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The Yuanjue Temple was lively here, and the large army led by Zeng Yangxing was not idle. The Mawei Army was divided into three roads under the arrangement of the only need, the first road was the two battalions here in the Yuanjue Temple, and the second road was the elite three battalions of the second division led by Zhang Wenliang of the second division plus the five battalions of the eighth division of the new army, totaling 8,000 people, ambushed five miles southeast of the Yuanjue Temple. The rest of the men and horses were all used as the third way, led by Zeng Yangxing himself, and stayed in the camp, and only after the Qing army had all left the city did he lead the army to quickly follow.

The former army of the Qing army was attacking this Yuanjue Zen Temple, and Zhang Wenliang and 8,000 soldiers were also approaching quickly at this time. Five miles of road, 2,500 meters only, for the Mawei Army soldiers are not even a piece of cake, from the sound of gunfire, Zhang Wenliang ordered the soldiers to line up and set off, until the second round of the Qing army's attack on Yuanjue Temple, the second battalion of artillery sounded, Zhang Wenliang's 8,000 soldiers also appeared in the Qing army's field of vision.

"Knock Knock"

"Knock Knock"

"Knock Knock"

The front of the Qing army on the side of Yuanjue Temple was in full swing, and the general of the general Pingnan in the middle of the several kilometers long marching army column suddenly found that behind a village four hundred steps away on the east side, a large group of enemy troops suddenly appeared. However, due to the obscuration of the houses, it was not possible to detect it in advance, and the enemy troops also lined up in a long line and ran quickly on the dirt roads between them. This is Gangnam, and there are paddy fields everywhere. And it's exactly Mayday. The rice in the paddy field is about to ripen. It was impossible to make it through the fields, so every trail was lined up with marching horsetail soldiers.

With the appearance of the banner of the Mawei Army, a team of thousands of people lined up in a long column and stepped on the drum to appear in front of the Qing army, the soldiers of the Mawei Army wore neat military uniforms, stepped on a water of pure black combat boots, and held a rifle to walk in a neat battle formation to the direction of the Qing army. Reita found that the team was almost entirely foot soldiers, with only a few officers on horseback. The momentum of this group of enemy troops is not weak. With his head held high, he listened to the officer's command and walked in their direction.

"Bastard, where did this ponytail army come from!" Seeing the horsetail army walking towards them with neat steps, Raita was also furious. He grabbed the collar of a Qing guerrilla who was in charge of the outpost and asked viciously: "You sue me, where did this rebel team come from, are all you spies dead?" Why not report to Ben in advance! ”

The Qing guerrilla also did not expect the Mawei Army to suddenly appear in this direction, so he said tremblingly: "General Hui, the minions don't know, the minions have searched all the miles within a radius of the river, and they are normal, and they have not found any trace of the thief." Perhaps these people are hiding far away. Didn't rush here until this moment. ”

"One qiē is normal, one qiē is normal!" Raita looked at the wolf Bèi's guerrilla attack and became angry. "Waste, so many people can miss such a big goal, so what's the use of keeping you?" It's a pity that this guerrilla of the Qing army is also a fourth-grade military attaché, one level higher than Qianhu, and at this moment he was shaken by Laita and his whole body was about to fall apart, where else could he speak. But I have to say that the four-rank military attaché, or the Han people, is really not worth mentioning in the eyes of Laita, who was in a rage, Laita became murderous, and immediately called the guards to push the spy out and behead him: "Come on, push this useless slave out and behead it!" ”

Soon, two guards strode up, grabbed the collapsed guerrilla and dragged him away, and then there was only a scream, and the soul of the dignified four-rank guerrilla was gone. This is also in wartime, and the leading generals have the right to execute on the spot, otherwise if it is peacetime, even if Laita wants to kill this guerrilla, it must be reported to the Ministry of War in advance, and it can only be implemented after the imperial court has issued an order.

"Give me the order, the army is gathering faster, where are the escort cavalry? How come Hachita's cavalry hasn't arrived yet! Laita's face was red with rage, and her neck was thick, and she kept screaming loudly.

"Back to General, the signal has been sent, presumably General Hachita will arrive soon!" The herald next to him said quickly, just now when he found out that the Mawei Army was coming, he immediately sent out a warning signal, and Hachita immediately rushed over with three thousand two hundred cavalry troops.

Hachita and his more than 3,200 cavalry did not participate in the attack in yesterday's battle, originally he led the cavalry troops to sweep the Zheng army around Haining County in the south, and after receiving the urgent recall order, he rushed to the camp in Jiashan County day and night, but he did not expect that as soon as he returned, he would march again, and this was still like a defeated army retreating to Suzhou. Not only him, but even the more than 3,000 cavalry under his command were full of resentment in their hearts, and now they suddenly heard that the Mawei Army was ambushing and attacking here, and their hearts were happy, this opportunity for meritorious service has arrived!

Hachita came up with the cavalry troops, and immediately commanded the cavalry troops to form a charging formation, divided into five groups and rushed towards the Mawei army. The reason why it is five is because there are five roads ahead, and it is from these five roads that the Mawei Army is advancing. Of course, the reaction speed of the Mawei army was very fast, and after seeing the foot soldiers of the Qing army approaching, under the orders of their respective generals, they immediately issued an order, only to hear a rapid drum sound in their formation, and the soldiers of the Mawei Army who were marching stopped their steps, and at the same time, the soldiers of each division immediately dispersed in order.

It is full of rice fields, and the rice has grown to maturity, and standing in the fields the ears of rice can hold the belts of the warriors. But this has no effect on the soldiers of the Mawei Army, the war drums of the Mawei Army are becoming more and more urgent, the originally dense long formation suddenly dispersed, and the more than 3,000 soldiers of the front army trotted under the command of their respective battalion commanders and captains to quickly disperse to the left and right sides according to the command of the drum flag, and when the drums sounded for the third time, each of them stood still according to their own position. This large paddy field spreads out into neat queues. And they were already carrying their rifles tightly. His eyes were directed at the galloping Qing cavalry. At the same time, thousands of soldiers shouted in unison at the same time: "Battle, battle, battle" was deafening, and they shouted three times in a row, and then stood still.

As soon as these thousands of horsetail soldiers took up their formation, the three thousand Qing cavalry who were approaching only felt a murderous momentum rushing towards them. There was no cavalry in the team brought by Zhang Wenliang, and it was impossible for the only fifty or so scouts on horseback to fight with the Qing soldiers at this time, but in this field, if the role of cavalry was really a great threat to the ordinary troops, because if the cavalry was placed in a one-line shock formation. Even if the attacked troops all use bows and arrows, they will not be very effective. However, in this place, it was also difficult for the cavalry to deploy, and they did not dare to enter the rice fields. The ground in the rice fields is soft and dense with rice, and the war horses cannot run in the rice fields at all, and if the cavalry loses its impact, it is not as powerful as the infantry.

Not to mention Hachita, who was attacking, but General Raita, who was still organizing the assembly of the army in the back, also chuckled in his heart after watching the formation of the Mawei Army, and secretly said that it was not good. Although the formation of this horsetail army is simple, it looks majestic and majestic. This soldier is quite well trained, at least these guys under his command can't compare. Hachita also felt the solemn atmosphere on the other side, but he still felt a little unimpressed, and their horses spread their hooves and galloped under the urging of the cavalry, seeing that they were about to approach.

On the side of the Mawei Army, Zhang Wenliang was also staring at the enemy cavalry in front of him, looking at the more than 3,000 Qing soldiers who were swaggering over, he sneered in his heart, "These Qing soldiers are really arrogant, only more than 3,000 foot soldiers dare to attack themselves, it seems that the general of this Qing cavalry really did not suffer in their hands yesterday, it is no problem to attack them in five ways, the key is to start attacking in such a hurry and mess, is it really muddy when you are yourself?" ”

Seeing that the armor of these Qing cavalry was white armor with red edges, Zhang Wenliang knew that these were authentic Tartar cavalry with white flags of Qing soldiers, and saw that after they approached a distance of more than two hundred steps, Niu Lu, who was wearing three layers of heavy armor and carrying three small red flags on his back, raised the tiger head gun in his hand and shouted: "The warriors of the Great Qing Kingdom, all rush with me!" With the shouts of this Niu Lu, the Qing cavalry behind him roared wildly and rushed towards the Mawei army who were waiting in front of them with their weapons.

Looking at the Qing soldiers who were roaring in front of him, Zhang Wenliang, who could see it clearly, smiled coldly and ordered: "All departments prepare!" ”

"Whoa!"

As the order was given, the soldiers began to put their guns upright, took out the powder packets with fixed ammunition and poured them into the barrels, then quickly inserted the Mini bullets into the barrel with a strip and loaded them, then put some gunpowder in the fire door, and finally checked the flint again before picking up the rifles and aiming them forward. This qiē is a long time to say, but in fact, it is only a little more than ten seconds. In front of the soldiers of the Mawei Army, the cavalry of the Qing army had already surged up at a very fast speed, and the squadron leaders of each team in the front row took a deep breath, and then shouted loudly: "Steady, steady, no shots are allowed without orders!" ”

Soon these Qing soldiers with white flags had rushed to within two hundred paces, and at this distance, the horsetail rifles were already powerful. "Shoot!"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

Hachita and other Qing cavalry did not expect the Mawei army to fire at this distance, which also surprised him, almost all the Qing soldiers saw the Mawei army raise their guns and start shooting, what is the use of the bird gun at such a distance? I'm afraid that the lead bullet can't even hit half the distance. And many Qing soldiers saw that the horsetail army began to fire at such a distance, and the Qing army suddenly burst into laughter, in the eyes of these Laita and other Qing troops, the head of the horsetail army must have been kicked by a donkey, and the distance of hundreds of dozens of steps was fired, and whether the bullets were enough was a problem, and more importantly, the Qing army vest soldiers who rushed to the front were wearing three layers of heavy armor, and there were also vests with heavy shields in their hands, could it be that they really thought that they were holding Hongyi cannons in their hands?

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

The Mawei soldiers didn't care about the sneers of the Qing army at all, and they would not stop shooting in the ridicule of the Qing soldiers. The sound of rifles continued to sound, and puffs of white smoke from the insufficient burning of gunpowder rose in the air above the horsetail formations.

"Master. This is the Ponytail Army that made Lord Tula suffer a big loss? How could it be possible to defeat our army of 20,000 if we were so breathless? "In the large array where Raita is located in the rear of the cavalry of the Qing army. Laita was also watching the battle ahead intently. After seeing this scene, a cronie next to him said exaggeratedly.

Laita was calm, his face did not show joy but was more worried, so he said coldly: "Hmph, it's too early to be proud, General Tula is also a veteran, yesterday's defeat General Tula has repeatedly emphasized to us that we need to think about the firearms of the Mawei Army"

Reta was reprimanding the cronie, but the cronie didn't trust Ta's words at all. Still smiling, he slowly turned his head. Suddenly, a strange sound came out of the crony's throat, like a big rooster that had been choked by the neck, and came out with a purring sound. The Qing cavalry attacking in front was already falling in pieces, and this scene really stunned the Qing army in the rear.

"What, these Ponytail Bird's Guns can really shoot so far?" Seeing this scene, Raita's personal guards couldn't help but be surprised, just now these horsetail soldiers began to shoot at the Qing army at the age of two hundred steps, how could they shoot through the three layers of heavy armor and the shield in the hands of those Qing troops, such a situation was obviously beyond Azig's cognition, but what surprised him had just begun.

Although dozens of Qing troops were knocked down when the first round of guns rang out, the Qing army's offensive did not stop because of this. Under the command of their respective Niu Lu and Chuan Deku, they launched a steady stream of attacks towards the intended target.

"Don't be afraid, their bird guns can only shoot once. Now that they've fired, everyone is going to kill the thieves with me! A Niu Lu, wearing three layers of heavy armor, holding a heavy shield, and carrying a three-pole small flag on his back, shouted loudly and took the lead to rush towards the position of the horsetail army.

"Kill!"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

Just as Niu Lu shouted and rushed to the front, the bird gun that he thought could no longer sound sounded sounded again, and he who rushed to the front naturally became the object of attention of the horsetail soldiers, and almost at the same time, seven or eight lead bullets hit him, the lead bullets the size of a little thumb passed through the three layers of armor on his body, and then the lead bullets that had become strange because of the impact pierced into his strong muscles with the remaining kinetic energy. The Niu Lu, who was shouting and charging at the same time, was instantly blasted out of several large holes in his body by seven or eight buckshots, and before he could even scream, he turned into a puddle of rotten meat and fell to the ground.

The charge of the Qing soldiers did not stop because of the re-firing of the horsetail rifles, and the Qing army rushed forward one after another like moths to the fire under the orders of the officers, and at this time all of them had only one thought in their hearts, that is, to rush to these horsetails, as long as they could rush to them, they could tear these damned horsetails to pieces, and they would never believe that these birds could be continuous, as long as they accelerated their speed and rushed to a distance of thirty or fifty paces. These shots are not as good as a burning stick.

In this way, these Qing soldiers with white flags lined up in a dense formation unique to the cold weapon period and rushed desperately to the front, the companions in front fell and the Qing soldiers in the back continued to rush forward desperately, with a ruthless Qing soldiers finally rushed to a place more than 20 steps away from the Ming army, but these Qing soldiers finally exhausted all their strength, when the last auxiliary soldier fell on the rice field road not far from the Mawei Army, the rifle sound that had been ringing for two tea times in a row finally stopped.

At this time, the sky over this field has long been shrouded in a thick white fog, so that the people in the front and rear Mawei Army or the Qing Army can not see the situation in the center of the battlefield clearly, slowly a gust of wind blew in the sky, and the white fog shrouded in the battlefield slowly dissipated, and the eyes of tens of thousands of people on the battlefield looked at the place that was shrouded in smoke just now. Slowly, layers of tall corpses appeared in front of everyone. Their corpses are lying on the ground, some are stacked on top of each other, these corpses are strangely shaped, in various states, some have their heads blown off, some have missing arms and legs, but more have several big blood holes on their bodies, but one thing is the same, that is, the vast majority of them are already dead, and even those who are not dead have lost their ability to move and wail on the ground and keep twitching and rolling, and the three thousand Qing soldiers who had just launched the attack all fell in this large rice field, Overwhelmed a large field of rice that was about to ripen.

Such a tragic scene frightened everyone, and even Raita's face in the rear turned pale in an instant

(To be continued......)