If the general is kind to them, then serving for the general and killing the enemy on the battlefield is their way of repaying their kindness. The troops on the opposite side want to take away their hard-won land and are their irreconcilable enemies, so they will be wiped out.

Although they heard that the enemy in front of them was not so easy to deal with, they didn't care. No matter how powerful the enemy was, they would fall under their muskets.

At the same time, Zhou Shixi also discovered the abnormal movement of the Tiance army. After observing the rebels' mobilization, he knew that Kong Youde was planning to attack.

But just as he wishes, defense is always easier than offense, and we can just test the combat effectiveness of this rebel.

Seeing that the enemy was using the firearms battalion, he also planned to use firearms to counter firearms. Fan Jingwen has been practicing troops in Tongzhou for more than a year, and Xu Guangqi is particularly fond of firearms. Therefore, the proportion of firearm troops in the Tongzhou army has been increasing over time.

Among the two thousand people Zhou Shixi brought this time, only cavalry and musket soldiers were each occupying half. Since the rebels dispatched musket soldiers, he happened to use the firearm battalion to fight. See if the rebels' musket soldiers were as tired as in the information.

Both sides were nervously preparing for the war, but Liu Guozhu was still constantly under attack, which made him very depressed.

Aren’t you Tongzhou soldiers so arrogant? You defeated Li N in one battle. Why are you here now? You don’t attack directly, but instead start preparing to defend. This is not your style.

That's all, the rebels outside are all ready to attack the new Tongzhou army, but they still maintain their attack on them. But they don't have a suitable counterattack method yet, so they can only be beaten passively.

Now I can only pray that the new friendly forces can be more powerful and can entrap the rebels and allow the rebels to invest more troops to attack them, so that they can be freed.

However, he also made two preparations and ordered the cavalry troops to prepare for attack. Once the rebels are defeated by the Tongzhou soldiers, he will be able to wait for an opportunity to act. Even if he cannot defeat the rebels, it is good to get some advantage.

To the west, the combat preparations of Cheng Xikong and Meng Youcai were coming to an end. The two musket soldiers confronted each other a mile away.

Both armies were particularly high in morale, on the one hand, to protect their homeland, and on the other hand, to quell the rebellion and serve the country. Both sides felt that they were the justice side in the upcoming battle.

Seeing that Meng Youcai and Cheng Xikong were ready, Kong Youde also ordered the stop of the attack on the Ming army camp. First, let the artillery that had worked hard for so long rest, and second, to pay close attention to see how many pounds and pounds the Tongzhou soldiers were.

The three troops on the battlefield focused on the two thousand musketeers, and the next was their performance.

"Let's start!"

Kong Youde issued an offensive order lightly. After Cheng Xikong got the order, he rode forward on his horse. He would command this combat mission.

"Brother Kong, you have so many flintlock rifles, why do you still have to use bird guns to fight the enemy?" Xu Erlu asked in confusion.

As far as he knows, Kong Youde's number of flintlock guns on hand was almost 2,000, which was enough to deal with new enemies. He didn't need to use the best ones, but he just used the worst bird gun to fight the enemy, which felt strange.

"Now it's just a test to see how good the Tongzhou soldiers are. If you use a flintlock rifle, you won't see any effect! Moreover, the main force of the enemy has not arrived yet, so that they can't easily understand the strength of our army, and our army can catch them off guard!" Kong Youde explained.

"Oh, I understand! But Brother Kong, aren't you worried that you can't beat it? I heard that Tongzhou soldiers are very powerful!"

"I know all the level of my soldiers. The Tongzhou soldiers are very strong, but they are not invincible. I believe they can defeat them!"

Xu Erlu did not continue to speak, but instead cast his eyes to the west to check the situation of the battle.

Cheng Xikong had already led a thousand musket soldiers to set out and advance steadily, approaching the Ming army's position. Opposite was a thousand Ming army holding bird guns, ready to fight.

Bird guns are essentially comb-rope guns. Due to their technical skills, the shooting is quite slow and can only be completed once every minute. Therefore, they cannot shoot like flintlock guns. They must use batch-scattered volleys to make up for the shortcomings of the firing rate. The most commonly used one is three-stage or five-stage shooting.

This tactic did not come from Europe. As early as the early Ming Dynasty, Mu Ying, who pacified Yunnan, first used firearms to deal with enemy elephants and other wild beasts. Because the loading speed was too slow, he could not continue to shoot at the enemy. Then he thought of this method.

Specifically, three people are a group, first the musketeers in front are fired, then retreat to the rear of the team to concentrate on loading n, and the second soldier comes forward to open fire. The three people reload and fire alternately, so that the firepower can continue.

Both armies use this tactic, and when they fight, they will become a queue of shots, a very bloody battle method.

Although this fighting method seems stupid, it is an extremely efficient fighting method that can solve battles in extreme times, and is faster than cold weapons.

In 1759, in the Battle of Quebec between Britain and France, 3,300 British troops lined up in two rows and slowly approached the French troops. The French army carried out two rounds of shooting, and about 700 British soldiers were killed and killed. Major General Wolf, the leader of the army, was shot three times, but he still did not fight back.

Until the two armies approached 30 meters, the first round of British volleys allowed 1,000 French troops to shoot, and at the same time beat the drums and the bagpipes, and advanced forward. After the British army advanced about 10 meters, they fought the second round of volleys, and the French army fell down more than 00 more people. The French army collapsed, and the British army began to pursue with bayonets, and the French army was almost wiped out.

In just a few minutes, nearly 7,000 people participated in the battle, the casualties accounted for half of the total number, which was higher than the killing efficiency of any tactic.

The Tiance Army and the Ming Army used the same tactics, and the number of soldiers participating in the war was similar. Although the Tiance Army's conical projectile accuracy and lethality advantage, the Tongzhou soldiers were the biological sons of the court. Not only the cavalry, but even these musketeers were all wearing armor, so there was not much difference on the surface.

In this battle, the hard power of both sides is the best, which side has better organizational skills, which side has more perfect training, which side has more courage, which side can withstand casualties, and which side can win.

Kong Youde firmly believed that the well-trained musketeers would not disappoint him.

When the musket soldiers came to the Ming army's position under the leadership of Cheng Xikong, the Ming army's musket soldiers were quite calm. They were just playing muskets, and knew that the accuracy of the bird gun was outrageous, and even if the enemy fired, it would have no effect on them.

The soldiers of the Tiance Army took neat steps and continued to approach the Ming army's position. When they approached twenty feet, the Ming army gradually began to feel nervous, and they were all focused on aiming ahead, waiting for the officer's order.

As a general, Zhou Shixi had to command the overall situation, and his command of the firearms troops was not good. If he personally commanded, the effect might not be very good, so he gave the full authority to Feng Chen, the general general of the Firearms Battalion.

Feng Chen was a little uneasy at this time. According to common sense, the enemy should open fire at this time, but judging from their appearance, they were still advancing steadily, and the rebel soldiers did not seem to be panicked at all, and they didn't know what they were fighting.

There is no need to worry about that, Feng Chen is ready to take the initiative and strive to disrupt the rebel formation and the five-row queue, which is enough to form a continuous firepower output.

"First row! Aim!"

"shooting!"

With Feng Chen's order, the Ming army's musketeers who had been waiting for a long time pulled the trigger one after another, and two hundred projectiles were thought to be flying in the Tiance Army array.

After the projectile accelerated by a five-foot barrel, it had huge kinetic energy. This round of shooting caused 17 casualties to the Tiance Army, but the soldiers of the Tiance Army still did not stop and continued to move forward.

Cheng Xikong, who was in charge of command, couldn't help but feel a stern when he saw this scene. These Ming troops were able to hit such a high hit rate at a distance of twenty feet, which was far beyond the other Ming troops. No wonder they could defeat Li N.

However, these casualties did not touch him at all. He knew that the best shooting distance was not yet, and this casualty was nothing. Cheng Xikong continued to command the soldiers to advance, and at the same time ignited the fuse and was ready to shoot at any time.

"Bang bang bang"

The second round of shooting of the Ming army began. As a roar of projectiles arrived, it caused some damage to the musket soldiers. Because the distance was closer this time, more than twenty casualties this time.

When it was approaching fifteen feet, Cheng Xikong felt that it was almost done, so Dasheng ordered "Stop moving forward!"

"Everyone has it, prepare for battle!"

"First row, raise the gun!"

"aim!"

"Open fire!"

"Bang bang bang"

Cheng Xikong issued a series of orders, and the musket soldiers skillfully completed all the shooting movements just like they were practicing normally. After a dense gunshot, a large area of ​​Ming army array on the opposite side was instantly knocked down. It was roughly estimated that there should be about forty people, which was more than the results of the Ming army's previous two shootings combined.

Although the soldiers of the Tiance Army also used bird guns, the projectiles were different from the Ming Army. The air resistance received by the conical projectiles was higher, and the progress and power were greater.

Moreover, there are many veterans in it, starting from Wuqiao, fighting all the way to Dengzhou, and then fighting with Wu Anbang in Fushan. They have high combat literacy and rich combat experience. In addition, they have been hard training for more than four months, their shooting skills are far above the Ming army.

Cheng Xikong quickly pulled his sight back and continued to order "Third row, go forward!"

Because they were the attacking parties, if the first row retreated, it would inevitably increase the distance between the two armies, so he adopted this forward rolling method. In daily training, there were both methods, so the soldiers in the third row soon came to the front.

However, at this time, the Ming army also fired a third round of volleys, causing more than 20 casualties. Xikong did not care about it, but continued to order.

"aim!"

"Open fire!"

As the smoke of gunpowder got angry, after a burst of gunfire, the Ming army opposite fell down again, almost the same as the first time, with the result of more than 40 people.

A moment later, the Ming army launched another round of shooting, but this time it only caused fourteen or five casualties. A smile appeared on Cheng Xikong's face. It seemed that the Ming army's formation was already a little messy and could not aim quietly.

"aim!"

"shooting!"

"Bang bang bang"

After the third round of shooting, more than 30 more people fell down by the Ming army, and their casualties had exceeded 10%, while the casualties on the Tiance Army were only half of them.

The entire battle process interprets the definition of queuing and shooting. The two sides held guns at close range, and you hit me one round, I hit you one round, we shoot you one round, and you shoot us, it depends on who has the highest shooting efficiency and who can hold on to the end.

Zhou Shixi was always in front of him and seemed a little anxious because the smoke generated by the shooting of one or two thousand bird guns was filled with smoke on the entire battlefield, so he could not clearly see the situation ahead.

He only heard both sides shooting and people falling down. He did not have an intuitive understanding of the specific situation of the battle.

And he couldn't help much now. His cavalry was eyeing both wings, and the enemy's cavalry were not idle either. They were all distributed on the two wings of the musket army array, maintaining combat readiness and being able to launch an attack at any time.

The battle situation is unclear now, and rash attack is not a wise choice. He decided to wait and see for a while before making a decision.

By the time the fourth round of shooting of the Tiance Army began, their positions had moved forward a lot, only twelve meters away from the front row of the Ming army. At this distance, the order rate of both sides increased a lot, but their own casualties also increased.

Cheng Xikong commanded the musket soldiers to shoot two more rounds of volleys. The Ming army on the opposite side fell down nearly a hundred people. The already loose array became very broken.

Although Feng Chen, the Thousand General of the Ming Arms Battalion and officers at all levels were trying their best to organize shooting, the effect was worse than the other time.

These soldiers are not machines but humans. They are flesh and blood. Seeing their comrades lying beside each other, those who did not die on the spot were still screaming. Some people were squirting blood on themselves after the lane, which would not be without any effect.

Moreover, the enemy's projectiles shot in the next round will be shot on them, and they will not know whether they will become the next corpse. They began to feel fear in their hearts.

Therefore, the loading action that can be completed quickly in normal circumstances cannot be completed smoothly at this time, and errors continue to occur.

Some people spilled it on the ground, some people forgot to load the projectiles, and some people put it too much. In short, when Feng Chen issued a shooting order, there were always a small group of soldiers in a row that could not be shot.

Those who are successfully stimulated will also cause excessive charges, which will cause a blow-off, or only burn but no projectiles will be shot out.
Chapter completed!