Chen Tai is also a veteran of battle, and he quickly saw the weakness of the Ming army.

Although the artillery of the Ming army hit far away, the number was very small, and if there were enough of that kind of heavy artillery, it would have already blasted through the city wall.

Except for the more than a dozen heavy artillery pieces that specialized in bombarding the city, they didn't even see light field guns such as tiger squat guns in their formation.

The more than 1,000 musketeers who were at the forefront should be Jiao Lian's biggest reliance, and in addition, the rest of the cavalry, although they seem to be majestic and neat, the weapons in their hands are nothing more than conventional weapons such as knives, guns, bows and crossbows, except for some siege equipment, which may be inferior to the defenders in his city.

As long as you avoid its edge, you can fight!

After some careful consideration, in order to cooperate with Jin Li's offensive and prevent the Ming army from dividing troops to return to the Ganjiang camp, Chen Tai decided to fight!

All the defenders poured out of the nest and attacked in three ways, and they must firmly drag this Ming army to death under the city!

He ordered the 3,000 foot soldiers sent by Jin Li to go directly out of the south gate to feint, and bring more firearms such as tiger squatting cannons and carrying guns, so as to contain the musketeers and heavy artillery of the Ming army from the front; In addition, he ordered 5,000 infantry cavalry, mainly green battalion soldiers, and a team of artillery to go out of the west gate and detour south along the Ganjiang River to attack on the left side of the Ming army.

And his more than 5,000 main iron cavalry, with the cooperation of more than 3,000 foot soldiers, went out of the east gate along the Fu River, detoured south to the right side of the Ming army and attacked fiercely, this way, is the main force of the attack.

When the rumbling cannon on the side of the Gan River, accompanied by the pillar of smoke that rose to the sky, and the formation of the Ming army under the city was slightly commotion, Chen Tai felt that the time had come.

At the sound of an order, the war drums at the head of the city suddenly sounded, and the three armies set off at the same time.

Now, Chen Tai has staked all the chips in his hand, and there are only more than 2,000 soldiers left in the city, but he doesn't feel anything wrong at all.

Under the fortified city, it has been taboo to use soldiers since ancient times, as long as the Jin Li attack is successful, these Ming troops will not even have a chance to escape.

Jiao Lian, just wait for death!

……

In fact, Liu Qilin immediately noticed the abnormality in the direction of the camp behind him.

But compared with Bai Ying, his personality is more calm, on the side of the camp, the governor has already brought people to inspect, as long as he does not send people to ask for help, everything must be under control, and his duty is to obey the military order, step up the siege of the city, and do anything else, the governor has his own idea.

When the drums of Nanchang City rang out suddenly, the city gate was wide open, and the Qing soldiers poured out of the city gate in a steady stream, Liu Qilin was not in a hurry, and ordered the musketeers to stand by under the protection of the cavalry, and ordered half of the artillery to lower the muzzle and bombard directly in the direction of the moat drawbridge.

"As long as your cavalry dares to pour out, I'll blow you up first!"

Liu Qilin was very confident that under the bombardment of seven or eight heavy artillery, it would not take long to block the passage of the Qing army out of the city.

Maybe one of the cannons will be able to destroy the drawbridge if it hits it accurately.

The strange thing is that the Qing army only came out of a few thousand people, and they were all foot soldiers, and the main cavalry was not seen at all, and these thousands of foot soldiers no longer charged as soon as they crossed the moat, but scattered along the moat.

Under the cover of the large shields of the artillery guards, they set up many trots and raised guns, and played a long-distance confrontation with the Ming army.

And the city defense cannon at the head of the city, also braved the fire of the heavy artillery of the Ming army, and lost no time in resounding again......

"Strange ......" Liu Qilin frowned slightly.

He knew very well that these Tartars were sometimes very bearish, but as long as they saw the chance to win, they were also fierce and fierce.

"Now that reinforcements have arrived, there's no reason not to attack......"

Just when Liu Qilin was puzzled, the fangs of the Qing army were finally revealed.

When the sentinel Pegasus came to report the enemy's situation urgently, the Qing cavalry on the east and west sides had already appeared in Liu Qilin's field of vision, and the road was not far, under the cover of the cannon sound at the head of the city, it was only a few miles away from the city to turn the corner.

Seeing this, Liu Qilin urgently ordered the 6,000 foot soldiers to be divided into two, and evacuated to the left and right sides respectively, supporting the cavalry on both sides, Liu Qilin's formation was very reasonable, 5,000 cavalry, and the Chinese army only left 1,000, and there were 2,000 guards on the left and right.

After a round, Liu Qilin saw the reality of the Tartar.

The left side was still a feint, and its tactics were much the same as those of the enemy in the front, except for a symbolic charge, and then it was far from the ground.

The real threat came from the right, where not only was the formation so vast that the cavalry alone numbered in the thousands, but also, depending on the situation, there were firearms battalions in the infantry formations that followed......

Seeing this, Liu Qilin only left the flintlock pistol battalion to protect the artillery, and personally led more than 1,000 cavalry to rush to the right side.

However, the Qing troops on the right side also did not charge with all their strength, and after only one tentative charge was repulsed, they stood firmly, and then field artillery was launched in the infantry formation......

This is Chen Tai's ruthlessness, the Ming army seems to have advanced firearms, but in his opinion, it is strong in the outside, so many guns, so many muskets, how can it be allocated by the three parties?

When the Qing artillery attacked, Liu Qilin finally couldn't bear it, in order to avoid the infantry being unilaterally bombarded, he decided to defend and attack, personally led 3,000 cavalry to assault, and smashed the artillery array of the Qing army, but was intercepted by the more numerous Qing cavalry.

……

Although Jiao Lian's army has tens of thousands of people, since the death of Bai Gui, Liu Qijiao and others, there is a shortage of generals who can fight well, so even Bai Ying and Liu Qilin, who have just reached the age of weak crowns, have to take on the big responsibility and take charge alone.

In the face of the critical situation, in desperation, knowing that as the commander of the whole army, he could not fight rashly, Liu Qilin still had to take the lead and charge personally at the risk of arrows.

After several assaults, although both sides suffered casualties, it was clear that Liu Qilin's Ming army suffered a big loss.

The cavalry of the Qing army on the opposite side is the authentic Manchurian Eight Banner soldiers, all bald rat-braided grassland riders, in addition to the head-on collision with the wow-wow-wow, without fear, they also have a unique skill - riding and shooting!

Before the two sides got close, a rain of arrows hit the opposite side, Rao is Jiao Lian's soldiers, after Liu Xulei's training, their level of bravery is not the same as before, but on the way to the charge, they were hit by arrows and fell from their horses, which was a great blow to morale.

The Ming army, which was already at a disadvantage in strength, had suffered heavy casualties in just a few rounds, with nearly half of the losses and even Liu Qilin himself, who had been hit by an arrow in the shoulder, stained his battle robe with blood, and was able to grab out of the enemy's siege and retreat to the main position under the hard rescue of several personal soldiers.

Seeing this, the Eight Banners did not chase after them, but they just roared and coaxed with great force, and the artillery in the infantry formation roared again.

In the infantry formation of the Ming army, there are also archers, who can use artillery to kill and injure the Ming army from a long distance, they don't need to brave the arrows to catch up and fight hard, and when Jin Li's army arrives, these people will die sooner or later.

……

However, Jin Li didn't wait, but waited for Liu Xulei!

When Liu Xulei led the team to arrive, Liu Qilin was in this embarrassing situation, which made Liu Xulei sigh again that the war of this era, the cruelty of face-to-face white-knuckle warfare, and the war of long-range artillery fire in later generations are completely different things.

didn't have time to comfort Liu Qilin, Liu Xulei took over the command of the battlefield, and he only gave one order to decide the outcome of this battle:

"One left and one right of the machine gun company, all the guard companies are on their horses, ready to charge!"

(In the early Manchu Dynasty, there was a shortage of copper and iron and other resources for cannon casting, and even iron pots were difficult to ensure that every household had them. ）

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