After decades of war, both the Qing army and the Ming court frontier army have rich combat experience. However, according to their understanding, the Ming army's firearms are effective at a distance of fifty or sixty steps at most. As long as they stop at

Seventy steps away, let the crossbowman behind the shield fire arrows to cover the impact of others, and then the battle will be over as soon as melee combat is achieved.

However, they did not expect that when the shield formation had just entered a hundred steps, the Ming army on the opposite side suddenly launched an attack, and they did not expect that the Ming army's firepower would be so fast.

If it weren't for the inertia of the Qing army's thinking that the Ming army was weak, the people behind them wouldn't have reacted. Hundreds of people were killed and wounded in an instant. I'm afraid that the Qing army's formation, which was originally advancing, would have been in chaos because of the casualties in front.

Not only that, the artillery firing had just ended, and rows of muskets began to be exposed on the shields in front of the Ming army's formation. Hundreds of black muzzles were intimidating.

After several loud bugles sounded, a burst of intensive musket shooting erupted from the Ming army's position.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang bang..."

White smoke pillars rose up with the sound, and orange-red flames merged into one. More than 1,500 muskets fired at the same time, and hundreds of lead bullets came out of the muzzles of the guns. It was extremely easy.

After breaking through the thin cotton armor of the green camp soldiers, dozens of Qing army musketeers in front of the formation, and hundreds of Qing troops in the formation, fell to the ground wailing at the same time, with blood arrows spurting out from their bodies.

After two such heavy attacks, the advancing Qing army formation immediately came to a halt. Hundreds of Qing soldiers who were injured and fell to the ground were crying and wailing on the ground, struggling constantly, and the ground was covered with blood.

Soon, Sun Hu commanded more than 1,500 other musketeers in the third and fourth rows to launch a salvo. Amidst the "bang bang bang" explosions, not only the Qing troops in front of the shield front

, even the Qing army behind the shield front fell down like a patch of grass blown down by the wind in an instant.

Behind the shield line, most of the Qing army's crossbowmen who were originally preparing to shoot arrows to cover the advancing army were hit by lead bullets because the soldiers holding shields in front had already fallen during the first round of artillery bombardment.

A direct hit, and many people were even killed on the spot.

Suffering such a heavy blow, the entire Qing army's front line panicked for a moment.

At this time, let alone chain armor, even chain armor plus cotton armor can hardly block the attack of lead bullets. Cheap lead bullets, driven by gunpowder, can easily break through expensive armor.

The front lines of the Qing army were all wailing hoarsely. Many were hit by lead bullets, and the staggering and fallen Green Camp soldiers looked hideous, squirming and rolling on the ground, struggling in pain.

This sudden attack of fear caused the entire military formation to commotion.

Nikan, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others looked at everything in front of them and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment - when did the Ming army's firearms become so powerful?

But these people were all veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles, and they quickly reacted. Nikan immediately ordered his subordinate Bagala to lead the Eight Banners soldiers to suppress the formation and drive away the green camp soldiers who were in chaos and continue to advance.

They rushed forward and attacked the Ming army's front. Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming also immediately sent their elite servants to assist in the battle.

For Nikan, these green soldiers were originally human shields to block guns. Even if they suffered heavy casualties, he would still care a little. Anyway, it would be the same if they died more or less. They were just Han slaves. After the victory,

Just capture some more.

As Bagala led the Eight Banners soldiers into the battle in person, nearly a thousand Eight Banners cavalry were quickly mobilized. The originally chaotic Qing army's front line was cut down by dozens of wounded after Bagala, who was wearing silver-white armor.

After the howling green soldiers, things quickly returned to normal.

However, after such a heavy blow, the Green Camp soldiers who originally had little fear of the Ming army became frightened. After all, they are all human beings and are afraid of death.

In the Qing army's formation, the sound of war drums sounded again. The shield soldiers at the rear quickly filled the gap in the front line. Rows of shields made of various materials continued to move forward. The spears that were originally erected high behind the shields were

It became a little sparse, and these green soldiers, driven by the Eight Banners cavalry, had no choice but to bite the bullet and launch a new round of attack.

However, this time, Xue Laoer waited until the Qing army advanced to a distance of about 80 steps before ordering the army to start attacking. Because after this round of firearms attacks, Wu Xingye would personally lead the cavalry to attack and defeat the troops who landed on the south bank.

The Qing army was completely defeated.

The Qing army's formation quickly advanced to a distance of sixty steps. Although the formation was somewhat chaotic, the formation could basically be maintained. There were many Eight Banners cavalry on the left and right wings, and Bagala was supervising the battle. These brutal Manchu soldiers were facing

To the Green Camp soldiers, they are extremely terrifying existences.

At this time, the Qing army, having seen the range and power of the Ming army's firearms, had given up on the conventional tactics of stopping at a distance and then attacking the Ming army with arrows. They just kept pushing forward and seeking close combat. This was the Qing army's conventional strategy.

advantages.

"Artillery ready!"

As soon as the Qing army's shield line pushed past the sixty-step mark, Sun Hu's shouts came immediately!

"The crouching cannon is ready! The four-pounder is ready! The musketeers are ready!"

As the flag order was issued, bursts of shouts came from the firearms camp at the front of the military formation.

"fire!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

The roar of the gunpowder explosion sounded again, like the god of death cheering. In the thick white smoke, the orange-red firelight flashed past, making the green battalion soldiers of the Qing army urinate and be at a loss.

Hundreds of lead bullets rushed out from the muzzle, and then sprinkled like rain into the Qing army's formation. Those seemingly sturdy shields were instantly penetrated by various sizes of projectiles.

It was smashed into pieces, and the green soldiers holding shields fell down behind them.

Then, just like before, after the forty artillery pieces were fired at the same time, the three rows of musketeers behind them were not to be outdone and fired in turns, causing the green camp soldiers without shield cover to fall down in an instant. Hundreds of them fell, and the entire Qing army

The formation was once again in chaos, and together with the bodies that had just fallen to the ground, blood flowed into rivers.

Moreover, after this heavy blow, the entire shield defense line of the Qing army had been completely destroyed, and even the surviving Green Camp soldiers were splashed with blood.

Looking at the soldiers lying in a pool of blood and struggling in pain, the sharp explosions in their ears undoubtedly aggravated the panic of these Green Camp soldiers, causing the entire army to retreat. Some Green Camp soldiers even turned around and ran away, ignoring the threats of the Eight Banners soldiers.
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