After the projectile, the turtledove-legged gunman retreated and began to load the projectiles. The bird gunman holding the bird gun came forward and stretched out the barrels from the shooting holes. Another row of roaring guns sounded, and the white smoke rose up, and the refugees rushing in front fell down again.

The shooting of tiger squat cannons, turtledove-legged guns and bird guns made white smoke in the fortress. Although the guns and gunners fired, they all extended the gun barrels from the shooting holes, and the white smoke from the muzzle emanated from the fortress, the white smoke from the medicine pool still made pungent smoke in the fortress. Some people held fans and fanned desperately to drive away the thick smoke in the fortress.

The row of fortresses in front was just the periphery of the Ming army. The refugees were facing three-dimensional fortifications built along the slope of the river embankment, like terraces.

As the refugees charged forward, fires continued to spew out from the three-story terraced fortifications, field cannons, howitzers, Flangers, tiger squat cannons, turtledove-footed guns, and bird guns shot out projectiles like rainstorms, and the refugees rushing in front fell down like peeled onions.

The bandits came all the way and left the corpses all over the ground. The people in front fell down, and the people behind rushed in frantically.

At this time, the firearm has a slow firing rate and needs to cool down after a few shots. After a while, it has to pause temporarily.

The twelve-pound cannon fired six rounds, the six-pound cannon fired eight rounds, the three-pound cannon fired twelve rounds, the Flang machine and the tiger squat cannon fired ten rounds, and various cannons stopped firing. The bird gun also fired nineteen rounds, and it was not possible to fire again. It needed to cool it with water before it could fire again.

Hearing the firearms fired and stopped, the hungry people rushed over, their eyes full of blood and crazy.

"Capture the officers and soldiers camps, and there is food and gold and silver inside!" The veteran soldiers of the rebel army took the opportunity to incite.

"Kill the official dog!" The hungry people roared wildly, staring with their blood-red eyes, and rushed up to the Ming army camp.

"Let me go!" Li Guodong yelled.

Standing on the river bank, the dismounted cavalry who acted as archers, pulled their bows and arrows one after another, and three thousand people shot volleys. The black arrows flew into the sky, flew across the sky, pulled out an arc, and plunged down into the crowd of refugees.

The arrow pierced into the refugee crowd. The refugees without any armor had no defense ability to light arrows. They only heard a scream, and another hungry people rolled on the ground.

"Let it go!" Five thousand engineers holding crossbow machines pressed down the hanging knife, and the black crossbow arrows pierced into the crowd of refugees like locusts flying in the sky.

Although engineers originally adapted from refugees do not know how to use bows and arrows, they can operate crossbows. Crossbows are much easier to master than bows and arrows. An ordinary farmer can use crossbows proficiently after three months of training. In this regard, the advantages of crossbows and muskets are the same. Moreover, the reloading time of crossbows is shorter than that of bird guns and the firing rate is faster. The disadvantage is that crossbows are more expensive than bird guns, and the armor-breaking ability of crossbows is not as good as firearms.

The hungry people had already rushed to the periphery of the first fortification made of sandbags, but were shot over by bows and crossbows. The hungry people were climbing up desperately. At this moment, the Ming army in the second row of fortifications above threw out ten thousand enemies. The fires burst and explosions continued. The caltrops and pieces of wood exploded from ten thousand enemies flew everywhere. The crowded refugees were blown up in a large area. After the thick smoke gradually dissipated, there were corpses everywhere in front of the city. More of the living refugees fell in pools of blood and cried and struggled. The explosions fell on the ground and exploded. The various fragments of the explosion pierced into their legs and abdomen. They could not die for a while, but were in great pain.

At this moment, the gate of the camp in front suddenly opened, and heavy armored cavalry arranged in neat formations suddenly rushed out of the gate.

"Cabin! Cavalry!" The surviving refugee shouted in horror.

This is an elite cavalry they had never seen before. The men and horses were covered with armor, and the cavalry had masks on their faces, only two eyes were exposed, and their bodies were covered tightly, looking like cans of iron that were invulnerable to swords and guns.

The cavalry arranged in neat formations, holding horse lances, and arranged conical formations, like a sharp steel knife, pierced into the formation of refugees.

What's even more tragic is that the mud on both sides restricts the living space of refugees. Tens of thousands of refugees lined up a long straight line and were knocked in by conical cavalry. The cavalry and horse lances in front were stabbed out, and rows of refugees were either strung on long spears or knocked out. Then the horse's hooves stepped into the crowd, and the refugees fell down and were trampled into the stomach and rotten by the horse's hooves. After the cavalry passed, a bloody road was left, and the ground was covered with corpses that were trampled to pieces.

The veteran soldiers of the rebel camp who followed the refugees shot arrows and the feather arrows shot on the cavalry, but there was no effect at all. The arrows that shot the cavalry fell to the ground one after another.

The refugees who were lucky enough to die turned around and ran away, pushing and retreating the old camp soldiers who were supervising the battle behind them.

After the heavy cavalry drove out the refugees, they did not continue to pursue them, but immediately turned their horses and rushed back to the camp.

"King, these official dog fire weapons are so sharp!" Liu Zongmin, who retreated, knelt in front of Li Zicheng.

Li Yan said: "King, they not only have sharp firearms, but also built camps with dikes and slopes, and cavalry can fight back at any time. They are indeed elites and elites who can defeat Jiannu."

Luo Rucai asked, "Master, are we still fighting? I'm afraid that if we continue fighting, we will have to sacrifice our lives in vain."

Li Zicheng did not answer, but turned his head to Niu Jinxing.

Niu Jinxing understood Li Zicheng's meaning and immediately took over the topic: "But if we don't fight, they will be stationed in the north of the city. We will attack Kaifeng. This army has many cavalry, which poses too great a threat to our army. What if they attack from behind when our army attacks the city? Our army cannot let go of its hands and feet to attack the city, and it will also be divided into some of its troops to stare at them, which is very passive."

"Press up everyone! I don't believe it anymore. If I suppress 100,000 people, I am still afraid that I will not be able to break a small village?" Li Zicheng suddenly slapped the table.

"King, I'm afraid that 100,000 people will not be able to be used. There is mud in front of the officers and soldiers' positions. There is only one way to attack, and no matter how many people are, they can't get through it." Li Yan frowned.

"Liu Zongmin led a group of people and attacked from the front; Tian Jianxiu led a group of people and attacked from the river bank, and attacked from both directions. I see how Li Laoer responded!" Li Zicheng sneered.

Niu Jinxing added: "King, let someone lead another team of people to climb the river bank from the downstream, attack from east to west, attack from three sides, and the official and dog will be defeated!"

The rebel army launched an attack again, and this time they dispatched 100,000 people, including Tian Jianxiu leading 20,000 people, climbed the river embankment from the west and fought along the river embankment to Li Guodong's camp downstream; Liu Fangliang led 20,000 people to detour downstream, climbed the river embankment, and rushed westward; Liu Zongmin led 60,000 people to continue attacking from the front.

The rebels coming from the front, each of the refugees in front was holding a wooden board in their hands, rushed to the mud and spread the wooden boards on the mud. The refugees in front put down the wooden boards, ran back, and then went to lay the wooden boards. The refugees behind immediately laid the wooden boards.

Li Guodong stood on the watchtower and saw the wooden board extending little by little towards his camp. The overwhelming crusades rushed onto the wooden board and advanced forward little by little.

"Lord, 20,000 thieves came along the river bank." One person did not receive a report at night.

"Lord, 20,000 thieves have gone downstream, and have already climbed the river bank and are coming to us." One downstream did not take back at night to report.

"It's a three-sided attack! It's a good idea." Li Guodong sneered.

Tian Jianxiu's 20,000 rebels swam down the river bank and approached the Ming army camp. However, he found that a dirt city on the river bank blocked the way, so the rebels attacked the city, but suffered heavy losses in front of this small dirt city.

Liu Fangliang's troops, who came up from the downstream, just climbed up the river embankment and saw countless warships pressing up on the river surface.

"Not good!" Liu Fangliang shouted.

Before he finished speaking, he saw a row of fire flashing on the river, like a row of lightning passing by, and white smoke filled with water rose from the boat.
Chapter completed!