Chapter Twenty-Three: The Exploration of Musket Tactics

Before Wang Yi understood, as a large amount of blood gushed out from his body, the strength in his body was gradually disappearing, and his consciousness was gradually blurred.

One fell off his horse and slammed into the ground.

Falling off a horse, it hurts terribly. But it didn't matter anymore, because he couldn't feel the pain anymore.

The Song soldiers, who formed a conical formation and launched a charge, seemed to have fallen into an evil spirit, their bodies were covered with blood, and they fell backwards with their hands and feet, and then they couldn't get up.

There were also two or three hundred Song soldiers covering their wounds, lying on the ground and screaming non-stop.

Tong Guan rode a horse in the Chinese army, only to hear a bang, and then saw smoke rising from the local position, and then saw his soldiers and horses fall like a convulsion.

He cried out in horror: "What has happened, who can tell the true picture, what is going on?" ”

"This ......"

No one can tell him!

The soldiers of the Song army were also all confused.

The Song army was still confused, but Hua Rong ordered another round of shooting.

After the last real battle, the musketeers have completely let go.

Originally, these three thousand musketeers were well trained, and now they are completely operating to the extreme.

Quickly unclogging, the chamber of the gun was dredged with a strip, and then the paper shell was pulled out of the satchel......

Once the bullets were installed, these musketeers began to fire freely.

The Song army, who encountered the Yan musketeers for the first time, had no concept of this new type of firearm, and they rushed forward brandishing their knives and guns without any defense, and the bullet shot directly through the body of the Song soldier.

The first round of firing hit the dense front of the Song army full of holes.

Under the second round of shooting, it was even more of a smash of the Song army's defensive line.

Before the third round of shooting arrived, Song Jun directly blew up the nest, turned around and fled.

The Song army ran the fastest, but he only ran fifty steps away from the Yan army.

But that guy is already dead and can't die anymore, he was hit by a dozen or twenty bullets, and it can be said that he was beaten into a hornet's nest!

As soon as the defeated soldiers were impacted, the Song army that attacked the second team was also messy by the rushing lineup, and Ma Wanli was shouting at him, asking his soldiers and horses to gather and regroup.

Although his mouth was shouting loudly, Ma Wanli did not move at all, completely ignoring the chaos of his team.

He was directly killed when he rushed up just now, and Ma Wanli still hasn't figured out how Wang Yi died.

In this case, how dare Ma Wanli rush up to find death.

Of course, it's a procrastination trick, and it drags until the cardinal lord shouts to collect the troops!

Sure enough, Tong Guan saw that his soldiers were still in shock, so not only would he not be able to cross the enemy's line at all, but he would consume the only morale of his subordinates.

Tong Guan shouted: "Collect the troops and retreat five miles to camp." All the generals went to the prime minister's tent to discuss matters! ”

This result really made Shi Xiu, Yang Xiong and others stunned.

It's just 3,000 musketeers, and the opponent's soldiers and horses have nearly 10,000 people, but they were beaten away by the 3,000 musketeers in less than three rounds, and they won so easily, and there were no casualties among their own soldiers.

The only minor injuries were the musketeers, whose eyes were red from the smoke they fired.

This absolutely subverts their usual notion of war.

Although Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu also knew the power of the musket, they thought that it was a little more powerful than the bow and arrow.

But now they really realize the power of this firearm.

It is no wonder that the Holy Lord Shi Jin would have spent so much energy and money to develop muskets and artillery.

A wise decision.

Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu looked at the results in front of them and discussed in a low voice:

"It turns out that this musket is not the most powerful in three columns, but dispersed, taking advantage of the terrain to be more powerful. If you occupy the terrain, no matter how many people come from the other side, you won't be able to kill them! ”

"With such a rate of fire, and such a long range, if the enemy is close at all, or if he is holding a heavy shield, it should be possible! Damn, it should be said that artillery should be brought together. If the artillery is used with the muskets, my God, what other soldiers and horses can defeat? ”

Several people discussed, their eyes kept staring at the muskets in the hands of those musketeers, eager to snatch them and operate them themselves.

Seeing that the musketeers were so powerful, Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu sent spies to monitor the Song army, that is, several generals were still riding on horseback, ready at any time. The other swordsmen sat down to rest.

Staying ready all the time is a draining task.

Li Zhong and Zhou Tong were ordered to drag back the Song soldiers who were injured on the battlefield but were not dead. While giving them a simple treatment while sitting, they were interrogated.

In the Song army camp, those Song soldiers who were lucky enough not to die were bad again.

As soon as they returned, they were escorted by Bi Sheng and others to Master Tong Guan.

What's even more cruel is that alcohol and anesthetics were not used, and the military doctor directly used a knife to take out the bullets in the wounded soldier's body in front of Tong Guan.

There were two Song soldiers who could have survived, screaming and bleeding too much and dying.

Bi Sheng used a tray to hold the bullet and presented it to Tong Guan.

Tong Guan didn't dislike it, he just twisted a bullet with his finger and exclaimed: "Iron bullet!" ”

The other generals of the Song army also surrounded them when they heard this, and many people also reached out and picked up a bullet to take a closer look.

It's an iron bullet in front of you!

Tong Guan looked at the Song general present and shouted: "I can't imagine that this small iron bullet has such power, generals, does anyone know how this iron bullet is shot, whether it is with a bow and arrow or a crossbow?" ”

Bi Sheng and the others looked at each other, and they couldn't help but shake their heads. None of them knew what kind of weapons could make this iron bullet powerful.

Ma Wanli, who was still in the second team, was closer and could see clearly.

After hesitating for a moment, Ma Wanli said: "Lord Cardinal, I saw that those Yan soldiers were holding an iron pipe, and after a burst of smoke at the mouth of the iron pipe, our soldiers were hit by this iron bullet and fell. The last general thinks that the enemy is not using gunpowder? ”

Tong Guan froze when he heard this, and asked eagerly, "Is that gunpowder so powerful?" Can this little bullet be more powerful than an arrow? ”

Ma Wanli shook his head and said, "This, the last general doesn't know. It's just that the Admiral thinks it's gunpowder, or something that is fired with gunpowder? ”

Tong Guan immediately shouted, "Is there gunpowder in our army?" ”

When Zhou Xin, the military commissar heard this, he hurriedly stood up and shouted: "Lord Hui, there are no firearms in our army, and there is no gunpowder!" ”

The Song Dynasty had firearms, but those firearms were mainly used to defend the city. When attacking, because of its bulkiness and limited power, it is rarely used.

Tong Guan heard a burst of regret, fortunately there was gunpowder, test it on the spot, maybe there will be a weapon against the enemy.

Tong Guan threw the bullet into the tray and said, "It seems that the iron bullet will have to go back before it can be tested, but now the Yan army is blocking the road of our army's front army." How do the generals think our army should break the enemy? ”

Duan Pengju, the supervisor of the Suizhou Soldiers and Horses, shouted: "My lord, why don't you ignore this group of enemy troops and make a detour?" ”

The former Flying Dragon General Yumei shook his head and objected: "It will take a lot of time to make a detour, our army does not have much food and grass now, and I am afraid that the detour will not be able to support Jizhou." What's more, if the enemy army is not defeated in a short period of time, the Yan army behind will kill it, and the front and rear will be flanked, and our army will be in danger. Please also be enlightened! ”

Duan Pengju shouted: "Now the enemy army occupies the mountain pass, and there is no detour. What strategy do you have to break through the enemy army in front of you and rush over! ”

"This ......" Yumei didn't know how to refute for a while.

Bi Sheng pondered for a while and said, "Lord Minister, there will be a plan in the end, maybe you can give it a try!" ”