The Manchu Qing Dynasty guarded against the Han people, and how about Zeng Guofan, who had the merit of rebuilding in the Manchu Dynasty, not to mention a Liu Cheng. Once the right army of Wuwei was frustrated here, Shunzhi, who had no experience in war, immediately decided that it was Liu Cheng, a Han man, who was the hand and foot of the Han people, completely ignoring Liu Cheng's achievements over the years, and was full of satisfaction and wanted to kill him quickly.

However, there were very few in the Qing court that understood and applied this new model of warfare well. At this moment, Ao Bai is not around, and Shunzhi can only rely on Liu Cheng, and even if Ao Bai and others are really here, he has to rely on Liu Cheng's ability, because Liu Cheng is from the side of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and his existence is already an indispensable part of the victory over the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang for the Manchu Dynasty, and even the most important link.

On the high platform, the monarch and the master and slave are in different positions, although Liu Cheng still respectfully calls Shunzhi the emperor, and at the same time calls himself a slave, but now the person who gives the order is no longer the barbarian king, but he, the defected general, a Han man!

In such an abnormal state, how could Liu Cheng not know the danger. When Dolgon was alive, he forced his mother to marry, and he would respectfully kneel in front of Dolgon and call him Emperor Amma, and canonize Dolgon as the regent of his imperial father. After Dolgon's death, Shunzhi was in charge of the government, and he did not hesitate to liquidate Dolgon, digging up his bones from the tomb and scattering ashes to vent his hatred.

When Dolgon died, Chen Wen won the battle behind the palace of Siming Mountain, and when the army temporarily lived in Tiantai Mountain, Chen Wen received news that the old slave Nurhachi was the same as relying on the ability to kneel down and shout to kill his father's enemy and call his father, and he was able to make a fortune.

Liu Cheng has been in the Qing Dynasty for many years, and he is also very familiar with Shunzhi. His people were so obedient that even the forward battalion was willing to send him to dispatch, Liu Cheng could already imagine what his fate would be after this battle.

However, he was a rebel general of the Ming Army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Chen Wen would definitely want his life, but now there is no way to live in either place, and he understands what to do today.

"Pass the order, let the Suppression Pilon hold the battle line, and be sure to hold out until the Gong Guard arrives."

Shunzhi has become an ornament, and the command of the Qing army has fallen into the hands of Liu Cheng. At this moment, the order was given, Liu Cheng also withdrew his gaze to the right wing of the army, and while summoning the eunuch who smelled of urine to help him re-comb the money rat tail behind his head, he held a telescope and looked at the battlefield on the eastern front where the left wing Praetorian Guard was located, and all the hopes of the Manchu Qing were also there.

At the same time as Liu Cheng's gaze turned, behind Chen Wen's handsome banner, the staff officers on the lookout platform were paying attention to the battle situation on the third front with the help of three telescopes built by Sun Yunqiu, a famous optical instrument manufacturing expert in the late Ming Dynasty, which were far superior to the standard in the army.

They are Chen Wen's eyes, whenever there is a change in the battle situation, they will inform Chen Wen as quickly as possible, compared to Tanma, whether it is the macro aspect or the speed of information transmission, it is much better.

A moment ago, Ao Bai led a large group of cavalry reinforcements, Liu Cheng issued an order to reinforce the right flank, Chen Wen got the news as quickly as possible, and sent a herald to inform Ma Xin, the commander of the Young Guards Division, so as to make the best use of the information. However, at this moment, as the Hongyi artillery team moved forward, another small army moved in the direction of the Praetorian Guard, and Chen Wen immediately realized that the time for a decisive battle had officially arrived.

"Pass the order, the time has come to decide the victory, and according to the established plan, the whole army will attack."

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Liu Cheng's order was given, and Aobai, Doni, and the Manchu Army's largest reserve, the Gong Guard, were still marching at full speed to the right flank, trying to salvage the defeat.

Compared with them, the original gun position of the Hongyi artillery team was measured in advance, and the distance that needed to advance was only the section where the army was forced to move forward, so that the cannonballs could be poured into the battlefield; And the grenadiers of the forward battalion were all riding horses, rushing out of the town where Shunzhi was located at this moment, riding their horses straight to the left flank of the army, and the speed was also incomparable to that of the Gong Guards.

The auxiliaries drove the cattle and pulled the artillery wagons forward, and the artillery crew continued to estimate the distance, and the front battalion arrived under the Jidu banner, and the Hongyi artillery team also advanced to a sufficient distance, and after a round of loading and aiming, without further orders, the shelling inevitably began.

There was a loud bang, and the shells whistled up and fell, blasting out craters in the open space between the two armies on the battlefield on the Eastern Front.

Dirt flew up, but the Northern Expeditionary Army failed to cause any damage. This was the first test firing, and the position was moved, and with the range-finding and aiming ability of the Qing artillery crew, the hit would always be affected to varying degrees.

Reset, clean the slag, reload, and then aim and shoot again, it is only said that this large-caliber Hongyi cannon can be completed in two minutes at the fastest level of the European continent. But before the reloading was over, the center and right flank of the Northern Expeditionary Army changed their formation again, swapping positions between the ironclad spearmen and the musketeers, but they took the lead and strode in the direction of the new army.

On the battlefield, the Wuwei Zhongjun and the Wuwei Left Army of the Qing Army, as well as the Praetorian Guards on the left flank, were still shooting continuously, and the spearmen in plate armor straightened their spears and put on a posture of wanting to pounce on the Qing army and enter hand-to-hand combat.

Seeing this, the cavalry of the Praetorian Guard took the edge of the left flank of the battle formation, and those who rode horses and bows rushed towards the four Ming divisions on the rightmost flank of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and when the four Ming divisions saw this, they immediately stopped and transformed into a hollow phalanx, using iron-clad spearmen to defend against the cavalry threat of the Qing army.

However, the Four Ming Divisions went on the defensive, while the three divisions of the Chinese Army and the Jinhua Division on the right flank continued to advance under the continuous firing of the New Army.

This kind of tactics will have casualties every minute and every second, but it still can't stop the advance of the Northern Expeditionary Army. On the eastern front of the battlefield, the Jinhua Division and the Siming Division lined up to defend while firing at the Praetorian Guards in front of them. A moment later, the Hongyi artillery team was reloaded, and the shells whistled in, and the hits and casualties were greatly improved compared to the previous time.

In Chen Wen's sight, a cannonball fell into the formation, and several people were killed on the spot in an instant. Blood flowed, and a mist rose from the hot craters, but it was no longer clear whether it was pure steam or wisps of loyal souls flying into the distance of Western Bliss.

On the front was the continuous firing of the Janissaries, and on the flanks was the harassment of the cavalry of the New Army, and as the hit rate of the artillery increased, the casualties on the right flank of the Northern Expeditionary Army rose rapidly. However, every time a soldier was killed or wounded, a soldier would immediately fill the gap and continue their mission.

The central and right flanks of the Northern Expeditionary Army were still the same as the old style of warfare, with only a few adjustments made in order to retain the formation of spearmen to better face the cavalry superiority of the Qing army. In this way, the width of the battle formation was inevitably much shorter than the line tactics of the Gustav phalanx and the Young Guards Division of the new army, but in terms of strength alone, the establishment of the two divisions was also 24,000 people, and there was still a strength advantage over the 10,000 infantry of the Praetorian Guard army with 5,000 cavalry.

The firing of the Praetorian Guards and the shelling of the Hongyi artillery continued, and Liu Cheng also sent the last reserve in his hands, the Mongolian cavalry of 4 to 5,000 men, at the same time as the Northern Expeditionary Army launched a full-scale attack, to increase the harassment of the two divisions on the right flank of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The Qing army had gone all out, and after several rounds of artillery bombardment, Jidu could no longer bear it, so he simply issued an order for the whole army to attack, trying to rely on the grenadiers of the forward battalion to cooperate with hand-to-hand combat to completely crush the Northern Expeditionary Army in front of him. However, before the Praetorian Guard Army was halfway through, the Fifth Town, which was closest to the right flank of the Chinese Army's battle line, collapsed first.

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"This is Huang Dazhuang's share!"

The sword stabbed straight ahead, and Ding Junjie, who was catching up, stabbed a soldier on the back of a soldier on the right side of the guard. Writhing, pulling out, the Qing army fell to the ground, looking around at the Qing army, there was no longer a living Qing army, Ding Junjie aimed at the neck of the Qing army who had not died for a while, and immediately cut off the life of this guy.

The right army of the armed guards collapsed, but the order given by Ma Xin, the commander of the Young Guards Division, was not a full-scale pursuit, but a formation pursuit. In this way, it undoubtedly affected the speed of chasing and killing the rout, but after Ding Junjie killed this Qing army, he looked into the distance and immediately realized the correctness of this move.

"Assemble, squat in the front row, stand in the back two rows, and line up in a hollow phalanx."

The rout of the right army of Wuwei disrupted the cavalry of the headquarters behind the formation, but as the pursuit unfolded, there were already two Qing cavalry in the distance with no bandits, stepping on the smoke and dust to kill here.

The infantry phalanx of the Wuwei Right Army has been disrupted, and there is nothing to be afraid of for the time being, but the Young Guards Division was originally a unit without spearmen, and its defensive ability against cavalry was much lower. If it weren't for Ma Xin's quest for stability, the order would be issued at this moment, and I am afraid that there would be no way to re-array.

The officers passed on the order, restraining their subordinates to reorganize their troops, and the army that pursued them in teams was restored as a whole. When the cavalry led by Ao Baiqin arrived, they saw five huge hollow phalanxes composed of young guard divisions, with the first three and the last two standing in the original position of the Wuwei Right Army.

In addition to his own soldiers, all of them were the cavalry of Mongol in Monan, riding and shooting, and there were also Mongolian swords in hand-to-hand combat. However, the opponents they faced, although they did not have the formation of spearmen, but each fire gun was covered with a three-edged sword, and at this moment the three rows of fire guns were pointed directly at them, and people could say that the horse was an extremely clever and timid animal, and he would never dare to kick it directly.

Fortunately, in Aobai's view, the lack of defensive power is not only reflected in the weapon, the musketeer is not like the spearman, and the armor is much worse, just a half-body armor and a helmet with visor, there is really no way to compare with the heavily armed spearman, and the damage caused by mounted shooting will be much better.

The infantry has no formation, as long as the formation of this Northern Expeditionary Army is destroyed, even if it is just a hole, the cavalry of the brigade can quickly tear it apart.

Seeing this, Ao Bai did not hesitate at all, and immediately led the Mongolian cavalry under his command to rush towards the hollow phalanx of the Young Guards Division, and the first to bear the brunt was the phalanx of the first battalion where Ding Junjie's team was located.

The Mongol cavalry of the brigade rushed forward, and the iron hooves stepped out, and the roar was heard, and at the same time, the smoke and dust were rolled up, and the rain of arrows in the sky was also shooting towards them.

Riding a bow and throwing it, the lethality is limited, hitting the half-body armor and helmet, most of them are directly bounced off, and the few nailed to them are almost impossible to break the armor. However, the limbs of the firecrackers are not under the protection of the armor, and once they are shot, they are directly nailed to the flesh, and when the cavalry gets closer, there are more arrows that directly pierce the limbs.

Casualties are inevitable, Ding Junjie's robe on the left side has been pulled into the battle by the ambulance soldiers of the battalion, that robe is injured in the thigh, it seems that it did not hit the main blood vessels and bones, as long as the arrow is removed, simple bandaging can be re-entered into battle. But at this moment, Niu Zhong in the back row had already made up for it, squatting at the front like him, raising the fire gun, and pointing directly at the Qing cavalry that was getting closer and closer.

As far as Ding Junjie could see, Ao Bai took the lead and led the army to kill. While the Mongol cavalry behind them was shooting, the archers of the Northern Expeditionary Army, who were using ultra-long-range firearms, had already begun to shoot at them. Others don't mention it, just Ao Bai can easily feel that there are at least five muskets aimed at him at all times, but none of them can hit.

Admittedly, this was great luck. Ao Bai had already received news from the imperial camp that this kind of firearm not only had an ultra-long range, but also had a particularly amazing hit rate. At this moment, Ao Bai immediately regarded it as the result of Shunzhi's Hongfu Qitian and the luck of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the confidence in his chest was strengthened a little.

At this point in this battle, the sudden collapse of the Wuwei Right Army was unexpected by everyone, but when he led the cavalry to arrive, the Young Guards Division did not continue to pursue, but changed into a defensive formation. In this way, the right army of the Wuwei can breathe a sigh of relief and wait for the arrival of the Gongwei army to re-consolidate this front.

The key to the Qing army's decisive victory was on the left flank, and the same was true for the Northern Expeditionary Army, but one was south and the other was north, and the left flanks of both sides were in two different directions.

Ao Bai knew very well that he was coming to his aid now in order to plug the gap, and at the same time inflict as much damage as possible on the Northern Expeditionary Army in front of him, or even break it, so as to give the Janissaries on the left flank more time to break through the enemy there. At this moment, the cavalry roared in, and the phalanx was getting closer and closer. The next moment, the horse turns, twists and shoots, and it may not take a few rounds to break through the gap - who left this young guard division without spearmen.

The cavalry of the brigade rushed in, and Ding Junjie had already noticed the Qing army commander who was leading in the distance, his armor was more ornate and looked stronger than other Qing troops. However, how to shoot it was not in his mind, and the vibration from the ground here became louder and louder, so that all that left in his mind was the desire to shoot the order.

"First row, shoot!"

The vanguard of the Qing cavalry had already entered the range of fifty paces, and when the order was given, the first row of the phalanx was thumping. The smoke of gunpowder was filled, and in the distance, many Qing cavalry were shot and wounded on the spot, or the war horse was shot and fell to the ground.

The distance is still relatively far, and the hit is limited, at least Ao Bai was only shot at the top of the helmet, and the rope tied to the chin broke, so that the helmet fell down, revealing Ao Bai's bare, just a money rat tail head at the back of his head.

After a long battle, I have seen too many such scenes, but this Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming army is not like other Ming armies at all, as long as the army is slightly teased, they will be in a hurry to shoot, lest they be approached by the Qing army. To have such a calmness is really elite, Ao Bai does not dare to hold up, but also to lie down, the upper body to protect the back of the horse's head and neck.

In an instant, the cavalry of the Qing army had approached, and the cavalry of the brigade turned to the phalanx of the young guards division behind the smoke of gunfire. With the help of memory, these nomadic cavalry were convinced that they would be able to shoot their opponents, but before they could start shooting, a new round of fire from the phalanx began first.

"Second row, shoot!"

The Qing cavalry was already less than twenty meters away from the phalanx, and this distance was enough to shoot at the cavalry with a larger target, even if it was only vaguely able to see a vague figure from the smoke of gunpowder.

Another round of shooting, another round of people on their backs, this time compared to the last time, the casualties of the Qing army were several times more, and even several of Aobai's personal soldiers were shot on the spot.

According to intelligence, this Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming army is composed of new soldiers, but the combat ability shown so far in the battle has broken through his cognition. At least in his memory, there had never been such an army, even the Qi family army on the bank of the Hunhe River was not their opponent at all.

Such a powerful combat force is too terrifying, but it also deepens Aobai's determination to annihilate it. However, before Ao Bai put this thought into action, as the third row of the phalanx fired, greater casualties struck, especially when the good horse under Ao Bai's crotch fell heavily to the ground after a wail, which directly interrupted the offensive pace of this Qing army.