The thick fog quickly dissipated and the weather became clearer. On the plains and wilderness of the village north of Fengyang City, Sun Hu's "Jinwu Camp", Zhang Hong's "Wufen Camp", and Xue Laoer's "Sky"

The Weizhong Military Camp gathered in one place, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses had already formed a formation to fight.

Considering that the Qing army was anxious to cross the river, it must have not carried artillery, Zhou Shixian made the troops of the third battalion form a very thick and tight military formation.

The first level of the military formation is the three-row musketeer, with thirty tiger squat cannons and ten four-pound cannons in front. These forty light cannons will provide necessary fire support to the musketeers behind them. The tiger squat cannons are the ones in front of them.

The range and fire density of the four-pound gun are very powerful in melee battles, especially the four-pound gun. Under the operation of a skilled gunner, the rate of fire is very high and can even exceed the combs.

In front of the artillery, soldiers held shields as cover to defend against the attacks of the Qing army from a distance. After each artillery, several gunners were responsible for their respective duties, and the main gunners were holding ignition sticks in their hands.

There are two other gunners who are specifically responsible for loading, cleaning the barrel and adjusting the gun position.

Now all units of the Ming army have used the new gunpowder produced by the workshop under the guidance of Johnson Chan and Zhou Shixian. The power and effective range of the firearm have been greatly improved.

There are more than 1,500 cavalry on the left and right wings of the military formation, which not only covers the military formation when defending and defending, but also serves as the main force for attack at critical moments.

Behind the musketeers were the archers, spearmen and swordsmen from the "Tianwei Zhongjun Camp" and the central army consisting of the "Spiritual Army" and the swords and shields. They deployed more than a dozen small square formations in the center of the military formation, which belonged to the military formation.

Core combat power.

In addition, there are hundreds of people and surprise troops behind the Central Army's military formation. They can replenish the military formation at critical moments, and can also bypass the front of the military formation and launch a sudden attack on the Qing army from the flanks.

This formation was not original by Zhou Shixian, but was improved by the Ming border generals based on Qi Jiguang's military strategy. If the soldiers had corresponding combat power and the firearms were reliable, it would be no problem to deal with the Qing cavalry with the cooperation of the two.

However, except for the military formation, it seems that other places are beyond the reach of the Ming generals, which makes this military formation with both offensive and defense almost lost.

After Xue Laoer, Wu Xingye, Sun Hu and others deployed the military formation, they were all waiting anxiously.

The cavalry sent by Wu Xingye had been driven back by the Qing army, and several Manchu cavalry were chased by him, but before they could get close to the military formation, they were immediately intercepted by the cavalry sent by Wu Xingye.

Xue Laoer looked up at the bank of the Huai River in the north. Under the clear sky, several cavalry of the two armies were still fighting fiercely. However, the cavalry of both armies were very strong, leaving a few bodies in the wilderness.

After that, they all retreated at the same time.

Xue Laoer didn't want to reveal his strength too early, but Nikan, who led the troops, was worried that he would scare the enemy away - if this Ming army hid in the city, it would be difficult to fight.

He looked down on the Ming army opposite him in a formation to fight. In his opinion, these people were just like the Shun army in Tongguan, and they would fall down with just a touch of light.

"Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, take your servants and attack!" Nikan waved his hand, and a slight vibration instantly came from the formation of tens of thousands of Qing troops that had just completed the assembly on the river bank.

A black line began to emerge from the river bank and appeared on the horizon in front of Xue Laoer. It gradually grew taller. The flags swayed, the military horn sounded, and the sound of muffled thunder came from far to near, which was completely the posture of a strong army.

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At this time, the Qing army was still very strong. Whether it was the Eight Banners soldiers or the Sanshun King Han army, they surrendered, had very strong combat power. Even some of the Green Camp Army were very strong after eating and drinking.

"Yingqi!"

Seeing this, Xue Laoer immediately gave an order. In the Ming army's formation, all the troops from top to bottom, and the flag bearers began to raise the flags one after another. The Ming army's tight array suddenly flew with a majestic momentum.

Soon, with a loud military horn sounding, more than 10,000 soldiers stood up in the Ming army formation with a "boom". Zhou Shixian was on the Fengyang City Tower, looking at the military formation that had suddenly risen, and in his heart

Suddenly full of confidence.

The orders from Xue Laoer, Wu Xingye and Sun Hu were passed down layer by layer as the banner was passed down. The soldiers in the military formation immediately began to check their equipment for the last time, especially artillery and musketeers, in this era's technical level.

Next, their weapons are very complicated to use and are prone to problems.

As the Qing army gradually approached, the horse's hooves hit the ground like raindrops, thousands of Qing army rushed over like tides, making a thunderous roar, with an aggressive momentum.

The Qing army finally stopped about two hundred steps in front of Xue Changfu's army. Nikan, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and a group of Qing generals were all looking at the Ming army formation in front of them, and always felt that something was strange.

These are all veterans on the battlefield who have experienced many battles. They have seen many military formations, but they are rarely seen with such strict military formations. Logically speaking, the Ming army cannot form such military formations.

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However, the successive victory of the Qing army since entering the pass made these Qing generals disdain for the Ming army in the south, especially after they noticed that the Ming army had equipped a large number of firearms.

After all, they still know what kind of firearms of the Ming army are and how much they kill their own people. The more equipment they are, the worse the near-hand combat ability of this army. It is probably a bad idea from a minister in the court.

We have to rely on firearms to deal with cavalry.

Moreover, let the Han army rush forward first if they can defeat them in one fell swoop, but it would not work, and it would attract most of the Ming army's firepower. Then the Manchu cavalry dispatched again and fired the Ming army in a round of volleys.

Musketeers will inevitably be in chaos, and the so-called musketeers and cannons will inevitably lose their function.

Nikan has seen this scene for many times.

Over the past few decades, countless facts have proved that if the fight is really started, the so-called musket formation will not withstand the cavalry's successive attacks.

Moreover, they also noticed that although this Ming army was backed by the village, it seemed that there were no fortifications built except for the shields in front of the army. There were neither trenches, horses, nor chest walls. This shows that

The commander who led the troops should be an amateur. He was so careless when dealing with the true Manchu cavalry.

Thinking of this, Nikan couldn't help but sneer, as if victory was right in front of him. He no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered his cavalry to start attacking. The Green Camp soldiers held their shields and advanced in a square formation.

At the same time, the two Niulu cavalry on both wings of the Qing army formation also received the order and rushed forward. Their mission was to harass and cover the charge of the Green Camp soldiers.

The sound of horse hooves sounded again in front of the two armies. The two teams of Qing cavalry began to slow down and stop about one hundred steps away from the Ming army. Seeing that the Ming army formation opposite was still motionless, these two teams were still in progress.

Even more arrogant, strange howlings came from the team, and their arrogance was extremely arrogant.

Then, the Eight Banners soldiers began to slowly enter a distance of about 60 or 70 steps, and then drove horizontally in front of the military formation, and used a bow on the horse's back to shoot at the opposite Ming army formation.

This is an extremely common way of fighting between the two armies and cavalry attacks. The purpose is to shock and provoke the enemy, and lure firearms in the enemy's military formation to shoot, and then launch a fierce attack through the gaps in loading.

However, such an attack is basically ineffective for well-equipped and tightly formed military formations. More than 500 light arrows crossed the air and landed towards the area where the Ming army was located. The arrows of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty soldiers were arrowed.

His skills are very exquisite, but at present, the fully armed Ming army formation has almost no effect. Apart from a few screams, there are only the jingling sounds of arrows hitting iron armor.

This is the question of whether the equipment is excellent or not. In this era, if there is no armor, no matter how high the morale is, it will be useless. Even if this round of most common light arrow shooting, I don’t know how many people will be killed or injured.

Where can I have any melee combat capabilities?

At the same time, facing the attack of the Qing army, Xue Laoer was not passively beaten. In front of the military formation, hundreds of Ming army archers immediately launched a counterattack. The power of the archery bow was much greater than that of the cavalry bow.

The dense armor-breaking arrows flew out, and more than a dozen Qing army horses fell down amid the whistling of arrows, and even the Ming army's arrows directly hit the horse's legs without armor protection.

More than a dozen war horses that fell down by the arrow jumped on the ground with four hooves, neighing in pain, and black blood kept flowing out of their bodies. Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining Qing cavalry quickly retreated.

Seeing this, Nikan felt a little incredible, but at this time, more than 6,000 Green Camp soldiers, the Han army had already advanced directly to a position about 150 steps from the Ming army's phalanx.

Their formation is also very conventional. The first row is a dense shield player, and the back is a long and close combat power composed of crossbowmen, spearman and knife shield player. Some green camp soldiers holding firearms rushed to the two wings first.

Shooting provocatively at seventy or eighty steps.

However, facing these Qing cannon fodders who were advancing forward with the drum beats, Xue Laoer did not order the army to respond. The entire Ming army formation seemed to be unable to feel the danger at all, and was quiet.

However, when the Qing army advanced about one hundred steps away from the military formation, the "Qin" flag immediately shook, and the sound of war drums and trumpets sounded instantly. Thirty tiger squatting cannons and ten four-pound cannons came from the same time.

The shield was exposed and the gunner, who was waiting for battle, immediately fired and fired.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

In front of the Ming army, a dense explosion immediately broke out, and the fire flashed violently, and the thick white smoke quickly rose and spread, forming a smoke wall.

Hundreds of lead bullets of the same size flew out from the muzzle, and then smashed heavily at the shields in front of the Qing army. These lead bullets were amazingly powerful and easily broke the shields of the Qing army. They were originally strict.
Chapter completed!