"Boom..."

The artillerymen, who had just finished loading their guns, lit the fuse again, and a loud sound carried a long tail in the clearing.

The Qing soldiers, who were hit by a salvo of artillery shotguns, were already showing signs of retreat, but now under the shouts of the bandit army, this sign is even more out of control.

As the salvo of the artillery of the anti-bandit army sounded, the Qing troops within 40 battles outside the muzzle of the artillery were almost swept away again.

The Qing soldiers who dared to continue to advance were already lying on the ground at this moment, either wailing, or no longer making a sound.

A gust of wind blew again on the river, and the river wind brought the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield and cleared the field of vision.

Now, the Qing soldiers who have not fallen in the front attack can clearly see that the artillery of the bandit army is in front of the Qing soldiers.

"Bang..."

This was followed by a salvo of muskets.

"Poof..."

"Poof..."

"Poof..."

Under the artillery shotgun fire, the few Qing soldiers who were lucky enough to stand were once again knocked to the ground by the musketeers behind the artillery.

At such a distance, the rifled flintlock pistol loaded with Mini shells was almost accurate at a time.

At this time, the artillery and musketeers of the anti-bandit army were almost empty within fifty zhang in front. All that remained was corpses strewn across the field, wailing everywhere.

The entire battle site could accommodate 2,000 men in a head-on battle. The Qing army advanced in three phalanxes, but the Chinese army, which had the largest number of men, made the bandit army dare not move forward and retreated. The soldiers and horses of the two flanks of the Qing army were all terrified when they saw this.

As the Qing army retreated, the shouts of the bandit army sounded again.

"The Qing army is defeated, rush!"

The green battalion of the Chinese army had reached its limit, and after the second artillery shotgun strike with the musketeers' platoon of guns, they no longer had the courage to stand in front of the bandit army again.

Now all the hope of the Qing army depends on whether the soldiers and horses on the two flanks can resist.

"Rush..."

The whole battlefield was constantly shouting, which was a test for the Qing army and a test for the bandit army.

The pikemen and sword and shield men of the Chinese army of the bandit army rushed in front of the musketeers and artillerymen.

At this time, the morale of the Qing soldiers in the middle was exhausted and they had lost resistance. The bandit army attacking the middle of the Qing army was like a hot knife cutting butter, and it was like a bamboo.

Although the Qing soldiers on both sides had not yet contacted the bandit army, they also saw the defeat and retreat in the middle lane, which had a serious blow to their morale.

The distance between the Qing army on both sides and the relative bandit army has been shortened to 40 zhang.

In a normal battle, the archers would have fired at each other when the soldiers of both sides were drawn close to this position.

However, the Qing army was ready to break through the musket array of the bandit army with a charge from the beginning, so they did not bring archers. There were some archers in the bandit army, but they were all assigned to defend the city. Therefore, the combatants on both sides did not have long-range weapons.

The distance of forty zhang is not far away, but it is not close. A normal person can only walk for two or three minutes.

At this time, the Qing soldiers on both sides who had not been hit by muskets and artillery had abandoned the heavy wooden shields in their hands and began to speed up.

The bandit armies on both sides showed their military training as the Qing soldiers approached. At this moment, the pikemen in the front row of the bandit army began to line up with their guns, protecting their tall shields in front of them and waiting for the Qing soldiers to attack.

"There are still fewer muskets, and if there were more, the soldiers and horses on both sides would not have to fight so closely." Zhang Rui looked at the situation of the soldiers and horses on both sides and said a little.

"Yes, it's all ours because we're in a hurry. Otherwise, there were tens of thousands of muskets that would not be afraid of the Manchu court. Wang Kaiyuan replied

"That's true. However, although the musket is good, it cannot be relied on too much, and it is the real trick to dare to fight hand-to-hand on the battlefield. If you don't dare to face the enemy and sacrifice your life, you will lose even if you have aircraft and artillery. Zhang Rui turned his head to Wang Kaiyuan and said seriously.

"Aircraft cannon?" Wang Kaiyuan agreed with Zhang Rui's statement very much, but couldn't help but repeat the words Zhang Rui said.

He knew about the artillery, but he didn't understand what the plane was. But it sounds like a lot of power.

"The battle is about to begin." Zhang Rui didn't expect that he accidentally came up with a modern word and was noticed by Wang Kaiyuan at once, so he could only pretend not to hear it and deliberately tear away the topic.

"yes!" Wang Kaiyuan listened to Zhang Rui's words, and was immediately attracted by the battlefield.

In this way, the battle was lost, and he had no chance to talk about "aircraft artillery" anymore.

Due to the consideration of the lack of fighting will and training of a large number of recruits in the anti-bandit army, the soldiers and horses in the front row who received the enemy were led by veterans of the anti-bandit army.

After a battle, after seeing blood, this recruit slowly became a veteran.

The soldiers and horses on the flanks were getting closer and closer, and a large number of Qing soldiers who only came with swords looked at the shield that was more than half a foot high and didn't know how to kill the enemy.

Now, the Qing soldiers who are close to the battle can only try to break through the spear array of the bandit army by manpower.

"Lancers listen to orders, stab."

Rows of spears stabbed out of the shield, and those who couldn't dodge or couldn't be stopped with their knives were stabbed to the ground.

This is destined to be a difficult line of defense, and it is almost impossible for the attacking Qing soldiers to bypass this spear formation and engage the sword and shield soldiers behind this pikeman.

"Receive..."

"Thorn..."

With the orders of the veterans of the bandit army, the green battalion soldiers of the Qing army continued to fall to the ground.

The pikemen in the front row of the battle found it as if everything was so simple? It's just like the usual training, just one stab and one harvest.

The attacking Qing soldiers continued to wail and scream, and the blood soaked the shields in front of the pikemen.

Against the spear formations on both sides of the bandit army, the Qing soldiers who did not have any artillery, muskets, bows and arrows to support it was really a disaster. They didn't even have a piece of armor, so they could only watch the bandit army slaughter their own side, but they had no strategy to break the enemy at all.

But that was not the only thing, they could clearly see that many of the pikemen they were fighting against were wearing leather or iron armor.

How can this be fought? There is no way to fight this.

After a few converged, the Qing troops did not make any progress except for casualties.

The Qing army is so good, but no one is stupid in the face of danger and can't gnaw on the bones.

Although there are overseers behind the Qing soldiers, they are all dead, and after a few rounds, they are sent to death in addition to death. No matter how hot and stressful people are, they can't stand it.

Many Qing soldiers thought of the rout in the middle, so they all retreated and did not dare to step forward.

However, the Qing troops did not arrive, and the spear formation of the bandit army began to move forward.

The little distance that had just been squeezed back by the front row of clear soldiers made up for the advancing bandit army.

At this time, it was the turn of the bandit army to move forward to kill the enemy.

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