Huang Hansheng vaguely saw the opposite side of the smoke, the crowd seemed to slow down, estimated the time, and should be able to fire another salvo. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info immediately ordered: "Reload! ”

The team members immediately took out the paper shell bullet, bit it open, poured a small half gunpowder into the medicine pool, and then stuffed the bullet into the barrel and tamped it with a strip. Thanks to a large amount of training on weekdays, they are very proficient in their movements, and in just a dozen seconds, everyone has finished loading, and the officers and soldiers on the opposite side have not yet reacted.

"Prepare for launch!" A hundred guns were again leveled, aimed at the opposite side.

At this time, the smoke gradually dissipated, and under the shouting and scolding of the soldiers who supervised the battle, the officers and soldiers once again mustered up the courage to advance. Wang Qianhu rode to the rear of the brigade and shouted: "Don't be afraid, they are holding bird guns, such a little effort can only be put once, hurry up, whoever is the first to cut off the head of the opposite side will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver!" ”

The reward was opened, and the officers and men were even more energetic, they selectively forgot about the casualties caused by the first salvo, and once again accelerated forward.

Less than fifty paces away, the people on both sides clearly heard the final command - "Fire!" ”

The relentless gunfire of "Woo Woo Woo ......" rang out again, and the immediate result of getting closer was a higher hit rate. In the barrage of lead bullets, no one in the front row was spared, and they fell neatly like cutting leeks.

This distance is generally aimed at the chest position, most people are shot in the chest, and the tumbling and expanding lead bullet blasts a large hole in the flesh and blood, and immediately dies. A few unlucky ones were hit in the head, half of their heads were torn off, and their brains flew out, leaving not even a whole corpse.

The officers and men fell into confusion, some continued to rush forward because of inertia, and some hesitated whether to go forward and be shot or backward and eat knives. Huang Hansheng did not fall in love with the war, and decisively gave the order: "Withdraw!" ”

Everyone put away their rifles and quickly retreated into the forest. The officers and men who rushed to the front were only twenty or thirty paces away from them, and it seemed that a single charge could be achieved. But the officers and soldiers shouted loudly, and they didn't speed up - these people's firearms are too powerful, it's better not to chase them, just make a show and show the Qianhu Lord.

Wang Liangdong rode through the crowd and corpses, looking at his opponent who disappeared into the depths of the woods, his face blushing.

When he was appointed as the general of the army, he thought it was a low-hanging fruit, but he didn't expect the other party to be so difficult - not only cannons, but also bird guns that can be quickly loaded and cast, and there is a degree of advance and retreat, quite orderly, where is this group of chaotic people? In contrast, their own side is more like a rabble, although the number of people is more than ten times larger, but the combat power is far inferior. Wang Liangdong was cast a shadow in his heart, and he was afraid that he would kick the iron plate this time, and the prospects would not be good.

It didn't take long for his fears to be reconfirmed.

Only then did they pass through this forest, and on a hillside appeared the same men and horses, also armed with firearms, and erected two cannons. Judging intuitively, Wang Qianhu decided that this was not the group of people just now, and the direction in which the previous group of people withdrew was north, and this group of people was in the south.

Not the same people, but there is no difference in the consequences. Yang Youji led a hundred men and carried out two rounds of artillery bombardment at a distance of six hundred paces, leaving the officers and men into confusion again without any suspense.

This time, Wang Liangdong learned his lesson and did not order everyone to rush forward in a chaotic manner - the consequence of this was of little use other than to get a shot before touching the other party. He ordered the large army to continue to advance to the west of Chengmai County, and then concentrated all the Tang horses, heralds, and all the soldiers on horseback except himself, and launched a direct attack on the other side.

I have to say that Wang Liangdong's hereditary military position still has some battlefield adaptability.

He could see that the number of the two groups of people before and after was at an absolute disadvantage, but the firearms were sharp, and their purpose was only to harass and slow down the speed of the army's advance. The only way to deal with it was for the army to move on, and to use the agility of the cavalry to defeat them, or at least to keep them out of the way.

Although Qiongzhou lacked horses, the army of more than 3,000 people could only make up about 30 horses, of which nearly half were heralds, no bows and arrows and sabers, only a waist knife for self-defense, but once gathered to launch an impact, the momentum should not be underestimated. In the era of cold weapons, the cavalry charged the infantry, when the number was equal, most of them were one-sided slaughter, even if they were inferior in numbers, they could use the impact and mobility of the horses to make the opponent exhausted until they collapsed.

In this case, Wang Liangdong's tactic was beyond reproach, and even Wei Lianheng, who was known for his soldiers, couldn't think of a better way for a while. The only regret is that the number of cavalry is too small, and the combat effectiveness is uneven, so they can only force the opponent back, and they cannot divide the encirclement until the opponent is eliminated.

If the officers and soldiers were faced with such a cavalry onslaught, I am afraid that they would fall into confusion and panic. But apparently the convoy is not officers and soldiers.

The cavalry began to charge from a distance of several hundred paces, and after running at a high speed, even if the guards were well-trained, they would face the high-speed impact of the war horses and the swords of the cavalry if they fired a salvo at most. Yang Youji calmly made a decision: "All of them, form a hollow phalanx!" ”

In the subjects of the escort training, Xia Nan set up the tactics of a hollow phalanx according to the characteristics of the future opponent, that is, the rifle equipped with a bayonet was used as a spear, squatting on the ground, the bayonet was facing up at 45 degrees, and the butt of the gun was on the ground to defend against the cavalry. Whether it is the Houjin or the exile army, there is a large number of cavalry, and if you have no cavalry to fight against it, you can only use this tactic to defend and minimize casualties. It's just that Xia Nan didn't expect that this tactic would be used here in advance.

The two horizontal columns of the team formed a hollow phalanx, all crouched down, their rifles pointed diagonally forward, and their bayonets pointed upward. As soon as the formation was formed, the cavalry rushed in front of them.

Wang Liangdong's expected picture did not happen, he opened his mouth wide, and saw that after the cavalry rushed to the front of the bayonet array, most of them chose to avoid on both sides, only a few unlucky ghosts could not dodge, and rushed into it, and were pierced into a sieve by several bayonets.

The cavalry is also very helpless, they are not even professional light cavalry, they have to do the work of heavy cavalry, and it is strange that they can do it well. In the face of a tightly formed infantry spear formation, either use the archers to strike remotely, or use the heavy cavalry in armor to break through the formation, and use the light cavalry to directly impact such a tight formation, that is, to find death, even if the cavalry is not afraid of death, the instinctive reaction of the war horse will avoid the spear formation.