"When the time comes, you just have to follow my orders. Reload when I ask you to, and shoot when you shoot!"

Peng Sanyu did not blame those men who were nervous and even had trembling hands. These men were all new recruits who had been recruited this year. They had only served for about half a year. They had not even been on the battlefield before. Facing a large-scale

It’s normal to be nervous when enemy cavalry attacks.

At this time, blaming is useless, you have to guide them to relax!

So Peng Sanyu simply walked up to one of them: "Come, do it with me, take a deep breath... do it again, take a deep breath!"

Seeing that these people calmed down a little after taking several deep breaths, Peng Sanyu said: "When they rush up later, don't think too much, just load, aim and shoot. It's very simple, easier than during target practice!"

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"With the next shot, we can shoot them so hard that even their parents won't recognize them!"

At this time, a veteran next to him was also smiling and talking to the recruits with a relaxed expression: "I have fought a lot of barbarian cavalry like this in the past few years. When we were on the prairie before, those barbarian cavalry were just like this."

We loaded our guns like fools. We shot one at a time, and when a row passed by, a large number fell down on the other side."

Another veteran came over and said: "If we win the battle later, we might be able to get some trophies. These barbarians like to hang some gold and silver jewelry on their bodies. No matter how bad it is, there are some very good benders among them."

Knives, get a few of them when the time comes, we won’t be able to use them, but there are many wealthy bosses in the country who like to collect these crappy things!”

"With luck, we can make some extra money this time."

Another veteran said: "That's right, we are transporting baggage at the back every day, and there is no benefit except eating something. Damn it, when we attacked those cities in Guazhou before, we didn't have a share at all, and all the benefits were given to the fifth

The people from the infantry regiment took it!"

"Let me tell you, I have a brother who served in the Fifth Infantry Regiment. Do you know what he got when he was in Guazhou? A sword made of gold... Tsk tsk, that's a scimitar made of pure gold.

You’ll get rich!”

"This person will make people angry to death if he compares himself to others!"

"Alas, there is no other way. Even though we are just heavy troops, it is not easy to get some trophies!"

Peng Sanyu on the side chuckled: "Although our baggage is not as good as those of the infantry, we still have a chance to drink some soup, but those guys in the artillery regiment cannot get even a little trophy from the time they serve to the time they retire!"

"It seems that they can run to the front to participate in the battle, but think about it, those guys who are playing with cannons can only hide in the back and fire cannons. After the siege is carried out, the infantry can enter the city, is it possible that their artillery can also enter the city?

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"When the artillery troops also enter the city, everyone will eat up all the shit, and they will still have their share!"

Perhaps it was Peng Sanyu's calm self-talk and the relaxed tone of his comrade-in-arms veterans. Seeing these veterans directly change the topic to the trophies, the recruits also relaxed a little, and they no longer knew the fear of the enemy in their hearts.

It disappears unconsciously, replaced by the desire for loot!

If you are lucky and can get one or two pieces of gold jewelry from those barbarian cavalry... Wow, don't you want to make a fortune!

Peng Sanyu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the hands of these recruits no longer shook, but showed signs of yearning one after another.

What he is most afraid of is leading new recruits. He may not be able to perform tactical actions because of his nervousness. He may even be so frightened that he squats down with his head in his hands, or even turns around and runs away.

That would be a big deal.

Otherwise, he would not have guided these new recruits immediately.

Now it seems that it has initially stabilized.

However, he also knows that this is only temporary. When the fight actually breaks out, especially when the opponent rushes up and starts shooting or releasing arrows, and his own side suffers casualties, these new recruits will most likely become unstable factors again.<

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But he didn't have much to do about it.

It's the first time for new soldiers to go to the battlefield. Even with such trouble, he can't expect that all the soldiers under his command will be veterans who have served for several years.

As time goes by, the Jungar cavalry on the opposite side are getting closer and closer, and it can be seen with the naked eye that their speed is getting faster and faster, and they should have entered the trot stage.

At this moment, even though the distance was still four to five hundred meters, the two 65mm field guns carried by the baggage troops also opened fire.

Anyway, the target on the other side is so big, the cannonball can basically hit it as long as it doesn’t stray too far.

In the face of a strong enemy attack, the artillery fire can last as many rounds as possible.

However, although the lethality of the two 65mm field guns is still there, in Danba's view, it is nothing more than that!

Such casualties are nothing to the thousands of cavalry under his command.

Anyway, there is no way to fight without death. As long as there are not many casualties, the price is completely acceptable. As long as he rushes over, he can use the muskets and bows and arrows in his hands to let the Chu barbarians on the opposite side know that they do not come just because they want to.

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Now that you are here, you have to pay the price with your life!

Moreover, the formation on the opposite side seemed so weak. Even with the support of carriages, Chu Manzi actually dared to divide his troops and listed three formations.

If the opponent gathers thousands of troops and forms an extremely thick formation, relying on spears and muskets as assistance, then he will still be wary of one or two.

Well, at least he won't rush forward stupidly.

But on the other side, the troops were divided.

Not to mention dividing the troops, the formation of these Chu barbarians is still facing all four sides at the same time...

This means that the force directly facing the front is extremely thin!

In this way, when our side rushes over, the pressure we face will be relatively low, not to mention that the opponent doesn't even have spearmen... Do these Chu barbarians really think they can fight with muskets?

Although muskets are powerful, they also need spearmen to protect them. The musketeers alone cannot survive on the battlefield.

This is the conclusion that Danba came to during many years of fighting, and he also came to this conclusion from the Russian people who came from Europe.

In distant Europe, although locals use a large number of guns and the proportion of musketeers is increasing, spearmen are still an indispensable part of the battlefield.

Whether it is defending against enemy attacks or launching a melee charge, spearmen, especially armored spearmen, are still the core force.

The outcome of both sides mainly depends on whose spearman collapses first!

But the Chu barbarians in front of them didn’t even have a spearman, they were all musketeers!

The troops were divided, all spearmen, still in a strange hollow square formation, with insufficient frontal firepower.

Under this situation, Danba felt that the battle was stable.

Even if he couldn't directly break through the enemy's formation... Well, he had never thought about rushing into the formation... He was not stupid, and he would not take the initiative to attack the infantry formation, even if the infantry formation on the opposite side looked quite thin.

However, he still has no idea!

What he had to do was lead his cavalry to quickly approach, turn around dozens of meters away from the enemy, and fire and shoot arrows at the same time.

Make full use of the power of bows and arrows and yellow wheel flintlock pistols at close range.

After the fight, retreat...return the pistol cavalry to reload, the cavalry archer takes a moment to recover his arm strength, and then charges again...

Repeatedly, if the Chu barbarians on the opposite side do not collapse after a few visits, he will write his name upside down!

What he did was right. This was also a typical tactic used by a light cavalry unit lacking accompanying artillery to deal with an infantry array. It made full use of its own mobility to continuously attack until the enemy completely collapsed.

When the enemy collapses, it's time to charge forward with your saber.

So Danba waved his hand, and the messenger next to him blew the horn on the grassland, and the sound spread across the field and reached the ears of every Zhungeer cavalryman.

Suddenly, the more than a thousand Zhungeer cavalry began to speed up, and at the same time began to concentrate their forces, and formed a total of twelve waves with about a hundred people.

Seen from the sky, these more than a thousand cavalry are divided into twelve regiments, but they are connected end to end, forming a vertical line, heading straight for the northernmost vehicle formation of the Chu army.

He did not divide his troops, but concentrated his troops to attack the enemy's vehicle formation at the front.

At the forefront of this line, Danba rode his horse and led the first wave of more than a hundred cavalry into the attack and run stage!

On the bumpy horseback, these cavalrymen only used their feet to control the horses, while their hands had already begun to bend their bows!

The distance is close... almost!

Danba looked at the Chu Manzi car formation in front of him. Although there was a carriage blocking it, he could still vaguely see the Chu Manzi behind the carriage.

Those Chu barbarians were like cowards and only dared to hide behind the carriage, like trembling little rabbits.

Danba also started to bend his bow, and a smile appeared on his lips!

However, at the next moment, there was a sudden popping sound from the Chu Manzi car array in front, followed by a cloud of white smoke.

As soon as Danba heard the sound and saw the scene, he knew that the other side was firing!

This was within his expectation!

Again, no one can die in a war. You can't expect the Chu barbarian on the opposite side to be so frightened that he raises his hand and is killed.

There is a saying that rabbits bite when they are anxious.

However, when the rabbit wants to bite someone, Danba will kick it hard!

Just like it is now...

Danba continued to bend his bow and soon entered the shooting range of the riding bow. He was in no mood and had no time to pay attention to anything else.

The next moment, Danba loosened the bow string, and the arrow immediately flew out. After crossing a distance of more than forty meters, it directly hit Chu Manzi's carriage.

But Danba did not see the direct direction of the arrow falling, but immediately drew out the arrow and continued shooting.

But when he bent the bow again, he had already begun to urge the war horse to turn. In fact, he did not need to urge the war horse, because the war horse would turn in advance because of its instinct to avoid obstacles.
To be continued...