PS: Because of the previous revisions, a lot of new content has been filled in the front, resulting in some of the content of the previous chapter in the new chapter, only this chapter, please forgive me.

The elite of the Dongjiang River, whom he was so proud of, was actually suppressed by the knights of the Ming army in terms of momentum! There was a moment of disbelief in the bravery shown by this cavalry unit, which consisted of only more than 600 men.

Fortunately, he is also a battle-hardened veteran, and after a moment of consternation, he regained his composure, and after waving the flag, another elite knight separated from the middle camp to support the forward.

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 unease, cavalry is the best type of field attack, the riding skills of the Dongjiang soldiers are only under the Manmeng Eight Banners, after a battle, the cavalry of the Ming army is not only fearless, and even more and more courageous, and even suppressed his own side in terms of momentum, which really embarrassed him. In the months since entering Huguang, the 100,000 southern expeditionary army is in need of a hearty victory!

The cavalry of both sides fought so far, the victory and defeat were almost divided, and if the Qing army did not have reinforcements, it was only a matter of time before they were defeated.

Zhu Youlang saw that hundreds of cavalry galloped out of the Qing army's position, obviously wanting to come over to support, the so-called killing of a thousand enemies, self-loss of eight hundred, he didn't want to throw Liu Muzhi's elite cavalry in this senseless war of attrition, and hurriedly sent an order to recall the remaining four or five hundred selected front knights, and after giving them a warm word of praise, 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.

Geng Zhongming raised his clairvoyance and cautiously observed the Ming army formation on the opposite side, the front army of the Ming army lined up in several columns of deep horizontal formations, completely unfolding the queue, each with a heavy musket, all iron armor, in front of the infantry array, nearly a hundred artillery pieces of size had already adjusted their directions, and the muzzle of the guns was waiting for their own attack.

Geng Zhongming gasped in shock, the number of artillery in this imperial court is a bit perverted, right? Looking at its front battalion, the approval rate is almost half, especially the gunners and spearmen in the forefront, all wearing iron armor, at a glance, like hedgehogs, almost impossible to eat!

It's just too perverted, it is said that it is the emperor's imperial camp pro-army? I just hope it's some silver-like wax tips that don't look good. Fortunately, the rest of the ordnance is not so perverted, otherwise how would this battle be fought?

The Qing army only has the Dongjiang soldiers' firearms are excellent, the iron armor is sufficient, and the rest of the green battalion miscellaneous cards are not treated that way, they lack enough firearms, most of the front are holding inferior bird guns or low-powered three-eyed guns, and crossbowmen also account for a certain proportion.

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.

Seeing the roaring and terrifying shells, there was a commotion in the infantry array of the imperial camp pro-army, and the sergeants instinctively wanted to avoid the bombardment of the shells, but the military discipline was strict, and the overseers were firmly monitoring on one side, so that they did not dare to act rashly, and could only face the shells that were bombarded.

In the past two years of strong training and conquest and fighting, the strictness of military discipline has been rooted in their hearts, even if there are a few people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, regardless of the overall situation, they will be supervised by the side of the overseers marching in battle, slashing as a deterrent.

I have to say that the quality of the artillery of the Qing army is good, and the level of gunners is no longer below the gunners of the Ming army, and the artillery is quite accurate.

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.

Fortunately, Zhu Youlang had prepared in advance, in order to reduce the damage of the enemy's artillery bombardment, the formation of the army was not very dense, and after a round of artillery bombardment by the Qing army, the casualties were not very large, and the number of casualties was still acceptable.

After the Qing army finished a round of artillery bombardment and knew the approximate location of the enemy's artillery, Zhu Youlang decisively ordered his artillery team to return fire, in addition to killing and wounding the enemy's foot soldiers, the target was directly aimed at the artillery positions in the Qing army's central army array.

The gunners of the Gongsheng Camp and the Imperial Camp Huben and Yulin Town Artillery Team have long been eager to try, and the so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days has been used for a while, and they have followed those Portuguese foreign teachers who have been practicing hard for more than a year.