The powerful firearms of this surrounded Ming army obviously surprised Zu Dashou.
However, almost in the blink of an eye, he became pleasantly surprised. A Ming army that came to inspect the battlefield could not be equipped with so many firearms. And the Ming army equipped with so many firearms could only say that this was definitely the Ming army.
A big shot in the army.
At least at the rank of general!
He secretly said to himself, but he felt slightly confident in his heart. With his ancestor Dashou leading these nearly 3,000 people, if he couldn't eat this Ming army cleanly, then his reputation in this life would really be thrown into the gutter.
.
"My lord, the Ming army actually has so many firearms. Are they prepared?"
Li Yongfang stood beside Zu Dashou and said intentionally or unintentionally that he didn't care about the death of a hundred soldiers in the battle, but if a hundred soldiers died in the battle and the enemy's armor was not even touched, then it was a bit
Shameful.
"Let our gun team come in!" Li Yongfang suggested: "They use firearms and we use bows and arrows. We will suffer a lot!"
"We'll talk about it later!" Zu Dashou said expressionlessly: "Send people to charge again and increase the distance. The firearms of the Ming army cannot be fired endlessly. The pellets and gunpowder will always be used up!"
Li Yongfang's face was a bit ugly. He clearly wanted to use his people to die. I dare say that Zu Dashou used his own soldiers and horses instead of his own. He didn't feel sorry at all for letting other people's soldiers and horses die!
He cursed in his heart, but he still ordered another charge. However, this time, the morale of the soldiers was obviously not high. He had to increase the reward. Under the heavy reward, there must be brave men. Finally, the second wave of hundreds of soldiers was launched.
The remaining people approached the village timidly again.
However, no matter how cautious the soldiers approaching the village were, when they were about fifty steps away from the village, the deadly sound of firecrackers sounded again, and this time, the soldiers did not foolishly rush in under the officer's order.
They went up to die, but when the firecrackers sounded, they turned around and ran away.
Compared with the casualties in the first charge, only a dozen corpses were lost on the battlefield this time, which was already considered a very good battle loss.
"About thirty to fifty fire cannons!" Zu Dashou didn't care about the casualties of the soldiers at all, but secretly calculated the sound of the fire cannons in his heart. In the round of salvo just now, he could tell that there were probably so many fire cannons.
This number is a relatively reasonable number. If a general has such a number of gunmen around him, he is already wealthy. If there are more, it may not be a normal combat configuration.
At least in Zu Dashou's impression, Liaodong's fire gun soldiers were not used in this way.
"The Fire Gun Team is ready to move out!" He ordered loudly, and Li Yongfang beside him finally breathed a sigh of relief.
If Zu Dashou continues to let his people die, he will at least be prepared to protest.
"Order the troops on the flanks to start attacking and then attack together on both flanks!" Zu Dashou looked at him and said: "The enemy troops on the flanks must not have time to rescue the enemy troops on the front. We will work together to defeat the Ming army and return after dark.
Eat in Malanyu!”
"Follow the orders of the Commander-in-Chief!"
Li Yongfang gave the order loudly, and following his order, his men began to inspect weapons and prepare to launch a general attack.
Behind Zu Dashou, the fire gun team led by Zu Kefa also ran up from behind the team and began to line up in two long lines in front.
Jiang Wan in the village frowned. He had a clear view of the two rows of firecrackers on the opposite side. The number of these firecrackers was at least five hundred, and almost everyone had a firecracker.
Five hundred versus one hundred, such a comparison of firepower, he felt heavy pressure.
The only thing that made him feel a little more relaxed was that almost all of the fire gun soldiers on the opposite side were carrying a half-man-long wooden stand.
Manpower is no longer enough to support shooting, so these brackets must be used.
"Look carefully, those muskets used on the opposite side are tattered gadgets that none of us want!"
Jiang Wan said loudly: "What kind of good firearms can the Tartars have? They just stole some skills from our Ming Dynasty. They want to steal from us, sons and daughters, and teach them how to be a good person and let them know how to use firearms."
Kill the enemy, our Ming Dynasty is Zhengshuo!"
"Teach these guys a lesson!"
One of the guards shouted: "The brothers from Kong Ziying are looking at us. If we let the brothers from Kongziying laugh, we will not be human anymore!"
Everyone laughed, and the tension they felt when they saw the enemy's battle formation on the opposite side immediately dissipated a lot.
"Listen up!" Jiang Wan said loudly: "We can hit the opponent's fire gun at least three times once. In terms of firepower, we don't have to be inferior to them, as long as we hit them hard enough to hurt them, even if you hit them all
If they lose the gunpowder pellets in their hands, they don’t dare to try to kill anyone again!”
"Don't forget, you are not only good at firearms!" Jiang Wan took out the waist knife in his hand and pointed forward: "Listen to the captain's order and shoot all the musket pellets in your hands in one go. I will lead you to serve as a safari team.
Brother’s revenge!”
In the distance, Zu Dashou's fire rifle team was already slowly moving forward.
A linear team of hundreds of people marched forward together. It was not easy to maintain the formation and rhythm. Jiang Wan emphasized discipline and queue training when leading his troops. However, Zu Dashou and other generals did not necessarily lead the troops in the same way as him.
so.
For Zu Dashou, facing a Ming army with almost no powerful cavalry, there was basically no need to consider the formation. As long as his fire gun soldiers were at a fighting distance, they could shoot fire like an archer.
Just tilt the projectile in the gun towards the opponent's head.
Zu Dashou has never trained fire gun soldiers, and Hou Jin has almost no instruction in firearms. Most of his training experience in fire gun soldiers comes from Guan Ning cavalry. However, strictly speaking, Guan Ning
Iron cavalry are not considered firearms soldiers at all.
Therefore, Zu Dashou almost trained his fire gun soldiers according to the standards of archers. What formations do archers need?
Two long rows of gun soldiers seemed to be marching in unison towards the village, looking very powerful. In fact, every twenty steps, officers shouted orders loudly, adjusting the formation of their men.
Each person's pace may be large or small, and their moving speed may be fast or slow. Before they have gone a hundred steps forward, these two rows of mighty-looking fire rifle soldiers have become crooked and twisted, like a line that has been scalded by boiling water.
Dead snake.
As for this distance, the soldiers who had just escaped could cover it in seven or eight breaths.
When they were almost a hundred steps away from the village, the gun soldiers stopped, set up their stands, and began to shoot into the village. At the same time, shouts of killing were heard from both sides of the village. For a moment,
The battlefield was extremely noisy and lively.
The projectiles made a popping sound when they hit the ruined walls of the village, and dust flew everywhere. The guards who had been prepared for a long time hid behind the wall and let the metal storm blow by outside the house.
Projectiles at this distance may kill people, or they may only scare people, but no one is willing to give it a try.
In particular, they knew that even with the muskets they had repeatedly improved in the work department's workshop, it would have to be lucky to hit anyone a hundred steps away, let alone those bulky old muskets on the opposite side.
As long as you hide well, there will basically be no casualties, and the other party will be covered!
Seeing that there was no movement in the village to fight back, the soldiers on Zu Dashou's side began to cheer. They followed closely behind the gunman, waving their weapons proudly, as if they were ready to rush into the village at any time to harvest their military exploits.
"Why don't you fire a volley from the commander-in-chief's fire cannon team!" Li Yongfang looked at the fire cannon soldiers in front of him with some envy: "As long as the fire cannons of the Ming army are suppressed, my men can rush in. The Ming army is weak.
Incompetent, this is all, they are no match for us in a face-to-face fight?"
"General Li used to be a member of the Ming army..." Zu Dashou gave him a cold look: "Is the Ming army so unbearable in your eyes? If Zu has led the army for many years, wouldn't it be even more unbearable?"
"Uh..." Li Yongfang choked: "It's just that there are no soldiers under the general's command who are good at using firearms!"
"The Great Khan doesn't have any of his men, but don't they have them now?" Zu Dashou turned his head and stopped looking at him: "It takes a lot of effort to load the projectiles once a salvo is fired. This gap can easily allow the Ming army to counterattack. If it is staggered, there will be no such thing.
I’m worried!”
"Wonderful!" Li Yongfang was startled: "The Commander-in-Chief is indeed you, the general has never understood such a tactics!"
"That's because you have little knowledge!" Zu Dashou snorted: "Emperor Taizu...well, Mu Ying, the general under the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, used this method of warfare to defeat the barbarians in Yunnan. It was hundreds of years ago. Read a little
Just click on the military book and you’ll know!”
His face darkened: "I just knew that there was such a fighting method before, but I couldn't figure out how to practice it. When I get the chance, I must collect some books. Hmm, the Ming Dynasty's fighting power is not as powerful as you think.
Difference!"
While the two were talking, the first row of musketry soldiers had finished shooting, and the second row of soldiers advanced a dozen steps forward from behind them, set up their stands, and began firing guns toward the village again.
The smoke rising from the battlefield was even more exaggerated than the smoke rising from the heads of the Ming army in the village just now. Zu Dashou and Li Yongfang, who were so far away from the gun team, looked at the village in the distance, which was already indistinct.
Only the outline is visible.
They couldn't even see if anyone was still active in the village.
However, the shouts of killing from both sides of the village reached their ears through the crackle of firecrackers, making them sure that the Ming army in this village was still resisting.
"Get closer to fifty steps, everyone rush in!" Zu Dasheng ordered: "The Ming army does not have many guns and ammunition, so rush in and we will win!"
"Understood, the general will personally supervise the formation!"
Li Yongfang became happy. He felt comfortable having a firearm. He kept the opponent down without risking his head. When they dared to raise their heads, his own people had already rushed in front of them. It was just a few hundred Ming troops who couldn't capture them easily.
"Don't worry, hold on!"
Jiang Wan's voice rang out loudly in the village: "Wait for the enemy to fire another round, then the whole army will fire!"
The guards held the muskets in the book tightly, waiting for orders. The enemy was so close, so they should be almost there!
A muffled sound sounded next to Jiang Wan. He glanced over and saw that one of his guards was hit in the neck by a stray bullet. At this moment, someone was shouting loudly and holding his neck firmly, but he still couldn't stop it.
Blood was pouring out from his neck.
The captain and deputy captain were shouting loudly, asking the guards to hide themselves, because the distance was more than ten steps closer, and the enemy's gunfire was only about 80 steps away from the village.
The projectiles are within the killing range.
The sound of the second round of shooting stopped, and in the vague smoke, the enemy's commands and shouts came one after another. Jiang Wan silently calculated the distance in her heart. If according to the enemy's advancing speed, this time their first team would be at least
Will take another ten steps forward.
One, two, three, four, five!
Jiang Wan silently counted five times in her heart, and then shouted loudly: "Now, everyone is free to fire!"
The people in the room, the people behind the broken wall, and the people lying on the ground all stood up after hearing the sound and pulled the trigger forward without hesitation.
They don't have to worry about the amount of ammunition, or whether the musket will be damaged. Shooting, loading, and pulling the trigger are the only things they have to do at the moment.
They didn't even have to think about whether the projectiles they fired hit the enemy. They just remembered Jiang Wan's order and fired all the projectiles at the enemy in the shortest time. Then, their commander would
Take them out and completely defeat these enemies.
They are all muzzle-loading guns, and they all need to be loaded with gunpowder, pressed tightly, and then loaded with projectiles. However, the fire blunderbuss on the opposite side needs to be lit with a match rope. The fire blunderbuss will not be fired until the flame reaches the medicine pool. On Jiang Wan's side,
Just pull the trigger and let the flintlock fire.
Just such an advanced feature makes the effectiveness of the firecracker far surpass that of the matchlock gun.
The sudden burst of firecrackers fired back, and almost instantly penetrated a gap in the enemy facing the village. Almost everyone subconsciously opened fire at the enemy in front of the village, while the enemy on the opposite side opened fire.
A long snake formation formed, which caused the snake to be immediately cut into two pieces.
Behind this long snake, there were Li Yongfang's soldiers and horses who were preparing to rush into the village. These guys were too close to their own musketry team, and they were immediately hit hard, as if they were cut by a sickle.
A large area was swept away at first.
The effective killing range of the muskets of Jiang Wan's personal guards is about 120 steps. Although it may not be accurate beyond 70 or 80 steps, facing the enemy placed in front of them like a target, the weapons in the hands of the personal guards
Do you still need to aim a musket accurately?
The sound of firecrackers from both sides mingled together. Zu Dashou and Li Yongfang outside the battlefield felt that their ears were buzzing and they could hardly hear anything. The increasingly thick white mist in the middle of the battlefield made it impossible for them to see.
It is unclear what the situation is on the battlefield at this moment.
They just knew that the Ming army began to counterattack!
Li Yongfang looked sideways at Zu Dashou, waiting for Zu Dashou's order. He clearly remembered that Zu Dashou said that as long as the army rushed in, they would definitely win.