And that's just the power of five rifled guns.

In the Guards, the main force of each corps had a cluster of fire formed by a hundred rifled guns, which was a truly terrible nightmare for the Qing army's iron cavalry.

The officers and men of the special column of the Guards continued to advance.

When they marched to the place where the Qing cavalry was shelled, they saw the Qing cavalry still lying on the ground and wailing in front of them.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the Guards had long been accustomed to it, and they did not say anything, only the officers and soldiers in charge of collecting the heads of the Qing soldiers consciously came up to cut off the heads of these Qing soldiers and put them on the carriage, these were their achievements.

There was a Qing soldier who had only one leg blown off, desperately crawling out, he didn't want to be killed by these Han people.

He never thought that the Han people, who were as weak as sheep in the past, would become so terrible!

He was terrified, the corners of his mouth were trembling, and his numb hands desperately grabbed the grass on the ground and moved forward.

Stab!

One of the Guards soldiers cut off his head with a knife and put it back on the carriage.

The blood of the severed Qing soldier was still bubbling up, and the blood that flowed out moistened the parched northern land and melted into the soil made of the bones of thousands of Han Chinese.

But in the eyes of the Guards, such a scene was just the beginning.

Five years of hard work have turned them into a murderous and vengeful machine.

The Northern Expedition was still going on, and Chen Zhenhui rushed to the gate of Wuqiao County with 6,000 infantry first.

The appearance of 6,000 infantry did not shock Lou Sheng much at first.

He was even very confident that his 3,000 Qing soldiers would be able to hold off the 6,000 infantry with the support of the strong city walls.

"Firearms ready!"

Although Shi Tingzhu, the new governor of Manxin, did not send reinforcements to Lou Sheng, the weapons were still funded.

Today's Manchu Qing Dynasty, stimulated by the advanced firearms industry of the Ming Dynasty, also began to produce muskets similar to Chongzhen's seventeen-style flintlock pistol in large quantities, so Lou Sheng's command at this time was also equipped with 1,000 firearms soldiers.

After Lou Sheng's order, these Qing firearms began to lean on the battlements and began to shoot flints ready to shoot at the infantry of Chen Zhenhui's Guards outside the city.

"The enemy army is using a flintlock pistol, and the firing range should be between Chongzhen 17 and Chongzhen 19, order to go down, each association will advance another thirty steps, and then march to shoot, waiting for our artillery!"

After commanding Chen Zhenhui to put down the monoculars, he issued a combat order.

Then, Chen Zhenhui began to personally lead his infantry to run thirty paces, and then immediately squatted on one knee on the ground, raised the Chongzhen 22-style flintlock pistol, put the butt on the shoulder, pulled the bolt, and aimed at a Qing firearms soldier in front of him with a three-point crosshair.

The officers and men of the rest of the Guards Infantry Battalion did the same, their eyes burning and aimed at the corresponding Qing firearms on the city wall with their crosshairs.

At this time, the Qing army firearms had been waiting for the Guards infantry to enter their firing range.

But after waiting for a long time, seeing that the Guards infantry was only ten paces away from the firing range, a firearms battalion commander couldn't help but ask Xiang Lou Sheng: "County Zun, what are these Ming soldiers doing, why are they squatting on the ground and not moving, we can't shoot them if they don't advance!" ”

As soon as the commander of the firearms battalion said something, the Guards infantry had already fired first.

There was a loud bang, and a piercing gunshot rang out.

Because of the strong recoil, Chen Zhenhui leaned back suddenly, and the bullet shot out with a wisp of smoke and dust, directly hitting the eye socket of a firearm soldier on the side of the battlement, causing the Qing firearms soldier to fall to the ground on the spot and cover his eyes and wail.

Yes!

At this time, other Qing firearms were also shot one after another, because these Qing firearms were all covered by battlements.

As a result, the Guards infantry could only shoot above its shoulders, which was a great test of the Guards infantry's individual shooting ability.

But fortunately, the Guards infantry has always taken the shooting level as the first assessment indicator, and the correction error of the crosshair of the Chongzhen Type 22 rifled gun itself is particularly small, and many old Guards infantry do not need extra time to aim at all, and they can shoot the head of the Qing army firearms with their hands.

At this time, the Qing army firearms had no way to deal with the guards, and the range of their firearms was still not as good as the range of the firearms of the guards infantry, or even far inferior.

Yes!

A terrible scream came from Wuqiao County.

A Qing firearms soldier was accidentally shot and fell off the battlement, fell to the ground with a snap and did not move again.

The infantry of the Guards on the opposite side was completely unaffected, still concentrating on half-bending and moving around the city wall with guns, as long as a Qing firearm soldier appeared, it was a shuttle of bullets, and the life of a Qing soldier could be killed on the spot.

The rest of the Qing army was so frightened that they didn't dare to come forward at this time, and in just one round, they lost nearly 900 Qing troops, while the infantry of the Guards was unscathed, and they kept suppressing the Qing army and did not dare to rise on the city wall.

Lou Sheng, the county magistrate of Wuqiao County, could only hide under the battlements at this time, and he couldn't wait to shrink his head and ears into the black gauze hat:

"This is really impossible to fight, why are the firearms of the Ming army so sharp, what can you do!"

The rest of the county officials all looked at each other.

At this time, Chen Zhenhui had found the right angle, and suddenly a shot hit directly on the battlements next to Lou Sheng, and the splashing bullets accurately overturned Lou Sheng's top, revealing only the bare forehead shining in the sun, and the money rat tail raised when trembling with fright.

Syllable!

Chen Zhenhui, the commander of the infantry battalion of the Guards Army, directly interrupted Lou Sheng's raised money rat tail with another shot, and frightened Lou Sheng directly to the ground:

"Damn, is it the Ming army rushing up, block it, block it for this official!"

"Don't panic, sir, the city gate has not been broken, and the Ming army has not yet entered the city gate."

At this time, after a canon said a word, the county ordered Lou Sheng to breathe a sigh of relief, and just wanted to stand up, suddenly the guards shot again, and Lou Sheng was so frightened that he had to hide behind the battlements and squat again:

"The official thought that the war was nothing more than a lupine scarf, and the tree was wiped out while talking and laughing, how could he have thought that he was so embarrassed, and it was easy to lose his life if he was not careful, what kind of monster were those Ming troops outside, why did the official hide, and he could also knock off the official's top."

"The firearms of the Ming army have always been sharp, and the lord should not be surprised, but no matter how powerful the firearms are, they can't penetrate the city wall, and these guards infantry will probably have to work hard to break through Wuqiao County.

As soon as he finished speaking, Lou Sheng also nodded approvingly: "You're right, Xu Dianshi, you quietly look outside to see how many Ming troops there are outside, and whether there is an increase." ”

"Yes!"

As soon as this Xu Dianshi poked out half of his head, the guards quickly seized the opportunity to shoot at him, and three bullets directly pierced the head of this Dianshi, and Xu Dianshi fell to the ground on the spot, and was frightened to learn that the county Lou Sheng had not come back to his senses for a long time.

(End of chapter)