In the vast desert, there is no grass growing, and the scorching sun is burning, the earth is hot, the wind blows with hot air, and it is mixed with some fine sand, blowing on people's faces, which can cut out small small holes.

However, the lethality of hot wind is not as good as that of the horse bandits attacking in groups.

At this time, a caravan that was attacked surrounded the vehicles in a circle, and people and horses were all in the circle, guarding against uninvited guests wandering around.

These uninvited guests who were obviously trying to rob the caravan came and went like the wind in the desert. With the advantage of numbers, they attacked those caravans with weak (relatively) power, killed people and robbed goods and left behind, leaving behind fragmented corpses.

The caravans that crossed the desert (called "moraine" in this era) must face the risk of attacks by horse bandits. Now "may" have become a reality, but the caravan members are not panic.

A middle-aged man explained to the young man around him: "After a horse bandit encounters a caravan that cannot be eaten, the common trick is to oppress the caravans to gather together, like a small formation. In this way, the caravans lose their ability to move, or their movement speed drops significantly."

"Look at it. Now that the sun is scorching, camping in an unobstructed desert, people sweat like pulp, and they will inevitably drink water. There is no water source, so they can only rely on the water bags they carry with them."

"The horse bandits repeatedly harass them for a few days, and the caravans will be thirsty, and then the people's hearts will fluctuate, and finally the team will be in chaos, so the horse bandits can start a massacre."

"This principle is similar to the way cavalry deals with infantry, which is to constantly harass the infantry army, and the army formed by the infantry can't do anything for a day and travel ten miles a day, and it is not allowed to replenish supplies or approach the water source. Within a few days, the morale of the army will be in chaos, and then the team will collapse without fighting."

"Of course, in addition to harassing, horse bandits will also use some means, such as deliberately shooting and killing pack horses when they attack the caravan, causing the caravan's pack horses to lose and unable to bear the goods or pack people."

"Or when you besiege the caravan, you ignite the fire and set smoke in the upper wind direction, so that the lower wind direction people dry their tongues and their throats are dry and they feel uncomfortable... Now, look, they are starting to ignite the fire and set smoke now."

The middle-aged man pointed out, and the others looked in the direction. Sure enough, they saw that the horse bandits lit the fire at eighty or ninety steps ahead, but they did not know what methods they used to make the fire smoke roll.

The thick smoke drifted along the wind, and everyone could smell a little pungent.

However, because everyone is wearing goggles, their eyes are not comfortable.

The middle-aged man continued to explain: "You may find it strange that the horse bandits can get a lot of fire-making fuel in this desert. In fact, it is very simple. Just collect the horse manure."

"You can lit dry horse manure, but pungent smoke will come out. You may have heard that the upper wind direction of the battle formation often lit horse manure smoke to smoke the formation infantry in the wind direction."

"So, the knowledge everyone learns in class is not just a literati who makes up a fool of themselves, but it is all practical experience. In the past, we either rely on our own understanding, knowledge, or family traditions..."

On the side, the caravan armed personnel holding a musket aiming outward, listening to the military academy teacher "teaching on-site" to a group of military academy students, he was extremely helpless: When is it now, you are still teaching students?

The sun is so poisonous, don’t you drive away the flies quickly and talk about "tactics" in a nagging way. Don’t you feel thirsty?

However, they complained inwardly, but they were not at all panicked when facing the bandits who had surrounded them and the enemies that were several times higher than them.

Today is different from the past. Armed caravans equipped with advanced firearms are not the ones that can take advantage of these mangy dogs.

Since Hanhai Trading Company took the lead, Central Plains merchants began to form armed caravans with strong combat effectiveness to go to Jixi to trade. The caravans were not only equipped with muskets, but also powerful weapons such as "Liu Xiangzi", so even if they encountered horse bandits several times that they were, they would not panic.

Hanhai Trading Company has worked closely with the government. One of the cooperation contents is to "support the army", allowing military academy students to walk along the caravans to see the world's predecessors, which is for "internship".

Therefore, there are thirty military academy students in this caravan, and military academy teachers are "led to intern".

After a long discussion by the military academy teachers, they looked at the eager students and smiled: "How is it, are you all ready?"

"It's ready!"

"Okay, shoot in turn according to the student number!"

"Get orders!"

The military academy students agreed in unison, with a shocking momentum. Then they carried the new musket in their hands and came to the "wall" surrounded by the carriage, put the musket on the carriage compartment, and aimed outward.

The caravan members looked at the muskets in the hands of these military academy students, and all looked envious.

This new type of muzzle is loaded with ammunition from the chamber (back) rather than the muzzle (front). It is said that the chamber is also engraved with "lines" and the gun is equipped with a "trimi-mile mirror". The shooting accuracy is very high, and skilled people can easily penetrate the sun in hundreds of steps.

Or easily shoot and kill birds flying over a hundred steps, hence the name "Bird Gun".

Bird gun is now a powerful weapon as famous as Liu Xiangzi. The shooting masters in the caravan have a bird gun in their hands, which can easily kill horse gallopers at a distance of 200 steps, so the bird gun is an excellent weapon to deal with harassment by horse bandits.

However, the structure of the bird gun is complex and the "bullets" used are very special. Only military weapons can be made, so each caravan can only apply to the government for purchase. The quantity is limited and the management is very strict. If there is any loss, it will be severely punished.

Therefore, this caravan currently has only three bird guns, and these military academy students, each with one shot, naturally made the caravan members envious.

At this time, the military academy students aimed at the peripheral horse bandits with bird guns. After the teacher ordered, the first group of ten students pulled the trigger one after another.

The sound of "bang, bang, bang!" sounded, and bloody flowers bloomed on several horse bandits galloping on horseback, and then fell down.

In the second round, the third round of gunfire sounded, and more than ten more horse bandits died in front and behind.

The distance between the two sides is about 150 steps.

The shooting at such a long distance made the arrogance of the horse bandits disappear instantly, and they ran away in panic, and disappeared on the horizon in a short while.

The bandits fled and the military academy students who completed a practical shooting started to discuss: "A gun shot, who is this? Didn't you mean you aim at the torso? So be so confident, aim?"

"I don't think so, I must be so lucky, but I shot the head in my chest!"

"It's not me anyway, I'm shooting it wrongly, it's really..."

The military academy students were talking, and the caravan members were busy unfolding the carriage and preparing to continue their journey.

More than ten military academy students were ordered to ride horses and clean up the battlefield, and "treat" the killed horse bandits, that is, to loot useful items, and to finish the attack on those who are not dead.

Of course, in order to prevent the seriously injured horse bandits from struggling to death, the military academy students were on guard and held six sounds in their hands.

When they rode their horses closer, they looked at the bandits who fell to death on the ground, and looked bloody, and everyone was not at all uncomfortable.

A horse bandit was bleeding from his chest, but he supported his body with his hands, looking at the young people with begging, and was muttering something, as if he was begging for mercy or begging the other party to save his life.

Military Academy student Yuchi Rong could probably hear that the pale-faced horse bandit was speaking Turkic, but the other party spoke too fast, and only heard the meaning of "save me" and other words.

Blood kept coming out of the other party's chest, dyeing its chest red, and then flowing to the ground, mixed with the sand.

Not long after, the bandit became weak and twitched on the ground.

Yuchi Rong held the short spear in his hand and stepped forward. He was secretly warned that the other party would suddenly hurt people. Then he lifted the short spear and stabbed the bandit's chest, pierced the bandit's chest, and inserted the spearhead into the ground.

This must be dead.

Yuchi Rong lifted up his short spear, looked around, looked at the scarlet blood and yellow sand, and subconsciously touched the bird gun on his back.

Times have changed, and really have changed. The emergence of firearms has changed the way of fighting.

With a bird gun, the "Sharp Shooter" can shoot a charger at a distance of 200 steps. What does this mean?

Yuchi Rong didn't dare to think too much. He studied in the military academy and learned how to use firearms to fight. Among these firearms, there were bird guns, which surrounded the bird guns, and had very special tactics.

Its tactic is called "sniper tactics". The musket soldiers fighting with bird guns are called "hunters". The hunting soldiers wander outside the musket soldiers' phalanx, waiting for an opportunity to shoot and kill the generals in the enemy formation, or shoot the enemy generals who charge into the formation.

Yuchi Rong has seen the power of bird gun bullets, because during the military academy, he used pigs to replace people, and showed the lethality of bird gun bullets to students.

Therefore, if a powerful general who is a one-man Pojun encounters such a tactic, he may...

I'm afraid Xiang Yu is powerless when he is alive.

Yuchi Rong retracted his thoughts, looked at the desolation, and looked at the blood and sand, and felt a little moved.
Chapter completed!