After decades of war baptism, both the Qing army and the Ming court border army had rich combat experience, but according to their understanding, the Ming army's firearms were at most effective at a distance of fifty or sixty steps. As long as they stopped at seventy steps, the crossbowman behind the shield shot arrows and fired to cover the impact of others. Then, once melee combat is achieved, the battle can be over.

However, when they did not expect that the shield formation had just entered a hundred steps, the Ming army on the opposite side suddenly launched an attack, and they did not expect that the Ming army's firepower would be so rapid.

If it weren't for the weak thinking inertia of the Ming army in the hearts of the Qing army, the people behind would not have reacted, and hundreds of people were killed or injured in an instant, I'm afraid the Qing army formation, which was originally advancing, would have been in chaos due to the casualties in front.

Not only that, the artillery shooting had just ended, and rows of muskets began to appear on the shields in front of the Ming army. The hundreds of black holes of muzzles were daunting.

After several loud military horns rang, a dense sound of musket shooting broke out on the Ming army's positions.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang..."

White smoke columns rose up with the sound, and orange-red flames formed a circle. More than 1,500 muskets were fired at the same time. Hundreds of lead bullets were taken out of the muzzle. Extremely, they penetrated the thin cotton armor on the green camp soldiers. Dozens of Qing army musketeers in front of the formation and hundreds of Qing army in the formation fell to the ground at the same time, and blood arrows spewed out from their bodies.

After such two heavy attacks, the Qing army formation, which was originally advancing, immediately paused. Hundreds of injured and fell to the ground cried and wailed on the ground, and kept struggling, and the ground was even more bloody.

Soon, Sun Hu commanded the other 1,500 musketeers in the third and fourth rows to launch a volley. Amid the "bang bang" sound, not only the Qing army before the shield front, but also the Qing army behind the shield front, fell down a large area in an instant, like the grass blown down by the wind.

After the shield front, most of the Qing army crossbowmen who were originally planning to shoot archery to cover the advancement of the army were already falling down because the soldiers holding shields in front of them were bombarded by the first round of artillery bombs. In this round of musket volleys, many people even died on the spot.

After suffering such a heavy blow, the entire Qing army front line became panicked for a moment.

At this time, not to mention chain mail, even chain mail and cotton mail can hardly block the attack of lead bullets. The cheap lead bullet can easily break the expensive armor under the push of gunpowder.

The front line of the Qing army was full of screams and screams. Many of the green camp soldiers who were hit by lead bullets were staggering and fell down with ferocious faces, constantly squirming and rolling on the ground, struggling in pain.

This sudden attack of fear caused the entire military formation to riot.

Nikan, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others looked at everything in front of them and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment - When did the Ming army's firearm become so powerful?

But these people were all veterans who had experienced many battles and soon reacted. Nikan immediately ordered his subordinates to lead the Eight Banners soldiers to forward and drive away the Green Camp soldiers who were in chaos to continue to advance and attack the Ming army's front. Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming also immediately sent elite servants to help.

For Nikan, these green camp soldiers were originally flesh shields that blocked guns and cannons, and even if they were killed or injured, he would have a little concern. Anyway, it would be the same if they died more or less. They were just Han slaves, and they would just take some kidnapped after winning.

As Bayala led the Eight Banners soldiers to fight in person, nearly 1,000 Eight Banners cavalry quickly mobilized. The originally chaotic Qing army front line quickly returned to normal after Bayala, wearing silver-white armor, cut down dozens of injured and howling Green Camp soldiers.

However, after such a heavy blow, the Green Camp soldiers who were not afraid of the Ming army were all over the place. After all, they were all human and were afraid of death.

In the Qing army formation, the sound of war drums sounded again, and the shield soldiers in the rear quickly filled the gap in the front line. Rows of shields of various materials continued to move forward. The spears that were originally erected high behind the shield became a little sparse at this time. Driven by the Eight Banners Cavalry, these green camp soldiers could only grit their teeth and launch a new round of attacks again.

However, this time, Xue Laoer waited until the Qing army advanced to about 80 steps before ordering the army to start attacking. Because after this round of firearm attacks, Wu Xingye had to lead the cavalry to attack and completely defeat the Qing army that landed on the south bank.

The Qing army formation quickly advanced to a distance of 60 steps. Although the formation was a little chaotic, the formation could still be basically maintained. There were many Eight Banners cavalry on both sides of the left and right wings, as well as Bayala, who were supervising the battle. These brutal Manchu soldiers were extremely terrifying for the Green Camp soldiers.

At this time, the Qing army, who saw the range and power of the Ming army, had given up stopping from a long distance and then attacked the Ming army with arrows. They just kept advancing forward and seeking melee combat. This was the advantage of the Qing army.

"Arson ready!"

The Qing army's shield front had just pushed the sign of sixty steps, and Sun Hu's shouts came immediately!

"Tiger squat cannon preparation! Four-pound cannon preparation! Musketeer preparation!"

As the flag order was issued, bursts of shouts came from the firearm camp in the front of the army.

"fire!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

The roar of gunpowder explosion sounded again, like the god of death cheering. In the thick white smoke, orange-red fire flashed by, and the Qing army green camp soldiers were urinating everywhere and were at a loss.

Hundreds of lead-bombing projectiles rushed out of the gun mouth, and then sprinkled into the Qing army like rain. The extremely solid shields were instantly penetrated and shattered by various types of projectiles of different sizes, and fell down with the green camp soldiers holding the shields behind them.

Then, just like just now, after forty artillery fired at the same time, the three rows of musketeers behind were not to be outdone and fired in turn, causing hundreds of people to fall down in an instant. The entire Qing army formation was once again chaotic, and together with the corpses that had just fallen to the ground, blood flowed into a river.

Let’s talk about it, after this heavy blow, the entire shield defense line of the Qing army had been completely destroyed, and even the dead Green Camp soldiers were splattered with blood.

Looking at the soldiers struggling in pain in the pool of blood, the sharp explosion in his ears undoubtedly aggravated the panic of these Green Camp soldiers, causing the entire army to retreat. Some Green Camp soldiers even turned around and fled regardless of the intimidation of the Eight Banners soldiers.

After all, these are just Ming soldiers who have recently surrendered to the Qing army. How could the fighting will be as strong as the Eight Banners soldiers? They can only follow the Qing army to bully the Southern Army and fight some favorable battles.
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