"General Shi, do you know that the enemy has prepared an iron shield?"

After seeing the enemy's actions, Li Hongzhang questioned Shi Dakai without hesitation, which made the generals around Shi Dakai a little dissatisfied.

But no one dared to say anything.

Because they knew very well that they were really surrendering. If the Ming Kingdom could not tolerate them, no one could tolerate them. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would not let them go back, and the Qing court would not accept them.

"I am here to swear that if I learn about this in advance but do not report it, I will be dismembered and killed on the battlefield."

Shi Dakai was also indescribable. He really didn't know the Northern King's preparation. Although this preparation was proposed by him, Hong Xiuquan scolded him for being whimsical. Although he had military power, he did not have enough financial resources to build it himself, so he had to leave it alone.

Li Hongzhang glanced at Shi Da, stopped talking, but looked at the battlefield in the distance with great concern. In fact, he couldn't see clearly at all.

Shi Dakai's 20,000 people were parallel to Wu Yan's 30,000 Ming army.

The main force of the Taiping Army was also targeting the 30,000 Ming army. They did not pay much attention to the 20,000 people who were as good as their combat effectiveness. They only divided about 30,000 to 40,000 people to stare at it. At present, neither side had any action.

"Why don't you let the artillery come forward?"

Shi Dakai rode on the horse, holding a telescope and watching, and couldn't help but make a questioning voice, saying, "Why is Your Majesty still at the forefront of the military formation?"

Li Hongzhang did not pursue Shi Dakai's slip of the tongue. He also held a monocular telescope and was puzzled by the formation of the Ming army at this moment.

Seeing that the enemy took out the iron shield formation and continued to advance, the distance between it and the Ming army was getting shorter and shorter, but the Ming army still did not change its formation. His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom was still riding a horse at the forefront of the 30,000 Ming army.

"Now the artillery should be allowed to reach the forefront and prepare to fight against the enemy. Use firepower to suppress the enemy's firepower to take action in advance. As long as the shield formation is broken outside 250 steps, Baima Yicong's firearm range can be used." Shi Dakai frowned and said, "The enemy's musket range is within 150 steps. If you really want to kill people, it is best to be within 50 steps. So if you prepare artillery in advance, even if the artillery will be bombed, there will be some casualties, but there is still hope of winning in this battle, but..."

Li Hongzhang is also a war-capable person. After hearing Shi Dakai's words, he agreed in his heart.

If you don't prepare the artillery camp in advance, it will be too late to prepare after the enemy draws closer.

But he is Wu Yan's man, so he must stand on Wu Yan's side and directly refuted: "Your Majesty is invincible. How can you understand the high level of your realm?"

Flatter.

Shi Dakai cursed in his heart, but his expression showed no dissatisfaction on his face, and he continued to stare at the movements of the Ming army.

When he saw that the Ming army had its troops mobilized, the white horse Yicong in green uniform and about two thousand cavalry were circling towards the enemy's flank, he felt a little relieved.

Shi Dakai was actually very clear about the material reserves in Nanjing. If he wanted to create a one-person high-speed rail shield that could last for two kilometers, it would be impossible to even have iron-covered wood. Therefore, as long as the Ming army circled the side, it would cause damage.

However, doing so will greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of the Central Army. If the side guerrilla fails to cause enough damage, the Central Army will be rushed to the front, and the Flank will be unable to rush to the end.

"Why didn't Your Majesty give me an order?"

Shi Dakai asked again, and then Li Hongzhang next to him did not receive any secret instructions, so he could not answer.

Just when Shi Dakai felt that he had not yet gained Wu Yan's trust, he saw a ladder setting up next to the dragon flag in his telescope.

It's completely different from the normal siege ladder.

Then, the man riding on the most conspicuous white horse in the audience actually jumped up from the horse's back and jumped onto a ladder that was more than ten meters high.

When Shi Dakai saw this scene, he was stunned. He was also a person with martial arts skills, but he had never even heard of this kind of light skills.

"It seems very easy to jump up such a high ladder. The walls of Nanjing can also jump up?"

Shi Dakai had this idea in his heart.

The reason why he decided to surrender to Wu Yan was because he was worried that he would be assassinated by Wu Yan when he was fighting with Wu Yan, or that Wu Yan was killed and seized the flag among the troops.

The assassination of Yang Xiuqing in Danyang City scared Hong Xiuquan to hide for more than a month. At that time, even an important official like him didn't know where Hong Xiuquan would rest every night.

Not only Hong Xiuquan, but many senior executives of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were frightened.

A bang of gunshot came with the wind. Although Shi Dakai could not see whether the shot was fired by Wu Yan on the ladder, the only thing he could do was to see was Wu Yan.

"Your Majesty has taken action."

Li Hongzhang also saw what Shi Dakai saw. He exclaimed just now because Wu Yan jumped more than ten meters high, and he became even more excited when he heard the gunshot.

He also heard a lot about the battle outside Tokyo more than eight months ago. He had long longed for the incident of the "Son of Emperor Guarding the Country" that made him determined to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

Although it is not considered as "the emperor guarding the country's gates", there is actually not much difference, and I finally have the chance to meet.

On Shi Dakai's side, there were also soldiers who were also standing on the high ground of the ladder to observe the enemy situation. They shouted excitedly to the lower body: "Your Majesty has hit me, that person is dead."

If only one person died, what's so exciting?

And he just joined the Ming Dynasty, why did he shout so kindly?

However, neither the soldiers around him nor Shi Dakai subconsciously felt that there was any problem.

Because without them noticing it, they were already covered by the skill effect of Wu Yan's "Eternal Emperor".

The increase in morale and control by 50% each will also have a significant impact on people with relatively low morale and loyalty like them.

“Three.”

“Four.”

“Twelve.”

The soldiers holding a telescope on the ladder kept reporting the numbers, and as he reported the numbers, those who heard his voice, or those who heard the people who were reposting the situation, morale and loyalty began to gradually increase.

Combined with the skill effect increase of the Ageless Emperor, this speed of improvement has reached an unreasonable level.

"The enemy artillery camp began to riot, and they pushed the artillery to slow down."

“Thirty-five.”

“Fifty-seven.”

Shi Dakai could not see the casualties behind the shield, but he was able to determine a terrible thing based on the number of gunfire sounds and the numbers reported by his soldiers.

Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty, the bullets were shot without any slightest.

Moreover, it is a distance of seven or eight hundred steps.

Judging from the enemy's marching speed, Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty could truly fight a thousand at this distance.

How terrible is this?

If there are infantry guards, then the Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty who was killed was let go and killed, wouldn’t he be able to kill thousands of people after a war?

In fact, he had only recognized His Majesty the Emperor for a few days, and at this moment he had 27,500 guards. Although there were 3,000 logistics soldiers among them, the combat power of the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to that of the elite of the Taiping Army.

"One Hundred and Thirty-five, the enemy's artillery stopped."

This shout made Shi Dakai's morale and loyalty hit a new high.

However, the morale of the Taiping Army was so low that it could not be marched.

Under normal circumstances, Wu Yan's 98K can only fire sixteen shots in a minute. Even if he fires continuously, he will use another gun to replace it. The bullets are shot without any effort. The time to kill 1035 people is enough for the enemy to rush from a distance of one thousand steps to a distance of two hundred steps to three hundred steps.

After all, the Taiping Army carried field guns, which were driven by wheel frames. Although they could not run, their speed was faster than walking.

But until now, the enemy's army is still more than 400 steps away from Wu Yan, the front row of the Ming army.

This is still a situation where the army is constantly urging.

And now, even if the military supervisor urges it, no one dares to push the cannon cart forward.

"Those who are cowardly fight will be killed without mercy."

The army supervising team waved the long sword in their hands and killed more than a dozen people in a row. These people marched again, but the speed was naturally slower than before.

It was at this time that Gongsun Zan finally walked around the Taiping Army without shield defense, and the distance between the two sides was only about 300 meters.

"stop."

With a command from Gongsun Zan, all five hundred white horses stopped, and then raised their guns in an array under Gongsun Zan's order.

"Free fire."

With another command, five hundred white horse magic spears sounded, and the loud noise made the two thousand cavalry following Baima Yi escorting from behind and on both sides of the left and right feeling that they could not control their mounts.

The Taiping Army's flanks fell in an instant.

The crack sounded like a crack, and the five hundred white horses almost pulled the bolt at the same time, and then fired again.

They had the power to fire freely, and they shot silently with expressionless faces, and the Taiping Army fell down again.

No one rushed towards the White Horse Yicong. Amid the wailing sound, the Taiping Army, which was already low in morale, actually began to retreat. However, the effective range of the White Horse Swordsman's magic gun was as high as 800 meters. Although the effective range was not equal to the real range, the well-trained White Horse Yicong's real effective range also reached 500 meters.

How long does it take to retreat from 300 meters to 500 meters away?

Besides, the Taiping army was large and the army was relatively crowded, so it was difficult for them to run wildly and retreat at the same time.

Chaos arise instantly and continues to spread.

The Baima Yike, who fired five shots in a row, started to get bullets.

Gongsun Zan, who also fired five shots, seemed not afraid of death at all. He completely ignored the nearly 200,000 troops facing him and ordered again.

"Put forward one hundred and twenty steps, fire in five steps, and set the bullets on twenty steps."

The five hundred white horse Yicong, who had just loaded the bullet, stood there and aimed at the shot at the same time, got up and walked forward five steps, but the formation did not change at all.

"aim."

But Gongsun Zan found that the hit rate of the volley shot in this round was a little low, so he shouted.

"shoot!"
To be continued...