Just when Nan was commenting on the performance of the field artillery in the summer, there was a commotion in the rogue formation on the opposite side, and the team waving the "Zhang" flag flashed to both sides, making way for a larger team to come up from the rear, waving the big banner of "Chuang". Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhu Dadian reminded: "Mr. Xia, this is Gao Yingxiang, who is known as the bandit 'King Chuang', if you talk about the old treacherous and cunning, this person is still above Zhang Xianzhong." ”

Xia Nan nodded, indicating that he understood. In fact, he is more familiar with the next "King Chuang" - Li Zicheng, but he doesn't know much about this Gao Yingxiang. However, in history, Gao Yingxiang was able to become a bigwig in the early Wandering Army, and he had his own merits.

The contingent with the word "Chuang" crossed Zhang Xianzhong's troops and came to the front, and under the command of leaders at all levels, the formation changed from dense to loose.

Xia Nan frowned, this Gao Yingxiang was very fast, knowing that it was tantamount to suicide to charge the Qiong Navy with strong artillery in a dense formation, and to discharge a loose formation, it would reduce the casualties caused by the artillery to a certain extent. The opponent has already made a move, and now it depends on how Wei Lianheng responds.

On the mountainside, the artillery battalion commander Zuo Wuwei also frowned, the looser the opponent's formation, the more unfavorable it was for the artillery, at least the lethality of the solid bullets would be greatly reduced.

A herald ran up, gave a military salute, and asked, "Battalion Commander Zuo, the regiment commander asked me to ask: If the solid bullet is not effective, can you consider flowering bullets and shotguns?" ”

Zuo Wuwei returned the military salute and told him: "Please tell the regiment commander that the range of the shotgun is too close, and the mountain is your own person, which will cause accidental injury, and the current field artillery position cannot use shotgun, but the mountain artillery under the mountain is not limited by terrain and formation." In addition, the flowering bomb can be used, but the killing effect may not be too good, and for the sake of safety, I have to stop firing when the enemy enters a range of 400 steps to avoid accidental damage. ”

"Got it!" The herald turned around and went down the mountain and relayed Zuo Wuwei's answers and suggestions to Wei Lianheng.

"Shotguns can't be used, and flowering shells can only hit 400 meters before they stop firing? I see. Wei Lianheng ordered the herald, "Inform the four infantry battalion commanders in front and on the flanks that the enemy may attack on three sides at the same time as just now, but the number is larger and the formation is more sparse, and artillery alone may not be able to stop it, so be prepared to meet the enemy with rifle fire or even fight with bayonets!" ”

After the herald left with his order, Wei Lian looked at the banner of the word "Chuang" in front of him, and said eagerly: "Come on, King Chuang, let me see how you compare to Zhang Xianzhong?" ”

With the sound of three cannons, Gao Yingxiang's soldiers and horses began to charge, accompanied by the shouts of killing that resounded through the sky, the displaced people all over the mountains rushed to the rain mountain from all directions like ants.

At the top of the mountain, Sima De said in horror: "This King Chuang is very courageous, I'm afraid he will put all his troops into it at once!" ”

Xia Nan also said: "That's right, Gao Yingxiang is more decisive than Zhang Xianzhong, he didn't use the tactics of adding fuel and sent a small group of people to test it, but poured out of the nest, it seems that he is planning to gamble." ”

In fact, Gao Yingxiang did not invest all his troops, and no one from the old battalion was sent out. However, compared to the huge base of tens of thousands of people, the number of people in the old camp is not worth mentioning. He had more than 30,000 men and horses, excluding the soldiers who escorted the property and carriages, and then removed the families of the leaders, the old and the weak, and this time the charge used nearly 20,000 horses, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they poured out of the nest.

As the saying goes, "one soldier is over 10,000, boundless", there are many people to a certain extent, and the visual impact is very strong. The veterans of the Battle of Bofu in the Qiong Navy were quite calm, after all, the army led by He Rubin also had nearly 20,000 people. However, the recruits who had not been selected from the Shandong immigrants for a long time were different, and everywhere they could see, there was a dense flow of people, and it would be a lie to say that they were not nervous and afraid, and many of them held their rifles with their hands shaking involuntarily, clenching their teeth tightly to prevent themselves from screaming.

Zhu Jinhu is a recruit in the first battalion, and Lan Lin, who has fought with him and been confined in confinement, is also in this battalion, but Zhu Jinhu is in the first company and Lan Lin is in the third company. When he saw the homeless people all over the mountains, his heart beat faster and faster, so he reached out and covered his chest, as if by doing so, his heartbeat would be calmer. He looked to the right, and since several companies were arranged in parallel, he didn't see Lan Lin's figure, and thought to himself: This guy is so big and fights people so fiercely, he shouldn't be afraid.

Lan Lin, who he identified as bold, was gasping for breath at the moment, and he didn't look calm at all. Lan Lin has a problem, when he is nervous or scared, he will breathe rapidly, like a person who can't swim chokes on water.

Seeing him like this, the soldiers next to him saluted one after another, with sympathy and contempt in their eyes, but because of military discipline and fear of punishment from the superiors, no one dared to speak indiscriminately.

Standing on the far left of the horizontal platoon was the platoon commander of this platoon, and when he saw Lan Lin's appearance, he whispered very ironcladly: "Looking at such a big man, why are you so daring?" Don't embarrass us, okay? ”

Lan Lin heard the platoon commander's complaint, his face suddenly turned purple, and he explained while panting: "Platoon commander, I'm not afraid, it's just ...... Just a little excited......"

The platoon commander didn't believe it, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "But just blow it......"

At this time, the sound of a wind instrument began to sound, with a loud timbre and a long rhythm. When all the soldiers, from the platoon commander to Lan Lin, heard the sound, they immediately took out the fixed ammunition wrapped in a paper shell from the cloth bag that straddled their waists, bit through the paper shell, and began the process of loading.

Different from the previous method of "basically relying on roaring in command", the Qiong Navy after the expansion has improved and optimized the command method. Orders based on words are no longer suitable for troops of several thousand men, long queues and the noise of the battlefield can drown out all orders given by officers, and no one who can shout can clearly convey orders hundreds of meters away. Under the guidance of Lin Weiye, drawing on the characteristics of some modern armies, the command method was changed to the mode of ordering the flag and adding the military horn, and the production and use of the military horn was directly borrowed from the PLA. The long sound of a military horn like the one at the moment represents entering a combat state, and the weapon in the hand must be loaded and kept ready to fire.

Although the results of the artillery battalion just now were very remarkable, in the face of the second attack of the troops directly under the "Chuang Wang", Wei Lianheng did not dare to be careless, except for the artillery, he ordered all the infantry to enter the combat state early. He concluded that it would be absolutely impossible to stop the attack of these tens of thousands of people by artillery alone, and that the situation of thousands of people huddled together and bombarded by artillery would not happen again.