Tan Biao's second battalion not only had to maintain the integrity of the battle formation, but also had to carry a large number of heavy ammunition boxes and so on, and the advance speed was very slow, slow enough for Ai Nengqi to calmly set up the formation.

Field warfare is generally mostly a conventional old-fashioned positional warfare, the two sides are arranged, the infantry army is divided into three armies, the cavalry guards on both wings, and also attacks the enemy's two wings or concentrates on attacking one side, seeking a breakthrough, the frontal phalanx duel is generally in a state of stalemate, and the attack on both wings is the killer weapon, but there is no cavalry in both armies, all infantry phalanxes, shield soldiers in front, and archers in the array.

Ai Nengqi was in charge of an army alone, with nearly 50,000 horses under his command, deducting the battle losses of the attack in the past few days, leaving 10,000 horses in the camp to guard, and he commanded nearly 20,000 infantry troops.

Of course, in view of the fiasco of Wang Dingguo's 5,000 elite cavalry, he didn't dare to be careless, carefully set up the formation, and then advance cautiously, not daring to be too far away from the camp, and in case of any accidents, he could also return to the camp to hold on.

Tan Biao also cautiously commanded the team to advance slowly, and it had already entered the range of the artillery, but seeing that there was no cannon sound on the opposite side, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, it seems that this soft persimmon is the right one.

Now the musket is not powerful enough, the accuracy is even worse, you need to line up to shoot the formation, rely on a steady stream of platoon gun bombardment in order to play the power of the musket, if there is artillery on the opposite side, even if it is a range of earthen artillery, the lethality is not strong solid iron bullet, but also to the troops will cause a certain lethality, the most important thing is the huge psychological pressure, if his second battalion has been tested by many bloody battles, can still hold up, after all, it has just undergone two actual combat tests, has not yet been converted into a real iron army, by the enemy's artillery fire all over the bombardment, Too many casualties are likely to trigger a collapse.

Both sides set up a decisive battle phalanx and slowly advanced, and after reaching a certain distance, Ai Nengqi ordered the drums to cheer and take the lead in attacking, of course, the first to charge must be cannon fodder.

Tan Biao was dumbfounded when he saw a group of people in ragged clothes, with yellow faces and thin muscles, and the guys wielding them in their hands were all hoes, kitchen knives, flat poles, etc., some with white beards, and some with crutches, he was dumbfounded, this is the army, it is simply a refugee.

No wonder when he heard that Zhang Xianzhong had an army of 200,000, the commander Gao Jie looked disdainful, he now understands that Zhang's army may really have 200,000 people, but there are not many real soldiers, and there are only 30,000 in the sky, and the rest are all poor people who are coerced, and they are really a rabble. However, even if it is a rabble, but there are many people, if there is not enough ammunition, it is really a bit fatal, and it is still an innocent poor people, Tan Biao is really a little big.

"Battalion commander, Ci is not in charge of the troops." Several lieutenants reminded loudly that if they hesitated, everyone would be doomed.

Tan Biao gritted his teeth and ordered the soldiers to shoot, even if it was just a group of unarmed innocent people, but if they rushed close and messed up the battle array, the last person who died could only be himself, and also involved the thousands of soldiers in the camp, as well as the battalion and the people in the city, the bad deeds of the Zhang family army slaughtering the city had already spread throughout the whole territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it was as cruel as the Jin army outside the gate, and it was a big disaster for such people to stay.

Bang bang bang –

Under the command of the officer, the soldiers in the first row of the battle formation lit the fuse and released their guns, and the dense rain of bullets flew out, and the bodies of the civilian soldiers rushing on the opposite side rushed out with blood flowers, and a row of people fell in an instant.

The soldiers of the second row took two steps forward, and then lit the fuse and released the guns, and in the deafening gunshots, another row of civilian soldiers fell down with a miserable cry, and after the soldiers of the third row finished putting their guns and fell down another row of people, the rushing civilian troops finally collapsed, ignoring their comrades who were struggling and shouting on the ground, and all turned around and ran back.

"Don't retreat, violators will be killed!"

The overseer team supervised the battle in front of the battle, and when they saw the soldiers retreating, they immediately waved their knives to block them, slashed and killed those who dared to flee back, and after cutting off more than 20 heads, the civilian army that had fled back had to turn around again and rush forward.

Among these people's troops, most of them are people who have been coerced, and there are also a small number of ruffians who have taken the initiative to join the army with the purpose of promoting officials and making a fortune, and they regret it to death now, knowing that this wealth will be earned by it, and they do not want to join the army if they are killed, but now it is too late to regret it, the bullets of the officers and soldiers do not have long eyes, and the executioners of the supervising team are sharp, so they can only resign themselves to fate.

The officers and men of the second battalion who were concentrating on preparing for war saw that these civilian troops turned around and rushed back, and the officers commanding in front of the battle did not hesitate at all, and ordered the soldiers to shoot, as long as they went to the battlefield and stood on the opposite side, they were the enemy, and there was no innocent talk, not to mention that the first shot had already been fired, so what was there to hesitate?

The sound of ping-pong gunfire continued, and after more than ten rounds, only more than 300 of the more than 1,000 soldiers of the Zhang family army who rushed to escape in embarrassment, this time it was a real collapse, and the courage fell to the freezing point, and Ai Nengqi did not order the supervising team to cut people, but let these frightened soldiers withdraw to the rear army to rest, and then sent a second batch of cannon fodder to attack, obviously to consume the ammunition of the Ming army.

To tell the truth, when fighting with the army of Cao Wenzhao, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, and Qin Liangyu, the army commanded by the four also put up such a battle formation, using three shots to maintain a continuous rate of fire, which did cause great casualties and huge psychological pressure on the people's army, and he also gathered all the musketeers under his command, practiced according to this battle formation, and waited for the ammunition of the Ming army to be consumed before being sent into battle. Even the dirt guns and the messy guns are only about 300 guns, and the quality of the scum, the old explosive chamber.

Ainengqi sent three groups of cannon fodder to charge in a row, consuming a large amount of ammunition of the Ming army, and the ground was covered with nearly 3,000 corpses and wounded soldiers struggling to call for help, as well as abandoned kitchen knives, hoes, flat shoulders and other weapons.

In the fourth round of attack, Ainengqi finally invested in the elite soldiers, the shield soldiers rushed forward with shields, followed by musketeers and archers, there were too few musketeers, and they could only use archers to make up the numbers, the range of the strong bow was not much worse than that of the musket, and only a few steps forward were needed to enter the effective range, and there were shield soldiers in front of the bullets, which should theoretically be able to hold up.

"Hold on to your orders." The officers commanding in front of the formation shouted loudly, and they could also see that the enemy troops attacking this wave were elite, well-armed and equipped, and they were not at the same level as the three waves of cannon fodder in front, and there were musketeers and archers in the formation.

Bang bang bang......

The shield soldiers who rushed to the front were the first to receive the baptism of bullets, and more than a dozen people fell in an instant, and they found that the shield in their hands that could resist swords and arrows could not block bullets at all, and the wooden shield wrapped in thin iron sheet was pierced by lead bullets, penetrating into the body, and bursting out of blood flowers one after another.

After three rounds of fire, there were few shieldmen left in the front, revealing the musketeers and archers behind.

"Aha, play with us on the other side and line up to shoot."

Tan Biao, who was standing on the ammunition box in the array, held a monocular and looked into the distance to observe the movement on the opposite side, and saw that the musketeers of the People's Army also discharged a three-stage battle formation, and couldn't help but scream, the strange word of queuing up to shoot was also invented by the Son of Heaven, and it was really appropriate to think about it,

The one on the other side learns very quickly, but this queuing shooting tactic is not OK just a copycat, and I'll let the other side see what a real queuing shot is.

"Report to the battalion commander, we're running out of ammunition."

Suddenly there was a soldier's report below, Tan Biao, who was happy, looked down, his face suddenly changed, the ammunition boxes that were originally piled up like a hill have been moved by the soldiers a lot, although there are still half left, but most of them are wooden boxes containing thunder, and there are really not many gunpowder and lead bullets fixed.

Tan Biao scratched his head desperately, this time he was in trouble.

After working as a cement worker for a day, I was so tired that I almost couldn't catch up.