Li Zicheng took the lead, wielding the iron sword in his hand, blocking the arrows that fell down, he was very lucky, he didn't get an arrow, but the war horse stepped into the horse pit, let out a sad neigh, fell down with a bang, and threw Li Zicheng on his back out.

Li Zicheng reacted very quickly, his skills were quite clever, he turned over in the air, adjusted his posture, rolled when he landed, unloaded the force of hitting the ground, and quickly bounced up, jumping to the side lightly, avoiding the collision of the war horse.

The sound of iron hooves rumbled, the ground shook the mountains, and the cavalry of the people's army braved the rain of locusts and arrows, rushed to the dense gun formation of the Taiyuan army, and from time to time let out a mournful neighing when crossing the trap and the horse pile, and fell down with a bang, and the knights who were thrown off either broke their hands and feet, or were trampled into meat cakes by the horses of their companions, and those who could escape this catastrophe were only a few people with good luck such as Li Zicheng.

Liu Zongmin is the number one fierce general under Li Zicheng, he took the lead in rushing to the front of the formation, restrained the war horse in time, and wielded a double knife to chop a thick giant spear, this thing blocked the impact of the war horse, and it had to be cut first.

He was so powerful that he cut off a piece of wooden spear with one sword, but the other brothers didn't have the strength of him, and they had to cut more than a dozen knives to cut it, in fact, they didn't have much time to cut these thick and sturdy giant guns, and the officers and soldiers between the two guns stabbed and stabbed with their spears, and in an instant, several civilian soldiers fell down with a scream.

The two giant spears are two meters apart, and for the warriors of the Guanwai tribe who grew up on horseback, they can drive the war horse to rush over with their eyes closed, but for the people's army infantry on the horse, it is really a great test, not to mention that there are spears like forests in the gap, which forcibly block the cavalry momentum of the people's army.

Losing the impact advantage of the war horse, the people's army who rode on the horseback and tore it off or was overturned by the spear that stabbed indiscriminately, or was shot down by the stray arrows, and the soldiers of the people's army who rushed to the front simply dismounted and fought on foot, but the combat power was brought into play, and Liu Zongmin, who was in the forefront, wielded a double knife, cut off the spears that were stabbed one by one, cut down several spearmen, and was desperately rushing forward to kill.

Chen Tanggao, who was in charge of the Chinese army, commanded from a simple wooden platform, and he gestured to the herald under the stage, who immediately ordered someone to wave a large blue flag.

"Fire!"

At the head of the city, more than a dozen Fran machine guns have already been erected, in addition to the four artillery pieces abandoned by the civilian army, as well as the original ones brought from Taiyuan Mansion, all of them are loaded with gunpowder and solid iron bullets, just waiting for the order to fire, seeing the blue flag waving, the officer immediately ordered the artillery bombardment.

Boom Boom Boom –

More than a dozen Fran cannons roared at about the same time, and the solid iron bullets roared out of their chambers, smashed on the ground, and bounced up again, and under the action of inertia, they continued to fly forward rapidly, crashing into the group of people's army, smashing out pieces of stumps and broken arms and a puff of blood mist.

Just listening to the roar of a dozen artillery pieces is scary enough, in fact, solid iron bullets are used to bombard buildings such as city walls, and they are used to bombard people or horses, and the lethality is not great, coupled with the gunner's operating level and other reasons, nearly half of the shells hit uninhabited open space, and the super good luck only hit a few civilian troops, and the real role is to deter the enemy army and boost the morale of the party.

"Bombardier, prepare."

In the phalanx, following the officer's order, more than 20 bombardiers in the frontal position and the right flank position lit the fuse with fire ropes, and after counting three times in their hearts, they threw out the thunder in their hands.

Boom Boom Boom –

The thunder of green smoke smashed down on the group of people's troops, and then, deafening explosions exploded one after another, stumps and broken arms were thrown, blood mist was sprayed, and the screams were endless, and pieces of people's troops fell.

"Withdraw!"

Seeing the heavy casualties and the sharp spirit of the attack had been frustrated, Wang Ziyong had to order a temporary stop to the attack, however, this battle was a matter of life and death for the people's army, the first attack echelon retreated, and the second attack echelon immediately launched an attack, and the tragic battle continued.

"Big Brother ......"

Li Zicheng, who was covered in blood, had a ashamed expression on his face, he was lucky, and only one stray arrow was hit in his left shoulder socket, and when he fell, another brother next to him fell with an arrow, which happened to press on him, and a thunderbolt exploded nearby, and he was very lucky to escape, and it was his nephew Li Guo who carried him back and retreated from the line of fire.

The other brothers were not so lucky, his number one fierce general Liu Zongmin was hit by three arrows, and his thigh was stabbed with a spear in a bloody hole, which was carried back by the brothers.

Wang Ziyong and Gao Yingxiang sighed helplessly, comforted them, and let them retreat to the rear camp to treat their wounds, the first wave of attack, the hundreds of cavalry that were finally put together not only failed to break through the right flank of the Taiyuan army, but on the contrary, suffered heavy losses, only more than 100 horsemen remained, which had lost their effectiveness.

"Big brother, musket...... Gather all the muskets...... Shoot ...... with a three-section platoon" When Li Zicheng was carried down, he took Wang Ziyong's hand and reminded him that in several encounters with Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, and Cao Wenzhao, the three elite Ming troops, the people's army was bombarded by the fierce and dense platoon guns of the official army, and the army was defeated, which also made him see the power of the concentrated bombardment of the platoon guns.

"Okay." Wang Ziyong's eyes lit up, he was really dizzy, he didn't expect this move, he also clashed with the Ming army many times, and they were all defeated under the bombardment of the Ming army's platoon guns, the firepower was really fierce, and the brothers fell one by one, and now, they can also be used to deal with the Taiyuan army in front of them.

As soon as he gave an order, the leaders donated their musketeers, and as soon as they gathered, Wang Ziyong, Gao Yingxiang and other leaders unexpectedly discovered that in fact, the belongings in their hands were quite thick, but they were scattered in the hands of the brothers in each battalion, and the strength was scattered.

There are various types of muskets in the hands of the people's army, including three-eyed guns, Lumi guns, bird guns, inferior arquebuses, and guns, all of which were captured from the hands of officials and soldiers, but there were nearly 400 guns, and the strength was much stronger than that of the ordinary Ming army.

All the leaders present have learned how to shoot three stages of the platoon gun, and basically know how to use it, Wang Ziyong let his henchmen and cronies Guoshan Tiger be responsible for commanding this hastily put together musket battalion, he made up his mind to pay attention, and after this hurdle, he will set up a few more musket battalions, so that the Ming army can also pay for the taste of musket volleying, and the more lethal thunder, how can it be imitated in large quantities.

Under the orders of the mountain tigers, nearly 400 musketeers lined up in three columns with a variety of muskets, holding a lit fire rope in one hand, and began to move forward, followed by 300 substitute spearmen, ready to replace the fallen musketeers.

The musket battalion was dispatched, and the attacking battalions of civilian troops were naturally ordered to withdraw, give up the frontal battlefield, and attack the right flank of the Taiyuan army.

"Retreat, quick, musketeers on top."

Chen Tang sat in the formation and commanded, he stood on the simple high platform, condescending, looking at the entire battlefield, as soon as he saw the musketeers of the people's army, he remembered Sun Chuanting's advice in the letter, and hurriedly ordered the sword and shield soldiers in front of the formation to be withdrawn, and the musketeers were on top.