"Dashuai, the Tartar has arrived!"

He Jin, chief of staff of the First Brigade, said with a telescope. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

On a Taishi chair beside him, Yang Dashuai pretended to be full of temperament and closed his eyes as if he hadn't heard of it, and poor He Jin didn't dare to disturb him, so he had to call those staff officers to line up on the map together.

As the horseback heralds continued to shuttle back and forth, the six infantry battalions quickly lined up in a combat formation in the flat wilderness, of which four battalions were lined up in two horizontal columns in the first line, with a gap of thirty zhang between the battalions and battalions, and the remaining two battalions were located behind this front as reserves, ready to fill the gap in front at any time, not that they were worried about being broken through by the Qing army, but it was very inconvenient to command if they placed six battalions, even if they only placed four battalions, the width of this front was more than three miles.

Battalion-affiliated artillery was deployed in the inter-battalion space.

These four-and-a-half-pound artillery flowering shells are loaded with limited power, but they are very effective in loading solid bullets to fight dense formations and loose bullets to hit close-range clusters.

The two artillery battalions were deployed on the high ground behind the battle line, that is, where Yang Dashuai's headquarters was located, with an artillery position on the left and right, and a total of 36 nine-pound guns were waiting for them. There were almost no solid shells on the four-wheeled transporters behind these cannons, all flowering shells, because at this time these shells were no longer equipped with the old woodpipe fuses, but the latest metal disc fuses. This kind of fuze appeared in the mid-nineteenth century, and inside the thin metal shell is a spiral channel, which is screwed into the fuse hole of the cannonball with threads, and it is marked with scales of different seconds, and when it is necessary to set the time, it is possible to punch holes directly in the corresponding scale.

There's basically nothing to worry about.

The 1st Cavalry Brigade was deployed on the left Yi, and their main task was simple, which was to use the speed advantage to pursue after the defeat of the Qing army, of course, if the infantry could not withstand the situation, then they would attack the Qing flank.

But that's not usually the case.

"Dashuai, do you think there is anything else you need to order?"

He Jin asked Yang Feng cautiously.

The latter closed his eyes and waved his hand very casually, indicating that he had no opinion.

In fact, Yang Dashuai himself does not understand this kind of operation, the reason why he came here is just to personally go into battle to save the battle at a critical moment, to put it bluntly, he is an insurance, it should be said that it is the second insurance, the first insurance is the cavalry brigade, only when the Qing army breaks through the infantry line and the cavalry attack is still unable to recover the situation, he will carry the meteor hammer to kill in person.

Just when the Ming army completed the formation, the Qing army on the opposite side also opened one after another to deploy the formation at the same time.

Zhang Yuanyi's arrangement is very simple, the old routine of the Eight Banners, the first line of shield vehicles, the infantry wearing heavy armor pushes the car with a three-layer shield of wood and iron in front, the second line of bows and arrows wearing light armor and the shotgunners use the shield car to cover as much as possible to close the distance, and then shoot directly at close range, of course, now it rains and the bird gun is useless, and the third line is ordinary soldiers holding shields and machetes in hand-to-hand combat. Once the Ming army's formation is loosened, the three thousand most elite cavalry is the final blow, after the defeat of the Ming army, harvest the lives of the defeated soldiers, because the Ming army's right yi is Cijiang, so the Qing army's cavalry can only be arranged on their own right, corresponding to the Ming army's left yi, that is, the Ming army's cavalry brigade, so that the formation of cavalry to cavalry, but this kind of combat Zhang Yuanyi is full of confidence, he knows very well what the Ming army's cavalry is.

"How can a group of farmers from a few months ago compare to generations of warriors galloping on horseback."

He patted Jinhua's deputy general Qi Zhongzhi on the shoulder and said.

"Master Hou, please rest assured, there is nothing else, there is a brave loyalty to the saint and our Qing Dynasty!"

Wu Jinshi, who was born in the Tusi of the Qi family in Xining, Qinghai, patted his chest and said, with that expression, he couldn't wait to dig out that hot red heart and show it in public. The three thousand Green Battalion cavalry behind him also brandished their spears, showing their bravery. Seeing this scene, Marquis Zhang couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, and then galloped in front of the battle like Xiyouton in The Lord of the Rings, waving the waist knife in his hand to boost morale.

"Attack! The shadow of the wife is today! ”

Then he yelled.

The huge army of more than 30,000 people immediately moved towards the Ming army in the drizzle like a tide flowing over the ground.

"Fire!"

When the distance of the Qing army was still three miles, because Yang Feng was still closing his eyes and recuperating, He Jin, who had to replace his command, immediately gave an order, as the signal soldier beside him waved the flag, the thirty-six nine-pound guns on the two artillery positions roared almost at the same time, and thirty-six shells whistled through the air, and then exploded thirty-six regiments of flames in the Qing army, instantly taking away the lives of hundreds of Qing soldiers.

"Don't panic, keep going!"

Zhang Yunyi, who was under Shuai, shouted loudly.

After all, the Qing army was too numerous, and this casualty was a small splash at best, and the brief panic did not stop their advance.

At the same time, the gunners on the artillery position of the Ming army cleaned the chamber as quickly as possible and put it into the medicine bag, and then the officer in charge of the fuse determined the distance of the Qing army according to the reference object that had been selected long ago, and then chose different seconds to punch holes in the fuse plate, and the shells that completed the punching were quickly loaded into the chamber, and the main gunner immediately ignited, and the second round of shells flew out instantly, and then took away the lives of a large number of Qing soldiers again.

At this time, Zhang Yunyi had already had an ominous premonition, but he had no other choice, he knew very well that if he was defeated, then the only thing would be the annihilation of the whole army.

Braving the artillery fire of the Ming army, the Qing army accelerated the pace of its march.

After all, it's only three miles away, they walked for more than ten minutes to reach the charging distance, the continuous rate of fire of the Ming army's artillery is usually one shot per minute, and the fastest can reach two, but the artillery needs to cool down and cannot maintain such a speed for a long time, that is to say, during this period, at most hundreds of shells will fall, not to mention that these shells cannot all hit the target, even if the damage caused by hitting the target is still different, in Zhang Yunyi's calculations, he can enter the assault distance by killing three or two thousand people at most.

He has more than 30,000 people, and this loss is a fart.

However, just when he narrowed the distance to two miles, the Ming army's four-and-a-half-pound artillery also let out an angry roar, plus the cavalry, a total of more than 50 four-and-a-half-pound cannons all belonged to the front line, more than 50 solid cannonballs instantly hit the front of the Qing army, and the powerful kinetic energy given by speed and weight made it create no loss of flower shells, and even the shells that could be seen with the human eye hit a piece of stumps and broken arms in the Qing army, especially the shield cars that were hit head-on were directly shattered.

More than 200 casualties were inflicted at this time, and the thickness of the Qing army's densely packed formation maximized the lethality of this kind of shells.

At this time, the habitual panic of the Qing army finally began, and some people in the formation began to turn their heads and want to run, especially the front, after all, these soldiers who were 1.5 taels of silver and 3 buckets of rice per month, it was difficult for them to have enough courage to face the shells, but fortunately, those determined officers solved the problem, and after more than a dozen cowards were cut down in a row, the Qing army quickly recovered its bravery and continued to move forward with firm steps.

At the same time, their artillery also opened fire.

Of course, the Qing army also had artillery, but there was no heavy artillery, and it was too heavy to be erected in the artillery fire of the Ming army, so Zhang Yunyi simply didn't bring it, but he brought a bunch of light artillery.

Hundreds of Weiyuan general cannons under the careful cover were ignited at the same time, and hundreds of shells with fuses flew towards the Ming army like mortar shells, and then two shells fell near the Ming army's formation, and the power of the explosion immediately swept away more than a dozen Ming soldiers. Seeing this scene, the morale of the Qing army couldn't help but be lifted, but then they found that it was useless, because more than a dozen soldiers in the reserve behind the Ming army immediately stepped forward to fill the gap, and the Qing army's Weiyuan General Cannon could not complete the cumbersome loading procedure in the rain and hit the second round.

The Qing army continued to advance, and the Ming army continued to shell.

"Steady, those who dare to retreat will be killed!"

Zhang Yunyi brandished his saber and shouted.

His army was faintly in a state of collapse, and as the shells kept falling, more and more Qing soldiers died, and soon it had reached thousands, and the Qing soldiers' fear of the Ming army began to flood again, and soon the deserters who were hacked to death by the officers were hundreds.

Fortunately, at this time, the rain became a little heavier, and it had become a light rain.

"It's raining heavily, God bless me with a clear day, the thief army musket can't be used!"

Zhang Houye shouted excitedly.

Although he also knew that there was still a big gap between this and the heavy rain, he had to exaggerate his advantages as much as possible at this time.

The state of the Qing army stabilized a little and continued to advance.

At this time, the distance was shortened to less than a mile, and hundreds of small carts hidden in the Qing army were pushed out, and these carts were some light guns with a range of up to one mile, and they were immediately discovered by the opposite side as soon as they were launched, and all the artillery of the Ming army was aimed at the same time, and the dense shells smashed over instantly. At this distance, the accuracy of the artillery of the Ming army is very high, and then the artillery trucks were beaten to pieces, and the gunners of the Qing army next to the remaining artillery trucks hurriedly ignited in a panic, and only less than half of the artillery completed the launch, because the aiming was not very good, only more than 20 shells hit the Ming army through the battle line and caused dozens of soldiers to be killed and wounded.

"Ready!"

At the same time, as the order flag waved beside Yang Feng, an officer on the entire Ming army front raised his saber in his hand and whistled and shouted.

Four infantry battalions of nearly 3,000 infantrymen raised their rifles at the same time.

And just opposite them, less than a hundred zhang away, Zhang Yunyi, who understood that he had entered the range of the Ming army's musket, waved the waist knife in his hand and shouted loudly: "Charge, kill the thief and receive the reward!" ”

"Fire!"

Countless passwords sounded on the Ming front, and all the soldiers pulled the trigger almost simultaneously.