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In this way, Tula, the commander of the Qing army, watched as the 5,000 Qing soldiers of the front army were touching the enemy's side, and retreated under the fire and guns of the Mawei army. He originally had high hopes that the artillery position that could be comparable to the artillery of the Mawei Army was completely scrapped after less than five rounds of artillery fire, and things changed so quickly that he could not accept it for a while. His face was completely gloomy, how could such a battle be fought? Thousands of people in the front army were also defeated, and they didn't even have a chance to fight hand-to-hand!

He could already see that the Mawei Army's cannons hit farther and more accurately than their red-coat cannons, and they fired much faster. Compared to the Hongyi cannons, which they could only fire for a long time, the cannons of the Mawei Army on the high ground behind the military formation were almost constantly spewing smoke and fire, pouring projectiles on the heads of officers and soldiers. In fact, he had never seen such a rate of fire, and the speed at which the Mawei Army fired its artillery was only one shot in a minute and a half, but compared to the Qing army's side, which could only fire one shot in four to five minutes, it was really much faster. In addition, the number of artillery on the side of the Mawei army was also more than that of the Qing army, so it is not surprising that Tula created such an illusion.

What surprised him even more was the Ma family's musket, how could the musket of other people hit so far. From the clairvoyant mirror, he also saw that the firecrackers at the front of the Qing army also fired. But their shotguns could only shoot at the farthest of 80 paces, that is, less than 100 meters. The effective killing distance is only sixty meters. It is similar to the bow and arrow of the Qing army. If you shoot, the bullets can't hit others at all, and the speed at which you shoot a shot, the horsetail army opposite them has already fired four or five shots, such a big gap, the children compare with others!

"General Qiqi!" A pro-soldier hurriedly ran to kneel down: "General Esan, the chief soldier, is dead!" ”

"What?!" Tula was taken aback, and quickly raised his binoculars to look in the direction of the main attack of the Esang front army, and the remaining remnants of his own two or three thousand people were fleeing back in a broken army. A lieutenant died in the artillery battle just now. Until now, two generals have died before the two armies have engaged in battle! This really surprised him. So he hurriedly asked, "How did Esang die?" ”

"General Hui, Lord Esang was hit by the shotgun of the Mawei Army," the Qing army responded in a low voice.

"Nonsense!" Tula could no longer contain his panic, "General Ben can see clearly, he is in the rear of the front army, a full three hundred steps away from the front line of the Mawei Army, how can he be shot at such a distance?" "Tula regarded the muskets equipped in the Mawei Army as the same shotguns as them, and he couldn't turn this bay at all.

The soldiers didn't know why the adults were so concerned about how the general soldiers of Esang were killed, so they hurriedly said: "The slave doesn't dare to talk nonsense, Lord Esan's body has been returned." I was hit with a shotgun. Shot in the chest and killed instantly! ”

"Get out!" Tula shouted angrily. Taking a breath, the successive losses of the generals, and the retreat of the front army, his mood was already extremely bad, and he shouted loudly: "Drumming!" ”

With the sound of drums, a new wave of new forces emerged from the military formation behind the Qing army. There are more than 4,000 people in this wave, all of them are the elite soldiers he brought from the north, and the combat power is relatively the strongest under his command, and he has not sent them to attack Jiaxing City in the past six months, and he will keep these people until the most critical time. The soldiers and horses of the four battalions were preparing to attack, and Tula first called the generals of the four battalions to give them a face-to-face lecture.

The unit of the middle battalion of the Qing army is actually a staff leader, and there are several auxiliary leaders under its jurisdiction, and the number of people has always been not fixed, which is different from a battalion in later generations. In the army of later generations, a squad consisted of about ten soldiers, a platoon consisted of three squads, and a company consisted of three platoons, plus cadres such as company commanders, instructors, deputy company commanders, deputy instructors, platoon commanders, division chiefs, etc., and some companies were also equipped with cooking squads, with a number of about 120 people. A battalion has about three or four companies, and the number of people is basically between 300 and 500 people. Then what kind of independent battalion or something is more special, and it is not included in the calculation.

At this time, a battalion in the green battalion of the Qing army was not fixed at all, and there were infantry battalions, cavalry battalions, firearms battalions, tiger gun battalions, Jianrui battalions, forward battalions, etc., and the green battalions also had their own names, but the establishment of the battalions was extremely unified, and the troops below the adjutant generals, the generals, guerrillas, capital divisions, and garrison officers were all called battalions. The number of people is even more uneven, ranging from three or two hundred to more than a thousand, and the four armies brought by Tula are all battalions of more than 1,000 people, which is his treasure.

"Everybody saw it." Tula said to the four of them with a gloomy face: "The cannons of the Mawei Army are very powerful, they can hit far and accurately. Our firearms battalion was crippled after a few shots, so don't expect the artillery battalion to help you. Later, when you set up your formation, remember that the line should be loose. One team at a time should be separated. Don't rush up like just now! ”

"The lowly generals understand!" The four staff leaders said in unison, although it seemed that the four of them were full of morale, but their hearts were really panicked.

Tula glanced at the four of them, and was able to roughly guess what a few people were thinking, so he said slowly: "Which general's men and horses can break through the enemy army formation first, this town will give him the first credit!" And personally play the saint to praise it, whether he can seal his wife and son, it depends on the present! ”

On Zeng Yang's side, several generals were very surprised to see that the Qing army had broken up before they were far from approaching, and he secretly remembered that the total number of cannons in his own artillery battalion was so hundred, and the one with the most cannon fires only fired five shells. The artillery fire was far from intensive, and the Qing army retreated with four or five thousand men. People fighting on the battlefield generally start to retreat and disperse when the corpses are all over the field, and it seems that the Qing army's will to fight is still not high. This is a far cry from the Eight Banners soldiers he saw more than ten years ago, and none of the people who rushed into battle just now were elite. You must know that there is a big difference between elite and ordinary troops. The biggest difference is that the elite warriors are strong enough to have willpower.

The Qing army was only defeated for a while. The other party's flag has not been messed up, especially the middle and rear soldiers and horses have no signs of shaking at all, judging from the sound of drums and the movement of the military flag, the Qing army is stepping up the deployment of troops. At this time, the Qing army will definitely mobilize the elite main force to attack with all its might.

"The Qing army is moving new troops." New information came from the constant guò banner at the former army observation post: "The Qing army has launched a lot of big carts, and the cars are loaded with dirt bags!" And this batch of Qing troops are all dressed in armor, which looks like double-layer armor, and they are the elite of the Qing army! ”

Tula sent his troops. Actively preparing for the second offensive. In order to resist the firearms superiority of the Mawei Army, a large number of chicken carts and two-wheeled carts of the baggage battalion were concentrated, and many bags and straw bales filled with sand were piled up on them. Some cars were also covered with several layers of armor, and some cars were also equipped with wooden boards, but the Qing army couldn't recruit too many wooden planks for a while, so there were still many armors.

But such a "chariot", even if it is wrapped in iron sheets, cannot withstand cannonballs, and Tula still understands this basic truth, and his main defense is the bird guns of the Mawei Army. The army scattered a little shells and did not cause them much damage, but with these cars. You can let your subordinates rush to the front of the Mawei Army's formation, and the Mawei Army's firearms will be useless at that time! Dirt bags, planks, and armor were loaded on the cart. When charging, it is used to cover the soldiers, to fend off bullets, and when they are in front of them, it is time for his elite soldiers to exert their might.

On the side of the Qing army, the wheels were rolling as soon as the cannon sounded, and hundreds of chicken carts and two-wheeled carts in the army were either piled with dirt bags or set up wooden planks to open the road in front, followed by Qing infantry in long columns. The four staff leaders of the Qing army had already seen the artillery superiority of the Mawei Army, and this time they no longer used a dense formation to rush up together, but let the horses disperse into a relatively sparse team, and the distance between the columns and columns was widened, so that the Mawei Army would not be able to hit a flesh alley with one shot, or a flowering bomb would explode a circle when it fell.

Wave after wave of men and horses surged forward in the sound of the snare drums, smoke and dust billowed out, four staff leaders led a group of officers on horseback in the ranks shouting loudly, driving the troops forward, the flags fluttering behind them, and the pro-soldiers gathered around were also swords out of the sheath and arrows wound, ready to protect their main generals to fight with the enemy or with deserters. The cannon on the side of the Mawei Army immediately fired again, and the smoke and fire from the cannon fire made all the Qing generals shake, and the four leaders also knew that what would happen to the soldier Jiang Zuo who was running and advancing in the open space with those thick smoke and fire lights, everyone on the battlefield was watching with bated breath.

The black shadows of the shells made a terrible whistling sound, and they fell in the queue one after another, with solid bullets and flowering shells, of course, if they waited until the Qing army approached, the Mawei army would immediately replace it with grapeshot shells. At this moment, nothing on the battlefield can stop those black beating iron balls. Once the solid bullet landed in the ranks of the Qing army, there would be a burst of screams and wails, and the flowering bullet would explode again, and there would be no more standing Qing soldiers within a radius of 10 meters.

The smoke cleared, leaving only a mess of corpses and severed limbs on the ground. When the cannonball was about to hit the ground, it was so slow that it seemed to reach out and catch it. Some Qing soldiers used shields or knives and guns in their hands to meet the slap, wanting Jiang to block the cannonball, but the ending was the most tragic, and the death of a corpse was no longer enough to describe their end. The tragic scene also made some of the Qing troops with slightly poor willpower turn around and flee, but they instantly slashed and killed the Qing generals and the generals' personal guards who were supervising the formation behind.

"Rush me, rush forward!" The four chiefs shouted orders. At the same time, some of the generals were shouting in the same way, but they themselves were not safe, except for the cannonballs that would kill if they touched regardless of the size of their position, from time to time some people would suddenly fall from their horses, and some people would hover on horses, pretending to wave their swords and shout, but they would never go forward. After the Mawei Army's cannons fired three shells each, the Qing army's ranks were getting closer and closer to the Mawei Army's formation, and at this moment they had reached a position of two hundred meters. At this time, the artillery array of the Mawei Army also began to replace the shells, from solid shells or flowering shells, all of which were replaced with grape shells.

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

A series of artillery sounds rang out, the artillery of the Mawei Army roared in unison again, and a group of black iron galls flew towards the galloping Qing infantry troops. Now, the infantry of the Qing army has already entered the range of grape bullets, and it is naturally overwhelming. Grape bullets scattered across the sky and turned into lethal marbles. The marbles splattered and then landed fiercely in the middle of the enemy. The Qing army, which was hit by marbles, continued to scream and fell, and there was a wail on the battlefield. The muskets, knives, and spears they carried lay on the ground. In addition to the sound of artillery firing, you can also hear bursts of banging sounds, which is very dull.

At this time, not only the phalanx of the Mawei Army was no longer idle, but the rifles also began to shoot in turns, and the bullets and grape bullets were shining in the opposite direction, intertwined, giving the Qing army the greatest damage. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)