Yan Yingyuan led his cavalry and rushed towards Huaining City, completely ignoring the raging fire that collapsed in front of him and was still burning.

The cavalry of the Guards like him pierced the walls like sharp arrows.

Seeing this, the 2,000 iron cavalry of the left army on the periphery did not retreat, but relied on the firearms battalion of the left army and began to approach the cavalry units of the Guards army step by step.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu was carried up to the city tower.

Looking at the city wall in front of him was the official cavalry, and the tens of thousands of his own men and horses trapped outside the city were the official artillery and infantry.

Zuo Liangyu couldn't help glaring at Zuo Mengeng: "I haven't seen a guy who knows each other, this bit of shelling will make you scared to withdraw the periphery, if this is really hundreds of thousands of troops, but at a glance, it is only tens of thousands of horses worthy of your scare!" ”

Zuo Mengeng couldn't help but wonder: "The people below said that according to the sound of the cannon, there are no less than 200,000 people, why did my father say that there are only tens of thousands." ”

"If it is really 200,000, it is impossible for the sentry cavalry not to find out, a few days ago, the sentry cavalry came to report, there are tens of thousands of officers and soldiers coming towards Huaining, that is, I ordered the army to strengthen the vigilance, and repaired these wooden village gates, just want to have one more line of defense, now it's good, as soon as people come to raid, you will start to shrink the head of the turtle, really no war, I don't know how to fight!"

As soon as Zuo Liangyu said this, Zuo Mengeng couldn't help asking: "This is unusual, since there are not so many people and horses, it is really as reported by the sentry horse, then why do these tens of thousands of horses have such dense artillery fire?" ”

"Use your brains more when you encounter problems! Thanks to your father in the Chinese army for so long, you also know a lot of news from all walks of life, don't be afraid to only focus on Yuan Jixian and Huang Degong! ”

Zuo Liangyu said a few words about his son, and couldn't help sneering: "If the father expects it to be good, this should be the imperial guard, otherwise no one is so wealthy, and Huang Degong's guy didn't dare to raise so many artillery, you look at the cavalry under the city wall, all of them are full of emotion, their eyes are pure, and they haven't experienced much of a big battle at a glance, otherwise how can they not know that the cavalry is not suitable for living under the city wall!" At first glance, it is the so-called Guards who have been trained for more than half a year! ”

"I heard that these guards are all drinking ink, fighting to defend their homeland and revive the Ming Dynasty, not to get promoted and make a fortune, many of them are still today's talents, such as Chen Zilong, Zhang Huangyan of our Huguang, and Zheng Zhilong's son Zheng Sen, all of whom were talented at that time, but I don't know if these talents will pee their pants when they meet us veterans who are used to killing people!"

Zuo Mengeng said with a smile.

"Whether you pee your pants or not, my father doesn't know, but you're scared to pee your pants!"

Zuo Liangyu slapped the table, and after saying angrily, he couldn't help coughing, and then ordered: "Send the order to our department outside the city, and the cavalry will immediately attack the infantry artillery, but that group of scholars knows that the knife is sharper than the pen!" At the same time, the firearms battalion immediately launched an attack on the cavalry of the officers and troops, and before sunset, repelled this group of officers and troops! ”

As Zuo Liangyu spoke, he asked people to carry himself back and continue to recuperate his body.

Here, Zuo Mengeng personally came to the city tower and ordered someone to give orders to the left army outside the city.

The left army outside the city, especially the two thousand iron cavalry, were all Zuo Liangyu's family members, and they swore allegiance to Zuo Liangyu's elite, and as soon as they heard the commander's order, they galloped towards the Guards infantry battalion.

Gu Yanwu and Wang Fuzhi glanced at each other, and then raised the flintlock pistol in their hands at the same time as the officers and soldiers of the other infantry battalions, the bayonets of the flintlock pistol had been opened, and they continued to march towards the cavalry of the left army rushing in front of them.

The cavalry of the left army had a fierce look on their faces, and the longbows in their hands were directly full, and some people even shouted directly: "Little white faces, wait to be touched by Lao Tzu!" ”

"Shield!"

Yang Tinglin, the commander of the first infantry battalion at the forefront, was originally a Hanlin officer, because of his noble official position and his background as a jinshi, he performed very well in the Guards, so he became the commander of the infantry battalion, and he was the commander of the capital, one level higher than the rest of the armies.

Now he couldn't help blushing when he heard the cavalry of the left army speaking foul words, but he still calmly gave the order.

In order to prevent the cavalry from firing with bows and arrows, the infantry battalion would arrange shield men in front of them to block a large rain of arrows, especially some strong bows and heavy arrows.

The first row of shield soldiers knelt down on one knee, and the alloy steel shields were combined into a dense array, like a trench, protecting most of the officers and soldiers behind them.

At the same time, the officers and men of the rear platoon automatically put the flintlock pistol upside down, began to remove the paper shells, and quickly bit through the paper, poured pellet gunpowder into the barrel, and then began to rely on the shield to shoot at the left army in front.

The flintlock bullets pierced the void at a noticeably faster rate, and with the improvement of gunpowder, the resistance in the barrel was even faster, and it struck the left army in the chest quickly.

As if he had been hit hard, a leftist soldier fell directly to the ground.

In an instant, a large number of left troops were hit, and the entire cavalry camp of the left army was in chaos, and the momentum of the rain of arrows shot was greatly reduced, and the scale was also greatly reduced, plus a large number of them were blocked by shields, except for a small number of officers and soldiers who fell with arrows.

Most of the officers and troops were still able to shoot.

Wang Fuzhi aimed at a leftist soldier who was baring his teeth at him, pulled the trigger, and the hammer instantly sparked on the flint, and the bullet spun at high speed in the air.

And this left soldier also saw Wang Fuzhi, he did not think that Wang Fuzhi would shoot him, he threw a horsewhip, and planned to take advantage of the fact that when the horse sat down and galloped to a closer distance, he immediately drew his bow and shot sharply, so as to shoot the officer and soldier who looked thin but knocked several brothers in front of him to the ground.

Wang Fuzhi was also challenging to attack the enemy army farther away, this was the first time he faced such a large-scale cavalry attack, but Yang Tinglin's calmness in front made him follow suit, and began to calmly test the maximum range of the flintlock pistol in his hand.

Bang!

The leftist jerked back, and then realized that he had been shot in the left chest.

The left soldier looked up in disbelief, but Wang Fuzhi's gun was emitting white smoke.

The leftist soldier fell to the ground, never expecting that he would be struck with a firearm at such a distance.

Chen Zhenhui was also in the army at this time, but when he saw that there were so many left troops in front, and this was his first time on the battlefield, he instinctively wanted to retreat, and there were also people in front who wanted to retreat.

However, when a scream came from behind, he looked back to see that a colleague had unfortunately fallen to the ground with an arrow.

He instinctively stopped retreating, and at this time, the Qianhu he was targeting shouted in his ear: "Raise the gun, load the bullet, what are you doing in a daze!" ”

"Yes!"

Chen Zhenhui instinctively shouted, and then began to tremble and aim and shoot according to the rules of training.

But perhaps out of nervousness, he fired an empty gun, while a boy next to him hit a leftist.

Chen Zhenhui fired the first shot not to be outdone, and tried to shoot the second shot, and the arrow flew past his ear, and his second shot coincidentally overturned the Heavenly Spirit Cover of the First Left Army.

Chen Zhenhui's confidence has increased greatly.