"It seems that in today's battle, our artillery will not be able to occupy the commanding heights."

Su Yan held the horsewhip in his hand, pointed to the peaks on both sides, and said.

"General, let me go up, my subordinates will definitely be able to seize a commanding height." Lin Xingzhu took the initiative to ask.

"No need." Su Yan shook his head and said, "The falcon cannon is heavy and inconvenient to move, even if you capture a commanding height, it is very likely that the Qing army will counterattack before the artillery is transported." ”

If the artillery in Su Yan's hand was an infantry cannon that could be recruited later, then he could still consider Lin Xingzhu's proposal, but unfortunately, the falcon cannon was still too heavy, even if it was pulled by two ploughing oxen, the speed of movement would not be too fast.

After rejecting Lin Xingzhu's proposal, Su Yan commanded the army to deploy.

He deployed the twelve falcon guns on a small dirt slope with relatively undulating terrain to build an artillery position, and later deployed the rattan battalion and the Zhongwu battalion on each flank, with the middle battalion in the middle and the Shenji battalion in front.

At the same time as the rebel army was arrayed, the Qing army with its back to Xianjia Village did not honestly wait for them to line up, and under Tong Guoqi's order, the war drums sounded, and the Qing army in three directions formed a formation and slowly advanced.

Although Tong Guoqi was not a professional general, he also knew how to launch an attack before the enemy's formation was completed and disrupt the enemy's position.

If it was an ordinary Ming army who fought against him, then he might indeed take advantage, but unfortunately, he was facing Su Yan and the elite soldiers under his command who had received systematic training.

"Load your ammunition and get ready to shoot!"

The riflemen, all dressed in cloth and armor, quickly stood at the front line, and after they were settled, they reloaded their smoothbore guns under the instructions of their respective officers, without feeling nervous or hurried by the enemy's attack.

In just over ten seconds, they loaded their rifles with ammunition, and the soldiers in the front row put the butts of their rifles on their waists and stared at the Qing troops opposite.

At the same time, on the artillery position behind, the artillerymen were also hurriedly untying the falcon cannon from the ploughing ox, and the twelve artillery pieces were all aimed at the Qing army in front - if it weren't for the fact that the falcon cannon could not raise the angle to shell the Qing army on the mountain, Su Yan would definitely shell the Qing army in the other two directions.

In a tense atmosphere, the artillerymen finally finished their reloading, and with the shouts of the artillery officer, the fuses were ignited, and the shells flew forward with the roar of the first round of tentative fire.

"Thieves shelling, disperse, pay attention to dodge!"

"Spread out! Disperse! Spread it all out to Lao Tzu! ”

In the face of the whistling shells, the Qing army immediately became noisy, and the Qing soldiers scattered to the side in horror, trying to avoid this round of shelling.

Boom –

Perhaps not accustomed to firing almost on the same plane, only one of the twelve shells fired in the first round of tentative fire fell into the crowd, smashing a few hapless poor eggs into a pulp.

Seeing that the results of the tentative shooting were so pitiful, the artillerymen immediately adjusted their angles, loaded their ammunition, and began the second round of firing.

Everything was the same as the battle that had broken out in the valley a day earlier, the frontal Qing army braving the crossfire of falcon cannons and smoothbore guns, and even the clusters of arrows fired after entering the range of the bow and arrow had little effect because of the cloth armor that the riflemen were equipped with.

By the time they reached the range of the birds, the morale of the frontal Qing army had already begun to waver, and many of them were reluctant, but because there were still overseers behind them, they had to move forward.

Su Yan also saw their vacillation, he drew his saber and shouted loudly: "Shenji Battalion, get on the bayonet!" Charge the whole army! ”

"Get on the bayonet!"

The officers shouted a command, and the riflemen immediately pulled out the bayonets at their waists, put them in the muzzles, and turned the rifles into short spears.

"Charge!"

"Kill!"

In the roar of the rebel soldiers, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion and the Central Army Battalion all launched a counter-charge towards the Qing army, and the Qing army's bird gunners hurriedly raised their bird guns, pulled the trigger on the charging rebels, and then quickly retreated behind the sword and shield hands, giving up the battlefield to more reliable sword and shield hands.

"Kill all the dogs!"

A line infantryman roared and straightened his rifle like a charging knight, and ran head-on into the Qing saber and shield man, the bayonet plunged into the sword and shield man's chest, and then pushed him to the ground and drew his bayonet.

Before he was complacent about killing an enemy, he felt a black shadow flashing in front of him, and the Qing army in front of him waved his waist knife and slashed at the door in front of him, he hurriedly raised his rifle horizontally, blocked the fatal blow with the body of the gun, and then raised his right foot and kicked heavily in the opponent's abdomen, the severe pain made the Qing soldier's abdomen spasm, and he took a few steps back uncontrollably, and the line infantry took the opportunity to stab the bayonet into the heart of the Qing soldier and take the opponent's life.

As soon as the two sides engaged, the Qing army was stunned to find that the enemy's musketeers were so fierce in melee combat, and their muskets could also be inserted into daggers and turned into short spear combat, which was an unprecedented combat method that almost refreshed the cognition of the Qing army.

While the Central Army Battalion and the Shenji Battalion engaged the enemy, the Tengpai Battalion and the Zhongwu Battalion on the left and right flanks also launched a counter-charge against the Qing army in the lower mountains.

Anxi Qianzong Wu Jian once again faced his old opponent Lin Xingzhu, in the battle the day before yesterday, they were killed by Lin Xingzhu, who occupied a favorable position, from a high place, and returned defeated.

Seeing that the three battlefields were in a stalemate, Su Yan knew that he had to do something, he immediately looked for the position of the chief general of the Qing army on the battlefield, and quickly found Tong Guoqi standing under the handsome banner - Tong Guoqi is a ZLQ person of the Han Army, who is the person wearing blue cotton armor who is not Tong Guoqi?

Tong Guoqi sent almost all the soldiers and horses to the front line, and at this time, in addition to a few Qing generals and personal soldiers, there were only more than 100 cavalry around him.

Su Yan only thought for a moment before making a decision.

"Cavalry, come with me!"

He gathered all the cavalry under his command, bypassed the battlefield in the fierce battle, and rushed straight in the direction where Tong Guoqi was!

More than 150 horsemen ran at the same time, and the movement was still difficult to cover even in the chaotic battlefield, so when the rebel cavalry tried to bypass the battlefield, Tong Guoqi discovered them, he looked at the rebel flag that moved with the cavalry, and immediately judged that it was Su Yan who personally killed him.

This time, Tong Guoqi became excited, but he was not stupid enough to go into battle to kill the enemy in person, but sent all his cavalry, intending to kill him on the battlefield before Su Yan came!

"Kill the rebels of the Soviet Union, reward a thousand taels of silver, and compile them into the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty!"

Tong Guoqi promised to his cavalry.