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Chapter 331 Victory with Cannons

However, Zhang Shun did not panic at all. As the saying goes, "One fresh move can conquer the world." No matter how good the Shizhu chieftain soldiers were in fighting, they "need to be human beings without three heads and six arms." They cannot be invulnerable.

Zhang Shun directly ordered Li Shi'an's artillery to move forward a certain distance and directly bombard Ma Fengyi's stone pillar chieftain soldiers from the side.

Except for the six artillery pieces under Zhang Shun's command that were equipped with artillery carriages, the other artillery pieces in Li Shi'an's hands did not have carriages. Fortunately, in order to facilitate the march, there are vehicles such as wheelbarrows and flat cars for transportation.

Li Shi'an quickly personally led people to push and pull the artillery battery and move it forward. As a result, Li Shi'an's original artillery position was on a hill, and if he moved forward, it would go downhill.

As the old saying goes, "It's easier to go uphill than downhill." These artillery pieces are items ranging from five to six hundred kilograms to one or two thousand kilograms. When going downhill, Ci Liu Liu only ran down, and no one could hold her back. Even the rope of the artillery dragged people directly down the hill, and some of the hands that were not grasped were bleeding.

Fortunately, these objects are made of iron and are not afraid of damage from falls. When Li Shian ran down with others, he saw that there was nothing wrong except for a little dirt.

Li Shi'an arrogantly led hundreds of soldiers and gunners under his command to set up these artillery pieces again, and aimed horizontally at Ma Fengyi's stone pillar chieftain soldiers and lit the fuses.

The huge cannon sounded again, but this time its lethality was no longer as lethal as before. This time, it was like a string of candied haws, one long string after another.

This Shizhu chieftain soldier, who had strict military discipline and neat formation, was being skewered by the cannonball fired by Li Shi'an. Paths of blood appeared in the formation of Ma Fengyi's stone pillar chieftain soldiers. This time, these chieftain soldiers thought of their predecessors in the bloody battle in Hunhe River and could no longer withstand it. There was a commotion in the entire formation.

When Ma Fengyi saw that something was wrong, she quickly ordered a slow retreat. The Shizhu chieftain soldier was worthy of the name "White Pole Soldier". Although the morale of the entire army was shaken, he still followed Ma Fengyi's order and retreated one by one, resisting the attacks of the "Eight Kings" step by step.

After Li Shi'an ordered the gunner to fire two more rounds, he found that the "Eight Kings" team had turned around and blocked the artillery's firing range, making it impossible to fire again.

However, Li Shi'an still didn't panic. At worst, everyone just put in more effort and moved the artillery positions.

No wonder Li Shi'an was calm and composed. It turned out that the four hundred cavalry sent by the officers and soldiers to harass him could not touch his artillery position, so they were suppressed by the "Grey Eyes".

These four hundred cavalrymen were serious about "paddling" at first. Later, after seeing the power of Li Shi'an's artillery, they couldn't help but take it seriously.

But "Ge Liyan" is a "fool". Since he followed "Purple Gold Liang", he was only released when he was overcoming difficulties, so he is not good at "paddling".

So, he stupidly rushed forward with his men. The officers, soldiers and cavalry were caught off guard and were charged by "Leather Eyes". They were knocked down on the spot by thirty or forty cavalrymen, and they lost their temper.

A war is similar to a fight. One party takes advantage and is full of momentum, while the other party must be dejected and frightened.

After the officers, soldiers and cavalry suffered a loss, they became afraid of battle and did not dare to confront the "Grey Eyes". This resulted in the cavalry under "Ge Liyan" having more positional advantages, while the officers and cavalry became more and more passive and less and less afraid to fight, thus giving Li Shian's gunners a chance to perform.

By this time, the two sides had been fighting fiercely for two or three hours, and the sun had begun to set. Before Deng Qi finished worrying about Ma Fengyi's stone pillar chieftain soldiers, he suddenly discovered that the sun's rays were shining from the opposite side, and it was so painful that he could hardly open his eyes.

It turned out that Zhang Shun's camp was to the east of Huixian County. Deng Qi led the army to arrive at noon, and the two sides formed formations to fight. In the emergency, they had not had time to pay attention to the positions of both sides. As a result, it was not until this moment that Deng Qi discovered that he was actually fighting against the light, and he couldn't open his eyes.

How could Deng Qi still not understand the seriousness of the matter? He quickly ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops and prepare to retreat to the camp behind him.

When the evening glow fell on the faces of the soldiers on the opposite side, Zhang Shun also keenly discovered this problem. He stood up happily, grabbed the drum hammer himself, and started beating the "grievance drum".

The dull drum beat was loud and urgent, which was the order to launch a general attack. Since the last time Zhang Shun ordered the rebels to attack, after everyone hesitated, Zhang Shun gave them a severe scolding. After all, these people are the leaders of a battalion, and they can't show off their faces.

This time they all learned well and obeyed the orders without hesitation. Their respective snare drums also sounded, urging their men and horses to launch a general attack.

The officers and soldiers retreated here, and the rebels advanced there. Deng Qi suddenly lost control of the situation. As the saying goes, "a defeat is like a mountain falling", this is exactly the case.

On the battlefield, once someone escapes and the officer cannot stop him, others will follow suit and flee.

If one person flees, a hundred will flee; if a hundred people flee, ten thousand will flee. If thousands of people collapse like a flood, how can the soldiers supervising the army behind them stop them?

Fortunately, Deng Qi was also an expert at escaping. Seeing that something was not going well, he quickly organized his soldiers and fled behind him.

When the rebels saw that the officers and soldiers were defeated, they immediately swarmed up and beat up the drowned dogs. If you can’t fight a battle against the headwind, can you still fight against a tailwind?

Fortunately, the officers and soldiers camp was not far from here, and the officers and soldiers quickly fled to the camp. It's just that the entrance to the camp is too small and can't accommodate so many people in an instant.

At this time, the rebels pounced on them like wolves and tigers, but what should they do? Fortunately, Zuo Liangyu and Ma Fengyi were quite capable. They took the opportunity to reorganize the army a little, barely formed a formation, and resisted the rebels for a while, so that others could wait for the opportunity to enter.

At this time, Li Shi'an's artillery could not be transported up in time. The "Eight Kings", "Living Cao Cao" and "The King of Troubled Times" tried to attack several times, but none achieved good results. They were reluctant to lose their elite troops, and were even more worried that their officers and soldiers would be trapped and fighting, so they gave up the opportunity to continue the attack.

Zhang Shun saw from a distance that the rebels could no longer get any benefits, not to mention that it was already getting late. If they waited for nightfall, they would be defeated. In the case where many people are "blindfolded", which is what later generations call night blindness, fighting at night is too risky and the gain outweighs the loss.

Therefore, both sides temporarily stopped fighting and returned to their camps to rest.

It's just that although it's a rest, some people are happy and some are sad. The officers and soldiers were defeated. Naturally, one is dejected and demoralized. Deng Qi likes to sulk after losing a battle. This time after such a big defeat, he became even more furious and almost burst his lungs.

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