After Zhu Hongsan was ready, the Ming army also formed a circular defense circle at the breakout at Zhao Guodong's organization. This is the strength of the Ming army. At the breakout, a large number of artillery were concentrated to kill and injured the enemy. This is the practical experience obtained by the Ming army in the bloody battle in Jiangyin. With the arrival of reinforcements, the artillery also increased from four to twenty, and there were four typewriters together. This primitive continuous fire musket was not affected by heavy rain because the ammunition was fixed, and it could still be used in the rain.

Zhu Hongsan looked at it and asked someone to light a few unmanned tents next to him to act as torches. The Ming army's tents were covered with tung oil. This kind of thing was caught in the fire, and for a moment the break was illuminated like daytime.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves outside the breakout sounded, from far to near, probably the Qing army was coming.

All artillery was loaded with shotguns under the operation of artillery, and ordinary soldiers loaded muskets outside the ring defense circle. I don’t know if it could be fired or not.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves came outside, and suddenly hundreds of cavalry rushed out of the darkness, wearing iron armor and a rat-tail of money on their heads. They were the Qing cavalry. These people were personal soldiers of Ma Degong. Each of them was wearing three layers of heavy armor. Their task was to rush into the crowd. But what was greeted were twenty cannons filled with shotguns. Eighteen of the twenty cannons fired, and thousands of lead bullets hit them like rainstorms. All iron armor was as fragile as white paper under the power of violent gunpowder.

The battle started, and the Qing army's rear team rushed into the gap like a tide. These guys got the dead order of Ma Degong. If they couldn't attack, the whole family would beheaded. If they rushed in, each person would be rewarded with 100 taels of silver. Under the dual stimulation of military orders and silver, these Qing cavalrymen were like chicken blood, and they all bravely rushed into the gap first.

The Ming army's artillery loading speed was two minutes, which was nothing in the field battle, but it was a life-threatening battle. Before the second loading was completed, the Qing army's cavalry had already rushed to the front. At this time, the Ming army's muskets began to fire. Although the firing rate was less than 30%, it also relieved the pressure. The four-door typewriter on the side also began to show its power. This primitive machine gun hit the Qing army like cutting wheat. With the help of the typewriter, it finally barely suppressed the Qing army that rushed in. After the second shotgun was released, it finally drove the Qing army out of the camp.

Seeing that the Qing army was repelled, Zhu Hongsan breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that he would not have to fight with others. Then he quickly ordered the cannons, typewriters, and muskets to reload and prepare for a second attack.

The Qing army general Ma Degong, who saw him retreating, cursed at the people around him: "What are you doing for? Why are you beaten out!"

"Sir General, the gap is too narrow. You can only rush in at a time and you can't get in at a time! You should continue to expand the gap!"

"Okay, I'll give you a thousand people and expand the gap for me!"

Under Ma Degong's order, the Qing army repeatedly used iron hooks to spread the earth wall, and finally created a gap of 500 meters. This is enough!

Zhu Hongsan was stunned at the 500-meter gap. Now any ring defense circle is useless. He doesn't have so many troops and artillery here.

At this moment, the Qing army brigade rushed up. This time there were more than 2,000 cavalry and more than 1,000 infantry coming in, which was completely mixed with the Ming army.

In fact, the Qing army suffered a loss in the one-on-one hand-to-hand combat between the Qing army and the Ming army, because the Ming army was well trained, and the musket and the stabbing were 1.7 meters long, which was much longer than the swords less than two feet away from the Qing army. In addition, the Ming army was good at team combat, and each three or five people had a group, the Qing army was no match at all.

However, Zhu Hongsan was afraid that the Qing army would attack in other directions, and there was only one regiment guard at the North Gate. At this time, the Qing army had already entered a total of 5,000 people, forming a local advantage in force, so he fought evenly with the Ming army.

When Zhu Hongsan saw the war, he said to Han Sanqiang who was defending himself by his side: "Three Strongs, put this regiment of the Imperial Guard Division into battle!" Zhu Hongsan's Guangdong New Army had a regiment of 3,000 people. If the Imperial Guard Division was also involved in battle, there would be two regiments of 6,000 people, which would have an advantage in numbers against the Shangqing Army.

But Han Sanqiang was afraid that Zhu Hongsan would have an accident and refused to use the imperial guard regiment to defend Zhu Hongsan. Zhu Hongsan was so angry that he couldn't take out a knife to threaten Han Sanqiang, and cursed: "Sanqiang, if you don't obey my orders, you will kill you now!" After that, he used the Hengdao family to be on Han Sanqiang's neck.

But Han Sanqiang didn't know that he would not eat the hard way. Seeing Zhu Hongsan's eyes closed, he would show his temper to death.

Of course, Zhu Hongsan could not really kill Han Sanqiang. He was so angry that he had no choice but to take back the Hengdao. He cursed: "You Han Sanpao, isn't this group protecting me? I'll go fight and see if you go!" After Zhu Hongsan said that, he pulled Zhu Hongyi out of the crowd and rushed to the battlefield below.

Han Sanqiang was stunned now. Who else should he protect when the emperor even came to him? The commander of the Imperial Guard Regiment next to him was also stunned and asked, "Teacher Commander, what should we do?"

Han Sanqiang cursed in anger: "What should I do? What can I do if I give it back? Come on!"

The Imperial Guard Division is all veterans and has rich combat experience. As soon as this regiment joined the battle, he immediately suppressed the Qing army. Zhu Hongsan waved his sword and slashed a Qing army. He happened to see Han Sanqiang rushing down and couldn't help but curse: "Your mother Han Sanpao, you really don't want to go and take it back. I just said that I didn't agree with you and insisted on doing it myself!"

The queen died in the Guangdong incident a year ago. This incident made Han Sanqiang very guilty, so he just made up his mind that the emperor would not be able to move the group even if he killed him. But he didn't expect that the emperor would actually play rogue moves and do it directly by himself. Now he heard Zhu Hongsan scold him and only smiled bitterly. But in this way, Han Sanqiang also arranged a company to protect the emperor. In addition to more than 100 people, Zhu Hongsan also had three hundred Jinyiwei around him, and with a combat madman Zhu Hongyi, the emperor's safety should be almost the same.

Zhu Hongyi was really like a fish in water when he came to this melee battlefield. His height was two meters high and he was like a demon god in the Ming Dynasty, which was an average of 1.6 meters. In addition, Zhu Hongyi was wearing three-layer armor of 120 kilograms. As long as he protected the vital points, he was like a human-shaped tank. With two horizontal knives, Zhu Hongyi rushed into the Qing army like a meat grinder, and cut five people in the blink of an eye.

Zhu Hongsan also wanted to kill like Zhu Hongyi, but his status was precious. More than 400 people surrounded him and used him to do it. Looking at the Jinyiwei around him, Zhu Hongsan cursed angrily: "Leave one for me, so I can enjoy it!" But the Jinyiwei was afraid that the emperor would make a mistake, so he could only pretend that he had not heard the emperor's order.

Just when the North Gate was in a row, a blood-covered lieutenant came to Zhu Hongsan and shouted: "Your Majesty, I am from the 3rd Regiment of the Second Division. Our regiment commander asked me to ask for help. The walls of the Ximen were also broken. A large number of Qing troops attacked in and asked Your Majesty to send reinforcements!"

Damn it, it’s true that the house leaks and rainy days. People are unlucky to drink cold water and stuff their teeth. Zhu Hongsan caught Han Sanqiang and said, “Sanqiang, you go to the south gate to transfer two groups to reinforce the west gate, and send a group to the north gate!”

"But your Majesty, you..."

"What a joke, go fucking. There are only two senior officers in the army, you and Zhao Guodong. Zhao Guodong is responsible for the North Gate. You go to the West Gate!"

Han Sanqiang had no choice but to lead more than a hundred personal soldiers out of the battle group and rushed to the west gate.

Ma Degong outside the Ming army camp saw the battle situation sincerely. He saw that the Qing army was finally mixed with the Ming army, so that the Ming army's firearms could not show their power. Ma Degong was happy, so he quickly turned his horse's head to see Hong Chengchou to show his merits.

When Ma Degong saw Hong Chengchou, he shouted: "Master, the last general is lucky to have fulfilled his orders. He has rushed into the Ming army camp and is now fighting with the Ming army, but the Ming army is large in number. Please send reinforcements from the general!"

Hong Chengchou was very happy to hear this: "Okay, General Ma is worthy of being a powerful general! After the Ming army is eliminated this time, I will submit to the court and recommend you to the Admiral of Jiangnan!"

Ma Degong was very happy to hear Hong Chengchou say this, and everyone who is an official likes it.

Hong Chengchou said to the generals around him, "Now General Ma has broken through the Ming army camp, and the victory or defeat is at this moment. I ordered the entire army to dispatch and attack the Ming army!"

The Qing army had 30,000 troops left. After receiving Hong Chengchou's order, they were divided into two units. One group had 20,000 people rushed to the north gate of the main battlefield, and one group had 10,000 people rushed to the west gate.

When the Qing army's new army arrived at Zhu Hongsan's Ming army, they were stuck. After all, they had been fighting for an hour and could not stand the physical strength. Fortunately, the Ming army was fighting on the inside. After learning that the Qing army had invested all the troops, Zhu Hongsan no longer retained his strength and transferred the remaining five regiments to the North Gate and the West Gate. In this way, there were six regiments of 15,000 people here, which could still be held on to the 30,000 people of the Shangqing Army.

In this way, nearly 100,000 people from the Qing army and the Ming army fought a melee on a small hill north of the Qinhuai River. The melee started from midnight until dawn, and countless casualties were killed and injured on both sides of the Qing army and the Ming army.

As dawned, the rain that had been raining all night slowly stopped. Zhu Hongsan saw that the rain stopped and laughed: "Damn it, I've been in trouble all day, and it's finally my turn to turn it over!"

You can see the situation on the opposite side clearly at dawn, and the arms of the rain can exert their power. Zhu Hongsan organized a regiment, sorted out the formation behind him, and began to form a system and put it into the battlefield.

At this time, the Qing army was wet in the rain all night, and had fought with the Ming army for half a night, and now it was all supported by the belief of winning. Now seeing the Ming army line up, muskets emitted pieces of blue smoke, while the comrades around him fell down in rows. The Qing army's last courage was gone, and they shouted and retreated through several gaps.

When Zhu Hongsan saw the Qing army retreating, he laughed and pulled Zhao Guodong over and said, "Goudan, immediately organize the uninjured ones on my body and kill them, kill all the bastards, and catch Hong Chengchou for me!"
Chapter completed!