After nearly a year of rigorous formation training, the "Jinwu Battalion" moved very quickly and neatly, and did not affect the formation of the rear soldiers in the slightest, while the thousands of soldiers of the "Tianwei Battalion" were also well-trained, and they completed the battle very easily, and there was no confusion at all.

The soldiers have long been frightened by the officers' batons, and on the battlefield, once they make mistakes, they will eat knives.

At a distance of sixty or seventy paces, the cavalry quickly started to charge, almost instantly, Wu Xingye took the lead, and led the cavalry under his command to kill the Eight Banners cavalry and those green battalion soldiers who fled by surprise.

With Zheng Chenggong's sudden attack, Duoduo was forced to withdraw reinforcements, which made the armies of Nikan, Kong Youde, and Geng Zhongming, who had already crossed the shore, a lone army isolated on the south bank.

Of course, this does not mean that this army of soldiers and horses has fallen into a dead situation, after all, the Huai River is not the Yangtze River, even if there are no boats, even if they are in enemy territory, there are many ways to cross the river and return to the north bank.

As long as Duoduo, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming can defeat the Ming army in the field, these will not be a problem. It's just that this question, which was originally unquestionable, has now become ambiguous and difficult to answer.

In the field battle, can the Manchurian soldiers really easily defeat the Ming army?

Nikan was on horseback, still staring at the Nikan army on the south bank, where the elite of the Qing army was only 5,000, 2,000 were the real Manchurian soldiers directly under Nikan, and there were more than 1,500 feudal soldiers led by Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, and the rest were all weak green battalion soldiers.

And it was these weak green battalion soldiers who carried a considerable part of the elite when they broke up, so that these elites were killed and repelled by the cavalry of the Ming army.

Let's say that there are only 2,000 cavalry under the command of Nikan, and at this time there are more than 500 of them who are carried away by the remaining nearly 4,000 green battalion soldiers, the mobility of the cavalry is greatly affected, and the combat effectiveness is plummeting.

Not to mention, Wu Xingye took the lead and rode against each other, which can be described as a tiger driving sheep, not only those green battalion soldiers who turned their backs to Wu Xingye's army, but were killed by the Ming army like chopping melons and vegetables, but also those Eight Banners cavalry who were coerced away, and they were not the opponents of the "Wufen Battalion" cavalry at all.

It can only be said that if the two sides set up a big battle, Nikan's cavalry will all be pressed, two thousand against three thousand, and the Manchurian Eight Banners cavalry, which is at its peak, may be able to fight a tie with the three thousand elite cavalry that Zhou Shixian piled up with money, at least it will not be like now, all the way back, and it will not be able to organize a decent counterattack at all.

Nikan was also well aware of this, so he immediately ordered the whole army to attack, the Manchurian Eight Banners attacked from both flanks to maintain the flanks of the army, and the elite under Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming controlled these routs from the front.

Under the command of Nikan, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others, officers at all levels of the Qing army also rose up to the bravery, and the Green Battalion Army, which had been coerced and scattered on the front line, also stopped its rout under the coercion of the feudal soldiers.

After all, they were defeated so quickly that when they retreated more than a hundred and fifty paces, the soldiers of the Tianwei Battalion had just come out of battle and had not yet had time to catch up.

As soon as the three thousand feudal soldiers entered the battle, they quickly controlled the situation, these veterans who were originally from the Ming army knew very well how to control these routs on the battlefield, and the originally chaotic Qing army quickly recovered, and even many feudal soldiers rushed to the front of the formation, ready to resist the first round of impact of the Ming army.

Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming also knew that this battle must not be defeated, and the officers and soldiers under their command also understood this. Although the firearms of the Ming army were fierce, they did not feel that the strength of these Ming troops in hand-to-hand combat was comparable to theirs.

The battlefield confidence forged by the Qing army's victories in the past few decades, where can it be so easily destroyed?

At the same time, in the Ming army's military formation, the sound of military trumpets and war drums suddenly sounded, and the musketeers in the forefront of the military formation had changed from horizontal formations to vertical formations, and all of them retreated back.

At the same time, the Chinese army of the Qing army also sounded the rumbling war drums, under the organization of officers at all levels, the Eight Banners under the command of Nikan roared and rushed out from the two wings, and under the sun, Bayala in silver-white iron armor charged forward, and the momentum was pressing.

The feudal soldiers in the middle of the military formation, and the green battalion soldiers put down their swords and guns one after another, and killed the Ming army who had already rushed out of the military formation on the opposite side.

It's just that after the Green Battalion soldiers were inflicted huge casualties by the muskets and artillery of the Jinwu Battalion, their organization and military discipline were already very chaotic and weak, and they were just forced to turn around and rush forward by the feudal soldiers, which made their offensive speed and slowness, and the formation was not surprisingly chaotic.

In front of the two armies, arrows flew, people and horses roared, the sound of the nails and leaves beating and colliding and rubbing resounded in the plains, and the two torrents of steel were in the howl, and in the blink of an eye, they "boomed" and collided together.

The battle was very fierce, at the beginning, taking advantage of the chaotic formation of the Qing army's green battalion soldiers, there were not many feudal soldiers who rushed to the front of the formation to maintain the front, the Tianwei battalion army attacked rapidly, and quickly occupied the advantage, and the Qing army's green battalion soldiers were defeated and retreated by the tide of Ming soldiers, and the momentum of the attack was soon interrupted.

It's just that as Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming personally led the rear troops to rush up, Nikan also entangled Wu Xingye's cavalry on both flanks, and the battle situation immediately became anxious, and the middle of the Qing army, which was about to be defeated by the Ming soldiers who occupied the battlefield advantage, slowly stabilized, and Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's family members barely supported the battle line.

At this time, the training effect of the Tianwei battalion in peacetime is truly reflected, and the battle between the military formations is strict and durable, and the order is prohibited.

The soldiers of the Tianwei battalion relied on a strict formation, all kinds of weapons cooperated with each other, and the green battalion army with a chaotic formation was not an opponent at all.

Let's say, although the Manchurian Eight Banners are brave in battle and have strict military laws, they are also human beings after all, and they all know fear, in the face of such a blow, where can they be the same as before the war? Their belief in hand-to-hand combat is also gradually shaken.

Nikan and Wu Xingye's cavalry fought comparably, the Manchurian cavalry had stronger combat skills, but did not have an advantage in terms of strength, although Nikan was a fiery temper, but now the lone army went deep into the enemy's territory, and was blocked by a big river, the main force could not support, he realized that he could not defeat the Ming army in front of him in a short period of time, and immediately thought of other ways.

Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming are the same, the performance of the Ming army in front of them has exceeded their understanding, if it were not for their personal experience, I am afraid they would not believe that the Ming army in the south would have such combat effectiveness.

But the facts are in front of them, they must find a way to get out of danger, and if they continue to be consumed like this, once the Ming army in the city is dispatched and surrounds them, they will not be able to escape.

And just as they thought, at this time, seeing that the main force of the Qing army had been blocked on the north bank of the Huai River, where would Zhou Shixian let go of such an opportunity? If this Qing army can be completely annihilated, then the entire battle situation will suddenly become clearer, and it will be a huge boost to the morale of the whole army, and it can even force Duoduo to retreat.

Therefore, even if the loss is great, Zhou Shixian must do it. As long as the Qing army retreated, his loss of three or four thousand soldiers and horses could be quickly replenished, and he could even get more resources and support to rapidly expand his army.

It's just that it is not a simple matter to send troops and horses from the city to complete the roundabout outflanking of this Qing army of nearly 10,000 horses, and the three commanders of the Qing army have realized this.

The three of them originally wanted to take some more soldiers and horses to the west, look for boats and narrow places of the Huai River, and return directly to the north bank, but as soon as they saw the movement of the army gathering in the direction of Fengyang City, they couldn't care so much.

Nikan took dozens of Bayala and less than a thousand Manchurian Eight Banner soldiers, and Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming only took away seven or eight hundred feudal soldiers, and hurriedly left the battlefield and withdrew to the west.

As for the remaining hundreds of Manchurian Eight Banner soldiers, thousands of feudal soldiers, and more than 3,000 green battalion soldiers who were still panting, they became cannon fodder for the Ming army, and they were left on the south bank of the Huai River in Fengyang City.

And with the withdrawal of Dorobelenikan, the two Han princes, and the main banner to the west, the Qing army, which had been defeated by the Ming army, could no longer support it, and they threw away their armor and fled by the road.

No matter what kind of army it is, once the rout is successful, it will be like a mountain of defeat, and it will be impossible to carry out a so-called counterattack.

At the same time, the rest of the battalions that had rushed out of Fengyang City also took the opportunity to complete the encirclement.

Under the attack of the Ming army on three sides, the main general of the Qing army has disappeared, not to mention the green battalion soldiers and the domain soldiers, that is, the Manchurian Eight Banner soldiers, at this time they have no will to fight, and without Bayala's supervision, they have also joined the rout.

It's just that, at this time, where is the opportunity for them to escape. The Ming army gradually compressed the encirclement, and under the instruction of Zhou Shixian, the soldiers of each battalion who had not yet gone through the actual battle had the opportunity to fight with the serious Qing army, and took turns to go into battle and slowly consume these Qing troops.

And the only place where there is no Ming army is the Huai River, for the Qing army, jumping into it is also a death, they can only desperately deal with the constant attacks of the Ming army.

At this time, the Ming army was already a victorious division, the sound of cheers and excitement resounded in the field, and the morale was high to the extreme, Zhang Hong personally led the troops and horses of the headquarters, pursued all the way non-stop, slashed and killed those who took advantage of the chaos to escape, but they could not escape as well as the Qing army.

Duoduo rode his horse and stood on the north bank of the Huai River, looking solemnly at the Nikan Department who fled to the west in embarrassment, as well as the green battalion soldiers who had lost more than half of their lives and had basically lost their combat effectiveness, and the fighting spirit in his heart suddenly ignited - it seems that the so-called Great Ming Horse Master Zhou Shixian still has some real skills!

Zhou Shixian's victory successfully stimulated Duoduo's hunter nature.