Seeing that the Qing army's offensive was too fierce, Gu Zongfu led two thousand men and horses out of the village to reinforce, and the Qing army attacking the flank hurriedly turned around to meet the battle, and Sun Baian immediately sent the reserves.

In Sun Bo'an's view, the frontal battle has actually ended, and the Qing army can reap the victory just by waiting for the Qing army to launch the most rear-end attack. The musket team of the Chu army only has about 200 people, but there are more than 500 people in the Changsha Green Battalion, plus the Tianyou soldiers who help in the battle, as long as they rush up in one breath, they can solve the other party in hand-to-hand combat.

The right flank of the Qing army and the Ji'an battalion fought in formation, the pressure of the Portuguese soldiers defending the flank suddenly decreased, and the muzzle of the gun was turned to support Wang Yi's musket team.

But the Qing officers were still in control of the troops, and under their restraint, the rear team was not scattered by the defeated troops in front, but still continued to advance, and after cutting down a few of the routs, the other soldiers gradually restored order and reorganized themselves near the second trench, preparing to attack again.

Although a few teeth have been broken, the flesh has already bitten into the mouth, how can it be spit out at this time?

The battle situation tends to be white-hot, and the commanders of the Ming and Qing armies are also deploying troops.

On Shigu Mountain, Geng Zhongming ordered: "Pass on the king's military order, the Red Tiger Battalion immediately cross the grass bridge and line up to wait for the enemy, if Sun Bai'an wins, the Red Tiger Battalion does not need to help the battle, and if Sun Bai'an is defeated, he should strictly guard the position to prevent the Nanban counterattack......"

Seeing that the Qing army had exhausted all their efforts, they finally attacked the front of the Chu army camp. Geng Zhongming felt that the situation was not optimistic, he had fought so hard in the front, and it was probably difficult to win easily in the back. If Sun Bai'an's attack is frustrated. The ensuing counteroffensive of the Ming army will be extremely fierce, and it is necessary to transfer an extra group of people to go immediately to ensure the safety of the Caoqiao retreat.

In the rear of the Chu army, Wang Kefan also ordered: "If Geng Jimao doesn't move, you don't move, if he dares to move, kick his ass hard." By the way, the red-coated cannon of the Tartar was destroyed......"

Zhou Guodong and Teng Shuanglin responded to the call, and led 5,000 men from the Tongcheng Battalion and the Tongshan Battalion out of the Caoqiao Bridge to confront Geng Jimao's Tianyou soldiers from afar. Threaten the rear of the Qing army and relieve the pressure on the Ji'an battalion and Wang Yi's musket team.

At the same time, Wang Sheng led the Chongyang battalion to move closer to the rear of the Ji'an battalion, while carefully avoiding the range of the Qing artillery. to prevent the Qing army from making a desperate bet. Throwing all his strength into the attack, causing the sudden collapse of the Ji'an battalion.

Wang Kefan had been holding his troops until now, but at this moment he finally sent reinforcements, and the two sides were tense and increasing their troops, and this battle seemed to expand and escalate at any time...... But Wang Kefan and Geng Jingzhong both knew in their hearts that the Caoqiao bridgehead was not a suitable battlefield for a decisive battle.

For the Qing army, the terrain at the head of the Caoqiao Bridge was narrow. Large forces are not easy to deploy, unable to form an offensive level and defensive thickness. For example, Zhou Guodong and Teng Shuanglin's men and horses were far away, Geng Jimao felt that he was like a man on his back, and he did not dare to act rashly, and only by capturing the Ji'an camp that was stuck in the choke point could he consider the next offensive plan.

For the Ming army, the artillery position of the Qing army on Shigu Mountain is a big trouble, if it attacks the Caoqiao bridgehead, it will inevitably enter the range of the Qing artillery, and the four general cannons will beat the camp of the Ji'an camp to a broken state, so that the soldiers will brave dozens of cannons to attack, and the casualties will be unbearable.

Moreover, the Qing army firmly controlled Caoqiao, could send more reinforcements at any time, and could retreat in time when the war was unfavorable, even if it launched a strong attack at any cost, it would be difficult to deal a fatal blow to the Qing army.

The two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties are more than self-preservation, and the offensive skills are lacking, if it is really a decisive battle here, it is likely to be a bad battle that is difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat, the defending side takes advantage of it, and the attacking side will inevitably suffer, so they dare not act easily.

The focus of the battle was still in front of the camp in Ji'an, on the position of the musket team.

The sound of gunfire was like popping beans, the drums of war shook the sky, and the Qing army once again launched an attack on the musketeers.

"Bring the drumsticks, Ben will beat the drums himself!"

The battle was so fierce, Sun Bai'an's blood was surging, and his heart suddenly felt generous and heroic.

As the Ming army's musket team was forced into a desperate situation, the battle of the Changsha Green Battalion was also fought to the extreme, and the casualties of the frontal troops were nearly forty percent, but they still continued to attack, which was something that the Cheng army had never done for many years.

It's a hurdle!

If the strong enemy can be eliminated in this kind of hard-fought contest, the combat effectiveness of the Changsha Green Battalion will rise to a new level and become a well-known strong soldier in the world.

"Boom! Boom! Knock knock ......"

The drums were beating rapidly, and the rear of the Qing army changed to the front team, and stepped through the third trench where the musketeers had just been hiding, and while clearing the antler barrier, they slowly advanced forward, and thirty or forty paces behind them, the routs were also assembled, and they mustered up the courage to follow.

The Heavenly Blessing soldiers stepped forward diagonally and launched a confrontation with the Portuguese soldiers to cover the flank of the Changsha Green Battalion. The Portuguese soldiers were a little weak due to the two-front battle, but their equipment was superior, and they were on a par with the Heavenly Blessing soldiers, and neither of them could suppress the opponent's firepower.

More than 500 people of the Changsha Green Battalion served as the main attacker, and compared with the 200 Chu musketeers, they not only had nearly twice the superiority in strength, but also were pikemen, sword and axe soldiers, shield soldiers and other infantry, Sun Bai'an was 100% sure that they would show their skills in white-knuckle combat and easily destroy those hateful Chu army musketeers.

But before that, they had to bear the rain of bullets from the Chu army.

Guns are like a forest, bullets are like rain.

The short distance of twenty paces is like a moat that can never be crossed, due to the obstruction of the antler barrier, the Qing army marched very slowly, but the muskets of the Ming army seemed to have eyes, and almost every gunshot would take a life.

On the camp wall of the Ji'an camp behind them, one hundred and ten archers and firecrackers were also trying their best to provide support, if it wasn't for the main force being taken away by Gu Zongfu, their firepower would be even more fierce.

By this time, the Qing army was also red-eyed, the sword and axe soldiers stepped forward to cut off the antlers, and the other soldiers also swarmed up, reaching out to help clear the barricades, but the formation was a little chaotic.

"Bang bang bang!"

Another round of guns rang out, dozens of Qing soldiers fell to the ground, others were also frightened, a few timid even squatted down, but the strange thing is that after a full two or three minutes, the next round of guns has not been fired......

"Get on the bayonet!"

Wang Yi raised his saber to Lu, and several officers immediately conveyed his order to Lu's subordinates to each soldier.

As the Qing army continued to approach, it was only about ten steps away from the trench, and the impatient even smashed it with a weapon such as a short axe, as if it would rush to the position in the next moment. If they are close to the enemy, the musketeer's flintlock pistol is a burning stick and has no ability to defend themselves, so they become more and more uneasy, the accuracy of their shooting decreases, and various errors in reloading are continuous.

It can't be delayed any longer, and the soldiers have to be left with a buffer time to prepare for white-knuckle combat, so although he can knock down the enemy in front of him with a raised hand, Wang Yi still ordered to stop shooting and put on his bayonet to prepare for white-knuckle combat.

Five or six type military spur, is the later generation of 56 type military spur copycat version, due to the limitation of material technology, and the genuine 56 type is still very different, the most obvious point is that it was changed to a plug-in bayonet, there is a ring buckle for fixing outside, after the wooden handle is inserted into the chamber, and then the buckle is tightened, the three-edged military spur is tightly knotted with the gun body.

In addition, the five-six-style military spur does not have as sharp lines as the original, the blade is relatively shorter and thicker, more like a triangular sharp cone, but it is more full of strength, even if it is pierced from the middle of the ribs, it will not be easily broken.

The well-polished blades shone brightly, and the deep blood groove was even more murderous, and when the two hundred soldiers of the musket team suddenly jumped out of the trenches, the Qing troops on the opposite side couldn't help but be stunned.

What kind of weapon is this?

Can musketeers also engage in white-knuckle combat?

Under the continuous fire of the flintlock pistol, the Changsha Green Battalion had long been on the verge of collapse, and those who supported them to hold on until now thought that as long as they rushed to the position, the musketeers of the Chu army could only wait to be killed.

"Kill!"

The musketeers of the Chu army were not in a daze, and rushed up with a shout, raising their guns and stabbing them.

Behind them, the archers and musketeers of the Ji'an battalion were still shooting, and the Qing soldiers kept arrows and lead flying in their ears, and the oncoming enemy was so fierce that half of the Qing army lost the courage to fight, turned and fled backwards.

The other half of the Qing army was still trapped, wielding swords and spears to meet them, but they were rushed by their fleeing companions, and their formation became even more chaotic.

In contrast, the musket team of the Chu army acted in unison, still in three rows in front and back, one soldier next to the other, and next to one bayonet was another, forming a deformed spear formation.

In white-knuckle combat, the formation is the first, and only an organized and disciplined army can win, and the Qing army immediately fell into the upper hand, and was divided into several units by a single charge of the musket team.

The officers of the Qing army hurriedly organized resistance, brandished swords and guns to fight with the Chu army, and tried to get closer to each other, but the Chu army resolutely stopped them with bayonets.

The stabbing is a combination of skills, physical strength, discipline and will, and the Chu army's stabbing skills are just getting started, which is much worse than the Qing army that is good at white-knuckle fighting, but their physical strength is better, the discipline is stronger, and the will to fight is more resolute.

"Kill!"

Wang Kebin stabbed forward with all his might, stabbing down a Qing soldier, and then with a flick of his wrist, he pulled out the bayonet lightly, and stabbed another Qing soldier at an even more sharp speed. (To be continued......)