Seeing that the phalanx of the Daping army was getting closer and closer, the Qing army was also immediately ready for battle. It has been fighting with the Daping Army for so long, no matter what, the Qing army has also learned something from the Daping Army. So they also lined up the oars and carts to the front row, and set up the Franc machine gun, tiger squat cannon and other artillery, and also transferred the musketeers and archers to the front row, waiting for the Daping army to attack the fortification.

Moreover, the Qing army in the front row were also Han troops, who were originally the former Ming troops who surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. If you talk about field warfare, maybe these former Ming troops are not very good. However, when it comes to this kind of positional defensive warfare, these former Ming troops "practice makes perfect". So it didn't take long for the Qing army to set up layers of troops in front of the formation, just waiting for the Daping army to collide up.

As soon as the Daping army saw that the Qing army was in good formation, they hesitated and did not dare to move forward. Due to the inconsistency of the officers in the front row issuing the order to "stop advancing", it even caused several phalanxes to take a few steps forward, making the front row of the phalanx a little untidy.

The phalanx attack does have limitations. If the enemy is bent on defending, it will be difficult to attack. Especially like the Qing army now, there are obstacles in the front, and it is impossible for the Daping army to line up in a phalanx to climb over the cart!

So the officers of the Dahei Army at the front began to take command of each other. Some officers asked the artillery behind them to come up faster and blast away the obstacles of the Qing army; Some officers let the axe gunners step forward and prepare the squad for hand-to-hand combat, but there was no unified command anyway.

This is one of the major drawbacks of ancient warfare. According to the communication conditions at that time, the commander in chief commanded 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses at most. And this kind of command is also a simple order. Therefore, in battle, if there is an emergency, it depends on the free play of the officers on the front line.

And now the two armies each have more than 100,000 troops. This makes it even more difficult for the manager to command. In particular, the Daping Army, which had been on the defensive a few days ago, suddenly attacked today, and now suddenly encountered the stubborn defense of the Qing army, which caused some confusion in the command of the first-line officers.

In the same way, there was some confusion in the command of the Qing army. Seeing some artillery of the Daping Army pushing up, some Qing army generals wanted to let the cavalry step forward and annihilate these sudden artillery; And some Qing army generals ordered "artillery fire". Shooting was carried out at the artillery and phalanxes of the Daping army.

At this time, the distance between the two armies was about 200 steps, and the Qing army's two responses were not wrong. But no matter how fast the horse runs, it can't match the speed of the cannonballs. With the Qing artillery "rumbling" sounded. The first few rows of soldiers in the Daping army were knocked to the ground one after another, and in a moment and three moments, the Daping army fell to the upper hand.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the officers on the front line of the Daping Army immediately gave an order. Withdraw the phalanx out of artillery range. So the phalanx came and turned back. They all trotted backwards. The few artillery pieces that the Daping army pushed up also retreated after a confrontation with the Qing army. Seeing the retreat of the Daping army, a burst of cheers immediately broke out in the Qing army's array.

"What are you doing? Without firearms, there would be no war? Seeing that the troops in front of him had retreated like this, Xue Yongli was quite dissatisfied with this anticlimactic attack, "Say to the front and let the axe gunners rush forward." Don't be afraid of casualties! Without the word 'brave', is it still a warrior? ”

I saw a dozen heralds running forward. Shumo on the side suggested: "Master Li! Isn't it time to signal? Let the troops who came to surrender yesterday fight against the water first, and we can take advantage of the chaos to attack it. ”

Xue Yongli frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "The time has not yet come." But then he still ordered: "Go and talk to the old horse again, and let him be ready at all times, as long as the Tartar is in chaos, he is ready to charge at any time." ”

"Yes!"

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Seeing that the attack of the Daping army was repulsed, Dolgon also shook his head, a little dissatisfied. Although the Qing army was not injured in this shelling, the Daping army suffered some casualties. But the effect of the shelling was not good after all. The Qing army did not put the Daping army into the effective firing range, and carried out three-dimensional firing of artillery, muskets, and bows and arrows at the Daping army. Therefore, this artillery bombardment of the Qing army was a little early.

So Dolgon also ordered: "Talk to the front, and put the Han army into a hundred paces to fight." If the Han army pushes up the artillery, let the cavalry go up, don't be afraid of the ferocity of the Han army's firearms. We in the Qing Dynasty want warriors. ”

And Tuberi on the side also suggested: "Master! The artillery team has arrived, and their artillery is ready. Do you wait until the next time the Han dog comes forward, and they will shoot? ”

Dolgon also frowned and thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I'll talk about it later, I must wait for the king's order." ”

"Wow!"

Because before the start of the war, Dolgon and others had already estimated that today's Daping army would attack, so when they went out of the camp to line up, the artillery team of the Qing army had already stepped up the erection of long-range and powerful general artillery and general artillery in accordance with Dolgon's order. This is also a killer feature that Dorgon has prepared for today's decisive battle.

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The commanders of both armies were somewhat dissatisfied with the setback of the first offensive of the Daping Army, and both asked their troops to take active action. But on the other hand, these two managers were reluctant to turn over their hole cards immediately, showing a calm look.

After receiving Xue Yongli's order, the ten phalanxes at the front of the Daping Army were immediately divided into two teams. The front squad consisted of six hundred axe-gunners, followed by the pikemen. As the drums of the attack sounded again, the axie-gun platoon, under the cover of the front-row gunners, moved forward again, while the pikemen's platoon dragged back about fifty paces.

Seeing the Daping army's attack again, the Qing army also watched nervously as the Daping army approached, waiting for them to enter within a hundred steps. The cavalry of the Qing army also gathered together, ready to deal with the sudden advance of the artillery of the Daping army.

Five hundred, four hundred, three hundred steps, ......, the atmosphere on the battlefield seemed to freeze. Two hundred paces, one hundred and fifty steps, when there were still a few steps away from the hundred steps, the deputy regiment commanders who led the axe and spear team invariably blew the copper whistle, and the axe and spearmen immediately dispersed and ran towards the front of the Qing army at high speed.

This suddenly dispersed the formation, which made the cavalry of the Qing army stunned, and they all hesitated to rush forward and kill. The artillery, firearms, and bows and arrows of the Qing army were fired in an all-round way, which also made the Qing cavalry have no choice, and under the rain of bullets and bullets of their own troops, they could not charge like this.

For the guns and bows and arrows of the Qing army, the axe-gunners in plate armor were not very afraid. The Qing army's firearms were less powerful and basically could not penetrate the plate armor, not to mention the less powerful bows and arrows, which bounced off the plate armor one after another. The only thing that threatens is the artillery. Since the axe-gunners were scattered and ran, the damage of the artillery was not very large.

It wasn't until they ran thirty paces that the casualties of the Daping army began to increase. It was only then that the battle began to reach its climax. (To be continued......)