The snowflakes falling in the sky suddenly became distorted, as if a hurricane was blowing in the face, wrapping all the snowflakes into an irregular shape, or scattering in all directions, or rushing left and right, among the snowflakes, it was impossible to see anything, but I could feel that there was a powerful force hidden in the snow.

Several sergeants patrolling the official road watched all this dumbfounded, they had a premonition that something big was wrong, but they didn't know what it was, the sky and the earth were all white.

Just when a few sergeants were thinking about shouting, a round of arrows turned them all into hedgehogs, and they fell to the ground in an instant, their open mouths could no longer make any sound, and the remaining consciousness made them see or feel a frightened scene, a team of white men and horses rushed over in the vast snow, rushing over with the momentum of swallowing mountains and rivers.

The battle began in an instant.

At the forefront of the charge was the cavalry battalion of the Zheng family's army, 4,000 cavalry under the personal leadership of Liu Zeqing, charging at the fastest speed, they had to rush through the camp tent of the Liukou, control the official road and other roads to evacuate to the capital of Kuizhou, and prevent any of the Liukou from withdrawing in the direction of the capital of Kuizhou.

Crisp gunshots began to ring.

One by one, the rogues who rushed out of the camp fell into the crisp sound of gunfire, and they did not understand until they died, how could firearms shoot in the heavy snow, in their impression, arquebuses could not be fired at all when they met the rain and snow, and the speed of arquebuses was by no means so fast, and the gunshots that appeared around them were like firecrackers that were fired continuously.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the official road was controlled by the cavalry under Liu Zeqing's command, with one thousand cavalry remaining in the middle and on both sides of the official road, and the remaining three thousand cavalry participating in the fight.

The rogues on both sides of the hillside were alarmed. They rushed out of the camp one after another, some raising their bows and arrows to shoot, some charging down the hillside, and they didn't even see what was happening around the official road, but they just instinctively charged downward.

There was still a white expanse between heaven and earth, and the snow continued to fall.

The gunfire intensified. The snowflakes began to smell bloody.

More rogues chose to evacuate from the official road, but they never dreamed that they would not even have a chance to fight their opponents before they were hit by the whistling bullets, and countless people fell on the charging official road and on both sides of the hillside......

Liu Zeqing looked at all this, dumbfounded, he remembered that Zheng Xunrui said that there would be fundamental changes in the future battles, and the two armies would fight fiercely. With the advent of firearms and artillery, it will be completely different from before.

What I saw before me was a naked slaughter.

As long as the soldiers of the Zheng family army raised the Mauser gun in their hands and kept shooting, the oncoming rogues would fall in groups, they had no place to dodge, and they didn't know why this happened, no one's speed could compare to the speed of the bullets.

The role of cavalry at this time was indeed limited. It was difficult for the horses to charge up the hillside, and more Zheng soldiers were armed with Mauser guns. Charging towards the top of the hillside, countless rogues fell under the muzzle of their guns.

Liu Zeqing kept Zheng Xunrui's instructions in mind, and Li Yan beside him also reminded him in time, that is, after completely defeating the rogues waiting on the front of the official road, he immediately shrank the cavalry and waited on the front and both sides of the official road. At the same time, the other evacuation roads detected by the scouts were blocked to prevent some rogues from escaping to the capital city of Kuizhou to report the news.

This battle is called a massacre because there are few rogues who surrender.

It's not that the rogues don't know how to surrender, but you must know that in the past battles, the battle process was extremely cruel. One side was overwhelmed by the momentum of the other side, lost the ** of resistance, and surrendered willingly, but this time the battle was different, the Mauser gun became the main force, and countless bullets instantly took the life of the rogue Kou, the rogue had never seen the Mauser gun at all, and he didn't know how to guard against the shooting of the Mauser gun, they either dodged to both sides, or turned their backs to flee, but unfortunately their speed, how could it be faster than the bullet, whether it was a frontal charge, or an escape, without exception fell under the gun.

Liukou had never seen such a battle mode at all, and even Liu Zeqing and the others couldn't believe it.

Of course, the soldiers of the Zheng family quickly adapted, after all, the shooting of the Mauser gun has become one of the most important contents of their training, although the annual shooting training makes the silver consumed like running water, but this kind of effort is a huge reward, and today's battle is reflected in the charge.

There were almost no casualties among the officers and men of the Zheng family.

There are not many things to do in the two hundred women's barracks waiting in Zheng Xunrui, and some of the sergeants who were carried down were mainly injured by Liukou's bows and arrows, and the injuries were not very serious, after all, under the dense rain of bullets, Liukou did not have many opportunities to shoot arrows at all.

The range of the Mauser gun has reached a distance of nearly 500 meters, which means that the soldiers of the Zheng family army can shoot when they are far away from Liukou, but Liukou's bow and arrow cannot shoot so far.

The battle is still going on, Liu Zeqing's face has shown a relaxed smile, this is probably the easiest battle he commanded, according to Zheng Xunrui's requirements, the battle needs to be ended within an hour, judging from the current situation, I am afraid that in more than half an hour, more than 10,000 rogues on the opposite side can be completely wiped out.

"Lord Li, I really didn't expect it, the marshal is like a god, and he asked for an hour to end the battle, in fact, he was afraid that I would not command properly, look at this formation, where do I need an hour, I will report to the marshal in a while, after the battle is over, I will immediately kill to the capital city of Kuizhou."

Li Yan looked at Liu Zeqing and spoke with a smile on his face.

"Deputy General Liu, don't forget the reminder of the marshal, if you say that you will lead the soldiers to kill the city of Kuizhou immediately, I am afraid that you will be reprimanded by the marshal, after we have exterminated this group of rogues, the next task is to let all the rogue robbers evacuate to the city of Kuizhou, and we must also guard against the counterattack of the rogues."

Liu Zeqing patted his head and spoke embarrassedly.

"Master Li, thank you for the reminder, I almost forgot, everything was carried out according to the arrangement of the commander, but this kind of combat is too unenjoyable, you see that my spear and steel knife are useless."

"That's fine, in fact, I want to congratulate Deputy General Liu, this fight, the arrangement is very proper, block the road for the evacuation of the Liukou with cavalry, and focus on the attack on the Liukou with the Shenji Battalion, the Liukou has never seen this formation, even if he wants to escape, there is no good chance, and the Liukou doesn't know the power of the Mauser gun at all, and thinks that the Mauser gun is the same as the arquebus."

Liu Zeqing nodded again and again.

"What I said is that the marshal specifically emphasized that the artillery battalion is needed to attack the warships of Kuizhou and Liukou, and I finally understand, Lord Li, do you know, I can't wait to see the attack on Kuizhou City, what a magnificent scene it should be."

"Deputy General Liu, I also want to see it, but we still have to be patient, and we must let Zhang Xianzhong and his subordinates all shrink to the capital city of Kuizhou, so that we can complete the goal of annihilating the Liukou."

"Yes, yes, I don't know what the marshal's next arrangement will be, I think the battle is about to end, fortunately, there are not many rogues who surrender, and there are many rogues who surrender, which will affect the actions of the army." ……

Liu Zeqing and Li Yan talked eloquently, their attention didn't seem to be on the battlefield, you must know that at this time, the fight is still continuing, but this battle from the beginning of the time, what is shown is slaughter, and the rogues have no chance to fight back, whether it is the rogues who desperately resist, or the rogues who flee the way, they have no chance to dodge the bullets in the sky.

Zheng Xunrui is as relaxed, but this ease will not last long.

The battle to exterminate the rogues, as well as the mode of Zheng Jiajun's operations, it is impossible to keep it secret for a long time, and when completely exterminating Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng and other rogues, Mauser guns, Hongyi cannons, and Francos can play a decisive role, but when fighting with the Houjin Tartars, the difficulty will definitely increase.

In any case, the battle in front of him, the power of the Mauser gun has surprised everyone, only Zheng Xunrui is as stable as Mount Tai, he knows that this is a battle with a great disparity between the two sides, or a one-sided slaughter.

This kind of massacre will continue, once the artillery battalion participates in the battle, no matter how many rogues there are in the city of Kuizhou, they will be unable to resist, that is to say, as long as the Zheng family army can drive Zhang Xianzhong and all the rogues under his command to the city of Kuizhou, then the final direction of the battle will be completely decided.

The biggest difficulty of the battle is how to let Zhang Xianzhong and his subordinates all enter the city of Kuizhou, you must know that there are as many as 110,000 people stationed outside the city, and only 30,000 people are stationed in the city of Kuizhou, after the large-scale battle begins, whether Zhang Xianzhong will quickly evacuate in the direction of Shunqing Mansion with the Liukou, this is the key question.

The reason why Zheng Xunrui has a certain degree of confidence and believes that Zhang Xianzhong will retreat to the capital of Kuizhou is because of the climate, the difficulties encountered in the march under heavy snowy weather are unpredictable, and the rogues under Zhang Xianzhong have not undergone special training, and once there is a big chaos, it is impossible to control it at all, so from the perspective of maintaining the stability of the army, Zhang Xianzhong should choose a more conservative way.

However, it is estimated that it is really necessary to achieve this goal, and Zheng Jiajun's efforts are needed, so in terms of the arrangements made by Zheng Xunrui in advance, there is a way to prompt Zhang Xianzhong to retreat to the capital of Kuizhou, as for whether Zheng Jinhong and Liu Zeqing and others can be carried out well, as the battle continues, everything can be shown. (To be continued.) )