The Rostov commander was not surprised when he saw the musketeers on the opposite side spread out in front of the front, due to the appearance of firearms, it has become the norm on the battlefield to throw weapons before the battle begins, however, when his own projection troops have just entered the range of 300 steps, and the opposite side has not lit the fire rope and has formed a barrage, the Rostov commander is immediately not calm......

"This! What's going on! A group of rebels have used a new type of musket that doesn't require an arquebus! The entire Muscovy does not have such weapons, where did they get them from ?! ”

The commander of the Rostov army was born in a large military aristocratic family and has always studied army warfare, and the Principality of Moscow attaches more importance to the development of firearms than the Mongols, and these big nobles who hold military power naturally know firearms very well.

The arquebus is easy to learn, and if you train a farmer who has never touched a musket for a week, you can go into battle, and if you only need to be able to shoot, you only need to teach it for a day!

Firearms allow the most despicable hands to easily kill the noblest knights, this saying has long been spread throughout Europe, although the aristocratic class is very disliked, but the noble class that fights all year round is not pedantic people, and the real pedantic people cannot stand at the pinnacle of power for a long time......

Therefore, the army of Muscovy has always been equipped with a large number of arquebuses, even if the arquebuses cannot be fired in rainy weather, the hit rate is low, the loading is difficult and cumbersome, and it is possible to blow up and injure themselves, etc., the Russians still love this powerful weapon.

Naturally, the Russian aristocrats who were used to playing with arquebuses knew very well that they did not need arquebus operation, and how huge the improvement of muskets was!

In the loading step of the arquebus, one-third of the operation is the processing of the arquebus, and because of the existence of the arquebus, the airtight sealing of the musket is always very poor, and removing the arquebus is not only an improvement in loading efficiency, but also a great improvement in accuracy and effective range!

When the commander of the Rostov army saw the opposite musketeers firing at 300 paces away, he understood that the advantage of the opponent's musket over the arquebus was not a new weapon with unstable experimental nature, but a standard equipment that would not have major problems in actual combat if it matured!

At this moment, the commander-in-chief of the army in Rostov even suspected that a large number of enemy spies had poured into Muscovy, and even had the ability to deliver weapons in large quantities.

However, the commander-in-chief of the Rostov army soon dismissed this idea, for the simple reason that none of Muscovy's neighbors, whether it was the United Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, the most powerful country in terms of population, the rising Kingdom of Sweden, or even the more backward khanates of Mongol descent, were equipped with new muskets.

Even if a foreign country supports its own rebel armament weapons, this kind of new and useful weapon must be equipped with its own army first......

Unfortunately, there was not much time for Commander Rostov to think about this kind of problem, because after three rounds of guns on the opposite side, his projection troops, which were not very demoralized, retreated in disgrace before they could enter the designated firing position.

The hand-to-hand combat troops who followed dozens of meters behind also decisively stopped and slowly retreated.

The Rostov commander was dumbfounded as he watched his first attack being pushed back so 'hastily', and an urge to kill welled up in his heart......

"A bunch of rubbish! Eater! Even if the range of the muskets on the opposite side was 100 steps longer, couldn't they heroically rush over and shoot? After so many people died, they retreated, who recruited this special mother! ”

Most of the elite infantry troops in this era are composed of professional mercenaries, there is no so-called national standing army at all, no matter how high the combat quality of the mercenaries, the essence of making money and sparing their lives cannot be changed, and few mercenaries are willing to suffer too much loss.

Moreover, the army raised by Muscovy was not gathered by the military commander alone, but by the nobles who served as officers at all levels to recruit people, and squandered them in the mercenary market with rubles, so that the elite infantry was brought out, and even those conscripted peasant soldiers were gathered by nobles from various places in batches.

Thus, although the commander of Rostov was the highest-ranking commander, the army under his command consisted only of a group of minor nobles and knightly guards subordinate to him, as well as direct guards loyal to him.

Among the tens of thousands of Rostov-on-Don's main army, the number of elite troops directly under the commander was less than half of the CD......

Of course, this is without counting the scumbags who conscripted peasant soldiers.

"My lord, the firearms on the opposite side are sharp, we might as well drive the conscripted peasant soldiers to step forward first to consume the opponent's ammunition, and let the elite infantry follow, so that the elite losses can be reduced, and secondly, it can also make those mercenaries who work for money fight better, these mercenaries are still quite good in close combat."

A noble general next to him suggested to the Commander-in-Chief of Rostov.

"Well, although there are not many conscripted peasants in our hands now, they should all be able to withstand it for a while, so let's do it, this time whoever dares to retreat without getting an order, military law will deal with it!"

As orders were issued, Rostov-on-Don's army lined up with ragged militiamen with improvised wooden poles and spears, who were originally used as miscellaneous auxiliaries to serve the noble knights and lords, and when necessary, they were used as cannon fodder......

From this point of view, the behavior of the aristocratic generals of Muscovy is no different from Shu Zifeng, and the disregard for the lives of untouchables is completely equated!

"Onward! Those who take three steps back are slashed!! ”

Driven by the officers, this group of more than 1,000 conscription militia slowly held the weapons like scum, and walked forward with numb and fearful faces, while the rear was closely followed by the projection troops and hand-to-hand combat elites, this time due to the long range of the muskets on the opposite side, the projection troops refused to continue to walk in the front, and the noble officers had to arrange the hand-to-hand combat troops and the projection troops together......

Mercenaries have the right to refuse to participate in mortal battles, and there have been countless cases of mercenaries defecting in European history......

Because of this, the Swiss mercenaries who abide by the spirit of the contract are so famous, and there will be a gap if there is a comparison.

"Ready~~~"

The senior Swedish musketeers in the first platoon, under the orders of the officers, took three steps forward and raised their muskets above their heads.

"Aim!" The veteran Swedish musketeers skillfully lowered their flintlock pistols on their shoulders and aimed them roughly at the large number of conscripted peasants who had already come within range of the flintlock muskets.

"Fire !!"

With the swing of the sabre of the senior Swedish musketeer officer, the first row of Swedish senior musketeers immediately let out a roar in front of the formation, and bursts of faint white smoke that obscured the field of vision.