The Guang'an rebel army, which was able to go deep into the hinterland of Chongguangcheng to take up the task of attacking the logistics line, and was pursued by more than 1,000 main forces led by Jian Liangzhi himself, was naturally not an ordinary force.

Even in the Guang'an rebels, they can be regarded as the elite, but it is a pity that they have lost contact with their own cavalry, that is, Fang Yuanxin's cavalry regiment, and can only fight alone, otherwise they don't have to escape, and directly turn around and fight Jian Liangzhi's encirclement and suppression troops with the cooperation of friendly cavalry.

At this time, it didn't take long for the Guang'an rebels to change their formation into a very standard horizontal offensive formation, and among their five companies, three companies listed the standard three horizontal formations in the front in turn, and the width was also about 60 meters.

In the rear of the three companies, the two companies served as reserves.

Three companies lined up in front of the side, with a width of the line, and two companies in the rear as reserves, which could also deal with any surprises, such as preventing the opposing cavalry from flanking attacks.

In addition to the formation of the infantry troops, they also temporarily gathered about 20 cavalry, although this is an infantry battalion, but people also have horses, and after abandoning the baggage, they gather the horses, and find a few soldiers who can ride horses to act as dragoons, this model is almost the same as the cavalry under Lin Ziran.

Because neither side has artillery, this also means that without artillery obstruction, both sides can calmly fight in formation.

At this time, the straight-line distance between the two sides was actually less than 400 meters.

If the Quang Yen rebels meet other armies, then the two sides will enter a period of calm, and a heavy exchange of fire will break out only after the two sides are close to within 100 meters.

But today the Guang'an rebels are not confronted by other armies, but by the Qingshan Patrol Battalion, an army that uses mini rifles!

Even if the quality of the troops is a little scum, the guns in their hands are not scum.

Lin Ziran didn't think about any back-slope tactics at all, and even he didn't know that there was such a tactic, his tactic was very simple, that is, relying on the gentle slope on the hill to hesitate the opponent's advance speed, and strive to strike more at the enemy.

At the same time, it is also a natural fortification with the help of the hill to resist the enemy's firepower!

So when the Guang'an rebels entered the four hundred meters, Lin Ziran did not hesitate to order: "Shoot!" ”

The sudden blow did not panic the Guang'an rebels who were attacking, and they already knew that the opponent's musket was rifled and had a relatively long range.

Front-loading rifled guns are not a new thing, and they are equipped in the armies of various countries, but because of the difficulty of loading, there are very few of them.

Seeing that the other party was shooting with rifled guns, the battalion officer in the Guang'an rebels did not hesitate, but ordered the troops to speed up.

"The opponent's rifled guns can only be fired once, and by the time they reload in a few minutes, we'll already be killed!"

But just over twenty seconds later, the Luo An army on the hill opened fire again, which made him frown.

What's going on?

Could it be that they prepared several loaded rifled guns in advance and took turns firing?

But no, the distance between the two sides at this time was only three or four hundred meters, although the sky was not completely bright, but it was more than six o'clock, he could clearly see that the other party did not change to a musket, but directly loaded and shot.

Damn it!

What kind of muskets did they use?

It was able to maintain a rate of fire similar to that of a smoothbore gun!

Stop now?

No, if you stop now, you can avoid casualties, but the pursuers in the rear are not far away, and staying here for one more minute will be more dangerous, rush up, kill the past, and rush out to get rid of the pursuers!

So this lieutenant doctor was firm in his thoughts, but brandished his command knife and ordered: "The whole army charges!" ”

Although he didn't know why the opponent's musket was able to hit so far and maintain the rate of fire of the smoothbore gun, it didn't matter, even if the rate of fire of the smoothbore gun was guaranteed, it was only two or three rounds of fire in a minute.

As long as the whole army directly launches a charge, as long as it rushes within 100 meters, then all the troubles will be solved.

Within 100 meters, the two sides will enter normal fire.

He didn't believe that a mere patrol battalion could compete with his elite troops.

And even this is not the point, the point is that he did not think about shooting, but rushed directly up the hill in one breath and directly launched a bayonet battle.

If a patrol battalion unit can barely fire at a distance of 100 meters with the regular army, but fight bayonets?

It's not that he deliberately looks down on his opponent, but that the other party really doesn't have the ability!

If the other party has this ability, the other party will not need to attack and ambush from a long distance during the day yesterday, but will directly intercept and fight head-on!

Lin Ziran, who will be this time, has also seen the changes on the other side!

The distance between the two sides is still more than 300 meters, and their own side has only fired two rounds, and they have not been able to kill or injure many enemies in total, but the other party directly launched a charge?

Don't even care about the formation?

If Lin Ziran's patrol battalion was a regular army, he would probably be very happy to see this scene.

Because after losing the formation, the team is completely able to suppress the opponent with the complete formation, so as to win the battle.

But the key thing is that the patrol battalion under Lin Ziran is not a regular army, and its comprehensive quality is much worse than that of the regular army.

This can be seen from the fact that Luo Mazi around him saw that the opponent's legs were trembling after he saw the other party launch a full-scale charge, and his overall quality was too poor.

Depend on!

These Guang'an rebels are all desperate, and they are even thinking of rushing forward even if they suffer certain casualties in the early stage!

Lin Ziran also wanted to use the range advantage to fight a few more rounds far away, and force the opponent to stop attacking by killing and injuring the enemy in large numbers.

Lin Ziran had seen the line attack of the Guang'an rebels many times before, and in order to maintain the formation, they were all slow to advance, and it was normal to walk three or four hundred meters for a few minutes.

But I didn't expect that the other party would directly launch a full-speed charge regardless of the formation!

According to the speed of their charge, it is only more than 300 meters, and it doesn't take a while to run and kill, and their troops will be able to withstand it at that time?

Hell if you can bear it!

When Lin Ziran's patrol battalion fired the third round of shooting, although the other party was still two hundred meters away, many soldiers in the formation were already panicked, and many of them even had trembling hands and couldn't load.

According to the current state of the soldiers, it is estimated that most of them have not been able to complete the reload after the enemy rushes up.

At this time, Lin Ziran sighed in his heart again, his patrol battalion is still too scummy, this time he must strengthen training after going back, in addition to improving the quality of officers, it is best to be able to dig up a few officers from the regular army to come over as instructors or something.

But that's all for later.

As for now!

Lin Ziran pulled the dock slightly and looked at the hillside behind, then raised his command knife with a firm gaze: "The whole army is moving in!" ”

When the words fell, he took the lead and led the whole army forward!

As soon as Lin Ziran gave the order, the soldiers, who were already facing the enemy's full army charge and were already showing signs of collapse, suddenly seemed to be injected with new vitality, turned around quickly one by one, and then rushed towards the bottom of the mountain with firm steps.

The decisive and fast transfer of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion made the Guang'an rebels who were still charging in the rear look at it.

There are still more than 200 meters left, and the Guang'an army has not fired a single shot, they have suffered casualties unilaterally, and at the same time, because the charging formation has been chaotic, no matter how you look at it, it is the Qingshan patrol battalion on the top of the mountain that has the advantage.

But the Qingshan Patrol Battalion simply and decisively turned around and ran, they couldn't understand it.

At this time, four words instantly appeared in the minds of the Zhongda Doctor battalion officers in the Guang'an rebels: Houpo tactics!

Could it be that there are more Luo An troops in ambush behind the hillside?

There must be an ambush!

Thinking of this, he hurriedly shouted: "Stop the charge, form a team on the spot, quickly form a team!" ”