After three musket volleys, the three rows of archers were almost swept away at the forefront of the rebel line, and nearly two hundred corpses fell on the ground, many of them seriously wounded, and the heart-rending screams of the soldiers shook the entire rebel army.

Even, looking at the scene in front of him, the Southern Ming Army, which knew for the first time that firearms could be so strong, and the Ming Army in the interior, had already fallen into a collapse, and the Jiading Governor team behind the formation slashed and killed several deserters on the spot, barely stabilizing the formation.

Zhou Shixian saw the tragic situation in front of the rebels from the gap in the shield in front of him, and his heart was quite happy, just now the opponent's bow and arrow volley, and several arrows were inserted into the shield in front of him.

The rebels suffered heavy losses in three musket volleys, and the offensive formation immediately stalled, or even retreated.

And their arrow diffuse is almost lethal for the whole army to search all the way, almost every person in the whole army, and even someone in triple armor, Zhou Shixian's army was stabbed by arrows, only twelve people, and only two were killed in battle.

The attack was repeatedly frustrated, Ma Huabao and Wang Hui were already enraged, a war drum sounded in the rebel army, and the remaining archers immediately retreated, and the armored soldiers who were originally behind them moved forward with their shields and stepped on the drums, which could be seen to be trained.

However, the movements of these soldiers were a little slower, and the queue was much more chaotic.

It can only be said that I have practiced, but I have not practiced with high intensity, and I have not been able to reach the level of muscle memory that advances and retreats freely.

Taking advantage of the time when the rebels were changing formations, Sun Hu immediately ordered his musketeers to retreat ten steps back and leave the musket position filled with gunsmoke, while the archers and soldiers in front of the line had already raised their shields and retreated.

Although they were also a little chaotic because they didn't have high-intensity training, they were far better than the other side.

Zhou Shixian did not have artillery in his hands, so he could not give a big surprise to these rebel soldiers who rushed in armor and had cavalry covering on the flanks, so he could only say that he would retreat and use musketeers again.

In fact, due to the design of musket warfare, gun structure, ammunition materials and the quality of soldiers in this era, etc.

In general, after three or four salvos of muskets, it is impossible to continue.

Therefore, whether or not he can suppress the rebels, frustrate their spirit, and gain an advantage before engaging in hand-to-hand combat depends on Sun Hu's ability.

And this young officer, who knew a lot about the battle of musketeers in formation, and after recruiting Shun, he studied under Hongmao and devoted himself to studying firearms, obviously did not disappoint Zhou Shixian.

Sun Hu listened to the drums on the opposite side, did not look at the situation of the rebels at all, but carefully checked the formation of the queue, after they retreated, dodged the thick smoke, although the vision in front of them was still affected a lot, but the musketeers had regrouped, which was the most important thing.

Standing on the side, Vice Qian was staring at the distance of the rebel shield line, his eyes were better than Sun Hu's, and in such a situation where the vision was not very good, he could accurately judge the speed and distance of the enemy.

"Check the arquebus."

"Ready!"

"Aim!"

More than 180 arquebuses were leveled again at the same time, and the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at the rebel soldiers who were advancing forward with their shields.

At the same time, Li Daxi had already led his soldiers to stand in battle, and after the musket volley, they were about to rush out of the formation, crush these rebel soldiers in one fell swoop, and then, with the cooperation of the cavalry on both wings, push these routs to the rear of the rebels, so that they could rush the army formation of Lu Jiude's army, and then finish the battle.

Zhou Shixian never thought that he would have to fight with Lu Jiude again, the soldiers and horses under Lu Jiude's command were more elite than Ma Huabao and Wang Hui's, if he could use the rout to disrupt it, and then fight it with a military formation, this battle would definitely be won at the lowest cost.

Moreover, Xue Lao Er is already about to come, and when Lu Jiude leads the rout to abscond, he may just collide, and it is not a bad thing to annihilate them here in one fell swoop and absorb and digest the surrender.

These are all Ming troops, Zhou Shixian doesn't even have to guess to know that those low-level soldiers were just deceived, otherwise how could they rebel with such morale?

It's still under the banner of the Ming Dynasty.

The rebels' shields quickly advanced to fifty paces, and the line was already a little disorganized, but the shields were still basically able to cover the soldiers behind.

These soldiers raised their spears high, and from a distance, they were densely packed like a forest, and the sharp spear heads were basically covered with all kinds of dirt, and the enemy soldiers who were stabbed by this weapon would probably not survive.

"Shoot!"

Sun Hu's voice sounded, and a military horn crossed the front line and reached the ears of every soldier.

One hundred and eighty muskets roared at the same time, and in the orange-red firelight, lead bullets scrambled out, whistling out of the white smoke and slamming into the rebels' shields.

In the blink of an eye, the shield line, which was originally quite neat, was suddenly shattered, and the shield with the wooden plank and iron interlayer was within fifty steps, and it could not withstand the blow of the heavy arquebus at all, and even many rebels behind the shield were knocked to the ground, and blood pillars spurted out from their bodies, and the screams rang out.

When the other rebel soldiers saw the scene in front of them, most of them were panicked, and the wailing and screaming around them made them even more frightened, and the confidence generated by the superiority of troops was almost exhausted.

Without waiting for these rebels to react and reorganize the offensive, a second volley broke out on the shield, more than a hundred lead bullets flew out of the muzzle, and dozens of armored soldiers in the front row of the rebels fell down in unison, and the charging formation was already in chaos, and many people turned their heads and fled directly, their beliefs had been completely destroyed by the powerful power of Lu Mi.

But the family members who were behind the war immediately stepped forward, slashed and killed the soldiers who turned back, and forced them back, but when some family members saw the tragic situation on the battlefield, they couldn't help but be afraid.

At the same time, Sun Hu immediately ordered all the musketeers to retreat, and the soldiers under Li Daxi's command in the rear spread out into a horizontal formation of four rows, and the first row of soldiers took the shields behind the wooden stakes and began to go into battle.

The three rows of soldiers in the back followed.

Their formation, though somewhat uneven in the charge, was much better than the rebels on the opposite side, who were still in disarray, barely able to organize the offensive again under the shouts and shouts of officers of all ranks.

Li Daxi took the lead, and led his soldiers to rush through the white smoke left on the position after the musket volley, and the armor leaves collided and rubbed against each other as they ran, and they quickly approached the rebel line.

The rebels were still in disarray, some of the soldiers had rushed up under the leadership of the officers, others had stayed where they were, and some of the remaining archers had fired sporadic arrows, and their arrays had long since been extinct in name.