The first regiment named by Lin Xiao only has nearly a thousand people, which is already a lot, you must know that although there are many people in ancient wars, not all soldiers have the courage to pick up weapons and stab at the enemy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

To really calculate, an ancient army, only about 10% of the soldiers are fighting, only these 10% of the people are defeated, and the rest of the soldiers basically collapse.

That's why there's always been a time in history where less wins more.

Lin Xiao is not afraid of many people at present, he has already manufactured 5 field guns, which are still the smallest caliber of 3 pounds.

This is not the reason why he is reluctant to build it, it is too wasteful of manpower and material resources, and he can't hang himself on a tree.

In addition to all the artillery, the arquebuses of the first regiment were also sent down, and a firearms of hundreds of soldiers were pulled.

To Lin Xiao's surprise, these musketeers not only have good marksmanship, but their melee combat level is not inferior to that of other soldiers, equipped with bayonets on their arquebuses, they can be used as melee infantry, and 20 points of energy are also worth it.

In addition to the musketeers, most of Lin Xiao was replaced by archers, and he also cloned a lot of expensive longbowmen.

As a result, the number of infantry in melee combat was less than 200, and if they were killed, they would have suffered heavy losses.

It was not unreasonable for Lin Xiao to do this, he found that his 3-pounder field cannon had a range even more than that of longbowmen.

This means that he can completely disrupt the enemy's archer formation before the enemy comes, or even let the archers withdraw from the battle early.

Without the threat of dealing with archers, your own archers can naturally rest assured that they will line up in formation and suppress all the enemy.

Of course, this also has a drawback, if the opposing soldier has heavy armor, the role of the archer will be suppressed a lot.

But don't forget the musketeers, the armor of the soldiers is like papier-mâché in front of them, and it is perfectly possible to crush them before they can kill them.

The specific situation still depends on actual combat, and Lin Xiao is currently unable to make muskets on a large scale, so he can only make do with them first.

And one last point, Lin Xiao needs a banner to represent his own power, otherwise he will be treated as a robber like last time.

The pattern of the flag, he thought of the dragon, but found that it was really difficult to draw, so he could only simplify, and soon a golden dragon flag was released.

After doing this, Lin Xiao put on a military uniform and went to Huangsha Town.

Although he had the advantage of size, it was still a little troublesome to carry 5 field guns, and it took two days to come to the vicinity of Huangsha Town.

Lin Xiao's arrival was soon discovered by the guards patrolling near Huangsha Town, and they hurriedly gathered, looking at these humans who had never seen them before in the distance.

The guards were a little nervous, and they lost first in terms of momentum.

Lin Xiao didn't waste time and said, "Line up!" ”

The clone troopers quickly set up their formation, and even though they hadn't been trained for too long, they still looked like they had been training for years.

"Forward!"

The loose formation of the Midland Guards pales in comparison, but they still gather their archers under the command of their commander so that they have a chance to counterattack.

The situation in Huangsha Town was seen by Lin Xiao, he still looked calm, and after estimating the distance, he said, "The artillery squad prepares, fire!" ”

As the artillery ignited the fuse, the five field guns were knocked back one after another, and one shell after another fell directly into the formation of the enemy archers.

The fragile body was easily torn apart, and the flesh and blood were scattered everywhere, and suddenly many archers with poor psychological quality were already frightened into incontinence.

Due to the distance and the fact that it was a test fire, only 1 of the 5 shells hit, causing less than 5 losses to the enemy archers, but the psychological blow was much more severe than it appeared on the surface.

Many archers were already pale, but fortunately, their commander stood up in time and said stubbornly: "There are definitely not many foreigners with this kind of weapon, we only need to hold out for a few minutes, and the cavalry troops stationed here will be able to come to support immediately!" ”

Thinking of the cavalry, the morale of the guards rose a little, you must know that the cavalry is invincible in this kind of plain terrain, and you need to be afraid of these uninvited guests.

But the second wave of shells was not as inaccurate as the first, only one shot missed the target, and the rest all went into the archers' formation.

Their formation was already very dense, and this time they killed more than 20 archers, and the remaining archers collapsed directly, and they dared to stand together as targets.

The commander of the guards was also helpless, so he could only let the archers separate, if they all died, he could be sure that even if he returned alive, he would not be able to bear the wrath of the nobles.

After clearing the danger for his archers, Lin Xiao then shouted: "Prepare the archer battalion, release the arrows!" ”

A rain of arrows fell, and the guards in the middle were directly suppressed and could only hide behind the city wall, but there were still many guards who were killed by arrows.

After clearing the archers' positions, the artillery squad aimed their guns at the walls.

The low-cost city wall of Huangsha Town, a wave of cannonballs, was easily defeated.

Without the protection of the city walls, many soldiers were exposed and shot by the rain of arrows.

Without the slightest surprise, the guards surrendered immediately.

It was so smooth that Lin Xiao felt a little incredible, he basically didn't fight with the other party, and won with only cannons and bows and arrows.

This time, there were less than 50 guards captured, and they were ready to surrender when the death toll reached 100, but in the face of the foreigners, they did not know the habits of the other party, so they insisted on it forcibly.

The last surviving guards have all collapsed psychologically, and they directly put down their weapons and sneak attack, leaving it to their fate whether they die or live.

This is exactly what Lin Xiao is most worried about, if he used to clone the gray man, it is estimated that the battle would have been solved long ago.

Just as Lin Xiao was waiting for Lin Xiao to reoccupy Huangsha Town, news came from the cavalry that the enemy cavalry stationed in Huangsha Town had been wiped out.

This is naturally part of Lin Xiao's plan, rather than letting the other party come to the door, it is better to take the initiative and kill him by surprise.

Lin Xiao is not afraid of this cavalry, but he is worried that the other party will not fight with him, and if he intends to make trouble in the rear, he does not have a good countermeasure for the time being.

After addressing this threat, you can finally rest assured.

Huangsha Town has not changed much from before, except that the population is a little larger, and there is a new nobleman.

It's just that this guy is too cunning, so he actually prepared a horse and fled in advance.

Pulling down the unknown banner of the castle, Lin Xiao replaced it with the Golden Dragon Banner, which also announced that Huangsha Town belonged to him.

Lin Xiao didn't stay long in Huangsha Town, left to send people to recycle the iron ore and coal mines, and also captured nearly a thousand slaves.

He kept all of these slaves, paid for their food, and encouraged them to work for themselves on a piece-rate basis.