On the first night, Xia Jie was very face-saving and did not come to sneak attack, and the battle began during the day of the second day.

About 150 steps outside the camp, 40 firecrackers stood in two groups and generously exposed the firecrackers. Behind them were explorers who made all kinds of strange screams, trying their best to provoke Liu Yifeng and them. This was deliberately arranged by Xia Jie, the purpose was to learn the soldiers in the script who surrendered without a fight.

The impact of the 40 firecrackers was very large, and the people on the camp wall on Liu Yifeng's side had already begun to panic a little. The commanders of the various squads immediately began scolding, trying to stabilize their emotions.

"The shield made for you can defend against firebolts 100 paces away, as long as you don't show your head stupidly!" Li Hongji had long expected this scene, and shouted loudly while patrolling between the camp walls: "Lift the shield for me, as long as they don't come within 100 steps, you will be safe with the shield." And when they get 100 steps, our firecrackers will take them out! ”

Li Hongji's words made the restless people gradually calm down, and they began to raise the shields handed to them. I don't know if it's a delusion, but when they raise their shields and look at those firecrackers, they don't think they're so scary.

The explorers were also tired after shouting for a while, so Xia Jie told them to prepare for battle, and he wanted to test the strength of Liu Yifeng's defense.

The battle began with a volley of firearms from Xia Jie's side, full of momentum, but without any achievements.

In the midst of the white smoke, Xia Jie's face was full of smug smiles, he thought that Liu Yifeng and they must have been scared to pee, but he didn't expect that after the smoke dispersed, he saw a neat shield and a people who carefully observed with a probe.

"They're prepared!"

The face of the commander of the firecracker has also become very poor, and there are also people who know the firecracker on the other side, and the range and defense of the firecracker are naturally proficient, and it is basically impossible to scare the other party.

After figuring this out, Xia Jie didn't bother to do anything to surrender without a fight, so he directly delegated his command and ordered the attack on the camp.

"Why don't you fight yet?" Liu Yifeng watched the dense crowd coming from the front and asked Li Hongji.

"Don't fight, let them climb the wall."

Liu Yifeng waved his hand at the fire gun hand on the tower, signaling not to attack, and then asked Li Hongji: "Aren't you afraid that our people will collapse?" ”

He was indeed a little worried about the psychological endurance of the people.

"Dongshan Qianzhuang is too big, they don't even prepare ladders, such people come to attack the city and let them go up to the wall, let's break through early."

Liu Yifeng looked at the explorers who rushed over in a mess, and indeed he didn't even see a wooden ladder. Their camp wall is also an average height of 3-4 meters, and if you want to take a ladder to get in, it will be too unnoticed.

"I'll leave it to you, big boss, I'll go to that wall. Remember, let them crawl and poke them halfway up! ”

Liu Yifeng's camp was built according to a section of the mountain wall, and the camp wall was only two sections, guarding the camp gate like an inverted V. There is also a 5-meter-high tower on the left and right of the camp gate, on which all the firecrackers that can be used are currently located.

The two were each responsible for a section of the camp wall, allowing the explorers to approach. At first, the people were visibly nervous and scared, and several timid ones were visibly trembling. The rest of the people were no better, their faces turned pale, and they clenched their spears tightly.

But soon, as more and more explorers rushed under the camp walls, the people also saw their embarrassment.

"Hahaha, they can't come up!"

"Bastard, don't be arrogant!"

Immediately someone began to build a ladder, Liu Yifeng directly snatched a spear from a man's hand, stepped on the wooden stack of the camp wall with one foot, and looked at the person who stepped on his companion's shoulder with a condescending smile, and his face turned pale.

"If you jump yourself, I won't poke you."

The man breathed a sigh of relief and immediately lowered himself to jump, but a sharp pain came from his left shoulder. After falling on his companion, he looked at the blood stains on the tip of the spear in Liu Yifeng's hand, and asked puzzledly: "Didn't you say that you wouldn't poke it?" ”

"I'm sorry, I broke my promise."

In addition to Liu Yifeng's side, several other people who tried to build a human ladder were also poked over, and for a while, the explorers could only angrily use knives to split the perimeter of the camp wall.

At this time, Li Hongji gave an order loudly: "The tower fire gun is ready!" ”

The explorers under the camp wall seemed to hear the sound of chains on the faces of bulls and horses, and they ran back with pale faces one by one.

The musketeers on the tower waited for a long time without waiting for the order to shoot, and stuck out his head to look at Li Hongji to see if he had missed it. But Li Hongji just raised his hands and refused to give the order to shoot.

It wasn't until one of the explorers finally realized that something was wrong, stopped running and looked back at the camp.

"Shoot!"

Liu Yifeng's firecrackers hit high and low, and their aiming ability also surpassed that of Dongshan Qianzhuang's firecrackers, and suddenly more than a dozen people fell to the ground.

There were only two people who actually hit, and the others were all frightened, and they kept touching themselves on the ground, and only after touching that there were no holes in their bodies did they run towards their own firecrackers with the support of their companions.

Xia Jie had a toothache watching from behind, he had expected that the explorers' attacks would have no effect, but he didn't expect it to be so embarrassed.

"Shoot! Shoot me all! Kill those people on the wall! ”

The commander-in-chief, who is also the leader of the Dongshan Qianzhuang Firecrackers, glanced at the angry Xia Jie, and gave the order to shoot two rounds before they stopped.

"Why don't you keep shooting? It's all on the wooden shield! ”

"Shopkeeper Xia, this distance can hit the wooden shield, it is already because of the elite of my people, if we want to hit the wooden shield and hit people, we must get closer."

"Then you're closer!"

"The other side also has firearms, and with a high base, they have a longer range than us."

Xia Jie gradually regained his senses and understood the helplessness on his side.

"Shopkeeper Xia, use a cannon."

Xia Jie shook his head and led him into his tent, where two people were opening several wooden boxes and assembling a cannon.

If Li Hongji was here, he would definitely shout in shock: Furlong machine gun!

Then he would persuade Liu Yifeng to decisively give up the camp and fight guerrilla warfare with Xia Jie.

The Furlong cannon is useless against dirt and stone structures, but it can cause damage to wooden structures. Moreover, the Ming-made Furlong cannons are generally small-caliber rapid-fire guns, mainly anti-personnel guns. It can be said that using the Furlong cannon to clear the people on the city wall is the best weapon.

This is the real secret weapon that the young master of Dongshan Qianzhuang handed over to Xia Jie, and it is also another confidence and confidence for him in addition to the firecracker.

Looking at the two craftsmen assembling the Furlong cannon, Xia Jie said to his commander-in-chief with a solemn face: "It will take at least one day to assemble these 3 Furlong cannons, and it will take another day to clean the barrel, and the cannon can only be used the day after tomorrow at the earliest. ”