The sound of gunfire fell silent again, and then a tsunami-like cry rang out.

The goose-feather snow fell again, and in the center of Zhaojiazhuang, which was littered with ruined walls and blackened traces of fire, the soldiers of the Young Guards swooped up again against the wind and snow. The white blade flashed with cold light, which was terrifying!

Zhang Cheng once again rushed to the front, he also picked up a flintlock pistol with a bayonet and bullets, and did not fire, but charged with his head covered.

Due to the heavy snowstorm and the malfunction caused by the previous indiscriminate fire, the Qing army's arquebuses were all muted, and their 3-pounder guns were also lost. So now the only thing that can pose a threat to the charging Ming army is the bows and arrows in the hands of a few old Manchurians. However, in this snowy day, the power of bows and arrows was also greatly reduced, and the young soldiers of the Ming army were equipped with sturdy cuirasses and helmets. Unless they are aimed at at close range, it is difficult for arrows to hit parts of their body that are not firmly protected by their armor. As for covering with dense arrowheads, the Qing army under Nikan did not have so many archers - now the main body of this Qing army was already farmers who cultivated outside the passes, and even if they could shoot arrows, they could not shoot accurately, and they could not draw hard bows.

Therefore, Nikan could only draw out some old Manchuria and old traitors with outstanding archery skills, let them lie in ambush behind the ruins, and wait for the Ming army to approach and suddenly rush out and shoot arrows.

This trick also shot and killed many young soldiers of the Ming army when the sky was just bright, but the Ming army quickly came up with countermeasures. They just rushed with muskets loaded with ammunition, and the Qing archers who were within ten paces of the Qing army or did not see the Qing archers who suddenly appeared to shoot arrows did not fire.

An old Manchurian warrior in white cotton armor suddenly burst out from behind a low earthen wall, and then quickly pulled out an eight-force bow in his hand, aiming at Zhang Cheng and about to shoot an arrow. But a few crisp gunshots rang out first, and a few wisps of green smoke suddenly came out of the white-armored Manchurian warrior, and the whole person seemed to have been electrocuted, trembling and falling to the ground, although he barely shot the feather arrow before falling, but he was completely inaccurate, and he didn't know where to fly.

Zhang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to take the lead in the charge with a flintlock pistol screaming, and one or two hundred peasant soldiers with wooden shields made of unknown planks were forced by the old Manchurian traitors to come out of the earthen walls or behind the houses where they were hiding. These people all have a crying face, because the ferocity of the opponent has long exceeded their imagination! The marksmanship of these young soldiers of the Ming army is obviously very good, but they like to fill a round of ammunition in the chamber of the gun when they charge, and then hold back and not shoot, until they rush to within ten steps of the opponent, and then kill with another shot!

At this distance, the lead bullet fired by the flintlock musket could not only hit a hundred shots, but it was also not something that any armor or shield could resist. But the peasant soldiers who were forced into the battlefield still equipped themselves with a makeshift wooden shield as much as possible, even if it was useless, it could comfort their fragile hearts.

呯呯呯呯......

When the distance between the soldiers on both sides was shortened to less than ten paces, the flintlock pistols in the hands of the young soldiers of the Ming army opened fire one after another, and the young soldiers trained by the "997" for six years certainly did not have the possibility of missing at this distance. The peasant soldiers of the Qing army with shields immediately fell, and the rest of them also had a nervous breakdown, turned around and ran.

However, the Manchurian soldiers who supervised the battle behind them did not agree, and dozens of people rushed out from behind a low wall, each with a Kwantung broom, standing in a row, and blocking the peasants' retreat with murderous spirit.

But how can the Kanto broom have a flintlock pistol that can shoot deadly lead bullets? The peasant soldiers who were cornered rushed forward with wooden shields, and actually knocked dozens of Manchurian soldiers into a staggered manner, and then fled by seizing the road. When this group of scattered Manchurian soldiers was about to jump to their feet and scold, the young soldiers of the Ming army led by Zhang Cheng screamed and killed, first a sparse but very deadly shooting, and then a white-knuckle assault!

Because of the previous shelling and long-distance shooting, the close-range gunfire had already exhausted the morale of this group of Manchurian soldiers, so when the white blades intersected, the Manchurian soldiers were naturally crushed at the first touch.

"Wreck! It's all a waste! Lost the face of the ancestors......" Nikan, who climbed onto a roof to supervise the battle, saw that the Manchurian soldiers and peasant soldiers in front of him were about to collapse at the touch of a button, and he was so angry that he jumped to his feet, and he didn't know if he jumped too hard, and with a click, he stepped on a hole in the roof, and one foot fell into it, and the whole person lost his balance and sat on the roof.

Some of his own soldiers hurried forward to help Nikan, and with a flick of his arm, Nikan stood up, pulled out his foot, and limped to the edge of the eaves, and descended down the ladder to the ground.

Several Mel Zhangjing and Jia Lazhangjing saw that he looked like he was going to eat people, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

"The prince is angry, the prince is angry, the people below have done their best......"

"Lord Wang, now the army is panicking, and he can only be appeased, not forced!"

Nikan roared, "Do your best? Bullshit! I ran away without even fighting...... I think the Ming army back then was not so cowardly! These turtle grandchildren have all lost the face of their ancestors! ”

At this moment, there was a clang, and a "black man" in white clothes and white armor who had been smoked black by gunpowder smoke slammed open the door and entered the dean. It was his turn to oversee the defense against the Ming army, but now it seems that he has lost a big defeat.

When Nikan saw the man, he was not very angry, and as soon as he limped up, he gave Duncan a big ear scraper, and felt that it was not enjoyable to slap another one, and then scolded: "You useless thing, are you worthy of your ancestors like this?" ”

He was confused, Duncan was not a Manchurian, and his ancestors were no more than farmers in Liaodong.

"Lord, don't fight...... Lord" Duncan covered his face and cried and said: "The Ming army is about to hit here, Lord Wang, hurry up!" ”

"Shift?" Nikan's face turned blue all of a sudden, "It's been moved eight times since last night, and if you move it again, you'll be out of Zhaojiazhuang!" ”

"Then, that has to be moved!" Duncan said, "If you don't move the prince, you're going to die......"

As if to prove that what he said was right, the shouts of the young soldiers of the Ming army had already come one after another!

"Bao Daming, defend the king, kill the ...... of the Dongyu"

Nikan's face turned pale again...... I'm scared!

He was stunned, and tears came down, "I'm sorry for my ancestors!" I'm sorry for my ancestors......"

I'm sorry for the ancestors, I mean I can run away!

The people around Nikan breathed a sigh of relief—now they could move on to the battlefield!

However, Nikan's men and horses have nowhere to transfer, as he just said, he has moved to the northern edge of Zhaojiazhuang, but he is unwilling to give up Zhaojiazhuang and run away. For Dhoni's messenger had arrived before dawn and had brought an encouraging good news. Doni and Yue Le had already arrived with a large army...... As long as Nikan holds on a little longer, reinforcements will arrive!

So Nikan had no choice but to grit his teeth, retreat to a ruined temple in the north of Zhaojiazhuang with his subordinates, and then deploy the five or six thousand people still under his control (he doesn't know where the rest went) in dozens of courtyards in the north of Zhaojiazhuang, as well as behind a fence and ditch in the north of Zhaojiazhuang, and hold on to it.

But what happened next was once again beyond Nikan's expectations, and the reinforcements of Doni and Yue Le were obviously not far from Zhaojiazhuang, but they just couldn't wait for the left and didn't come to the right. From early morning until noon, and then from noon until late afternoon, and did not wait for Dhoni.

The Ming army attacking Zhaojiazhuang seemed to be waiting, and they stopped the offensive from the morning of that day, and began to renovate the fortifications and deploy garrisons inside and outside most of the captured Zhaojiazhuang......