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So, the less than 20,000 soldiers left by the chief general were like wolves smelling blood, and rushed to the tiger and leopard army that were building camps outside the city...

In less than half an hour, more than 4,000 soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Army were surrounded by 17,000 Later Jin Army on a high ground that had not even been dug even in the trench, becoming a piece of fat meat at the mouth of the Later Jin Army.

Faced with the Tiger and Leopard Army position that did not even have a chest wall within the encirclement, the chief general of the Later Jin army issued an attack order without any hesitation. Taking advantage of the opportunity that the Tiger and Leopard Army's defense line had not yet been formed, he entered the Tiger and Leopard Army position in one fell swoop, and fought with the Tiger and Leopard Army, so that the firearms held by the Tiger and Leopard Army in his hands became a decoration and lost their function.

So, more than ten red-clothed cannons left by the Later Jin army were directly carried up.

In the eyes of the Tartar generals, as long as the Later Jin army was not equipped with heavy artillery, the dozen red-clothed cannons placed in front of them would be the real master of the entire battlefield. However, things went against their wishes...

Maybe the Tartar gunners were not as good as others, maybe the Tartar general was too arrogant. More than a dozen red-clothed cannons with a range of more than two miles were directly arranged by him to a position less than one mile from the Tiger and Leopard Army.

And this position is just at the farthest range of the Tiger and Leopard Army medium-sized mortar, and is at the best range of the heavy mortar.

Therefore, the arrogant Later Jin Tartars had just fired a round of flowering bullets, and more than fifty mortar shells were smashed from different directions with sharp whistling sounds.

When the strong Xiaoyao rose on the battlefield with the sound of the flowering bomb explosion, more than a dozen red-clothed cannons were clearly visible just now. Seven of them were directly covered by Xiaoyao.

Facing the attack, the Tartars, who regarded the red cannon as more important than life, stopped the shelling after a brief moment of daze and began to transfer the still intact red cannon.

However, is it so easy to transfer the red cannons weighing thousands of pounds? Besides, no matter how fast their transfer speed is, it is not as fast as the flying speed of the flowering bullet, and it is not as fast as the firing speed of the mortar.

Therefore, more than a dozen red-clothed cannons on the Tartar artillery positions became quiet after being hit by four-wheeled flowering bullets of the Tiger and Leopard Army.

The more than 4,000 soldiers surrounded by the Tartars were attacked by six flowering bullets in the first round of artillery attacks by the Later Jin army.

Faced with the sudden change on the battlefield, the Tartar General's facial expression, which was still full of confidence, was replaced by gloom at this moment.

However, he was gloomy and was not scared by the powerful artillery strength displayed by the Tiger and Leopard Army. He was still full of confidence in the attack in front of him.

After glanced at his subordinates who had a look of worry on his face, the main general quickly encouraged: "Warriors, although the artillery soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Army are powerful, their number is limited after all. As long as we attack the Tiger and Leopard Army from all sides, their limited artillery will not bring us too much damage."

"In this way, the final victory still belongs to us..."

Speaking of this, the main general with a gloomy face spoke directly and said, "I ordered a Han Eight Banner Thousand People Team and a Cavalry Thousand People Team in four directions. The Han Eight Banner Thousand People Team is responsible for the frontal attack, and the Cavalry Thousand People Team covers and suppresses the formation. He immediately launched an attack on the Tiger and Leopard Army in the encirclement, eliminates them, clears the last obstacle for our burning, killing and looting in Shanxi."

Under the command of the Lord General's temptation, more than 10,000 Later Jin troops directly made deafening cheers.

Subsequently, the four Han eight banners, the four thousand Han musketeers of the four Han eight banners, followed the supervision of the remaining female Tartar cavalry and advanced step by step towards the Tiger and Leopard Army positions.

In the huge circular formation of the Tiger and Leopard Army, facing the overwhelming Tartars from all directions. The expression on the face of the division commander Xie Hui was quickly covered by seriousness. He said to himself with a heavy tone: "The Tartars are becoming more and more cunning. Knowing that we are insufficient in our troops, we also attacked us from all directions to disperse our already limited troops."

However, as an old subordinate who has been following Wei Zheng, from dozens of people to more than 100,000 people, Xie Hui is still very clear-headed and has not been affected by facial expressions.

As the Later Jin army got closer and closer to him, a series of orders also shouted out from Xie Hui.

"Soldiers, our mission is to drag these Later Jin troops to our side and buy time for the main force to siege. Therefore, no matter how many enemies we face, we cannot retreat a step, and give the Later Jin troops an opportunity to take advantage of it."

"I order three musket battalions in the first regiment plus the first battalion of the second regiment to defend the four directions of the circular formation. In addition to the light mortar companies they are equipped with, I will strengthen a medium mortar company for each battalion. The remaining two battalions and artillery will support them in the play. Wherever there is danger, reinforcements will be made..."

"Boom boom boom..." The first to launch a counterattack against the Tartars was undoubtedly a medium-sized mortar with a range of more than one mile.

Nine mortars in each defense direction sound like a lot. However, when nine flowering bullets are evenly distributed to a battlefield with a width of one mile, it is like throwing a stone into the sea, which is very trivial.

Therefore, nine bursts of flowering bullets exploded, and they were all in full swing, causing more than ten casualties to the scattered Later Jin army.

As for the other three defensive directions, the results and situations are basically not much different.

Under such circumstances, the Eight Banners of Han, who were still in a panic just now, seemed to have taken stimulants in an instant. Without the urging of the Tartar cavalry behind them, they held muskets and yelled at the Tiger and Leopard Army positions.

Soon, the distance between the two armies was shortened from one mile to the current two hundred steps. The results achieved by each medium-sized mortar company of the Tiger and Leopard Army were only more than 100 people, and even the fur of the Later Jin offensive troops was not injured.

"The enemy is too cunning. Our mortars have not achieved the desired effect in the middle of their scattered formation..." Xie Hui, the commander with an increasingly solemn expression, said to himself in a heavy tone.

The deputy commander beside him asked with an anxious look on his face, "Teacher, have you already got any good solutions?"

Xie Hui shook his head and replied: "The Tartars' troops and strength are there. Anything is fake. The only thing we can do is to bear it. Order: medium-sized mortars, fire the Tartar cavalry immediately, light mortars, fire the musketeers immediately... Musketeers of each battalion, prepare for combat..."

Although the addition of dozens of light mortars failed to stop the Tartars' offensive pace and change the battle situation. However, as the enemy got closer and closer to the Tiger and Leopard Army, the accuracy of the mortars became better and better, and the price paid by the Later Jin Tartars became greater and greater.

When they successfully rushed to the range of the musket.

The offensive troops in each direction lost almost two hundred musketeers and one hundred Tartar cavalry.

At this time, without the division commander Xie Hui issued a military order, the four directions of the circular formation sounded like a bean-like gunshots under the command of their respective battalions.

Under Xie Hui's gaze, the gunshots in his direction had just sounded, and more than one hundred lead bullets rushed towards the opponent a hundred and fifty steps away with the breath of death.

The dozen musketeers who were directly opposite the musket array, before they could react, were hit by the whistling lead bullets all over their bodies, and blood was emitting out. Then, with a look of unwillingness on the road to charge,

The aura of death brought by the first round of lead bullets has not yet dissipated, and the second round, and even the third round of lead bullets have already flown towards the Tartars.

Although every round of gunfire can take more than ten enemies' lives, such losses can definitely be considered insignificant for the Tartars, who have two thousand attacking troops.

Therefore, the attacked musketeers not only did not mean retreating or fear at all. Instead, driven by the Tartars behind them, they attacked the Tiger and Leopard Army at an increasingly rapid speed.

It is obvious that in the eyes of these Han musketeers, the threat the Tartars behind them posed far more than they did.

One hundred and twenty steps, the mighty Tartars and musketeers rushed here with lead bullets, and the deputy commander's anxious voice came to Xie Hui's ears again.

"Teacher, you can't fight like this anymore... The enemy is too scattered, and our firearms are too scattered. On average, fifteen lead bullets can kill an enemy. The hit rate is really too low. We must find a way to concentrate the enemy, and at least, we must concentrate the musketeers we dispersed. Only in this way can the firearms in our hands truly exert their power."

"Otherwise, we will definitely not be able to stop the attack of the surrounding Tartars..."

Hearing this, a flash of light flashed across Xie Hui's solemn face.

He answered with approval: "You are right, but we only have so many troops. How can we concentrate our firepower? During the first attack of the Tartars, we exposed all the troops in our hands...unless..."

"Unless what?" The deputy commander asked Xie Hui with anticipation as if he suddenly grabbed a life-saving straw in despair.

Xie Hui did not hesitate and directly replied: "Unless we shrink the defense line... our current defense line was built to make the Tartars fool, based on the size of the military camp required by 5,000 people. In fact, we don't need such a large position at all."

"As long as we shrink the defense line and reduce our circular formation, our limited musketeers can concentrate. If we do not enter this way, the Tartar offensive forces will become increasingly dense as the attack continues to advance..."

"But, in this way, we will lose room for maneuver. Our troops in the circular array will be very dense. If the Tatars still have red cannons that we don't know, they can take several of our lives after one shot?"

The deputy commander directly expressed his neglect of Xie Hui's concerns.
Chapter completed!