The right battalion of the Taiping Army infantry army is a semi-firearms soldier, and when the army was formed, Zhou Shixiang concentrated all the firearms of the whole army into the right battalion, and formed the 2nd brigade with the guns of the original camp as the backbone.

The fire guns of this era are all pre-charged, relying on the fire rope to trigger the medicine in the medicine room and then hit the gun to kill the enemy, the firing speed of this fire gun is extremely slow, and the power is much smaller than the guns of later generations, but Zhou Shixiang improved the gunpowder into granule medicine, and set the amount of dispensing, the gunpowder carried by the soldiers is wrapped in paper with a small packet of a small package of good proportion, and when used, it can be directly torn open and poured into the medicine room, so as to reduce the weakening of the power and explosion caused by the uneven charge or insufficient (excessive) portion. What's more, having been a soldier in his previous life, he knew how to maximize the power of the Burning Gun Phalanx.

According to Zhou Shixiang's guidance, the soldiers of the 2nd Brigade of the newly formed army changed the previous mode of operation, they lined up in several rows according to the orders of the officers, and the soldiers in the first row handed the guns in their hands to the second team after beating the guns in their hands, and the second team handed them the guns loaded with gunpowder and lead bullets, and then they obtained the guns loaded with medicine from the hands of the third team, so that the guns in the front row could always ensure that they could fire guns without interruption, only when they were killed and wounded by a large number of enemy troops. The second and third rows and the queues behind them will be replenished.

The gunpowder of the Taiping army is very limited, and the first battle of Xinhui basically exhausted the medicine of the whole army, if it was not for the capture of some from the Qing army's medicine storehouse, and later Chen Qice gave a few hundred catties, when attacking Xiangshan, the Taiping army's firearms were useless like burning sticks. Until the outbreak of the Lutou River War, the amount of gunpowder of the Taiping army remained at a low point. The most optimistic estimate of the Marshal's Mansion is to ensure that the battle of Lutouhe will be completed, and then the soldiers of the 2nd Brigade will no longer be able to participate in the battle, because there is no medicine to fight.

To solve the problem of lack of medicine. Zhou Shixiang had already sent people to Macao, wanting to buy gunpowder from the hands of the Francophiles, and at the same time to see what was the difference between their guns and those of the Taiping army, and if the other party's guns were more advanced than those of the Taiping army, then they would have to order a batch. If they are all front-loading arquebuses, then you don't have to buy them or buy less, and you can hire some gunsmiths from Macau instead.

Zhou Shixiang didn't want to be controlled by others in terms of weapons. He intended to open a military factory in Xiangshan that belonged to the Taiping Army, and was able to change the front-loading arquebus to the rear-loading gun himself, and had to obtain enough pig iron and gunpowder. In the future, these two things are likely to become the same reason for the Taiping Army to send troops as food, and they are also important materials to support the Taiping Army's fighting

Tie Yi, as the commander of the right battalion of the infantry army, and a miner who buried medicine, knew the power of gunpowder. Therefore, great importance is attached to firearms. In order to train the 2nd Brigade as soon as possible, he trained the soldiers day and night. However, after discovering that most of the soldiers could not even distinguish between left and right, let alone teach them tactical drills, Tie Yi was in a hurry to adopt the common problem of the army in this era - corporal punishment to beat those soldiers who could not learn.

The officers who taught the recruits every day had whips in their hands, and if they were found to be unable to follow the queue or reload their medicine on time, they would be mercilessly whipped and even tied to the whole battalion for execution. Soldiers who have been repeatedly reinstated have been mutilated.

The security envoy of the right battalion of the infantry army reported this situation to the army marshal's mansion. It is hoped that the Marshal's Office will put an end to this cruel training method. However, after Zhou Shixiang learned the specific reason for corporal punishment, there was no good way to train those recruits. He acquiesced in Tie Yi's methods. As long as Tie Yi corporal punishment is accompanied by some rewards, it is best to give some rewards to the soldiers, so as to increase their motivation for training. As for the unlucky guys who were disabled, they were placed in the former cottage, and they were raised by the Taiping Army in the future.

Zhou Shixiang don't be stupid, stupid people can't survive on the battlefield. The existence of a stupid person will also make more people die with him.

As it turned out, bitterness was far less impressive than being beaten, and at first, at least a hundred soldiers were beaten every day, and then only occasionally a hapless fellow was taken out and beaten.

People are so strange that they can become fine when they are beaten.

If you don't learn well, you will be beaten, and even the cold training of being crippled will finally create the guns that Zhou Shixiang needs, at least in his opinion, the guns of the 2nd Brigade at least have the appearance of warlord troops in later generations.

The soldiers of the 2nd Brigade always kept the queue unchaotic after crossing the river, and when facing the Han flag cavalry that rushed over, although they were also very scared and their legs trembled subconsciously, no one was in a hurry and did not know what to do, nor did they have the idea of running backwards. They stared at the officers at the edge of their respective ranks, waiting for each other's gestures and orders to act.

It's an inertia, and it's a silence of last resort - they're really scared

Like the other men and horses under the Heping Southern Domain, some of Tong Erhan's banner soldiers were also equipped with firearms, which were the three-eyed guns used by the Liaodong Ming army in the past, and when they charged on horses, they could first release the guns to scare the opponent, and then use the three-eyed guns as weapons to smash the opponent with the powerful momentum of the war horse. A shot will definitely rupture the brain.

However, they had already rushed close to a hundred paces, but the Taiping army on the opposite side still did not move, and no Taiping army was seen screaming in panic, and no one was so frightened that they opened their guns, which cast a shadow on Tong Erhan's heart. Listening to the old man in the flag, as long as the Ming army can rush within 100 steps of the Qing army and do not fire the guns, and can maintain the most basic queue is not chaotic, it is a strong army, and it will definitely kill the Qing army. At that time, the 8,000 Tianxiong soldiers under Lu Xiangsheng, the prime minister of the five provinces of the Ming Dynasty, were such strong soldiers, and in recent years, the Ming army also had this ability under the old thief under Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang's front army.

"Release!"

Tong Erhan, who had a bad premonition, shouted loudly, wanting to disrupt the ranks of the Taiping army, and suddenly more than 100 flag soldiers holding three-eyed guns immediately put their guns on the Taiping army.

After a chaotic sound of guns, dozens of Taiping troops could be vaguely seen, but soon the Taiping troops behind stepped forward to fill the vacant seats. The body was also quickly dragged down.

"Put! Put! Put! ”

The three-eyed gun can be struck three times, after three rings. The battlefield was full of white smoke, and the Taiping army on the opposite side kept falling, but their queue was not chaotic at all. Even the vacancies were filled.

"Damn Taiping Kou is really not afraid of death!"

Tong Erhan cursed, the three-eyed gun failed to make the Taiping army chaotic, and he could only rush straight forward with the banner soldiers. In the corner of his eye, Hu Qili's supervision standard has also been pressed

The sound of the Han military flag made Tie Yi's eyelids jump all the time, and he kept gritting his teeth and waiting, he firmly remembered what the military commander said to him - "Put the Qing demons into the fight, don't be afraid of them." Our firecracker is not very powerful, if we don't put the Qing Demon into the fight, we can't effectively kill the Qing Demon. Besides, although the soldiers under your command are in a decent queue, they have no actual combat experience, and we don't have much medicine on weekdays, so none of them have a few guns. If you don't put the clear demon into the fight. I don't know how many guys have hit the guns into the sky. Only by putting it into the fight can we make the Qing demon hurt and make them afraid. Don't forget, we have 1200 guns, how many demons are there? So don't be in a hurry, be sure to be steady and calm down! ”

Tie Yi calmed down, that is, the artillery team that was transferred to support him wanted to open artillery bombardment of those Han army flag cavalry. He didn't say yes either. He wants to prove to his colleagues in the Taiping Army, to the military commander, and to the Qing Demon that he is capable of the right battalion of the infantry army!

The arrogant blue-flag-inlaid Han army finally rushed closer to the Taiping Army's front 70 paces, and the banner soldiers on the horse could see clearly. This made Tie Yi, who was waiting for his heart beat, order to open the gun.

"Fire!"

After hearing the order to fire, the gunners took a breath in unison, and mechanically lifted the gun's mouth to ignite the fire fold.

"Bang bang!"

The sound of the Taiping army finally sounded, so dense that people couldn't hear the front and back, and the position was filled with blank smoke.

The dense sound of guns did not stop at all, and the rising gunpowder smoke also blocked everyone's sight, and no one knew what kind of blow the Han army flag had suffered.

This dense sound also made Suna, who was watching the battle, frown: how could Taiping Kou's firearms be kept fighting?

In the sound of guns, the green battalion also rushed up, but instead of directly attacking the Taiping army's array like the arrogant banner soldiers, they moved the archers to the front, trying to kill the Taiping army's array with arrows, and then the whole army broke through.

"Shoot!"

After hearing the officer's order, the more than 300 archers of the pacesetter immediately drew arrows from the quiver behind them and headed towards the Taiping army on the opposite side.

"Shield!"

Without hesitation, the players in the left battalion of the infantry raised their shields above their heads to shield the arrows for the guns behind them.

The pacesetters were still hundreds of paces away from the Taiping army, and the Taiping army's firearms could not hit them, but they also struggled to shoot the arrows. Because they could not directly aim at the opponent, the archers of the pacesetters could only shoot the arrows towards the top of the Taiping army's head with a nest of peaks, and use the power of the projectile to make the arrows fall from above to the Taiping army, so as to achieve the purpose of killing and injuring.

There were only more than 300 archers in the Qing army, which was far less than the guns of the Taiping army in front of them, and there were players in the left battalion of the infantry army to protect them, and the arrows of the Qing army did not cause any damage to the Taiping army. Because of the distance, 90 percent of the arrows fell into the open space in front of the Taiping army, and only a very small number of arrows fell above the Taiping army, but there were very few of them, and the only few that were shot were also lightly inserted into the arms or shoulders of the Taiping army sergeants, and they could be pulled out at will. This effect is far worse than the three-eyed gun of the Han military flag.

"Order the whole army to attack!"

Hu Qili saw that the archers could not suppress the Taiping army, and the Han army flag on the left flank was fierce again, although he could not see the battle situation of the Han army flag because of the gunpowder smoke, but the past experience told him that the Han army flag was mostly successful. In order not to let the Manchurian soldiers who watched the battle look down on him, he ordered his own soldiers to blow the trumpet and attack.

"Rush, rush past the Taiping Kou's firearms, they will have no means!"

Lin Jinzhong was also very meritorious, he forgot the pain after the scar, and urged his subordinates to rush towards the Taiping Army.

However, the fire of the Taiping army continued to fire, and there was no intention of stopping at all, whether it was the left wing of the Han army flag or the front green camp, the sound of fried beans never stopped. The choking smoke filled the entire battlefield, choking many people with red eyes and uncomfortable tears.

Tong Erhan lay on his stomach behind the corpse of his dead mount, crying bitterly, and the dense guns of the Taiping army beat his subordinates on their backs, and what was even worse was that he didn't know when this fire gun would be dumb. The sound of wailing and gunfire was everywhere in his ears, which made Tong Erhan regret his underestimation of the enemy, and he originally thought that as long as he withstood a round of guns from the Taiping army, he could easily break into the opponent's formation to drive the sheep, but what happened was that they were slaughtered by the Taiping army.

Tong Erhan regretted it, and the living flag soldiers regretted it even more, if they had known that Taiping Kou was so capable of fighting, they would not have fought this battle and sent them to death.

Suddenly, the sound of the Taiping army's guns finally stopped, and the remaining Han army flags thought that the opponent's guns were finally muted, but they didn't want the Taiping army in the black smoke to suddenly take a few steps back, and then a door tiger squat cannon and pole gun were pushed to the front.

Not good!

Tong Erhan gasped, he had seen the tiger squat cannon and pole gun of the Ming army, and the thing fired was lead and small iron bullets, although the distance was not far, but it was amazing and terrible for the killing of people and horses within 100 steps.

Tong Erhan was full of bitterness, knowing that this time he was going to be in the hands of the Taiping army.

In the sound of cannons, the bannermen of the Han army who did not have the guns fell from their horses, and the horses of the guns also jumped screaming, and then fell to the ground weakly.

Tong Erhan lay behind the horse's belly and could not escape the fatal gun, his face was hit by a shot, and his whole face was like a sesame cake, embedded with lead.

More than a dozen Han army banner soldiers crawled backwards among the corpses, and then ran back desperately.

The Han army flag is over, and the green camp is not better.

Under the rounds of shooting, the attacking pacesetters and battalion soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and hundreds of corpses did not rush to the Taiping army.

The artillery team of the Taiping army roared out with dense projectiles to harvest the same dense crowd of Qing troops, as long as they hit the projectiles in the front, they could almost harvest human lives, even if they could not be killed, they could also make the Qing soldiers in the artillery lose their mobility.

Seeing the tragic situation of the Qing army in person, Tie Yi and Ge Yi were completely worried, and now they are invincible.

Hu Qili, who found that the Han army flag was finished, was also dumbfounded, this time he didn't need to order a retreat, the pacesetters themselves retreated. (To be continued.) )