But today their opponents are not their usual opponents, but the elite Wu'an Army trained by Liu Haojia! After receiving their weapons in an orderly manner, they walked away and strode forward to assemble in front.
When they walked around, they started to tie their belts around their waists, then arranged the positions of their ammunition bags, and then used strips to clean out the muskets! So when they completed their formation under the command of Huang Guojun, what appeared in front of the convoy was a real army! And when they finished all this, the other party had just walked less than two hundred steps!
At this time, the team had formed three rows, but Huang Guojun was not very satisfied! He thought for a moment, then glanced at the formation on the opposite side and shouted an order: "The middle row is added to the front and rear rows to form a two-row formation! The odd-numbered squads go forward, and the even-numbered squads go backwards!"
After receiving the order, the soldiers from the second row immediately inserted themselves into the front and rear rows. Then after a burst of footsteps, two neat rows appeared! Huang Guojun was very satisfied when he saw this. These people were all trained by him. Being able to complete the team formation change in a short period of time must be because he is well-trained!
Then he yelled, "Check the gear!"
The soldiers immediately put the muskets on their shoulders to the ground and held them with their left hands. His right hand first touched the ammunition bag at his waist, making sure it could be opened at any time before closing it, and then felt back for the bayonet. Pull the bayonet halfway out and insert it back in. Further on, I touched the first aid kit!
After confirming that the first aid kit was also on the lower back, many soldiers even subconsciously continued to touch it. But when I raised my hand, I realized that today was a simple equipment, with only these four items on me! Therefore, the soldiers who made many moves couldn't help but let out a low laugh!
When Huang Guojun heard the laughter, he was not only not angry, but also very happy! This shows that morale is very high! Then he shouted an order: "Load!"
The soldiers immediately opened the ammunition bag and took out the integrated ammunition. This integrated ammunition was completed by Liu Haojia based on the information of later generations. The lead bullets and gunpowder were wrapped in mulberry paper into a cylinder shape, and the two ends were tied with fine hemp rope. There is also a thin hemp rope in the middle to divide the cylinder into two parts, large and small!
The soldier first pulled apart the hemp rope on the small medicine bag, poured the gunpowder into the medicine pool, and then closed the top lid to prevent the gunpowder from leaking out. Then stand the blunderbuss up, tear off a large portion of the hemp rope of the ammunition, pour the gunpowder inside into the blunderbuss tube, compact it with a straight rod, and finally stuff the lead bullets together with the mulberry paper into the barrel of the gun, and then use The strips are compacted, and now this round of loading is complete!
The team on the opposite side was a little hesitant when they saw their dazzling movements! Although they couldn't see clearly what the other party was doing, they still sensed something fishy from the smooth movements of the other party! Zhang Yong said to a few people around him: "Something is not right! They were moving very smoothly before, and they seemed to be very powerful!"
The desperado didn't care, and said, "So what? The fire gun can hit you so close and you can't hit it accurately! And the person commanding them is an idiot. There are no spearmen or sword players when using the fire gun soldiers." Cover! Risk a few lives for a while, let them finish two rounds and rush forward to chop melons and vegetables!"
The other leaders also thought it made sense when they heard what he said. Because in their impression, the Ming army's fire cannons were indeed slow in firing, short in range, and inaccurate! And when using it, you must have different types of troops as cover! Especially when they saw the opponent's thin formation with only two rows of people, they almost laughed out loud from the bottom of their hearts! I don’t know what they will use to fight after they have finished the two rounds of fire cannons?
However, Zhang Yong acted more safely. He turned to the salt merchant's servant and said, "Brothers, the other side is obviously using fire guns to hit people. Why don't you send the archers you brought forward to shoot a few rounds?"
At this time, the two servants did not make the opposite decision as usual, but said in unison: "No! Let our people press on, and they will shoot from behind!"
They made this decision because they knew their own ins and outs! Although they have more than twenty archers, only five or six of them can really shoot accurately. The others can only say that they will not miss the arrow! It's definitely a joke!
Moreover, these people are all members of our own family. What if they were beaten to death by firecrackers in front of them?
Well, it’s better to kill other people!
Zhang Yong was a little unhappy to be rejected by the other party, so he immediately said: "Brothers, don't worry about other things at this time, it's more important to complete the errand above! Let's be honest, the archer can do the lob shot from behind. What’s the use? It would be better if there were more people, just twenty or so, I’m afraid the feather arrow wouldn’t even be able to reach the people on the opposite side!”
When he said this, the two servants looked stern! Because they know the master's methods. If the errand is done well, a lot of money will be poured out. If the errand is done badly, they will be the unlucky ones! So the two hesitated and finally nodded and agreed. So under their orders, more than twenty archers quickened their pace and walked to the front of the team!
When Huang Guojun saw this scene in front of him, his mouth almost broke out in laughter! He had made guesses about this situation before, and he estimated that there might be archers on the opposite side! But he also knew that it was very difficult to train an archer, and even if there were one, there wouldn't be many of them!
What he was most worried about was that the opponent would place archers on the wings of the crowd and keep shooting at himself when the opponent charged! That would really do a lot of damage to personnel and morale!
But these people put the archers at the front, making it clear that they wanted to wait for the archers to get close and shoot until their formation collapsed before charging! But don’t they know that the people here are holding blunderbuss in their hands?
But this is fine. Since the opponent has moved the archers to the front, they must be ready to stand still and shoot. By then, his men will no longer be shooting at moving targets, but at fixed targets, and their hit rate will increase by at least 20%! Thinking of this, he shouted loudly: "Everyone, pay attention, you can only shoot after hearing my order!"
The other officers in the team quickly repeated his orders to the surrounding soldiers! Moreover, the officers also guessed what he was thinking and explained a few words in a low voice to the soldiers around him. This made the soldiers think that the other party was probably stupid, and a relaxed atmosphere immediately filled the team!
Soon the opponent approached to about a hundred paces, but Huang Guojun still did not order to shoot, and the soldiers watched them approach with ease. In fact, within a hundred steps, he has already entered the firing range of the fire gun, but the hit rate is just not high!
