The halt of the Xiaohu army's march was entirely expected by Meier. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Although the enemy had the advantage of numbers, the Byronsburg army occupied the high ground and built fortifications in a very short time. If Meier was to be the commander of the Xiaohu Army, he would not have ventured into attack.

For the three-dan strike, Maier only knows the basics. When he was reorganizing the musket unit, he gave the musketeers simple training to get them used to the three-stage combat style. Due to the short training time, the musketeers were not very proficient in the use of three-stage shots, so Maier did not dare to take the initiative to attack.

If you don't attack, you can only lead the enemy to attack, but for a while Maier can't think of a good way. At this time, a herald suddenly came to report that a female officer of the musket unit had left the position without permission and went in the direction of the Xiaohu Army. Maier hurried forward to check the situation, and found that the person who had attacked without permission was actually a birdie.

After entering the musket unit, Bird was quickly promoted to reserve officer because of his accurate archery skills and quick mind, and officially became a junior officer in early May 135 of the new calendar, serving as a squad leader. After the Xiaohu Army stopped marching, Birdie's superiors inadvertently said, "If they don't attack, we'll be in trouble", and with Birdie's intelligence, it only took a few seconds for her to figure out what was at stake.

She wanted to attack alone, snipe the officers of the Xiaohu Army, and lure the enemy to attack. But Bird's superior is a rigid person, who values orders more than life, and he can't make Birdie do that. So Little Bird left the team without permission, and went in the direction of the Xiaohu Army with her Dugu musket and ammunition.

Birdie's superiors tried to chase her back, but when they found that Birdie had left the defense line, Birdie had already run nearly fifty meters away. The distance between the two armies' lines was only five or six hundred meters, and Xiao Bird's superiors did not dare to risk chasing after him, so he could only report the matter of Xiao Bird's unauthorized departure.

By the time Mel reached the front line, the bird had stopped about a hundred and fifty meters from the enemy line, out of breath. Using a stone as cover, she got down on one knee and began to reload ammunition. When Xiaohu Jun saw that there was only one person running over on the other side, they were very puzzled, and they didn't know what the little bird was doing when he ran up alone. When they realized that the bird seemed to be a musketeer, they relaxed and did whatever they wanted, as if the bird didn't exist.

Muskets are nothing new in the New World, recruits have heard of them, veterans have seen them. Everyone knew that this weapon had a very low hit rate at a distance of a hundred meters, and now that the bird was standing a hundred and fifty meters away, even if she used the most accurate Dugu musket, at best, only one unlucky person was shot, and they all felt that it would not be themselves.

After loading his ammunition, the bird began to search for the officer of the Xiaohu Army, and soon locked on a bearded officer who was in a position relatively backward, as if he was explaining something to his subordinates. The distance between the mustachioed officer and the bird was about one hundred and sixty meters, and the bird aimed his musket at his head, raised the muzzle slightly, and deflected to the right by feeling. After taking a deep breath, the bird pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Bang!!!

From the Xiaohu Army's side, almost at the moment when the gunshots rang out, the mustachioed officer was shot in the head and fell to the ground on his back. And from the side of the Byrensburg army, it seemed that after the bearded officer was shot in the head, the shots rang out. This shot directly blinded the Xiaohu Army and the Byronsburg Army, and the Xiaohu Army was stunned for a few seconds, and the soldiers were a little scared. In order to stabilize the mood of the soldiers, the officers shouted loudly, telling everyone not to be afraid, saying that the other party's shot was just luck.

This argument works to deceive the regular troops, but the musket troops are not so easy to fool. There were also some musketeers on the side of the Xiaohu Army, and in the battlefield environment, it was not possible to kill an enemy officer with a single shot from a distance of 150 meters by luck alone. So they concluded that Bird was a sniper, or a particularly experienced one. However, since the officers have spoken, it is not easy for the musketeers of the Xiaohu Army to come forward to slap the officers in the face, so they can only be careful themselves.

However, before the officers could finish their sentences, the bird had already finished reloading and found the next target. It was a bearded officer shouting at the soldiers, and the bird couldn't hear him because it was too far away. But she instinctively thought that this guy should be insulting her marksmanship, so she made him her next target.

“…… That guy is a hundred and fifty meters away from us! Even if I'm standing here and letting her fight! She couldn't hit me either! ”

As soon as the officer's words fell, the bird pulled the trigger. The bullet hit him in the head with precision, making him pay the price for his shouting. At this time, the Xiaohu army couldn't stand at all, and the soldiers who were afraid of being sniped with precision began to instinctively retreat, wanting to distance themselves from the bird, but the officers couldn't shout.

In the end, a young officer's mind was quick, and he told the soldiers that even if the enemy was full of shots, she would only have one person, and that she could be killed by sending a few cavalrymen. As soon as the soldiers stabilized because of his words, the Byronsburg army ran out with dozens of soldiers armed with Dugu rifles, and behind them was a group of cavalry with more than five hundred people.

In fact, by the time the birdie made the first round of shooting, Meier had already realized the tactical value of a sniper. He immediately asked the musket unit to select fifty experienced marksmen and let them follow the example of birds to snipe the enemy officers in front of the battle. In order to prevent the enemy from sending cavalry to attack these snipers, Meier gathered the cavalry at hand, opened several openings in the defensive line, and personally led the cavalry to follow the snipers.

One sniper is enough for the Xiaohu Army, and now the Byrensburg Army has sent another fifty snipers, even if they don't shoot as accurately as birdie, it can bring great psychological pressure to the soldiers of the Xiaohu Army. The commander of the Xiaohu Army wanted to send cavalry to destroy these enemy musketeers. They gathered a thousand light cavalry and divided them into several teams.

When Meer saw that the enemy had sent out cavalry, he immediately gathered the snipers and led the cavalry to kill them. Mel only has five hundred horsemen, but don't forget, he's a Lighting magician. The Leyting mage who went on his horse to fight was still terrifying in field conditions. As long as the enemy is not a crossbow cavalry or ranged infantry, Mel smashes it with a bunch of skills, enough for the opposing enemy to drink a pot.

The cavalry on both sides had a limited charge distance, so when engaged, neither side was very fast. Under the cover of Myer's Leyting magic and musketeers, the 500 cavalry of Fort Byrensburg defeated the 1,000 cavalry of the Xiaohu Army in two minutes, suffering about 30 casualties on their own side and about 100 casualties on the enemy.

After the enemy cavalry had retreated to their positions, Mehr had the musketeers fire two more rounds, killing or wounding about seventy enemy soldiers, six of whom were officers. Maier felt that the harassment was almost over, so he asked the snipers to withdraw and lead the cavalry himself. The Byronic army sent musketeers and spearmen to meet him, and Mel and his troops were able to withdraw, bringing back the bodies of the wounded and the dead.

This sortie only caused less than 200 casualties to the Xiaohu army, but the morale of the Xiaohu army was seriously damaged. The morale of the Byronic army was greatly boosted because of the fact that Mel himself was the queen of the musketeers, and they were all willing to die for Mel, and the momentum was like a rainbow for a while. The Xiaohu army was afraid that Meier would come to harass him after resting for a while, so they sent hundreds of light cavalry to patrol in front of the formation.

The situation on the side of the Southern Route Army was seen by Yan He, and she saw that the Southeast Route Army did not dare to attack herself, so she asked the troops to continue to take gestures and drove their horses to the front of the Chinese army. The sentry reported the appearance of the crane in front of the Chinese army to Meier, which made Meier's head grow for a while. Before he could figure out what Yan He was going to do, another sentry came to report that Yan He had single-handedly defeated hundreds of light cavalry of the Xiaohu Army and killed dozens of enemies, and the enemy army no longer dared to send light cavalry out to patrol.

On the side of the Byronsburg Army, there are Leiting magicians, snipers, and Ira, and the hole cards seem to be endless. The commanders of the Xiaohu Army are becoming more and more uncertain, feeling that it is not possible to advance or retreat. Half an hour later, another group of musketeers from the Byronsburg Army, escorted by cavalry and spearmen, totaled about 2,500 men. This time, Maier still personally led the army to attack, and since Yanhe had not yet returned to her right flank position, Maier could only take her with her first, and then drive her back when there was movement on the right flank position.

The musket unit that attacked this time had a regiment, and this time Maier did not plan to play sniper with the Xiaohu army, but wanted them to taste the taste of "dense firepower". He had already taken over the 6,000 Ilibi cavalry deployed on both flanks of the Chinese army's position in advance, and once the Xiaohu army was about to make a move against the troops out of the formation, these Ilibi cavalry would flank the Xiaohu army from two directions, and the Chinese army's position would also send troops to support. Even if the whole Xiaohu army attacked, Meier would be able to safely withdraw to the Chinese position.

For safety, Mel still had his musket unit at a distance of 150 meters from the enemy. The Xiaohu Army wanted to send long-range troops to shoot at the Byrensburg Army, but as soon as the Xiaohu Army's crossbowmen came out of battle, they were overwhelmed by the dense bullets of nearly 200 people. As soon as the crossbowmen were about to shoot, Mair told the musketeers and spearmen to retreat. As a result, the first round of arrows of the Xiaohu Army fell into the air and nothing was fired.

Mair had the musket unit reload two hundred meters from the enemy crossbowmen, and then poked in place. The Xiaohu army did not want to suffer this loss, so they let the long-range troops advance a hundred meters under the protection of infantry and cavalry, hoping to launch a long-range attack on the musketeers of the Byrensburg army after a round of fire. This time, however, Maier had the musketeers open fire at the enemy about a hundred and fifty meters from his own line, killing and wounding about 200 enemy soldiers again, and then continuing to retreat with his troops.

The Xiaohu army lost nearly 400 men in vain, but it did not even touch the shadow of the enemy, which made the commander of the Xiaohu army very annoyed. He had to send his own musket unit to fire at the Byronsburg Army's musket unit. The Southern Route Army had about 1,200 firearms, but the types of firearms were very chaotic, including even the backward firearms produced by the Tairong people themselves that did not even have a trigger and had to rely on an open flame to ignite the fuse before they could fire. The ownership of firearms units is also confusing, with them coming from dozens of different territories and being led by different officers. It took great difficulty for the commander of the Southern Route Army to gather the 1,200 soldiers armed with firearms and let them attack in formation.

Seeing that the Xiaohu army had sent a firearms unit, Maier immediately led the troops to withdraw to the Chinese position, waiting for the enemy to come and send the head. The commander of the Southern Route Army was not a fool, and Meier had thousands of muskets in his hand, and his 1,200 firearms would definitely be eaten and there would be no scum left. In desperation, the Xiaohu army could only withdraw its troops.

The two sides tossed for a long time, and the time was noon. When the soldiers of the Xiaohu Army were resting, they found that the people of the Byronsburg Army were actually eating. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, the Byronsburg army had three meals a day on the day of the battle, and each soldier brought enough dry food and water to eat one meal. On the Xiaohu Army's side, there are two meals a day, and due to the excessive logistical pressure, the amount of food ration is not very sufficient, and many soldiers are not full at breakfast.

The two armies were five or six hundred meters apart, and even the soldiers of the Byronsburg Army were eating very vaguely, and they could barely see that they were holding something to eat, but the soldiers of the Xiaohu Army still drooled. Some of the soldiers whispered, guessing what the soldiers of the Byronsburg Army were eating. Some people think that they eat multigrain cakes mixed with a lot of chaff, and some people think that they eat baked potatoes, because the military rations of the Tayyong people are mainly based on these things.

In fact, the Byrensburg Army was fed the standard rations of the Ilibi League. It is a kind of flour made from various grains and potatoes, mixed with a small amount of vegetable oil, salt and an appropriate amount of water, kneaded into small dough one by one, and then rolled into long strips of dough, and then baked. If the economy allows, some sun-dried vegetables and meat particles will be added to the dough, and if the economy does not allow, only the dough.

This dough is not very hard when it is first baked, but it becomes very hard after a period of time, and it must be soaked in saliva for a while when eating, and if you bite hard, you may break your teeth. Soldiers in the Ilibi Army usually take a bite of the bread, then take a sip of water and wait until the bread is soaked in their mouths before chewing.

This food is nutritionally more complete than simple multigrain cakes and potatoes, but the old military rations are too slow to eat. If the soldiers were given obsolete rations, they usually did not finish the food they were allotted at mealtime because there was not enough time. They would take their rations and hydration bags with them and eat a little when they had time. So when the Ilibians were fighting with the foreigners, when the two armies were facing each other, the foreigners often saw the Ilibians on the opposite side eating. It's not because the Ilibians are loose, it's because they have to.

The rations distributed on the day of the battle were baked two days before, and they were not very hard, so the soldiers could finish the rations during meal time. After the soldiers had eaten and drunk enough, Maier told them to rest for a while, and then ordered the whole army to line up, and began to change formations under the stunned gaze of the Xiaohu army.