Under the rapid charge, the cavalry could not do too casual movements, and basically slashed with a knife quickly.

As a result, once the shield soldier is blocked, the rest of the squad does not have to worry about being attacked by the cavalry again.

At the same time, the spearmen pierced directly into the belly of the horse, the horse fell straight back, and the cavalry flew out immediately, and then fell directly to the ground.

The cavalry that followed had been shot directly by the firearms men, and the men flew out, but the horses continued to rush forward due to inertia.

At this point, a detachment of infantry is required to quickly avoid and continue to fend off the cavalry that arrives all the way.

Xia Yunyi's infantry battalion did a good job, quickly killing the cavalry one by one like a lawnmower.

There are also those that are not done well, and those that are directly washed away.

At this time, the battle between the 180,000 infantry battalion and the Qing army's iron cavalry could no longer be distinguished, and the entire war scene could be said to have turned into a big melee.

Although the 180,000 infantry battalions formed a three-line array, it was still difficult to resist at such a short distance and in the face of such a large-scale 90,000 Qing army iron cavalry charge.

Alxa and Wakda each rushed towards the collapsed city gate of Yangzhou with more than 100 horsemen.

The infantry battalion of the First Corps of the Second Army of the Guards Army, which was guarding the gate of Yangzhou, had already begun to arrange defensive lines at the gaps in the city gates, and with the addition of the moat, it was not easy for the Manchurian iron cavalry to rush into the city for a while.

The infantry of the 1st Guards Corps and the infantry in the outer city of Yangzhou took advantage of the geographical advantage to force the Manchurian cavalry not to get too close.

Alxa and other Manchurian iron cavalry had no choice but to come back and fight with the guards outside the infantry battalions of the Guards.

However, the infantry battalion near the side of the city wall was not in order, and there were too few Manchurian cavalry rushing over, so they could not take advantage of it.

On Gu Yanwu's side, most of the guards infantry who were facing the main force of the Qing army's iron cavalry in the Duoduo Department had already been dispersed at this moment, especially after the earth-shattering thunder bombardment, they were basically fighting independently in teams.

Gu Yanwu led one of his teams with the captain to see a cavalry rushing towards him, so he quickly met it, and when the shield soldier blocked the knife cut by the cavalry, the spearman immediately stabbed into the horse's buttocks.

The cavalryman sat down and fell to the side, and the spearmen quickly drew their spears, and as soon as the cavalry fell to the ground, he immediately stabbed them.

At the same time, Gu Yanwu shot and killed the cavalry who tried to slash his own team here, and a cavalry was directly sent out.

In this chaotic scene, a squad of five or six people cooperated to kill one cavalry after another in such a scene of cavalry.

Of course, there are also those who are scattered and cannot form a team, so they simply pick up their flintlock pistols, and if the cavalry is in front of them, they draw their bayonets and stab the horse's belly directly in the side.

If the cavalry is not yet in sight, shoot and shoot.

Of course, there were also infantry who were cut down and shot by the cavalry.

However, on the whole, although the front end of the 180,000 infantry battalion has become a big melee, because the rapid movement of the cavalry cannot achieve a large number of casualties, and the infantry is not all able to organize a large area to kill and injure the Qing army's iron cavalry.

Therefore, in fact, the casualties on both sides of this melee are not large, and neither has collapsed.

……

When the cavalry and infantry were in a scuffle, Liu Fangliang had also led the 30,000 iron cavalry of the Guards to kill the artillery camp of the Qing army.

The firing range of the red-clothed cannon was within two or three miles, so Liu Fangliang could quickly reach the Qing artillery camp within a few minutes when the Qing army's iron cavalry and the guards infantry were fighting.

However, at this time, 5,000 Manchurian iron cavalry guarding the artillery of the Qing army also rushed up.

The two cavalry teams directly killed each other.

Liu Fangliang had ordered Liu Zhaoji to lead a thousand iron horsemen in advance and did not move.

Therefore, when Liu Fangliang was fighting with 30,000 guards and 5,000 Manchurian horses, Liu Zhaoji took 1,000 light cavalry to make a big detour directly, and approached the Qing artillery camp in a moment.

Most of the artillerymen of the Qing army were also Han Chinese, and many of them were border soldiers back then.

However, Liu Zhaoji did not relent, and began to slash and kill as soon as he came, and at the same time, the earth-shaking thunder was directly thrown out, blowing up the gunpowder box of the Qing artillery battalion, making a rumbling sound.

The Manchurian iron cavalry, who was fighting with Liu Fangliang, was busy retreating when he heard this voice, but found that he had been entangled by the 30,000 iron cavalry of the Guards.

……

Because of this, the artillery fire under the city of Yangzhou stopped.

The officials and people in Yangzhou breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, Duoduo, who had also bypassed the Guards infantry battalion and raided from the flank to the vicinity of Yangzhou City, also heard explosions from the rear.

Duoduo immediately sensed that something was wrong, and immediately retreated with the main force.

However, at this time, Liu Fangliang and Liu Zhaoji also withdrew with more than 30,000 guards and iron cavalry.

Zhu Youzhen officially ordered, Mingjin withdrew his troops, and the 180,000 Guards infantry pushed back like a tide.

And the Duoduo Department also came to the location of his artillery battalion with more than 80,000 iron horsemen at this time, looking at the mess in one place and the countless artillerymen who were killed on the scene, he couldn't help but give Gushan Beizi Shuo a slap.

Shuo Sai was naturally speechless, the Ming army's 30,000 iron cavalry was coming, and he couldn't help but fight, but what he didn't expect was that the Ming army still had a cavalry.

This was the end of the first day of fighting.

The main force of the Qing cavalry of the Duoduo Division failed to storm the city of Yangzhou, and the Guards achieved their goal of destroying the Qing artillery.

However, the Guards paid a lot of price, half of the ten infantry battalions were scattered, and the casualties reached nearly 10,000, while the casualties of the Qing army's iron cavalry were only more than 5,000 cavalry.

In addition, although Liu Fangliang brought 30,000 iron cavalry, he also lost more than 3,000 cavalry in the battle with the Manchurian iron cavalry in just a few quarters of an hour, while Shuosai's Manchurian iron cavalry lost no more than 100 cavalry.

Only the 1,000 light cavalry led by Liu Zhaoji successfully achieved the goal of Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen and Zhou Yuji, and turned hundreds of red-clothed cannons of the Qing army into a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron piled up there.

It's noon.

Neither men nor horses had been fighting for so long, and they needed to recuperate, and Dordor didn't attack again.

The Guards, on their part, also began to return to the formation and defend the city.

The corpses and wounded of the Guards were transported into the city of Yangzhou, and the wounded and corpses of the more than 3,000 cavalry of the Guards who remained in the camp of the Qing army were exchanged for the wounded and corpses of the Qing army.

Zhu Youzhen walked in front of these wounded and corpses, many of whom were outstanding talents he knew in the past, and many of them were officers and soldiers who had gone south with him in the past.

But at this moment, in this era without antibiotics, whether they are dead or injured, they have to face the fate of death.

"Do you say you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear. Enmity with the Son! How can you say that you have no clothes? With the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear halberd. Work with the son! How can you say that you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my armor soldiers. Walk with the son! ”

Zhu Youzhen sang this song, which had been widely popular among the guards for some reason, and for a moment, this kind of voice was heard inside and outside the city of Yangzhou, and some of the guards officers and soldiers couldn't help but shed tears.

A fierce battle in the morning made everyone realize the cruelty of the war, the moment when nearly 100,000 iron horsemen rushed in, left an indelible deep impression on everyone, and the death of the former Tongze in front of them made their feelings even more complicated, hatred and desire to live, at this moment only turned into tears, in order to express the bitterness in their hearts.

(End of chapter)