When Sun Chengzong and Sun Chuanting saw that the Qi family army was a little difficult, they hurriedly ordered their two square arrays of artillery fire and began to cooperate with Qi Jiguang to bombard each other in turn.

The muzzles of rows of flintlock rifles were also aimed at these cavalry at the same time. As long as they broke through the attack of artillery fire, the flintlock rifles began to shoot.

Zhu Youjian stood at the top of the city and saw that the old soldiers in the bandit camp were so fierce, he couldn't help but doubt history.

The bandit army is definitely not as vulnerable as described in history. How could Dorgon easily defeat such an army? It must be that there is a problem within the bandits.

In fact, after the bandits entered the capital, they did everything they could eat, drink, burn, kill, and rob. They thought they could put horses in the south mountain and swords and guns into the warehouse.

Li Zicheng had no ambition to unify the country. He had several provinces, which was enough for him. After the goal was achieved, the bandits became masters.

All of them have begun to enjoy themselves. Who is willing to fight to the death? No one wants to fall into the darkness before dawn. In addition, the plague is raging, this should be the reason why the elite bandits lose their combat effectiveness.

Bandits camp

At this time, Li Zicheng sat in the Central Army camp with full confidence. If he had all his elite troops and could not take over the capital, he would not believe it even if he was beaten to death.

"Report to Your Majesty, Minggou's artillery fire is very fierce, and our army is suffering a lot. After losing tens of thousands of troops, General Hao Yaoqi and General Yuan Zongdi will soon face off with Minggou."

Suddenly the central army came to report that the two armies were about to fight each other quickly. Li Zicheng slapped the table and stood up to order:

"Send the order, all the elite infantry and cavalry soldiers will start attacking, and send signals at the same time, so that the inner circle of the city will start to act."

"Abide by the order"

A sound arrow shot into the air and sent an attack signal to the capital. The bandits' tens of millions of elite infantry cavalry were dispatched.

At this time, Yuan Zongditian Jianxiu's cavalry spread from both wings and was also attacked by the Ming army of Sun Chengzong and Sun Chuanting.

"Bang bang..."

Flintlock rifles made loud bangs, and a barrier of bullets was built in front of the old soldiers of the bandits.

Facing the rapid shooting of the Ming army, although the bandits and cavalry were fast, they still could not break through the Ming army's defense line.

Zhu Youjian held a telescope in his hand and kept observing the movements of the bandit camp. As for Hao Yaoqi's 100,000 troops under the city, he believed that Qi Jiguang and others could deal with it.

Suddenly, in his camera, a large army of bandits appeared again. Judging from their equipment, the elite bandits were definitely dispatched.

"Huang Ming, the artillery is ready, the bandits' trump card is taken out, and I will beat you hard."

"Abide by the order"

Huang Ming agreed and waved the flag in his hand:

"All preparation."

"fire"

"Boom"

As soon as the elite bandits entered the range, the red-clothed artillery army began to roar. No matter how powerful the elite you are, you are also a human being. Under the cover of huge artillery fire, you will not avoid casualties.

But the elites were faster, and they could not stagnate their formation and still advanced quickly without the fire.

Li Zicheng rushed to the capital city all the way, and the Ming army either surrendered or fled in sight, which also made Li Zicheng swell and he did not take the capital seriously at all.

Attacking the capital was a death order. As long as you dare to retreat, you would be killed. Li Guo commanded 150,000 elite infantry cavalry to attack fierce artillery fire.

In half a stick of incense, the Ming army's artillery bombardment caused a large number of casualties among the elite bandits, but the elite bandits had already broken through the artillery bombardment on the city.

The old battalion soldiers in front were gradually unable to resist the fierce guns and cannons and were knocked back by the tiger squat cannons and flintlock guns.

The bandits with neat lineup were suddenly disrupted by their old battalion soldiers. Hao Yaoqitian Zaixu and the supervisor team killed dozens of people in succession, and the old battalion soldiers gradually stabilized their positions.

Now is the best time to bombard, but all artillery is too hot because of too dense bombardment and can no longer be used for a short period of time.

In fact, this is also due to Zhu Youjian's lack of combat experience. He wanted to exchange for new artillery, because the old artillery occupied the artillery and it was too late to go.

As soon as the shelling stopped, the old bandit soldiers and elite troops launched a tide-like charge.

Fortunately, the artillery of the three square formations had no problems, and the tiger squatted cannon continued to bombard the bandits. Although the bandits fell in large numbers, they were many people after all.

Soon, cavalry broke through the bombardment of the tiger squat cannon and approached the artillery position.

Qi Jiguang and others were not nervous when facing the charge of the bandit army. They waved the flag and flintlock rifles took turns to shoot.

Faced with such a dense rain of bullets, both the old camp soldiers and the elite bandits could not rush to the Ming army for a short time.

Hao Yaoqi was about to get angry and ordered two hundred soldiers to start cursing. The general meaning was that Ming Gou was timid and afraid of death and did not dare to fight with them in close combat.

Qi Jiguang, Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting, and the three commanders at the level of the Ming Dynasty, were secretly amused when they saw the bandits' angry look.

The Ming Dynasty was originally an army that was good at firearms. Unless they were stupid, they would have firearms that didn't have to fight for bayonets.

Li Guo found something wrong at this time. The Ming army's firearm was not a fire gun at all. He did not see anyone ignite the fire, so he shouted to Yuan Zongdi and Hao Yaoqi:

"Two generals, please note that this is not the original firearm of the Ming army. They did not use fuses to ignite the fire. Not only is the speed of fire, but the bullets are also denser."

Hao Yaoqi had long discovered something was wrong. He fought with the Ming army many times, but the Ming army did not have such combat power at all.

Every time the cavalry rushed to their formation, the Daming Firearms immediately became in chaos.

However, the Ming army now has a very resolute look in their hands holding the firearm. Facing the rebel army that was several times more powerful than them, there was almost no fluctuation, and they still launched the firearm calmly.

Seeing the continuous fall of troops under his command, Yuan Zongdi and others' faces became increasingly ugly.

He couldn't figure out which army such a powerful Ming army came from, he had never seen it before.

Among the three, Li Guo had the best brains. He was the nephew and godson of the King of Chuang. Hao Yaoqi and Yuan Zongdi both looked at him:

"General Li, if you don't take down the capital today, you will definitely not be able to explain to the King of Chuang. In your opinion, how can we use the advantage of numbers to defeat them?"

Li Guo pondered for a moment:

"Two generals, in my opinion, you can't fight so hard. Look at the number of casualties now, it's better for us to divide the troops into three groups, infantry assault in the middle, and cavalry charge on both sides."

"But, we have tried it just now and can't break through Ming munitions shooting at all. Why don't you try it again."

Hao Yaoqi and Yuan Zongdi had suffered a loss just now, but there was no good way, so they could only nod. They all knew that there were still 50,000 elite cavalry who did not launch an attack.

Li Guo blew the arrow and shot an arrow into the sky. When Tian Jianxiu saw the signal, he immediately ordered the elite cavalry to charge from the left wing.
Chapter completed!