In addition to these miscellaneous items, between each cannon, there are also bamboo cables, which is another obstacle, and then there is the wooden repulsion horse, and the repulsion pistol mounted on the repulsion horse.

The boxes on the ground and other miscellaneous objects are nothing more than kicking them open or stepping on them. As for the bamboo rope between the cannons, although it is soaked in tung oil, it is extraordinarily tough, and it is often difficult to cut it with one knife, but if you cut it a few more times, you can always cut it. It's just that if it is an ordinary soldier, as soon as the front is slightly blocked, and the back swells forward, it will often mess up the formation. But in the two battalion heads, Decisive Victory and Yangwei, they are all Zuo Liangyu's family members, and this kind of thing can't stop them. All of this slowed them down slightly.

Of course, this little slowdown also gave the archers in front of the revolutionary army's spear array a chance to shoot one more round of arrows, so that the tiger squat cannon could hit a round at close range. However, the armor of Zuo Liangyu's family members is not comparable to that of ordinary soldiers. The cotton armor on their bodies is all selected, far stronger than the shoddy and tattered that cut corners on ordinary soldiers. And the nutrition of the family members on weekdays is guaranteed, although Zuo Liangyu's family is not a fine sheep wine every day, but the fish and meat are fishy, but there is also a little bit every day, as for the food, it can ensure that they are full every day. In addition, the family was originally selected from among the strong soldiers, plus the nutrition was guaranteed, and the physical fitness was naturally not comparable to ordinary soldiers, so when they went into battle, many people could still wear two layers of cotton armor. In this way, the light arrows thrown by the archers in front of them can pose a limited threat to them. But the Tiger Squat Cannon is different, even in the case of wearing a double layer of cotton armor, it may not be able to withstand the shotgun of the Tiger Squat Cannon at a distance of forty or fifty paces. However, my Dazhao musket is not very reliable, and it has no effect on that kind of double-layer cotton armor.

After a few rounds of throwing fire, the archer put away his bow and arrows, and retreated behind the gun, and now it was the turn of the tiger to squat at the cannon.

In order to prevent the problem of opening fire before the enemy has yet to enter the firing range, as is the case when the officers and men are confronted with the Tartars, although the Tiger Squat Cannon is placed in front of the gun array, a cloth curtain is erected in front of the Tiger Squat Cannon, which can neither block the arrows nor the sword, and of course cannot block the shotgun fired by the Tiger Squat Cannon. Their only purpose is to block the view of the Tiger Gunners. lest they see the officers and troops approaching and panic and fire their cannons.

This method is actually similar to covering the eyes of the war horses and letting them charge into battle, although it is simple and rude, but not to mention, it really has some effect. Because they couldn't see the officers and troops coming up, they didn't panic enough to fire indiscriminately. Seeing that the officers and troops had approached forty paces, someone shouted: "Open fire!" ”

The soldiers lit the arquebuses of the cannons, and then, regardless of the blow, ran to the back, and ran behind them through the gap left by the guns. At this time, more than a dozen tiger squatting cannons were fired together.

At a distance of less than forty paces, the salvo of more than a dozen Tiger Squat cannons almost swept away the soldiers at the front of the two battalions of the officer's army. made Zuo Liangyu, who was looking at the watchtower car in the distance, feel so distressed that his heart was about to drip blood. But after all, Jia Ding is a family Ding, and the will to fight is by no means comparable to ordinary soldiers, although under this round of fire from the Tiger Squat Cannon, the losses are not small, but they still continue to press up without hesitation.

Further ahead, there are horses and guns.

The officers and soldiers continued to approach, and the distance between the two sides reached about ten paces, and they were about to enter the killing range of the spears any further, but the officers and soldiers suddenly stopped, and then a round of heavy arrows slashed at the revolutionary army's gun array.

When approaching about ten paces, shoot a round of heavy arrows, and then take advantage of the situation to cover the kill, which is the most common trick used by the Tartars. Heavy arrows, even those shot with a strong bow, can't go far. But at a distance of more than ten paces, the heavy arrows shot by the strong bow have almost no less lethality than the javelin. Ordinary cotton armor, even if it doesn't cut corners, can't stop the shot of heavy arrows. And the soldiers in front of the revolutionary army's gun array were only dressed in goods that had been captured from the imperial court and habitually cut corners, where could they block the heavy arrows fired at such a distance? Just this round of firing instantly knocked almost an entire row of soldiers in front of the spear formation to the ground.

If the officers and soldiers were allowed to shoot a few more rounds at such a distance, they were afraid that the gun array would collapse immediately. But at this time, a row of musketeers flashed from behind the guns of the revolutionary army, and they faced the front, and they also fired a volley. Although the musket built by my Jokhang Dynasty cut corners, it is still a musket after all, and it is still powerful at such a distance. And at such a distance, shooting accuracy is not a problem, so this round of shooting also cut the ranks of officers and soldiers by one layer.

The speed of the bow and arrow is faster than that of the musket, so in terms of numbers, it must be the side that uses the musket to lose, but in terms of cost, it is the opposite. Those who can shoot heavy arrows with a strong bow are elites who have to spend a lot of effort to train, and as long as it is a person, they can basically shoot with a musket. And now are troubled times, or, to use Mr. Lu Xun's more accurate words, now is "the era when you want to be a slave but can't get it." In this era, the price of an ordinary human life is "less than a cow or a horse, and it is nothing." So this kind of return, the officers and soldiers, or to put it more explicitly, that is, Zuo Liangyu will definitely not be able to bear it. Therefore, after shooting another round, the officers and soldiers moved forward again, hoping to quickly defeat the "thief army" through hand-to-hand combat.

However, the "thief army" in front of them is not as fragile as they imagined. During this time, the fighters of these "thief army" have been brainwashed by rounds of hatred education, and they now know that once this battle is lost, they will only be a few months away, and the good days of having food will come to an end. So at this time, in order to continue to eat well, although the combat skills of these "thieves" are still relatively inferior, their will to fight is not bad.

When Zuo Liangyu's family members rushed up, the first thing they faced was an eight-foot-long horse rejection gun mounted on a repulsive horse. The first row of men all held their shields sideways, relied on their dexterous skills, and used their shields to push aside the stabbing repulsion pistol, and quickly leaned up to kill the snatcher, but there were other pikemen behind the rejecting pistol, and the slightly shorter spears in their hands posed a great threat to the officers and soldiers who tried to pounce. But on the other hand, things like the bone flying swords they threw out of their hands also caused a lot of damage to the revolutionary army.

Hand-to-hand combat is always extremely tragic, and many times, the spear of the revolutionary army has just pierced the chest of an officer, and before it can be withdrawn, a spear from that side is stabbed into the chest of the revolutionary soldier. But in such engagements, the officers and soldiers with better equipment and skills gradually gained the upper hand. Maybe in a little while, they will be able to crush the spear array in front of them.

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"Zuo Liangyu's old foundation has fallen there. Marshal, it's time for a general offensive. Xuan Yi turned around and said to Huang Zide.

Huang Zide looked at the situation on the battlefield, nodded and said, "It's time!" Then he turned to the herald beside him and said, "Give the order to attack with all the strength of both wings." ”

The heralds hurriedly raised a blood-red flag on the flagpole next to the watchtower.

The generals who were controlling the battle on the left and right flanks noticed this flag, so the loud sound of military trumpets sounded from the left and right wings of the battle line, and with the sound of military trumpets, the left and right wings of the revolutionary army began to accelerate rapidly. Prior to this, they had been playing with the officers and soldiers, and everyone was more than a foot away, shaking their spears at each other, and using their own guns to beat each other's guns The "battle" that looked fierce but actually had limited casualties, but as the military horn sounded, they began to stride towards the officers and soldiers. The large shield blocked the spears stabbed by the officers and soldiers in the front, and the wolf warriors took advantage of the many forks of the wolf lances to set up the spears of the officers and soldiers and spread them into the air, while the spearmen and musketeers behind took the opportunity to attack. In just a moment, a corpse fell in front of the mandarin duck array.

is different from the battle in the center, in the battle in the center, although Zuo Liangyu's family members have gained the upper hand, the exchange ratio between them and the revolutionary army is not too large, and the revolutionary army can barely support it by relying on the large number of people. But on both flanks, when the revolutionary army launched a general offensive, the officers and soldiers on both flanks found that they were almost in a situation where they could only be beaten and could not fight back. They were quickly brought down like grass by the opposing army of thieves, and their counterattacks barely hurt their opponents' fur. As a result, their morale collapsed extremely quickly.

Zuo Liangyu stood on the watchtower car, looking at the battle situation on the two wings, he has now determined that he has fallen into the trap of the thief army, and the two wings of the thief army can actually directly sweep his two wings. He also immediately judged that he would never be able to defeat the middle of the thief army before his wings collapsed. Once the two wings collapsed, and the middle lane was still holding each other, the thief army outflanked from both wings, and none of the officers and troops he threw into the middle lane would definitely be difficult to escape.

"Now we must withdraw the people in the middle immediately, as soon as possible." Zuo Liangyu thought so, so he immediately called his subordinate Zhao Zhu: "You immediately go and inform Ma Shixiu and Hao Xiaozhong, let them withdraw with the team, don't hesitate, how much can be withdrawn." ”

Then he turned his head and said to Ding Qirui, who was stunned: "Your Excellency, we have lost this battle, hurry up and prepare to flee for your life!" ”