Seventy-two Tiger Venerable cannons fired a salvo at close range, and countless scattered bombs blasted out, forming an impenetrable barrage, instantly sweeping over the five thousand firearms dozens of paces away.

In the huge roar, Li Dingguo only felt that the sky suddenly darkened, and the thick smoke of gunpowder shrouded most of the sky, and at the same time, the ground under his feet also shook violently.

"This, this is the Tiger Cannon!"

Li Dingguo didn't expect Liu Yan to be so cunning, and the two sides were about to start firing at each other, so they used the Huzun cannon to fire a salvo. At this time, the 5,000 musketeers suffered heavy casualties, at least hundreds of people fell in the salvo just now, the first row of musketeers was almost completely extinguished, and the few remaining musketeers fled in panic and fled in all directions, causing a commotion in the back rows of musketeers.

"Order all brigades and sentinels to carry out bullet pressure, the first two rows of musketeers immediately retreat to the back of the horizontal formation, reorganize the formation, and the third row is ready to fire a salvo!"

After all, these 5,000 firecrackers were personally trained by Li Dingguo, and they were also considered an elite in the rogue army, and at this time, after the bullet pressure of generals at all levels, they miraculously stabilized their positions, and hundreds of routs from the first two rows fled to the back and began to regroup.

And the third row of firecrackers raised all kinds of firecrackers in their hands, and under a command, they fired a volley.

Behind the low wall, Qian Jian squatted on the ground holding his head, and there was a crackling sound on the sandbag behind him, which was the sound of large and small lead bullets hitting it.

Qian Jian saw that the two gunners were not dodging in time, and were hit by the thieves' firearms, one gunner was directly hit in the head, and fell straight on his back, and the other was hit in the chest, and the blood like a fountain continued to flow out, and the two medical officers crawled forward to stop the bleeding, but they used a large amount of cotton cloth to plug the wound, and the blood was still flowing, and the gunner soon turned pale and did not breathe.

"Grandma's, play tricks on me!"

Qian Jian took advantage of the gap between the shots of the thief firecracker, and shouted loudly: "Tiger Zun cannon loading, quickly!" ”

The gunners of the artillery battalion are well-trained and have experienced a lot of battle formations, so even if they are in the face of a volley of thieves, they can quickly complete the reload.

The loading of the Tiger Gun is very convenient, you only need to put the scattered bullets into it, and then the amount of gunpowder is also quota, if you really want to compare, the time required to load a Tiger Gun is not longer than the loading of the gun.

The gunners of the New Army completed their preparations almost at the same time as the thieves and gunners, and when the fourth row of gunners under Li Dingguo's command raised their guns and prepared to fire a salvo, the more than 70 Huzun guns of the New Army artillery battalion also lit their fuses.

Rumble!

Bang! Bang!

In the fourth row of the thieves' side, a thousand musketeers fired another volley, and at the same time, more than 70 Huzun guns of the new army also opened fire fiercely, and a burst of gunpowder smoke rose from the front of both sides at the same time, and the pungent white smoke almost enveloped the two armies.

The New Army was protected by a low wall, and although there were soldiers who were shot and fell, the overall casualties were still very small. In addition, the medical officers and baggage officers attached to each battalion had already been prepared to send wounded officers and men to the rear for treatment in a timely manner, and the medical officers of the new army also had a wealth of experience and could effectively treat the injuries caused by firearms, so the new army actually had a very big advantage in firing at each other.

On the other hand, Li Dingguo's headquarters, just now the two sides opened fire at the same time, and almost a third of the firearms fighters in the fourth platoon of the firearms battalion fell. Although there were only more than 70 of those Tiger Zun cannons, all of them used scattered bullets, and the barrage formed under the bombardment could almost hit the entire phalanx of the firearms battalion.

At this time, with the heavy casualties of the fourth platoon, the remaining rogue firecrackers could no longer hold on, such an almost suicidal combat made the rogue soldiers unacceptable, and they could no longer suppress the fear in their hearts, and began to flee with a bang.

Li Dingguo's face was pale, and the five thousand firecrackers he had worked hard to train had consumed a lot of gunpowder and materials, but when he arrived on the battlefield, Liu Yan didn't even use the world-famous new army birds, just used the Tiger Zun cannon to defeat his elite, this fact was too big a blow for Li Dingguo!

"General, withdraw quickly, it's too dangerous here, the artillery of the officers and soldiers can come at any time!"

A brigade commander grabbed Li Dingguo, and after speaking, he beckoned the soldiers around him, and everyone dragged Li Dingguo to the back.

Li Dingguo is not a pedantic person, and he quickly retreated with everyone, and sure enough, as soon as everyone left, the place where he was standing just now was bombarded by the Huzun artillery of the new army, and the thieves and firecrackers who were constantly fleeing around were hit, and there were many dead and wounded.

"Let everyone withdraw and return to the big formation to regroup!"

Li Dingguo finally ordered a retreat, and at this time, only 30,000 pikemen led by Sun Kewang were left in the firearms battalion, and 5,000 horsemen and 5,000 musketeers had all been defeated. But can the pikemen storm the Forces nouvelles line succeed?

At this time, Li Dingguo looked at the left and right wings again, but there was still no sign of the left and rear battalions of the thieves, which made Li Dingguo feel indignant.

"Still not moving?"

In the new army, Liu Yan is also always paying attention to the movements of the two wings of the army, and the heralds of the brigade are constantly going back and forth between the two wings and the Chinese army, passing on all kinds of news.

At this time, the left wing of the thieves, that is, Liu Fangliang's division on the right flank of the new army, and Li Guo's division on the left flank of the new army, still showed no signs of attacking. The strength of the two armies is very strong, each with more than 100,000 horses, although most of them are dead soldiers, to put it bluntly, they are hungry people who are coerced, but after all, there are many ants biting dead elephants, and there are still a large number of elite horsemen and armor soldiers in their troops, Liu Yan naturally does not dare to take it lightly.

The more than 7,000 birdmen of the new army's personal guard battalion were all in place, and 3,000 and hundreds of birdmen were deployed on each wing, plus the artillery on the city wall that could be supported at any time, Liu Yan was confident that he could hold the two wings.

As for the cavalry battalion, Liu Yan was not ready to be sent into battle, the main force of the thieves had not yet been put into the battlefield, and he could not press all the weights on it.

"Li Dingguo has withdrawn, and Sun Kewang's troops are still advancing, should he think that he can rush up with those spearmen?"

At this time, Liu Yan held the clairvoyant mirror, and he could already see clearly the situation of Sun Kewang's 30,000 spearmen, those rogue soldiers were not very well equipped, but the soldiers in the first few rows were equipped with armor, all of which were cotton and leather cuirasses, with very little iron armor, and almost no heavy armor for the whole body.

However, Sun Kewang's army was equipped with a lot of heavy shields in front of the formation, which was an iron shield that was almost the same height as the soldiers, which was not only full of protection, but could form a shield encirclement.

"Order the artillery battalion to prepare and bombard the enemy's heavy shield with the Tiger Zun cannon."

"Yes!"

Soon, Li Dingguo returned to the rear, and together with Ai Nengqi, gathered the defeated troops, and after a while, Li Zicheng sent people to reprimand, and ordered the firearms battalion to continue the attack without stopping.

Li Dingguo almost gritted his steel teeth, and was about to get angry, but he saw that the battle flags on the left and right wings finally moved, and the anger in his heart dissipated a lot.

"Immediately give an order to Kewang, and order his overseers to storm and contain the officers and soldiers, at any cost!"

Ai Nengqi was shocked: "General, our damage is too serious, are you pretending?" ”

"Bastard!"

Li Dingguo said loudly: "As long as Liu Yan is defeated, even if my firearms battalion is wiped out, I will not hesitate to do it." It is enough to build Kaifeng City and rebuild ten firearms battalions. ”

Sun Kewang in front was also ruthless when he received the order, ordering 30,000 spearmen to speed up, and the mighty army advanced forward, and soon advanced to within 100 steps of the new army.

At this time, the soldiers of the artillery battalion were ready, Qian Jian immediately roared and ordered, and the seventy-two Tiger Venerable cannons roared again, and countless scattered bullets smashed into the army of thieves in front of them.

Those heavy shields may be able to block the bird's shots, but in the face of the powerful Tiger Cannon, firing at close range within a hundred paces, no matter how strong the heavy shields are, they can't withstand it, and they are shot through one after another.

In a cacophony of metallic clashes, numerous heavy shields were blasted into scrap metal, and the rogue soldiers hiding behind were also heavily wounded. When the rogue soldiers fell, they brought down the mutilated shields in front of them, revealing their comrades in the rear.

The artillery battalion only used one salvo to tear open the shield of the thieves, Sun Kewang was so shocked that his hairs stood on end, and he couldn't care about any formation at this time, so he directly ordered the whole army to charge, and rushed forward desperately.

Qian Jian looked at the 30,000 troops rushing in the distance, and couldn't help but curse a few words, beckoning the gunners of the artillery battalion to retreat quickly, and everyone dropped all kinds of artillery and ran back quickly. At the same time, Shen Tuo, Guo Rong, Teng Jianghe, and Yu Qian quickly entered the position with the soldiers of the middle battalion.

Shen Tuo, Guo Rong, and Teng Jianghe ordered to shoot almost at the same time, and the power of more than 7,000 bird salvos shook the heavens and the earth, and the firepower network formed was impenetrable, so that the army of thieves in the charge suffered heavy casualties, and the hundreds of thieves who rushed to the front fell to the ground one after another, like countless broken sacks, and kept falling.

The rogue soldiers behind were still charging frantically, and then they were hit by a second round of birdfire volleys, followed by the third, fourth, and fifth rounds.

At this time, Shen Tuo, who was supervising the battle behind the low wall, also had to admit that the thief soldiers in front of him were indeed brave, even in the face of thousands of fast-loaded, powerful, and continuous bird salvos, and in the face of countless companions who died tragically by his side, he still charged non-stop, no matter what the combat strength of such an enemy was, his will alone was no less than that of the slave thief iron horse!

"Thirty paces away from the enemy!"

With the end of the sixth salvo, the spear army commanded by Sun Kewang had already rushed to the front, and Shen Tuo had to order each platoon of bird gunners to fire a large salvo, if the enemy army did not retreat, it was necessary to let all the spearmen and sword and shield men in the middle battalion come forward and start hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

Xu Mingde, the sentry commander of the night non-collection, and Xiao Dongzi, the flag commander, also led the team in the bird gun formation, and in order to maximize the firepower, Shen Tuo also organized all the night guards in the camp.

The crowd quickly filled up, and the seven thousand and hundreds of bird guns were divided into three rows, the front row lay on the ground, and the bird guns were poked out from between the sandbags, and the middle row was half squatting, and the bird guns were also poked out from between the sandbags, and the back row directly lifted the bird guns flat.

At this time, Xiao Dongzi looked at the army of thieves who had almost been pasted, and his heart was nervous, and he kept muttering, wanting to draw his saber and prepare for war.

Li Mingde was also sweating on his forehead, but he gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, this salvo of thieves will not retreat!" ”

At this moment, Shen Tuo roared angrily: "Release!" ”

Seven thousand and hundreds of bird guns fired at the same time, this time the roar was more than any before, even greater than the previous movement of the artillery salvo, and even the left wing Liu Fangliang and the right wing Li Guo, who were overseing the attack, looked at it in surprise, and Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi in the back looked at the front with pale faces.

In an instant, the fierce firepower swept across the front of the formation, and the dense and almost granular gunpowder smoke shrouded the front of the formation, and all parties on the battlefield could not see it really, and they all cast concerned eyes.

A moment later, as the breeze blew, the smoke in front of the new army gradually dissipated, and I saw that there was no living person within fifty paces in front of the low wall......

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