"The commander has said that a bandit will receive one tael of silver, and a bandit leader will receive five taels of silver. The first person to rush into the stronghold will be rewarded with ten taels of silver." A flag officer shouted to his soldiers.
Several other general flag officers also conveyed the same words to their soldiers.
At this time, General Xu's personal soldiers came over and said: "The general has orders to attack immediately without delay."
The soldiers of Fubiao Battalion, led by their respective corps commanders, small flags and general flags, shouted and shouted to kill, and bravely moved forward to kill the bandits.
Encouraged by Yinzi, the officers and soldiers suddenly showed the momentum of thousands of troops.
Several military generals from the Fubiao Battalion stayed with General Xu, watching the battlefield ahead, while their respective soldiers guarded the surroundings to ensure their safety.
After Wu Huai's incident, these generals knew that the guns in the hands of the bandits were not easy to deal with, so they naturally would not do anything to let their own soldiers die in vain, so they only arranged ordinary soldiers to rush forward.
In order to prevent these ordinary soldiers from not doing their best to suppress the bandits, a high silver reward was specially given.
The result was very good. When they heard that they could get money by killing bandits, they all rushed to the front, fearing that if they were too late, the money would be taken away by others.
For them, the ordinary Fubiao camp soldiers were as available as they wanted. Even if they were killed or injured, they wouldn't feel bad. The free soldiers could also be used for free pay, which was the best of both worlds.
"It's less than a hundred steps away. Why don't the gunmen at the bandits still fight? Maybe they're scared to death." A military general looked surprised.
Wu Huai shook his head and said: "Mr. Chen, you will know after a while. The gunmen among the bandits are not like the gunmen in our camp. When they see the enemy rushing over, they can't wait to fire the gun immediately. But these people in Daliang Mountain The bandits will wait until the enemy comes within seventy steps before firing their blunderbuss."
"So these bandits are still elite. At least our gunmen in Fubiao Camp are much stronger." The general named Chen frowned.
As the commander-in-chief, General Xu sneered: "The fire gunners of Fubiao Camp can also do this if they have been trained for a long time."
"Long-term training requires a lot of gunpowder and iron beads. Even the muskets have to be replenished from time to time. How much money is wasted before they can be used." General Chen sighed with a look on his face.
Firearms training requires money. This money has long been divided among these generals. How could it be used to train soldiers?
At this time, Wu Huai suddenly said: "The musketeers among the bandits are going to use the muskets."
His words caused the surrounding generals to look back at the battlefield.
It happened that at this moment, the sound of birdshot sounded.
I saw someone falling down among the officers and soldiers rushing to the front, and at the same time, I heard the screams of the injured.
"I'm afraid it's seventy steps away!" General Xu said with a frown.
Wu Huai nodded and said: "Your Excellency is wise. Last time, when the general's soldiers and horses were about seventy paces, the bandits' musketeers began to fire muskets."
Bang...bang...
The sound of gunpowder continued on the battlefield, and the smell of gunpowder soon filled the entire battlefield. Even some generals and others who were farther away could smell the smell of gunpowder.
"It's really a three-stage shooting. There are experts behind these bandits. Otherwise, how could a group of bandits know how to use troops." said the general surnamed Chen who had been paying attention to the battlefield.
Wu Huai on the side said to General Xu: "Sir, we cannot allow these bandits to shoot blunderbuss without any scruples. Otherwise, before our people can rush over, they will be defeated due to too many casualties. The people who were brought there were beaten by the bandits' muskets and fled."
General Xu saw that the officers and soldiers on the battlefield were indeed cowering, and said: "Chen Xinnan, go over in person to suppress the formation. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed!"
"The last general takes orders."
General Chen agreed and took his own soldiers to the battlefield.
With him leading his troops to suppress the formation, he killed several retreating soldiers on the spot.
The bloody human heads gave a silent warning, forcing some soldiers who originally planned to retreat to rush forward.
Under the repeated attacks of cannons, the number of dead and wounded soldiers increased to 67.
The musket player among the bandits on the opposite side was still firing the musket in his hand. Every time it was fired, several or more than a dozen lives would be taken away.
However, the officers and soldiers still advanced more than 20 steps and were less than 50 steps away from the bandits' battle formation.
Wu Huai said: "Sir, I think that even if Master Chen is holding the battle, it will not be easy to get close to the bandits' stronghold. It is better to let our musketeers contain the opponent. Even if they cannot hurt the enemy, they can still make the bandits on the opposite side throw rat weapons."
General Xu noticed that every time the officers and soldiers on the battlefield took a step forward, many people were killed or injured. If this continued, the army would not last long and the army would be defeated.
Thinking of this, he said: "The gunmen in the army are under your command and go to support Lord Chen and the others immediately."
"The last general takes orders."
Wu Huai bowed and turned around to summon the musketeers in the army.
"Sir," said a soldier next to General Xu, "it is better to send archers to support from the flanks. Even if the gunmen brought by Master Wu cannot contain the bandits, our archers can still threaten the bandits."
General Xu said nothing, staring at the battlefield ahead.
He was waiting to see if the gunmen brought by Wu Huai could restrain the bandit's gunmen.
Soon, when the gunman Wu Huai brought was still a hundred steps away from the bandits, he fired the gunman in his hand.
It is conceivable that at a distance of a hundred steps, only God knows if you want to hit the enemy.
These bird gunners in the government army have never been trained in ordinary times. Coupled with the tension on the battlefield, the time to load gunpowder is either too much or too little.
If there is too much gunpowder, the gunpowder will explode directly in the barrel, injuring the soldier who is using the gunpowder. However, if there is too little gunpowder, the iron beads shot will have no force and fall to the ground due to weakness after a few dozen steps.
The gunpowders in the Ming army had long forgotten the fixed gunpowder used by the Qi Jiajun. They relied entirely on the gunpowder's own feeling to load the gunpowder. The amount of gunpowder loaded by each person was different.
The blunderbuss these people used were all made by the Ministry of Industry. The quality was worrying, and some did not fire at all.
The remaining cannons that were finally fired did not hurt the bandits on the opposite side, but actually injured several of their own people.
Seeing that someone was injured, without waiting for Wu Huai's order, the gunmen of the army retreated until they were at a safe distance before stopping, cleaning the medicine pool, and reloading the gunpowder and iron beads.
General Xu had been staring at the gunmen brought by Wu Huai. When he saw this scene, his nose almost became crooked.
The same musketeers all used muskets, but compared with the musketeers on the bandits' side, he felt that the musketeers on his side were the bandits, and he was defeated before the other party could take action.
Thinking of this, he knew that these gunmen were hopeless and could not even contain the enemy, so he said to your soldiers beside him: "Arrange our archers to support from the flanks, and we must severely damage these bandits."
"Yes." The soldier agreed and turned around to summon the twenty archers who came with the army.
