The Qing army's 2,000 cavalry circled the front at a speed that was neither fast nor slow, and they were cautious, and immediately kept their distance out of the musket range after being shot down by a volley of guns at the beginning. However, the solid iron eggs fired from a few improvised four-pounder cannons still cost them seven or eight cavalry, forcing them to pick up speed and stay away from the area covered by the artillery.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners New Army have been in battle for a long time, and their spears are steadily raised in front, facing the Qing cavalry that is about to rush over, they have no sign of retreating at all, and the sharp 3.5-meter spears make those Qing troops who have no ability to charge the battle have to turn around. The moment of deceleration in their U-turn was the perfect target for the musketeers, and the officers had already given the order to shoot freely, and they rushed out of the jungle of spears in a good time, and after shooting, they ran back to reload, leaving the Qing cavalry helpless.

After the Qing cavalry passed through the formation of the Eight Banners New Army, they began to approach the formation of the infantry squadron of the Advance Brigade lined up behind them. The soldiers of the standing team were holding spears of different lengths, and they did not look very elite, and the somewhat nervous Korean musketeers began to shoot indiscriminately before the Qing cavalry entered the firing range, so that the Han soldiers vaguely found the sense of confidence they had in the face of those panicked Ming troops, which made them very excited. However, although the spearmen of the peasant army at the outermost part of the array have never fought with the Qing army, their morale is not bad because they have been fighting with the Ming army all the year round and have a high victory rate.

The Shandan hunters and Japanese samurai in the spear formation also turned pale, and their knuckles were a little stiff because they were clenching their weapons tightly. Although these Shandan hunters often fight with wild beasts, it would be nonsense to say that they are not afraid in the face of the great power of the Qing army's 2,000 cavalry, but they are relatively simple in nature, and they usually eat and drink well from the people on the east coast. Sending money and goods on time every month is considered to be a great favor from others, so you have to be open-minded at the critical moment. The Japanese samurai were holding their swords tightly, and some of their bodies trembled slightly, but the dignity of the samurai made it impossible for them to run away with their faces, and the end would definitely be worse than death. In addition, many people still have families living in Dabo and Heishui, and they know the policies of the people on the east coast well and know the fate of escaping, so they all gritted their teeth at this time and broke off the idea of retreating. Only those North Korean gunners in the formation were more panicked, but they couldn't affect the overall situation.

The Shandan hunters threw a round of bows and arrows. Shot and killed several Qing cavalrymen who failed to retreat in time. After all, the Qing army did not have the courage to rush into battle, and after seeing the small cannons of the people on the east bank pushing over again, they decisively turned their horses away from this area.

In addition to these hedgehog-like spear formations, there was only the car formation of the people on the east coast who fell behind. There were a large number of baggage piled up in the car formation, in addition to a thousand weak soldiers. At this time, these soldiers were a little panicked when they saw the Qing cavalry coming around, but after all, they were still separated by a layer of carriages. The arrows thrown by the Qing army on their horses were also soft. The damage done to them is limited. On the contrary, some Ming soldiers with better psychological elements fired bird guns left a few Qing cavalry behind. Naturally, it was impossible for the Qing army to stay here and consume these soldiers, otherwise their losses would be great after the musketeers and small artillery reinforcements in front came, so they turned their horses away again after seeing that they could not break through quickly.

After a few circles like this, the Qing cavalry had already left dozens of corpses on the battlefield, but found nothing. They were just hussars. He was wearing leather armor, and he had no conditions or determination to force his way into battle. Of course, even those white-armored soldiers wearing cotton armor are estimated to be defeated when they come to the battle, just look at the thick spear shafts and shiny sharp spear tips, if you don't want to be turned into meat skewers, don't try it like this. It's going to die.

Faced with such a turtle shell, Rao is experienced in warfare, Li Shutai, also scratched his head. This kind of spear formation is basically difficult to break head-on if the soldiers are stubborn in battle. Just like the white-pole soldiers from Sichuan outside the Guan, they were surrounded by cavalry to deal with them, and then used red-coated cannons to blast the military formation, otherwise they could not be defeated at all. In the Battle of the Hunhe River that year, Houjin suffered a big loss in front of the white pole soldiers, so the Manchu Qing Dynasty still remembered this kind of enemy vividly. However, the array of these yellow-clothed thieves in front of him is obviously an upgraded version of the original white pole soldiers, the small cannons and muskets hurt people, and they don't dare to stay in the near place, Nima is also aggrieved enough in this battle, and the more Li Shutai thinks about it, the more depressed he becomes.

However, he soon found that once the hedgehog array in front of him moved, the efficiency was also very good, and after they played a strange music, the four small phalanx in front of him began to split in two. That is, the two infantry teams in front of them, dressed in shiny heavy armor, began to put away their spears and slowly move forward, and about a number of light cannons followed suit. After the infantry action, the two teams of hundreds of musketeers also moved. The whole process, turning, approaching, forward, turning left and right and other actions were completed without the slightest hindrance, busy but not chaotic, and at first glance it was trained for many years. Moreover, the psychological quality of the soldier is also very high, but he can do all kinds of actions on the battlefield and basically not lose his shape, which must be very good. As for the last two infantry formations with messy equipment, they were slowly retracted and then defended with their backs to the car formation.

"This is going to fight my infantry team!" Li Shutai was shocked and angry, 2,000 people dared to attack 6,000 enemy infantry under the watchful eye of cavalry, who are these yellow-clothed pirates? Although he had never seen this way of fighting, he also felt that it was quite clever, and he originally thought that they were defending well, but he didn't expect that the sense of active attack was so strong. Seeing that they are quite proficient in various actions such as turning and reversing in formation, their own 6,000 infantry army formation led by 2,000 soldiers may not be able to deal with it, not to mention that they have a lot of those quite light but powerful cannons.

Li Shutai soon returned to his home camp with his two thousand cavalry. At this time, the gang of yellow-clothed thieves armed with spears and muskets had stopped after advancing for some distance, of course, this was not because they were not ready to attack, but because their artillery had opened fire again. An explosive bomb landed right over the cavalry unit, and the scattered shrapnel caused a roar of horses. However, most of the balls that flew in were solid iron balls fired from cannons, which were maximized by the hard ground in winter, and they often had to bounce on the ground a few times before they ran out of kinetic energy. Li Shutai's infantry finally suffered the feast of shells that Zhang Ruxing's troops had just "enjoyed" before, only to see that in just a quarter of an hour, the artillery on the opposite side with an extremely fast rate of fire fired several rounds of shelling, causing Li Shutai's infantry to suffer very heavy casualties.

"Retreat!" Li Shutai, who had been keeping his face stiff, finally gave an order at this moment, after all, it was very demoralizing to be beaten all the time and not being able to fight back, so it was better to retreat early so as not to increase casualties. He did not have the confidence to let his 6,000 clothed and follow-up infantry advance in the face of the fierce artillery fire and fire of the yellow-clothed thieves, and he did not think that the soldiers of the Han army under his command would be much stronger than the original Ming army Zhang Ruxing, so he decisively ordered a retreat.

At this time, he could see that the other party was fighting with artillery as the core. His own infantry formation was completely unable to match them, and his cavalry couldn't restrain their spear formation, and they couldn't even get close - because they would be hit by artillery, so there was no need to fight such a battle, and it was better to return to Qingzhou early and play the situation to the imperial court with Hexi.

This time, he and others sent troops in a hurry, so in order not to slow down the march, they simply did not bring artillery. Therefore, at this time, in the face of the new tactics of the yellow-clothed thieves on the east coast, they seemed to have little to do. But then again, does Beijing have enough red-coated cannons right now? Won't they all let Ye Chen, Azig and others take them to Shanxi, right? However, that kind of cannon is so cumbersome, and it is often tiring and stinky to carry in the field, and it is not as light as the yellow-clothed cannons of these pirates. Many of these thieves' artillery can often be dragged by two horses, and when they encounter my Qing army in the field in the future, it is not to take advantage of it, after all, the Qing army that can be equipped with red-coated cannons is only a very small number after all.

It seems that the battle will not be easy to fight in the future! Li Shutai sighed with some concern, this Haikou was arrogant and stubborn, which Li Shutai did not expect before the war. Thinking of the fact that before the battle, the regent instructed the two of them to quickly calm the situation in Shandong, so as to open the way for the army of the Duoduo tribe to conquer the Ming Dynasty, which was about to go south, Li Shutai couldn't help but sigh again, after all, he and the others still failed the regent's trust.

Li Shuotai's two infantry formations of about 6,000 men began to retreat while the artillery on the east bank cooled the artillery, and he himself personally led the cavalry and more than 1,000 people of Zhang Ruxing's troops who had been contained. There was a rhythmic sound of drums and trumpets in the troops of the people on the east bank on the opposite side, and I saw that the large cart formation that had been staying in place in the rear began to slowly unravel, and those masters began to put their horses on the cart, and the two troops escorting the cart formation also sorted out the formation, and sent heralds to the front of the main formation to communicate the news. Not only that, but the west gate of Anqiu County, which had been closed during the previous battle, was also opened at this time, and the yellow-clothed cavalry on war horses began to fish out of the city gate hole, and then slowly lined up in the open space outside the city. This discovery made Li Shutai's heart suddenly tighten, the cannon disrupted our army's infantry formation, and then used cavalry to chase and kill, what kind of Haikou is this group of people, it is clear that they are the teachers of the imperial court who are very disciplined in fighting. (To be continued......)