At the moment, the battle on the "Suzhou Defense Line" was both hot and brutal.

On the bank of the river, there were not only the horses standing diagonally on the river, but also the chariots of the Qing army coming to the bank. The blazing flames reflected half of the sky, and on the other side of the river, the Qing army's chariots continued to rush into the river one after another, exchanging fire with the Ming army's pillboxes along a section of several hundred meters of the riverbank.

Although the "Suzhou Defense Line" can be held here, Wu Shengtai, as the commander, knows his own suffering.

The Ming army in the area where the exchange of fire has started now cannot be held at all, and the transfer of troops from other areas not only takes time, but also the generals and adults of those miscellaneous armies all want to preserve their strength, even if they are ordered to send only a few dozen or a hundred troops. This small force was thrown into battle little by little, and it was consumed in batches.

"Fuck, this isn't going to be a refueling tactic!"

Wu Shengtai scolded in his heart, but this is the actual situation now. In this troubled world, there are soldiers who have power, and where there are soldiers, there is everything, whether it is in the Ming army or the Qing army, this is a truth. Therefore, each general only wants to preserve his strength, regardless of what problems will arise elsewhere on the entire front. In addition, even if you are unfortunately defeated and surrender to the Qing army, isn't it also a big official with many soldiers!

On the river, the chariots were still rushing to the opposite bank one after another, and despite the extremely fierce artillery fire there, despite the fierce resistance there, the chariots of the Qing army still rushed into the sea of fire one after another, rushing into the vortex of death.

The artillery fire of the Ming army was still falling from the sky, especially those "tiger squat guns" with observers, and the "armor-piercing shells" specially designed to penetrate the chariot fell from the bottom and landed near the chariot that was constantly moving forward. Due to the crudely made nature of the cannon, the hit rate was quite low, and only occasionally the vehicles crossing the river were hit and sank.

When the Qing chariot arrived at the riverbank, it was often the beginning of the nightmare of the soldiers in the chariot. Crossbow arrows and firebolts hit the chariot, and the "chain oil bombs" that were thrown fell to the ground, igniting a large fire. Fortunately, there is a river on the side, although it is colder, the fire can be extinguished and lives can be saved.

The soldiers who could not come up on the chariot raised their spears and crossbows in their hands, and some of them even bit a short knife in their mouths, and bravely climbed up the slope of the riverbank. There are also people who lead the fire in the place where the horse is on fire, and throw the "chain fire oil bomb" at the pillbox on which crossbow arrows are fired.

More and more Qing soldiers gathered on the riverbank, although many people were shot as "hedgehogs" by the crossbow arrows fired, after all, under the cover of numerous chariot wreckage, more and more people were alive, and finally a team of several hundred people rushed to the riverbank. As soon as he climbed the slope, he was immediately greeted by the guns of the Ming army of the second line of defense.

The few who ran in front of them threw their bodies back sharply, and their arms were stretched out to the sky, as if trying to grasp something. As soon as he earned it, he fell down the slope and rolled down the slope, and his angry eyes were wide open, and he was dead.

Although the soldiers in front were defeated, more and more Qing chariots kept approaching the shore, more and more soldiers joined the attack, and the crowd of people attacking the slope became more and more turbulent.

A large group of Qing soldiers rushed across the slope on the shore with the "spear-type crossbow" in their hands, and the miscellaneous soldiers of the Ming army, who had been attacking the Qing army's chariots with "chain fire oil bombs" on the slope, were not allowed to raise their swords and guns and melee with the Qing soldiers.

"Kill ......" The Qing soldiers shot the last crossbow arrow before the melee, took off the steel knife under the rib in their hands, opened their eyes wide, and shouted loudly in their mouths to pounce on the oncoming Ming soldiers.

As soon as the soldiers on both sides came into contact, the merits were decided. Facing the Qing soldiers, the Ming soldiers were often miscellaneous soldiers, one by one, with blood, swords and guns raised together, and the Qing soldiers collided together. The miscellaneous Ming army was wearing leather armor, and there was a metal "heart guard" hanging on the chest, and the protection ability was too poor, and dozens of people had been shot down before they could engage the Qing army.

On the other hand, on the side of the Qing army, they are wearing imitation composite armor, and their protective power is naturally not something that the miscellaneous allies can resist. There are even people with more than a dozen arrows in their bodies, who are still fighting with the soldiers of the miscellaneous Ming army.

Under the collision of the two armies, swords flew and spears stabbed indiscriminately, and after a scream, flesh and blood splashed in every movement of the soldiers on both sides with all their might. In the screams, one by one, their bodies fell to the ground, curled up with all their might, trying to save the last trace of their lives.

More Ming soldiers rushed out of the fortress. Without the "chain oil bombs", more chariots reached the shore, and for a while, the banks of the defense line were full of people fighting.

With the passage of time, gradually on the river bank, these ragtag troops relying on strong fortresses to defend themselves could no longer hold on in the face of the Qing army's fearless attack on death, except for a few soldiers who were still fighting against the Qing soldiers, most of the Ming soldiers had thrown down their weapons and scattered in all directions.

Wu Shengtai's 200 personal soldiers became a "fire brigade", and they were thrown there wherever they were needed, and once they were stabilized, they were drawn back and sent to a more "hot" place.

Although the "repeating firearms" they were equipped with could not penetrate the armor worn by these Qing troops that imitated the Shenzhou army, they could make them incapacitated, and the revolver provided more intensive firepower, which could give them the upper hand even in the face of a considerable number of Qing troops.

When on the riverbank, in front of a large group of Qing soldiers, the last of the warriors of the motley Ming army who was still insisting on fighting fell to the ground, his eyes were full of doubts: "What about my brothers? What about them? ”

At this time, the reinforcements composed of Wu Shengtai's recruits arrived. In the thick of the night, dark green figures, like ghosts slipping out of the underworld, came out of the fortress behind, lined up in an attack formation of five people, and approached forward.

"Rush, ......!" The Qing army, who had just cut down the last soldier who had resisted the Ming army, let out a cheerful shout from their mouths, as if they had returned to the battlefield before the appearance of the "Shenzhou Army", and with their skillful and sharp sword skills and bloody bravery, they could break through the Ming army's formation.

So they cheered, holding their swords and guns, completely unthinking that now was the time to use the "gun crossbow".

"Bah...... In the sound of muskets fired continuously, in the darkness of the night opposite, a group of ghostly figures suddenly stood up, and the sound of muskets was heard there....... The soldiers of the Qing army, who were still cheering just now, rushed inward, suddenly like a group of drunkards, their shadows writhed crookedly, and fell to the ground.