With 2,000 wheelbarrows lined up in front of the battle, Charles, Earl of Geldon, knew that the cavalry raid plan had gone bankrupt. The 2,000 wheelbarrows lined up in front of the battle became an insurmountable chasm for the cavalry.

In desperation, Earl Charles shook his head at his general, Munster, and canceled the plan to send cavalry to raid the enemy. However, the Count of Charles was not particularly disappointed. Because, he has a second plan......

Count Charles found that when the wheelbarrow was fixed to the ground, it could withstand the onslaught of the cavalry. However, in the face of muskets, the soldiers behind the wheelbarrow were unstoppable. After all, a wheelbarrow doesn't have the wall panels that can block arrows and stray bullets.

In fact, the partial van car that Qi Jiguang later built was based on Yu Dayou's wheelbarrow chariot to prevent the Mongolian cavalry from riding and shooting. Yu Dayou's wheelbarrow, although it could block the charge of the Mongolian cavalry, could not stop the long-distance shooting of the Mongolian cavalry. Therefore, Qi Jiguang made a side van with a wall panel to block arrows to prevent the Mongolian cavalry from charging and cavalry shooting. At the same time, the soldier can also hide behind the wall panel and shoot the enemy with a firebolt.

But as the original version of Yu Dayou's wheelbarrow, it only has the effect of blocking the cavalry charge. In addition, on the chariots of the Ming Dynasty, some small tiger squat cannons or something will be placed as offensive weapons. But Marin didn't do that, because the small Tiger Squat Cannon wasn't necessarily much more powerful than the musket.

In addition, it is not cost-effective to install a small tiger squat cannon on a wheelbarrow. Because, after the tiger squat cannon is installed, the wheelbarrow cannot be used as a vehicle for two purposes, and it is usually used as a transport vehicle. And if you need artillery support, you might as well go straight to the three-pounder gun.

With the cover of the wheelbarrow, the army of the North Sea State no longer worries about being suddenly attacked by the opponent's cavalry. Then, the troops of the Beihai Kingdom came out of the bombed gate of Tucheng one after another, came to the front of the formation in an orderly manner, and arranged the formation.

The formation of the North Sea Country, Count Charles is very familiar. It is nothing more than a spearman with a musketeer, with the musketeer in the center and the spearmen on the sides.

However, this kind of orderly arrangement of troops made Count Charles very puzzled, wasn't it a lack of gunpowder? Why are there so many musketeers?

You know, in the previous siege battles, the Beihai ** team almost didn't use musketeers. If a large number of musketeers had been used to defend the city before, it is estimated that the casualties of the alliance of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms would have been very large. Therefore, at that time, the eight princes all deduced that there was no gunpowder in the Beihai Kingdom. However, looking at the current formation, it doesn't seem to look like it......

How did they know that Marin deliberately restrained himself and did not let the musketeers participate in the battle too much, because he was afraid that the excessive firepower would scare the opponent. If the opponent scares away, it's not good. Therefore, the musketeers were not used very often, but they used inferior bows and arrows to fool the opponents. Now that the war has officially begun, there is naturally no need to hide it.

Seeing that the Beihai ** team was about to be deployed, Charlie, Earl of Geldon, snorted coldly Question if you have gunpowder, anyway, let's see......

Thus, the army of the Gerdon Count, the spearmen in the front row, suddenly gave way to the sides, revealing the 600 arquebusiers behind......

The arquebuses of the Gerdon Kingdom are all original Spanish Mushquet muskets, which are heavy muskets. When shooting, even a bracket is needed. Because, it's too powerful. A 50-gram buckshot with great power and a strong recoil when shooting. So, I had to put the bracket.

In addition, the musketeers of the Gerden Earl Kingdom were also arranged according to the standard of three shots. That is, 600 Gerdenburn national musketeers, divided into three rows of 200 men each, took turns firing.

In fact, this time the alliance of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms was not limited to the Musketeers in the Gelldenberg Country. The other 7 vassal states also had some musketeers to a greater or lesser extent. It's just that the proportion is not as high as that of the Gaildenbury team.

For example, the two Duke Henry had two or three hundred musketeers each. After all, because Marin's Beihai ** team shined on the battlefield, and the Spaniards defeated the invincible French with arquebuses, German countries also introduced musketeers. However, the musketeers of these vassal states do not seem to be on a large scale. Moreover, the musketeers were not used intensively and did not even form a three-stage formation. Those musketeers, who seem to be more like auxiliary support shooters, are more free. Of course, because it can't be used centrally, the power is also reduced a lot.

Charles, Earl of Geldon, had suggested that these musketeers should be used in a centralized manner, and that they should be included in the musket line of the Earl of Geldon. You know, the musketeers of all countries combined, how many 1,300 people. If it is used intensively, the power is still not small.

However, his proposal was rejected. Because, the two dukes of Henry believed that this would undermine the integrity of their respective armies. In fact, when they looked down on Charles, Earl of Geldon......

Earl Charles was so depressed by the short-sightedness of the two dukes of Henry that he wanted to vomit blood, but there was nothing he could do. After all, for now, the two Duke Henry have more power than him, and in front of them, he has no say at all.

Seeing that the Beihai ** team had basically completed the arrangement, Earl Charles nodded at Munstein, and Munster understood, and immediately led people to the army of the Earl of Gairdon in front of the formation for on-site command. As for the Earl of Geldon, he and the other seven princes stood on a high platform behind them to watch the battle......

Coming to the left flank where the Gaildenbury team was located, Munster ordered loudly:

"Musketeer, light the arquebus!"

So the musketeers of the country of Gerdon drew the thread from a bundle of arquebuses on their shoulders and began to light the fire. After lighting the arquebus, the musketeers blew on the arquebus to make it fully burn and avoid extinguishing. The arquebus then went around the musketeer's arm and was temporarily attached to the musketeer's left arm.

Then Munster ordered in a loud voice:

"Start loading and loading!"

With the order given, the arquebusiers of the Gerdon kingdom began to methodically reload the gunpowder, which was then tamped with iron strips. Then, following the practice of the musketeers of the North Sea Kingdom, they used oil-soaked deerskin or linen, wrapped in slightly smaller caliber lead bullets, pressed into the chamber of the gun, and stabbed into the bottom of the barrel with an iron strip to tamp it......

After loading the ammunition, the arquebusiers of the Gerden Nation clamped the burning arquebus, which had been wrapped around their left arm, to the bottom of the arquebus above the fire door through a clamp, and entered the state of being ready to fire......

At the same time, the musketeers of the North Sea Country on the opposite side also began to reload ammunition. However, the musketeers of the North Sea Country lined up more densely. After all, the musketeers of the North Sea Kingdom used clockwork muskets and did not worry about the arquebuses igniting the powder packets of their comrades on the side. As a result, the musketeers of the North Sea Kingdom could get closer to each other. The musketeers of the Gerdon Country, who used arquebuses, had to keep a standard distance of 1 meter from their comrades because they were worried that the sparks of the arquebuses would accidentally ignite the gunpowder packets of the musketeers on the side......

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Seeing that the preparations were almost complete, Munster immediately sent a signal that the preparations were complete. The two Dukes of Henry also wanted to see the strength of the Shell of Gerdon's musketeers, so they nodded in agreement to attack.

Then, a war drum sounded, reminding the Beihai ** team on the opposite side that we were going to attack......

Then Munster, who heard the drums, shouted:

"First row, raise your gun, aim straight ahead!"

The musketeers of the first row of the Gaeldenbeth immediately put the Mushkert arquebuses in their hands on the stand standing in front of them, and aimed at the soldiers of the North Sea Kingdom in front......

"Put!"

With Munster's loud shout, the musketeers in the front row of the Gerdon Count pulled the trigger one after another, and the arquebus above the fire door was pressed by the bolt and sent into the fire door......

Suddenly, a burst of white eyes popped out, and then, in front of the Geldenbury ** team, there was a loud noise......

"Bang bang bang" With a dull loud bang, a shot of lead bullets shot out of the barrel of the Mushkert arquebus, and went straight to the line of the Beihai ** team......

Although the hit rate of the smoothbore guns was impressive, the problem was that both sides lined up in a very dense line. Even if the smoothbore gun has a low hit rate, it will always be able to hit the opponent......

How huge is the kinetic energy of 50 grams of lead bullet?

When two hundred 50-gram projectiles flew into the formation of the Beihai ** team, they immediately caused huge damage.

Although only twenty or thirty rounds of lead bullets actually landed in enemy formation, they still caused terrible damage......

"Bang"

"Puff"

A lead bullet was fired into the body of a Beihai musketeer in the front row, and the lead bullet weighing 50 grams immediately pierced the leather armor of the hapless Beihai musketeer before entering his body.

A huge lead bullet, after entering the body of this hapless musketeer, did not go straight forward, but made a tumbling motion inside it.

Suddenly, the musketeer was in the abdomen, and a huge wound was forcibly torn open by the tumbling lead bullet. Although the diameter of the Mushkert arquebus was less than 2.3 centimeters, the irregular tumbling of the lead bullet in its body caused a large wound......

Then the hapless man let out a wail of pain. And blood gushed out from the big wound at the mouth of the bowl. The person who was shot quickly fell to the ground, and it seemed that he could not be saved......

Moreover, in this round of shooting, it was not just this one unlucky guy who fell to the ground, but twenty or thirty ...... At a distance of hundreds of yards, despite the low hit rate, there are almost one-tenth of the hits, who makes both sides so close? There's always something unlucky to be missed......

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However, the bitter wails of their companions did not shake the firm will of the musketeers of the North Sea Kingdom. Just being beaten and not fighting back is not the style of the Beihai ** team. So, Marin ordered the beating of the war drums representing the signal of attack behind the formation......

The drums rumbled, and the commander of the musketeers of the North Sea State in the front row also gave the order in an orderly manner:

"Fill in (the musketeers in the back row fill the place of the musketeers who died in battle), the first row, raise the gun!"

"Fire!"

A loud bang sounded, and bursts of white smoke rose from the front of the formation......

Although the caliber of the clockwork musket of the North Sea State is not as good as that of the Mushkert musket used by the Gerdenberg State, the caliber is also close to 20 mm, and each bullet is almost 30 grams. Therefore, the power of its lead bullet should not be underestimated.

Hundreds of buckshot rounds tumbled and whistled into the princes of the Eight Kingdoms on the opposite side. Soon, dozens of soldiers of the alliance of the princes of the eight countries were also shot and fell to the ground. Although the power is not as powerful as the 50-gram projectile of the Mushket musket, the 30-gram lead bullet is also not to be underestimated, and it can still roll in the body. But anyone who was shot had extremely terrible wounds, and bloody arrows sprayed wildly. For a time, the wails of those who were shot before the battle were heartbreaking......