Zhang Xianzhong led the cavalry to start rushing towards the valley entrance, and while rushing, he did not forget to shoot arrows on the hillside. △↗ However, compared with the fierce artillery fire of the officers and soldiers, their bows and arrows seemed so pale and powerless to fight back.

In the valley mouth, the battle here is even more intense.

At this time, not only were there more than 1,000 people from the left of the Jiutou Bid Battalion, but also the unified battalion of the Hu Duchy of the Prime Minister's Front Camp. Not only did they have to defend against Zhang Xianzhong and others' desperate breakthrough, but they also had to block the fierce attacks of more thieves outside.

They must face attacks on both sides at the same time, just like an inner membrane.

The thieves outside saw that Zhang Xianzhong was trapped in the valley and attacked desperately, trying to open the entrance to the valley to rescue Zhang Xianzhong.

"put!"

Facing the dense bandits in front of the van, the officers and soldiers in the van couldn't help but feel numb. But at this time there was no room for retreat.

Zhang Donggou raised his waist knife and shouted loudly. Facing the forty vans outside the valley, eighty Folang machines blasted out shot out shots one after another, and large pieces of iron sand shot out. The bandits who rushed to the front immediately fell down. But the bandits were not defeated this time. They had just fallen down in front, and countless rushing up from behind.

Duke Hu stood in the car city with his teeth gritted his teeth. In the open space surrounded by forty vans on both sides, there were a battalion of Hu’s troops. These troops were still on standby to prepare for war, but the cannons under the battalion of Hu’s troops were already firing.

There is a cannon department in the state camp of Hu Gong. They have ten red cannons. Among them, eight red cannons with a thousand kilograms, and two red cannons with a 3,800 kilograms.

The most advantage of these red cannons is to attack the city, and they are not as good as defending the city, let alone field battles. But at this time, facing countless stray tactics of bandits and seas, the Duke of Hu could not control these.

All ten red cannons have opened fire.

The Red Cannon of the Duchy of Hu cannon can shoot one thousand steps away, and the effective range of the small can also be 300 steps.

After one round of cannon attack, Hu Duchy Kingdom discovered that although the cannon was large, its lethality was far less than that of the van Fran cannon on the Jiutou Bag. And after one shot, the Red Barbarian cannon was far less than that of the Fran cannon with nine sub-guns. It could be replaced with the loaded sub-guns and continued firing.

Duke Hu could only watch the Folang aircraft continue to fire, but his red-clothed cannon still had to pour water into the muzzle to extinguish the spark. Then he had to tie the dry cloth to a stick and stab it in and wipe the cannon tube dry.

"Change grape bullet!"

Duke Hu shouted, and immediately a few wooden boxes were brought by gunners.

When I opened the wooden box, it was exactly what Hu Gongguo said inside. In fact, the grape bullet is not a very high-end thing. It just uses a net bag to load many small lead bullets together. A grape bullet has thirty lead bullets, divided into three layers, each layer is divided by a thin iron plate in the middle, and then the outside is surrounded by a net bag, forming a barrel shape.

This is similar to a shotgun, but not a shotgun. This grape bomb was originally used on Western ships.

I guess I am the first to use the Red Barbarian cannon to fire grape bullets and shoot close-up shots. However, the Duke of Hu couldn't care about so much at this time. What kind of birds can be used for when they can shoot far away? Now I just need to hit more.

"put!"

The ten red cannons finally completed the second loading, and all were loaded with grape bullets. With the shout of Hu Duke Guo, the red cannons that were lowered from the gunpowder were simply corrected to fire. Under the impact of gunpowder, the grape bullets that were out of the cavity broke through the constraints of the net and spread out.

The Red Barbarian Cannon has a longer range, and this round of shells fell directly into the bandits' rear formation.

ah!

Thirty lead bullets smashed into the charge group of thieves and immediately splashed out a large amount of blood. Then the shells did not stop immediately, and then began to bounce again after killing one person, hitting the second and third ones.

A grape bullet had thirty large lead bullets. It swept the bandits within a dozen steps in an instant, and at that moment, at least forty or fifty were killed.

Ten red cannons and ten grape bullets immediately cleared a large area of ​​Fanyuan that was about 100 steps in front of the car formation, killing at least three or four hundred people.

"This grape bomb is so fuckingly powerful." Hu Gongguo couldn't help but exclaim, and then after coming back to his senses, he shouted excitedly, "Damn it, what you want is this effect, come again!"

When the gunners on the Jiutou Bird Basin saw the effect, they couldn't help but exclaim and envy. Zhang Donggou smacked his mouth and said with a little sourness, "That's the thief who was stupid and rushed over so densely. Otherwise, using the red barbarian cannons to fight infantry in the field, wouldn't it be a cannon to bomb mosquitoes? In the field, our chariot camp also had to have the Flang machine cannon, which was fast and dense, and one to hit a large area, and the thief could not be close to him at all."

Cai Yuan looked back at the red cannon, "Actually, this red cannon is pretty good. If we can also equip a few pieces, it would be even more like a tiger."

However, although the cannon was strong, the bandit army launched the tactics of the sea of ​​people and continued to advance. Soon, it rushed to the front of the horse-receiving wall. The bandits held their shields and big swords to start slashing the horse-receiving horses, and rushed towards the van formation like a tide.

"It's up to us, come on!"

Duke Hu looked at the soldiers of the former camp who had been resting in the car city for a long time, shouted, then rushed past the car formation with a big sword and killed the bandits who rushed to the wall of refusing horses.

The soldiers in the front camp leaned against the chariot formation, and set up a shield wall across the horse-rejecting wall in front. Then the spearmen began to stab the bandits opposite with spears.

At this time, after two traffic jams, Zhang Xianzhong in the valley was also desperately leading his troops to attack the traffic jam.

Unfortunately, although the cavalry was fierce, facing the three-dimensional defense formed by the caltrop, the horse-resisting wall and the van formation, although Zhang Xianzhong and other bandits fought to the death, they were still bleeding from their heads.

They rushed under the chariot formation repeatedly, but the endless Folang machine cannons and muskets in the chariot formation ruthlessly shattered their desperate breakthrough time and time again.

Liu Jun knew that the car array outside might be broken through by bandits at any time, so he did not give Zhang Xianzhong more opportunities. The car array at the south entrance was quickly transferred over, like a moving wall squeezing over.

Following the car array was the troops that Lu Yuan and Sun Lu Yuan asked the brothers to gather together again.

Listening to the rumbling sound of cannons in the valley, the Eight Kings and thousands of cavalry were not allowed to break out. The bandits outside were so anxious, especially Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates.

Cao Cao, Luo Rucai and others did not rush up, but they stood the troops of each battalion on the spot, watching Zhang Xianzhong's troops of each battalion attacking the formation of officers and soldiers at the entrance of the valley like deaths again and again.

It was not that Cao Cao deliberately wanted to die but that the valley entrance was so big, and the official army's car formation was swaying that way. It just blocked the valley entrance. It was a man who was in the pass, and ten thousand men could not open it. The official army had countless cannons and muskets. The more they rushed up, the denser the formation, and it would only be hit harder by artillery fire.

Pan Duao, who was left behind by Zhang Xianzhong to take care of the old camp, led Zhang Kewang, and several young generals from Zhang Dingguo rushed to Cao Cao and loudly asked them why the troops in the sixth camp did not attack.

Faced with the rudeness of these young generals, Cao Cao Luo Rucai was not angry, but just sighed slightly, "Didn't you see the cunning arrangements of dog officers and soldiers?"

As soon as Zhang Xianzhong rushed in, the thieves immediately blocked the valley entrance. Now they occupy this valley entrance, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. They cannot be attacked with more people. On the contrary, the more people, the more miserable they will be beaten.

This is just like a siege. Although they are now in the wild, the arrangement of the official army is more difficult to fight than defending the city. There are mountains on both sides, so they can only rush in from the entrance of the valley.

A wild battle ended up becoming a barrier-to-point offensive and defensive battle. How could this fucking come to this point?

"Can you send troops to climb the mountain from both sides of the valley entrance?" Zhang Dingguo asked. Now the officers and soldiers guard the valley entrance and set up the car formation. The valley entrance is so narrow and the official army has artillery, so they just rushed to the car formation. It is indeed only to die. But the adoptive father is in the valley, and they cannot help but save him. Every time he goes over, the adoptive father has fewer chances of being rescued.

Since they cannot break through the front and their troops are still sufficient, why not attack from both sides of the mountain? Although it is not easy to attack on the mountain, it is much easier than climbing the wall when siegeing the city. The city wall must be stepped on a ladder. Although the mountain is steep, it can be climbed by both hands and feet.

"Oh, why didn't we expect this before? Yes, we climbed the mountain from both sides, bypassed the defense of the thief's valley entrance, and rushed into the valley." Pan Duao said excitedly.

"But if the valley mouth is not taken down, aren't we going to fall into the trap?"

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "No, how many people can the official army have? At most, 20,000 or 30,000 people. This is like a siege battle. If the official army can guard the city gate and wall, it will be difficult to attack the city. But if we can break into the city, the advantage of the defense side will be gone. If we can break into the valley, with our tens of thousands of people, can't we still beat the official army?"

"Even if we can't beat it, we can save the Eight Kings."

In Dachang City, dozens of miles away from Lannigou, Shaanxi deputy general He Renlong and Li Guoqi led Shaanxi troops to the empty city.

"Report!"

"Report to the general, the scout brothers who went out found that the two armies were fighting fiercely 80 miles south of Dachang City. It is very likely that the troops of Premier Xiong and the troops of the two troops of Xianzhe Cao."

Hearing this news, He Renlong asked loudly, "How is the battle?"

"The scout's return is like Premier Xiong is setting up an ambush in the Lannie Gully, but the number of thieves is huge, with tens of thousands of people. At present, the two sides are still fighting fiercely, and the outcome is unknown."

He Renlong slapped the table, "Fucking they finally arrived, and the order was sent, the entire army set out and reinforced Prime Minister Mei immediately."

"Let's wait!"

Li Guoqi hurriedly called He Renlong, "Brother He, wait a moment."

“Why?”

Li Guoqi first asked his personal soldiers to go out, and then said to He Renlong, "Brother He, don't forget the military orders of the previous command of the army. Our mission is to enter Dachang City. The commander has a word first. If there is no military order, our troops will not leave Dachang. Otherwise, if the military law is carried out, we must ask Shang Fang Baojian to take action first and then report it."

"Can..."

"I heard that General Yang was very dissatisfied with Premier Mei." Li Guoqi added in a low voice. He Renlong was stunned, "Did the General Manager expect this to happen today?"

"Who knows, but the gods and immortals are in trouble, and we mortals are suffering. I think we should report this news first to ask General Yang for reinforcements. We will only listen to General Yang's support."

"But Governor Yang is still in the north, so it takes a lot of time to ask for instructions. If Governor Yang agrees, I'm afraid it's too late to go to daylily."

"But what if we go, then General Yang settles the accounts afterwards and asks Shangfang Baojian to kill you and me, what should I do? Don't forget that General Yang just killed Yin Dabai with Shangfang Jian. Yin Dabai is still a civil servant. He said he would kill him. We are just two deputy generals and a martial artist. If we want to deal with us, wouldn't we just find an excuse to kill a bed bug?"

"Maybe the Mei Duji people have their own heavenly appearance, maybe they have another sentence." Li Guoqi added.

He Renlong frowned and thought for a long time. The battle between Premier Mei and Supervisor Yang seemed to be unable to get involved, and the Supervisor seemed to have the upper hand.

"Oh, okay, let's send someone to report to Duke Yang first and listen to his decision."

He Renlong's messenger rushed to Yang Sichang's army and reported He Renlong's military information.

Yang Sichang read the letter and said to the messenger, "When you come, did He Renlong send troops?"

"Return to the Pavilion Department. He and Li are stationed in Dachang City, waiting for the Pavilion Department to make a decision."

When Yang Sichang heard the news, he smiled and nodded, "Go back immediately and tell He Renlong and Li Guoqi that the most important task of the two is to guard Dachang City and prevent the bandits from returning. In addition, He Renlong and Li Guoqi can draw some troops to Lannigou to reinforce Premier Mei."

After the informant left, Yang Sichang took the map and carefully found the locations of Dachang City and Lannigou on it. He looked carefully for a long time, then looked at the sky. He summoned his personal soldiers, "Transfer our military orders, stop the march, and stationed on the spot."

"Gei Department. It's just after noon now. Is it too early to set up a camp?" Li Shuchu, the governor of Henan, rushed over after hearing that he was going to set up a camp.

"The soldiers marched for many days, and their troops were exhausted. We should take a break." Yang Sichang said casually.

Mud ditch.

The bandit army began to divide their troops to climb mountains from both sides, which put great pressure on the officers and soldiers at once.

"General Big Lu and Little Lu, you will immediately lead your troops to block the bandit army." Liu Jun hurriedly dispatched troops.

Liu Jun looked at the sky and the rain continued without stopping. This heavy rain also made Liu Jun very passive in tactical arrangements. The most elite firearm unit of the Nine-Headed Bird could only guard the trenches and cannons and could not be mobilized to leave at all. Otherwise, facing the heavy rain outside, their artillery and fire guns would not be used.

Liu Jun could only transfer the troops from Lu and Lu to stop the bandits who climbed the mountain to attack. Although it was inconvenient to climb the mountain, there were many thieves. Once they broke into the valley, the situation would be quite troublesome.

"Intensify the attack on the thief cavalry in the valley!"

The fierce battle in the valley continued. The more than 3,000 thieves led by Zhang Xianzhong were worthy of being elite. Even though he was surrounded by this desperate situation, he still did not stop his crazy counterattack and break through.

"Killers, come on!"

Originally, Liu Jun wanted to use artillery fire and fire guns to wipe out the valley floor, but now, Liu Jun has to send the cold weapon troops up. If he drags it down, Zhang Xianzhong's big fish may run away.

As the sound of horns and drums sounded, the infantry killing team of Jiutou Birds walked out. They lined up in a neat formation, wearing cotton armor, raincoats, bright helmets, flag guns, long cards, rattan cards, hook guns, boring and palladium, waist knives, all kinds of weapons, and the queues were in order.
To be continued...