"There's nothing else, but I'm afraid it's at least two or three years, I really don't know if our family will make something happen in these incidents...

"Yes, the king advertises that we are heroes, but we know that most of the women who are from scholarly families or have at least read the books of sages for a few years look down on us, but they don't dare to disobey the king."

In fact, at this time, Xiao Xuan also hesitated for a long time, and finally gave up the plan to let the elite of the volunteer troops cross a distance of twenty or thirty thousand miles, about half a year, to rush to reinforcements. In contrast, for unique historical reasons, these forces are relatively politically reliable, and although there are certain risks, no one can predict what might happen if there is no finale in the country.

At this time, Xiao Xuan did not think that the failure of the Taixi rebellion was an unbearable consequence, and whether the changes brought about by the domestic civil strife and war were consolidated was the most important thing at this time.

It was also in the summer of the ninth year of Chongzhen, the decisive battle between the 100,000 reinforcements from Central Asia by land and sea and the "encirclement and reinforcement" near the new capital, which was Paris in the past, finally started again.

At the beginning, the commander of the Catholic coalition felt that these people were no different from the previous reinforcements, and the strength did not seem to be too much, so he concentrated the main force of about 100,000 people and approached the central highlands, taking advantage of the mobility and even strength advantages brought by the cavalry, and surrounded the reinforced 50,000 troops from three directions.

However, what the coalition forces did not expect was that because they often fought and taught foreign resistance forces in a hostile environment, and at the same time, because the opponent's strength was not strong, they had the conditions to conduct sufficient training, and because from the beginning, the strength around the main road in the river was the strength that Xiao Xuan paid relative attention to when he returned to the division, and the combat effectiveness also exceeded the expectations of the Catholic coalition forces from the beginning.

After being thoroughly armed and transformed with fine black powder, the specifications of the guns equipped by these troops have become completely different, and the firearms of the "turtledove" and other specifications that can be effectively used by individual soldiers weighing more than ten pounds can be used in the bracket can be used in three taels of heavy bullets close to the ultimate muzzle velocity of the black powder weapon, so that when it flies to a distance of about 200 steps, it still has the power of several thousand joules enough to threaten many field heavy shields. As a result, the coalition cavalry often suffered heavy casualties at the very beginning of the build-up and preparation for the assault. Although this kind of heavy ammunition cannot effectively penetrate and kill many people, the lethality and hit ability of a firearms squad exceed that of ordinary artillery.

The officers and men assigned to each team of musketeers in hand-to-hand combat also used firearms to combine firearms with spears, so that many enemies who approached and tested themselves by means of skirmishers did not have any critical effect.

When the contrast in combat effectiveness between the two sides became apparent soon after the confrontation, Li Yi, who was in charge of commanding the three armies of the reinforcing group revolutionary army, no longer had any scruples, and first launched an attack from both flanks to the encircled enemy army's extended formation, and then launched a surprise attack on the coalition forces in all directions.

In the face of the crisis of insufficient resistance, the Catholic coalition forces at this time finally did not give up the encirclement that had been formed, and the situation changed from active to extremely passive.

Guns and individual firearms, which threaten a distance of about a mile, not only bring the initiative in a direct engagement, but also put more pressure on the method of concentrating forces for assault.

Feeling that even with about twice the superiority in troops, they could not gain much of the upper hand in a direct field battle, the coalition forces had to temporarily break away from the dissolution with the advantage of cavalry mobility, and were ready to choose their fighters to attack at any time from a distance of a few miles to ten miles.

The team advanced in a state of readiness, and when night began to fall, many of the Catholic coalition forces, who had some actual combat experience, also felt that the opponent's firearms, which could play a great role during the day, would inevitably be greatly limited in range at night, which seemed to be the best chance of achieving a surprise victory, so they quickly organized a large-scale attack again.

The chilling sound of cannon guns did not continue to sound when the army approached a distance of about half a mile, which made the coalition officers and soldiers who were advancing with shields on their shoulders in the dark night attack feel a little reassured. But when the army approached about twenty or thirty paces, the fierce cannon sound continued to sound.

This time, instead of three or two solid bullets, the cluster shotgun composed of thirty one-dollar projectiles, although the penetration of these projectiles is somewhat insufficient, the probability of hitting the enemy's weak parts in the attack at medium and close range is greater.

When the attack of the coalition forces in the dark of night was not resisted by the initial firearms fire, a series of explosions accompanied by hand-to-hand combat in close quarters also unfolded.

In more than a year, the reinforcements stationed in the area along the river have also greatly improved their bombing technology. From the very beginning, it was shown that it was very different from the other reserve forces, and it was difficult for the coalition forces to concentrate their elite attacks at night for many times in succession, and it was difficult to achieve decisive results.

The sky gradually brightened, and the coalition forces, which had accumulated a lot of combat experience in actual combat, were quite smart and retreated to a longer distance at dawn, ready to take the initiative to attack again.

At this time, Li Yi also knew that if he carried out marching reinforcements under the threat of heavy enemy troops, it would always be a very risky thing, so he launched an unexpected geotechnical blasting at the fastest speed when the second night fell.

When the attack was launched again, a series of violent explosions engulfed tens of thousands of people, almost limiting the coalition forces to the brink of collapse and defeat, and after this blow, the coalition forces had to be extra cautious in order to prevent night blasting attacks. No longer dare to carry out "armed accompaniment" as before.

In this way, although the landing force had all kinds of shortcomings in mobility due to the lack of sufficient horses, it still approached the direction of Xindu with strong combat effectiveness without danger. At this time, Li Yi of course understood that once the army completed the round and formed a combat group of about 100,000 people, it would no longer be an effective threat to a large group of enemy forces in the European region, or even an effective containment force.

(End of chapter)