More than 30 scouts of the firearms battalion rode their horses into the night, and Ainengqi and the others could only hear the sound of the iron hooves of the war horses in the distant night, but they couldn't see through the scene in the night.

Suddenly, the night to the south flickered in an instant, accompanied by the roar of fire.

Between the flashes and dimming of the firecrackers, Ainengqi was stunned to see countless officers and soldiers, and saw that more than 30 scouts who rushed out were shot and fell off their horses, and soon there was no sound.

"Enemy attack!"

Ai Nengqi roared with all his strength, and the 15,000 horsemen in the camp, as well as the more than 2,000 gunners and baggage soldiers of the artillery team, suddenly blew up the nest, and began to assemble and arm in the shouting and shouting of their respective superiors.

But at this time, the military spirit of the cavalry and artillery team had begun to waver, and the speed of deployment had slowed down, so anxious that Ai Nengqi kept roaring and yelling.

At the same time, Li Dingguo at the head of the city also heard the roar of the fire in the south, and hurriedly led his troops to this side to watch, only to see that in the night outside the city in the south, the roar of the army advancing forward in formation began to be heard, and it was getting closer and closer to the city of Quyang County, as if the elf who came out of the dark night, which made Li Dingguo's heart very nervous, he had never been so nervous after so many years in the army, and immediately shouted: "Prepare for war, start war!" ”

In an instant, Li Dingguo's roar was not over, and countless torches were lit one after another in the wilderness south of Quyang County, like the stars in the night sky reflected on the earth, boundless and magnificent.

"How is this possible!"

Li Dingguo looked at the scene outside the city in disbelief, in the south of Quyang County, the almost endless army array

, all the way to the south where the night sky meets the earth.

Even if Li Dingguo can't see the whole picture of the army outside the city now, he must know that this is Liu Yan's army, and it is also the entire main army, but he is annoyed, why did he guess that Liu Yan came from the direction of Xinle County until now, otherwise if he contacted Li Laiheng's department in the front camp one day earlier, the battle situation would not be tonight!

"Order the artillery team to open fire immediately and bombard Liu Yan's army formation first!"

Before Li Dingguo's order was sent out of the city, Qian Qian outside the city was already standing in the artillery array, and the hundreds of artillery pieces in the artillery battalion had all been loaded.

In this raid, Liu Yan learned that Li Dingguo had led his army into the city and had deployed the corresponding defenses, so the strategy of dividing troops to raid from all sides like Xingtang County would not work.

Therefore, Liu Yan concentrated his forces, taking the artillery battalion as the forerunner, the front battalion, the rear battalion, the middle battalion, the left battalion, and the right battalion of the new army were arranged according to the battalion number, and the guard battalion and the middle battalion were in the middle of the army, and as the middle army, the cavalry battalion followed behind the guard battalion.

With such a deployment, Liu Yan also made up his mind, if the surprise attack failed, then he would fight at night head-on, and take out all his fighting spirit to fight against Li Dingguo, which can be regarded as respect for Li Dingguo, a famous general.

At this time, Qian Yan roared loudly: "Fire!" ”

Rumble!

The artillery battalion of the new army took the lead in firing artillery, the Hongyi cannon was always aimed at the southern city wall of Quyang County, the Fulang machine gun and the rocket artillery were always aimed at the thief artillery team outside the city, as well as the Xiaocai camp and the Huzun artillery were always on alert, ready to "block" any rogue soldiers and horses who rushed to the front.

At the same time, Liu Yan was also completely prepared to be in the army quickly

When he went north, he also ordered people to prepare a large number of sandbags, which had been deployed in front of the artillery camp by the baggage soldiers of the front battalion at this time to block the shelling of the thief artillery team.

"Reload! Put! ”

Rumble!

The firepower of the artillery battalion of the new army continued, and the general artillery was divided into three shifts to take turns firing a salvo, suppressing the thief firearms battalion very badly.

At this time, Ainengqi braved the artillery fire and commanded the artillery team to fire back, and only 230 or 40 of the 300 artillery pieces could be fired normally at this time, and the remaining artillery pieces were either killed by the new army artillery camp, or they were frightened by the surprise attack of the new army, and fled elsewhere in a hurry.

"Put!"

Ainengqi roared loudly, the thief firearms battalion and the new army artillery battalion bombarded each other, the artillery of both sides continued to shine in the dark night, illuminating the earth under the night, the gorgeous scene, the sound of the heaven and earth, so that the morale of the new army battalions was greatly boosted, and the fighting spirit was high, and the thief firearms battalion was suppressed by this sudden artillery array, most of the soldiers fell into panic, even panic, and the morale of the army began to fall rapidly.

Rumble!

While urging the artillery team to return fire, Ainengqi ordered 15,000 horsemen to assemble and flank the positions of the new army's artillery battalion from the west.

But at this time, the cavalry camp was also under the blow of the new army artillery battalion, and the fierce rockets and a considerable number of shells continued to fall, beating the fifteen thousand cavalry into a daze, although the casualties are only a few hundred so far, and it is not much to put it among the fifteen thousand men and horses, but this continuous bombardment is a fatal blow to morale, and the fear spreads rapidly in the Xiaocai camp, although the order to attack has been conveyed

, but the soldiers and horses were never able to assemble.

At the same time, Li Dingguo was also guarded by his personal guards and hid in the city tower. Just now, Li Dingguo saw with his own eyes that a lieutenant beside him was hit by a cannonball, and the strong body of that lieutenant was instantly shattered, even if he was wearing excellent armor, it was difficult to resist the direct hit of the cannonball!

And the thief soldiers at the head of the city were also frightened by the power of the Hongyi cannon, and a cannonball of nearly ten catties smashed heavily on the head of the city, no matter how strong the city wall was, it would also be smashed into rubble and fly. Those flying rubble instantly turned into life talismans, and as long as they were hit, they were basically seriously injured or killed on the spot!

What's even more terrifying is that the cannonballs fired by the Hongyi cannon are very powerful, and it is very easy to rebound when smashed on the city wall, and then sweep left and right in the crowd, directly taking away a large number of human lives, stumps and broken arms, and even large pieces of minced meat, all of which are vented on the city wall, and the scene is very bloody.

At this time, Li Dingguo stood in the city tower with a pale face, listening to the roar of hundreds of artillery pieces on both sides outside, and listening to the screams and shouts of the soldiers under his command on the city wall, and his heart was very uncomfortable.

Since following his father-in-law to raise the army, how many battles have he experienced, how much effort he has paid, why is he still so powerless when he fights against Liu Yan, he has always been suppressed and beaten, even if he has been equipped with a large number of firearms, he still can't gain the upper hand, why is this?

For a moment, Li Dingguo wanted to directly order surrender, wanted to see Liu Yan with his own eyes, and asked Liu Yan about the doubts in his heart.

But this thought was interrupted by a shout, and only one was seen

The lieutenant rushed into the city tower in a panic and said loudly: "General Qiqi, our army's cavalry has been hit by official artillery fire, and it has shown a rout momentum, General Youguo Yi asked to lead the army into the city to assist in defense!" ”

Li Dingguo gritted his teeth and said, "Not allowed! Ordered the right Guoyi general Ainengqi to immediately organize a cavalry charge and raid the official artillery array at any cost! ”

"Yes!"

After this order was issued, Li Dingguo's heart was full of pain, because Li Dingguo knew that Ai Nengqi led his troops to attack the official artillery array, that would be the end of ten deaths, if his righteous brother died in battle, would he still have the courage to live?

At this time, Li Dingguo closed his eyes painfully.

"What?"

Ai Nengqi looked at the lieutenant who came back to recover his life, and said in disbelief: "Now attack Liu Yanbu's artillery array?" There are 100,000 elite new troops over there, how to rush! ”

The lieutenant bowed his head and did not dare to speak.

Then Ainengqi sighed and said: "General Zhi is right, and this is the only way to interrupt the artillery bombardment of the official army at the moment, but what to do after that?" If you want to defeat Liu Yanbu, it is not something that the firearms battalion can do on its own, and it can't be done! ”

"General, what should we do then, do we really want to attack the official artillery array?"

At this time, several subordinates around him all showed timidity, Ai Nengqi looked at everyone's expressions, and the only trace of war intent in his heart had disappeared, and then the whole person sat down deflated, and said: "You maintain the situation here, I will go into the city to meet the general!" ”

Ainengqi hurriedly rode his horse into the city, but the cavalry and artillery behind him became more and more turbulent

The cavalry began to slowly retreat, and the firepower of the artillery team also weakened considerably.

"General!"

Ainengqi rode his horse to the south city tower, and said breathlessly: "The artillery fire of the general officer army is too fierce, and there is still the main force of the bird and the gunners in the back, and now the impact of the official army artillery array, 15,000 horsemen will be over!" ”

Li Dingguo was shocked and said angrily: "Xiao Qi hasn't charged yet? ”

Ainengchi said with some weakness: "I haven't ordered it yet." ”

"Bastard!"

Li Dingguo said angrily: "If you don't charge while the courage of the horseman's blood is still there, when will you wait?" Do you want to wait until the troops are defeated, and then launch a counterattack! ”

Ai Nengqi was speechless, the situation at this time is almost a dead end, if you charge, the best result is a miserable victory, and the probability is defeat. If you don't charge, you can only wait for death, and there is no room for maneuver.

"So what now?"

Li Dingguo sighed and said, "I have ordered people to prepare sandbags overnight and deploy them all to the city to guard against Liu Yan's artillery fire and bird firepower. Next, we have to defend the city and wait for reinforcements! ”

"The general is saying that the cavalry and artillery team will be transferred into the city?" ”

"Only Xiao Qi!"

Li Dingguo gritted his teeth and said: "It's too late for the artillery team to be mobilized, so we can only let the Xiaoqi enter the city as soon as possible to preserve our strength!" ”

Three hundred guns!

At this time, Li Dingguo and Ainengqi's hearts were dripping blood, this is most of the belongings of the firearms battalion, and they are about to be forced to give up under a surprise attack by Liu Yanbu?

Ai Nengqi said angrily: "Then let the artillery team continue to fight against Liu Yanbu and cover Xiao Cavalry into the city!" ”

"Good!"

Soon Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi acted separately, Li Dingguo went out of the city tower to urge the deployment of sandbags under the protection of the guards, but under the bombardment of the new army artillery battalion, the process of deploying sandbags on the south city wall was very slow, and it was often just stacked on a section of sandbag wall, and before it could be reinforced, it was smashed by several shells.

"Send someone over again, and first concentrate manpower to deploy a sandbag defense line on the southern city wall!"

Li Dingguo didn't care much at this time, and began to exchange his lives for the defense line, constantly mobilizing troops and horses from the rest of the city, and soon the number of thieves and firearms battalions on the southern city wall increased by 30%, and the number of casualties caused by the new army's artillery battalion also increased rapidly.

At the same time, Ainengqi rode his horse out of the south city gate, and the scene became even more chaotic at this time, 15,000 horsemen had already suffered thousands of casualties, and the remaining horsemen had begun to retreat, gathering near the south gate, and there were constantly soldiers and horses taking the opportunity to rush into the city from the city gate, and Ainengqi's loud shouts were to no avail.

"Immediately rectify and enter the city according to the establishment with General Ben!"

Ainengqi roared loudly, after a large number of horsemen received orders one after another, where were there still people to go to the whole team, and they rode their horses along the south gate to rush into the city, and the camp of Xiaocai became even more chaotic, and even many soldiers and horses began to trample on each other.

In the artillery camp in front, Ainengqi's order had not yet been conveyed here, but the news that the cavalry army had begun to enter the city dispersed first, and the artillery team suddenly began to panic, a large number of gunners turned around and ran, and the counterattack of the firearms battalion artillery team was instantly muted.

"Huh?"

At this time, Liu Yan looked at the thief firearms battalion in front of him and suddenly fell silent, just now

The artillery fire, which was still flickering, suddenly all dimmed, and only the shouts and noises of the retreating of the brigade of soldiers and horses remained outside the south gate of Quyang County.

"The enemy is going to withdraw into the city, and the herald battalion is ordered to immediately stop firing, and the infantry battalions immediately launch a general attack!"

"Today's third chapter is presented, please smile at the guests."