When dozens of dirt roads were laid on the Huiji River, the soldiers of the Runing Army began to cross the river in order. But the total number of people crossing the river was not large, only more than 3,000 people, and they lined up a square of 3,000 men to cover the crossing of the large army by the river. However, the peasant army did not find out that among the three thousand-man squares, the number of musketeers exceeded forty percent, and it was obvious that these were four thousand-man squares with strengthened long-range firepower.

However, the Runing army did not seem to have enough firepower, and then they drove dozens of artillery wagons and a swarm of chariots across the river. The Runing army placed artillery wagons and swarm chariots on both sides and gaps of the three thousand-man squares, so as to strengthen the firepower and guard against the charging of the peasant cavalry.

"How did Butcher Wu train that soldier? With such a formation, it is difficult for the cavalry to rush in! Tian Jianxiu looked at the arrangement of the Runing Army in a very orderly manner, and couldn't help but sigh.

"I'll talk about it once anyway. Hey——! He Shaoqi also sighed.

Then He Shaoqi summoned the leader of the cavalry and ordered: "Take a thousand people to rush, don't force it." If it works, the others will come forward and break the official dog that crossed the river. If you can't rush in, then retreat to the back first. Attention! Don't make the casualties too big. ”

"Yes!"

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Half an hour later, He Shaoqi looked at the corpses of more than 300 people and horses in front of the Runing army, and his face was quite ugly. He frowned and sighed again, "Hey——! Let the horses stand back! Step forward, behind the earthen wall, and get ready for battle! ”

Seeing that the cavalry of the peasant army had retreated, the Runing army accelerated the speed of crossing the river. However, the first to cross the river was mainly chariots. Soon, four or five formations of three artillery carriages and seven chariots began to rush forward under the tuk of horses.

When the chariot groups were a hundred paces away from the earthen wall of the peasant army, they did not move any further. They all lined up and began to bombard the earthen wall with small one-pound cannons in their vehicles. Of course, such a small artillery cannon could not break down those earthen walls. However, it can also cause some damage to the earthen wall, and the peasant soldiers hiding behind the earthen wall also have some casualties.

Encountering such a passive beating, the peasant army behind the earthen wall would definitely not be able to endure it. The artillery they had set up behind the earthen walls also began to fire, and the muskets, bows and arrows flew at the chariots.

And the artillery of the peasant army was loaded with shotguns. This time, the artillery brought by He Shaoqi and Tian Jianxiu did not have heavy artillery, and those heavy artillery pieces were all set up in Kaifeng City.

At that time, the Ming army used artillery, there were two types of use: one was the use of heavy artillery, which was generally used in fortified battles; The other is small artillery, which is basically used in field battles.

And because the artillery at that time did not have a long range, it fired solid shells. It was even more inconvenient to move, so in the long-term battle with the Mongolian cavalry, the Ming army found that the shooting effect of solid bullets was not good. Shotguns, on the other hand, can exert great power in close combat. Therefore, in the Ming army, there is a smooth sentence in the description of the power of artillery - melee combat is a god egg, and long-range combat is a bastard. So the Ming army about the use of small artillery. They were all loaded with shotguns and waited for the enemy to approach before firing.

And this tactic was obviously inherited by the Qing army and the peasant army. So although there was a counterattack from artillery. But those shotguns, firebolts, and bows and arrows. None of them could hurt the vehicles of the Runing Army a hundred paces away.

Seeing that the long-range firepower of the peasant army was not threatening, the chariot of the Runing army began to move forward again, until it came to a place of about eighty paces before it stopped firing again. However, the peasant army did not notice that the position of the earthen wall shot by the Runing army this time was not the original position, and they all deliberately shot at the place where they did not hit before.

"Stop, stop!"

The officers commanding the peasant artillery, the muskets, and the bows and arrows were shouting loudly. They punched and kicked the soldiers. He also yelled loudly: "No order, who told you to shoot?" Stop, guns and arrows are stopped, artillery is loaded with solid bullets, and those carts are destroyed! ”

However, the artillery and gunner skills of the peasant army did lag behind. After they opened fire, the gun carriages of the Runing Army fired two or three more rounds. However, this time the peasant army's shooting had an effect, and two chariots were scattered, and several chariots and horses were killed. Although the results of the battle were not great, the chariots of the Runing army also began to retreat, some of them picked up the dead and wounded comrades, some cut off the reins and pushed the chariots with manpower, and gradually retreated to their own formation.

Seeing that the chariot of the Runing Army was repulsed, He Shaoqi and Tian Jianxiu both breathed a sigh of relief. Tian Jianxiu continued: "Lao He! The next time Butcher Wu's cart comes up again, let's use the horse team to rush, and it will be good to be able to overturn a few carts. ”

However, He Shaoqi shook his head, and he said, "By the time our horse team went around the road, Wu Butcher and they had already retreated. It's better to keep it for a killer feature. Besides, the firearms behind them were so close to the cart that the horse team couldn't get out of the way. ”

"What then? Are we being crushed and beaten by them? Tian Jianxiu asked again.

"That's it, it's a little more ugly, and with the wall as a cover, the casualties of the sons and daughters are actually not big. Besides, the cart is also cumbersome, and it can't cross the ditch and earthen wall, and when Wu Butcher's soldiers fill the ditch and attack the wall, our infantry team can be powerful. ”

Hearing what He Shaoqi said, Tian Jianxiu also nodded in agreement. However, no one in the peasant army noticed that a group of officers of the Runing Army were hiding in their own formation, recording the firing points behind the earthen wall.

Soon, the officer who synthesized the recorded data sent the sketch to the artillery commander, and the artillery commander directed the artillery team into two groups, one group of three-pounder guns all crossed the river, and the other group of six pounder guns were dragged to the south bank of the river and placed.

"Boom, boom!" Thirty large and small shells flew towards the firing point, immediately blowing a hole in the earthen wall there, and blowing up a cannon behind the earthen wall. Then, the artillery that hit the target stepped up to reload the ammunition, and the misalignment of the fire began to be corrected, and with the second round of shelling, two more peasant guns were damaged.

After another round of shelling, seeing that this firing point had been removed, all the artillery began to turn their muzzles, ready to pull out the second firing point of the peasant army......

Not to be outdone, the peasant army began to fight back, but the range of their artillery was far inferior to that of the Runing army, and they only ended up in a passive situation. Seeing that it was impossible to resist at all, the gunners of the peasant army could only withstand the artillery fire and struggle to drag their artillery away from the earthen wall. (To be continued......)