Seeing this scene, Zhang Datou, the chief soldier of the Green Battalion who fought at a high place, could not have imagined that the military discipline of the Loyal and Righteous Army was so strict, the firearms were so sharp, and the fighting skills were so amazing.

If the muskets were initially fired at each other because of the flames, it was difficult to see what was going on, and the two sides fought back and forth, which was also very unexpected.

Most of the soldiers of the loyal and righteous army put spurs on the mouths of the guns, and in the process of fighting, they used muskets as spears, fighting back and forth, and their combat power was amazing.

Everyone in the world said that Yang Xuan had the essence of Qi Wuyi, but the Guanzhong Righteous Army fought in battle, not with the Mandarin Duck Formation but with the Sancai Formation.

When attacking, three troops often cooperate, two frontal attacks, and one suddenly attacks the flank, so that the opponent often ignores the end and falls into passivity.

The battle damage was quickly reported, and the losses in this skirmish amounted to more than 400 people, of which more than 100 were killed in the battle, which can be said to be a complete fiasco.

Chief Zhang's face was pale, pondering how Zhuo was looking for a scapegoat, looking at Zhang Guoxun, a subordinate general who was kneeling at the bottom, and ordered him to be pushed out and beheaded to show the public.

Everyone was shocked, everyone can see this encounter clearly today, it is not Zhang Guoxun's greed for life and fear of death, it is really because of the strict discipline and amazing combat power of the loyal and righteous army.

Everyone knelt in front of the seat to plead, and Chief Zhang Da, the chief soldier of the Green Battalion, sighed: "Brothers, it's not my hard-heartedness, it's really because Zhang Guoxun is too light on the enemy."

The opponent faced the enemy head-on with no more than 500 people, and if you add the flank troops, there were less than 1,000 people in front and behind.

With 3,000 people, I fought hard in a hundred battles, but I was killed by so few people on the other side that I lost my armor, and I was so unserious about military discipline, how could I order everyone. ”

Zhang Guoxun got rid of his own soldiers and shouted: "General, if our army is defeated because the general is greedy for life and afraid of death, if the general wants to kill me, I am convinced."

The brothers have all seen that the non-final general is greedy for life and afraid of death, because the tactics of the loyal and righteous army are too weird.

General, in this encounter, unless the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners, our Green Battalion soldiers and horses, no matter who they are, will definitely be defeated. ”

Chief Zhang shook his head and said: "You said this, this general knows it, but the Governor will guard me so much, if I don't take military discipline seriously, I am afraid that we will suffer from it in the future." ”

Everyone was sad and pleaded for intercession, but Chief Zhang had no choice, so he pushed Zhang Guoxun out and slapped thirty boards, and then pushed back again: "Brothers intercede for you, you say, if you can wear the crime and make meritorious service, so the death penalty can be avoided." ”

Hearing that there was no need to die, Zhang Guoxun smashed his head like garlic and kowtowed again and again to thank him.

When it comes to how to meet the enemy, everyone thinks that the loyal army is too strong, and if they want to keep Meisha Prefecture, they can only gather heavy troops and defend in danger, so that they can delay for a few days.

On the one hand, Zhang sent his own soldiers to Ma Guozhu, the governor of Liangjiang, to report the emergency, hoping to send elite soldiers to assist in the defense, and on the other hand, he adjusted the deployment, concentrated more than ten red-coated cannons, concentrated dozens of Franc machine guns in the center to respond, and sent elite soldiers to strictly guard the various passes to block the advance of the loyal army.

Not to mention the Qing army's plan and adjustment of deployment to actively respond to the strong attack of the loyal and righteous army, just saying that Feng De and others withdrew their troops back to the camp, Feng Youqing, the general soldier of the 10th town, saw that he returned victorious, especially his eldest son Feng De, who was safe and sound, and was very happy.

Lou Yi, the general next to him, said: "Lord General Soldier, our 10th town can still fight, in the past few years, the limelight has been occupied by Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and others, this time we pulled out our 10th town should not be embarrassed by the saint." ”

Feng Youqing glared at Lou Yi and said, "General Lou, we are old brothers who started with the Holy Lord, how can we be jealous of the merits of others?"

Look at what is wrong with guarding the rear, it is the Holy Lord who left the lives of our loyal and righteous army to everyone, that is really treating the brothers as brothers.

No, this time there is a chance to make meritorious contributions, didn't the Holy Lord arrange for me to wait for the attack? Besides, the saint has great ambitions, and he wants to accommodate the world's talents, and if we still compete with others for credit, it will be difficult for the saint to do it. ”

Lou Yi smiled awkwardly and said, "Yes, whether it is for the new defectors or the old brothers in the past, the Holy Lord is very caring."

It's not that I don't know this, so let's take it myself. Although he was born in a rogue, he has been courteous to his lord since he returned to his lordship.

first led the army to fight, and then was sent to Zhongyi Hall to study for half a year, and then came out to lead the army to fight, and took charge of it alone.

Not to mention anything else, just say that my yellow-faced woman is also a good family introduced by the queen, and now she lives a very face-saving life.

As the saying goes, a scholar dies for a confidant, and it is not uncommon to go to the soup with this one. ”

Feng Youqing nodded and said: "This time, the chess of the saint is very big, if you play against the barbarian Qing in Jiangnan, there will be no place to stand." ”

Lou Yi nodded, looking at the Yangtze River in front of him in a daze.

After some discussion, the two decided to report victory to the saint on the one hand, and organize troops and horses to attack Meisha Prefecture on the other, and in any case, they should also entangle the soldiers and horses of the Green Battalion in front of them, so as to create conditions for the army to capture Meisha Prefecture.

After receiving the news that the 10th town was victorious and had severely damaged the Qing army in the encounter, Yang Xuan was overjoyed and said to everyone with a smile: "Everyone, although there is no shortage of outlaws in the green battalion, they are traitors after all, and of course they can work for the Tartar Emperor in order to be promoted and make a fortune, but if they encounter an elite division, they will be immediately beaten back to their original form."

Ladies and gentlemen, although the Manmeng Eight Banners are elite and fierce enemies of our army, they have been able to be majestic on all sides in recent years, because of the minions of Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming and the Green Battalion.

In this Eastern Crusade, we not only had to seize the opportunity to defeat the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners, but also killed Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, and the Green Battalion soldiers.

We have been a country for more than 5,000 years, and there are hundreds of millions of people, if there are no traitors such as Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui, although the Tartars are brutal, how can they enslave us? ”

When everyone heard this, Gao claimed yes.

Yang Xuan ordered the whole army to kill pigs and sheep, and everyone had a full meal to wait for the fierce battle in the coming day.

On the third watch of the next day, Yang Xuan led the navy to board the ship with the Jiujiang Wharf of the 3rd Town, and set off secretly, and rushed to the river outside Meishazhou when the sun rose up the hillside.

Early in the morning, Feng Youqing pushed a 2-pound artillery battalion belonging to himself to a distance less than 1 mile from the green battalion, and shelled the green battalion camp.

The artillery battalion includes 2 2-pound artillery brigades, and due to the use of four-wheeled carriage transportation, each artillery brigade has a total of 12 2-pound red-coated cannons, which are mainly used in field battles.

There was a mortar brigade with 10 mortars, which was mainly used for sieges.

After improving the way shells were fired, the firing distance of these heavy guns was close to that of solid shells, and the distance from which live shells were fired was between 400 and 1000 meters.

Chief Zhang did not expect the artillery of the Loyal and Righteous Army to hit so far, and saw that one after another bursts of bullets fell in the camp, some of them made a sizzling sound while rolling, and after rolling for a distance, a huge explosion sounded.

Although the explosion area was not as large as that of the past scattered bombs, the scattered bombs were vented around like rain columns, and then exploded when they fell to the ground, and people and animals were either killed or injured two meters around the explosion.

Seeing that his own Franc machine guns were completely in a passive situation, he saw the loyal and righteous troops attacking one by one and shouting to kill.

Due to the huge shadow of yesterday's fighting, the morale of the Qing army was extremely low, and on the other hand, today's Zhongyi army is attacking like a rainbow, approaching the Qing army camp under the cover of artillery.

In order to deter everyone, Chief Zhang sent a team of governors and ordered those who dared to retreat to be killed.

But Meisha Prefecture was not a strong camp in the first place, and the Qing army did not build any camp at the end of the day, and now it was charged back and forth by the loyal and righteous army, although it resisted desperately, but there were many people killed, and the camp in front of it was constantly broken.

Chief Zhang was very annoyed, and in the end, he had no choice but to mobilize five red-coated cannons and more than 20 Franc machine guns, hoping to play the effect of cannons defending the city.

Since Ningyuan's victory, the Ming army has been popular with red-coated artillery to defend the city, and Chief Zhang originally wanted to use it suddenly at the most critical time, but now the loyal army is attacking very fiercely and has to send out an emergency.

Seeing that the loyal and righteous army was temporarily suppressed and regrouped to prepare for a counterattack, Chief Zhang felt that his entire palms were full of sweat, so it seems that today's battle is probably either you die or I live.