A musket with a sleeve-type bayonet was only 1 meter long, which was about the same length as a normal fighting spear.

The body of the musket is not as smooth as the spear, and the weight is significantly heavier. Therefore, when fighting alone, the musket with a bayonet is not a good fighting weapon.

But after three stages of shooting, thousands of musket soldiers launched a stormy charge with bayonets.

Most of Zhou Bing, who had seen three shots, were killed on the spot, or were seriously injured, fell to the ground and moaned, unable to tell the power behind.

Zhou Bing in the back row didn't know what was going on in front, but saw that there was a sudden empty space in front of him: a large number of comrades fell down, full of blood.

Then, a cold light flashed in the thick smoke, and countless Chu soldiers shouted "Kill!" and rushed over with "short spears".

It was like a beast in the dark, stepping on the corpses of countless people, bathing in the blood of the dead, revealing its sharp minions and rushing towards them.

The fighting will of the Zhou soldiers was defeated by corpses all over the ground and the enemies shouting for charge. As soon as they contacted the Chu soldiers, they were instantly defeated.

Countless people threw down their weapons and turned around and ran away.

The soldiers at the front ran back and pushed the soldiers at the rear to run together. The horror spread back like ripples, and the huge army gradually collapsed.

The slow-runner was chased by Chu soldiers, and his chest was pierced and he fell down with a wail. Seeing this, the others ran faster.

The cries and cries kept ringing like the sound of rain on rainy days. In order to escape, the dispersed Zhou soldiers began to push and trample on each other, while the Chu soldiers who launched the bayonet charge gradually slowed down.

The once scattered charge formation began to consciously reorganize as the enemy disintegrates.

The team that rushed too far, and when they heard the order, they retreated backwards.

Teams that run slower, speed up their pace, and align with other teams.

The horizontal formation was formed again, divided into several fronts and backs. Each team maintained the trotting speed, followed several relatively straight lines, and pushed over the defeated troops.

The charge continued. Although it was a little slower, it was suppressing the defeated troops and revolting the troops behind it with an irresistible pressure, forcing more and more people to flee.

This is the infantry version of the cavalry tactic "rewinding pearl curtain" tactic. It is not for direct killing, but forcing the defeated soldiers to flee with more troops to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

The effect was very good. The Chu soldiers defeated the entire line with their non-advantage forces and pursued the Zhou soldiers.

As we chased, we were getting farther and farther away from the rear, and there was a clear gap.

The gap appeared, and the long-awaited wolf pack suddenly exerted force and rushed from the flank to the hunter chasing his prey.

This is another wave of Zhou cavalry, who seized the opportunity to fight. They witnessed the former cavalry attacking the enemy formation but disappeared from the smoke and fire, and also witnessed the collapse of the invasion formation of their own side.

But he shouted loudly, steered his mount and galloped towards the huge flaws exposed behind the other party.

This flaw was not blocked by the cavalry because the cavalry had not completed crossing the river.

When the enemy crossed the river, infantry could quickly cross trenches and obstacles, but the cavalry did not do it, so these Chu soldiers did not have enough cavalry to protect the flanks.

Without reliable protection on the flanks, the pure step formation dares to set a distance away from the rear, revealing its huge back.

In the eyes of qualified cavalry generals, this is a huge opportunity for their side to turn the situation around.

The opportunity was fleeting. The Zhou cavalry that deviated from the west of Chang'an quickly divided into several groups, penetrated diagonally from the west side of the battlefield, and headed straight to the flank of the Chu army formation in the southeast.

Their appearance has been noticed by the Chu army.

With the sound of the horn, the Chu army chasing south slowed down, stopped, and then quickly changed the formation:

It was originally divided into several straight lines in front and back. Both ends began to "close" and closed from several parallel lines into hollow long rectangles.

Subsequently, this rectangle that is several miles long "breaks" in multiple positions in the middle, and then it is divided into several small rectangles, namely hollow squares.

The speed of changing the formation was very fast. When the Zhou cavalry began to charge with all their might, the musket soldiers had already picked up the muskets in the hollow square formations that had been transformed.

They were originally from the back team, but they had not fired, so when charging, they had to slantly headed the musket and followed behind to advance.

Now, the former army was in the back, and they became the former army, facing the enemy, silently waiting for the order to open fire.

Before the order was issued, the enemy cavalry got closer and closer, and they began to shoot arrows at about fifty steps.

Arrows flew across the crowd, and the musket soldiers were caught in the sound of "Du, Du, Du" and the musket soldiers were shot.

Because they were wearing plate armor and iron faces, many people were safe and sound even if they were shot by arrows.

But there are also unlucky people who fell to the ground by arrows and groaning in pain.

The enemy cavalry was getting closer and closer, and kept firing arrows. The musketeers aimed at the guns, but did not fire because the order was not issued.

At about twenty steps, Zhou Qi, who was riding and shooting, turned slightly, skipped past one by one, and did not abandon his bow and hold his spear, and directly crashed into the formation.

At the same time, there was no gun sound in the square formations of the Chu army.

The first group of cavalry skipped past, and the following cavalry, holding horse lances and spears, aimed at these silent square formations and charged forward.

As the two sides were getting closer, the musket soldiers' hands holding the musket began to tremble, both because of fear, nervousness, and fatigue.

The musket itself is not light in weight. After all, an iron pipe that is so long must be heavier than a wooden stick.

The front end is covered with a bayonet, so the center of gravity is moved forward, and when the flat end is placed, the hands are easily tired.

But no matter how tired they were, they did not dare to put down their muskets or fire without authorization, because no one was allowed to shoot without orders.

Facing the whistling enemy cavalry, they were indeed afraid, but their fear of military law overwhelmed any fear.

The enemy cavalry suddenly turned and skipped past the formation: facing the stairs formation that was waiting for the formation, even if it was not like a spear, the cavalry would not rush straight forward easily, but would continue to test.

The second group of cavalry skipped past and rushed over to the third group.

But it is a herd of horses, not a cavalry.

The short and thin horse is the main member of the horse herd. When the officers in the Chu army saw this scene, they felt their scalp numb: The enemy is going to use bad horses to open the way!!

The horses rushed towards the northwest corner of the Chu army formation group under the cavalry on both sides, and the distance was getting closer and closer.

At this point, the Chu army had no other choice. With the orders, fire and thick smoke burst out in front of the hollow quadron of the Chu army.

The muskets shot down a large number of horses, and the fallen horses tripped over the horses behind them.

Dust was ripped out, and the smoke filled the gunpowder. The charge of horses suffered heavy casualties. The remaining horses were panicked, turned and ran away in scattered.

However, the ground was still trembling, and the sound of horse hooves was as dense as the tide, getting closer and closer.

The fired musket soldiers, their eyes filled with smoke, saw countless tall black shadows appearing behind the scattered horses.

There are more and more black shadows, as dense as walls.

They gradually saw clearly that it was a man, an armored horseman, who was in the armor, following the herd of horses.

When the herd of horses attracted the volley firepower of the square formation, these armored cavalry, like iron towers, exposed their fangs.

The horse lance he had originally held upright in his hand was quickly laid flat. The Zhou cavalry, wearing heavy armor, held the horse lance high and over his shoulders, aimed at the target ahead.

The strong mount under his crotch ran with all his might, and the armored cavalry, who was pressing down on the top of Mount Tai and rushed towards the thin hollow square formation of the Chu army.

For musket soldiers, facing such a fierce cavalry charge, the musket in their hands that had no ammunition loaded was a weapon that was more garbage than a short spear even if it was bayonet.

Without spears, cavalry cover, and without the protection of artillery, facing the cavalry's charge, there is only death.

The fear of death made the musket soldiers' heads blank, and the conditioned reflexes under long-term training made them subconsciously squat down and tilt the musket forward after hearing the order.

Use the muskets in your own hands that are inferior to those in your hands, forming a body that resists horses.

On the other side of the square formation, the musket soldiers lined up the muskets and used the "shooting boundary" they squatted down and gave up, aiming at the rushing cavalry.

The lieutenant of our team, with a little trembling hands, swung his sword and pointed at the enemy cavalry.

The enemy cavalry was like a tide, like a group of tigers descending the mountain. It was obvious that the opponent was determined to charge and would not turn.

He shouted in a trembling voice: "Open fire!!"

The fire flashed, the thunder continued, the muskets fired in a volley of fire, and the projectiles hit the thick armor.

Then it penetrates and penetrates the flesh and blood body.

The Zhou soldiers and war horses who were shot continued to move forward regardless of whether they were dead or alive.

Some people fell to the ground halfway through the journey, but more people and horses crashed into the short spear formation of flesh and blood, causing the broken limbs and broken arms to splash, and dust was shattered.

There were people everywhere, and there were musket soldiers who were lifted by horses and knocked away by war horses everywhere.

Under the fierce collision, more than half of the Chu army formation on the outer edge disappeared among the charge of armored cavalry.

But the charge continued. The Zhou cavalry, who had no choice but to break through the enemy formation, passed through the messy ground of the corpse, and crashed into the new layer of the Chu army infantry formation.

What greeted them was the Chu soldiers who were still standing in line and standing with fire guns on the flat side.

The tragic scene of the collapse of the formation in front of them and the tragic scene of countless people being knocked away and trampled to death made these Chu soldiers confused, but they still stood in a row in a numb manner to meet the test of life and death.

They are just a component in the killing machine, and whether they are afraid or not can change this fact.

No matter how scared they are, they cannot run away. No matter how many people die in front of them, they have to stand in line.

The muskets are loaded with ammunition, so they must be prepared to shoot.

After the musket is fired, if you don’t have time to load ammunition, then squat down and turn into a physical body to resist horses.

The body resists horses, and in front of the armored horses with both horses and horses, it is just a pool of mud...

But even so, the formation must be maintained!!

"Open fire!!!"

A roar sounded in his ears, and a musket soldier with his head blank subconsciously pulled the trigger.
To be continued...