In order to strengthen the striking effect of the shotgun, Hao Qing and others modified the shotgun overnight. They prepared a very irritating liquid from chili peppers and other substances, and then boiled iron sand in these liquids, so that a layer of medicine adhered to the surface of each grain of iron sand. The pain caused by such iron sand is far greater than ordinary damage when it hits the **, so it's no wonder that the rebel horses are going crazy.

Knowing that the blow was coming from the opposite side, the frightened war horse did not dare to rush forward at all, but chose to escape left and right or even turn around and escape. The horses were in the first row of the charging queue, and as soon as they ran left and right, they collided right on the horses that were following behind, causing even more confusion.

"Pull away the startled horse, pull away the startled horse!" The rebel cavalry shouted frantically, "Keep rushing, don't stop!" ”

He knew in his heart that if he stopped and formed a group only a hundred steps away from the enemy, it would be tantamount to turning his men and horses into targets for the opponent's shooting. The opponent has 400 muskets, and a salvo can kill and injure at least more than 100 of his own horsemen, and if he lets the opponent fire a few more shots, his horse team of 1,000 people will be completely wiped out here.

"Fire!" Xiong Minyang also knew that now was the time of the last shot, and only by constantly shooting could he stop the momentum of the opponent's charge.

"Slam slam!" The soldiers of the Survey Battalion repeated simple actions such as loading and shooting with mechanical movements, and the closer the enemy rushed, the more likely they were to hit the target.

Thanks to Su Hao's investment regardless of the cost, Xiong Minyang's musketeers have experienced hundreds of shooting training, and they will hardly miss a large target composed of one person and one horse within 100 steps. With each round of gunfire, there was a scene of people on their backs in front of the position, and the rebel cavalry felt more and more frightened the more they rushed, and the horses under their crotches were already frightened by the gunfire, and the speed of running became slower and slower.

"Damn, why don't we send archers to suppress the Ming army's firecrackers!" Biyun only remembered at this time that he also had a long-range weapon, before that. He felt that a cavalry charge alone would be enough to break the formation, so he forgot about this link.

But it's too late to regret it.

As the cavalry in the front row was knocked down one after another, the battlefield was littered with the corpses of men and horses, as well as war horses running around and soldiers who had fallen from their horses. The speed that the cavalry behind had managed to accumulate was completely reduced, and although the enemy on the opposite side was only a hundred paces away from them, they could not raise their speed to charge into battle no matter what. Cavalry without speed is inferior to infantry, not to mention that there is a fire net in front of them that cannot be rushed through at all.

"Withdraw!"

The cavalry Qianzong, who was powerless to return to the sky, reluctantly gave the order to retreat, and the cavalry struggled to hold the reins of the horses, turned their horses' heads, and fled to the main formation.

"Rubbish!" Biyun watched as his cavalry retreated in defeat. couldn't help but be furious, he walked towards the cavalry Qianzong, and before he could reach the other party, he saw that the other party's body was weak and fell off his horse.

"What's going on?" Biyun pointed at the cavalry Qian Zong who fell to the ground with the horsewhip in his hand and asked.

"Report to the general, Li Qianzong was martyred...... Died...... What's that. The soldier on the side stepped forward to look at it and stammered in reply. He originally slipped his mouth and wanted to say that Li Qian was always martyred, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly remembered that he was already a rebel. What about martyrdom? But if it was said that he had been martyred or something else, he didn't know, so he could only vaguely say it.

"Dead?" Biyun stepped forward and leaned over to take a look. I saw that the cavalry Qian Zong was shot in several places, and the blood had already stained the armor red. It was not easy for him to hold on to the command, and after he fled back to his own position, he finally died of excessive blood loss.

"Hello Counselor. I can't complain about Mr. Li Qian about this matter, the opponent's fire gun is too powerful, we can't rush up at all. Withdrawing can be regarded as preserving some strength. Saihan also walked over and persuaded Biyun. He didn't have any friendship with this Li Qianzong, seeing the other party in such a tragic situation, he was more of a schadenfreude in his heart, and finally someone was defeated by the hands of the survey camp like himself, and he was not alone.

"What should I do?" Biyun looked up at the Ming army opposite, looked around and asked.

"If the cavalry can't rush in front of them, the infantry can't." Ma Zhengguo said, "Unless you take several times the number of the enemy and make them take care of one or the other, it will be difficult to break through the opponent's fire array." ”

"It seems that we can only collect the troops." Biyun had a gloomy face and issued the order to withdraw his troops.

"Haha, Biyun confessed." Zhang Lanfang rode on a horse and watched the rebels retreat back to the camp one by one with binoculars, closing the camp gate tightly, and laughing excitedly.

"Okay, let's win a big victory, we can be a teacher." Xiong Minyang said that there were almost four or five hundred rebels who fell in front of the battle, which was a great victory.

Zhang Lanfang pointed to the front of the formation with his hand and said, "Brother Xiong, why don't you let the sergeants cut off the head and count the merits?" ”

"Cutting heads?" Xiong Minyang was a little puzzled.

"Yes, after the enemy is broken, the head of the thief will be cut off to calculate the credit. This time, he killed four or five hundred enemies, all of which were the work of the elder brother, and if this credit was reported, the elder brother would at least be promoted to the third level. Zhang Lanfang said enviously.

"I forgot about it." Xiong Min said as he rubbed his head.

In fact, Deng Kui also told everyone about the matter of cutting off the head and counting the exercises, but they didn't have the opportunity to practice, so they didn't pay attention to it. Listening to Zhang Lanfang's reminder, Xiong Minyang remembered this statement, and he arched his hand to Zhang Lanfang and said:

"Brother Zhang, this time to break the enemy, it is the work of both you and me, how can it be counted on the head of the younger brother? Let's do it, let's go and cut the head together, and after returning to the city, we will count half of each, what does Brother Zhang think? ”

Zhang Lanfang was overjoyed, but said politely: "Brother Xiong's words are wrong, my department is just watching the battle here, how dare you be greedy for the merits of the ministry?" ”

Xiong Min looked up and said: "If it weren't for Brother Zhang to protect here, how would we dare to let go of our hands to fight the enemy?" The enemy's cavalry just now was out of courage, if they dared to charge over in the end, this is only a distance of more than 100 steps, our army will not be able to stop them, and then we will have to help Brother Zhang to help relieve the siege? This credit is half of our family, which is very fair. ”

In this way, the eldest brother is better to obey than to obey his fate. After returning to the city, the eldest brother will be the east, and invite the elder brother Xiong to the banquet, you must not refuse. Zhang Lanfang said.

Xiong Min smiled and said, "If the wine is not beautiful, then the little brother will not follow." ”

"No problem. I asked the shopkeeper who welcomed the guests to take out all the wine at the bottom of the box, and the thirty-year-old Xinghua Village, one year less, I was not finished with him! Zhang Lanfang said.

The discussion stopped, and the soldiers on both sides swarmed up and began to rummage through the dead bodies of the rebels on the ground, cut off their heads, tied them around their waists, and prepared to go back to the city to receive the merit. Some of the rebels have fallen but are not dead. The Ming army pulled them out of the pile of dead men and tied them with ropes, which can also be counted as combat merits.

The rebels retreated into the camp, watching through the fence as the Ming army was cutting the heads of their colleagues, and they were so angry that their eyes were split. Many generals ran to Biyun and asked to go out of the village to fight with the Ming army, but Biyun was angry and ordered his own soldiers to whip away the officers who asked for battle. For a while, the shouting and scolding in the camp were endless, and the morale sank to the extreme.

The Ming army finished cutting the head. He also collected the weapons of the dead rebels, and returned to Pingyu City on horseback. Some of the rebels' war horses were frightened before and did not run back to the camp, and they were also pulled by the Ming army as trophies at this time. Xiong Min leaned back to the Musketeers. To prevent the rebels from suddenly coming out of the camp to pursue, a group of people sang triumphantly and returned to the city of Pingyu.

When the Ming army completely retreated, Biyun allowed the soldiers to go out of the village to collect the headless corpses. Dig a pit next to it and bury it. Looking at the bloody corpses of their colleagues, the rebel soldiers were saddened one by one, and they could no longer raise their strength.

"Change. This battle is too enjoyable, our people are unscathed, counting the heads that Zhang Qian and Xiong cut back to them, there are already more than four hundred, and those thieves who were injured and ran back are not counted. Xiao Ruxun set up a banquet again, and when he talked about breaking the enemy, he couldn't help but fly happily.

"There can be no doubt that firearms will change the rules on the battlefield." Su Hao said, "Brother Xiao, after this battle, let's discuss how to improve firearms." ”

"After serving, Xiao is completely convinced of the changed firearms battalion." Xiao Ruxun said, "However, didn't Chen Langzhong say that the flintlock pistol equipped by your survey camp is very expensive, and I'm afraid I can't afford it, brother." ”

"Not only is the flintlock pistol expensive, but the paper shell bullets are also made of silver, and in today's battle, at least a thousand taels of silver will be fired." Chen Dao added.

The cartridges were filled with improved yellow gunpowder, and the paper used to make the cartridge shells was also specially made and expensive. However, Chen Dao said that this battle knocked out thousands of taels of silver bullets, which is a bit exaggerated, this price is the settlement price between the Su factory and the military department, and the actual cost is far less than that.

In addition to the consumption of bullets, the flintlock pistol was not without consumption. Although it is built with excellent steel, the lifespan of each gun is limited. With such a continuous shot as today, the damage to the barrel is very large. After Xiong Minyang and the others returned, Hao Qing took the craftsmen to carefully inspect the guns in the hands of the soldiers, and found that thirty percent of them had been seriously damaged, and some of them were completely unusable.

Fortunately, Su Hao took precautions and asked Lu Xiuer to bring a batch of new guns, which were just taken out to supplement the team at this time. If the wear and tear of these guns is also taken into account, it would be more realistic to say that this battle cost thousands of taels of silver.

Of course, Su Hao would not correct Chen Dao's algorithm, he smiled slightly, and said to Xiao Ruxun: "Brother Xiao, compared to the lives of the sergeants, this money is nothing. If you don't use firearms today, if you want to kill 500 enemies, I'm afraid that you will lose a few hundred people, right? The bereavement of these hundreds of people is more than a thousand taels of silver. ”

"That's right." Xiao Ruxun said, "Change this algorithm, brother, I'm convinced." When this battle is over, I will go and raise money to equip the soldiers of the Pingfu with firearms, and when the Tatars come, I will also use the modified methods of war, so that the Tatars will not return. ”

"Let's talk about these things later. Two generals, are you going to finish today's battle like this? Xu Guangzu drank a few glasses of wine and asked Su Hao and Xiao Ruxun leisurely.

"What is Uncle Xu's opinion?" Su Hao asked.

"Veteran Xu thinks that this battle is not over yet?" Xiao Ruxun also asked.

Xu Guangzu said: "In today's battle, the enemy is frustrated, and we should take the opportunity to expand the results." When Biyun comes back to his senses and adjusts the deployment, our opportunity will be gone. ”

"But...... It's getting late now. Su Hao looked at the sky outside and said to Xu Guangzu.

"I see!" Xiao Ruxun slapped the table, "What does veteran Xu mean, is it ......?"

"Night Attack!" Xu Guangzu said categorically. (To be continued......)