Li Dingguo, Jiao Lian, Wu Jisi, Yuan Zongdi and others stood under the banner of the Chinese army with Zhu Youlang in their arms, staring at the first round of confrontation between the Ming and Qing dynasties. Zhu Youlang still has certain expectations for the more than 600 veterans who attack the camp with hatred, but others, especially Yuan Zongdi, have a different state of mind in this situation.

Yuan Zongdi and others followed Li Zicheng to fight in the north and south, and fought with the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years. At first, they also had the courage to fight with the Qing soldiers, and the cavalry was also the pride of their pride, but in front of the Qing soldiers again and again failed, almost all their sharpness was worn away, so that after Li Zicheng's death, they actually accepted He Tengjiao's incorporation and sent people under the fence.

Liu Muzhi is the son of Liu Fangliang, although the tiger father has no dog son, but after all, Yuan Zongdi and others have not seen the real strength of the soldiers and horses under Liu Muzhi's command, and the previous Liu Muzhi did not have any outstanding performance in the army except for showing a certain amount of bravery in the breakthrough battle. Now, seeing Liu Muzhi rushing towards the Dongjiang soldiers, the main force of the Qing Army's Han Eight Banners, with almost one-to-one troops, they all sweated one by one.

The war horse gradually accelerated from jogging to galloping, the fine iron spear in Liu Muzhi's hand had also been leveled, his body had left the saddle, leaned forward slightly and squatted on the stirrup, his left hand relaxed the reins, and pressed his body down again, almost parallel to the ground.

The two iron streams rushed towards each other, colliding together in an instant, and after a burst of slashing and fighting, dozens of people on each side fell off their horses, and the two teams staggered out. Then they tossed each other's heads and after a big circle, they relined the line.

After the first round of fighting, both sides have certain losses, one side has the pride of almost no defeat for decades, and the other side has a monstrous hatred.

However, as time went by, in the fourth round, at the moment when the two sides were about to collide again, the remaining more than 300 Qing soldiers suddenly changed direction, and the entire front line twisted to the north, deviating from the original route, but the dozens of horsemen on the flanks passed by the Ming army.

In this round, Zhu Youlang and others really saw clearly, it was the Qing soldiers who first changed direction to avoid the collision with the Ming army, and in terms of momentum, they were clearly defeated by Liu Muzhi.

From this small change, Zhu Youlang saw that the Qing army's vanguard cavalry no longer had the confidence to win.

Taking advantage of the momentum of his own cavalry, Zhu Youlang raised his saber and waved it forward: "The three armies obey the order and advance three hundred steps to the west!" ”

As soon as the words fell, tens of thousands of sergeants pressed forward in unison, swords and guns shining, armor leaves sonorous, war horses snorting, and slowly marching forward with dull and rhythmic footsteps.

Geng Zhongming didn't know what Emperor Yongli was thinking, but, from the confrontation just now, he also sensed a trace of uneasiness, cavalry is the best type of field attack, the riding skills of the Dongjiang soldiers are only under the Manchurian Eight Banners, after a battle, the Ming cavalry is not only fearless, and even more and more courageous, and has a slight victory in momentum, which really embarrasses him. In the months since entering Huguang, the 100,000 southern expeditionary army is in need of a hearty victory!

The cavalry of the two sides fought here, the victory and defeat were almost divided, the Ming army finally slightly overpowered the Qing army in momentum, and then the battle was a war of attrition, which was of little significance, Zhu Youlang ordered to recall the remaining more than 400 selected front knights, and after a warm word of praise to them, he once again ordered the whole army to move forward.

The Ming army moved again, getting closer and closer to his own military formation, which Geng Zhongming was happy to see, and he was very confident in the firearms tactics of his soldiers and horses.

However, every step the Ming army took, they roared the word "kill", and waves of air rushed towards him like mountains and seas, Geng Zhongming clearly felt the aggressive momentum of the Ming army, and he was a little out of breath for a while!

"Kill!"

In order to save morale, Geng Zhongming also let the whole army take action, roaring while walking, and pressed towards the Ming army's position without showing weakness, and when it advanced to two hundred steps, the whole army struggled to shout the last word "kill", and then re-established the whole team.

After the initial battle, the positions of the two sides were finally less than 900 steps apart, and the cavalry on the flanks of the two armies was only more than 700 paces at the nearest point, and through the clairvoyance, the main generals of the two sides could clearly see the expressions on each other's faces. After turning around and seeing that his artillery position had been arranged, Zhu Youlang's saber fell, and he gave the order to attack without hesitation.

"Three Artillery Corps, Prepare - Open Fire!"

Dozens of Hongyi and Furlong machine cannons immediately let out a wild roar, and the flying cannonballs swept across the battlefield, accurately falling in the formation of the Qing army, rolling happily, like a gourd, and instantly crushing to death a hundred and ten Qing soldiers, this is still because the array is relatively sparse, if the array is dense, the killing effect will be greater.

The sudden fire of the Ming army did not surprise Geng Zhongming, what really surprised him was that the range and accuracy of the Ming army's artillery, he thought that the Ming army's artillery and gunners were still as bad as the original, even if they were improved, they would definitely be a lot behind their own artillery, but he didn't expect it to backfire!

However, at this moment, he had no intention of thinking about it any more, and hurriedly ordered a return fire, and then dozens of Hongyi and Furang machine guns of different models and sizes in the Qing army's artillery position immediately opened fire.

After a roar, dozens of shells flew out, and between several ups and downs, more than a dozen shells fell into the front army of the Ming army, followed by a continuous and terrible scream and groan, hundreds of Ming soldiers could not dodge, and were stoned to death and crushed.

The artillery battle on both sides did not end with this, after the first round of artillery battles.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The second salvo of the Ming army began, this time, in addition to the original dozens of large and small artillery guns that fired at the field positions of the Qing army, there were also six twelve-pounder heavy Hongyi cannons prepared, the cannons issued by these cannons did not rush to the field positions of the Qing army, but crossed the heads of the Qing soldiers and smashed the artillery positions behind them, after a roar, the Qing army was killed and wounded, and the artillery positions behind the front army were also patronized by three twelve-pounder guns, and the three or four cannons were instantly scattered and scrapped, More than a dozen gunners were knocked away. (To be continued.) )