493 Desperate Formation

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What Liu Tichun didn't know was that at this time, the cavalry under his chanting not only failed to escape, but encountered a more fierce attack than their side.

Thundered!

A few miles ahead, there was a dense and loud explosion that sounded like the sound of artillery.

In order to deal with Liu Tichun's cavalry, Li Zixiao was like most of the iron-shelled mines they carried in advance, and all of them were concentrated in the hands of the 'Iron Blood Battalion'.

This team of men is responsible for guarding the distance from the exit of this mud ditch.

When Liu Tichun asked his cavalry to rush out frantically along the ravine, they were ambushed halfway.

The soldiers of the iron-blooded battalion of that team directly used tree trunks and gravel to pile up on the second half of the ravine, blocking the rush of the thief cavalry.

After successfully blocking these cavalry, and next, the soldiers of the Iron Battalion emerged from the slopes on both sides.

They threw the ignited iron-clad mines into the group of thieves and cavalry below the ravine.

These iron-clad mines were like primitive grenades, which exploded when thrown down, and were nothing short of devastating for the cavalry trapped in such a narrow ravine.

The cavalry, which has lost its speed advantage, is basically no threat, and they are trapped in such a narrow area that they have nowhere to hide.

In the face of the throwing, and then violently exploded, the small lead bullets, small iron balls, and broken pieces of iron contained in the iron-shelled mines flew out in all directions.

Then there was a burst of the wailing of the war horses and the screams of the thieves and cavalry, Li Zixiao wanted to be completely annihilated this time, and never give any of the thieves a chance to escape.

At this time, Liu Tichun listened to the explosions coming from the ravine in front of him, and he was also panicked in his heart, worried that something would happen to the cavalry.

But at this time, he was even in danger himself, and the cavalry was even more out of reach.

Facing the shooting of the musketeers of the White Dragon Army in the trenches on both sides, Liu Tichun was protected by two personal soldiers, lying on the ground, not daring to get up easily.

Liu Tichun's back was already soaked with sweat.

In the face of such a fierce firepower, those thieves and soldiers had already messed up and looked for suitable cover to dodge.

However, in this ravine, it had already been cleaned up by Li Zixiao's people before, and it had become very empty, and there were only a handful of places where you could hide from muskets.

Liu Tichun recovered from the initial panic, and the sound of artillery in the valley was deafening, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled.

However, they managed to find some hidden positions where they could hide from the White Dragon Musketeers from the slopes on either side.

At this time, Liu Tichun's ferocity was also completely stimulated, although the White Dragon Army's firepower was so fierce, he was still unwilling to fail.

"Lao Tzu followed King Chuang, how many winds and rains have come, and he can still capsize in this small yin and ditch."

Liu Tichun estimated in his heart the number of ambushes of the White Dragon Army, and in the end he knew that the ambushes of the White Dragon Army were not estimated to be very many, at least the firearms in their hands were sharp.

Among Liu Tichun's subordinates, there are a group of old brothers, these people are all battle-hardened, and they have followed him all the way to kill, and after the initial panic, they quickly calmed down.

These elite thieves under Liu Tichun are all equipped with iron armor, and the number of them has reached more than 500 people, which he has continuously accumulated in his years of warfare.

At this time, the ravine was filled with gunpowder smoke, and the screams of wounded thieves were filled.

Liu Tichun was lying on a low place at this time, squinting his eyes, thinking in his heart.

The mouth of the valley that came in has been blocked by the White Dragon Military Franc machine, so needless to say, it is estimated that the exit of the valley in front of it must have been blocked.

Coupled with the explosion from the front, most of the cavalry did not stand out.

"It's a pity that it's too late to join up with the cavalry now, so we have to immediately concentrate our men and horses to rush on the hillsides on both sides, which is the only chance to break through."

At this time, Liu Tichun could see that the mouth of the valley in front and behind this valley had already been blocked by the White Dragon Army, and it was unlikely that he would rush out.

The only way to break through now was to rush up the slopes on both sides of the ravine, which were not too steep.

The White Dragon Army dug trenches on the slopes on both sides of the ravine, and the musketeers of the White Dragon Army shot in the trenches.

But these trenches were distributed in different positions, and not all the slopes on both sides of the valley were full of White Dragon musketeers.

If that's the case, there will be no need to fight this battle at all, Liu Tichun will be seconded when he comes up, and Li Zixiao doesn't have so many soldiers!

Liu Tichun made up his mind, waved his knife and pointed at the northern hillside, and shouted: "Everyone, follow me and kill out!" ”

After hearing Liu Tichun's words, thousands of thieves all shouted, held their knives, and then followed Liu Tichun to the side of the hill.

Liu Tichun didn't choose randomly, he had long observed that from that direction, the White Dragon Army musketeers had the weakest firepower.

And Liu Tichun was followed by those who were most loyal to him, more than 500 elite old thieves, and hundreds of new thieves, a total of about 1,000 people.

As for the many more thieves, they remained in the ravine for the time being, and continued to hide in some of the temporary safe positions they had found.

These thieves were really frightened by the terrible rain of bullets from the White Dragon Army musketeers just now.

At this time, they were all shocked when they saw Liu Tichun rushing directly to the hillside, but these people were also instigated, and no one dared to follow.

They all saw that lead bullets were constantly being shot on the mountain, and they rushed up at this time, aren't they looking for death? There was a lesson from the past.

However, these thieves did not think that if they continued to stay in the valley like this, they were actually waiting for death, which was equivalent to a slow death.

They are just instinctive, constantly fleeing in the ravine, like headless flies, and at the same time they can die at any moment.

At this time, even if Liu Tichun found that there were many thieves behind him and didn't rush up with him, he couldn't control these people anymore.

"A bunch of idiots!" Liu Tichun scolded in his heart.

Now he only hopes that he can take these five hundred elite thieves and escape back through an opening.

"Pay attention, the thieves are rushing to our side, and the tiger is ready."

Just when Liu Tichun led the thieves and rushed up the hillside, just above their side, a banner general of the White Dragon Army named Tan Kai was standing in the trench with his own banner, leaning against the chest wall and shooting.

Tan Kai, as a banner general of the 'Iron Blood Battalion', is in charge of this section of the hillside, and they are equipped with three tiger squat cannons.

Now, Tan Kai has six gunners under his command and is responsible for operating these three tiger squat guns.

Tan Kai led people to erect these three tiger squat cannons in front of the trench, dug a pit in the ground, fixed the second half of the tiger squat cannon in the pit, and nailed the front cannon claws to the ground with iron nails.

In this way, the tiger squat cannon can be regarded as fixed.

Like the Franc cannon, the Tiger Squat Cannon mainly relies on shotguns to kill enemies.

Now, in the White Dragon Army, Li Zixiao somewhat uses the Tiger Squat Cannon as a disposable machine gun, which is used to strengthen the firepower of musketeers.

Bang bang bang!

During this period, more than 100 musketeers of the White Dragon Army under Tan Kai did not stop shooting, and the same was true of musketeers from other directions.

Li Zixiao's formation arrangement in this valley is very unique, with continuous artillery striking and bombarding the enemy troops in the valley within 100 paces from the slopes on both sides.

The musketeers in the long trench were divided into three sections, firing incessantly, without intervals.

This battlefield in particular was still so advantageous to them, and it was even more impossible to break through on the slopes on both sides, with antlers, thistles, breastwork, trenches, artillery, and muskets.

Behind the breastwork, there are also sword and shield soldiers who can be killed at any time, and for the enemy, this is simply the valley of death.

Listening to the screams and wails below, Tan Kai even felt a little unbearable in his heart, but he also knew that now on the battlefield, either the enemy would die or I would die.

Tan Kai has always kept in mind the words of Li Zixiao's admonition, kindness to the enemy is cruelty to himself and his comrades, before the enemy does not lay down his arms and raise his hands to surrender, the best way is to kill him.

The enemy of the White Dragon Army has only two results, either surrender, which is very, because the premise of this is that the White Dragon Army accepts surrender.

Either it will perish, and this time, the result that Li Zixiao wants is total annihilation, which means that this time the White Dragon Army will not accept the surrender of these thieves.

"Kill! Rush over and you'll be alive. In this short distance of a few tens of meters, Liu Tichun was constantly attacked by the muskets and artillery of the White Dragon Army around him, suffering heavy casualties, leaving behind corpses in one place.

However, Liu Tichun, the five hundred elite thieves, was really not afraid of death, and in the face of such fierce firepower of the White Dragon Army, he was not afraid at all.

After paying a lot of casualties, Liu Tichun finally rushed to 30 meters in front of Tan Kai's formation.

The closer the enemy gets and the denser the formation, the stronger the lethality of the tiger squat cannon, and at a distance of thirty meters, Tan Kai should directly fire.

"Fire!"

With Tan Kai's order, the three soldiers next to him raised their torches and ignited the fuse, and the tiger squat cannon let out three roars, spewing out a large piece of lead bullet.

The small lead bullets and small iron balls sprayed out, and one of the thieves who was blocking the front was immediately unlucky.

Buckshot slashed through the thief's arm like a sharp blade through butter, easily slicing through, and blasting off the thief's arm.

A thief next to him was as unlucky, his thigh was cut off by a piece of iron, and after he fell to the ground, he hugged his thigh and screamed and wailed.

For a while, Tan Kai's broken arm, severed thigh, broken abdomen, and flowing intestines in front of the battle, blood spurted, screaming and wailing.

Several thieves who had been shot in the body, but had not died for a while, let out earth-shattering screams, but unfortunately no one cared about them.

Although these small lead bullets are not as fierce as the large lead bullets, they are more numerous, and they are often hit in more than one place, and they will die if they hit the head.

If there is no armor in the chest or abdomen, and if you are hit, you are basically certain to die.

The main reason is that the distance is too close, even if the accuracy of the tiger squat gun is extremely poor, and the hit rate is not high.

It can be bombarded at a distance of thirty meters, and it is still the enemy who is bombarded, and such a dense group of enemies is simply a dozen large areas.

"Sword and shield soldiers ready to attack!" At this time, Tan Kai gave the order again.

At this time, the thief soldiers led by Liu Tichun had already rushed to a very close distance from them, and he had to prepare the sword and shield soldiers behind him.

Otherwise, once Liu Tichun rushed over with the thief soldiers, the musketeers in front would be of little use.

Liu Tichun saw the thieves who kept falling in front of him, and his heart was also painful, they were the most elite thieves under him, they died this time, I don't know how long it will take to rebuild.

However, at this time, Liu Tichun was not distressed, he was reluctant to let the child trap the wolf, he wanted to successfully break through, he had to bear such a price.

With his sword in one hand and his shield in the other, he continued to rush forward without hesitation.

On either side and behind him were hundreds of old brothers in iron armor, also holding shields, charging in a scattered line toward the hillside.

Liu Tichun, who has fought with the official army many times, knows that there is generally no need to be afraid of artillery bombardment, these cargo cannons are difficult to hit people, but if there are many cannons, you can lie on the ground and dodge.

Moreover, the artillery of the official army is very troublesome to load, as long as you pass through a wave, you basically don't have to worry about being shelled again.

And if the opposite side is a firecracker array, then it is best to disperse the array a little, the denser the array, the easier it will be to be hit, as long as you line up to charge in a straggler line, the firecracker is actually not terrible.

And as long as he is lucky enough, he can charge into the enemy line at most by paying about 10% of casualties.

And with his experience, as long as they can be allowed to rush into the formation of the officers and soldiers, their next battle will be much easier, at least some of the two sides will fight, and it will no longer be a one-sided beating.

It's just that at this time, since Liu Tichun launched this charge, he has lost at least thirty percent of his strength until now, but he still hasn't rushed over.

In fact, the artillery and firecrackers around the White Dragon Army have been attacking him all the time, and the artillery and firearms of the White Dragon Army are simply worlds different from the previous officers and soldiers.

The rate of fire is ridiculously fast, and fortunately, the most elite thieves who follow him are the most elite thieves, otherwise if they are replaced by other thieves, it is estimated that they would not dare to continue to rush.

Liu Tichun was leading people and rushed to about twenty steps in front of Tan Kai's array, only then did he realize that the White Dragon Army had not only set up an ambush here, but also dug a trench on the hillside.

And the gunners hid in the trenches and fired, revealing only one head.

And to his surprise, at this time, from behind those White Dragon Army musketeers, a group of sword and shield soldiers appeared, and they were coming around the two wings of the musketeers.

"They are arranged in the front with the firecrackers, but the sword and shield soldiers are arranged in the back, which is really bold!" Liu Tichun thought in his heart.

"Rush over and kill them all, and we'll be able to get out."

But at this time, Liu Tichun also saw the hope of breaking through, as long as he defeated the white dragon soldiers in front of him, they could tear a hole and escape.

Moreover, at this time, there are not many white dragon soldiers here, and there are only three or four hundred people when they are full, which is less than the people they bring.

And some of them are musketeers, and their melee strength is not very good, and the only obstacle to them is the group of sword and shield soldiers who suddenly appeared.