Zhou Xun saw the peasant rebels charging two miles away, and an incredible expression suddenly appeared on his face, and then said with a smile: "Haven't they woken up yet?" Zhou Xun's words immediately aroused the daxiao of the officers and soldiers around him.

Since the Runing army was going to attack halfway, their target must be the eleven pontoon bridges. And if the peasant rebels want to keep the pontoon bridge, they must also intercept the Runing army. In other words, now it should be the Runing army attacking and the peasant rebel army defending.

Therefore, the correct tactics of the peasant rebel army should be this: quickly block a fortification with carts and debris, and then dig a trench and build an earthen wall as soon as possible. Hide your soldiers behind the fortifications and turn this interception battle into a tough battle for the Runing army.

Of course, the Runing Army will not let its soldiers simply attack the fortifications. After all, there were many peasant rebels, and there would certainly be no fewer casualties in the battles on the edge of the fortifications. The correct response of the Runing army should also be: use artillery to open the gap in the fortifications, and then the soldiers form a tactical detachment to rush through the gap.

But there is a disadvantage of this tactic, that is, the speed of advancement is very slow. Because the shells at that time were not flowering shells after all. The gap in the fortifications opened by a solid shell is only a point, and the formation of a larger gap requires repeated firing of the same point and several shells.

In fact, this also shows a disadvantage of the infantry artillery formation: it is not very flexible, and the speed of movement is relatively slow. If the peasant rebels held back the Runing army in the first fortification for a period of time, and then used this time to build a few fortifications in the rear, then after a few obstructions, a lot of time could be bought and the majority of the peasant rebels could cross the river smoothly.

Of course, under the powerful firepower of the Runing Army, the peasant rebels who served as the interceptor must have suffered heavy casualties, but after all, their main force was saved. Even if the peasant rebels who intercepted it were resolute. As long as the strong firepower of the Runing Army is withstood regardless of casualties, and a resolute counter-assault was carried out when the Runing Army overcame the fortifications, it would also bring great casualties to the Runing Army.

You must know that the current Runing Army simply cannot afford two or three thousand casualties, and it may be that if it is desperate like this, the Runing Army will completely slow down and use the firepower of artillery to slowly advance layer by layer. At that time, maybe the intercepted men and horses will be able to smoothly withdraw to the south bank of the Huai River.

But now the peasant rebel army completely abandoned the defense and took the initiative to charge the Runing army. Maybe the leaders of those peasant rebels were a little anxious, or maybe they were a little carried away after taking Fengyang. They wanted to eat the Runing Army in one bite, and they wanted to completely eliminate the threat of the Runing Army to the peasant rebels crossing the river.

However, if the Runing Army had not fought with the peasant rebels, then this charge would have been excusable, after all, they did not know the true strength and powerful firepower of the Runing Army. But it was clear that the Runing Army had already fought them a few times, so the leaders of these peasant rebels were doing so now. I can only say that they are dizzy.

But it's not enough to faint once, those leaders have to get dizzy again and again. Even if the peasant rebels want to charge. Can't you charge at such a distance? Think about it. If you have to run a distance of about two miles and then fight with the Runing army, where will those charging peasant rebels have the physical strength to fight?

Of course, the stupid behavior of the peasant rebels must have been warmly welcomed by the Runing Army. Under the order of Zhou Xun, more than 40 guns of the artillery team were quickly pulled to the front row, and the gunners stood in the front row of the queue in six rows.

"Attention! Loaded with solid bullets, fire them again at my command! Immediately after firing, they dragged the cannon back. Listen to my second command! Xiong Zhengen, the commander of the artillery regiment, shouted.

Half of the forty-odd guns were loaded with solid and half shotguns. Prepare to deal with the peasant rebels from near and far.

Although they were somewhat dismissive of the stupid charge of the peasant rebels, the Runing army was still well prepared, because the only thing that could threaten the Runing army now was the frenzied charge that took place at the time of the Battle of Ruzhou.

However, after the Battle of Ruzhou. The Runing Army also summed up the method of dealing with the frenzied charge, that is, using powerful, uninterrupted firepower to completely wear out the enemy's frenzied state from a long distance. Because no matter how crazy the enemy is, when they can't charge in front of the Runing army, and after being slaughtered from a long distance, they can't guarantee that they have enough courage to charge.

However, the distance of the peasant rebel army was too far after all, and when they sprinted for a mile or so, some of the soldiers of the peasant rebel army lost their physical strength, and they all crossed their waists and stopped their steps to rest panting.

This situation made Zhou Xun a little worried, and he muttered to himself, "Our artillery must not scare them?" ”

Fortunately, Zhou Xun's worries did not come true. Seeing that some of the soldiers had stopped, some of the small leaders of the peasant rebels drove away and shouted and scolded the stopped soldiers to continue the charge.

When the peasant rebels rushed into 500 steps, with Xiong Zhengen's order, more than 20 shells flew out with a roar, and immediately ploughed out more than 20 bloody paths in the peasant rebel army.

The damage of solid shells was a straight line, and the ricochet effect was particularly good on the frozen ground in winter, and each shell took the lives of thirty or forty peasant rebels. Some of the peasant rebels who had been mutilated for a while and did not die for a while were still rolling on the ground, and the screams made the charging peasant rebels all stunned.

"Don't stop, the cannon will be useless when it's over! As long as we get closer, the artillery won't be able to hit us! The leaders of the peasant rebels, who had come from the official army, immediately shouted loudly.

Then the peasant rebels who had stopped gradually charged again, and they found that the artillery of the Runing Army, which had finished firing shells, was indeed pulling back, and they all felt that what their leader had said was very correct, so they boosted their morale again, and rushed towards the array of the Runing Army with a strange scream.

When they reached seventy paces, the guns began to fire......

The bullets were like a wall, completely blocking the momentum of the peasant rebels' charge. The fierce fire also knocked the peasant rebels back one after another, firing only eleven rounds, and within a hundred paces they were full of downed peasant rebels, and the rest of the people also turned and fled, no longer daring to use their lives to prove the powerful firepower of the Runing army.

With the whistles of the cavalry commanders on both flanks, the cavalry lined up in a charging formation began to counterattack.

Xiong Zhengen commanded the artillery to put the artillery on his horse again, and at the same time scolded the commander of the firecracker: "It's all you! Why are you fighting so hard? Let our shotguns go for nothing. Now that the cannon boring is full, how do we load solid bullets? ”

The commander of the fire gun sneered, "Aren't we concerned about the artillery brothers? I'm afraid that when you face the Shaanxi bandits, you will be so scared that you can't even light the fire rope! Besides, it was the boys of the horse team who rushed out in a hurry to scare the Shaanxi bandits away, so we can't blame our firecrackers here! ”

There is always some faint competition between the various branches of the Runing Army, so it is common for them to quarrel with each other.

For cavalry, there is nothing more enjoyable than chasing and killing fleeing infantry. The poor peasant rebels had already run two miles to charge, and now they had no strength to escape.

The cavalry of the Runing Army slowly increased the speed of their horses unhurriedly, and the cavalry in the back row also interspersed with the cavalry queue in the front row, and gradually, a long wall of two cavalry was formed on both sides, squeezing towards the middle of the peasant rebel army.

Another long whistle caused the cavalry of the Runing Army to cheer in unison, and as soon as all the cavalry lifted the reins, the war horses began to charge. The cavalry in the front row began to lay down their spears, and the cavalry charge began!

The "rumbling" sound of horses' hooves was like a war drum beating on the hearts of the fleeing peasant rebels. The whole force immediately avalancheed, so when the cavalry of the Runing Army rushed in, all that was left was to simply harvest lives.

With the charge of the cavalry, the three thousand squares also began to move forward. They also calibrated their direction and headed straight in the direction of the pontoon.

When they crossed the peasant rebel soldiers who had just been killed and wounded by artillery and fire and were lying on the ground, as long as they saw movement on the ground, the pikemen pierced them with the short blades at the end of their spears, so that when the phalanx of the Runing army passed, there was silence on the ground.

Zhao Kang's company was also lined up in a thousand-man phalanx, and today he and several auxiliaries lined up in the phalanx under the leadership of Cheng Niu, preparing to do some auxiliary work such as rescuing the wounded and guarding prisoners.

At the beginning of the battle, when he saw the peasant rebels rushing over the mountains, Zhao Kang was indeed a little nervous. It's just that he secretly looked at Cheng Niu's expression and was very indifferent, so Zhao Kang's behavior was not abnormal.

But the Qi Ming of the Runing Army's artillery frightened Zhao Dang! But before his mood could calm down, the Ru Ning Army's firearms shot again. Hearing so many firearms fired at such a close distance, there were only two words that gave Zhao Kang the feeling - shock!

But when the smoke from the artillery and firearms cleared, Zhao Kang was surprised to find that there were all the corpses of the peasant rebels in front of the battle, and even the peasant rebels who were still fierce just now had fled with their heads covered. So now Zhao Dang has two more words in his heart - shock!

However, Zhao Dang kept hearing Cheng Niu beside him sighing. So Zhao Dang asked curiously, "Brother Cheng, what are you sighing for?" ”

Cheng Niu immediately replied indignantly: "I already knew that this would happen! I knew this was going to happen! There's nothing to do with this battle. ”

Cheng Niu thought of his competitors in the company again, and then said angrily: "They are just fate!" This time I became your babysitter, and they are going to catch up with this score. Alas! It's going to be another three months to teach the Legion! ”

Zhao Dare didn't seem to understand Cheng Niu's words. In fact, Cheng Niu is talking about the system of the Runing Army, as long as the score of the soldier reaches and the assessment is qualified, he can enter the training of the teaching corps, and after passing the pass, he will have the opportunity to be promoted to the deputy of the squad.

Of course, when fighting, the score of the combat unit must be very high, and today Cheng Niu's auxiliary work score will be much lower, and Cheng Niu sighs for himself for this. (To be continued......)