The soldiers of the Liberation Army kept falling to the ground, and the Qing army was not much better.
They came on the run, and for the sake of speed, they didn't wear armor at all.
Facing musket fire, as long as you are hit, there is almost no possibility of surviving!
Bang! Bang!
The muskets kept firing.
Lead plumes flew across the battlefield, and the smoke filled the air, obscuring the sight of soldiers on both sides.
The shooting accuracy of both sides plummeted!
There was a stalemate for a while!
The artillery positions arranged by the Liberation Army in advance opened fire!
Boom! Boom!
Amidst the continuous sound of shelling, shells fell one after another towards the Qing cavalry group.
The shells from the field artillery hit the ground and then bounced up. The kinetic energy they carried created a hole in the ground, causing sand and soil to fly.
A cannonball shot into the Qing army's array from the side!
It penetrated several Qing soldiers one after another, and then it ran out of energy and fell to the ground, spinning slowly.
A cannonball bounced off the ground and penetrated the belly of the war horse, tearing the body of the knight on the horse into two pieces from the middle.
The artillery of the Liberation Army caused great damage to the Qing army!
In just a few moments, dozens of people fell to the shells.
However, compared with the total number of Qing cavalry, these casualties were inconspicuous.
Even if only the vanguard of the Qing army is killed now, there are still nearly two thousand riders.
The Liberation Army formed a circular formation and is still holding on!
Some soldiers even had several arrows lodged in their bodies but still persisted in fighting back with muskets.
Facing the circular formation of the Liberation Army, the Qing cavalry was somewhat at a loss as to what to do.
If they are riding and shooting, they are exchanging lives for lives, and they cannot get any benefits.
And if you want to charge into battle, use light cavalry to attack heavy infantry...
Might as well ride and shoot!
The cavalry of the Qing Army had never encountered an opponent like the Liberation Army.
In the past, if the enemy was surrounded by their superior cavalry, the enemy would collapse after only one or two rounds of cavalry fire.
Then, there was a drama that the Qing army loved to see, taking advantage of the cavalry to chase down the defeated troops and expand the results of the battle.
However, the Liberation Army was stunned that there was no chaos at all!
Even shooting against them in an orderly manner!
And while fighting back, they moved little by little towards the trench.
Although they move very slowly, if they continue like this, they will be able to retreat to the trench sooner or later.
By then, the Qing army will have returned without success!
The bombardment of the Liberation Army continues!
The constant sound of cannons gave the Liberation Army, which was surrounded by Qing cavalry, the courage to persevere to the end.
From the constant sound of cannons, they can know that they have not been abandoned yet!
Zhu Hongyu looked at the tragic battlefield, his eyebrows knitted together.
"His Royal Highness the Supervisor, the general will ask for battle and lead troops to reinforce the trapped team!"
Zhao Erhu, the leader of the fourth regiment, knelt on one knee and asked for a fight.
He is a senior member of the Liberation Army. He has joined the Liberation Army since the mine uprising.
After more than two consecutive years of fighting, he fought his way through ordinary soldiers and climbed up to his current position as regimental leader.
Zhu Hongyu took a deep breath and then spoke.
“One group is not enough!”
"Send the order to the entire army and prepare for reinforcements!"
Zhu Hongyu couldn't do such a thing as he watched his troops being annihilated.
The Liberation Army, which retreated into the trenches, began to regroup and then prepared to reinforce the besieged troops.
The heavy artillery is still roaring, and the speed of the shelling is getting faster and faster!
The artillerymen are carrying out this rapid fire with all their strength!
Boom! Boom!
Amidst the roar of heavy artillery, the main force of the Liberation Army formed an offensive formation and advanced towards the battlefield.
Although the Qing cavalry is coming now, only the vanguard is coming!
Only two thousand people!
And now Zhu Hongyu has nearly 5,000 troops in his hands.
Without the assistance of cavalry, it is almost impossible for five thousand infantry to annihilate two thousand cavalry.
After all, he is a cavalryman, he can still run away if he cannot be beaten!
But it is not difficult to repel two thousand cavalry and meet our surrounded troops!
Zhu Hongyu is still very confident in the combat effectiveness of the Liberation Army.
Winter! Winter winter! Winter winter winter!
The dull sound of war drums sounded like thunder.
The neat footsteps, the dazzling red armor, the sharp bayonets, the solemn military appearance, everything demonstrates the power of the Liberation Army.
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
"Drive out the Tartars and restore China!"
"..."
The cry of killing resounded throughout the battlefield.
Some Qing cavalrymen noticed the movements of the main force of the Liberation Army and turned their horses towards the main force of the Liberation Army.
Bang! Bang!
The neat sound of muskets was as dense as popping beans.
The Qing cavalry that charged towards the main force of the Liberation Army was severely wounded, and the battlefield was filled with corpses in various forms of death.
Boom! Boom!
The shelling continued, with the shells rolling and spinning wantonly on the battlefield, ruthlessly harvesting lives one after another.
As the main force of the Liberation Army took the initiative to attack, the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed.
The cavalry of the Qing army surrounded the infantry of the Liberation Army, and the infantry of the Liberation Army attacked part of the Qing army's cavalry from both sides.
The crisp sound of gunfire kept ringing on the battlefield!
Qing cavalrymen were constantly hit by lead bullets, screaming and falling from their horses, and then were trampled into pulp by countless war horses.
The main force of the Liberation Army was advancing westward, and the surrounded infantry of the Liberation Army formed formations and moved eastward.
As the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, the casualties of the Qing army trapped in the middle continued to increase.
The war horses neigh!
The arrows kept missing and shot towards the Liberation Army!
Finally, as the distance gradually shortened, a large number of Qing cavalry chose to withdraw.
The two parties successfully recovered and reunited!
Like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea, the three circular formations merged into the main formation of the Liberation Army without any hindrance.
During this process, the Liberation Army's array remained tight, and the volleys of musketry never stopped.
Human and horse corpses lay all over the battlefield!
The two thousand forward cavalry of the Qing army were unable to continue the attack and watched helplessly as the Liberation Army calmly retreated to the rear of the trench and deployed defenses in the trench.
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After responding to the withdrawal of his own troops, Zhu Hongyu quickly ordered the medical soldiers to quickly treat the wounded and count the casualties.
As the results came in, Zhu Hongyu's face darkened visibly.
Statistics show that the Liberation Army suffered less than 300 casualties before and after this battle, of which more than 170 were killed in battle, and the rest could not be considered minor injuries.
Most of the bows used by the Eight Banners cavalry of the Qing army were hard bows, and their arrows were heavy arrows that could break armor.
The lethality is quite impressive!
At a certain distance, the breastplates commonly equipped by the Liberation Army could not stop the armor-piercing heavy arrows of the Qing Army.
If the limbs without the protection of the armored stomach are accidentally hit by an arrow, there is a high probability of a penetrating injury.
If they were shot at from close range, even the armored stomachs of the heavily armored soldiers would not be able to stop the armor-piercing heavy arrows of the Qing army.
In the process of being surrounded, a large number of Liberation Army soldiers fell to the bows and arrows of the Qing army!
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The fierce fighting caused heavy losses to both sides!
The Liberation Army lost 300 men in the first battle, and the Qing army was not much better.
It was bombarded indiscriminately by the artillery of the Liberation Army, and then attacked from both sides by the musketeers of the Liberation Army, resulting in only a lot more casualties.
There seemed to be more corpses of Qing troops lying on the battlefield than those of the Liberation Army!