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Seeing this, Zhang Daojun quickly asked his soldiers to check the enemy's situation, and found a bright fire not far away, reflecting a neat team. It was none other than Zhang Shun's team who came to support.

Zhang Daojun was surprised when he saw that some rogue bandits were actually using artillery against him. He thought about it again and guessed that it was the bandits who used artillery to bombard his Dou Village under the command of "Purple Gold Liang".

The enemy was extremely jealous when they met, so Zhang Daojun immediately ordered a counterattack with artillery against Zhang Shun. The distance between the two sides was relatively long, and Zhang Daojun's large number of Franchise aircraft could not reach the distance, so he had to fight back with a few Western cannons.

This so-called Western cannon is actually the Hongyi cannon. It's just that people in Ming Dynasty called them different names according to the people who came into contact with European firearms. The artillery that was learned from the Netherlands was called the Red Cannon, while the artillery that was imitated from the Spanish was called the Western artillery.

Later, people in the Ming Dynasty discovered that the shapes of these cannons were almost the same, so they were collectively called Hongyi cannons. Later, it was spread to the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. Because the Manchu and Qing Dynasties tabooed the word "Yi", it was renamed "Red Cannon".

What Zhang Daojun built for Ji Liao was a small Western cannon, weighing between 300 and 500 kilograms, with a caliber of more than two inches and a diameter of about 20 times. It is compatible with small artillery such as the two-inch-caliber Tiger Crouching Cannon often used by the Ming Army.

The artillery pieces in Zhang Daojun's hands were well-made and fired quickly and accurately. Seven or eight of Zhang Shun's soldiers were killed with just one volley.

This also shocked Zhang Shun. Although Zhang Shun knew that the officers and soldiers also had many cannons, because he had never encountered officers and soldiers using artillery in many battles, Zhang Shun almost thought that this was his unique skill.

It was dark at this time, and the two sides could not see each other clearly and could not bombard each other's gun positions. They had to set up their guns and shoot back and forth. Zhang Shunsheng's artillery has a larger caliber and is more powerful; Zhang Daojunsheng's Western artillery is well-made and shoots accurately.

Seeing this, Zhang Shun quickly asked his soldiers to extinguish some of the torches to hide the location of the main force and artillery. Zhang Daojun could not clearly see where Zhang Shun's troops were at this time, and the Western artillery suddenly hit like a blind man, but failed to hit Zhang Shun's soldiers.

On the contrary, Zhang Shun had many artillery and good maneuverability. Under the command of Li Shi'an, he often hid in one place and finished loading. After a volley of fire, he immediately hitched the mules and horses and moved quickly.

Zhang Daojun, as the commander of this ambush of officers and soldiers, did not dare to extinguish the torches, for fear that in the chaos of the battle, the officers and soldiers would lose their position as commander, their morale would be greatly reduced, and they would be killed to pieces. But this became a living target for Zhang Shun's artillery, and he was blasted to death by the gunners under Li Shian's command.

What's more, the shells of Zhang Daojun's Western cannon only weighed about one kilogram, while Zhang Shun's three-inch cannon, although technically inferior, was of standard six-pounder caliber. The shells weighed four and a half kilograms, and when they penetrated the crowd, their lethality was vastly different.

Zhang Daojun's small cannon could only penetrate three or four people with one bullet, while Zhang Shun's cannon could penetrate dozens of people with one bullet. So after being passively beaten for two rounds of shooting, Zhang Daojun couldn't sit still. He had no choice but to take the initiative and destroy or force Zhang Shun's team back.

Zhang Daojun is not a brainless person. He knows that both field combat and close combat are disadvantageous to him, but he also has a large number of French cannons. This kind of French cannon is a breech-loading smoothbore cannon learned from Spain. Due to the lack of air-holding technology at that time, the range and power of this artillery are not very good, but it is better than fast loading and good firepower continuity.

After learning this type of artillery, the Ming army at that time found that it was particularly suitable to use it to deal with the Tartars in the north, so they developed a large number of models of Fran cannons on this basis. The big one weighs tens of thousands of pounds, and the small one is basically just a firecracker.

The flange machines in Zhang Daojun's hands are basically small and medium-sized models. In order to be easy to carry, the heaviest one is only about 100 kilograms. The range of this type of artillery is between fifty or sixty steps to two, three or four steps. Zhang Daojun felt that as long as his team rushed to such a close distance, the fierce firepower would definitely defeat Zhang Shun's team.

Zhang Daojun's team set off, holding torches to illuminate the road, and rushed down the hillside. Due to the influence of night, Zhang Daojun's team was not very fast. Li Shi'an was very happy to use his artillery to "roll call" at the dense fire area, which made Zhang Daojun so angry that he wanted to cut Li Shi'an and others into pieces.

When Zhang Daojun's team was about fifty steps away from Zhang Shun's team, Zhang Shun had already secretly ordered his soldiers to squat down. After a series of bombardments by Zhang Daojun's Fran cannon, because the movement of Zhang Shun's troops could not be seen clearly at night, he only knew that Zhang Shun's troops had suffered heavy losses, so he took the opportunity to order a charge.

As a result, Zhang Shun let them move about ten steps in front of his formation, and twenty or thirty artillery pieces fired in unison, firing dense rain of shotgun shells, sweeping away Zhang Daojun's team of hand-to-hand killers.

After the huge artillery sound stopped, Zhang Daojun endured the uncomfortable ringing in his ears and stared blankly at the dark position in front of him. In the flashing light of the artillery just now, he clearly saw that his team of hand-to-hand killers were beaten to pieces by the opponent's artillery, falling down in pieces like pieces of wheat being cut down.

Angry, Zhang Daojun couldn't mention his anger anymore. Although he was not an excellent general, his decades of military career told him that his team of hand-to-hand killers was over, the battle he had carefully planned to ambush was over, he was ready to make up for his mistakes, and his plan to ascend to the clouds was over.

He still wanted to gamble, but his reason told him that he couldn't gamble anymore. If he continued gambling, not only would he not be able to recover his losses, but he might also be in trouble. He had no choice but to bite his teeth and swallow blood, and decisively ordered a retreat.

When his deputy general Liu Wei heard this, he couldn't believe his ears and shouted loudly: "General, an eternal miracle is right in front of you, are you willing to do it!"

"I'm not willing to give in!" Zhang Daojun gritted his teeth.

"If you are not willing to give in, let me lead someone forward and charge again!" Liu Wei said angrily.

"No!" Zhang Daojun shouted with all his strength, "The soldiers under my command only rely on firearms. Today's firearms are not as good as those of humans. What can I do? I have a team of hand-to-hand killers with the backbone of the servants left behind by my father. They are acceptable. Give it a try. Now that the killer team has been wiped out, there is nothing we can do!"

Liu Wei was speechless when he heard this and had to retreat in dismay. As a result, the sound of gold chanting by officers and soldiers rang out in the whole place, and the officers and soldiers couldn't help but chaos after hearing this.

As a result, the rebels did not take the opportunity to pursue and kill them. Instead, they lay staggering on the ground one by one. Fortunately, they finally survived the disaster. It turned out that the officers, soldiers, and rebels had been fighting since last night until dawn, and they had not eaten a grain of rice or drank a sip of water. They were already exhausted.

In addition, both sides had a chaotic battle, and each had already lost their command and organization, so the rebels were powerless and unable to pursue them.

And when Zhang Shun saw that Zhang Daojun's troops were advancing and retreating in a controlled manner, he did not dare to force them too much, so he just expelled them in a symbolic manner, which was not for his own sake.

I came back late tonight, the author is working hard to update