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"General, let's suspend the army for the time being, we have suffered enough losses today!"

"Yes, General, you can't blame Guniyinbu and Bhaktan in this battle, it's really that the artillery of the Mawei Army is too powerful!"

"Shut up! We still have 40,000 troops, and the advantage is mine, so we want to retreat? So are you still a warrior of my Great Qing Dynasty? The order was given to mobilize the Han army to immediately come to the frontal assault, and the cavalry to rest for a while, and at the same time attack from the flank. Don't worry about anything else, just break into the enemy formation as quickly as possible, and General Ben will consume them alive! "Le Erjin also has his own plans, the Mawei Army on the opposite side is too strong, and they must not be allowed to go down like this, otherwise it will definitely become the most powerful hidden danger in their Great Qing Dynasty. Now spend more effort to eliminate it, especially to capture or kill Geng Jingzhong, otherwise even if they defeat Wu Sangui in the future, they will face an enemy even stronger than Wu Sangui.

When the others heard Le Erjin's decision, they had no choice but to keep silent and begin to carry out military orders. In the end, it is still an elite army, and the speed of the execution of the order is very fast and thorough, it is worthy of Yue Le who specially selected such a strong army to come over, wanting to quickly recover Jinling City and Jiangnan

"Boom"

A burst of cyan smoke rose, and fifty eight-pound shells broke free from the gravitational shackles and flew into the air, then fell down in a beautiful arc, carrying huge kinetic energy and slammed into the heavy shield held by a Qing soldier who was desperately rushing forward.

This heavy shield made of hard birch wood instantly turned into a pile of fragments like paper paste in front of a cannonball larger than a fist, and then the cannonball mercilessly hit the Qing army behind the heavy shield. Broke him in two. At last. The remaining cannonballs fell to the ground, jumping all the way and hitting the three people who were following closely behind the Qing army, and then they stopped beating and lay quietly on the ground. Behind it were bloodstains and corpses along the way.

"Reload!"

"Fire!"

"Boom Boom"

Looking at the Qing army approaching step by step, Zhang Wenliang was still holding his long knife high and giving orders in an orderly manner, and next to him, the entire artillery position was busy.

"Governor, the Qing army is coming towards us from both flanks!" One of the guards said loudly, pointing to the rising dust and smoke in the distance.

"Hmph, I'm afraid they won't come!" Geng Jingzhong sneered, and then shouted loudly: "Sue the cavalry on both sides, the Qing army is coming." According to the old rules. Flat row forward to sprinkle guys! ”

"Yes!"

Soon, the cavalry of the two wings immediately rode forward, and the two hundred cavalry on the side ran to a place three hundred paces ahead with a long snake formation and stopped, and with the order of the officers, the cavalry picked up a pocket from the saddle again, and then turned their horses and ran back, scattering things as they ran, and soon behind them were covered with layers of iron thistles that shimmered with cold light. This tactic was used in the morning, so the position of the battlefield was adjusted at this time, and the piece of thistle terrestris that had been sprinkled was put away.

When the Qing cavalry went around to the side of the Mawei military formation. The cavalry on both sides had already finished sprinkling the thistles, looking at the dense thistles everywhere. Guni Yinbu and Bhaktan, who rushed up again, were so angry that they had never seen such a shameless army casually scattering thistles on the battlefield, didn't they know that these things were easy to scatter and difficult to put away? Can you have a good fight with us, how can you make us go back like this?

In this way, several people looked at the thistles everywhere with confidence, and finally Bhaktan led the cavalry around the back of the horsetail army formation, wanting to stab the chrysanthemums of this army. But today Chang Bactan is doomed to disappointment. As soon as these cavalrymen bypassed the thistles, the guns rang out, and the two infantry formations that had been guarding them in the middle and rear were unceremoniously aimed at them and pulled the trigger.

In the rows of gunfire, countless bullets rushed to the target with a sharp whistling sound, and the soft Mini bullets hit the target with strong kinetic energy, and most of the Qing soldiers were light horses, wearing only cotton armor, and they were tragic in the face of high-speed Minnie bullets.

Dozens of cavalrymen riding war horses rushed to the front as soon as they bypassed the thistle terrestris and rushed towards the rear of the phalanx of the horsetail army, when they heard a sound like fried beans, and a bloody hole appeared in the chest of a cavalryman who rushed to the front, and the whole person was lifted off the horse by the huge impact force, fell heavily to the ground, and twisted into a strange shape, and looked dead. Beside him, the cavalry who rushed in first with him were also shot down and dismounted, and for a time the battlefield was full of the screams of war horses or the screams of the Qing soldiers who had been shot.

"Go ahead, rush over and kill the rebels!" Bactan brandished his long knife, his eyes were full of flames and kept shouting, in his opinion, at a distance of more than two hundred meters, the war horse could rush over with only a few dozen breaths, and this was also the closest they had come to the horsetail army so far.

But the truth disappointed him, as if the horsetail army's rifles were inexhaustible, one after another gunshots rang out, and rows of hurried non-local war horses fell in a pool of blood with a mournful roar. Since the sides of the phalanx were sprinkled with thistles, it was natural for the Qing soldiers to rush from behind around these pesky obstacles, but the speed of the circle was constantly decreasing, and it was repeatedly targeted by the warriors.

In less than ten minutes, under the blow of thousands of soldiers, four or five hundred Qing soldiers fell in a pool of blood, such a huge casualty made the Qing soldiers begin to fear, many people have slowed down, and even many people subconsciously rode their horses to the side, wanting to escape from this death area.

"Come up, what are you still doing in a daze! Just rush up and kill the rebels! ”

At this time, Bactan had fallen into a lot of fanatical love, and now he had only one thought in his heart, that is, to rush in front of the Mawei army and kill these Mawei soldiers who were hiding behind and firing their guns.

"Enough! Don't rush anymore! Withdraw! ”

A voice rang out in Bhaktan, who turned his head to see that it was General Erjiku who had come to his side. As soon as he saw Erjiku, Chang Baktan seemed to see a life-saving straw. He grabbed his arm and said eagerly, "Erjiku." You will immediately lead the men with me to charge. As long as you and I join forces, we will definitely be able to rush into their array, and then we will win, and I will kill all these cowardly rebels!" ”

"it!" The general Erjiku mercilessly interrupted Chang Buktan's words, and he froze his body hard, and looked behind him, and found that there was a sound of neat footsteps behind him. The momentum was about to overshadow their cavalry troops. It turned out that the three alternate phalanxes of the Mawei Army, which had not been in battle, pressed up from the left and right sides with neat steps, and the battle at this time. But it is necessary to press all the forces up.

Staff General Erjiku pointed behind and shouted: "Have you seen it, the reinforcements of the Mawei Army are coming, and if we don't leave, we won't be able to leave!" ”

Seeing this, Bactan's even turned white, and there were at least two thousand horsetails who came up, all with murderous rifles. And now they are already attacked on both sides, and after fighting for such a long time, there are constantly cavalry falling off their horses, and by now there are only 2,000 of the 4,000 cavalry left, and if they continue to stay here, there is really only a dead end.

"Okay, let's leave!" Bactan shouted from between his teeth. Only then did he hold back a breath of stuffiness that could not be dissolved, and ordered the troops to retreat.

Blocked by the phalanx of the Mawei Army, Bactan and General Erjiku were locked in a bitter battle, and Le Erjin did not know about it. At this time, he was holding a monocular clairvoyant and watched Asza command the foot soldiers to attack the front of the Mawei military formation again. It's just that while he was watching, his brows furrowed from time to time, just now, when the army commanded by Asza had rushed to a distance of more than two hundred meters from the Mawei Army, the opponent's artillery was replaced with shotguns. When the 50 artillery pieces fired in unison, countless grape shells were sprinkled from the air like scattered flowers of the heavenly maidens, beating the Qing army to the bitter ground.

Seeing the Qing soldiers who fell to the ground and wailed, Le Erjin's face distorted. He scolded in a low voice: "Bastard! ”

After a while, the sound of artillery in front suddenly stopped, and the battlefield suddenly became silent. Le Erjin was also stunned, and aimed the clairmind at the Mawei Army's artillery position. He immediately found that the artillery of the Mawei Army in front of him had stopped firing, and many of the Mawei Army were packing up their things and dragging the artillery back.

See here. Le Erjin was overjoyed, he turned his head sharply and shouted to the guards on the side: "You immediately go over and tell Sù Asza, those rebels are either out of trouble with their artillery or are afraid, you immediately let him speed up, let the archers quickly rush to the front of the rebels, and kill all those rebels with the bows and crossbows in their hands!" ”

"Huh!"

In fact, there was no need for Le Erjin to order, when the artillery stopped, the Qing army in front of the formation also automatically adjusted its formation. The archers who were originally hiding behind also ran to the front, and behind the dense layers of archers, there were layers of spears like a forest, and there were dense banners in the ranks of each person.

"Forward!"

As the speed of the Qing soldiers accelerated, the two sides got closer and closer, and in the sound of neat steps, the armor and weapons of the other side, the fluttering red tassels, and even the twisted and hideous expressions on the faces of the soldiers on all sides could be seen clearly.

At this moment, Luo Cheng and the soldiers of the phalanx had been waiting for a long time, he stared at the Qing soldiers in front of him, and shouted: "Check the ammunition!" ”

Although their rifles had already been filled with gunpowder and mini bullets, at this time, amid the shouts of the officers one after another, the densely packed horsetail soldiers still opened the powder magazine and carefully checked the loading of their rifles again.

"Raise your gun!"

"Wow"

A black crushed rifle was raised, and the muzzle of the black hole was pointed forward.

"First platoon ready, ready to shoot!"

The warriors slotted the enemy in front of them into their aiming rings.

Since there was no threat of artillery, the Qing soldiers on the opposite side also formed a dense formation on the march, with three or four hundred shield bearers in front and nearly two thousand archers in four rows walking behind, these archers were the largest archer troops in the Qing army. Behind the archers were two thousand heavy infantry armed with spears, all of whom were wearing heavy armor and holding spears, and they were either in a row of 100 or 200 in a row, forming a dense multi-layer, each holding a spear and a halberd, one by one, murderous, glaring at the archers in front of them and shooting behind the mouth of the horsetail army. They can then form a formation and charge to kill.

Luo Cheng quietly looked at the Qing army approaching step by step in front of him. There was a look of nervousness and excitement in his eyes. In fact, according to the power of the Minnie rifle. At a distance of two hundred meters, it was already possible to penetrate most of the armor of the Qing army, but it was a little insufficient in the face of the heavy shield of the Qing army, but Luo Cheng only needed to put them at a distance of one hundred and fifty meters before firing.

At this time, although the sound of artillery had stopped, and there was a strange silence on the battlefield, the hearts of the two warring parties were even more suspended, whether it was Geng Jingzhong, the commander of the Mawei Army, or Leerjin, the commander of the Qing Army, they all began to get nervous. As long as this wave of Qing troops can't break through the array of the Mawei Army, then even if the Qing army comes with more troops, there is no need to worry.

At this time. The Qing army had already reached a distance of one hundred and fifty meters in front of the Mawei army. But the Mawei army on the opposite side had not yet shot, which also made the Qing army both puzzled and happy. What is puzzling is that the Wu army they encountered in the past was easy to explode due to the poor quality of the birds, and the training of riflemen was far inferior to that of other arms, and their psychological quality was also a little worse. They often fire indiscriminately at a distance of more than 100 or even 200 paces, and even the bullets fired at such a distance cannot even hit the surface of their feet. But the horsetail army is different, this horsetail army is very calm. However, they were also quite happy, and they were glad that since these horsetails did not fire, they would not be able to wait until they reached a distance of about eighty or ninety meters in a while, and then their own archers would kill them with their strong bows.

Previously, Le Erjin and other high-level officials deliberately concealed the news. Most of the lower-ranking officers and non-commissioned officers were unaware of the Mawei Army's past achievements, especially the current Han Army. But there are still some well-informed people who know that the Ponytail Army is very powerful. But so what, none of the Ponytails could hold back their strong bows and crossbows in a head-to-head engagement.

Soon, the Qing army entered a range of one hundred and thirty meters, and Geng Jingzhong, who was standing in the center of the phalanx, gently spit out a sentence from his mouth: "It's almost time to start!" ”

As soon as Geng Jingzhong's words fell, the long knife in the hand of Luo Cheng, who was in command in front of the battle formation, was raised high, and the sharp whistle in his mouth sounded. A sharp and poignant whistle drifted through the sky.

In front of the military formation, two battalion commanders, four group leaders, twenty squadron leaders, and the leaders of each squad all shouted, "Fire!" ”

The deafening sound of rifles rang out, the front-row fighters fired a volley, and a long and dense field of gunsmoke was vacated on the five-hundred-meter-long front of the Mawei Army.

The heavy shields of the Qing army in the first row only felt that the heavy shields in their hands were hit with a heavy hammer, and a sharp pain came from the tiger's mouth holding the heavy shields, and many heavy shields were hit by several Mini bullets at the same time, and under the blow of Mini bullets, many heavy shields suddenly burst open. Even if some of the heavy shields are not broken, those heavy shield hands often can't hold the heavy shields in their hands anymore after being hit by a huge impact, and the whole person falls to the sky.

The heavy shield bearers at the forefront fell to the ground or lost their heavy shields, and the entire Qing army was exposed in front of the Mawei army. The first platoon of fighters quickly retreated to the back after finishing their shooting, and the second platoon quickly stepped forward. With the command to shoot, another deafening sound sounded. The cotton armor of the densely arranged Qing soldiers who had lost the protection of their shields suddenly appeared in a blood mist, and a large piece fell in an instant. After many people were shot, their expressions seemed to froze for a moment, and then when the sharp pain on their bodies came, these people rolled to the ground and let out a terrible scream.

Like a gust of wind crossing, the Qing soldiers on the opposite side were in chaos, many of the archers who were not shot in the front row did not believe their eyes at all, and some people were stunned for a while, and some archers hurriedly pulled their bows and shot arrows, trying to suppress the other party with strong bows, but at such a long distance, when the arrows flew in front of the Mawei army, they had already become the end of the strong crossbows, and these bows and crossbows could only helplessly fall in front of the Mawei soldiers and stick obliquely on the ground.

The tragic situation of the Qing army did not arouse the slightest soft-heartedness of the Mawei soldiers, and after the second row finished shooting, the third row of soldiers walked up firmly and aimed the rifles in their hands at each other.

"Fire!"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

Four hundred rifles roared at the same time, in the burst of rifle sound, rows of archers fell in a pool of blood like prey shot by hunters, after three consecutive rounds of blows, the archers of the Qing army at the forefront had been almost beaten, and the archers who were lucky enough to survive and chatted not much were almost frightened to lose the courage to move forward, even the stupidest people knew that even if they were only dressed in cotton armor, they could only be used as targets for each other.

It had only been ten minutes since the rifle was fired, and the sound of cannon fire from behind it began to sound again.

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

It turned out that the artillery of the artillery battalion was not broken and could not be fired, but because of the continuous firing, the delivery of shells could not catch up, and the large wooden boxes that had been hoarded behind the artillery battalion were already empty, so they had to suspend firing. However, when it was found that there were not many shells left, people had already been sent to the battleship by the river to collect them, and after ten minutes, the shells were delivered.

"All grape bombs, give me a fucking bang!" Zhang Wenliang ordered fiercely. (To be continued......)

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