On the 10th day of the ninth month, five days after Han Shangliang was killed, Tong Guoqi, the governor of Fujian, led several light horsemen to the Qing army camp on the south bank of the river.

The arrival of Tong Guoqi also boosted the morale of the originally sluggish, although the deputy commander-in-chief Sun Guanghan ordered the generals to block the news, but when Han Shangliang was sent back by the light cavalry that fled back, he had already been seen by many soldiers in the camp, and soon the entire battalion knew the bad news.

If it was just human-to-human, it wouldn't spread so quickly, and the most hateful thing was that the thief army on the other side of the river sent a few light horsemen from time to time to shout the words that Han Shangliang had been killed, which contributed to the speed of the spread of the news.

The arrival of Tong Guoqi finally boosted the morale of the soldiers, and he did not live up to the expectations of the soldiers, and on the second day of arriving at the camp, he ordered a small number of troops to be left to hold the camp, and the main force crossed the river and went straight to the valley road.

In the past few days since his arrival, Sun Guanghan has not been bad, he also sent scouts to investigate the military situation of the thief army, and learned that Su Yan led the main force to set up a position in the valley road, blocking the only way for the Qing army to go to Yongchun County.

Whether he wants to recover Yongchun or solve the threat of the thief army once and for all, Tong Guoqi must first defeat this enemy army in the valley road.

On September 11, at midnight, the Fujian governor Tong Guoqi led the army to arrive outside the valley road, and when the Qing army appeared in the sight of the righteous army, the latter had already completed the formation and was waiting for it.

At the same time that the Qing army poured out, Su Yan had already learned about it from the spies he sent, so he gathered his army and lined up to meet the enemy after the field fortifications he built, and the twelve falcon cannons deployed on the slopes on both sides (he summoned a team of falcon cannons at the distance of the system space and transported them to the mountain together) also lifted their gun jackets, revealing the muzzles of the hideous black holes underneath.

Standing under the military flag, Su Yan watched coldly as the Qing army set up a position outside the valley road, but because the battlefield here was not wide enough, the Qing army's numerical advantage could not be revealed as Su Yan expected.

Because Su Yan killed Han Shangliang, the general soldier of Quanzhou, Tong Guoqi did not send an envoy to persuade him to surrender, but after setting up the formation, he ordered the war drums to be sounded and launched an attack.

Knock - Knock - Knock -

Accompanied by the dull but penetrating sound of drums, the Qing army attacked in several phalanxes, and most of the soldiers who walked in front were armed with bird guns, bottles and cans containing gunpowder and projectiles, and fire ropes that ignited the gunpowder—that was the green camp bird guns, which accounted for a certain proportion of the green camp.

Behind the bird's gunner, there were a small number of green camp archers with military bows on their backs, and those archers had big shoulders and round waists, and their thick unicorn arms knew at a glance that their arms had been exercised too often.

Finally, there are the most common sword-and-shield bearers and spearmen, most of whom are dressed in iron-clad cloth or cotton armor, and their spirits seem to be good.

On both sides of several phalanxes, there were a small number of Qing light cavalry wandering back and forth, and their role was not only to supervise the battle to prevent the soldiers from escaping, but also to probe whether there were ambushes in the mountains and forests on both sides.

Seeing this, Lin Xingzhu couldn't help but sweat, and his proposal to set up a surprise army was vetoed by Su Yan, otherwise, that strange army was likely to be discovered in advance by the Qing army's light cavalry.

"Divine Machine Battalion, enter the trenches and reload ammunition!"

At Su Yan's command, the 480 line infantry of the Shenji Battalion plus 300 gun-wielding recruits entered the field fortifications - this is the breastwork they stacked with the extra dirt from the trenches, which can effectively resist the projectiles fired by the firearms of this era.

On the opposite side, the Qing army bird who was walking in front watched the enemy hide behind the breastwork with a bewildered expression, although he did not stop, but he also muttered to the robe next to him while advancing.

The Qing army who walked on the side of the queue did not stop the muttering of his subordinates, they looked at the breastwork that had been erected, and they all felt that it was a little tricky, the breastwork was obviously used to block bullets, and if they wanted to attack the thieves hiding behind, they could only let the archers do it.

"General, do you want to signal the artillery to fire?"

At this time, Lin Xingzhu, who was standing beside Su Yan, asked out loud, he looked at the dense Qing army formation behind the bird's hand, and subconsciously felt that this was the best time to open fire.

"There's no hurry." Su Yan waved his hand and said, "This is just a tentative attack by the Qing army, exposing the artillery too early, and it will not benefit our army." ”

"My subordinates understood."

While Su Yan and Lin Xingzhu were talking, behind the breastwork, 780 riflemen were methodically reloading the rifles in their hands, and the technology of 1700 had equipped them with flintlock pistols that could shoot without being ignited with an arquebus, so they did not have the risk of being ignited by flames in battle compared to the Qing army bird gunners on the opposite side.

"Remember what you trained in the barracks of the troops, immediately get down on one knee after shooting in the first platoon, and leave the shooting position to your comrades behind you!"

Seeing that the Qing army was getting closer and closer, the officers who had been promoted from the new recruits with guns once again carefully instructed the soldiers in the training manual, although the latter had received systematic training and received a certain bonus, but after all, they were recruits who had never seen blood, and they would feel as nervous as ordinary people before the big war.

"Watch out for the bottles and cans under your feet, they're very dangerous!"

"Don't shoot without permission, if there is anyone who shoots without permission, you will be killed!"

The officers once again patrolled the ranks, and then returned to their posts, and as they watched the enemy gradually enter the firing range, they could not help but swallow their saliva, and wiped the sweat of their palms on their uniforms.

"One row, guns raised!"

Hmmm-

Following the orders of the officers, the soldiers standing in the first row raised their rifles one after another, aiming at the enemy in the distance.

"Shoot—"

Bang bang bang –

The breastwork was suddenly enveloped in a series of gunfire, and on the opposite side of them, the Qing army birds who were still advancing saw that the thieves were shooting so far away, and subconsciously wanted to mock them that they were indeed a rabble, even if they were equipped with firearms, they would not be a big deal.

But before they could say the taunt in their hearts, dozens of screams rang out in the queue, and a cloud of blood mist erupted from the chests of dozens of marching birds, and the whole person fell to the ground in pain.

"How is that possible?!"

Not only was the Qing army bird in the front taken aback, but the Fujian governor Tong Guoqi and a staff officer and general Qian who were sitting firmly in the army in the back were also shocked!

After a while, Tong Guoqi lost his voice and said: "What kind of sharp weapon is this, why can it penetrate the armor and shoot soldiers in two hundred steps?" ”

No one answered him, because the generals of the Qing army had never seen such a firearm, but they quickly remembered the boiling rumors that had been revealed from Ma Degong's mouth and spread in the officialdom.

Could it be that what Ma Degong said is true?

They couldn't help but think so.