Chapter 278: Musket vs. Musket

The cavalry had just rushed out a few hundred steps and were discovered by the Tartars team.

The clown jumping and dared to show his eyes. The commander of the Tartar secretly sarcastically said, "Looking at the team, there are only a few dozen people. He dared to attack his thousands of people. He simply didn't know how the word "death" was written.

"Stop moving forward, prepare the musket." The commander shouted.

The cavalry immediately turned from the marching state of Mercedes-Benz to the defense, turned their horses to face the small cavalrymen, and began to prepare muskets in an orderly manner.

The three-eyed musket and wooden handle were about five feet long, so they put the wooden handle on the ground and just touched the musket on the horse riding. They took out gunpowder from their pockets, began to pour the gunpowder into the musket, then pounded it, put it in an iron ball, and stretched out the lead.

A series of actions were completed in a short time, showing that the training of their troops was very sufficient and they were more confident in their three-eyed muskets.

Clamping the wooden handle under the right rib, the mouth of the three-eyed musket was slightly raised, and the left hand had already picked up the fire note. After the other party approached again, he used the three-eyed musket to give the other party a devastating blow.

Only one hundred muskets can be fired to completely eliminate these dozens of people's squad. The commander of the thousand men is just to give the other party a warning. The guards of the capital are not vegetarians.

The other party was getting closer and closer, one thousand steps, eight hundred steps, six hundred steps, five hundred steps, everyone was waiting. Since the twist of the musket was ignited for a short time and the gunpowder burned, some people's fire folds had already approached the twist. They were about to get closer to three hundred steps, and then they began to ignite them. Just when the other party approached two hundred steps, the musket was fired, knocking them over.

They seemed to have seen the other party fleeing in a panic, and then they charged forward and smashed the other party with a musket.

Clinker, the other party stopped at three hundred steps, as if waiting for something.

"The first team, ignite the muskets and charge!" said the commander of the thousand-man.

Since the opponent refuses to step forward and enters his own range, then rush forward and destroy the opponent.

The hundred men, who received the order, immediately lit the twists in their hands, then held the musket sandwiched under their ribs with his right hand, pulled the reins with his left hand, and began to charge.

During the period when the lead was burning, a distance of only 100 steps could be passed. They were ready to pursue the fire after the musket was fired.

"Bang, bang bang," Just as the first team charged, the opponent's musket began to shoot.

Coward! At such a long distance, you will run away after firing? The chief of the thousand-man thought disdainfully that at such a long distance, the projectile had long been flying to where he had been. With this little ability, he was embarrassed and ran from afar to intercept himself?

Unexpectedly, with the sound of muskets, more than thirty cavalry fell down. The muskets that had not been fired fell to the ground. Several of them actually turned around and pointed at the cavalry, only a few dozen steps away!

Qianfu was shocked. He had seen that in this blink of an eye, dozens of cavalry fell down, proving that the other party was definitely not shooting blindly, but that their muskets could exert their power at this distance!

Thinking of this, his face changed, and at the same time, it aroused the determination to eliminate this team of cavalry, annihilated them, snatched the muskets and handed them back to Wubei Temple for research.

"Bang, bang," Suddenly, the sound of the second round of muskets came again, and the commander's heart could only be described as shock. The opponent's musket was actually like a three-eyed musket, which could be fired continuously? However, it seemed a little different. The three-eyed muskets were connected. Once ignited, the three muskets were fired at the same time, and the other party seemed to be able to fire separately?

At this time, there were only thirty or forty cavalrymen remaining, and there were more than 200 steps away from the opponent. At this distance, the shooting accuracy of the three-eyed musket could not be guaranteed.

"Boom, boom, boom," At this time, the three-eyed musket finally rang. The distance of more than 200 steps was destined to be a firework. The other party was still fine and had nothing to do. The three-eyed musket that fell to the ground had several reversal muskets and shot towards oneself, which was only a few dozen steps.

"Nee!" The man was fine, but several war horses were injured in the legs. They raised their front hooves high and threw the soldiers above them off. Although the horses had been strictly trained, they could not remain calm in the pain.

The remaining soldiers of the Hundreds rushed forward with the three-eyed muskets they had fired. Their companions had already fallen here, and they were full of anger at this moment.

Unfortunately, the other party didn't give them a chance at all. After the third round of muskets, they all fell to the ground.

This arrogance is not taken seriously at all!

The commander of the thousand-man was filled with anger. He was the most elite cavalry in the court. He was so ignored by these rebels and even knocked down his 100-man team, but the other party was completely unscathed!

Although he was angry, he also understood that the opponent's firearm was indeed more advanced than his. Therefore, if he sent a team of 100 people up, he would still end up with the same consequences. The tactics of adding fuel are not good, and only the entire army will attack!

"Impact!" the leader shouted angrily.

Hearing the order, the remaining nine hundred-man teams rushed forward at the same time. Huozhezi had already lit the muskets. Although the distance was a bit far, the rain of bullets formed by nine hundred three-eyed muskets was enough to submerge the opponent!

"Retreat quickly!" Zhao Zixiong saw the opponent's momentum, so he naturally did not dare to be arrogant. Although the opponent's firearm was not as accurate as his own, under such circumstances, the rain of bullets would definitely tear the team of dozens of people to pieces.

Turning the horse's head, they ran back quickly.

Seeing the enemy running away, the Tartar cavalry became even more furious. They tried desperately to hold the horse's belly and let the horse gallop quickly, preparing to catch up and beat them hard.

The twister had burned out, and all three bullets of the three-eyed musket were released, but it was too far away and the opponent was not hit at all.

After running forward for a while, the commander suddenly came back to the scene. Could it be that there was something ambushed? What happened today is so strange. How dare you challenge your team of thousands of people?

Now that the musket has been fired, it is undoubtedly unfavorable to fight hand-to-hand only after getting close.

When the commander thought of this, he wanted to gather the team together. At least he had to load the musket again before he could have some confidence.

"Bang, bang bang," Suddenly, dozens of people who had just escaped turned around and shot at the team, and the dozen people who rushed to the front were shot and fell down.

Now, the cavalry became completely angry. I had never seen anyone bullying like this. They were like crazy and desperately chasing each other, trying to use their three-eyed muskets to hit each other hard.

Zhao Zixiong was secretly happy. He saw that the Tartars were running slower and slower just now, so he stopped and provoked the Tartars again. Sure enough, the Tartars fell into a trap.

They fired one pass and then ran to the hillside.

When the commander saw this, he sneered in his heart. The other party was so panicked that the cavalry was invincible on the plains. However, when he arrived on the mountain, he was far from it. He could still have some momentum when he rushed down from the mountain. However, if he rushed up the mountain, he could only run slower and more and more effort.

"Chasing, chasing you and avenge your brothers!" said the commander of thousands of men fiercely.

The cavalry rushed toward the hillside in a swarm, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.

Zhao Zixiong suddenly turned his horse's head, stopped, and looked happily at the Tartar cavalry who were chasing closer and closer in front, with such a bright smile.

The other cavalry also turned their horses' heads and raised the Tianque gun again.

The leader of the thousand-man felt uneasy, and as he rushed higher and higher towards the hillside, the uneasy became stronger and stronger. Seeing the thief in front of him suddenly stopped, the leader of the thousand-man suddenly realized that there must be an ambush!

"retreat!"

"Boom, boom, boom!" It was too late, and only explosions were heard everywhere, black smoke was everywhere, and screams of pain were everywhere.

When the smoke disappeared, I saw broken limbs and broken arms everywhere, and even the war horses were split into pieces.

The survivors were already scared. They knew that the explosives underground exploded just now and they were plotted against!

Run! No matter how different the remaining Tartars ran back, some of the war horses had been lost, and they ran faster.

However, no matter how fast you run, you can't be faster than bullets.

"Bang, bang." The sound of countless Tianque guns fired around him. The soldiers surrounded him all stood up and skillfully fired. It was the time to hit the dogs in the water.

Looking at the sunset in the sky, Zhao Zixiong was in a calm mood.

"Sir, sir, it's not good." During the march, several soldiers suddenly ran to the front of the general in panic, with their faces as dark as the faces.

"What's so panicked? What kind of morality?" Yue Kuocha'er cursed.

"Sir, our vanguard was ambushed and his entire army was wiped out!" said the soldier.

Yue Kuochaer was shocked. The forward could be said to be a very elite team, especially the leading commander, who was extremely brave. Why was he suddenly wiped out?

"Where is it?" Xuexue asked.

"On this nameless slope thirty miles away," the soldier said.

This team is too arrogant. After all, it has entered the Jiangbei Province in Huainan. Although it has not arrived at Gaoyou Mansion, it is already very uneasy here. The front team is thirty miles away from him, so no wonder it was ambushed.

"Start up and move forward quickly." Yue Kuocha'er ordered, and he and Xuexue looked at each other, with some worry in their eyes.

Unfortunately, when we arrived, there was no sign of the enemy, only the soldiers and war horses that fell to the ground, and the scene was terrible.

There were many large pits on the ground, the bodies were messy, and some of them were intact, but they were shot in the back. You could tell at a glance that it was a premeditated ambush.

"Who did this?" Yue Kuocha'er was completely angry.

"We have entered the Huainan Jiangbei Province. I think it may be done by Zhang Shicheng's subordinates." Xuexue said.

"Zhang Shicheng? This place is still far from Gaoyou Mansion!" Yue Kuocha'er said, "It could not be Liu Futong's subordinates who did it?"

"Recently, under the joint attack of Chahan and Li Siqi, Liu Futong has been running out of sight. How dare we come to our heads and play wild?" Xuexue said, "Although this place is far from Gaoyou Mansion, the garrison here is very weak, and Zhang Shicheng has advanced firearms under his command. Our forward was completely shot by the firearms. It seems that we have to be careful!"

Although Liu Futong was brave, he did not have firearms under his command, and he didn't even have many bows and arrows. These people of his own were killed by firearms, and it was entirely possible that Zhang Shicheng's people did it.

Moreover, looking at the battle on the spot, it is completely one-sided. Even though it has the advantage of ambush, it also has the advantages and disadvantages of weapons. Our troops are equipped with the most advanced three-eyed muskets, but it seems that they still cannot defeat the opponent.

The two were a little nervous about the upcoming battle.

"Order the team to shrink the marching queue, and the distance between front and back should not be too long." Yue Kuocha'er said.

Since the opponent can eat a team of thousands of people in one breath, it proves that the opponent's combat effectiveness is not low, and he can no longer disperse his troops and give the opponent an opportunity to take advantage of it.

"Return to the Taishi, the forward encountered a surprise attack and lost a team of thousands of people. Please be careful of the Taishi." Xuexue also said.

His own team was a cavalry, and he suffered a great loss, not to mention that most of the central army led by the Taishi were infantry.

Zhao Zixiong led the team and observed the passing Tartar brigade like a hungry wolf. At this moment, they seemed to be twisting into a rope and putting it into several columns. It would probably not be so easy to attack again. Moreover, this was obviously an elite unit of the Tartars, carrying muskets.

After the battle just now, Zhao Zixiong picked up an opponent's musket to observe. Although the workmanship was rough, there were three gun barrels, which meant that it could be shot three times in a row. What surprised him the most was that the opponent's musket was actually cast of copper! This was a timely help for the rebel army.

The steel of the rebel army was no longer a problem, but copper had to be bought at a high price, and copper had to be used to make certain parts, so it was also a considerable expense. The seized muskets could be worth a lot of silver. Zhao Zixiong immediately ordered people to put away all the muskets and sent a team to send them back.

However, there was no fighter next. Once this elite Tartar troops were alarmed, they would probably have to encircle them with all their might. That would be a loss. The tactics were still the same, and these Tartar cavalry carrying a large number of firearms were no longer applicable, because they had tens of thousands of people and only a thousand of them. The other party rushed over like crazy, so they had to explain them all here.

Zhao Zixiong has decided to let the other party go, at least he has to make trouble for them at night. Or find a chance to fight against the officials who are lax in defense.

Tuotuo was sitting in the carriage and was watching the map on the table.

This is a four-horse cart, with a large cart, and a table placed inside it.

The car was a little bumpy, and Tuotuo didn't care at all. He had become accustomed to it. This time, Gaoyou Mansion must be quickly calmed down, otherwise the court would have a food crisis.

Although the high-ranking officials and nobles have food reserves at home, there will be no problem, most of the people in most capitals will probably fall into a state of hunger. As the Grand Tuotuo who cares about the world, he still cares more about ordinary people. What's more, this is directly related to the stability and unity of the court.

If you want to attack Gaoyou Prefecture, you must at least take Baoying County to the north of Gaoyou Prefecture. With Baoying County as the backing, all the siege equipment, food and supplies can be placed in Baoying. Xinghua in the east and Taizhou in the southeast can naturally collapse after capturing Gaoyou Prefecture.
To be continued...