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"Good!" Several generals around Sun Yuan applauded at the same time. 【Latest Chapter Reading】

This was the first time that the Ningxiang Army had made some gains on the battlefield since the formation of the artillery, and even if it only killed and wounded two enemies, it was still an encouraging thing.

In the past, among the artillery of the Ming Dynasty army, small cannons were equivalent to large artillery battles, and they were useless on the battlefield, not to mention, it was still a burden. As for the Hongyi cannon, it was too heavy and troublesome on the battlefield that needed to be maneuvered, and it could only be placed on the city wall to defend the city.

Judging from the cannon cast by Erhu alone, the sound and light effects are still very good.

After firing a shot, Pablo's artillerymen quickly picked up a long pole wrapped in a cotton cloth bag at the top, dipped it in a bucket of clean water, and reached into the chamber of the gun, quickly cleaning the gunpowder residue inside.

Then, another shell was fired, still solid.

This time, it fell short.

Even if the cannon was equipped with a ruler for aiming, it was a pity that the formation of this team attacking Jiannu was too sparse. 、

The shell fell into the clearing, and it jumped on the ground several times in a row, and finally stopped.

At this time, the forward troops of Jiannu were already very close.

"Remove the artillery team." Sun Yuan ordered.

Seeing the flag, Pablo in front shouted. Several artillerymen hurriedly moved, carrying shells on their backs and carrying cartridges on their backs. Then, shouting a trumpet, dragged the cannon and ran towards the phalanx.

To tell the truth, the results of these two artillery pieces are pitiful, and most of the artillerymen are on the battlefield for the first time, but they are a little timid in their hearts. This run looks very embarrassing. One of the soldiers carrying a bucket tripped over garlic at his feet, and one of them stumbled and fell. Fortunately, Ba Bao was quick to fall into his eyes, helped him up, and scolded angrily: "What are you doing, what are you doing, if the water is poured, how can you clean your chamber later, and how can you cool down the cannon?" ”

The artilleryman was very young, about fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was scolded by the officer, and he almost burst into tears.

Sun Yuan smiled silently in the formation, in fact, the reason why he brought a four-pounder gun over in this battle was mainly to make the backbone of the artillery team want to familiarize themselves with the battlefield atmosphere. After all, training in peacetime doesn't mean anything, only a soldier who goes to the battlefield and sees blood can transform into a qualified soldier.

In fact, on the battlefield, the main role of artillery is to suppress the enemy's charging speed and disrupt the enemy's formation. A single cannon can't do much at all. In today's battle, Sun Yuan didn't expect Pablo to show anything.

The good old man Fei Hong was very dissatisfied, after seeing that he was used to bringing disciplined infantry, and seeing that the artillery was so unbearable, he couldn't help but scold: "This surnamed Ba is also confused, the general has spent so much silver on them for more than a year, and these two cannons went out to hit two Jiannu, what is the difference between this and smashing people with silver." What about flowering bullets and chain bullets, why not use them? ”

Sun Yuan still had a calm face: "Old Fei, the range of flowering bullets and chain bullets is limited, and they can't hit as far as solid bullets." The main purpose of this battle was to train the troops, but I had no requirements for artillery. ”

By the time the artillery retreated to their own position, the first wave of Jiannu's attack had already come in front of the Ningxiang army.

"Musketeers, take a step forward!"

"Brush!" With a bang, two rows of musketeers stepped out of the array, raised their muskets, and took calm aim.

The donkey, who was at the top of the corner of the phalanx, swung his big axe excitedly and let out a loud shout. The enemy's two hundred forwards were all armored warriors, tall and strong, holding large swords, axes and heavy long weapons in their hands.

In this era, because of the large number of people and the lack of land, the nutritional status of the Ming people is very poor. Therefore, regardless of height and size, it is obviously smaller than Jiannu.

Those heavy weapons, the Ming army generally felt difficult to carry, and fell into the hands of the Jiannu elite, fluttering like bamboo poles. Because, the tactics of the Qing army were very ordinary, and when they sent hundreds of elites to rush forward, the Ming army was defeated.

The next thing is simple, nothing more than pursuit, pursuit, and continuous pursuit.

The donkey is also a strong man in the Ningxiang army, and this time he stands at the top of the corner of the team, and will meet the enemy's attack at the first time. For more than a year, he has been so idle that he is about to rust, and he finally caught up in the battle, but the excitement in his heart can't be contained.

The enemy's chosen direction of attack was the hinterland directly east of the Ningxiang Army, and all the donkey needed to do was swing an axe from the side.

The target he chose was a sword and shield soldier who was screaming and speeding up. This person has quite a lot of combat experience, not to mention running fast under his feet, and he also uses a shield to protect his body tightly, so that the donkey can not find a flaw.

It doesn't matter, though. The donkey didn't bother to use his brain, and was ready to wait for an axe to cut down on the shield of the earthling, even if he couldn't break the shield, he had to put the barbarian directly on the ground.

But at this moment, the shouts of the officers came from behind him: "Musketeers, even number preparation, odd number shooting, release!" ”

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

A large cloud of white smoke spread in front of the battle, and there was a vast white space in front of him, and he couldn't see anything clearly, and the smell of gunpowder smoke made people unable to open their eyes.

"Odd Ready, Even Shot, Put!"

There was another neat burst of gunfire, and this time the smoke was even louder. It was almost impossible to see, except for the faint burst of terrible shouts. I don't know if it's Jiannu or Ningxiang Army Musketeers, based on his understanding of the Ningxiang Army, Qiang Donkey feels that the former is more likely. These musketeers are old men, and they don't know how many times they have been trained to fire volleys like this.

"Damn, damn Yue Luming, what kind of fucking gunpowder are you making!" The donkey lost his purpose and slashed the axe forward, but it missed.

At this time, a horn came from the phalanx, which was the first order given by Sun Yuan in this battle.

Soon, from the side of the donkey, there was a loud shout from the musketeer officer: "Musketeer, stand back." ”

After two rounds of gunning, the Ningxiang army disappeared behind the spear formation, and the spearmen leaned towards the center at the same time after letting the musketeers enter the phalanx, and the formation became more compact. It's almost people-to-person, people-to-people, and there's not a single crack in sight.

But the spear in his hand still rested vertically on his shoulder, forming a dense forest, and there was not a trace of fluctuation.

As a young veteran of the battlefield, he heard that the sound of this shot was different from what he had heard before, it was too neat, and there was no gap between the two rounds of shooting.

He could see from behind him that the enemy's musketeers were very well disciplined and courageous, and they waited until the Jianzhou warriors entered the firing range before shooting at the same time. I didn't want the Ming army I had encountered before, as soon as I saw the charge of the Jianzhou warriors, regardless of whether the bullets could reach or not, they shot indiscriminately because of terror, and then threw away the weapons in their hands, turned around and fled.

As a result, the musketeers of the Ming Dynasty army were basically equivalent to a burden on the battlefield, not only did they not play any role, but they disrupted their own formation. Therefore, in recent years, there have been fewer and fewer firearms battalions in the Ming army, and they are already on the verge of elimination.

After these two rounds of firing, the forward troops of the Qing army received a considerable blow. Even with the shield held high, the lead bullets fired from the barrel of the Ming army's guns easily pierced the shields made of cowhide and birch, hitting the soldiers behind.

"Ahh Screams continued to be heard on the battlefield, and nearly twenty or thirty Bayala soldiers had fallen on the ground. The checkmate-depict soldier curled up on the ground and convulsed, letting out a cry of pain.

With only one face, the forward army was reduced by one to two percent.

"Fuck it!"

"Wait a minute, you have to kill all these Han dogs!"

The Bayala army is a real Jianzhou native, and anyone is the elite of the clan, and the generals in the army are all related to each other. After being killed so many people at once, the Qing army generals had red eyes and cursed.

Lian Bai was also furious, and waved his hand: "Blow the trumpet, the rear army will follow, and the second attack, I don't believe that the Han dog can resist my Jianzhou boy with firearms alone!" ”

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In the haze, the horn of Jiannu on the opposite side also sounded, obviously urging the striker to speed up the attack and resolve the battle as soon as possible.

The two thousand Ming army is nothing in the entire capital battlefield, and Jiannu's goal is Lu Xiangsheng's army, and he probably doesn't want to waste too much time on this team.

To deal with two thousand Ming troops, one charge of the forward troops was enough.

However, in the face of the Qing army's attack, the Ningxiang army was not only able to return fire with muskets, but also withstood the huge pressure and stood on the battlefield, which still surprised them.

But the commander of the Ming army was obviously a pig, so many spearmen gathered together, huddled together, if my Jianzhou warriors once cut into the crowd, wouldn't the spears more than three meters long in their hands become ornaments? At that time, it is better to use a dagger?

"I have to admit that the Bayala soldiers are the strongest soldiers of this era." Sun Yuan couldn't help but nodded, and said to the generals around him: "The average army, if the casualties exceed 20%, the army will collapse." I thought that under the fire of our artillery and muskets, at least the first round of the enemy's attack could be repelled. But I didn't want to, Jiannu could bear it. ”

Hearing Sun Yuan's praise, everyone showed unconvinced expressions on their faces. Wen Jian's lips moved, wanting to refute. But when you think about it, since the formation of the Ningxiang Army, it seems that there have been no casualties, let alone more than 20% casualties. There are more people dead in this war, as if something is wrong.

Sun Yuan: "Jiannu is strong, but there is a limit to the strength of any army. Spearmen prepare, today and let me see how many casualties Jiannu can withstand without collapsing"

"Pikemen prepare!"

"Gun under the shoulder!"

"Gun under the shoulder!"

"Pingju!"

Everywhere there was the roar of the officers.

One by one, the spears fell like flipping flowers, pointing flat ahead, and in an instant, the spear phalanx of the Ningxiang Army swelled violently like an angry hedgehog.