Bai Yuzhu stood on a medium-sized merchant ship, looking up at the cavalry above the cliff, frowning tightly.
I thought I could attack a small and broken county town and win it with a single charge. Little did I know that I would encounter artillery and explosives on the river beach. I would send troops to circle around and then be defeated by the cavalry.
This time, it really caught him off guard.
"Damn it, this little Heyang County, you have to destroy my face, right?" Bai Yuzhu was furious: "I don't believe you have so much gunpowder that you can blow up endlessly. I have to destroy your little one today. Not available for small piers.
He ordered everyone on the left and right: "Let everyone take a rest for the time being. Suppress the emotions caused by the defeat just now. When morale is restored, we can rush again. In the next wave, all the ships will rush to the dock and lean on each other." , the boat behind doesn’t need to dock, just use the boat in front as a pedal and rush directly to the shore.”
The gangsters responded and temporarily stopped their offensive. The ships that had rushed up to the pier were now pulled back and moved back upstream.
In other parts of the upper reaches of the Yellow River, it is almost impossible for ships to float on the river without being washed away, but here there is a backwater bay like a stomach bag. This large number of ships can actually stop on the river to rest, and they will only slowly flow downward. After drifting for a while, the boatman would row the boat back to its original position and stabilize it with just a few strokes.
The two sides were on the shore and on the water, temporarily stabilizing the situation.
Feng Juan frowned: "The thief An Gan, for stopping on the river so arrogantly and not leaving, is he really deceiving my government?
Bai Yuan spread his hands: "There is really no one in the government! Wang Cheng'en, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Province, is in the capital, King Qin.
Feng Juan smiled awkwardly: "Mr. Bai, since the thieves are standing still like this, they must be resting and waiting for the next attack. Where are your cannons? Take this opportunity to blast them with a few cannons. They couldn't even take a good rest.
Bai Yuan spread his hands: "We have used up the explosive packs.
Feng Juan's nosebleeds flowed silently: "How could it happen? The cannon ran out of explosives after just a few shots?"
Bai Yuan: "The explosive packets were thrown out by the Rabbits and the others. Throwing them was much faster than firing a cannon. The effort was gone in the blink of an eye. Oops, I can't even practice my shooting skills."
Feng Juan: "..."
This is quite embarrassing.
Feng Juan became nervous: "How can we resist the traitor's next attack since we have no gunpowder?"
Bai Yuan glanced to the northwest and said with a smile: "We don't need to block the next wave."
Feng Juan: "?"
"The Gao family villagers group is here!
Bai Yuan laughed: "Master Feng, let your militia retreat and rest. We will see how Gaojia Village fights next."
The Gaojia villagers group arrived, led by a general, wearing mountain armor and covering his face. It was Cheng Xu. Behind him were 1,500 soldiers, including 500 musketeers, 200 grenadiers, and others. Eight hundred soldiers with traditional cold weapons.
This was the first time that Wang Er saw the real combat power of Gaojiacun. When he saw the scale, he was stunned, surprised, and happy at the same time. Is Gaojiacun so strong?
As for Feng Juan, he felt his scalp numb after just one glance at this army.
There are too many soldiers wearing armor and holding firearms here, right?
If there are only a few people wearing armor and holding firearms, it can also be understood as "the common people spontaneously prepare weapons in order to fight the bandits", which is an act of self-protection. The court will turn a blind eye and pass, but the number is so large... …..
Feng Juan reached out and dipped some nosebleed. He didn't know what to draw on his face, so he had to rub it casually and draw himself into a big painted face.
After finishing the painting, he gritted his teeth and loudly ordered: "Heyang County Citizen Group, please retreat and rest for the time being, and leave Qiachuan Wharf to the Gaojia Village Group for defense.
Cheng Xu came closer and waved his hand. There was no need to give any more orders. The Gao family villagers group began to look for a suitable position for themselves under the command of the captains of each 100th team.
The fire gun soldiers did not climb higher, but formed a neat queue and gathered behind the village wall.
Grenadiers and archers climbed up the archery tower and wall.
Interestingly, the first ten fire gun soldiers in Gaojiacun who used the three-eye system did not join the fire gun soldiers. Instead, they took ten bird guns and climbed up the archery tower with the archers.
When Bai Yuan saw this scene, he was a little curious: "He taught Xi, those ten fire gun soldiers won't join the queue?"
Cheng Xu chuckled: "They also used rifled fire guns.
Bai Yuan suddenly realized.
With rifling, the shooting accuracy is very high. There is no need to mix with the musket soldiers in a queue to shoot in line. They can play freely like archers.
Bai Yuan smiled: "Then they will have to form their own camp and give them new names."
Cheng Xu smiled: "Tianzun has already given them a name, they are called skirmishers."
Bai Yuan: "Strangers? Doesn't that mean stragglers? It's a derogatory term."
Cheng Xu: "I also proposed it to Tianzun, but Tianzun said that with the development of warfare methods, skirmishers will no longer be a derogatory term in the future, so it is not wrong to name it like this."
Bai Yuan thought about it carefully and nodded: "Indeed, if all fire guns have rifling, the problem of loading ammunition is solved, and the range of both the enemy and ourselves is getting farther and farther, then the war will definitely be fought like now. It’s different. The large square formations will become more and more stupid, and all the soldiers will become skirmishers.”
Anyway, what Tianzun said must be right!
Bai Yuan no longer struggled with this problem, but was just a little lonely. Ten skirmishers came all of a sudden, so he, a master of "shooting" who could kill the enemy's head with one shot from a few hundred steps away, seemed not to be so. Being in the limelight.
Although the word "showing off" does not belong to the Six Arts of a Gentleman, Bai Yuan is also very particular about it.
Cheng Xu climbed up the arrow tower, glanced at the river, and saw the bodies of many bandits lying on the river beach. He knew what the situation was now, and said with a smile: "It seems that the bandits attacked in a wave, but they were repulsed by you." I'm resting now and gathering strength for the second wave."
Bai Yuan nodded: "Now that Professor He is here, I'm going to watch the excitement of this second wave."
Cheng Xu smiled and spread his hands: "Actually, I am also a spectator."
Bai Yuan: "?"
Cheng Xu said: "Since I have used a large number of firearms, I can only give orders before the war starts. After the war starts, I am of no use. I can't do anything except watch the show. The soldiers all follow the training instructions." The steps are fighting on their own.”
Bai Yuan: "..."
Cheng Xu smiled and pulled Bai Yuan up to the arrow tower: "Come on, come on, Mr. Bai, come up to watch the show together. Let's fight a battle that doesn't require command."
Bai Yuan took out a rifled gun: "Humph, I'm different. Even if I don't participate in the command, I can still use shooting to reinforce my soldiers. I'm an all-rounder, all-rounder, hahaha."
Wang Er also followed the arrow tower silently, looking at the front seriously.
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