At this time, there were more than 2,000 vassal soldiers under the jurisdiction of Prince Pingnan's Mansion in Guangzhou City!
But they were not the elites of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, but the Ding and Baoyi soldiers from the Pingnan Prince's vassal who were urgently recruited by Shang Zhijie to form an army.
To say that they can fight, they are definitely not as good as the elite flag soldiers of Pingnan Fan that Shang Kexi is leading now.
However, since all of this army's family members are in Guangzhou, their fighting will is not bad.
After hearing the order for them to go out of the city to meet the Ming army and conduct a half-crossing attack on the landing Ming army, the two thousand cavalry composed of bannermen and Baoyi let out strange screams.
Especially those old bannermen or old coatmen, after receiving the order from Prince Shangzhijie, they all showed excited and ferocious expressions.
When they were young, they used to follow the Manchurian Heavenly Soldiers, and dozens of hundreds of them defeated thousands of Ming troops.
They have long had a psychological advantage over the Ming army, so now they naturally won’t take the Ming army outside the city seriously!
Following Shang Zhijie's order, the city gate of Guangzhou opened with a creak.
Two thousand Han Army Eight Banners cavalry roared out of the city and headed straight for the Guangzhou Pier.
The hoofs of the war horses trampled the earth, as if everything was trembling and crawling under the hoofs.
The cavalrymen on horseback wore cotton armor, carried tall lightning rods, and carried swords, spears, bows and arrows. They looked very majestic.
The lookout on the mast of the Ming army noticed the Qing army's movements and spoke loudly.
"The enemy is attacking, the enemy is attacking, the Qing captives are coming, prepare for war!"
"..."
The Ming army at the dock was ready to face the Qing cavalry, and formed hollow square formations with companies as the basic unit.
The Ming naval guns in the Pearl River were also adjusting their firing range, preparing to fire at the Qing Eight Banners cavalry.
The sound of the horn resounded throughout the pier!
The small-caliber artillery that had been unloaded from the ship in advance was also ready to fire.
The Ming army even began to urgently set up rocket launchers at the pier.
The Qing cavalry roared in!
In order to avoid the Ming army's artillery fire, the Qing army cavalry gave up their dense formation after leaving the city and reaching the open space.
Instead, they were in twos and threes, forming a rather scattered array!
The two thousand cavalrymen dispersed in twos and threes, spread across a wide area.
Boom! Boom!
The Ming army's naval guns opened fire.
Amidst the rumbling sound of shelling, shells from cannons fired one after another towards the charging Qing cavalry array.
The cannonball landed on the open ground, rolled and spun, and skipped towards the Qing cavalry array.
A Qing cavalryman was hit by a cannonball the size of a human head. In just an instant, his entire upper body was smashed into a pulp.
After the war horse was hit by a cannonball, most of its body was gone in the blink of an eye!
However, because the Qing army's array was spread far apart, the Ming army's bombardment effect was not very good.
Even though some of the Ming army's naval guns used shotgun shells, they still failed to cause much damage to the Qing army.
"kill!"
Gu Qingshan clamped the horse's belly with force, urging the horse to speed up.
Feeling the movement of cannonballs passing over his head and beside him, his adrenaline was secreted rapidly.
His face quickly turned red due to excitement and excitement!
Facing the shells fired from the naval guns, the strong cotton armor on his body could not bring him any sense of security.
He saw with his own eyes that a soldier in front of him was smashed into a pulp by artillery shells, including his man and his horse, and blood even splattered on his body.
"kill!"
"Kill the thief!"
"Long live the Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners are invincible!"
"..."
However, I heard the shouts and the continuous roar of heavy artillery all around.
Gu Qingshan didn't have much fear in his heart.
After the war horse gallops, the feeling of galloping wind and lightning can really make people fearless!
Seeing his side getting closer and closer to the Ming army at the dock, a hint of ferocity flashed in Gu Qingshan's eyes.
Looking at the neat array of the Ming army, he was filled with disdain.
So what if the array was tight? When they were in Liaodong, the Ming army's array was equally tight. But against the Qing's Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers, wouldn't they still collapse at the first touch?!
Feeling the whistling wind blowing past him, Gu Qingshan tightened his grip on the bow and arrow in his hand.
He took out an arrow from his quiver, put it on the bowstring, and held the bowstring with three fingers, ready to shoot at any time.
As he got closer and closer to the Ming army's hollow phalanx, Gu Qingshan quickly adjusted his breathing.
Prepare to go into battle.
Some scattered cavalry suddenly accelerated and rushed outside the Ming army's square formation.
They held muskets in their hands, aimed in the direction of the Ming army's formation, and pulled the triggers.
Scattered gunfire sounded one after another!
Of course, the reason why these Qing cavalry played like this was not to injure the Ming army with muskets, but to use the sound of musket shooting to lure the Ming army into firing.
In this way, the charge of the Qing cavalry caused a sense of oppression to the Ming army's musketeers, causing the Ming army's musketeers to shoot in advance.
Then the Qing army's cavalry took advantage of the time when the Ming army's musketeers were reloading to launch a charge or mount a shooting.
Use this method to reduce the casualties caused by cavalry charges or cavalry shooting!
The Qing army often used this method to deal with the Ming army's cannon soldiers!
And because the Ming army's cannon soldiers often lacked training, they could work wonders.
Especially in the post-Jin Dynasty, the Qing military firearms were far inferior to the Ming military firearms.
The Qing army used this method to deal with the Ming army's cannon soldiers.
Otherwise, every time they charge, they will be shot in the face by the Ming army's cannons. No matter how elite Hou Jin's Eight Banners soldiers are, they will not be able to withstand such casualties.
Although the trick of baiting and shooting is useful for dealing with the poorly trained bird gunners of the Ming Army.
But if you want to use this to deal with the musketeers of the Liberation Army, that's nonsense!
The musketeers of the Liberation Army were well-trained, and without orders, they would not fire even if the Qing cavalry rushed in front of them or even if the horses bumped into their bodies.
The Qing army's bait-and-shoot tactics were like flirting with a blind man.
No matter how much the Qing army's cavalry was posing in front of the formation, the Ming army's musketeers didn't react at all.
Rows of black guns were aimed forward, but no one pulled the trigger!
Even if there was a Ming Army musketeer in the array who was shot down by the Qing cavalry with a musket, he was lying on the ground not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
The Ming army had no other reaction except dragging the wounded to the back for first aid, and the soldiers in the back row quickly filling the empty spaces!
The Qing cavalry who came out to lure the enemy looked very embarrassed!
But their embarrassment did not last long, as scattered musket shots rang out from the Liberation Army formation.
But it was not the volley of musketeers, but the Ming army's rifle shooters, who were firing at the Qing cavalry who came to the Ming army's formation, as well as the Qing army's cavalry who were charging towards the Ming army's formation.
Name them one by one.
Amidst the sporadic and irregular gunfire!
Qing cavalrymen were constantly being hit and fell off their horses.
The precision of rifled guns is frightening!
Under the precise attack of rifle guns, almost none of the Qing cavalry who came to lure the Ming army to fire survived.
The battlefield was littered with the bodies of men and horses!
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There are only three chapters. Please forgive me. School is about to start. I have too many things going on recently and I still have to save the manuscript. I really can’t type it out.