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But Chen sometimes still refused to admit that they were no match for these Fujian officers and soldiers. Aren't they just better at cannons? Fujian is in the south, first come first served near the water and towers, and they can buy some good cannons, but they dare to get close to me.

Fighting in person?

I don’t believe it anymore. I’m leading my troops to rush in front of you. Aren’t you afraid? As long as you let me rush over, I will crush your artillery formation! Chen sometimes thought this as a matter of course, and still led his cavalry and continued to accelerate.

It rolled towards the phalanx on the other side of the Yu Jiajun artillery position.

When the war horses rushed to a distance of about 300 meters, the Yu's army was still in chaos. The infantry company protecting the artillery position was already ready to fire.

One after another, the black wolf fang rifles began to be raised, pointing the black muzzles at the oncoming rebel cavalry, but the officers did not give the order to fire, and they did not fire immediately.

"Load the grape bombs! Hurry up and load the grape bombs! Let them come over and fight together!" Meng Fei was sitting in the phalanx here, shouting orders.

The artillerymen quickly reloaded the artillery in an orderly manner at the artillery position. They loaded bags of grape bullets the size of pigeon eggs into the barrel of the artillery. They lowered the muzzle of the gun like flying and pushed the artillery back to the artillery position.

, the muzzle of the gun pointed in the direction of the enemy cavalry attack.

The speed of their movements was almost dizzying, and it was far beyond the expectations of the rebels.

Based on the rebels' understanding of artillery, on the battlefield, the Ming army's artillery often only had one chance to fire when the enemy was charging, especially when attacking fast-moving cavalry, because they were so reloaded.

It was too slow. In addition, the enemy troops were coming quickly and they were under great psychological pressure, which made their speed even slower.

Often, after firing a cannon, the gunners saw the enemy rushing towards them and had no time to reload, so they turned around and ran away, throwing away the cannon.

However, they underestimated the ability of the Yu Jiajun's artillery. At this time, they could actually prepare for the artillery attack again so quickly.

After the cannon was reset, it did not fire immediately this time because the range of grape bullets was shorter than that of solid bullets, and the closer it was, the greater the power. The optimal shooting range was within 200 to 300 steps.

An excellent fan is when grape bullets are most powerful.

It also takes some time for the rebels to rush from 400 steps to within 200 to 300 steps. At such a close distance, the Yu Jiajun artillery can actually complete a reload, which I am afraid many people cannot believe.

After the rebels entered the distance of 200 to 300 steps, they also entered the effective range of the Wolf Fang rifle. Although the musketeers could not effectively hit the fast-moving target, the concentrated fire salvo could.

It can still make up for the lack of accuracy, so the combined fire of the cannon and the Wolf Fang rifle will be very powerful. Meng Fei made up his mind to give the rebels another big surprise.

Chen sometimes just lowered his head and led his soldiers to rush forward, unable to see clearly that the enemy had already dug a hole and was waiting for him to arrive.

So the rebels were all shouting and cheering themselves up, urging their horses to move forward. However, at this time, they still did not raise the speed of their horses to the maximum, and still maintained a certain speed.

Move forward slowly.

Because they knew very well that if they wanted to increase the speed of the war horse to the fastest speed when impacting, they would need to be within two hundred steps to fully activate the war horse. Otherwise, the war horse would have already rushed to the enemy before it could reach it.

Exhausted, slow down.

Looking at the performance of the rebel cavalry, most of the soldiers of the Yu Family Army secretly lamented that it was a pity that these rebel cavalry were indeed elite, but it was a pity that they would be massacred by them today.

Just when Chen You led his troops and rushed between 200 and 300 steps in front of the artillery position, and most of the rebel cavalry had entered this range, Meng Feicai suddenly roared: "Gather the fire and fire a volley! Fight!"

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More than thirty artillery pieces, plus seven to eight hundred Wolf Fang rifles, were finally ordered to fire at this time. The gunners and musketeers immediately started to move.

I saw in front of the family army formation. At this time, it was like a volcano erupted suddenly. The cannons roared and spit out dazzling flames. One after another, the wolf fang rifles also began to spray out small...

Group of flames.

The sound of gunfire and artillery intertwined together at this time, like a grand war symphony, and various artillery shells and mine bombs swept towards the rebels like a gust of wind.

A large number of rebels stared dumbfounded at the scene in front of the Fujian officers and soldiers array. They were all a little frightened. After some people were stunned for a moment, they realized that they even looked down upon these Fujian officers and soldiers.

More than two hundred steps! You Southern barbarians actually started to use blunderbuss. Can you beat me? These Fujian officers and soldiers are still young after all!

But their thought only passed by for a moment. Next, the rebels who were rushing at the front seemed to have hit an invisible wall head-on. Both men and horses began to spray blood mist all over their bodies, one after another.

A group of them fell down on the road of charge.

Especially those grapeshot shot from cannons. These cannonballs weigh more than ordinary small-grain shotguns. They fly very fast and carry very large kinetic energy. The human body will be pierced at the very least if it touches it. Even war horses can be pierced from front to back.

, and there are dozens of grape bombs in a pack, sweeping a large area with almost no blind spots.

Dozens of cannons fired with grapeshot, almost completely blocking the entire frontal battlefield, leaving the rebels without any hiding place. In addition, coupled with a large number of minie rounds fired by Wolffang rifles, the entire frontal battlefield was almost completely blocked by them.

The projectile blockade is airtight.

The rebel cavalry who rushed at the front almost had no chance of escape. They were like hitting a wall. Blood spurted out and they fell to the ground with a squeak. This time, at least they were killed by the salvo.

Over a hundred rebel troops were killed, and almost the entire rebel front line was wiped out.

Even the rebels who were farther back were not spared. They were cut to the ground by the missed bullets, causing heavy losses to the rebels. Many rebels almost wet their pants because of the fright, but they were unable to stop their horses.

, he could only bite the bullet and step on the corpses of his companions and the fragments of the war horses on the ground, and continue to charge forward.

"Damn it! What's going on?" Chen Youchou was lucky enough not to be hit on the spot by this barrage, but he was really frightened and started to curse. He couldn't understand why these Fujian officers and soldiers were firing so fast.

Why did these Fujian officers and soldiers' cannons hit so far so quickly? This was beyond his expectation.

At this time, Chen Youyou no longer dared to look down upon the Fujian officers and soldiers in front of him. He now understood why Li Fujie and others were completely annihilated by the Fujian officers and soldiers in Pingdu.

These Fujian soldiers were really powerful. At least the guns in their hands were fierce enough. This was the first time he had been bombarded so violently on the battlefield, and it seemed that the opponent's guns were beyond his imagination.

Suddenly an idea flashed through his mind, and he remembered the news that Chen Guangfu had sent back from Muping County, Ninghai Prefecture at the beginning of the year, saying that there they encountered a fierce counterattack by a group of rural warriors from a village called What Village, causing heavy casualties.

The gang practitioners have a kind of blunderbuss with a long range, which is said to be bought from the south.

At that time, many people thought that this was Chen Guangfu's excuse, which only meant that Chen Guangfu was too incompetent. But today, these Fujian soldiers have these blunderbuss that can hit two or three hundred steps, but they reminded him of this incident. Could it be that

Is this true? Is there really a cannon in the world that can hit two to three hundred paces? And the Fujian soldiers are also from the south, so they happen to have such a thing in their hands?

If this is the case, it will be troublesome. Sometimes when Chen thinks of this, he feels a chill running down his entire spine, goosebumps appear on his body, and his hairs stand on end.

If this is true, then he is in danger today. Thinking that they are now within the range of the enemy's terrifying bird muskets, God knows when a musket ball will hit his head, wouldn't he?

…?

Chen was so shocked that the hairs all over his body stood up. For a moment, he just felt a roar in his head. He didn't know what reaction he should make, whether he should retreat or continue to charge forward. At this moment, he himself was confused.

I'm a little overwhelmed.

Although a volley of artillery and volleys had killed many rebels and horses just now, the rebels still maintained their momentum and continued to advance over the bodies of the fallen men and horses towards the Yu Jiajun array.

, did not collapse immediately, the rebel soldiers and generals still shouted to embolden themselves, and continued to charge across the corpse line.

And after they rushed two hundred steps, they began to use all their strength to urge the horses and accelerate again. Even the soldiers and generals of the Yu family army admired them for this.

But I admire you. This battle still has to be fought. Of course, people must continue to kill. After seeing the performance of these rebels, the Yu Jiajun soldiers also know why they can be so arrogant. These guys are indeed

They have a bit of arrogance. If ordinary soldiers and horses encounter them, it will be really difficult to deal with them.

That is to say, they are the Yu Jiajun. Fortunately, they have sharp firearms in their hands, as well as perfect battle formation coordination, as well as perfect tactics and unit coordination. They are not afraid of these rebel cavalry. Otherwise, they would not be able to encounter them.

It's really dangerous.

Nowadays, their Yu Jiajun occupies the absolute initiative on the battlefield, and the number of infantry far exceeds that of the enemy, so no one feels nervous.

Meng Fei was a little surprised when he saw that the rebels were beaten so wildly without collapsing. After sneering, he ordered: "The artillery fired freely, and the infantry musketeers started three-stage fire! Hit me! Damn it."

You can’t even recognize them! Kill them!”