This ratio is already quite high. After all, we only have more than 30 muskets. If we shoot from a distance of about 100 meters, we will be lucky to hit one or two people. That is, we can only achieve such results at a distance of 50 meters.
High hit rate.
The opponent seemed to be fierce, or simply stunned. The fall of seven or eight people did not stop them, but continued to charge forward.
At this time, the musketeers of the First Musketeers were still loading!
However, at this time, the archers in the middle of the array began to bend their bows and shoot arrows one after another. Unlike the musketeers and spearmen, they did not need to change formations to shoot arrows. In fact, they could not change formations quickly, so they chose the original ones.
The archers turned around, and then the archers began to shoot arrows on their own without the commander's orders.
These archers do not have the same rigorous training as the musketeers and spearmen, and they still maintain their original state of old-fashioned bandits, so don't expect anything like formation.
Don't even expect them to launch a neat wave of arrows!
But even if it is scattered free fire, there are many archers, and the opponent has already reached a distance of thirty or forty meters. This distance is enough for the archers to cause heavy damage to them.
Archers can shoot faster. A fast archer can shoot several arrows simply by bending the bow.
With the shooting of bows and arrows, the bandits who rushed up seemed to finally be afraid. After leaving five or six people behind, they finally made a move that Fang Dongquan and the others were familiar with: turned around and ran away!
At this time, the First Musketeer Team had completed its second reloading, but Wang Shanxu did not order any more firing, because there was no need to fire anymore and all the enemies had fled.
Just one round of musket fire and a wave of bow and arrow interception made the charge of more than 40 people from the opponent fail, and at least a dozen people were left lying on the ground.
Seeing this scene, Fang Dongquan, the commander-in-chief of the entire army, smiled. This was not a smile or a sneer, but a wild laugh!
He will definitely win this battle!
He drew out his waist knife, turned around and looked at the main force of more than a hundred bandits who were pressing forward, and then shouted: "The Chinese army is pressing forward, and the sword and shield team will attack their flanks!"
He didn't wait for the first musketry team to change formation and come over for support, or even for the archers to come over for support. He just let more than a hundred Chinese army spearmen press forward!
At the same time, the heavy armored sword and shield team temporarily commanded by Cai Erhu rushed out from the left wing, like a scimitar inserted from the left wing into the flank of the bandit in front.
Speaking of the ability to charge into battle, the heavy armor, sword and shield soldiers in the Tang Dynasty's royal division were the backbone. They generally wore double armor, one layer of cotton and one layer of iron armor, an iron helmet on their head, and a round shield in their hands.
The blade is made of pure steel. The value of this piece of equipment is enough to arm three or four musketeers or spearmen.
Because they were wearing heavy armor, they couldn't charge very fast, and the soldiers in the heavy armored sword and shield soldiers were all real gangsters. They didn't form a formation at all, and they just rushed up in a chaotic swarm. However, this also had advantages.
That means greater flexibility.
So much so that when they charged, wearing heavy armor, they were faster and more powerful than the spearmen who needed to maintain a tight formation.
Among them, Cai Erhu took the lead. He was riding a war horse and holding his usual water mill Zen staff. After rushing over, he picked up the water mill Zen staff and hit a bandit in front of him.
The bandit seemed to be a ruthless man. He did not retreat, but raised a wooden shield to resist, and at the same time waved the long knife in his hand to fight back.
But he didn't expect that Cai Erhu was a real fierce man. He was as good as Butcher Chen in fighting, and he was even more amazing with his water-milled Zen staff.
When the water mill Zen staff hit the wooden shield of the bandit in front of him, it actually smashed the wooden shield in half. Naturally, the bandit under the wooden shield was not spared, and his head was smashed flat.
Lifting the water mill Zen staff again, Cai Erhu shouted wildly: "Kill!"
While shouting, the water-milling Zen staff in his hand made a round, and the huge impact directly knocked away the swords and guns of the first few bandits. At this time, the war horse under his crotch was also unable to continue charging due to the weakened speed, and it was also on the horseback.
It affected many of his movements, so he simply kicked off his legs and jumped directly off the horse.
He wants to fight on horseback and on foot!
After dismounting, Cai Erhu looked even more vigorous. He waved his water-milling Buddhist staff, but no one dared to approach him!
Looking at the bandit in front of him who was so frightened that he threw away the sword and shield in his hand and ran away, Cai Erhu laughed wildly!
In today's battle, Cai Erhu seemed to have regained the feeling of being the boss of Black Tiger Village. There were nearly 500 people from both sides on the entire battlefield, but no one was braver than him!
He put the heavy water-milled Zen staff on the ground, looked at the enemy troops around him, and his heart was filled with pride!
The world is so big, who is the most powerful general but me?
Even if Butcher Chen is here today, Cai Erhu dares to say that among so many people, he is the bravest one!
Cai Erhu was fighting with great enthusiasm over there, and Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren in the rear were also extremely excited, because as the distance between the two sides got closer, under the pressure of more than a hundred spearmen, the opponent had already stopped advancing.
Then those in the front row began to retreat involuntarily.
And more people have already started to turn around and run away secretly.
After this happened, they knew very well what would happen next. More and more people on the other side fled, and then there was a complete collapse.
There is no doubt about winning. The only thing you need to worry about next is how many people you can catch!
At the same time, Fang Dongquan said to the people around him: "Let the First Musketeers come forward, don't let them escape."
Now the First Fusiliers at the rear has completed another formation change. The First Fusiliers are small in number and flexible in movement. Unlike these spearmen, they need to maneuver as a whole in order to maintain actual combat effectiveness.
Wang Shanxu quickly moved forward with the First Musketeers, which had changed from a horizontal formation to a column. They passed the spearmen from the right edge of the battlefield, and even wanted to pass the bandits under the command of the leader of the village.
This discerning person knew at a glance that they wanted to run to the rear to intercept the bandits and prevent them from escaping.
On the other side, Leader Li watched his men retreat continuously without saying a word, but kept a calm and calm expression!
After a while, he slowly raised his hand while riding on the thin horse. In an instant, the bandits' phalanx seemed to be quiet for an instant. Then he pulled out the long knife and raised the long knife in his hand high, as if to strike. In an instant, he would swing down the long sword in his hand and lead his soldiers to charge.
But if you look carefully, you will find a small white flag tied to the tip of the knife.
On the bloody battlefield, this little white flag is as eye-catching as a delicate white lotus!