Although the elite strength of the old battalion of rogue bandits is not as good as that of the Eight Banners of Jiannu Manchu, they are certainly more powerful than most of the officers, soldiers and cavalry.

The cavalry in front were killed by artillery fire one after another, but they did not flinch. Under the command of the general shouting loudly, they quickly dispersed their formation and continued to charge towards the Qin army's phalanx.

"The Musketeers are back!"

After two rounds of fierce shelling, Li Shouting gave an order, and three rows of musketeers quickly returned to their positions. Their long-loaded flintlock rifles pointed at the cavalry rushing towards the rogue bandits.

Sun Chuanting rode on a BMW horse, his eyes fixed on the charge of the rogue cavalry in front of the formation.

The rogue bandits suffered considerable losses in the two rounds of artillery bombardment, but they quickly changed their formation and continued to charge. Sun Chuanting could not help but frown.

They felt that today's rogue bandits were very different from those they had encountered in the past. Not only were their formations strict, but they were also highly disciplined on the battlefield. Their momentum in urging their horses to charge was more powerful than the rogue bandits they had encountered in the past.

"They are really elite bandits, let's see how Li Shouting handles them!"

Li Zicheng, who was in the rear line, was also watching the battle with a monocular telescope. Seeing the two rounds of shelling by the officers and soldiers, nearly a thousand casualties as usual in the twelfth lunar month, Li Zicheng's heart felt as if he had been pricked by a needle.

These elite cavalry from the old battalion have been with him for several years, and they are also Li Zicheng's trump card. They cannot use them easily, and they are basically cannon fodder fighting with the new battalion.

This tactic is similar to the elite fighting method of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. Before the war started, the Han troops were used as cannon fodder, and then the Eight Banners of Mongolia continued to attack.

The elite Eight Banners of Manchuria who built slaves basically waited until their opponents were almost exhausted before suddenly launching a decisive attack.

Seeing that the old camp, under the command of Hao Yaoqi and Liu Zongmin, quickly regained its composure and continued to attack the Qin soldiers, Li Zicheng immediately issued an order:

"Send the order, the whole army is ready to attack and break through the encirclement. Once Hao Yaoqi, Liu Zongmin and others break up the formation of the officers and soldiers, they will immediately attack and break through the encirclement!"

"yes!"

The messenger immediately conveyed Li Zicheng's order.

At this time, the cavalry from the old camp of the rogue pirates had already rushed a hundred steps in front of the Qin soldiers' musket array. They had arrows in their hands and their bows were fully drawn. After entering more than thirty steps, they immediately released arrows to kill the Qin soldiers.

"Bang bang bang..."

Suddenly, the Qin army's musket phalanx made bursts of sounds like exploding beans, and the first batch of eight hundred flintlock guns spurted out bursts of anger almost at the same time.

The bandits who were rushing in front secretly laughed when they saw this. They were indeed new soldiers. When they saw the intruders approaching, they started firing guns indiscriminately. The old habits of the officers and soldiers could never be changed.

Wu Ruyi, the bandit general, had the same idea as his subordinates. He laughed loudly and urged his subordinates to speed up:

"A hundred steps to set off a firecracker? Haha... Brothers, hurry up..."

As soon as he shouted the word "Chong", two lead bullets suddenly hit his chest:

"Puff..."

Wu Ruyi felt something hit her chest and hurriedly lowered her head to check, only to find two blood holes on her chest that were spurting blood!

"No...this is impossible..."

Wu Ruyi felt that his vitality was rapidly draining away. He struggled to say a few words and fell off his horse. Then he was trampled into a pulp by the horse rushing up from behind...

Although the effective range of a flintlock gun is not as good as that of a rifled gun, there is still no problem in killing an old bandit soldier wearing only cotton armor at a distance of a hundred paces.

"Angkor..."

Seeing Wu Ruyi being killed by officers and soldiers, although the bandits were surprised, they did not panic. They all shouted and accelerated their attack speed again.

The veteran soldiers of the rogue camp had superb riding skills. They pressed their bodies tightly against their horses and rushed towards the Qin army's musket phalanx.

Rush, kill officers and soldiers to avenge Angkor...

"Bang bang bang..."

However, the Qin soldiers formed a phalanx of 2,400 flintlock guns and fired three rows of volleys in succession. Although they could rarely hit the bandits lying on their horses, their horses could not avoid the bullets and neighed.

Falling down piece by piece...

The eighty steps in front of the musket formation became a forbidden area for the rogue cavalry. No matter how they attacked, they could not escape the dense lead bullets from the flintlocks.

The bandits who came from behind were finally frightened. They just urged their horses to circle outside the range of the flintlock guns to find a breakthrough, and did not dare to rush forward again for a while.

In the past, when Sun Chuanting fought against the rogue bandits, he always commanded the battle from a favorable position from a distance. He had never been so close to the rogue bandits like today.

At first he was a little worried about the rogue bandits breaking through the Qin army's musket array, but now he felt relieved after seeing it.

The old camp of eight thousand rogue bandits suffered heavy casualties and could not break through the Qin soldiers' volleys of firecrackers. There were many spears behind them waiting for the rogue bandits to come forward and die.

"Damn it, I'm going to charge into the battle myself..."

The old camp suffered more than half of its casualties and was still unable to break through the Qin soldiers' fire and cannon fire. Both Hao Yaoqi and Liu Zongmin were breathing fire in their eyes.

I originally thought that I could break through the Qin army's phalanx easily, but now it turns out that's not the case at all. The brothers under my command are just going to kill people.

Hao Yaoqi finally couldn't bear it anymore. He shouted loudly and was about to urge his horse to take the lead in charging into the battle, but Liu Zongmin grabbed the reins of the horse:

"Brother Hao, don't be reckless. No matter how good our martial arts are, can we be invulnerable?"

Hao Yaoqi turned back and stared at Liu Zongmin and shouted:

"I'm not afraid of death. The worst I can do is die together with the officers and soldiers..."

Liu Zongmin gritted his teeth and said:

"Brother, calm down. Is it worthwhile to rush in and let the officers and soldiers kill you? Let's discuss how to find a breakthrough. We can't act recklessly."

Hao Yaoqi looked at Liu Zongmin in surprise and said;

"It is said that Liu Zongmin is the most powerful general in the camp. Why are you suddenly worried about his life today?"

Liu Zongmin shook his head and said helplessly:

"We are not worried about our lives, we just don't want to die in vain. We send an order to stop the attack and the remaining brothers to withdraw. We must not give up the old camp!"

At the critical moment of life and death in the camp, Liu Zongmin suddenly became cautious, and seeing that the situation was not good, he ordered the attack to stop without hesitation, making Hao Yao Qilei roll his eyes.

Seeing that the rogue bandits had withdrawn their troops and stopped attacking, Li Shouting immediately issued an order:

"Brothers performed well, the firearms soldiers changed defense immediately!"

"Got the order!"

The first three rows of musketeers, who fired continuous volleys, immediately put down their flintlock rifles and retreated into the formation. The 2,400 pikemen behind them stepped forward to exchange positions with the musketeers.

There were not enough flintlock guns, so everyone had to take turns firing and resting. This was Sun Chuanting's idea.

The seven or eight kilogram flintlock gun was kept in the hand for shooting. After a long time, the firecrackers became a little tired, and the pikemen behind them had no use at all.

Not only can everyone get exercise by taking turns fighting in this way, but it also allows the first three rows of Fire Gun soldiers to get a good rest.

In this way, the Qin army's phalanx can always maintain a high combat effectiveness. This kind of three-row salvo is not difficult for the strictly trained Qin soldiers.

The 2,400 musketeers quickly completed the defense change, and Sun Chuanting and Li Shoutingmu immediately turned their attention to the phalanx of spears on the left and right wings.

At this time, the spear phalanx on both wings and the rogue bandits were inextricably linked. Although there were casualties on each other, it was basically impossible for the rogue bandits to defeat the Qin soldiers.

The spear phalanx of the Qin soldiers cooperated very well under their respective commanders. They were like a big square hedgehog, giving the rogues nowhere to attack.

Both the Party Shousu Department and Yuan Zongdi Department are currently helpless against the Qin army's phalanx.

As soon as they rushed forward, thousands of spears suddenly thrust forward. Some bandits were unable to dodge and were immediately dug into a hornet's nest.

Even if you encounter some capable bandits, when they roll away their spears and roll into the square formation to cut down a few pikemen, pikemen will immediately take up their positions and beat these bandits to death.

Halfway through the battle, the spear phalanx was still intact. They advanced and retreated together, cooperating and supporting each other, and fought fiercely.

There is an army medical team in the middle of the square formation. Some injured Qin soldiers will be helped into the formation for timely treatment, while the injured bandits will have to wait to die...

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