Hunan has many mountains, water, and few plains. This wasteland outside Hengyang City is not very vast.

Moreover, this terrain is showing a trend of low in the north and high in the south.

Although the north is low, it is wider. Although the terrain is slightly higher, it is relatively narrow.

The Qing army occupied the north, while the bandits occupied the south.

There were many soldiers in the Qing Dynasty, and the formations of 50,000 or 60,000 people looked dense. Due to the limitations of the terrain, the array was relatively compact.

This is also an important reason why Shen Mo agreed to Leer Jin for a decisive battle here, because he could use the terrain to make the Qing army compact and allow his musketeers to exert their greatest power.

Sure enough, the closer they were to the front line of the Qing army's vanguard battalion, the more dense and compact their formation became.

When it reaches the effective range of the flintlock rifle, it almost becomes a situation where people are next to people.

After hearing the bamboo whistle commander's command to shoot, the thousand bandits immediately picked up the flintlock rifle that had been loaded and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

After shooting, under the cover of the white smoke, he immediately turned back and walked back from the passage between the queues towards the end, preparing for the second round of loading.

The second row of musketeers immediately took a step forward and then fired.

"Bang bang bang..."

Then repeat the same action, walk towards the end, and prepare to reload.

Then the third row was topped at the same time, and another round of volleys and white smoke filled the air.

Although the three-stage style is a conventional tactic for front-loading guns, as a commander, it is certain that you cannot be conservative. Six thousand musketeers stand in six rows and use six-stage shooting, which can not only ensure the width of the fire line, but also ensure continuous firepower.

Moreover, the tight cooperation between the 6,000 musketeers of the bandit army can completely ensure the continuity of firepower and will not give the Qing army any opportunity to take advantage of.

The Qing army's vanguard battalion fell down a large area during the first round of shooting, and screams suddenly sounded.

The forward battalion general Haotai also rushed to the front, but he was lucky, but his right cheek was scratched by a lead bullet, taking away a large piece of flesh and blood, making him look less than half of his face, and his whole body became terrifying and bloody.

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However, the injury not only did not scare away Haotai, but instead stimulated Haotai's ferocity. He did not care about the injuries on his face and continued to swing his sword toward the bandits' front with a hideous face.

The group of personal soldiers behind him also shouted fiercely and followed closely.

There is no doubt that Haotai inherited the cruel and fierce courage of the Manchus. The more intense the battle, the more it can stimulate its fierceness. This fierceness can often scare the enemy's courage to a great extent when charging forward.

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In many previous battles, the enemy can still maintain the formation when shooting at a long range without contact, and there will be no panic.

However, once you are broken through to the front of the formation, your morale will often drop sharply and then fall into a collapse.

Simply put, it’s okay to fight far away, but immediately admit defeat in close combat.

The Qing Dynasty was a nation that rose between the white mountains and black waters. Many of the fighting skills were learned from the beasts in the jungle. For example, the shouts and roars in front of the formation were actually learned from beasts such as tigers and black bears in the old forest in Liaodong.

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You may be shocked when you yell alone, but 1,000 or even tens of thousands of people yell at the same time. Those who are more timid can even be scared to death.

This move has been almost proven to be successful in previous battles.

Although Haotai was surprised by the sharp muskets of the Bandit Army, he still thought that as long as he was rushed to the front, the soldiers of the Bandit Army would be scared to death, either turn around and run away, or be stunned, and then let it slaughter itself.

But he obviously miscalculated. When he ran forward like an injured and furious wild boar, the knife in his hand was almost less than five steps away from the nose of the bandit soldier in front, he still saw a calm look.

A cold face.

"How is this possible? Is he not afraid at all?"

This was the last thought that flashed through Haotai's mind, and then he saw the fire in the muzzle in the soldier's hand flashing, and then he felt that his face was hit by a huge hammer.

It completely lost consciousness.

Haotai's face was completely smashed, so bad that even his mother could not recognize him even when she came.

The group of personal soldiers who followed Haotai were not too shocked and angry at the death of their chief general, so they followed their chief general and fell to the ground one after another.

The Qing soldiers behind were still charging forward one after another, and the muskets of the bandits were still shooting continuously.

The gunshots rang out, white smoke filled the air, and screams became the main melody on this wasteland for a moment.

I don’t know how long it took, but the Qing army behind finally lost the courage to charge and began to turn around and run back frantically.

In the back of the Qing army, Leerjin, who was sitting on the high commanding cloud platform, looked pale, his hands that grabbed the armrest of the chair were stretched out, his eyes widened, and his thin horse's face was full of disbelief.

He never expected that the bandit army would have so many musketeers, and they were so well-trained, even far surpassing the elites of the Qing Dynasty.

This made him feel scared and a hint of powerlessness arose in his heart.

But he knew that he could never retreat at this time, otherwise the battle would have completely no chance of recovery.

"The supervisory team will be removed from the line, and anyone who is not allowed to withdraw will be killed without permission!"

Lear Jin almost gritted his teeth and issued this order.

Soon, his orders were executed. Three thousand Han flag soldiers were accused of serving as the supervising team, and formed a formation in front of the fleeing soldiers, raising the swords and guns in their hands.

Some of the fastest escaped Qing soldiers immediately died under the swords and guns of their comrades.

"If you do not order to retreat, kill them without any resignation."

The supervisory team shouted loudly while killing deserters.

The Qing army vanguards, who were in a dilemma, soon formed a group of hedgehogs and were at a loss.

Standing at a high place, Shen Mo, who had been observing the battlefield situation with a thousand-mile mirror, suddenly raised his right hand and waved three times in front. The combat staff on the side immediately understood his meaning and turned to convey the order.

"Architecture, three volleys!"

The order was quickly passed to the artillery regiment, and the three hundred cannons that had been loaded were soon roaring and roaring after a sharp and high-pitched sound of suona.

At this time, because the Qing army had already escaped from the effective range of the flintlock rifle, the musketeers had stopped shooting and divided into two teams to spread to the two wings, giving way to the artillery.

Hundreds of solid bullets flew across the sky at high speed, roaring into the crowd of Qing army vanguards who had gathered in the gathering of hedgehogs.

The broken arms and limbs flew everywhere, blood spurted, and immediately turned into a hell on earth.

This round of artillery completely defeated all the hesitation and courage of the Qing army's vanguard soldiers. They no longer had to worry about the swords and guns of the supervising team, and rushed towards the back formation like crazy.

The Qing soldiers in the supervision team fought to the death, but the only thing they got was the deserter's fight even more fiercely.

The line of the supervising team was immediately shaking.

Leerjin suddenly stood up and roared: "Hold on! I will hold on to it!"

The remaining four thousand Han army flags Qing army immediately rushed up, and the formation of the supervising team quickly stabilized.

However, as the second round of artillery shells fell on the deserters' heads, the array of the supervising team began to shaky again.

Leerjin was furious and ordered that three thousand Mongolian soldiers also be rushed up.

After three thousand Mongolian soldiers took over, the supervision team had the upper hand in the number of people and the front immediately stabilized.

Leerjin breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this scene. If the deserters rushed over, the back formation and his central army would be affected, the situation would fall into chaos, and it would give Shen Mo the opposite side a chance to counterattack.

This is something he absolutely does not want to see.

Shen Mo in the distance saw this scene in the monocular telescope, with a smile on his lips and ordered: "Order the musketeers to advance forward and keep a distance. The archers and spearmen went forward to suppress the Qing army's wings.

The troops and artillery regiment continued to shoot, and then took another three-round volley, and raised the elevation angle to aim at the position of the Qing army's supervisor."

His orders were immediately conveyed by the combat staff.

The musketeers who were ready to attack on both wings slowly advanced from the two wings under the leadership of their respective company commanders.

The spearmen and archers who had not been moved formed a mixed team and pressed towards the 30,000 township warriors on both wings of the Qing army with battalions.

The third round of artillery bombings also started quickly.

Most of this round of shells fell on the Qing army deserters, and a small part fell on the supervision team composed of Han army flags and Mongolian soldiers, which immediately triggered a new round of chaos.

The completely collapsed deserters began to flee in all directions. Some shouted and waved weapons to anyone blocking the way in front of them, and many rushed towards the village heroes on both sides.

Those village warriors were originally used to make up numbers, and if they were used to defend the city, they might be able to hold on for a while.

But using them to fight in the field is a huge mistake.

I thought I was just gathering up my number and watching a big battle for free, without any risks. After returning to the countryside, I could still brag about Tiezhu, a good friend in the same village, and Xiao Cui, my favorite girl, and tell me how brave he was at that time.

Man.

When they saw the scene of the charge of the 10,000 Qing army vanguard battalion, all the townsmen opened their mouths in surprise. Is this what the army charges?

So scary!

Oh my God! So many people rushed over. If I were on the opposite side, I would have fallen so much that my legs were weak, let alone fighting with others!

Many village heroes even began to make secret bets on how long the enemy troops on the opposite side could collapse.

Some people say one stick of incense, some people say half of incense, and some people say two or three breaths at most.

Anyway, no one thinks that the bandits can persist and not run away.

Many of them even argued about this, and some even started fighting for it.

The teams of these rural heroes were all gentry from Hengzhou Prefecture or their children from their families. When they saw these scenes, they not only did not stop them, but instead looked lively.
To be continued...