The battlefield on the south bank of the Tuhe River was originally an open land with a flat river, but now because of the existence of the Ming army's "Tuweizi" and the ditch chest wall dug by the Qing army, the left and right sides of the Ming army's Shandong regiment training army in a defensive posture have to rely on. And they are in a backwater formation, with the Tuhe River behind them, although they can wade, but a part of the Qing soldiers led by Gang Atai has appeared on the north bank of the Tuhe River, blocking the retreat of wading and fleeing.

Therefore, Gao Hongtu's regimental training can only fight against the tide now, and the Eight Banners soldiers who are surging like a tide are desperate!

The Shandong regiment training army (also known as the Qi army) under Gao Hongtu's command seems to be the bottom of Zhu Cihong's Ming army system today, and it has a strong feudal and backward nature from the beginning, relying on teachers and students, fellow villagers, clans, in-laws and other interpersonal relationships to maintain, thus forming one military group after another. To put it figuratively, it is Gao Hongtu, a big warlord, coaxing a group of small warlords below. Such groups are very corruptible, and once they have enough victories to enjoy, they become dull.

But now, when the Qi army was still newly established, it could work together from top to bottom. Moreover, because the Qi army followed the path of scholars leading the troops, and there were many young scholars from Shandong in the army who served as assistant commanders, battalion officers, or fellow intellectuals, their ability to learn and improve was still very strong.

For example, the phenomenon of indiscriminate firing of firearms that occurred a few days ago when fighting with the Qing army has now been solved, that is, to select a gunner with relatively good psychological quality to board the shield car and be responsible for firing, and at the same time let the gunner with poor psychological quality be responsible for reloading-this can not only solve the problem of indiscriminate fire, but also allow the three-eyed gunner to form a continuous firepower.

In order to protect the soldiers who fired the three-eyed muskets from being shot by the arrowheads, the craftsmen who accompanied the army also made a shooting hole in the wooden shield of the shield cart, and the musketeers could kneel behind the large shield on one knee and fire the three-eyed musket through the shooting hole.

Since it was too late to connect all the shield carts, the Moon Chariot Fort Array could not be placed, so Gao Hongtu had to let the sword soldier spearman put his head in the gap between the shield carts. The archers of the regimental training army carried bamboo bows and lined up behind the defensive line composed of shield carts, sword soldiers, and pikemen, and everyone had bamboo bows in their hands.

Behind these archers was a line of pikemen and swordmen, and behind them were Gao Hongtu and his own soldiers. And behind Gao Hongtu is the surface of the Tuhe River. The rolling river gradually wet Gao Hongtu's robe, but he didn't notice it, just looked forward intently.

The Eight Banners did not rush up, but stopped moving one or two thousand steps away from the Ming army's position. At this time, the sky was a little brighter, and in the distance you could see a sea of white, yellow, blue, and red armor, which seemed to completely submerge the low, thin embankment formed by the Ming officers and soldiers.

The officers and men on the battlefield all had a hint of foreboding. Because they didn't find the "everybody's love" clothed minions and green battalion soldiers...... This time it was all Eight Banners True Manchuria, and the number of people must have exceeded 10,000!

Whining......

With a whimpering of military bugles, the originally static Eight Banners Horse Team suddenly became a disturbance! The Eight Banners did not rush up, but rushed out a group of cavalrymen in yellow armor, about 2,000 horsemen, and began to charge along the left side of the trench dug by the Qing army themselves. From a distance, I saw only the yellow cavalry rolling and jumping, whistling towards me.

Li Dakai, who commanded the battle, was born in Jiangmen, although he didn't have much actual combat experience, but his vision was still there, and when he saw the formation of the Eight Banners, he knew that they were going to play mounted archery.

He opened his throat and shouted, "No arrows, no guns, no backs...... It's all fucking for Lao Tzu to carry! ”

The bows on the Eastern battlefield have always been divided into riding bows and foot bows, and the riding bows are light and soft, which is easy to use on horseback. The foot bow is long and stiff, and it is impossible to shoot arrows on horseback, but the bow is full of power and has a long effective range.

However, the production cost and time of a good bow are not affordable for the newly established Shandong regiment training army.

And those long wooden bows that are completely pulled by brute force are also unplayable for old farmers who have just turned into soldiers - although farming is also hard work, it is still different from drawing a bow and shooting arrows.

Therefore, the Shandong regiment training army is generally equipped with bamboo bows, which are soft and light, and the firing range is also short. Dealing with the armor-clad Eight Banner Soldiers, that is, a little lethality within a dozen steps.

In the face of the surging Eight Banners Horse Team, they could only endure being shot by arrows and not fighting back, because it was useless to fight back!

In the same way, the effective range of the Three-Eyed Firebolt is only a little bit, and it can't hit it at all if it's far away!

At this moment, the first wave of charging Eight Banners had slowed down their horses, took out their bows and arrows, and at the same time began to turn their horses' heads, turning to the left in turn, from rushing straight to the Ming army's defense line, to being parallel to the Ming army's battle line, gathering about twenty or thirty paces.

With a loud and trembling sound, countless sharp arrows burst out and rushed straight towards the Ming army's array!

I only saw that the sharp arrows fell like raindrops in the Ming army array, and the landing points of the arrows were very concentrated, and suddenly there were incomplete armor, and the soldiers who were not covered enough were penetrated by the sharp arrows and fell to the ground, letting out bursts of wails.

But the rest of the soldiers remained unmoved.

Not a single arrow was fired, and there was no sound of the three-eyed firebolt firing.

The Eight Banners of the Yellow Armor ran and shot, and after throwing thousands of arrows, they had already swept past the Ming army and turned to the left again. The so-called mounted archery, if viewed from a high altitude, is a group of cavalry running in circles in front of the enemy's infantry formation. When the cavalry is close to the infantry formation, they will shoot arrows with their bows and leave when they are finished.

If it is a high-level mounted archery, then two or three thousand cavalry warriors can drop their arrows in a designated area.

In other words, in the area where the Eight Banners Horse Team was hit, seven or eight thousand arrows fell in a very short period of time!

If the infantry is well-armoured and has shields, of course it is not a big problem.

However, the training of the Shandong regiment does not have such good equipment!

Therefore, where the archers of the Eight Banners focused on attacking, the formation suddenly became sparse.

And just as the cavalry in yellow armor finished putting down their arrows and marched away, hundreds of blue cotton armor had already rushed up like a flood bursting its banks.

Unlike the previous yellow-armored cavalry who controlled the speed of their horses, their horse speed was getting faster and faster, and the Jurchen horses under their crotches seemed to be flying, moving forward bravely. And their formation is also dense, although it is not a "wall array", but it is also a very dense stormtrooper formation. The knights on horseback, all shrunk behind their necks, trying to reduce the area of the arrows and fiery projectiles, and the carbines, which were attached to the saddle with ropes, were also caught under their arms, and the tips of the spears shimmered like lightning.

The Shandong regiment trainers who were facing them had not yet reacted from the rain of arrows just now, and now they were all in fear when they saw the galloping horse team.

Fortunately, Li Dakai arrived in time with a team of sword and shield soldiers who supervised the battle - when the Eight Banners Horse Team shot just now, he knew that there would be a cavalry attack next, so he immediately rushed over with people to stabilize the team.

"Shoot with fire, shoot with bow and arrow......"

The sword players who followed Li Dakai were all Gao Hongtu's personal soldiers, and now they all opened their throats and shouted with Li Dakai.

As soon as their order was shouted, the archers and musketeers, who had long been a little uncontrollable, could finally let go of their hands and feet to release the fear in their hearts.

In front of the Ming army, there was suddenly soot rising, arrows flying, and the Eight Banners who rushed forward collided with sharp arrows and projectiles.

The casualties were immediate! I saw several rows in front of the Qing cavalry, and dozens of horsemen fell down at the same time, and the men and horses rolled into a ball. The close-range shooting of one or two hundred three-eyed guns and thousands of bamboo bows is still a bit powerful.

However, the continuous flow of soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners quickly filled the gap in front of them, and they still went straight forward, without the slightest hesitation, but even more crazy speed.

And what awaited them was another round of arrows and projectiles shot from the three-eyed fire gun...... And this is also the last round of salvo that the Three-Eyed Fire Gun and Bamboo Bow can perform when this wave of Eight Banners soldiers charge into formation.

Because of the Eight Banners Horse Team, in the blink of an eye, it broke through the somewhat sparse battle line composed of sword players and pikemen!