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Chapter 385 Thunderbolt
Ridiculous war.

Yang Zhaolong, who led the army to the city, roughly asked why the conflict happened, but knowing the reason, it would be better for him not to know.

What is this, misfortune comes out of your mouth?

Although Chen Mu didn't say that to Yang Zhaolong, his thoughts at this time were the same as his brother-in-law's. Once the war started, it didn't matter why it started, only winning.

He's going to get his men out.

The flag of Yang's family was removed from the boat, and more than [-] people raised two flags, and the troops rushed to Bali City from the coast in two formations.

Except for the banner army led by Liu Baihu, most of the rest are not familiar with warfare, but they were already used to fighting in Bozhou, especially among them are a large number of Tumiao men who are all soldiers.If it weren't for the need to leave combat power to guard the fleet, Yang Zhaolong could even send all the women to the front of the battle.

In Bozhou, women can also throw spears and open small crossbows.

The whole group was mighty, although there were weapons that Chen Mu had left for his brother-in-law earlier, the Bozhou soldiers would not use them without practice.It would be fine if there were only strong crossbows and strong bows and spears left. Chen Mu got a lot of bird guns and rockets, how could this group of people use them?

People are still more used to throwing spears and crossbows, and the morale is like a rainbow when they take these guys, and they look more majestic than the most advanced weapons.

Yang Zhaolong is messing around, Liu Baihu will not follow suit, the banner troops under his command pried open the ammunition box left by Mr. Chen, all eyes are shining, one hundred banner troops have three hundred guns, the hand guns and bird guns are armed to the teeth, pushing the two catty cannon , the general flag arrow, and several flag soldiers are still carrying Zhao Shizhen's new thunderbolt tube on their shoulders.

Liu Baihu said: It is worthy of a battle.

They drove to Bali in a mighty way, and the people in Bali also fled to the coast in mighty force. There are many homeless Han people in this place. Aggressive, each has casualties in the struggle, and the matter should have ended.

But the disaster did not subside. On the contrary, because Yang Zhaolong killed more than a dozen natives and chased them, some people fled back to the city and gathered hundreds of Bozhou people who had never left the city to vent their anger. Because the two ethnic groups have different looks, they also brought disasters to the local Han people. .

When Yang Zhaolong traveled to Bali, he caught up with hundreds of Han people who escaped from the city and were chased and killed by hundreds of Manzhe Boyi soldiers led by local youths. This time Liu Baihu was much more decisive and immediately ordered the banner army to change They guarded both sides of the road in the forest, threw all the spears and big cards on the ground to leave a passage for the Han people, and carried the bird guns to block the enemy.

When the regular army was in front of them, Yang Zhaolong watched from behind and was anxious. He realized that he was useless, so he had to shout: "Wave the big flag, cheers!"

Although Liu Baihu only had a hundred people, Yang Zhaolong's men were not regarded as soldiers at all in the formation, and they were all kept behind without even intending to let them participate in the battle.

This is also the reason why he didn't want to fight the Bali city of Majapahit before, because he felt that he might not be able to fight. Even if Yang Zhaolong promised 500 taels of silver, he was not sure of victory.

Everyone loves money, but money has to be taken by fate. If Yang Zhaolong dies here, he will never want to live again.

Not to mention that Chen Mu punished him in private, but he did not complete his mission, which is a serious crime in military law.

But with the weapon Chen Mu left for Yang Zhaolong, this battle can probably be fought.

"Let's put Zhaozhi County's thunderbolt tube first!"

Zhao Shizhen was called Secretary Zhao by the Nanyang Banner Army in the past, and later became the magistrate of Manila. Although he went to Beijing and was dismissed, everyone still calls him that.

The thunderbolt tube is a new gadget he made after returning from Beijing. It is cheap to make and easy to obtain materials. In fact, it is four round iron tubes with thick wrists tied together. There is a handle in the front with a trigger. A paper-wrapped buttock rocket with four barrels that can rotate, all materials are from Manila.

Following Liu Baihu's order, the four flag soldiers in front of the formation with thunderbolt tubes on their shoulders and their ears plugged squatted on the ground in a kneeling position. In the medicine pot, then the flag army in front pulled the trigger, accompanied by a chirping sound of gunpowder igniting, and an individual rocket was blown out.

Immediately after, the Banner Army turned the quiver, piercing the rockets one by one, and the Banner Army in front pulled the trigger again and again. In the blink of an eye, the sixteen rockets rushed out with screams and irregular trajectories, and exploded at fifty or sixty steps away. Here, slag, gravel, iron flakes and gunpowder smoke flew everywhere.

There is no technical difficulty in the thunderbolt launcher, and it is easy to make individual rockets. Zhao Shizhen's small toy was actually used in Bali Island for the first time in actual combat.

The rocket crossed the front of the enemy army and pursued the fiercest regular army, and when it fell behind, a large number of young and strong natives immediately exploded into a scene of howling ghosts and wolves.

This thing is difficult to kill directly, but it is good at creating panic on the battlefield. Sixteen rockets exploded in the enemy's formation. It is very difficult to be killed directly, but it is even more difficult to be unscathed. It shocked the enemy for a while , Even the regular army rushing to the front looked back behind them.

Seeing that the Thunderbolt Canister did a good job of killing, Liu Baihu ordered with a deadpan expression: "Raise the gun!"

The small banners of each department issued orders one after another. At first, more than a dozen flag soldiers raised their guns and aimed at the enemy. After the small flag officer gave the order, they fired. Pick up the gun and follow the military order to fire.

Their experience and training are incomparable to the Bozhou army behind them, and their movements are coherent and calm. This kind of battle is like fun for them who survived the defense against the Mongolian cavalry, and they shot the tricycle in an instant.

This caused great casualties to the Majapahit regular army, but there were still many of them, shouting and rushing forward, especially a gun team of more than [-] people.

Either the bird guns, or the old-style fire guns used by the Yuan army when they invaded Manzhaboyi in the past. They were all newly made without any improvement, so these soldiers rushed up with them, intending to shoot at the Bozhou army thirty steps away.

In fact, when they found Liu Baihu and others a hundred steps away, they had let go of the guns for a while, but firstly, the guns couldn't hit so far, and secondly, the crowd in front was thrown into chaos by the thunderbolt tube, which didn't even have the deterrent effect. .

What's more, even if the Nanyang Banner Army has only a hundred people, it is impossible to be overwhelmed by the old firecrackers.

The three-round volley of bird guns caused a lot of damage to the enemy. The smoke was not exhausted, and the two general flags had already jumped out with knives. , released two bursts of bursts again.

For Chen Mujun, the pistol has always been an awkward weapon. Even if it has a short range and low power, it is also slow to charge like a bird's gun, so it is a one-time weapon in every battle.Even so, not many people actually use it.

For monsters of firepower like the Nanyang Banner Army, few enemies were able to carry the blunderbuss cannon into the thirty-step range, and they were often beaten to tears by the blunderbuss within fifty steps.

This time it was different. Seeing that the Bozhou army had few soldiers, the Manjaboyi army, who had been beaten by the thunderbolt, forcibly rushed forward for [-] steps, letting the handgun give Liu Baihu a face.

All the musketeers forced the enemy back!
"What are you waiting for!" Liu Baihu turned his head and shouted to Yang Zhaolong: "Young master, hurry up and push out the two-jin cannon with good shotgun ammunition. If you don't shoot now, when will you wait!"

　The sky-swapping monkey is upgraded—two kicks.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)