This time, Zhao led the sect to form a huge phalanx of 20,000 infantry, and then placed all the artillery in the array, and the remaining 10,000 dragoons were in a mobile and free state.

"In today's battle, I will live and die with you!" Zhao Shujiao shouted loudly.

"Wan Sheng!" Then Zhao Shujiao waved the saber in his hand and said.

"Wan Sheng!" The crowd shouted together.

……

Huang Taiji did not attack immediately, but observed for a while before asking, "Can the infantry phalanx still be used like this?" With 20,000 men to form such a huge phalanx of infantry. ”

"Khan Amma, this should be called the Turtle Formation. It looks like a big turtle. Hauge said, pointing to the Ming army's giant infantry phalanx.

"It's like a big turtle that you can't put your mouth into. Compared with the previous infantry phalanx, such a giant infantry phalanx is thicker, and it is more difficult to break the formation, but the previous infantry phalanx is composed of several infantry phalanxes, and the infantry phalanx can work together with each other, even if one phalanx is broken, the others will not be affected in any way, but this time, as long as we break through one side, the 20,000 infantry taught by Zhao will be completely defeated in an instant. Huang Taiji said.

"Khan Amma, what to do with the dragoons wandering around the infantry phalanx?" Hauge asked.

"Send 20,000 light cavalry, for the dragoons, I don't seek to break the enemy, only to drag them down, so that they cannot be rescued. It's up to you to take care of this. Huang Taiji said to Haoge.

"Wow!"

"Shuo Xuan, you lead 5,000 foot soldiers as the vanguard to attack the north of the Ming army, Sakha Lu, you lead 5,000 heavy cavalry to follow, Duoduo, you command 10,000 light cavalry to follow Sakha Lu, Lai Mubu, you lead 5,000 light cavalry to cover on the left flank, Tang Gu, you lead 5,000 light cavalry to cover on the right flank." Huang Taiji said.

Huang Taiji knew that the Chinese army of the Ming army was only a day's journey from the vanguard, and if he used cavalry, he could reach it in half a day, and in fact, he was given only about two or three hours to break the formation, which made Huang Taiji have to use a killer weapon as soon as he came up.

At six o'clock, the Manchu army attacked. Shuo Zhi led 5,000 foot soldiers to push the shield cart and slowly approached the Ming army, followed by 5,000 heavy cavalry led by Sakha Ling, and finally 10,000 light cavalry of Duoduo. The role of the 5,000 infantry is to allow the heavy cavalry to enter within 100 meters of the Ming army and win the distance for the heavy cavalry to charge, while the 10,000 light cavalry is to expand the results.

"Herald, with a solid bullet!" Artillery Chief Deng Ming ordered.

"General Soldier Deng, wait for Jianyu's shield car to enter within 300 steps before firing, I want them to taste the power of my Daming artillery." Zhao Shujiao said.

"No."

The artillery observers of the Ming army stared intently at the slowly approaching Manchu army, and kept reporting the distance in their mouths, "Six hundred steps!" ”

"Five hundred steps!"

"Four hundred and fifty steps!"

"Four hundred steps!"

At this time, the battlefield suddenly fell silent, and the sound of shield carts, the neighing of horses, and the number of artillery observers could be heard clearly, as if even the Manchu soldiers on the opposite side could hear the voices of the artillery observers of the Ming army.

"Three hundred and fifty steps!"

"Three hundred and thirty steps!"

"Three hundred and twenty steps!"

"Three hundred and ten steps!"

"Ignition!" At the sound of an order, the lead of the Ming artillery was ignited.

"Rushing to the ......" At this moment, Sakha also gave the order to charge, and the soldier pushing the shield cart instantly burst out with all his strength, pushing the shield cart and running wildly.

"Boom......" The sound of the Ming army's artillery broke the silence of this moment, and countless shells poured down in an instant. There were thousands of artillery pieces of various types in the Ming army's formation, although it was impossible for all of them to fire at the same time, and of course it was impossible to fire at the same time, but even if only hundreds of artillery pieces fired at the same time, it could give people the illusion that this sky was instantly filled with hundreds of shells of different sizes.

The shield array that was hit head-on was instantly torn apart, and the soldiers behind the shield array who were lucky may be unscathed, if they were a little less lucky, they would be shattered by the shield car, causing all kinds of damage of varying severity, and if they were unlucky, they would be directly hit by the artillery, and they would be shattered in an instant.

Of course, there are some small shells that are unloaded by the sand in front of the shield cart and cause only minor damage to the shield cart, but some shield carts are not shattered, but they are knocked over by the shells.

After a round of artillery fire, the Manchu soldiers in the rear continued to push the shield cart forward, and some soldiers who lost the shield cart could only wave the knife in their hands and rush forward with the army. But soon the second round of artillery fire from the Ming army also came.

The artillery fire of the Ming army was round after round, there was almost no time difference, the land in front of the Ming army had been bombarded by artillery, and the shield carts behind began to become difficult to push, and the advance of the shield carts became more and more difficult.

"Mingjin retreats." Huang Taiji said expressionlessly.

"The number of artillery pieces of the Ming army is too large, and our army simply cannot get close." Shuo Zhi said.

"We need to change formations, two rows of shield carts, one row of heavy cavalry, two rows of light cavalry, and so on to intersperse and attack. This time attacking from the east. Huang Taiji ordered.

"Wow!"

……

For Huang Taiji's change of formation, Zhao Shujiao knew what the effect was, but just in case, he once again gathered two hundred sharpshooters to use them.

This time, as soon as the Manchu shield carts entered a distance of 500 paces, the Ming army's artillery fire opened fire, and after only rushing to a distance of less than 50 paces, there were few of the two rows of shield carts left. At this time, the heavy cavalry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty launched a charge, and even if they could reach the Ming army's formation at this distance, they could not threaten the Ming army.

The charging distance of the heavy cavalry is only fifty meters at most, and it is definitely not more than a hundred meters, after this distance, the horsepower can not hold on, and it will not be able to run at all, at this time the horses need to rest, accumulate strength for the next sprint, if you do not change horses, then the next sprint distance will be shorter.

Therefore, raising heavy cavalry is simply burning money, countless dynasties in history have raised heavy cavalry, but the number is not much, and once there is a financial problem, the first type of army that cannot be raised is heavy cavalry. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao did not dare to raise heavy cavalry, he only dared to raise winged cavalry, and he could only be distributed to each governor's mansion to raise, and only Shuntian, Shenyang, and Lanzhou raised winged cavalry, and the total number was only 20,000 cavalry, and although the winged cavalry was three-quarters of the body, the cost was less than half of the heavy cavalry.

It was clear that this heavy cavalry was used to sacrifice to gain closer distance for the army behind. Huang Taiji has made a bloody investment this time, and he has already made up his mind to eat the vanguard of the Ming army at all costs.

The combination of heavy cavalry and light cavalry forcefully brought the whole team into a distance of three hundred paces.

(End of chapter)