The muskets of the Model Army were so powerful that they had already been proven in the battles ahead, and the death rate of those who rushed to the front in the assault was bound to be very high in the streets. However, the family members around Kong Youde are generally still very brave, let them take the lead, and they have no intention of objecting. The streets of this era were generally very narrow, except for the avenue of Dangqu, most of the streets were only one zhang wide, and the street that Kong Youde wanted to attack today was also such a street. So there are actually not many people rushing to the front, but there are only more than a dozen.

"Don't huddle together as you rush up." Kong Youde said to his family, who is also his godson, Kong Li, who took the lead in the charge this time, "Li'er, you remember, the distance between the personnel is a little wider. ”

Kong Youde knew that muskets had to hit people, and they had to shoot in a volley in rows, and it was very problematic to shoot at moving targets alone. The street was so long that the enemy on the opposite side had fired the first shot, and before it was too late to fire the second shot, his men would be able to rush up. He asked the first group to move a little more away, and if the enemy fired a volley, it would not kill a few people, and his next wave of attackers could pounce before the enemy could load their bullets; And if the enemy army does not conduct a salvo, then these few people can also create some chaos by rushing up, and take advantage of this opportunity to rush forward.

"Daddy, don't worry! The child understands. Kong Li nodded and said, "The children are gone, they will definitely rush away!" ”

Kong Youde nodded, and saw Kong Li turn his head, pull out his waist knife, and set off with more than a dozen family members with helmets and armor.

As soon as he turned from the corner of the street to the street, Kong Li ran wildly, and more than a dozen people behind him also followed him towards the opposite barricade.

This approach was completely out of Chen Python's expectations. Fortunately, Chen Python drew out the first-class shooter in the team in advance and formed a special team. Originally, Chen Python thought that the opponent would use a large number of cannon fodder to rush into battle first. to consume his first volley and cover the elite to kill up. Chen Python knew that this kind of cannon fodder must be watched by the superintendent with a big knife in order to fight, and he originally planned to use those first-level shooters to knock out those overseers hiding behind the cannon fodder. To do this, he had the group climb onto the roof next to him, so that he could condescendingly jump past the cannon fodder in front and shoot at the Overseers behind. Now, although his opponent's move was unexpected, he also reacted immediately: "Shooter group shoot!" The rest of the troops are on bayonet standby! ”

The first-class shooters standing on the roof did not shoot immediately, they just raised their guns and aimed at the rushing enemy, although their marksmanship was good, but the closer the enemy was placed, the higher the shooting percentage still existed.

Kong Li held his shield high and rushed to a place that was only seven or eight steps away from the breastwork, and he shouted loudly, and was about to crash straight with his shield, when at this moment, above him, a gunshot rang out above him. At the same time, Kong Li felt as if his chest had been violently hammered by a sledgehammer, blunt, and not very painful, but the strength of his whole body was suddenly dispersed by this hammer. As soon as his legs went limp, he fell face down to the ground, blood pouring out of his chest, and quickly staining the bluestone street beneath him red.

After this shot, the other shooters also fired one after another, because someone kept handing the loaded guns, so the shooters did not need to load their own ammunition, and the shooting speed was naturally much faster, and more than a dozen family members were all knocked down before they could rush to the front of the formation.

Kong Youde looked at the battle in front of him with a pale face, he originally wanted to use the lives of more than a dozen family members to cheat a salvo, and then he could let others press on it. But now it seems that this move is completely self-defeating. But now, he has no other way to go, there is only one way, and that is to bump into his opponent headlong. Kong Youde had already seen clearly, there were dozens of people on the opposite side, but there were still hundreds of people on his side, he felt that even if he hit it headlong, even if the loss was a little bigger, he should still be able to break through the opponent's defense.

Once Kong Youde made up his mind, his movements were very fast, he immediately gathered the soldiers, the soldiers and some of the soldiers were in front, the auxiliaries each issued a steel knife, followed behind the soldiers, and then Kong Youde himself took the other soldiers with bows and arrows to provide long-range firepower at the end (bows and arrows are a technical job, not ordinary soldiers can play well), and supervise the battle at the same time. Hundreds of people pounced on the other side.

As soon as Chen Python saw this posture, he knew that this was the beginning of the enemy's general attack. He divided his dozens of men into three teams and took turns shooting. The streets were narrow and unobstructed, and after each shot, the opposite Tianyou army would fall a few people, but the enemy army relied on the large number of people and quickly pressed up.

"Thunder!" Chen Python shouted.

With the exception of the soldiers in the first row, who were preparing to shoot, the rest of the soldiers pulled out the "palm mine" from their waists, pulled the firing line, and then threw the "palm mine" towards the enemy.

The "palm thunder" passed over the heads of the soldiers who rushed to the front and landed among the auxiliaries who followed the soldiers. Because there is no explosives, the actual lethality of the "palm mine" is actually very suspicious. The soldiers all have cotton armor, and it is difficult to say how effective the palm thunder is on them, but the auxiliary soldiers in the middle are different, they do not have any armor on them at all, and they will really die if they are blown up by the "palm thunder".

These dozens of "palm thunders" suddenly caused chaos in the ranks of the Heavenly Blessing Army.

"Blow the trumpet! Charge! Chen Python saw that the enemy army was in chaos, so he hurriedly ordered!

The trumpeter raised a brass trumpet tied with red silk and played a rousing melody. The soldiers roared loudly, flintlock pistols with bayonets, and jumped over the breastwork and pounced on the Heavenly Blessing Army opposite.

The two sides slammed into each other, and in such a collision, the model army's better equipment and stronger physique suddenly showed its superiority. The Tianyou Army soldier opposite Chen Python widened his eyes, raised his waist knife high, and prepared to cut down on Chen Python's head, but this action was too big, so the empty door in front of him was wide open, and Chen Python's speed was much faster than he imagined, his knife had not yet been raised to the highest point, Chen Python had already rushed over, his arms exerted force, and with a stab, the steel bayonet easily pierced the cotton armor on his body and stabbed straight into his chest.

Chen Python pulled out his bayonet, and a Qing soldier brandished a knife and slashed at him from the side, Chen Python didn't have time to turn the tip of the gun, so he directly waved the butt of the gun to meet it. The butt of the flintlock pistol used by Chen Python is made of hardwood, which is heavy and hard, and can be used as a blunt weapon in hand-to-hand combat. In addition, Chen Python's strength is obviously stronger than that Qing soldier, just one block, the butt of the gun knocked on the steel knife, and the steel knife flew out, and he didn't know where it flew all of a sudden.

Chen Python was about to turn the bayonet to kill the Qing soldier, but he saw a bayonet on the side stabbing suddenly, and immediately killed the Qing soldier. Chen Python looked fixedly, but it was Chen Peng. I saw him pull out his bayonet from the Qing soldier, shout loudly, fly up and kick on a shield, and kick the Qing soldier holding the shield to a stumbling side. Chen Peng took advantage of the loss of balance of this Qing soldier, and the shield revealed a gap, and a bayonet passed, but another one was finished.

"This goods, it's very neat to grab people's heads!" Chen Python thought secretly, but his hand was not slow, as soon as the bayonet was raised, he picked up a smooth knife and flew away, he took half a step forward at the same time, and the butt of the gun rose upward, hitting the chin of the Qing soldier on the opposite side. With a snap, the soldier's head was raised high, as if something had flown out of his mouth, and his head was bent at an almost impossible angle under the blow, and the back of his head was completely attached to his back. Then the soldier fell to the ground like a bag full of dirt.

Chen Python turned his head, but found that Chen Peng had already stabbed another Qing army, so he couldn't help but give him a thumbs up in his heart: "This craft, I really want it!" ”

Because of the obstruction of the gunpowder smoke generated by the explosion of the "palm mine", Kong Youde could not see the situation in front clearly in the back, and only heard another explosion in front of him, and the sound of shouting and killing, mixed with the sound of weapons colliding, obviously the front had begun to enter hand-to-hand combat. Kong Youde couldn't help but be happy in his heart. In his opinion, there were only a few dozen musketeers on the opposite side, how could they withstand so many Qing troops in hand-to-hand combat.

"Not to mention a group of musketeers, even white-armored soldiers wearing two layers of armor, holding swords and shields, and experienced in a hundred battles, it is impossible to stop so many people!" Kong Youde thought so.

However, things seemed to have been contrary to his expectations, it stands to reason that the front team should advance step by step, and then the opposite side should collapse, and then it should be in great strides to pursue, but now, the army in front has actually begun to retreat!

The first to retreat was not the soldiers at the front, the streets were very narrow, and the numerical superiority of the Qing army could not be shown at once, but the disadvantage in equipment, training, and physical strength was particularly obvious. Except for a few Qing soldiers (Kong Youde's family) who can also compare with the model army, the other soldiers are almost no opponents, and the others were soon shot by the soldiers of the shooter group, so dozens of soldiers in front died in a blink of an eye.

Hand-to-hand combat caused great pressure on people's psychology, and such a casualty ratio immediately depressed the morale of the Qing army. Before the soldiers ran, the auxiliaries behind them watched those killer demon king-like enemies get closer and closer, and also saw that the knife slash on these enemies had no effect, but retreated first. As soon as they retreated, the soldiers in front of them suddenly collapsed, and one by one they ran back.

Kong Youde cut down several deserters in a row, but more Qing soldiers retreated like a tide, Kong Youde could only sigh and retreated.

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