This Qing is wrong

Chapter 33 There should be another wave

The chain mail worn by the Swadian crossbowmen was like paper paste against the penetrating power of the lead bullets, and did not provide the slightest protection.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the military attache of the Qing army put the Swadian crossbowmen at a close enough distance to fire.

At this time, Li Ergou was not in the mood to care about the enemy's casualties at all. After all, he knew that he was facing a group of puppets who were not afraid of life and death. It was impossible to end the battle without killing all the enemies.

Thanks to the three cultivation systems of Buddhism, Daoism and Martial Arts in this world, Taoism is widely known in the Central Plains (otherwise quack warlocks would not be able to pretend to be Taoists and rely on fortune-telling to cheat), so ordinary people's acceptance of such things as war puppets very strong.

Even the green battalion veterans, who had seen blood, dared to raise their weapons to resist when faced with ghouls and other aliens.

After all, those aliens are often insane, and in a sense they are easier to deal with than humans.

Li Ergou retreated to the back row before he took out the small gunpowder cartridge on his body and loaded it with ammunition.

The reloading steps of the matchlock gun far exceed that of the flintlock gun, and because it involves the ignition of an open flame, it cannot be moved too fast for the pursuit of shooting speed.

The gunner's body is covered with small gunpowder cartridges. If he accidentally touches an open flame, he will immediately turn into a human-shaped torch.

When Li Ergou was pouring black powder into the barrel of his blunderbuss, he suddenly heard a series of screams coming from in front of him. He instinctively raised his eyes and couldn't help but pause.

Dozens of gunners in the second row had fallen down at this time, and many of them were still alive. The crossbows on their bodies were missing the arrowheads, and there were bloodletting grooves!
The surviving people shouted that it was a scary person.

Just one volley of Swadian crossbowmen caused a slight disturbance in the entire Qing army formation.

As a result, less than half of the actual number of guns fired in the second round, and the green battalion gunmen who fired in the first row, like Li Ergou, fell into all kinds of chaos because of the tragic situation ahead. , seriously affecting the loading efficiency.

To put it bluntly, this gang of Qing troops had never experienced the tactic of queuing and shooting. This kind of scene of face-to-face shooting within the full-strike range had a great negative impact on the soldiers of the Qing army.

However, the Swadian crossbowmen on the opposite side were not polite, they walked in unison while firing salvos.

Compared with the previous Swadian light infantry, the hit rate of these Swadian crossbowmen can be as high as [-]% or more!
Moreover, the military crossbows used are more powerful. Many of the Green Army soldiers of the Qing army who were shot by the arrows had their entire torso pierced, arrows soaked in blood and fat appeared on the back, and a slight shaking could be seen on the chest. The crossbow lost its tail.

Under such a powerful crossbow miss shot, no matter which part it hit, the green battalion soldier of the Qing army completely lost his combat effectiveness, and even lost the ability to walk!
Under the progressive volley fire of the Swadian crossbowmen, the front row shooters (gunners and archers) of the Qing army kept retreating, leaving behind a field of corpses and wounded rolling and crying.

The Qing army's large formation could no longer fire a decent salvo, and even the Qing army military attache hid behind the soldiers and shouted.

In this way, the Swadian crossbowmen used just three rounds of volleys to beat the Qing army into chaos.

At this time, even if dozens of cavalry rushed over, they could easily overwhelm the chaotic Qing army formation.

However, the casualties of the Swadian crossbowmen were also very high. This vanguard of the Qing army from Chaozhou Prefecture had a much higher proportion of shooters than archers, and they also had an advantage in numbers.

Coupled with the fact that the distance between the two sides is too close, it is relatively easy to shoot. After three rounds of volleys, the few Swadian crossbowmen have been killed and injured as high as two-thirds!
There are only more than 30 Swadian crossbowmen left intact on the battlefield.

This is also the main reason why the vanguard of the Qing army has not collapsed.

The number of casualties on both sides is actually not much different.

Even the number of people killed in battle in the Qing army was less than that of the Swadian crossbowmen, because as long as the green battalion soldiers of the Qing army were not penetrated by the crossbow, they would not be able to die for a while, but the Swadian crossbowmen Soldier is drilled into the flesh by lead bullets. After the soft lead bullets collide with hard parts such as bones in the human body, they will immediately collapse, and the high-speed rotation of the lead bullets will cause a terrifying cavity effect!

The essence of the enemy army of the system is still the body of a living person, or the most common one. Even if their simple mind can endure terrible pain, the defects caused by physical functions cannot be avoided.

This caused the Swadian crossbowmen who were shot to be either killed on the spot or severely disabled.

Seeing that the enemy was fighting less and less, many green battalion soldiers of the Qing army fired cold shots one after another. However, the Swadian crossbowmen were still striding forward, walking straight up, which was equivalent to a straight-line live target that was very easy to aim at.

Therefore, after the Qing army suffered their unimaginable casualties, they abruptly carried the progressive volley of the Swadian crossbowmen, and shot all the Swadian crossbowmen to the ground with bows and arrows.

When the last Swadian crossbowman fell, the military attache of the Qing army, who had lingering fears, did not let the soldiers put on swords and spears to make up the knife, but let the archers and bird gunners "attack" against the crawling ground The Swadian crossbowmen make up the knife.

This was the first time that the Qing army in Chaozhou Prefecture fought against Li Changqing's war puppets, leaving an indelible impression of terror on them.

Li Ergou and other Qing soldiers surrounded the outer circle of the battlefield, silently watching the bodies and weapons of all the killed war puppets disappear at the same time, feeling a little bit distressed while feeling fearful.

I feel sorry for the chain mail that is obviously still usable even though it is damaged...

Except for the personal guards around General Hao Shen and those high-ranking military officers, the green battalion soldiers in the entire Chaozhou Prefecture don't wear cloth face armor...

"Well, it would be great if all these iron armors were real."

After hearing Li Ergou's emotion, the green battalion soldier next to him turned his head speechlessly: "You still want to pick up equipment now?
These war puppets were all summoned by that monster Li Crazy, which means that he himself is hiding nearby, and it is uncertain when another wave of war puppets will be summoned to attack us! "

Li Ergou shuddered, he didn't want to continue fighting with these puppets who were not afraid of death and had better weapons than himself!

At the same time, the vanguard military officers of the Qing army began to gather scouts and scouts who had been scattered, and prepared to send people to search around and find out Li Changqing who was hiding.

The Qing army was so sure that Li Changqing was nearby, not because they had seen through the law of his system's deployment of enemy troops, but because the Taoists in this world could not be too far away when ordering puppets.

This is Taoist common sense.

Li Changqing, who was on the mountain in the distance, looked at the vanguard of the Qing army who had preserved most of his strength and said to himself: "We won very quickly, and there should be another wave."

(End of this chapter)