Each of these people is a marksman, and even the shadow team members are much better at archery than ordinary soldiers, and their efficiency is higher than that of muskets.

The second salvo of the flintlock pistol is more effective, because the enemy has already rushed to a distance of forty or fifty zhang, it is easier to aim, the target area is larger, and there are more and more headshots.

The mortar shells had already fallen on Liu Bei's cavalry who were attacking in the second wave, because the five hundred cavalry who charged with Zhang Fei were all dead under the greeting of the last grenade.

Liu Bei is still very cunning, as soon as the mortar shell exploded, it woke up the rare impulsive Liu Bei.

He hurriedly turned his horse's head and fled back, but he escaped, because Lu Bu, who was holding a musket, had already aimed at Liu Bei, just waiting for him to rush into range.

It's a pity that Liu Bei woke up too early, and when he was still one hundred and fifty zhang away from Lu Bu, he turned around and fled.

However, Liu Bei himself fled, but he forgot to give the order to retreat, and Chen Gong's attention was on Liu Bei, and he also forgot to give the order to retreat.

This led to the fact that when Liu Bei fled alone, his 500 subordinates were still loyally carrying out his attack orders, charging into battle under artillery fire.

From this, it can be seen that the training and discipline of Liu Bei's army are still very good, but under the combination of cannonballs, muskets, crossbows and grenades, these 500 people quickly suffered more than half of the casualties.

At this time, Liu Bei remembered to blow the horn of retreat, and the less than two hundred cavalry that survived retreated in a hurry.

Liu Bei and Chen Gong were already one step ahead, and Lu Bu did not let people catch up.

One is that everyone dismounts as infantry, and then leads the horses to ride, which is too time-consuming.

Second, horses are not good, these grassland war horses are full of endurance, but they are short and can't catch up with Liu Bei's cavalry at all.

Lu Bu ordered a quick cleanup of the battlefield, and when he saw an enemy who was seriously wounded but not dead, he would make up for it and end their suffering.

This is also a kind of mercy, in this era, gunshot wounds that cannot be treated in time, will only make people die in pain, and lead bullets are poisonous.

Until the team re-embarked on the journey home, Zhuge Liang and the others had not yet woken up from the battle scene.

He stood beside Lu Bu and witnessed the whole process of Lu Bu sniping Zhang Fei, Lu Bu raised the gun, aimed, pulled the trigger, changed the gun, aimed again, and then pulled the trigger, very coherently.

Zhang Fei is also famous in history, becoming the first person to be shot with a musket on the battlefield, and the first general to be sniped.

Of course, Zhuge Liang couldn't understand the iron rod that Lu Bu was holding, oh, it was called a front-loading smoothbore flintlock pistol, and the power was so huge, a distance of a hundred zhang, where did Lu Bu point to hit.

More accurate and ruthless than a bow and arrow, Zhang Fei is fully heavily armored, and at such a long distance, the bow and crossbow cannot be shot.

But this flintlock pistol can penetrate the armor, and one shot is fatal, Lu Bu only made up for it for insurance, in fact, the first shot has already been a headshot.

Zhuge Liang was already thinking about how to arrange the tactics of this flintlock pistol, and Lu Bu only lined up two waves of teams to take turns to cast them, and there was still an interruption in the middle.

After all, the loading of the front-loading flintlock pistol, under the premise of using paper shell bullets, has reached the limit of one to two rounds per minute, and this time interval is still three to four teams of people and horses to take turns to cast, which is safer.

And against cavalry sprinting at high speeds, it seems that using a dense queue for a salvo is more effective.

Zhuge Liang is really not an ordinary person, just touching the musket, he can think of a way to queue up intensively.

Lu Bu also thought of the same, he planned to let Ma Jun make some front-loading rifled guns in small quantities after he returned, and also consider making Minne bullets, which were specially distributed to snipers.

The Minie bullet is a cylindrical warhead, hollow, with a bullet tail filled with cork, the body of the bullet is engraved with threads, and the gaps are smeared with animal fat.

After the impact of gunpowder, the cork expands, which greatly improves the airtightness, and the projectile body can be smaller than the bore caliber, making it easier to load.

The range and accuracy of rifled guns are far superior to smoothbore guns, and they are most suitable for long-range sniping use.

It's a pity that the engraving of rifling is too complex and precise, and at the current level of technology, it is not possible to produce as simple and low-cost as smoothbore guns, and can be manufactured in large quantities, and can only be equipped in small quantities.

Although Liu Bei's cavalry was defeated, the movement just now was too big, and I am afraid that it had alarmed Liu Biao in Jingzhou.

Moreover, Liu Bei's men and horses did not see Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang thought that he was afraid that he had gone to Xinye to mobilize reinforcements.

Their determination to eliminate Lu Bu is very firm, and they must do whatever it takes.

After discussing with Lu Bu and the others, it was decided that it would be safer to retreat separately.

First of all, the steel plates of all the carriages were removed, and then the two carriages were discarded, and the horses pulling the carriages were added to the other carriages.

Let Shi Tao, Meng Jian, and Zhuge Liang's families take two carriages to take the first step, take the path, and rush to Wuguan.

This route, Ma Tie's guard platoon and shadow team are responsible for covering security, and the shadow team is responsible for cleaning up traces.

Then Lu Bu and his entourage also kept two carriages to reduce the load, and ammunition and materials such as Zhuge Liang and mortars were loaded in these two vehicles.

Originally, Lu Bu asked Zhuge Liang to go with his family, but Zhuge Liang was resolute, he already regarded himself as a courtier, and refused to run away alone, and he said that he could help Lu Bu with advice.

Lu Bu knew that the scholars of this era had their own ideas, and it was really difficult for anyone to be persistent.

He repeatedly told Zhuge Liang to be careful, and let Wang Quan and Zhuge Liang be inseparable, and put his spare armor on Zhuge Liang, the size was too big, and Zhuge Liang seemed to be as fat as if he was wearing a robe.

Lu Bu, Xu Shu, Li Su, Wang Quan and others all rode on horseback, and the flintlock pistol was simply carried on everyone's back.

They advanced along the main road and fled in the direction of Wuguan. Li Su ordered the intelligence department to mobilize all the forces in Jingzhou, destroy the bridges and post roads they had crossed, increase the difficulty for the pursuers, and slow down the speed of the pursuers to the greatest extent.

The preparations of the shadows are really varied, and some people actually planted mines on the road that the chasing troops must pass, these mines were originally intended to be used when the Central Army attacked Jingzhou, and now they can only be tasted by the Jingzhou Army in advance.

Liu Bei and Chen Gong took a defeated army of less than two hundred people, desperately fled to Xinye, and ran far away, only to find that Lu Bu did not chase after them, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Bei gritted his teeth with hatred, the old revenge was not avenged and the new hatred was added, he swore to heaven that he would avenge his third brother Zhang Fei.

Chen Gong advised Liu Bei to join General Guan Yu as soon as possible, and then lead his army to pursue Lü Bu and the others, and be sure to eliminate them before Lü Bu fled back to Chang'an.

Liu Bei still followed Chen Gong's advice and went to find Guan Yu's reinforcements first.

But after walking for a long time, he didn't see the shadow of Guan Yu's reinforcements, Liu Bei was anxious and hateful, complaining that the second brother was not doing things well.

(End of chapter)