It seems that the Ming army in front of him, although the discipline of the battle looks quite scary, but the general who commands the army is an idiot.

Thinking of this, Tan Tai didn't think much about it, and directly ordered himself to personally lead all the cavalry to attack, and quickly rushed across the Ming army's defensive line, and the infantry followed to cover the kill.

Tan Tai had more than 1,000 cavalry, of which basically all were Eight Banners Manchuria and Eight Banners Mongolia, and the rest were infantry, as well as some Han army coats.

Because of the loss of one Niu Lu under the Xizhi Gate and the loss of one Niu Lu cavalry in the previous pursuit, there are now only two Niu Lu and 600 cavalry left.

Tan Tai personally led 600 Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry, using white-armored soldiers and other armored cavalry wearing double or three layers as arrows, and began to attack the Yongwei battalion.

The distance between the two armies was about two hundred paces, and the war horses needed to have an acceleration process, and they couldn't throw the infantry behind them too far, so at the beginning, the six hundred cavalry led by Tan Tai advanced in small steps.

According to previous combat experience, when the Eight Banners cavalry entered a distance of one hundred and fifty paces, they began to trot, and only when they entered within one hundred paces did they begin to run at full speed.

"Artillery ready!"

After receiving the order, the artillerymen in front of the formation immediately checked the tiger squat cannon in an orderly manner and prepared to load, and fixed the cannon body to the ground with large iron nails to prevent the recoil from overturning the cannon body.

The tiger squat cannon is like a large grenadier with a low depression angle, weighing 36 catties, light to carry, easy to move, it is a domestic firearm of the Ming army, and it is often used when the Qi family army fights devils.

The black-pressed cavalry of the Qing army came like a tide, and it was already one hundred and eighty steps away from the Yongwei battalion.

"Fire!"

As soon as the artillery commander of the Yongwei Battalion gave an order, a row of more than 50 Tiger Squat guns suddenly emitted a deafening artillery salvo.

The tiger squat cannon is filled with hundreds of small lead or small stones weighing five coins, which are pressed on top with a large lead bullet or large stone bullet weighing 30 taels, which has a large lethality and radiation range, and is especially suitable for field combat.

More than 50 tiger squatting cannons fired a salvo, and in an instant, the projectiles in front of the formation were dense like rain, overwhelmingly shooting at the Qing cavalry. In particular, their cavalry is a dense combat formation, and it is a rare good target.

Zhu Cihong held the binoculars and clearly saw the row of cavalry of the Eight Banners Army who rushed to the front and howled wildly, which was directly beaten into a sieve by a piece of lead bullet, splashing a burst of blood mist.

The Tiger Squat Cannon has a firing range of 500 meters, and now their distance is only more than 200 meters, and what three-layer heavy armor is completely useless in front of the Tiger Squat Cannon.

In particular, the flag bearer who rushed to the front and carried the flag was directly pierced by a shot of 30 taels of lead bullet and was beaten into a ground of minced meat.

After a volley, the Qing cavalry in the middle of the mountain road died, with internal organs and stumps, and countless severed hands and feet.

Those heavy armored cavalry with yellow flags were just about to run at full speed to attack, but they were blocked by the corpses in front of them, and the people and horses kept tripping to the ground, and even blocked the front, and their crazy charge was greatly reduced, and it was half cold in an instant.

Even so, the cavalry of the Eight Banners Army still showed super combat effectiveness, dodging the obstacles in front of them with superb horsemanship, and continued to rush towards the phalanx of the Yongwei Battalion.

These cavalrymen of the Eight Banners Army have been in the customs all the year round and are often bombarded, so they are no longer surprised by this kind of tiger squat artillery, and they know the weakness of the tiger squat artillery.

Although the lethality of this kind of scattered bullet is wide, it takes time to reload, and the solid bullet is fast to load, but the power is not strong, and the lethality is limited.

Sure enough, after the first round of shotshots, the artillerymen of the Brave Guard Battalion switched to solid shells for two more rounds, and then hurriedly carried the shells and others to retreat from both sides to the back, handing over the front row to the musketeers.

Because the tiger squat cannon is fixed to the ground by iron nails, it takes time to disassemble, so it can only be placed in place at this time.

"Ready, ready to shoot!"

After the order was given, the three platoons of musketeers raised their muskets and aimed at the Qing cavalry rolling in front of them.

The remaining cavalry of the Qing army had already rushed into a hundred steps, and gradually accelerated, the power of the cavalry impact, Huang Degong and Sun Yingyuan and others behind the battle were a little worried, can these three rows of musketeers withstand the impact of the cavalry?

Jiannu's heavy armored cavalry with yellow flags, not only everyone wears armor, but even the body of the war horse is covered with iron-inlaid cotton armor. Although one of Niulu's Qing cavalry had been defeated before, this time two Niulu's six hundred cavalry charged together.

The front of the Yongwei battalion was full of musketeers armed with flintlock muskets, a total of 2,400 men, divided into three rows of 800 men each. Because flintlock pistols did not need to be ignited like arquebuses, the soldiers stood tightly.

Zhu Cihong arranged the line formation according to the usual line of the armies of various European countries in later generations, although it looked thin, but it ensured the power of firing in a row.

He firmly believed that using this tried and tested formation would definitely allow his musketeers to show their skills in the field.

Tan Tai knew that the Ming army on the opposite side was in front of the firecrackers, and his teeth were bared out with laughter. This kind of burning stick was useless as early as the Battle of Salhu that year, and the most elite Shenji battalion of the Ming Dynasty was not dispersed by Dajin's iron cavalry.

In the blink of an eye, Tan Tai led the cavalry to rush closer, and the violent sound of horses' hooves hit people's hearts, and the might of the cavalry of the Eight Banners Army was vividly exerted on them.

Zhu Cihong's face sank like water, and although some of the three rows of musketeers in front of him held their bones white, and there was a trace of panic in their eyes, no one moved a little. The Seven Kills Order of the Yongwei Battalion has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and no one dares to touch it easily.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Cihong immediately ordered the drumming to shout, and after Huang Degong heard the drum, he drew his sword and shouted: "Kill!" ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

All the sergeants of the Yongwei Battalion shouted in unison, and the overwhelming sound dispersed forward like waves, causing a trace of confusion in the cavalry formation of the Eight Banners Army that was attacking.

After shouting three times, the entire phalanx of the Yongwei Battalion was immediately silent, and all the sergeants were in full swing without making a sound.

After these shouts, the musketeers in the front suddenly gained a lot of courage, and the originally tense atmosphere was much relieved.

"Ready—shoot!"

When Tan Tai led more than 600 Manchurian cavalry into 80 paces to accelerate, he only heard the sound of gunfire on the opposite side.

"Idiot!" Tan Tai cursed secretly in his heart, the Ming army was really still the same, he couldn't hold his breath, and he began to release the gun before he reached the shooting distance. It is estimated that they will start running away after putting the gun, and if they don't run, what awaits them will be the iron cavalry trampling of the Qing warriors.

In the Battle of Salhu, the Ming Army's Shenji Battalion was like this, and it began to shoot indiscriminately without waiting for the cavalry to enter the firing range, and in the end only two rounds of shooting were crushed by the old Khan's golden iron cavalry.

However, as soon as his thoughts flashed through his mind, he suddenly felt as if he had been hit hard in his right chest, and a sharp pain came, and he couldn't help but scream.

He instinctively looked down and saw that a fist-sized hole had been punched in his right breastplate, if it weren't for the special cotton armor on his body, which had great protection against the firecracker, he would probably have been beaten through it now.

At the same time, the cavalry charging beside him screamed after being attacked, and a series of people shouted and neighed.

"Why did the Ming army's firecrackers hit so far?" Tan Tai was obviously a little confused, in his impression, if the Ming army wanted to penetrate the three layers of heavy armor, it had to be within fifty steps.