The battlefield on the south bank of the Tuhe River was originally a flat open area, but now because of the "Tuweizi" of the Ming Army and the trench breastworks dug by the Qing Army, the left and right sides of the Ming Army's Shandong Regiment Training Army, who were in a defensive posture, had support. And they

They were arrayed against the water again, with the Tu River behind them. Although they could ford it, some Qing troops led by Gang Atai had already appeared on the north bank of the Tu River, blocking the escape route through the water.

Therefore, Gao Hongtu's team training now has no choice but to fight against the odds and fight against the tide of Eight Banners soldiers!

The Shandong regiment training army (also known as the Qi army) under Gao Hongtu seems to be at the bottom of Zhu Cixi's Ming army system today, and it was extremely feudal and backward from the beginning. It relied on teachers and students, fellow villagers, and clans.

In-laws and other interpersonal relationships are maintained, thus forming one small military group after another. To put it more vividly, it is the big warlord Gao Hongtu coaxing a group of small warlords below. Such groups are very easy to corrupt. Once there are enough

You can enjoy the fruits of victory, but you will become sluggish.

But now, the Qi Army is still in its infancy, and all the top and bottom can work together. And because the Qi Army is led by scholars, there are many young scholars from Shandong in the army serving as co-commissioners, battalion officers or colleagues.

Knowledge, so the ability to learn and improve is still very strong.

For example, the phenomenon of indiscriminate firing of firearms during the battle with the Qing army a few days ago has been solved. Now there is a solution, which is to select gunmen with relatively good psychological quality to board the shield car to be responsible for firing, while letting the gunmen with poor psychological quality

The hand is responsible for loading. This not only solves the problem of indiscriminate shooting, but also allows the three-eyed firegun to form continuous firepower.

In order to protect the soldiers who fired the three-eyed fire cannon from being shot by arrows, the craftsmen accompanying the army also opened shooting holes in the wooden shields of the shield vehicles. The fire cannon soldiers could kneel on one knee behind the large shield and fire through the shooting holes.

Three-eyed gun.

Since there was no time to connect all the shield chariots, the Queyue chariot formation could not be set up. Gao Hongtu had to ask the spearmen of the sword soldiers to hold the gaps between the shield chariots. The archers of Tuan Lianjun carried bamboo bows.

They lined up behind a defense line composed of shield chariots, sword soldiers, and spearmen, all with bamboo bows in hand.

Behind these archers, there is another battle line composed of spearmen and sword soldiers. Behind them is Gao Hongtu and his soldiers. And behind Gao Hongtu is the surface of the Tuhe River. The rolling river water is getting wet.

He took off Gao Hongtu's robe, but he didn't notice it and just looked forward intently.

The Eight Banners cavalry did not rush forward, but stopped moving a thousand or two thousand steps away from the Ming army's position. At this time, the sky became brighter again, and white, yellow, blue and red clothes could be seen in the distance.

A formed an ocean, which seemed to completely submerge the low and thin embankment formed by Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers.

The officers and soldiers who were on the battlefield all had an ominous premonition. Because they did not realize that the "loved" coated slaves and green soldiers came up this time, all Eight Banners True Manchuria, and their number must have exceeded 10,000!

Woo woo

With a whimper of bugles, the originally stationary Eight Banners cavalry suddenly became disturbed! The Eight Banners soldiers did not rush forward in a swarm, but rushed out a group of cavalry in yellow armor, about two thousand cavalry, along the Qing army itself

The charge began on the left side of the dug trench, and there was no strict and tight formation, but loose groups, swarming up. Looking from a distance, only yellow cavalry could be seen rolling, jumping, and roaring towards them.

Li Dakai, who was commanding on the spot, was a general. Although he did not have much actual combat experience, he still had a keen eye. When he saw the formation of the Eight Banners soldiers, he knew that they were going to play cavalry shooting.

He opened his throat and shouted: "You are not allowed to shoot arrows, you are not allowed to shoot blunderbuss, and you are not allowed to retreat. I'll be the one to f**king carry it!"

Bows on the Eastern battlefield have always been divided into riding bows and foot bows. The riding bow is light and soft, easy to use on horseback. The foot bow is long and hard, and cannot be used for shooting on horseback, but the bow is full of power.

The effective range is longer.

However, the cost and time of making a good bow were beyond the scope of the Shandong regiment's military training, which was just founded.

And those long wooden bows that rely entirely on brute force are impractical for old farmers who have just turned to the military. Although farming is also a laborious job, it is still different from pulling a bow and shooting arrows.

Therefore, the Shandong regiment training troops are generally equipped with bamboo bows, which are soft and light, and have a short range. Against the armored Eight Banners soldiers, they are somewhat lethal within a dozen steps.

Facing the surging Eight Flags cavalry, they could only endure being shot by arrows without fighting back, because fighting back was useless!

Similarly, the effective range of the three-eyed fire gun is only this small, and it cannot be hit at all if it is farther away!

At this moment, the first wave of charging Eight Banners soldiers had slowed down their horses, took out their bows and arrows, and at the same time began to turn their horses' heads, turning to the left one after another, from charging straight towards the Ming army's defense line to parallel to the Ming army's front line

, we meet about twenty or thirty steps away.

Following a boom-boom-boom sound with a vibrating sound, countless sharp arrows shot out, heading straight towards the Ming army's formation!

I saw sharp arrows falling like raindrops on the Ming army's formation. The arrows landed very concentratedly. Suddenly, soldiers with incomplete armor and insufficient protection were penetrated by the sharp arrows and fell to the ground, letting out bursts of roars.

Wail.

But the remaining soldiers remained motionless.

Not an arrow was shot, and there was no sound of the three-eyed blazing gun.

The Eight Banners soldiers in yellow armor ran and shot. After throwing thousands of arrows, they passed by the Ming army's formation and turned to the left again. The so-called cavalry shooting, if viewed from a high altitude, is a group of cavalry on the enemy's side.

The infantry would run in circles in front of the formation. The cavalry would only open their bows and shoot arrows when they were close to the infantry formation, and then leave after shooting.

If it is a high-level mounted archery, then two to three thousand mounted warriors can place arrowheads in a designated area.

In other words, in the area that was hit hard by the Eight Banners cavalry, seven to eight thousand arrowheads fell in a very short period of time!

If the infantry have good armor and carry shields, of course it won't be a big problem.

But the Shandong regiment training did not have such good equipment!

Therefore, where the Eight Banners archers focused their attacks, the formation suddenly became sparse.

And just as the cavalrymen in yellow armor fired their arrows and walked away, hundreds of men in blue cotton armor had already rushed up like a flood breaking a bank.

Different from the previous yellow-armored cavalry who controlled the speed of their horses, their horses were getting faster and faster, and the Jurchen horses under their crotches seemed to be flying, moving forward bravely. Moreover, their formation was also dense, although it was not a "wall array"

, but it was also a very dense charge formation. The knights on horseback all huddled behind the horse's neck, trying to reduce the area exposed to arrowheads and musket projectiles. The carbines attached to the saddles with ropes were also tucked under their arms.

, the tip of the spear flashed with cold light, and rushed forward like lightning.

The training soldiers of the Shandong regiment who were facing them had not yet reacted to the wave of arrows. Now they saw the galloping cavalry, and they all fell into fear.

Fortunately, Li Dakai arrived in time with a team of sword and shield soldiers supervising the battle. When the Eight Banners cavalry was shooting, he knew that there would be a cavalry attack next, so he immediately rushed over with his people to stabilize the team.

"Fire cannons are fired, bows and arrows are fired"

The sword players who followed Li Dakai were all Gao Hongtu's personal soldiers, and now they all followed Li Dakai and opened their throats and shouted.

As soon as their orders were shouted out, the archers and musketeers, who had already been a little unable to restrain themselves, were finally able to let go of their hands and feet and release the fear in their hearts.

In front of the Ming army's formation, smoke suddenly rose, arrowheads flew, and the rushing Eight Banners soldiers collided with sharp arrows and projectiles.

Casualties occurred immediately! I saw a few rows in front of the Qing cavalry, dozens of cavalry fell down at the same time, and the people and horses rolled into a ball. The close range shooting of one to two hundred three-eyed blunderbuss and thousands of bamboo bows was still a bit

Powerful.

However, the Eight Banners soldiers and horses that came in a steady stream quickly filled the gap in front and continued to move forward without any hesitation. Instead, they accelerated even more crazily.

What awaited them was another round of arrow rain and projectiles fired from the three-eyed fire cannon. This was also the last salvo that the three-eyed fire cannon and bamboo bows could fire when this wave of Eight Banners soldiers charged into the formation.
Chapter completed!