The right camp of the Taiping Infantry Army was half-fire weapon soldiers. When the army was formed, Zhou Shixiang concentrated all the muskets of the entire army to the right camp, and formed two brigade gun teams with the gun soldiers of the original camp as the backbone.

The muskets of this era were all pre-loaded medicines. They used fuse ropes to trigger the medicine in the medicine room and then fired the guns to kill the enemy. The firing speed of this musket was extremely slow and its power was much smaller than that of guns in later generations. However, Zhou Shixiang improved the gunpowder into pellet medicines and set the amount of medicines. The gunpowder carried by soldiers was all made of paper and a small package. When used, just tear it open and pour it into the medicine room. This reduced the weakening and explosion of power caused by uneven loading or insufficient portion (too much). More importantly, he was a soldier in his previous life and knew how to maximize the power of the musket square array.

According to Zhou Shixiang's guidance, the 2nd Brigade of the New Army's gun soldiers changed their previous combat mode. They lined up in several rows according to the officer's orders. After the first row of soldiers killed the muskets in their hands, they handed the muskets in their hands to the second team. The second team handed them the firecrackers loaded with gunpowder and lead bullets to them. Then they obtained the muskets loaded with medicine from the third team. This cycle in turn allowed the gunners in the front row to always ensure that they could fire muskets continuously. Only when they were killed by the enemy's large number of enemies would the second, third and rear queues be replenished.

The Taiping Army's gunpowder was very limited. The Xinhui War basically exhausted the entire army's medicine. If it weren't for the seizure of some from the Qing army's medicine depot, Chen Qice would later give him hundreds of kilograms. When attacking Xiangshan, the Taiping Army's muskets were just like fire sticks. Until the Lutou River war broke out, the amount of gunpowder in the Taiping Army remained at a low point. The most optimistic thing about the Military Commander's Mansion was to ensure that the Lutou River battle could not be involved in the battle because there was no medicine for the battle.

In order to solve the problem of lack of medicine, Zhou Shixiang has sent people to Macau to buy gunpowder from the Flangers. At the same time, see what the difference between their muskets and the Taiping Army. If the opponent's muskets are more advanced than the Taiping Army, then you have to order a batch. If they are all front-loaded coercion guns, you don't have to buy them or buy them less. In addition, you just hire some gun repair technicians from Macau.

Zhou Shixiang did not want to be controlled by others in weapons. He intended to open a military factory belonging to the Taiping Army in Xiangshan, and could change the front-mounted combs to the rear-mounted guns by himself, and at the same time he had to obtain enough pig iron and gunpowder. In the future, these two things may become the reason for the Taiping Army to send troops like food, and are also important materials to support the Taiping Army's battle.

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As the head of the right battalion of the infantry army, Tieyi was also a miner who buried medicine. He knew the power of gunpowder. Therefore, he attached great importance to firearms. In order to train the gunsmen of the second brigade as soon as possible, he trained gunsmen day and night. However, when he found that most soldiers could not even tell the left and right, let alone teach them tactical exercises, Tieyi was in a hurry to adopt the common problem of the army of this era - corporal punishment and beating those soldiers who could not learn.

The officers who teach the recruits every day hold whips in their hands. Once they find that the soldiers cannot follow up the queue or cannot load the medicine on time, they will be ruthlessly whipped, and even tied to the soldiers of the entire battalion for execution. Soldiers who have been repeatedly taught have been crippled.

The Anjun envoy of the right battalion of the infantry army reflected this situation to the Military Commander's Office. He hoped that the Military Commander's Office could stop this cruel training method. However, after Zhou Shixiang learned the specific reasons for the corporal punishment, he had no good way to train the new recruits. So he agreed to Tie Yi's method. As long as Tie Yi was corporal punishment, it would be best to give the soldiers some rewards, so that they could improve their enthusiasm for training. As for the unlucky guys who were crippled, they would be placed in the front village and the Taiping Army would be supported in the future.

Zhou Shixiang doesn’t want a fool, he can’t survive on the battlefield. The existence of a fool will also allow more people to die with him.

Facts have proved that hard work is far less impressive than being beaten. At first, at least hundreds of gunmen were beaten every day, but later, occasionally, someone was taken out and beaten.

People are so strange that they can become semen after being beaten.

The cold training of being beaten if you don’t learn well and even being crippled finally created the gun soldiers that Zhou Shixiang needed. At least in his opinion, the gun soldiers of the 2nd Brigade also looked at the warlord troops in later generations.

The 2nd Brigade gun soldiers always kept their queues unevenly after crossing the river. When facing the Han flag cavalry that rushed over, they were also very scared and their legs were trembling subconsciously, but no one was at a loss, nor did they have the idea of ​​running back. They only stared at the officers next to their respective queues, waiting for the other party's gestures and orders to move.

This is an inertia and a last resort - they are really afraid of being beaten.

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Like other people under the Pingnan Fan, some of the flag soldiers under Tong Erhan were equipped with muskets. This musket was a three-eyed gun used by the Ming army in Liaodong. When they charge immediately, they could first fire the gun to shock their opponents, and then use the three-eyed gun as a weapon to use the powerful impulse of the war horse to smash them hard at the opponent. One gun would definitely break your head.

However, they had already rushed to nearly a hundred steps, but the Taiping Army opposite was still motionless. There was no Taiping Army screaming in panic in sight, and no one was so scared that they fired the gun. This made Tong Erhan's heart appear. He heard that the Ming army could not fire the gun within a hundred steps of the Qing army and maintain the most basic queue, which would be a strong army, and would definitely kill and injure the Qing army. At that time, the 8,000 Tianxiong soldiers under Lu Xiangsheng, the prime minister of the five provinces of the Ming Dynasty were such strong soldiers. In recent years, only the old thief under Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang's front army had this ability.

"Speed ​​the gun!"

Tong Erhan, who had a bad premonition, shouted loudly, trying to disrupt the Taiping Army's ranks. At once more than 100 flag soldiers holding three-eyed guns immediately set off guns at the Taiping Army.

After a scattered gun sound, dozens of Taiping Army soldiers could be vaguely seen falling down, but soon the Taiping Army behind us stepped forward to make up for the empty space. The body was quickly dragged down.

"Let go! Let go!"

The three-eyed gun can fire three times. After the three times, the battlefield was filled with white smoke, and the Taiping Army opposite continued to fall, but their queue was not messy at all. Even the empty spaces were filled.

"Damn Taiping Kou isn't he afraid of death!"

Tong Erhan cursed, and the three-eyed gun failed to cause chaos in the Taiping Army. He could only rush forward with the flag soldiers. Out of the corner of his eyes, Hu Qili's supervision flag had also been pressed up.

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The sound of the guns of the Han military flag made Tieyi twitch with his eyes, and he kept gritting his teeth and waiting. He kept remembering what the military commander said to him - "If you put the Qing Yao in and attack, you don't have to be afraid of them. Our muskets are not powerful. If you don't put the Qing Yao in and attack, you will not be able to effectively kill the Qing Yao. Besides, although the gun soldiers under your command are well-deserved, they have no practical experience. We usually have few medicines, and they don't shoot a few guns. If you don't put the Qing Yao in and attack, you still don't know how many guys will hit the sky. Only by putting it in and attacking can we make the Qing Yao hurt the muscles and make them scared. Don't forget, we have 1,200 guns, how many Qing Yao are there? So don't rush to attack, you must be steady and calm down!"

Tieyi calmed down and even if the artillery team that was sent to support him was to fire the Han flag cavalry. He did not agree. He wanted to prove his ability to the Taiping Army colleagues, the Junshou, and the Qing Yao!

The arrogant Han army inlaid blue flag finally approached 70 steps from the Taiping Army Front, and the flag soldiers could see clearly. This made Tieyi, who was beating in his heart, ordered the gun to be fired.

"Open fire!"

After hearing the order to open fire, the gunmen took a breath up and mechanically lifted the gun and lit the fire slit.

"Bang bang!"

The sound of Taiping Army guns finally rang out, so dense that it was impossible to hear the front and back, and the position was filled with white smoke.

The dense sound of guns never stopped, and the rising smoke blocked everyone's sight. No one knew what kind of blow the Han military flag was hit.

The dense sound of guns also made Su Na, who was watching the game, brows: How can Taipingko's firearm be used to keep shooting?

With the sound of guns, the Green Camp also rushed up, but they did not directly attack the Taiping Army's array like arrogant flag soldiers. Instead, they transferred the archers to the front, trying to use arrow branches to kill the Taiping Army's array, and then the entire army broke in.

"shoot!"

After hearing the officer's order, more than 300 archers of the model immediately pulled out the arrow branches from the quiver behind and headed towards the Taiping Army opposite.

"Hand up the shield!"

The card-going player in the left camp of the infantry army raised the shield on his head without hesitation to cover the arrows for the gunman behind him.

The model soldiers were still hundreds of steps away from the Taiping Army. The Taiping Army's muskets could not hit them, but it was difficult for them to shoot the arrow branches. Because they could not aim directly at the opponent, the model soldiers' archer could only shoot the arrow branches above the Taiping Army's heads in a bunch of ways, and use the power of the shooting to make the arrow branches fall from the upper Taiping Army to achieve the purpose of killing.

The Qing army commander had only more than 300 archers, which was far less than the Taiping Army gunmen in front of him. In addition, with the protection of the left camp of the infantry army, the Qing army's arrow branches did not cause damage to the Taiping Army. Due to distance, 90% of the arrow branches fell on the open space in front of the Taiping Army. Only a very small number of arrow branches fell on the Taiping Army, but there were only a few shots. The only few branches were inserted lightly into the arms or shoulders of the Taiping Army soldiers, and could be pulled out at will. This effect is far worse than the three-eyed guns of the Han army flag.

"Order the entire army to attack!"

Hu Qili saw that the archers could not suppress the Taiping Army, and the Han army flag on the left wing was fierce again. Although he could not see clearly the battle situation of the Han army flag because of the smoke of gunpowder, his past experience told him that most of the Han army flags had succeeded. In order not to underestimate the Manzhou soldiers watching the battle, he ordered his personal soldiers to whistle the trumpet to attack.

"Run, they will have no means to rush over Taipingko's firearms!"

Lin Jinzhong was also eager to make contributions. After healed the scar, he forgot the pain, and he urged his subordinates to rush towards the Taiping Army without any chance.

However, the Taiping Army's muskets were still firing, without any intention of stopping. Whether on the left-wing Han army flag or in the front green camp, the sound of guns like fried beans never stopped. The choking smoke filled the entire battlefield, making many people's eyes turn red and cry in discomfort.

Tong Erhan lay down behind the body of his dead cavalry and complained. The Taiping Army's dense guns made his subordinates turn over. What's even more deadly was that they didn't know when the musket would be silent. The sound of wailing and guns were everywhere in his ears, which made Tong Erhan regret his underestimation of the enemy. He originally thought that as long as he withstanded the Taiping Army's round of guns, he could easily rush into the opponent's formation to drive sheep. What happened was that they were slaughtered by the Taiping Army.

Tong Erhan regretted it, and the living flag soldiers even more regretted it. If they had known that the Taiping gang was so capable of fighting, they would not have fought this front and died.

Suddenly, the sound of the Taiping Army's gun finally stopped. The remaining Han army flag thought that the opponent's musket was finally silent, but he did not expect that the Taiping Army in the black smoke suddenly took a few steps back, and then a tiger squat cannon and pole gun were pushed in front.

not good!

Tong Erhan took a deep breath. He had seen the Ming army's tiger squat cannon and pole gun. The thing fired all lead and small iron bullets. Although the distance was not far, the killing and damage to people within a hundred steps was amazingly terrifying.

Tong Erhan felt bitter, knowing that this time he would probably be carried in the hands of the Taiping Army.

Amid the sound of cannons, Han flag soldiers who did not get shot down from the horses, and the war horses who got shot also jumped in screaming and then fell to the ground weakly.

Tong Erhan lay behind the horse's belly and could not escape the deadly gun. His face was hit by a gun, and his whole face was like a sesame cake, filled with lead.

More than a dozen Han army flag soldiers crawled backwards among the corpses, and then ran back desperately.

The Han army flag is over, and the green camp cannot be better.

With rounds of shooting, the attacking model soldiers and battalions suffered heavy casualties. Hundreds of corpses did not rush to the Taiping Army. After the Taiping Army's artillery team brought out the tiger squat cannon and the big pole gun, the Green Camp's will to attack instantly collapsed.

The Taiping Army's artillery team roared out with dense projectiles to harvest the same dense crowd of Qing soldiers. As long as they hit the projectiles in the front, they could almost reap lives. Even if they could not kill them, they could still make the Qing soldiers who were in the cannon lose their power to move.

Seeing the miserable situation of the Qing army in front of him, Tieyi and Ge Yi were completely worried and were now invincible.
Chapter completed!