Chapter 539: The Decisive Battle of Zhu Xianzhen (2)

"Rush up, throw the bag into the ditch and withdraw it immediately, if you don't want to die, you have to move quickly!"

Different from the previous offensive, there were groups of elite peasants, soldiers and civilians with bows and arrows on their backs and firearms in the dense crowd, and almost all of these soldiers were wearing armor, which was better than the equipment of the officers and soldiers.

Driven by the peasant army, the people who were forced to fill in the soil had no choice but to cry and cry and run forward, at this moment, they were deeply remorseful, regretting that they did not obey the orders of the officials and soldiers to evacuate this damn town.

The defenders in the Jingbei Army's defensive line began to load the medicine, prepare the arrows, and inspect the fire ropes under the orders of officers at all levels.

Although the intruders were full of corpses in front of their own defense line, this time it was the unarmed people who came, looking at the people who were driven over like walking corpses, and the defenders in the defense line were under double pressure.

People are raised by their fathers and mothers, and no one thought that the intrusive army would be so frenzied and push these innocent civilians onto the battlefield.

Finally, the people who were cornered rushed to the range of the artillery of the Jingbei Army, and then they heard a cannon fire, followed by countless cannon sounds.

The roar of the cannons shook the earth, and at this moment, the only thing that could be heard in the ears of both sides was the sound of shelling, and nothing else.

Countless civilians who were driven by the invading army were ruthlessly killed by the artillery, and the iron balls jumped in the dense crowd, harvesting human lives one by one.

"Let the artillery use loose bullets."

Wei Yong, the deputy general of the second town who commanded the musketeers, turned red because of anger, he was also from the peasant army, but he really had never seen such a thing of forcing ordinary people to be cannon fodder.

In the sound of "thunderbolts", rows and rows of innocent people were hit by the guns, and they either fell to the ground and were trampled to death by the sea of people rushing up from behind, or they were directly penetrated by the guns the size of soybeans and killed on the spot.

Although the people in front of them suffered heavy casualties, the people behind were not at all moved, and they still frantically stepped on the corpses of the people in front of them and squeezed forward frantically with bags weighing about thirty catties.

"Wang Shuai, aren't these people crazy, they know that they are dead, why are they still rushing towards our position like losing their minds, is it possible that they are not afraid of death?"

On the Qinglongbei Heights, in front of the temporary command post of Henan Governor Wang Zhong, Jiang Xiang, the newly formed ninth town general, looked at the people who were advancing under artillery fire at a loss.

"General Jiang, you have lived in Datong for a long time, you have always been responsible for guarding against the Mongols, you don't know the tactics of the Liukou, the reason why Li Zicheng is bigger and stronger is to use us to consume cannon fodder for him, and then the cannon fodder army that survived from the battlefield will be incorporated into his five battalions, as for these people, they will not be able to find a way to survive when they storm our defense line, if they retreat, I am afraid there is only a dead end."

In the end, Liu Guoneng was born as the leader of the peasant army, and he still has some understanding of the psychology of the people and Liu Zongmin's combat methods of driving the people to attack the fortifications.

"Bang, bang, bang......!"

There is still an attack interval between artillery and firearms, and the artillery of this era is really bulky, and it is difficult to adjust the position, so even if the fire of the officers and soldiers is fierce, there are still many civilians rushing to the front of the trench.

Many people who were not injured by the artillery and guns were directly pushed into the ditch by the sea of people behind, and their bodies became part of the trench, no one cared about their life or death, everyone thought about throwing their pockets into the trench as soon as possible, and then save their lives.

The gunners, archers, and artillerymen of the Jingbei Army only mechanically charged and ignited according to the usual training methods. They didn't even dare to look at the people they had killed, because they were so afraid.

Gu Junen keenly calculated the time difference between the guns and artillery of the Jingbei army, and they drove the people of Zhuxian Town in order to only suppress the speed and density of the guns and artillery of the Jingbei army that were not enough to suppress the speed of filling the ditch.

The rear overseers constantly brandished their swords and spears to slash and kill the people who were frightened by the cannons and ran back.

Under their threat, the people who wanted to survive could only rush forward, and in this battlefield like Shura's purgatory, they could only hope that their ancestors would protect themselves from being hit by guns and cannons.

Looking at the people who were driven over to serve as cannon fodder, and looking at the ditches where they fell one by one under the back of the green dragon, Liu Zongmin, the former battalion commander of the army, looked unwavering, and there was no unbearability or hesitation on his face, the life and death of these people were not a matter to him at all.

He only cared if the death of these cannon fodder would fill the trench. Because Li Zicheng's main force is about to arrive in Zhuxian Town, if this time is not successful, can he still raise his head in front of the leaders of all walks of life? He has been delayed in Zhuxian Town for seven or eight days, and the most important thing is that his 100,000 army has not even gnawed down a single earthen hill.

"The shooting methods adopted by the Shandong army are different from those of the Guanning army and other Ming troops, according to my estimation, it should be a three-stage shooting method, their firearms are indeed very powerful and may be more than three sections, maybe there are four or five teams of people taking turns to shoot, so as to ensure the coherence of the attack, but they did not expect a little, that is, the guns and cannons can only fire twenty or thirty rounds, even if the quality of their weapons is good, it is estimated that they can only shoot more than thirty rounds, once their firearms can not be used, our opportunity will come."

Liu Zongmin is worthy of being the number one fierce general in the army, and after continuous attacks, he has already thought of a way to crack the powerful firepower of the Shandong army, which is also the reason why he asked to drive the ordinary people to attack the back of the green dragon.

What General Liu said was that the firepower of the Shandong thieves was indeed strong, but they always had to face the problem of hot barrels and guns. ”

Gu Junen looked at the people who fell on the back of Qinglong like the wind blowing wheat waves, laughed hehe, and said with some pride: "No matter how powerful the Shandong thieves are, they can't resist us getting so many people to rush." The more ferocious they fight, the greater the consumption of medicine, and when their firearms are no longer available, see how they deal with our elite veterans? ”

"Pass the order, hear the sound of cannons, the whole army presses, and today you have to take the back of the green dragon no matter what! Let dare to wave the flag to attack the middle road, Ren Jirong to attack the left road, and Wu Ruyi to hit the right wing. ”

"Whoa......!"

At that moment, Liu Zongmin's own soldiers went to give orders.

"General Liu, in this case, the people of Zhuxian Town will probably die."

Hao Shaoqi was in the Chinese army, and when he saw hundreds of people falling on the way to charge, he couldn't help but sigh.

Liu Zongmin said disapprerovingly: "It doesn't matter if there is no one, after we break Heluo, we can move people from other places." ”

Gu Junen's eyes lit up suddenly, he pointed forward with a horsewhip, and said excitedly: "Some people have rushed to the front of the trench." ”

Liu Zongmin glanced up, waved his hand, and shouted: "Go, concentrate all our artillery in the middle of the road, let everyone pay attention to the sound of the Shandong thieves' cannons, once their artillery stops, we will do our best, Liu Quan, you go and bring the general's horse over, and the general will go out in person later." ”