The Eight Banners belong to the light cavalry, the war horses are not equipped with vests, and the light cavalry is used to attack the infantry pike formation head-on, just like using aircraft carriers and destroyers to fire artillery bombardment, it is a short attack and long combat method, even if it is not cost-effective.

As soon as the spear array of the Gongyi battalion came up, Dai Zi, the leader of the Qing army, knew that a strong enemy was coming.

Although the Eight Banners are mainly cavalry and archery, they have fought many times with the infantry of the Ming army, and they have seen a lot of various formations, some of those formations are very strong, and some are just a showcase, and the spear formation in front of them is not simple!

The Ming army posed out of a simple phalanx, the rhythm of stopping and walking was smooth and natural, the soldiers' movements were very standardized, and a conditioned reflex had been formed.

If he fought in the field outside the city, the Qing general would definitely not choose to attack, but used the mobility of the cavalry to slowly maneuver around the enemy to avoid casualties as much as possible, but in the narrow streets of the city, there was no such condition.

Storm!

The importance of the enemy is not cowardice, he is more confident in the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners!

The spear array of the Ming army looks very powerful, but the Eight Banners are invincible in the world, there is no reason to leave without a fight, the Ming Emperor is in front, as long as he can kill him, it is worth paying no matter how big the casualties are.

Hasten!

Raise your knife!

Charge!

Hundreds of horses' hooves stepped on the bluestone street, emitting a huge roar, eighty tiger tooth knives were raised high, shining with a shining light, like an unstoppable tide rushing to the Ming army's spear array, seeing the Qing army's military might was so terrifying, Emperor Longwu's heart immediately pinched, lest the Ming army's spear array would collapse one moment, and the next moment it would scatter and flee.

This situation is all too common, and the Ming army is majestic when they practice on their own. Once faced with the Qing army, it suddenly collapsed...... But this time no, the spear formation of the Ming army did not cross, they stopped and raised their spears!

"It's broken!" That Qing Jundaizi secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good.

The Ming army put the spear on the ground, which is much more stable than holding the spear, they don't need to raise the gun to stab, just wait for the war horse of the Eight Banners to collide with itself, this is a row of artificially placed horse rejection guns, and the ordinary spear array is different.

Stop it?

No way! The war horse had already rushed up to speed, and it looked like there were still dozens of paces to go. It's just a matter of breathing, dozens of Eight Banners soldiers are wrapped in a ball, and they can't stop if they want to.

That generation subconsciously reined in the reins of the horse, and the Qing army next to him immediately overtook and directly collided with the spear array of the Ming army. Facing the tip of the spear that shook like a forest, the war horses of the Qing army in the front row jumped up with instinct. Want to jump over it.

Seven or eight horses rose into the air. The Qing army on the horse was as majestic as a flying general, everyone had to look up to them, and felt that they were brave, Wu Decao, who was beside Emperor Longwu, gasped for air, and was frightened by the superb riding skills of the Qing army.

"Poof, poof!"

Blood flowed. War horses neigh!

The majestic General Fei finally fell, and was landing in the spear array that was as dense as a hedgehog thorn, and the soldiers of the Gongyi battalion were hunched and shrunk their heads. Try to avoid the war horse that fell from the sky, but he held the spear in his hand, and the tip of the spear directly pierced the body of the horse and the Qing soldiers above.

Just dead?!

Seven or eight Qing cavalry, smashed to death and wounded seven or eight Gongyi battalion infantry, one-on-one exchange ratio, it seems that the Qing army did not suffer.

But compared to expensive cavalry, infantry is too cheap.

There are constantly Qing cavalry crashing into the spear array, relying on the huge impact of the war horse, often able to fight out one or two, two or three Gongyi battalion of infantry, but the Ming army behind immediately filled the position, always maintaining the stability of the spear array.

In the charging battle, the personal martial arts did not have much effect, mainly with the help of the impact of the horses running at high speed, thus forming a huge damage, the soldiers of the Gongyi battalion put the spears on the ground, and also with the help of the impact of the horses running at high speed, in turn formed a huge damage to the Qing army.

The advantage of the cavalry is gone!

A wave of charges down, the Eight Banners suffered casualties of more than 20 people, but the Ming army's spear array was filled in time and was still intact, and the Qing army shouted again and again, stopping the other cavalry from continuing to charge, turning back and releasing arrows.

can't rush over, the Qing army is very clear that the number of Ming troops is too large, and if one is injured and then make up for another, it is useless to consume all the men and horses of his own.

Shoot them! Let's see if the bow and arrow can scatter the Ming army, if this spear formation is messed up, the cavalry can break the formation if they rush up again.

"Whoosh, whoosh...... "The Eight Banners are all archers, one arrow after another, flying over like rain, the Ming army lowered its head and hid its face, raised the small round shield hanging on its arm, and protected the face door and chest and abdomen.

"Bang, bang, bang......" There are two kinds of arrows in the quiver of the Eight Banner soldiers, and on this occasion they use six taels of iron arrows, which have a short range and great power, and are most suitable for use when they are in short arms.

"Whoosh, whoosh......" The archers of the Ming army began to fight back, they used foot bows, which were more powerful than the cavalry bows of the Eight Banners, and posed a great threat to the Eight Banners.

"Bang, bang, bang......" The Ming army's firecrackers also began to shoot back, their range was closer, but the Qing army in order to use heavy iron arrows, standing not far from the spear array, the firecrackers could just hit them, although the Eight Banners were protected by cotton armor, the huge war horses became the most Haode target, a row of guns over, and immediately knocked down six or seven Eight Banners.

Retreat! The Eight Banners stepped back, switching to lighter feathered arrows and continuing to attack.

Fight back! The Ming army's firearms were out of reach, but the infantry bow had a long range and could still shoot at the Qing army.

Exchange! The Eight Banners and the Ming Army were hit by arrows one after another, and everyone was protected by armor, so it was not a big problem, but the war horses of the Eight Banners had no vests, and they were shot and injured several times.

Remove!

The morale of the Qing army has been lost, and the Qing army Daizi whistled again, and turned around and ran away with the remaining Eight Banner soldiers, fleeing towards the way they came, this battle has been lost, and if they don't leave, they will fall into Tingzhou City, and the whole army will be annihilated.

"I haven't seen such a Ming army for many years, where did they come from, and they are about to catch up with the white pole soldiers...... "That generation is a veteran, remembering the fierce battles in the post-Jin period, when the elite of the Ming army was still there, and it caused a lot of trouble for the Eight Banners.

The white pole soldier is the pikemen under the female general Qin Liangyu, brave and good at fighting, even the emperor Taiji is quite jealous, and later he surrounded the main force of the white pole soldier with a trick, but repeated attacks could not break the formation, zuihou transferred the red-clothed cannon of the Han army flag, only to blast open the spear formation of the white pole soldier......

"The Tartars ran away?" Emperor Longwu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, unable to believe his eyes.

A short confrontation, less than a quarter of an hour, but gave him too much shock, seeing that the casualties of the Qing army and the casualties of the Ming army were about the same, the shock in his heart could not be described in words - this is the Eight Banners, the invincible Eight Banners in the world, I have a team of men and horses that can match it!

But the reputation of the Eight Banners was too great, Emperor Longwu thought that they had not used all their strength, and there were still powerful tricks that had not been used, and there must be a fierce battle behind, until the dozens of Eight Banners soldiers ran away without a shadow, and he was sure that he had won the battle......

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"What did you say, the Holy Shang entered Tingzhou City?" Wang Kefan's face sank and he glared at Wang Meng.

"Yes, the last general heard that the queen and the crown prince were in trouble, so he rushed to the rescue, and the saint should have entered the city......" Wang Meng was wounded in the shoulder, his armor was split through a long hole, and the placket of his clothes was stained red with blood. There were not many men under him, and in order to rescue Empress Zeng and the crown prince, he did not divide his troops to protect Emperor Longwu.

"What is the task I gave you?" Wang Kefan's face became more and more ugly.

"Greet the Holy ...... outside the city of Tingzhou" Wang Meng lowered his head, he threw Emperor Longwu himself in Tingzhou, obviously violating the military order.

"Hmm......" Wang Kefan would like to beat someone, raised his horsewhip and whipped Wang Meng hard, if Emperor Longwu had a problem, a hundred Empress Zeng would not be able to change it back, and the little prince was not yet a month, and it was of no use in politics.

"Now follow me back to Tingzhou, and go to the three generals to confess the guilt!" Wang Kefan finally held back, he was also responsible for this matter, he couldn't be angry with Wang Meng, the top priority was to rush back to Tingzhou as soon as possible to ensure that Emperor Longwu was foolproof.

His subordinates had already made a stretcher and carried Empress Zeng and the crown prince, and Xiong Wei and several others who were captured together with Empress Zeng also went to Tingzhou together.

As soon as the group arrived outside the city, they found that the city gate was open, and several corpses fell to the ground, and the city was in turmoil.

"Close the gates!"

As soon as Wang Kefan's words fell, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in front of him, and then a group of Tartar cavalry, about forty or fifty people, fled in a panic towards the city gate.

Cavalry against cavalry, one hundred against fifty, there was no certainty of victory, Wang Kefan tightened the saber in his hand, and then tightened it, urging the horse to rush forward......

Those Qing soldiers were stunned, looked up at the city gate that was closing, and their faces showed a look of panic, at this time, there was a shout of killing behind them, as if a Ming army was chasing after them, this group of Qing soldiers hesitated for a moment, turned around and ran into another road.

"Don't rush to chase first!"

Wang Kefan has already seen clearly, half of this group of Qing soldiers are wounded, panicked and just fleeing for their lives, it seems that they have just lost the battle, and they are blocked in Tingzhou City, as long as they guard the city gate, they are not afraid of them flying into the sky.

The most important thing now is to confirm the safety of Emperor Longwu.

He left fifty personal soldiers to guard the city gate, and rushed to the palace with Empress Zeng and the crown prince, and saw Emperor Longwu as soon as he entered the gate.

"It's too late for the minister's rescue, please forgive Bixia!" (To be continued......)