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Thousands of Tiger and Leopard Army fired and stepped back. Soon, the four musket battalions retreated together.

On this narrow position, four musket battalions blocked in four directions, continuously shooting lead bullets outwards.

As for the more than 100 mortars equipped by the troops, they were like mushrooms after a rain, densely arranged in the center of the formation. They raised their black muzzles and fired flowering bullets at the surrounding Later Jin army.

At this time, Xie Hui could clearly feel that his purpose of shrinking his defense line had been achieved.

After the defense line shrinks, the defense width of each surface is reduced by at least half.

As a result, the number of Tartar offensive troops, which did not change much, became increasingly dense as they continued to move forward.

At this moment, on the defense line of a musket battalion, every round of gunfire sounds could take away at least thirty lives. Not only that, as the distance between the two armies further shortened, the results of everyone's victory became larger and larger.

However, no matter how great the result is, it is impossible to stop the Tartars with superior forces.

After losing five or six hundred consecutively, there were more than six hundred left. The Tartar musketeers who had lost confidence on their faces and were replaced by panic finally rushed to the effective range of the musket in their hands.

The Tartars were suppressed by the Tiger and Leopard Army on the entire offensive road, and they did not miss this opportunity to counterattack.

Amid the various roars of the Tartar cavalry behind him, hundreds of already scared musketeers, although they were full of fear of their future destiny, were threatened by sabres and death close behind him. With his trembling hands, he raised the musket and pulled the trigger.

After the dense gunfire sounded, hundreds of lead bullets whizzing out of the barrel, although most of them were flying to the trembling hands of the musketeers. However, there were still more than one hundred lead bullets, carrying the breath of death, flying towards the tiger and leopard army that attacked themselves head-on.

Accompanied by a series of screams, more than 20 soldiers from the Musket Battalion lineup fell down directly.

Although the soldiers brought by Xie Hui were all veterans who had participated in at least one battle, no matter who they were, they would be polite to death. When death really came to them, they would have fear and worry for a while.

The only difference is that veterans can quickly get out of these panics and continue to fight. The new recruits will become more and more panic under the influence of death, and even lose the courage to fight directly. The battlefield collapses.

Therefore, at the moment of attack, the musket battalion fell into a brief chaos. The gunfire followed was not as neat as before, but very messy.

At this time, as long as you have some combat experience, you will know that the first round of lead bullets that the Tartars had just shot out will definitely achieve results.

And this Tatar officer in the Thousand Cavalry Team was exactly such a person.

Although the smoke that had already spread across the battlefield blocked his vision, he could not see the results of the battle intuitively.

However, when the chaotic gunshots of the Tiger and Leopard Army in front reached their ears, a strong smile appeared on the face of the Tartar officer.

Then, he ordered without any hesitation: "The musketeers of the Han Eight Banners continue to attack forward... while attacking, they fired. The formation of the Tiger and Leopard Army in the front has been disrupted in your counterattack just now..."

"Caval Warriors, prepare to cavalry and shoot the Tiger and Leopard Army..."

"Run into the Tiger and Leopard Army formation, each person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. Kill a Tiger and Leopard Army soldier, each person will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver, and one slave... Warriors, for the sake of silver and for the sake of slaves, continue to attack and kill..."

Amid the tempting roars of the Tartar officers, hundreds of musketeers of the Eight Banners of Han were just panicked and confused, and were directly replaced by the heat.

All of them knew that under the supervision of the Tartar cavalry behind them, they would not only die, but their family members in the Later Jin Dynasty would also be killed by the Tartars. In this case, they might as well fight to the death.

If you are lucky, avoid the lead bullets shot from the opposite Tiger and Leopard Army and rush into the Tiger and Leopard Army position, then you will not only survive, but also receive a large reward, and even become an officer in the army...

In this case, the musketeers left in the Eight Banners of Han rushed towards the muskete camp without fear of death, like wolves smelling blood.

Faced with this situation, the Tartars smiled. However, everyone's faces, including the division commander Xie Hui, became more and more serious on the Tiger and Leopard Army's position.

The deputy commander beside him looked at the nearly crazy Han Eight Banner Musketeer in front of him. An incredible expression appeared on his solemn face. Then, he exclaimed with confusion.

"Are these people crazy? Have they forgotten that they are also Han people, and they will work hard for the Tartars to massacre their compatriots... How could it be? Why weren't they so brave when they didn't surrender to the Tartars and fought against the Tartars?"

Commander Xie Hui, who had the same solemn expression, replied without thinking: "The reason is very simple. If they want to survive, they can only survive only by destroying us. As for why they have such a big change, there is only one reason, that is, the military rules of the Later Jin army are more severe than the imperial government army, which makes them have no luck or retreat at all..."

Speaking of this, the vast Han Eight Banner Musketeers had rushed forward for more than ten steps again.

More importantly, they have completed the second loading of the musket in their hands and are ready to shoot.

Although the Tiger and Leopard Army, which was defending, shot three rounds of lead bullets in a row, the three rounds of less than 500 lead bullets were fully calculated, which caused more than 100 losses to these Han Eight Banner Musketeers.

Therefore, when a new round of gunfire sounded in the Tartars formation, less than 500 lead bullets still roared towards the Tiger and Leopard Armies musket formation.

After the screams of complete cover of gunfire sounded on the battlefield, more than 30 musketeers were shot and fell to the ground, and their lives and deaths were unknown.

At this time, the anxious voice of the deputy commander beside him reached Xie Hui's ears again.

"The division commander, there are only the last fifty steps left. If you can't block them, let them rush forward twenty more steps. The Tatar cavalry can use bows and arrows to kill us from top to bottom..."

"I didn't expect that after the Tartars formed the so-called Eight Banners of Han, their combat effectiveness would increase so quickly. It seems that all of us underestimated the enemy. Only when the enemy's first attack was to expose all our strength..." Xie Hui, with a solemn expression, sighed loudly and ordered.

"All the remaining artillery of the entire division will be fired immediately at the Tartar cavalry..."

"The second and third battalions of the Second Regiment immediately took out the horse mixing nails we brought and spread them around the position to form a horse mixing area of ​​at least three battles wide. After that, immediately retreat to the position and act as bomb throwers..."

"This time, we brought a total of 20,000 grenades, which is enough for us to use for two days. As long as the enemy is charged into the range of grenade attacks, I will smash the grenades in front of the position..."

"Four musket battalions, as long as the Tartars do not rush in front of me, continue to shoot..."

"The last order, all the muskets are bayonets, and they are ready to fight with the enemy in close range. Although I don't want to see this happen, we have to be prepared just in case."

After all the flowering bullets were concentrated on the Tatar cavalry, the casualties of the Tatar cavalry directly exceeded those of the Han Eight Banners Musketeers who were standing in front of them.

Although the casualties of the Iron Cavalry under his command made the Tartar officer very annoyed. However, he was very excited, as if victory waved to him again.

In the eyes of this Tartar officer, the Tiger and Leopard Army changed its fighting style at this time, without intending to fight for the trapped beasts at the last moment and make the final struggle, without any effect.

So, the excited Tartar officer directly ignored the increasing losses of the cavalry beside him, and shouted loudly in his greatest voice: "Warriors, victory is right in front of him... Everyone, riding and shooting, was ready to rush into the Tiger and Leopard Army position and kill them..."

After the order was issued, the Tartar, who had excellent riding skills, picked up the horse bow, controlled the war horse with his feet, bent his bow and set the arrow, and then, with a whoosh, shot the first round of arrows at the tiger and leopard army dozens of steps away.

Under the dense attack of the Tartars' arrows, the soldiers of the musket battalion who were firing fired lost more than 100 people in a blink of an eye.

Not only that, the death brought to everyone by the first round of arrows has not ended, and the second round of arrows has come to everyone's heads again.

At this moment, although the Tartar Eight Banners Musketeers who charged against lead bullets lost their artillery attack, the increasingly accurate hit rate of the musketeers still caused almost 200 people to kill these people at just over twenty steps of charge.

Therefore, when the Han Eight Banners Musketeers approached the range of grenades in the Tiger and Leopard Army, there were less than three hundred musketeers who had already lost more than half of them.

Facing the Han Eight Banners Musketeers who were already close to each other and could even see clearly the other side.

On the Tiger and Leopard Army's position, the bomb thrower scattered behind the musket array lit the grenade fuse without any hesitation, and then used all his strength to throw the grenade that was emitting white smoke in his hand.

In a blink of an eye, there were about 300 grenades, flying towards the Han Eight Banner Musketeers who were getting closer and closer to the position.

The soldiers of the Han Eight Banners who were charging forward and were about to rush into the Tiger and Leopard Army's position, and the victory had already begun to wave to him. Faced with the sudden fatal attack, before they could react from the shock, the violent explosion sounded beside them.
Chapter completed!