The thousand-man phalanx of the Runing Army is actually a rectangular phalanx of forty by twenty-five, with forty men on the long side of the rectangle. The first six rows of the phalanx are musketeers, followed by pikemen and spearmen in the back.

Axemen. So the current number of gunmen in each platoon of the Runing Army is one hundred and sixty.

After the firecracker assistants distributed the firecrackers, they immediately picked up their own firecrackers and ran to the end of the phalanx. They all took off their shields and lined up, ready to plug leaks at any time to prevent the peasant rebels from opening the square.

The gap in the formation.

One hundred and sixty rounds of bullets, like an invisible wall, immediately blocked the charge of the peasant rebel army. But at this moment, the arrows thrown by the first row of archers in Luo Rucai's army also flew in. These arrows

Immediately, there were bursts of metal collision sounds on the hands and bodies of those muskets.

After Wu Shigong's reorganization, Yang Goudan's workshop department produced a large number of iron helmets, and Bian's Iron Factory, together with the workshop department, also produced a large number of iron sheets and improved the beggar's armor.

But after all, time was still short, and it was not possible to equip all the soldiers of the Runing Army, so the priority was given to equipping the fire gunmen who were at the front of the formation and were more vulnerable to damage.

And these armors and equipment are now working. Except for a few particularly unlucky soldiers, the fire gunmen in the Runing army did not suffer any damage. However, the range of the thrown arrows was different, and a small part of the arrows flew past the fire cannons.

The top of his hand flew into the thousands of soldiers in the phalanx, and also caused damage to some soldiers in the Runing army.

Although the damage caused was not great, the soldiers of the Runing Army suffered such a sudden blow, which still caused some confusion. Fortunately, the peasant rebels charging on the opposite side were also hit by the fire cannons, and they also paused for a moment.

Therefore, they did not take advantage of the situation and rush to the Thousand-man Square Formation of the Runing Army.

The gunmen of the Runing Army were basically composed of veterans, so they returned to normal very quickly. When the peasant rebel army stopped and wanted to speed up the pace again and rush into the thousand-man phalanx, the Runing Army's third

The second row of firecrackers fired.

Then came the third row, the fourth row... After the five rows of muskets were fired, the peasant rebel soldiers lay down in a large area. The heavy casualties made the peasant rebel army in the rear retreat.

At this time, a soldier of the peasant rebel army who was lucky enough to be unscathed stood among the dead bodies. He looked left and right at the corpses of his companions lying on the ground, and then suddenly laughed like crazy and shouted: "I'm okay.

Ah! Rush!"

This cry immediately aroused the enthusiasm of the peasant rebel army. But at this moment, the Runing Army's second round of firecrackers was fired again. One bullet just shattered the head of the laughing soldier, and he

Blood and brains suddenly splattered everywhere.

The peasant rebels who came up from behind ran up behind him, and several soldiers were knocked down. Several soldiers hiding behind were also sprayed with blood and brains all over their bodies.

Another soldier went crazy and shed tears. He sang loudly in a hoarse voice with a Henan accent:

"The flowers in Shandandan Mountain are blooming,

My sister walked from the mountains carrying a load.

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This crazy emotion immediately infected the entire peasant rebel army. What's the point of living a life that is worse than death? If there is a chance of survival given by the Eight Kings, then just sacrifice your life for it.

The entire peasant rebel army sang folk songs one after another. Everyone went crazy and ignored all life, including their own. What about bullets, knives and guns? Then use our flesh and blood! Peasant Rebel Army

Once again, he rushed over desperately.

Due to the interference of projectile arrows, some of the Runing Army's firecrackers did not have time to reload their ammunition. Therefore, this round of firecracker shooting only fired three or four rows. After this round of shooting was completed, the Runing Army's firecrackers fired

There was obviously a pause. Taking advantage of this pause, the peasant rebels rushed into a distance of twenty steps. When they saw that the situation was not good, the gunmen quickly passed through the queue and ran towards the back of the thousand-man phalanx.

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However, the prepared pikemen had to make way for passages in the formation in order to allow the gunmen to retreat. This also caused cracks to appear in the formation of the thousand-man phalanx.

But after all, these peasant rebels had little military experience. At this time, they were already red-eyed, and they only knew that they rushed towards the phalanx of the Runing Army.

They were simply a group of lunatics. These soldiers of the peasant rebel army didn't even try to avoid them, and rushed towards the spears. They hit the spears with the weapons in their hands, and if they couldn't hit them, they simply hit them with their bodies.

Soon, the spears of the Runing Army's pikemen were covered with corpses. The soldiers of the Peasant Rebel Army were still charging forward one after another. The soldiers in the back row even threw their weapons at the Runing Army without caring.

Are you using your bare hands?

The Thousand-Man Phalanx of the Runing Army is a little loose. However, three Thousand-man Phalanx is fine, but one Thousand-man Phalanx is not so good. And this Thousand-man Phalanx is composed of the Engineer Regiment.

Most of the soldiers in the Engineer Corps are new soldiers. In their daily training, they have to carry out transportation, bridge building and other training, so there is relatively little training in square formations. Therefore, the situation of the Engineer Corps suddenly reached the edge of danger.

Seeing the critical situation ahead, Xue Yongli, the commander, immediately became angry: "Is Gong Ben really just eating grass? Why hasn't his artillery regiment arrived yet?"

Gong Benshi, who commanded the artillery regiment, was also sweating. At this time, the artillery had just been unloaded from the horse. He directed the gunner: "Push up the one-pound artillery first. Remember, push the cannon loaded with shotgun first. Who will do it?"

Wrong push, I cut him."

A group of artillerymen, together with the artillery guards, pushed the artillery forward through the passage between the thousand-man phalanx.

The cavalry commanded by Li Sanhe behind saw that the two armies in front were about to fight hand-to-hand. He immediately wanted to order the cavalry to line up in formation and press forward to support the thousand-man phalanx.

But at this moment, the cavalry commanded by Li Dingguo also moved. They also formed a formation and slowly pressed towards the Runing Army's cavalry.

Seeing that Li Dingguo might attack, Li Sanhe immediately ordered the cavalry to turn to the formation, preparing to deal with Li Dingguo's cavalry first, and then go to support the thousand-man phalanx.

However, seeing that the cavalry of the Runing Army was ready to fight with him, after taking about a hundred steps forward, Li Dingguo's cavalry stopped and returned to their starting point. Now Li Dingguo wanted to contain the Runing Army.

cavalry.

At this time, the peasant rebel army had reached the extreme of madness, and the projectile arrows were still being fired round after round. After receiving double blows from above and below, a gap was finally opened in the thousand-man phalanx of the Engineer Corps.

Xue Cunyi, the leader of the engineering corps, was also anxious. He took the ax and gun from the soldiers around him and shouted: "No one is allowed to retreat!"

Then Xue Cunyi easily knocked down a retreating Runing soldier, and then rushed towards the gap first.

As soon as he jumped into the crowd of peasant rebels, Xue Cunyi stabbed two peasant rebels to death with a few stabs. Then he swung his ax and gun and swept away the surrounding peasant rebels.

A soldier of the peasant rebel army did not dodge Xue Cunyi's ax spear. Amidst the screams, Xue Cunyi's ax spear struck hard into the body of the peasant rebel army.

But Xue Cunyi had cut too deeply, and for a while he couldn't draw out his ax or gun. At this moment, a peasant rebel soldier on the left side of Xue Cunyi stabbed Xue Cunyi hard in the face with a wooden gun in his hand. Xue Cunyi subconsciously

He raised his head to avoid it, only to feel pain on his face, his vision went dark, and he fainted on the ground.

Seeing that their regiment leader was knocked to the ground, the soldiers behind were also jealous. They jumped out with a few axes and knocked down the peasant rebel who injured Xue Cunyi with a few axes, and then entangled with the peasant rebels who followed.

The fight started.

At this moment, next to the thousand-man phalanx of the Engineer Regiment, the first artillery was pushed into position. The gunner pinched the match very short, and while lighting the match, a shot of cannon was fired. This suddenly destroyed the subsequent charge.

The peasant rebels carved out a large piece of open space.

However, several peasant rebels on the side immediately rushed towards the gunners. Several gunners were caught off guard and were killed by them one after another. The soldiers guarding the artillery also drew their swords and rushed towards the peasant rebels.

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The attack on the gunners was actually a reflection of the peasant rebels. The artillery of the Runing Army was pushed to the front line one after another. With the sound of shotguns being fired, the crazy peasant rebels finally woke up in the face of death.

come over.

As if they had gone crazy just now, the morale of these peasant rebels dropped instantly. Those peasant rebels who charged turned around and fled. The entire offensive posture collapsed like an avalanche.

But the Runing Army still did not stop attacking the peasant rebels. The gunmen moved forward one after another, firing freely at the fleeing peasant rebels, and the artillery loaded with solid shells was fired, causing the projectiles to be fired leisurely.

The archers in Luo Rucai's army were finally threatened.

It stands to reason that those archers are lined up in a row, and solid shells cannot cause them too many casualties. However, those archers are veterans, so they are not as fanatical as the peasant rebels who just charged.

, and their mood fluctuated for a while. Therefore, they immediately ran back to avoid the shells.

The whole battle only lasted less than half an hour. The shocked Runing army looked at the field of flesh and blood in front of the thousand-man phalanx and gasped, as if they had just had a dream.

Xue Yongli, the conductor, finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, however, let out a long sigh. They both knew that the fanaticism of the peasant rebels just now was quite rare. Faced with the death threats of firecrackers and spears, even if they sent the soldiers from their respective camps to

If elites fight, they may not necessarily achieve better results than those peasant rebels.
Chapter completed!