Liu Zhaoji of Xuyi did not fight fiercely with the Qing soldiers at this time, but returned to Xuyi County depressed.

Although Li Shutai put on a posture of field warfare, in fact, he had no intention of fighting a decisive battle with the Yangzhou army now, and his purpose was very clear, that is, to gain a firm foothold outside Xuyi City and wait for the Duoduo army to come.

Duoduo's fifty or sixty red-coated cannons seriously slowed down the march, and according to Li Shutai's estimates, it would probably take three or four days to reach Xuyi.

When Liu Zhaoji led a division to pounce on the Qing soldiers, he found that the Qing soldiers had already prepared a defensive posture, looking at the deep ditch and high base and the strong camp in front of him, Liu Zhaoji made a tentative attack, and could only give up helplessly.

Although Liu Zhaoji dared to fight, he was not reckless, and the Qing soldiers who had been hit by grenades many times had learned a good lesson, and they had also learned to lie down and dodge when grenades flew, and they did not have their previous fears.

In this attack, Liu Zhaoji's grenade killing effect was extremely limited under the Qing soldiers' fortifications, but the Qing soldiers' large number of firearms and bows and arrows made Liu Zhaoji unable to advance an inch.

Xuyi County has been vigorously strengthened and renovated, and Shi Kefa has even transferred a lot of cement to it some time ago. Except for the people in the county who volunteered to stay behind to participate in the defense of the city, the others have all been evacuated to Tianchang and Yangzhou, and Liu Zhaoji, who is not dragged down by the people, is determined to nail the Qing soldiers here in Xuyi City.

According to Luo Jian's confession before leaving, Liu Zhaoji had even organized troops to conduct street combat training in the city, and I heard that the Qing soldiers had a lot of red-coated cannons, and no matter how strong the city wall was, it might not be able to withstand the continuous bombardment of red-coated cannons.

Liu Zhaoji was not afraid that the Qing soldiers would directly bypass Xuyi and march to Tianchang and Yangzhou, unless Duoduo felt that he could go down to Yangzhou in a battle, he could not be afraid that Xuyi's first division would cut off his food route.

With the continuous arrival of the Qing soldiers, Yangzhou has also increased the supplement to Xuyi, a regiment of the Sixth Division has entered Xuyi, and a large number of city-defending equipment is also being continuously transported to Xuyi, with sufficient troops and city-defending equipment, Liu Zhaoji is full of confidence in holding Xuyi.

The battle between the Yangzhou army and the Qing soldiers in Qinji Town was still extremely fierce, although the infantry of the Qing army had been disorganized, but its individual combat effectiveness was obviously much stronger than Zuo Menggeng's troops, and the fighting spirit was much more tenacious.

Only the 2nd Division, the 4th Division, and the 5th Division were each three regiments of the Yangzhou Army that were really engaged in the battle, and although the combat efficiency of the Yangzhou Army was much higher than that of the Qing Army, the difference in numbers made it impossible for the battle to end in a short time.

The Mongol cavalry on the right flank was getting closer and closer, and from time to time the cavalry fired bows and arrows flew over the shields, and the musketeers in the back row had already fallen from their arrows, and the arrows clanged into the wide shields, but the riflemen did not shoot, they wanted to put these cavalrymen at the nearest distance to give maximum damage.

With only a few dozen paces to go, the Mongol cavalry put away their bows and arrows and began to shout and raise their sabers in their hands, ready to slaughter the Ming army as they had done in every previous battle.

"Hit!" With Zhao Quan's order, the five rifles erupted tongues of fire at the same time, and the bombardier behind the shield also straightened up and threw the grenade in his hand with the greatest strength, and the firecrackers in the back row also lit the arquebus.

More than 200 meters on the front, the Mongolian cavalry seemed to hit an invisible wall, suddenly people turned on their backs, in the blink of an eye, more than 300 cavalry fell to the ground, there was too fast horse after the inertia fell to the ground and threw it in front of the shield, the riflemen did not look at it, stared at the Mongolian cavalry and continued to fire fiercely.

The first row of musketeers immediately retreated to the back after firing, and the second platoon stepped forward and continued to ignite and fire.

The Mongol cavalry, whose speed had been raised, could no longer stop, and rushed forward one after another, and some of the cavalry were tripped by the horses that fell to the ground without even being hit, and then they were trampled into pulp by the horses that rushed up from behind.

The riflemen quickly finished a magazine, quickly removed the empty magazine, and the shield-bearer next to him was ready, and immediately passed the full magazine, took the empty magazine, took the bullet from his bosom and pressed it inside.

The cavalry on the far right had begun to turn, and some of the cavalry finally escaped from the range of fire, and as the right was vacated, more cavalry desperately pulled the reins to allow the horses to escape from the right to the death zone.

The bombardiers had already run out from behind their shields, and some even used the horses of the Qing soldiers who had fallen to the ground as cover, rushed forward for dozens of meters, and threw grenades at the cavalry that began to flee.

The fire attack on the right flank not only inflicted heavy casualties on the Mongol cavalry, but also had a huge impact on the infantry who were fighting fiercely.

Geng Jimao heard the familiar sound of rifles and grenade explosions, and he was frightened on his horse, and his first thought was to turn his horse and run, lest he be too late to escape.

The fear of the generals soon spread to the soldiers, and the Qing infantry army, which had been barely able to support it, began to rout.

The Mongol cavalry retreated very fast and ran far away, and it seemed that they would no longer dare to come up to attack the Yangzhou army, Huang Degong ordered the riflemen to quickly move to the left flank, which was already very critical.

Jueluo Bahana really hated the artillery of the Yangzhou army, and when he saw that the artillery stopped firing, according to his experience, he knew that the artillery of the Yangzhou army had reached its limit, and this was the best time to assault the artillery position.

In order to assault the artillery position of the Yangzhou army, it was necessary to pass through the defensive positions of the four divisions and one regiment, and the cavalry of the Qing army, which had been reorganized, accelerated again to the position of the first regiment, and the arrows had already flown towards the position of the first regiment.

The archers of the fourth division and the first regiment had already begun to shoot, and from time to time a cavalry fell from their horses, twenty paces away, and the musketeers in the rear row also lit the lead rope, and then the sound like bursting beans also sounded.

The close-range shooting of the fire gun caused a lot of casualties to the Qing cavalry, and the horses of dozens of cavalry had obviously been shot, but only a few war horses fell.

The archers and musketeers had retreated behind the pikemen, and the pikemen had all crumbled, and the most violent impact was coming.

Facing the tip of the spear as bright as a forest, the Qing soldier's war horse did not collide directly, but turned from the front of the spearmen's formation to bypass, as one of the most intelligent animals, the war horse instinctively chose to avoid the danger in the face of danger.

But the cavalry on the horse was not idle, the riders raised their weapons and smashed the spears, the most difficult for the pikemen to resist was the mace of the Qing soldiers, this weapon is long and heavy, once hit, the pikemen are smashed in the tiger's mouth, and can no longer hold the spear in their hands.

Although the riflemen also stabbed out the spears in their hands, the damage in the face of the galloping cavalry was extremely limited, and finally a few fierce horses rushed directly towards the spear array, although the war horses were pierced into bloody horses, but the spear array was knocked out of a gap.

The pikemen didn't have time to fill the gap, and the Qing cavalry behind had already rushed out of the gap.

The cavalry that rushed through the gap did not continue the attack on the first regiment of the fourth division, but rushed directly to the artillery position two miles behind.

When the Qing cavalry broke through the position of the fourth division and one regiment, more than 1,000 cavalry on the right flank of the Yangzhou army had already mounted their horses and stopped the way for the Qing troops to rush to the artillery position.

Most of the five or six hundred cavalry of the Qing army who rushed through a regiment of defense were white-armored soldiers, and it has to be said that the white-armored soldiers of the Qing army were the strongest soldiers of this era, and their excellent armor and extremely rich combat experience allowed them to survive on the battlefield better than other soldiers.

Under the personal leadership of the regiment commander, the fourth division and one regiment desperately sealed the gap, and no cavalry could break through the spear formation, but there were more and more soldiers under the cavalry and sabers of the fallen Qing cavalry.

Luo Jian stood on the side of the artillery position and watched as the Yangzhou cavalry began to accelerate towards the Qing cavalry, and the shocking cavalry duel began.

Although the cavalry of the Qing army was only half of the cavalry of the Yangzhou army, the momentum of its charge was not inferior to the cavalry of the Yangzhou army, and the galloping cavalry collided together in an instant.

From time to time, warhorses run out of the battlefield, but the knights on their bodies are gone.

Luo Jian watched the cavalry duel in pain, and the pain was because an average of three Yangzhou cavalry could be killed in order to fight out one Qing cavalry.

Although the cavalry of the Yangzhou Army has undergone several months of intensive training, the cavalry is obviously not something that can be trained in these few months.

The combat skills of the Qing cavalry horses are more than one grade stronger than the Yangzhou army, they seem to be integrated with the war horse as a whole, Luo Jian saw with his own eyes that a Qing cavalry came to hide in the saber when the saber came, dodged the saber, got up and chopped the opposite Yangzhou cavalry off the horse.

Dozens of white-armored soldiers of the Qing army had already broken through the interception of the cavalry of the Yangzhou army and rushed towards the artillery position.

The riflemen and grenadiers who rushed over to support the right flank finally arrived, and with a shout of "Yangzhou army retreat quickly" sounded, the Yangzhou cavalry turned their horses and ran out of the battlefield.

Although the Qing cavalry was in hot pursuit, the continuous fire of five rifles finally allowed the Yangzhou cavalry to escape.

Breaking through the Yangzhou cavalry interception were all the white armor soldiers of the Qing army, a Niu Lu Ezhen desperately patted the war horse that stepped down, and more than 50 white armor soldiers followed closely behind, galloping towards the artillery position, less than 200 steps, Niu Lu Ezhen was so excited that he stood up from the war horse.

Suddenly, Niu Lu was really surprised to find that the white-armored soldier next to him stumbled from time to time, and the horse turned on his back, not bothering to see what was going on, and still galloping wildly.

What made the cavalry of the Qing army turn over on their backs were small pits on the ground that were slightly larger than the mouth of the bowl, which were dug by Yan Yingyuan when Luo Jian first arrived at the artillery position.

Yan Yingyuan held a longbow in his hand, leading more than 100 archers to stop in front of the artillery position, at this time he was surprised to see the Qing cavalry from time to time stumbling and turning to the ground.

There are also three or four trenches in front that are not too deep, these trenches cannot prevent the cavalry from passing, but if the Qing soldiers still want to lift the horses up to pass quickly, it is basically impossible, and the cavalry without speed, even if it is a white-armored soldier, will not be frightening.

The hundreds of Qing cavalry behind quickly collapsed under the blows of rifles and grenades, and only a little more than a hundred cavalry escaped from the right.

The cavalry of the Qing army who crossed the trench was only a dozen horses, and under the blow of more than a hundred bows and arrows, they were all shot over just after crossing the trench, Niu Lu was really shot in the throat by Yan Yingyuan's arrow and directly fell off the horse, Luo Jian knew that Yan Yingyuan's archery skills were outstanding, and today he finally saw it.

Jueluo Bahana looked at the battle in front of him helplessly, knowing that this battle had been a complete failure, he quickly ordered all the cavalry to assemble, and without saying a word, he turned around and ran towards the Huai River, the pontoon bridge is still there, if it is late, when the Yangzhou army destroys the pontoon bridge, I am afraid that even he will have to stay here.

Geng Jimao had already escaped the Huai River, and when the cavalry on the right flank retreated, he led a few hundred of his own soldiers to run.

The Yangzhou army pursued for more than a mile, Luo Jian ordered them to stop, and the infantry of the Qing army had all been wiped out except for Geng Jimao who ran away, and the infantry was used to chase the cavalry, which was a joke.

Luo Jian did not personally inspect the battlefield this time, but only ordered all departments to seize the time to treat the wounded, clean up the battlefield, and count the results.