Chapter 77 Fight the Great Stone Bridge again

Looking at the getting late and sunset, he calculated the time and thought that although He Fang was chased by the thief army, although He Fang's always calm nature is concerned, although he may not be able to defeat the thief army, there should be no problem with self-in protection according to the mountain. At this time, the sky was close to dark, and He Fangying He should be able to survive this night. As long as he pulls out tomorrow, he will still have a chance to save He Fang.

Not long after thinking about this matter, some thieves began to appear in the distance, immediately on the mound from afar, looking in the direction of the officers and soldiers.

Not long after, a thieves army under the banner of Li Zicheng slowly appeared in the vision of He Renlong. The air suddenly became solemn. There was a sound of an officer scolding his subordinates in the army. The bullet pressure of the soldiers was not allowed to move. They guard their own positions and were ready to fight.

Li Guo looked at He Renlong's battle array from afar, and his heart was also depressed to death. He led two thousand elites and ran all the way out of the camp. After finally approaching the Dashi Bridge, he heard the news that Xing Tianjun had already withdrawn from the Dashi Bridge at this time and rushed to the south, but he let Li Guo lead his troops to meet him alone. He Renlong's soldiers and horses.

For the three parties, there was an unexpected situation in this battle. Xiao Tianjian did not know Li Zicheng's plan at all. He thought that Li Zicheng was determined to laugh at him and waited for him to suffer losses and swallow him. He would not come to help him deal with He Renlong at all, so he left without scruples. As soon as he saw He Renlong When the troops were collected along Hebei, he immediately collected troops along Henan to meet He Fang's officers and soldiers.

Li Zicheng thought that Xiao Tianjian had now defeated He Renlong two times in a row. He was excited to send Li Guoxian to lead the army to meet with Xing Tianjun, and then deal with He Renlong together. However, after he didn't want to run over, Xiao Tianjian had led Xing Tianjun to go south for a moment to find another officer's trouble. As a result It was Li Guobaba's army to run here, but he met He Renlong's main force.

After He Renlong originally planned to cross the river, he went straight to the big stone bridge and fought to the death with Xing Tianjun, but he didn't think of it, but he met the soldiers and horses under Li Zicheng's command.

The situation on the battlefield has become complicated. For He Renlong and Li Guo, they are facing a difficult situation to decide whether to fight or not? It has become a problem in front of Li Guo.

Looking at He Renlong's generals surrounding his army into a round array, as if he was trembling and preparing to fight, Li Guo hesitated for a long time before making up his mind.

He thought to himself, 'Although Xing Tianjun's military appearance is not fake, he is still a newly formed army. Even he can fight the officers and soldiers under He Renlong's command. I have been fighting with my uncle for many years, and his soldiers under his command are several times more than Xing Tianjun. How can he not be He Renlong's opponent? He Renlong hasn't fought any war in the past two years. He must be ill-disciplined. Now his officers and soldiers are already ordinary. Otherwise, he would not have been defeated by the Xing Tianjun!'

Thinking of this, Li Guo couldn't help but gain a hundred times of confidence. He refused to believe that the old soldiers he led for a long time could not even compare with the new army of Xing Tianjun, and He Renlong put on such a position, which obviously seemed timid. So why was he still afraid of He Renlong?

So he let his soldiers rest for a while, and immediately ordered a few generals and told them, "Li Baozi, Zhao Quan, I'll give you five hundred soldiers. You can lead the crowd to rush to the left side of the enemy array. Liu Fangliang, you and Shuangxi also lead five hundred soldiers and horses to attack He Renlong. Right wing, I lead the rest of the people to attack the front of the enemy. Let's attack together on three sides. Before dark, it's better to defeat He Renlong. As long as you break them up, the next thing will be easy!"

Several generals who followed Li intervened to take orders one by one and began to dispatch the generals. Soon, they unfolded the formation, divided into three ways, and began to push towards He Renlong's array in the sound of drums.

These two thousand elite soldiers under Li Zicheng's command really have proud capital. Each of them has rich combat experience and some solid skills at hand. Moreover, after hearing the news that He Renlong was defeated by the Xing Tianjun today, it made them look down on the officers and soldiers under He Renlong, one by one morale. As soon as they heard that they were going to fight, they all shouted, waved the weapons in their hands, followed their main generals, and rushed to the big array of He Renlong.

He Renlongyan saw that the thief army had begun to move and rushed towards them. His heart was also tense, but on the surface, he was still very calm. He repeatedly issued orders, dispatched the troops, and was ready to defend.

The reason why He Renlong was nervous is that he was made by Xing Tianjun during the day. Now when he saw that the thief army took the initiative to attack him, he was afraid of making the same mistake and being broken by the thief army. So I'm afraid that these parts he has accumulated in the southern and northern battles for so many years will be completely finished this time, and he has finally been promoted to this ginseng. It's also a complete end.

However, what puzzles him is that the general of the Li thief in front of him looks tough, but he can't see the difference between them and the method of battle used by the ordinary thief army. Although the morale is extremely high, the team is far from the thief he met in the morning, which makes him a little confused. What tricks is the thief playing? Why is there such a big difference in the performance of the two soldiers and horses in a day?

"Don't mess up! The soldiers came to block the water and flood the soil. The thief army on the opposite side could not do it. Where are they afraid of him? Hold on! Fight them back!" He Renlong pretended to be confident and said to his subordinates.

He Renlong's calmness invisibly affected the mood of his soldiers and generals. When he saw that the thief army had begun to attack, it began to become calm. A team of archers and torches were transferred to the back of the cart in front of the battle. The small copper cannons and small Fran machine guns in the cart and the tigersquats in front of the battle. The cannon and the general's iron cannon were also loaded with ammunition and ready to fight.

Li Guo led the troops to move forward slowly first. A team of knife and card player was transferred to the front of the array. The archer and fireman also arranged forward. The black shouts of killing rose to the sky, and slowly dispersed some formations at a closer and closer distance to the enemy's array. After all, the opposite side was the well-equipped He Renlong. The number of firearms in the army of the officers and soldiers under their command is not a large number, and depending on their array, the chariots are deployed in front of the battle, and the archers and gunners boarded the car to prepare for the battle.

And these chariots are sharp weapons in the Ming army. They are all made of hard wood. The cars are usually equipped with two small Fran machine guns, or small copper cannons. They can be loaded with heavy vehicles when marching. When fighting, they unfold, erect side panels, and install the on-car artillery, which becomes a chariot, which is very difficult to deal with.

In the face of such a large array of the Ming army, the attacking side often suffers a lot of casualties. After all, the Ming weapons are sharp, so it also makes today's way of combat different from the past. It is no longer to send a very dense array, but to prevent a large area of enemy weapons to reduce casualties.

After all, the officers and soldiers of He Renlong should be more well-trained. Although the thief army shouted to kill Zhentian, without the orders of the officers, most of the officers and soldiers still seemed to be relatively calm. They did not fire randomly, but quietly waited for the thief's army to approach.

It was not until Li Guodu's 150 steps in front of the officer's army that he shouted in unison. The soldiers and generals worked together and accelerated towards the officer's army.

Seeing that the enemy had entered the range of the artillery, the officers commanding the cannon roared and ordered the firing.

The officers and soldiers suddenly sprayed flames in several directions. Several French general guns carried by the officers and soldiers took the lead in firing. The hot bullets flew out of the gun chamber and made a roar, hitting the thieves under the command of Li Zicheng who rushed to their array.

The projectiles fell into Li Zicheng's team in an instant, and there were masses of smoke and dust. After the projectile landed, it jumped up again and continued to fly forward. Everything that was blocked in front of them would be torn by them on the spot. Even if some soldiers with poor fate became this battle. The first batch of victims, the broken limbs and broken arms soared into the air on the road of the shell, bursting out a ball of blood fog and a sad howling.

In this round of shelling, Li Guo's soldiers fell one or twenty people, but Fortunately, they expected in advance and scattered the formation. Such solid shells did not kill them much, not to mention that the current artillery has only a simple front sight, coupled with the unstable burning of black gunpowder, and the quality is even more uneven. There is no accurate artillery equipped with gun mirrors in later generations. Most of them feel like relying on gunners, so of course, the accuracy is not much better. Some shells are simply high and fly directly from the top of the thief's army's head and fall far behind the enemy. It does not cause any damage to the rebels at all. It only falls on the rebels. Several shells in front of the battle, relying on the power of bouncing bullets, killed and injured some Rebel soldiers, but on the whole, it was not enough to kill the soldiers under Li Guo's command, but it looked very scary.

After this round of shelling, the Rebel soldiers accelerated their speed. At this time, staying in place is simply a target for the officers and soldiers, so they have to enter the enemy's array as soon as possible and start a hand-to-hand battle with the officers as soon as possible to win.

In terms of firepower, the Rebels under Li Zicheng lost a lot after passing through the Battle of Car Gorge, so Li Guo will naturally not be stupid enough to fight with He Renlong's officers and soldiers here, so he is purely looking for death. Therefore, Li Guo and many Rebel generals shouted loudly in the array, and the command and subordinates accelerated and rushed forward. Front.

With the closer distance between the two sides, the small cannons on the officer's chariots soon began to fire one after another, which suddenly made the shelling of the officer's army much denser. The small cannonballs jumped into the attacking Rebel array, and the casualties of the Rebels began to increase. Get up.

Several soldiers of the nominal army were shot in the chest, and they were pierced by the flying shells, which made them fly their flesh and blood. They immediately fell down and fell out. After landing, they had already lost any breath.

Some soldiers were hit in the leg by a jumping bullet, and one leg left them, which made them fall into the crowd. They held their broken legs and screamed wildly, and blood sprayed everywhere.