The horse bandits finished shooting their arrows, and they began to organize their formation and were about to charge over.
"Everyone is here, change the formation, five rows horizontal formation." Mo Zui shouted loudly. Five squadrons, one platoon per squadron.
"They've run out of arrows," Donkey Dan shouted.
"Change the formation immediately, five rows horizontal formation"
One squadron and one horizontal platoon, this is stipulated in the drill code.
After the formation change, the first two rows quickly installed gun heads, while the third, fourth and fifth rows removed the gun barrels, stood them upright on the ground, and began to load the guns.
Of course, the opponent wouldn't give them time to reload, and would rush over directly.
The two armies quickly faced each other. The captains of each squadron shouted slogans and stabbed the horse bandits with spears.
The first row has shields and pot lids. The second row holds a shield in one hand and puts a spear on the shoulder of the first row with the other hand, waiting for an opportunity to stab outwards.
There are now more than 300 people left in Xiazi Camp. There were more than five hundred people on the opposite side. Outnumbered.
Yang Fan did not intend to mobilize the defeated soldiers from Shangziying. They need to rest, and they won't be able to fight if they get them all. It will only cause bad things and mess up the formation. Let them stay on the south wall.
The horse bandits were all armed with two spears. Although they only had one spear at this time, their spears were very long. The cavalry spear was four and a half meters long. Otherwise, the infantry in front cannot be reached.
The spearhead of the regiment training is thirty centimeters long, the musket is one meter long, and the wooden pole is one and a half meters long. The total length is 2.8 meters, which is nearly half the difference in length.
The one who suffered the loss was the team trainer, and the opponent's robe was in triple armor, while the team trainer's side was in commoner.
Fortunately, the opponent's arrows were shot. Otherwise, you will be more passive.
Seeing that both of them were suffering from the opponent's side, since they had few people, they couldn't fight them like this.
The horse bandits quickly surrounded the front and left and right sides of the regiment. The spears came directly towards them and dozens of people were stabbed and fell down in an instant.
"Hold the shield, squat down in the first row, and half squat in the second row." Yang Fan ordered loudly.
The soldiers were not stupid. When they stabbed each other like this, they couldn't hit each other at all. The gap was six or seven feet. They quickly used their shields to protect the front tightly.
Nalan yelled and stabbed their broken pot lids into pieces.
The horse bandits held their long lances with both hands and stabbed Tuan Lian's shield hard. As long as this layer of turtle shell was broken, it would be a one-sided killing.
"Have the muskets been loaded yet?" Yang Fan asked anxiously.
"Come on, load three rounds,"
"No wait, fight them all out."
"Here"
"Second Squadron, everyone squat down," Mo Zui shouted loudly.
"Squadron 3 opens fire," Donkey Dan shouted loudly.
The horse bandits were desperately stabbing at the broken pot lids on the opposite side. The spears were piercing through them, and wood chips were flying. Although these elm trees were very hard, they did not have iron-coated wooden shields, so they could not stand in front of the spears for long.
Suddenly, all the people in the second row squatted down.
A row of dark gun muzzles were exposed behind.
Then the smoke filled the air and bang bang bang! A line of fire passed through, and the distance of five or six meters was the maximum power of the fire door gun.
There were more than thirty horse bandits in the front row spraying blood on their lapels. He staggered and fell down.
Nalan shouted loudly, "Come forward, they have finished fighting, don't let them reload."
Then, in less than a second, there was another round of bang bang bang!
More than thirty people fell again.
The horse bandits sprinted forward even more desperately.
Another round of bang bang bang.
Dozens more people fell down.
The horse bandits were going crazy. What kind of gun was this? It could shoot three times in a row, but it was obviously not a three-eyed gun. They finally saw the third row squatting down. Finally the launch is over and it's our turn.
Soon they saw a row of black gun muzzles.
The fourth row is revealed.
Bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
Another three shots.
The entire front of the horse bandit seemed to have been shaved off.
"Throw the spear out," Alimbao shouted.
The horse bandit finally came to his senses, and after finishing the fight in the fourth row, he threw the lance as a javelin.
There was a scream, and dozens of people in the fourth row were shot and fell to the ground. Some people were even dressed in candied haws. There was a moment of confusion in the team.
"The fourth squadron squats, the fifth squadron fires," Mo Zui shouted loudly.
The remaining soldiers of the 4th Squadron quickly squatted down, and the 5th Squadron was revealed, and three more rounds of volleys were fired. The smoke was thick, and the figures in front of the two armies were blurred by gunpowder smoke, and there was another scream from the other side.
Nine volleys, fired almost at the nose. There was no need to aim in the dense formation. The horse bandits on the opposite side finally collapsed after more than 150 people fell.
He ran backwards with a bang.
The nine rounds of muskets had beaten them to pieces. Alinbao chopped down several of them but was unable to stop them. Seeing that the other side was about to charge at them, Alinbao and others turned around and ran away before the smoke cleared.
"Don't pursue, retreat, return to the city." Yang Fan looked at the fleeing enemies and made a decision immediately.
The remaining two hundred or so people in the lower camp, under Yang Fan's order, returned to the city in an orderly manner.
Yang Fan stood at the back with his servants. It was not until everyone entered the city that they finally entered the city.
Those who were stabbed to death in the previous confrontation were all members of the regiment, and there were more than a hundred casualties.
Seeing that the horse bandits had indeed retreated, Yang Fan ordered Wang Zongqi to take the strong men out of the city to clean up the battlefield and chop off the heads of these Tatars. The weapons and armor were all taken back. Bring back all the wounded soldiers.
Yang Fan stood on the city tower and looked at the Shangziying and Xiaziying standing in formation inside the city. Not a word was spoken.
There were more than 250 people left in the Shangzi camp, and the main losses were due to those killed by Su Hetai's cavalry.
There were less than 200 people left in the Xiazi camp, and the losses were all those killed by arrows from the horse bandits and those stabbed to death with spears during the confrontation.
In one day, two battalions, one thousand men, and more than four hundred were left. We could still get dozens of seriously injured people out in the wilderness, but probably not a few would survive.
However, Yang Fan was bringing with him refugees who had just picked up swords and guns, so it was to be expected that they were beaten so badly. Yang Fan didn't make it easy for them this time either. First, they killed more than 200 bandits, and then killed about 150 Tatars with muskets. They killed 400 enemies, which was considered a tragic victory.
"Tune the Zuozi Camp and the Youzi Camp to the Hundred Households in Rock Beach, while the Shangzi Camp and Xiazi Camp retreat back to the Dongshan Camp for reorganization." Yang Fan said to Donkey Dan.
"Here" Donkey Dan bowed and accepted the order.
Mo Zhuo urged the remnants of the two battalions to get on the boat before it got dark and arrive at Dongshan Camp at midnight, just in time to pick up Zuozi Camp and Youzi Camp and arrive at Baihusuo before dawn.
Watched the two battalions get on the boat and leave.
Yang Fan said to Mr. Wang Qi and Mr. Zhang: "This time we captured twenty war horses, and one hundred and fifty sets of bows, arrows, swords, guns, and armor. I will not stay at Baihu Station."
The two general bannermen quickly saluted and said: "It should be, it should be, they are all captured by the group training brothers, so naturally they must be kept in the group training."
Yang Fan nodded and turned back to the tower.
As we have seen today, without armor protection, soldiers are very vulnerable.
Too many problems have been exposed today. According to the current style of play, the losses will be too great. I don’t know how many more people need to be filled in.
I have to admit that at this stage, I don't have the strength to fight Jiannu in the field.
The poor range and accuracy of the fire portal gun are no match for the bow and arrow.
Reloading is also very troublesome. The magic gun is actually useless. I take it for granted that the idea is good, but in fact it is all a problem.
The long barrel of the fire door gun is very difficult to hold. Because one hand has to hold a fire stick and be ready to light a fire at any time, and the other hand cannot hold such a long gun straight. To fix an object, you must have two fixed points. One point cannot be fixed.
Today many people are shooting their muskets into the sky. In fact, it is not just because of nervousness, but because they simply cannot hold their hands levelly.
If both hands are flat, how to light a fire? Can you light a fire by holding the fire stick in your mouth?
Yang Fan himself laughed.
