After Li Meng's shout, the drummers around him beat the marching drums, and although the soldiers were panicked and frightened, the strict training in Pingsuri still made them march in unison.

The drum sounded rhythmically, and the soldiers slowly moved forward according to the drum beat, this kind of hasty encounter, many spearmen and axe gunners were standing in the same row, looking at the past from a distance, the captains of the Jiaozhou battalion were unevenly armed, and the deterrent effect brought by the neat formation was much weaker.

The cavalry of the Qing army on the opposite side of the horse adjustment are even more sure in their hearts, not to mention that there are more than 100 firecrackers without formation in front of these three squares, and the most difficult firearms of the Ming official army are artillery, followed by bird guns, the barrels of these firearms are not too long, and the firearms with a slightly thicker caliber will not give these cavalry any psychological deterrence.

But the Jiaozhou battalion was not flustered, but the momentum of steady progress, so that the generals of the Tartars also began to be cautious, the horse team that was slowly trotting was still able to adjust, and the staff in charge of this wave of offensive commanded loudly in the back, and the thirty horses in the first column began to slowly pull away, but the gap exposed was not to make the formation sparse, and the horses in the second column stepped forward to fill the vacancy.

The cavalry of these barbarians is indeed unattainable courage for their descendants in later generations, and seeing that the Ming army on the opposite side is difficult to deal with, it has increased the power of the first wave of impact.

The formation changed, the time was slightly delayed, the Jiaozhou battalion on the opposite side had already walked forward twenty steps, more than a hundred steps away, the Qing cavalry and the foot soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion were approaching, but the Tatar cavalry was adjusting their formation, and when they attacked again, the distance required by the back row was already a little insufficient, so in addition to the first row, the cavalry in the back row began to slow down. to distance yourself.

The staff leader of this Qing army was worried that if he adjusted the queue on his side, the other party would take the opportunity to rush over, and he had already greeted another staff leader and asked him to lead his men to guard against it, but he didn't expect the Jiaozhou battalion to reach the twenty-fifth step. It stopped.

Today's sudden encounter with the Ming officers and soldiers is strange, although it is well-armored, but the commander does not know how to seize the fighter at all, and even delays many opportunities.

The only thing that can explain the other party's movements is that perhaps the Ming army saw that they had increased the force of the first wave of impact. Some are timid, or they have to readjust the infantry formation. This is too naïve, there is a cavalry on the opposite side of the formation and you have to adjust the formation, so wait to be defeated!

However, they didn't know the intention of the Jiaozhou battalion to walk so before the battle, the square team standing still does not guarantee the neatness of the team, and the distance between the soldiers is not guaranteed, which requires a small run-in process, only action and walking. in order to be perfected.

In fact, if the Jiaozhou battalion had taken the initiative, it would have taken nearly 100 steps on foot before the war to completely adjust the team. But at present, this distance can only be walked so many steps. When an infantry phalanx and a cavalry line collide on the battlefield, it would be a real stupidity. However, if you take more than 20 steps like this, you will also achieve your goal, at least disturb the rhythm of the other party.

The first column of the horse corps of the Tartar cavalry pulled out in a long way. The distance between the horses is not small, and there is no cavalry rushing into formation, and the distance between the cavalry should be as close to each other as possible.

And although the horse is slowly speeding up, looking at this trend, it is not like charging in the end. Standing on the right side of the front row of firecrackers, the commander of the pro-soldiers. Temporarily became the commander of more than a hundred firecrackers, although the firecrackers behind were numerous. But now I can't run to the front row, so I can only disrupt the formation.

"Hit within fifty paces and get ready to fire a salvo!"

The soldier always blew a few more fireropes, carefully clamped the firerope on the hook, flattened it, and looked at the cavalry array pressed in front of him.

The array of the cavalry of the Qing army has not decreased, and many of the cavalry on the horse have big bows in their hands, holding the back of the bow and an arrow, and the cavalry of the Qing army began to gently touch the horse's belly with the spurs on their feet.

"Ready, Fight"

Entering the distance of fifty paces, more than 100 guns of the Jiaozhou battalion opened fire in unison, and the commander of the leading army, who had been watching the battle from behind, saw this scene, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly, thinking about how much power the guns could be at this distance, but before he could laugh out loud, he saw the cavalrymen in the first row of cavalrymen fall down more than 30 horses on their backs, and the miserable howl and horse neighing became a piece.

In the battle between the Qing army and the Ming army, the long-range weapons were fired, in addition to artillery, the Ming official army's bird guns, three-eyed guns, fast guns, and thunderbolt guns did not take advantage of the bows and arrows of the Qing army, and because of the inferior means of manufacturing, the range was even inferior to the opponent's bow and arrow.

The effective range of the Tartar bow and arrow was about forty paces, and in this range, the firearms of the Ming army often did not have much damage, and they were used to being placed indiscriminately outside the range.

Over time, the cavalry of the Qing army also developed a kind of "brave" self-confidence, daring to attack with the firearms of the Ming army and ignoring the firearms of the Ming army.

But the Jiaozhou battalion's firecrackers are obviously not like this, within a distance of fifty paces, for the Jiaozhou battalion's firearms, it can already be considered the degree of accuracy, only more than 30 horses fell to the ground, or because the distance of the first column of the Qing cavalry was relatively loose, and the target was active.

The first column of cavalry of the Qing army was sixty horsemen, after this round of firecrackers, it immediately became sparse, after the firecrackers were finished, no matter what the enemy in front of them was, they turned their heads and ran to both sides, after the first round of firearms, it took too much time to continue to reload and shoot, and it was unrealistic to change to short weapons.

Quickly leaving the front line and letting the infantry squad meet the cavalry was the most suitable consideration, and the musketeer quickly went around the back of the line to reload.

The remaining 20 or so cavalry in the first column of the Qing army, after controlling the horses, continued to move forward, and the long weapons of the first few rows of the Jiaozhou battalion had begun to be flattened, ready to meet the impact of the cavalry.

However, the Manchu cavalry did not continue to move forward, and at a distance of about forty paces, they deftly jumped off their horses, directly with bows and arrows. Shoot at the foot soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion.

Within this distance was within the effective range of the Tartar bow and arrow, and the arrows flew screaming towards the front row of foot soldiers in the Jiaozhou battalion.

Li Meng stood in the second row, thinking that the other party would rush up directly, but the cavalry in that column was sparsely beaten by the firearms, and more than 20 cavalry collided with the square team. It is equivalent to pounced on the steel jungle by himself, but he did not expect that the other party would start shooting arrows at a distance of more than thirty paces. The soldier in front of Li Meng was hit by an arrow in front of the door, and he didn't even scream, but fell directly to the ground.

A landed soldier was shot with an arrow in the shoulder. Immediately, he couldn't flatten the spear or axe, and fell to the ground holding his shoulder, although the proportion of armored soldiers in Li Meng's team was quite high, but the leather armor and cotton armor could not completely prevent the big arrows shot by the opponent, and the big arrows of the Qing cavalry wanted to be strong in breaking the armor.

In the first round of more than 20 arrows, more than a dozen people had already lost their combat effectiveness, although the Qing cavalry in the second column came a little slowly. But they all rolled over and dismounted, and began to stretch their bows.

I thought that the other party was impacting, but I didn't expect that the other party was dismounted and archery, and the Jiaozhou battalion was in a state at this time. There is no way to resist the bow and arrows shot by the other party. The firecrackers came around to the front, but it was too late, and the personal soldiers around Li Meng and the other two teams were shouting loudly. Stabilize the soldiers around you.

"Onward, onward!!"

Li Meng ordered loudly, he felt the corners of his eyes beating, the scene in front of him was similar to when he led the salt pole into Jiaozhou City, when three bows, about to shoot more than 100 people with the salt pole almost collapsed, not to mention the strong bows and arrows of these Tartars in front of him.

Hear the command. Originally, the front row had already stuck the tail end of the spear on the ground. Hold it with your foot and lift the front section diagonally. Now they all hurriedly picked up their spears and stepped forward.

The second round of arrows whizzed into the square, and some soldiers fell down screaming, because they were all holding long weapons, and when they fell, the soldiers in front and behind and left and right had to avoid the bodies and weapons of their comrades, and the originally strict local team began to become a little scattered.

The only people who could follow Li Meng forward and barely maintain the queue were only four or five rows of soldiers beside him, and one of them stepped forward to make up for the fall, and the rest of the place began to be chaotic.

The Tartar cavalry, archery is such an opportunity, the infantry team that is not tight and neat, there is no threat to the cavalry, the Tartar cavalry who are shooting arrows, the movement is extremely fast and the horse is on the horse, roaring and urging the horses, drawing out the long sword and big sword, and rushing straight towards the team.

Although the soldiers of the square team were chaotic, they could see that the scarlet and white thorn spear in front of them was still moving forward, and although the rest of the soldiers had begun to panic in their hearts, they still gritted their teeth and followed the square team to stride forward according to the requirements of the usual drills.

Li Meng's body was already heavy with three arrows, and the armor he was wearing and the weapons in his hands, although the Qing cavalry on the opposite side did not know the meaning, but they could see the difference, but a few people were focused on shooting arrows at Li Meng's body.

But the Manchu big arrows couldn't cause any damage to the plate armor on Li Meng's body, at most it was just a dent, and those arrows that came towards the door, as long as Li Meng raised his arm to cover it, there was no problem.

At a distance of forty paces, the horses could already rush up, although Li Meng wanted to rush out with a spear in his hand, he kept suppressing the emotions in his heart, reminding himself to maintain a formation, only an organized infantry could resist the impact of the cavalry, and maintain a formation with the people around him.

Li Meng loudly reminded his subordinates to follow the drummer's drum beat as he walked, not to mess up, but in this state at the moment, except for a few rows of people around Li Meng, the rest of the soldiers could not march according to the drum beat.

The Tartar cavalry wielding long swords and swords had already rushed over, and the forward movement of the Jiaozhou battalion could no longer be said to be a threat to them, and the phalanx and the formation were scattered.

"Stop!!"

Li Meng shouted again, and the soldiers around him immediately stopped standing when they spoke, and their spears and axes were pointed at the front with their tips.

The cavalry was already in front of him, Li Meng could hear the heavy breathing of the soldiers around him, and a few drums that suddenly appeared, Li Meng turned his head and glared at him viciously, but the expression hidden in the armor was difficult to distinguish between joy and anger, but he saw that the drummer's hand was trembling, and the drumstick in his hand accidentally touched the drum surface on his waist.

At this time of lightning, he can actually look back at this, Li Meng's mind is clear. I could clearly hear the Jurchen words shouted from the Jurchen cavalry on the opposite side, and I could even see the Tartar cavalry rushing to the front leaving the stirrups with their feet and leaning back slightly.

Although the formation was already scattered, whether it was Li Meng, Wang Hai or Chen Liu, the officers and soldiers who had been moving forward did not retreat in the face of the cavalry. Instead, he stood still, gathered together, and aimed his spears at the cavalry rushing from the opposite side.

The cavalry galloped in, and the sense of oppression had a great psychological shock to the enemy soldiers who were in the brunt of it, and many people just couldn't withstand such pressure. Straight to rout.

But in front of these Ming officers and soldiers although the formation is scattered, but did not collapse, is still a firm look of the spear flat end oblique finger, today encountered these Ming troops is indeed wrong, but to the point now, there is no time to think about it, in the first row of charging Tartar cavalry with their heels to bump the horse's belly, riding boots on the ground spurs deep into the flesh of the horse. The sudden pain caused the horses to ignore the spears and axes in front of them, and rushed towards them frantically.

Li Meng was actually standing in the first row, watching the horse rush towards him. Even the bloodshot eyes of the opposing horses and the foam that splattered from the horses' chews.

Gripping the spear tightly and using both arms, there were still the leading Jiaozhou battalion soldiers shouting nervously, but the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion still did not retreat!

The cavalry of the Qing army and the foot soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion collided heavily. The rushing horses were pierced by the tips of several spears and axes, and hung on them neighing, and the feet of the Tartar cavalry were already off their stirrups, and at the moment of the impact on the front, the whole man fell backwards or rolled on his side.

Almost half of the people did not move so skillfully, and were pierced by the weapons of the Jiaozhou camp commander with men and horses, and some fell to the ground and were trampled by the horses that came from behind.

The horses plus the force of the impact are simply too great. Li Meng only felt a strong force coming from the shaft of the spear. Both arms and shoulders felt like they were being shaken, and I couldn't stand on my feet anymore. He staggered backwards, but the spear stuck in the horse's body was not drawn, and the force stabilized his body.

The remaining two infantry teams were directly knocked out, the formation was scattered, and the Qing cavalry behind rushed in directly, and the long knives and big swords in the hands of the cavalry on the horse, or split or flirt, with horsepower, directly cut down the Jiaozhou battalion soldiers in the front.

At this moment, the array of the Jiaozhou battalion was completely dispersed, and the spear was at such a distance and in such a state, it was difficult to confront the cavalry who rushed over, and many people subconsciously retreated, or threw away the spear, and drew the sword on their waist to fight, but in the face of the cavalry, they still suffered a loss.

In the Qing army array not far away, several Manchu generals laughed, and the reserve staff leader said to Beizi next to him excitedly:

"Master Bei, the future of Baylor, the minions have earned it for you."

After flattering the leader of the team, the leader on the horse raised the mace in his hand, drew a circle in the air, and waved forward, and the hundreds of horsemen who stayed behind also shouted and moved, and rushed towards the battlefield in front.

On the battlefield now, the cavalry of the Tartars and the foot soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion are completely scattered, the square of the foot soldiers is scattered by the cavalry, but the soldiers scattered everywhere do not run away, but just try to fight back with the weapons in their hands as much as possible, and the cavalry in front of them also hinders the cavalry behind them to line up and attack, and they can only scatter and rush in, and the field is completely mixed.

But the spears of the Jiaozhou battalion were not suitable for such close combat, and the short weapons carried could not compare with the long swords and big swords of the Tartar cavalry, and they were completely inferior.

Li Meng, who was in front, drew his spear from his horse, and a Tartar cavalryman was already rushing towards him, and the big knife in his hand slashed down with the sound of the wind.

Now all Li Meng can do is raise the spear horizontally to block, looking at the momentum and strength of the other party, Li Meng can almost think of the next scene, the big knife splits the spear shaft, and then chops down, at such a close distance, even the armor made by Seiko will not have much effect.

Li Meng was about to move, but he felt that his eyes were dark, and he was knocked down, took a few steps back, and then burst in a few drops of warm liquid, which was blood, from the gap in his face armor. When I stabilized my body, I saw a pro-soldier lying at his feet, with an almost open wound on his shoulder and back, and he was no longer moving.

The Tartar cavalryman missed a single blow, and his legs were between the belly of the horse. raised his knife to urge the horse and rushed towards Li Meng's side, but at this time, Li Meng already had complete time to react. As soon as Li Meng turned his arms, the spear in his hand was immediately picked up, and the shaft of the spear slammed heavily on the head of the Tartar soldier. Directly smashed off the horse.

smashed down the one in front of him, but the enemy was not this one, and two more cavalrymen stared at Li Meng and rushed over, Li Meng took a deep breath. The spear was leaning upward, his feet stretched and he stood firmly, the tip of the spear trembled slightly, and he was not sure the direction of the stab, and the two Tartar cavalrymen still had a difference between the front and back.

Li Meng's arms shook, and the spear stabbed straight at the cavalry who rushed in front. But in terms of personal combat skills, he is indeed outstanding. The spear was like a short sword in his hand, and it was pointed accurately.

The cavalryman who ran in front was accurately stabbed in the throat by the spear in Li Meng's hand, and the momentum of the horse was not small. Li Meng took a step back with his strength, and the spear in his hand was stabbed and collected, and the blood immediately splattered out, and his body lay on the horse softly. The horse lost control, but ran to the side,

The Tartar cavalry on the side was originally murderous, and he felt that the unusual general in front of him was about to become a ghost under the sword, and the question to consider was only who to kill first with his companions, and to get this credit, he only felt that the red shadow around him flashed quickly. The companion on the side was already holding his throat and didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

I couldn't help but tremble in fright. The direction of the horse's forward charge was suddenly a little off, if he was rushing forward normally. Li Meng, on the contrary, did not have a suitable distance to stab, but in such a way, Li Meng's opportunity came, the spear was slightly retracted, and when he took a step forward, he stabbed it very hard.

The cavalryman was wearing cotton armor, but the piercing force of the spear was very strong, and it did not form much of an obstacle, and a shot pierced through the ribs, and the Tartar cavalry let out an earth-shattering howl on the horse, and fell directly, but Li Meng was taken a few steps forward, and the force was too great, and he was stuck between the ribs.

Li Meng had no choice but to let go of the spear in his hand, on the battlefield, there were enemies on all sides, Li Mengxun pulled out the waist knife on his waist, and there was a cavalryman on the right side who shouted This is killed, the hand is a short weapon, the Qing cavalry is rapid, preoccupied, Li Meng, who has no long weapons, feels a chill in his heart, but on the battlefield, the burning war spirit is still full of the whole body.

He held his sword in one hand and stared at the cavalry rushing in front of him, and was about to attack the ground sideways, when the cavalry suddenly leaned up, his mouth open but he made no sound, and was dragged directly from his horse. Li Meng, who relaxed, saw a soldier of the Jiaozhou camp pulling out the axe from the corpse of the cavalryman, and the axe behind him had completely chopped the spine of the tartar.

Li Meng smiled, walked a few steps forward, and picked up a big knife that fell to the ground, this big knife was almost to Li Meng's jaw, and the weight was also very heavy, it looked like it should be the big knife of the Qing cavalry. Li Meng carried a knife in both hands and ran quickly towards the soldier with an axe and gun.

"Follow me and call someone to come along!"

Li Meng greeted the soldier and rushed forward, his whole body was almost parallel to the ground, and the big knife in his hand was also swung out, and the two horse legs were directly cut off by Li Meng's big knife, and the knife in the hand of the Tartar cavalry slid across Li Meng's back.

The plate armor cuirass was a set, and such a cut would not cause any damage at all, but the cavalryman was directly thrown out by the horse that knelt forward and broke his neck. Li Meng rolled on the ground, stood up and slashed at the back of a Qing soldier in front of him.

The cavalryman was raising his knife and preparing to slash at a soldier in front of him, but his back was suddenly split open by Li Meng, and he was immediately killed.

When Li Meng hacked this cavalryman to death, four or five guards and subordinate soldiers had already come to him, and Li Meng noticed that the soldiers who used spears under his command had already changed into short weapons, and only axes and spearmen held long weapons.

There are all kinds of problems with his own command, and in the face of a sudden attack on the enemy, he is not fully prepared, thinking that the other side will charge the battle with cavalry, and the spearmen will be able to solve the battle, who would have thought that this would be the case.

The Qing troops on the battlefield were all wearing face armor or leather armor, wearing hoods, and spears would only kill if they were assassinated, and sometimes the stabbing would not hurt much.

But the current situation is a bit stalemate, the Qing cavalry that is close to it can't swing the advantage of impact, and the axe and spearmen on the inner line of the Jiaozhou battalion. Because the axe gun is more flexible than the spear, it is more convenient in close combat, and the means of attack are more diverse.

Somewhat different from the other armies of the Ming Dynasty, the Jiaozhou battalion was scattered by the cavalry, although it was a retreat. But they did not flee, and after a few steps back, they resisted nearby.

It was often a person who used the tip of the axe to hold the head of the spear against it, and waited until the horses of the Qing cavalry rushed over. The people on the side immediately cut it down, or they cut it horizontally according to the horse's legs, and cut down the axe and spear more than seven feet long, and when the axe is cut down, the soldiers in armor will also be split, and the back of the axe will be smashed, and the bones will definitely be shattered. The Tartar cavalry, who were still majestic at the beginning, began to be cut down to the ground one by one.

Li Meng's side kept walking back and forth on the battlefield. More and more people gathered around him, and gradually more than 200 people gathered around, and there was no way to talk about the tactics of the team, and now the battlefield is chaotic. The enemy and the enemy were intertwined, and the Tartar soldiers did not dare to shoot arrows at will.

And the more than 200 people around Li Meng are like hedgehogs, and the outermost outermost ones are soldiers with long weapons, and the cavalry can't easily get close. Except for the small clique formed by Li Meng. There were similar four or five self-grouped troops on the battlefield, where they fought the Tartar cavalry.

Not only the soldiers on the side of the Jiaozhou battalion gathered on their own, but the cavalry of the Qing army was also shouted and gathered by the leaders below, forming cavalry teams of different sizes and charging towards these temporarily raised infantry teams.

But this time it's not so easy to rush, not to mention that it seems to be outside the steel jungle, and there is no threat of bows and arrows. The soldiers of the Jiaozhou camp stood firmly. But after all, such a state is not standing in a square formation, and the people who have gathered in a hurry cannot completely block the cavalry rushing in from outside.

Occasionally, the Tartar cavalry rushed in. Outside, they all thought that this hastily gathered group was about to be dispersed, and as soon as the cavalry entered, they were hooked off their horses by axes and spears, and were cut into pulp in the crowd, and some rushed up, and the swords in their hands were already cut off from their horses by the oncoming axes before they were raised.

In the big situation, the Jiaozhou battalion is still lagging behind, although it is a stalemate, but the strength of this group of Qing troops is divided into waves, and almost dozens of horsemen rush into the battlefield in a wave, just like a rising tide, constantly slapping.

The infantry of the Jiaozhou battalion could not withstand the increasing pressure and impact, and even if the stragglers formed a group, they could only reduce casualties, and they still retreated step by step under the pressure of the other party.

Not far away, the Qing army leader who stayed behind immediately stood upright, looked at the battle situation over there, and said in a deep voice:

"These Ming troops are really difficult, they rushed in like this and didn't break up, and there were always thousands of people in the back who didn't move, and they didn't go into battle, they were stupid, weird, weird!"

The posture of standing on the horse is not pretty, but it is the best means to observe the battle situation on the flat ground, and the Beizi on the side is standing directly on the saddle of two horses together, as if he is a juggler, the leather pocket and pointed helmet on his head have been removed, revealing a bald head, a head the size of a slap on the back of the head, and a slender braid.

The shell put on the pointed leather helmet again, sat directly on the horse, and commanded the chief beside him:

"Delenha, take the rest of the people up, if you don't completely defeat this group of Ming troops, I will always be at peace in my heart, and I will scatter all those who are standing still in the back, I don't want these mules and horses to be strong, they are all for you and Old Hulu. If you can't break up, I'll take it with you again! ”

Listening to the words of their own commander, the staff leader was a little surprised, and they themselves did not notice that the address to the enemy in their mouths changed from "dog" to "Ming army". The staff leader Delenha did not continue to answer, but just "chirped", drew his weapon and urged the horse to lead the team up. The scattered situation on the battlefield became clearer and clearer, and the infantry team of the Jiaozhou battalion was combined into almost three teams, basically according to the formation before the formation, the team could not talk about the formation, and they were all gradually gathered after being broken up and melee, and the Tartars gradually reformed into a cavalry formation, constantly rushing to the front.

There is almost no place to retreat if the foot soldiers retreat, and the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion who have never moved, from the beginning of the war, have been constantly raising their guns and putting them down, but the battlefield is too chaotic, and the single shot is not accurate and lethal, and the intensive shooting is afraid of accidental injury.

Now, there is a clear distinction between friend and foe......