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Chapter 1194: Like dumplings

"Spread out and set up shields."

Liu Wenzhan shouted loudly, "Quick! Spread out the shield soldiers and set up shields for defense."

The one hundred shield soldiers quickly dispersed as ordered and formed a row of shields in front of the archers and musketeers to protect them from being shot by the government troops' bullets and crossbows.

The two sides were less than a hundred steps apart. The musketeers on the opposite side fired their muskets in panic. At such a distance, they were naturally unable to cause effective damage to the rebel army. Occasionally, a crisp sound was heard when a bullet hit the shield.

Even if some bullets managed to avoid the shield's blockage and hit the rebels' archers and musketeers, they would only cause a little pain, but would not cause fatal harm to them, or even force them to withdraw from the battle.

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"Fuck your mother."

Feng Dadong looked at everything in front of him and cursed angrily: "Which bastard fired the gun? Anyone else who fires the gun beforehand will be chopped off by me!"

Several soldiers who had already fired their muskets were so frightened that they lowered their heads and frantically reloaded the bullets, not daring to make any sound for fear that their superiors would chop off their heads.

"Watch out, everyone. No one is allowed to fire a gun or shoot an arrow before they are fifty steps away."

"There's nothing to be afraid of. We have a wooden wall to protect us. The bandits have nothing to lose."

"That's right, keep calm, and when the thief gets close, we'll shoot him to death!"

With the orders from the captains, the officers and soldiers on the camp wall were temporarily stabilized. They were not as panicked as before, but the fear still existed. They kept sneaking glances at the situation behind them from time to time.

At this moment, teams of soldiers gathered under the camp wall. In addition to swords and shields, they also had spears and other long weapons in their hands. Although the formations of the teams were not very strict, they were much calmer than the soldiers on the camp wall. This might be because they could not see the situation outside and could not feel the oppressive feeling of the rebel army.

"Where is Zhao Qiangong? Where is Zhao Qiangong?"

A strong man rode up on his horse and reported loudly: "General, Qian's merit is here."

"The bandits are numerous, your cavalry battalion is ready to take orders, do not march out lightly without the general's order."

"Yes, General."

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"Bang bang bang..."

The two sides were sixty steps apart, and the muskets of both sides kept "cracking". Clouds of yellow-white smoke rose from the front of each formation, floating upwards, and gradually gathered into a large ball, which did not dissipate for a long time.

Although the rebel army had formed a firearms battalion, they only focused on the training of artillery. They only cared about the muskets as long as they could fire. They did not conduct strict training on a daily basis and did not understand the power of musket and artillery fire at the same time.

  So the sound of gunfire here was like popping beans, a chaotic "crackling" sound!

As the enemy and our side clashed with their muskets, archers began to shoot arrows. The crisp "bang bang" sound of the muskets and the whistling sound of the arrows almost enveloped the entire battlefield.

Tong Shoushan was watching the battle ahead from his horse, feeling mixed emotions. He had never thought that as a general of the Ming Dynasty, he would repeatedly chop his former colleagues with his sword. In fact, when he first surrendered to Li Zicheng and was ordered to go out to collect grain, he had no burden. After all, he was only looking for trouble with the wealthy and powerful families with many acres of land. But later, as his subordinates increased, Li Zicheng began to send him alone to attack smaller counties, and he felt very uncomfortable.

Until Liu Jinhai sneaked into his camp and enlightened him, saying: "The Marshal said that most of these officials and generals are just sycophants, occupying official positions but not knowing how to protect the people, and dare not fight against the bandits. Keeping them will only harm the people. It is better to take this opportunity to remove them one by one, and maybe it will be better in the future. Of course, for those good officials who are truly dedicated to the people and generals who are loyal to the court, if possible, we should let them go and keep them. Maybe they can be used by me in the future."

Therefore, Tong Shoushan now has no psychological burden in fighting against the government troops and conquering states and counties!

At this moment, he looked at the battlefield in front of him and couldn't help cursing in his heart: "Fuck, what kind of muskets are these? They are like dumplings, and they are not as useful as archers. If I had them to practice, I would have defeated the enemy long ago."

However, having said that, no matter how much he looked down on Zhang Nai's firearms battalion musketeers, they were still needed to deal with the government army's musketeers, and King Chuang would never give him the firearms battalion for training and command.

But today's battle must continue. Since we have requested a fight in front of the chief scout Liu Zongmin and made a promise, we cannot be timid. We must not only capture the enemy's camp, but also fight beautifully.

"Order Bao Jiqiang's cavalry to charge forward and attack the officers and soldiers with horse archery, and cover the infantry to attack from close range."

"Yes." A personal soldier immediately urged his horse forward to pass on the order.

Seeing that the counterattack of the government troops in the camp did not seem as strong as he had imagined, Tong Shoushan guessed that they would not be able to hold on to the end. However, being able to quickly capture the front camp was the basis for demonstrating his military talent.

At that moment, he called another personal soldier and said, "Go tell Yan Mingda to lead his troops to the right wing, follow Bao Jiqiang's cavalry, and attack the government army camp fiercely. Even if we can't break it, we must attract all the government troops to me."

After the soldier left, he called another soldier and ordered, "Go tell Qi Dakan to lead the front camp to quietly go to the left wing, and after a quarter of an hour, rush up and break through the wall of the government army camp."

"Yes."

The guards were about to leave after receiving the order, but he stopped them again: "Tell Qi Dakan to act quickly and break through the camp wall before the government troops can react, and take the first credit for today. As long as you can open this hole for me, no matter how many casualties he suffers today, I will make up for it in full."

"Yes."

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"Quick, everyone go to the west. We can't let the thieves rush in."

Feng Dadong watched everything on the battlefield very calmly, and did not seem to be worried about the bandits rushing in. He saw the bandits' cavalry appearing in the west. Although their arrows were not accurate enough, they scared the officers and soldiers so much that they shrank back and hid behind the village wall, not daring to show their heads.

He was not worried about this because there was a high wooden wall blocking the way and the bandits' cavalry could not break in no matter what. However, when he saw a large group of foot bandits rushing out from behind the horse bandits, his face changed immediately and he shouted loudly to strengthen the defense in the west.

Feng Dadong's front camp had three thousand soldiers. In addition to the cavalry of less than a thousand people, there were more than a thousand infantry. The rest were auxiliary soldiers and miscellaneous servants. It would be good if they didn't cause trouble, and they could not be relied upon at all.

Now there were more than 400 people defending the village wall, so the remaining troops were only cavalry and 1,200 infantry. Under his command, another 800 infantry were mobilized to the west to fight against the bandits' infantry who were about to rush up.

Looking at the overwhelming number of bandits in front of him, there were still more than 2,000 of them who had not launched a charge. He vaguely felt that he might not be able to hold on today, but he was very unwilling to accept that.