In the winter months, heavy snow covers the earth, and the bone-chilling cold rushes around the body.

In the art of war, this is the most difficult season to conduct combat, and the slightest carelessness is in danger of overturning. However, there have always been many masters of the art of war who have taken this opportunity by surprise and annihilated the enemy army in one fell swoop.

A long march marched through the snow, all dressed in thick padded jackets, carrying a long flintlock pistol, and a look of determination on their slightly immature faces.

Ning Yu rode a horse and walked in the front, now he is in the stage of physical development, he looks more mature, his lips already have a green beard, and behind him are Dong Ce and Xu Chengliang, and there is a guard. At the forefront was a spy sent by the Ning family, who had been staring at this place a few days ago.

After walking for a long time, everyone saw a dilapidated camp standing in the mountains, more like a refugee camp than a camp, with a few simple straw huts shaking in the wind, and a thick layer of snow on them.

However, there were no sentry spies outside the camp, only a grass hut on the high slope, and the people inside seemed to be still asleep.

Dong Ce lightly pinched the horse's belly, then rushed forward, and said in a low voice: "Yingzao, according to the previous information, two miles ahead is the gathering place of the bandits in Taohua Mountain, it seems that it is roughly estimated to be around a thousand people, and there are still five or six hundred people after removing the old and young women and children. ”

Ning Yu smiled, "What's wrong, scared?" If these five or six hundred people can't take it, all your training this year has been fed to the dogs? ”

Dong Ce hurriedly turned over and dismounted, knelt in front of the horse, and his tone was very firm.

"My Eagle Battalion fights for the first time, if I don't win, I, Dong Ce, should die in front of the battle!"

The rest of the apprentices also roared in unison: "The first battle of the Eagle Battalion, if we don't win, we will wait before the death battle!" ”

Ning Yu looked at these soldiers, no, when these soldiers were in his heart, he felt a little proud, this is the steel knife that he spent a year forging, and when it is unsheathed today, it is the time when the edge is revealed.

As more than 200 soldiers of the Eagle Battalion slowly approached and were discovered, the panicked bandits on the high slope issued a rapid alarm, and the originally silent camp suddenly poured out from all directions like ants in a hot pot.

These people are not so much bandits as refugees, all of them are ragged, yellow-skinned, and the weapons they hold are very simple, but the spirit is extremely high-spirited, and they are not panicked when they look at Ning Yu's side.

must have dealt with the green camp a lot, so he has developed a temperament that is not afraid of heaven and earth.

Ning Yu looked at it for a while, then ordered: "Let's start!" ”

Dong Ce and Xu Chengliang returned to the company to prepare for command after receiving the order, and they were also the company commanders of the first and second companies, but at this time they were also members of the staff office.

With a crisp whistle, the 1st and 2nd companies formed two long horizontal formations, carrying their guns and walking towards the Taohuashan bandits, until they were two hundred steps away from the front, they stopped and raised their guns against each other.

The bandits in Peach Blossom Mountain were a little panicked, and formed a rudimentary phalanx in a hurry, each holding knives and guns in their hands.

The snare drummer began to beat the drum, and the hearts of the soldiers went up and down like the beat of the drum. However, although I was a little nervous, after all, after a long time of training, I was able to maintain the formation.

Ning Yu stood on a high slope behind with his guards, holding a telescope to observe the enemy's array, with only a cadre of guards and two heralds beside him, but the position here was also relatively steep, and he was not worried about the bandits attacking.

But for Ning Si and the others, it is like a great enemy, and the total number of guards now is only eight, even if the martial arts are strong, they are nothing in the army.

At this time, in Ning Si's heart, he thought that if something was wrong after a while, he would protect Ning Yu and rush out first, otherwise if the hope of the Ning family's future seedlings was broken, none of them would survive.

Ning Yu was a little nervous, holding the clairmile mirror with both hands, and repeatedly telling himself in his heart that it was okay, it was okay, it was okay, if it really started, it would be impossible to fight head-on with this group of rabble.

The two originally made sub-cannons were placed behind the formation, more than 300 steps away from the enemy formation, and seven or eight gunners were loading bullets, but now the imperial court is extremely strict in controlling flowering shells, so the Ning family is still using live ammunition.

Among the gunners in charge of firing the artillery, one was another brother of the Ning family, and now the Ning family is paying more and more attention to the Eagle Battalion, so in addition to Ning Qianqiu, who was previously expelled from the battalion, more than ten more people have entered the Eagle Battalion to enhance the control ability.

The son of the Ning family who was in charge of firing the cannon was named Ning Tieshan, who was born stout, and the commander wrapped the solid iron bullet with a layer of oilcloth, which was then stuffed into the muzzle, and as for the gunpowder, it was put into full tenth.

If this cannon is fired with the original green battalion cannon, I am afraid that it will be blown up on the spot, but this sub-mother cannon was originally cast with high-quality refined iron from the new mine, and the iron core casting process was also used, so there are almost no bubbles, and the inner chamber is very smooth and smooth, so there is no need to worry about the problem of exploding.

At this time, the bandits of Peach Blossom Mountain relied on the strength of the crowd, gathered in a group, and rushed towards the soldiers of the Eagle Battalion.

500 steps......

Ning Yu's palms were sweating, staining the telescope with a layer of sweat.

400 steps......

The hearts of the gunners were also raised, waiting for the order to arrive.

300 steps......

"Fire!"

Ning Yu decisively gave the order, and the herald beside him began to wave the order flag, the bright red order flag sounded in the wind, but in the eyes of the gunners, it was the most beautiful scenery.

Ning Tieshan squinted his eyes slightly, took a fuse rope, and inserted it into the fire door, while the other cannon was also ready, and with a small sound, the fuse rope was ignited.

Boom - boom——!

The two cannons roared one after the other, and two iron bullets smashed at the bandits three hundred paces away, one of which was about to smash into the crowd, plowing a path of flesh and blood, and the other deflected away.

Ning Tieshan cursed lightly, and then began to clean the chamber of the cannon, preparing for the next launch.

And in this process, there was also a riot among the bandits in Peach Blossom Mountain, but it didn't take long for them to continue to charge under the pressure of some strongmen.

Dong Ce looked nervously at the bandits in front of him, holding a flintlock pistol in his hand, although this gun could hit two hundred paces away, but the accuracy was very poor, so he usually practiced a firing distance of one hundred and fifty paces, and judging from the speed at which these bandits rushed over, he could shoot three volleys.

In the past, the outcome of the war was determined by many factors, from the morale of the soldiers to the ability of the soldiers themselves to fight, which would affect the situation of the war, but in modern times, war has become a cruel mathematical problem.

The general needs to calculate at a suitable distance, fire more projectiles through a salvo to knock the enemy down, and also need to calculate the hit rate and firing frequency at this distance to seek maximum lethality.

This is also the reason why Ning Yu personally arranged for Dong Ce and others to learn mathematics, because in modern warfare, what is needed is not a brave general, but a commander who can really calculate the war.