"The general is overly worried. Even if the traitor knows a few words, how can he easily get the military book? Even if he gets it, can he read it clearly?" Chen Muqing replied
Chen Muqing still looked down on Zhang Rui. After all, it was difficult to change a person's ideas once they were formed.
The poor people Chen Muqing came into contact with since childhood were all dark-skinned, dressed in rags, and looked thin and hungry. It's hard for them to eat enough all day long. How can they read and write?
As the saying goes, there must be a monster when something goes wrong. Although the Manchu and Qing dynasties have always promoted the unpredictable nature of gods and ghosts and destiny, Chen Deqing only recognized that "the son does not speak of strange powers and confuses the gods."
Common sense determines Chen Muqing's views. Even if Zhang Rui stands out a little, it does not affect his status as a "mud-legged man."
Chen Muqing wouldn't find it surprising that Zhang Rui was better at fighting and petty fighting. But when it comes to marching and fighting, Zhang Rui also understands how to arrange troops, and he doesn't believe in killing Chen Muqing.
"What you said makes sense. It seems that this general is overly worried." Li Shiyao also agreed.
"General, those rebels have begun to take action." Chen Muqing looked at Zhang Rui's men and said.
Li Shiyao turned around and looked over, only to see that Zhang Rui's men had already formed a team.
"Flag Officer. Sound the drum and order all soldiers to advance to a hundred feet. Send the flag and ask the cavalry to lure the other side to unify." Li Shiyao issued a military order to the Flag Officer beside him.
"Let all the Eight Banner Supervisory Teams know that anyone who dares to disobey orders will be killed; anyone who dares to retreat without orders will be killed."
"Yes." The flag officer knelt down without saying much, and then went to convey the orders one after another.
Looking at the flag officer's back as he left, Li Shiyao couldn't help but murmured: "Zhang Rui, just be obedient and become a stepping stone for my promotion!"
The flag of the bandit-suppressing army is located on the hill
"Brother Six, the Tatars are coming." Chen Taiping, the captain of the messenger team, said to Zhang Rui.
"Well, Taiping. Send the order below, and shoot after the opponent enters 150 feet." Zhang Rui said while watching the situation on the opposite side.
"Yes, Sixth Brother." Chen Taiping gave Zhang Rui a military salute and quickly stepped back to give the order.
At this time, the sky above the battlefield can be clearly seen. More than 8,000 men and horses of the Qing army were arranged in three square formations, spread out in a straight line.
I saw that in the square formation, the cavalry was in front, used to induce the enemy's fire. The archers followed the cavalry, followed by the sword and shield soldiers in leather armor, followed by the spearmen.
After the pikemen came the battle supervisors of the Eight Banners of Manchu and Han Dynasty. Two thousand soldiers of the Eight Banners of Manchu and Han Dynasty supervised the battle of the first 6,000 Green Camp soldiers.
In front of the war supervisor are musketeers and archers, behind are sword and shield soldiers, and wandering cavalry.
The Qing troops in the square formation were walking slowly towards Zhang Rui. The sound of footsteps came one after another, accompanied by the shocking sound of drums. The Qing army attempted to rely on its large numbers to suppress the morale of the Swedish soldiers with an overwhelming force.
Judging from the formation, Li Shiyao completely looked down on Zhang Rui and was ready to break through Zhang Rui's small square formation with a battle.
Zhang Rui had more than 4,000 people in a square formation, with 2,000 musketeers separated into two rows, and 2,000 pikemen standing behind the musketeers. Three hundred cavalry were used as the last remaining force to protect the central army.
After all, there were fewer musketeers in the two rows, but in order to achieve a wider killing area, Zhang Rui could only give up the traditional three-row shooting method.
At the same time, due to the production of paper shell cartridges proposed by Zhang Rui, the shooting speed was improved. The musketeers who often receive live ammunition training can almost reach the level of two to three rounds per minute, and the use of mini bullets makes the firing speed even faster.
Therefore, Zhang Rui's two rows of musketeers can basically connect, but after all, they are not as fast as the third row. It's just that the situation is stronger than the person, and there is no other way. Fortunately, the range has been greatly extended, which makes up for this loss of time.
"Report, Captain Li. The enemy has entered within 150 feet. Do you want to shoot?" Battalion Commander Xie Tianen, who was close to Li Guozhong, measured the distance through the "eye jump method" and saluted Li Guozhong. said
Zhang Rui taught them how to measure distance by jumping the eye, and most of the musketeers probably knew how to use this method.
To say this method, Zhang Rui learned it from watching the cartoon "Haier Brothers" when he was a child. He also learned this on a whim back then, but he never expected to use it in this situation.
"As Brother Six said, start shooting!" Li Guozhong said indifferently, looking at the Qing soldiers coming slowly.
"Yes, the Tigers are all ready and open fire." Xie Tianen shouted to the musketeers in the first row.
"boom."
There was a burst of gunfire
Li Shiyao, who heard the gunshot, couldn't help but laughed at Chen Muqing who had returned beside him and said:
"Haha, look. Those cowardly guys, my cavalry hadn't even tried to trick them, but they were so scared that they shot them. Thanks to Yang Yingju... the governor looked up to them so highly and said how powerful they were."
"Yes, that's what I said. Those people are just a bunch of bastards who think they are powerful after just having a few weapons. If they dare to rebel, they deserve to have their heads chopped off as military honors by our Qing warriors." Chen Muqing echoed Li Shiyao's words with a look of contempt on his face.
"What Mr. Chen said is true. This is exactly the truth." Li Shiyao heard Chen Muqing's words, and they simply spoke to his heart.
"boom…"
"boom…"
"boom…"
While Li Shiyao was talking happily to Chen Muqing, the sound of gunshots seemed to come continuously.
Li Shiyao felt strange in his heart when he heard the continuous sound of gunfire. So he quickly looked at the situation on the battlefield.
However, a faint smoke began to fill the battlefield.
Although Zhang Ruinong's granular gunpowder has been improved, it burns much more fully than ordinary gunpowder. But after all, this is not smokeless gunpowder like nitrocellulose, so smoke cannot be avoided.
In the battlefield, when the first gunshot was fired, most people sneered.
Is there still a distance of 150 feet? These guys who were afraid of death actually opened fire?
The cavalrymen who were preparing to trick the enemy into shooting were even more happy. They really didn't expect that the enemy would be so afraid of death.
The cavalry were happy but also felt a little disappointed.
I haven't even been able to demonstrate my superb horse riding skills yet, so I have completed the task, which really doesn't feel like a sense of accomplishment.
However
"puff…"
"puff…"
"puff…"
There was a sound of bullets entering flesh.
Many cavalrymen died before they finished laughing, and they didn't know what happened until they died.
In addition to the cavalry, some war horses were also knocked to the ground, neighing non-stop.
Many of the archers who followed the cavalry not far behind were also hit by bullets. The dead ones felt better, but the non-dead ones rolled on the ground and howled. Then the Qing army behind them accidentally stepped on him a few times, tripping many people among them.
Everything happened so strangely, so suddenly.
"What on earth is going on?" The sneer expressions on the faces of the Green Camp soldiers who saw this situation suddenly turned into incomprehensible horror.
