"Heaven can do evil, but you can't live if you do it yourself. It must be that after the gang of old soldiers in Guangzhou were defeated by the anti-thieves, they thought that the anti-thieves were invincible in the world, and then took refuge in them. Deng Jili said through gritted teeth

"Don't worry, my lord, since they are bent on seeking death, we will fulfill them and make their heads our military merits."

"Okay, General Deng. If the battle is won, those green battalion soldiers will surrender and not let any of them go. Since they dare to go against me, don't think about still being able to live. Wu Sanshui showed a fierce face and scolded angrily.

Seeing that the phalanx of the green battalion soldiers who had taken refuge in the past was almost the same as the thin lineup of the anti-thieves, Wu Sanshui's heart couldn't help but rise with anger.

"If there is no refuge in the past by that group of wastes, the thin formation of the anti-thieves is not enough for your own soldiers to charge."

Now, because of the green battalion soldiers who followed the anti-thieves, Wu Sanshui had to divide a part of his "limited" men and horses to deal with them.

Fortunately, there are far more people on Wu Sanshui's side than Zhang Rui's, otherwise Wu Sanshui may be so remorseful that his intestines are blue for this battle.

Wu Sanshui had a total of more than 8,000 soldiers, divided into four phalanxes. Three of the phalanxes went to attack Zhang Rui's bandit army, and Wu Sanshui thought that this was the point. Then, under the influence of Deng Jili, he also left a phalanx to deal with the green battalion soldiers who followed Zhang Rui.

Zhang Rui only brought 2,000 musketeers, more than 600 pikemen, 200 cavalry and more than 1,000 green battalion soldiers. The battle formation was also divided into three, but the cavalry was behind. So it can be seen as two battle formations.

With Wu Sanshui's order, the drums of the Qing soldiers were beaten, and the four phalanxes of the Qing army began to march in unison.

Due to the difficulty of the mountain road, and the fact that Wu Sanshui was an army to surround the thieves this time. For the sake of speed, Wu Sanshui didn't run with fire when he came out this time.

However, in order to fight, Wu Sanshui brought more than 300 guns. The carrying gun is one of the characteristic weapons of the Qing army, which is a combination of arquebus and artillery.

Carrying a gun was a sharp weapon against the peasant rebel army in the middle and late Qianlong period, and it was also active in the Opium War. The main casualties to the British at that time came mainly from this carrying of guns.

The operation of lifting the gun was carried out by two people, and the effective range was about 300 meters. It has a longer range than an arquebus, and it is faster than a gun.

Although the spear had not been used in large quantities by the Manchu Qing Dynasty at this time, how could Wu Sanshui, who knew its strength, let go of this sharp weapon?

Due to the Manchu Qing's strict control of the green camp firearms, Wu Sanshui spent a lot of effort to get the 300 guns.

This time he came out to encircle and suppress Zhang Rui, and Wu Sanshui naturally brought these baby bumps with him.

Although Wu Sanshui did not bring a cannon, these 300 guns were like 300 artillery pieces in Wu Sanshui's eyes. It is precisely because of these guns that Wu Sanshui has the determination to fight.

At this time, Wu Sanshui was in the three phalanxes against Zhang Rui, and arranged his own spearmen in front. The spearmen were followed by the archers, then the sword and shield soldiers and pikemen, and then the wandering overseers.

The cavalry was used by Wu Sanshui as a backup to support and chase when the time was tight.

Unlike Zhang Rui's musketeers, who all wore leather armor, the Qing army's green battalion soldiers almost all wore thin uniforms. That is, a circle is drawn on the clothes, and the word "soldier" is written.

The Green Battalion served as a coercive servant of the Qing army, and the Manchu Qing only provided weapons and military salaries. As for the armor, you can only be responsible for purchasing it, if the ancestors have passed it down, it is best, otherwise you can only buy it yourself if you have money.

After all, the Green Battalion soldiers were only consumables in the eyes of the Manchus, so the Manchu court would not waste a lot of silver to make leather armor for those who could be consumed at any time.

How many knives and guns can a pair of armor cost? Kill a green battalion soldier and don't need money, and then find his other brothers to come over and continue to be soldiers.

How about this account, the Manchus will naturally calculate. With this money, it is better to send more money to the children of the Eight Banners to make crops and silver.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty was dominated by the Eight Banners, and only the children of the Eight Banners could issue leather armor and armor. As for the Green Battalion soldiers, they are just minions who can catch a lot of them everywhere.

The Qing Dynasty is not as good as the end of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no armor in the late Ming Dynasty that will be killed in minutes.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty has not had any major battles since the Three Feudatories, and the battlefields encountered in the country are also peasant uprisings without armor. Therefore, in the same situation, the green battalion soldiers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty naturally had more advantages.

Seeing that the soldiers in the front row on Zhang Rui's side were all tied with leather armor on their chests, Wu Sanshui couldn't help but be stunned. Wu Sanshui never thought that Zhang Rui would have such sophisticated equipment, not to mention a large number of muskets, and so much leather armor.

"This thief is also rich, and he actually prepared leather armor for those mud-legged people. Luckily, I brought my gun-carrying team with me, otherwise this battle would not have been easy to fight! Wu Sanshui said to himself a little

"My lord is right, the men and horses in front have already arranged a formation, do you want to attack?" Deng Jili on the side asked

"Let's attack!" Wu Sanshui said calmly

"Yes, then the subordinate will go to the front to supervise the formation. It is determined that the lord will take down the head of the thief. Dungilly knelt down and said

"Well, go ahead!" Wu Sanshui replied, and then said to the flag officer beside him, "Beat the drum and move forward." ”

I saw Deng Jili and Qian Xijin on the side, bowing to Wu Sanshui on one knee, and after bowing to the side, they got on the horse and left.

The drums beat loudly

"Knock, knock, knock..."

The Qing army, which had arranged its camp, began to move towards Zhang Rui's side.

Wu Sanshui's drumming caused a commotion among the green battalion soldiers on Zhang Rui's side, especially the lineup of Wu Sanshui's army coming here, and some people wanted to run.

Fortunately, Zhang Rui had the foresight to release a lot of troops who were doing ideological work there. Otherwise, those who fled might have led the entire Green Battalion phalanx to retreat.

"Knock, knock, knock..."

The drums don't stop, and the progress doesn't stop

The Qing army continued to move forward, especially Wu Sanshui's spear-carrying soldiers were excited.

Now they are ready to work miracles again. Is there anyone here who can kill an enemy as safely as they do?

Apparently not.

The Qing soldiers wondered, why was there no sound from the anti-thieves? It was so quiet, if it weren't for the rows of people standing there on the opposite side, the Qing soldiers would have thought that the wooden statues standing in front of them were all wooden statues.

Although the front is strange, in the eyes of many Qing troops, it is just that the gang of thieves has no combat experience, and there is nothing to worry about.

Especially those spear-carrying soldiers, the guns weighing more than 20 pounds are like small wooden sticks in their hands at the moment.

I saw that they were all walking forward with excited steps at this time, and they couldn't wait to reach a hundred feet at once. Then let the opposing thief know that there is a price to be paid for opposing them.