At this moment, there was a sudden thunderous sound in the woods, a burst of fire appeared, and a black thing flew out of the woods and passed through the ranks. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info everyone still didn't know what was going on, but they saw that where this thing passed, a row of people fell down with a heart-rending scream.

After all, Wang Liangdong has a bit of knowledge, and he reacted before others, this is a cannon! Although he did not have a cannon in his thousand houses, he had seen the Fran cannon on the wall of the castle, and when it was fired, it was like thunder.

Before he could figure out how to give the order, there was another "boom", and a cannon passed through the crowd, pierced the bodies of several soldiers, flew to the river with bloody pieces of flesh, landed on the pebbles and bounced again, and smashed the two soldiers who were drinking water to death, and the corpses rolled into the river, and the blood immediately stained the surface of the river.

Wei Lianheng pulled out his knife and shouted to Wang Liangdong: "Lord Qianhu, there is an ambush, and those thieves have cannons!" Hurry up and order to go into the forest and kill the gunners to avoid too many casualties! ”

Wang Liangdong scolded hatefully: "It's your crow's mouth, a good spirit that is not a bad spirit!" With a whip over, Wei Lianheng couldn't dodge, his shoulder was whipped, and his clothes were torn open, revealing his shoulder, leaving a deep whip mark.

"Take my order, enter the woods, and kill whoever you meet!" Wang Qianhu whipped and ordered.

Wei Lian couldn't ignore the burning pain in his shoulder, and hurriedly stopped: "Lord Qianhu, I am afraid that all of you will enter the forest in such a chaotic manner!" ”

When Wang Liangdong heard this, he whipped it again, but this time Wei Lianheng was on guard, jumped to the side, and dodged the whip.

Wang Liangdong scolded: "You are a thousand households, I am a thousand households? Do you need to teach you how to use soldiers? ”

Under the supervision of Wang Liangdong's personal soldiers, the officers and men turned around and rushed towards the woods in a swarm.

The first attack was carried by Huang Hansheng, who led a group of 100 men armed not only with Qionghai rifles, but also with two 12-pounder mountain howitzers. In order to ensure sufficient firepower, Lin Weiye cast two more cannons, plus the two that originally attacked Chopping Foot Mountain and An Youle, Huang Hansheng and Yang Youji each team had two mountain cannons. This cannon is very lightweight, and after dismantling, several soldiers can carry it through mountains and mountains. The round of shelling just now was the masterpiece of the 12-pounder mountain howitzer.

Before the officers and soldiers arrived, Huang Hansheng was already ambushed here. When the officers and men fell behind because of drinking water and the ranks dispersed, they seized the opportunity to fire two cannons, giving the officers and men a dismount. The woods are about 500 steps away from the river, and according to Lin Weiye, this cannon can hit six or seven hundred steps with solid bullets, and it can be fired at a distance of 500 steps.

Seeing a large number of officers and soldiers rushing over with a roar, Huang Hansheng did not panic, and ordered the gunner: "Two artillery salvos!" ”

The gunner lit the fuse, and with two "boom" and "boom" sounds, two more solid bullets flew towards the officers and soldiers. The officers and men of Qiongzhou Mansion basically had no experience of being shelled and did not know how to deal with it, and when they heard two loud bangs, they couldn't help but slow down, only to see two black shells flying towards them.

Two shells flew into the dense crowd, more than a dozen soldiers either had their hands or feet broken, and several unlucky heads were smashed, and flesh and blood flew everywhere. After the shell knocked over a dozen people, its force weakened, and it bounced off the hard ground, and several more people were hit in the stomach and intestines flowed all over the ground.

If the shelling just now was so sudden that the officers and men did not have time to appreciate the power of the artillery, then this round of shelling really made them feel the threat of death. An inconspicuous iron ball easily took the lives of more than a dozen people, even if they didn't die for a while, looking at their broken arms and legs, as well as the tragic situation of their abdominal cavity being smashed, I am afraid they would not live long.

The rushing crowd paused and froze. Someone reacted, shouted and ran back. I thought it was to fight a few Li barbarians, but I didn't expect to encounter such a hard idea, the plot is not right, or a small life matters, the farther away from these deadly cannons, the better.

Some people took the lead, and the rest of the people rushed back, even faster than when they came. When Wang Liangdong saw this scene, his mouth was crooked. It was certainly unexpected that the other party had a cannon, but when he looked at it from a distance, there were only a hundred people on the other side, and there were thousands of people on his side.

He put down his whip, drew his saber, slashed it, and shouted: "Whoever dares to retreat from the front and back will be killed!" The soldiers drew their knives and cut down the fastest runners.

The order was given, and the momentum of retreat was blocked, after all, military law is not a joke, and when there was a war, the Shangguan said that if he cut it, he would cut it, and he would die in vain.

Under the pressure of the bullets of the pro-soldiers, the large army began to turn around and advance towards the woods again, and the soldiers who walked in the front could only pray in their hearts that the cannon would not hit them.

Huang Hansheng observed for a moment and calmly ordered: "Disassemble the barrel gun carriage, the gunner will withdraw first, and the rest of the people will load their rifles and prepare to shoot." ”

The gunner began to disassemble the barrel and gun mount, which was a pre-made plan. The gun body of the 12-pound mountain howitzer is only 200 catties, which can be easily carried by four people, and the gun carriage is only more than 200 catties, and four people can also carry it. Soon, the barrel and gun carriage were disassembled, the gunners withdrew with the guys into the woods, and the rest of the team lined up in two columns, raised their guns, and aimed ahead.

The officers and men, who had been advancing cautiously and slowly, ready to evade the shelling at any time, saw that the artillery had been dismantled and withdrawn, and they became excited, screaming and running. In their opinion, without the threat of artillery, thousands of people against hundreds of people is simply a credit to the world, and whoever rushes to the front first will have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

Rejoicing too soon is often a tragedy. The officers and men rushed to take credit, but they did not know that the faster they ran now, the worse they would become.

In the face of the crowd that was swarming without formation, the people at the front ran into the range of 100 steps, and Huang Hansheng still did not give the order to shoot.

After several battles with Chopping Foot Mountain, the 100 veteran guards tempered their good psychological qualities, and in the face of the surging crowd, they calmly aimed their guns at the front, and none of them hurriedly opened fire. It wasn't until the other party was only seventy steps away from him that Huang Hansheng ordered: "Fire!" ”

"Woo Woo Woo ......" 100 rifles fired in unison, and the smoke filled the air, making it impossible for people on both sides to see each other clearly. The officers and soldiers who were running only saw the sound of popping beans, and the people who were running in front fell on their backs and couldn't help but slow down.