29 The battle began

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For l Li Zixiao's appetite is not small, a thousand people can't satisfy him, Wu Laiyun said that he is very annoyed.

Since the White Dragon Army was unwilling to surrender, then he suppressed this gang of bandits, anyway, this time he brought troops here, and he didn't expect to let this gang of bandits go.

If it weren't for Wu Laiyun, who saw that the White Dragon Army was neat and had a strong military demeanor, and was worried that the losses of these officers and soldiers under him would be too great, he would have planned to try if he could recruit Li Zixiao.

Now that Li Zixiao refused, there is nothing to say, only to fight.

So he immediately gave the order, and the officers and soldiers immediately set up a formation.

After a drum beat in the army behind them, Xu Wei raised his waist sword high in his team and shouted, "Brothers, kill thieves!" ”

The thousands of soldiers under his command also followed him and roared violently: "Kill the thief!" And they drew their spears and waist knives, and prepared to charge.

On the contrary, Lin Dafu and other generals on the other side, as well as his subordinates, shouted weakly one by one: "Kill the thief!" "But there was no actual action at all.

Just when Xu Wei was about to lead his troops to rush towards the White Dragon Army, Wu Laiyun ordered someone to stop them and did not let him lead his troops to charge over first.

Instead, he ordered Lin Dafu's generals to lead the troops to charge first, which surprised Lin Dafu for a long time.

It is said that these generals who have come to rub off on military merits are all backers of the back, and those who have greeted Wu Laiyun in advance will not let them rush to the front.

If you want to go up, Xu Wei and those people are on it, and they themselves actually have no way to deal with the group of soldiers under them, and they know that they can't fight a tough battle at all.

The group of White Dragon Army in front of them is obviously not easy to deal with, and if they are allowed to go at this time, won't they be sent to death?

"What? Let's bring people on? Why isn't it Xu Wei and them? ”

Lin Dafu asked the general of the Wu family who came to give the order.

"You have so many words, your lord asked you to send your men and horses to rush first, you just obey the order, otherwise the military law is ruthless, and there will be no forgiveness for killing!"

Wu Laiyun's personal guard captain, who came to give the order, yelled at Lin Dafu with a cold face.

"Yes, obedience."

Lin Dafu's face was ugly, but he could only accept this order.

If he disobeys the commander's order before the battle, the consequences will be killed, and even if Wu Laiyun really kills him, he can only die in vain.

Lin Dafu didn't understand why Wu Laiyun suddenly ordered them to rush into battle, but he still ordered his subordinates to prepare.

"Damn the surname Wu, you let Lao Tzu lead people to rush into battle, Lao Tzu will rush, anyway, there are still your Wu family's children and generals here, as long as you are not afraid of them dying."

Lin Dafu cursed in his heart.

After Lin Dafu's order was issued, a group of generals behind him were also in an uproar, but as Wu Laiyun personally sent a group of generals to supervise them.

Those officers and generals could only forcibly command their soldiers to prepare to charge the formation, causing a lot of commotion.

"What are the officers and soldiers on the other side doing?"

Li Zixiao looked at the chaotic situation of the officers and soldiers opposite, and was a little incomprehensible.

Seeing that a group of officers and soldiers had already begun to move towards the official road, the white dragon army formation on the opposite side rushed over.

A group of people in the rear formation of the officers and soldiers also began to move several artillery pieces and rockets in front of the formation, approaching the front of the formation.

Li Zixiao bowed his head and gave an order to one of the guards beside him, and the guard immediately left the position of the Chinese army and ran towards the mound where Sun Dazhuang's artillery team was hiding.

Sun Dazhuang showed his head on the mound on one side, and he was also nervously observing the officers and soldiers opposite.

Turning his head to the artillerymen behind him, he ordered: "Start loading, prepare to push our guys up, and let this group of officers and soldiers taste the taste of our artillery." ”

That Li Zixiao's own soldier rushed to the back of the mound and shouted to Sun Dazhuang: "The big boss has an order, so that your artillery team will concentrate the fire of the Fran machine gun first, and hit the enemy's artillery first."

The big boss ordered you to ignore the officers and soldiers who rushed over for the time being, and not to use the tiger squat cannon for the time being, and to overturn the artillery of this group of officers and soldiers first, even if your artillery team was a success. ”

Sun Dazhuang turned his head and nodded: "Obey, you go back and tell the big boss, we won't let the big boss down, just ask the big boss to take a look!" ”

After saying that, he immediately shouted to his gunners behind him: "Load up the solid shells, push all our Furlong cannons up for me, and start aiming." ”

Immediately, more than twenty gunners worked together to push their three Furlong cannons up the mound.

They just entered the shallow pit they had dug, and did not expose all the barrels of the guns, but only the muzzles of the guns outside the improvised fortifications.

"Set the cannon for 300 steps, ready to aim!"

Sun Dazhuang stood on the right side of the three Furlong cannons, showing his head and carefully watching the movements of the officers and soldiers opposite.

What they now have, this bronze and iron cast Furlong cannon, although the maximum range can reach about 500 paces.

However, the premise is that the cannon body should be raised to a 45-degree angle, and such an angle and distance make the accuracy and power of these Furlong cannons much lower.

And because of the instability of black powder, it is sometimes difficult to hit the shell to such a distance, so in general, three hundred steps is already considered the farthest distance.

If it is further away, it will be difficult to control the landing point of the shells.

Therefore, Sun Dazhuang based on his understanding of the performance of these guns, as well as the experience of using them on weekdays.

The position of aiming these three Furlong cannons was set at a distance of 300 paces, which happened to be within the range of the artillery placed by the officers and soldiers, otherwise no matter how far it was, the artillery of the officers and soldiers would not be able to hit the White Dragon Army.

Several gunners who were in charge of aiming immediately began to operate the guns, constantly adjusting the elevation angle, moving the gun mounts, and after a while, they shouted: "Three hundred steps to the gun, over!" ”

"Has the Tiger Squat Cannon been reloaded?"

Sun Dazhuang turned his head again to the group of men responsible for loading the tiger squat cannon under the mound, and asked.

"Captain Qiyu, it's already loaded, waiting for the order to fire at any time." One by one, the gun commanders hurriedly replied.

"Okay, you wait below first, don't show your head, wait for the orders of the big boss, and then raise the cannon up, and then we will give the officers and soldiers a big surprise."

Sun Dazhuang commanded them.

"Yes." Several artillery commanders responded one after another.

Li Zixiao rode steadily on horseback, did not take off the big gun, still holding his horsewhip, quietly watching, at this time, rushing from the opposite bank, the army of about seven or eight hundred officers and soldiers.

One by one, these officers and men cautiously rushed towards them, raising their shields high in their hands, and their faces looked cowardly.

"Big boss, it's time for Zhou Dazhu and Li Tianba to move."

Wei Hong was rubbing his hands on the side and asked Li Zixiao.

"Don't worry, let these officers and soldiers get closer, let them go to the trench, and let Zhou Dazhu lead a team of people to clean up this wave of officers and soldiers immediately.

These are not the elite of the official army at first glance, and a group of guys who have come up to act as cannon fodder are not worth the movement of our troops. ”

Li Zixiao smiled calmly and said to Wei Hong.

The position of the White Dragon Army's formation is blocked on the northbound official road under the Wanglong Slope, on both sides of the official road, on one side is the gentle Wanglong Slope, and on the other side is a ravine.

The seven or eight hundred officers and soldiers who rushed over could be killed in front of them in a blink of an eye, but the simple trenches dug by the White Dragon Army on the official road made them have to slow down.

Listening to the rumbling war drums in the large array of officers and soldiers opposite, as well as the earth-shattering shouts of killing, as well as the hundreds of officers and soldiers who rushed over to kill closer and closer, the officers and soldiers of the White Dragon Army were all ready to fight.

At this time, the order given by Li Zixiao also came to Zhou Dazhu's side, and when he heard Li Zixiao let him play in the first round, Zhou Dazhu laughed excitedly.

Then, as he shouted loudly, he immediately pulled out a part of his headquarters and took the initiative to meet this group of officers and soldiers.

Li Zixiao saw this group of officers and soldiers, with thirty sword players lined up in front, holding heavy shields, opening the way in front of the team and covering the generals behind.

They were followed by dozens of officers and soldiers armed with three-eyed guns, and dozens of archers.

They lined up in a dense formation, advancing towards the stone bridge step by step at a speed that was not too fast, constantly shouting the slogan of "killing thieves" to make a strong voice.

When the officers and soldiers of the philosophy department rushed towards them, they did not scatter as before, but formed a tight array, advancing step by step.

This shows that Wu Laiyun has learned the combat characteristics of the White Dragon Army from the officers and soldiers who were defeated by them before, and has formulated countermeasures.

This official road is not very wide, and it is a two-lane road by today's standards.

If people passed side by side, they could only accommodate six or seven people at most, and the slopes and ravines on both sides were impassable.

After a short time, this group of officers and soldiers took the lead with sword and card players, approaching within 100 steps of the White Dragon Army, and even the artillery of the official army was pushed up.

"Order Sun Dazhuang to open fire, knock out the artillery of the official army for Lao Tzu, and don't let them shell our team." Li Zixiao shouted and ordered.

A standard-bearer immediately waved the red military flag in his hand at Sun Dazhuang's side.

When Sun Dazhuang saw it, he immediately shouted: "Brothers, the big boss has given the order, fire the artillery, and bombard the artillery array of the officers and soldiers for Lao Tzu." ”

After several gunners obeyed the order, they immediately pulled out the red-hot iron brazing from the charcoal basin behind them, and slammed the pestle into the fire door on the guns of these Furlong machine guns.

Several fires erupted from the muzzle of the cannon, and three clouds of smoke immediately rose in front of the mound.

Then the sound of artillery reached everyone's ears, and several iron bullets flew out at a speed that was almost discernible to the naked eye, and fell whistling towards the artillery position of the officers and soldiers not far away.

The sudden sound of artillery startled the officers and men who rushed over.

The officers and men who walked in front immediately felt that the hairs on their bodies stood up at once, and they couldn't help but stop.

Including the officers and officers who led the team to fight, they were also frightened, and looked nervously at the side of the White Dragon Army.

When they saw the clouds of smoke rising from the mound behind the right flank of the White Dragon Army, they were all immediately frightened.

The White Dragon artillery was the first to fire, and the whistling shells flew straight over their heads and fell behind them.

"It's not good, the bandits are shooting, hurry up."

After an officer and army officer reacted, he immediately exclaimed in surprise and shouted to his subordinates.

They also thought that the artillery of the White Dragon Army was bombarded against their infantry as usual.

But this time, the White Dragon Army didn't do this, they bombarded the artillery of the official army, clearing the opponent's firepower first.

Seeing the shells flying over their heads, those officers and soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and secretly rejoiced in their hearts.

"These rebels are really a bunch of fools, they actually hit the cannonballs so high that they didn't fall on their heads at all."

An officer of the army who was charging with him said with disdain at this time.

He also thought that this was the soldier of the White Dragon Army who operated the cannon, and his head was not good, so he missed the cannonball.

At this time, those officers and soldiers who were still hesitating didn't dare to stay any longer, and they all started to rush towards the White Dragon Army as if they had been injected with a stimulant.

They were worried that it would be good for the White Dragon Army's artillery to miss once, and if they waited for the next time the White Dragon Army's artillery fired again, it was estimated that they would not be so lucky.

At this time, only by rushing up and strangling with the White Dragon Army can we no longer be threatened by these artillery.

At this time, the shells fired by the three Furlong machine guns of the White Dragon Army artillery team also smashed heavily on an official artillery array that had just been pushed up.

The group of officers and men who were operating the artillery immediately let out an exclamation of surprise, and several unlucky fellows were immediately shot, and were hit by the shells that bounced off the ground, and immediately fell to the ground, and their limbs flew out in all directions.

Wu Laiyun, who was riding on horseback and standing behind to watch the battle, immediately contracted the pupils of his eyes, and his big hand clenched the horsewhip tightly, and the green tendons on the back of his hand bulged.

"These cunning bandits, they actually fired first, or bombarded Lao Tzu's artillery, quickly pass the order, let our artillery concentrate firepower, and kill the bandits' artillery first."

Wu Laiyun saw that the White Dragon Army was the first to bombard, and their artillery, ordered angrily.

Seeing that a large number of officers and soldiers had rushed up, Zhou Dazhu in front had already led a White Dragon Army soldier, about 200 people, sword and shield soldiers and spearmen to form a small formation to meet them.

Li Zixiao shouted to Wei Hong on the side: "Wei Hong, you command the musketeers and archers, get ready, move to the right flank hillside, and the timing of the attack is up to you." ”

"Yes, my subordinates are commanded."

After Wei Hong received the order, he left immediately.

As soon as Wei Hong arrived in the ranks of archers and bird gunners, he turned around and beckoned: "Quickly bring up the gun to Lao Tzu, and the firecrackers and archers are also ready for Lao Tzu, ready to attack at any time." ”

"Brothers, rush over and kill the thief!"

A small flag officer of the army who ran in front shouted loudly, shouting 'kill the thief' in the ranks, and asked his subordinates to speed up and rush across the stone bridge.

At this time, the bird gunners and archers commanded by Wei Hong had also reached the designated position, and even these officers and soldiers had already entered their range.

"Move all the guns to Lao Tzu to the front, and I will beat Lao Tzu hard later!" Wei Hong said to his subordinates. 、

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