Twenty zhang, a distance of nearly seventy meters. In the impression of both the Qing soldiers and the Taiping soldiers, this distance was not an appropriate distance to shoot.

It's too far!

Of course, if they were the defenders, it would not be unusual for them to shoot from 200 meters away.

The poor performance of the shotgun and its own poor performance, the effect of one plus one is far greater than two.

Moreover, whether it was the Taiping army or the Qing army, the musketeers rarely paid attention to the range of fire during training, and Liu Xian's army did a good job in this regard.

Fifteen zhang, twenty zhang, twenty-five zhang, thirty zhang.

Four gears, conspicuous signs, day and night instillation, not to mention that all shotspearmen on the battlefield can be prepared to judge the distance of the other party, 100 meters away, roughly the same but not a problem.

"Bang bang-" A neat row of gunshots was instantly released, and the sound was deafening.

Then the second row, then the third row, the fourth row, the fifth row, and then the first row......

Yes, five in line. And not the convention of human consciousness - the three columns.

The performance of the shotgun was too poor, and the personnel were not good, and the three columns were horizontal, and Liu Xian's army could not maintain a dense volley of fire in a coherent manner in the tense battle. At least five horizontal columns can be lined up one after the other, one column after another, linked by rings, and interlocking step by step.

The three squadrons of shotgunners lined up in five columns, sixty men in a row, one step apart from each one in the front and one on the left and right, and they had already filled the small front of the high ground on the flanks of the old crow.

The screams, cries, and heart-rending howls of pain instantly resounded in front of the battle.

The Taiping army was taken by surprise, and one by one the soldiers fell to the ground either dead or wounded. However, this did not arouse the slightest sympathy on Liu Xian's side, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the entire highland, and after five neat volleys, it was a little difficult to see the shadow on the opposite side.

"Bang-"

The Taiping army returned fire one after another. But the Taiping army musketeers, who had already taken the lead by Liu Xian's army, had already taken the lead in the first two columns of queues, and they could no longer complete a neat salvo.

Some messy gunshots do not say how effective they are, but only say that in terms of deterrence, they are one level worse than with salvos.

Liu Xian's army ushered in casualties. But when one of them fell, the back column was immediately filled, and the vacancy in the back column was filled by rear reservists.

Liu Xian had five squadrons of shotgunners, three of which were used in the front, one was deployed on the flanks of the south road, and he also held a reserve in his hand.

The iron cannons have been dropped, all the rockets have been used up, and there is not much left of the powder canisters. If Liu Xian didn't want to retreat to the camp on the south bank of the country, he was afraid that the pressure on the army would be too great at that time, and if it collapsed in the face of the Taiping army's attack, he would not have chosen the high ground to fight again at Lao Yaxuan.

The Taiping Army is not an opponent at all!

They were on lower ground, and the smoke could not be dispersed at all. I couldn't see how much damage my shots could inflict on the enemy, but I only saw one after another of my comrades fall under the enemy's bullets.

The hundreds of musketeers who came in collapsed, leaving behind one or two hundred corpses, and the wolf fled back to the Taiping position.

In their place to attack were thousands of elite hand-to-hand soldiers of the Taiping Army, who took advantage of the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield to try their best to get close to Liu Xian's army and stick to it for hand-to-hand combat.

With such a big change, Liu Xian's army on the high ground could naturally find that although he was not kind to the specific number of soldiers and horses that the Taiping army had put in.

Platoon guns continued-

Under the threat of guns and bullets, the soldiers of the Taiping Army, under the leadership of officers at all levels, continued to charge forward, they kept advancing with shields, planting down one after another, and making up for them one after another, no matter how fierce and dense the fire on the opposite side was, how frightened they were in their hearts, but none of them flinched.

This is also the power of real crowd tactics!

Every soldier of the Taiping Army knew that his side was outnumbered, so they were full of confidence, and at the same time, they were more tenacious and courageous under the high morale, and the sum of several aspects made them completely "only advance and not retreat" in the initial charge.

"Kill—"

In the explosion of the gunpowder canister, hundreds of hand-to-hand soldiers of Liu Xian's army rushed up with a howl, Liu Xian did not move, but half of his guards were used.

"Death—" With a fierce shout, both heads flew into the sky at the same time. A steel knife slashed through their necks, and blood splattered Huo Guangcheng's small half of his body.

There is no bluff shouting, no superfluous and cumbersome tricks, straight and straightforward, he likes this feeling of being fatal with one blow!

"Brothers, kill me with me!" The steel knife drank blood, Huo Guangcheng rushed into a group of Taiping soldiers, the cold light trembled, and he wiped the blood and died.

Relying on his good martial arts skills and the rattan armor he was wearing, Huo Guangcheng took the lead.

Under the command of Liu Xian, the three squadrons were connected to most of the squadrons behind, and the three hundred and sixty or seventy shotgunmen quickly discharged four columns, and then split in half, forming an inverted 'eight' with a large opening.

At the same time, Huo Guangcheng led the hand-to-hand soldiers to slowly retreat, causing this part of the elite of the Taiping army to plunge headlong into a trap composed of more than 300 muskets.

Leaning out, standing, turning, raising the gun - all in a short period of time.

Regardless of the possible casualties, Liu Xian only let the guards behind him shout 'climb down', and regardless of how many of his hand-to-hand soldiers were connected with the Taiping army, he ordered the shotspearmen to shoot.

After a loud volley of the entire crow whirlpool, the battlefield of the battle fell silent.

At least 200 elite Taiping soldiers fell to the ground in this close-range volley. Of course, Liu Xian's army was also injured by mistake, but compared with the losses of the Taiping army, it was much worse.

The gunpowder jar sounded immediately, Huo Guangcheng shouted, and the retreating Liu Xian's army bottomed out and rebounded with a fierce attack, which made the Taiping army, which was so moved that the army could no longer support it and was defeated.

Shi Dakai didn't frown, and continued to send troops to launch the third attack. What is the frustration of the army's morale, at this moment, more people are killed than half a day earlier in Dadu River, the latter is more important.

Liu Xian grinned at the Taiping army that attacked for the third time, and reluctantly gave the order to retreat. After two battles, there is not much left of the only powder jar in the army, and the strategy just now can be indispensable, and the third battle ...... He can't afford to fight!

The casualties in hand-to-hand combat are too serious! In a short period of time, sixty or seventy people were gone. Combined with the losses of the shotgunners in front, the number of dead and wounded was more than a hundred.

And how many people are there in total?

On the evening of May 13, Shi Dakai led more than 5,000 elite Taiping troops to Zidadi. It's a day ahead of the historical rate of marches. Liu Xian's hard work along the way not only did not play a role, but stimulated the march of the Taiping army, which really made him cry and laugh.

What is the backfire, this is it!

Of course, the existing Taiping army that followed Shi Dakai to Zidadi is the essence of the Taiping army, and their large army is still far behind!