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Chapter 222 The First Battle of the Musket Battalion

"What!" He was shocked when he heard the Song army appear outside the valley. He immediately jumped up and asked again, "How many people do you know what they are going to do?"

"About a thousand people came straight to the valley, and it seemed to be coming for our tribe!" The person who reported the news replied again. Today, Yonggu and others came to victory, and most of the people in the tribe were celebrating for them, so the patrolers outside relaxed a lot. By the time they found that the Song army arrived, they were only a few miles away from the valley.

"Father, there are only about a thousand people. It would be fine if this Song army was just passing by. If you really want to deal with us, you would underestimate our Zhangshan tribe!" When Yonggu heard that there were only one thousand Song army, he immediately shouted loudly. There were tens of thousands of people in their Zhangshan tribe, and even women could take up weapons. Adult men could ride horses to fight from fifteen to fifty, so thousands of people could still gather. He really didn't take it seriously.

"Don't be careless. Cao Wei has just resumed his post and may have plans to establish his authority. Now that the Song army suddenly appears here, I'm afraid the people who come here are bad!" Chufu frowned. After saying that, he immediately ordered the adult men of the entire tribe to be gathered, and the women and children in the tribe are also ready to be alert.

"Let's go and see what the Song people are going to do here?" After the people gathered, the sudden fu immediately ordered again. Behind him were the three thousand tribe warriors who had just been summoned, which made him finally feel a little confident. A mere thousand Song troops would not be so scared that he did not dare to leave the valley.

At that moment, he suddenly led the tribal warriors to the outside of the valley. He saw the Song army flying towards this place in the distance. Although there were only one thousand people, they were murderous. He also saw that half of them were cavalry, which made his expression even more serious, because he knew that the Song Dynasty was short of horses and usually rarely dispatched cavalry, but now he sent so many cavalry to his place at once, which was definitely a bad person.

Seeing the Song army approaching, suddenly Fu also sent someone to fly up and asked loudly: "What are you Song people doing here?"

"Kill!" Song Jun's response was very simple. With a command, more than a dozen long arrows flew out, and the person who came to ask was shot into a hedgehog. Then the army accelerated forward and started charging.

Seeing the people he sent were killed, the sudden outbreak made the later agitated. At the same time, he also understood that the Song people were really going to be prepared to establish their authority. This made him roar and command his subordinates to rush up to the Song army. After all, their tribe was originally dominated by nomadic people, and the warriors in the clan were all born cavalry. Only by charging forward can they exert their maximum combat power.

Yonggu led a cavalry of about a thousand people to attack from the left wing first. When he saw the Song army killing people from his tribe without saying a word, he was extremely angry, so when he rushed out, he also made up his mind to kill all the Song army today to calm his anger.

Although Yonggu was young, he was a famous warrior in the clan and always led the way on the battlefield, which could drive the morale of his subordinates more. This time, of course, was no exception. Moreover, the armor on his body was strong, and ordinary bows and arrows didn't have to worry about him at all, so he was not worried about his safety. The long sword in his hand was already raised high, and he saw that the Song army was only a hundred steps away from him, and at his horse speed, it was just a blink of an eye. As long as he rushed into the formation of the Song army, he would start a big killing.

Thinking that the enemy's neck was swept by his sharp sword, the hot blood would also spray in the air, which made Yonggu seem to smell the familiar sweet smell, and the blood on his body began to boil. Whenever this state occurred, only the enemy's blood and women could calm him down.

"Bangbangbangbang~" However, just as Yonggu was fantasizing about rushing into the Song army to harvest the enemy's life, he heard a roar suddenly coming from the opposite side, and a large amount of smoke rose. Then Yonggu felt a heat in his chest, as if something had penetrated into his chest.

"How is that possible?" Yonggu hadn't reacted at first, but then he found that his chest was bleeding, and the strength in his body seemed to surge out with the blood. His raised arms became weaker and weaker, and he couldn't even hold the knife, and his eyes were in black.

"可乐可~" Just when Yonggu had not figured out how he was injured, the same sound came from the opposite side again. This time he felt something on his face, and then his whole body fell down from the horse in a flash, without any sound. The cavalry behind him stepped on him without stopping, and in the blink of an eye, he stepped on his body into flesh mud.

"Dong~dong~dong~dong..." With each sound of war drums, a row of musketeers would come forward to shoot, and countless hot bullets would fly on the battlefield. The warriors who were charging forward fell down layer by layer, and these corpses also hindered the charge of the knights in the rear, and even bought time for the musketeers to shoot.

"This... this is not a war, it's simply a one-sided massacre!" Cao Ma, who was escorting the formation of the musket camp next to him, could not help but feel stunned when he saw the results achieved on the battlefield. Although he had seen the scene of musket training on the school ground before, it was just a target shooting after all, and it was far less shocking than the real swords and guns on the battlefield.

Especially when seeing that no matter how brave the cavalry were, even if the opponent had full armor, they were still falling off the horse under the shooting of muskets, Cao Ma, as a cavalry, felt even more heartbroken. The cavalry has always been ace troops on the battlefield and the most treated troops, but now it is vulnerable to the musket battalion. Although the opponent's Zhangshan team's cavalry is poorly equipped, they are still cavalry. And according to his estimate, it would be the same if the cavalry on the opposite side was replaced by well-equipped Great Song cavalry.

"Fortunately, the musket belongs to our Song Dynasty. If the enemy gets this weapon..." Cao Mata said to himself again, but when he said this, he couldn't help but fight a cold war.

However, Cao Ma also discovered that the musket was not invincible at this time, and it also had its own shortcomings, such as the reloading speed was too slow. Although the three teams of take turns shooting could make up for this shortcoming, when the cavalry on the opposite side was too fast and regardless of casualties, they might be rushed to the front by the cavalry. At that time, these musketeers would face the massacre of the cavalry. Even if their muskets were equipped with bayonets, they would not have any effect.

Of course, it is not easy for the cavalry to break through the blockade of the musket. In addition to having enough speed, they also need to have determination at all costs and the morale of the army that cannot be shaken no matter how big the casualties are.

However, the Zhangshan tribe in front of him obviously did not have the above. They were just a group of herders recruited. Although they were very cruel when fighting, they did not have any discipline. They might be very brave in fighting with the wind, but once they encountered setbacks, they might shake the morale of the army. Moreover, nomadic peoples always fight if they can fight, and flee if they can't. Anyway, they have horses, and most of the Song Dynasty were infantry, so they couldn't catch up with them at all.

So in this case, when the cavalry of Zhangshan troops charging at the moment fell one after another, the cavalry behind began to waver. Some people even turned their heads and fled to both sides to avoid going forward to die. Especially many generals who rushed in front just now were killed and injured, and they could not command the cavalry to reorganize their formation. For a time, the Zhangshan troops were also in chaos, and some tramplings occurred, which made the cavalry team even more chaotic.

"Run!" Cao Ma saw the chaos of Zhangshan tribe, and seized the opportunity. He roared and led the cavalry out of the two wings. In the blink of an eye, he killed in both sides of Zhangshan tribe like two sharp knives. It was like stabbing a person's ribs at once, and cut the cavalry of Zhangshan tribe into two sections. The front was under fire from muskets, while the back was killed by Cao Ma as a sheep and fled in scattered.

With the emergence of Cao Ma, the overall situation has been decided. Although some of the cavalry of the Zhangshan tribe are still close to the Musket Battalion, the number is not large. Moreover, the Musket Battalion itself has 200 cavalry, so it can deal with this situation. Of course, death and injury are inevitable. As for Cao Ma, he even made a rush into the valley where the Zhangshan tribe is located. In the blink of an eye, thick smoke came out of the valley, and a large tribe of tens of thousands of people will completely disappear today.

"A great victory, Hu Yan Shouxin and Cao Ma defeated Zhangshan's tribe, killed thousands of enemies, and captured countless prisoners!" In Tuoyuan Village, when Li Zhang just got up in the morning, he saw Qin Huaizhi running all the way and shouting, waving a good news in his hand. Judging from his dusty appearance, he should have run back from the battlefield overnight to deliver good news.

Speaking of which, as a military supervisor, Qin Huaizhi naturally had to go to the war with the army. However, many eunuchs were timid, so some military supervisors would find reasons to stay in the rear, but Qin Huaizhi was not afraid at all. He followed Hu Yan Shouxin and went to the war together. After winning, he ran back to deliver good news. This courage was worthy of Qin Han's teachings to him.

Li Zhang was overjoyed when he heard Qin Huaizhi's words. He immediately snatched the news and read it carefully. The news was written to him by Hu Yan Shouxin himself. The previous results were all achieved this time. In addition to killing thousands of enemies, he also seized countless materials and weapons. Speaking of which, Zhangshan tribe has looted everywhere in recent years and has a very rich family background. Now it has been all the cheaper for them. In addition, they have rescued hundreds of people from the Song Dynasty. These were all snatched by Zhangshan tribe as slaves. It is said that there were thousands of people before, but many of them were not tortured to death.

After reading the previous content, Li Zhang couldn't help but sigh, but the following content made him frown, because the subsequent content was a summary of this battle written by Hu Yan Shouxin, many of which were the shortcomings faced by the musket battalion. For example, among the muskets who had just entered the battlefield, escaped in front of the formation. Fortunately, there were only a few people, which did not affect their subsequent performance.

There are also problems with the cooperation between musketeers and cavalry. Although there have been many drills before, they have also accidentally injured their own people during actual combat. Of course, there are also situations that make Li Zhang happy. For example, although there are casualties in the musketeer battalion, they mainly fight from a long distance, and there are not many enemies who can rush to the near future, so the casualties are very small. This is a small miracle for an army that is just on the battlefield.

"The results of the battle are good. I personally sent someone to send it to the comfort envoy. Are Brother Huyan and the others back now?" After reading the good news, Li Zhang slapped excitedly.

"I'm back, I brought everything that Zhangshan tribe could take away. If I couldn't take it away, I would burn it. And after all, it was abroad. I'm afraid of something unexpected after staying for a long time." Qin Huaizhi said excitedly again. That day, he also personally held Hu Yan Shuxin's formation. When he saw the scene of flesh and blood flying on the battlefield with his own eyes, he felt fear at first, but then he felt very excited, as if the blood in his body was boiling. This was the first time he felt like this.

"It's great. With this battle result, I believe the eldest lady will definitely decide to expand the musket camp!" Li Zhang immediately said excitedly again. There were too few musketeers in a battalion and could only fight such a small-scale war, but if there were a war of tens of thousands of people, this little manpower would not be able to control the situation.
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