Chen Tai arranged his troops, and they had about 1,600 soldiers in Manchuria, Manchuria, and Mongolia, plus 200 remnants of the Blue Banner, about 1,800 people, and about 700 armored soldiers.

Chen Taijiala has 1,000 soldiers, 500 armored soldiers and 500 unarmored banners. Among the armoured soldiers, there were two hundred horsemen and three hundred ordinary armoured soldiers. There are also 500 Yu Ding Baoyi who serve as auxiliaries.

The battle array arrangement, Chen Tai is also roughly divided into three wings, facing the front of the Ming army, with him inlaid with yellow flags, dispatching ten shield vehicles, five in front and behind.

There are three car-type heavy shields in front, the front guard plate and the roof are up to eight inches thick, covered with three layers of cowhide and iron sheet, quite similar to the car, pointed head, etc., the protection is fine and thoughtful, and people can also hide inside. The front guard is also not fixed, and the shell will unload when it hits it.

In the personnel arrangement, the first five shield carts were relatively small, only six to eight carts per cart were coated, and ten unarmored archers and ten armored soldiers followed, and each cart was escorted by a Zhuangda. Behind the five shield carts, there was another banner and a foot guard to supervise the formation.

The five chariots behind were more numerous, each still coated with six to eight carts, but each cart was followed by fifty archers and thirty armoured soldiers. Behind the shield cart, there were a total of eight Paishku in formation, and there was also a Niu Lu Zhangjing overseer, and two Goshha guards.

In this way, there were 10 shield carts in front of them, and a total of 200 armored soldiers were dispatched with yellow flags, 300 people without armored banners, 60 or 70 people were coated with them, and there were also officers such as Pashiku and Niu Lu Zhangjing.

Facing the left flank of the Ming army, Chen Tai still arranged ten shield cars, five in the front and rear, and two car-type heavy shields in front.

In the personnel arrangement, the front five shield cars are mainly the remnants of the blue flag Suohun, and he has 38 remnants of foot armor, 45 people who are not wearing armor and 100 people, and most of them are arranged here.

The last five are mainly inlaid with yellow flag soldiers and horses, but the carts are still the blue flag coats, and then each cart is followed by forty yellow flag archers and twenty yellow flag armor soldiers.

A few Pashku, a yellow flag Niu Lu Zhang Jing is here to put in battle, and Suo Hun and his vest share of Pash Ku Sina, and the last vest of Niu Lu is here.

Suo Hun and the others had a difficult task, they all carried iron hooks, and when the time came, they quickly stepped forward to remove the big shields of the Ming army's position, creating an opportunity for the friendly troops behind to rush forward.

Chen Tai is strong, so he naturally can't tolerate Suo Hun to resist, he arranges it like this, and there are more than 500 people on the front and left flanks, which will also confuse the Ming army on the opposite side, and I don't know which side is the main attack.

Chen Tai also arranged for 100 Mongolian cavalry under the white banner of Ming Andali, and he led 50 men with a yellow banner Niu Lu Zhangjing to contain the right flank of the Ming army, so that they could not move, and also contained the cavalry of the Ming army.

Ming Andali thought that a hundred Mongolian warriors were enough, and after Chen Tai thought about it, he still added fifty vests inlaid with yellow flags, after all, they were elite cavalry, and the number was too small to be contained.

He Jiala still has one hundred and fifty vests left, led by Yiniulu Zhangjing, who seems to flexibly threaten the rear of the left and right flanks of the Ming army, but in fact, the left flank of the Ming army is their breakthrough point. As long as Zhenglanqi Suohun and the others use the iron hook to pull open the big shield, these vests will rush in.

In the end, there were 50 people from the Manchurian Zhengbai Banner Bayala of Kolkin and Eshuo, and Chen Tai let them be free and flexible, and devote themselves to all parties depending on the situation.

Chen Tai is old in the army, and the arrangement of troops is at his fingertips, and his Niu Luzhang Kyoto is a fierce general, and E Shuo, Ming Andali and others are also generals, and everyone discussed for a while, and they all felt that there was no problem with this arrangement. Ming Andali even thinks that Master Chen Tai is old enough to seek the country, and he is not as good as himself.

Suo Hun was full of complaints, he Niu Lu was already disabled under Zhong Wu Village, and he went to the front line, I am afraid that the remaining warriors are more auspicious, Chen Tai is going to cut off the root of his Niu Lu.

It's a pity that he is soft-spoken, and in front of a few Jiala, he has no part to speak.

Soon the Qing army was formed, with shield carts, armor soldiers, archers, coats, Bayala vests and iron horses, and the layers were clear, and the army formation was neat.

They looked at the position of the Ming army in front of them, both officers and soldiers had a flat expression, and that side seemed to be strong, but they firmly believed that the warriors of the Great Qing Dynasty were invincible in the wilderness!

This is a kind of self-confidence, since the establishment of the Later Jin Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of hundreds of thousands of annihilated their opponent Ming army, countless elite soldiers and strong generals fell under their iron hooves, they have no doubt that it will be the same today.

Although there seemed to be a lot of people on the other side, they firmly believed that they could easily defeat their opponents who were ten times their size, and this is the invincible confidence that comes with winning a hundred battles.

Today, there will be no exceptions, and no one can stop the pace of going south!

On the ninth day of December in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Yang He's 3,000 Xin'an troops fought against Chen Tai and other Manchurian Yellow Banners, Zhengbai Banners, and Mongolian Zhengbai Banners of 1,800 people.

Both sides have the belief of victory, invincible courage, and it is unknown who will kill the deer.

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"Woo ......" The majestic conch sound sounded on Tongjing Avenue again, and if the snail sound rolled away from the ground, it shook the field.

The Qing soldiers' eyes were red all of a sudden, and the sound of the snail inspired the brute courage in their bodies, how many times, they rushed to the enemy formation with the sound of the conch, their morale was high, and the enemy lost their souls, which was a clarion call for victory, a sign of invincibility of the Qing soldiers.

Without thinking, they just stepped forward, and the coat in front of them was also pushing the shield cart hard, creaking towards the Ming army's position.

In front of them, two hundred horsemen and one hundred Mongol cavalry also screamed and roared, urging their horses and rushing towards the enemy formation with a roar.

They rushed from more than 200 paces away, and their speed became faster and faster, and the sound of hooves roared, and the remnants of snow on the ground flew up. But they were still accelerating, and soon rushed into a hundred steps, and the sound of hooves was like thunder, as if the three hundred iron horsemen were about to rush straight to the Ming army position in front.

The officers shouted one after another, two rows of spears poked out from behind the shields, forming a shield wall and a forest of spears, and a row of gunners stood, their black guns aimed at them.

The cavalry, which suddenly surged like a tide, separated, and with very skillful movements, they pulled out their horses and swept them to both sides, and the white air exhaled by the men and horses emitted a long dragon with eight characters.

This is their tactical lure, although they know that the Ming army on the opposite side has a strange gun, the speed of shooting is very fast, and it is easy to load, but if they can't hold back the shot, in fact, they will destroy the strict order, the command is no longer like an arm, and the military formation is easy to break.

But their tried and tested tactics failed, and at the usual moment of their horse-pulling action, the Ming army on the opposite side often couldn't hold back the shot, and the birds and guns snapped, and they didn't stop until they finished their guns.

But although there was some commotion in front of the Ming army, there was still no sound of a bell under the orders of the officers, which was indeed surprising and strange, and felt different.

As they swept to both sides, the three hundred Qing cavalry suddenly dispersed, if they turned into clouds of smoke, three, three, five, five, time, time and time, time and time, time and time, constantly rushing and running, putting pressure on each formation, and at the same time, attracting them to shoot.

In particular, the Mongolian cavalrymen wearing white iron-inlaid cotton armor were incredibly skilled in equestrianism, controlling their horses with their legs, standing on stirrups, turning left and right, and shooting left and right.

They galloped in groups, running from the right flank to the front, from the front to the left, and suddenly appeared on the right flank.

From time to time, they shot arrows, and they came in bursts like locusts, which was annoying.

They all have horse bows, which are different from the foot bows, which are only more than one meter long, and the bowstring can only be pulled in front of the eyes, but the foot bow can be pulled to the corners of the mouth and ears, and the length is about six or seven meters.

The arrows used in their horse bows were also shorter and lighter, and the arrows were thin and narrow, and although the projectile distance was long, the lethality was too weak.

Yang He stood on the small hill by the lake and watched, thinking to himself that it was no wonder that the Mongols were defeated by the Manchurians, such tactics were outdated, and their arrows were not good at lethality.

His soldiers' armor, even if it is a ten-force bow used for foot shooting, must be twenty paces away to break through the armor, and in the face of a well-trained military formation, it is difficult for the horse bow to play any key role except for a little harassment ability.

He focused on their infantry formation, and only gave the order: "Let the cavalry go out and drive these harassing Tartars away." ”

As Jiu Ye and the others attacked, the harassment of the Qing cavalry quickly dispersed, and they launched a cavalry chase battle on the right flank of the large array.

On the front and left flanks, the dark shield cart has appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

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The spearmen stepped back, the musketeers stepped forward again, and the sound of heavy wheels moving on the ground, some of the gun carts pushed, cutting deep marks through the snow.

But it was the artillery captain Cui Lu who personally brought the artillery up, and there were as many as ten guns, three of which were No. 2 Franc machines that hit ten or two projectiles, with a weight of 30 pounds, and five gunners were needed to wait.

They came with falcon cannons with guard plates, and gunners pushed ammunition carts, each with dozens of rounds of ammunition and cartridges.

Minister Yang and the others hurriedly stepped out of the way, commanding the shield bearers to give up their positions and clamp these cannons in various places on the shield wall to make room for them to shoot.

Cui Lu is a dark and stout man, and he is even stronger in school armor, and the gunners under his command are also five big and three thick. As soon as the cannon was arranged, he remained silent, carefully observing the Tartar shield cart in front of him, and poking his thumb out from time to time.

Minister Yang leaned over and saw that the shield cart in front of him was almost 100 steps, and he said, "Captain Cui, if the Tartar shield cart enters 100 steps, can the artillery hit them?" ”

Cui Lu shook his head: "It's difficult, I can try it in seventy steps." ”

His artillery team has practiced many times, and has also built a lot of fake shield cars to bombard, and found that it is really difficult to hit a small shield car with a direct aim and a distance of 100 paces.

Generally, when a rifle hits a 100-meter target, it feels like the target is very small, only about a few millimeters. Even if the shield car is large, three or four people wide, it looks like a small point, only a centimeter.

Not to mention that 100 meters is only 70 steps, and the distance of 100 steps is 150 meters, and it is a smoothbore cannon, and if you want to hit a target in the distance, you really have to rely on luck.

Cui Lu said that he tried seventy steps, which was a sincere word, and he never played false, one is one, and two is two.

"Then seventy steps and another fight." Minister Yang understands that the higher his quasi-head is the second type of Xin'an, he will fight at seventy paces, not to mention the artillery.

At this time, they were in front of the army and waiting, one hundred and twenty square shield soldiers holding nine catties of rattan cards silently squatting, their iron masks have been covered, the rattan cards in their hands are wrapped in iron sheets, and there is a hemisphere iron cover in the middle, more than one meter high, arrows, stones, guns and knives can be covered. Each of them also has shin armor and knee pads, which are very well protected.

Not far behind them, two rows of gunners stood, both holding their guns diagonally, their iron masks already covered, and the curved masks glittered in the sunlight, making their inner eyes darker and darker.

They stood in two platoons and did not move during the battle, the front row crouched down to reload after fighting, and the rear row fired. After the rear row is finished, squatting and reloading, the front row stands up and shoots, and the cycle continues.

The breech-loaded new guns gave them continuous firepower and convenience, unlike the breech-loaded birds, which could only stand still and be beaten.

A few steps later, two more rows of spearmen stood, all of them covered with iron masks, each armed with armor-piercing spears, their cloaks blown by the cold wind, silver and white, fiery red.

Minister Yang and several large banners stood behind the spearmen, the three general flags were leaning together, and the seventy-eight captains and guards who were winged and threw into the enemy were also gathered here.

The frontal army formation was under the unified command of Minister Yang, who had full combat autonomy, after all, it was a flank operation, and it was impossible to wait for the unified order of the Chinese army.

Their side was also more prominent than the two wings, but Minister Yang was not worried that the Tartars would come to attack the flanks, because they would suffer from the flanks of the two flanks below. At the same time, several Mandarin Duck Formation squads were also arranged there to prevent the last omission.

At this time, he was standing near the two guns, because there were only five Tartar shield vehicles in the front, so the two guns of the artillery team were side by side, and the fire was concentrated.

Seeing Cui Lu commanding the artillery to aim, the closer the Tartar shield car became, the shadows behind the car were full of Tartar figures, and I couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

The trumpeter next to him followed, holding the horn tightly, as well as Han Daxia, Yang Qian, and some of the deputy generals who followed, Han Daxia's expression was hard, Yang Qian's eyes were fixed, his fists were clenched and relaxed, and then clenched, and then relaxed.

Finally, the Tartar shield cart entered a hundred paces, and there were some shouts from there, and then some figures flashed out from behind the shield cart, and "bang ......bang" rushed to this side, and clouds of smoke rose up.

Minister Yang subconsciously flashed, then reacted and shouted: "Don't act rashly, this is the Tartar's false gun, all the soldiers are waiting for the order, and then fight when they hear the sound of the swan!" ”

Beside him, Han Daxia, Yang Qian, and the deputy generals also shouted loudly to convey his orders.

Everyone learned it in the lecture martial arts, and Liu Qilang and others explained in detail, expounding on the various tricks of the Tartar to lure and fire, such as riding and shooting lure, virtual gun lure, projectile lure, and so on.

False lure is just one of them.

Even Xu Guangqi once said in a note: "...... The thieves came to stop 700 people, and the car was full of guns, and thousands of my Sichuan soldiers rebelled. The thief fired twice, but our soldiers did not lose a single person, so they fought straight forward. Twenty or thirty steps, the real guns are fired together, and there are only seven survivors of our soldiers. ”

Combining the virtual and the real, it can be said that the Tartars also have their own tricks for the use of firearms.

The position of the Xin'an army did not move, and soon there was a conch sound behind the formation, and the majestic sound of "woo ......" rolled from the ground, which seemed to shake the snow on the ground.

The Tartars shouted in unison, their voices terrible, like wolves and pigs, and like some kind of monster, and then their shield carts rushed desperately, and of the five in front, there were three that were different.

Then the bowstring sounded loudly, and a large number of arrows rose from behind the shield cart, and the black pressure rose into the air, and then fell in an arc to this side.

They did not fall in waves, but they rose again and again, and a large number of arrows with slender bodies and narrow arrows whistled over, and the sky was dark and bright, and dark and bright.

The sharp sound of breaking the air continued, the arrows fell like a rainstorm, and everyone became weeds in the snow, and a large number of stabbing arrows also fell on everyone's helmets and armor, and the sound was non-stop.

Fortunately, everyone has at least soldier armor, and even the heavy arrows used for Tartar close-range shooting need to take twenty steps to break through the armor, not to mention the stabbing arrows used for throwing long-range shots.

Presumably, the Tartars did not expect to kill with stabbing arrows, but were just a harassing tactic to lure the soldiers here to open fire and distract them.

Sure enough, at the same time as they were throwing, the shield car took the opportunity to rush desperately, and Minister Yang looked at Cui Lu and the others despite the fact that there were a few stabbing arrows hanging crookedly on his body.

Seeing that their aiming hands had all locked onto the target, holding the long handle, they looked at the front sight at the door, and aimed at the direction of their respective shield cars. Next to their artillery, each ignition was holding an ignition rod with a fire rope, and they were also nervously waiting for the orders of the captain Cui Lu and the artillery commanders.

Suddenly, Minister Yang was thoughtful: "Old Han, Old Yang, do you see it?" ”

Mr. Yang Qian said: "See, they are very heavy, they don't run fast, and they take less than two steps in one breath." From seventy to twenty paces, we can shoot at least six or seven rows of guns. There are a lot of us, they don't have a lot of shields, some of the people next to the car can't cover the people behind the car, and a lot of gunners can shoot sideways. ”

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The dense Qing army with yellow flags stepped forward, five shield carts in front of them, each cart was desperately pushing the vehicle, and ten archers in each cart behind them were all holding large bows and quivers tied behind their backs. As they walked, they drew their arrows from their quivers and threw them at the Ming positions on the opposite side.

What made them strange was that they had already shot a lot of arrows, and the military formation on the opposite side was still quiet and did not move at all.

Behind them were ten armor soldiers, all dressed in iron-inlaid cotton armor, they held shields, and their right hands held various weapons, many of them frowned, and many of them frowned, and many of them had been told by years of experience in the battle that this battle might be in trouble.

The bannermen and the infantrous also felt that things were not going well, they looked at each other, stiffened, and still supervised everyone to rush forward.

A dozen paces away, five shield carts followed, and there were more than 400 people with yellow flags, and the whistling rain of arrows rose high into the air from that side from time to time.

They shot as they went, and they didn't know how many arrows they threw away, and the opposing army was bathed in a rain of arrows, still standing still.

Soon they entered seventy steps, and suddenly all the Qing soldiers heard a thunderous shout from the opposite side: "Open the cannon!" ”

The sound of the cannon was like thunder, and the bannerman who was in charge couldn't help but look over, and saw a cluster of fierce fires erupting from the opposite side, and one of the fires was so dazzling and dazzling.

The flag-ding Pashku was hit by a cannonball, and immediately became a flurry of minced flesh, and the armor and weapons and the shattered human body scattered and flew away.

"Boom!" Two shells weighing ten taels hit the car-shaped shield cart, and the front guard made a "crunch" sound, and tilted back under the action of the live pin, and then the heavy guard plate returned to its original shape, and the shells were unloaded and bounced off.

But an ordinary shield cart was hit by two shells at the same time, and the guard plate nailed with layers of cowhide and iron was punched out of two large holes, and two bullets weighing five taels roared from the holes, directly knocking through all the human bodies they saw, and the sound of blood mist stumps, and the sound of the body falling to the ground heavily, accompanied by hoarse screams.

"Keep rushing!" Bujia Pashku roared, and suddenly he heard a sharp swan sound.

There was a neat and sharp explosion on the opposite side, and Pashku could see the continuous spread of fire in the front of the army, and the smoke of gunpowder collected by their platoon was quickly blown away by the cold northwest wind.

At the same time, some of the lives behind the shield cart disappeared, and the five shield carts were smashed to pieces, and this distance could not penetrate the guard plate with their firearms, but there were too few of their own carts and too many people on the other side, so they hit some of the firearms on the side, and some of the archers and armored soldiers behind the side of the cart suffered.

Even the more armored soldiers in the back suffered, even the screams came from the shield cart on the second floor.

The infantry saw some of the armor soldiers fall to the ground, their iron-clad cotton armor was beaten with gurgling wounds, and the first armor soldier even had his heart guard pierced, a large dented hole, surrounded by cracks in the road after the steel was shattered.

Pashku gritted his teeth and hid a little inside the heavy shield of the car, trying not to expose his body, still urging the Tartars forward.

After only a few breaths, there was suddenly another sharp swan sound, and on the opposite side was a neat and sharp burst of guns, blood mist flew, and the screams behind the shields were repeated, and the sound of continuous bodies falling to the ground was earth-shattering.

"Following the ......" Bujia Pashku just roared a word, and the opposite side roared like thunder: "Fire!" ”

There was a continuous cannon sound like a thunderbolt, and the terrible cannons continued to roar, and two more shield carts were pierced, and the bloody rain of stumps was once again one.

A shield cart was not far from Pashiku, and he could see clearly that the cart was covered with clothes, the archers in the rear, the armored soldiers in the rear, and the last Zhuangda, and five or six people in a straight line were all penetrated by the cannons. Even the strong head was gone, and his broken head rolled on the ground, and he didn't know where it went.

Then when he turned around, he heard the sharp swan voice on the opposite side, and he shivered all over his body.

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The smoke of gunpowder was rising from the position, there were artillery and guns, but fortunately, the wind was strong today, although the cold was biting, but the smoke was quickly blown away, which was also a good thing.

The loaders behind the guns worked desperately, pulling out the iron bolts and loading the guns, and next to them, the guns in the first row fired bullets again, and they all squatted on the spot, picked up the copper bolts that were bent down after the bore, exposed the breech, and reloaded the cartridge ammunition.

Not far behind them, the second row of gunners held their guns neatly, their hammers in the maximum firing position, and they aimed at their respective targets on the side, quietly waiting for orders.

In Minister Yang's order, even if there is a bullet in the gun, the first or two columns of gunners will only shoot at five breaths, and their average reload time is ten breaths, so that although they can't hit quickly in one or two layers, but every five breaths, there will be a burst of guns, and Minister Yang thinks it is better to continue to fire strikes.

At this time, the Tartars had rushed to fifty paces, and they had changed their heavy arrows, and shot arrows desperately under the cover of the shield cart, digging out the gear arrows, crescent moon arrows, and great gift arrows, and all kinds of strange heavy arrows kept whistling over, like the black line of death.

Their arrows were indeed accurate and ruthless, and at a distance of fifty paces, they were constantly shooting at the chest, throat, and face of each of the slenders.

But the soldiers had the armor of the soldiers, the armor of the throat, and the iron masks, and the arrows that shot at them made them tremble at most, or fall to the ground, or stick into the armor, and could not penetrate the armor into the flesh. Shoot to the throat guard, the iron mask, and slip away with only a few sparks.

Suddenly, Minister Yang roared: "Shoot!" ”

The trumpeter beside him immediately blew a sharp swan sound, and the soldiers pulled the trigger, and the hammer fell and struck on the fire sickle, and the red and white dazzling fire and gunpowder smoke burst open, and again there was a neat and sharp sound of guns, and in front of them were continuous screams and blood mist.

After they finished shooting, they all crouched down again, and with a neat choking sound, they pulled the copper bolt apart and reloaded the cartridge ammunition again.

And the first row of gunners stood up, one hundred and twenty black-pressed firearms, aiming ahead again, waiting for the order of the swan's voice.

Cui Lu also shouted: "Open the gun!" ”

The ten guns burst into fierce flames again, and the billowing smoke filled the air, which quickly disappeared in the strong northwest wind.

They coordinated with their guns and cannons, firing quickly and orderly, and on this side of the position, there was constant yelling and shouting of Minister Yang and Cui Lu.

"Shoot!"

"Fire!"

"Shoot!"

"Fire!"

The Qing soldiers advanced to thirty paces, and they were no longer able to advance, they were killed and wounded, and suffered heavy losses, especially the five shield carts in front, more than half of them were killed or wounded, and the wounded threw themselves on the ground, wailing hoarsely.

At this distance, the guns still couldn't penetrate their thick shield guards, but the artillery could, and at a distance of thirty paces, even the car-shaped heavy shield plates couldn't withstand the impact force, and all of them were shattered and cracked.

The uncovered Tartars shouted and scurried like headless flies, not knowing what to do under the ferocious fire from the opposite side.

"Shooting ......"

It was the sound of a sharp swan again, and the rows of guns were connected together, and the screams resounded to stop the clouds.

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On the mountain, Chen Tai clenched his fists hard, in fact, he attached great importance to the Ming army opposite, so the elite soldiers were exhausted, and after the troops were arranged, there was only one Niu Lu Zhangjing left by his side, some Goshha guards, and hundreds of Yu Ding Baoyi.

Like him, they were dumbfounded.

Although some people knew that the firearm on the opposite side was ferocious, it was still surprising that it was so ferocious.

More than 200 paces away, and condescending, they saw very clearly, their own warriors were afraid of heavy casualties, especially the front and the first layer of shield chariots attacking the left flank of the Ming army, on the other hand, the Ming army on the opposite side, how many casualties did they have?

It's so unexpected, how can there be such a Ming army, this is a field battle, many people can't help but think.

"Do you want to fight?" A question suddenly appeared in Chen Tai's heart, once upon a time, he was still laughing at Suo Hun for not knowing how to advance or retreat, but it was his turn, the kind of unwillingness that devoured his heart like a poisonous snake.

His face was cloudy, and he hesitated for the first time.

On the hill, Yang He exhaled deeply, and he felt satisfied, he saw that the battle lines on all sides, the right flank, and the cavalry under his command were riding with them, and some of the vests were slaughtered together. Behind the battle, many of them were stationed in the vests Bayala, and their intentions were unclear and worthy of attention.

In the front and left flanks, the sound of guns was continuous, and with the sharp sound of swans, the battle formations on both sides continued to spray white smoke.

They went on and on, one after the other, like two monsters spitting smoke dragons.