Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 577

Amidst the screams of killing, the three rows of bird musketeers of the Ming army charged forward, approaching 150 paces. Green smoke rose in front of the formation, and volleys of guns were fired. The first infantry row of the Qing army was suddenly overturned. There are flaws in the array.

In the Qing army's formation, a large cloud of smoke and dust rose at the same time, and the bird guns returned fire, and the Ming army was also knocked down.

At this distance, except for artillery, bird guns, and bows and arrows, they cannot reach the opponent. Ming army musketeers, after finishing one column, put the second column before copying the first column, and then the third column, moving forward alternately.

The Qing army also fired in three rows, but their casualties were lighter behind the shields, while the Ming army musketeers fired three rounds of guns in succession while advancing. The formation of the Qing army became sparse.

When charging, the blunderbuss naturally couldn't stay in front all the time. The distance between the two armies was pulled closer. The sword and shield fighters of the Panshi Battalion and Dengbu Battalion of the Wuwei Zuo Army quickly passed the blunderbuss soldiers. Arrows and lead bullets shot by the Qing army's infantry.

The Ming army, wielding broadswords, tomahawks, and long spears, stepped on the rapid drumbeat, advancing like a wall, and approached the front of the Qing army. The huge coercion made the enemy terrified.

On the vast battlefield, the distance between the two armies quickly narrowed amidst waves of shouts of killing. When they entered a hundred paces away, after the melee troops, the forwards and the archers of Changjie were selected, and then advanced. , Nocking the arrow to the string, the arrow is raised, and with the sound of the string, a dense rain of arrows rises into the sky. The rain of arrows is like a black cloud, making the scorching sun in the sky dark.

Now that Man Dahai has no soldiers to send, he can't stop the [-] Ming army from fighting in close quarters. At this critical moment, he can only hope that the [-] infantry formation can withstand the impact. He shouted anxiously, "The Chinese army is stable!" Hold on, hold on, don't panic!" In those shouts, it was hard to hide the panic.

With a loud "boom", after the two armies in the south collided together, the [-] Ming army finally ran into the main formation of the Qing army. On the shield wall of the army.

The phalanx of big spears originally used to deal with the cavalry also showed unexpected effects when it collided with the infantry of the Qing army.

Rulin's big gun collided with the Qing army, and the Ming army held the tail of the gun. The nearly two-foot-long gun body made the short swords and spears of the Qing army unable to reach the Ming army's spearmen. They could only rely on shields for passive defense, as well as bows and arrows. shoot.

One inch long, one inch strong. Seeing this, many Ming saber and shield fighters immediately put their swords back into their scabbards. As soon as the shields were thrown away, several of them hugged a big spear with all their strength, pushed the spear forest, stabbed into the clear formation, and pierced it. The shields of the Qing army were removed, and even the Qing soldiers behind them were worn in a string.

The archers also cooperated, throwing a rain of arrows in the direction of the spearmen's stabbing, disrupting the formation of the Qing army.

Seeing this, Man Dahai saw that the formation was sunk, and quickly commanded and shouted: "Archers, shoot the spearmen!"

At this time, he couldn't help scanning the battlefield anxiously. He could only hope that Zhenghongqi could get rid of the Ming army's cavalry, and once again detour and cut off the Ming army's offensive.

But when he looked at the battlefield, he found that Zhenghongqi was completely entangled by two thousand cavalrymen. The two cavalrymen confronted each other in the wilderness, and the knights fell like beating dates.

It should be explained that the army cavalry is not an opponent of the Qing cavalry, but Zhenghongqi was defeated by the Ming army after charging for a while, coupled with the hot weather, Zhenghongqi was already exhausted, and almost everyone was panting heavily. The combat power of the Eight Banners cavalry may have to be greatly discounted.

At this time, Man Dahai saw that Zheng Hongqi was in the middle of the hedge, maintaining a slight advantage. When they defeated Mingqi, Man Dahai's formation might have been killed by Jin Shenghuan.

In the middle army of the Qing army, all the generals saw that Jin Shenghuan could not be stopped by the infantry, and seeing that he was about to kill him under the banner, one of them quickly reminded: "Master Belle, hurry up and send the Han army back with a red flag."

On the western battlefield, [-] red flags and [-] green battalion soldiers surrounded Sun Shoufa and Wang Deren in a circular formation to attack. This was the only side where the Qing army had the upper hand.

Hearing this, Man Dahai turned his head suddenly. At this critical moment, it didn't matter whether the east wall was demolished to make up for the west.

Surrounded by the circle formation of the Ming army on the western battlefield, the horses were almost running to death, and no fighter plane was found to break through the circle formation. The Eight Banners of Han Dynasty, following the order, lost in both the south and east directions. Under the leadership, he took on the great task of turning the tide.

As soon as they got the military order, they immediately retreated and rushed to the east, but at this moment, the Ming army suddenly made a small opening in the circle, and Wang Deren, who was full of anger, immediately led a thousand cavalry who had rested for a long time to rush forward. Come out and follow closely.

The Ming army in the west, who had been suppressed and beaten for a long time, lost the threat of cavalry, followed by a change of formation. The circular formation broke from the gap that the cavalry rushed out and turned into a long snake formation. , with the intention of wrapping up the [-] green battalions attacking the formation.

Seeing this scene, Man Dahai turned pale, but as long as he could block Jin Shenghuan first, he couldn't care less.

It's just that the red cavalry hadn't withdrawn yet, but the green battalion in the south was defeated again. The [-] green battalion who had just reached the top were actually driven back by the mud legs, retreating towards the main formation like the ebb tide.

The [-] rebels who fought with great momentum beat the old master to death with random punches, and the [-] green battalion soldiers couldn't hold on under the siege of several times the number of troops.

This time, Man Dahai was stunned. Is there such a refugee?Shouldn't thousands of elites drive more than [-] refugees away?The barbarian's refugees are so strong, so why would the Qing Dynasty fight them, I'm afraid they will go back outside the pass to touch the eggs.

"Hold it, hold it up for me!" Man Dahai was furious on horseback, but panic, anxiety, and even despair had already spread in the formation. Once the enemy soldiers hit the side of the main formation, the army would be wiped out.

At this time, the Xianghong flag was still rushing back, and the flanks of the Qing army were completely exposed. Although Man Dahai was anxious, he had no choice.

But at this time, the mud legs in the south had already rushed the defeated army, and were close to clearing the formation. They rushed out of a group of troops first, surpassed the defeated army, and went straight to the big banner behind the main formation.

Looking at the posture, it seems that he wants to capture the thief first and capture the king first, Man Dahai is almost going to explode, he is a majestic Qing Ting Baylor, is he a soft persimmon?
If you want to take him, you don't even look at yourself.

"Lord Baylor, I'm afraid we're about to lose. If we leave now, we can keep the Eight Banners cavalry!" A man who understood the situation immediately persuaded him. Trick, if the Manchus die, the Qing Dynasty will be over.

Man Dahai was unwilling. If he left, the entire battlefield would be over immediately. Now that the two cavalry are still strong, it is not that he has no chance of turning the tables.

Seeing the mud legs approaching from the south, Man Dahai didn't go away, and a Manchu Niulu, without waiting for orders, rushed up with his horse's belly.Manchus have always been good at riding and archery. On horseback galloping at high speed, archery can still hit a hundred shots.

Niu Lu is Man Dahai's personal guard. He suddenly stretched his bow and shot out while he was running. The arrow flew straight towards Li Yuanyin like a shooting star chasing the moon.

Li Yuanyin tilted his head in desperation, and the arrow flew past his forehead. He immediately took out an arrow, put it on the bowstring quickly, and shot it without even aiming.

These bow and arrow horses are all from Bu Congshan, they are considered superior goods, and their power storage is far superior to that of ordinary bow riders. When he shot an arrow, Niu Lu got an arrow in his throat and fell off the horse. Seeing this, the dozen or so Qing cavalry behind him knew that It's not a good stubble, so he immediately turned his horse's head and retreated in a hurry.

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