No matter how shocked the Qing army leadership was, the fighting at the front continued.

After firing the bullets in the barrel, the soldiers in the first platoon fell to one knee according to the content of the training manual, reloaded the rifles in their hands, and gave up the firing position to the friendly soldiers behind them.

After the field of vision in front was clear, the soldiers in the second and third rows took turns to raise their guns and shoot, and the riflemen in the third row output fierce fire in a short period of time, and each shot would bring dozens of casualties to the Qing army on the opposite side.

At a distance of almost two hundred meters, being able to shoot dozens of people is not a bad result, at least for a poor smoothbore gun with low accuracy at this time.

Seeing that the thief army on the opposite side was shooting again, the Qing army commander knew that he could not stand still here, and that it would only increase casualties, so he drew his waist knife and shouted loudly:

"For the sake of His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, continue to attack, and kill on the spot if you don't have a foothold!"

"Onward! Advance! Don't stop! ”

Under the reprimand of the Qing army generals, the Qing army's bird guns continued to advance, and this time they obviously increased their speed, wanting to close the distance between the two sides, so that they could use the bird guns in their hands to fight back.

However, the reloading speed of the flintlock pistol was much faster than the Qing army bird gunners imagined, even if there was a reason for the uneven reloading speed, which caused a whole platoon of soldiers to shoot from at least ten seconds to the next round of shooting, which was enough to shoot several rounds at a distance of two hundred meters.

With the advance of the Qing army, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, and the casualties in the Qing army gradually increased.

The Qing army marched to within 150 meters, the archers in the back row stepped forward a few steps, stood still, drew arrows from the quiver, took the bow and led the arrows, and shot upwards to the sky, although the number of Qing archers was small, but there were also hundreds of people, the arrows shot rose into the air, formed a small arrow rain in mid-air, and flew towards the chest wall.

Although the first shot was only calibrated, some of the arrows fell behind the chest wall, killing and injuring riflemen, Su Yan saw this, and with a wave of his big hand, hundreds of sword and shield hands stepped forward and raised their shields to cover.

Not only that, but the archers of the Zhongwu battalion, who were standing not far behind the line infantry, also began to return fire, but they were sparsely numbered and the arrows they shot were sparse, and they did not pose much threat to the Qing army.

The shooting of the Qing archers also disrupted the shooting rhythm of the riflemen, allowing the Qing army bird gunners to take advantage of the situation to advance more than ten meters until they entered within a hundred meters before the rebels behind the breastwork were included in the range of the bird guns.

But at this time, the morale of the Qing army's bird gunners had been killed and wounded, and they only had time to shoot a volley at the breastwork, and most of the projectiles were blocked by the breastwork, and then they were counterattacked by the fierce fire of the riflemen.

Seeing this, Tong Guoqi, who was supervising the battle in the rear, had to order the bird-gunners to retreat and repair, and instead ordered the sword-and-shield men and spearmen who were advancing together to attack, trying to destroy the breastwork.

Knock - Knock - Knock -

Accompanied by the dense drumbeat, the Qing army phalanx, which had been following behind the bird's gunner, began to run, and they shouted and fought like wolves and tigers, completely without the slaves who wagged their tails and begged for mercy to the Manchurians in the past.

"The Chinese military battalion is lined up in front, ready to meet the enemy, and the loyal battalion is guarding on both sides!"

In the face of the charge of the Qing army, Su Yan was not afraid of danger and gave orders in an orderly manner, and with his order, the Zhongjun Battalion and the Zhongwu Battalion both began to act, and the Zhongwu Battalion archers also withdrew, and only the riflemen were still standing behind the breastwork.

They weren't going to stay and engage with the Qing army, letting the precious riflemen fight the enemy's melee infantry hand-to-hand, unless Su Yan was amused to give such an order.

The reason why they did not withdraw immediately was to give the Qing army a small surprise.

"Shoot—"

Bang bang bang –

Within a hundred meters, the power of the flintlock gun shot could penetrate most of the armor and shields, and many Qing soldiers were shot while running, and they fell to the ground by inertia as they ran, although there were not many people who fell each time, but it was enough to cause a palpitation in the army.

It was also at this time that these sword-and-shield men and spearmen finally realized the feelings of the bird-bearers.

After three volleys of riflemen, instead of reloading their rifles, they stooped down to pick up the bottles and cans that had been placed at their feet, and with their other hands felt for a small tube.

Because of the distance, the Qing soldiers did not see the things in the hands of the riflemen, they only saw the bottles and cans, which were ceramic jars the size of an adult's fist.

"What's that?"

Although I don't know what it is, it will appear on the battlefield at this time, which is enough to prove that it must be a new artifact that is not good for me.

Sure enough, under the gaze of the Qing soldiers, those riflemen bit the top of the tube, blew it inside, and directly ignited the lead on the ceramic jar, and after a few seconds, they estimated the distance between the two armies and threw the ceramic jar towards the Qing army formation!

Earthen thunder!

More than 100 thunderbolts were thrown at the Qing army, and a series of explosions occurred before they landed, and the shock wave generated by the explosion of the black powder filled inside pushed the iron nails and porcelain fragments inside to a range of two meters around them, and the splattered sharp objects were directly inserted into the exposed skin of the Qing soldiers!

For a while, the screams were continuous, and the momentum of the Qing army's charge was stagnant, and many soldiers covered their exposed skin in pain and let out heart-rending screams.

These sharp objects may not directly take the lives of the Qing soldiers, but the pain it brought to the Qing soldiers is unimaginable, and the screams of the wounded soldiers also shake the morale of the other soldiers even more.

"Damn thieves! Kill! Kill me! ”

In the chaos, the Qing army general looked at the miserable situation of the soldiers around him, his eyes were torn, and he roared loudly, and he was about to lead his subordinates to rush to the chest wall to avenge his comrades.

This Qing army commander won the support of many soldiers, and when he saw that some people were rushing forward, those who were not bombed gritted their teeth and rushed forward.

But when they rushed to a distance of less than ten meters from the breastwork, the grass under their feet suddenly collapsed downward, and nearly 100 people fell down on the spot, pierced by the sharp bamboo laid under the trench!

This scene also made the Qing army behind them stunned and stopped, they looked at the riflemen behind the breastwork who had withdrawn into the back of the Chinese military camp, and then looked at the trench in front of them that was about two meters wide, but they still did not have the courage to continue to move forward, leaving more than 100 corpses on the battlefield, and supporting many wounded to retreat.

The first wave of the Qing army's tentative offensive failed