But those cavalry who counterattacked did not think that in the hands of those musketeers, there was still a musket that did not shoot, and they were waiting for those cavalry to counterattack.

At this time, the smoke also cleared a little, and Luo Rucai's counterattacking cavalry could already be observed in his sight. The gunners of the Runing Army immediately had another row of guns, and then the loaded guns were handed to the hands of the gunners, so there was another row of guns.

The endless firing of guns completely crushed the cavalry that counterattacked. They had no idea how many loaded guns were in the hands of these musketeers. So in the whistle of retreat, the archers, horse stakes, and counterattacking Luo Rucai cavalry immediately turned around and fled.

Seeing that the attack in the first round was unfavorable, Zhang Xianzhong asked Luo Rucai: "Cao Cao, do you want Li Dingguo to go up and help?" ”

At this time, although the peasant rebel army had their own ideas of preserving their strength, they were still able to put aside their views and fight together when they encountered a big enemy. Besides, Zhang Xianzhong saw that Luo Rucai's elite had lost something, and if he didn't express his position, maybe the alliance between them would soon crack.

Luo Rucai shook his horsewhip and replied directly: "My children can't do it, and yours can't do it." No matter how much we fight, our main force will not be able to damage. Besides, it's not impossible now, so I'll ask the kids to prepare and use the projectile. However, the official dog on the opposite side moves quickly, you have to find a way to prevent their firecrackers from rushing out. ”

"That's fine." Zhang Xianzhong replied immediately, and then he ordered loudly, "Let the first team of Henan prepare and let them rush over." Tell them that as long as the people who rushed into the official dog formation on the opposite side came back, they would have wine and meat. The women in the camp were allowed to rejoice for three days. And they can all go to the camp in the future, and they will be able to eat enough every day. But if anyone retreats, the knife of my eight kings will not recognize people. ”

After Zhang Xianzhong arrived in Henan, he also recruited 30,000 or 40,000 Henan refugees, but there were too many people to bring them, so Zhang Xianzhong simply divided them into teams. The number of people in a team ranges from 7,000 to 8,000 to 10,000.

Although these cannon fodder also have food, they can deal with starvation without dying. And Zhang Xianzhong's main force is a large battalion composed of young and strong people who have survived and selected in the long war, they can eat enough every day, and they will not be used as cannon fodder by Zhang Xianzhong casually.

In fact, this was also a common phenomenon among the peasant rebels. In their words: "As long as the people in the big camp are still there, we can pull up the ranks at any time, and there are too many people who don't have enough to eat in this day." Therefore, the true strength of the peasant rebels should be counted only in the number of their elite battalions, and in the total number of rebel refugees who were entrapped and accompanied by them. It's always up and down, and no one can count it accurately.

The method proposed by Zhang Xianzhong was to have Luo Rucai's army shoot with longbows in the back. And he will send nearly 10,000 newly collected cannon fodder. Storm the four thousand-strong phalanx to prevent the Runing Army's musketeers from firing again.

Luo Rucai smiled meaningfully, but what he had to say was still to be explained: "Eight kings, this longbow projectile is not accurate, don't blame me Lao Luo for shooting at you!" ”

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xianzhong snorted contemptuously and said, "It's not worth anything." him! ”

Luo Rucai was stunned when he heard this, and immediately closed his mouth and stopped talking. Zhang Xianzhong's words were also too straightforward. Although all the leaders of the peasant rebels understood this, no one would say it. Otherwise, in case the word spreads. It's going to be a big loss of reputation. This is not conducive to recruiting refugees again in the future!

Luo Rucai was a little puzzled in his heart: "This Zhang Xianzhong is not a person with a big mouth?" Is he really not afraid of this word getting out? ”

So Luo Rucai secretly looked around, but was surprised to find that Zhang Xianzhong's righteous sons, such as Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi, who were guarding Zhang Xianzhong, were calm.

In fact, in the past, they plus Li Dingguo were also worthless people like those cannon fodder, but they survived the long-term battle and were reused by Zhang Xianzhong, so they have become Zhang Xianzhong's treasures, and they are superior people who can drive those worthless people to be cannon fodder. So they were completely indifferent to Zhang Xianzhong's words.

Longbow throwing is very demanding for archers, and there are more than 1,200 such archers in Luo Rucai's entire army. Under the cover of the cavalry, they hurried to a place about 200 paces away from the Runing army, and planted their arrows in the ground one after another, ready to shoot arrows.

And the officers of Zhang Xianzhong's army ran to the soldiers of the first team of Henan and loudly announced Zhang Xianzhong's order, and the order was accompanied by the fanatical cheers of the soldiers of the first team of Henan. For these cannon fodder, who have just turned from refugees to soldiers, being able to eat enough is a heavenly life.

It's not that these people don't know that their charge is nine deaths, but what is there to be nostalgic for in this hellish life now? If you're dead, you're dead. If he survives, he will be able to eat enough and join Zhang Xianzhong's camp, so what is there to hesitate about?

And after the first attack of Luo Rucai's army was repulsed, those musketeers in the Runing army immediately ran back to the thousand-man phalanx, and under Xue Yongli's order, the entire phalanx turned back and retreated in unison in the direction of their cavalry.

There was a distance of nearly a mile between the four thousand-man phalanx and the cavalry formation. The cavalry of the Runing army did not dare to come forward, because they had to protect Li Lu, who was guarding the property, grain and grass and baggage behind them.

As if knowing the thoughts of the Runing Army, Li Dingguo had already taken his 2,000 cavalry to the right side of the Runing Army's cavalry formation at a distance of nearly seven or eight hundred paces without any order, and was eyeing the prisoners and baggage behind the cavalry formation, and Li Lu had already given up guarding the prisoners, he surrounded the cart into a car formation, and prepared to defend against Li Dingguo's attack.

It's really impressive, Li Dingguo was only thirteen years old at this time, and his sense of smell on the battlefield was so sensitive, he deserved to be the number one general under Zhang Xianzhong who grew up in the war!

Surprisingly, however, none of the prisoners captured by the Runing Army escaped, and they just watched the two armies fight. As a matter of fact. Although the Runing Army has taken these people prisoners these days, the Runing Army has never had the intention of starving these people. So these captives were still able to eat half full every day.

And in this troubled world, as long as they can survive, those refugees will not care who takes them in. When the peasant rebel army came, they took refuge in the peasant rebel army, and when the official army came, they took refuge in the official army, as long as they were fed.

However, Li Dingguo was so restrained, so he had to let the four thousand-man phalanx retreat a mile and form a complete formation of the Runing Army with the cavalry. And the gunners of the artillery regiment hurriedly pulled the artillery up with their horses and retreated one step ahead of the other.

Just forty or so steps back from the phalanx of four thousand people. The archers in Luo Rucai's army ran up. Xue Yongli immediately ordered the whole army to stand up and turn around, and then lined up the formation, preparing to take the medicine according to the prescription and compete with the archers of the peasant rebel army again.

Xue Yongli is not in a hurry, there is still an hour and a half before noon, and he can play a few more rounds with the archers of the peasant rebel army. Runingjun is not afraid of delaying time.

Otherwise. After the thousand-man phalanx and cavalry formed a complete formation, what should we do if the peasant rebel army on the opposite side is defeated at once? What if you scare them away? It's not fun! What the Runing Army needs is a war of annihilation. And not to crush the war.

But the first thing that made Runing Jun wonder was. The archers of the peasant rebel army ran to a distance of two hundred paces and did not run, and then, to their surprise, the peasant rebels behind those archers suddenly let out a deafening cheer, and then a large number of soldiers poured out from both sides of those archers, charging towards the thousand-man phalanx of the Runing army.

And seeing that a battle was about to take place, the artillery regiment of the Runing Army immediately turned around. The artillery had to be re-erected, but such a back and forth also caused a stir in the artillery regiment.

It was Zhang Xianzhong, who was divided into two teams, and nearly 10,000 cannon fodder soldiers from the first team of Henan rushed out. In fact, it is quite reluctant to call them soldiers. All of them had no armor on their bodies, and their weapons were mainly hoes and other agricultural tools, and some even rushed up with only a sharpened stick.

The scene of 10,000 people charging is truly shocking. Moreover, the soldiers of these peasant rebels did not pay attention to any formation at all, and they flew over like a swarm of black pressure.

The officer who commanded the thousand-man phalanx immediately issued a new order: "The musketeers line up in five rows and shoot at the order!" ”

And the assistant who was already about to rush out immediately returned the guns on his back to the hands of the original gunner. This hectic situation also caused some confusion in the formation of the firecrackers in the first few rows of the thousand-person phalanx.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the peasant rebel army were too inexperienced in military affairs. The distance of 200 paces is not long, but it is not short, and the sprint of those soldiers, coupled with the long-term malnutrition of those soldiers, made it nearly 100 paces, and the sprint speed of the peasant rebels also slowed down. And taking advantage of this time difference, the gunners of the Runing Army barely stood in five rows of queues.

The soldiers of the peasant rebels ran closer and closer. The Runing Army could already see the faces of the peasant rebels who rushed forward. Just after the peasant rebels had run forty paces, the officer of the Runing Army under his command waved his sword forward and ordered loudly: "Shoot!" ”

The first row of gunfire of the Runing Army fired.

At the same time as the first row of firearms of the Runing Army was firing, the archers in Luo Rucai's army also threw out the first row of arrows, and a black and pressed arrow flew towards the sky. And after reaching the highest point, those arrows immediately fell, swooping and flying towards the thousand-man phalanx of the Runing army. (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you very much @Jianghu@Shuyou for the correction, the "Shengyan Gong" in the previous article should be "Yan Shenggong"

This is the result of my own memory and not carefully checking the historical materials. So it is corrected here.

What's even more sad is that I don't know how to correct it in the VIP article, and there is no editorial contact with the potential sign, so I can only explain the correction here and correct the mistake later in the article.

I'm so sorry to all the book friends! And thank you again @Jianghu @Book Friends!