After the shooting, the musketeers began to load, and when using the arquebus, it was not easy to load, and the Ming soldiers had not yet loaded the bullets when the smoke cleared. After the soldiers loaded their bullets, they did not rush to make a second shot but waited for the commander's order, and now the Sichuan army was groping for arquebus tactics.

Except for Mu Tan who was commanding the fleet, the remaining four henchmen and generals were present, although they each commanded a part, but they were also observing the effect of the fire salvo, because Deng Ming made it clear that the Sichuan army would vigorously develop firearms, and after today's battle, all the officers should participate in the discussion of the use of firearms. Now in the Ming and Qing armies, how to use this weapon and how to cooperate with other arms of the army are all personal habits of generals, and there are no certain rules.

Looking at the enemy troops of the Green Battalion more than 150 meters, Deng Ming estimated that a few were knocked down, and some of them may have been wounded. Many of these 100 firecrackers are Zhedong soldiers who have had experience in using firearms, and they also have different opinions on how to use firearms, some people say that they should keep shooting in pursuit of the enemy who kills the most before the enemy rushes over, and some people retort that it is this way of using it that makes the firecrackers left by Qi Jiguang defeated in the Hunhe River; Others said that it should be fired at a closer distance, while the opposing opinion pointed out that with the loading speed of the arquebus, if it was not on the city wall or after a field fortification, it would be better to start shooting frantically at the longest distance, and then change the dagger after running out of ammunition.

This time the shooting distance is relatively far, despite the use of silk to increase air tightness, the green battalion infantry was not very defeated, and it is such a long distance, judging from the loading speed of the Ming army's arquebus, it is probably a matter of two guns, which is still a relatively skilled firecracker. However, what is stronger than the bow and arrow is its power, at this distance, the bow and arrow are inaccurate and powerful, and the damage to the armor is zero, while the fire gun can be brought down when hit.

It was almost at an earlier time that the British Army lifted the ban on longbowmen to contact and learn to use arquebuses - a ban set up by the British to protect the traditional weapons of their own people, because the longbowmen found that the power and accuracy of the arquebus were superior to their weapons, so they spontaneously replaced the traditional weapons they had trained all their lives with arquebuses, without which there would be no longbowmen - and this ban was lifted purely out of national pride. The last of the archers in the European units disappeared at once.

Deng Ming did not know the origin of this ban, but the Ming army had also discovered that the power of these Janissaries was far superior to that of bows and arrows, and after four or five months of training, the accuracy rate of arquebuses at the same distance exceeded that of bows and arrows. Even Wu Yuewang, who was skilled in archery, admitted that after training, he seemed to be able to perform better when shooting targets with arquebuses, and he was in command of a hundred musketeers tonight. The main problem now is the rate of fire, the rate of fire of the arquebus is about the same as the crossbow machine, which is basically one-third of the bow and arrow, so the Ming army generally believes that even if this weapon can be produced in Sichuan, it is also a crossbow machine rather than a substitute for the bow and arrow.

Deng Ming thought for a moment and ordered the battle line to move forward, and the Ming army advanced neatly for a while, stopping again at a hundred meters opposite the Qing army, this distance was still safe for the armored Ming army. Under the command of the officer, the arquebusiers of the Ming army again aimed neatly and launched a second volley at the Qing army.

Although the distance was reduced by a third, the accuracy of hits increased significantly, and about a dozen enemies were defeated, and Deng Ming estimated that the damage inflicted on the enemy this time was about three times that of the last time.

"Is it a coincidence?" The effect of the first shot just now was really bad, seeing that the lethal effect of this salvo was actually very good, the three wall guards around Deng Ming couldn't help but be a little puzzled, at this distance, the crossbow machine could not hit half of the effect on the armored soldiers.

The Qing army on the opposite side remained in place, and after the Ming shooters finished loading, they fired another salvo, and the effect was similar to the last time, Deng Ming did not order the troops to move forward, but ordered the third and fourth shots. Each shot can knock out more than a dozen armored enemy soldiers at a distance of 100 meters.

"Not bad!" Many Ming army officers nodded secretly, believing in their hearts that this was a very good substitute for crossbow machines, as long as it could ensure that Sichuan could also produce firebolts of this quality, then Wuchang's crossbow machines could be stored in the warehouse.

When the Ming army carried out the third shot, Sun Sike on the opposite side felt a little embarrassed, the distance between the Ming army and the Qing army made the bows and arrows of the green battalion useless, and the body of the archers of the green battalion was not very good, both officers and soldiers felt that it was pointless to attack the enemy who was generally armored at this distance except to continue to waste the body. When attacked by the firecrackers, the Qing army counterattacked with two rounds of bows and arrows, but they soon stopped again, because everyone could see that it was really useless.

Therefore, Sun Sike felt that it seemed that he should command the troops to launch a charge to stop the Ming army from attacking in such a round, but the physical condition of the Shanxi Green Battalion was still a big problem, the soldiers could not run, and the Ming army on the opposite side was still more numerous than the Qing army.

Sun Sike's indecisiveness allowed the Qing army to withstand the fourth round of shooting, and more than a dozen green battalion soldiers with armor pierced armor were killed and wounded, seeing that the Ming army on the opposite side began to reload in a hurry, the morale of the green battalion began to fluctuate, and they were unwilling to stand like this and be beaten round by round.

There is also a way to let the firecrackers of the Han Eight Banners shoot on top, Sun Sike has two hundred firecrackers under him, but the Han Eight Banners ran to the front row to exchange lives with the Ming army's gunners, Sun Sike hopes to exchange his life with the soldiers of the Green Battalion and the Ming Army, but unfortunately there are no trained firecrackers in the Green Battalion, so even if Sun Sike is willing to lend the firecrackers to the Shanxi Green Battalion, they can't compete with the Ming army.

"Order the Green Battalion to attack." Sun Sike pondered for a while, that is, more than ten years ago, the main work of the Han Eight Banners was to use artillery and firearms to bombard the Ming army trapped in the lonely city, or attack the uprising peasants holding wooden sticks.

With the beating of the war drums, the green battalion began to take steps and launched an attack on the Ming army, but the green battalion did not charge violently, not only did not advance quickly, but also in different sequences.

The Ming army noticed the fatigue of the enemy, and after their 100 musketeers loaded the fifth bullet of the day, the soldiers of the Green Battalion on the opposite side were still fifty meters away.

"Today's enemy's body is not good." The guards beside him stared at the battle situation in front of them, and said to Deng Ming: "If it is a well-behaved enemy, it will rush up at once, and you can only shoot one shot, and you will probably hide behind the military formation." ”

Once the musketeers are behind the spears and shields, they are completely unable to cover their own troops, and the bow and arrow can be projectile over the friendly troops in the front row, although the lethality is very suspicious - the power of the projectile at close range is very small, and the damage to the armor is basically equal to nothing, but at least it can interfere, and this damage is not zero in any way; If the crossbow machine is half open, it can also be thrown at close range, of course, the power of the crossbow machine is no different from the bow and arrow at this time. But the fire gun couldn't even do the projectile, and when Deng Ming went to Kunming, Wu Yuewang even shot at the sky with more than half of the charge...... The conclusion was that the musket could not be projectile.

When they saw the green battalion rushing up, everyone knew that the appearance of the firecrackers had ended here, and then the firecrackers could only stay behind the formation and wait for hand-to-hand combat to decide the winner. If the battle situation is in crisis, then the musketeers can only put down the arquebus and replace it with a long dagger to use as hand-to-hand combat, but they should not be needed today, and the green battalion on the opposite side does not seem to have the ability to force Deng Ming into this situation, so the next muskete and fire another shot, and then you can wait for the battle to end.

Not only the guards, but even Deng Ming was pondering the aftermath of the war, and today's Musketeer's cousin confirms Deng Ming's assertion that salvo fire is better than free fire - at least it seems to be effective, but even if the Musketeers are allowed to fire a salvo, their role is more similar to artillery than infantry: it is a long-range strike class that requires infantry cover, is slow to reload, and lacks melee capabilities, with long-range power higher than bows and arrows but not as good as bows and arrows in close combat, and is more like artillery in terms of characteristics and usage.

"What is Captain Wu doing?" Deng Ming was distracted for a few seconds, and then suddenly woke up, originally he would be in a trance because he knew the whole process of the next battle: swords and shields collided, life and life were fighting, and when there was a hole in the enemy's battle line, Deng Ming would let his subordinates attack, and he might even rush out with the cavalry, the state of the green battalion on the opposite side was very bad, it was estimated that soon the Ming army would get the opportunity to counterattack, but that was enough to make Deng Ming distracted for a few seconds.

However, Wu Yuewang did not order the musketeers to shoot, but asked them to keep their original posture and continue to stay in front of the military formation.

The Green Battalion approached a little closer, but Deng Ming still didn't see the Ming soldiers firing.

"All stand up." Instead, Wu Yuewang gave the order to stand up and be on guard.

All the Ming musketeers stood up, and behind them were a dense group of friendly armor soldiers, and they had turned sideways to make a passage for them; In front of him were the soldiers of the Green Battalion who were rapidly approaching, and now the Qing army in the middle was less than fifty meters away from the Ming army's battle line.

"Kill!" The Green Battalion roared, and the officers and veterans took the lead and began to charge, they also knew that today's battle had entered the most critical moment, and even if they were tired, they could still do these two charges.

"Aim." Wu Yuewang issued a password.

All the Ming musketeers stood straight, holding their firearms flat in front of their eyes, closing their eyes and pointing at the enemy in front of them.

"All these musketeers have the courage to stab the enemy in the throat with a dagger." During training, because Deng Ming did not agree to use these firecracker seeds as hand-to-hand soldiers under any circumstances, Wu Yuewang once protested to his commander.

Zheng Yaojun was also in this row of firecrackers, and the targets he could choose from in front of him continued to decrease, and finally there was only a lone enemy soldier left, this enemy soldier was already very close, and the two looked at each other when they rushed up; Zheng Yaojun's finger was on the trigger, and the musket in his hand went from pointing at a group of enemy soldiers, to pointing at a few rows of green battalions, to pointing at the enemy in front of him, and now, the muzzle of his gun was firmly pointed at the forehead of this enemy soldier. As every time he stabbed at an enemy soldier with a dagger, the Ming shooter held his breath......

"Fire!"