"Commander, those hillbillies are desperate, what else do we have to use?"

He Mengfeng had a bloody face and personally ran to the city to find Meng Kui for help.

"Just me and the military department, do you want it? Damn, I knew that I wouldn't have broken the city wall, and I shouldn't have driven all the people in the city away, and it would be food to keep it......"

Meng Kui sharpened his machete, his eyes were like copper bells, and he was blaming himself for his "negligence".

"What about the artillery, what about the eight cannons in the military headquarters?"

He Mengfeng had no intention of joking with him, and was worried about the last straw.

"That cannon still has to be aimed at Su Xianling, in case the Tartars occupy Su Xianling, even if they can't hit accurately, they must be suppressed."

Meng Kui was very precious about the eight cannons, and he never used them.

"I can't take care of it now, I have to use that cannon to deal with Minyong."

He Mengfeng's words made Meng Kui frown, eight catties of artillery to deal with Minyong?

If Li Xi was here, he really wanted to roll his eyes for Meng Kui's dead brain, but there was no way, now the British and Chinese army had prejudices against the use of artillery, and only thought that it was a sharp weapon for attacking the city and countering the Qing artillery, and it had to rely on flying cannons to deal with the cluster infantry. Therefore, Meng Kui has been pinching the eight cannons, just to prevent the general cannon of the Qing army.

This prejudice is condensed by the history of warfare passed down from the Qingtian Siwei era, and the Qing soldiers who fought at the beginning were not very afraid of solid bullets, and even learned to advance in waves under artillery fire for a certain period of time, which gave birth to the Flying Cannon. The flying cannon was proud in the battle of Shaozhou, which made everyone taste the sweetness, so that the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau listed the flying cannon as a key transformation project this year in response to demand. The traditional solid-shell artillery was regarded as a weapon for attacking fortifications, and gradually withdrew from the ranks of infantry artillery.

Now that the people are fighting in groups, the ammunition of the flying cannon is running out, and He Mengfeng has to hit the idea on the eight-pound cannon.

"You can't kill a few people with one shot, can it really be useful?"

Meng Kui was very hesitant, but Chengnan was really in a hurry, Zhang Ying and Han Zaixing each drew a wing to support, but it was still difficult to relieve the pressure, and in the end he had to nod and transfer four eight-pound cannons to He Mengfeng.

"The way I think should be ......"

He Mengfeng had his own calculations, pushed the cannon to the front line, and more than a mile away, he bombarded the crowd of people who were gathering to attack.

"Scatter them, the musketeers will rush again, and when they are half a mile, wait on the ground, and the artillery will fire again!"

Practice brings true knowledge, and inadvertently, He Mengfeng took a steady step towards the coordination of the infantry artillery.

As soon as the artillery rang out, the difference between the people and the officers and men immediately became apparent. The conclusion that "the people are brave and afraid of artillery, and the officers and men are afraid of bayonets" was also condensed by He Mengfeng's round of artillery.

Although the officers and men of the Qing Dynasty were cowardly, the officers were experienced, and they could guide their subordinates to avoid artillery and stabilize the morale of the army under artillery fire. A mile or two away, huge iron bullets flew quickly, rampage through the crowd, touching the limbs and bones, and flesh and blood flying, this battle was more breathtaking than the flying cannon that could only blow up a person's body.

The flying cannon still has to be within two hundred paces to encounter, as long as you get through, stand in a fixed position and put the gun, and finally complete the task. But now this terrifying cannon is bombarding from a distance of a mile or two, and there is no way to talk about any task.

The more than 1,000 Hunan people who were assembling were scattered by two rounds of artillery bombardment, and the musketeers who came out rushed half a mile away, causing them to gather again, but they did not want all these musketeers to lie down, and another round of artillery bombardment suddenly attacked, and now they had no fighting spirit, and were completely defeated by the musketeers who rushed up.

In front of him, the people were so cleanly defeated, He Mengfeng followed the officers and soldiers to throw their military hats high, and there was thunderous cheer. For a long time, this people's courage is more afraid of artillery than the Tartar officers and soldiers!

"Rush forward! Just sweep the past like this! ”

He Mengfeng smiled with tears, this is really an experience gained by blood and sweat, I knew that Minyong was this surname, so I didn't have to suffer so much, and my subordinates didn't have to suffer so badly.

"Han Zaixing, you bring the other four cannons, organize manpower, support Su Xianling, and completely defeat the people!"

Seeing the battle situation clearly, Meng Kui had to be even more nervous, and he couldn't regret his previous decision, since the artillery could work wonders, he should immediately rescue Su Xianling.

Knock knock knock...... The dense artillery sound sounded, not only the high-pitched sound of the eight-pound cannon, but also mixed with a deeper roar, everyone in the tiger army was stunned, this cannon sound was ...... "Twelve catty cannon!" It's reinforcements! Reinforcements are coming! ”

Meng Kui spit out a breath and collapsed in his seat, only to feel that these hellish torments had finally come to an end. And on Su Xianling, Xie Dingbei and Jiang Dedao, who had just repelled Minyong with a spear and had a few wounds on their bodies, also cried with joy, and they were no longer fighting alone.

In the east direction of the city, dozens of cannons lined up, blasting the Minyong battle line surrounding Su Xianling into dust, after a while, the cannon sounded paused, the black-clothed guards and the blue-clothed reservists lined up in a wide front, and hurriedly advanced.

After these two rounds of artillery fire, the infantry went forward, basically chasing the router, but only one or two miles away. At this time, the artillery in the rear dragged up again, and a new round of shelling scattered the people who still had the courage to gather together, and everything happened again. "The Tartar officers and soldiers have a three-fold array, artillery, small artillery, shotguns, bows and arrows, and hand-to-hand combat, against us, these three-fold arrays are useless, but they don't want us to use them to fight the people, but they are extremely convenient."

Peng Xianzhong rarely came to the battlefield in person, watching his guns rotate three times in a row, and let out a layman's emotion.

"The three-fold array of the Tartars is fundamentally different from our infantry and artillery coordination technique, their three-fold rotation is mutually readable, not like ours is connected, endless. If the opponent holds still, the infantry will lose in advance, and when they retreat, there will be artillery bombardment, of course, this also depends on Commander Zhao and Commander Wang's proficiency in artillery skills, and the gunners are well trained, so as not to let the artillery fire hurt their own people. ”

Luo Tangyuan's explanation was also a half-jar of water jingling, Li Shi was silent on the side, and said in his heart This is also the product of blood and fire quenching, not from the Qing army's three-fold array, but the experience of infantry and artillery coordination accumulated in the previous city-breaking battles in Guangzhou and other places.

The Hunan Minyong in front of him was not the Hunan army of later generations after all, and it quickly collapsed under the coarse infantry artillery coordinated tactics. Originally, Li Shi also gathered dozens of cannons into a large array, but later they all dispersed into a small formation, and even one or two artillery, one or two flying cannons, plus two sentinels formed a team, scattered in all directions, and swept away the outside of Chenzhou Mansion.

"Yue Chaolong! Bendo's words have now been fulfilled!? The people are in chaos, and you have disturbed the camp of officers and soldiers, your sin is unforgivable! Come on! Take! ”

In the north tent of the city, He Tenglin smoked seven orifices, waved his hand and beckoned his soldiers to tie up Yue Chaolong.

"How is that possible...... How did it change all of a sudden......"

Yue Chaolong was in a trance, without a trace of resistance, he was shouting wildly in his heart, just one step, just one step away! He saw with his own eyes that Su Xianling was about to be overwhelmed by the people, but he didn't want a series of cannons to shatter all hopes. Under the artillery fire, the people who were originally not afraid of death actually rushed away like pikas, and they didn't want to think about it, would the thousands of fellow villagers who had fallen to the ground in the past few days die without turning a blind eye?

Then he came to his senses, those people died without turning a blind eye, and the blame was not on him, at least he couldn't let himself die without turning a blind eye.

"That's the enemy reinforcements have arrived, how can you blame me!"

He hissed in protest.

"I don't blame you...... Who else is to blame? Aren't you going to take charge of the people alone and get the great merit of destroying the first thief army? ”

The front line was defeated after all, or it was defeated when he came, and He Tenglin had to quickly clear his guilt.

"The time for you is also up, from now on, the governor will take over the war, Yue Dusi, you can listen to it!"

He Tenglin was so angry that Yue Chaolong almost spurted out a mouthful of stomach blood, didn't you already grab the right to control? Now he is pretending to take over the war and putting all the blame on him!?

"Although I, Yue Chaolong, am also in charge of Yongzhou Town, I am under the control of General Fuyuan, He Junmen, you have no right to tie me up!"

Yue Chaolong is unwilling to be restrained, he has the mandate of Garbi, and it does not belong to the local green camp system.

As soon as he roared, his own soldiers also rushed up, protected his own general, and confronted He Tenglin.

This is not wrong, Yue Chaolong is indeed not controlled by He Tenglin, after all, his identity as the town standard of Yongzhou is only a part-time errand, and his official identity is a military general under Yinzhen's account. But how could He Tenglin lose face like this, being so hit by Yue Chaolong that he was so angry that his molars were almost crushed, this little man is so bold!

The two sides were tense, and the spies urgently reported, "The big flag raised at the head of Chenzhou City is actually the main flag of the Heavenly King!" ”

He Tenglin and Yue Chaolong's heartstrings shook at the same time, and they said in unison: "Is it that Li Xian personally came to help!?" ”

After being silent for a long time, the eyes of the two flickered, and finally He Tenglin softened: "Yue Dusi, you don't have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions......

Yue Chaolong twisted his face and slapped a thousand: "The military is benevolent, and I will never dare to forget it!" ”

Both of them said that since Li Shi is here, if they can block Chenzhou, it will be a great achievement. But He Tenglin's subordinates are only 5,000 green battalions, and although Yue Chaolong's people are scattered, how can they get back 12,000, and if they want to take this great achievement, everyone has to work together.

"Urgently report to Lord Changsha Garbi, Li Thief was lured to Chenzhou, and I hope to send a large army as soon as possible and capture him in one fell swoop!"

He Tenglin excitedly gave orders to his subordinates, and his eyes were as hot as fire when he looked at Chenzhou City in the south.

"I should have pushed the Tartar camp away, why did I stay!?"

Chenzhou City, Meng Kui complained unwillingly.

"You first review this battle, I need your whole army to summarize the gains and losses in detail, otherwise I will be sorry for the thousands of soldiers who died in battle."

Li Shi didn't give Meng Kui a good face, and said in such a deep voice, the Tiger Ben army held the Chenzhou capital city for seven or eight days, although it killed and injured 10,000 officers and soldiers and people, and he also killed and injured more than 2,000 people, almost half of the whole army.

Meng Kui lowered his head, didn't dare to say anything more, and was silent for a moment, and He Mengfeng opened his mouth.

"Heavenly King, is it to show the banner like this, to lead the whole army of Tartars out? But in addition to the Longxiang army, there are no reinforcements on our side, and when the 100,000 enemy troops are pressed, they will only fight each other, and it is difficult to gain the upper hand. ”

This was the voice of everyone, and everyone bowed down and begged Li Xi to retreat.

"I'm the bait, if I'm not here, how can I lure the Tartars to suppress an army of 100,000!?"

Li Shi waved his hand and rejected everyone's kindness.

"As for the reinforcements......

He pointed to Peng Xianzhong beside him.

"It's up to our General Office Peng to take care of it......"

Then he clicked and put something on the table, which was a clock, flat and round, with horns and iron rings, which was now a must-have for officers in the army, and could be easily hung on the saddle, and was named "horse clock" along with the lantern.

"We also have reinforcements, which is time, and we can grasp the time more accurately than the Tartar."

Everyone doesn't quite understand this, this thing has been widely spread among the people, the cheapest is only a few dollars of silver, ordinary people will buy one, and most of the Tartar generals will also have it, how can you take advantage of this thing?

"Kangxi Lao'er, if you want to use Yinzhen to make a right hook in Hunan, we not only have to fight back with another right hook, but also have to fight hard with his fist and have a decisive battle in Hunan!"

Li Shi's plan is basically clear, and he is full of determination and resolute words at this time.

"We are the favorite ...... of this kind of thing."

He smiled slightly, this is the advantage of the difference in the system.

(To be continued)