Nie Lei curled his lips when he saw this. He was a kind person and didn't say much. However, this kind of scene was still easy to see. The Chahar people were timid and afraid. Those who dared to rush to the front must be driven out by the nobles. The people behind wanted to hide behind the team and dared not move forward, so they pulled the team wider and wider. It is definitely impossible for such a queue that everyone wanted to be a slippery head in the merchant army. Each team and squadron had a fixed position. When the impact was attacked, the team was in the second and third rows, and the positions in which row were all set. They had to train several times a day, and even during the battle, they had to maintain the queue. All the soldiers of the merchant army understood that the queue was the foundation for defeating the enemy. The more they could maintain the establishment and queue in the chaos, the easier it was to pick the fruits of victory.

However, Nie Lei had no time to worry about the Mongols at this time. When Du Fulei stopped breathing, Nie Lei also whispered loudly: "Remember, it's nothing to do if you work hard and sweat, no matter how tired you are. The soldiers in front are bleeding. They are all wearing the same military uniforms as us. Just be able to help them with our hard work. Military merits belong to the dragon cavalry, the lancers, the hunting cavalry, and even our artillery. Long live, the merchant army!"

"Long live, the merchant army!"

All artillery soldiers were truly encouraged to be morale. Several military officials wiped their sweat and rode horses in the entire artillery team according to Nie Lei's general statement. So the artillery team was dragging a long team and making long live sounds like a tsunami from time to time. The movement of the entire team suddenly accelerated. From a distance, it looked like a huge and plump snake, winding and twisting, swimming forward.

The difference is that the cannons in the team are well maintained, look bright in color and are extremely delicate, but in fact they are extremely strong and firm cannons.

Each artillery is carefully produced by the Military Industry Department. If Hutchison is the heaviest, the heaviest military branch of the army is actually artillery. The cost of raising a lancer can raise three dragoons. Originally, it can raise five infantry, but later the dragon cavalry was also equipped with horses, so it was reduced to three. A lancet requires two to three horses, a thickness of 70 kilograms of iron armor, as well as vests and servants. The military ration and horse food consumed every day are quite large. The cost of a lancer regiment is quite amazing. With Hutchison's military expenditure of more than 7 million yuan a year, the lancet regiment can only afford two, and there are already two artillery regiments, and it is obvious that the third or fourth one is being formed.

The expenses of each artillery regiment are several times that of the Lancer regiment. The personnel are not too expensive. Artillery is a technical branch and receives the same salary as the Lancers. However, artillery does not need heavy armor, nor does it require a few horses per person. The artillery even has very few horses, because when marching for a long distance, artillery takes care of artillery carts while walking, and it is difficult for them to march on horseback all the time. Most people walk on a long road and rest for a while before going downstairs to walk, and marches with each other in rotation.

The expensive part of the artillery regiment lies in the cannons in front of them. The copper cannon is quite expensive. A four-pound cannon weighs between 700 and 900 kilograms. A kilogram of copper is only one tael of silver. A cannon seems to be worth dozens of taels of copper, but the account is not so algorithmic. Casting cannons requires a large number of workers and takes a lot of time. These are all counted on the cost of each cannon. In addition, with the management level of the Hutchison Military Industry Department and the efforts of the craftsmen of the Firearms Bureau, each cannon consumes an average of three cannons, and even more to be successfully cast.

Mistakes are inevitable, and wastes are inevitable.

On average, each gun costs hundreds or thousands of taels to cast, and then you have to buy a large amount of nitrosulfonium charcoal and create a large number of shells. The training cost is also high. If the cannon is fired, the barrel will wear out. At this time, the strength of the metal casting cannot be compared with that of later generations. If the training intensity of the cannon is large, it can only be scrapped. After melting it into copper, it will be recast, and the cost will increase by a large part.

But no matter how nervous it is, the military department has never saved the expenses of casting artillery and training artillery, even the most difficult fourth year of the Apocalypse.

Armors are not built without money, weapons are not built without money, new troops are not recruited, and large-scale training is not carried out. These are all the responses in the fourth year of Apocalypse, but artillery artillery is always being cast, and artillery training has never stopped.

Artillery is really a technical force. From loading to clearing the chamber to ignition, the gunman, the clearing the chamber, the bullet handler, the charger, the ignition handler, each cannon must be handled by at least six people.

If you want to fire quickly, you must not miss the gun crew.

The artillery in groups of four people can also be fired, but the time is much slower than the one in groups of six people. The winner is the most likely to kill enemies on the battlefield. In order to kill one more person, it is also cost-effective to use two more people in this artillery group.

The long snake-like team and a cannon were like centipedes, rushing forward with their teeth and claws.

There was still chaos ahead, but the Mongols obviously wanted to eat the square formation and block the lancers and hunters.

The artillery soldiers looked ahead, regardless of their sweat, and rushed forward. The artillery positions had long been calculated, and they could cover a wide range. The scene of nearly 100 artillery fired one after another was so excited that they were all swinging.

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Bartel breathed in big mouthfuls, and there was a clear smell of gunpowder in the air, which was a bit choking, but it felt very good.

The Mongolians had never smelled this smell before, but they were not rejected. Batel even felt it was quite pleasant.

The war horse was running at a speed and was already running forward at the highest speed.

On the right hand of Battel and others is the assembly site of Chahar's left and right wings. About five thousand Chahar people have gathered together.

More Chahar people came from the east one after another, but were blocked by the advance phalanx. The thumping sound of small cannons was constantly being fired, and the sound of muskets never stopped.

Some people in the Chahars have been knocked off their horses, and more people can only avoid going westwards. There are more than a dozen dragoons there, standing in front of the cheerful music. The distance is very close. The Chahars dare not continue to run westwards. Some people want to stop the horse team, but they already feel a little safe. Some people want to continue running west because they are still close to the square formation, and they are afraid that the artillery will hit them and they will die for no reason.

Many people were crowded together and collided with each other. A small number of scattered cavalry ran from south to north, while others ran from north to south, making a mess.

Because he felt the threat of the hunting cavalry behind the side, the gathering cavalry finally began to reorganize the team. Some of these reorganized cavalry wanted to run north because the cavalry with more than 10,000 people coming from the right wing could meet and echo the two sides.

Some people also wanted to run southeast, and the terrible square formation went further south, and they wanted to run back to their own formation from there.

But when many people saw some cavalry coming out one after another, and they were pressing forward, they knew that they could not go back. If they fled back without permission, they would be severely punished. These cavalry shouted in panic and irritableness, because they didn't know what to do for a while!

More cavalry gathered together with the sound of trumpets. They faced the attacks from both sides, but many people were shouting and cursing, because there were more than 1,000 lancers who rushed up first, and less than 1,000 hunters. Although these cavalry on the left and right wings of Chahar were defeated, there were more than 10,000 people scattered everywhere in the battlefield. Cavalry, who were less than 2,000 people, wanted to attack them?

Most of the people who make angry screams are shepherds. On the contrary, those Mongolian armored soldiers who have experienced war and are usually offered to practice skills and tactics are silent.

In fact, they feel that they are at a disadvantage on their side, and they are quite a disadvantage.

The large battlefield was full of herders running around, running meaninglessly, and a considerable part of the rear path was affected. At least two or three thousand cavalry teams were squeezed southwest by the square formation, cut off, attacked, and a mess.

There were only five or six thousand people running under the banner of the crow, and a large number of herders were running around on the grassland.

On the contrary, the cavalry team of thousands of people attacked on the opposite side was very uniform, with majestic and murderous aura, which made people feel frightened. This is the feeling of the miscellaneous soldiers towards elite soldiers. Ordinary people only see that there are many people on their side, but they don’t understand that the number of people in the gang is meaningless.

Only the right-wing soldiers who rushed over were still hopeful because they also came to rescue at high speed. The queue was still intact and their morale was not bad. Unlike the previous soldiers and horses who were hit by the phalanx, the team turned into chaos.

Everyone, including Tashhai and Huluk, placed their hopes on reinforcements. Now the formations on both sides are still a distance away. It is impossible for the main formations to be suddenly invested. Both sides are testing and looking for real flaws. Hutchison wants to kill with one blow. The Chahars are just thinking about delaying the war. They should no longer have the belief and confidence to win. They are now just subconsciously doing what they should do.

Tashhai and Huluke are no longer hoping to win, but hoping to relieve the current crisis and retreat to the formation, and obtain short-term safety.

At this point in the war, they had already fully understood how big the gap between their side and the merchant army was.

In the cavalry hunting team, Battel felt like he was the squadron leader of the flag, which was the former flag captain.

The red military robe and silver mail are paired with people with courage. They are surrounded by such military uniforms and armor-fitting partners. Everyone has experienced hard training. They can eat and live together for at least a few months, struggle together, from being unaware of each other to entrusting their lives. This trust is also a sense of identity of the team. In the concept of Hutchison, you cannot become a part of a team without this.

Bater was over 40 years old. At this age, he could only be a baggage soldier in the merchant army. Even if the baggage soldier was not an officer, he would consider retiring. After all, this army was established for a short time, and there were a large number of young people in the army. After occupying a considerable territory, a large number of talents were needed to help officials manage the local area.

Hutchison is a ruling method of implementing refined management and requires too many people to use. Veterans are definitely the best supplement for local officials.

Those who have been trained, strong will, brave and martial, and can abide by military discipline will also implement the orders of local officials without any discount. A large number of veterans become officials will greatly promote local governance efficiency.
Chapter completed!