When Wu Yuewang's firecracker heard the order, he immediately pulled the trigger, and with a roar, a piece of gunpowder smoke rose in front of him, covering the firecracker's field of vision, so that he could no longer see the face of the enemy who was already close at hand. At about the same time that the soldier pulled the trigger, his companion next to him also heard the order, and the soldier also aimed his musket at the forehead of another Qing soldier without moving...... One by one, after the gunshots rang out, the preoccupied Ming gunners all reflexively began to shoot. Judging from Deng Ming's position, puffs of gunpowder smoke erupted from the muzzles of the guns of the firecrackers standing in the front row almost at the same time, and violently rushed towards the faces of the soldiers on the front line of the Qing army, and in an instant, the front line was covered with smoke, completely separating the two armies.

The sound of the several rows of guns fired by the Ming army just now was far less intense than this one, although it was also a salvo just now, and there were only a hundred firearms, but Deng Ming could hear that it was a series of crackling sounds, but because the interval was too short, it sounded like a continuous sound; There was still an interval between the gunshots in the platoon this time, but the soldiers of the Ming army, who were highly concentrated, all who heard Wu Yuewang's shouts opened fire at the first moment, and the others also fired immediately after hearing the gunshots. Although the reaction speed was slightly different, and almost all of them reached their respective limits, Deng Ming felt that the difference between the first and last of the hundred gunshots might be half a second.

In such a short period of time, the gunfire of a hundred guns converged like a thunderbolt, and the previous sudden ejection of gunpowder smoke was like a lightning omen before the thunder, and when the white smoke rose, the thunderbolt suddenly came, and Deng Ming felt the mount under his crotch take a step back. The horse, who had seen gunpowder many times with Deng Ming, did not make much movement, but still snorted slightly, as far as its owner understood, it was expressing its amazement.

The mounts of the three wall guards around Deng Ming also shook their heads and tails at this time, exchanging opinions with each other while the humans were nervously watching the battlefield. These horses are very attentive, and a few of them are considered to be nervous, but every time they follow a human to the battlefield, these horses also act serious, and they know that their owners don't like them to talk to each other on the battlefield.

These horses have seen the sound of gunfire many times, and in the past, when they were in Chengdu, humans used this sound to scare them and train them constantly. The war horses were scared when they heard the gunshots at first, but after hearing too much, they didn't take it seriously, and they no longer panicked.

But today's battle made the horses feel a little different, they felt different from the sound of gunfire so densely, and based on the experience of the horses, they had expected that the humans in metal armor would soon be roaring and fighting together—under normal circumstances, this would always be the result when the opposing side rushes up. Then they will be ready until the humans on their backs shout and kick them in the abdomen, at which point they will rush out with the men and follow their usual training to keep in line with their companions and trample the enemies in front of them into the mud...... In the evening, the drunken host pampers himself with a large ball of fresh straw, most often with carrots and sometimes an apple. The war horses all knew that the owner would smile at that time, and would keep stroking the hair on his neck when he lowered his head to eat.

All war horses know that man, though he is not good-looking, is a fierce animal, and he likes to wield sharp and dangerous metal clubs at each other, and in order to fight this danger, he also draped metal pieces over himself and his horse; They fight with the aim of killing their own kind, not driving them away, and the blood-soaked territory they have so hard to grab, they don't often go there to find something to eat, and sometimes never go a second time—the horses don't understand why they fight if it's not for the sake of the battlefield?

Not only the horse knows this, but the other animals know it too. If the horses stay honest, the wolves will circle around with bad intentions. As soon as a man is ridden on horseback, the wolf will run as far as he can. And at that time, the horse was no longer afraid of the wolf, but became a hundred times more courageous - when the man on his back wielded a sharp iron weapon, the horse was not afraid of the person who also had the same iron weapon in his hand, and was he still afraid of the wolf?

The smoke of gunpowder cleared in front of them, and the horses looked ahead with wide eyes, and there was a row of humans lying on the ground, and the people in the small pieces of iron who had just rushed over were dead.

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The green soldiers of the battalion in the center who rushed to the forefront were all officers and veterans with the strongest armor and the most high morale. The reason why this battalion can be arranged in the middle lane is because Sun Sike has taken a fancy to their combat effectiveness and knows that there are many excellent veterans in this battalion of green battalions. When the situation was unfavorable and the morale of the army was low, the veterans of the battalion took the lead in the charge. They knew that if they were defeated and could not escape the fate of being slaughtered, they might be able to defeat the enemy army and receive awards for their meritorious service.

The officers and veterans who led the charge were almost all killed on the spot, their helmets easily pierced with lead bullets, and from the gaps in the back of their heads, shattered bones and blood spurted together. Including the deputy general of the Green Battalion, who commanded the battalion, was also killed on the spot by a lead bullet hit the center of the eyebrows.

"Back off, back off!"

Wu Yuewang shouted vigorously. The salvo was even more effective than he had imagined, and the firecracker could be said to have missed a shot at an enemy who was close in front of him. However, the performance of the fire gun was a little disappointing, and Wu Yuewang shouted loudly for a long time, so that the fire gun soldiers came to their senses, and quickly retreated from the passage behind them.

As early as when he was training in peacetime, Wu Yuewang noticed that the fire gun was very effective in containing the enemy, and the full force of the bow and arrow against the armored soldiers could not stop the enemy's assault; The Crossbow is more effective, but if it is blocked by sturdy armor instead of hitting the vital point, it will only slow down or deform the enemy's movements.

And when training firecrackers, the shooters will have a noticeable recoil when firing, because these guns are of good quality, and after a large number of charges, the power of the backlash is more obvious. In the past, in actual combat with firearms, the enemy soldiers who were hit would be knocked backwards, and the role of muskets in containing enemy troops seemed to be much more obvious than that of crossbows.

And in today's volley, the musket attack stopped the armoured charge of the entire central green battalion. Unlike the unarmoured, the armoured charge is slower, but it is also more difficult to stop by bows and crossbows - even if they are hit by several arrows, as long as they are not hit at the same time, the armoured soldier's impact speed will not be significantly slowed. But after this volley, the soldiers of the Green Battalion, who were rushing at a rapid pace, were like a wild bull running angrily, and with a burst of gunfire, they suddenly hit their heads on the stones and broke their heads, and they lost all their speed at once.

The Qing army armor soldiers in the front row seemed to collectively crash into an invisible transparent wall, and the sound of impact stopped abruptly. Several of the soldiers in the front row were shot with their feet in the air, and their forward momentum was suddenly blocked by the invisible wall, and the upside-down onion fell backwards, crashing into their comrades behind them, and pushing them backwards as well.

The offensive of the central green battalion was completely stopped by a salvo, and after the musketeers retreated safely, the Chinese army of the Ming army began to attack. The Qing troops in the back row could not see the movement in front clearly, and only knew that they followed the officers and veterans to rush forward, and they were all told that if they didn't want to die here in Sichuan, and they didn't want to never be able to return to their hometowns, then they had to rush forward without hesitation and completely defeat the Ming army in front of them.

Therefore, the Shanxi soldiers could not be tired and used their last strength to launch this decisive charge. Standing in the center just now, they had been under the heavy care of the Ming army's firecrackers, and more than a third of the dozen or so people who fell in each salvo belonged to this green battalion.

When the last deafening thunderclap rang out at close range, the soldiers in the back row saw that the eyes were white, and the choking smoke rushed through the gap between the front row of their comrades, and something had crashed into it. They instinctively raised their hands to cover their faces. When the smoke cleared, the soldiers saw that the arms they were holding in front of them were covered with the blood of their comrades in the front row, as well as skull fragments.

Several of the Green Battalion soldiers in the back row suddenly changed their faces, covered their wounds and screamed loudly, when the lead bullet shattered the armor just now, the debris flew backwards, and some of them hit the cheeks of the Green Battalion soldiers in the back row or other unprotected positions.

A soldier who had dragged back a little lowered the arm that was covering his eyes, and he had been following closely behind the general, just now before his eyes, the helmets of the general and one of the soldiers beside him exploded at the same time, and now the arms of this soldier were full of their brains; Another soldier in the front row was shot in the neck, and the lead bullet that broke his cervical vertebrae was deflected by the bones and shot into the hand of the soldier who was dragging behind, knocking his little finger away.

"Hmm......" The Qing soldiers didn't have time to think, because a large group of cold light had flashed in front of them, and hundreds of Ming troops rushed forward and launched a counter-charge against the Qing troops who stood still in place.

Deng Ming saw that the precious hundred firecrackers had finally withdrawn safely to the back of the formation, and couldn't help but exhale softly, and said in his heart: "After the war, we must find Wu Yuewang and scold him." ”

Deng Ming looked at the entire battlefield again. He guessed that these Qing soldiers deployed in the center might be the most effective battalion of soldiers, because they rushed to the front and the fastest speed when the Qing army attacked the whole front. Now the offensive of the most resolute battalion of Qing troops has been completely suspended by the Ming army, and on their flank, the movements of the other Qing troops are obviously much slower. The soldiers of the Green Battalion on the left flank of the Qing army were exhausted before the battle, because they knew that if they did not sell their lives, they would have no way to live, so they were now using all their strength to make a fierce shout at the Ming army. Deng Ming is very familiar with this posture, and he has seen it up close when he was in Zhong Xiang. The movement of the right wing of the Qing army was a little slower than that of their left flank, and they kept watching the movements of the main attacking force in the center, and the hesitation in their hearts could be seen.

And behind the flank of the 3,000 soldiers of the Shanxi Green Battalion, there were some soldiers of the Ganshan Green Battalion covering the north. The banners of these Ganshan Green Battalions are somewhat familiar, but they are too far away to be seen clearly -- these Ganshan Green Battalions seem to be a few hundred people, as if they did not charge with them at all -- when they were mobilized before the war, they were also told by the Han Eight Banners together with the Shanxi Green Battalion that thieves like to drink with the hearts and livers of officers and soldiers the most -- but these Ganshan Green Battalions did not run up with the friendly troops in Shanxi and fought hard.