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Volume 1: Bandit¡¯s Career Chapter 239: Offensive and Defensive Battle (11)

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    Thank you to book friend yrs for your valuable monthly vote for this book, and to book friend wangkeke82 for your reward. It is because of your support that Lao Hai has the confidence to continue writing. I bow and thank you!  !  ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ ¡°Boom!¡± Six-pound solid iron bullets roared towards the galloping rebel cavalry, one by one.  The bullet hit with a huge impact among the attacking rebel cavalry two miles away, causing bursts of blood mist mixed with severed limbs and broken arms, and then heart-rending screams resounded as the horses' hooves trampled on them.  In this battlefield.  Nearly a hundred rebel cavalry were hit by sudden artillery fire, screaming and falling from their horses. A large hole was torn open in the front of the attacking rebel cavalry, and the cavalry that followed were faced with those frightened horses. Many of them had no time to escape.  He was knocked to the ground by a frightened horse.  The first round of shelling in Pingdu City caused a commotion to the attacking rebel cavalry. However, more rebel cavalry moved their horses around and continued to advance towards the formation of Zhenshan Camp soldiers.  In fact, the rebels' fifty Western artillery pieces were deployed nearby. Because they were too close to the two fighting parties, they could not be effective at all. Not only would the forced shooting not produce good results, but the roar of the cannons would frighten the cavalry horses, so they could only watch.  Artillery fire raged across the city.  Due to the rapid defeat of the rebel siege soldiers and the pursuit of the defenders, the task faced by the rebel artillery now is not to fire at the opponent, but to find ways to escape from the battlefield and return to the rebel camp.  The rebel cavalry are all veterans who have experienced battlefield training. Of course, they cannot be repelled by a round of artillery fire from the opponent. The shouts of "ho ho" continued to intimidate the two Pingdu City defenders on the opposite side as the horses galloped.  Fan Li looked at the rebel cavalry that began to accelerate gradually.  One hundred and thirty steps, one hundred and ten steps, one hundred steps, the horse speed of all the rebel cavalry reached its peak.  The "treading" sound of horse hooves raised clouds of dust and shook the surrounding earth.  The oppressive momentum almost makes one breathless.  Within eighty steps, all the rebels were equipped with bows and arrows. As their horses galloped, nearly a thousand bows and arrows were fired at the opponent's 500 people at the same time. They expected that the opponent's soldiers would collapse in this round of arrows.  Without waiting for the rebel cavalry to shoot their bows and arrows, the Zhenshan camp's bird gun soldiers were the first to show off their power.  "Fire the bird cannons!" Fan Li shouted in hiss, and suddenly the sound of "boom-boom" bird cannons resounded throughout the battlefield, shaking the firing of more than one hundred and sixty bird cannons in the ranks of the Shanying camp.  When the smoke cleared, only more than 80 steps away, some rebel cavalry with bows and arrows fell off their horses. The galloping horses were not greatly affected. Obviously, this kind of blow could not disrupt the attack of the rebel cavalry.  Within eighty steps, most of the arrows in the hands of the rebels shot at Fan Li's troops.  The flying arrows were thrown into the formation of Zhenshan Camp in an arc. All the soldiers of Zhenshan Camp were wearing chainmail. The rebels' arrows were thrown again, so the casualties caused were not large. The formation of Zhenshan Camp remained stable.  Steady.  The rebel cavalry that was galloping towards did not turn around and flee after seeing a round of arrows. Instead, they received a more powerful counterattack from the opposing soldiers. This was very different from what they imagined.  The rebel cavalry put away their bows and arrows, waved their weapons and continued to attack Fan Li's troops like a tide. Since the bows and arrows could not break up the small guard force on the opposite side.  Then kill them with your own hands with the weapons in your hands. This is the thought in the minds of most of the charging rebel cavalry.  "The gun soldiers are firing!" Fan Li shouted expressionlessly.  "Boom" and "Boom" four rounds of bird cannons were fired one after another. A thousand rebel cavalry who continued to attack suffered continuous casualties under the attack of the bird cannons.  Ordinary cavalry might collapse after suffering such continuous attacks, but these cavalrymen on the opposite side were all from Dongjiang Town.  In the past, he had been fighting against the Liaodong Jiannu all year round, and he could be considered a soldier who had experienced hundreds of battles.  Despite being hit so hard, it did not collapse.  At this time, the rebels were only more than fifty steps away from Fan Li's headquarters.  The rebel cavalry on their war horses kept making "ho ho" sounds and continued to put pressure on the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion on the opposite side.  At this time, the continuous firing of the bird gun suddenly stopped!  Cao Shaozhong led his bodyguards to stand still, his heart tightening. He relaxed a little when he saw that the opponent's cannon soldiers no longer fired. As long as they crossed the fifty-step distance, the opponent's five hundred people would be defeated.  You can only let yourself be slaughtered.  The power of the opponent's blunderbuss is huge. Hum, after killing these guards later, the opponent's blunderbuss will be yours!  Thinking about it on the other hand, is it worth losing more than 300 elite cavalry for these 500 people?  Even if all the soldiers were killed, they still couldn't get back these 300 elite cavalry. Thinking of this, Cao Shao felt a little resentful and regretful.  Fan Li watched the rebel cavalry getting closer and slightly opened his mouth, revealing a sneer. If he wanted to take advantage of Zhenshan Camp, he had to shed a layer of skin first.  Fan Li becomes powerful againSaid: "Pikemen, light the powder packets and throw them! Gunmen, prepare the powder packets!" After a few breaths, more than a hundred gunpowder packets emitted a trace of green smoke and exploded among the cavalry more than 20 steps away.  There was a huge impact, which even affected the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion who were hiding behind the shields. Many broken limbs and arms, including some weapons and blades, fell on the Zhenshan Battalion array, causing some innocent soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion to be injured.  The huge explosion of the gunpowder package not only caused huge casualties to the charging rebel cavalry, but also scared the courage of the rebel cavalry.  Twenty steps after the explosion, a scene of hell on earth was staged again. The cavalry who survived the explosion began to panic. Due to inertia, some cavalry controlled their frightened horses and continued to charge towards the Zhenshan Camp. Some cavalry were frightened by their panicked horses.  Uncontrollably, they turned to attack the queue of a thousand cavalry behind them. Some cavalrymen fell off their horses because they could not control their frightened horses, and were trampled to death by the horses that followed.  For a time, the thousands of attacking cavalry were disrupted by a series of blows. The remaining rebel cavalry who continued to attack the formation of Zhenshan Camp were already frightened.  Long guns for rent.  At this time, these cavalrymen who rushed towards the Zhenshan Camp array were only moving forward due to the inertia of their horses. Facing the gleaming forest of spears again, they had no courage to continue the attack. Most of the cavalrymen desperately turned their horses around and left the Zhenshan Camp.  The queue passed by on both sides.  However, nearly a hundred rebel cavalrymen rushed into the formation of Zhenshan Camp. The spears in front of the formation penetrated the bellies of more than a dozen war horses. The war horses neighed and fell to the ground, slamming the cavalrymen on these war horses.  aside.  The subsequent cavalry tried hard to avoid these injured horses and cavalry, and finally faced the Zhenshan Camp soldiers directly, but the speed of the horses slowed down significantly.  Obstructed by the soldiers of Zhenshan Camp, the rebel cavalry was in panic and no longer had the arrogant momentum they had at the beginning. The "ho ho" shouts turned into screams all over the place, and they desperately turned their horses' heads.  Run to both sides.  At this time, Zhao Shougang's troops, who were waiting on the side, suddenly burst out with dense rounds of cannon fire. These rebel cavalry who fled from both sides were the first to bear the brunt, and another group of cavalry screamed and fell off their horses.  It was not until this moment that Fan Li discovered that Zhao Shougang led a thousand garrison soldiers. He knew without thinking that Zhao Shougang was risking being annihilated by the rebel cavalry and leading his soldiers to come for reinforcements.  Fan Li felt a warm current flowing in his heart. At the critical moment, the commander and the brothers of Zhenshan Camp did not give up on himself and the soldiers of Zhenshan Camp around him. It was the timely rescue of the commander and the brothers of Zhenshan Camp that prevented his own soldiers from being saved.  The soldiers suffered heavy casualties!  From the time this wave of rebel cavalry was attacked by Western artillery at the city head to the moment they rushed to the Zhenshan Camp soldiers and fled, it only took a few dozen breaths. More than a thousand rebel cavalry returned with nearly half of their casualties. On the contrary,  The five hundred Zhenshan Camp soldiers whom they regarded as prey were almost intact.  This kind of result is simply unbelievable. Not only Cao Shaozhong, the cavalry general, could not believe the reality in front of him, but Fan Li and other Zhenshan Camp soldiers who were already prepared to die also found it unbelievable.  The following thousand rebel cavalry witnessed the whole process. If the other party had no other means but relied on firm willpower to fight against its own cavalry, it would definitely be a crushing victory!  Who would have thought that this small infantry of the other side would have an endless supply of firearms. It was these frightening firearms that shattered the confidence of the rebel cavalry, and with it, the thousand rebel cavalry began to hesitate.  At this time, the "boom boom" roar of artillery sounded again from the top of Pingdu City. The Western gunners' precise firing techniques accurately shot down six kilograms of solid iron bullets into the middle of a thousand rebel cavalry who were following them. The previous scene was full of blood and flesh.  appears again.  Cao Shao, who stayed on the spot to watch the battle, was terrified. He knew that his cavalry had lost their spirit and that if they attacked again, they would only die in vain.  He yelled at the top of his lungs to the guards around him: "Quickly send the order, stop the attack, stop the attack! The whole army retreats." After receiving the order to retreat, the second wave of cavalry was amnesty, and together with the cavalry who had returned from defeat, they all rushed together.  The horses galloped back, each fearing that the other's gunfire would fall on him again.  After Cao Shaozhong ordered his men to collect the fleeing cavalry, he no longer had any intention of annihilating the defenders on the opposite side. In the first wave, a thousand cavalry were killed and wounded, but now only more than 500 people have escaped intact and returned to their headquarters.  In other words, in the battle just now, Zhenshan Camp used the power of firearms to control the situation. The soldiers of Zhenshan Camp, who were prey, gave the rebel cavalry a hard blow, directly knocking off the arrogance of the rebel cavalry.  Taking advantage of the opportunity for the rebel cavalry to retreat, Zhao Shougang led 1,200 Zhenshan Battalion soldiers to join Fan Li's troops. After the two Zhenshan Battalion troops merged, they rearranged their formations.  After a round of firearms battle just now, the shockThe nervousness of the soldiers in the mountain camp was released. It turned out that the menacing rebel cavalry was not invincible!  Fan Li gave Zhao Shougang a grateful look, walked up to Zhao Shougang, gave a military salute, and then said: "Thank you, Mr. Zhao Qian, for leading the troops to help in critical moments. Fan Li is grateful!" Zhao Shougang said quickly: "Both you and I are.  Brothers of Zhenshan Camp, how can I turn a blind eye when my brother is in trouble? You and I, brothers, don¡¯t turn a blind eye. The crisis has not been resolved yet. The rebel cavalry is still watching five hundred steps away. It is obviously not possible for Zhenshan Camp to successfully withdraw into the city.  It's easy."  !  (To be continued)
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