, thousands of people were on the mountain, staring blankly at the strange scene below. Officers and soldiers and bandits were approaching the blue-clothed and silver-helmeted contingent from the northeast and southeast.

"Those officers and soldiers, if they don't save us, why are they still fighting to save us?"

"It is said that it is Li Shi who came to save us, Li Shi of Qingtian Company, he is a figure that the official master is not used to, and more than a dozen county government masters have been killed by him in one go."

"We have a lot of shops in Yongan that are doing business with Qingtian Company, and people want to do business in peace and stability."

The people of the city were chattering, and a large crowd of thieves and bandits rushed over.

"Go back to the house and stay honest! Do you want to get together and rebel!? ”

The leaders of the bandits shouted with a violent face.

The citizens of the city dared not speak in anger, and dispersed helplessly.

"You guys, are you all right? Or am I in front? ”

On the battlefield in the southeast, Wu Ya asked Meng Songjiang that he was the commander of the middle battalion, Jia Hao commanded the southern battalion, and the northern battalion was Zhang Hanjin, and Zhang Hanwan went to the Hong Kong training camp to be responsible for training.

"Commander, I'm in front, no problem!"

Meng Songjiang avoided the important and light, he didn't dare to guarantee the ticket, but he was also unwilling to give up the opportunity to fight in front of him.

He got this opportunity, and the men and horses on both wings, one in front of the other, staggered one after the other, set up the battle line, accompanied by the beat of the drums, and greeted the Qing soldiers who were swarming in.

"Afraid of what!? If you can't kill a few people with one shot, hurry up! ”

Wang Deshan roared, letting his own soldiers rush forward to drive his subordinates. The shells had already been smashed, and the queue that was rushing forward was in a panic. Qu Wansheng, who was following behind, began to turn pale again, and it didn't look good...... The shotgunmen rushed to a hundred paces away, and followed the small cannon to exert their strength, and the ping-pong game was lively. The Foshan Wing, which was marching in formation, was also in chaos, and the sentinels and heads of the old guards shouted and reprimanded, but it had no effect.

"Officers and soldiers in front!? Are we going to fight with the officers and soldiers!? ”

Cai Fei's subordinates shouted in fear.

"Shout what!? The contract of life and death didn't say that he wouldn't fight with the officers and soldiers! ”

Cai Fei scolded, everyone knows the conflict between Qingtian Siwei and the imperial court, and the ordinary training is also very straightforward, the enemies they have to face have everything, including officers and soldiers.

"It doesn't matter who you hit, it's good...... Better! ”

Cai Fei's deputy head Liang Qing's voice changed, and there were at least two or three thousand officers and soldiers surging on the opposite side, and the three hundred or so of them lined up alone in a long horizontal line to meet them, only to feel that they would be smashed to pieces by the fierce waves at any time.

"What do you do with that guy!?"

Cai Fei shouted vigorously, stabilizing the few people around him. Several other Foshan people who have developed into the Heavenly Punishment Society are also trying to maintain it, and they are messy, and they finally didn't let the whole wing people collapse.

The gunfire was incessant, and it didn't have much lethality at first, and everyone didn't pay much attention to it. But then the bows and arrows swished down, smashing the helmets with bells, and many arrows fell on the shoulders, arms, legs, and chests, and the panicked soldiers did not pay attention to bow their heads, and were pierced in the face by an arrow, and screamed again and again, and then the whole wing finally could no longer hold on, and even the first row of guns was not issued, and began to rout in all directions.

"You Foshan people are all bad seeds!"

Meng Songjiang was almost angry, shouting loudly, while gathering the old guards, roaring a row of guns, knocking down more than a dozen Qing soldiers on the opposite side.

The Chaozhou soldiers were still good at fighting, and when they saw that their blows were effective, their hearts were also raised, and they didn't care much about this damage, and continued to move forward, seeing that they were only fifty or sixty steps away from Meng Songjiang's dozens of people.

The gunfire of the Pengpeng platoon did not stop, and the Qing troops in the front row exploded a neat line of blood, and at least twenty or thirty people fell to the ground, so frightened that their footsteps stopped again.

"We Foshan people are not bad seeds! At least not all! ”

Cai Fei came up, took a hundred people, picked up the habits that Ping Yue had trained, walked with drums, put a row of guns, and joined Meng Songjiang's team.

Feeling the vibration of the musket and the blood spots jumping on the Qing soldier in the distance, Cai Fei's heartbeat, which was still flustered, finally calmed down, just like his own fists and feet, which finally landed firmly on the opponent, proving that he really has great power.

Not only Cai Fei, but other Foshan soldiers also had this feeling, they only hastily completed the superficial subjects in the more than two months of training. There were only thirty or fifty rounds of live ammunition, and there was no sense of gunfire at all, and now on this battlefield, I saw the enemy killed with one shot from dozens of steps away, and I gained confidence and courage.

The bombardment of more than 100 muskets suddenly frustrated the momentum of the Qing soldiers. He didn't dare to rush up again, but stopped in place, and the bows, arrows, shotguns, and small cannons started together, and a non-contact battle began. At such a close distance, bows and arrows, small cannons, and even those shotguns have lethality, and Meng Songjiang's crippled half wing can still maintain a neat row of guns at first, causing the opponent to retreat again and again, but as casualties continue to appear, it is difficult to maintain the line of fire.

"...... You Foshan people are really moldy for eight lifetimes! ”

Meng Songjiang scolded while his heart was down, and he was about to give the bayonet order, when the drumbeat on the side sounded with neat footsteps, it was Wu Ya's Qingtian right wing.

"Flying Boy...... We're there too! ”

Then Liang Qing and the others also came back, in addition to shame on their faces, there was also expectation, just now they had no intention of looking back, but they saw that Cai Fei, more than 100 people, could confront the Qing soldiers, and they seemed to be too bold.

"You Foshan soldiers! It's all bastards! When the battle is over, you will look good! ”

Meng Songjiang was still roaring, and the Foshan soldiers who had gathered here and there were expressionless guns one by one, saying that if it looks good, it will look good, just don't fire us, the monthly salary subsidy can add up to four or five taels of silver, and this job is difficult to find.

As soon as Wu Ya's Qingtian right flank pressed over, Chaozhou Town was suddenly dizzy by a series of guns. The neat row of gunshots evoked the memories of the people behind them, and there was still a little thought of taking advantage of the situation to rub oil, but it immediately disappeared, and it turned around and went in very neatly.

"You go to the side...... Bastard! ”

Wang Deshan was desperately suppressing the retreat of his subordinates, and at the same time beckoned Qu Wansheng, wanting him to cooperate with the side attack, but when he turned his head, he saw the ebb and flow of the standard, and he was suddenly angry.

"Bayonet-up!"

Seeing that the other party was beaten by a platoon of guns and turned around and ran, but was stopped by the official Zuo soldiers behind, and there was a big chaos, Wu Ya issued a bayonet order, and there was a sonorous sound, and five or six hundred bayonets converged into a steel jungle.

"Don't dare to rush up, don't want soft-footed shrimp!?"

Meng Songjiang shouted at his Foshan soldiers.

There was a bang, led by Cai Fei, the Foshan soldiers rushed forward like a bull out of the slaughter, and the Qing soldiers on the opposite side were all buttocks, what did they dare not rush?

"Fight to the death! Loyalty to the Imperial Court! You are all under the ...... of the court."

Wang Deshan brandished his waist knife and shouted neighing on his horse, those enemy troops in blue clothes and silver helmets had rushed forty or fifty paces away, and the narrow knives on the shotguns were bringing blood and water, stabbing his soldiers down one by one. But in his opinion, the other party is only four or five hundred people, as long as the morale of his own side is boosted, and a counterattack, the other party can be finished. Guns can't be beaten, hand-to-hand combat can't be beaten.

Peng's roar, Wang Deshan's heroic posture of waving his knife and shouting suddenly stopped, froze for a moment, and fell off the horse.

"What an ideal target......

A Foshan soldier blew the green smoke from the muzzle of the gun, he had been holding a gun on the periphery and pretending to be, seeing this guy riding on a horse with his toes high, calling uncertainly, a shot passed, and he actually hit.

(To be continued)