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Although the heavy cavalry of both sides launched first, the light cavalry was the first to collide together. In terms of light cavalry, although the Manchus had a numerical advantage, the melee of the light cavalry on both sides was difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat for a while.

"Order, Ling Shuo went around and rushed to attack the infantry phalanx of the Ming thieves, and the infantry phalanx of the Ming army must not be built." Dolgon pointed to the Ming infantry and said.

Shuo Zhi led the 3,000 cavalry of his headquarters to bypass the battlefield from the left side and go straight to the infantry phalanx of the Ming army, and the Ming dragoons tried to intercept Shuo Zhi's cavalry, but they were entangled by the Manchu cavalry that kept coming up.

In the heavy cavalry duel, it can be regarded as the steel torrent duel in this era, and the heavy armored cavalry of the two sides formed a battle formation like two giant steel chariots colliding fiercely together. The heavy cavalry on both sides were armed with spears, and the war was brutal, and the soldiers who rushed to the front knew that once the two armies collided, they would be more than lucky, but they could only rush forward with the determination to die.

The moment the two armies collided, the soldiers who rushed to the front suddenly turned on their backs, and suffered heavy casualties, even if the soldiers who rushed to the front were lucky not to be stabbed to death by spears on the spot, but once they fell off their horses, it was a dead end, and the heavy cavalry that came up immediately after them in order to maintain their formation, it was impossible to rescue the soldiers who fell to the ground, and even trampled on their horses to death when they were forced to kill the soldiers who fell down.

The heavy cavalry and the light cavalry fought in a completely different way, and the heavy cavalry fought like a moving wall, and the wall was full of murderous weapons, and all living things that stood in front of this wall, whether they were friends or enemies, would be smashed to pieces.

The hussars are between the heavy cavalry and the light cavalry, not the complete heavy cavalry, when the two sides collide, the hussars are slightly weak, the Manchu heavy cavalry formation is more complete, they want to use this slight advantage at the moment to peck through the formation of the hussars, in order to disrupt the formation of the hussars.

But at this moment the hussars began to return fire with their pistols, which was the advantage of the hussars, although the carbine did limited damage to the heavily armored heavy cavalry, but it slightly slowed down the attack speed of the Manchu heavy cavalry.

Jiang Baixin, the commander of the hussars, understood that the hussars had an advantage in numbers and firearms, and more importantly, compared with the heavy cavalry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the hussars had an advantage in physical strength over the heavy cavalry, and the longer the time dragged on, the more obvious the advantage of the hussars would be. Jiang Baixin now only asked the hussars to withstand the onslaught of the Manchu heavy cavalry.

At the same time, the hussars were already using grenades to fight back, although the power of the grenade was limited, but the loud noise caused by the grenade caused a lot of psychological pressure on the Manchu heavy cavalry.

And Shuo's 3,000 cavalry has also bypassed the battlefield and appeared four miles away from the cavalry, and the large infantry phalanx of the Ming army has almost been completed at this moment, and now only the tiger squat cannon and other artillery of the Ming army are still being arranged.

"Order, let the marksmen form a formation to intercept the enemy army." Zhao Shujiao ordered. This was the first time that the marksmen had formed a formation against the cavalry.

Apparently ignoring the two hundred infantry standing in front of him, he did not hesitate to charge. The Marksman's Apocalypse Gun has a range of 500 meters, which is enough distance for the Marksman to keep reloading and shooting. In order to ensure the interception area, the marksman put out a formation of only three rows, that is, three shots. The formation of the marksman was just in front of Shuo Zhen, on the left of the marksman was a small hillside, and on the right was a small infantry phalanx that had been built.

Shuo's cavalry was stopped by two hundred marksmen at a distance of about 500 meters, and no matter how Shuo's cavalry charged, they were never able to break through this distance.

"If you can have 10,000 marksmen, you can sweep the world." Seeing the power of the marksman, Zhao Shujiao sighed.

Seeing that he had never been able to break through the front of the marksman's formation, he ordered: "Go around the hill on the left." He did not hesitate to choose to avoid the infantry phalanx of the Ming army, even the phalanx of small infantry.

At this moment, several large infantry phalanxes of the Ming army have been basically constructed, and Zhao Shujiao saw that Shuo Zhi bypassed the front of the marksman, and he didn't know whether Shuo Zhen wanted to attack the formation of the marksman from the side, or wanted to bypass the marksman to attack.

"Order, artillery fire to cover the sharpshooter's retreat into the infantry phalanx on the right." Zhao Shujiao ordered.

The whole battle has been less than half an hour from the beginning to now, the battle between the two sides has entered the white heat, at this moment the infantry phalanx of the Ming army has been built, Shuo Zhi saw that he could not bargain, after leaving a pile of corpses, he retreated from the original way.

The battle of the heavy cavalry continued, and at this moment both sides were already at the end of their crossbows, but relatively speaking, the physical strength advantage and firearms advantage of the hussars made the hussars begin to gain the upper hand.

"Give the order to the heavy cavalry to retreat." Dorgon commanded.

The heavy cavalry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was the first to retreat, and the hussars were also unable to pursue at the moment, seeing the heavy cavalry of the Manchu Qing retreating, the hussars also began to retreat. The heavy cavalry of the two sides faced each other for the first time, and the victory was indistinguishable, and hundreds of people were killed and wounded on both sides.

The light cavalry was still fighting fiercely at the moment, the Manchus had an advantage in numbers, while the Ming army had an advantage in equipment, and the two sides were also inseparable for a while.

Just two quarters of an hour after the heavy cavalry on both sides withdrew from the battlefield, this time the Ming army first Mingjin withdrew its troops, and Dolgon saw that the infantry phalanx of the Ming army had been constructed, and he had no intention of pursuing, so he had to withdraw his troops at this moment.

The first battle between the two sides ended in a draw, and the two sides were very close even in the number of casualties, both suffering nearly two thousand casualties.

"The combat power of the Manchu Qing has been greatly improved compared to the Battle of Shenyang, and this battle will not be easier than the Battle of Shenyang, or even more difficult." In today's war, Zhao Shujiao had a relatively clear concept of the military strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"The Manchu heavy cavalry is more powerful than I imagined, and today our army was almost pecked through by the Manchu heavy cavalry." Jiang Baixin also said.

"When Yuan Dudu's army arrives, the number of our army's hussars will be 8,000 cavalry, and then we will have the opportunity to completely annihilate the Manchu heavy cavalry by taking advantage of the numerical advantage." Zhao Shujiao said.

"Can the infantry phalanx hold back the Manchu heavy cavalry?" Jiang Baixin asked.

"If the heavy cavalry is not assisted by light cavalry or infantry, the infantry phalanx can block the heavy cavalry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty with the support of a large number of artillery fire, although the flintlock pistols of the infantry cannot effectively block the heavy cavalry, but the artillery can bombard the heavy cavalry without any scruples, but this requires the density of the artillery to reach a certain degree to be able to block the heavy cavalry." Zhao Shujiao said.

"Is it possible to form a large infantry formation, concentrate artillery, and attract the heavy cavalry of the Manchu Qing to break the formation?" Jiang Baixin proposed.

(End of chapter)