"Accelerate! Hasten! ”

Wearing heavy armor, Ainengqi rode his horse and spear to charge in front of the military formation, surrounded by dense cavalry in the battalion, and rushed forward at full speed to charge the new army artillery array in front.

In order to resist the terrifying bird salvo of the new army, Ai Nengqi discussed with Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang, believing that only the whole army was heavily armored and protected by shields, and then quickly rushed up and fought close to each other, could the new army's bird gun array be broken.

So at this time, in addition to the armor of all the horsemen, each of them also carried a round shield. These round shields are made of iron, and they are covered with a thick layer of cowhide on the outside, which is full of defense.

At this time, five thousand iron cavalry rushed over, only more than two hundred steps away from the low wall defense line in front, and Ainengqi could even see that the gunners of the new army in the artillery array began to retreat, and even those artillery pieces gave up on the spot, which showed how panicked those officers and soldiers were.

However, Ai Nengqi was not too happy, because he had already seen a large number of infantry of the new army rushing forward, so he relied on the arc-shaped low wall to prepare for defense, and countless jet-black bird guns were erected on the wall, Liu Yan was actually ready to use bird guns to block the charge of the iron cavalry!

"Could it be that Liu Yan is the Qing army iron cavalry that defeated with these birds?"

At this time, the five thousand horsemen led by Ainengqi charged quickly, and rushed into a hundred steps in a blink of an eye, and just remembered this question in his mind, there was a deafening roar in front of him, and a white smoke rose from the low wall, which was the movement of more than 7,600 bird-fired men in the middle battalion.

The new army's bird guns are well-made, coupled with the power of granular gunpowder, they can shoot through the enemy's three-layer heavy armor within a hundred steps, even if the five thousand horsemen are all armored and protected by excellent round shields, but under the salvo at close range, they are still beaten on their backs.

Shen Tuo ordered the commander Guo Rong to lead all the pikemen, sword and shield men in the whole battalion, a total of more than 3,000 people, to stand by behind the low wall defense line, and then he and the commander Teng Jianghe and Yu Qian each led a row of bird guns, and the more than 7,600 bird guns of the whole battalion lined up in three columns and took turns to shoot the enemy in a volley.

"Put!"

Shen Tuo led the first row of birdmen to retreat quickly, and then quickly reloaded in the back, while Teng Jianghe had already roared loudly and ordered to shoot.

"Bang! Bang! ”

There was another loud bang, and the dense lead bullets swept in front of the front, shooting down a large number of the charging rogues and horses, and in front of the new army, there were scenes of people turning on their backs, and those who were shot fell from their horses in pain, and the heavy armor on their bodies could not block the blows of the lead bullets at close range, leaving blood holes in their bodies.

The same is true of the round shield in those riders, the lead bullet hits it, basically it is directly penetrated, and then the lead bullet hits the human body behind the shield, although the force is reduced a lot, but it is enough to knock the thief soldier off the horse.

In a high-speed charging cavalry formation, once you fall off the horse, it basically means that you are killed, and countless horses' hooves will trample it into a pulp, and there is no chance of survival.

Liu Yan held a clairvoyant mirror to watch the battle, only to see thousands of thieves and horsemen crowded in front of the formation, hundreds of people in the front had been shot and killed, and the cavalry behind was stopped by frightened war horses scurrying around, and had to restrain the war horses, and almost the charging momentum of the whole army was contained.

At the same time, the knights were not equipped with long-range weapons such as bows and arrows, so they could only continue to ride their horses, but they lost their speed and were killed by round after round of bird salvos.

Seeing this, Liu Yan put down the clairvoyant mirror, and couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, it seems that Ainengqi has no experience in commanding cavalry to charge into battle. If you use cavalry to attack the Bird Gun Array, and it is also a Bird Gun Array with simple fortifications, you must have a miserable victory mentality, fight for huge casualties and constantly charge forward, and you must not stop or slow down on the way, even if you will trample and kill your companions in front of you, you will not hesitate to do so.

Moreover, such cavalry must be equipped with bows and arrows, and in the process of charging, part of the cavalry must be divided to suppress the fire of the bird guns in a diffuse way. Trying to defend against a close-range salvo of the Bird's Gun with armor and shields, and then delusionally rushing to the front to end the battle, is purely looking for death!

"The middle camp is doing a good job, now it depends on the situation on the two wings!"

Liu Yan raised the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the two wings of the army, but at this time, there were many soldiers and horses on both sides, and the enemy troops on both wings were too far away from the Chinese army, and they were miles away, even if there was a clairvoyant mirror, they couldn't really see it.

Liu Yan had no choice but to send heralds to strengthen the connection with the two wings.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Liu Yan raised the clairvoyant mirror again, and saw a big pole in front of him moving forward quickly, which was Li Dingguo's battle flag, and it was Li Dingguo who led thousands of firecrackers to run to support.

Behind Li Dingguo's department, an army of 20,000 or 30,000 people also came in formation, and the banner was Sun Kewang's department.

Liu Yan nodded, it seems that Li Dingguo also knew that the Ainengqi Department was about to be defeated, so he led the firecrackers to come to support and shoot at the soldiers of the middle battalion.

"Order Qian Jian to get ready, and once the enemy's iron cavalry is dispersed, send Huzun to bombard and kill the enemy's gunners!"

"Yes!"

"Humph! Lao Tzu has heavy firepower, and idiots shoot at your firecrackers! ”

At this time on the battlefield, Ainengqi rode his horse and roared loudly in the formation, and the cavalry under his command had begun to disperse, more than half of the 2,000 people in the forward were killed and wounded, and the rear formation was also chaotic.

And the bird-gun salvo of the new army in front of him was still endless, very rhythmic, and it sounded like a talisman of Hades to Ainengqi, and every time it roared, it was like a drumstick, hitting his heart heavily.

"Everyone, rush with me!"

Enqi saw with his own eyes that one of the brigade commanders in front of him was shot, and a buckshot hit the front door directly, and then flew out of the back of his head, taking the helmet and flying out, and a small half of the skull also flew into the air.

There was also a general commander who held a round shield and rode forward, constantly shouting to his subordinates who were spinning along the way, but he was hit by several lead bullets, and the round shield in his hand was pierced, and two blood flowers surged on his body, and then he fell off the horse on his back.

On the other side, the two sentry generals charged forward with more than a dozen horsemen, and they were about to rush to the front of the damn low wall, but they collided head-on with a salvo, and the dozen or so brave horsemen were shot in front of the low wall, not to mention people, even the dozen or so war horses were beaten into blood gourds, and they fell to the ground with a scream, and more than a dozen horses fell to one place, and they were stacked into a small mountain of corpses!

Those soldiers who were shot and killed were all Ainengqi's henchmen, who had been with Ainengqi since the time they followed Zhang Xianzhong in the uprising, and they were brothers and sisters with Ainengqi, but at this time, they all died here, and they all died worthless!

From the beginning of the war to the present, five thousand iron cavalry have suffered heavy casualties, and those new army birds and gunners in front have not seen any casualties, such a situation makes Ainengqi unacceptable, and he is close to madness at this time.

With Ainengqi's roar, hundreds of horsemen gathered over, and everyone was about to follow the charge, but at this moment, a brigade commander rode over, grabbed the reins of Ainengqi's horse, and shouted: "General, the general has an order, let us withdraw and reorganize the formation!" ”

"Bastard!"

Enchi was furious: "Withdraw now, they will die in vain!" ”

"General Ji has already led his troops to arrive, and ordered us to retreat, the general must think twice!"

Ai Nengqi looked in the direction of the palm brigade's fingers, and sure enough, the five thousand firecrackers led by Li Dingguo had already arrived, and they were only less than a mile away from here.

Then Ainengqi looked ahead, the cavalry army was still charging, but all the men and horses lost their speed, and they were shot in a wave when they rushed up, and occasionally a lucky person rushed to the front, roaring and trying to ride over the low wall, but was stabbed to death by many pikemen who were waiting for work.

At this time, Ainengqi can be regarded as the "vicious" who has learned the tactics of the new army, and such a defense line can only be broken by using firearms.

"Retreat!"

Enengch gave a loud order, and thousands of horsemen retreated quickly, leaving corpses all over the ground. In this charge, the 5,000 cavalry of the Ainengqi Division left at least 1,000 or hundreds of corpses, while the officers and men of the new army only suffered a dozen casualties.

Liu Yan saw the retreat of the thief cavalry, so he ordered the artillery battalion to prepare the Huzun cannon.

Qian Jian had already re-entered the artillery camp position with the gunners of the Tiger Zun Artillery Commander, and the middle camp bird gunners and spearmen in front also retreated, giving up the attack surface and the firing boundary.

"Haha, brothers, give those thieves a big handful!"

The gunners of the Tiger Zun Cannon burst into laughter, and more than 70 Tiger Zun Guns were lined up behind the low wall, and all of them were loaded.

The gunners used scattered bullets, and then moved some of the sandbags and bamboo baskets in front of each Huzun cannon to stretch out the muzzles.

At this time, the five thousand firecrackers led by Li Dingguo were two hundred paces away, and after a simple whole team, they lined up in five rows and pressed over.

Seeing this, Qian Jian shouted excitedly: "The range of the thief's fire gun is within seventy steps, everyone listen to my order, put the thief soldier within a hundred steps and then fire!" ”

The firing range of the Tiger Zun cannon is about two hundred paces, and the effective firing range of using the group is about one hundred and twenty to one hundred and fifty steps. Qian Jian was ready to fire a salvo within 100 steps, which could maximize the power of the Tiger Zun cannon's scattered projectiles.

Under the protection of dozens of personal soldiers, Li Dingguo walked behind the last row of musketeers, from which he could not see the situation of the defense line of the new army's artillery battalion in front, and could only constantly learn about the situation in front from the mouths of the scouts.

"Report! All the officers and musketeers retreated. ”

"Report! There is no one behind the low wall of the officers and soldiers......"

Li Dingguo couldn't help but worry, in terms of Liu Yanbu's strong combat strength, it was impossible to retreat without a fight, so he felt a strong uneasiness in his heart.

At this time, Li Dingguo looked back behind him, only to see that Sun Kewang had already led 30,000 spearmen to follow, and the soldiers at the front of the army formation all raised heavy shields, and the entire army array looked like a moving city wall.

Looking at the left and right sides, the left battalion and the rear battalion are fluttering in the wind in the distance, as long as their side makes progress, the two battalions of 300,000 horses will rush to the two wings of Liu Yanbu like a flood.

Thinking of this, Li Dingguo's heart was a little relieved: "No matter how strong Liu Yanbu is, it is impossible to defeat hundreds of thousands of rebels with tens of thousands of horses!" ”

Soon, Li Dingguo led his troops to advance to 80 steps in front of the new army formation.

Qian Qiao looked at the army of thieves who were getting closer and closer, and could even see the firecrackers in the hands of those thieves, there were bird guns of different lengths, double-barreled, three-piped, and even four-barreled three-eyed guns, and some strange-shaped firearms that could not be named at all.

All the guns armed by the Rogue Gunners were arquebuses, dragging a long arquebus, far inferior to the flintlock guns equipped by the battalions of the New Army.

"Cut!"

Qian Qiao said with disdain in his heart: "It is estimated that even if it is a salvo, those thieves will not be able to maintain two rounds, and they will lose the rhythm of the salvo." There are all different ways to reload the firebolts, and if you can fire a consistent salvo without messing around, it will be a hell of a life! ”

At this time, the five thousand thieves entered seventy steps in front of the new army's formation, and Qian Jian waved his hand violently and roared angrily: "Fire!" ”

Some people died, but not completely......