While the artillery company was busy, the soldiers of the Qiongzhou battalion in front were also ready for battle. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Facing the musket array of the Qiongzhou battalion, a distance of two hundred meters is a road to death for the infantry, and for the cavalry, it is a few blinks of an eye. Although the soldiers of the Qiongzhou battalion were well-trained, they only had enough time to fire one shot.

Directly in front were two rows of horizontal formations, the front row crouched, the butt of the rifle stationed, the bayonet pointed diagonally to the sky, the rear row stood, the flat-ended rifle aimed at the front, and a salvo was fired under the command of the officer.

"Woo Woo Woo", the dense lead bullet hit the war horse or knight, the hit war horse suffered pain, neighed and fell to his knees with his front hooves, and then rolled and fell, throwing the master far away, and the knight who was directly shot fell to the sky, fell heavily to the ground, and then was trampled to death by the war horse of the robe.

The soldiers after the salvo did not make the next round of fire, but quickly crouched down and, like the front row, pointed their bayonets diagonally at the sky.

The Shandong soldiers didn't know if there was another round of musket volleys, but they had no way to retreat, and kicked the horse's belly hard with the spurs on their heels, so that the horses accelerated and rushed forward, and the horses that rolled or fell to the ground in front of them could dodge and dodge, and they rushed up with their eyes closed when they couldn't dodge, and many people were tripped and fell to the ground and rolled into a ball. The momentum of the remaining cavalry was very strong, and they soon rushed to the front of the phalanx, and the swords raised in the hands of the cavalrymen in the front were about to fall, and at this time, the fuse of the mountain artillery also burned to the end.

"Boom boom" burst into a series of cannons, the mountain artillery almost opened fire against the heads of the Shandong soldiers, and one by one the shotgun barrels drilled out of the barrels under the push of the explosive force, and the pressure difference between the inside and outside made the shotgun barrels crack, and countless projectiles turned into metal rain and flew towards the opponent who was close at hand.

At such a close distance, the Shandong soldiers could not avoid it, and they were hit by a dense projectile covering their faces, and instantly turned into a sieve, and countless bloody holes were pierced through their bodies, and blood, brains, severed fingers, and rags flew all over the sky, and many people couldn't even scream, turning into a mutilated, bloody mass and falling to the ground.

Liu Zeqing had a big life, he fell from the front to the middle in the process of impact, and fortunately, he escaped the final round of shotgun rain. He watched in the rear dumbfounded, as the cavalry in front of him was concentrated by the raindrops of projectiles, and a rain of blood bloomed, and hundreds of people were wiped out in this instant. Rain-like drops of blood mixed with scraps of flesh and brains fell on his head and face, and even something flew into his mouth, and when he dug it out, it was a piece of minced flesh with cloth.

For the first time, the battle-hardened, murderous general soldier threw up on the battlefield. Although he has cut off the heads of his opponents and dug up the internal organs of his enemies, he has never eaten human flesh raw. This time, witnessing such a tragic death of his subordinates, coupled with the fact that human flesh was dug out of his mouth, he could no longer control his fear and nausea, and he vomited out everything that could be vomited in his stomach.

This round of shotgun firing made the Shandong cavalry completely calm down, and the momentum of the impact also slowed down. Seeing the two rows of bright bayonets in front of him, no matter how the master hit the horse's belly with a spur, the war horse did not want to drill into the bayonet array, but just wandered in circles.

After Liu Zeqing vomited, his brain reacted quickly, and seeing that it was impossible to break through the array of the Qiongzhou battalion, he hurriedly turned his horse's head and walked outside in a direction parallel to the phalanx. Seeing that the main general changed direction, the overwhelmed Shandong soldiers also followed.

However, at this time, it was too late for the Shandong soldiers to change the direction of their escape, and in the time they were delayed, the rebels had already caught up and collided with the remnants of the Shandong soldiers.

The Shandong soldiers were completely stunned, with bird's guns, cannons and bayonets in front and fierce rebel cavalry in the rear, and they didn't know where to attack. More people wanted to run, but after being entangled by the rebels, they couldn't run if they wanted to, and under the control of their subconscious instincts, they turned around and fought with the rebels, and the sound of "clanging" blades intersecting sounded.

In the distance at the other end, Zu Dabi gloated and looked at the "tragic encounter" of the Shandong soldiers, and said with a big smile: "Damn, tell your grandson to grab credit, now he is not a person inside and out, and he was disabled by the Guangdong soldiers, and he was entangled by the rebels, see how you die!" ”

Wu Sangui looked enviously in the direction of the Qiongzhou battalion, and said to Zu Dabi: "Second uncle, this Guangdong general didn't say big things, their bird guns and small cannons are really powerful, should we buy some from them after the war and bring them back to Liaodong?" ”

Zu Dabi nodded: "These things from Guangdong are really good, didn't we rob a lot of silver in Shandong?" And he exchanged it with them. ”

Wu Xiang next to him reminded: "These things will be talked about slowly after the battle." Now the top priority is to take the opportunity to stab the rebels in the back and annihilate the rebels. It was reasonable to let the rebels pursue Liu Zeqing before, but now if you sit back and watch these Shandong soldiers being killed by the rebels, you won't be able to go back to Futai and Gaogong. ”

Zu Dabi said regretfully: "It's a pity that I can't see this grandson's head cut off by the rebels." He raised his saber and shouted, "Sons, follow me and kill these rebels, so that I can ask Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian for silver!" ”

Wu Xiang reminded: "The rebel general who led the army this time is Li Jiucheng, the leader of the rebel army, and cutting off his head is better than a hundred and thousands of ordinary rebel heads." ”

Zu Dabi nodded, urging the war horse to slowly go out of the battle, Wu Sangui, Zu Kuan and other Liaodong generals followed, and thousands of Guanning iron horsemen followed. There was a long distance from this position to the position where the Qiongzhou battalion was on the other side, and charging too early would waste horsepower, so Zu Dabi deliberately suppressed the speed. Even as he jogged, the rumbling of hooves shook the ground again, and a thick cloud of dust was dragged behind the long cavalry procession.

Witnessing the Shandong soldiers and the rebels fighting in front of their eyes, the soldiers of the Qiongzhou battalion felt that this felt very strange. It stands to reason that they should help the "friendly army" strangle the rebels, but the very unfriendly behavior of this "friendly army" cut off their own way back, and no one in the Qiongzhou battalion was willing to help these Shandong soldiers. Besides, the men and horses on both sides are entangled together, and it is difficult to help if they want to.

Xia Nan observed the battle situation and found that the remnants of Shandong soldiers could no longer resist. The Shandong soldiers were already smaller than the rebels, and they were shot and shelled by the Qiongzhou battalion, with more than half of the dead and wounded, and their morale was completely lost.

He hesitated for a second or two, and then gave the order: "The artillery company is ready for one round of shotguns, and the infantry is ready for one round of salvo." After firing, meet the enemy with bayonets. ”

Huang Hansheng and Wei Lianheng looked at him in surprise. At this time, the fire was aimed at the back of the "friendly forces", and the indiscriminate attack on them and the rebels was different from the self-defense counterattack just now to prevent the array from being disrupted. However, they never questioned the general's orders, and immediately passed them on.