Accompanied by a series of musket shots from the Ming army, the hot and rapid lead quickly pierced into the bodies of these northern captives, or all parts of the horses.

This is not something that can be changed by the Ming soldiers, only God knows in what direction the bullets of the smoothbore gun will fly after a certain range.

But it doesn't affect the current situation, anyway, there are northern captives in all directions, as long as the gun is fired flat, whether it is a person or a horse, almost all of them can be shot, and more importantly, the hit rate has been greatly improved miraculously.

Who let these guys who have never experienced the power of muskets surround the Ming army's battle formation in a ring, and keep shooting in circles, although the interval is not small, but there are too many people, and the encirclement is very thick, isn't it that the lead bullet flies wherever it hits?

Under such circumstances, there are constantly northern captives who are shot and killed, and those who do not die are beaten to the arm, thigh, and even buttocks, and they will scream and fall off the horse.

The one in front fell, the one behind didn't have time to brake, the one who wasn't dead was trampled to death, and those who were even less lucky and tripped and fell to the ground also broke their necks and died even worse.

Stumbling and stumbling and stumbling and stumbling, the chain reaction caused the losses of the northern captives to increase dramatically, and the muskets of the Ming army did not stop, constantly firing, not counting the flintlock pawns, who did not get the order to shoot, because the current situation was enough for the bird gunners to deal with.

Soon, a thick circle of corpses of men and horses was piled up around the Ming army's large array, and at this moment, the Ming army's losses were less than a hundred.

Under the huge casualties and chaos, the commander of the northern captives had to start making adjustments.

The sound of the quaint, long, long and desolate horn sounded, the ring formation changed, and the northern captives scattered farther away, avoiding the shooting range of the Ming army and changing their tactics.

A large number of northern captives dismounted directly, dropped their bows and arrows, and picked up steel knives.

The rest of the northern captives were hiding outside the range of the Ming army's muskets, they were not stupid, and realized the power of the Ming army's muskets and the huge damage they could bring to them, and under that kind of turtle tactics, their bows and crossbows basically could not bring much damage to the Ming army.

It seems that they planned to use infantry to break down the Ming army's battle formation, and then use cavalry to come forward and slaughter.

The tactics are good.

The trumpets sounded, and the Northern infantry rushed forward howling and surrounded them from all sides.

Xiao Ruxun yelled: "Fire!" ”

The gunsmith immediately raised his gun and fired.

Without the horses, although they could rush forward and fight in close quarters, the mortality rate also increased greatly, and it was the people, not the horses, who died after one round of shooting, and after the second round of shooting, then retreated, and the third round retreated, and the fourth round finally came to the flintlock pawn with extremely high shooting accuracy.

Xiao Ruxun's requirement for them is to point where to fight within a hundred steps, and specialize in the leader! Specializing in what looks like a commander's! The farther you fight, the more accurate the reward, depending on whether you can get it!

Xiao Ruxun's words to the flint pawn are not ordinary-

I gave you this flintlock that cost twelve taels of silver, so that you could not use it as a burning stick! Take care of it as if it were your brothers and sisters! When you fight, you have to kill people like a magic weapon!

One shot is equal to three shots from a bird's gun, and at such a high price, you have to make a battle worth this price!

The Bird Hammer is trained with a fixed target, while the Flintlock Gun is a moving target.

Becoming a flintlock is also a strict investigation, the highest shooting accuracy and the most skilled operation of the bird to become a flintlock handler, after becoming a flintlock gunner, the treatment is greatly improved, but the assessment is also more stringent.

A target has five concentric rings, the standard of the bird hammer is to hit, the standard of the flintlock hammer is within three rings, one shot misses the penalty of two points of silver, two shots miss the penalty of silver half a tael, three shots miss the penalty of one or two silver, four shots miss the board ten times, five shots miss the hell to get out of me!

Under such stimulation, the shooting accuracy is directly linked to their personal income and honor, and each of them is comparable to a sniper, basically pointing anywhere within a hundred steps.

This is even more true today, where 300 people are divided into two rings of firing formations, one ring of 150 people and 300 shots, and they shoot twice in a row and then retreat.

"Fire !!"

At the sound of an order, the flintlocks each found their respective targets, and in a volley, many northern soldiers were horrified to find that many people around them had fallen, and the death was extremely miserable, and basically they were killed, and they were not injured.

Before they could come to their senses, another volley, and that wasn't over, followed by two more.

Many of them felt empty around them.

They began to develop a slight fear of the terrible phalanx.

Every time a gun rang out, someone was killed, or their hands and feet were broken, or their heads were blown out, and blood and brains were broken all over the place, and such heavy casualties made their hearts palpitate, and they charged all the way, and all the way was bleeding all over the ground.

The gunshots continued to ring, the casualties continued to increase, and I don't know who was the first to react, and the living Beiyu soldiers raised their dead companions on the ground in front of them, using them as shields, and rushed forward with a roar.

In this way, the effect was unexpectedly good, it was difficult for the bullet to penetrate the human body, the casualties of the northern captives were greatly reduced, and they quickly approached the large formation.

When he reached a certain distance, Xiao Ruxun directly ordered the bird gun to put down the bird gun, pull out the machete, and turn into a melee unit, and the musket strike suddenly stopped.

When the soldiers of the Zhennan Army faced the enemy, even if there was no musket hit, they had to dare to fight hand-to-hand!

Melee! Melee! Melee!

In 1840, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not defeated by firearms against the British army! At that time, the British Army was still using smoothbore guns! In 1860, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not defeated in firearms! At that time, the Anglo-French army also did not have machine guns and repeating guns! It was only invented during the American Civil War, and it would not be until more than ten years later!

Western weapons and equipment during the Eight-Nation Coalition period are not the same as those of Western armies during the Opium War!

Even during the period of the Eight-Nation Alliance, the Qing army after 30 years of accumulation in the Westernization Movement was even better than some units of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and the advanced weapons they purchased did not even begin to be equipped with the British and French armies, and the equipment of the anti-Japanese national army more than 30 years later was so good that I don't know where to go.

But they collapsed almost at the touch of a button.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty had a very high ratio of firearms and equipment, and the traditional firearms tactics were very mature, although the weapons were one level inferior to the British and French armies, but the Anglo-French forces were not yet to the point where they could beat the Qing army.

Manchu soldiers could shoot firearms at the British and French armies, and the British and French armies did not have an absolute advantage in firearms, but when firearms could not solve the war and the British and French troops charged in formation, the Manchu soldiers quickly collapsed and fled.

Like the Ming army guards in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, they did not dare to fight hand-to-hand, they did not have the ability to fight hand-to-hand, and they could insist on using firearms when they had them, but once the firearms were ineffective, once the enemy began to charge, they would collapse quickly.

They had no training, no fighting spirit, no organization and hand-to-hand combat ability, their armaments were deserted, and they were not even as good as the militia, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty, known as the country of bow and horse, was overturned by the British and French under the bayonets! Therefore, until modern times, the hand-to-hand combat ability of soldiers is still very important!

The army is a whole, and the degree of organization and training, as well as the will to fight, are important components of combat power! This is not something that weapons can compensate for!

The Zhennan Army had a large number of gunners, accounting for a large proportion, including gunners, and in addition to training firearms, the most important thing was hand-to-hand combat training.

Xiao Ruxun attaches great importance to hand-to-hand combat training at all times, and he told the soldiers that when all firearms are effective, when it rains on the day, when the gunpowder runs out, and when the firearms are damaged, the steel knife in your hand is your last ray of life!

Every soldier of the Zhennan Army must become a soldier who dares to fight hand-to-hand and brave, and everyone must have the courage to not be afraid of any enemy! And the fighting spirit and faith to defeat any enemy!

Drop the firearms, they can all fight hand-to-hand, they are first-class hand-to-hand combat masters, even the gunners and gunners, every day there is hand-to-hand combat training, but also have the training to boil the strength, they generally use war knives, and shield soldiers and gunners cooperate with each other, and the lethality increases exponentially.

And the North Captives don't know!