"With the continuous flintlock shots of the dragon guards, a strange scene was formed in the night that shone every ten seconds or so, and then returned to darkness.

Tong Peng, who was sweeping in the rear, originally thought that thousands of men and horses would press up, and those chaotic armies would collapse in an instant, and he never thought that he would encounter resistance.

He stood on his horse and looked into the distance, only to see a two-mile-long defensive line in front of him flickering and darkening, and the sound of guns was dense, and to achieve this formation, at least two thousand guns were required.

In addition, what puzzled Tong Peng the most was that in the night, these people could release the guns without lighting torches!

In such a dark environment, how could they have accurately poured gunpowder into the gun tube?

Even if they could get their hands on the ammunition in the dark, they should at least have some light from the fringe. However, when these people don't let go, it's completely dark.

Naturally, he didn't know that the flintlock guns used by the Dragon Guards didn't have such a thing as an arquebus. The paper bag fixed reload only needs to grope the position of the gun when loading, and then stuff the whole package into it. With the training level of the Dragon Guard, it is not difficult to do this in the dark of night.

Although the loading speed was slower than during the day, the overall rate of fire was still nearly ten times higher than that of the captives on the opposite side due to the use of volleyfire.

Compared with Tong Peng, ordinary Qing soldiers were too close to the Dragon Guard defense line to see the situation of the entire defense line, so they couldn't even know how many enemies there were.

All they knew was that every time the fire flickered on the opposite side, a large piece of their side would fall.

And the Qing soldiers and horses were moving at high speed just now, and the whole formation was running in a mess. The people at the front had already rushed in front of the Dragon Guards, and even killed a lot, and the ones behind were still two hundred paces away, and they couldn't organize an effective counterattack for a while.

The officers of the Jianyu shouted and shouted to return fire, but as soon as the scattered bird guns and bows and crossbows fired a round, the cannon roar that had been silent for a moment in the distance began again, and then twenty iron balls roared into the crowd of captives, immediately causing a terrible scream. Chen Xiongfei's artillery battalion had already turned to this side and opened fire.

I don't know who the enemy is, I don't know how many I have, I don't know what kind of weapon he uses, I don't even know where he is.

In the face of the dense gunfire, and the continuous flying of artillery shells beside him, and the people around him died one after another, the Qing army brigade invariably stopped, and gathered together seventy or eighty paces away from the Dragon Guard front.

If they rush forward and fight hard at this time, they may still pose a little threat to the Dragon Guard. However, in the dark environment, the enemy hiding in the night, no one dared to step forward.

Only moments later, under the determined and sustained attack of the Dragon Guards, the Qing army column soon began to stir up and began to slowly shrink back.

The Dragon Guard's front suddenly shouted in unison, "All load!" ”

The entire line of infantry ceased firing, and everyone returned to the night. The captives were also stunned, after the continuous and regular volley just now, they were still a little uncomfortable for a while.

Suddenly, there was a chorus of shouts from the Ming army's position, "Aim!" ”

"Put!"

The next moment, on the two-mile-long infantry line, a dazzling light suddenly erupted several times stronger than before, and more than 3,000 flintlocks fired at the same time, and the night was almost reflected as day.

The bullets formed a dense "lead net" and slammed towards the captives, and in an instant, hundreds of people were shot and overturned, and the terrifying power of the salvo made the previous slow retreat immediately turn into a turn and flee.

Seeing that the overseer couldn't stop drinking at all, the team had retreated to his side, and Tong Peng hadn't turned a corner for a while. When he left Xianxia Pass today, he still led an army of 5,000 and designed to encircle the chaotic army to wipe it out in one fell swoop, but now it was his own army that couldn't stop retreating!

Artillery and thousands of enemy soldiers poured out of the night, and the darkness in the distance was like a huge trap, and I don't know how many enemies were still hiding there.

Pitfall? Yes, it must be a trap! The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he turned his head and shouted to his own soldiers: "After the herald chapter and the Rong Palace, the rest of the men and horses will withdraw to the pass!" ”

"Huh!"

Tong Peng looked at the chaotic situation again, closed his eyes and sighed, pulled the reins hard, and led more than a dozen personal soldiers to run straight towards Xianxia Pass.

……

"His Royal Highness King Chen?!"

Lin Yaotian and Zhang Guoxuan glanced at each other, hurriedly knelt down, and said in a loud voice: "The grass people meet His Royal Highness King Chen." ”

"No need to be polite." Zhu Linmiao helped them up and asked, "Who are the two of you?" And why are you fighting with the captives here? ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, the grass people's name is Lin Yaotian. After Jianyu entered Fujian, the officers and troops avoided the enemy without fighting, and the grass people led the regiments of several nearby townships to practice the captives. ”

He pointed to the tall man beside him again, "He's Fu Ninghai...... Maritime businessman, surname name Guoxuan. The captives entered Funing Prefecture and killed more than 60 people in his hometown......"

Zhang Guoxuan continued: "I took the sailors on the ship to go ashore to kill the captives and avenge my relatives." A few days ago, Brother Lin sent someone to contact me, saying that Jiannu had a large number of grain and grass and heavy baggage to leave Xianxia Pass, and he was afraid that he would not have enough manpower, so he invited me to attack and rob together. Unexpectedly, he was betrayed by a spy and revealed his whereabouts......"

When he said this, he bowed to Zhu Linmiao, "If it weren't for His Highness leading the troops to rescue me tonight, I am afraid that the two of us would have been killed by thieves at this time." ”

Lin Yaotian also gave a deep salute, "Thank you, Your Highness, for saving your life!" ”

"We are with the foreign captives, and we don't need to say thanks." Zhu Linmiao thought for a while, and then asked Lin Yaotiandao, "Do you know how many Qing troops are in Xianxia Pass?" ”

"There were originally about 3,000 people in Guanshang, but this time the thieves attacked the two of us, and they actually dispatched four or five thousand men and horses, and even brought a lot of artillery." Lin Yaotian glanced north, "According to the grass people's expectations, there are not many defenders left in that Xianxia Pass now." ”

Zhu Linmiao's eyes froze when he heard this, so he had to attack Xianxia Pass now!

If it is really as Lin Yaotian said, then it is time to take advantage of the emptiness in the pass to seize the pass, which can minimize casualties.

And even if there are still defenders in Xianxia Pass, they have to attack at this time, otherwise if these four or five thousand Qing troops escape into the pass, they will definitely pay a greater price if they want to attack again.

As he was thinking, he heard a sudden roar of fire erupt from the battlefield.

Zhang Jiayu immediately walked over and saluted: "My lord, the captive army has begun to rout!" ”

Lin Yaotian and Zhang Guoxuan were stunned when they heard this, it was four or five thousand Jianyu, and it took less than two moments to be defeated? ! I sighed in my heart, I often hear rumors that King Chen is good at fighting, and today I can see that it is true!

Zhu Linmiao climbed up and looked up, only to see that the narrow "wavy line" composed of torches in the distance was constantly receding, and there were even signs of scattering and fleeing.

He immediately said to Zhang Jiayu: "Send someone to order the camp to be broken, immediately march north, and divide 4,000 people to pursue and defeat the army." The rest of them quickly go to Xianxia Pass! ”

"Yes!"

"The heavy cavalry of the Dragon Guard assaulted in the middle and broke through a passage among these defeated troops. All the cavalry arrived at the Xianxia Pass as fast as possible, waiting for the opportunity to forcibly capture the pass! The artillery battalion has two horses, followed by the cavalry, and cooperates with the strong attack! ”

"Yes!"

"Liu Guoxuan's department didn't want to pay attention to these captives in front of him, and rushed to Xianxia Pass from the passage opened by the cavalry! The rest of the infantry battalions pursued the enemy in alternate cover, striving to completely defeat them as quickly as possible, and then also assembled under Xianxia Pass. Xianxia Pass must be captured tonight! ”

"Yes!" "