PS: Thank you for your support and the encouragement of the editors. I'm also embarrassed to tell you that there was a small error in yesterday's chapter. Yue Tuo's eldest son doesn't seem to be too big at this time, and he hasn't made it to Bayala Bing Zhangjing. Mistaken.

At the beginning of Yanlong leading dozens of horsemen out of the challenge, this earth-shattering move made Wang Dehua almost break the spectacle legs on his ears. The 30,000 Jiannu army on the opposite side, he should hold on to the city and wait for reinforcements, this bold general actually ordered people to challenge, and also, insulted the other party?

He watched with concern as the Jiannu army on the opposite side launched a charge. I can't help but worry about my fate.

Two hundred heavily armored soldiers rode down from the hillside, and their momentum was amazing, and the powerful momentum that fell from the sky made them tumble like huge stones rolling down the hillside. Behind these heavily armored soldiers, there were two white flags of ten Niu Lu, forming a huge mudslide, as if to swallow the entire Nanzhong Army and Changqing County in one gulp.

He wanted to use this powerful impact speed to rush into the military formation of the Southern Central Army in one go, and then display the strong fighting ability of the heavy armor soldiers to carry out a massacre.

They all thought that Jiannu was good at cavalry and good at cavalry shooting, but in fact, this was a misunderstanding or smoke. Compared with cavalry warfare, the Qing soldiers are indeed better at foot combat, and the Ming note "Seeing the New Strategy" has a saying: "It is said that the slave is good at Tengshan in short battles." Horse soldiers are weak. Yeh horsemen were the toughest, and the infantry was weak. Therefore, the slave is afraid of the north ride, and the north is afraid of the slave step. Yehe White Sheep Bone said: 'I am afraid of slave steps, slaves are afraid of me to ride.' The strength is also resistant, and the technology is also the enemy. ’”

Moreover, since Huang Taiji ascended the throne and became emperor, the investment in firearms has also continued to increase, and a large number of artillery and muskets have been manufactured and equipped with the Eight Banners Army. Become a weapon for them to attack the city and break the army. The Battle of Songjin, which decided the fate of the Ming and Qing dynasties in Liaodong, both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties used a large number of Hongyi cannons. In the battle of Songshan alone, the Qing army transported 10,000 artillery shells, 40 Hongyi cannons, and 10,000 catties of explosives. After the Battle of Songjin. The Qing army in Jinzhou already had 100 Hongyi cannons. Most of the artillery of the Ming army outside the Guanxi fell into the hands of the Qing people, and only Wu Sangui, who was stationed in Ningyuan, still had more than ten Hongyi cannons.

The situation of firearms in the Ming and Qing dynasties reversed, and the Western missionary John Tang exclaimed: "The man is strong and strong." The arrow is sharp and the bow is strong. It has outdone me. And lately, firearms have been comparable to mine, and I have all the miraculous skills of mine. At present, firearms are expensive Western milling. The enemy is not only there, but now it is widespread......"

After entering the customs, firearms played a decisive role in all battles, such as the Jiangyin Campaign, the Tongguan Campaign, and the Datong Campaign. And in the Kangxi period, he kept bullying opponents with artillery and muskets. If there really is an artillery that can still show its might more than 100 years later, then why did Wu Sangui never break through the Yangtze River defense line, did not extend his power to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and started a competition with the Qing army for grain bags and money in the southeast?

Therefore, the so-called statement that the Manchus only knew how to ride and shoot is really ridiculous. In terms of the importance of firearms and the development and mastery of techniques and tactics, the Jiannu in the Liaodong period has been promoted to a much higher level than the Ming army.

The red-flag-bearing Baya Lama Zhangjing held his own flag in one hand, swinging left and right, shouting and killing. He saw very clearly that the Nanban army on the opposite side was only a few thousand people, and the cavalry was placed on both wings. And it seems that those cavalry are all raw melons and eggs who have just learned to ride horses, how can they fight against these elite horsemen under him?

What's even more ridiculous is that almost all of the firecrackers were arranged in three columns, and they were all lined up in front of the formation.

Not only was the military formation thin, but there was not even artillery except for the gun. They didn't know what to say, this thin array was like a piece of thin paper, and it was broken by the sharp Eight Banners Iron Cavalry? In the face of the fast horses and spears of the heavily armored soldiers, this formation was basically defenseless, and then a happy slaughter and plunder.

And behind this thin three-column formation, there are dozens of people dressed in brocade robes and richly decorated, who must be the leaders of the Nanzhong army, and if they are captured, or they are shocked to run around, this battle will be won! Just like against other Ming armies.

Less than two miles away from the formation of the Nanzhong Army, these heavy armored soldiers of the Red Banner were surprised to find that the thin formation of the Nanzhong Army on the opposite side suddenly changed again.

With the sentinel as a unit, the divisions quickly shrank, revealing the artillery positions behind them.

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

The commanders of the guns kept repeating the orders that had been sent from the Chinese army. Twelve-pounder, eight-pounder, and six-pounder guns, all of which have the best range at this distance.

The artillery pieces had already been adjusted, and they were only waiting for Jiannu to rush into the range of the pre-surveyed Lu. With an order from the commander of the gun, the gunners of a regiment of six-pounder guns struggled to swing their arquebuses forward! The cannon shook violently, and the muzzle of the cannon erupted with fierce fire, and thick smoke rose with it, followed by a loud bang. The strong recoil compresses the springs on the gun mount to the limit, causing both gun mounts to take a big step back.

In the deafening sound of cannonballs, a round iron ball weighing five catties smashed into the Red Banner Manchurian heavy armor formation that was galloping towards it with a blazing ferocity.

"There is artillery in the Ming army, and it can still fight so far?"

The red-flag-bearing Baya Lama Zhangjing was rushing to his head, when he suddenly saw that the opposite side began to open fire, and dozens of iron balls of different sizes swooped towards his team.

Fang Cai's vigor and majesty immediately became gone, and the roar that he couldn't stop letting out also came to an abrupt end, and all the heavy armor soldiers were staring at the direction where the cannonballs were flying.

The first cannonball smashed on the road of the heavily armored cavalry, although the point of impact was far away from everyone's horses' heads, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, but they forgot that the solid big round iron ball, in this kind of cold weather, the ground is frozen as hard as steel, the cannonball will run and jump, and the lethality brought by this kind of running and jumping is also irresistible to the human body with carbohydrates as the main component.

This shell is bouncing. It was bounced up by the hard ground, drew an arc in the air, flew forward for more than a dozen steps, landed on the ground but the castration was not reduced, and rushed straight towards the war horse of Nabaya Lama Zhangjing.

With a click, Baya Laxuzhangjing's war horse from the Horqin grassland was taken away by the fierce cannonball that took away his right leg, and he immediately stood unsteadily, and fell diagonally. Baya Laja Zhangjing was also knocked out of the gang to the outside.

"! What bad luck! ”

Baya Laja Zhangjing's eyes darkened, and the best trace of consciousness appeared in his mind. He broke his cervical vertebrae. At the same time, several layers of armor on the body rubbed against each other. His carotid artery was cut open by a massive impact. A bloody arrow stained his armor red.

In addition to brutally killing the battle-hardened and extremely high combat effectiveness of the Zhenghong Banner Baya Lama Zhangjing, the shell also took the head of a heavily armored soldier and the arms of two domestic slaves who accompanied the army. There are also a few people with thighs and calves. Knocked over five or six horses. Pierced the shock formation of the heavy armor. opened a bloody path in the crowd, scurried around for a long time, and only stopped after the last moment. Leaving behind a long and mournful howl of blood and weeping.

Dozens of large iron balls of different sizes followed, bouncing like tiles thrown diagonally by a naughty boy to the surface of the water. Countless pieces of flesh splattered in the crowd. A cannonball pierced through the chests of two heavily armored soldiers, and the head of a house slave was broken into red and white pieces. After that, the castration continued, and the head of a heavily armored soldier galloping past the horse was taken away obliquely, but the body of the man was still on the horse's back, and streams of blood spurted out of the neck cavity, making several soldiers next to him scream.

One after another, large iron balls continued to fly, either directly penetrating the military formation of the red flag, shattering the carbohydrate-based bodies that blocked their flight path one after another, or after landing on the ground, they were bounced off by the hard ground and flew into the formation, breaking the hands and feet of those soldiers wearing two or even three layers of heavy armor.

After a round of shelling, dozens of heavy armored soldiers fell victim to the shells, and their mutilated corpses lay in an area less than 200 paces away from the position of the South Central Army. There was still a trace of life, and the seriously wounded were lying in pools of blood, let the cold wind blow.

"Master Zhangjing is dead!"

"Master Zhangjing is dead!"

The bad news was spread by the frightened soldiers, and the ten white flags that followed the heavy armor soldiers rushed into battle suddenly became chaotic, and the hundreds of people in the vanguard were unable to regain momentum, and crashed head-on into the formation of the heavy armor soldiers who were fleeing south in a hurry.

For a while, countless bodies collided together, and those heavy armorers who were frightened by the fear of death saw the armor of the Ming army on this group of clothed Niu Lu, and their first reaction was to wave the spear and big knife in their hands and fight to slash and pierce.

In the dry and cold air, there was a thick smell of blood from time to time, as well as a faint smell of gunsmoke.

It took a lot of effort for Yue Tuo and the others to contain the ten coated cows that had retreated. After hanging the beheading of the hundred and ten Baoyi who were the first to escape and meet the heavy armor soldiers with swords and guns on the high pole, Yue Tuo's face turned pale, and he looked at the ten Baoyi Niu Lu in front of him hatefully.

This group of guys, if they say they are wrong, it doesn't seem to be. The first to retreat was the heavy armor of the Red Banner, which disrupted their formation. However, if he was not punished, the dozens of heavy armor soldiers under his command would die a little unjustly.

"Strike first! My two red flag warriors are waiting for you to wait for the pressure formation. ”

In the low sound of horns, the coaters of Niu Lu and Niu Lu stood in a neat line, lined up in a dense formation in front of the formation. Most of these former Guanning officers and soldiers were raised by generals and officers, and they were dressed in iron-inlaid cotton armor, although they were not as good as those Manchurian Eight Banner infantry soldiers who wore soldiers' knives, ladder knives, shields on their backs, and iron armor, but they were also skilled in personal skills, and their combat ability was comparable to that of the bannermen in the Manchurian Eight Banners, or even stronger.

Behind the ten Niu Lu queues, there were a thousand Qing soldiers wearing double heavy armor, most of these people were elite horse armor and infantry soldiers in the banner, all armed with eight banner spears or tiger guns. As soon as the coats of these ten Niu Lu rushed into the ranks of the Nanzhong army and mixed with the Nanzhong army, they immediately used their spears to form a formation and attack.

At the end of the pack were five hundred heavy horsemen, each of whom was dressed in two layers of heavy armor and each of them was armed with a spear, and the horses were also covered with thick iron-inlaid cotton armor, which followed behind these infantrymen. There are more than 200 Baya soldiers at the back, with heavy mercury armor. Armed with a knife or spear with an iron handle. Horses followed behind the most sturgeon.

"It's a pity that it's too urgent, otherwise, let you barbarians also taste the taste of my Qing artillery fire!"

Yue Tuo glanced fiercely at the military array opposite.

"Yue Tuo also looks down on me too much!"

With a little contempt, Shouhan took in Jiannu's adjustment and mobilization through the telescope.

"My lord, the slave chief Yue Tuo made such a big move, and he took five thousand people in one go! There are more than ten Niu Lu flags alone, and there are a few Jia Lada Xu! ”

Wang Chengen shouted beside Shouhan with some excitement. The victory of the artillery gave him great confidence, and he rode his horse to stand beside the defender, hoping to learn from him the secret method of how to destroy a strong enemy in the southern army.

Not only did the Jiannu infantry make adjustments to the deployment of the frontal attack, but the 5,000 Mongol soldiers who came to Changqing with Yue Tuo and others also divided about 2,000 troops. From Wohu Mountain, Wufeng Mountain two roads to Changqing County to do a detour. Attempts were made to contain the troops of the South Central Army on both flanks, and even to break through the military formations of the South Central Army from the flanks.

In addition to attacking, another function is defense, beware of the cavalry of the Southern Central Army launching a surprise attack on the Chinese army in Jiannu from both flanks.

A large number of Mongol cavalry moved to the flanks in a noisy and whistle. All cavalry were armoured soldiers. Each person wears a willow leaf armor or a luo ring armor. Wear a red tasseled hat or a flap helmet. Every cavalryman, every cavalryman, held a black tasseled flag. The soldiers of each armor are tied to a small black tasseled flag on their backs.

"Blow the trumpet! Gather the cavalry signal teams of all brigades and regiments and unify them under the command of Huang Yishan, the commander of the cavalry brigade! Huang Yishan, give you 400 cavalry, and drive these Tartars from the east and west back to their lair! Don't get in the way of Lao Tzu's eyes! ”

"Wu guerrilla! Take your people and obey Brigade Commander Huang! Dare to cower, our family will kill your whole family! Wang Chengen used his sharp voice to intimidate the Wu guerrilla of the 3,000 battalion.

"My subordinates have long wanted to kill the enemy and serve the country!" That Wu Guerrilla blushed and gave a military salute to Wang Chengen, he has already understood in the past few days that fighting with the South Central Army is a sure deal, such a good thing, why not go?

The sound of horses' hooves pounded on the ground, and hundreds of cavalry swept up a cold wind and rushed towards the east and west to meet the Mongol cavalry that was coming in small and chaotic steps.

"Father-in-law! He also asked his father-in-law to go to the artillery team to supervise the battle, so that the sons could see the angels of the court killing the enemy with them. ”

"Good! Being able to manipulate artillery is a great pleasure for our family! Thanks a lot! Thanks a lot! ”

Wang Chengen led a few little eunuchs and hurried towards the artillery position.

In the sound of trumpets sent by the cold wind, the queue of Qing soldiers slowly approached north. Today's combat is somewhat different from the previous habit of building slaves. In the past, the Jiannu battle has always been two heavy armor soldiers in the front, and light armor and good archery soldiers in the back. It's the same as in modern warfare when tanks lead armored infantry charges.

However, today, those Tartar soldiers with huge shields in their hands, red-lacquered long-bladed broadswords in their right hands, or half-moon short-handled axes, and thick bodies and fierce expressions, serve as overseers behind the brigade of Niulu. Looking at the bulging appearance of their bodies, it is clear that Lu Dao is wearing at least two layers of heavy armor, the outer layer is inlaid with iron cotton armor, the inner layer is a fine chain mail, and some people even have a Nanzhong armor on the outside. Like these people, there are also some people who are armed with iron long-handled knives, tiger tooth knives, tiger guns, and spears, and each has an iron bottle several inches long under his gun. The purpose of this is to use cannon fodder to attract and consume the opponent's firepower and buy space and time for the main force.

There was a loud shout from the team, and the thunderstorm in the Qing army formation seemed to shout in unison, and thousands of people rushed towards the position of the Southern Chinese Army in unison.

"Brother Liao, can you stand it? Why don't you let my brother come first? ”

Wu Biao, who was supervising the formation at the rear of his position, was a little concerned and teased Liao Dongzhi with some playfulness.

Liao Dongzhi's Third Brigade was responsible for the main defensive direction directly opposite Jiannu.

At Wu Biao's ridicule in the distance, Liao Dongzhi just smiled and ignored this brother who had known him for many years. Summoned one of his own soldiers, "Go to the artillery team, tell the brothers, tell them to hold off the artillery, and after we have fired three volleys here, they will kill and wound the enemy with artillery!" ”

At a short time, a military horn sounded from the artillery team, indicating that it had received the request of the Liao brigade. Always ready to support the brothers of the Liao Brigade with artillery fire.

The officers and soldiers in the Baoyi Niulu who were responsible for the main attack task walked in the direction of the military formation of the Nanzhong Army all the way in fear, and they had to stop and sort out the team after a few steps.

Looking at the area where Fang Caizheng's red flag and heavy armor were bombarded by artillery fire, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that this army is not much different from the Ming army, and they are all accustomed to firing artillery from a distance.

"Let these minions hurry up, rush up and find the family, kill them, and this battle is over!"

However, as the various Niu Lu got closer and closer, several Niu Lu Zhang Jing felt a little strange. Judging from their experience in the Ming army, when they walked more than 150 paces, they had already exploded with firearms and artillery, and they had already blown up about 100 paces. However, the army in front of him was silent, and there were some doubts in his heart, how could the Ming army there be so calm?

Puzzled in his heart, the steps under his feet inevitably slowed down, but the five Niu Lu in front slowed down, but the five Niu Lu in the back did not slow down, and the team still moved forward slowly for a while. One hundred steps, ninety steps, eighty steps.

There was still no movement on the other side, only the sound of a cold wind blowing through the flag. (To be continued......)