PS: If you want to hear more of your voices and receive more of your suggestions, search for the WeChat public account "qdread" now and follow it to give more support to "My Career in the Late Ming Dynasty"!

Thousands of Tiger and Leopard troops, while firing, made a big stride back. Soon, the four musket battalions retreated together.

In this small position, four musket battalions were densely blocked in four directions, and a steady stream of lead bullets were fired outward.

As for the more than 100 mortars equipped by the troops, they were densely arranged in the center of the formation, as if mushrooms after a rain. Holding high the muzzle of his own black hole, he fired flowering shells at the surrounding Houjin troops.

At this time, Xie Hui could clearly feel that his goal of shrinking the defense line had been achieved.

After the defensive line is contracted, the width of each side is reduced by at least half.

As a result, the Tartar attacking forces, which had not changed much in number, became more and more dense as they continued to advance.

At this moment, on one of the defensive lines defended by a musket battalion, each round of gunfire could take the lives of at least thirty people. Not only that, but as the distance between the two armies was further shortened, the results achieved by everyone became bigger and bigger.

However, no matter how big the results are, there is no way to stop the Tartars with superior forces.

After losing five or six hundred men in a row, there were still more than six hundred, the Tartar musketeers, whose faces had lost their self-confidence and had been replaced by fear, finally rushed to the effective range of the muskets in their hands.

The Tartars, who were pressed and beaten by the Tiger and Par Army throughout the offensive road, did not miss this opportunity to counterattack.

In the various roars of the Tatar cavalry behind them, hundreds of musketeers were already frightened. Although he is full of fear of his next fate. But. Behind him is close at hand, with a saber and the threat of death. With his trembling hands, he raised the musket and pulled the trigger.

After the dense gunfire rang out, hundreds of lead bullets whizzed out of the barrels, though most of them flew to the trembling hands of the musketeers. However, there were still more than a hundred buckshots, with the breath of death. Fly towards the Hawpanther Army, which is attacking you head-on.

With a series of screams resounding in the position of the Tiger and Leopard Army, more than 20 soldiers of the musket battalion lined up in a dense musket array fell directly.

Although these soldiers brought by Xie Hui were all veterans who had participated in at least one battle. However, no matter who it is, how to treat death as if it were home. When death really comes to you, there will be a moment of fear and worry.

The only difference is that the veteran can quickly come out of these panics and continue fighting. Recruits, on the other hand, will be under the influence of death. More and more panicked, and even directly lost the courage to fight. The battlefield collapsed.

Therefore, at the moment of attack, the musket battalion still fell into a brief chaos, and the gunfire that followed was not as neat as it had just been, but very chaotic.

At this time, anyone with a little combat experience knows that the first round of buckshot just fired by the Tartar must have achieved results.

And the Tartar officer of this cavalry thousand-man squad is exactly such a person.

Although the smoke of gunpowder that had already spread across the battlefield blocked his vision, he couldn't see the results intuitively.

However, when the chaotic gunfire of the Haw Par Army in front reached his ears, a thick smile appeared directly on the face of the Tartar officer.

Then, without the slightest hesitation, he ordered: "Musketeers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, continue to attack...... Shoot while attacking. The formation of the frontal Hawpanthers has been disrupted in the counterattack you just had......"

"Cavalry warriors, prepare to mount and shoot the Tiger and Par Army......"

"Rush into the tiger and leopard army formation, and each person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. Kill a Haw Par soldier and reward each with 20 taels of silver and 1 slave...... Warriors, for the sake of silver, for the sake of slaves, go on the offensive and kill ......"

Amid the seductive roar of the Tartar officers, the expressions of the hundreds of musketeers of the Han Eight Banners, which were still panicked and confused, were directly replaced by the scorching heat.

All of them knew that if they retreated under the supervision of the Tartar Iron Cavalry behind them, not only would they die, but their family members in Houjin would also be killed by the Tartars. In this case, it is better to fight to the death.

If you're lucky, you can dodge the lead bullets fired by the opposite Haw Par Army and rush into the Haw Par Army position. Then, not only will you live, but you will also be rewarded with a lot of money, and even become an officer in the army......

Under such circumstances, the remaining musketeers of the Han Eight Banners, like wolves smelling blood, rushed to the musket camp without fear of death.

Faced with this, Tartar smiled. However, on the position of the Haw Par Army, including the division commander Xie Hui, everyone's faces became more and more solemn.

The deputy division commander beside him looked at the Han Eight Banner musketeers who were almost crazy in front of him. The dignified face directly showed an incredible expression. Then, with a puzzled face, he exclaimed.

"Are these people crazy, have they forgotten that they are also Han Chinese, and they give their lives to the Tartars and slaughter their own compatriots...... How is it possible, why didn't they surrender to the Tartars in the first place, and when they fought against the Tartars, they were not so brave? ”

Senior Commander Xie Hui, who also had a solemn face, replied without thinking about it: "The reason is very simple, they want to live, and they can only survive if they destroy us." As for why they have changed so much, there is only one reason, that is, the military regulations of the Houjin army are more severe than those of the imperial court, so that they have no luck and no way to retreat......

Speaking of which, the mighty Han Eight Banner musketeers had already rushed forward more than ten steps forward again.

More importantly, they had completed the second reloading of the muskets in their hands and were ready to shoot.

And the Haw Par Army, which was on the defensive, shot three rounds of lead bullets in a row. However, three rounds of less than 500 lead bullets, full of shots, caused losses to more than 100 people to these Han Eight Banner musketeers.

So, when a new round of gunfire rang out in the Tartar army formation. Of less than 500 lead bullets, more than 100 still roared towards the Haw Par Armament musket formation.

After the screams that were completely masked by the gunfire rang out on the battlefield, more than 30 musketeers were directly shot and fell to the ground, and their lives were uncertain.

At this time, the anxious voice of the deputy division commander beside him reached Xie Hui's ears again.

"Divisional commander, there are only fifty steps left. If you can't stop them, let them take another twenty steps forward. The Tartar cavalry can use their bows and arrows to kill and wound us from above......"

"I didn't expect that after the Tartars formed the so-called Han Eight Banners, their combat effectiveness would improve so quickly. It seems that all of us have underestimated the enemy, and the enemy's first attack will expose all our strength......" Xie Hui, whose face was solemn, ordered loudly with emotion.

"All the remaining artillery of the division, against the Tartar cavalry, immediately open fire......"

"The two battalions of the second regiment and the second and third battalions immediately took out the horse mixing nails we had brought and scattered them around the position, forming a horse mixing area that was at least three battles wide. When you're done, immediately retreat to your position and act as a bombardier......"

"This time, we brought a full 20,000 grenades, enough for two days. As soon as the enemy is within range of the grenade, throw the grenade in front of the position......"

"Four musket battalions, as long as the Tartars do not rush in front of me, keep shooting at me......"

"The last order, all muskets are loaded with bayonets, and they are ready to engage the enemy in close combat. I don't want to see this happen, but we have to be prepared just in case. ”

After all the flowering shells were concentrated on the Tartar cavalry, the casualties of the Tartar cavalry directly exceeded the Han Eight Banner musketeers who stood in front of them.

The casualties of the Iron Cavalry under his command were very annoying to the Tartar officers. However, in his heart, he was very excited, as if victory beckoned to him again.

In the eyes of this Tartar officer, the Tiger and Par Army changed their fighting style at this time, and had no intention of fighting for the trapped beast at the last moment, and carried out the final struggle, which had no effect.

Therefore, the Tartar officer, who was excited in his heart, directly ignored the increasing losses of the cavalry around him, and shouted loudly in his loudest voice: "Warriors, victory is at hand...... Everyone, ride and shoot ready, rush into the position of the Tiger and Par Army and kill them all......"

After the order was given, the skilled Tartar picked up the horse bow, controlled the horse with his feet, bent the bow and set the arrows, and then, with a whoosh, shot the first round of arrows at the tiger and leopard army dozens of paces away.

Under the attack of the Tartars' dense rain of arrows, the soldiers of the musket battalion who were shooting lost more than 100 people in the blink of an eye.

Not only that, but the death caused by the first round of arrows is not over, and the second round of arrows has come to everyone's heads again.

At this moment, the musketeers of the Eight Banners of the Tartars, who were charging against the lead bullets, lost their artillery attack. However, the musket's increasingly accurate hit rate still caused almost two hundred casualties to these people in a short charge distance of more than twenty paces.

Therefore, when the Han Eight Banner musketeers approached the range of the Haw Par Army's grenades, the musketeers, who had already lost more than half of them, had less than 300 people left.

Facing the musketeers of the Han Eight Banners, who were already close at hand, they could even clearly see the faces of the other side.

On the position of the Haw Par Army, the bombardiers scattered behind the musket formation lit the grenade rope without the slightest hesitation, and then, with all their strength, threw the grenade that was emitting white smoke in their hands.

In the blink of an eye, there were almost three hundred grenades, carrying the sound of the wind, flying towards the Han Eight Banner musketeers who were getting closer and closer to the position.

Charging all the way forward, it seemed that he was about to rush into the position of the Tiger and Leopard Army, and the victory had begun to beckon to the soldiers of the Han Eight Banners. In the face of the sudden and deadly attack, before they could react from the shock, a violent explosion sounded around them.

The hundreds of musketeers who rushed to the front did not have time to react before they were drowned in the smoke of the grenade explosion. No one knows what will happen to them under the attack of grenade fragments. (The novel "My Career in the Late Ming Dynasty" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)