In the 20th year of Wuxing, at the end of February, both sides had already made preparations.

Lu Xiangsheng led the army to set off and marched to Nanjing.

Qu Yuanju's Seventh Army had entered Nanzhi, and Yan Yinghui had also relieved himself of his post as commander of the front and returned to Ningbo.

After all, he is the head of the family, the nominal supreme controller, and it is not easy to stay on the front line for a long time.

Before the official battle, the two sides had tried many times, and the sentinels of the strikers strangled each other where they met, and there were casualties on each other.

In early March, the Ming army arrived in Nanjing.

Qu Yuanju led the army to line up in an open space on the outskirts of the city, showing no fear at all.

Although it was 30,000 to 80,000, he was at a disadvantage in numbers, but he was used to having less to more. When the islands were conquered, almost every battle of the Luzon army was fought with less, no, to be precise, no enemy had the ability to send them the same number of troops.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the neat military ranks opposite, his face solemn.

Just looking at the formation and discipline, it can be seen that this is a strong army, at least among the troops under his command, I am afraid that only his own descendant Tianxiong army can compare with it.

But he wasn't completely unprepared.

With the sound of drums, the battle officially began, and the Ming army attacked first.

In the formation of the Ming army, hundreds of carts slowly withdrew, which were wrapped in brown leather items.

Truck!

This weapon is covered with a thick plank of iron, and then several layers of thick cowhide, which can be used for a surprising defensive effect.

At the front of the cart is the "shield" of defense, behind is a stepped platform, the upper layer is the musketeer, relying on the battlement-like concave and convex for shooting, and behind the cart is the soldier of the cart, and these soldiers, also everyone has double armor, has a very strong defensive power.

This kind of chariot is not afraid of bow and arrow fire, not to mention flintlock pistols, and small cannons such as tiger squat cannons can't be broken.

In the original time and space, the Manchu Qing Dynasty relied on this kind of chariot to defeat the Ming army repeatedly. At the time of the Battle of the Daling River, the Ming army was "like a hail of lead and a rain of arrows", but it was still approached by the Manchu Qing Dynasty by relying on a chariot, and the archers who followed behind were "like rain and hail", which defeated the elite firearms of the Ming army.

The Ming army was also quite proficient in the use of chariots, and Lu Xiangsheng naturally thought of this kind of "heavy chariot" to resist the opponent's sophisticated firearms.

Before he came, he specially found Zuo Liangyu and understood the reason for his defeat, so he decided to fight with it, and during this time, he was building this weapon.

To the sound of drums, the chariots began to advance, with the Ming archers and infantry following behind, and the Seventh Army began the first volley.

The gunfire shook the sky and the smoke filled the air, but when the wind blew away the light smoke, I saw that although there were a few more holes in the cart opposite, it was still moving forward steadily.

Not a single one fell.

In the Ming army, the morale of the army suddenly lifted - it is useful!

You must know that Zuo Liangyu's defeat has caused a lot of shadows for them, and the sharp firearms of the other party have also faintly entered the army, making the generals fearful. Now that the other party's firearms are useless, they are naturally greatly excited, and their hearts are much less afraid.

The speed of the carts was much faster, and the musketeers returned fire, while the archers took their bows and arrows in their hands and prepared to shoot.

Fortunately, the distance is still far away, the accuracy is not enough, and there is the protection of green armor, but there are no casualties.

However, Qu Yuanju saw this scene with a clairvoyant mirror, and he couldn't help frowning.

However, he did not panic, but lightly ordered:

"Put the artillery in position, adjust the angle, and prepare to fire."

Although he had never seen this kind of chariot, he also knew that his own artillery could even blast a hole in the city wall, and although the power of the Type 5 cannon was not as good as the latter two guns, it was not a small cannon.

It is true that although this kind of car is sharp, but this thing is also afraid of medium and heavy guns, "every time a Western cannon is used, the brand car is like a rotten" is not a joke, it can't stop a heavy gun like the red coat, nor can it stop the Type 5 gun.

However, just as the artillery was busy, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded.

The banner of the word "Cao" was unfurled, Cao Wenzhao led more than 5,000 Liao cavalry, bypassing the line of infantry, rushing towards the artillery position, as long as the artillery can be destroyed, so that the Ming army can meet the enemy in short arms, then the Ming army can win!

These 80,000 people are all elites, and they have experienced the battle of blood and fire, and there is no reason why they will lose to a group of recruits! In Lu Xiangsheng's opinion, even though these soldiers may be well-trained and well-equipped, they are all village warriors before the incident, except for the thousands of people who belong to Lin Xiao, the rest should not even have killed anyone!

As long as you are in close combat, there is no reason to lose!

Cao Wenzhao roared angrily and launched the order to attack, while the 4,000 infantry protecting the artillery quickly surrounded the artillery in the center of the formation, forming a hollow array.

Liao cavalry played a round of three-eyed guns, and then rushed directly into the formation, at this time, what kind of guerrilla harassment, any tactics are too late to use, and the formation must be broken quickly!

The infantry on the other side pushed out the infantry guns and cooperated with the muskets to form a powerful fire network.

The infantry artillery was accompanied by the roar of muskets, like the scythe of death, and when the Liao cavalry finally rushed to the front of the Luzon army a hundred paces, their casualties had reached more than 2,000 people.

A hundred steps away, like a curse.

At this time, the roar of artillery resounded through the world, and they still failed to break through the position and block this bombardment.

Cao Wenzhao sighed, and beside him, more than half of the Liao cavalry had begun to retreat.

With more than half of the casualties, the soldiers were reluctant to fight again.

He turned his horse's head and saw that a large force of cavalry had been outflanked on the back, with a total strength of more than 5,000.

"Kill!"

He roared to break through it.

"Bang!"

The cavalry on the opposite side fired with horse pistols, and in the rear another volley.

The Liao cavalry scattered and fled.

……

On the other side, artillery support arrived as expected.

Lu Xiangsheng saw the artillery fire coming from the sky and knew that Cao Wenzhao had failed, so he couldn't help but sigh and clenched his fists.

He could already predict the end.

The smoke of gunpowder was filled, flesh and blood were flying, and the carts that had blocked countless bullets were blown to pieces, and the equipment with high hopes was reduced to ashes.

No matter how good the armor is, it is impossible to block the artillery.

The thousands of soldiers in the front row were shrouded in smoke and dust for a moment, and with the collapse of the cart, the bullets that had just been suspended on the opposite side rained down.

Mingjin's voice came from behind the formation, and the Ming army hastily took off their armor and shackles, threw down the weapons in their hands, and fled frantically to the rear.

The gap is too big, even though Qu Yuanju's command level is far inferior to Lu Xiangsheng, he can easily win.

In the first battle, the Ming army lost more than 4,000 elites, 200 vehicles were destroyed, and countless materials and equipment were discarded.

5,000 Liao cavalry...... Only more than 400 people fled back, and the rest, including the main general Cao Wenzhao, were all trapped in the battle.

And the partial division he sent to attack from the water never appeared, and he guessed their end.

(End of chapter)