Although the soldiers and horses in Baoding are not called a strong army, they are much stronger than the officers and soldiers that Liu Zongmin encountered in Henan, and thousands of cavalry are not much more displaced than themselves, which is naturally not a problem, not to mention, the infantry without an array against the charging cavalry has no suspense.

Liu Guozhu was old and strong, taking the lead, leading his own soldiers to rush to the forefront, all the cavalry formed a cone, and the chaotic homeless people rushed open a big hole, and the homeless people wielding spears and clubs were either knocked away by the galloping war horses or cut down to the ground, and they could not stop the cavalry charge at all.

The Baoding cavalry skillfully held the saber horizontally, and with the speed of the war horse, easily cut the throat and chest of the homeless, the blood flowed in mid-air, and the corpses were everywhere the iron hooves went.

After cutting through the ranks of the homeless, Liu Guozhu turned his horse's head and rushed back with his subordinates in the opposite direction.

With the sound of "poof" blades entering the flesh, mixed with sporadic blade collisions, Liu Guozhu led his troops to rush into the crowd again, harvesting the lives of the homeless people like cutting leeks, and the homeless people fell to the ground in pieces. Occasionally, the cavalry was swept off their horses by spears or clubs, but the overall slaughter remained one-sided.

In the distance, Liu Zongmin looked at the battle situation in front of him, and did not feel sorry for the deaths and injuries of the displaced people, as if the dead were not living people, but a group of ants that had nothing to do with him, he just smacked his mouth and said: "The officers and soldiers in Baoding still have two brushes, which are more difficult to deal with than the officers and soldiers in Henan." ”

The left and right were a little flustered, and they all suggested: "General, go to the old camp!" ”

"No, the morale of the officers and soldiers is high right now, and there is no need to let the old battalion fight hard." Liu Zongmin rolled his eyes and waved his hand, "Come on, invite those cannons, it's time for these cannons to show their skills, please Baoding General Soldier taste the taste of artillery." ”

The left and right sides looked at each other, and someone asked, "However, our people are also on the other side, wouldn't it be ...... to bombard them with artillery?"

"The kindness of a woman!" Liu Zongmin glared at this person, "This kind of goods, as long as you take down a few counties, how many or how many you want, if you die, you will die, what does it matter?" ”

Several "lite" mountain cannons were lifted up and erected at the front of the team, aiming at the thousands of people in the fierce battle.

Xia Nan "friendlyly sponsored" Li Zicheng more than a dozen mountain cannons, and after actual combat tests, it was confirmed that their sophistication was far superior to the captured imperial court Fulong machine guns and even Hongyi cannons, which were regarded as treasures by the Dashun army, and were easily not used, and would only be taken out in major battles. Although it is a simple version, the white iron material cannot be compared with the gray iron used by the Qiong Navy, but because of the use of iron mold casting cannon technology, the performance is still very good, but the life is very short, which is more than enough to deal with ordinary officers and soldiers.

Liu Zongmin won Li Zicheng's trust, and as a vanguard unit, he was also assigned a few mountain cannons, because the weight was very light, a few people could carry it away, so he took it with him in case of emergency. Now that he has encountered a hard character like Liu Guozhu, he has activated this big killer. He ordered: "Aim ahead, give Lao Tzu a damn blow." Remember, the cannon is used sparingly, this thing can't be built, and you have to ask for it in Guangdong when it runs out, it's too troublesome......"

The gunners of the Dashun Army, who had been trained by Liu Heizi and others, scooped out an appropriate amount of black powder from the medicine barrel, poured it into the muzzle, and then took out a smooth and round solid bullet, carefully put it into the muzzle, slowly slid into the bottom of the cannon, and then inserted the fuse rope from the ignition port to prepare to open the cannon.

Such a launch step is more cumbersome than that of the Joan Navy, but it is deliberate. Xia Nan deliberately concealed the gunpowder packs, wooden trays, and scientific aiming technology of the fixed artillery shells, in order to open up a gap in military skills with them, so as to avoid shooting himself in the foot and being injured by his own shells when he met in the future. Because the artillery of the Ming army was also a similar step, no one in the Dashun army doubted it, and no one knew that the rate of fire of their artillery was several times slower than that of the Qiong navy, and the amount of charge would directly lead to a fatal effect - less gunpowder, and the shells could not hit far; There is too much gunpowder, and it is easy to blow up.

When everything was ready, the gunners lit the fuse. At this time, the battle on the opposite side had entered a white heat, Liu Guozhu led the cavalry to repeatedly chisel through, killing these displaced people into a river of blood, and many of the displaced people had lost the will to fight and began to flee back. The remaining homeless people persevered by obsession and endured the slaughter of the cavalry - according to the custom, as long as they had enough military exploits, they would have the opportunity to enter the old camp, eat and drink spicy food, and never have to worry about food and clothing. They were so poor that they didn't want to go hungry anymore.

"Boom, boom!"

The muffled sound of artillery resounded across the battlefield, and the scorching cannonballs flew like meteors towards the entangled.

The first to suffer were the displaced people who fled back, they were pierced by the huge kinetic energy of the 6-pound solid bullets, and the shells passed through the scattered deserters almost unhindered, burrowed into the crowd, and splashed a puff of blood.

The Baoding cavalry didn't expect that the rogues would have such a sophisticated cannon, and they didn't expect that they would launch indiscriminate attacks and be ruthless to their own people. For a while, both sides of the war were stunned by this cannon, and they didn't know what to do.

Liu Guozhu's reaction was also fast, and shouted: "Go through and go behind the Liukou!" "When the cavalry came to their senses, they desperately made their way through the flow of people, using the homeless people to form a human barrier.

Even so, there were ill-routed shells that swept over the heads of the homeless, knocking down the running cavalry and horses. This cannonball is no better than the others, as long as it hits, it is basically certain death.

Fortunately, after passing through the crowd of displaced people, the chaotic people became a natural barrier, blocking most of the shells, and Liu Guozhu and his men could breathe.

In this way, both sides can't care about fighting, surviving the shelling is the most important thing, the Baoding cavalry and these cannon fodder formed a tacit understanding in a short time, do not attack each other, try to disperse, to avoid the chance of being hit by shells.

Liu Guozhu ran to a relatively safe distance, grabbed the horse's head, looked back at the opponent's artillery position, and said with trepidation: "Liukou actually has such means, no wonder the Henan soldiers and horses can't stop their edge......"

Just when he didn't know how to face this shelling, something happened.

There was a loud "bang", and a cannon didn't know whether it was filled with too much gunpowder or the barrel cracked, and it exploded! A curved barrel flew into the air in a hail of fireworks and billowing smoke, before falling heavily to the ground. The explosion caused the detonation of gunpowder, which even spread to the nearby gun emplacements, and two or three guns, along with the gunner, were overturned, and immediately the fire was muted.