"This temporary recruit of strong men really can't be relied on."

Su Yan looked at those panicked conscription spearmen, and sighed in his heart that if he wanted to confront the regular army of the Qing army, he still had to have a regular army.

On the other side, Ma Degong saw that his subordinates were approaching, and the thief army was still arraying in a chaotic manner, and he couldn't help but show a contemptuous look on his face, and said: "A group of rabble, still vainly trying to fight against my Qing Dynasty king, is really asking for their own death." ”

But soon, the contemptuous look on his face froze instantly.

"First row, shoot!"

Seeing that the front army of the Qing army had entered the range of the smoothbore guns, the front line infantry pulled the trigger one after another, and the Qing soldiers on the march saw a burst of fire light on the opposite side, and then, with a pain in the chest, a cloud of blood mist burst out, and they screamed and fell heavily to the ground.

More than 200 infantry fired a salvo at the same time, although only more than ten people were shot, but it also brought a deep shock to the Qing army soldiers, including Ma Degong - they were originally surrendered Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, and they knew that the imperial court's firearms were weak, but the firearms used by the thief army were beyond their expectations, and they were able to penetrate the armor within 200 steps.

"This, how is it possible?!"

Ma Degong looked at the smoke that had not yet dissipated in astonishment, and swallowed his saliva, but then he came out of the shock of the firearms, and a thick greed emerged in his heart.

Thinking of this, he could no longer sit still.

"Chuan Bendu ordered the seizure of a thief's firearm and a reward of two taels of silver!"

The battle on the front line was still ongoing, and the second and third rounds of salvo fire came as scheduled, and each round of salvo was fired at intervals of less than a few seconds, although each shot only caused small casualties to the Qing army, but in the face of an uncharacteristically firearm that could easily penetrate the armor, the Qing army's heart could not help but feel a little timid.

However, after Ma Degong's new military order spread throughout the army, this bit of cowardice was instantly dispelled, and they screamed and killed the line infantry, which at this time was no longer a hateful thief in their eyes, but the embodiment of a beautiful ingot of silver!

"Reload your ammunition and don't panic!"

Seeing that the morale of the Qing army had suddenly risen a lot, and it was getting closer and closer to his side, the company commander knew that he had to evacuate immediately, he raised his flint short gun, looked around, and after the soldiers under his command were loaded, he shouted again: "Raise your gun, shoot!" ”

Bang bang bang –

"Uh-"

In the last salvo, the enemy was already within fifty paces, and the projectile was enough to penetrate all the armor at such a close range, and as the gunfire rang out, several clouds of blood exploded in front of the marching Qing sergeants, and they all fell down screaming.

When a Qing soldier saw that the robe next to him was shot and fell to the ground, blood splashed from the wound to his face, and he immediately felt a hot current rushing to his brain, and adrenaline was secreted rapidly, so that his eyes were only the enemy who shot his comrades.

However, after a volley, and without bothering to check the results, the line infantry, led by the commander, turned and retreated, and withdrew into the formation through the passage left by the spearmen.

The gunpowder smoke produced after it was ignited not only obscured the vision of Su Yan's soldiers, but also blocked the vision of the Qing soldiers.

"Thorn!"

The soldiers roared their training commands, raised their spears flat, and stabbed them forward, while the recruited spearmen, who had never been on the battlefield, closed their eyes, gritted their teeth, and stabbed their enemies with their comrades at their sides.

Poof—

The sound of spears entering the flesh sounded in front of the formation, even if the body was protected by armor, the spear could still easily penetrate the armor and penetrate deeply into the body of the Qing soldiers.

"Kill!"

The casualties of more than 100 people did not make the Qing army retreat, they roared and waved their long knives, slashed the shaft of the spear, and soon entered the spear phalanx, and fought hand-to-hand with the spearmen.

Where are these recruited strong men who are the opponents of the battle-hardened Qing army, they were immediately cut down, and the blood and stumps of their comrades made them begin to shake.

Seeing this, Su Yan knew that it was time to retreat, and the conscription of spearmen had begun to waver, and at this time he ordered the withdrawal of troops, which could suppress Ma Degong's suspicions as much as possible. He then ordered the horn of retreat to be sounded, and ordered the troops to cover each other and begin to retreat.

Of course, the only ones who can cover each other's retreat here are the system army and the loyal battalion, and those conscription spearmen have lost their fighting spirit as soon as they hear the horn of retreat, and they have turned around and fled.

Although they chased and killed the rout, the target was mainly those thieves with firearms, but when they looked at the battlefield, those thieves with firearms had already run some distance.

In order to chase and kill the rout, the Qing soldiers have become a mess of scattered sand, unable to form a tight military formation, taking advantage of this opportunity, the sword and shield men of the Zhongwu battalion reflexively killed back under the instruction of Su Yan, and easily cut down a piece of Qing army that pursued and killed the rout.

Seeing this, Ma Degong hurriedly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, he knew that the thieves in front of him still had the strength to fight, and there would be no gain if he continued to pursue.

Seeing that the Qing army stopped pursuing, Su Yan also gathered his army after retreating for a few miles, counted the number of people, and checked the losses.

This inventory, although Su Yan was mentally prepared, he was still taken aback.

The five hundred conscripted spearmen plus one hundred and twenty system spearmen who had just fought the main battle, at this time there were only more than three hundred and eighty conscripted spearmen left, and the system spearmen also lost one-third, which can be described as a heavy loss.

Looking at the state of these people, everyone is embarrassed, there are many blood stains on their bodies, and many of them still have obvious wounds on their bodies, and their morale is low.

Looking at their state, Su Yan didn't feel a little distressed in his heart, although he originally fought to paralyze Ma Degong at the cost of sacrificing the conscription of spearmen, but now looking at the miserable situation of these people, he will inevitably be a little touched.

However, Su Yan did not let them stay and rest, and led the army to withdraw towards the predetermined ambush circle.

Soon after they withdrew, the Qing army that simply cleaned up the battlefield was killed under the leadership of Ma Degong, and the prisoners they captured were killed after being forced to ask for some useless information, and Ma Degong, who was the leader, looked at the footprints on the road with a gloomy expression, waved his hand, and said: "Chase me, I must kill all these thieves!" ”