Luo Rucai led a total of 150,000 troops, including 30,000 on the left flank and 30,000 on the right flank, and many descendants of Luo Rucai in the Chinese army, and more than 90,000 people.

Now that the battle had just begun, the 60,000 men and horses on both wings were caught in a scuffle.

As a last resort, Luo Rucai had already sent 10,000 horses to each of the two wings, and now he sent 10,000 horses again, leaving only about 50,000 people left in his Chinese army.

Cao Bianjiao led the army to kill in the Liukou array, but he soon noticed that the right flank of the Liukou, which had been shaken again, actually began to turn back and fight again, and Cao Bianjiao, who was well versed in cavalry tactics, did not choose to die, but directly broke through again in the weakest southwest direction.

The 20,000 cavalry of the Liukou right flank was like a rainstorm and hurricane, beating the entire Liukou's right flank to pieces, and when the Liukou surrounded them with their numbers, the entire cavalry team ran away.

This is exactly the felt-beating tactic commonly used by Cao Bianjiao, through repeated impacts, the enemy army formation is scattered, and then creates opportunities for the follow-up infantry.

As for the direction of the left flank of the Liukou, after Shao Derong found out that the Chinese army of the Liukou had sent reinforcements to support, he also immediately and decisively withdrew his troops from the battle, and instead used muskets and grenades to carry out a harassing attack on the periphery of the left flank.

His tactics were very similar to the Mongols' Mangu tactics, relying on his own speed, Shao Derong did not give Luo Rucai time to gather archers at all, and focused on attacking weak defensive places.

There was a rumbling sound on the battlefield again.

It was a stalemate for nearly half an hour or so before Liu Ximing led the infantry team into the battlefield.

On the battlefield at this time, Luo Rucai's two wings had been shattered by the cavalry's repeated attacks.

Fortunately, Luo Rucai has also been in battle for a long time and knows that he can't suppress all the Chinese army, so although the battlefield is chaotic, the entire rogue army still retains most of its combat strength.

However, at this time, even if Luo Rucai had already discovered the infantry led by Liu Ximing, he did not dare to command the army to attack directly, and the cavalry of Cao Bianjiao and others was still eyeing the two wings.

On the frontal battlefield, Liu Ximing carefully observed the battle situation and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

There are two wings of cavalry suppressed, and their own side still has the upper hand on the battlefield, but considering that Cao Bianjiao and others have led the cavalry to fight for so long, Liu Ximing made a decision and ordered the Chinese army to enter the battle immediately.

"Walk in unison, one-two-one, one-two-one......"

Liu Xi hit the front of the army, and the infantry contingent lined up in ten phalanxes took firm steps amid the slogans of the officers.

The archers and shotgunners that Luo Rucai had already assembled finally came in handy, and while the distance between the officers and soldiers was still far away, the troops composed of nearly 10,000 archers quickly moved to the front of the Liukou Zhong army.

"Whoosh", "Whoosh"

The archers in the rogue were all surrendered by the officers and soldiers, and as soon as they got the order at this moment, a dense rain of arrows instantly fell on the heads of the officers and soldiers from the sky.

"Ahh

Screams and cries of pain continued to sound, even though Liu Ximing had already ordered the ordinary Ming army's soft-brimmed hats to be replaced with iron round-brimmed hats, but there were still many soldiers who were shot to the end by bows and arrows.

At this time, the Liu family's harsh training method highlighted the effect, the phalanx of nearly 10,000 people braved the rain of arrows and gritted their teeth forward, the soldiers in front were shot down, and the rear ones were immediately replenished, and the entire phalanx had no waves.

The maximum range of the Liukou bow and arrow is 100 paces, and the effective range of the Liu family's latest Longxiang 3 style has also been expanded to 100 steps, but in order to increase the hit rate, the officers usually order to shoot at a distance of about 80 paces.

That's a small distance, it's only enough for the rogue to cast a rain of arrows.

The Liukou archery troops, who were about to continue to draw their bows, took their bows and arrows out of their quivers, and saw that the first row of officers and soldiers on the opposite battlefield had already crouched down.

"Shoot!"

Accompanied by a sharp whistle, the sound of "bang" and "bang" musket firing continued.

The rain of bullets formed by the metal storm was much more powerful than the long-range throwing of bows and arrows, and before the 10,000 archers in front of Luo Rucai's army could react, nearly 1,000 people fell in a white smoke on the opposite side.

Almost at the same time, a second round of bullets formed by the officers and troops relying on the three-stage strike method followed.

"Damn it, get the archers down and put the infantry on top!"

There are not many long-range troops in the Liukou's troops, and now that the official army is so fierce, the bird gun will definitely not work, and the importance of archers has suddenly increased a lot in Luo Rucai's mind, and the rows of fallen archers in front of the battlefield make him feel distressed.

"Keep going!"

While the Liukou troops were adjusting, the infantry of the officers and soldiers also stopped firing, and the team of nearly 10,000 people continued to take neat steps to close the distance between them and the Liukou step by step.

It wasn't until they reached a distance of about sixty paces that the officers and soldiers finally stopped and began to shoot at Liukou again, which happened to be the most powerful distance of the three types of Long Xiang.

The rogue Chinese army, which was still in rotation, was directly stunned by the officers and soldiers who had greatly increased their accuracy in an instant, even if there were constantly leaders calling for charges, the entire forward team still had an unstable trend.

In the end, it was Luo Rucai who saw that the situation was not good and sent his own personal guard troops to supervise the battle, so that the riot was suppressed.

"Charge, charge, Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, I can still suffer a loss if I have more soldiers and horses than you."

The angry Luo Rucai was so anxious that he jumped to his feet in the Chinese army, and he also discovered the problem of the fierce combat strength of the official army.

Immediately, a dull horn sounded in Luo Rucai's Chinese army, and the 30,000 Liukou Chinese troops who had been waiting for the battle began to enter the battle under the shouts of their respective leaders.

On the side of the official army, Liu Ximing had been observing the movement of the army on the opposite side with a telescope, and when he saw Luo Rucai's Chinese army moving, he immediately followed the order:

"Give the order to put the remaining 10,000 horses into battle."

The change in the direction of the Chinese army was quickly transmitted to the two wings, and Cao Bianjiao, who had been harassing the Liukou flank on the right flank, keenly noticed the changes on the battlefield.

After beating his horse and galloping out of the Liukou army again, Cao Bianjiao led the remaining cavalry to charge again, covered in blood.

However, this time, in the face of the right flank of the Liukou who had begun to form a military formation, Cao Bianjiao roared away in front of the formation like a silver fox, and went straight to Luo Rucai's Chinese army, which had become prominent because of the pressure of the whole army.

Luo Rucai's Chinese army was able to rush to the front of the official army after five rounds of shooting, and at this time, he was already frightened, and suddenly heard the roars from the two wings and the roar of horses, and the Chinese army of tens of thousands of people was in a commotion.

Since Liu Ximing sent Cao Bianjiao and Shao Derong to lead the vanguard cavalry to raid, the war has been going on for more than an hour.

Just the first few rounds of charges launched by Cao Bianjiao and others killed at least nearly 10,000 rogues, plus the follow-up impact and the confrontation of the Chinese army, the 150,000 army led by Luo Rucai was only about 130,000 at the moment.

Nearly 20% of the casualties, if it weren't for the large number of rogues, I am afraid that they would have collapsed long ago.

Rao is like this, because the rogue who was trembling because he was attacked from three sides still couldn't stand it, and more and more people died under the swords and guns of the officers.

"General, we can't fight anymore, the officers and soldiers are prepared, our battle formation has been broken, and if we continue to fight, we will lose all the old brothers."

In Luo Rucai's Chinese army, a group of cronies and generals began to persuade bitterly.

Luo Rucai's face was angry, and he pointed to Liu Ximing's banner on the opposite side and scolded: "Withdraw, how to withdraw, the officials and soldiers have bitten us to death, and if we are not careful, we will all have to be left here today." ”

"Now we can only let the Chinese army retreat first, and at the same time withdraw the men and horses on both wings, as long as we don't relax, the officers and troops can't help us."

Someone in the Liukou soon offered an idea, and seeing that the battle in front of the Chinese army was becoming more and more unfavorable, Luo Rucai's heart also rose.

In the end, he had to give an order in a silent voice, "Just do what you say, be sure to stabilize your position, and don't let the officials and soldiers take advantage of the loopholes." ”

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"The rogue is getting ready to withdraw!"

Among the officers and the army, Liu Ximing and others saw the movements of Luo Rucai and others at a glance, but at this time, he had even sent the last 5,000 Beijing battalions, and it was impossible to increase the troops.

After carefully observing the battle, Liu Ximing had to sigh and say:

"Forget it, pass the order down, kill and wound the enemy as much as possible, and don't continue the pursuit."