"It's clearly for me!" Zhang Guoliang, who was arrayed opposite the Taiping Army, churned in his heart.

Zhang Guoliang was a murderer when he was young, Zhanshan was the king, and his accomplice was Luo Xuan, who is now a general in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. When he was the king of the mountain, Zhang Guoliang did not kill in vain. At one time, he once led troops to fight in Vietnam, and after beating the Vietnamese army, he occupied Zhennan Pass. According to the inspection envoy Lao Chongguang in Guangdong, Zhang Guoliang surrendered to Zhang Guoliang, and after Zhang Guoliang accepted the recruitment, he became a general of the Qing army. After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom launched the war to overthrow the Manchu Dynasty, Zhang Guoliang led his troops to participate in the battle against the Taiping army.

"The superior people owe me money, the medium ones have to sleep, and the inferior ones go with me, it is better than renting oxen and plowing thin fields!" This song was made by Zhang Guoliang when he was the king, and it spread widely among the people of Guangxi and Guangzhou, so that a large number of poor people defected to Zhang Guoliang. Now Zhang Guoliang, as a general of the Qing army, listens to the rebellious Taiping army on the opposite side singing this rebellion song loudly, and his heart is mixed. And he was very keenly aware that this Taiping army was prepared.

After all, when he was young, he had gathered in the mountains and forests, and fought with the official army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the official army of Vietnam, in the face of such a provocation, even if he knew that the opponent would definitely not be easy to deal with, but Zhang Guoliang still had ferocity boiling in his chest. Looking carefully at the array of the Taiping army on the opposite side, the opponent was only 500 people, and unlike the 500 Taiping army that had camped in advance, this Taiping army did not even have the most basic defense. Their five hundred men simply lined up in a horizontal formation, and they didn't even have a deep reserve. And the encamped Taiping army also brought some thin rejection horses, and they stood behind the rejection horses to defend, so they could hold out for a while longer.

Neither side was armed with artillery, and Zhang Guoliang was sure that it was purely a musket-to-musket battle.

When Lao Tzu was fighting, you didn't know if he was born! Zhang Guoliang scolded with hatred in his heart. Looking further away, a Taiping army of about 2,000 people came out of the Shrine Bridge and was slowly walking towards the battlefield here.

"Troops!" Zhang Guoliang said. If the reinforcements of the Taiping army arrived here, the strength of the two sides would be almost the same. If you want to take advantage of the advantages of the Qing army, now is the best time. Moreover, the 500 Taiping troops on the opposite side faced the battle in horizontal formations, and the battle line was very thin, with only four teams of men and horses. Zhang Guoliang has fought many battles, as long as he can break through such a queue and cut this Taiping army into two sections, they can only fight on their own. In fact, after so many years of fighting, Zhang Guoliang has never seen anyone dare to put on such a thin front in a regular war.

The 2,000 Qing troops were divided into two formations, and the front 1,000 troops were divided into two teams, and the 500 troops advanced in a horizontal row. There was a big gap in the center of the two teams, and the Qing army of 1,000 people in the rear team formed a column, which seemed to be preparing to disrupt the Taiping army's array with muskets first, and then play the tactic of breaking through the center.

"This big-headed sheep really lives up to its name!" Ke Gongyu in the Taiping Army array praised. Being able to make full use of the flat terrain and the advantage of troops, and lay out the formation that can wield the most combat effectiveness on his side, I am afraid that it is only stronger than Wei Ze's troops. Wei Ze's troops don't look at the training and beat with sticks, but when it comes to combat mode, it is very simple. A single word "keep in line" encapsulates the whole story.

If you have to go into more detail, the purpose of the military stick education is not only to "keep the queue", but also to "shoot according to the process and orders". The most prominent hand-to-hand combat of the Taiping Army relied on the old brothers of Guangxi who had accumulated a lot of combat experience in the Turkish battles, but it was not very emphasized in the troops.

Although this selected battlefield is relatively flat, there is no really flat place in Guangxi, where there are 100,000 mountains. Ke Gongyu arrived at a small upward slope, and the horizontal troops in the swing line only had to pull a little distance away and shoot without crouching. According to the condescending observation, the Qing army had reached a place about sixty paces away from his array, stopped, and began to prepare for shooting. Ke Gongyu shouted: "Order, load!" ”

The Qing army opposite the Taiping army first opened the hammer cap, lit the fire rope on the hammer cap with the prepared fire fold, then took out the powder bag containing gunpowder, filled the barrel with gunpowder, and then took out the pocket with lead at the waist, put the lead into the muzzle, and then poked the lead into the back of the barrel with a strip. When this is done, put a little gunpowder in the fire pit. This is the completion of the entire process in the early stage.

The next thing they had to do was to bring their muskets to the firing position ordered by the officer, pull the trigger, and use the mechanical transmission to press the fire rope on the hammer cap close to the fire pool. The arquebus ignites the gunpowder in the fire pool, and the sparks from the gunpowder are sprayed into the barrel through the small holes in the fire pool and the barrel, igniting the gunpowder in the barrel. The gunpowder burns violently and forms a gunpowder gas, which pushes the lead in the chamber of the gun to shoot out of the chamber and fly towards the enemy.

Wei Ze's troops had long been accustomed to this kind of shooting technique, and Ke Gongyu was doing the loading process while still having the energy to observe the steps of the Qing army. Looking at the movements of the Qing army, Ke Gongyu sneered in his heart: "It's too slow!" It's too slow! ”

Without waiting for the Qing soldiers to push the lead into the chamber of the gun, Ke Gongyu's troops had already completed a full set of preparations for shooting, and everyone put the handle of the musket on their right shoulder, and raised the musket.

This new butt is really good. Ke Gongyu praised in his heart. In order to save costs, the butt of the Qing army's old-fashioned arquebus is basically a slender body, and the butt at the rear is square, which is very panicked against the shoulder. The butts of the new muskets for the teaching brigade were carefully made. The curve is smooth, and the tail is an oval shape, which is not only comfortable to hold, but also feels stable when it is against the shoulder.

After seeing that the Qing army was ready to shoot, he continued to move forward, and without waiting for the Qing army to stop, Ke Gongyu shouted: "Fire!" After shouting, he fired the first shot first.

Zhang Guoliang saw that the Taiping army on the opposite side was firing, and the bullets were extremely accurate, and some people in the front team of the Qing army, whether they were in the front or behind, were shot. However, this loss is nothing to Zhang Guoliang. After all, there were only five hundred people on the other side, and this kind of shooting simply could not last long. When the Taiping army stopped to install bullets, the Qing army would be able to give the Taiping army a greater advantage with firepower by virtue of twice the numerical advantage. Zhang Guoliang prepared for the Qing army to shoot at a distance of 4o steps from the Taiping army, and at this time there were only a dozen steps left from these 4o steps.

Under normal circumstances, it only takes a moment for the Qing army to cross this distance, and at that time, wait to see that a large number of casualties begin to appear in the ranks of the Taiping army!

Zhang Guoliang stared, waiting to see the life of this situation.

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