Cao Wenzhao was furious: "Don't wake up and talk in your dreams!" You are just a thief, what qualifications do you have to say such a thing, let the horse come. He shook himself up on horseback, and his fish scales and armor rattled, and he was full of heroic spirit.

"Okay, let the horses come." Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say much anymore, he knew that it was useless to say more, some words could be clicked, and he didn't expect to convince a general of the imperial court with such a few words.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The drums of war rang out again and again, this was the drum of slow advance, and it sounded at the same time among the thieves and officers and soldiers, and the two thousand border troops under the command of Cao Wenzhao were in front, and the two thousand Yansui troops were behind, forming several huge phalanxes, and slowly moving forward.

Zhu Yuanzhang's army also slowly advanced to the beat of drums, and the two armies began to approach.

500 steps...... 400 steps......

"Hold your ground and don't panic." The general flags and small flags in the army began to shout loudly, and the sound of falling and falling one after another echoed in the military formation.

"Hold your wings steady, don't mess ......"

"Front row shieldmen, keep the same pace, don't distort the formation......"

"Cheer up ......"

These shouts from the small flags and the general flags formed a unique landscape, which was continuous, and the entire battlefield began to enter a state of mountain rain and wind full of buildings.

At this time, on a small hillside a mile away from the side of the battlefield, a small group of artillery of Zhu Yuanzhang's army was nervously turning the muzzle. This artillery squad had a total of more than 200 people, including gunners, deputy gunners, auxiliary artillerymen, transport vehicles and horses, sword and shield soldiers, etc., and more than 200 people were only responsible for eight cannons. Of course, the gunner and the co-gunner are responsible for firing, the auxiliaries are responsible for loading the guns, carrying ammunition and so on, and the chariot and horse soldiers are responsible for pulling the cannons to the edge of the battlefield with oxen and horses. The sword and shield men were responsible for protecting these artillery pieces from enemy cavalry......

This was the first time that Zhu Yuanzhang's artillery team participated in actual combat, and although the artillerymen had been training in the ravine of Baishui for a year or two, and had trained millions of times in the actions of loading ammunition and aiming and shooting, they still felt trembling all over their bodies and couldn't stop being excited.

"It's a mile away, don't miss it......"

"It's okay if we deviate, if we deviate into the friendly position, we must be scolded to death......"

"Now the friendly positions are four hundred paces away from the enemy, so they shouldn't be so far."

"Why do you want to put up a pocket formation, big brother. It's too easy to hit your own people......"

"Wouldn't you fucking have a good aim?"

While the artillerymen were nervously aiming, they used insults to dissolve the tension in their hearts. At this time, a cannon finally finished aiming, and the artilleryman shouted: "Aim it, my fucking fire is on!" ”

Several artillerymen next to him scolded together: "Don't worry, wait for us to ...... together"

After another moment. Cao Wenzhao's army and Zhu Yuanzhang's army were already close to a distance of three hundred paces.

The artillerymen finally completed their aiming, and the artillerymen who were the first to complete the aiming said angrily: "Your movements are too slow, and now you are approaching three hundred paces, and the possibility of missing your own people has increased." ”

"Less fucking bullshit...... It's all said that don't miss, don't you just do it? The artillerymen in the back scolded angrily, and several gunners picked up the torches together and lit the arquebus with trembling hands......

"Silk Silk"

The arquebus ignited sparks and shrank rapidly into the chamber...... Several artillerymen reached out to cover their ears at the same time, but their eyes glared at the middle of the battlefield, in Cao Wenzhao's army.

At this time, Cao Wenzhao's orthodox troops slowly approached forward. Suddenly, he heard several roars of "boom boom" from the hillside in front of him, and then a cloud of smoke rose from the hillside. How can there be a cannon here? ”

Before he could turn his mind, he saw several large black iron balls flying from the hillside in front of him. smashed straight into the formation of the own army......

"Not good, the thieves have cannons?" Cao Wenzhao's surprise was really extraordinary. I've been fighting with thieves for a few years, and I've never heard of thieves playing with artillery...... He led his troops to suppress bandits, and he never carried a cannon. Because the thief army almost never defended the fortified city, the cannon was not of much use in the battle against the bandits, so in the battle against the bandits, he had never heard the sound of cannons, which was the first time in the world.

The black ball fell from the sky and smashed into the Yansui army, and the landing point was not the densest place for soldiers, and it didn't just hit the head of an unlucky guy, but it also wiped a few soldiers. Although the power of solid bullets on people is far less powerful than that of flowering bullets, as long as this thing touches the soldiers, it will end up with broken hands and feet, and several soldiers who were hit by the shells screamed miserably and fell to the ground.

The Yan Sui army suddenly became confused, and many soldiers looked up to the sky and shouted, "What's the matter? Why do thieves have cannons? ”

Cao Wenzhao had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and finally remembered: "It's the cannon of Puzhou City!" ”

At the beginning, Baishui Zhu Ba captured Puzhou City, and a total of sixteen cannons on the four city walls were all taken away by Zhu Ba, which did not cause a lot of waves at the time, because the imperial court thought that the thief army would not use the cannon even if it got it, and even if it could use the cannon, there was no money to get ammunition, so this matter was forgotten. I didn't expect that after two years, the cannon at the head of Puzhou City would appear here.

After eight rounds of bombardment, there were subtle mood swings in the official military formation......

You must know that when officers and soldiers fight with people, they will rarely be bombarded! They suppressed bandits, never been artillery, to deal with Jiannu, but also rarely artillery, Jiannu learned to play artillery has not been a few years old, although the Fran machine man can play artillery, but most of the soldiers have not fought with the Fran man, for the Ming army at this time, only they bomb others, never others bomb them.

After these shells landed on their heads, there was a great uproar in the military formation, and anger and fear struck at the same time; you must know that you are completely different from being beaten with artillery and you are being beaten with artillery, and the psychological pressure is completely different, and how can the emotions of officers and men be stable when they receive this kind of pressure for the first time.

The border soldiers in the front row were also shocked when they saw that the Yansui soldiers behind them were being bombarded, and the first thing on their minds was to rush forward...... Because the hit rate of the cannon is very poor, it is easy to be injured by mistake, as long as they can be intertwined with the thief army, the thief army will definitely not dare to fire again.

People were of the same mind, and the speed of the advance of the army formation suddenly became faster, and the border troops in the front row strode forward, and the shield array, which was originally smooth like a line, appeared uneven and uneven. Although the slight fluctuations did not affect the combat effectiveness of the spear array, such fluctuations made the rhythm of the entire army formation begin to become chaotic, and the pace of the soldiers was no longer uniform.

One hundred steps...... Seventy steps......

"Archers! The Musketeers are ready to ......"

The general flags and small flags in the officers and soldiers began to shout again, and some soldiers with three-eyed guns began to light fires, birds, sudden, and other things for their three-eyed guns.

Cao Wenzhao's horse whip is Zhu Yuanzhang's 500 heavy steps......

In this year, although the heavy infantry is almost an invincible opponent for the thieves, it can no longer form a great threat to the officers and soldiers, because the officers and soldiers have guns, and the fire guns are fully capable of penetrating the iron armor within fifty steps, even if they are not penetrated due to some erroneous reasons, the huge impact force can also shock the soldiers in the armor, so Cao Wenzhao is not afraid of these five hundred heavy steps at all.

However, just as they were about to light the arquebus, they saw hundreds of thieves on the flanks, and they actually took out their firecrackers and prepared to light them......

"Huh?"

"The thief army has a firecracker......

"It can't be!"

"Hit the opponent's musketeers first, don't let them hit us......"

The firecrackers hurriedly turned the muzzle of their guns, because the distance was already at this time, these gunners couldn't think about anything else, and aimed the firearms in their hands at the firecrackers of Zhu Yuanzhang's army, hurriedly lit the firerope, and blasted over.

A few of the Zhu soldiers fell down at once, but most of them were fine, and those who were hit were not fatal, only injured. Only then did the gunners realize that they seemed to be firing a little farther away......

In fact, these border soldiers do not know how to judge the distance, many of them are very sensitive to distance, but the sudden sight of the thief army with firearms, the shock brought to them is too great, just like they have not been bombarded with artillery, they have not been bombarded with firearms...... Several enemy countries around the Ming Dynasty don't know how to play guns.

Suddenly seeing that the enemy had guns, the border soldiers were hot-headed, and they only thought about protecting themselves, so they opened fire inexplicably, and when they found that the distance was not enough, the guns in their hands were out of ammunition and had to be reloaded before they could be used.

But the forward push of the military formation does not wait for anyone, and it will not push you forward because you have no bullets, and the soldiers have to be loaded while being pushed forward by the people behind, and it is not possible to go without walking......

So, as they scrambled to reload their bullets, they found themselves within range of the thieves' musketeers......

Zhu Yuanzhang's captain of the firecracker is named Jun Sanwu, a veteran who retired from the battlefield in Liaodong, with only one eye, and was nicknamed "Captain One-Eyed" by the soldiers...... At this time, he was standing in front of the formation of the firecrackers, staring closely at the gap between the two armies with one eye, and the moment he saw that the officers and soldiers had entered the firing range, a burst of excitement shot out of his one-eyed light: "Fuck it!" ”

"!"

"Fire!"

"Hurry up and light the arquebus......"

"Oops, my fire fold has fallen, you lend me ......"

There was a slight confusion among the recruits, but fortunately the confusion was still manageable. The archers next to them laughed at them as they unleashed their arrows first......

After a few breaths, the sound of "pop pop pop" was heard, and the firecrackers finally fired their first shot in actual combat. (To be continued.) )