At that time, the general environment was that the time had already entered August, which was the month of the autumn harvest. During this period, all the grain has just been put into storage, and there will be some harvest regardless of whether there has been a drought or not.

Why did the three troops go south at this time, in fact, they also felt that if they went south at this time, it would be more likely to get supplies.

Dong Bowen's army was the first to move south, and the purpose was to seize grain from the countryside and towns to supplement itself. The second purpose is to consume a batch of cannon fodder and train a batch of elites at the same time. This time the first to launch an attack is mainly these cannon fodder, and he is about to eat his old book.

The army marched south, bypassing the Huanglong Mountains and descending from the plains; And Zhang Hongbin's department went north from Tongzhou, and just came to Dong Bowen's only way to the south.

The distance between the two sides was no more than ten miles, and the sentinels were working.

Interestingly, when the sentry reported that he had discovered the enemy situation and reported what he saw, Dong Bowen even suspected that he had heard it wrong.

Depending on the terrain of this area, there are at least three schemes that can be used. One is naturally an ambush, the other is a fire attack, and the last one is to lure the enemy deep into the ambush and use it. After all, this area is a grassland area, and the vegetation is dry and yellow, but it is relatively tall and dry. Some of the front ones are a forest, and at least one forest will be passed. Therefore, according to Dong Bowen's strategy of using troops, there are at least three strategies that can be used.

However, the other party was useless, just waited there in a calm formation, as if intending to engage him head-on.

Well, this is normal, after all, the other party is a group of rogues and not a regular army. Even if you are lucky enough to be able to attack Chengcheng County, you will have to pay a heavy price. And now that the ass is not yet hot, but it has encountered the encirclement and suppression of these three families, and it is time for the Salvation Army to withdraw from the stage of history.

It's just that what Dong Bowen can't understand is that according to Tanma's report, several trenches were dug in the place where Zhang Hongbin was, and they hid in the trenches. If it weren't for the fact that there were also probes outside, I was afraid that the official and military scouts would have to go over to see the situation.

"Forget it, it's just an attempt to take advantage of the convenience of the trench to evade our bows and arrows, to put it bluntly, it's not worth mentioning. They even forgot that if we got close, the spears from above could kill them! Dong Bowen began to laugh at the stupidity of the Salvation Army.

"San'er, you take the vanguard to meet the Salvation Army!" Dong Bowen shouted to an officer beside him.

"Yes!" Dong San'er is Dong Bowen's clansman, and he is also a confidant, and he has been a pioneer more than once.

At this moment, he led 5,000 new troops, and without the cooperation of bows and arrows, he killed the trench where the Salvation Army was located.

Zhang Hongbin may have known that trench warfare had not yet appeared in these years, and at the same time, it was not suitable for crossbow arrows and bows and arrows that did not have a long range. However, that is only for the weapons of this era, and the cold weapons he purchased are all made according to the manufacturing process of the future. Both the materials and the structure are much more advanced than this era.

Not to mention anything else, just say that the eight-ling structure of the crossbow arrow is the most effective way to reduce the resistance of the wind wall, and at the same time increase the lethality. At the same time, the crossbow arrow uses pulley technology to make the winding very labor-saving, and the maximum firing distance has reached 200 steps, even if it is converted into a distance of 200 meters, with its continuous firing device, it is completely the most qualified queue shooting weapon in this era.

This time, Zhang Hongbin brought out enough 5,000 such crossbow troops, and the rest were melee infantry, and most of them were used to assist and protect these crossbowmen.

Seeing the enemy's vanguard approaching, the rangefinder calculated the distance little by little, and kept shouting: "Three hundred steps...... Two hundred and twenty steps...... Two hundred steps! ”

Hearing the key word of 200 steps, Zhang Hongbin also gave the order to shoot. Of course, the opponent only dispatched the vanguard, so it was only the crossbowmen in the front of the trench who fired at it. Before that, the crossbowmen have finished winding and put the finishing touches on the crossbows in their hands.

Confirming that the order was correct, the crossbowmen in the first row of trenches began to fire. With their upper bodies exposed, they lay on the edge of the trench and fired at the enemy in the distance. Many of them were new troops, and out of nervousness, they might even forget to aim, or let go of the trigger in their hands. As a result, arrows that could have been controlled were fired at the enemy without restraint.

Each magazine contains ten standard bolts, which are fired at the first time with the pull of the trigger, and the interval between each shot is about one second. In fact, Zhang Hongbin didn't quite understand how to launch the ten crossbow arrows so quickly and standardly, so he could only keep the craftsman who disassembled the repeating crossbow to think about it.

During the firing, such as the first and second shots, the soldier releases the trigger in his hand, and only one crossbow bolt can be fired for this shot. If it is not released, it will continue to fire until all ten rounds are fired. If the firing is not completed, it needs to be rewound for a second shot.

It can be said that this is a crossbow bolt with the dual functions of continuous fire and single shot, an absolute weapon of war, at least in the era of cold weapons, and the most terrible battlefield weapon in the early stage of hot weapons.

"You haven't eaten, have you? How do you train when you train, and forget about it when you get to the battlefield? Wang Er, who was in charge of acting as the leader of the Guardian Team and the Guards, was furious, and immediately kicked a Salvation Sergeant who was indiscriminately discharging arrows.

Many people are a little embarrassed, after all, they made mistakes first.

"I'm so stunned what to do, the enemy is in front, change the arrow box for me immediately after I finish the shot, and wind it immediately if I don't finish it! Second column, what are you still doing there? Wang Er scolded again.

Now everyone began to come alive, the first column retreated to rewind or change the magazine, and the second column took over from the first column and fired at the enemy troops who were still about 150 paces ahead.

Perhaps with the experience of the first column, few people in the second column made mistakes, and even if they did, they returned with the second column to replace the arrow magazine.

At the same time, the first column had already been wound or replaced with a barrel, so it immediately replaced the second column for shooting. This time, no one made a mistake, and they really couldn't afford to lose this person.

The two columns fired in two rows, and the arrows seemed to be continuously fired into the enemy's formation. From the indiscriminate shooting at the beginning to the simple instantaneous aiming shooting at the back, the growth rate of the two columns was very fast, and the damage of the enemy's soldiers was also increasing.

In the end, after seeing that nearly half of the soldiers died, no matter how much Dong San'er asked the soldiers to come forward, they refused to come forward.

"General, the last general is incompetent...... Dong San'er can only return to the team with his men.

"I don't blame you for this, I can only say why does the other party have so many strong crossbows?" Dong Bowen also didn't understand it very much.

But he understood one thing, that is, the information given by the civilian officials really couldn't be fully believed. If there is similar information in the future, you must maintain a certain degree of vigilance, otherwise it will really be a big fool X.

"General, what should we do now?" Dong San'er asked again.

"It's not easy, the army presses up, and at the same time prepares our crossbowmen to fight back. By the way, let the rattan soldiers in front, so that you can somewhat resist the opponent's crossbow arrows. "Dong Bowen is not a military idiot, he naturally knows how to deal with it.

The army immediately pressed up, and more than 22,000 soldiers pressed up in this way. I have to say that unlike the big red wolf, the soldiers who fought under the big red wolf didn't have thousands of people at all, but there were 22,000 young people in front of them.

"Second and third trenches, ready to shoot. Grenadier, fifty steps ready to be grenadicated! Zhang Hongbin gave the battle order.

The message was pierced, and the second and third series of trenches were ready for battle. At the same time, one of the soldiers hurriedly left the battlefield and ran towards the rear, not knowing whether it was a cowardly escape or another purpose.

In any case, the crossbowmen under Dong Bowen's command also began to fight back. Of course, there can be no strong crossbow, at least Dong Bowen can't be equipped with a strong crossbow, but there are a lot of bows and arrows in his hands, but an excellent archer needs at least two years of training. At this stage, he can only rely on projectiles and dense fire to increase his lethality.

However, in the face of such a projectile, the Salvation Army only needs to pick up the shield under the trench to easily resist without any pressure at all. Even the crossbowman can lean under the shield and continue to shoot at the enemy.

However, unlike the last time, there is no longer a limit to the number of shots, but instead of firing all the crossbow arrows from a single arrow magazine.

The crossbow bolts fired from the three sequences of trenches were completely torrents of steel, but anyone who dared to stand in front of them had no chance of surviving.

This was a completely one-sided massacre, with a steady stream of steel torrents constantly rushing in, but in just three minutes, nearly 6,000 casualties under Dong Bowen's command were caused. Many of them were shot directly into hedgehogs, which frightened the soldiers behind them to begin to calm down.

Yes, before the battle, in the spirit of sacrificing their lives and forgetting their deaths, they only hoped to get a way to live.

But what about now? Anyone with a discerning eye can see that if you want to get close to each other, you are afraid that it will cost many people's lives to do it. And this is a lot of people, definitely not including most of their cannon fodder army. This means that they must be sent to death.

Fight directly with the other party, it is naturally not a big deal, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and there may be a chance to fight in order to survive. But if you know that you will die and still fight hard, that is the next. It's cheap. No one in this world is a fool, and in the face of such a powerful torrent of crossbow arrows, more soldiers choose to throw away their armor and leave the army in a panic.

It's better to go back to your hometown and become a farmer, or to flee to live elsewhere than to die here.

The escape of one person leads to the flight of more people, not to mention that there are so many people who have fled now, and in the blink of an eye, the entire army has almost fled except for the elite troops. At this time, Dong Bowen's troops had been pressed to the range of fifty paces.

They were greeted by a mass of iron that had flown up from the trenches and fallen into their positions.

Before they could complain about who was so immoral and littering, they saw a burst of light from the iron in their hands, and then they didn't know anything.

The sound of massive explosions, rumbling and firelight, all irritated everyone's nerves.

Not to mention, in the first round of explosions, Dong Bowen was directly blown to the ground, and one foot was directly blown up, mainly because the horses under him bore the maximum explosion damage for him. However, in this way, the army of the Ming Dynasty was leaderless, and it was really a mess.

In the distance, the infantry who had been waiting for a long time finally came out of the predetermined ambush, this was Zhang Hongbin's decision, that is, if the damage caused here was too small, then in the way of movement warfare, and retreated into the ambush circle, and these ambushed infantry ambushed. However, it is clear that there is no need for the second option.

Just the first round of attacks has completely destroyed more than 20,000 people.

Perhaps there is a sentence in response, that is: this is originally an unequal battle.