As an old enemy of the Qing army, Su San'er has a deep understanding of the "cigarette vigor" of the Qing green-clothed troops!
The key to today's battle at the Goose Pond is two-fold: first, to use oneself as bait to lure those Qing army green-clothed troops, who only rely on their strength to oppress the weak, into battle! Second, to counteract their "cigarette vigor"—if these twin-barreled soldiers get their fix, they can still hold their own for a while.
So Su San'er took advantage of the moment when the Qing army's double-barreled soldiers were indulging in their addiction, organized his snipers to use brown Bess rifles and "100-meter bullets" to strike the team of "covering Heavenly Troops to smoke foreign cigarettes." The purpose was to force Yu Wanqing to send out the double-barreled soldiers who had already indulged in half of their fix.
The addiction hasn't been fully satisfied, so they are naturally less durable.
As long as Su San'er can get the women soldiers to hold their own for a while, retreat back to the Goose Pond town, and deceive these unsatiated fellows into fighting inside, then come up with a plan to lure out their addiction...
However, the double-barreled soldiers who have already indulged in half of their fix are still quite formidable and cannot be underestimated.
"Cuiflower!" Su San'er shouted at Li Cuiflower beside her, "Quickly ride back to the Goose Pond Town to report to the angel that the Qing demons have arrived... Have him prepare himself!"
"Yes!"
Li Cuiflower agreed and quickly threw her handgun to one of the female soldiers, then leaped down from the donkey cart and ran towards her war horse.
Su San'er also threw her handgun to a female gunner and jumped down from the donkey cart herself, climbing onto her horse. However, unlike the retreat, she rode towards the women behind a fort made of donkey carts, wooden crates, and pockets that had already set up their muskets. She shouted loudly: "Sisters, do not fire... Listen to my command and attack the Qing demons once they are close!"
"Sisters, do not be afraid. We have our Heavenly Father, Heavenly King, and angels. Are we not capable of defeating the Qing demons? God is with us!"
With Su San'er's call, the more than one hundred female riflemen on the battlefield had all taken their positions. Everyone displayed fearless eyes, tightly gripping their handguns, and pointing the dark gun barrels at the frenzied Qing demons.
Beside each female rifleman, there was a soldier holding a spear, all of them resolute in expression, radiating with the power of faith.
dozens of female horsemen, led by Su San'er, formed a two-row column, each holding a long spear, ready to charge!
This time, it's a battle of faith against foreign cigarettes!
Saying is late, doing is fast. In a flash, the Qing demons with their hands full of foreign cigarettes pushing a hundred plus Huang family trainers had already reached the front of the Tian Guo female soldier's line within less than fifty feet!
At this distance, muskets with normal bullets have already started to show some accuracy. And Su San'er had arranged for the more than one hundred female riflemen here to be equipped with "hundred-step bullets"... If they can explode heads at a hundred steps, what about fifty steps?
Moreover, some of the female riflemen, who are among the best shooters, are all armed with the Brown Bess rifles seized from the Huang family mansion—these are exquisite industrial products made in India! Loading them with "hundred-step bullets" really can kill at a hundred steps!
"Attack! Attack! Beat them mercilessly!" Su San'er let out a loud cry.
Her cry had not faded when the female riflemen had already started pulling the triggers while yelling "Blessings from the Heavenly Father and Lord God Almighty!"
After firing a shot, these soldiers would collectively stand up and begin to reload their weapons with remarkable dexterity while standing.
From Yu Wanqing's position, looking at the scene on the Taiping army's battlefield, it looked like a scattering of gun flashes, not many in number, only about a hundred or so.
"Just these..." Yu Wanqing had barely started to speak when a look of anger appeared on his old face, "This...... This is just pretending to be dead!"
It turned out that when these more than a hundred "hundred-step bullets" swept over the Qing army's advancing formation, the coaches and soldiers at the forefront were cut down in huge numbers, just like reaping rice!
This must be someone pretending to be dead!
Yu Wanqing, seeing this scene, was so angry that his nose was twisted.
How could firing from fifty to sixty steps away possibly hit the target? How could a firearm have such accuracy? His excellency's English rifles when he was in Guangdong were not that formidable!
This must be someone who is scared to death and lying down on the ground. These soldiers are too unprofessional!
"Drum up the troops! Advance!" Yu Wanqing, in a rage, immediately ordered the drummer next to him to beat the war drums and urge the advance. He personally led the Kosha soldiers again towards the front line.
The Qing army at the front line probably thought that those who were knocked down were pretending to be dead, so their advance was only slightly halted. Upon hearing the drumming, they shouted slogans like "Grab money! Grab women!" and surged forward in a thick crowd—after all, these Qing demons still had their addiction to foreign cigarettes.
At the same time, the bird gun soldiers on the Qing demon side began to shoot from a distance. Yu Wanqing had only sent about 1,500 "foreign cigarette soldiers" for this wave, led by Jia Zeng Chong of the Medium-ranking Military Officer, with only a few hundred left in reserve to shoot from both sides. He personally led dozens of mounted Kosha soldiers to oversee the battle.
"Attack! Beat them mercilessly! Blessings from the Heavenly Father and Lord God Almighty..."
Su San'er's shout echoed once again behind the one hundred plus female riflemen who had stood up.
These female soldiers evidently are the most resolute soldiers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. They really believe in their Heavenly Father, Heavenly Brother, Heaven, angels, and so on.
Therefore, when facing a tidal wave of Qing demons and occasionally incoming gunshots, they could also calmly complete the reloading process, raise their bird guns or matchlock guns, aim at the enemy, and fire a deadly bullet.
By the time they fired their third round of simultaneous shots, the enemies were already less than twenty steps away from them!
This attack's power was almost doubled compared to the previous one!
In the first two rounds of simultaneous shots, fifty to sixty people were felled. In this round, seventy more people were knocked down!
In front of the Qing demon ranks, there was a chaotic scene with soldiers lying dead and injured everywhere!
If it weren't for the momentum from the foreign cigarettes, and if it weren't for the encouragement of enemy-killing morale provided by the Tian Guo female soldiers, the Qing army that had already suffered casualties of over a hundred people would have retreated long ago.
But now it just so happened that the Qing army's addiction was at its peak, and the female soldiers were just about to seize the opportunity.
So despite their heavy losses, this group of Qing soldiers did not retreat but instead charged even more fiercely towards the female soldiers' position.
"The musketeers retreat first... Retreat back to Goose Pond Town!"
"The infantrymen, advance first! Kill the Qing demons and ascend to Heaven!"
The Qing army's "cigarette vigor" was naturally within Su San'er's expectations, and she had already had a corresponding strategy prepared.
While the musketeers were shooting, He Damei led her hundreds of strong and robust female soldiers had already formed their charging formation together with the spear-wielding female soldiers who were covering the musketeers.
And after issuing the command, Su San'er turned her horse around to join the women cavalry lined up behind her and prepare to charge on horseback!
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"Kill the Qing demons, ascend to Heaven!"
With a burst of screaming from the Alabama dialect female voices, nearly one thousand Xingjiang Hakka women with big feet rushed into battle, shoulder to shoulder!
The Qing soldiers across from them were momentarily halted by this sight, and everyone unconsciously slowed their pace—after all, white-wrist combat requires a lot of courage...
Fortunately, their addiction to foreign cigarettes was still strong, and their opponents were women. So more than half of the Qing green-bannered troops and the team leaders managed to muster the courage to face them. With a series of "sputtering" sounds of weapons piercing human bodies and a series of agonizing screams, the two facing charging groups collided into each other.
The female troops of the Taiping army may be at a disadvantage in terms of physical strength, especially in explosive power, but their faith is steadfast, and they are well-trained. Even after a round of collision with the enemy, they can still maintain their shoulder-to-shoulder formation—the sisters in the front row fall, and those behind them immediately step in without any hesitation.
On the Qing side, it was a mess. Some of the soldiers still had a strong addiction to foreign cigarettes, seeing the young female soldiers across from them, they screamed and charged without hesitation. Some had less addiction, smelling the bloodstench and hearing their comrades' screams, they were a bit scared and started charging in a "standing-on-one-foot" manner.
This caused their formation to fall apart.
And Su San'er had been waiting for this moment!
Su San'er pointed her spear forward and shouted loudly, "Kill the Qing demons and ascend to Heaven... Charge!"
After shouting this command, Su San'er galloped forward, driving her lance, leading the cavalry to quickly bypass the two armies engaged in battle in front of them. They then swirled around to the left flank of the Qing army's formation and first scattered the green flag garrison riflemen who were wildly shooting. They then launched a cavalry charge from the rear side of the Qing soldiers who were engaged in close combat and had fallen into chaos!
"What a crafty Su San'er..."
Seeing Su San'er leading the female cavalry charge fiercely into their own green camp soldiers' left flank, his old face turned black. He had been a soldier all his life, and if he were defeated by Su San'er, a female bandit, with just a few female soldiers, he would never have any face to show himself again.
Thinking about this, the old man's courage finally surged up. He drew his horseman's knife forward and pointed, "Boys, follow your father and charge... Capture Su San'er alive!"
"Yes!"
Over ten of the Kosha cavalrymen under Yu Wanqing shouted loudly, straightened their lances, and followed Yu Lord as they charged towards Su San'er's female cavalry!
Su San'er had been carefully observing the Kosha cavalry under Yu Wanqing. She was well aware that her female cavalry was no match for theirs......In fact, if Yu Wanqing had deployed these dozens of elite cavalry units along with the infantry that were heavily addicted to foreign cigarettes to attack earlier, Su San'er's ambush of the enemy would have ended in a humiliating defeat.
However, based on her understanding of the Qing army commanders, a demon chief who would daringly charge with his Kosha cavalry from the start probably only existed in the legends of the old generations of the Tongs on Earth.
Although she knew she couldn't beat the Kosha cavalry of Yu Wanqing, Su San'er didn't immediately flee with her sisters. Instead, she put away her sword and drew a snaphand pistol that was loaded. She galloped forward and charged towards Yu Wanqing and his team. The dozens of cavalry sisters under her command were also equipped with snaphand pistols, and at this moment, they all drew their pistols and followed Su San'er towards Yu Wanqing's Kosha cavalry.
"Pang pang pang..."
As a series of gunshots rang out, several of Yu Wanqing's Kosha soldiers fell off their horses!
The loss was not great, but it startled Yu Lord!
Su San'er is too ruthless, using mounted riflemen, she can't let her off... If she can be subdued, she could be of great use, both inside and outside the house. It would make it even more likely to succeed in 'rebellion' in the future.
Thinking about this, the old man's scalp tightened, and he pointed his horseman's knife at Su San'er with his hand: "Children, follow me... Capture Su San'er alive!"
"Yes!"
On Su San'er's side, seeing that Yu Wanqing, the old scoundrel, was leading his cavalry towards her, she dared not engage in a battle. She turned her horse and fled westward with her subordinates—not towards the north to Goose Pond Town, but westward, running around Goose Pond.
Yu Wanqing led his subordinates closely following Su San'er and her female cavalry, not letting them go...
