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Chapter 69 Don't Panic!

The short episode did not have much impact on the army.

Ah Hu and Mo Xu got some water from the auxiliary soldiers, borrowed the armor from the heavy armored soldiers to heat the cold water, and then swallowed the rejuvenation talisman with water.

The taste is not so good.

But the effect is still good.

After drinking half a bowl of talismans, you can immediately feel a warm feeling in your stomach, and it quickly spreads to your limbs.

The pain in the middle palm, which was still a bit dull, immediately disappeared.

But half a quarter of an hour later, the two were alive and well again, without any injuries at all.

"My lord, Xia Ke Dao is so courageous that he dared to assassinate you!"

"We must counterattack with thunder!"

Ah Hu stood next to Pen Ke with a fierce face, very indignant, clamoring that he must show Xia Kedao a little bit of ruthlessness!
Peng Keli ignored him, and lowered his head to fiddle with the amulet with about half of its energy left.

Originally, this operation did not intend to accommodate the Knight Island.

Continued to march for more than half an hour.

The two thousand troops did not encounter any decent resistance or assassination along the way, and they arrived at a small plain in the center of Knight Island without any problems.

Looking around, there is probably a small town-sized continuous building complex, located on the plain.

A little farther away, there are some farmlands that have been reclaimed, and a small village.

From the looks of it, that village should be an ordinary people's village, dedicated to farming and providing melons and vegetables to the disciples of Chivalrous Island.

It's a kind of tenant.

It may be because Xia Kedao feels that he is relatively noble and is not suitable to stay with these mud-legged people.

Therefore, the tenant village is still seven or eight miles away from the Zongmen town of Xiake Island.

However, at this distance, there is still a risk of accidental injury by shells.

"Go, send a few people to take those people away, and don't accidentally injure them later."

"At that time, let the prefect of Suzhou Prefecture send a leadership team to take over."

Penke calmly ordered.

Before going to war, it is the right thing to do to drive civilians away from the battlefield.

A few small officers immediately agreed and headed for the village with an army of soldiers.

Two thousand troops also began to prepare for battle.

The soldiers of the artillery battalion dragged the cast iron cannons from the tractor and began to set up the artillery battalion.

The heavy armored soldiers are also moving their bodies, preparing for the tough battle.

The musketeers formed a group of three, lined up in a row, and quickly lined up to load ammunition.

Since the Ming 25-year standard rifle has not been officially equipped to the second-line inland garrison troops.

Therefore, the garrison on the Suzhou government side still uses rifled flintlock guns.

Still continuing the traditional three-stage shooting tactics.

This three-stage shooting tactic was first developed by Wang Muying of Qianning in the Ming Dynasty, and later spread to the entire army.

As the name suggests, the three-stage shooting means that the frontmost musketeer shoots first, then retreats to the rear of the team to concentrate on loading ammunition, and the No.2 soldier steps forward to fire.The three reloaded and fired alternately.

This can greatly shorten the vacuum period in which Musketeers need to reload after firing, allowing them to fire continuously.

On the battlefield, especially the large battlefield where the two armies are facing each other, this shooting method is very useful.

Those enemies who charge on the battlefield, if they want to rush to fight in front of the Ming soldiers, at least they have to be shot by the Musketeers for three to five rounds first, reducing their number by one-third!

Then the musketeers would fight hand to hand with hatchets and long knives.

Of course, after the 25th year of the Ming Dynasty, the standard rifles are fully refitted, and melee combat with cold weapons may be completely eliminated.

Penke smiled slightly as he looked at the soldiers who were stuffing cardboard powder and projectiles into the barrel.

In two or three years, this scene may never be seen again.

Then it will be the age of firing gun skirmishers and trenches.

It is the era of coordination between infantry and tanks and infantry and artillery.

Now it should be the last afterglow of the era of three-stage queuing and shooting.

After silently watching the soldiers reloading their bullets for a while, Penke glanced at Zongmen Town of the Knights Island, which had been so quiet that no one could be seen, and muttered in a low voice:

"Isn't this taking advantage of the soldier's bullets not being reloaded, and a wave of death squads charge?"

When the army is preparing to attack, don't take the opportunity to counterattack. When the army is ready, Xia Kedao will fight with the head?

Do not understand.

Peng Ke didn't understand the thoughts of the island owner of Knight Island.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour.

Peng Ke didn't wait for any action from the disciples of Knight Island.

On the contrary, Du Shengbao and Shi Xun, a thousand garrison troops from Suzhou Prefecture, trotted forward and respectfully saluted Peng Ke: "My lord, the soldiers are all ready to launch an attack!"

He looked up at the sky, but did not see the airship.

Peng Ke pondered for a while, and said, "Let the artillery battalion fire three rounds of artillery tentatively first."

"Use solid bullets to smash the main buildings and force the disciples of the Knights Island out."

"As ordered!"

Two thousand households immediately went to command the artillery battalion position, ready to bombard and wash the ground!
In the central hall of the Zongmen Town of Xiake Island, more than 300 disciples and more than ten elders gathered around the hall, looking anxious.

"Island Master, the four elders who went to assassinate Peng Ke all failed. Now the army of Jin Yiwei is only five miles away from Chen Bing. According to the reports from the scouting disciples, they brought at least 20 cannons!"

"The cannons of the imperial court are mighty and sharp. They fire like thunder, and when they hit the ground, they explode, destroying mountains and breaking rocks!"

"Not to mention the iron man covered in fine iron, he is even more irresistible without a master."

"I can't beat you at all!"

Several younger disciples were looking at the island master sitting on the top of the main hall in panic, and kept howling there.

The elders standing on the stairs glared at these disorganized disciples with fiery eyes and shouted:

"What are you panicking about!"

"Cannons can't bomb endlessly!"

"No matter how sharp the cannon is, the final decision is the hand-to-hand combat!"

"My chivalrous island has been passed down for thousands of years, how can it be captured by a few thousand imperial soldiers!"

"As long as those soldiers dare to enter the Zongmen to suppress them, then we will give the strongest counterattack!"

"Those soldiers are nothing more than ordinary people. Even if they have practiced some rough work, they are at most second- and third-rate!"

"You may not be able to fight with it!"

"As long as all the invading soldiers are killed, those cannons are useless no matter how powerful they are!"

Under the encouragement of several elders, the disciples who lost their temper gradually calmed down a little.

Although the cannon was fierce, they had never seen the power of the cannon with their own eyes, and most of them heard about it.

The elders gave such comfort, and they also felt that it was quite reasonable.

And the island master, who had been sitting firmly on the main hall, also smiled slightly, and said very confidently:
"The court's cannons are indeed sharp and mighty."

"But it's not invincible."

"300 years ago, I, the No. 20 fifth island owner of the Knight Island, had an inseparable acquaintance with a Qi refiner in the Nine Palaces realm."

"The qi refiner once gave us a set of mountain protection formations from their lineage to the Knight Island, and used them as island protection formations."

"Back then, when the northern barbarians came to attack, this set of formations blocked the big fireball curse of the northern barbarian shaman!"

"It must be able to stop the imperial court's artillery!"

"Everyone, don't panic."

"I have already activated the big formation, as long as I stay in this hall, I will be safe and sound."

(End of this chapter)