After Li Laiheng inquired about the situation, he immediately ordered the soldiers on his left and right to summon all the soldiers who could be mobilized in Abacus City.
This includes not only those distributed in every corner of Abacus City, but also the Shunjun soldiers stationed at the strongholds of Qianhusuo and Baihusuo outside Abacus City.
Those soldiers who tried to convey orders to the garrison outside the city failed to leave the city.
Because Xia Hua's guards have occupied the four gates of Abacus City.
An army of more than 5,000 people had gathered in front of Li Laiheng's mansion.
The anxious Li Laiheng no longer waited, and led these soldiers and cavalry along the north and south main streets of Abacus City toward the north gate.
At this time, if you look down from the air, it looks like a black torrent rushing north from the south city of Abacus City.
In addition to surging along the main street, they also poured into the side streets and alleys on both sides, trying to outflank the invading enemy.
Xia Hua, who was at the north gate tower, used a telescope to see clearly the situation at the end of the street.
He immediately ordered the three hundred Guards soldiers in the city to set up a formation at a relatively open intersection.
Li Laiheng, who was galloping on horseback, could already clearly see the two or three hundred Ming troops in the distance with strange uniforms.
They had no other weapons except bird blunderbuss with "spear blades" on the barrels.
Li Laiheng sneered in his heart: No matter how powerful your firearms are, you can't stop my thousands of troops from surrounding you.
Then he ordered: "The whole army does not need to form a formation, besieged on all sides, and charge faster.
The crossbowmen will draw their bows and release arrows when they are within range."
As his military order was issued, the flow of the black torrent became faster and faster. .
"Fire!"
Following the order, the oilcloths on the four red cannons were pulled off.
The dark cannon pointed at the surging flow of people on the main street.
The powder behind the breech of the gun was also instantly ignited.
The soldiers of the Shun army in front saw it clearly, and they were suddenly frightened and ran away to both sides.
But there were still many unresponsive soldiers who continued to run and sprint forward.
As a result, many people bumped into each other, fell on the road, and tripped other people who were still running.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom" there were four huge roars of artillery in a row.
The first shot was a solid bullet.
The solid cast iron bullet weighing dozens of kilograms completely penetrated the chest of a Shunjun commander.
The front and rear ribs and spine were all broken.
The part above the chest was only connected to the body by a little bit of flesh on both sides.
In an instant, it "folded" down, and then the whole body fell off the horse.
The huge projectile did not stop its journey.
It smashed the head of an infantryman before falling to the ground, jumping and rolling forward "slowly".
Wherever it passed, shrill screams were heard from time to time, and four or five soldiers of the Shun Army who could not dodge were rolling in pain while holding their broken legs.
The second shot was a chain bullet, whirling through the crowd at high speed, shattering and cutting open the bones and flesh of any body it encountered.
Heads, broken bodies, arms, and thighs mixed with flesh and blood were flying around in the air.
The third shot was a grape bullet, which also penetrated the bodies of dozens of people.
The last shot turned out to be a shotgun.
Thousands of lead pellets the size of broad beans exploded out, killing and injuring the soldiers in the army one hundred and fifty steps away in groups.
The Shun army soldiers in front of them fell down with a crash, more than a hundred of them.
These shells were originally prepared by Xia Hua to blast open the city gate, but they did not expect to be used in street fighting.
They actually killed less than 200 soldiers of the Han army, but the deafening sound of the artillery and the instant and tragic killing effect on a large area dealt a huge blow to the enemy's morale.
The shun troops who attacked the Guards' position at the street entrance retreated like a tide.
However, on the streets on the left and right sides of the intersection, shun troops continued to emerge from the alleys.
They were often shot on the spot as soon as they appeared. .
The bullets that killed them not only came from the street positions, but the soldiers on the north gate tower also began to sniper with Dresser rifles.
The effective range of these Dreiser rifles reaches 600 meters.
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In theory, as long as the line of sight is unobstructed, the Guards soldiers occupying the highest points of the four towers can cover the shooting range to any corner of Abacus City.
Li Laiheng and his personal guards killed more than a dozen soldiers who fled backwards, and then they stabilized their position in the center of the city.
Commanding thousands of soldiers to rush towards Xia Hua again along the main street.
With the banging gunshots and projectiles whizzing in, two hundred Guards soldiers were five hundred meters away.
Each one took turns sniping at the enemy soldiers charging back with their rifles at a rate of five rounds per minute, almost at once.
A gun.
Another hundred Guards soldiers guarded the streets on both sides, and together with the Guards occupying the commanding heights, they continuously sniped at the enemies who penetrated from the alleys into the side streets.
According to this firepower output, in theory, as long as the Shun army is willing to pay the price of more than a thousand casualties and rush forward regardless of the situation, they can rush to the front of the Guards.
At least it can allow one's own crossbowmen to shoot at the opponent.
But after all, people are not machines, but flesh and blood that can be manipulated by various emotions.
This kind of rapid casualties and exaggerated battle loss ratio has been something that few troops throughout the ages have been able to withstand.
What's more, they are just a ragtag army.
After paying the price of three to four hundred casualties, the attacking Shun army collapsed again.
Some ran into the lanes on both sides, and some fled backwards.
No soldiers from the army dared to emerge from the alleys in the streets on both sides.
Li Laiheng's face was pale, and he and several trusted generals worked hard to gather the defeated troops again.
After a rough count, there were only more than 2,000 people.
The rest of the people had fled to every corner of the city.
Xia Hua decisively ordered: "Attack", and the three hundred guards began to move forward along the main street.
When the more than two thousand soldiers who had just regained some morale saw the other side coming, they panicked again as if they saw a tiger coming out of its cage.
There was a burst of gunfire, and hundreds of people were shot dead in the street.
At this time, not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Li Laiheng himself panicked, and a fear of imminent death surged into his heart.
"Withdraw, withdraw from Tianjin through the south gate."
Before he could finish his words, the troops were already rushing towards the south gate like wolves and pigs.
Xia Hua's three hundred soldiers advanced steadily.
The soldiers responsible for covering the two wings took out the Colt revolvers from their waists to prevent enemy troops from sneaking out from the buildings on both sides.
A military commander squatted on an attic facing the street, taking aim with his bow and arrow at the advancing enemy soldiers.
He had followed Li Zicheng since the fifteenth year of Chongzhen and was already a veteran of the Shun Army.
He knew very well what shooting this arrow meant to him, but he still shot the arrow.
The arrow shot through the air, but missed two feet, piercing the thigh of a guard, causing him to fall to the ground in pain.
Nashun Military Headquarters was immediately fired upon by several rounds of bullets.
One shot hit his forehead and he was shot dead on the ground.
After all, there are very few such desperadoes.
In this era, it is impossible for soldiers or even small groups to break away from the large army and fight for the original general.
In other words, breaking things down is impossible for old-fashioned armies
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