Blood watered the earth.

The closer the distance, the more powerful the rifle becomes.

With the accompaniment of small drums, the Liaodong Army always maintained a line formation.

Reload - Fire - Reload - Refire - Reload - Reload.

No one charged.

The cavalry was on the flank of the infantry phalanx, and once the enemy cavalry forced the battle, it would immediately use the cavalry wall charge to cut and encircle the enemy cavalry from the flank.

The peasant army was still attacking, and Yang Chengying knew their intentions and hoped to shorten the distance and tear the hole with the tactics of the flesh wall.

In a way, they did succeed. Under the rain of bullets, he charged to a very close distance from the Liaodong Army.

Then, shotguns and three-eyed guns sounded.

A soldier of the Liaodong Army fell to the ground after being shot, and the soldier behind him immediately stepped over the body of his comrade and continued to advance forward.

The medical staff found the right time and carried them to the rear on a stretcher for treatment.

Patches of gunpowder smoke sounded in front of the formation, followed by the sound of breaking through the air, and one by one cone-shaped bullets pierced through the smoke and hit the phalanx of the peasant army.

The peasant army was eager for hand-to-hand combat, but they found themselves unable to reach the dense network of fire.

In addition to the rows of bullets, there was also a cannon that fired at the rear of the peasant army.

Yang Chengying, who was standing on the dirt mountain and commanding the battle, closely watched everything that happened on the battlefield through the telescope.

He keenly noticed that the peasant army was already showing signs of retreat.

The signs are not obvious, though.

The two sides seemed to be very close, but the peasant army suffered more ferocious firepower.

However, they have been tested by war and see death as home.

In the face of the fierce enemy, the soldiers in the Liaodong Army, who were relatively forward, had also loaded the barrel with bayonets.

Get ready for hand-to-hand combat.

Soon, the two armies finally entered into a hand-to-hand battle, and the soldiers used the same horizontal formation, different types of weapons, and fought together.

Close quarter-to-hand assassination is a basic skill that the Liaodong Army has trained hard.

Rolling forward in a tight formation, he picked up the rifle with the bayonet in his hand and stabbed at the enemy's vital parts without stopping.

Yang Chengying's frowning brows finally relaxed, and he found that the peasant army had declined, and the most important thing was a blow to confidence.

Relying on great sacrifices, they turned the battlefield into hand-to-hand combat that they were proud of, only to be surprised to find that the opponent's hand-to-hand combat was also very powerful.

Then the previous sacrifice becomes meaningless and even counterproductive.

Because the cavalry struck.

The cavalry regiments of the various armies began to charge from the flanks into the ranks of the peasant army by charging against the wall.

The two sides had only been fighting for a moment, and the peasant army, which could not withstand the combined blows of the infantry and cavalry, was retreating one after another in the hand-to-hand combat.

The morale of the Liaodong army was like a rainbow, chasing the enemy's retreating army formation and killing the second echelon of the military formation.

What's worse is that the overall quality of the peasant army is inferior to that of the Liaodong Army. The Chinese army could barely resist for a while, but there was a rout on both flanks.

The two flanks of the Liaodong Army began to encircle the Chinese army of the peasant army.

Yang Chengying thought to himself, if Li Zicheng does not retreat at this time, the entire Chinese army will be eaten by me.

But he underestimated Li Zicheng's toughness, organized death squads twice, and tried to counter-charge the Liaodong Army with a big shield.

At this time, there was a huge difference in the quality of the weapons of the two sides. The military thorns made of manganese steel are sharp and wear-resistant.

No matter how good a warrior is, he can't face the thrust of a dozen bayonets on the battlefield at the same time.

The soldiers of the Liaodong Army did not make any superfluous movements and did the greatest thing with the least effort.

The peasant army organized death squads twice, but apart from lying down dozens of people in front of the formation, they did not achieve any results at all.

The retreat has become uncontrollable.

The Liaodong Army did not have armor, and the protection seemed to be declining, but they had guns to make up for the shortfall.

It was discovered that the peasant army was beginning to retreat, and the Liaodong Army formations in the center and behind began to remove their bayonets.

When the two sides disengaged, the front immediately stood and dispersed, allowing the soldiers behind to step forward and shoot at the peasant army.

This is, of course, not based on battlefield perception, but on the whistle of each army commander, and the small drummer on one side of the queue.

Soldiers don't need to care about the situation of the whole battlefield, they only need to use what they have learned on a daily basis according to the whistle and drums.

If you don't need it, wait for the punishment.

The judges of the Judge Advocate General's Office will not tolerate violations of military discipline and infantry discipline just because they have won a battle.

Soon, the retreat of the peasant army turned into a rout.

They found that they could not escape the muskets of the enemy.

Even more terrifying is yet to come.

The Liaodong Army did not lead the army to charge because the enemy broke and fled.

Instead, he slowed down his pace and quickly regrouped into a formation, pursuing at a pace that was neither fast nor slow.

Humans and horses have the same limits of physical strength.

This invisible oppression will force the fleeing to run away like crazy, completely disregarding their own situation.

I only hate my parents for having one less leg.

When they collapsed from exhaustion, death followed.

"Pass the order, and the army will continue to pursue, but don't mend your sword."

Yang Chengying continued to watch the battlefield with a telescope, and at the same time ordered the flag officer standing behind him: "Let all the auxiliaries who did not participate in the battle go up, and bring ropes to tie up the wounded and surrendered."

He thought that a lot of rope was needed now, and there were wounded peasant soldiers everywhere, and many of them were still being saved.

Many others have already broken down and will surrender in the next pursuit.

"These are all good soldiers, even if they are unwilling to surrender and want to take the money home, they can't be allowed to leave temporarily and return to the peasant army!"

Yang Chengying put away the binoculars, and then asked the signal corps to send an order to the artillery position to stop the shelling.

The battle was fought from morning to noon.

The count was completed in the afternoon.

Mainly for their own losses, a total of seventeen company-level generals and seven hundred and five soldiers were killed.

Another 1,300 people were seriously wounded, of whom 304 were seriously wounded and discharged.

Two thousand soldiers were wounded.

As for how many Dashun troops were killed, it was too late to count, anyway, corpses were everywhere.

The captives also did not have time to be counted, and were kept together for the time being.

I have to say that at the peak of the Dashun Army, it was really very good.

In the case of the destruction of the heavy cavalry, the infantry charge was launched in the face of bullets and artillery fire.

Relying on his enthusiasm and excellent quality, he killed and injured more than 3,000 well-trained Liaodong troops.

Suffice it to say, they have done it to the extreme.

That night, the Liaodong Army was stationed at Shanhaiguan.

It is expected to rest for a day, and when the grain baggage arrives, then continue to pursue the Dashun army.

Shanhaiguan Inspector Yamen.

Hong Chengchou took off the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty on his body, changed into the regular clothes designed by the Zhou Wangfu, and led the changed clothes of Zuo Guangxian, Ma Ke and other Shanhaiguan guards, and kowtowed to Yang Chengying, who was sitting on the main seat.

It indicates that he has officially become Yang Chengying's subordinate.

Yang Chengying said, "This is the first and last kowtow you have kowtowed to me. In the future, even if it is to apologize, it can only be done. Do you understand?"

"The minister remembers the teachings of His Highness, and never dares to forget them." Hong Chengchou bowed and said.

Yang Chengying asked them all to stand up and began to reward the participating soldiers for their merits according to the size of their merits and the list provided by the Military Justice Department, and at the same time punish the soldiers who retreated from the battle and dropped the chain at the critical moment.

At the same time, Feng Hong Chengchou was the deputy privy envoy of the Privy Council, and concurrently served as the governor of the five provinces.

Zuo Guang was first the commander of the newly formed 106th Division, and Ma Ke was the commander of the newly formed 107th Division, which was temporarily placed under the command of Meng Qiaofang, and was redivided after the pacification of the northwest.