Several three-pounder guns roared like this, and one cannon fell, and the three-pounder cannon was not heavy after all, and the gunners adjusted the firing angle and gun position while firing the cannon, and even pushed the changing position, according to the instructions of their companions in high places, and bombarded the crowded places of the opposing side.

After three rounds of shelling, the casualties of the officers and soldiers were close to 200, and the casualties were actually very ordinary, but according to the reports of the soldiers in the high places, the officers and soldiers were completely disorganized, and everyone spread out as much as possible, looking for shelter from the terrain as much as possible, and at least hiding behind places like houses and haystacks.

"Stone, I'll lead the team to rush!" Ji Xiang said to Shi Manqiang, the fifth master of the personal guard brigade Ji likes to charge and kill the enemy, this Zhao family army knows from top to bottom, Shi Manqiang did not fight, just nodded and said: "You have to be careful!" ”

The cavalry companies began to stand by, the roar of the artillery has stopped, but the formation of the officers and soldiers has been completely chaotic, and more importantly, the morale and courage of the officers and soldiers have disappeared without a trace, everyone is looking at the sky with fear, pricking up their ears and listening to the wind and grass, for fear that the artillery will come again, the iron bump will fall, no matter how brave and strong the warrior is, it is directly broken muscles and bones, and the one that is next to each other, half of the body has been broken, who dares to resist!

At this time, listening to the roar of hooves, watching the smoke and dust rise not far away, it was the cavalry of Xuzhou people and horses who killed it, the range of the three-pounder cannon was not far, the distance of several hundred steps between the two sides, the cavalry charge and raid was naturally very convenient, but at this time, the official cavalry was scattered, the foot soldiers were scattered, and there was no way to line up the camp.

Don't look at the officers and soldiers don't know how to deal with artillery, but this truth is still understood, the opposing cavalry is coming in formation, and there is no way to line up at home, so there is no way to win, the most important thing at the moment is to escape, escape is important!

The front thousand cavalry directly whistled, and dispersed in all directions, of course, they ran fast, and the rear ones fled first when they saw the front, how could there be any fighting spirit, and they were directly scattered.

Ji Xiang's charge this time did not gather hundreds or thousands of horsemen into a large group, but a team of hundreds, dozens of horsemen or even ten horsemen moved forward separately, otherwise there would not be enough roads to accommodate it, and the speed of advance could not be guaranteed.

The cavalry of the Zhao family army is not stronger than the cavalry of the official army, and even slightly inferior, in order to ensure combat effectiveness, the cavalry of the Zhao army are well-equipped, this time it is different from the rush attack on Tianjin, everyone is equipped with a full suit of armor, in the hand is a spear and a long knife, and there are even people holding a thick pipe of firearms, such a firearm of about two feet of guns, the diameter of the fist, almost a dozen catties of weight, the range of killing is only twenty steps, and the ammunition is also iron sand and lead particles.

In fact, such a firearm is not for far, but the same as the sword, in order to meet the enemy at close range, but this time in the battle to the north, such a weapon has no chance to be used, but this time it was used, the officers and soldiers rode too scattered, and when they saw the Zhao Jiajun cavalry killed, they were even more scattered, and if they wanted to kill the enemy, it took some effort to slash the knife and stab the gun, and they took this firearm on the horse and bombarded it directly, but they could hit a fan out, and there were casualties within 20 steps.

Ji Xiang rushed fast, chased up and cut off a few heads, and then was stopped by the cavalry around him, they didn't dare to let Ji Xiang rush too far inside, in case of losing the enemy formation, it would be too troublesome, but Ji Xiang didn't have much interest in fighting, the enemy was directly killed and scattered, such a battle was too easy, he simply stopped the horses, climbed a nearby tree directly, looked at it for a while, and said: "The enemy army has collapsed, let's return to the team!" ”

A sharp suona sounded, and the cavalry of the Zhao family's army, which was attacking the official army, began to slow down and turn, and the squad converged into a company, and then settled in all directions, returning to Shi Manqiang's own formation.

"The south of the city is still a thousand steps away from this side, if the rout troops here go over to tell them the news, our bombardment may not work, if it is so strong, it will definitely be a trouble." Shi Manqiang did not congratulate Ji Xiang on his victory, such a victory was really easy, but talked about another team straight to the point.

Ji Xiang had already turned over and dismounted, and was feeding the mount with a multigrain cake, when she heard this nod, she said, "Are our brothers still afraid of any hard encounters?" ”

"There are always dead and wounded in a hard encounter, I have a way, we don't use any artillery this time, just go around and copy it from afar, according to the eldest brother, we must play to our strengths and avoid weaknesses!" Shi Manqiang said in a muffled voice.

It didn't take long for all the companies to gather on Shi Manqiang and Ji Xiang's side, Shi Manqiang said: "When we first came here, everyone had already walked through, the officers and soldiers of the South Road were on the official road between the keel tomb and the stationing horse slope, they were almost 10,000 soldiers and horses, and they were not walking fast. When our trumpet sounds, you can see my banner! ”

Everyone was ordered, Xu Yong took his direct company, but before leaving, he looked back, he didn't expect that this always steady Shi Manqiang Shi Fourth Master would dare to take such a risk.

Leaving two companies to protect the artillery and began to recover the shells, while the other companies were directly scattered, if you look at this qiē from a high altitude, you can see thousands of cavalry scattered like this, running far away before starting to circle in a big circle, killing the officers and soldiers on the south road.

As Shi Manqiang judged, the officers and soldiers who fled here did rush to the other side to report the news, which made the officers and soldiers from the south road very nervous, and even the speed of advance slowed down a lot.

Up to now, no one has felt any danger, no matter how fierce the thief army is, it is impossible to take the capital, sooner or later it will be dispersed, at that time, the rules are the same, because of this, the civil officials can still order the use of military generals, and the teams in the Beijing camp can still maintain military discipline.

Just when he hesitated, he saw the smoke and dust rising everywhere, and the terrain was flat, because the village manor and crops and trees blocked his vision, and he couldn't see the other party's movements, but suddenly he saw the smoke and dust rising in all directions, surrounding his side, and he was shocked for a while, not that there were only more than 3,000 cavalry in the thief army, but looking at this momentum, 30,000 also had it.

The officers and generals also understand that if they retreat at this time, it will inevitably be the end of the collapse of the whole army, and the only way to do this is to hold together and defend themselves, brake quietly, and wait until they are in front of them to make plans, and according to the light cavalry they scattered, the artillery of the Xuzhou thieves should not move, so there is no need to worry about being bombarded!

But the main general in front of him was calm, but the head of the infantry battalion couldn't calm down, only to see the smoke and dust getting closer and closer, and it was rushing towards their own array, and the infantry could block the cavalry, and they were all panicked, and they could barely maintain it by relying on the shouting and coercion of the generals.

Shi Manqiang with a company has appeared on the left flank of the official army, they are directly from the crop field, so there is no way to run too fast, so they rush forward in formation, when they see the official array, everyone is speeding up, the horses do not move fast in the crop field, and even will trip over the ridges, these are not taken care of, everyone bumps the horse's belly with spurs, and the horses rush forward regardless of the pain.

I can see that the official army reluctantly made a defensive posture, and even the soldiers with firearms and bows and arrows moved outward, Shi Manqiang buckled his face armor and flattened the spear in his hand, the firearms workshop has done many demonstrations, the firearms of the official army are difficult to break the armor, unless it is a carefully built bird gun, but the officials and soldiers do not have such firearms in their hands.

"Tighten, tighten!" Shi Manqiang shouted, and the cavalry that was advancing side by side with him leaned towards him, the distance between the cavalry and the cavalry was very close, and even each other's stirrups were colliding, according to the Zhao Jiajun's leaders, the cavalry should be as close as possible when charging into formation, and even close to the crowd, so that they can be pressed like a wall, and there will be an effect of collision.

Ordinary people think about it, the cavalry charge is a "rush", to run, to run, just run into it, just ignore it, but according to the Zhao Jiajun's leaders, to press over, the slow running of the neat formation is even more shocking than the charge, this statement has been confirmed by those foreigners, saying that they are also like this.

There were still nearly two hundred steps away, only to hear the crackling sound of the official army array, the smoke was filled, Shi Manqiang subconsciously wanted to dodge, and then realized that his house was outside the range, and most of the cavalry behind him had such a reaction, and then he was laughing, the officers and soldiers were really unbearable, if it was Zhao Jiajun's own firearms, they would definitely have to fire within seventy steps!

Seeing the officers and soldiers in front of him hurriedly loading ammunition, and the gunpowder smoke and dust that filled the room, Shi Manqiang had a judgment, either more or less gunpowder, and even saw that the whole strip was stuffed in it and not pulled out, so it was not said that it hurt the enemy, and I am afraid that my own family will suffer!

And the officers and soldiers hurriedly loaded, but in fact it was not as fast as Zhao Jiajun's one board and one eye, Shi Manqiang himself had also practiced firearms, according to Zhao Jiajun's drills, at this time the second shot could already be fired, at this distance, you can already see the rout soldiers who dropped their firearms and turned their heads to run, such combat skills training, such a temporary military discipline, how can it still be used to defend the capital, no wonder the eldest brother does not care about it at all.

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