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Liu Yinggui's military law team realized at this time that they did not have to face the terrifying enemy rushing towards them, so they happily ran to the back of the formation and stood with their swords in hand. Only then did the others come to their senses. At this time, they couldn't run away, couldn't defend themselves, and felt a sense of despair in their hearts.

At this time, the officers, soldiers and cavalry were close, and you could basically see the ferocious faces and ferocious eyes on the opposite side. At this time, Zhang Shun shouted: "The second group fires!" The gunner was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously pulled the torch in his hand towards the gun door. He only heard the "chak" sound of gunpowder igniting, and then a burst of even more deafening sounds. The sound sounded.

The cavalrymen who were about to rush in front of them suddenly fell on their backs. Before anyone could take a closer look, the smoke from their prepared artillery filled their sight. Then, those terrible enemies rushed out of the smoke. Everyone was shocked, and three or four people were chopped down before they could react.

Everyone was about to escape, but suddenly found that the only enemies who rushed in were a few scattered people. Suddenly, the courage of Zhang Shun's soldiers came back. Everyone swarmed forward, slashing and stabbing with spears, swords and axes, and eliminated the desperate cavalry.

Only then did everyone have the opportunity to observe the battlefield where the smoke had dispersed. They saw that the corpses of the ferocious enemy and his horse had been bombarded and were scattered across the battlefield not far in front of them.

More enemies rode on their horses, abandoned their helmets and armor, and fled in a hurry. When Song Tongyin looked at it from a distance, he saw that the canthus was completely cracked and his teeth were almost broken. Zhang Shun actually used the first group of artillery to deceive the governor Song Tongyin, making him think that the "bandit" artillery was exhausted. The deceived cavalry approached and fired with shotguns. The officers and cavalry who were only hit suffered heavy losses. A rough estimate was that they lost fifty or sixty cavalry.

Of course, at this point, it is not impossible for the government's cavalry to break Zhang Shun's formation. As long as Zhang Shun's artillery is exhausted, he can still complete the task without fear of life and death. However, facing such tragic casualties, they had lost all their courage, and the only ones who still had courage were the cavalrymen who had just rushed into the formation and were killed by Zhang Shun's men with swords and guns.

In fact, the battle has reached this point, and Song Tongyin, the governor of Shanxi Province, is already riding a tiger. He had repeatedly broken promises and finally took advantage of the opportunity, but the enemy still escaped. He was really unwilling to do so. He clearly knew that once these "thieves" escaped, they would retaliate wildly against him, leaving no room for relaxation, and he might not even be able to keep his official title.

Thinking of this, Song Tongyin also became cruel. Taking advantage of the gap between Zhang Shun's second group of artillery fire, he immediately ordered a Qianhu infantry to attack Zhang Shun.

Seeing this, Zhang Shun quickly ordered Wei Congyi, Zhang Sanbai and Xiao Qinhu to lead their troops to resist. It turned out that Zhang Shun had just divided the artillery in his hand into three groups: the first group had five tiger squatting cannons of two calibers each, the second group had seven tiger squatting cannons of two calibers each, and the third group had two tiger squatting cannons of two calibers each. The six doors were bombarded in sequence.

As a result, when the second group of fire was fired, most of the gunners fired under the tense situation. Zhang Shun took inventory and found that there were only three artillery pieces in his hand that were not fired. Zhang Shun himself estimated that these three guns belonged to the gunner who was frightened and forgot to shoot.

Zhang Shun ordered Wei Congyi to occupy the center, Zhang Sanbai to the left, and Xiao Qinhu to the right, and lined up to engage the officers and soldiers. The bullock carts carrying artillery were arranged on the left and right sides to defend the officers and soldiers from cavalry. Although those artillery pieces were out of shells, the officers and soldiers were just scared and did not dare to come to harass them.

A Qianhu sent by Song Tongyin knew that he had no chance of victory, but he was also determined to die. He personally led his troops to attack Zhang Shun's headquarters. Most of Zhang Shun's men were spearmen, and they had no protection except cotton armor. When the officers and soldiers reached thirty or forty steps, they started shooting one after another.

Zhang Shun's men had no other long-range weapons in their hands, so they could only be beaten passively. Zhang Shun had no choice but to order his soldiers to take the initiative to attack. When the thousands of households saw this, they were delighted. They felt that Zhang Shun's fighting power was no more than this, so they also ordered an attack.

When the two sides were about to get close, they heard the sound of a cannon, and the Qianhu formation was suddenly torn into three holes. It turned out that Zhang Shun had already ordered people to hide the remaining three artillery pieces in the formation and have them carry them forward. When the two sides got close, they directly bombarded them with large amounts of shotguns, catching the other side off guard.

Wei Congyi, Zhang Sanbai, and Xiao Qinhu took the opportunity to cover up the killings and defeated the thousands of households. The Qianhu were furious, and while trying to restrain the soldiers, they ordered their personal guards to attack with them. Unexpectedly, Xiao Qinhu on the right saw him from a distance. He pulled up his tiger tendon bow and shot down the brave Qianhu with just one arrow.

When the guards on the left and right saw that thousands of households were missing, they couldn't help shouting loudly until everyone knew about it. Suddenly the soldiers lost any fighting spirit and dispersed in a rush. Zhang Shun was waiting for orders for the three generals to seize the opportunity to cover up the enemy and use the enemy's rout to charge into the formation. However, he saw that Song Tongyin had ordered five or six hundred cavalry to raid the formation on the left and right, seemingly intending to charge. Zhang Shun did not dare to let his infantry leave the protection of the oxcart artillery, so he ordered a retreat.

As a result, the battlefield became quiet for a while. Zhang Shun took the opportunity to come down and cool down the artillery, cleaned the gunpowder residue in the barrel, and loaded the artillery again. Since he didn't know what kind of tactics the enemy would use this time, Zhang followed the Ming army's habit and adopted the "Gong Ling Sun" loading method.

The so-called "Gong Ling Sun" means that after loading the gunpowder, first load the shotshell, and then load a live bullet to compact the muzzle. This can adapt to most battlefield conditions, and there is no need to replace live ammunition or shotgun shells due to changes in enemy conditions.

At this time, Song Tongyin was actually having a headache. Because of the sudden incident, in order to prevent long nights and long dreams, he was not well prepared. He did not even carry heavy artillery such as the Hongyi cannon, medium-sized artillery such as the French artillery, and imitation Western artillery, so he let Zhang Shun was rampant for a while.

However, he knew very well that Zhang Daojun must be doing double duty in the west, following the "thieves". As long as he delayed for a while, he would definitely surround the "thieves" and annihilate them all. Of course, Song Tongyin knew about this, and so did Zhang Shun and others. Zhang Shun delayed for a moment just to reload the artillery. How could he continue to wait?

After only a moment, Zhang Shun ordered the chariot formation to move forward to press Song Tongyin's formation. When Song Tongyin saw the enemy's situation, he understood that he had to fight this battle. If he retreats a little, he will release the other "bandits" in the valley, who can then rush out from behind Zhang Shun's chariot formation and effectively break through Song Tong and Yin's front formation.

This time, both sides don't have many tricks to play. They can only decide the outcome by having a real fight.

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