A day later, a dragnet campaign against the Liaodong Tartars was rapidly launched under the command of Chief of Staff Sun Chengzong.

Under the search of almost 20,000 elites of the Tiger and Leopard Army in three divisions, the Tartar cavalry with a strength of only a few thousand people had only one day to go, that is, the 20,000 elites of the Tiger and Leopard Army were driven into the sea little by little to feed the fish.

Of course, not all of these tartars will face destruction.

The two Tartar cavalry, perhaps because they got the news in advance, jumped out of the defense line formed by the elite of the 20,000 Tiger and Leopard Army directly before the encirclement and suppression operation began. Then, like hunters, they quietly lurked in the mountains of Liaodong, waiting for the appearance of fighters in their favor.

As the entire encirclement and suppression operation passed day by day, thousands of Tatar cavalry had been driven step by step to a very small area of the Liaodong Peninsula, and had to fight to the death with the elite of the 20,000 tiger and leopard army

has been lurking in the territory of Liaodong, and learned that the Tiger and Leopard Army defending Houjin are a group of recruits who have just put down their hoes and have not yet been trained. Niu Lu Zhangjing, who commanded the two cavalry, immediately began to liven up.

The Tiger and Leopard Army, which defended this line of defense between Liaodong and Houjin, was large in number and had a city wall to defend it. However, they are all a bunch of recruits after all...... If the Houjin elite under his command launched an attack on them, it would not be like chopping melons and vegetables, and they would be wiped out......

The two Niu Lu Zhangjing believed that they would eliminate the tiger and leopard army and take the county seat occupied by the tiger and leopard army, and kill all the Han people hiding in the county seat...... Such a result, compared with the previous killing of ordinary Han people, brought damage to Liaodong and the Tiger and Leopard Army. It's going to be bigger......

In this case. The Haw Par Army has no way to gain a foothold in Liaodong......

Just do what you say. Five hundred Tartar iron cavalry, under the command of Niu Lu Zhangjing, did not hesitate to pounce on the first regiment of the first garrison division of Liaodong, the county seat of Benxi......

Because in the invasion of the two banners of Tartar Zhenghong and Inlaid Red a month ago, Benxi County was breached and occupied by the Tartars for almost half a month.

The city wall of Benxi County, which was originally more than a zhang high, has become dilapidated at this moment.

Not only that, but on the city walls that stretch for miles. There were even several huge gaps that were more than a foot wide.

On the surface, these gaps were temporarily blocked by the soldiers with sandbags. However, anyone with a little military common sense knows that this method of plugging the gap is a stopgap measure.

Once the county seat of Benxi is really attacked, these gaps will definitely become the enemy's main direction of attack. More importantly, attacking from these gaps, the enemy does not even need a ladder, and can easily climb the city wall and attack Benxi County with his bare hands......

Just five hundred Tartar iron horses. When the mighty pounced on Benxi County. Because of the invasion of the Tartars, there are basically not too many people in Benxi County. All kinds of gunfire, like firecrackers, rang out one after another...... You don't have to think about it to know that the first garrison regiment stationed in Benxi is desperately carrying out military training......

After several days of intensive training, each person was shot with white lead bullets. More than a hundred musketeers, although not yet proficient in the use of muskets in their hands. However, there is no problem in striking one lead bullet in the time that the veteran shoots two buckshots.

When the Musketeer's rate of fire slows down, he will continue to be powerful on the battlefield and shoot a steady stream of lead bullets at the enemy. Then you need to train a qualified musket formation.

For, a qualified musket array, on a very large range, can compensate for the inferior rate of fire of the musket......

Therefore, at this moment, the company commander Zhong Zhaoyu is training the officers and men under his command to master the three-stage shooting with a stern face......

After seeing the training ground in front of him, because the reaction speed of several soldiers was too slow, the musket array was once again chaotic. Zhong Zhaoyu, who seemed to have sensed that war was coming, and his eyebrows were a little burning, finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart and shouted loudly......

"Do you all take my orders as child's play? How many times have I said that during the battle, no matter whether you have a musket in your hand or not, as long as you are ordered to retreat, you must immediately give up your position and let your brother behind you come forward and shoot...... Now, I'll give you another day to train, and when the time comes, if there are still people who can't meet the requirements, then don't blame the company commander for being unkind...... There are not many others in Liaodong, and the two-legged young man can have as many as he wants...... Don't think that after joining the Haw Par Army, you can get your military salary without worry. As long as your training does not meet my requirements, one of my orders will still make you obediently leave the Haw Par Army......"

More than a hundred people, with a nervous face, continued to train at the time. The deputy company commander, who was also frowning because he couldn't see the results of the training, walked over quickly and said.

"Company commander, after all, they are all a group of civilians who have just put down their hoes, and it is good to have such training results. You know, they just skipped the three-month basic training of the recruits......"

"So, I think, without basic training for recruits, so that they know that they are working together. Even if they are given another five days, it will be impossible for them to train the three-stage musket formation......"

Zhong Zhaoyu's brows furrowed, and a trace of unnoticed dissatisfaction quickly flashed on his face full of anger. Then, he asked the deputy company commander in front of him, "Is there any good way for Deputy Company Commander Wang......

The deputy company commander first shook his head, then nodded, and finally spoke: "There is no good way...... It's just that I have a build yì and don't know if it's feasible......"

In the case of burning eyebrows, after hearing this sentence, Zhong Zhaoyu's eyes full of solemnity quickly shot out two rays of fine light, and asked the deputy company commander with an expectant expression.

"What thoughts? As long as we can get the brothers on the battlefield and fight in a short time, we have to give it a try...... I have a hunch that Benxi County, where we are located, is about to be attacked by Tartars......"

After shaking his head noncommittally at what Zhong Zhaoyu said, the deputy company commander said directly: "Company commander, the reason why the brothers can't master the three-stage shooting proficiently. As I said earlier, it's because they don't have basic training for recruits and don't know how to work with each other......"

"But there's a very critical problem with that, and that's that there are too many people...... As long as we can solve this problem, I believe that anything that works together will not be a problem ......"

"My idea is that since there are more than 100 people in the company, there is no way to form a three-stage musket formation. Then we'll form three small three-section musket formations in platoons......"

"In this way, there will be only twelve musketeers per row of musketeers in each musket array......"

It is definitely much easier for a squad leader to command eleven subordinates to shoot and retreat than for a platoon commander to command more than thirty subordinates......

Zhong Zhaoyu's eyes lit up, and he replied thoughtfully: "Good way, on the surface, to form three musket formations, our firepower is dispersed...... In fact, it is not the case, and there is basically no difference between being dispersed and not dispersed on a battlefield where thousands of people are dueling......"

After finishing speaking, Zhong Zhaoyu said categorically: "That's it...... Lao Wang, you immediately organize the brothers and train according to the idea you just had......"

Not to mention, after there were fewer people in each musket array, although the scale of the musket array was much smaller, it became more and more decent in terms of advance and retreat.

Soon, two hours passed.

Staying in Zhong Zhaoyu's opinion, a morning of training, is going to end like this.

Three very piercing screams suddenly sounded in the direction of the city gate and reached Zhong Zhaoyu's ears.

When he followed the direction from which the sound came, three signal flares that flew into the sky had already left three flight paths composed of white smoke in the air......

At this moment, three very crisp explosions followed by Zhong Zhaoyu's ears......

Seeing the three fireworks that quickly exploded in the air, Zhong Zhaoyu's brows subconsciously wrinkled.

At this moment, Zhong Zhaoyu's heart can be described as very complicated. There is not only the desire and expectation for the battle and the merits of the battle, but also the worry about the soldiers under his command......

He didn't know what the more than 100 brothers under his command, who had not even been proficient in three-stage shooting, would have a chance to show that after he really arrived at the scene, and whether he could defend Benxi County under his feet.

However, there was no time left for him to think about it at this moment.

The moment the explosion sounded, the heavy command had already blurted out from Zhong Zhaoyu's mouth.

"I really came whatever I wanted, but I didn't expect the Tartars to come so quickly...... Brothers, stop training at once, bring ammunition, and follow me up to the wall...... The defensive area demarcated by the regiment commander for us is right at the main entrance, and there must not be the slightest accident. Otherwise, more than a thousand brothers in our group will all have their heads cut off by the Tartars......"

Seeing the more than 100 recruits in front of him who were directly shocked and at a loss because of his sudden order. The worry on the face of the company commander Zhong Zhaoyu was even stronger.

However, at the moment of the great enemy, as a company commander, no matter how worried he is, he can't show himself in front of these recruits. Otherwise, these recruits in front of them may even lose the courage to climb the city wall.

After taking a deep breath and forcibly suppressing the complicated emotions in his heart, he ordered loudly: "What are you still doing, are you all standing here waiting for death...... The squad leader immediately took his brothers and went up to the city wall with me. You are all people who have beaten the Tartars, and the Tartars have nothing to fear. A lead bullet can still kill them, and it will cheer me up......" (To be continued......