"Lord Dutong, the enemy has moved!" a leader of the Eight Banners Han Army wearing a red flag next to Shi Tingzhu (note 1) reminded in a low voice.

"Well, let the Dezhou Town and Binzhou Town ahead cheer up." Shi Tingzhu said impatiently: "Without a military order, you are not allowed to take a step back at will. Violators will be beheaded in public display!"

I thought that our Qing Dynasty had thousands of troops and horses, twice as many as the enemy's army, but we were stationed in front of the camp and allowed the enemy to attack. If the news spread, it would definitely damage the reputation of our Qing Dynasty. As a Manchu nobleman, this Bahana just encountered

After a small defeat, he became so cautious. Could it be that after entering the customs and seeing the colorful world of the Central Plains, he became a little cherished for his life?

However, what surprised Shi Tingzhu was that not all the Ming troops on the opposite side pressed over. There were only more than a thousand "spear soldiers" in black military uniforms moving forward slowly, and the more than two thousand people in mandarin duck war jackets

The Ming army still stayed below the city.

Is this Ming army crazy? They dare to attack our Qing Dynasty's tight military formation of thousands of people with more than a thousand troops! In a daze, Shi Tingzhu seemed to have a slight illusion that his side was still the former Liaodong military town of the Ming Dynasty, and

The black-clad formation slowly approaching on the opposite side is the invincible Eight Banners of Manchuria. Although there are few people, they are powerful in combat. One can defeat a hundred.

Looking back at the Eight Banners Armored Cavalry behind the formation, he vaguely seemed to see Bahana greeting the Armored Cavalry who were preparing to attack the more than a thousand black-clad troops in two flanks. Shi Tingzhu nodded, probably I knew the Qing Dynasty.

If the Eight Banners step over with their iron hooves, the opponent will probably be completely defeated, so some of the infantry arrayed here will be redundant.

The black-clad military formation on the opposite side was walking and stopping, as if they were trying their best to maintain their offensive formation. Although they were attacking, they did not have a traditional front-arrow formation, but a square-like formation, dense and thick. Right

Therefore, Shi Tingzhu believed that even if they did not use cavalry to charge into the formation, their infantry could break up the formation through numerous archers, and then rely on their own numerical advantage to annihilate the enemy.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." Suddenly there was a neat sound of firing muskets from the opponent's array. Several Eight Banners armored cavalry approaching from both sides were immediately knocked off their horses. The rest did not care about shooting arrows or hitting horses.

Run to the side and back.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." Another row of musket fire came, and several cavalrymen who were lagging behind fell to the ground.

"Hiss!..." Shi Tingzhu couldn't help but take a breath when he saw this. The killing distance of the fire blunderbuss used by the black army was similar to that of bows and arrows, and the density of the projectiles fired was obviously higher than that of bows and arrows, and the lethality was also stronger.

Almost all of them were killed immediately. The bows and arrows fired by the Eight Banners Cavalry seemed to cause very limited damage to them.

The Ming army in Ye County was indeed a little different. Shi Tingzhu suddenly became alert. If the other party dared to take the initiative to attack, they must have the support.

The army in black on the opposite side stopped more than 200 steps (about 300 meters) away from the Qing army's formation. Then under the astonished eyes of the Qing army, the opponent pushed out more than ten small cannons from the array and quickly

A simple artillery array was deployed.

Then, they began to shell the Qing army's formation in an orderly manner.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The projectiles slammed hard into the thick Qing army formation, penetrating the bodies of more than a dozen Qing soldiers one after another, and then the projectiles continued to bounce and roll backwards.

, wading through more than ten bloody paths among the Qing army.

"Lord Dutong, this place is dangerous, let's retreat first." A military officer of the Eight Banners Han Army stretched out his hand to support Shi Tingzhu and shouted loudly in his ear.

"The enemy actually has so many artillery that can be propelled by manpower!" Shi Tingzhu pushed away the Eight Banners Han army commander who was about to pull him away, and then looked ahead in surprise. In his impression, Hongyi cannons and the like Shouldn't it be placed at the top of the city, or dragged by several horses, and placed outside the city for siege? But the army in black in front of them actually has such a large number of small cannons, and they can also walk with the army and set up in front of the formation. Bombard our Qing army formation.

"Lord Dutong..." As another roar of artillery sounded, and more than ten projectiles fell into the formation, the officers and soldiers of Dezhou Town in the front camp began to waver, and some soldiers turned around and fled back.

"Don't retreat!" Shi Tingzhu pulled out his short sword and shouted loudly, "Anyone who retreats without authorization will be killed!"

Nearly a thousand soldiers of the Eight Banners Han Army with red flags also raised their swords to intimidate the somewhat shaken surrender troops, ordering them to continue to line up in front and wait for further military orders.

"Hey, these Jiannu slaves are pretty tough!" Artillery commander Zhong Maoyong couldn't help but see that after two rounds of artillery fire, the Qing army's formation on the opposite side became a little chaotic, but under the restraint of the officers, it quickly returned to a tight formation. He gave Jian Nu a high look and said, "Brothers, work harder and blast it a few more rounds! I don't believe it, this flesh and blood body dares to compete with our artillery."

"The Jiannu cavalry is coming!" a gunner exclaimed loudly.

"You idiot, why are you panicking? Keep loading and shooting." Zhong Maoyong saw more than a hundred Jiannu cavalry running over in the distance. He was a little panicked, but he still said calmly: "There are brothers from the Marine Corps guarding me. You, Jiannu can't get close to you!"

Before he finished speaking, the 2nd Marine Battalion had already rushed forward, guarding more than ten artillery pieces at the back, leaving the muzzles open, and then pointed their muskets at the approaching Jiannu cavalry from a distance.

Hai Se, riding on his horse, saw that the enemy's artillery soldiers had already come forward. Knowing that there was no chance of attacking their artillery, he turned the reins to the left and prepared to pass over the opponent's array. At the same time, he took out the bow and arrow from under the saddle and clasped it in his hand.

Yue Zhongwu held his musket and silently counted the distance traveled by the Jiannu cavalry, while listening with his ears to the firing command from the company commander on the right. He had already seen the Jiannu cavalry starting to turn, and they did not dare to rush directly to the front of the formation. Instead, they were preparing to pass by their right flank. Perhaps, this time, they could leave a dozen slave cavalry behind.

Since launching the attack on Jiannu, although they were constantly attacked by their cavalry on the way, due to the tight protection of their equipment and the fact that Jiannu did not dare to get too close, the losses suffered were extremely light, while more than a hundred Jiannu cavalry were killed. Riding. Therefore, the more the Marines move forward, the more confident they feel in their hearts.

"Bump! Bump! Bump!..." Hai Se just let go of the bowstring when he heard the sound of gunfire from the black-clad military formation. His heart tightened, and he clamped his legs under the horse's belly, speeding up and moving away from the black-clothed military formation. But Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his thigh. He grunted, gritted his teeth, and galloped to the side. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw nearly twenty more cavalrymen falling off their horses behind him.

This army in black is so awesome!

Shi Tingzhu saw the Eight Banners armored cavalry constantly harassing and attacking the opponent, seemingly unable to shake the enemy's formation. As the cavalry retreated, the opponent's artillery began to continuously bombard the Qing army's formation, and the officers and soldiers of the Dezhou Town in the front camp began to commotion, and led The officers and soldiers of Binzhou Town behind and the Eight Banners Han Army supervising the formation gradually became unable to suppress them.

"Order the front army to charge!" Shi Tingzhu ordered loudly: "Dezhou Town is in front, Binzhou Town is in the back, and the black-clothed army in front is destroyed. Tell those people that after they invade Ye County, they are allowed to enter the city first, and they will not be sealed for three days.

knife!"

Following Shi Tingzhu's order, thousands of former Ming troops surrendered. Under the leadership of officers at all levels, they marched in order towards the Qi army. Rows of archers, wearing loincloths, stood in front of the formation, staring intently.

The two sides were close to each other and moved forward quickly.

"The third battalion is on guard against the Jiannu cavalry on both wings. The second battalion and the New Army musketeers are in front of them in a dense firing array. The first battalion then sets up a three-stage shooting array. The artillery continues to fire, trying to break up the Jiannu formation before engaging the enemy!

Niuhu ordered loudly.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." Seeing Jiannu's brigade rushing towards him, the artillerymen of the Qi Army immediately increased the firing frequency of their artillery. Just over a distance of more than 200 meters where Jiannu was marching, they fired two rounds.

The volley made it inevitable that the Jiannu formation would appear in chaos.

Chaos. Intestines and stomachs were broken, heads and limbs were cut off, and there were more than twenty bloody roads, which made all the Jiannu infantry swarming forward feel terrified. They avoided and pushed each other, some hesitated, and some retreated at the opportunity.

Of course, there were also those who were frightened by the flesh-and-blood battlefield and ran around with their heads covered, shouting loudly.

Valley muntjac

"Jiannu is one hundred and fifty meters away!"

"The first row is squatting and shooting, the second row is bending and shooting, and the third row is standing and shooting!" Xu Chuanxing ordered loudly.

"Raise the gun!"

"preparation!"

"……put!"

"Bump! Bump! Bump!..."

The Qi army lined up in three rows, nearly four hundred muskets fired at the same time, and a thick plume of gunpowder smoke rose from the front of the formation. At almost the same moment, the Jiannu archers who rushed to the front of the formation also released their bow strings.

After Yue Zhongwu pulled the trigger, he was about to retreat from the flank to the back when an arrow suddenly flew towards him. He lowered his head subconsciously and tightened his body, but he still felt the gap in the armor of his left arm.

A burst of pain.

"Damn it, you are so unlucky today!" Yue Zhongwu cursed as he trotted sideways and backwards. A feather arrow was suddenly inserted into his left arm, and it actually penetrated into his forearm along the gap in the arm armor.

The Qi army fired a volley of more than 400 muskets, almost wiping off a layer of the Jiannu infantry's vanguard. Nearly 300 people immediately fell to the ground. The infantry following behind saw this and were a little dazed.

He also became sluggish, and then heard the sound of a row of muskets firing from the black-clad military formation in front.

"Raise the gun!"

"Ready!... Release!"

Under the command of the officers, rows of musket arrays were constantly raising their guns to fire, retreating, cleaning the gun chambers, pouring gunpowder, stuffing projectiles, compacting them with rods, standing still, waiting to shoot...

There seemed to be a thin blood line in the front line of Jiannu. No matter how brave the soldiers and officers were, they tried hard to cross this red line with their swords and guns, but as bursts of fire and gunfire sounded, they all fell to the ground.

The corpses quickly piled up, forming a short "flesh and blood".

The Jiannu armored cavalry tried to find an opportunity to attack the two wings and rear of the black army formation, but before they could get close, they were still hit by the cannons in the formation. There was almost no opportunity to take advantage of it. After leaving behind more than a dozen Eight Banners armored cavalry,

He could only helplessly continue to gallop back and forth around the military formation.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." Seven or eight artillery pieces were replaced with grape bullets. On a wide fan-shaped surface in front of the muzzle, dense lead bullets hit everyone, and wailing sounds suddenly broke out in the Jiannu army formation.

, countless people fell to the ground.

Less than a quarter of an hour after joining the battle, the Jiannu vanguard of Dezhou Town officers and soldiers had lost nearly a thousand people, and the momentum of the charge was stagnant. Everyone was shocked by the horrific killing scenes in front of them. Before even contacting the enemy, our own side

He was shot dead on the spot by the enemy on the opposite side. Firegun

When the sound of gunfire sounded, all the companions in front fell to the ground like mowing grass. Amidst the roar of artillery, countless corpses were instantly exposed with dense blood holes. Occasionally, a few projectiles were hit hard from the formation, and then they jumped and rolled all the way.

Then, we waded through a path of blood.

"Lord Du Tong, the vanguard has collapsed..." the Eight Banners Han Army staff leader next to Shi Tingzhu shouted loudly.

Shi Tingzhu stared blankly at the vanguard team that had fallen into chaos. Countless soldiers were crying, throwing away their weapons, and running back desperately. The fierce Eight Banners Han Army soldiers waved their long swords and killed them continuously.

There were more than a dozen deserters, but they still could not prevent the forward from collapsing. Faintly, Binzhou Town, where the Chinese army was located, also began to show signs of wavering.

"Take people up and stop everyone from retreating." Shi Tingzhu shouted sternly: "If the soldiers retreat, kill the officers! If the officers retreat, kill the generals! You must drive the team to rush forward. Otherwise..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw the counselor leader next to him tilt his body and let out a scream of "Ah". A bullet whizzed past his side, took away one of his arms, and then hit him hard.

He fell back and lay on the ground, trying to cover the huge wound with his other good hand while wailing incessantly.

When Shi Tingzhu saw this scene, a cold sweat suddenly broke out on his head, and he subconsciously turned his head and looked forward.

Faintly, there seemed to be a burst of passionate horn sound, and the sound of the firecrackers never stopped for a moment, and it felt like the distance was getting closer and closer. The officers and soldiers of Dezhou Town in front had completely collapsed, and countless broken troops pushed the rear team behind.

Binzhou Town and the formations of the Eight Banners and Han troops were rushed to pieces. Even in the face of the frantic slashing and killing by the Eight Banners and Han soldiers, the fleeing soldiers were still running back desperately.

"Defeated?" Shi Tingzhu held the long sword and looked at Binzhou Town, which was beginning to retreat, with an expression of disbelief on his face. Our Qing army was clearly several times larger than the enemy, and there were more than a thousand armored cavalry and nearly a thousand experienced soldiers.

How could the elite infantrymen of the Liaodong War be defeated by a mere thousand enemy troops?

"All-army attack!" Jiang Yongrui, the chief officer of the Ming Dynasty's new army standing under the city, saw from a distance that the Jiannu formation had collapsed. He pointed the long knife forward in his hand and shouted loudly: "Kill the Jiannu and make contributions.

Today!"

Bahana, with more than 700 Eight Banners armored cavalry, slowly rode their horses on the side of the black army formation. Seeing that they still maintained a strict formation without showing any flaws, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
To be continued...