Dominate the Country

Chen Ming has read a lot of novels about the era of muzzle-loading rifles in the 21st century. What impressed him most about the era of volley shooting was the description of the army by those authors. How can soldiers ignore the rain of bullets like wooden men and march in a neat line in the sea of ​​death flowers!

——That is strict training, that is the stick in the hands of officers that soldiers fear more than death. Only in this way can they form an absolutely elite army that is not afraid of death.

The musketeers under Chen Ming's command definitely did not reach the level of the wooden legion. Although they could move in unison with the whistle like pieces of tofu at the beginning, after a few shells, the formation of the Chen family army's musketeers was still very solemn, but it no longer had the momentum at the beginning.

At the beginning, six hundred people, five rows of formations, a line horizontally and a line vertically, and their legs fell like knives when marching in unison, which really had a strong military power.

But their opponents were even more unbearable.

Shoot first, then shoot later. When the musketeers of the Chen family army approached to a distance of twenty feet, the Qing army musketeers had already shot their first shot. The formation was also chaotic, so after the first round of five consecutive attacks by the Chen family army musketeers, the scene that made Ma Wenjie in the back row vomit blood appeared.

The Qing army musketeers in the front row retreated, but the Qing army musketeers in the back blocked the road and wanted the people in front to continue to be their shields.

The Chen family army hit a hundred Qing soldiers with five consecutive attacks. In addition to those who died on the spot, there were dozens of them screaming miserably. The blood splattered, and even the brains splattered, and I don’t know how many Qing soldiers’ musketeers were scared. To be honest, even Ma Wenjie, while angry at his men’s incompetence, regretted not sending rattan shield soldiers to cover them in front. Of course, the six or seven thousand troops of Guide Town and Yunyang Town combined could not make up a hundred tiger-clothed rattan shield soldiers. [Friends who are interested can search Baidu for tiger-clothed rattan shield soldiers. There are paintings left by Westerners during the Qianlong period. They have tiger heads and tiger brains, and are naked, which is very different from the uniforms. The appearance is really cute.]

According to the military system of the Qing Dynasty, rattan shields are of course soaked in oil. Double-layer ones have one layer of old cotton, and single-layer ones have two layers of old cotton. When Kang Mazi fought the Battle of Yakesa, rattan shield soldiers made great contributions. But time has moved to the present, a hundred years later. Not to mention whether the flintlock rifles of the Chen family army are more powerful than the matchlock rifles of the old Russians, the quality of rattan shields is much inferior. Not to mention that the maintenance of rattan shields after they are manufactured is also quite troublesome. If they are not well maintained, the defense will drop. The tiger-clothed rattan shield soldiers who made great contributions back then may not be easy to use now. Besides, didn’t the tiger-clothed rattan shield soldiers in the original time and space also stop the British?

The Qing army's musketeers soon fell into chaos under the rain of bullets from the Chen family army, although they were much more numerous than the Chen family army. But when the Qing army's musketeers, who were numerous in number, could fight over the question of who was in front and who was behind, and even stopped reloading their ammunition, no matter how many people there were, they would not pose any threat to the Chen family army.

Of course, the lead bullets fired by the Qing army also caused some casualties to the Chen family army, but compared with the results of the musketeers, their losses were not worth mentioning.

The Qing army's formation was in chaos, and the battle line composed of 1,500 musketeers twisted like a dying snake. When the Chen family army's musketeers began to approach the Qing army for the second time with a shrill whistle, when there was only 30 steps between the two sides, they fired another round of neat five-hit combos, and then the entire Qing army was in chaos.

As the drums sounded in the rear, the musketeers inserted a handful of sharp bayonets into the muzzles of their guns. This is a spring bayonet, which is absolutely convenient and quick to insert and remove. So the next moment, more than 500 musketeers held their bayonets and charged straight at the chaotic Qing army musketeers. Thousands of Qing army musketeers completely collapsed.

"Kill..." Chen Ming took advantage of the situation to launch an attack. Although he knew that this battle could not completely defeat the Qing army on the opposite side, and even the two military camps that the Qing army relied on could not be taken, but no matter how small the advantage was, it was still a benefit.

Ma Wenjie, who was in the rear of the Qing army, waved his hand dejectedly, and the various units of the Qing army immediately operated according to the pre-arranged orders. Ma Wenjie had made arrangements long before this battle, what to do if the musketeers won, and what to do if the musketeers lost.

So now he only needed to wave his hand.

Chen Ming did not move his position at all. Just like the two cavalry teams that were circling far away and trotting all day, this battle had nothing to do with them.

On the day when Chen Ming won the battle again, the Qing soldiers and militia sent by Ford to the south bank of Shahe had entered Wuyang. Immediately, the whole Wuyang was boiling.

Huang An, who stayed in Wuyang County, immediately sent someone to report to Chen Ming, and he also ordered all troops to be vigilant.

However, as a middle-level leader of the Chen family army and the boss who stayed in Wuyang, Huang An knew that his battalion of less than 300 people really didn't need to care about the towns and villages outside Wuyang County. Chen Ming had already ordered that the local gentry and powerful people could jump around, and when he dealt with the main force of the Qing army, the soldiers would return and sweep away everything.

Of course, as the person in charge of Wuyang, Huang An certainly wanted to show his ability in the face of the current situation. He didn't care what the fate of the Chen family army would be in the end, and he didn't care when this army would be destroyed. These would not affect him. Huang An's eyes were only on making merit and climbing up.

He also wanted his battalion to be as strong as Chen Erbao's battalion, or even better. No one stipulated that the battalion officer was the ceiling for the leaders of the Chen family army. If the Chen family army could continue to grow, it would be natural to set up another level of control above the battalion.

But what Huang An did not expect was that the local gentry in Wuyang County reacted so violently. In just two days, the Qing army entered Wuyang County and had gathered thousands of Wuyang men.

After the Chen family army took control of Wuyang County, they suppressed the families in the city and the local area who had actively prepared for the donation of money and food by the local militia. This kind of cruelty of confiscation of property and extermination of the clan directly made Wuyang County bow its head, but how many of these Wuyang gentry who bowed their heads had a good impression of the Chen family army in their hearts? None of them.

How intensely the Chen family army suppressed the local gentry after entering Wuyang, how many gentry and gentry jumped up and rebelled at this moment, and how enthusiastically.

Not to mention Wuyang, even in Lushan County, the old nest of the Chen family army, there was a commotion in the local area. Nothing can be seen on the surface, but it is quite turbulent in secret.

Chen Hui had not received the good news from Chen Ming at this time. The Chen family army defeated three Qing army camps and won two field battles. How could it not be considered good news?

Facing this reactionary wave that was secretly surging in Lushan County, his approach was a simple one-kill!