"Today is really my lucky day, I didn't expect that this Khmelnitsky not only greeted me personally, but also brought the confidants of most of the high-ranking officers of the Cossack rebels in Kiev!

If I don't do it today, won't I live up to the other party's good intentions? ”

Hong Tiancheng thought gloomily in his heart, and when Khmelnitsky walked three meters in front of him, he suddenly pulled out the novice exquisite flintlock handcuff that had been prepared for the total war system reward, a perfect flintlock musket with a 100% fire rate!

Bang~~~

A crisp and loud gunshot suddenly rang out, Khmelnitsky's smile was frozen as if the pause button had been pressed, he stiffly maintained the posture of hugging his hands forward, subconsciously looked down at the bright red blood stains that spread out of his chest, and began to spray blood foam out of his mouth unconsciously!

Apparently, one of Khmelnitsky's internal organs was completely shattered by a direct shot of lead bullets at close range!

The sound of Hong Tiancheng's shooting was like a starting gun, which seemed so harsh in the harmonious and immersive 'atmosphere of friendship' in the city of Kiev.

The hundred elite musketeers of the Guards Battalion behind Hong Tiancheng who were holding flintlock pistols had already lined up in two rows of firing queues at some point, of course, this could also be seen as a kind of honor guard formation.

In fact, the phalanx of the honor guard in later generations is the combat formation of the ancient and modern armies on the battlefield, but it is more beautified, such as holding the chest up, raising the legs and kicking the right step, etc.

Therefore, the elite musketeers of the personal guard battalion in the rear of Hong Tiancheng lined up in two neat rows of 'honor guards', which did not arouse the doubts of the Cossacks, and the Cossack rebels from Khmelnitsky to Cossack soldiers regarded the Taiping army as allies rather than potential enemies.

Whether it is from the standpoint of both sides, or from the absolute strength of the mere 500 people who entered the city, the Cossack rebels did not think that this friendly meeting between the two sides would cause a fire and incident!

Naturally, the Cossacks subconsciously regarded the elite musketeers lined up behind Hong Tiancheng as their honor guard phalanx......

As soon as Hong Tiancheng's gunfire rang out, the 100 elite musketeers of the pro-guard battalion divided into two rows in the rear suddenly shouted from the two grassroots horses: "Ready!! ”

With a bang, the elite musketeers of the front row of the Guards Battalion half-knelt on the ground, and the elite musketeers of the Guards Battalion in the back row raised their flintlock muskets almost at the same time and aimed at the group of senior officers of the Zaporozhye Cossacks who were close at hand, and the wrenches on the bolt were also lifted.

"Fire !!"

Hong Tiancheng, who was in front of him, plunged backwards into his own guard group at the fastest speed in his life when the sound of preparation sounded, while Khmelnitsky, who was suffering from the blood stains on his chest on the opposite side, just staggered and began to fall backwards.

Bang bang bang......

A series of gunshots rang out at the moment Khmelnitsky fell, and the well-trained elite musketeers of the Taiping Army cooperated perfectly with Hong Tiancheng, raising their guns and firing a volley of a series of actions, and the senior officers of the Zaporozhye Cossacks and a few Cossack guards on the opposite side had just come to their senses, and before they could draw their guns and shoot back, two rows of hundreds of lead bullets had already swept into the crowd!

The high-ranking officers of Zaporozhye, who usually stand tall in the city of Kyiv, are like cheap cannon fodder soldiers, trembling under the pieces of lead bullets and being punched with several bloody holes, and the ordinary diamond-inlaid scimitar or musket in his hand has just fallen to the ground weakly, and he fell to the ground weakly with angry eyes in the direction of the elite musketeers of the Guards Battalion.

They never imagined that the day of their lives would not be on the battlefield, but as if they were on the execution ground, they would be beaten into a sieve by a volley of guns at close range!

"Draw your sword! Charge! Not a single one to stay! ”

Under the order of the two horses of the guard battalion, the hundreds of elite musketeers of the guard battalion who had finished firing directly rushed to the Cossack guards who had come to their senses and were not dead, and rushed forward with the scattered musket shots, and in this kind of hand-to-hand combat, the elite musketeers of the guard battalion, who had taken the lead and had a lifeless momentum, quickly crushed the remaining courage of the remaining Cossack guards, as for the high-ranking officers of the Zaporozhye Cossacks who were lucky enough not to die in the center of the square, It was the first to bear the brunt of it, and was cut into meat sauce without any power to fight back!

Hong Tiancheng's attack was too sudden, and all the high-ranking Cossack officers of Zaporozhye who suddenly arrived on the church square were wiped out in the first place!

They were the most conspicuous, the most forward, and absorbed almost all of the first-round platoon guns head-on, and it was impossible to survive as long as they were not invulnerable......

Even, the elite musketeers of the Guards Battalion who rushed forward also stabbed Khmelnitsky in the neck, who was shot in the chest and fell to the ground, making his death more thorough and accidental......

As for Hong Tiancheng, under the escort of less than ten elite musketeers of the personal guard battalion, he quickly took off the gorgeous clothes that symbolized the general, Hong Tiancheng had already rehearsed many times before, and the clothes were taken off quickly, and he was wearing a soldier's uniform that was the same as the elite musketeers of the personal guard battalion!

Hong Tiancheng, who spared his life, also tied a red turban with the same style as the elite musketeers of the Taiping Army on his head, and received the same long-pole flintlock pistol and standard steel waist knife from a guard!

All the outfits were no different from the elite musketeers of the guard battalion, except for a few Cossack guards who witnessed Hong Tiancheng's rapid 'disguise' on the church square at the beginning, the others could not recognize Hong Tiancheng without looking carefully at his face.

It's just that the Cossack guards who saw Hong Tiancheng's disguise in the square were quickly slaughtered by the elite musketeers of the guard battalion who rushed forward like chopping vegetables and cutting melons.

Wretched...... Oh no, it was the cautious Hong Tiancheng, who also smeared a layer of ash on his face caused by the incomplete combustion of gunpowder, the black powder in the chamber of the musket of this era was not completely burned, and the soldiers who aimed and shot in the face were often sprayed with a layer of ash as soon as they fired, and the face would become black and white if they fired too much, making it even more difficult to recognize the face.

When the church square was bloodied by the elite musketeers of the guard battalion, the musketeers of the guard battalion who heard the gunfire on the main road were under the command of Zhao Remnant, who was hiding in it, and the marching column immediately turned left and right, and coldly pulled the trigger on the Cossack guards guarding on both sides of the street!

The Cossack guards never thought that the Taiping army would suddenly attack, and they were killed and wounded by a round of guns, and then they were swept away by the elite musketeers of the guard battalion who rushed up!

The gunfire was the usual signal for the Taipings, and as the Guards swept across the church square and the main road, the Crimean irregulars, who were hiding elsewhere, began to make their own moves.

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