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It was already half an hour later when Russell's main dragoon arrived at the battlefield, and he immediately received a report of casualties suffered by the scouts during the attack, although he was dissatisfied with the heavy casualties suffered by the elite dragoons when attacking the infantry of the Northern Army on the opposite side, which seemed to be very poorly trained, but how could there be no dead in battle? He could only put this anger behind him and began to command his own dragoons, who had just joined the battlefield.

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Dragoons themselves are light cavalry, and the main method of combat is to expand the results of the battle by quickly maneuvering their horses to the enemy's flank or blocking the enemy's escape path, and if they are used to break through the enemy's frontal defense, it is normal to suffer casualties. Russell, of course, was well aware of all this, so he gave the order to the soldiers who were thrown into battle to dismount and fight.

The soldiers turned over from their horses and dismounted, tethering their horses to nearby trees, some even just tying them to a stone, their horses were specially trained not to run around without the orders of their masters, and behind the array of dragoons who had dismounted at the moment was a large herd of horses. The dragoons, who had become infantry, opened their muskets one after another, examined the flints, and began to line up in three rows in front of the formation.

The soldiers of the Northern Army began to make a commotion, and the Southerners in front of them had already shot more than ten times outside the range of bows and arrows, but fortunately, the distance between the two sides was still far away, and it took luck to hit the person, so the soldiers of the Northern Army could still withstand the shooting of the Southern Army. But after the dust of the black pressure on the opposite side flew, a large group of cavalry appeared in the distance, and the number was six or seven hundred people. As the South Yankees on the opposite side jumped off their horses, the soldiers of the Northern Army knew that the shooting on the opposite side was about to begin, and they began to retreat one by one with frightened faces, and the officers had no choice but to continue to yell and suppress the soldiers.

But the officers' efforts soon became futile, and as the sound of musket fire rang out in the distance, the lead bullets fell like hail on the heads of the Northern soldiers, and more bullets hit the dirt and trees around them, and some even hit the woods, and several archers who were hiding in the woods also fell to the ground screaming. Wounded soldiers roll on the ground, helpless comrades trying in vain to stop the bleeding, but the fucking act means nothing but getting blood everywhere.

"Don't be afraid! They don't have many bullets! "We're going to hold on! Our main force is coming! The officers could only shout loudly at the moment to calm the soldiers down. The smoke rose again, the screams of bullets rang out, and more soldiers of the Northern Army fell to the ground.

"Spread out! Scattered! Ma Xiang, who was commanding in the woods, didn't care that he might be hit, and rushed out of the woods and shouted loudly at the soldiers of the Northern Army, "Quick! Scattered! Who made you stand so close? Isn't this looking for death? ”

The soldiers of the Northern Army looked at each other, they had been fighting in this dense formation since they were soldiers in the army, and now this instructor from China actually let them disperse, which really made them incomprehensible, but an order is an order, and the officers must have to listen to Ma Xiang, and they roared loudly, letting the soldiers disperse and spread out the formation.

This time it was the turn of the dragoons to be stunned, they had heard from the infantry battalion I don't know how many times to boast, the northern army's combat methods are not only outdated and rigid, in the battle only know to line up in a tight horizontal column to the front to attack, such a formation because the gap between people is very close, especially suitable for the infantry battalion to play the power of musket salvo, even if not very careful aiming, as long as the salvo is aimed at the general direction, it can also ensure a relatively high hit rate. But now they have dispersed their formation, and the northern army has dispersed at this moment, which has greatly reduced the power of the musket salvo. Although Russell was also surprised at the moment, the enemy was not a fool, a long illness could become a good doctor, and it was not uncommon for the always beaten Yankees to learn from previous failures, but it just happened that he bumped into it.

Russell shouted an order to several officers beside him, "The first battalion and the second battalion continue to shoot, and the third battalion and the fourth battalion advance fifty steps!" ”

The roars of the officers immediately rang out, and as the order was issued, the soldiers of the first and second battalions continued the process of loading and firing to ensure the suppression of the fire of the Northern Army, while the soldiers of the third and fourth battalions began to march in accordance with the order and advanced in the direction of the array of the Northern Army.

"They're coming!" "Shall we retreat?" The camp of the Northern Army was in a panic again, "Run?" ”

"Don't mess around, squat down!" Ma Xiang rushed out again under the rain of bullets, and shouted an order to the officers of the Northern Army, "You can't take a step back!" ”

The officers looked helpless, but Ma Xiang's order to disperse the formation just now did greatly reduce the casualty rate for them, and they had no experience in dealing with large-scale firearms battles before, but the Chinese had played with firearms at the beginning of the fight, and they must have more experience than themselves, so they gave the soldiers the order to squat down without suspicion.

The northern army squatted down, and the dragoons were really dumbfounded, the distance between the two sides was originally about two hundred meters, and it was no problem to see a large group of people standing, but now as these people squatted down, the exposed figure was simply unclear, which made the hit rate drop several times. One by one, they looked at the officers around them, not knowing what to do next.

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"Squatting down? It's so interesting! Russell couldn't help but rub his beard and laughed softly, the other party squatting down is nothing more than forcing his troops to advance to increase the hit rate, now the troops of the third and fourth battalions have advanced to a distance of about one hundred and fifty meters, if they continue to advance, they are likely to enter the range of the opponent's archers. And shooting at the current position and distance, the hit rate is too low. Russell waved his hand and said to the officer next to him, "Stop shooting!" Just wait here! ”

The task of the dragoons had actually been completed, and their task was to catch up with the northern army fleeing north before the infantry battalion, and then drag them to wait for the infantry battalion to catch up and annihilate them, in order to speed up the pace of pursuit, the infantry battalion had been divided into several parts. At the forefront was the new battalion equipped with only basic ammunition and new rifles, because they were equipped with new rifles, their firepower output could directly collapse the battle of the Northern Army, so the commander of the Southern Army decided to let the infantry battalion equipped with old muskets stay in the rear to protect the artillery battalion forward. After waiting for the new battalion to annihilate the main force of the Northern Army, the artillery battalion will arrive outside the boundary town under the protection of the old battalion, and then capture the boundary town with the assistance of artillery, and everything will be carried out step by step, like a textbook.

The dragoon soldiers did not move any further, but only stayed where they were, shouting loudly, and from time to time firing a volley at the front of the Northern Army. After the Northern Army found out that if they squatted down, they would not be shot by the Southern Army, and at this moment, they squatted on the ground like quails and never got up without orders, and many people even sat directly on the ground. The previous noisy battlefield fell into a strange state at this moment, neither side took the initiative to attack, but just shouted at each other. Personnel on both sides simply gathered the bodies and wounded and transported them out of the battlefield, and there was no other superfluous action.

After about another hour or so, a cloud of dust began to appear behind the dragoons, and in a short time a large golden banner appeared in the dust, and a large lion was embroidered in the middle of the golden banner.

"Is that a lion?" Zhao Siwen, who was beside Ma Xiang, couldn't help but squint his eyes and look at it carefully, and said to himself, Ma Xiang held the binoculars and carefully looked at the pattern on the banner, "Yes, it's a lion, and you've seen this lion." Saying that, he handed the telescope to Zhao Siwen, and Zhao Siwen, who took the telescope, picked it up and looked at it carefully, "Isn't this the lion flag of the Maidno people?" ”

"That's right," Ma Xiang nodded, "The last time they came to Dongfang Harbor for armistice negotiations, they played this lion flag, the blue shading represents the ocean, the white background highlights the lion, and the golden flag represents the sunshine, which means that as long as there is a sun shining, there are Medeno forces." ”

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"It's not a small tone," Zhao Siwen sneered, turned his head to look into the distance, and then said, "We have to let them eat today." ”

"Of course!" Ma Xiang stretched out his hand to take the binoculars in Zhao Siwen's hand, put back his satchel, then lifted the rifle leaning against the trees, stood up and said to the few soldiers next to him, "Inform the archers!" Prepare for the impact! ”

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The soldiers of the infantry battalion were entering the battlefield, Shu Da's battalion was in the third phalanx, and the two phalanxes in front were still unfolding, but they could hear a commotion in front of them, "The northern Yankees are moving!" "It's coming! Get ready to meet the enemy! ”

Both Shu Da and Russell were confused by this unreasonable move in front of them, although it is said that the soldiers are treacherous, and it is a common means in war to attack while they are unprepared, but now this tactic is too unreasonable. The soldiers of the Northern Army on the opposite side emerged from the woods, and one by one they ran quickly in their direction with weapons in their hands. Russell held up his binoculars and took a closer look, but the soldiers were carrying longbows and arrows in their hands.

"Archer charge?" Russell couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, "These people have broken brains, right?" ”

The soldiers of the Northern Army did not slow down at all, they were still running forward quickly on the soft grass, and some people accidentally tripped over the grass roots or something, but they didn't care, they just got up and continued to rush forward. They quickly rushed to a distance of about a hundred meters, and at the order of the officer, they half-knelt down, bent their bows and arrows, and immediately released a round of arrows.

The dragoon soldiers were still in a daze because of the unreasonable behavior of the Northern Army, but even if they were in a daze at this moment, they understood what the Northern Army was doing, and the dragoons shouted and scolded one by one, raised their carbines, which had been loaded long ago, and fired a volley at the Northern Army.

The arrow slashed across the sky and landed in the crowd of foot battalions that were moving forward with inertia. At this moment, the soldiers of the infantry battalion still maintained the previous marching formation, not only very compact, but also completely defenseless, so the dense rain of arrows almost immediately exerted its power. In a burst of screams, dozens of soldiers from the infantry battalion fell to the ground with arrows, and many more ran and shouted in the crowd that suddenly became chaotic with an arrow poking an arrow on their bodies. The soldiers of the infantry battalion who ran wildly not only disrupted their formation, but also dispersed the dragoon formation that was on guard before, and many horses were frightened and ran wildly, and even sprinkled a handful of salt into the hot oil pot.

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Russell couldn't help but scold, but he had no choice but to yell at the dragoon's camp, "Steady! Steady! At the same time, he turned to the herald beside him, "Reload!" Load! Get ready to shoot! ”

Houdi Yuanke Cool Ship Hates to Accept Cold Early Love, "Of course!" Ma Xiang reached out and took the telescope in Zhao Siwen's hand, put it back in his satchel, then lifted the rifle leaning against the tree, stood up and said to the few soldiers next to him, "Inform the archers!" Prepare for the impact! ”

The dragoons were in a panic as they scrambled to reload their ammunition, and some of them broke up the cartridge and scattered the projectile all over the ground; There were also people who were pushed unsteady by the crowd, and even the carbine in their hands could not be grasped and fell to the ground. Now not to mention shooting, even reloading has become a very difficult thing.

Shu Da couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he had experienced the siege of Champa Port, when the first company of the Foreign Legion was suddenly attacked by the defenders of Champa Port and suffered heavy casualties, the second and third companies were able to react quickly and enter the battle, and now the situation of being shot with bows and arrows and turning into a pot of porridge is completely two states, he couldn't help but say to the old subordinates around him, "If it is the army of the Senate, where will there be such a chaotic situation now?" ”

The old junior also smiled bitterly, "No way, old company commander, I can only strengthen training in the future." With that, he turned and walked forward, running as he began to straighten out his formation.

Because the archers' attacks were too smooth, no one paid attention to concealing themselves, and even the infantry of the Northern Army in the distance behind them forgot the helplessness of having to squat on the ground to reduce casualties in the previous battle, and actually stood up and shouted and cheered forward. The archers of the Northern Army took advantage of the confusion to shoot two more rounds of arrows, adding more chaos to the originally chaotic infantry battalion. But at this moment, the infantry battalion led by Shu Da and several defectors from the Foreign Legion had completed the whole army, lined up in a firing formation, and then fired a volley towards the position of the archers of the Northern Army. The effect of this salvo was obvious, and the rifled-reinforced buckshot fell in the crowd, knocking the archers over a piece.

At this moment several heralds rushed up from behind and shouted at the officers of the archers, "There is an order!" Retreat! Retreat! The archers didn't care about the weapons in their hands at the moment, and those who had arrows in their hands didn't care about aiming, and they shot in the general direction, and more people even threw the bows and arrows in their hands directly to the ground, turned around and ran away.

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