At the same time when the Ming army and the Qing army fought at Shanhaiguan and Zhengding Mansion.

On the battlefield east of the town of Nankantao.

There were already 2,000 Ming infantry, lined up in a dense line of skirmishers, surging like a red wave.

Liu Zhixie stared solemnly at the Ming army in front of him.

Fight more with less and take the initiative.

The confidence of the Ming army can be seen.

At this time.

Ran Tianyuan beside him said: "Heavenly King, the Ming army is coming, let's gather all the musketeers from all departments, and then send the horse team on the left flank to charge them!" ”

The Taiping army was not surprised by the formation of the Ming army.

Because they all know the range of the rifled guns equipped by the Ming army, and they also know that the Ming army is not very lined up to shoot now.

Ran Tianyuan was the most capable rebel army in the White Lotus Sect's great uprising in history, and in history, Mingming, Lebao, and Erle Dengbao all suffered great losses under his hands.

In current terms.

This Ran Tianyuan belongs to a genius from Ye Luzi, but it is a pity that he was born at the wrong time.

"Their cuirassiers are placed on the left flank, and the right flank of the Ming army is relatively empty, so we can let the left flank attack first."

Liu Zhixie held up the binoculars and looked.

Really.

There were no horse guards on the right side of the Ming army, and only a few thousand infantry remained, which looked empty.

Maybe attacking the right side of the Ming army now can have a big chance of winning.

However, now Emperor Zhu has the title of "famous general in the world".

It can be called the contemporary Hanxin, every battle must be won, and every city must be defeated.

Therefore, Liu Zhixie thinks that things are not so simple, and the Ming army must be deceitful when he puts the right side so empty.

He frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "Let's fight them on the left side first, send a musket team, and then pull thirty cannons up, I see that their cuirassiers are so many, and there are no cannons, maybe they can seriously damage their cuirassiers." ”

Frontal battlefield.

Major General of the Ming Army, Xiangshan Bowang Dayong was commanding the light infantry of the Guards Corps, and the front army of 2,000 people advanced in a straggler.

This Xiangshan Bo did not command any war alone, but his identity is not simple, in Europe for five years in France and Prussia military academy to study, before going down to lead the troops, is the preparatory officer of the Ming Army and Navy Academy, responsible for writing, compiling, and preparing for the establishment of the Ming Army and Navy Academy.

After Zhao Sigao was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of the Army.

Wang Dayong took over the position of commander of the First Brigade of the Army, and his ass was not very hot, and he was promoted to the chief soldier of the Guards Corps.

He held important positions along the way.

It can be seen how much Emperor Zhu trusts this little-known and very low-key general soldier of the Ming Army Guards Corps.

If you can lead the Guards Corps to victory in this battle.

He can be made a marquis for his merits, and his military rank can also be moved, and he will become one of the few lieutenant generals in the Ming army.

The Taiping army on the opposite side was also in a commotion.

More than 8,000 musketeers of the Taiping Army, armed with flintlock muskets, formed two neat horizontal lines and pressed up, facing the front-line musketeers of the Guards Corps.

In charge of directing this wave of attacks was a well-known general in history, Luo Siju.

Luo Siju stared at the Ming army in front of him, if he remembered correctly, it was the first time that the Taiping army had fought such a dignified battle with the Ming army.

The 8,000 musketeers around him were all veteran battalion soldiers, all ruthless men who dared to stand up to the artillery and muskets of the Qing army, approached fifteen paces away from the enemy before shooting, and then directly launched a hand-to-hand charge.

Although the Ming army on the opposite side was Emperor Zhu's guard, this time, they had no trenches, no barbed wire, and few in number.

How can you stop your own 8,000 elites?

When I think of this.

The distance between the two sides was already three hundred paces.

It's about 500 meters away from the next generation.

A mile away.

The Ming army suddenly stopped advancing, and then lowered the muzzle of the gun.

Shoot so far away?!

Roth paused for a moment.

Then I saw more than 2,000 muskets in front of me suddenly burst into flames and smoke, and the next moment.

Puff puff!

Bullets passed through the flesh, and the sound of blood rushing came and went.

The screams rang out, and many Taiping musketeers in the front row suddenly fell to the ground with their bodies crooked.

The smell of blood and gunsmoke permeated.

Roth raised his brows.

He knew that the muskets of the Ming army were accurate and far.

But he never expected to hit so accurately and so far.

Three hundred steps.

It was the musketeers under the command of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and no one could reach it.

Thinking of this, Luo Siju immediately ordered people to pull up the artillery and place it in the front line, and to use the artillery to shoot at the musketeers of the Ming army.

"General Town, the Taiping Army has pulled up the artillery!"

Soon a staff officer pointed to the front of the battle formation and said.

Wang Dayong nodded and said, "In this case, let the front army stop advancing, and the artillery battalion will knock out those artillery first!" ”

With the order of Wang Dayong.

Two artillery battalions equipped with two infantry brigades of the Guards Regiment soon dispatched 2-inch field howitzers.

This kind of artillery is not of large caliber and is an important front-line support firepower of the infantry brigade of the Ming army.

Soon.

The artillery battalion pulled the cannon out, flattened it and took aim, pulled the rear gun door open, and the loader held the orange-yellow shell and stuffed the cannon from behind the butt of the cannon.

The Guards Regiment was the first regiment of the Ming Army to be equipped with various advanced weapons, including weapons such as breech-loading rifled guns, and it must have been the first to be equipped on a large scale by the Guards Corps.

The Ming artillery, which was lighter and quicker to load, was the first to attack.

Flying shells swirling from the muzzle of the cannon cut straight ballistics.

Shoot straight at this distance, and there are no obstacles to obstruct you.

The elite gunners of the Ming army had a high hit rate, and soon the artillery team on the Taiping side could not stand it.

Rumble!

Rumble!

With the artillery of the Taiping army, the artillery was hit one after another.

The forward artillery of the Taiping army was almost knocked out before they even had time to fire.

Before they could retreat.

The artillery of the Ming army began to aim at the Taiping army musketeers on the front line.

Under the sound of explosions, the Taiping army's horizontal ranks were blown out of one gap after another.

meanwhile

The front-line musketeers of the Ming army also began to rush forward, and the dense muskets continued to rain bullets.

The musketeers, composed of more than 8,000 veteran soldiers of the Taiping Army, were quickly beaten and scattered.

Luo Siju stared at the Ming army's infantry formation in front of him in a scattered line.

Suddenly ordered loudly: "There is no need to line up!" Press forward! Charge! Rush in and fight them hand-to-hand! ”

Luo Siju's order stunned the Taiping Army officers who were struggling to control the soldiers under his command.

Don't line up?

How does this work?

But after only a slight hesitation, he immediately and faithfully fulfilled Luo Siju's order.

"Kill!"

The officers of the Taiping Army took the lead, carrying flintlock pistols with bayonets on their shoulders, and pressed forward suddenly.

"It's fierce!"

Wang Dayong admired.

The musketeers of the former army of the Taiping Army, who were already very chaotic under the blows of artillery and rifled guns, were able to charge brazenly under such circumstances.

"Two artillery battalions move the artillery to the left flank and fire shrapnel to support the infantry! The two infantry battalions of the 1st and 2nd Guards battalions also pressed up to support the front army, and be sure to block the Taiping army!! ”

With the sound of a loud military trumpet.

Two infantry battalions pressed up, and the strength of the Ming army on the front line increased from 2,000 to 4,000, and then soon formed two dense horizontal columns, ready for platoon gun shooting and hand-to-hand combat.

Meanwhile.

The old battalion soldiers of the Taiping Army didn't care about any formation, and only rushed forward with their heads covered.

The distance of three hundred paces soon became less than one hundred and fifty paces.

"Get on the bayonet!!"

The sinking officers of the Guards Regiment gave the order to prepare for hand-to-hand combat.

The middle must not be breached, otherwise the artillery positions behind them will be stormed.

"Here's your chance!"

Liu Zhixie took a deep breath.

A distance of more than 100 steps, as long as you can rush up to fight hand-to-hand, entangle the opponent.

Then the scales of victory will be tilted in favor of the heavenly kingdom, because they have more troops and are not afraid of hand-to-hand combat.

"The musketeers of the Chinese army pressed up together with the hand-to-hand combatants, charged on all fronts, and the horse team charged the cuirassiers on the left flank of the enemy!"

Liu Zhixie almost gritted his teeth and ordered.

All or nothing!

A stud is up!

At this very moment.

There was no need to hesitate.

"Your Majesty, the Taiping Army is going to launch a general attack!"

By Zhu Daohua's side, the military advisor Tao Biquan's palms were sweating.

The Taiping army was too numerous, and so were the horse teams.

Will the cuirassier brigade be able to hold back the horse charge on the left flank?

Zhu Daohua is calm, his reserves have not yet shot, and at the same time. His artillery brigade is not yet in full swing.

"Order, let the rocket artillery battalion bombard the enemy horse team, let the four-inch howitzer battalion bombard the enemy reinforcement infantry, and cut the opponent with artillery fire!"

Zhu Daohua immediately ordered the artillery brigade to be dispatched to support the front line with heavy artillery and rockets!!

Meanwhile.

The Ming Guards Corps, the colonel of the cuirassier brigade, Li Sheng, had already pulled out his command knife.

"Cuirassiers! Launched!! ”、

Crash.

Almost as soon as they got on their horses, five thousand cuirassiers lined up in three dense columns.

The knights were almost knee-to-knee-to-knee-to-knees.

Shiny cuirasses and helmets shone in the sun.

Colonel Li Sheng rode past the front row of cavalrymen with his saber raised, and his saber was raised horizontally, and the blade of the blade slashed through the breastplates of every cuirassier knight in the front row, making a tooth-aching sound of metal rubbing.

"The soldiers of the Guards Cuirassier Brigade, raising troops for a thousand days, using soldiers for a while, you are all the tigers of our Ming Dynasty, you have the best war horses in the world, the best equipment, the most rigorous training, all preparations are for today's battle!"

"In this battle, the cuirassier brigade has only one goal, forward! Forward! Forward! Crush the enemy in front of you! ”

"Long live the Emperor! Long live Daming!! ”

As Li Sheng's saber was raised high, he swung forward.

The cavalrymen of the first row suddenly lowered their pistols in their hands and forward.

The sharp tips of the spears pointed forward, like a dense forest of spears.

"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Ming Dynasty! ”

The war horse under the crotch took a step forward, first trotting, and gradually getting faster.

This was followed by the second row, the third row

(End of chapter)