Cao Junfu snorted, "Old bandit, there's no use for empty talk and nonsense." X update is the fastest and has the ability, you went to Liaodong and did a few battles with Jianyu, cut off a few real captives, and I will serve you. ”

Wang Huizhi laughed, "Officers and soldiers don't want to provoke me, I am a southerner, and the cold weather in Liaohai can freeze people to death." It's the home of Jianyu, isn't it boring for me to go? In another place, I could beat them ten. ”

Cao Junfu sneered disdainfully.

Chen Shouxu's heart moved, "The two of you don't have to fight, if you want to fight with the Tatars, maybe you don't need to go to Liaohai." ”

Cao Junfu and Wang Huizhi savored Chen Shouxu's words, and they both realized the problem. Cao Junfu knew more information than Wang Huizhi, and was a little chilled by the prospect hinted at by Chen Shouxu.

The trio watching the battle refocused their attention on the battlefield. The attacking Mataran army numbered about 3,000 people, and the formation was like a lobster.

Some of the sword and shield warriors were dressed in white, iron or leather armor, and they spread out in front of the main force, like the tentacles of lobsters. Behind the sword and shield men were the more dense spearmen and arquebusiers. The spearmen were armed with spears about 2 men high, had no armor, and also had a shield with a greater depth, forming the torso of a lobster. The arquebusiers of Mataram were accompanied by a slave child. These children carry spare arquebuses and ammunition for their masters on the battlefield, and they also help with reloads. Because of the presence of the children, the enemy's central front looked a little thicker than it actually was.

On the two wings were musketeers, light furlong machines, and a miscellaneous array of troops, like two pincers. Their weapons are noticeably more cluttered than in the center.

Cao Junfu looked into the binoculars and muttered, "It looks like that." ”

On the opposite side of the Matarans, Maiden made a targeted deployment, and he formed three companies of battle infantry into a horizontal formation, forming the core of the central front. The main force of the Chezhidan battalion was assigned to three separate infantry companies. Chen Shouxu did not bring spearmen from the field battalion this time. In the inaccessible East Indies, the spearmen were not flexible enough, and they were better suited to defend their homes.

Joao. The mixed Portuguese and Mon men of the Cunha battalion were dismantled into two parts by Maiden and placed on the wings, opposite the lobster pincers. 4 field guns were lined up in front of the infantry on both flanks.

Wang Huizhi's 300 men were behind the central front. The battle reserve was drawn from the fleet of 200 marines. The total strength is about 1,700 people, less than half of the opposite.

The drums beat in the Mataran army, and as the trumpets sounded, the lobster's tentacles charged.

"Those are probably their Akmos. ”

"What's the Lord of Tai O?"

"Akermos means warriors, they believe they are invulnerable. The natives are not good at war, but they are very valuant. There were frequent fights between the natives, but in reality most of the people were bluffing, firing their guns into the air and shooting indiscriminately. The victory of the battle depends on the individual battles of the warriors. ”

Cao Junfu was surprised: "Does anyone really believe that he is invulnerable?" ”

Wang Huizhi: "You see the white clothes they wear, in their religion, it shows the determination not to be afraid of sacrifice. Before each war, they prayed to the gods and ate some hibiscus during religious ceremonies. ”

When Wang Huizhi arrived, the sword and shield soldier known as Akmos had already rushed up with a shout, ignoring his comrades who had been knocked down by a platoon of guns on the road, and with a short sword in hand, he fought frantically with Chezhi Dan.

It was the first time for Chen Shouxu to see such a crazy soldier in Southeast Asia, and he scolded in his heart, "It turned out to be opium, and TMD was all drugged." ”

Akmos, who had been drugged, was numb in his nerves, and he didn't care about his own safety at all, and some even hit the tip of Chezhidan's knife directly. What they do best is cutting throats with short swords, and Akermos' personal prestige is directly related to the fame of cutting throats.

Chezhi Dan is also not a vegetarian, and they also make their own cries. There are many people in the front row who have their own Nanban equipment, and the short sword of the motor blue man is not obvious when poked up. Even when it comes to fighting alone, these samurai are not outlaws who take drugs. The team's cooperation experience accumulated over the years of war has continued to bleed on the chaotic front of the Matalan forwards.

For some of the drug-addicts who were in a group, the musketeers of the battle rifle company would solve the problem with several rows of guns.

In addition to the slightly fierce central front, the two wings, which were originally more prominent in the Mata Blue formation, only came into contact with the guard battalion at this time. Although they had the advantage in numbers, they had no intention of pounce and fight. Muskets were placed in the distance on both sides, and the smoke rose in clusters, but few people died.

Ma Dalan's spear formation was slower, and now it was still lagging behind. The four field guns had not been test-fired before, and Maiden believed that as long as the artillery fired, they would soon be able to find the right shot.

Cao Junfu looked at it with some itching, "Lord of the Kingdom, I also want to go down and fight the blue sword and shield soldiers for a while." ”

Chen Shouxu hesitated, "Brother Cao, the sword and gun don't have long eyes. ”

Cao Junfu patted the breastplate on his body, "Lord of the Kingdom, thanks to the care of the Lord these days, Cao is not a person who eats rice, so he cut off a few heads for the Lord of the Kingdom to express his gratitude." With this good armor, Cao will never be fine. ”

Wang Huizhi also said, "My brothers are going to go in a while, and I have to go down to be with them." ”

"Okay, two of you."

Cao Junfu and Wang Huizhi glared at each other, and their walking postures seemed to be competing.

On the battlefield, the enemy's soldiers on both flanks were still slowly grinding and barely advancing. Joao. Cunha was also happy to hold back the enemy's superior flanks with fewer troops.

Mataran's central spearmen were moving slower and slower, and their front team finally came into range. The field artillery could not help but open fire, the shells were fired, and after a few rounds of simple adjustment, the first phalanx was quickly smashed. Their leader captured some deserters, killed them on the spot, and then threatened the Chinese army to move on.

But the spearmen who followed were still hesitant, and although they did not run away, their steps became slower and slower. Most of them largely stopped outside the effective range of the 4-pounder gun.

This pitted the striker's sword and shield soldiers in a miserable situation. The sword and cannon of Chezhidan kept harvesting Amox's life, and the effect of opium was always time-limited, and some people may find that they were not invulnerable, and slowly squeezed backwards, but did not immediately turn and flee.

Seeing the opportunity, Maiden immediately threw himself into Wang Huizhi's pirates, and more than 300 Chinese pirates entered the battlefield from both sides of Chezhidan with various swords and guns, almost surrounding the enemy's forward sword and shield soldiers. Except for a few who turned around quickly, Akmos, the best of the Matara Blue Army, was quickly wiped out.

The enemy spearmen in long depth were frightened by the artillery and did not advance. Maiden threw the Marines on the left flank, where João Cunha was.

The familiar grenadier march was played, and the Marines had entered the battlefield in the English manners, and before they could charge, several Britons from the Mada Blue Army surrendered with their guns. They reported in detail to the Marines on the situation in the Matalan Army.

The Portuguese and the Marines rushed towards the enemy, and the Matarans numbered about 500 here, about the same number of friends and foes.

Mataram soldiers were very fond of firing muskets from afar, but their marksmanship was extremely poor. The Marines quickly dispersed the enemy musketeers in a counter-fire. The hand-to-hand fighters rushed forward, killing more than 160 enemy soldiers and driving them off the battlefield.

Cunha sent some Mon men to guard the areas where the enemy had fled, while the rest outflanked the enemy in the center and engaged the musketeers there.

At this time, the battle infantry column in the center and Chezhitan also advanced. Cao Junfu walked with them, and soon found the rhythm of the marching band. His weapon of choice was a Karimata battle axe, covered in blood like a god of killing.

The iron gunners of Chezhitan advanced in front of the battle infantry and opened the stragglers. Team combat of this size in the skirmish line suits them well, and these veterans have good marksmanship. They kept firing at the immobile spear musket formation of Mataran, which startled the Mataran people into a commotion.

Under the cover of the skirmishers, the battleinfantry lined up neatly into the effective range of heavy arquebuses, where they slowly overwhelmed enemy fire in the counterfire. Musket fire from both directions shook the enemy's line, and the Matarans only learned the phalanx tactics taught to them by the Portuguese.

The leader could no longer hold his ground, and fled with his guards. The abandoned soldier threw away his spear and shield and fled backwards crying. With so many people crowded together, it's not easy to escape.

Cao Junfu carried an axe and crashed into the pile of people with Chezhi Dan beside him. The indigenous soldiers, who had no weapons and wore only a single coat, were lambs to the slaughter in front of plate armor, Nanban feet, tomahawks, and swords. Soon, the corpses of the Mataran were strewn all over the field, and the remnants of the enemy fled backwards with no lives.

Chen Shouxu put down his binoculars and said to his two guard captains, "You guys go down too, and try to catch as many prisoners as possible." ”

Cai Yuanding agreed, turned around and went to the battlefield with the Chinese guards. Lin Izuyong, the leader of the Chezhi Dan guard, asked his men to follow, but he himself stood still with a sword in his arms.

"You're not going?"

Lin Zhuyong put his legs together and bowed deeply to Chen Shouxu, "The lord is responsible for the country, and he can't be without guards by his side, that's exactly what Izuyong's duty is." ”

Chen Shouxu glanced at Lin Zhuyong and went with him.

After the collapse of the Matarans' position, the rest of the work for Maiden was to pursue, resolutely pursue, and capture more prisoners of war before they fled into the forest.

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