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The militiamen continued to advance, with expressions of hesitation and doubt on their faces, but their steps were still neat and firm - resolutely executing orders is an important part of the militia's military training .
On Schroeder's side, twenty Alda soldiers armed with new firearms came out of the team and stood at the forefront.
“Aim!” Under the order of the chief of staff, these twenty soldiers raised their guns. If someone came close to the muzzle of the gun and looked into the barrel carefully, they would find the barrel of their gun. There are circles of spiral patterns in it.
In Burgan's view, the situation on the other side was very strange.
Logically speaking, shouldn't all the horizontal troops raise their guns to face the enemy immediately?
Why are only twenty people ready?
Then he immediately discovered something even more strange.
The flintlock muskets now commonly equipped often use volley fire because of their low accuracy - soldiers stand shoulder to shoulder in a tight row, all pointing their muzzles in front of them. At the front, they all fired after hearing the order. In this way, although the accuracy of a single gun is very low, the overall hit rate is very objective. Because no matter how much the trajectory of the bullet drifts, it will not turn 90 degrees. There is a high probability that it will hit an unlucky person in the opposite team - after all, the enemies also have to line up in horizontal lines or square formations, and collectively Shooting causes even greater casualties to the opponent.
So shooting when far away from the enemy does not require soldiers to deliberately aim at a certain target.
However, in Bulgan's eyes now, the twenty soldiers in front of Schroeder's team all had their guns pointed at him.
What's going on? Are they going to kill themselves as the commander first? Can you hit it?
An ominous premonition enveloped Burgan's whole body, making his hairs stand on end.
But what can he do now?
Hiding behind his subordinates in full view? joke.
Burgan bit the root, kept his head high, and continued to advance with the militiamen on his horse.
“Haha!” Lieutenant Colonel Claude, commander of the 9th Infantry Battalion, grinned and said happily to Chief of Staff Schroeder, “He is looking for death.”
Seeing that Burgan entered the effective shooting range, the old knight yelled, "Fire!"
At the command, twenty rifled flintlock guns fired at the same time, the bullets spinning towards the target. Dash away.
As the head of the training department, Burgan often touches guns, teaches soldiers how to shoot, supervises their training, and he himself often hones his shooting skills. Every time he touched the cold gun body and bullets, he sighed with emotion at this magical creation created by Paul Gleiman. It was ruthless, powerful, unstoppable, and fatal in one blow. It was truly the perfect weapon to take someone's life. . All swords and crossbows pale in comparison to this kind of weapon.
And Burgan imagined in his mind more than once what it would feel like to be hit by such a terrible weapon. Having been on the battlefield, he had seen the wounds of enemies who were hit. The sight was undoubtedly terrifying. He also asked those who were injured how they felt, but other people's verbal descriptions could not replace personal experience.
What would happen if you were hit by a musket?
Now Burgan knew that in just a moment, he was shot through the flesh by at least ten deformed lead bullets, and one even shot directly through his shoulder blade.
Is it painful? Burgan didn't know, because he was hit in the fatal part in an instant, and perhaps his brain had no time to perceive it. His only feeling was that his life was draining away quickly.
He seemed to be gradually isolated from everything outside him by an invisible transparent barrier. First, his sense of touch became dull, but he could still see the horrified expressions of the militiamen looking at him, and he could also hear them The panicked screams gradually began to become blurred, and finally they could not be seen or heard, and the fire of consciousness began to extinguish. Would my father, grandfather, and family ancestors be proud of me? Alas, maybe the Wallen family will no longer exist in the future...
But...how did Count Grayman escape the attack? How did the people in the Lord's Mansion know the news from the outside world? Where did the Chief of Staff find his troops?
The lord’s guards are indeed elite, but they can’t stand up to the large number of people on their side. If they can’t, they set fire to the forest. In order to isolate the news, they have controlled several signal towers at key locations and controlled the center of the lake through martial law. The main roads in the town, and finally, he waited until the garrison in Huxin Town was far away before taking action. Every step that was carefully considered and prepared, unexpectedly happened.
With these mysteries, Burgan's life completely disappeared.
Burgan Varun, the current commander of the militiamen, is dead!
This army that he had organized for just two days had lost its last restraint. The doubts lingering in his brain, the anxiety that he might be a traitor, and the fear of facing the regular army - especially which ones exuded a frightening cold light. The cannon finally crushed their spirits.
There was a crashing sound, which was the sound of firearms being thrown to the ground. The militiamen lowered their heads and slumped their shoulders, waiting for the judgment of fate.
Will he be shot? There are ready-made cannons on the opposite side, many people thought with despair.
Along with Burgan came several of his buddies and confidants, but their prestige was not enough to reorganize the army. In fact, their own will has also been crossed. Previously, they came from the lord The sound of the government's artillery had announced that they had no way out, so they raised their hands high in the air.
Schroeder shook the reins, rode forward to a relatively close distance, took the loudspeaker and shouted: "All militiamen, listen, Battalion Commander Claude will bring you back The camp in Huxin Town, you will stay there for the time being and you are not allowed to go out!”
He emphasized his tone on the latter sentence, "You are not allowed to go out."
“There will be people talking to you one by one later. If you were only deceived by the traitor during the rebellion and did not actively commit any evil deeds, the lord will give you a lighter sentence. If someone had already talked to the traitor If you collude, or take advantage of the chaos to do evil, and the evidence is solid, you will never let them go."
After hearing what the chief of staff said, most of the militiamen felt like they had been amnesty, and they were relieved. A few people were still uneasy and sweating profusely.
Several of Burgan's confidants were tied up and beaten.
Captain Claude pointed to the direction of Lake Town and said to Schroeder, "Sir, someone is coming from the city."
Schroeder looked and saw that there were indeed two knights flying towards this side, with long plumes of smoke rising behind them.
"It seems to be from the internal security force."
Claude, with his excellent eyes, recognized the clothes of the visitor.
(End of this chapter)