Liu Guoxuan naturally would not let the enemy army form a formation in a good time, and the Ming soldiers here had completed the filling of the flintlock in three or two clicks, and he immediately gave an order, "Aim!" ”

"Put!"

The sound of thunder rang out, and a mist of blood immediately lifted up in the chaotic North Korean army, and even several groups of men and horses retreated in alarm.

However, the density of the Ming army's firepower was still insufficient, and there were still seven or eight hundred Korean front troops barely in position at a distance of more than 50 paces. As the officers of Cui Nanzheng's department shouted the order to shoot, for a while, feather arrows and lead bullets successively covered the Ming army.

Fortunately, the guards of Zheng Chenggong, Liu Guoxuan and others were still wearing cotton armor, and more than 100 of them were at the forefront of the battle formation, blocking most of the bow and gun firepower.

North Korea's guns originated from Japan, but they had to desperately save materials, so the guns were not even two and a half dollars, so they had to go up to 50 paces before they were fired. The infantry army of the Daming Navy Division carried out most of the tasks of attacking behind enemy lines, and Zhu Linmiao specially ordered the Ordnance Bureau to make a batch of cotton armor for them, and the armor was lined with high-quality spring steel from Longnan.

Although many Ming soldiers were shot, only two or three people were injured, and the rest were unharmed. As for those arrows, because the Ming troops who landed on the shore wore helmets, they had almost no effect.

Rao is Cui Nanzheng's men and horses were more than twice as large as the Ming army, but their shooting speed was also twice as slow as that of the Ming army, and the power of firearms and armor were far behind.

In addition, the Ming army always fired a salvo in a tight formation, and the shooting level was much higher than that of these Korean soldiers who could not fire ten shots in their lifetime, so the two sides fired at each other for a few more rounds, and three more soldiers in Choi Nan's main department broke up because they could not bear the huge casualties.

On the other hand, although more than a dozen people fell in the infantry line of the Ming army, someone would immediately come up to pick up their weapons to fill the vacancy, and the overall formation always stood still.

Cui Nanzheng saw that the front team not only did not open the situation for half a day, but also faintly showed signs of defeat, so he scolded angrily at the moment, personally led the 500 rear army to press, and cut down more than a dozen escaped soldiers in a row, and ordered his subordinates to gather the rout and move forward together.

As Cui Nanzheng personally went into battle, more than 1,500 enemy soldiers had gathered on the opposite side of the Ming army, and the bows and guns that shot suddenly became dense, and from time to time, some soldiers of the Sailor Division Infantry Army were injured and fell to the ground.

Liu Guoxuan turned his head and glanced at the sea, there were still two or three hundred steps from the shore in the small boat carrying reinforcements, although everyone was paddling desperately, but it was obviously a while before they landed.

In front of him, an unarmored soldier was shot in the thigh by an arrow, and he immediately lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.

He was very anxious in his heart, if he continued to consume according to this posture, and waited for reinforcements to come ashore, even if he could hold the battle formation without collapse, he would definitely suffer a lot of casualties.

When he raised his eyes, he saw a big pole in the distance fluttering in the wind, and he couldn't help but clench the saber in his hand hard, pointing to the banner and saying loudly: "Order, the fire guns are handed over to the unarmored people, and the armored soldiers will follow me with their swords to take the enemy general!" ”

"Yes!"

The shape of the Ming army was adjusted very quickly, and it only took the enemy's time to reload ammunition once, and more than 100 soldiers gathered around Liu Guoxuan. He ordered nearly a hundred soldiers who did not have firearms, and ordered them to follow closely behind the others, and immediately waved their knives and pointed forward, and roared angrily, "Kill! "Took the lead and rushed out.

These more than 200 Ming soldiers immediately burst out with him with a heart-shattering shout, "Kill!" "With a single knife out of the sheath in his hand, he attacked the enemy formation due north.

Liu Guoxuan's timing was very ingenious, as soon as the Korean soldiers in front of him let go of a round of guns and were pouring gunpowder into the gun tube, they heard the thunderous shouts of killing in the Ming army's array, and a team of men and horses rushed towards them like fierce beasts.

There were three or four hundred soldiers in front of Ju Choi Nam, but they had never seen such a momentum, and before the Ming army rushed closer, these people carried forward the tradition of the Korean army, which was to turn around and flee.

In fact, Liu Guoxuan didn't know that the North Korean soldiers were not good at close combat, he just wanted to raid the enemy to buy time for reinforcements, but he didn't think that his 200 or so people would cut the enemy formation into two sections in an instant.

He met almost no decent resistance along the way, and it didn't take long to see the generals standing under the enemy's army.

Cui Nanzheng was shocked into a cold sweat, and said in his heart that the Ming army was tired and weak, but how could these people be as fierce as beasts?!

He hurriedly ordered his subordinates: "Quickly, quickly mobilize people to surround them!" After leaving his henchmen and officers to break off, he hurriedly retreated north.

Liu Guoxuan rushed forward for a while, and the men and horses who were facing Cui Nan Zheng immediately burst into fire, and the Ming army had to adjust the formation and let the soldiers without armor retract it back.

After a moment's effort, thousands of Korean soldiers surrounded the generals, and they still stopped dozens of paces away as usual and began to form a formation.

Zheng Chenggong saw that the enemy's central army was constantly retreating, but the two wings were surrounding the middle, and immediately realized that it was Liu Guoxuan's position, and hurriedly ordered: "The infantry line is ten steps forward. ”

"Aim!"

"Put!"

"Ten more steps forward......"

Liu Guoxuan glanced at the surrounding enemy troops, chose a relatively weak position, and said in a loud voice: "Keep in formation!" Kill me again! ”

"Yes!"

"Kill—"

However, due to the great difference in numbers between the two sides, they had just engaged the enemy army on the east flank, and they were not afraid that bows and guns were already being fired from several other directions, and even more than a dozen people were wounded and fell.

Liu Guoxuan's eyes were blood-red, and the saber in his hand flew up and down, and the blockers were invincible, but there were only less than 200 people under him, and it was difficult to kill through the enemy formations in a moment.

He saw that the soldiers around him were constantly being hit by the enemy, and he felt that his wrists were numb, and he knew that he had little strength left. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, is my life going to stay here? It's a pity that I can't see the thieves in the north, and Sheji has recovered that day......

At this moment, he suddenly heard a large roar on the south side, and Cui Nanzheng's men and horses were stunned, and then the riot immediately spread throughout the military formation.

"Cannon! The Ming army has artillery! ”

"Run, the enemy has brought artillery ashore!"

"I'm afraid there are dozens of cannons when I hear the movement, so let's run......"

It was the reinforcements of the Ming army that had already landed. They carried improved tiger squat cannons and mounted them on the pier to bombard the enemy.

These cannons were redesigned by Zhu Linmiao, correcting many flaws of the original tiger squat cannon. For example, the muzzle of the gun no longer expands outward, reducing the loss of air leakage; The barrel gradually thins forward, reducing unnecessary weight; It is precision cast in bronze, which is thinner than the iron cast gun body.

The weight of the new cannon has been reduced to less than 50 catties, but the range and power have been slightly improved. Coupled with a movable mount that can be adjusted in height, it is simply a 17th-century version of a mortar.

In fact, the reinforcements only brought five new tiger squat guns ashore, but they carried a sharp weapon forgotten by the Dragon Guards - the Earthquake Thunder, which was the "fragmentation grenade" that Zhu Linmiao improved when he was in Longnan.