Mel did not change the formation of his troops to confuse the enemy, he knew that the soldiers might be sleepy after lunch, and wanted them to get up and move, and by the way, stretch their muscles and prepare for the battle that might come in the afternoon. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Meier's concern for his subordinates was seen as a provocation to himself by the commander of the Xiaohu Army. They had suffered several losses at the hands of Mel in a row, and they had become unbearable for him. As soon as noon ended, the heralds of the Xiaohu Army ran frequently, and the formation also changed.

The cavalry of the Xiaohu Army was withdrawn between the Southwest Route Army and the Southern Route Army, and between the Southern Route Army and the Southeast Route Army, opposite the Ilibi cavalry of the Byrensburg Army. The Ilibi cavalry, in order to ensure mobility, did not enter defensive positions. The Tairong cavalry had the advantage in numbers, and the men were tall and large, and the Ilibi cavalry was inferior to the Tairong cavalry in terms of speed and impact. In order to prevent the Ilibi cavalry from being attacked by the enemy cavalry, Meier asked the Ilibi cavalry to retreat behind the defensive line and stay within the fire range of the Chinese position, so that the cavalry of the Xiaohu army would not dare to attack these Ilibi cavalry.

Mer's arrangement was appreciated by Salin, who sent someone to warn him that the Xiaohu army might divide and surround his side, and then prioritize the destruction of his left and right flanks. He advised Mel to gather all the Ilibi cavalry and hide them in the rear and save them for use if necessary.

As Salin expected, as soon as Maier withdrew the Ilibi cavalry to the rear, the cavalry of the Xiaohu army moved. They came to the Byrensburg between the left flank and the center position, and between the center position and the right flank position, and cautiously stayed outside the range of the Byrensburg army. As soon as the ranged units of the Byronsburg Army moved, they would quickly retreat, and when the ranged units of the Byronsburg Army withdrew, they would return to their original positions.

The distance between the defensive positions of the left, center, and right flanks of the Byronsburg Army was more than three hundred meters, and the Ilibi cavalry was deployed here before the cavalry of the Xiaohu Army jammed the communication artery. Now that the Ilibi cavalry has retreated, this place will naturally be controlled by the cavalry of the Xiaohu Army.

As long as the Byrensburg army wanted to support each other, these cavalrymen would brave a hail of bullets to charge the supporting troops, annihilating the enemy who left the position at all costs. In this way, the Xiaohu Army successfully divided the Byronsburg Army into three parts, and could concentrate its forces to destroy the enemy in each part one by one.

After lunchtime, Yan He returned to his post. Since Maier had taken the Ilibi cavalry under the command of the Chinese army, there were now only 10,000 men in Yanhe's hands. The Southern Route Army of the Xiaohu Army divided about 20,000 men to approach the right flank of the Byronsburg Army, obviously wanting to concentrate its forces to eat these 10,000 men first.

Salin's left flank is also only 10,000 people, but Salin's formation is very conservative, and at a glance you know that it is a veteran command, and it will not be easy to fight. Although there are Iraa monsters on Yanhe's side, the formation is wide open and closed, and it looks like an impulsive young man is commanding. The Xiaohu Army did not know that Yan He was the commander of the Right Wing Army, and did not think that she was the commander of the Right Wing Army.

Because Yan He, she first ran to the side of the Southeast Route Army and threw two throwing guns, and then ran to the side of the South Route Army to kill a pass, no matter how you look at it, they are all generals. In the same way, the Xiaohu Army did not expect that Meier, who led the army twice in a row, was the commander-in-chief of the Byronsburg Army. The Chinese army in Byronsburg had a large number of musket troops, which was a difficult bone to gnaw. In addition, the performance of the Chinese army's musket unit has already caused a morale blow to the Xiaohu army, so even if the formation of the Chinese army is very aggressive, the Xiaohu army does not want to fight here first.

The left flank is not easy to fight, and the Chinese army is not easy to fight, so the Xiaohu army can only hit the right flank of the Byrensburg army first. As long as the Xiaohu Army destroys the right flank of the Byronsburg Army, it can greatly damage the morale of the enemy army, and its own morale will also be restored. The commanders of the Xiaohu Army made wishful thinking, but it turned out that the left, center, and right flanks of the Byronsburg Army were not easy to mess with.

Yan He only has 10,000 people in his hands, but these 10,000 people are real soldiers, not the rabble of soldiers and people in Twenty-nine Village. She had more than 60,000 enemies to face, but she had the upper ground advantage, fortifications, plenty of ammunition, and high morale. Under such conditions, even if another 60,000 people come, Yanhe can stay until dark.

As soon as it gets dark, the Xiaohu army must stop the attack, and even have to end the battle. Because there are too many variables in night battles, the side with a large number of people is prone to chaos. As a result, generals in the New World rarely seek night battles. The side with the upper force will try to avoid night battles, because the risks of night battles are too great.

Due to the wooden spikes placed by the Byronsburg army on the position, the Xiaohu army still attacked from the back, and the cavalry would definitely suffer a loss when they went up. Therefore, the attack of the Xiaohu army was dominated by infantry, and the cavalry would attack only after the infantry broke through the outer defensive line, pulled out the spikes that got in the way, and knocked down most of the wooden fences.

The infantry marches very slowly, the charging distance is very short, and it will inevitably be hit by enemy long-range units as it advances. In order to reduce their own losses, the Xiaohu army first sent a small number of infantry to test the firepower of the Byrensburg army, and by the way, wasted some of their ammunition.

This trick was used by Yanhe during the battle with the Bujin, when the Bujin only let the musket unit fire for one round, and then sent cavalry to disperse the infantry in the twenty-nine villages. Now Yan He had no cavalry in her hands, and no musket troops, so she simply put these men within fifty meters of the charge, and then let the crossbowmen step forward and shoot a round, and then let the spearmen step forward, with the cooperation of the crossbowmen, to meet the enemy with the help of spikes.

When the Xiaohu army saw that Yanhe let those infantry approach, they did not rush to launch a formal attack. The commanders of the Xiaohu Army knew very well why Yan He did this, and they also knew that even if they launched a formal attack at this time, Yan He could take advantage of the situation, and they would not take advantage of anything at all. Finding that the commander of the enemy's right flank was also an experienced general, they decided to postpone the attack on the right flank and let the Southwestern Route Army launch a tentative attack on the left flank of the Byrensburg army.

Salin had a small number of cavalry in his hands, but he did not let these cavalry go into battle, not even allowing ranged units to fire when the enemy was advancing. When the infantry of the Xiaohu Army rushed to the position and began to draw their spikes, Salin let the crossbowmen fire flat, and then let the infantry launch a countercharge.

Salin was clearly more prudent. By letting the enemy soldiers up, he can recover the arrows that have been fired, reducing the loss of ammunition. In fact, Yan He also knew that it was safer to do so, but she and Salin had different ideas. Salin wanted to let the enemy know that he was not easy to provoke, so that they would not dare to attack, but Yan He wanted the enemy to attack, so he deliberately wasted some ammunition.

The left and right flanks of the enemy army were not easy to mess with, and the Xiaohu army could only test the middle army commanded by Meier. The performance of the officers and men of the Chinese army in the morning was very impressive, but in the eyes of the generals who commanded the army, these were just small cleverness. If the commanders of the Chinese army were not as calm as the commanders of the left and right flanks, the Xiaohu army planned to storm the Chinese positions under the pressure of the musket troops.

Meier did not have as much experience in commanding as Salin and Yanhe, and he was very surprised to see that the Xiaohu army had sent a small number of troops to send them to their deaths. He felt that the Xiaohu Army should have a conspiracy, so he never let the musket troops fire. It was only when the enemy was in the best range and there was no movement on the side of the Xiaohu Army that Meier had two regiments of musketeers to fire a salvo.

More than half of the enemy soldiers were killed and wounded, and the survivors fled in a hurry. Mel did not let the remaining two regiments of musketeers shoot at the scattered enemy, nor did he let the crossbowmen shoot, and allowed them to flee back to their positions.

When the commander of the Xiaohu Army saw that Maier directly used the musket troops, he knew that he lacked command experience. Although the Xiaohu army did not have a backup move, even if Maier used the musketeers to deal with those enemies, it was impossible for the Xiaohu army to rush up before the musketeers finished reloading. But don't forget, musket ammunition is expensive, and it can't be recycled after running out like arrows for bows and crossbows. The infantry sent by the Xiaohu Army was obviously used to test the truth and the truth, and it was undoubtedly a waste to solve them with muskets.

In fact, Maier figured this out after giving the order to fire, but by that time two thousand rounds had already been fired. Although the ammunition used by the Byronsburg Army is all cost price, the cost price is also money. When Maier saw that he had burned so much money with one wrong order, tears of distress were about to fall.

Even if a set of ammunition is 10 Wen Tai Rong money, it is 20 Tai Rong money!!

20 Tairong money does not seem to be much, but it is also a lot. The weekly salary of the soldiers of the city defense troops in Fort Byrensburg is exactly 10 Wen Tai Rong Yuan, which means that Maier has lost the salaries of 2,000 soldiers of the city defense troops for a week with one order, so it is strange that he is not distressed.

When Maier was distressed about the ammunition he had shot, the Xiaohu Army had already made a decision. They were ready to concentrate their forces and first settle the positions of the central army of the Byronsburg army. The Chinese army is obviously the main force of the Byronsburg army, and as long as the Chinese army is resolved, the remaining enemy forces will not have anything to fear.

So the Xiaohu Army quickly adjusted its formation and prepared to attack the position of the Chinese army from the front. They did not choose to go around the rear, because the Bairensburg army deployed 6,000 Elibi cavalry in the rear, and the large camp of the Bairensburg army was only five kilometers away from the battlefield, and the Xiaohu army did not know the specific strength of the enemy. In the unlikely event that the troops behind the circle were flanked from both sides by the Byronsburg army, they would certainly suffer serious losses.

An hour later, the Xiaohu army adjusted its formation. The total strength of the Southern Route Army increased to 110,000, and only 20,000 remained of the Southwest Route Army and the Southeast Route Army, including the cavalry units that cut off the passage of the Byronsburg Army.

After adjusting the formation, the Xiaohu Army sent several teams of 1,000 people to form several skirmish lines, with a distance of about 50 meters between the front team and the rear team, and marched towards the position of the Chinese army. Lan Xian, who was far away on the left flank, saw the tactics of the Xiaohu army and recognized at a glance that this was the "wave charge" she had used, but the Xiaohu army used infantry, and she used cavalry.

The Xiaohu Army's move was to attract enemy firepower, and if Maier let the musket troops open fire again, then the opportunity for the Xiaohu Army would come. They can keep the skirmish line moving forward, and the number of skirmishers will increase. The rate of fire of the musket unit was there, and even with the cooperation of crossbowmen, the Xiaohu army could rush to the enemy's position after paying a certain amount of losses.

The main forces of the Chinese position, the Ilibians and the Tugu people, were weak in close combat. That is to say, as long as the Xiaohu Army attacks the position of the Chinese army, the Byrensburg Army will inevitably fall into a bitter battle. When the infantry of the Xiaohu Army knew about the fortifications of the Chinese position, the cavalry of the Xiaohu Army would be able to rush up, and then the situation of the Bairensburg Army would become very difficult.

The tactics of the Xiaohu Army made Meier frown. Although he didn't read the enemy's thoughts, he knew that these thousand troops were not here to waste his ammunition. Because there were a lot of crossbowmen mixed in these infantry, as long as these crossbowmen included the Byrensburg army in range, the Byrensburg army had to suffer certain losses.

Do you want to use musket troops?

Maier hesitated, but did not make a decision immediately. The enemy troops at the front were still more than 300 meters away from their own positions, so Maier still had some time to think.

Musket units were limited to two shots per minute...... Liu Xiu said that the three-stage attack does not necessarily have only three stages, the purpose of the three-stage attack is to continuously output firepower, even if it becomes a four-stage attack, a five-stage attack, or even a ten-stage attack. That is, as long as there is enough ammunition and the musket is not damaged, we can maintain the fire output all the time.

But we are an expeditionary force, and ammunition is to be replenished from the mainland. At present, Byrensburg does not have the capacity to produce ammunition, and two types of ammunition are used in the army, so ammunition can only be transported from the Kingdom of Ogus and the Republic of Bukin. After defeating the enemy forces outside Harukayashi Castle, we will also go to support Haruyama Castle. At that time, our supply lines will become very long and vulnerable to enemy attacks. If you want to get your ammunition as quickly and as safely as possible, you'll have to wait in Yaolin for a while.

However, we are an expeditionary force, and Teng Yan himself has to fight a war and needs a lot of supplies, so the supplies he can give us are limited, or even not provide us with supplies at all. We consume a lot of supplies every day, and time is money and resources for us...... But musket ammunition is a necessity......

Mel had to choose between musket ammunition and regular supplies. Considering that the city of Chunshan was still under siege by the Xiaohu family, Maier didn't want to waste his time. In this way, Maier could not consume as much musket ammunition in this battle. If you use fewer muskets, your casualties will increase.

Trade a soldier's life for time and ammunition...... Is it really worth it?

Maier didn't want to do that. After much thought, he decided to let the musket unit open fire.

Human life cannot be measured by money and materials!

Mel clenched his fists, his knuckles white.