"Release! Release! ”

Seeing that the Ming army actually launched a charge, the Qing army behind the shield car suddenly panicked, and the Qing army hurriedly ordered his subordinates to shoot at the grassroots officers such as the general and the thousand generals, although the gunfire quickly resounded, but there was no momentum just now.

Whew-

Behind the shield cart, the Qing army nervously reloaded the bird guns, if they were allowed to shoot at the Ming army, they would be competent, but if they were close to the enemy, it would not be long before they were routed.

Seeing the Ming army rushing towards them like a tiger, a Qing soldier didn't care about pulling out the whole strip in a panic, and directly raised the bird gun to pull the trigger at the opponent, and then only heard a bang, the bird gun exploded, and the debris from the explosion immediately hit the soldier hard.

The occurrence of the explosion made the rest of the people even more panicked, Hao Xiaozhong hurriedly ordered the bird gun to retreat, and replaced it with a soldier holding a spear, sword and shield to step forward to resist, and the bird gun who got the order was like a pardon, hurriedly retreated, and gave up his position to the robe behind him.

The green battalion soldiers armed with spears, swords, and shields quickly formed a formation, placing their spears on their shields, and aimed at the Ming army that had already rushed within fifty paces.

At the same time, the Qing cavalry wandering on the left and right flanks also began to approach the two flanks of the Ming army, intending to charge after the Ming army fell into close combat.

However, the Ming army did not directly engage the Qing army in hand-to-hand combat, and when they rushed to a distance of thirty paces, they only heard the rousing military horn sound behind them, and the soldiers immediately stopped their steps and relined themselves in place.

A few seconds later, under the watchful eye of the Qing army's melee infantry, they raised their rifles and fired a fierce salvo at the Qing army!

Bang bang bang –

"Uhhh

At a distance of thirty paces, the projectile could easily break through the shield defense, and the Qing melee infantry lined up between the shield vehicles were suddenly shot and killed, and they screamed and fell to the ground, and the gap quickly expanded.

Seeing that the Ming army was so unmartial and came to deceive and sneak attack, Shen Yongzhong was furious and let the bird gun shoot at the Ming army, and at the same time strictly ordered the left and right flank cavalry to charge the Ming army's foot soldiers.

In his opinion, the Ming army was fully equipped with firearms, and should be as afraid of close combat as the Qing army's birdmen, and the cavalry would definitely be able to defeat the enemy.

For the sake of prudence, he also ordered the infantry on the left and right flanks to cover the past, cooperate with the cavalry to defeat the two wings of the Ming army, and then encircle the soldiers and horses in the middle of the Ming army.

The cavalry of the Qing army who got the order immediately reorganized the formation, and galloped towards the two wings of the Ming army in the sound of shouting, seeing the Qing cavalry approaching, the Ming army on both wings adjusted the queue under the order of their respective capitals, and formed several anti-cavalry hollow phalanxes with companies as units!

The advantage of the Ming army's high discipline was evident on the battlefield, when the Qing cavalry was within range, the infantry companies on both flanks had already completed the phalanx adjustment, and the soldiers on the cavalry side raised their guns and fired.

For a time, the guns on the left and right flanks shook the sky, and from time to time someone in the running Qing cavalry screamed and fell from the horse, the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed, and after rushing into the range of 100 steps, the Qing cavalry all raised their sabers and rode their guns, roaring into the state of charge!

"Don't panic, let's go!"

Bang bang bang –

In the face of the powerful offensive of more than 3,000 cavalry on the left and right flanks of the Qing army, if it were an ordinary army, I am afraid that it would have been frightened and unable to hold the position.

But they were faced with the Cossack infantry, the Cossack infantry who had inherited the brave and warlike nature of the Cossacks, coupled with the blessing of systematic high discipline, the hollow phalanx did not move, and was still reloading the rifles in a hurry.

Soon, the Qing army general who led the charge noticed that something was wrong, the firearm in the hands of the Ming infantry actually had a sharp blade inserted in it, and the firearm was turned into a short spear for use, and the sharp blade flashed a dazzling light in the sunlight.

The light fell on the eyes of the running war horses, making the war horses let out an uneasy neighing sound, if they crashed into the phalanx, not to mention that they would be assassinated at close range by the "short spear", they would also be easily killed by the Ming army in the phalanx.

Therefore, the Qing army general immediately reacted - he could not lead the cavalry to directly attack the phalanx, but could only bypass the phalanx and assassinate the Ming infantry with cavalry guns.

"Don't storm the Ming army formation, go around! Get around! ”

He shouted loudly, passing the order to every cavalry in the army, and then the Qing cavalry, which was about to crash into the Ming army's phalanx, dispersed and penetrated through the passage between each phalanx.

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Chapter 248: Engagement

As soon as they penetrated in, the Ming infantry on this side immediately raised their guns and fired, or stabbed bayonets, and knocked off the Qing soldiers on horseback.

"Rush out! Don't fall in love! ”

The Qing army general shouted loudly, rode his horse to dodge a bayonet stabbed by the Ming army, and slashed the saber in his hand with his backhand, and cut off the arm of the Ming soldier holding the gun.

The arm was cut off, and the Ming soldiers screamed and staggered back with the blood-spurting broken arm, but they couldn't dodge the fatal blow of the cavalry behind them, only to see a flash of knife light, and the cavalry saber on the heel swung out, and a good head was cut off under the horse.

Although the cavalry of the Qing army was menacing, it was still unable to break through the defense line composed of the Ming infantry phalanx, and the anti-cavalry hollow phalanx was like a hedgehog that had no way to go, so that the Qing cavalry could only bypass the phalanx in vain, waiting for an opportunity to find a breakthrough.

During this period, the Ming infantry in the phalanx was also constantly weakening the strength of the Qing cavalry with muskets, and under such close shooting, almost every gunshot could take the life of a Qing soldier.

Those Qing cavalry were like being trapped in a quagmire and unable to extricate themselves, constantly weakened by the Ming army, and finally collapsed on their own because of heavy casualties.

The sacrifice of the Qing cavalry was not in vain, and they succeeded in attracting the attention of the Ming infantry on both wings, allowing their own infantry to quickly cover the two wings.

By the time the Qing cavalry began to retreat gradually, the Qing soldiers armed with spears, swords, and shields had already touched them, and they protected their shields in front of them, shouting and charging towards the Ming defense line.

"Retreat! Withdraw! Withdraw! ”

"Sword and shield on top! Get ready to meet the enemy! ”

Seeing the Qing infantry charge, the Ming troops on both flanks began to retreat gradually, and the melee infantry deployed behind them quickly rose to the top, forming a relatively thin line of defense in front of the line of riflemen.

At the same time, the Qing archers who were charging behind the Qing infantry stopped their pace, set up their bows and arrows in place, and shot a dense rain of arrows into the air, which crossed arcs in mid-air and fell into the ranks of the Ming army like raindrops, and immediately shot many Cossack infantry without armor.

Even after being hit by the rain of arrows from the Qing army, the Cossack infantry still did not retreat, and the Qing soldiers in the charge saw the Ming infantry in the direction formed in front of them suddenly squatting, exposing the riflemen behind them to the field of vision.

In the next second, the dense firelight exploded in the Ming army formation with the sound of gunfire, and the charging Qing soldiers were as if they were hit head-on by an invisible fist, and the blood mist exploded in front of them, and they fell on the way to charge one after another.

Before the Ming army engaged in a volley, the Qing army was directly stunned, and even the momentum of their charge was stagnant, and before they could react, those crouching Ming sabers and shield men launched a counter-charge in the passionate military trumpet, and immediately killed the Qing army.

Chapter 248: Engagement