The Ming army pressed forward, and just after a fight, Zhao Ming realized that it was difficult to win.

The Spanish artillery range is farther than that of the Ming army, the flintlock rifle is more powerful, the firepower is stronger than that of the Ming army, and the soldiers are mostly wearing plate armor, so it is really difficult for the Ming army's bird gun to break through.

Zhao Ming originally expected that the front army would shoot with horizontal musketeers and raft guns to disrupt the formation of the Spaniards, but he did not want the Ming army to be lined up in a horizontal formation. When the entire platoon was full of muskets, the firepower output was not as good as that of the Spaniards.

The Spanish square formation is a spear square formation in the middle and musketeers at the four corners.

This means that on the front line of the same length, there are ten soldiers, six of them are spearmen, and two musketeers on both sides. Only four musketeers can be shot on one side of the Spanish phalanx.

The Ming army was in a state of straits, assuming that there were ten soldiers, but they were all musketeers. In theory, when shooting, the Ming army's platoons had more advantages, and they should be able to platoons and defeat the Spanish phalanx.

However, after the fight, Zhao Ming found that although the Spaniards had fewer musketeers in front than the Ming army, they were powerful, long range, fast loading, and strong armor defense. Most of the Ming army had coercion guns, which had slow firing speed and low power, making it difficult to penetrate Western armor, and their firepower was actually not advantageous.

Seeing that Zhao Ming shot at the opposite end, the Ming army was not at the advantage and could not achieve the goal of defeating the Spanish phalanx, he immediately decisively ordered the front army to retreat.

A rapid sound of gold sound came out, and the Ming soldiers lost their shield chariot, raised the wounded, and evacuated backwards.

In the first round of attack, the Ming army was bombarded by field copper cannons, and then was shot by flintlock rifles, losing forty or fifty people.

These are all elite soldiers in the Ming army, and many of them are still soldiers in the army. So many died at once, which made Zhao Ming feel hurt.

In the Spanish phalanx, Brother Furang was also a little surprised. He found that the army in front of him was more elite than the Chinese army he had met in the past, and was equipped with a large number of muskets.

If the Chinese army that had already been in front would have collapsed under the bombardment of Spain, and would not have the courage to shoot against the Spanish soldiers at all with the bombardment of artillery and muskets.

The Chinese who waved backward weapons and held bows and arrows, even unable to get to the square, were defeated by muskets.

The Chinese army's volleyball guns just now hit the Spanish spearman's armor to sink. Seven or eight people were killed and more than ten were injured, which surprised Brother Furang.

However, no matter what, the Chinese in front of them still retreated. They were very brave, but they were still no match for the Spanish soldiers.

Brother Folang pulled out his slender commanding sword and shouted loudly in Spanish, "Chase!"

The Spanish soldiers immediately fell down the raised spear, forming a fan, and stepped forward together, intending to chase the retreating Ming army to defeat the Ming formation.

At this time, Zhao Ming waved his hand and gritted his teeth to order, "The horse army attacks and stabilizes its position."

The Central Army's order flag was waving, and the war drums were beating. The Ming army's left and right wings ran out 200 cavalry, divided into two wings of two Spanish phalanx that rushed directly towards the advancing Spanish formation.

Seeing this, Brother Folang could only order the square formation to stop chasing, form formation on the spot, and prepare to deal with the Chinese cavalry.

Two Ming cavalrymen galloped towards the Spanish phalanx. Luo Wenyao, a thousand-husband of the horse army, saw that the Spanish stopped, the musketeer raised the musket, and the spearman in the middle turned the spear. The spear was about to welcome the attack of the horse army, and his nerves suddenly tensed up.

"Bang bang bang" A musket sounded and Spanish musketeers began to shoot.

Almost at the same time, Luo Wenyao pulled the reins of the horse and neighed. Before entering the range of the flintlock, he turned around and left the Spanish square formation.

The Spanish muskets had a long range. The three-eyed guns equipped by the Ming horse army were not as good as those equipped with flintlock rifles, so they were naturally difficult to ride and shoot and harass them. Running in front of the square formation would only become a target for musketeers.

Although the horse army was able to withstand certain casualties at the speed of the cavalry and rushed to the Spanish phalanx, it could not disrupt the opponent's spear formation. Therefore, the horse army did not rush forward, but only forced the Spanish to stop and buy time for the retreat of the front army. Then, he pulled out the reins, left the Spanish artillery and musket shooting range, and reorganized the team far away.

At this time, under the cover of the cavalry, the front army successfully retreated to the main formation and immediately reorganized its formation.

Zhao Ming looked at the battlefield, his face was gloomy, and he waved his hand immediately, "Retreat!"

At present, the Ming army did not have the means to restrain the Spaniards. They were inferior to guns, inferior to people, and inferior to armor. Although they had many troops, they were difficult to win. Zhao Ming did not want too many casualties in the guards, so he decided to retreat.

In the fight just now, Zhao Ming already knew the characteristics of the Spanish army formation, so there is no need to fight for both sides now.

The army was waving the flags, and the five armies in front, back, left, right and right turned back together. The soldiers slowly retreated back, while the horses galloped behind. Whenever the Spanish wanted to pursue, they galloped up and forced the Spanish formation to stop.

In the Spanish phalanx, Brother Folang looked at the retreating Ming army, and his side was all infantry. Under the threat of cavalry, he could not pursue with all his might. He could only watch the Ming army retreat to the city of Tamsui Youqianhusuo.

Zhao Ming retreated back to the camp and did not enter the city. He was a supportive force with the city. The Spaniards did not dare to attack rashly when they saw it.

At noon, Wang Dana summoned thousands of garrison troops and came from the west. The garrison troops of various 100 households and 100 households in Tamsui Guard rushed to reinforcements one after another.

At the same time, the Zhenhai gunboat sailed out of Tamsui Port and cruised in the distance, threatening the Spanish warships on the shore.

The Spaniards who had just set up their camp saw that the Ming army gathered more and more. Seeing that there was danger of being surrounded and annihilated, Franco ordered his retreat and returned to Jilong City.

This sudden outbreak of encounter was not a big fight. The two sides only conducted a test. The Spaniards knew that there were elite Chinese troops on the island, and Zhao Ming also saw the gap between the Ming army and the Spanish.

In the evening, a thousand Spanish retreated to the warship under the surveillance of the Ming army.

The Ming army wanted to attack several times, but they were repelled by artillery of Spanish warships at sea. Five warships lined up in a straight line on the sea, with guns roaring on the side, controlling the beach. Spanish soldiers took small boats and rowed back to the warships in batches.

Zhao Ming stood two miles from the beach, outside the effective range of the naval gun, watching the Spaniards retreat to the sea. Seeing the fleet heading east, he looked solemn, and waved for a while: "Send the orders to return to the city to discuss matters!"

On the Spanish flagship, Franco, commander of the fleet, stood on the deck and saw the Ming army retreating on the distant coast, with a solemn expression.

The Ming army had elite troops on the island, and it would be difficult for Spain to continue to attack the Chinese villages as before.

Franco looked at the coast and waved his hand and ordered: "Sent to the fleet return to the city of San Salvador! I will inform the Governor that this expedition has met the elite Chinese soldiers. The empire should take advantage of the fact that there are not many elite Chinese soldiers on the island and immediately organize a larger-scale attack, quickly defeat the Chinese, and establish the empire's rule in Taiwan!"
Chapter completed!