The musketeers in Zhou Shixian's army formation were still motionless, none of them were shot, which made Wang Hui a little surprised, almost all the troops under his command did not use firearms, not to mention the cumbersome operation of this thing, the soldiers could not fire according to the requirements, although the movement and momentum were very great when shooting, but it was almost useless, and even often injured their own people.

"This escort force is really not simple, no wonder it can run out of the encirclement of hundreds of thousands of rogues."

Wang Hui began to worry a little in his heart, but now that the arrow is ready to be sent and has to be sent, it is useless for him to worry no matter how worried.

When these rebel cavalry entered fifty or sixty paces and began to draw bows and arrows to harass Zhou Shixian's army, the archers behind the shields of Zhou Shixian's army also began to counterattack.

On the battlefield, hundreds of arrows shuttled back and forth in mid-air, most of the rebels' arrows were shot on the shields, making a tinkling sound constantly, and most of the arrows of Zhou Shixian's army were shot on the ground, and there were a few screams from both sides from time to time.

The archers of Zhou Shixian's army used their infantry bows to shoot extremely lethal heavy arrows at these enemies, coupled with the absolute superiority of the infantry bow over the cavalry bow, the losses of the two cavalry of Wang Hui and Ma Huabao were not small, and more than a dozen war horses soon fell.

The horsemen, dressed in battle armor and constantly moving, were not the main target of the archers, only three were killed and five wounded, two of which were wounded by the fall of the wounded horses.

On Zhou Shixian's side, the soldiers had the double protection of shields and armor, and the light arrows shot by the bow were basically ineffective, and only three people with extremely bad luck were injured.

Ma Huabao and Wang met and knew that this level of harassment was ineffective against this elite group of soldiers and horses, so they had to signal the Chinese army to withdraw their troops, and those frightened cavalry left the corpses of a dozen war horses and withdrew from the battlefield in a gloomy manner.

After winning the first battle, watching the three rebels who had been lightly wounded fall to the ground in fear, using their hands and feet together, and crawling back in embarrassment, the morale of the escort army was very high, and the whole army was once again encouraged, and the spirit of victory was strengthened.

Ma Huabao looked at the middle of the battlefield with a gloomy face, several war horses that had fallen to the ground with arrows were struggling painfully on the ground, and one of them was hit by more than a dozen arrows, already dying, and let out a terrible neighing sound.

This round of temptation and harassment not only did not disrupt the deployment of the opposite side and created an opportunity for the soldiers to charge, but also caused their own side to lose more than a dozen war horses, which Ma Huabao and Wang Hui never expected.

"General Ma, I'm afraid this rebellious army is really difficult to deal with, there is not a single musketeer shooting, if we attack, I'm afraid it will ......" Wang Hui worried.

"General Wang, do you and I have a way out today?"

The horizontal flesh on Ma Huabao's face shook a few times, and then he sneered again: "As long as those members of our family are still there, when they are knighted in the future, they will naturally not worry about soldiers and horses, otherwise..... It's all life. ”

Wang Hui listened, his heart sank, and he suddenly felt a little funny, even Ma Huabao understood this truth, he was still hesitating, now they have no choice but to fight to the death? Is it possible to go to the thief?

"Let the musketeers go up first, and shoot at forty or fifty paces, and lure them to shoot, and then the archers scatter, and when they have reached forty paces, the cavalry on either side will be the first to attack, and the soldiers will break through the formation of this chaotic army through those gaps." Ma Huabao then said that the battle plan was still so simple and rude.

Of course, there is such a reason for the level of Ma Huabao, but on the battlefield, if the enemy did not make a mistake, or in other words, made a mistake, and you didn't find it, then there is no such thing as a clever plan, and everyone can only fight hard.

Unfortunately, there are no obvious loopholes in this military formation laid out by Zhou Shixian, and the only drawback is that there are too few soldiers and horses, so Ma Huabao and Wang Hui have no choice but to fight hard.

"Well, as soon as the gun is fired, the musketeers of those chaotic soldiers will definitely not be able to hold their breath." Wang Hui nodded.

He knows the Ming army too well, whether it is the border army, the Beijing camp, or the southern soldiers, they are afraid of muskets, these things issued by the Ming Ministry of Industry, not to mention the cumbersome loading steps, are easy to blow up, a round of salvo, more than forty steps, can not wear armor at all, but there are more injuries on their side.

"Let's all go together, and let Gonggong Lu send some soldiers and horses over to help in the battle, in case any accidents happen."

Ma Huabao said that, he called the herald, and then a war horse galloped out of the attacking formation, bringing up a trail of dust.

They still trust Lu Jiude very much, this eunuch is not the kind of person who does not know soldiers, nor is he the kind of person who will make a name for himself in order to compete for merit, ask him for help, and do not have to worry about being calculated.

Soon, the war drums rumbled, and dozens of rebel musketeers armed with three-eyed guns, bird guns and other old muskets rushed to the place where Zhou Shixian's army was fifty or sixty paces away and opened fire, but Sun Hu's musketeers were not moved at all.

Seeing that there was no movement on the other side, they kept running there, and slowly came to a distance of forty paces, but Zhou Shixian's army did not move at all as if the musketeers did not exist, except for the archers to shoot and counterattack.

The scattering of these musketeers had little effect, and the guns they used were very old, and the quality was even more worrying, and the soldiers did not dare to fill according to the standard because they were afraid of exploding the chambers, because the range and power were greatly reduced, and the lead bullet hit the shield like a stone crashing, except for a loud sound, it had no effect.

The archers of the rebels also quickly lined up to fifty paces, and behind them were soldiers in double armor, almost all of whom were the elite of the Mahua Leopard army, and the iron armor blades collided with each other when they marched, and then there were Ma Huabao and Wang Hui's Jiading, these people were the core of the army.

As the Ming army entered fifty paces, on top of the shield, muskets were also set up, and the daunting muzzles of the guns were aimed at the rebels on the opposite side, but none of them fired.

Sun Hu knew the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, and in order to ensure maximum damage, he asked Zhou Shixian for instructions to shoot at forty paces, instead of seventy or eighty steps in the traditional sense.

Zhou Shixian has no doubts about Sun Hu's professionalism, although he comes from later generations and has a much higher vision than Sun Hu, but for arquebus combat, he will not use his amateur level to order one of the most professional musket officers in this era and this land.

Soon, a military horn sounded, and the three rows of archers in the front of the rebels all opened their bows and arrows, and began the first salvo, hundreds of arrows roared out in a burst of cotton-like bowstring vibrations, crossed a graceful parabola in the air, and rushed densely towards the position of Zhou Shixian's army.

At the same time as the arrows hit the shield and armor, making a crisp sound, the cavalry on both sides of the rebels also began to attack, and Wang Chaodong and Wu Xingye rode out at the same time, leading the cavalry to cover.

Mindless watched the rebels rolling in front of the position, and immediately ordered the musketeers behind the breastplate to check the ammunition and arquebuses one last time, ready for the first salvo.

"Ready!"

"Aim!"

More than 180 arquebuses were leveled at the same time, and the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at the rebels who were stretching their bows and arrows, preparing for a second salvo.

Sun Hu stared at the uncovered rebel archers, and immediately shouted: "Shoot!"

On the position of Zhou Shixian's army, a long white dragon rose up, and soon melted into a thick wall of smoke, orange-red firelight flashed in it, and the explosive gunfire became one.

More than 180 buckshot swept through like a storm and waves, whistling into the rebels' formation, whether it was cotton armor or chain mail, or more expensive armor, a single layer of armor was vulnerable to the powerful and very cheap lead bullets.

Lead bullets smashed into the rebel formation like a hammer, and the archers in the front row fell down a large number of pieces with a brush, and the earth-shattering screams resounded through the plains, and columns of blood gushed out from the bodies of these soldiers, and the corpses of fallen soldiers and heart-rending screams were endless, seriously disrupting the determination of the follow-up rebels to attack.

In just a moment, in this earth-shattering musket salvo for the Ming army, more than sixty rebels fell, the first row of archers had almost been swept away by deadly lead bullets, and the front of the rebel formation was disrupted by this completely unexpected huge casualty.