Bai Xianzhi fought smoothly today, the green battalion soldiers still looked like the old Ming army, the uniforms were shabby, the armor was scattered, the five-bucket bows used did not wear heavy armor, the firearms were still old-fashioned tiger squat cannons and arquebuses, and the dozen or so car formations that had been painstakingly laid out were also like decorations - the artillery of the Datong Army shot at close range, and a few cannons were enough to miss the car formation. The car formation was in danger, but the Han Eight Banners only hid behind to supervise the battle, refusing to move forward for reinforcements, of course the green battalion soldiers did not want to fight this kind of death battle, but they wanted to run, the Mongolian cavalry cruising around was eyeing and wanted to surrender, but the other party was addicted to it and did not accept surrender, so it could only be supported hard.

Hou Shijie was too domineering, eager to monopolize military merits, and the three associations and nine battalions of Buyi Town spread out on the whole line to oppress and attack the Qing army from three sides, squeezing the second town of guns and the militia aside, this kind of bad behavior caused public indignation, and even Wu Laoba, the artillery commander who never liked to talk, was also uneven. Hou Madman did not change his mistakes, and only made way for the militia to make a narrow attack channel, this is still for the sake of Heiyunlong's old qualifications, as for the second town of guns, he insisted that the guns and artillery should do the work of fire cover, not to grab the jobs of the infantry army - Buyi Town is an old army full of columns, and Bai Xianzhi, who was born in the official army of Datong, is obviously biased towards the Datong system, not only does not care about Hou Shijie, but also cheekily persuades the second town of the gun to take care of the overall situation, temporarily retreat and stand by, and make Jin Guoding angry.

Buyi Town's first attack power is indeed not blown, after the noon has broken through the Qing army's ten-seat car formation, seeing that the rope around the neck of the Qing army is gradually tightening, Bai Xianzhi became proud, boasting to Heiyunlong that he is the best at using soldiers, and the representative Wang re-escorted a batch of ammunition to come, and also came up to chat.

"Mr. Wang, the soldiers of the Green Battalion are still fighting, I'm afraid this battle will take a long time, are they allowed to surrender?" Heiyunlong suggested in a low voice - Hou Maniac is too ruthless, every time he conquers a car formation, he has killed all the people, he has done the general army of Jizhen, and he still has some incense for the green battalion soldiers adapted from the Gyeonggi Border Army, and has the heart to give them a way out, but Bai Xianzhi disagrees, Wang is a member of the House of Representatives, and he can probably have some kindness.

"Old marshal, there is a shortage of food in the army, and too many prisoners will make trouble," Wang replied with a smile, in fact, the real reason is that no one in the parliament takes the green battalion soldiers seriously, so naturally they will not allocate money and food to accommodate them, and the Eight Banners have Manchurian parliamentarians who say good things, but they can get the treatment of prisoners of war, but these things can't be said, he pretended to be mysterious and explained, "The parliament thinks that the green battalion soldiers first served the traitor party of the Ming State, and then defected to the Qing bandit party, and the people are too angry to treat them as minions of the private party, and they are not worthy of the treatment of prisoners of war, so it is better to eradicate them as soon as possible to avoid future troubles." ”

The hat of the private party's minions was too big, and the black cloud dragon didn't dare to speak for the green battalion soldiers anymore, at this time, the horn and arrow sounded in the sky, and he immediately shouted again: "Bai Shuai, the president has an order, quickly reinforce Bu Er Town, the green battalion soldiers are just a bunch of rabble, let them go for the time being." ”

Bai Xianzhi looked at the sky with disappointment, the boiled duck was about to fly, he was really unwilling, and hesitated for a while before saying: "Fortunately, there are guns and artillery towns on standby, and the order is that Jin Guoding will reinforce the second town of Bu as soon as possible." ”

"It's not proper, there are only 10,000 people in the second town of guns, and the hand-to-hand combat ability is also insufficient, so it should be reinforced." The Black Cloud Dragon shook his head.

"That's it, Hou Luozi will transfer a battalion, and the militia will also go to three thousand people, let Jin Guoding fight for a while," Bai Xianzhi thought for a while, and reluctantly pointed to the front and said, "Sun Dasheng should still be able to support for a while, the Qing soldiers in front of me only have one breath left, and when I destroy them, I will immediately lead the whole army to reinforce Buer Town." ”

Jin Guoding was very happy when he received the order, after the first town of guns was abolished, most of the military expenses saved fell into his hands, and now the second town of guns is strong and strong, with three infantry associations, a guard battalion, a cavalry battalion, and a baggage battalion, and a new artillery battalion equipped with 25 imitation Tessie twelve-pounder breech guns, the strength of which has swelled to 15,000 people, and the waist is thick and I want to work alone.

The officers of the Second Gun Town were gathered together, and Jin Guoding said loudly: "It's okay for the cavalry to look down on the Gun Artillery, but let the Hou Madman's group of infantry ride on the neck, Lao Tzu just can't figure it out, this is the first time that my Second Gun Town has independently faced a strong enemy, brothers, fight to win this battle, and I won't be angry with birds in the future!" ”

"It's done, our second town of artillery is not a vegetarian, this time we will step on the Qing army to correct the name of artillery artillery." Liu Shuangxi, the former assistant commander, shouted murderously, and Tu Yuan, the left assistant commander, Zhou Wang, the right assistant commander, and Bai Chengzu, the commander of the cavalry battalion, immediately echoed the voice.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our new methods of warfare are invincible, and we have no problem dealing with barbarians." Taylor, the battalion officer of the artillery battalion, also shouted, this guy is a Taixi person, claiming to have been an artillery officer, because he loves freedom, he took refuge in Datong, everyone thinks he is more likely to be a deserter, but this person is indeed proficient in artillery warfare, Jin Guoding took a lot of effort to dig him from the Wuxuan School to the second town of the gun.

Artillery is different from other branches of the armed forces, officers must not only be literate, but also proficient in arithmetic and machinery, so they all come from the martial arts school, these people are young and energetic, and they have never been willing to fall behind the cavalry and infantry as juniors, shouting and shouting and killing sounded in a loud voice.

"If you can't win this battle, let's go now!" Jin Guoding was very satisfied with the effect of fanning the flames, and ordered with a wave of his hand.

The second town of artillery appeared on the battlefield, the Qing army was not alarmed, but it was strange that the artillery with very weak hand-to-hand combat ability actually dared to fight alone, the other party's second town of Bu Er has been surrounded on all sides, and now there is a second town of artillery that is not strong in combat, and there is still some time before it gets dark, maybe it can eat the two Datong army in one bite - Han Dai, the secretary of the military department, wanted to enter the wrong place, and ordered the elite of the two white flags of Azignikan and Guoke, and the Wuzhen Chao Harbin army of Tong Tulai to meet the second town of the gun.

Duoduo was tired at this time, hot and cold, and was resting on the carriage, when he received Han Dai's report, he added an order to the strong fighting spirit: "All banner guards also attack, be sure to defeat the Datong reinforcements." ”

The Qing army took the lead to complete the formation, the artillery just set up and opened fire, the marching column of the Datong army suffered several artillery casualties, and had to stop advancing, the Eight Banners Protector did not give the opponent the opportunity to calmly line up, and immediately launched an attack, and the cavalry battalion of the second town of the artillery did not hesitate to rush up to intercept.

Jin Guoding observed the battle situation for a while, and soon reassured, the Eight Banners Protector Army was about two thousand, but the equipment of the horse guns was too few, at best only four or five hundred poles, in contrast, his own cavalry was not only equipped with armor and sabers, but also had two double-barreled horse guns per person, and the firepower was so powerful that they did not fall behind in the scene.

His eyes turned to the Qing army's infantry formation, and he couldn't help laughing - the opponent's archers and firecrackers walked in the front, followed by a dense phalanx, with heavy armor spearmen in front, light armor sword and axe hands in the back, and a narrow passage was reserved between the infantry formations, which was simply a copy of the Datong army's infantry formation, the only difference was that the artillery was arranged in the front of the infantry formation, and it was estimated that the Qing army did not know how to arithmetic, and could not play overhead shooting, so they could only copy the old routine.

The herald reported that the army had completed the formation and the artillery battalion had seized the high ground in the south, and he waved his hand and gave an order: "The herald will fire immediately, and the front, left, and right three will advance in a one-line attack formation." ”

The trumpet of the attack sounded, the nine-foot battalion was swinged, the rhythmic drum sounded immediately, and the soldiers leaned side by side in a dense horizontal formation, striding forward with the beat of the drum - the military uniform of the artillery was still red clothes, blue pants and white felt hats, but the leather armor that was longer than the knee was eliminated, and only a piece of iron plate armor was draped on the front chest, and the whistle of the sentry officer and the team officer giving instructions was also replaced by the drum, which corresponded with the sound of neat footsteps and shocked the lungs, and more than 10,000 soldiers in the nine dense phalanxes were like a great wall pressing on the Qing army.

The first battalion of infantry sent by Hou Shijie had already arrived, and the battalion officer Hou Xiaohao felt very left out, and couldn't help asking: "Chief Jin, you all went up, what am I doing with a thousand people?" ”

"This is the battlefield of our artillery artillery, there is no infantry business, you will stay in the back with the militia and stand by, if you are lucky, you may have a chance." Jin Guoding didn't give this nephew of Hou Shijie's family a good look, so he stepped on the war horse and left.

"It's too bullying, we are the strongest infantry army in the world!" Hou Xiaohao screamed, and at this moment a row of cannons flew over his head—the twelve-pounder guns of the artillery battalion opened fire first.

Taylor, an ambitious mercenary, had served as an artillery officer in the Swedish and Spanish armies, because of the commission and the two employers had a falling out, and then went to India to defect to the Portuguese, but unfortunately the Portuguese were not angry, and the coastal strongholds were constantly robbed by the Dutch, he felt that the future was bleak and started the idea of changing jobs, deserted and followed a group of English merchants over the snowy mountains into Tibet, and ran to Datong to ask for a life after getting a letter of recommendation from the commercial representative of the East India Company of England, In less than a year, he was granted federal citizenship by special permission, and was directly promoted to the rank of the top rank of the capital commander, and then served as the rank artillery battalion officer of the guerrilla in the second town of the gun, Jin Guoding also promised to declare the fifth-class Baturu Shixun for him - this is equivalent to a baron, this guy has dreamed of becoming a nobleman since he was a child, and of course he must seize the opportunity.

The artillery of the Qing army fired continuously, and the cannon shot into the dense formation of the Datong army splashed a piece of blood from time to time, and the artillery battalion tried to suppress the opponent's artillery fire, but the two rounds of test firing failed, and several officers hurriedly took a ruler to measure the distance - this artillery slide rule is said to have been invented by the scientific sage Galileo Galileo of Taixi, and Cui Erding was quickly imitated and promoted after bringing it back to Datong, and the old man's astronomical telescope was famous, and this thing was naturally a treasure, but the artillery was not familiar with it.

"Stupid, don't you see the enemy's artillery moving forward, calculate the amount of advance," Taylor looked upset, grabbed the slide rule to measure the distance himself, and waved his hand after a moment to order, "Listen to my command, the muzzle of the gun is lowered by two degrees, and three rounds of flowering shells are fired rapidly." ”

After three rounds of shelling, the artillery of the Qing army was beaten to pieces, and the gunners were killed and wounded everywhere.

Taylor was smug and threw the slide rule to his officers: "Straighten the muzzle of the gun, and replace it with solid bullets to attack the enemy in the front." ”

Taking advantage of the confusion of the Qing army, the Datong army strode forward, and stopped and reorganized when it was about 800 steps away from the opponent, with the sound of the password of "guns under the shoulders", "dense formation", "squatting and shooting", the front row of the foot gunners squatted down and stood in the back row, and the guns in their hands pointed straight ahead, and at the same time, the camp guns of the various associations were pushed to the front and prepared to shoot - the cavalry retreated immediately after completing the covering task, and returned to the rear along the gap in the formation, the Eight Banners Protector could not approach the opponent today, and the horse guns lost a hundred people. was unwilling to suffer a big loss, and chased and killed with red eyes.

Aiming and shooting, the sound of fire at the front of the Datong Army rang out, and the camp guns also fired shotguns at the same time. Baya Lazhang Jingguoke, who led the charge, grabbed a battle flag and shouted, "Column dense wedge formation, accelerate, accelerate, follow me to defeat the Datong thief" - the Eight Banners Protector is actually the white-armored Baya soldiers, with excellent armor and weapons, especially good at riding and archery, hand-to-hand combat, this kind of soldiers in the entire Qing Dynasty does not exceed 5,000, Dolgon gave Duoduo 2,000 people when he made a move, and he couldn't afford to lose people if he defeated the battle! The opponent has no hand-to-hand combatants, only breastplate-clad musketeers, and it should not be difficult to use the gap between reloading ammunition to kill their horizontal team.

The firecrackers did not panic in the face of the cavalry, the shooters in the front row retreated after playing, and the shooters in the back row immediately moved forward, tens of thousands of foot guns fired in turn, and the guns as dense as raindrops kept scattering forward, and the impact of the Eight Banners Protector was blocked, and they also used bows and arrows to fight back, but except for a few arrows that occasionally hit the target, most of the arrows shot out, Guoke was desperate, pulled out a short knife and stabbed the mount, regardless of life or death, rushed forward, a shotgun shot head-on, knocking him down with men and horses - two thousand elite iron cavalry lost more than 300 people in a charge, and even Baya Lazhang Jingguoke was killed, The Eight Banners Protector did not dare to fight again, and blew the trumpet to call for reinforcements.

"The guards retreated and the whole team retreated, and the musketeers and archers moved forward to attack the center of the enemy formation, and brought up the camp guns to fight me hard!" Azignikan led the infantry to the top, with five or six thousand guns in his hand, and more than a dozen battalion cannons of the Wuzhen Chao Hazakh army to cover, he was confident that he could win this battle - the opponent's one-line formation lacked depth, concentrated firepower to make a gap first, and then launched a hand-to-hand attack to cut it into two sections, with the combat power of two white flags, he would definitely be able to win this battle.

The Qing army and the Datong army fired fiercely, the two armies were filled with gunpowder smoke in front of the formation, the two sides were also densely lined up, the same use of Datong weapons, and the same use of paper ammunition that was easy to load, each round of shooting can cause a casualty to the other side, in this case, only by continuing to shoot at high density can we win, everyone understands this truth, the side will make up for one immediately after falling down, and will never dare to relax in the slightest, and the sound of rifle salvos is endless.

The center of the Datong Army is Liu Shuangxi's former association, and it is very difficult for three thousand guns to deal with five or six thousand guns, and the formation is loose after the shooters are constantly knocked down, and the Qing army finds that the situation is favorable and begins to advance slowly, with a clear purpose - a breakthrough in the center.

Half a step back may collapse the whole line, and you must get close and use barrage shooting to defeat the opponent, Liu Shuangxi is very aware of this, stepped on the war horse and raised a flag spear and shouted loudly, "Beat the drum, march in dense formation!" ”。 The flag entered the people, the rapid drum sounded, the former association soldiers braved the rain of bullets and strode forward, the queue marched forward and followed to a hundred steps away from the Qing army when it suddenly stopped, with the "gun down the shoulder, aim, shoot" the password, thousands of foot guns fired at the same time, the distance was too close, the barrage was like a wall pressed over, the people on the opposite side fell almost at the same time, followed by two rounds of rapid volleys, the Qing army gunners, archers completely collapsed, involuntarily fled backwards.

In a moment, thousands of people fell under the fire, this kind of lethality is too terrible - Azignikan was stunned by the tragic situation in front of him, and was stunned for a while before he loudly ordered "rush up, hand-to-hand attack", the Qing army woke up like a dream, brandished swords and spears to kill, but the opponent's salvo never stopped, the armor not only could not stop the guns but became a burden to the charge, and every step forward someone fell in the rain of bullets.

"All of them, with swords!" After the last round of salvo fire, the battalion officer Zhou Zhuzi issued a military order in a loud voice, and then grabbed Chen Ershui beside him, "Do you see the big flag on the opposite side, knock it over for me." ”

Chen Ershui, the god gunner, is now on the rank of the boss, but his brain is too stupid to be an official, in addition to bringing five sub-shooters or a light pole, but the craftsmanship is getting better and better, and the master of the Gongdao Hall also made a few rifled guns for him, I dare not say that there are 100 shots and 100 hits, and it is not a problem for the three guns to hit the target.

Chen Ershui quickly killed the flag officer of the Qing army, Zhou Zhuzi patted him on the shoulder, waved his hand and shouted "Bomb cover, hand-to-hand attack", a hand threw thunder and smashed at the Qing army, Zhou Zhuzi led the whole battalion to charge, at the same time, the front battalion and the right battalion also started hand-to-hand combat with the Qing army.

Jin Guoding was a little proud, the current battle situation is going smoothly - the Qing army gathered heavy troops to try to break through the center, the left association and the right association took the opportunity to outflank the two wings, once the outflanking is in place, the Qing army will undoubtedly be defeated. The Qing army fought very bravely today, but the formation of the musketeers was still too scattered, basically hundreds of people were put together to shoot a volley, which could not form a high-intensity firepower strike, which obviously imitated the Great Synchronous Army playing with firearms, but did not want the Great Synchronous Army to still focus on hand-to-hand combat, those musketeers just figured out a little bit of the use of firearms, and when they fought, they got together to deal with the layman No problem, compared with the artillery artillery, it was still far behind, and the Qing army found the wrong master.

"The order is that the artillery battalion should concentrate artillery fire to cover the front association, and the left association and the right association should not extend any further, and immediately approach the barrage attack on the flank of the Qing army." Jin Guoding was a little worried about his former association and decided to accept it when he saw it.

The two white flags and two wings were hit by intensive firepower, and in a blink of an eye they were on the verge of collapse, but Duoduo fell into a coma at the critical moment, Han Dai lacked experience in big battles, and commanded in a chaotic manner, and the Qing army became more and more passive the more they fought.

"Collect your troops and retreat south!" Duoduo woke up in a thousand calls, and after listening to the military intelligence report, he almost passed out again, and it took a long time before he struggled to speak.

"It's too late, Erlu won't let us go." Han Dai almost screamed with tears.

Duoduo raised his trembling hand and pointed to the east: "Attack the Green Camp Army, you can't let them enter the pass alive!" ”