Nearly 300 Mongolian cavalry roared towards the Ming array, its power was earth-shattering, and people who had not experienced this kind of battle could not imagine the scene of hundreds of war horses crashing towards them at high speed, how shocking it was. Those who were a little less courageous were already trembling, and their hands could not hold weapons at all. For most of the martial arts students, they have never experienced this kind of situation, and shock and fear are inevitable. Fortunately, after months of hard training, they were extremely obedient, and no one dared to move even if they were afraid, without the orders of the commander.

Deng Bingzhen looked at the horse team galloping at high speed, his face was pale, he had experienced the battle with the Mantars, and he knew how terrible the cavalry was. For most of the Ming army, it simply could not withstand the onslaught of cavalry. Those who can keep the formation undisturbed when the cavalry rushes are already elite soldiers. Seeing that although his subordinate Wu Beisheng was afraid and panicked, no one moved, Deng Bingzhen nodded slightly.

"Standing shield and spear!" Deng Bingzhen ordered sharply, and with his order, the first row of soldiers on the periphery of the phalanx smashed the square shield to the ground, and the sharp part of the square shield under it smashed into the dirt. At the same time, insert the bottom of the spear in his hand into the clay gun, place it on the shield, and point diagonally forward. The soldiers in the second row put their guns on the shoulders of the soldiers in the first row. The third-row musketeers stretched out their loaded muskets through the gap between the two rows of pikemen, pointing them at the approaching enemy horsemen.

The enemy cavalry was getting closer and closer, and Deng Bingzhen was about to wave his hand to order the firecrackers to fire, but he saw the Mongolian cavalry galloping thirty paces away pulling the war horses diagonally to both sides and dividing into two teams, galloping around both sides of the Ming army's formation. In the eyes of the Ming soldiers, the previous moment was still a look of hitting their own phalanx, but the next moment they suddenly completed the change of direction in front of the formation, turning into a horse side facing the phalanx.

Before the soldiers in the phalanx could wake up from their shock, when the musketeers didn't know whether to release their guns or not, they saw the Mongolian cavalry brushing their bows and arrows, and the arrows rained towards the direction.

"Chirp chirp", followed by a series of muffled snorts, most of the arrows were blocked by the square shield, but some of the arrows shot into the phalanx, and twenty or thirty Wu Beisheng were hit by arrows. Because the military students all wore standard military uniforms, the outer layer of the cotton robe was lined with iron sheets, and the helmet on the top of the head was also cast of steel, and the defensive power was extraordinary. Except for three or four Wu Beisheng who were hit by arrows and fell to the ground and died, the other bodies were hit by arrows, and the arrows only broke through the armor and did not penetrate the flesh, but only slightly injured.

The firecrackers finally reacted, and the sound of "bang-bang-bang" firecrackers rang out, and several Mongol soldiers fell under their horses. At this moment, the Mongolian soldiers were more than thirty paces away from the Ming army's array, although they were within the range of the firearms, but because of the large distance between the cavalry, the accuracy was extremely poor.

"Pay attention to the arrows slightly forward, shoot!" Zhang Huangyan's order was finally given, and eighty archers simultaneously released their right hands that were pulling the bowstrings, and the arrows were fired like locusts at the Mongol cavalry passing by on the side.

And they meow is no longer the cavalry, but the target of the larger war horse, and according to Zhang Huangyan's requirements, the arrow pointed to the direction of the war horse slightly ahead, and so the arrow flew when the horse just arrived, with the sound of the bowstring, the Mongolian cavalry war horse fell down one after another in the arrow, fell down due to inertia and slipped forward a few steps before falling to the ground, and the Mongolian cavalry on the horse had already been thrown out of the horse, and the horse was thrown off the horse at high speed is able to live or be seriously injured, if unfortunately stepped on by the back of the horse's hooves, even if it died.

The horses in front fell, forcing the cavalry behind to either fly over or dodge sideways, and those who couldn't dodge collided together, causing more confusion.

The archers did not look at the results of the battle at all, but continued to mount the prepared arrows, quickly pulled the bow and released the arrows, and shot the arrows as fast as possible, and after five rounds in a row, the Mongol cavalry had moved away from the phalanx, leaving thirty or forty horse corpses and the same number of soldier corpses not far from the Ming army's array.

And more than a dozen people fell here in the Ming army formation. Although the Mongols were good at riding and archery, the accuracy and rate of fire of archery on horseback were not as good as standing on the ground. After a round of bow and arrow fire, the losses of the Mongol cavalry were even greater than those of the Ming army. This forced them to be careful, and after forming the queue from a distance, they did not attack again for a long time.

The Ming army actually held up the Mongols' cavalry? Ma Laxi, who commanded the infantry formation in the distance, was very shocked, in the past, when facing the cavalry charging formation, he often did not wait for the cavalry to approach, and the archers and musketeers of the Ming army hurriedly shot out the arrow projectiles in their hands, regardless of the enemy's riding to the firing range, the effect of the shooting can be imagined. And when the Eight Banners cavalry returned fire and caused considerable casualties, most of the Ming army arrays would scatter in a hurry. There are too few Ming troops who can stand still under the onslaught of cavalry and shoot calmly.

Now the Mongol cavalry's assault did not cause many casualties to the Ming army, but wounded more than one percent of thirty or forty people, which greatly surprised Ma Lashi. The long-range firepower of this Ming army was very fierce, and it was impossible to inflict huge casualties on it by relying on mounted fire.

It would be good if there were dozens of heavy cavalry under his command, and it would be easy to break the formation with heavy cavalry covered with horse armor, but after Ma Laxi sent troops to attack the Ming army in Liaocheng this time, he had no intention of attacking the fortifications, and the speed of long-distance raids was the first, so it was naturally impossible to carry heavy cavalry.

That can only be forcibly broken by infantry! Although the Ming army in front of him was strong, Ma Lashi was still full of confidence in annihilating them, because he had more than 100 real elites of the Eight Banners under his command, all of whom were battle-hardened warriors!

Ma Lashi then ordered the Mongol cavalry to go around the Ming army and maintain a threat to it, and the heavy task of attacking the fortified was mainly carried out by the infantry of the Manchu Eight Banners. The attack mode of the Eight Banners was more of an infantry attack, with the infantry first breaking through the Ming army array, and then the cavalry rushing into pursuit. Therefore, when it comes to the Eight Banners, I think that they are all cavalry, which is a misunderstanding.

More than 200 infantry slowly pressed towards the Ming array, and the firecrackers in the Eight Banners walked in the front with gunpowder filled with gunpowder, and opened fire one after another when they were fifty paces away.

In fact, the soldiers of the Eight Banners paid great attention to the use of firearms, and the equipment rate of firearms was about 20 percent. Ma Lahi had more than 100 soldiers of the Eight Banners, equipped with 22 muskets and more than 30 archers.

However, the accuracy of the fire gun shot fifty steps away is really pitiful, and most of the projectiles do not know where they fly after the fire guns, even if there are projectiles that can shoot into the Ming army array, they cannot shoot through the shield armor.

The firecrackers reloaded gunpowder as they walked, and the archers began to go crazy, and more than 30 archers opened their bows and shot arrows towards the Ming army's array, and the rate of fire was much faster than that of the firecrackers.

"The firecrackers are not allowed to return fire, let them go into twenty paces and shoot again!" Deng Bingzhen ordered in a deep voice. Although the range of the firearm can reach fifty paces, its accuracy and armor-piercing ability are extremely poor. Twenty paces is the best range, enough to penetrate most armor, and within ten paces, even three layers of armor can't block the firebolt's shot.

After such a long battle, especially after the assault cavalry of the Mongol cavalry just now, these warriors had calmed down after the initial panic. Everyone knows that it is useless to panic, and only by defeating the enemy in front of them can everyone survive. I have to say that these martial arts students are the most daring and strongest people in the entire Ming Dynasty, after all, those who dare to be admitted to the military academy and are admitted are the leaders of the children of military families and heroes from all over the world. These people are people who are full of enthusiasm and are not afraid of sacrifice, and have the ambition to make a name for themselves immediately. Therefore, even in the first battle, even in the face of a strong enemy such as the Mongolian cavalry of the Manchurian Eight Banners, they quickly calmed down after the initial panic and began to do what they should do according to the orders of the main general Deng Bingzhen.

The musketeers were all holding muskets, their muzzles pointed forward, but no one fired indiscriminately. The shield-bearer holds his shield to shield the arrows flying in the air. When a soldier is hit by a man's arrow, the soldiers behind him will quickly drag him into the formation and fill his position.

In the middle of the phalanx, Zhang Huangyan calmly looked at the Qing soldiers approaching from afar, but the archers under his command did not move, but recovered the physical strength consumed by several rounds of continuous shooting. The distance between the Qing soldiers is too far to be the time for bows and arrows to wield. Because the attacking Qing infantry was full of eight banners, everyone was wearing armor, and the more than ten people at the front were also wearing three layers of thick armor, which could not be pierced by bows and arrows.

When the distance between the two sides was about thirty paces, Zhang Huangyan gave an order, and seventy or eighty archers opened their bowstrings at the same time, and launched a salvo towards the Qing array.

At a distance of thirty paces, an arrow is enough to pierce ordinary armor.

Under the covering bow and arrow fire of the Ming army, from time to time, Qing soldiers fell to the ground, and the Qing archers immediately launched a counterattack against the Ming archers in the middle of the phalanx. Arrows flew through the air, and soldiers on both sides fell to the ground screaming from time to time.

"Attack!" With Ma Lahi's order, the infantry of the Eight Banners increased their speed, passed the musketeers in front, and flew towards the Ming army's formation. Rushing to the forefront were more than a dozen Baibaya soldiers, all wearing heavy armor and wielding heavy weapons such as large iron spears and maces, and they were tasked with breaking through the Ming army's defense line.

"Gun Round!" Seeing that the Qing soldiers had rushed within twenty paces, Deng Bingzhen gave an order, and the remaining thirty or so musketers were divided into three rounds, and the muskets passed through the gap between the first two rows of pikemen, and took turns firing at the Qing troops who were rushing not far away.

The distance of less than twenty paces is already very close, and a little trained firecracker can shoot it, not to mention that most of these armed firecrackers are hereditary military families, and they are very skilled in the use of firearms.

Seven or eight of the Eight Banners who were running suddenly stopped, a small hole appeared in the armor on their chests, and the round lead bullet penetrated the armor and shot into the body, and the kinetic energy that had not yet been released made the projectile rotate in the body, causing a fatal blow.

Seven or eight Eight Banner soldiers were shot and killed, naturally they could not stop the attack of the Qing Brigade, and more Eight Banner soldiers crossed their corpses and attacked the Ming army that was close at hand. The archers of the Eight Banners in the queue shot arrows continuously, and the arrows almost did not miss at hand, and in a short time, the spearmen of the Ming army in the front row were shot and killed dozens of people, and the pikemen in the back row hurriedly made up for it and continued to keep the queue intact.

The two sides finally collided together, swords and guns at the same time, desperately killing each other. The Ming army in the front row desperately held their shields to block the Qing army's attack, and the pikemen in the back row stabbed their spears from their shields to the Qing army.

A fierce white tooth soldier danced with a mace and hit the shield in front of him, a crisp sound sounded, and the Wu Beisheng who raised the shield screamed miserably, and the huge force hit the shield, and his right hand holding the shield had been shattered.

With a "bang", a projectile shot into the chest of Bai Baya's soldier, and the three layers of armor were not enough to block the fire shot close at hand, and he roared unwillingly, and fell to the ground on his back.

"Chirp", a feathered arrow was shooting at the front door of the armed fire gunner, and he fell to the ground without saying a word.

Zhang Huangyan quickly loosened the bowstring, and the arrow shot into the throat of the Eight Banners archer like an eye, and his right hand quickly picked up the feather arrow inserted in the ground, pulled the bow and loosened the string, and the arrow shot into the right eye of another Qing archer.

The phalanx had been broken by the Eight Banners, and the two sides were fighting together. The remaining sixty archers and a hundred and ten pikemen did not join the battle formation, and they lined up facing the south, guarding against the Mongol cavalry attack in the distance. At the same time that Zhang Huangyan shot the arrow, more eyes were also on him, if he let the Mongolian cavalry break through the array, he would really be defeated.

Deng Bingzhen's eyes were red, and a shot pierced the chest of an Eight Banner soldier, and the steel blade broke through the armor and pierced deeply into the body of the Eight Banners. kicked away the Eight Banners soldier in front of him and pulled out his spear, blocking the slash of the other Eight Banners, and the barrel of the gun was cut into two at once. Deng Bingzhen roared angrily and did not retreat, but advanced, raised the broken snatch and inserted it into the neck of the Eight Banners, snatched his steel knife with his hand, and roared towards the other Eight Banners.

The battle was already very critical, the combat power of the Eight Banners was too strong, the thin two lines of pikemen could not be stopped at all, the phalanx had been forcibly broken by the Eight Banners, and he, the main general, had to join the battle.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and more than 200 Mongolian cavalry finally waited for the opportunity, and instigated their horses to slowly advance towards the Ming army's array, the speed was getting faster and faster, and the sound of horses' hooves had already sounded.

Seeing that the north was in a bitter battle, the main general Deng Bingzhen joined the battle, and then looked at the Mongolian cavalry that was rapidly approaching in the south, he was as calm as Zhang Huangyan, and his eyes showed despair. The enemy army is twice as large as their own, and the combat power of the Eight Banners is stronger than that of their own newly recruited soldiers, and in less than an hour of battle, their own side has suffered heavy casualties, and there are only more than 200 people who can still fight, if there are no reinforcements appearing, these two or three hundred people on their side will definitely be wiped out. (https:)

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