The north wind whistled and blew, rolling up a piece of dust, blowing the clothes on the body was also hunting, the attack formation composed of dozens of shield vehicles as the lead slowly approached the circular car formation, and hundreds of cavalry were also wandering around the car formation, their purpose was very simple, that is, to swim around to create trouble for this Ming army, at least to create psychological pressure on them, if the Ming army in front of them showed flaws, they would not hesitate to pounce like hungry wolves, For generations, the Tartars who have lived by hunting in the white mountains and black waters have long imitated the wolf's natural surname.

Pang Gang, who was standing in the center of the car formation, saw the movements of the Qing soldiers clearly, and he also understood the purpose of the Qing soldiers, but he had no way to make effective countermeasures, so he could not take the only one in his hand that was already less than 100 people to fight hard with the Tartar cavalry, so he had to mobilize two hundred bird gunners to be distributed on both sides to prevent the Qing army from approaching.

Sakhalian commanded the team to advance slowly, believing that as long as he was careful in dealing with the battle, with the invincible field fighting skills of the warriors of the Great Qing Kingdom, those cowardly Ming troops would definitely not be their opponents.

However, the power of the Ming army's firearms just now also made a deep impression on Sakhalian, although those cavalry were only wearing cotton armor, but the Ming army's firearms could still penetrate the cavalrymen's bodies seventy or eighty steps away, which was enough to make Sakhalian more careful.

Looking at the shield car in front of him slowly approaching, Pang Gang smiled coldly, but in he, the general of the Qing army, was too cautious, the shield car was originally prepared for the siege of the city, and it can only protect the arrows, lead bullets and other things shot from the front and above, but if the shield car is also used in the field, people only need to get some hands and feet on the road, these shield cars will become waste, and the protective area of the shield car is limited, and the role that can be played in field battles with the enemy is really not large, It seems that this Qing army general was frightened by the fate of those cavalry just now.

Time passed minute by minute, and slowly, the Qing soldiers in the dust got closer, and finally they entered the car formation more than a hundred steps away, and at this time, the people in the car formation could already see the appearance of the Qing soldiers clearly.

Pang Gang saw clearly in the car formation, the first wave of Qing soldiers approaching about 200 people, in the sharp knife position is the leader of dozens of horse armor dead soldiers, all of them are dressed in double heavy armor, holding a heavy shield made of hardwood in their hands, led by a few Fen Pashku and Zhuanda, towards their own car formation.

Behind and beside them, dozens of lightly armored archers followed. They were led by some infantry. Then there was a group of black pressure soldiers with swords, they were either armored or unarmoured, among this group of people, some of them had high red tassels on their helmets, and they had blue flame pole flags on their backs, and the particularly strong soldiers who looked like white armor were the white baya soldiers commonly known as the white armor soldiers, but their appearance was particularly eye-catching. Pang Gang also noticed that in this wave of Qing soldiers, there was an official banner of Niu Lu Zhangjing.

Behind them, there were hundreds of cavalry wandering left and right, they suddenly gathered in one place, and suddenly dispersed, giving people a sense of fluctuation.

Seeing that the enemy army was approaching, Pang Gang said to the standard-bearer beside him: "Order the bird gunners to prepare!" ”

After hearing the order, the flag leader raised and waved the flag in his hand twice, and Li Yuan, who was always keeping an eye on the movements of the flag leader, immediately ordered: "The first row of bird bearers prepare!" ”

Hearing Li Yuan's order, the two hundred bird gunners in the first row immediately stepped forward a few steps forward and put the modified Lumi guns on the iron frame of the thorn chariot, and the loaded flintlock pistols were firmly aimed in front.

Sakhalian watched his shield cart move forward so steadily, and the Ming army in front of him also ignored the slowly approaching shield cart, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said in his heart that he looked down on those Ming troops, but he didn't expect them to ignore these shield carts stupidly, and as long as the shield cart approached fifty steps in front of the Ming army, then it would be a big deal.

Seeing that these dead men were already approaching the Ming army ninety steps with their shield carts, the smile on the corner of Saharen's mouth became stronger, but as if the heavens didn't want him to be too happy, more than a dozen shield carts suddenly collectively slumped, and fell to the side like a drunken man who was drunk.

"Bastard, what the hell is going on?"

Saharen's eyes widened as he looked at the dozen or so shield carts that suddenly fell to the ground, and asked loudly, "What the hell is going on in front of you, why did those shield carts suddenly fall?" ”

After a while, a Qing soldier came to report that the shield carts had fallen into it because they had stepped into a deep pit.

"Drag the shield cart up and lift it up!" In a fit of rage, Sakhalian raised the leather whip in his hand and gave it to the armored man in front of him, "I'll give you a cup of tea, and immediately drag the shield cart up and continue to move forward!" ”

"My lord, those Ming troops have dug a lot of pits in front, and even if the minions drag the shield cart out, they can't leave."

"What! Those Nanban are so cunning! ”

Sahalian, who was so angry that he jumped to his feet, gritted his teeth and ordered: "Without the shield car, our warriors of the Great Qing Kingdom can also fight, order the warriors in front of you to abandon the shield car and charge at full speed!" ”

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, the horse armor in the front immediately rushed out from behind the shield car and rushed towards the Ming army car formation at the fastest speed!

Seeing that the Qing soldiers in front of them threw aside the shield cart and rushed towards it, their voices were heard more and more clearly, Li Yuan estimated the distance and shouted, "Prepare to shoot." ”

Immediately, there was a clatter of birds moving. The first row of bird guns were all aimed at the Qing soldiers rushing ahead, and they each found their own targets according to the crosshairs on the bird guns. Their faces were a little red from the cold wind, but at this time they were all pursed and just focused on aiming.

The Qing soldiers soon entered eighty paces, and they let out a shout in unison and began to rush forward with a wild scream.

Looking at the Qing soldiers rushing up under the black pressure, Li Yuan's palms couldn't help but ooze a layer of sweat, he looked back at the bird gunners on the side, and found that although they were also nervous, they all understood one thing under the strict training and strong military sticks in the past few months, that is, without the commander's order, even if the enemy rushed in front of him, he could not shoot.

In the area where the two sides are fighting, except for the shouts and cheers of the charging Qing soldiers, the whole area is strangely silent, and now the Qing soldiers have rushed into a distance of eighty paces, but the Ming army in front of them still has no movement, this quiet is unusually strange in the eyes of the Qing soldiers.

In the eyes of the Qing soldiers who were accustomed to dealing with the Ming army, they originally looked down on the firearms used by the Ming army very much, not to mention the troubles of all kinds of firearms during the battle, let's just talk about the bird system, although this kind of firearm has a long range, but the power is only dozens of steps away, and it is difficult to break the two layers of heavy armor on their bodies.

The Qing army had gained a lot of experience in actual combat, and the Ming army used bird guns, while they used shields and oil-soaked rattan cards. At a distance of fifty paces, it is possible to effectively resist the fire of arrows and buckshot. It is estimated that the Ming army's bird guns can break the armor on their bodies at twenty paces, but the distance of twenty paces is already a distance that can be ignored for the Qing soldiers, and they can step over with their legs raised.

Moreover, there are many mistakes in the operation of the Ming army's firearms, and even there are many accidents, and it has become the norm for many firearms to fail to fire when they are in battle. Moreover, the quality of the firearms of the Ming army was very poor, it was easy to explode, and there was also the quality of the Ming army. Before anyone entered the firing range, the firearms there had already been a round, and the consequence of such indiscriminate firing was that the power of the Ming army's firearms could not be fully utilized in the field battle, which was also the reason why the Qing soldiers repeatedly defeated the Ming army in field battles.

But the annihilation of a hundred cavalry just now also reminded these Qing soldiers, these Ming troops coming from the direction of Shandong seem to be very different from the Ming troops encountered in the past, they are well-trained, and can strictly obey the orders of the officers, those until now the corpses of many cavalry who have fallen in front of the road is the best proof.

At this time, the Qing soldiers who charged had only one thought in their hearts, "Rush quickly, rush over and close the distance between you and them, and it will be safe!" ”

In the blink of an eye, these Qing soldiers still rushed to a distance of seventy paces, Pang Gang's right hand holding the scimitar still began to tremble a little, this distance was a huge psychological test for the front row of birds, at this distance the front row of sergeants could already see the expressions of those Qing soldiers, they opened their mouths wide, let out a roar that even they didn't know, and the breath exhaled from their nostrils turned into white mist in the cold air.

Pang Gang once experimented with the bows and arrows of the Qing soldiers who were not collected at night, the range of the Qing army's bows and arrows was not very high, only about seventy paces, and only when it was forty or fifty steps could it pose a threat to the Ming army wearing cotton armor, and if you wanted to shoot through the chain mail commonly equipped by the soldiers, you had to be close to the distance of thirty or forty paces to do it. Therefore, the Qing army in Pingyue generally had to get close to the enemy fifty paces before starting to bend the bow and arrow, and this distance was sometimes even shorter, but the arrows of the bows and arrows equipped by the Qing soldiers were as long as six or seven inches, and their shape was like a chisel, and it was difficult to take out when they shot deeply, and few people could survive as long as they were shot.

When those Qing soldiers rushed to a distance of sixty paces, Pang Gang finally opened his mouth and ordered, "Fire!" ”

A trumpeter beside him blew the whistle with all his strength, and a sharp sound suddenly pierced the cold air and echoed in front of the two armies.

Standing in the front row, he was already waiting impatiently, Li Yuan raised the scimitar in his hand, as if using all his strength, and shouted loudly: "Fire!" ”

(To be continued)