0836 First encounter
When the rebels took possession of the ten old guns, they couldn't help but let out a burst of cheers! But what they didn't know was that the ten old guns were the markers, marking that they had entered the limit range of the firearms!
Under the command of the officers, the musketeers of the phalanx quickly flattened their muskets and aimed at each other from a distance. Then began the first round of salvos!
As the fire of the two phalanxes rang out, the smoke of gunpowder immediately rose up. The whistling buckshot slammed into the rebels' bodies, making a popping sound! Blood spurted out like a spring! The screams are even louder! In an instant, the morale of the rebels that had just risen was beaten back!
The rebels have never received such a long-range strike! They couldn't figure out that they had been beaten with a firearm before they could reach the range of their bows and arrows! This is simply unheard of!
However, the rebels continued to advance according to their inertia. Soon after, the rebels' ranks were hit with a second round of firecrackers! This made the morale of the rebels drop even faster! After all, this feeling of being able to only be beaten and not being able to fight back is too depressing!
By the time the fire bolt reached the fifth round, the last straw that broke the camel's back fell! Because those guns have already rebuilt their gun emplacements and fired the first shells after the gun emplacements were replaced!
But this time it was no longer solid shells, but dense and shotguns! The scorching shotguns with the smoke of gunpowder knocked all those who rushed to the ground like a strong wind blowing through a wheat field!
For a while, the sound of lead bullet entering the body was endless! Then there were countless blood holes in the bodies and limbs of a large number of rebels, and blood gushed out like money! Even those who were lucky enough not to die or be injured were horrified by these bloody scenes!
At the front of the rebels' ranks, the living are screaming desperately! The wounded are moaning and wailing! Only the dead were silent!
This sudden change even shocked Kong Youde, who had been in battle for a long time! Although he knew that artillery could shoot shotguns, he had never seen such a dense range of shotguns! It wasn't until the artillery fired a second round of shotgun, setting off a second wave of blood in the crowd, that he came to his senses and shouted, "Retreat!" Fall back! ”
As the flag waved, the rebel soldiers ran back frantically, not even caring about the formation! Fortunately, the people of the two phalanxes in front of them blocked them and maintained order. In addition, the officers who supervised the battle killed dozens of routs to stop the confusion of the troops.
Liu Pei unsurprisingly repelled Kong Youde's first attack. As soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, he saw that his soldiers were actually a little ready to move, wanting to pursue. Liu Pei immediately shouted: "The officer suppressed everyone!" No one is allowed to move! ”
As the officers passed on the orders layer by layer, the soldiers, who had become accustomed to discipline, quickly quieted down, and no one rushed out!
Liu Pei knew that he had defeated his opponent in this round, but Liu Pei didn't dare to be careless! He never believed that a veteran like Kong Youde would not leave behind! So you can't act rashly! Because once your formation is unraveled, it will be difficult to recover it! And he doesn't have a reserve team yet, in case the opponent has an ambush, he will definitely suffer a big loss at that time!
Liu Pei observed the movements of the rebels and found that Kong Youde was really very set. Under his command, the army quickly quieted down and restored order. Then the whole squad was completed again under the organization of the officers. The two sides confronted each other again.
Liu Pei saw that the other party had stabilized, and he didn't see an ambush appear, so he couldn't help but wonder if he was a little suspicious? However, Liu Pei then drove away the idea. There is no room for mistakes and delusions on the battlefield, otherwise the price will be the lives of countless soldiers!
Liu Pei settled down and ordered: "Send 50 people over to collect the corpses of the brothers." Don't bring weapons! ”
Liu Pei's side quickly set off with 50 people, they put down their weapons and ran quickly towards the middle of the position. Soon, Kong Yongde's side also sent 100 people, and they did not carry weapons to the center.
The two sides did not speak, and each rummaged through the corpses of their own people. Liu Pei dragged back 21 corpses and one seriously injured wounded person in the last party! But it's a pity that the seriously injured wounded didn't make it through, and he just died as soon as he returned to the formation!
As for Kong Youde's side, it took more time to tidy up the battlefield. Because most of the dead and wounded were his people. However, Kong Youde was also ruthless enough, and the people he sent out to tidy up the battlefield saw the seriously injured ones and stabbed them to death directly with short knives, and only those who were slightly injured were dragged back.
It had already taken more than half an hour for the two sides to tidy up the battlefield. After that, both sides prepared to fight again as their own teams. However, this Kong Youde was much more cautious, he left one phalanx as his own formation, and then sent three phalanxes to press it up at one time.
Liu Pei was undaunted and directly ordered the artillerymen, demanding that they wait for the rebels to enter the firing range before opening fire. By this time, the artillerymen had already pushed the artillery back into place, waiting to attack the opponent.
Interestingly, the ten old guns were dragged away by the rebels, but they were left behind. It seems that they originally wanted to drag the guns away, but when they retreated, the rebels left them there! So the artillerymen simply dragged this artillery back.
Soon after the battlefield calmed down, the artillery began firing again! The excited artillerymen had the experience of aiming last time, and this time the shells landed more accurately!
The first salvo almost hit the rebel phalanx! Even the most basic jumping process of the cannonball has been omitted! So the results of this shelling were particularly tragic!
The white brains mixed with black and red blood depict the ballistics of these 30 shells! The terrible sight frightened the soldiers around them screaming! A soldier who wanted to retreat was directly hacked to the ground by the officer! However, the rebels still met the artillery bombardment step by step.
After several rounds of shelling, the morale of the rebels has dropped a lot. There are even soldiers who are ready to flee! In this case, the officers cut off the routs who caused the riots, and their heads were raised high with bamboo poles to deter the soldiers. The rebel soldiers in the chaos came to their senses when they saw the bloody heads, and gradually fell silent.
Liu Pei was surprised by this situation, he didn't understand why Kong Youde insisted on it? Liu Pei felt that from Kong Youde's old and spicy eyes, he could definitely see that his team was at the end of the crossbow, but he was still urging the soldiers to move forward.