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Chapter 164 In the rain, we meet on a narrow road!

May 1st, evening.

The rain was still raking, but it was a little smaller than two hours ago and the wind was also smaller. The Qing army under Shang Kexi, who was homeless, ended a brief rest half an hour ago, and pushed the shield chariot converted from baggage vehicles to set up a formation at the foot of Matou Mountain.

Shang Kexi did not set up a long snake formation that was seven or eight miles long like Zhu and Ji, but instead arranged the 15,600 people below into three dense square formations arranged in a row, on the open flat ground.

After Shang Kexi, wearing yellow dragon-patterned cloth armor, gave a speech in front of the formation with the theme of "Going Home", he immediately issued an order to beat drums and advance without saying a word.

The strategy of the attack was discussed with the generals below when he was resting just now. He was the monk's filial piety and Shang Zhijie divided the left and right armies.

When the sound of the war drums of the march sounded, Shang Zhixiao and Shang Zhijie rushed to the left and right wings of the Ming army and launched a fierce attack! The central army, which Shang Kexi personally controlled, remained motionless, waiting for the opportunity to launch the final attack.

As for where the last blow goes, it depends on the situation.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong"

"Kill the thief! Go home! Kill the thief! Go home"

The sound of war drums and the slogans of "Kill the thief! Go home!" sounded alternately on the battlefield between Matou Mountain and Longtou Mountain. The drums were as tight as the waves, while the roars were louder and louder.

The two Qing soldiers led by Shang Zhixiao, were quite large groups of four or five thousand people, all of which were infantry and were pushing shield chariots, but they were not slow on the battlefield. And they could also complete the formation change while walking. From a dense formation, they expanded into three small formations, front, middle and back. Each small formation was divided into two brigades in front, back and forth. The front team was dead soldiers, pushing shield chariots to break through the formation. The back team was sharp soldiers supervising the battle. If the front team was broken, the sharp soldiers in the back team would rise up and become new dead soldiers, and the back team was escorted to charge by the back team, and the retreated dead soldiers would be stopped by Shang Zhixin. The last team of sharp soldiers led by Shang Zhixiao was stopped and reorganized into teams of dead soldiers, and the sharp soldiers were put into the battlefield.

Zhu Heying, who was riding a large ocean horse on a high slope next to the intersection of Longtoushan Road, saw Shang Kexi's two left and right moves so quickly, and he could complete the development while walking, and kept shouting the slogan "Kill the thief! Go home!", his heart skipped a beat.

An old traitor is an old traitor!

Such a tired army could be used for him like this, and it was no wonder that all of them were injected with chicken blood, such heroes as Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong, Wang Xing, and Su Li failed to bomb Shang Kexi from Guangdong back then!

But this time it was different! Zhu Heying said in his heart: "This time we are this great saint, and the saint must be invincible!"

Just as he thought of this, the officers and soldiers of the left and right towns on the positions on the two wings of the Ming army also started to roar!

"Destroy the Shang family, enter Guangzhou, and restore the Ming Dynasty"

The roar sounded like a loud sound. It seemed that the morale was very high and was not scared by the surging Qing army.

Zhu Heying took a breath, took out his own Mile Mile Mile Mile and began to observe the situation of the two wings. The left wing of the Qing army seemed to be rushing faster than their right wing. The infantry of about four or five thousand people had already divided up six large horizontal teams at this time, like six waves, rushing wave after wave towards the right wing of the Ming army's defense line under Su Zhanshan's charge.

At this time, Su Zhanshan stood beside his own mortar cannon position and was probably also a "school-oriented" general. He learned everything quickly and knew everything at a glance. He could drive a boat in the water and ride a horse when he got on the ashore. Zhu Hetian also taught him to use small mortar cannons to "set hammers", which was considered to be "water stepping horse cannon all-round".

However, his best skills are "playing with black magic" and making candids. He can learn the skills of "cocktails" and the distance measurement is very accurate. He even learned to make hollow-filled medicine "armor-breaking hammers".

So he now personally controls the twelve mortars used to fire smoke bombs and incendiary bombs!

The twelve mortars were placed under the hillside, lined up in a row, all covered by a canopy, and super-caliber smoke bombs were inserted into the muzzle of each mortar.

Now the sugar-dreaming bullets cannot be used, but the smoke bombs are not afraid of tide. They can still be used later and they will disrupt the formation of the Qing army.

And behind the "breast wall" made of fences, bamboo mats, branches and soil, the ten-leader spearmen and knife players are ready, just waiting for the mortar to fire!

"Kill the thief! Go home! Kill the thief! Go home"

The Qing soldiers shouted louder and louder, and their steps were getting faster and faster. They were about to rush to Su Zhanshan formation.

Moreover, because they marched in the rain continuously, their gunpowder and bowstrings were wet, so they did not shoot or fire, but just covered their heads and rushed forward with slogans. Because the charge was fast, their formation was a little scattered.

"Start the mortar!"

When Su Zhanshan saw that it was almost done, he shouted. A young soldier guarding him raised the red flag in his hand high when he heard this, and then waved it with all his strength.

Seeing the red flag waving, the gunmen of each cannon lit the smoke bomb first, and then lit the fuse of the mortar cannon. After a "bang bang" sound, twelve smoke bombs burst out of the cannon chamber by gunpowder, dragging the smoke, passing through the rain screen, and flying towards the Qing army's array. The scene looked very frightening. Before the smoke bomb fell, the Qing soldiers charged were a little confused. Some people slowed down, while some people subconsciously wanted to squat down to avoid the bomb!

However, before they could react, the twelve smoke bombs had fallen and rushed behind the Qing army's dead team in the front. The smoke separated them from the sharp soldiers behind them.

And these dead soldiers are really eager to return home. They are not afraid of death and are still charging with their heads covering their heads!

"Send the general's cannon!"

Seeing the smoke rising in front of him, Su Zhanshan immediately issued a second order.

The so-called general artillery is actually a 6-pound iron cannon carried from the Great Oriental. Zhu Heyan, commanded by the Portuguese artillery commanded by Aoi's "Captain of the United Mercenary" (the captain of the United Mercenary), has sent "artillery apprentices" to learn, but has not learned it yet, so he can only use the "foreign brothers".

The arrangement of these 6-pound iron cannons was learned from Zeng Qizhao's artillery. It was not placed generously in the Ming Dynasty for people to see, but was covered with wooden sheds, fences, bamboo mats, etc. When the enemy approached, they suddenly made a comeback!

This is a 6-pound cannon produced by England! It is also equipped with original shotgun and internal factory gunpowder, which is just the power.

Because the road ahead is muddy, even the 6-pound iron cannon is not very convenient to move, so it cannot move in time according to the changes in the enemy situation. Therefore, more than 30 6-pound cannons can be placed on an average of seven or eight miles long, and on average, there are only four or five cannons that can be spread out in each li.

However, the shotgun bombardment of five 6-pound cannons is still very deadly!

The Qing army did not expect that the Ming army could still use artillery in such a windy and rainy ghost weather, so their formation was dense and they rushed more fiercely. This was a terrible thing!

After the five shotguns were pushed out of the gunpowder, they immediately turned into hundreds of lead marble beads. With a strong wind, they swept through the Qing army formation even if there was a shield chariot blocking it, it was useless. The wooden shield could not resist the shotgun of the 6-pound cannon and was beaten into a sieve.

The projectiles that penetrated the shield were still fatal! Wherever these projectiles were swept by them, the Qing army soldiers and generals were defeated in rows!

"Beat the drum and advance!"

When Su Zhanshan heard the sound of cannons, he did not even observe the effect of the cannon, so he issued an order to beat the drum.

The five spearmen who had already been ready and five rows of five straits lined up were shouting and stood up when they heard the drums. They were originally squatting behind the cover. Now as they stood up, the bamboo mats in front of them were pushed down, leaving only a low earth wall that could easily climb over.

"Destroy the Shang family, enter Guangzhou, and resume Daming Chong!"

The main leaders and deputy leaders who led the team all drew out their swords, pointed straight ahead, and shouted loudly!

"Forward! Forward! Forward"

The spearmen shouted "Forward" rhythmically, and then rushed forward in unison.
Chapter completed!
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