On the earthen fort, the guards entered their assigned positions, standing behind the concrete-poured breastwork. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info The instructions they received were very simple: fight to the end in their positions, they are not allowed to retreat without orders, and they will die here.

Although Wei Lianheng did not directly command, he also followed Huang Hansheng and Yang Youji to inspect the wall. He tried his best to look calm, but in fact he was a little nervous. Although the naval battle of the officers and troops was frustrated, but the main force is still there, most of the more than 10,000 troops are the elite soldiers of the standard battalions of various departments, Guangdong has always been known for being good at casting cannons, there must be a lot of Hongyi cannons in the army, the soldiers are fine artillery, compared with the first encirclement and suppression in which they participated, the comparison between the two is like mud, whether they can repel the officers and troops with superior numbers, I really have no bottom in my heart. If this anti-encirclement campaign fails, his opportunity to make contributions and get ahead will be completely lost.

Because of his hard training and his outstanding performance in repelling the encirclement and suppression of pirates by the official army for the first time, Su was assigned to the convex fort facing the official army camp together with dozens of old guards to meet the frontal attack of the official army.

He wiped the Qionghai-style rifle in his hand, checked and counted the paper shells and fixed lead bullets, and quietly waited for the next battle, without any anxiety and nervousness before the big battle. He firmly believed that the host's team would be able to defeat the official army.

All the artillery, including 8 kg mountain guns and newly cast 10 kg field guns, was pushed onto the earthen fort and placed in a temporary cement poured battery.

It was quiet all around, and the whole earthen fort was now completely silent, with no drums and no noise.

Xia Nan led the people to stand on the earthen wall, and he could clearly see the officers and soldiers who were lining up from the various camps in the distance. After the men and horses gathered, with a trumpet as a signal, the whole army drove towards the earthen fort. No matter from which point of view, it is difficult to say that the array of the Ming army is orderly, but the victory is amazing, and the black pressure is pressed to this side.

The Ming army advanced more than a mile, and with a long horn sound, the marching team stopped at a distance of two miles from the earthen fort. The archers and firearms men walked to the front row, a row of men half-kneeling and a row of men standing, ready to fire their arrows at any moment. Behind are rows of pikemen, with swordsmen on the wings, ready to fight.

The Ming army is like so many dark clouds. Xia Nan thought about it, and couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva: 10,000 soldiers, boundless and hopeless, two or three thousand troops and 10,000 troops are completely two concepts, and there will be a fierce battle today.

He Rubin also had such a hunch: the mud wall of the thief's camp was already covered with soldiers, but there was no noise at all, and it was extremely quiet, as if he was ready to attack the attacking officers and soldiers. This feeling made him very unhappy.

In the camp at the south gate, He Zhanran, the general of Qian, was ready to attack, and his Shangguan Chaozhou general Tong Yizhen gave him a hundred horsemen, and he knew that his cavalry would take the lead and test the enemy's camp in a while. It was a very dangerous mission, for it was heard that the enemy's firearms were very powerful, and the attack at sea proved that the rumors were true, and it was likely that the temptation would never return.

The 100 horsemen were already in formation, each with a bow and arrow, ready to harass the enemy with arrows after approaching the earthen wall, testing the enemy's defenses and finding out the weaknesses of the thieves' camp.

After three trumpet sounds, he immediately raised his spear and shouted: "Kill! The first rode out on horseback, and the standard-bearer and a dozen of his own soldiers followed him, followed by a hundred horsemen.

Suddenly, the horse's hooves shook the ground, shouting to kill and shake the sky. The battalions of the army shouted and beat drums and cheered, and the momentum was amazing. There was a slight commotion on the earthen fort.

"Steady, steady." Xia Nan said to Huang Hansheng: "Tell the artillery not to open fire, and use a rifle when you get closer!" ”

He Zhanran's cavalry had rushed to the earthen wall in an instant, and the enemy did not send cavalry or infantry to fight, and they did not even shoot firearms - if it was the Ming army, when the enemy was a hundred feet away from the earthen wall, there would be firearms indiscriminately. He couldn't help but secretly wonder, and prepared to get a little closer to the earthen wall and quickly put a round of arrows and retreat.

He had just ridden his horse past the two convex corners and turned over to pick up his bow, when a gunshot rang out in his ears. Lead bullets fired from each side of the two convex corners swept across the entire cavalry team from the left and right flanks at the same time, and more than twenty cavalrymen fell in an instant. Seven or eight of He Zhanran's own soldiers were dismounted, and countless holes were pierced in the banner. He didn't dare to hesitate, added a whip to the horse's buttocks, and immediately rushed out.

He Rubin could see clearly that the enemy's battalion was very well defended, and if the troops wanted to attack, they had to break through between the two convex corners, no matter which convex angle they attacked, they would be hit by the flank of the fire on the side convex corners, and if they attacked the front of the lox alone, the front was too narrow to deploy their troops.

It turns out that the Lump Fortress is used for such a purpose. He Rubin knew that Hongmao built a fortress in this way, and he had heard about the benefits of this kind of fortress, but he always had some doubts in his heart, and now seeing is believing.

When the opponent is an army armed with superior firearms, the advantages of such a fortress are all too obvious. Now the thief's cannon has not yet fired, but a volley of bird guns has shown such power, He Rubin is secretly worried in his heart. But he didn't show any worry, and still maintained a cold and serious look.

He called Tong Yizhen: "General Tong, the time has come for you to serve the imperial court." You lead the whole army to attack the south of the thieves, and Zhao Shen will attack the east, forming a combined attack. ”

Tong Yizhen received the order and returned to his camp. He Zhanran's men and horses had just returned, and they had lost almost thirty horses, and many of the remaining people were injured.

When He Zhanran saw him coming, he hurriedly came over and saluted.

"Don't be polite, you take the brothers to rest for a while, and then you have to contribute to the court."

Tong Yizhen knew that He Zhanran was a powerful general, extremely not afraid of death, and every time he charged, he was the first, known as the "life-giving general".

"Yes, sir." He Zhanran said, "The thief's firearm is extremely fierce......

"Ben will know." Tong Yizhen didn't say much, he was wearing iron armor and an iron helmet, and immediately turned over and got on the horse. shouted: "Here comes the gun!" ”

One of his own soldiers immediately handed him a spear, he looked at the camp in the distance, roared the spear, jumped his horse, and rushed out. The Chaozhou soldiers under his command rushed forward, and Lei Lian's general Zhao Qiansi and 2,000 men and horses also killed from the east of the county at the same time, attacking in two directions.

For a while, the drums were moving, shouting and killing. Flags of all sizes are all over the mountains, waving in the wind under the dark and dreary clouds. In the blink of an eye, they were less than a kilometer away from the earthen fort. (To be continued.) )