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The elite Dongjiang whom he was proud of was actually suppressed by the Ming knight in his momentum! He was a little unbelievable about the courage shown by this cavalry unit with only more than 600 people.

Fortunately, he was also a veteran who had been through the battlefield for a long time. After a moment of shock, he regained his calmness. After waving the flag, another elite knight separated from the central camp to support the forward.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when his cavalry was in power, Zhu Youlang raised his saber and waved forward: "The three armies obeyed the orders and advanced three hundred steps westward!"

As soon as the words came, tens of thousands of soldiers pressed forward in unison, with swords and guns shining, armor leaves clanging, war horses sniffing, and slowly moving forward with the dull and rhythmic sound of footsteps.

Geng Zhongming didn't know what Emperor Ming Yongli was thinking, but from the confrontation just now, he also realized a little uneasy. Cavalry is the best group of troops for field attacks. The cavalry of the Dongjiang soldiers was only under the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia. After a battle, the Ming cavalry was not only not afraid, but even became more and more courageous in the battle. In the momentum, he actually suppressed his own side. This really embarrassed him. In the months since entering Huguang, the 100,000 southern expedition army needed a refreshing victory!

The cavalry on both sides fought here, and the outcome was almost decided. If the Qing army had no reinforcements, it would be only a matter of time before they could defeat them.

Seeing that hundreds of cavalry sped out of the Qing army's positions, Zhu Youlang obviously wanted to come and support. The so-called killing one thousand enemies would hurt eight hundred by himself. He did not want to throw Liu Muzhi's elite cavalry into this unnecessary war of attrition. He hurriedly ordered the remaining four or five hundred cavalrymen to recall the remaining four or five hundred cavalry selections. After commending them with warm words, he sent another order for the entire army to move forward.

The Ming army moved again, getting closer and closer to its own military formation. This was originally something Geng Zhongming was happy to see. He was very confident in the firearm tactics of his troops.

However, every time the Ming army took a step, they shouted the word "kill", and waves of air rushed towards them like a sea of ​​ups and downs. Geng Zhongming clearly felt the aggressive momentum of the Ming army, and was breathless for a moment!

"kill!"

In order to restore morale, Geng Zhongming also let the entire army take action, yelling while walking, and pressing towards the Ming army's position without showing any weakness. When it advanced to two hundred steps, the entire army yelled out the last word "kill" and then set up a new team. At this point, Geng Zhongming felt that the momentum he lost just now was almost saved.

After the initial battle, the positions of both sides were eventually less than 900 steps apart. The cavalry spread on the flanks of the two armies had only more than 700 steps recently. Through the clairvoyance, the heads of both sides could clearly see the expression on the other party's face.

Geng Zhongming raised his eyes and carefully observed the Ming army's formation opposite. The Ming army lined up a series of horizontal lines in depth, spreading the queue completely. Each person had a heavy musket, all with iron armor. Before the infantry array, nearly a hundred guns of different sizes had already been adjusted. The guns and guns were on the front, and they were waiting for themselves to attack.

Geng Zhongming was so shocked that he took a breath. The number of artillery in the court was a bit abnormal? Looking at the front battalion, the armor rate was almost half, especially the gunners and spearmen in the front line, all wearing iron armor. At first glance, they looked like hedgehogs and had almost no way to get off!

It's so perverted. It's said to be the emperor's personal army? I just hope it's some silver-like wax gun tips that are not useful. Fortunately, the remaining troops are not so perverted, otherwise how can I fight this battle?

Only the Qing army had excellent firearms and sufficient iron armor. The rest of the green camp miscellaneous brands were not treated as such. They lacked enough firearms. Most of the front lines held inferior bird guns or low-powered three-eyed guns, and crossbowmen also accounted for a certain proportion. Now, when the scene was opened, they were also very obedient and stood against the Ming army under the cover of the spearmen.

After turning around and seeing that his artillery positions were arranged, Zhu Youlang fell down and issued an order to attack without hesitation.

"Three armies artillery team, prepare - fire the artillery!"

Dozens of red barbarians and Franc cannons immediately let out a roar, and the flying shells flew across the battlefield and landed accurately in the Qing army's formation. They rolled around happily and instantly crushed hundreds of Qing soldiers like gourds. This was because the array was relatively sparse. If the array was dense, the killing effect would be greater.

The sudden fire of the Ming army did not surprise Geng Zhongming. What really surprised him was that the range and accuracy of the Ming army's artillery were still as bad as before. Even if there were any improvements, it would definitely be much behind its own artillery. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be contrary to its wishes!

However, at this moment he had no intention of thinking about it and quickly ordered a counterattack. Then dozens of Hongyi and Franc artillery guns of different types and sizes in the Qing army's artillery positions opened fire.

Seeing the terrifying artillery shells, a commotion suddenly arose in the infantry array of the imperial camp's personal army. The soldiers instinctively wanted to avoid the bombardment of artillery shells. However, the military discipline was strict, and the supervising team was firmly monitoring the enemy on one side, so that they did not dare to act rashly, and could only grit their teeth and face the bombarded artillery shells.

In the past two years of strong training and fighting, the strictness of military discipline has been rooted in their hearts. Even if there are some people who are afraid of life and death and ignore the overall situation, they will be killed by the military law of the supervised team on one side, and they will be killed with one knife to shock them.

I have to say that the Qing army's artillery quality is good, and the gunner's level is no longer inferior to the Ming army's gunners, so the artillery is very accurate.

After a roar, dozens of shells flew out. Between several rises and landings, more than a dozen shells fell into the formation of the Ming army's front army. Then there was a continuous shrill scream and moan. Hundreds of Ming soldiers could not dodge and were smashed to death and injured.

Fortunately, Zhu Youlang had prepared in advance. In order to reduce the damage of enemy artillery bombardment, the army was not arranged in a dense array. After one round of artillery bombardment of the Qing army, the killing was not large, and the number of casualties was acceptable.

After the Qing army's round of artillery attacks ended and knew the general location of the enemy's artillery, Zhu Youlang decisively ordered his artillery team to fight back. In addition to killing enemy infantry, the target was directly aimed at the artillery positions in the Qing army's central army array.
Chapter completed!