On the southern front, Zhang Jin honestly did not command blindly, and quietly watched the battlefield.

Wu Fangrui faithfully implemented Liu Yu's plan, the battlefield is changing rapidly, Liu Yu only gave the overall outline, but when the real on-the-spot command still needs to make corresponding judgments according to the specific situation.

The artillery of the Dchengar people was vulnerable.

Therefore, Wu Fangrui let the two battalions on the front line spread out horizontally, and the battalions behind always maintained the column.

If there is a cannon on the opposite side, this is a big no-no.

A twelve-pounder gun, if it hits the column, it will have to reimburse a dozen people at once.

However, the artillery on the opposite side is finished, and it is the safest to maintain a panacea column that can attack or defend at any time.

The light cavalry waited quietly behind the flank, and the light cavalry under him was even more anxious.

They could clearly see the shooting just now, and the Dzungars did not have an advantage at all. Now that their musket team was already shaking and was beginning to retreat, it was time to rush.

But there was no order, and they had to wait.

On the other side of the battlefield, Da Celing Dundob didn't feel too much surprise.

The artillery is not good, and the musket is not superior, these are not what he expected.

It's just that I didn't expect the opponent's firepower to be so ferocious, and the musketeers and camel cannons did not have an advantage at all in the firing stage, and there were not a few dead people on the opposite side at all.

"That Liu Yu is not a fool, he knows the importance of the southern front, so he arranged most of the cavalry in the south."

"We can only continue to attack, we can't win. The big city behind them will soon know that our main force is in the north of the mountain. ”

"Let the musketeers regroup and prepare to rush in a wave. We were twice as numerous as theirs, and we rushed harder to the south. If you can break away, then rush away. If he can't rush away, he must also be asked to transfer the misalignment of the Chinese army to support. Only then will we have a chance. ”

"We don't have an advantage in the shoot."

Xiao Celing Dundob jumped on the war horse and said, "I'll take someone to charge." ”

"Don't move. Save your ride until the last minute. Now their front is still very stable, and at this time, the impact is to send them to death. Wait a little longer. ”

There are only 20,000 soldiers and horses in the headquarters of the quasi-department, and the rest are not from the headquarters, and Xiao Celing Dundobu has a 4,000-strong elite cavalry in his hands, which is the force that determines the outcome of the victory.

He'll wait until the right time to use it.

"Their cavalry has not moved, and that cavalry is the biggest threat, and we must find a way to defeat them." ”

In his eyes, the unarmored infantry was weak.

The advantage of shooting is great, but once it fights hand-to-hand, it will break up like a flock of sheep. Only that light horse left a deep impression on him.

Da Celing Dun Dob also wanted to trick the light cavalry out, but now it seemed that it was difficult.

Liu Yu was motionless as if his buttocks had grown on the ground. He won't take the initiative to attack, he will only choose to defend. Let the southern front charge again, let them take the cavalry around the flank, take advantage of the threat of chaos, and draw out their cavalry. ”

Soon, the scattered musketeers regrouped.

A cavalry force of more than 4,000 men also began to maneuver towards the flank and rear of the south flank, raising a large cloud of smoke and dust.

Infantry in armor followed the musketeers, ready to charge.

However, the process of assembling was painful, and shells kept falling in the crowd, smashing out bloody marks.

The artillery of the Qingzhou army is like a thunderbolt that will never stop, and the shooting just now has made many musketeers tremble, and they can only tremble when they assemble again.

In the confrontation just now, most of the camel whirlwind guns will be destroyed, and the artillery of the Qingzhou Army is very accurate, especially the four-pounder guns in front of the battalion, which are too accurate at a distance of two or three hundred paces.

The Junggar musketeers moved forward slowly, the fifteen or sixteen-pound Turkish muskets were not light, and they were even slower to load, not to mention, and no one dared to get too close to each other like the Qingzhou soldiers on the opposite side, for fear that the victory of the open flame would ignite the gunpowder on others.

More than 1,000 armored infantry slowly assembled in formation under the cover of the musketeers, and some cavalry also joined in, preparing for a wave of impact.

Wu Fangrui looked at the movements of the quasi-department and knew that the boring shooting test was over, and this temptation made the quasi-department sure that it could not take any advantage by relying on the shooting.

Jiao Lao Butu came to him on horseback, but did not ask him directly, but asked Zhang Jin: "My lord, the cavalry of the quasi-department has moved, should we rush over?" ”

Zhang Jin did not answer directly, according to his understanding of the war, it should be like this.

But he still followed his grandfather's words and Liu Yu's arrangement, and asked Wu Fangrui: "It should be like this, right?" ”

Wu Fangrui shook his head and said, "My lord, I suggest that the infantry of the two battalions strengthen the flanks, and when their cavalry rushes over, they will form a phalanx." After alleviating the onslaught of their cavalry, Lord Shu led the cavalry to counterattack. ”

"Once the cavalry of the quasi-department retreats, Lord Shu will gather the cavalry. The infantry will change formations and attack their flanks, and Lord Shu will follow the infantry when the time comes. ”

Zhang Jin was puzzled and said: "There are many people in the quasi-department, do we want to attack instead?" ”

"My lord, defense is not stubbornness. If there is an opportunity, of course attack. Force the quasi-troops to make a lone bet and trick them into attacking our Chinese army, so that the two wings can be encircled. If we can't eliminate the main force of the quasi-department, even if we turn over the Altai Mountains, we can only build a city, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to make immortal achievements. ”

Zhang Jin thought to himself, the Qingzhou army was the same as Liu Yu, so he didn't think that he might fail, everything was for the purpose of grabbing credit...... Don't hesitate to take risks.

I don't know if this is self-confidence or arrogance, but he still didn't say anything, and gave an order to Jiao Lao Butu.

Jiao Lao Butu smiled bitterly: "This group of people under my hands, once they rush out, it will be difficult to take it back." If the infantry can keep up, they will keep up, and if they can't, I really can't guarantee that they will be able to form a group again after rushing out. ”

Wu Fangrui also knew the situation of the government soldiers' light cavalry, shook his head and said, "Collect as much as you can." ”

Thankstro nodded, returned to the restless light riders, and began to circle the side and back to warm up the horses.

The infantry of two battalions, maintaining the battalion column, quickly maneuvered to the edge of the southern flank, covering the flanks.

Several heralds came at a rapid pace from the north, deployed their eight-pounder guns and several twelve-pounder guns, and instead of firing, they mounted their gun carriages and maneuvered to the south.

The remaining artillery was still bombarding the would-be musketeers on the opposite side, slowing them down to gather and approach.

The quasi-cavalry, which had already run, did not wait for these snail-like infantry, and roared towards the flank of the Qingzhou Army from the side.

The infantry of the two battalions spread out in two phalanxes as fast as they could, and the soldiers of the first row crouched on the ground, pestled muskets with bayonets on the hard ground, and stepped on the butts of their rifles with their feet.

They are not afraid.

At Liugong Island, everyone went through similar training, and the officers would ride up to them on horseback, and they would poke the horses in the eyes or mouths with sticks in their hands.

The officers would tell the horses after they had avoided them that the horses were too timid to even touch the sticks, and that they would dare to touch the bayonets on the battlefield where lead bullets were flying.

At least for this time, they believe it.

The two light four-pounder guns belonging to the battalion were replaced with grapeshells, and the artillerymen silently waited for the quasi-cavalry to get closer.

After firing this shot, they can hide in the phalanx, where it is safe.

People are next to each other, which brings a sense of security to everyone.

The fastest cavalry took out the feather arrows in their hands, trying to shoot the gap with the most classic cavalry shooting.

However, before they could reach the firing range, the officers in the phalanx shouted: "Shoot their horses!" Round shooting! ”

Except for the soldiers in the first row who were clubbed there, the soldiers in the back all shot at the quasi-cavalry who rushed towards them.

The quasi-cavalry was armoured, but the armor was meaningless in the face of large-caliber flintlock pistols.

The quasi-department is proud of the "arrow armor breaker cutting craftsman", but not "lead bullet armor piercing craftsman".

The cavalry of the quasi-division continued to fall, the horses that fell to the ground blocked the way of the follow-up cavalry, the cavalry rushing from the flanks became more and more scattered, and the artillery who had been waiting finally waited for the order to fire.

Rumble......

Dozens of small iron pellets shot towards the surging cavalry, like grabbing a handful of sand and lifting it onto the snow.

Dozens of quasi-cavalry fell to the ground in an instant, and the fallen war horses made the cavalry behind have to bypass, and the cavalry that originally attacked the phalanx was like encountering the flow of water from the stones, and scattered towards both sides of the phalanx.

The sound of thumping gunfire rang out incessantly, and occasionally a few cavalrymen approached, only to be stabbed to death in the phalanx by sharp bayonets.

The fallen horses formed a natural obstacle, and the phalanxes of the two battalions formed horns with each other, and the cavalry like a tide could only dissolve the terrible impact at this time, and replaced it with a chaotic battle in circles.

If the impact of the cavalry is the tide of the sea, then it is necessary to find a way to unload the impact of the cavalry.

The small phalanx with a distance like a chessboard, deliberately leaving a chessboard-like gap, and the war horses killed by grape bullets at close range can play such a role.

Moreover, the cavalry of the quasi-department is still far from the metaphor of the sea tide.

A sharp trumpet sounded, and at last he waited for what he thought was the opportunity, and with two thousand five hundred light horsemen, he rushed towards the flank of the quasi-cavalry, whose impact had been dispersed by the phalanx of the two battalions.

On the south side, the musketeers of the quasi-division also began to shoot, and the armored infantry launched an assault towards the place where Wu Fangrui was.

In the Chinese army, Liu Yu also issued a military order to do temptation, and the troops of the two battalions moved towards the south with great fanfare. I was afraid that Da Celing Dun Dobu would not see it, and I was not afraid that he would suspect it, after all, the southern front was undergoing the most intense attack.

The regiment on the hillside as a reserve was drawn from three battalions and lined up in a fast-marching column on standby. Once the order arrives, it is necessary to quickly support the Chinese army.

The artillery began to move towards the gun emplacements on the hillside, and some of the artillery was already quietly deploying on the hillside.

Everything was ready, just waiting for the Great Ce Ling Dun Dob to make a lone bet and storm the seemingly fragile Chinese army.

Liu Yu rubbed his hands a little nervously.

He was not afraid that the Chinese army would not be able to stop it, but he was afraid that the southern flank would attack too hard, so that the quasi-army would be defeated...... Originally, I was going to make dumplings, but it turned out to be a sheep herder, which was very unpleasant.