"Sure enough, they are here." Zhu Yunfei actually received the news when the rebels outside the camp just left the city.

Now the scout battalion led by Cao Gui is mainly focusing on Henan, Hebei and the direction of the capital.

But the 300 Chinese army guards led by Cao Ming were not vegetarians either.

Night vigilance and reconnaissance work are also not a problem.

Zhu Yunfei, who was wearing armor, had just walked out of the tent when Cao Ming brought the war horse.

"Instructions are given for the artillery battalion to fire blindly without distinction. The Dengzhou guards should hold their ground and rely on the fence to fire."

Zhu Yunfei, who had mounted his horse, hit the Mo Dao with a wave of his hand. Looking at the vast star-like torches above the vast wilderness, a strange color flashed in his eyes.

He didn't expect that the rebels would come out in full force.

This is not a sneak attack, this is clearly a force attack!

At this moment, Sun Chuanting and Yang Yan also came to Zhu Yunfei wearing armor.

"Is this an outpouring of force? It seems that we have underestimated these bandits." Sun Chuanting, who was on horseback, could see torches like a sea of ​​stars.

He said with a somewhat solemn expression.

"The rebels are preparing for a last-ditch battle. If they cannot withstand the first wave of impact, disrupt their formation and demoralize the enemy, these bandits will rush forward one after another."

"Rely on the human sea tactic to swamp us."

Sun Chuanting's battlefield insight is obviously beyond doubt.

"General, the rebels are several times larger than our army. Under the darkness, we can't distinguish the enemy's troop deployment. We are willing to stay behind as a precaution, just in case."

"Please General and Lord Sun, please break out first."

Yang Yan looked up at the endless torches outside the camp, wondering how many rebels there were.

There was also the deafening cry of killing, which also shocked my mind.

"There is no need to panic. The rebels in the city are only over 50,000 strong when they come out. And our army has nine soldiers. How can we mess up our position?"

Zhu Yunfei smiled faintly and shouted loudly.

"Cao Ming, take a look immediately. Why hasn't the artillery battalion fired yet?"

Just as Zhu Yunfei finished speaking, on the artillery battalion positions on both sides of the camp, flaming projectiles fell like meteors across the sky into the rebel formation outside the camp.

The artillery battalion consists of three officers and 220 artillery pieces.

There are four types of artillery. Small-caliber mortars, mainly mortars, have short range and low power, but are easy to carry and have a fast rate of fire.

Three or five people can assemble it and launch it anytime and anywhere.

Next is the small six-pound Hongyi cannon, which in Western terms is called a smoothbore cannon.

In addition, there are the medium-sized twelve-pound Hongyi cannon and the powerful eighteen-pound Hongyi cannon.

At this moment, the first artillery shell fired from the artillery battalion position was a mortar. This was an improved mortar based on the mortar.

One hundred and twenty mortars fired fist-sized shells, exploding in the rebel formation.

Although the casualties caused were not large, they were enough to shock people and scare away the enemies.

Then came the six-pound Hongyi cannon and the twelve-pound Hongyi cannon, which fired a salvo of shells.

As for the 18-pound Hongyi cannon, it is used to attack cities and seize territory, so it is naturally not suitable for firing in such a place.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Amidst the violent explosions, flames suddenly appeared, and the thieves at the center of the explosion were all shattered into pieces, wailing and fell into a pool of blood.

Under such intensive artillery bombardment, even the well-trained Tatars, let alone the ragtag rebels, could hardly resist.

"How could this happen? Damn it, these dog-officer troops actually have so many artillery pieces?"

On the battlefield, Wang Ju, who looked excited, looked at the cannonballs falling from the sky, his expression suddenly dull. He held on to his horse and listened to the explosions in his ears.

Looking at the vivid faces, transformed into splatters of flesh and blood amidst the sound of the explosion, I couldn't help but have a look of fear in my eyes.

"Brother, although the army's artillery is powerful, as long as we rush into the army's camp, the artillery will lose its power."

Wang Qiaorong, who was dressed in armor and holding a saber, drove her horse and rushed to Wang Ju's side. She shouted firmly to Wang Ju who was in chaos.

"Damn it, I'm going to fight these dog officers and soldiers."

Wang Ju raised his sword high, raised his heart, gritted his teeth and roared.

"Brothers, follow me and charge. If you kill a dog officer, you will be rewarded fifty taels of silver and be promoted to two ranks..."

Under Wang Ju's heavy reward, and because Wang Ju took the lead, he treated his soldiers with loyalty.

Suddenly, the morale of the rebels was greatly shaken. They raised their weapons high and roared again and again.

"Let's fight, brothers, let's kill!"

"Kill, kill!"

"Come on, let me rush you on."

On the battlefield, more than 40,000 rebels and horses rushed forward one after another under the bombardment of the Ming army's artillery fire.

"There is a bit of spirit, but trying to break through our military camp like this is simply wishful thinking."

At this time, Zhu Yunfei and Sun Chuanting, escorted by Chinese troops and horses led by Cao Ming and Yang Yan, had arrived at the camp fence.

The Dengzhou Guards had five to six hundred soldiers, two of them were equipped with flintlock muskets, two of them were carrying bows and arrows, and one to six of them were equipped with defensive poles and shields.

In addition to flintlocks, bows and arrows, and shields, each of these soldiers wears a six-petal iron helmet, two-level armor, and a light sword hanging from the waist.

The light sword is also called the waist sword or the wild goose feather sword.

The knife is less than one meter long and has a tough blade that can easily cut through armor.

As the most common standard weapon in the Ming Dynasty's army, there was a poem praising it at the time: "A general is born to be courageous, with a Qishui Yanfei saber across his waist!"

In fact, the Dengzhou guards during this period, except for those at the grassroots level and above the rank of officials, were direct descendants of Zhu Yunfei, the soldiers were all newly recruited and recruited at the beginning of this year.

The earliest batch of Dengzhou guards have now become the backbone of Zhu Yunfei's army.

Those hard-working veterans, when Jinan was reorganized at the end of last year, had been dispersed and integrated into the cavalry battalion, artillery battalion, musketry battalion, Guiyi camp, and Zhongwu camp to serve as grassroots officers.

But even so, the well-equipped and well-trained Dengzhou Guards are now rare elites.

In the circular camp built with the mountains at its back, the soldiers of the Dengzhou Guard relied on the fence to resist the horse formation, forming a tight offensive and defensive formation.

"Fire with muskets, bows and arrows. Anyone who steps back will be killed!"

At this moment, Zhu Yunfei, who was guarded by soldiers on the left and right with spears and shields, held a flintlock gun and took the lead in firing a shot at the enemy soldiers who were jumping up outside the camp.

"Bang!"

Gunshots rang out and bullets shot out of the wind. In the light of the fire, the enemy soldiers who were running and shouting were shot in the face and fell wailing in a pool of blood.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Rows of dense gunshots followed closely.

Outside the camp, the rebel soldiers who finally rushed to the camp despite gunfire fell down amidst the gunfire.

The distance between the two parties became closer and closer, and soon each other's faces were clearly visible in the firelight.

"Hold still, keep firing, shoot for me!"

Zhu Yunfei had four soldiers on his left and right, holding spears and shields, guarding the incoming arrows. Behind him were three soldiers, each holding a flintlock gun and loading ammunition for him.

Zhu Yunfei also had a flintlock gun in his hand. Under such continuous rotation, Zhu Yunfei fired more than thirty shots in just a quarter of an hour.

With such a short distance and accurate marksmanship, at least thirty enemy soldiers fell under his gun muzzle.

Under the intensive gunfire and crossbow counterattacks, the rebels and horses, who were several times as numerous as them, fell like grass and grass outside the camp.

Soon, at least tens of thousands of corpses lay scattered around the outside of the camp.

Under the powerful fire counterattack of the Ming army, the rebel soldiers relied on human sea tactics and were completely defenseless against bullets and bows, relying only on their flesh and blood and courage.

Obviously it has no effect at all.

As a general of the rebel army, Fu Manhan saw the soldiers unable to rush forward despite all their efforts, and finally had to pessimistically speak to Wang Jujin.

"Your Majesty, withdraw. If we continue to fight, all our brothers will die."

Brother and sister Wang Ju, under the cover of night, were located in the rear of the army. Looking at the soldiers falling in front of the formation, their hearts were dripping with blood.

"Ming Jin, withdraw your troops!" Wang Ju almost shouted through gritted teeth.

He never expected that this Ming army would have such powerful firepower and such a strong will to fight.

In fact, it was his unlucky fate to meet such an elite member of Zhu Yunfei's staff.

If the Ming army under Xu Dingguo and Liu Zeqing had encountered such an attack, they would have collapsed by this time.

"The rebels were defeated, and the whole army followed me in pursuit. We took the city in one go."
Chapter completed!