The line private brigade was further divided into 3 squadrons, each standing in 1 row, for a total of 3 platoons. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The front squadron fired, then retreated to the rear of the line to concentrate on reloading and opened fire from the 2nd Platoon Squadron.

3 rows alternately reload and fire, making the arquebus 3 times more efficient when it would have taken a minute or more to shoot at a time!

This method of combat is called a three-stage strike.

Of course Lin Xiao couldn't think of this method, this was provided by the officers in his clone corps, and I have to say that it was still very beneficial to directly clone a corps.

Dense gunfire rang out, lead bullets flew out of the muzzle, the armor on the chest was easily pierced, and the soldiers in the middle of the earth who rushed up fell in response.

These Middle-earth soldiers had seen such a murderous weapon, and it had taken great courage for them to rush forward, and Norton's words had completely broken them.

Patches of soldiers from the Middle Earth fell, and a few who were still behind tried to escape, but they couldn't escape the rain of arrows from the bow barracks.

In less than 10 minutes, 300 soldiers from the Middle Earth were completely wiped out, and not a single one was left alive.

This was also acquiesced by Lin Xiao, he found that these soldiers were much more powerful than the soldiers he had encountered before, and if it weren't for the line guard brigade, it was really possible to be killed.

Although it can be won, it is likely to cause some losses.

This kind of soldier is still a little uneasy to keep as a prisoner, and he doesn't have the energy to manage these at present, so it is more convenient to solve it on the spot.

The iron mine was soon occupied by Lin Xiao, and it was a medium-sized iron mine, and there was still an iron-making kiln hidden in it, but he didn't see anyone, and he probably withdrew all of them.

However, the soldiers sent out to reconnoiter soon returned, and they found 500 slaves in the mountains not far away, as well as a dozen soldiers from the Middle Earth.

Lin Xiao naturally couldn't let go of these people, kill those soldiers, recapture the slaves, and drive them over to continue mining iron ore.

These slaves, who were already timid, gave in to their obedience, and after adopting the piecework method, the slaves were much more active in their work than before.

The next thing went much smoother, Lin Xiao didn't encounter much resistance, and occupied 3 towns in a row.

A total of 5,000 people, 2 medium-sized iron mines, 1 large coal mine, and a number of other mineral resources were harvested.

Of course, Lin Xiao can continue to occupy it, he has no intention of continuing to do it, the soldiers who have been fighting continuously in the past few days are already very tired and need to recuperate.

For these towns, he was not stupid enough to separate his forces to manage them, and only stationed them in Ella Town, as long as he held here, Huangsha City would not be able to bypass it.

As for the management problem, the most acquainted people in the captives were directly promoted, who were at the bottom, and when they encountered such a good thing, they would naturally grasp it firmly.

This indirect management is also very advantageous, and since these people are native, it is still easy to stabilize these civilians.

A few days have passed, and there is still no movement in Huangsha City, Lin Xiao has no surprise, which is really the same as he guessed.

He is helping these nobles in Huangsha City to suppress the hostile camp, as the saying goes, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, even if this explanation is a little wrong, these old nobles are unlikely to help their enemies, sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight is the right thing to do.

But Lin Xiao was a little strong, and it was likely to break this state, which was why he stopped.

He was also ready to digest the dividends of the war and transport all the resources he had obtained these days to Xiaozhou City.

In addition, the logistics also needed to be replenished, especially the arquebus, which brought him a big surprise.

Moreover, arquebuses and artillery have obvious advantages here, and the western part of the Middle-earth Kingdom is arid, so there is no need to worry about rain, which makes it unusable.

This kind of weapon must be manufactured on a large scale, and even if it is difficult to manufacture it now, now that the resources here are replenished, the problem of manpower shortage has been slightly alleviated, and it is completely possible to spare manpower to manufacture it.

After finalizing these things, Lin Xiao continued to infiltrate these small towns around Huangsha City and carry out espionage activities.

You must know that some of his clones have already learned the language here, after all, they can learn it subtly after dealing with them for a long time.

Lin Xiao set up the Intelligence Bureau, and he allocated sufficient funds to the Intelligence Bureau to hand over the people who wanted to find out the intelligence to them.

The process was relatively smooth, and those commoners didn't have much sense of belonging to the lord, unless the lord was particularly nice to them, but this kind of lord was rare.

This gave the Intelligence Bureau a good opportunity, and under the temptation of money, civilians directly revealed what they knew, and also developed a lot of downlines.

In this way, the actions of the nobles are basically mastered by Lin Xiao, and there is no need to blindly catch the black like before.

Judging from the information obtained, the old nobles of Huangsha City are still holding their troops, while the new nobles are united.

According to the grapevine, there are quite a few people among the new nobles who believe that this is a conspiracy and that the forces of the old nobility are specifically used against them, but there is no evidence of this.

The new aristocracy did not intend to sit idly by, and they vigorously recruited soldiers, increasing their strength from less than 1,000 to 5,000.

You must know that there are many commoners under the hands of each noble, and they can force civilians to serve in the military in accordance with the laws of the Middle-earth Kingdom.

After having so many troops, the new aristocratic forces were more relieved, and they were ready to concentrate their forces and go out for several days to drive out these foreigners who did not know where they came from.

It had been three days since Lin Xiao got the news, he didn't care too much, and gathered a group of civilians who were farming, it was just a group of armed mobs, not even as good as the guards.

Morale is especially important for such soldiers, and when fighting a less strong enemy, morale may soar and burst out with strong combat effectiveness.

But if you encounter a tough enemy......

Hehe, it will break at the touch of a button, and the scene of 1 soldier chasing a group of people is likely to appear the most.

These 5,000 people are basically a rabble, as long as their morale is defeated, they will win more than half, Lin Xiao is not very worried about tomorrow's battle.

After these days, the arquebus in Xiaozhou City has not been made much, only the damaged arquebus has been repaired.

But with the manufacture of 5 3-pounder smoothbore guns, plus the repair of the damaged one, he currently has 10 guns in use.

The guns had been delivered overnight to the town of Elli and had been delivered to the First Infantry Corps.

This is good news, but Lin Xiao is not very happy, judging from the latest news he has gotten, those old nobles in Huangsha City have been dispatched.

They sent a force of 1,000 people, hiding in a remote place not very far from the town of Eri, if it weren't for the insiders watching, it is estimated that they would not know.

Knowing this, Lin Xiao frowned, it seemed that the other party was waiting for him and the new nobleman to lose both, so that he could reap the benefits of the fisherman.