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Chapter 41 Chapter 62: The Enemy
The line private brigade is divided into 3 squadrons, and each team stands in a row, with a total of 1 rows.

Shoot from the front squadron first, then retreat to the rear of the team to concentrate on loading ammunition, and then fire from the second row of the squadron.

3 rows alternately reload and fire, which triples the efficiency of the arquebus that originally takes 1 minute or even longer to shoot once!
This method of warfare is called three-stage attack.

Of course, Lin Xiao couldn't think of such a method. This was provided by the officers in his cloning army. It has to be said that directly cloning an army is still very beneficial.

Intensive gunshots sounded, lead bullets flew out of the muzzle, the armor on the chest was easily pierced, and the Zhongdi soldiers who rushed forward fell down in response.

These Zhongdi soldiers had seen such brutal weapons before, and they had already exerted great courage in rushing forward, but Norton's words completely broke them down.

Scores of Zhongdi soldiers fell down, and a few who were still behind wanted to escape, but they couldn't escape the rain of arrows from the bow battalion.

In less than 10 minutes, 300 Zhongdi soldiers were wiped out, and not a single one was left alive.

This was also Lin Xiao's acquiescence. He found that these soldiers were much more powerful than the ones he had encountered before. If there was not a private brigade, they might have been killed.

Although it can win, it is likely to cause certain losses.

It's a little worrying to keep this kind of soldier as a prisoner. He doesn't have the energy to manage these things at the moment, so it's more convenient to solve them on the spot.

The iron mine was quickly occupied by Lin Xiao. It was another medium-sized iron mine with an iron-making kiln hidden inside, but no one was seen, so they might have all been evacuated.

However, the soldiers sent out to investigate soon returned, and they found 500 slaves and a dozen Zhongdi soldiers in the back mountain not far away.

Naturally, it was impossible for Lin Xiao to let these people go, kill those soldiers, recapture the slaves, and drive them over to continue mining iron ore.

These slaves were timid, but they gave in when they were obedient. After adopting the piecework method, the slaves were much more active in their work than before.

The next thing went much smoother, Lin Xiao did not encounter much resistance, and occupied three small towns in a row.

A total of 5 population, 2 medium-sized iron mines, 1 large coal mine, and several other mineral resources have been harvested.

Of course, Lin Xiao can continue to occupy it, but he has no plan to continue. The soldiers who have been fighting continuously for the past few days are already very tired and need to recuperate.

Regarding these towns, he was not stupid enough to separate his troops to manage them. He was only stationed in Aila Town. As long as he guarded this place, Huangsha City would not be able to bypass it.

As for management issues, directly promote the most sensible people among the captives. They are at the bottom, and they will naturally hold on to such a good thing.

Such indirect management is also very beneficial. Since these people are locals, it is still very easy to stabilize these civilians.

A few days later, there was still no movement in Huangsha City, and Lin Xiao was not surprised, which was exactly as he had guessed.

He is helping the nobles in Huangsha City to suppress the opposing camp. As the saying goes, the enemy of the enemy is a friend. Even if this explanation is not correct, these old nobles are unlikely to help their enemies. What to do.

But Lin Xiao's performance was a bit strong, and he was likely to break this state, which was the reason why he stopped.

He is also going to digest the dividends of the war and transport all the resources obtained these days to Xiaozhou City.

In addition, the logistics also need to be supplemented, especially the matchlock gun, which brought him a great surprise.

Moreover, the advantages of matchlock guns and artillery here are also obvious. The west of the Middle Kingdom is dry, so there is no need to worry about rain, which will make them unusable.

This kind of weapon must be manufactured on a large scale. Even if it is difficult to manufacture now, with the supplement of resources here, the problem of manpower shortage has been slightly alleviated, and manpower can be completely spared to manufacture.

After finalizing these matters, Lin Xiao continued to infiltrate these small towns around Huangsha City and carry out espionage activities. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles.

You must know that some of his cloned gray people have already learned the language here. After all, they can learn it subtly after dealing with each other for a long time.

Lin Xiao set up the intelligence bureau, he allocated sufficient funds to the intelligence bureau, and handed over the people who inquired about the intelligence to them.

The process was relatively smooth, and those commoners didn't have much sense of belonging to the lord, unless the lord treated them particularly well, but such lords were rare.

This gave the Intelligence Agency a good opportunity. Under the temptation of money, civilians directly revealed what they knew, and developed a lot of offline.

In this way, the actions of the nobles are basically controlled by Lin Xiao, and there is no need to catch black people like before.

Judging from the information obtained, the old nobles in Huangsha City are still standing still, while the new nobles have united.

According to gossip, many of the new aristocrats believed that this was a conspiracy, and that the old aristocratic forces were specifically targeting them, but there was no evidence.

The new aristocratic forces did not intend to sit still. They vigorously recruited soldiers, increasing their strength from less than 5 to [-].

You must know that there are many civilians under each nobleman, and they can completely force civilians to perform military service in accordance with the laws of the Middle Kingdom.

After having so many troops, the new aristocratic forces felt more at ease, and prepared to concentrate their troops and go out for a few days to drive out these foreigners who didn't know where they came from.

It was three days after Lin Xiao got the news. He didn't pay much attention to it. He gathered a group of civilians who were farming. They were just a group of mobs with weapons, not even the guards.

For such a soldier, morale is especially important. When fighting against an enemy that is not very strong, the morale may soar and burst out with strong combat effectiveness.

But if you encounter a powerful enemy...

Hehe, it breaks at the first touch, and the scene of a soldier chasing a group of people is most likely to appear.

These 5 people are basically a group of mobs, as long as they defeat their morale, more than half of them will win. Lin Xiao is not very worried about tomorrow's battle.

After these days, not many matchlock guns were produced in Xiaozhou City, only the damaged matchlock guns were repaired.

But five of the 3-pound smoothbores were made, and with the repair of the damaged one, he now had ten guns in service.

The artillery had been sent to the town of Avery overnight and delivered to the [-]st Infantry Regiment.

This is good news, but Lin Xiao is not very happy. Judging from the latest news he has received, those old nobles in Huangsha City have been dispatched.

They dispatched a force of one thousand people and hid in a remote place not far from the town of Avery. If there were no insiders watching, they probably wouldn't know about it.

Knowing this, Lin Xiao frowned. It seemed that the other party was waiting for him and the new nobleman to lose both sides in the fight, so as to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

(End of this chapter)