Because of the reason for attacking the enemy, the artillery must break forward, but it is not too far from the infantry phalanx of the Ming army, it is also on the side of the infantry phalanx, and there are 2,000 sword and shield soldiers to protect, and the task of these sword and shield soldiers is to cover the artillery retreat when the two armies are officially fighting, after all, it is not easy to train a qualified gunner.

But no one expected that the Qing army would brazenly attack the artillery positions with cavalry, and they would come so quickly. When the two thousand sword and shield soldiers tried to intercept it, they were easily routed by the Qing cavalry, and it was very difficult to block the cavalry with infantry unless they formed a thick gun formation.

A thousand Qing cavalry rushed into the Ming artillery position, some of the cavalry rode horses to chase the Ming army, and the other part raised their weapons in their hands to try to destroy the Ming artillery. But the artillery was made of steel, and it was so easy to destroy it, so some cavalry dismounted and tried to smash it with heavy objects.

Seeing that the artillery array was in chaos, Li Yi, who was in command of the formation, frowned slightly, and ordered the trumpeters to blow the military horn. Listening to the military horn and looking at the string of trumpet flags raised in the array, the general commanding the sword and shield soldiers knew what to do. The sword and shield soldiers no longer tried to intercept the Qing cavalry, but thought about retreating in the direction of the left flank of the phalanx. To the left of the artillery was the canal embankment, which was the canal, and the cavalry could not chase after climbing the embankment.

However, for Chen Daniu and others, who were being chased by the cavalry of the Qing army, how could it be so easy to escape to the river embankment!

A few steps behind him was the chasing cavalry of the Qing army, and the main phalanx was two or three zhang away, Chen Daniu had never felt that death was so close.

"Squat, squat!" At this moment, there was a sound of harmony from the phalanx in front, and Chen Daniu stopped and squatted on the ground without thinking, damn, what do you like.

As soon as he squatted down, the continuous sound of "bang bang bang" sounded, and he felt that the projectile "chirped" flew over his head, and with a "poof" sound, a huge body fell to Chen Da Niu's side, which was the Qing cavalry chasing behind Chen Da Niu, was shot by more than a dozen projectiles, and the war horse was killed at that time, and the inertia of the impact made it run forward a few steps, and then it fell down.

Yue Le, the Manchu Beizi, led the cavalry to break through the interception of the Ming infantry and entered the artillery array.

Seeing that he was about to catch up, as long as he waved his saber slightly, he could cut this Ming artillery general under his horse, and then rode back in front of the Ming army's array. However, at this moment, the sound of fire guns was continuous, and countless projectiles flew towards them. Without thinking, Yue Le immediately leaned down and hugged the horse's neck, trying to cover himself with the war horse to avoid the projectile.

Then he felt the war horse under his crotch tremble, and then fell straight out. Yue Le's riding skills were so good that he immediately jumped off his horse with a kick. He is good at riding and shooting, even if he changes horses while running, he is also idle, and the war horse under his crotch is shot and falls and can't hurt him at all.

However, just as he jumped off his horse, a projectile pierced the armor page and shot into his lower abdomen, and the pain was so severe that he could no longer maintain his movements, and he fell to the ground on his back, and when he sat up with the pain, he saw the Akito general crouching in front of him, and the bright knife slashed at his neck.

The war horse chasing after him fell behind, and the Qing soldiers on the horse fell in front of him, Chen Da Niu was surprised, climbed two steps, picked up the saber that the Qing soldiers fell to the ground, and cut the head of the Qing soldiers, the head of the big man rolled to the ground, and the helmet on his head fell off, revealing the ugly money rat tail of the Qing soldiers, and Chen Da Niu grabbed the head in his hands.

As an artilleryman, I don't know how many enemies died under his cannon, but it was the first time to capture the head, which made Chen Daniu extremely excited.

With a volley of fire from the phalanx firecrackers, the Manchu cavalry who were chasing the artillery fell off their horses.

With the order of the commanding officer, the second platoon of musketeers walked out of the line and continued to fire at the Qing cavalry, and then the third platoon.

The prescription array of more than 1,000 firecrackers was divided into four rows, the first round had just been loaded on the spot, the latter round quickly crossed the previous faction, and again raised their guns to shoot, the sound of firearms continued, the rain of bullets fired was impermeable, and the Qing cavalry who attacked fell off their horses one after another.

Some cavalry tried to rush over and disperse the firecrackers, but they couldn't penetrate the barrage formed by the salvo of hundreds of projectiles.

A large number of pursuing cavalry were shot off their horses, and the Qing cavalry who were trying to destroy the artillery were shocked. Bei Ziyue Le was killed by Chen Da Niu, which made his cavalry at a loss.

While the musketeers opened fire, a group of 3,000 pikemen bypassed from both sides and tried to attack the Qing cavalry from both sides.

At this time, the fastest Qing cavalry had been killed by the musketeers, and the remaining cavalry who were destroying the artillery in the artillery array had also lost their speed, and it would not be difficult for the pikemen to leave these cavalry if they could surround them in time. But the cavalry of the Qing army was not stupid, seeing that the big thing was not good, they didn't care about destroying the artillery anymore, and immediately turned around and ran.

The Qing cavalry suffered heavy losses due to the successive artillery fire of the Ming army, especially the round after round of volley fire by the Ming army's artillery soldiers, and a large number of cavalry were shot off their horses. The Ming army's phalanx was slowly approaching, and a large number of pikemen were outflanked from the flanks, so that the Qing cavalry did not dare to fight, and the queen retreated, but less than half of the 1,000 cavalry who attacked could escape back at this time.

The artillery position on the left side of the battlefield is only a corner, and on the front of the battlefield, the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties are about to come into contact with each other.

Taking advantage of the cessation of the cavalry attack on the artillery positions of the Ming army, Shi Tingzhu commanded 10,000 Eight Banner soldiers to move forward quickly and launch a counterattack against the Ming army.

The long-range soldiers of the Ming and Qing armies took the lead in firing, and the sound of firecrackers rang out, and soldiers were shot by firecrackers every moment. Although it was not as large as the number of firearms equipped by the Ming army, the Eight Banners also had a large number of firearms, and there were two firearms for every ten Eight Banners.

However, compared with the Ming army, the quantity and quality of the Qing army's guns were far inferior. However, the fire gun could not be supplemented by bows and arrows, and almost everyone in the Eight Banners was good at shooting, and the arrows flew towards the Ming army array like raindrops.

In the Ming army, the first row is the sword and shield hand, the wooden giant shield is covered with iron sheets, inserted into the ground as high as a chest, and the shields are close together, resisting arrows from the front. Behind the shield was the fire gunner, who put the gun on the shield and fired in the direction of the Qing army's array. After a round of shooting, he immediately retreated with his musket, and the musketeers in the second row immediately stepped forward and continued to shoot.

However, the shield in front of him could not stop the arrows falling from the sky, and under the back shot of the Qing army's bows and arrows, from time to time there were arrows planted by firecrackers and fell to the ground. In order to be flexible when loading gunpowder, the firecrackers did not focus on armor, but everyone wore a mandarin duck battle jacket, which was lined with iron sheets, which could barely block the stray arrows, and could not be stopped at all in the face of the close-range shooting of the Eight Banners.

However, as long as they don't know the key point of the arrow, the mandarin duck jacket will not be seriously injured after being covered, and many soldiers are not aware of the arrow after being hit, and they still continue to fight.

The stretcher soldier marched quickly in the formation, put the soldier with the arrow on the stretcher, and then quickly ran to the back of the formation, for many soldiers with the arrow, as long as they were healed in time, pulled out the arrow to stop the bleeding, and continued to fight for a period of time.

Which is better, bow and arrow, or firebolt? This has always been debated, and in general, bows and arrows have a longer range than firearms, and firearms at close range are more armor-piercing than arrows. Because for the firecrackers of this era, the projectiles used are all round, and the resistance of the air is greater, as they fly out of the gun, the momentum carried rapidly decays, and the accuracy within 30 steps can still break through the general armor, and the armor-piercing ability of more than 30 steps decreases rapidly.

The range and rate of fire of bows and arrows are better than those of firearms, but the problem is that archers are difficult to train and require long-term training.

Therefore, in the confrontation with the Qing army, in fact, the Ming army did not take any advantage, and the number of casualties was more than that of the Eight Banners. But there are many Ming soldiers, and there is artillery to help. Seeing that the Qing cavalry was driven away, Chen Daniu returned to the position with the artillery, and was packing up the artillery and continuing to fire.

Seeing that his cavalry was defeated and retreated, Shi Tingzhu knew that it was not good, he could not shoot against the Ming army, and he had to give full play to the invincible advantage of the hand-to-hand combat ability of the Eight Banners in order to completely defeat the Ming army, so he gave an order, and more than 1,000 Eight Banners soldiers in heavy armor went out to attack the Ming army.

These heavy infantry are the elite of the Eight Banners, all of them are burly and majestic, and they still move like flying in three layers of armor.

The attacking Eight Banners immediately attracted the attention of the Ming army, and all the firecrackers turned around and opened fire on the attacking Eight Banners.

However, after a round of firecrackers, the smoke dissipated, and the Ming soldiers were shocked to see that the Eight Banners who attacked did not fall much, and still rushed over at an unabated speed.

Three layers of armor can't be pierced by a fire bolt twenty paces away.

"Bang bang ......." continuous sound of firearms, gunpowder smoke filled the sky over the position, and with the rapid approach of the Eight Banners, finally entered the range of firearms, a large number of Eight Banners heavy infantry began to fall, but the attacking Eight Banners completely ignored the casualties, bravely impacted.

In a short distance of twenty paces, a full three or four hundred and eight heavy armored infantry fell under the fire.

"The musketeers retreat, the pikemen step forward!" Seeing that the Eight Banners rushed to within ten steps, they couldn't use it

After a few breaths, they will come into contact with the firecrackers, although the closer they are, the more lethal the firecrackers will be, but if they rush over to the firecrackers, it will be a disaster, and Yang Xiaolei, the deputy general in charge of the front command, immediately shouted.

With Yang Xiaolei's order, the musketeers grabbed the muskets and quickly retreated, while the spearmen in the back row quickly stepped forward from the gap between the musketeers, and finally put the spears on the shield before the Qing army attacked. Countless training sessions on weekdays have made this formation change very fast, and the coordination between the musketeers and spearmen is extremely skillful.

Just when the front was just completed, the Eight Banners heavy armored infantry had already slaughtered fiercely.

These hoplites, each wearing triple armor, crashed into the line like a tank, and each of them wielded heavy weapons such as maces and hammers. The spearmen of the Ming army stabbed forward, and the tip of the spear pierced into the body of the Eight Banners but could not break through the armor defense, and the mace of the Eight Banners heavy armor soldiers danced, and the spear shaft was smashed, and when it was smashed again, the shield was smashed and crumbling, and the soldiers behind the shield were shocked and spit blood, desperately supporting the shield with all their strength.

Brave, incredible bravery, combat power and amazing, after a short collision, several shields were smashed open, the Eight Banners had rushed into the Ming army formation, the heavy weapons in their hands danced rapidly, and one after another the Ming army was smashed and spit blood and fell to the ground. One by one, the heavy armor soldiers of the Eight Banners, like a porcupine covered with a hard shell, rampaged through the formation.

"Resist, resist!" Yang Xiaolei's eyes were red, and he howled hoarsely.

It is undeniable that the Ming troops who fought were very brave, with excellent discipline and combat awareness, but their personal hand-to-hand combat ability could not be compared with these Eight Banners soldiers at all. Because these heavy infantry who fought were in the Eight Banners Army, and there were also a number of warriors, after all, not ordinary people could wear three-layer armor but walk like flying!

As the heavy armor of the Eight Banners broke through the front of the Ming Army, Shi Tingzhu immediately commanded the main force of the 10,000 Eight Banners to attack the Ming army.

At the same time, Li Yiling waved the flag, and the 30,000 army pressed up. In the south of the Linqing Dynasty, east of the canal, tens of thousands of troops fought together between the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The total number of the Ming army in the battle was twice that of the Qing army, and the weapons and equipment were more sophisticated than the Qing army, but the Qing army had hundreds of heavy infantry as spearheads, deeply penetrated into the Ming army formation, and the Eight Banners behind took the opportunity to keep up, and the two sides formed a melee, so that the Ming army's firearms could not be played at all.

On the command vehicle at the rear of the front, looking at the Eight Banners heavy armored soldiers who were rampage, Li Yi knew that he had to stop the offensive of these hundreds of heavy armored infantry, otherwise it was likely that the army would be crushed.

"Yin Yuan Mountain!" Li Yi shouted loudly.

"The end will be." Yingzheng Yin Yuanshan stood up and saluted Li Yi.

"Seeing that there are no heavy armored soldiers of the Qing army in the array, lead your battalion to destroy them to Lao Tzu!"

"The last will be ordered!" Yin Yuanshan agreed, and led a battalion of his men to kill in the middle of the battlefield.

For a long time, Chen Yue's imaginary enemy in training troops was the Eight Banner Soldiers, and he has been pondering the previous battle examples between the Ming Army and the Eight Banner Soldiers, and has studied the combat methods of the Eight Banners very thoroughly.

The reason why the Eight Banners are powerful is not how strong they are in cavalry and archery, but what is really powerful is their ability to fight on foot. Every time there is a big war, the Eight Banners are dismounted to fight, with the heavy infantry as the vanguard, first relying on the unrivaled heavy infantry to chisel through the Ming army's defense line, and then the army behind takes the opportunity to rush and kill, often can easily tear through the Ming army's defense. For most Ming troops, once the front was breached, it would often be defeated, and then the Eight Banners would chase and kill with cavalry, and divide and outflank them for encirclement and annihilation.

Therefore, if you want to fight the Qing army head-on, you must be able to block the attack of its heavy infantry in order to have a chance of victory.

In response to this tactic of the Qing army, Chen Yue also formulated a countermeasure. The special battalion of Yin Yuan Mountain is specially designed to deal with the heavy infantry of the Eight Banners Army.