They put down the cannon legs and arranged them on the field ridge, with the gun barrels facing the paddy fields on both sides diagonally, and began to load gunpowder and shotgun shells.

"Speed ​​up!"

Annan's former army general Li Yirong led his troops to charge on the field ridge, but most of his soldiers were in the fields.

"Boom boom boom boom!"

Small cannons were placed on various field ridges, firing shotguns diagonally forward, and muskets and crossbows fired in succession in the fields.

Annan's front army, dozens of meters away, was instantly covered by crossfire.

Li Yirong was fine on the field ridge, but his army in the field collapsed.

These Annan Forbidden Forces are said to be elite, but when they were at their peak, they were killed by the northern troops of the Song Dynasty. Now they are no longer what they used to be, how strong their willpower can they still have?

"Send the order to Ruan Xing and immediately step forward to respond and suppress the retreat of the front army!" Du Yingwu ordered in a panic.

Li Yirong's army collapsed, but Ding Congzhou and Long Kan's troops on his flank suffered even less long-range firepower.

At the critical moment, Ding Congzhou drew his sword and shouted: "Come over with me!"

He ignored the large troops in the field and led a group of personal soldiers to fight out along the field ridge. He wanted to kill the Yuanyang squad on the field ridge and kill the artillerymen hiding behind the Yuanyang formation.

More and more Annan's former troops, unwilling to be targets in the fields, climbed up the field ridges and followed Ding Congzhou to charge.

There are five mandarin duck teams here, only half of them are left guarding the field ridge, and the other four and a half jump into the fields to help defend. There are only sixty of them, but hundreds of enemy troops are rushing towards them from the opposite side.

Ding Congzhou was afraid of being hit by a musket, so he ordered a dozen soldiers to rush in front of him.

These hundreds of people formed a long snake formation. After more than twenty people were shot and felled by arrows, they quickly rushed in front of the five mandarin duck teams.

Then, it was impossible to deploy quickly. Although there were hundreds of people, only the person at the front could engage in the battle.

The rest jumped into the fields indiscriminately, completely losing their organization, and could only fight on their own there.

Five mandarin duck teams, harvesting in an orderly manner, rushed forward and killed each one.

"boom!"

Ding Congzhou was shot. The bullet was fired from two meters away and hit him directly in the head.

The remaining soldiers under his command immediately collapsed and fled.

"Your Highness, the friendly forces have collapsed."

Zhu Kang turned around and looked around, only to see two miles away to the side and rear, where the 5,000 Annan friendly troops had been killed by Du Yingwu's troops and the whole army fled.

Zhu Kang urgently ordered: "We don't want the twenty cannons borrowed from the navy, and let the officials, doctors and gunners escape to the grain ship as soon as possible!"

Han Jing also learned of the situation and shouted wildly: "Fire another round of shotguns and charge the whole army!"

Han Jing was actually not in a hurry. Those miscellaneous friendly forces were already vulnerable and were just tools he used to disperse the enemy's forces.

He believed in the combat effectiveness of the Yuanyang Formation in paddy field terrain!

Even if the enemy has several times the strength, it will be difficult for them to fully engage in battle.

(End of chapter)
Chapter completed!