The first person to ask for battle was named Ma Bao. He was only seventeen years old, but he was already the captain in charge of a battalion of soldiers and horses. He was also the most capable young general under Liu Fangliang this time.

After hearing his invitation to fight, Liu Fangliang smiled and said: "Okay, let's take a short rest after lunch, and Ma Bao will be responsible for attacking the Ming army in the east."

"Yes!" Ma Bao happily agreed.

When the other generals saw this, they immediately called for battle.

"Cihou, the last general invites you to fight!"

"The last general is willing to be the vanguard to attack the Ming army in the north!"

"Marquis Ci, I would like to ask you to be the vanguard in the south. If you don't break the enemy's formation today, come and see me!"

“···”

For a time, all the generals of the Shun army asked for battle one after another.

Obviously, in the eyes of these generals, there was no reason why they could not win if their 30,000 elite soldiers attacked a town guarded by less than 10,000 people.

The Princess of the Ming Dynasty who made King Chuang sleepless and sleepless was in this town. If they could attack the town and capture the Princess of the Ming Dynasty, they would have made an unparalleled contribution and could be directly granted the title of Marquis by King Chuang.

Liu Fangliang immediately ordered two other brave generals who were good at rushing into battle, and then ordered all his troops to set up camp and make food.

In Jinkou Town, the soldiers of the Royal Forest Army had already eaten the lunch prepared by the auxiliary soldiers in the town.

As a royal guard, the food is naturally first-class, and meat is eaten in almost every meal.

When the Yulin Army was having lunch, the river wind blew the aroma to the Shun Army, which immediately made many Shun Army salivate.

However, this made the soldiers of the Shun Army even more motivated to fight. They all said: They will attack Jinkou Town in the afternoon, and have dinner in the town, and use Ming army cooks...

In the afternoon of March, the sun was not fierce, but warm.

If there was not going to be a big battle, Zhu Aonao would be able to take a nap soon while enjoying the river breeze and the warm sun on the royal boat.

However, the sound of war drums and trumpets made Zhu Auao excited and made her sleepless.

At this time, the Flying Eagle Team has three drones in the sky, each responsible for monitoring one side. Zhu Yuyao can clearly see the battlefield conditions outside the town with a tablet on the ship.

After the drums sounded, the Shun army from the east was the first to move out. However, more than 3,000 infantrymen came out and set up a very loose formation in a place more than three miles away.

The east defensive line trotted over.

Seeing this, General Qian of the Shenji Battalion on the eastern front said: "Since there are no cavalry troops rushing into the formation, we will not use the Guangming artillery this time. When the thieves get close, follow my order and use the Crouching Tiger Cannon to give them a hit."

Fierce!"

"clear!"

The artillery posts on the eastern front responded with excitement.

They were once the most elite soldiers in the Imperial Guard, but since they were selected into the Imperial Guard, although they trained diligently every day, they were unable to win any battles and almost became the honor guard of the country.

Although serving as an honor guard for the prison state is a job that is both honorable and safe, as an elite among the elite, it is always a shortcoming that you cannot fight and perform meritorious service.

Now that they had a chance to fight, everyone was naturally excited, excited, and full of energy.

In order to boost morale, Ma Bao, as the captain, took the lead and ran at the front of the team wearing a fine iron-clad cotton armor.

After entering within one mile of the enemy's army, there was still no artillery fire from the Ming army, so Ma Bao began to murmur in his heart.

'Didn't the Ming army have many powerful cannons? Why didn't they fire the cannons? It couldn't be that this Ming army just didn't have cannons, right?'

Because of hesitation in his heart, Ma Bao couldn't help but slow down his pace.

But because he had not given the order, other soldiers still rushed forward excitedly, and many people immediately passed him and rushed in front.

For these Shun troops who had never fought against Zhu Ya'ao's army, fighting against the Ming army meant taking credit.

Since the credit lies ahead, and Ma Bao, the young captain, has not said a word, these elite soldiers of the army naturally have no reason to let him go. It can be said that they only care about the credit.

Soon, more than 3,000 elite infantrymen under Ma Bao rushed to a place more than 100 steps in front of the Ming army's formation.

At this time, except for a few veterans who had experienced many battles, slowed down and deliberately stayed behind, most of the so-called elites who had only risen up in the past two or three years were more excited and rushed faster.

"Kill!"

The shouts of killing were loud, and many soldiers seemed to see their military exploits and money waving to them.

At this moment, a crisp command sounded from the Ming army formation.

"Tiger crouching cannon, fire!"

Boom boom boom...

A series of gunshots rang out, and suddenly there were flames and smoke emerging from under the camouflaged bushes and weeds. At the same time, countless shotguns were like a large net covering the Shun army rushing forward!

In an instant, 80% to 90% of the hundreds of soldiers who were rushing to the front fell.

Some of them were dead on the spot, but those who were not dead had their arms and legs broken, or had a big hole somewhere in their body. They were all lying on the ground crying and screaming.

The charging scene that was full of enthusiasm just now turned into a hell on earth in an instant!

Ma Bao, who had completely fallen behind and had escaped disaster, was slightly startled when he saw this, and then became furious.

He did not expect that the Ming army would be so cunning and hide so many tiger cannons in bushes and weeds.

If it was clearly placed in front of the formation, how could they rush forward so aggressively?

While angry, Ma Bao was also keenly aware that this was an opportunity to break through the enemy's formation, and immediately shouted: "The Ming army's artillery has fired a round, hurry up! Break into the Ming army's formation!"

"kill!"

These elite soldiers of the Shun army were not stunned. Instead, they were inspired with bravery and courage, and indeed they rushed towards the Ming army's position faster.

Shunjun's reaction was indeed beyond the Yulinjun's expectations.

Although the Royal Forest Army has never used so many cannons to participate in actual combat before, some of them have watched the battle in other armies and know that the general army will be frightened and hesitate in taking action even if it does not collapse on the spot after being beaten by so many tiger cannons.

Who knew these elite soldiers could be so brave?

Seeing Shun Jun rush into the range of sixty or seventy steps in a breath, General Qian of Shenji Camp immediately shouted: "Musketeers, take turns shooting!"

Although the imperial guardsmen were surprised by the bravery of these opponents, they did not hesitate. They all followed the general's orders and carried out the tactical actions they had been trained to perform.

The Shun army at the front saw the Ming army, which had been huddled behind the ridge, suddenly emerge in a row, and then there were flames, smoke rising in rows, and the crisp gunshots almost rang out into one sound.

Snap!

As soon as the gunshots were fired, hundreds of soldiers fell down immediately.

This scene once again shocked the surviving Shunjun, but they all continued to move forward with red eyes.

There was even a general from the Shun Army who ran and shouted: "Go, go, go! Just a burst of gunfire from the dog officer army. If we charge forward, we will win!"

"kill!"

Under the shouts of the generals, the elite infantrymen of the Shun army really risked their lives, and each one of them was like a tiger emerging from the cage, charging forward bravely.

However, what greeted them was another row of gunshots.

Because the defense line of the Royal Guards was longer this time, the musketeers were arranged in rows with sentries, each row consisted of 250 men, and they were only divided into three rows.

In this way, although the array was a little weaker, the initial damage caused to the Shun army was more considerable.

If this second row of shots was fired, nearly a hundred more Shun soldiers fell!

At this time, the Shun troops had already rushed thirty or forty steps in front of the formation. Some Shun troops who were good at shooting immediately fired arrows back at the imperial guards, while some brave Shun troops continued to charge forward.

So we encountered gunfire from the third platoon.

This time hundreds of soldiers fell again.

Ma Bao looked at the rear with eyes wide open.

But he knew very well that not to mention that there was no military order for them to retreat at this time, even if there was one, they could not retreat - if they retreated, they would hand over their backs to the enemy. Given the sharpness of the Ming army's guns, if they retreated with the Ming army behind their backs, they would become

Living target!

"Come on!"

Ma Bao roared loudly, holding the steel knife and bursting out at full speed, passing over the Shun army soldiers one after another, and soon he was about to break into the Ming army's formation.

But he saw sharply that there were Ming troops in three places holding torches and preparing to light fires (the squatting tiger cannon was still old-fashioned and needed to be lighted to kill).

At this moment, he didn't care much, he could only shout "get down" and throw himself to the ground.

Boom boom boom...

There was another round of cannon fire, and hundreds of soldiers rushing in front were stunned and fell on their backs one after another.

This time, most of the soldiers died on the spot. Only a few who were lucky or unlucky survived their injuries and fell to the ground howling miserably.

This second round of Crouching Tiger Artillery finally caused the Shun army's offensive to stall - all those charging were empty, and it would be impossible not to stall.

Just when the Imperial Guardsmen were excited and prepared to use the same tactics against the remaining Shun troops, they saw dozens of figures jumping up in front of the formation and rushing in like ghost-faced Shura!

Ma Bao's eyes were bloodshot, and he brandished a steel knife and rushed towards the Ming Army musketeer who was seven or eight steps away.

He was extremely fast and rushed in as fast as he could breathe.

I thought I could kill him in a big way, but I didn't know that the several Ming soldiers in front of me retreated back first, and then they came at them with firecrackers!

It was also at this time that Ma Bao noticed that the Ming army's muskets were actually equipped with sharp three-edged short spears!
To be continued...