Wang Lihui sent people to transport more than 20 rockets to the west gate, and waited until late at night to prepare the rockets for launch.

At the third watch, Wan Jun personally brought people over, "Okay, let's set off!"

The Chinese soldiers guarding the gate quietly opened the west gate, and Wan Jun led his men to take advantage of the darkness and head towards the direction of Shunjun.

The rocket range is about two to three thousand meters. In order to ensure sufficient range, Wanjun only needs to get closer to the Shunjun camp one mile further.

Fortunately, these rockets weigh only fifteen kilograms, and one person can carry two of them without affecting the marching speed.

In the dark night, in order not to attract the attention of the soldiers, no one used torches.

Wanjun marched forward by groping for unknown lengths of time. It was not until an old villager who was familiar with this place said it was okay that everyone stopped.

This place is only three miles away from Shunjun. It is an excellent location for launching rockets. Everyone started to build the launcher together.

Since a two-meter-long balance rod is also installed at the tail of the rocket, in order to ensure the elevation angle, a launcher that raises the rocket body needs to be set up before the rocket is launched!

In order to ensure safety, more than twenty rockets had to be launched at once, and more than twenty launchers were built.

When all the rockets were ready, Wan Jun whispered, "Fire and launch!"

Wang Lihui stepped forward excitedly, "No matter what, I should be the one to do this first shot!"

Wan Jun said, "As soon as the flames appear, our position will be exposed. For safety, everyone must use fire sticks to light the fire together. Where can we divide the first and second shots!"

Wang Lihui took out the fire certificate and said, "Then let me go a little earlier."

As he spoke, he lit the fuse of the rocket, and then everyone lit the fuse of the rocket together.

Ignoring the situation of the rocket, Wan Jun shouted, "Everyone, retreat quickly, retreat to the city gate!"

Wang Lihui followed the crowd, looking back as he walked.

The night at midnight was as dark as ink, and the rocket body could no longer be seen from a few steps away. Only the fuses of the rocket could be seen, with little flames dancing faintly.

Then everything disappeared except for some white smoke in the dark night, which was vague and unclear.

Wang Lihui ran a few steps, then turned his head and waited. He was secretly worried that this was his first actual combat, so he shouldn't make a joke.

Everyone ran for a while, but could not hear the movement behind them. Wanjun also stopped and turned to look.

Suddenly, several bursts of fire burst out, and a huge roar tore through the silence of the night.

The firelight illuminated everyone, and everything around them could be seen clearly. More than twenty rockets sprayed out flames one after another, roaring into the sky, and the hot exhaust from the rockets almost sprayed around everyone.

Wan Jun stood there, looking at the sky. Dozens of rockets trailed flame trails, drew dozens of arc-shaped lines of fire, and hit the Shunjun camp three miles away.

Wan Jun has seen the spectacular scene of rocket launchers firing thousands of arrows. During the Ming Dynasty, he was very moved to watch more than 20 rockets firing simultaneously in the night.

Wang Lihui and others were completely shocked by this scene. Wang Lihui opened his mouth wide, and after a long time he booed, "It's so beautiful!"

Beauty can kill people!

The line of fire disappeared in the direction of the Shunjun camp, and then the Shunjun camp, which was dotted with flames in the distance, suddenly erupted into a huge fire, followed by a thunderous explosion!

The rocket launcher of the Ming Dynasty, the first strike, was successful!

Everyone ran to the city gate together, and when they reached the city wall, Wanjun saw from a distance that the Shunjun camp was in chaos, and huge fires were burning everywhere.

Li Qingyan was awakened by a huge explosion in his sleep. His first reaction was that the enemy was attacking at night and he called for protection.

After the guard, a group of people rushed out of the tent with knives in hand.

Under the light of the fire, Li Qingyan found that the large army of soldiers and horses were in chaos, but there was no trace of the enemy anywhere.

A general named Hu ran over and said, "Sir, this is terrible, the army camp is roaring!"

Li Qingyan had been fighting with Li Zicheng for many years, and knew how terrifying the camp roar was, so he immediately ordered, "Gather the Chinese army, light more torches, and stand back two miles to be on guard! Anyone who dares to attack by insurrectionary troops will be shot without mercy!"

Fortunately, the situation of the Chinese army was better. After receiving Li Qingyan's military order, they calmed down and protected Li Qingyan and retreated.

Li Qingyan led the Chinese army and slowly retreated two miles away, placed torches everywhere, sent some Chinese soldiers to gather the troops from a distance, and after killing some of the leading rebels, he gradually brought the situation under control!

Li Qingyan stood under the flag and was secretly shocked, "Oh, the situation in Dashun is not going well now, and the army has not started fighting yet, but there will be a camp roar!"

Then he rejoiced, "Fortunately, we are facing some bandits. If we encounter soldiers who know a little bit about military affairs, I'm afraid the army will be defeated today!"

It was not until daybreak that the crazy army from last night gradually calmed down.

After each battalion returned to their formation, they counted their numbers and found that more than a thousand men had been lost in one night. There was not a single corpse of the enemy in the entire tent, and they all died from fighting each other.

Li Qingyan asked many guards, but he still couldn't figure out what happened last night and why the camp roared suddenly.

When I returned to the camp and inspected, I found that there were more than 20 deep explosion pits, several of which were right next to the large pits of the barracks. Nearly a hundred soldiers and horses were killed and injured by the explosion.

Through sporadic fragments, Li Qingyan knew roughly that there was a sudden fire in the east last night, and more than twenty bolides fell over. When they landed, they suddenly exploded. The explosion caused the army camp to roar, and then most of the soldiers and horses fell into a frenzy.

Killing each other!

Li Qingyan thought for a long time. When he fought against the Ming army, he encountered many strange firearms, but he had never seen anything like this, so powerful!

The army had been struggling all night. At this time, its spirit was dispirited and its morale became even lower.

However, after stationing troops under the city, their vigor became even more frustrated over time, and there were only a thousand bandits in the city.

Li Qingyan made up his mind, ordered the army to have a full meal, and then slowly pressed towards the west gate of the county, while at the same time detaching some troops to surround the east gate and south gate.

Seeing that the war was coming, Wan Jun ordered Gui Dongliang to lead the second battalion as the main force and three new battalions to guard the east gate. Zhang Wuyang's first battalion was the main force to guard the east gate, and the other troops gathered in front of the Chenghuang Temple and the county government as a reserve team!

Last night, an explosion was suddenly heard in the city, and the people were in chaos, thinking that the Shun army was attacking the city with artillery.

Fortunately, a patrol team was arranged and the people in the city were quickly stabilized.

The banging of war drums outside the west gate suddenly sounded. The Shun army had completed their formation and rushed over like water bursting from a dike.

When the thousands of troops heard the shouts of killing, they rushed over and hurriedly climbed onto the city wall. They saw the Shun army holding shields, wielding swords and spears, some carrying ladders, and some holding ropes, rushing over together!

Because Wan Jun wanted to develop firearms, he did not pay attention to bows and arrows. At this time, the Shun army rushed down the city under the cover of bows and arrows, but the Chinese army did not have many bows and arrows to fight back!

Since there is no moat at the west gate, for a while, the soldiers who built ladders and threw hooks rushed over in a chaotic manner.

Zhang Wuyang shouted loudly, "It's time to protect the country and the people, let's work together to kill the thieves!"

Some of the soldiers braved arrows and leaned out to cut the rope of the hook, and some picked up rolling stones and threw them at the soldiers on the ladder!

Shun Jun, who had just climbed up to the top of the wall, was stabbed down the wall by several spears. The screams were suddenly followed by a dull impact.

Stop!

The morale of the Shun army was low and their offensive was not fierce. After a period of fighting, there was no progress.

Suddenly, the sound of drums in the Shun army camp changed, and the sound of gold weapons was mingled with it. The Shun army under the city retreated like an ebbing tide, leaving behind hundreds of corpses and wounded people under the city.

Li Qingyan could see that the morale of the Shun army was not high, and they did not have the vigor to break the city when they attacked the city. After seeing hundreds of casualties, many people had begun to dodge back.

Li Qingyan was resentful in his heart. These damn bandits didn't even retreat when the army attacked the city. When the city was broken, no one would be left alive!

Wan Jun smiled and said, "After all the hard work last night, Shangzhou Prefecture still dares to send troops to attack the city today without fear of mutiny."

The Shun army marched five miles south, and the main force was divided into three camps outside the south gate, and soldiers and horses were sent to guard the east and west gates.

Zhang Wuyang said to Wanjun, "The thieves worked hard last night, and their attack on the city was frustrated again today. There are not many troops and horses outside the east and west gates. If our army sends a battalion of troops and horses, we will be able to defeat the enemy. By then, the enemy troops outside the south gate will be defeated."

They are all turtles in the urn!"

Wan Jun looked at the Shun Army camp and then at the Shun Army guarding outside the city gate, "Okay, order Li Wenlong to go out of the west gate and Chang Jian to go out of the east gate, and each lead two battalions to kill the Shun Army who broke through the siege gate. Remember not to

Lian Zhan, you must return to the city before the enemy’s large army arrives!”

Li Wenlong and Chang Jian took the order and gathered troops inside the city gate.

After the troops and horses were assembled, the east and west city gates were opened wide. Li Wenlong and Chang Jian led the troops and horses to attack the besieging army together!

Li Qingyan worked hard for half the night last night and commanded the army to attack the city during the day. At this time, he took off his armor and rested in his tent.

Suddenly, soldiers came to report, "Master Magistrate, have the thieves come out of the city?"

Li Qingyan was surprised. What kind of bandit was this? He actually dared to go out of the city to fight!

"Which door did the thieves come out from? How many people were there?"

"They came out from the east and west gates at the same time. There were probably more than a thousand soldiers from both gates!"

Li Qingyan was shocked and suspicious. The intelligence said that a group of more than a thousand bandits had fraudulently opened the city gate of Lucheng County. How could two gates kill more than a thousand people at the same time?

Nowadays, there are too many incredible things. How can any bandit dare to confront the imperial army? "Did you see clearly? There are more than a thousand people in both gates, so there are two to three thousand bandits in the city!"

From this point of view, Tang Kaigao's soldiers and horses were unable to defeat the thieves, and it was not because of incompetence.

"Damn Tang Kaigao!" Magistrate Li scolded and stood up to order the soldier, "Go and deliver the order immediately. The army will assemble immediately. Don't worry about others and go straight to the west city gate to kill. If the thieves dare to leave the city, I will take advantage of the situation and kill them."

Go into town!"

After leaving the camp, Li Qingyan called the flag officer of the cavalry battalion, "The bandits have rushed out of the city gate. There are only a few hundred people left in the city. The fighting opportunity is fleeting. Take all the cavalry quickly and leave the others alone. Go straight to

Rush to the west gate, if you win this battle, the silver women will be with your cavalry camp to plunder it, I only want this city!"

The cavalry officer ordered him to return to the camp and assemble all the cavalry.

Because they were troops stationed in Shangzhou Prefecture, most of the army consisted of infantry and not many cavalry.

The cavalry officer counted the number of people and found that he only had 400 cavalry. If they rushed into the city gate together, they would only need to hold on for a moment. When most of the troops from the rear arrived and killed them, the city would be broken!

The cavalry general could see that the morale of the cavalry battalion was very low, so he could only suppress the annoyance in his heart and loudly encourage morale, "Brothers, cheer up, the prefect kindly allows us to take the first merit, and follow me into the city to steal the money."

Stealing women!"
Chapter completed!