What these new army soldiers usually practice the most is the trapezoidal blocking method, where they form a formation of two, four, and six rows and shoot alternately.

The front echelon fires the bullet, pulls the bolt to eject the cartridge case and reloads the bullet. During this period, the rear echelon aims and shoots, which completely makes up for the time difference between pulling the bolt and loading the bullet.

The firepower of such an echelon of guns is very strong, and its power is comparable to that of several machine guns.

Seeing that the commander was majestic, calm and without fear, the soldiers were also full of confidence.

And everyone knows that the longer the battle lasts, the more two battalions of rangers coming from outside will arrive to join the battle.

Of course, Mu Huzi did not expect that this group of new troops would have such skillful tactics in their formation.

He only knew that the hills were almost like flat ground, and the cavalry could destroy their opponents by charging up the hills.

As professional soldiers, Zhejiang officers and soldiers all know the importance of cooperation on the battlefield. Therefore, Zuo Gang and several team officers directed the soldiers to use temporary fortifications to form four rows of echelons behind the fortifications to block the attack.

That is, the first two rows finish their guns, and the second row after them continues to fire, and this cycle continues to release the guns.

When charging, the rider usually lies on the horse's back, making it difficult to aim. Therefore, Chen Tianhua's request to shoot a man failed, but he failed to shoot a horse.

Once the horse was injured and fell down, most of the riders fell to the ground, and seven out of ten were kicked to death or injured by the horses that came after them.

"Fire the gun..." Jiang Wu, as the echelon commander on the southeast slope, waved the triangular flag.

"Bang bang..."

"Bang bang bang..."

"..."

For a moment, there was loud gunfire on the hillside, and bullets rained down from above, hitting the charging horses.

When charging up a slope, although the slope is still flat, it is not flat ground after all, and you cannot charge at a high speed.

Moreover, the more than 70-meter-long slope before reaching the top of the mountain is a bit large, which happens to be the best blocking position.

"Ah...the firepower is too strong."

"Ouch...the guys up there are awesome."

"..."

On the slope in front of us, five rounds of fire were fired, and more than a thousand bullets came out of the barrel. The nearly 200 men and horses that Mu Huzi charged in the first wave were shot and fell to the ground, and they were knocked down seventy or eighty times at once.

Those who were shot fell off their horses one after another, and were trampled by the horses rushing up from behind, or rolled into a ball. People howled and horses neighed and screamed. The scene was very tragic.

The weapons of the Mubeard men and horses are very inferior. They only have knives, guns, spears and iron forks, and some firecrackers. They can deal with ordinary people such as caravans and mountain people, but their true colors will be revealed when they encounter regular troops.

A few days ago, the Hongmen Taihu Gang gave them more than 200 Murata rifles and some bullets, but the horse bandits have become unfamiliar with advanced foreign guns and their marksmanship cannot be complimented.

The marksmanship of static shooting is not to be praised, let alone shooting from horseback. The bullets coming out of the barrel don't know where to fly, and they cannot pose an effective threat to the defenders.

Mu Huzi was angry and anxious when he saw that three consecutive waves of charges were unsuccessful and the casualties totaled 156.

I didn't expect that the army would be in such trouble if they occupied this hilltop. If they continued to attack like this, by noon or afternoon, their troops would be wiped out.

The horse bandits were beaten so hard that they lost all their courage. No matter how much they roared, they did not dare to charge forward again.

In desperation, he quickly resorted to his trump card, which was to lure him with large sums of money.

"Let me attack from all sides of the mountain, rush up, kill an officer and soldier, and receive an additional reward of fifty taels of silver. Kill an officer, and receive an additional reward of two hundred taels of silver. Kill the senior official named Chen, and receive a reward of one thousand taels of silver.

."

The ancients said: There must be a brave man under a heavy reward.

Sure enough, the bandits reorganized their ranks and charged towards the hillside howling.

"Kill him...and reward him with a thousand taels of silver..."

"Kill the officers and soldiers..."

"kill…"

"..."

In this charge, the bandits mobilized all about 600 men and horses, dispersed and charged towards the hillside from the east, west, north, south.

This momentum was much greater than before. Apart from the wounded, sick and fire-headed troops, the first ranger battalion actually had less than 300 people who could go into battle to kill, only about 280 people.

However, facing the charge of skirmishers all over the mountains and fields, the local soldiers were still a little panicked, unable to cover all the areas, and seemed to be stretched to the left and right.

"kill…"

Boss Mu took the lead with the sword, wearing a leather robe and soft armor, holding a gold-backed machete in his hand, with a tall green-grey horse on his hip, galloping as fast as flying.

He waved the blade, and the bullets flying towards him seemed to have eyes, flying past him and hitting the people behind him.

In an all-out attack, there are few manpower for defense. In some places, there is no way to organize a blocking echelon. After the bullets in the gun chamber are fired, there is no time to reload the bullets. The soldiers can only mount their horses and wield their swords to kill.

At this time, more than a hundred bandits were approaching from the northwest slope. The firepower here was insufficient and the defense was relatively weak.

"Stop..." Boss Mu roared, like a tiger roaring in the forest.

This bandit team has a homemade short spear specially used for throwing. The bamboo wood is inlaid with a sharp iron spear tip, which is very sharp when pierced.

"cluster…"

"The clusters..."

"..."

The spear tip pierced the branch hard, making a dull impact.

Suddenly, a dozen soldiers from a cavalry battalion were unable to dodge, and their bodies were pierced by spears, and they were nailed to death on the hillside.

"cluster…"

"The clusters..."

"..."

The horse bandits threw homemade short spears one after another, and seven or eight soldiers who could not dodge were penetrated and died on the hillside. The rest of the soldiers were busy looking for big trees and rocks to take shelter, and the defensive position was suddenly torn open.

"Follow me and rush forward to kill the enemy and block the gap."

Jiang Wu roared, got on his horse and grasped the long-handled horizontal knife with both hands, facing the bandits running up, attacking from top to bottom.

Dozens of war horses that followed him leaped down, their hooves flew, and they roared out.

"kill…"

The officers and soldiers of the First Cavalry Battalion, red-eyed with bloodshed, took the initiative to attack at this time. With the horizontal knives in their hands, they met the bandit's vanguard with neat and uniform sword skills.

"Porchi..."

"ah…"

"..."

Hand-to-hand combat, gold and iron fighting, close combat, bloody flashes.

Amidst the muffled roars from both sides, people were cut off from time to time and fell off their horses, their flesh and blood mutilated.

The blade split open the chest and abdomen...

The blade cuts off the neck...

Blood sprayed out from the bodies of the two combatants, dyeing the white snow and withered grass on the slopes red.

At this time, Zuo Gang came over with a platoon of men and horses. With the help of their horses, he and Jiang Wu jointly cut down more than a dozen bandits and successfully blocked the bandits' frontal attack.

Boss Mu was cunning. He attacked from a side slope and successfully bypassed Jiang Wu and Zuo Gang's frontal attack.

This bandit leader had extraordinary arm strength and skillful sword skills. He wielded the golden-backed machete as if he was slicing a watermelon. After several moves, he slashed from the front and split a New Army cavalryman in the way across his waist, splitting his body into two pieces.

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Then, he used his backhand to drag the sword and cut off the horse of another cavalryman who was trying to block him.
Chapter completed!