Just when the battle situation was at a stalemate, the Ming army took the initiative to launch an attack.
Zhu Hongyu mobilized an infantry brigade of 3,000 people and attacked the flank of the Qing army.
The neat array of Ming army musketeers pressed towards the flank of the Qing army!
The muskets were leveled one after another, and the bayonets on the muzzles shone with a cold light.
Accompanied by bursts of neat chants, the Ming army's musketeers marched forward to the beat of drums.
"kill!"
"Kill the Hulu and restore the Ming Dynasty!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious! Your Royal Highness will be victorious!"
"..."
The effect of Zhu Hongyu's efforts to improve military discipline before the battle was quite obvious!
Not only did the entire Liberation Army not feel panic, but their fighting spirit was high and their morale was as high as a dragon.
Because military law is not only about punishment, but also about rewards!
Zhu Hongyu rectified military law. On the one hand, he emphasized that military law should not be violated. On the other hand, he also set a benchmark for the trust of rewards and punishments in the military.
Not to mention the Liberation Army, which was not affected by this purge of military discipline, even Zheng Jun and the Guiyi Army, who were convicted, did not have many complaints against Zhu Hongyu.
The Ming army's musketeers kept pressing on the Qing army's flanks, and Tulehun ordered Liang Huafeng to lead his troops to meet them.
Boom! Boom!
The roar of the Ming army's naval guns became more and more fierce, and huge solid shells flew in the sky, making a whining sound.
Fall towards the Qing army's array!
In fact, if there was a choice, the Qing army would never want to choose the battlefield beside the Yangtze River.
The fire support that the Ming army's naval guns in the Yangtze River can provide to the infantry is simply a dimensionality reduction strike!
However, the battlefield of this battle was not something that the Qing army could decide unilaterally.
If Lang Tingzuo, Tulehun and others did not want the Ming army to threaten them, they would even attack Jiangning and destroy the Longjiang Bao Shipyard.
They could only go out of the city to actively fight the Ming army and block the Ming army's attack.
But the problem is that the marching route of the Ming army in this battle was very clear, it was along the Yangtze River!
In addition, the Ming army's logistical material transportation almost entirely relied on the Yangtze River water transport, and the Qing army's superior cavalry could not threaten the Ming army's logistics lines.
If the Qing army wanted to stop the Ming army, they could only choose to fight the Ming army along the Yangtze River.
Since the beginning of the war, the troops of both sides have been fighting fiercely for half a day. The soldiers have all risked their lives and fought without fear of arrows or stones.
It caused a lot of damage to the Qing army!
But when it comes to killing the Qing army the most, it was not the Ming army's horse and infantry, but the navy's naval gun groups parked in the Yangtze River.
The killing effect of solid artillery shells on dense arrays is really too strong!
A cannonball fired can often cause a series of casualties.
It can be called a terrible harvester of human life!
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The infantry brigade of the Ming army began to attack the Qing army's flank. They formed a tight formation and strode forward against the Qing army's locust-like rain of arrows.
Even though people were constantly being hit by arrows and falling to the ground, dead or injured, the Ming army's formation was not in any disorder!
The muzzles of the black muskets pointed straight ahead, and they strode forward!
It wasn't until they were less than twenty meters away from the Qing army's array that they all pulled the trigger.
"Fire!"
"Three rows of rounds, hit!"
"..."
A harsh copper whistle sounded, followed immediately by a series of crisp sounds like exploding beans.
A huge cloud of gunpowder smoke rose up in front of the Ming army's formation, and three consecutive rounds of gunfire were fired, causing huge casualties to the Qing army in front of them.
The uniforms worn by the green battalion soldiers had almost no protective effect against lead bullets at such a distance.
The Qing troops in front of them all swarmed, and a large area fell down like wheat.
The dense array allowed the Ming army's three-row firing to achieve the best killing effect.
Almost none of the Qing green soldiers in the first two rows survived, and less than half of the Qing green soldiers in the third and fourth rows survived...
In just an instant, the green soldiers of the Qing army in the front row were stunned!
However, before the Qing army could react and respond to the situation on the front line, the next moment, the piercing charge horn sounded.
The Ming army's musketeers raised their muskets and launched a bayonet charge!
Amidst the deafening shouts of killing, Ming soldiers wearing red armor fought out of the thick smoke.
The sharp bayonet clearly reflected the panic on the faces of the green battalion soldiers of the Qing army.
The collapse happened at this moment!
Countless green soldiers of the Qing army abandoned their helmets and fled backwards like headless flies.
The infantry brigade of the Liberation Army had just entered the battlefield and achieved brilliant results.
In one attack, he defeated an enemy in front of him!
Seeing this scene, the Ming army's side of the battlefield suddenly burst into cheers.
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"..."
Seeing that the Guiyi Army on the frontal battlefield had made a breakthrough on the flank, their morale increased and they launched a charge.
"Divide the fields!"
"Divide the fields!"
"Divide the fields!"
"..."
I don’t know who started it first, but the shouts of dividing the fields resounded throughout the battlefield.
The Guiyi army shouted slogans to divide the fields and charged bravely!
For a time, the Qing army was forced to retreat steadily.
Zhu Hongyu was sitting on horseback, watching the changes in the battlefield, with no trace of joy or anger in his brows.
Overall, he is quite satisfied with the current situation on the battlefield!
The Ming army had made certain breakthroughs in both the frontal and flank battlefields. Calculating the time, it was almost time for the surrounding Guards Brigade to be deployed in place.
The only thing that worried him was the cavalry confrontation between the two sides. The Ming army was suppressed by the Qing army and could only barely support it to maintain the situation.
At this moment, the Eight Banners cavalry of the Qing army attacked.
But instead of fighting the Ming army to save the war, they began to kill and slaughter the defeated troops.
The war horses galloped on the battlefield, trampling the corpses of their own men wherever they passed.
The saber drank blood, the spear pierced the human body, and the blood spilled!
Under the supervision of the Eight Banners cavalry, the Qing army's trend of defeat was stopped.
However, the Ming army's offensive is still continuing!
Charge after charge forced the Qing army to retreat continuously.
Lang Tingzuo looked at the Liberation Army infantry brigade on the flank battlefield and exclaimed in surprise.
"Is that the Liberation Army in the hands of the Ming thief Jianguo?"
"The offensive is really sharp!"
Although he was reluctant to admit it, the performance of the Liberation Army on the battlefield was indeed impressive enough.
It was very scary to just brave the rain of arrows from the Qing army to within 20 meters before pulling the trigger, and then fire three neat rows of rounds without any mess.
The bayonet charge that followed was even more shocking!
Tulhun opened his mouth and ordered.
"The green soldiers in front may not be able to withstand it!"
"Pass the order, the Eight Banners soldiers will go out to fight, and they must achieve success in one fell swoop, and defeat the thieves who commit crimes in the future!"
However, just as Tulehun made a decision, a Qing army messenger rushed from outside the camp, came to Tulehun, saluted, and spoke with a report full of urgency.
"Report!"
"For your information, General and Governor, the sentinels have detected that Ming thieves have sent soldiers and horses to land behind our army!"
"They are coming towards our army!"
"..."
After the messenger finished speaking, Tulehun's expression changed.
There is only one last thought left in my mind!!
It's over, surrounded from front to back!
Lang Tingzuo also looked ugly for a while. The two of them looked at each other and saw the panic in the other's eyes.