"All, free fire!"

Amid the shouts of the commanders of the various formations, the Xia infantry in the phalanx began to raise their guns to shoot at the Qing cavalry rushing towards them.

Bang bang bang –

In the continuous gunfire, the cavalry of the Qing army fell from their horses like dumplings, and they were not passively beaten, while galloping their horses, those archers with bows and bows in their hands also took bows and arrows to shoot at the Xia army behind the array.

The arrow could shoot farther than usual when it ran along the inertia of the war horse, and although the accuracy dropped greatly, there were still many Xia infantry who were knocked to the ground by the arrow, and they were all dragged into the phalanx by the robe behind them as soon as they were shot and fell to the ground, so as to avoid being attacked twice.

In the phalanx, the infantry artillery was also being reloaded, and the flag-bearer and the drummer with the snare drum on his chest stood in the middle, standing firmly with the chief officer of the phalanx, and did not move even if arrows passed by them from time to time.

No matter how reckless the cavalry of the Qing army was, it was impossible to run headlong into the Xia infantry that formed the phalanx, not to mention the three-layer snow-white and sharp bayonets of the Xia army infantry, which could feel a great threat at first glance.

Therefore, they did not directly attack the Xia army's formation, in which the cavalry wielding sabers and spears continued to rush into the Xia army's military formation, galloping through the phalanx, looking for the Xia army's flaws, while the archers wandered outside, supporting their comrades with bows and arrows.

However, they soon discovered that they were wrong, and after thousands of cavalry rushed into the Xia army formation on both flanks, they were quickly divided by various phalanxes, and the Xia infantry in the phalanx were able to raise their guns to shoot the cavalry riding in front of them at close range, and the Qing cavalry had to risk several holes being pierced by bayonets coming from multiple directions if they wanted to attack with weapons.

The guns on both wings continued continuously, and the smoke from the rifle fire almost enveloped the flanks, and the Qing troops passing through the passage could not help but tremble in fear when they listened to the sound of gunfire one after another and the screams of their comrades before they died.

The Qing cavalry, which suffered heavy losses, had to choose to retreat, but how could the Xia infantry let them leave easily, and the infantry of each phalanx worked together to hunt down the scattered Qing cavalry in the passage.

They either shot the Qing cavalry at close range with their rifles, or forced the Qing cavalry to stop, and then stepped forward with their spears and fought hand-to-hand combat with the Qing cavalry.

While the Qing cavalry was suffering in the Xia army's formation, the artillery deployed in the outer phalanx was also firing at the Qing archers wandering around the periphery, and they tried to disperse those annoying Qing archers with artillery bombardment, but after several shellings, not many archers died under the shelling.

The archers were able to easily dodge the shells that flew towards them due to their high mobility, but they could not escape the riflemen, who were still able to shoot outside the optimal range, and although their accuracy was slightly reduced, they were still able to inflict casualties on the Qing archers.

After a fierce battle, the Qing cavalry finally could not bear the huge casualties, and forced their way out of the flanks filled with gunpowder.

After they broke out, the archers, who had also suffered many casualties on the periphery, also found a reason to retreat, and left many corpses behind, and evacuated the flanks.

This result made Yue Le, who had been paying attention to the flank battlefield, a little difficult to accept, in his opinion, the cavalry fighting on both flanks should be able to easily crush the flank of the Xia army without heavy infantry, instead of being killed and fleeing in a hurry like now.

If he didn't know that his Manchurian cavalry would not deliberately release water on the battlefield, he would even wonder if the hired Mongol cavalry was deliberately playing him.

However, his attention was soon drawn to the breakthrough on the frontal battlefield, and under the bloody battle of Sauron's soldiers, the Xia infantry suffered heavy losses for the first time, and the thin front was crumbling, and began to retreat uncontrollably.

The systematic soldiers in the Xia army were not fearless from beginning to end, to be precise, they were more accepting of casualties, and their collapse threshold was higher than that of any army of this era.

But in the face of huge casualties, they still have a mood called fear, although not to be defeated, but in Suo

Under the fierce offensive of the Lun soldiers, the battle line of the Xia army was still unstable.

Su Dingyuan saw that the battle line was unstable, his heart was full of surprise, he fixed his eyes, and saw those poorly equipped but extremely brave Sauron soldiers slaughtering the retreating Xia infantry, the Xia infantry usually had to pay two or three people to take a Sauron soldier.

Seeing this, Su Dingyuan couldn't help but sigh about the bravery of the Sauron soldiers, before this battle, the courage of the Sauron soldiers was not known to the world, and he did not take the Sauron soldiers too seriously, but now as soon as the battle started, he knew that he was very wrong.

Looking at the Xia army, which has a very high rate of firearms, the only one who can fight back and forth with the Sauron soldiers is probably the Suzaku Left Brigade composed of the Russian garrison that is still in the camp at this time.

If even the Suzaku Left Brigade can't defeat the Sauron soldiers, then it's really over.

Su Dingyuan thought in his heart, but he didn't forget to give orders, he knew that continuing to fight would only increase casualties, and sooner or later the Qing army would break through the battle line and defeat the Xia army.

Therefore, after defeating the charge of the Qing cavalry on both flanks, Su Dingyuan immediately led the reserves to press, and at the same time ordered the two wings to divide their troops to support the frontal battlefield to cover the retreat of the Chinese army with heavy losses.

"Raise your gun, shoot!"

Bang bang bang –

The Xia troops on both flanks did not engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Qing army, but used a volley of guns to pour continuous firepower towards the Qing army, and the Qing army was immediately killed and wounded, and the attention was also diverted to the flank Xia army.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the infantry of the Xia army in the fierce battle of the Chinese army was finally able to retreat slowly, and the reserve led by Su Dingyuan raised their guns to shoot at the Qing army that intended to pursue.

Ban Bo Shan, the auxiliary prince who personally pressed the front line, did not order to continue the pursuit, but gathered his troops and turned to exchange fire with the Xia army on the flank, but the latter saw that the Chinese army was retreating in an orderly manner, and they also began to retreat under mutual cover.

At this time, Zhuo Butai, who commanded the Zhengbai Banner, finally led the army to arrive, and Yue Le ordered Bambulshan and Zhuo Butai to pursue the Xia army together.

The two armies quickly joined forces and pursued the retreating Xia army, until they were within the range of the Xia army's artillery, and after being shelled by the Xia army's artillery, they stopped the pursuit and returned victorious.

Although the artillery of the Xia army prepared to retreat in advance and brought back a lot of infantry artillery, the infantry suffered heavy losses, and the two brigades of the third town combined suffered nearly 2,000 casualties, although they killed and wounded several times the enemy, but this was still the heaviest loss of the Xia army since the founding of the Xia Dynasty.