The Qing army infantry led by Yue Le rushed up. Most of the sharp men from the Eight Banners of Manchuria were veterans since entering the pass, and few newly added bannermen. The last time the whole team was completed, while the cavalry dispersed to the two wings, they immediately launched an attack on the Ming army's battle formation.

At dozens of steps in front of the Ming army, wooden stakes were erected at every distance. The Qing army ignored these things that were used when the city defense was used and rushed directly. But at this moment, the artillery behind the Ming army's formation sounded loudly. Several scattered shells flew into the sky, and after reaching the highest point, they suddenly fell and smashed heavily into the Qing army's battle formation.

The huge shell landed on the ground with a bang under the acceleration of gravity, and the ground was vibrated, just like the sky collapsed and the earth cracked.

Among the smoke and dust that stirred up, most of the Qing soldiers around them were shaken to the ground, and even their throats were so shattered, and some wet and sticky liquid was splashed on their bodies. However, when the smoke and dust dissipated, smoked and smelled of blood, the pool of blood could only tell from the sporadic fragments of the clothing that were once a Qing army soldier, and the liquids splashed on their bodies were even more impurities such as minced meat, bones, and skin tissue.

"vomit."

Seeing this scene, even some veterans who had been around could not suppress the disgust, just like young men who had never seen blood. Even the lower-level officers who supervised the battle could only let the Qing army around them follow the battle formation as soon as possible like a bombardment of sheep, so as to avoid further weakening morale.

In fact, the distance between the Ming army and the Qing army was not far away, and even the Ming army's musketeers had already loaded in front of the formation, waiting for the order. At such a short distance, if it were not for the test firing in advance, the range of each gun was calibrated, and the use of a fixed charge package, the error would not have been so small.

The shells just now were huge, unusual, and the size of the crater was very huge, which was caused by the mortar. The Jinhua Division had only four weapons. Although the number of killing was extremely small, the four cannons were fired into the Qing army's battle formation. Each cannon would undoubtedly die if it was gone, and even the corpse would not exist, which caused a huge morale impact.

A fear began to arise in the hearts of some Qing troops in advance, but the long-standing strict military discipline of the Eight Banners Army prompted them to continue to act according to the orders of the flag and continue to launch an attack on the Ming army.

After a blink of an eye, the fire guns rang out, and the first row of the Qing army was almost empty in an instant. But when the Ming army retreated to the formation, the subsequent Qing army immediately added up and rushed up to the Ming army with shouts.

The javelins, flying axes, and flying knives all over the sky covered the Ming army's battle formation in an instant. Flying axes, flying knives, and other weapons were difficult to help the Ming army's iron armor, but the armor-breaking ability of the javelin was strong, and it was difficult to defend. Fortunately, the tradition of facing the enemy in a vertical formation in recent years has never been abandoned. When the iron-armored infantry was covered by the long-time card player, the damage caused by the throwing weapons of the Qing army became minimal.

Before the throwing had passed, the Qing army rushed up. Compared with the Green Camp, their movements were faster, but the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang had fought for many years and had a huge amount of training in the army at the same time. These years of training made the soldiers of the Ming army almost subconsciously start to execute the orders, without any consideration at all, and almost completed the formation transformation in an instant.

"kill!"

The formation reopened, and the Qing army had already rushed up. The Ming army shouted and stabbed forward with a spear. Suddenly, a scream echoed over the battlefield.

The soldiers' weapons training of 100,500 feet does not have fancy martial arts skills, only one stinging movement. Years of practice, strength and precision have been maximized. The sword and shield soldiers relying on to break the formation of the Eight Banners were stabbed by the Ming army. Although their subconscious movements were blocked with shields, their martial arts were different, their speed and directions were different. Facing the assassination of thousands of Ming soldiers like a group, it was impossible to block them like a thousand people, and thus rush into close contact.

In front of the Guards, wherever Huang Chengming's eyes were, an Eight Banners army used a shield to block the Ming army's spear, slashed down, and cut off the gun rod, but the head of the gun was still nailed to the shield.

In contrast, the Eight Banners Army on the left of the Qing army was far less lucky than him. They stabbed them in a row, one of which was pressed against the shield, but the other gun had no chance to move and directly stabbed them on the neck. The Ming army that killed him had already formed a conditioned reflex twist. After retracting the gun, there was still something hanging on the tip of the gun. However, the sharpie on the right side of the Qing army swung the tip of the Ming army's gun and rushed into the inner circle with one approach.

The spearmen in the front row were not just thin rows. When the Eight Banners Warrior broke into the inner circle, he was immediately stabbed by the spearmen in the back row. He was soon seriously injured and lost his combat power. He was then stabbed by the long player in the front row on the neck.

In front of the guards on the front battlefield of the Ming army and in front of the four games of the Shentang Second Battalion, the Qing army's battle formation immediately became like a wolf-toothed dog chewing at the first moment of the battle.

The old routine projection weapons lead the way, and the infantry sharps quickly followed up to suppress the opponent's tactical blow, which immediately became a process of fighting against the Ming army. However, in front of the Ming army's iron armored spearmen and a small number of long-distance players, the elite Eight Banners, although many of the elite Sharps were wearing double armor, they did not play a great defensive role in front of the spears and muskets, and the weapons were too short. The shooting of the step bow was just like a drizzle for the iron armor of this thickness, so they were always in a passive state of being beaten.

It seems that the Ming army had already gained an advantage at the beginning of the battle. However, since arriving in Jiangning in October last year, Yue Le did not do anything, just waiting for reinforcements. He also made necessary tactical adjustments to the Eight Banners Army in his troops against the Ming army's tactics.

Yue Le moved the flag and ordered the flags to be conveyed step by step along the flags, Jiala and Niulu. The people in front of him saw the orders of Niululu flags and immediately shouted loudly.

In a blink of an eye, the sword and shield soldiers in the back row of the Qing army stood in a row in a row, blocking their shields in front of their chests. The sword and shield soldiers in the front row had already fallen into a confrontation with the Ming army. After hearing the order, they no longer continued to move, but began to squat down as much as possible.

After the formation was changed, the Qing army's shield formation began to slowly advance towards the Ming army's battle formation, which immediately attracted the attention of the Ming army's spearmen. However, compared to the distance between each soldier, this shield formation almost reached a one-on-one battle with the front row of the Ming army. The situation where a sword and shield soldier had to face several spearmen at the same time was immediately improved.

The sword and shield soldiers were stabbed with a spear, and they only had to keep a close eye on their opponents, which was the one that posed the greatest threat to them. It was not difficult for them to block with a shield. In a blink of an eye, the one-sided situation just now was alleviated, and the Ming army's killing speed on the Qing army was rapidly reduced. Instead, the squat sword and shield soldiers were quickly wiped out under the joint attack of the second row of spearmen and long players.

"The shield should be made bigger."

Yue Leyao looked at the battle situation ahead and listened to the waves of rewards from the messengers. This idea had not appeared in his mind before, but the Qing army's sword and shield soldiers have always been sharp men who broke the formation. If the shield is too big, it will affect the rhythm and effect of breaking the formation, which is not conducive to the display of martial arts, so he can only settle for the second best and hope that martial arts can cooperate with the shield array to reduce casualties, so that it will not affect the effect of the sword and shield soldiers breaking the formation.

However, the shield formation did slow down the killing speed of the Ming army, but the Ming army's ceremonies could still cause minimal damage based on the length of weapons and the solid iron armor on their bodies. Although the Qing army effectively slowed down the killing speed of the Ming army, they still suffered a lot of losses in exchange ratios, and it would not be a solution to continue like this.

"Prince, let the bird gunner follow behind and shoot."

Liu Liangzuo's suggestion was immediately affirmed by Yue Le. It was just that bird gun shooting was fired. If it was in front of the formation, the soldiers in the front row would always have to squat half a squat, just like when the Ming army faced the Qing army's cavalry and shooting, otherwise it would hurt the soldiers in the front row if it was not done well. It would be fine if the Mars was shot, and if it was a lead bullet, it would be gone. However, if it could be won, Yue Le would not care about the death of several servants.

After receiving the order, Liu Liangzuo quickly ordered the bird gunners of the Han army flag behind the formation. Next, teams of bird gunners crossed the layers of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and reached the second level before they stopped.

"Squat down!"

This has not been practiced before, but the Eight Banners of Manchuria have always been well-trained. Since the Nurhaci era, the training volume and strictness of the Ming army were higher than those of the Ming army. What's more, if the Eight Banners themselves were physically dependent, the slaves below naturally had no reason to not follow the orders of the master above.

The sword and shield soldiers began to squat down sparsely, freeing their sight for the bird gunners in the back row. However, in this process, the squat sword and shield soldiers briefly lost the effective protection of their shields, especially when they were squatting, they were inevitably attacked when facing the Ming army's sprints.

In a blink of an eye, one Qing army after another was stabbed to death by the Ming army while squatting. The instant casualties were even more than the combined injuries after the shield formation was formed. The originally solid shield formation became riddled with holes, but before the Ming army could have had time to be happy, the dark muzzles behind the shield formation were displayed in front of them.

A "bang" sounded, and the smoke from the Qing army suddenly rose, and then the sword and shield soldiers in the front row rushed towards the Ming army's battle formation as if they were running.

The Qing army's bird guns were only a few meters apart, and the energy loss was extremely small. After this shot, the Ming army in the front row fell down immediately. If it weren't for the bird guns being a clamping gun, there would be enough distance between the bird gunners, the first row would probably be empty in an instant.

Now it is the best opportunity to break the formation. The sword and shield soldiers of the first row of the Qing army rushed up like crazy. Unfortunately, the number of these sharp men had been greatly reduced, and they were immediately blocked by the long spearmen in the back row. The battle once again entered the unilateral killing of the Eight Banners Warriors who were intensively fighting against the individual brave men of the Eight Banners.

What's even more terrifying is that the Ming army's fire soldiers and the musketeers who could not get together entered the long spear forest and pulled the Ming army who fell to the ground in the front row back, some of them spit out blood but stood up staggeringly!

The Qing army knew that the Ming army's armor was thick, but it was just a vague impression. They had never measured it personally. The armor leaves of this heavy armor were extremely thick, and after being worn, it was like a human-shaped tank, which had reached a point that affected the speed of travel. The small man in the light mesh gun such as the bird gun had a pitiful loading and the weight of the projectile. In addition, the general habit of reducing the loading of the musketeers of the Ming and Qing armies in this era was that they had a great advantage in reducing the loading of the gunners of the Ming and Qing armies. Faced with the iron armor of this thickness, its power was greatly reduced.

However, if the distance is too close, the killing still exists. Even if the Ming soldiers who staggered and stood up or were knocked to the ground and were not dead, even if they were still alive, those who were shocked to the internal organs would inevitably spit out blood, and those who hit the body would inevitably have bone fractures and fractures. Even internal injuries caused by being hit by a sledgehammer may also lead to lifelong injuries.

However, the smoke of gunpowder disappeared, and the "resurrection from the dead" happened in front of the Eight Banners Army. This shock can be imagined. Especially in Beijing, in Jiangning and Hangzhou, there are rumors that the generals of the Ming army from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang were all good at magic. Now, "drinking talisman water will lead to incomprehension" has developed to the point of "resurrection of the dead". With the ghost pattern on the iron mask, the psychological pressure of fighting against such devils is immediately reflected.

The collapse was far from that level for the Eight Banners Army, but a little bit of shrinking still existed. It was reflected on the battlefield that the tactical speed of reorganizing the shield formation was much slower than before. If the Ming army had not pulled the wounded back and the spearmen in the back row supplemented the queue to prioritize the sword and shield soldiers who had lost the protection of the shield formation, the shield formation would probably not have been reorganized.

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"I seem to have seen this scene somewhere."

At the commanding heights of the town and with a telescope in hand, Chen Wen clearly saw the movements on every part of the battlefield.

On the front battlefield, the infantry of the two armies began to attack, but overall, it was inevitable that the Ming army with iron armored spears would be used against the Qing army, which was still using swords and shields, and even the ripples just now were not enough to reverse the situation. On the battlefield on both wings, the Qing army's cavalry continued to cavalry and shoot in front of the hollow formation.

If it was just exhausted, even if both sides had the same tolerance for casualties, the Ming army would have been sure to win, but what he wanted was far from that simple.
Chapter completed!