In the silence of the mountain forest, suddenly a horde of enemies rushed out, and they rushed forward with the cover of the tall barren grass and bushes, and rushed forward with a roar.

Leapfrogging the arrows flying above their heads, Suo Suo fell into the marching queue, overturning some of the human bodies in an instant.

But it is disappointing that the procession like a long snake did not scatter to hide, or look around at a loss.

They just paused, and fell on the ground in pieces, and then, in the midst of this command, they deflected half of their bodies, and lined up in small horizontal formations to face the incoming enemy along the direction of the road.

If there is not enough white soldiers and spearmen to cover the section, the bayonet is held high in front, and the fire gun is loaded behind him, and the command and trumpet are passed in the direction of the incoming enemy.

In a few breaths, the few enemy soldiers who stood out from the front line had already rushed in front of them, but they were all knocked down or forced back in a uniform thrust and slash, and when the rest of the people joined up with the group again and rushed over again, the fire guns in the front queue also began to exert their might.

The crowd that jumped out of the grass was like a sudden collision into an invisible line, and the blood splattered and overturned, and was trampled under their feet.

This kind of invisible killing that can only see fire and smoke, but does not know how to avoid it and keeps taking away lives, is almost a fatal blow to the morale of the attacker.

As the queues advanced slowly along the road from other directions, sweeping their rear and flanks with pieces of projectiles, the brave soldiers had to give up their intention to hold on.

The front became a little incomplete in the formation, and they gathered and reorganized again, and the upper, middle and lower three lanes and four columns took turns to shoot, and the last bit of Yu Yong was also knocked out, and they panicked to scatter the birds and beasts.

They left behind the corpses and wounded of their own men who lay in the middle of the charge and piled up on the front line, leaving behind them the projectiles that swooped one after another, and the skirmishers who were whizzing and chasing.

Another failed ambush war, completely entering a somewhat boring end.

These harassing troops, who encountered them halfway, did not have much impact on our itinerary when the weather was still good and the firearms could be kept at full strength for a long time and fired at any time.

There were so many times that he lost even the enthusiasm to torture the prisoners.

Because, they are mainly the remnants of those losers in Huainan Province, the so-called guest army that defected to the Huaibei Domain, plus some miscellaneous currents of supplementary local township warriors and Tutuan.

Even after these remnants of the lone brigade arrived in Huaibei, most of the generals who led the team were quietly taken away in daily life, and the troops were quickly taken away and put under house arrest, and the remnants of the troops were either dismissed for military service.

Either it was simply rearranged and supplemented, and it was sent out and placed on the periphery of the Qingxu defense line, and the execution was called the Qingye Fortified Wall, which was actually for those local people who loved the land and did not leave, and the local soldiers were reluctant to do dirty work.

At the same time, they were also cannon fodder used to block and delay the advance of the Southern Dynasties, in addition to looting and burning, they were responsible for circling in the mountains and forests, waiting for opportunities to ambush and harass those soldiers and horses who were lone and weak.

In a certain way, the role of us and the enemy seems to be reversed, the opposing camp as the defenders has to find a way to scorch the cities and villages, and we, as the invaders, have to find a way to expel from them, seize and preserve more materials and urban settlements that can be used by the follow-up troops.

In these short battles, the new rotor guns of the teaching team and the pacesetter regiment, which were mobile support units, were of great use.

Although the range of this somewhat biased weapon is also somewhat large, and because of the semi-open chamber part, the reliability and stability are still to be discussed, but the quick fire of the revelator is enough to make up for the shortcomings of this qiē.

Even if it is a mistake due to nervousness and panic, or other reasons due to the weather environment, there is a probability that it will not sound in a single wheel of six turns, but it can be directly switched manually, which is more than a little faster and more convenient than recharging and clearing.

With a dozen or so pre-prepared bullet wheels, they can even form in a short period of time and maintain sufficient fire density to defeat the enemy, at least they can't tell the difference between a standard long gun and a single-wielding wheel gun.

I even began to consider whether to give officers and non-commissioned officers a special revolver to replace the few double-shot handcuffs or short-barreled trolls that are available today.

Time back more than ten days ago,

After several urgings from the Frontier Military Division, we finally completed the last rearmament, and with more than 1,000 people recruited from the local area and replenished several combat batches of gunpowder, we marched into Haozhou (near the present-day Haozhou City in the northwest of Anhui Province).

All the way to Shansang County, Ketan Gongcheng, and then Chengfu County, Xinxing Town, until Qian County encountered decent resistance, and stopped again to besiege and attack.

As a result, after two days of surrounding, the other party could no longer hold on and sent people out to negotiate, but encountered a friendly army that caught up, the Taining Army, which also belonged to the Frontier Military Division, and was ordered to come to take over the defense.

Because, Huaishang was cleared of the wilderness on a large scale, our way into the state is not easy to walk, and the dilapidated and withered very, almost no decent harvest, it is easy to make a difference in the county of Qiaoxian, which seems to be quite prosperous, before the break of the city, but was ordered to take over.

After we had paid a number of casualties and a price, the friendly army simply sent a messenger into the negotiation and persuaded the remnants of the city to surrender, which could not help but be very unhappy that the fruits of victory had been plucked, and even the most open-minded and detached view of land affairs, were a little unpleasant.

Not to mention that after they took over the defense of the city, they urged us to go on the road, saying that the city soldiers were worried that we would stay more and slaughter the city to vent their anger, which was also one of the conditions for Kaicheng to think about.

After easy negotiation and hard work, we collected more than 1,000 stones of miscellaneous grains as a fee to send us away.

"Are we raised by our stepmother......

Xin Jiaxuan, who was injured in the attack, couldn't help but muttered hatefully

"Could it be that Shuaiji has an opinion of me......

"Now is not the time,"

And I said to them, and to myself,

Although the use of firearms in conjunction with new methods of warfare is convenient and sharp, the shortcoming of the fact that combat effectiveness is restricted by the replenishment of gunpowder is also obvious.

The strengthening of the firearm sequence also means a wide range of sub-ortioned consumption, especially for qualified refined gunpowder. After all, other materials are okay, you can find a way or find a substitute on the spot, but refining gunpowder is not good, in the tide of the Northern Expedition, the closer you are to the core hinterland of the heavy defense of the Northern Dynasties, the more difficult it is to obtain replenishment.

Therefore, in terms of logistical needs, I must rely on the forward military department to allocate and coordinate with me in a large way, especially when my personal land logistics lines and trade routes are also subject to the constraints of others.

I still have to pay some kind of price and compromise to maintain the appearance of subordination and obedience, even if it is for show.

"Newspaper,"

A commanding officer carrying a flag galloped up and saluted in front of me

"The stragglers on the left front are here, and they are attacked by suspected firearms......"

"...... would you like to ask for support from this formation?"

"Oh,"

I couldn't help but be surprised, and decided to personally lead the team to meet this firearms unit with the characteristics of the Northern Dynasties for a while.

As a result, my personal troops had not gone far when they spotted the stragglers, apparently victorious, and the prisoners they had escorted on.

"What's going on here......"

I asked in surprise on horseback

"Returning to the Lord......"

The leader of the team replied with some awe and clenched his fists

"I thought I had met a powerful character, but they were all good looks......"

According to his somewhat nervous and stammering statement,

The so-called enemy firearms were nothing more than a false alarm, and this straggler, which was responsible for searching for the enemy and cleaning up the perimeter, encountered a hidden enemy in a small market town called Lutang, and attacked with firearms.

Because it was the imaginary enemy in the previous stage, after being tortured many times by the firearms battalion, these scattered soldiers heard a sound similar to the firing of firearms, and they were very nervous, and immediately looked for cover on the spot, and then sent messengers to the main camp to ask for help.

But I didn't expect it to be an oolong, this firearm is not the other firearm, but the movement of the fight is somewhat similar, the leading officer just observed for a while, and found that the other party's shooting was chaotic, and there was no accuracy at all, so he just listened to the excitement.

So he simply organized a surprise attack and made a detour to the base of the wall, but the other party was really unusual, just showing a face-to-face charge, which frightened them, dropped their weapons and fled, but most of them were taken prisoner.

Immediately afterwards, the weapons used by these enemies were also presented to me.

"Isn't this a assault rifle......"

I looked at it with some amazement, this captured firearm was a thick bamboo tube, but the inside was padded with iron sheets, and the outside was clamped with cast iron rings.

It was very black and rough, and when it was used, it was stuffed with a lot of impurities of self-prepared gunpowder, which was used to shoot some stones or iron slag or something, and it was useless to kill and kill at a distance of ten paces.

From the encounters of those skirmishers who were in charge of the assault, it can also be seen that in addition to a seriously wounded person who was unlucky and happened to be hit in the face at close range, although the others also suffered a few blows, they could not even penetrate the armor on their bodies.

But what I like more is that the news behind this, which means that there is a local source of gunpowder, even if it is crude gunpowder, is also good news.