At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 220
Jining Mansion, residential houses in the suburbs.

"My lord, two thousand troops of the Jinan Guard have arrived in Qufu!"

Zhu Ji suddenly became nervous, took out a map, and asked, "Where to camp?"

"Going back to my lord, I didn't set up camp, I just took a temporary rest outside the county."

Zhu Ji asked again: "How far is it from us?"

"About fifty miles."

Zhu Ji hurriedly came to Li Zhen and said, "Mr. Rui, Jinan Wei has arrived in Qufu, but they have not set up camp. This matter is strange!"

Li Zhen was wandering outside the yard, looked around, and said, "Since there is no camp, it means that we want a quick battle, and we should come tonight."

Of course Zhu Ji knew that these people were recruited by the Kong family to target him, but he didn't expect that they didn't even bother to cover up and killed them directly.

"Then... how do we deal with it?"

Li Zhen looked at him and said, "You don't need to ask, of course it's his mother's fault! Little Jinan Wei, dare to rebel? If I don't give them a shi tonight, I'll count them clean!"

Zhu Ji said with lingering fear: "However, the opponent has 2000 people, and we only have less than [-]."

Li Zhen waved his hand and said, "This is not something you should worry about!"

Zhu Ji said again: "The terrain here is wide open, and the opponent's numbers are superior. If the formation expands, it will be very disadvantageous to us. Shall we find a favorable terrain to fight with them?"

Li Zhen smiled and said, "The more open the better, this is it!"

In the middle of the night, there was a noisy sound from a distance, and at the same time, a sharp whistle pierced the night sky.

Five hundred soldiers of the Three Thousand Battalion, and hundreds of Jinyiwei, have long been waiting in full force.

Zhu Ji stood in front of the formation, diligently observing the situation on the opposite side.

At the front is a group of cavalry, and then all infantry, layer upon layer, but there is not much movement, as if they are also observing their side.

After a short confrontation, a general on horseback came to the front of the formation and shouted: "You wait for the bandits, you can catch them before you put your hands up!"

Zhu Ji replied: "I am Zhu Ji, the commander of Jin Yiwei, and I am here to perform official duties. Who are you and why did you bring your troops here?"

Seeing that Zhu Jiliang had revealed his identity, the other party laughed disapprovingly and said loudly: "How dare you impersonate Jin Yiwei, you will be punished!"

Zhu Ji said in a deep voice: "I'll say it again, Jin Yiwei is here to perform official duties, no matter which guard you are in, leave immediately, otherwise, you will be punished as treason, and you will be killed!"

At this moment, the opponent had obviously lost patience, and directly blew the horn of attack.

"Master Commander, the thieves don't listen to the advice, it seems that they are ready to fight to the end."

Cai Jinkui was riding a tall horse, wearing armor, without any expression on his face.

Jin Yiwei actually wanted to punch the Kong family's idea, he was really impatient!
If you hear the word Jinyiwei in other places, you can still have a certain deterrent effect, but this is Qufu, which is the territory of Yan Shenggong.

In Qufu, people can scold the emperor, but no one dares to scold the Kong family.

"Qin You, you take the lead this time, if you win, I will recommend you as the leader."

This man named Qin You is just a guerrilla general now, when he heard that Cai Jinkui ordered him to be the vanguard, his eyes suddenly lit up.

In his opinion, there are only a few hundred Jinyiwei, and he has the upper hand, so there is almost no risk.

But after killing them, the real question to face is how to deal with the emperor?
After all, it is Jin Yiwei, the Son of Heaven is close to the army, and it depends on the owner to beat a dog!

However, these are things that Yan Shenggong and the commander need to consider, and they can just rush.

Thinking of the bright future ahead, Qin You's eyes flashed with ruthlessness, and he said immediately: "Please reassure your lord, no one will survive here tonight."

After all, he got on his horse, holding a long knife, looking menacing.

Then he reined in his horse and shouted: "The ones in front are just a group of thieves. They all come with me. After breaking the formation, everyone will reward them with ten taels of silver. They carry a lot of jewels. After they are killed, they will all be distributed to you."

So, with an order, Qin You rode his horse first and began to charge.

Seeing this, the soldiers cheered up. If they were asked to fight the Mongols or the Japanese pirates, they might still be a bit timid, but facing the rogues, they were just a group of refugees who couldn't get enough to eat. It's as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.

Hundreds of war horses started to move one after another, jogging first, one by one cavalry was ups and downs on the horses, most of them were holding knives and guns, and at this moment they immediately formed a formation of arrows.

Then, the war horse got faster and faster, faster and faster.

Then, go fast!

The might of these hundreds of cavalry at this moment is already unstoppable.

In the opposing formation, Li Zhen shouted: "Get ready!"

Everyone tensed up, holding muskets, shoulder to shoulder.

If it was an ordinary person, seeing the mighty cavalry rushing in the distance at this time, they would have panicked.

The power brought by this cavalry in the wilderness, at least in this era, is enough to destroy the world.

However, this time, they were facing the well-equipped [-] Battalion.

During the Northern Expedition to Mongolia and the suppression of the Japanese along the coast, wherever the Three Thousand Battalion went, everything was destroyed.

There are only 2000 people in this area, and they really can't get into their eyes.

"Gun loaded!"

As the order sounded, everyone moved in an orderly manner.

The biggest advantage of the flintlock is not just the speed of fire and the convenience of charging.

More importantly, soldiers can be placed side by side to form a relatively tight queue. If it is a traditional firecracker, a certain gap must be left to prevent being injured by the gunpowder next door.

The flintlock gun uses flint to kill, which is more secure, which also ensures that everyone forms a shoulder-to-shoulder formation.

This small improvement is actually a huge advantage for the battle formation.

Because traditional firecrackers want to exert the greatest effect, they must ensure the lethality of intensive shooting. If everyone stands too loose and the distance between each other is too large, it is actually difficult to increase the lethality in an area.

The flintlock can solve these problems very well, making the combat effectiveness of the troops more than a level.

The opponent's cavalry had already charged forward, and Qin You was even more energetic at this time, watching the troops on the opposite side holding firecrackers and waiting in full force.

"Kill me! These people are totally vulnerable, and those who enter the battle first will be rewarded!"

The word "reward" is the most morale-boosting word, and all the soldiers cheered up and launched the final sprint.

But the firecrackers in front of them didn't move at all.

They lined up in two rows. At this time, the first row had already raised the muzzle, with the muzzle facing forward.

Nobody moves.

The vanguard cavalry unit of the Jinan Guard had arrived within thirty paces, a very close distance.

You can almost see the face of the enemy on the opposite side.

The two hostile sides looked at each other, each showing disdain.

Then, the sharp whistle finally sounded.

"put!"

As the password sounded, the team members in the first row, as if subconsciously, pulled the trigger without hesitation.

The next moment, the flint slammed into the barrel of the gun, and quickly sputtered sparks, igniting the gunpowder in the barrel.

boom!
boom!
boom!
Gunpowder smoke filled the air, and firecrackers fired in salvo.

Countless bullets whizzed out from the barrel of the gun.

After intensive shooting, the worst was the cavalry in the front row.

Someone was shot in the body and fell from the horse.

Some war horses were also shot, and immediately dripped with blood. Then, the war horses went berserk, overturned the horsemen, and began to run wildly.

The cavalry originally carried unparalleled power, but at this moment, the formation began to riot.

In particular, the horses of the front team kept falling down, turning people on their backs, and the cavalry of the rear team had no time to dodge, colliding with the front team. The impact of the high-speed moving horses was enough to break the bones of the cavalry on horseback.

So, on the battlefield, there were many screams.

The members of the first row finished shooting, and retreated in unison.

Immediately afterwards, the players in the second row stepped forward and came to the first row.

"put!"

The order to shoot came again from the ranks.

Then, another row of firecrackers made a loud noise.

Back then in Tumu Fort, Zhu Qizhen used three-stage strikes.

That is to divide the team into three rows, the first row is used to shoot, the second row and the third row are filled with gunpowder, and then everyone shoots in turn to ensure that the bullets in the queue can continuously shoot and kill the front enemy.

However, with the improvement of equipment, the shooting speed has become faster, and it has been changed to two-stage shooting.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the daily training of the [-] Battalion.

To use a musket, the most important thing is to be well-trained.

An insufficiently trained army, even if it is given powerful firearms, is actually useless.

If the same flintlock gun is in the hands of an ordinary army, if it takes half an injection of incense to reload it for one round, the [-] Battalion can reduce this time to [-]%.

Not only that, in order to shorten the time as much as possible, all gunpowder is a fixed amount of granular gunpowder, which is wrapped in oiled paper in advance to ensure that the dose of gunpowder in each pack is consistent.

What the team members have to do is to directly take out the projectiles one by one, quickly tear them apart, and then stuff them into the musket, and then tamp them with a special iron bar before they can shoot.

Therefore, after the second platoon finished shooting.

The original first row had already been loaded, and they quickly stepped forward and fired again.

boom!
boom!
boom!
The sound of firecrackers sounded like fried beans, and the firepower was continuous, so dense that it was suffocating.

In this short thirty steps, it never stopped.

In particular, the cooperation between the two platoons was almost seamless. Everyone knew what they were about to do in the next moment. They moved forward almost reflexively, raised their guns, fired, and then retreated quickly to get out of the shooting position. , charge the powder, insert the projectile, move forward, raise the musket, and continue shooting.

This series of actions was almost uniform.

And these, they have gone through countless drills in the school field on weekdays.

Even when dreaming, some people dream that they are loading gunpowder.

These days, in the various guards in the south of the Yangtze River, an important part of the training is the use of new muskets.

Those cavalrymen who came roaring thought that they already had the chance to win.

Especially when they rushed to thirty paces, there was already a smug smile on their faces.

But they obviously never expected that this short thirty steps would be as long as reaching the sky.

After rounds of shooting, those who rushed to the front fell one by one.

The speed of the cavalry began to slow down, and then the rear team rushed up again, still unable to resist the dense firecrackers fired.

People kept falling, and there were wailing people everywhere...

The fallen men and horses had formed a barricade, making it more difficult for the rear team to sprint.

Their speed slowed down, but the members of the [-] Battalion did not slow down their shooting speed.

They were still charging and shooting mechanically. In just half a cup of tea, this whirlwind-like iron cavalry only charged forward twenty steps, but left two hundred corpses behind.

At this time, the entire Jinan Wei was on the verge of collapse.

Even those who rushed to the front were already terrified at this time.

They clearly knew that as long as they advanced ten steps, rushed into the formation, and then killed these firecrackers.

but……

The short distance of ten steps seems to be as difficult as reaching the sky.

At this point, some people have begun to waver.

However, the troops behind him had already pressed up, and even if they wanted to retreat, there was no way out.

As for Qin You, who took the lead, he was beaten with holes in his body at the beginning, and was trampled by the horses behind him. He was already dead and could not die anymore.

Cai Jinkui obviously also saw the situation, and he immediately noticed that things were worse than he imagined.

So, after scolding Qin You for being a wine bag and rice bag, he had no choice but to hold the knife directly and shouted: "Kill!"

With an order, all the elite cavalry around him rushed to kill.

The rest of the infantry naturally followed suit.

Of course Cai Jinkui knew that if he didn't put all his troops into it, the forward army would definitely collapse.

Perhaps because of the new force, the people who rushed to the front were timid, but they still gritted their teeth and persisted desperately.

The biggest problem now is his own people.

There were countless corpses of people and horses on the ground, scattered all over the place, and in some places, the corpses piled up like a mountain, which hindered the cavalry's charge.

Not only that, some people who fell to the ground were crawling on the ground crying for their parents and mothers, howling, it was horrible.

There are also some wounded horses scurrying across the field.

Due to the pungent smell of gunpowder ahead, many unowned war horses turned around and ran wildly.

All of a sudden, people turned their backs on their backs again.

Cai Jinkui was stunned this time.

He suddenly realized that he underestimated the enemy.

If there is enough time, the tactics are arranged in advance, and the favorable terrain is used, maybe this will not be the result.

But now, even if you regret it, it's too late.

The mighty cavalry and infantry are still sprinting continuously.

No one looked contemptuously, and everyone looked terrified, as if they were facing an enemy.

Seeing the low morale of his side, Cai Jinkui yelled: "If you don't kill all these people today, no one will live tomorrow. Moreover, everyone in your family will be imprisoned. If you kill me, you will die together!"

(End of this chapter)