In this way, the two armies gradually approached under each other's artillery fire, and after a while, they heard the Dragon Guard shouting in unison, "Stand!" ”

"Aim!"

Several battalions on the right also added, "The target is in front of the left!" ”

The Qing soldiers on the opposite side hurriedly raised their heads when they heard the shouting, only to find that the Ming army had arrived seventy paces in front of them, and they were greeted by a thunderous firecrack.

Nearly 3,000 flintlock guns were fired at the same time, and lead bullets penetrated into the Qing army's formation like locusts flying in the sky.

Although there were still more than 30 wagons that had not been destroyed by artillery in front of the garrison, they were far from enough to cover the eleventh of the nearly two-mile-long battle line.

The dense six-coin lead bullet tore through the body of the front-row prisoner with an unstoppable force, and the huge impact force tore the internal organs of the victim into a mess. In an instant, more than 300 captives fell to the ground, and the sound of dying was endless.

Although the Turai were in the rear, they were also startled by the huge volley.

But he immediately calmed down, and although the volley was powerful in a single shot, it could not be sustained. Reloading between salvos takes a long time and can easily be suppressed by an opponent's volley.

He roared at the Qing army formation, "Hit me!" ”

In fact, no one in the huge battle formation could hear his orders at all, but Niu Lu Zhangjing in the Qing army's array did not need his command, and they all ordered the guns in the phalanx led by him to counterattack. At the same time, the soldiers with heavy bows also began to bend their bows and release arrows.

Immediately, there was also a loud bang on Jianyu's side, and thousands of feather arrows flew out of the gunsmoke, and the momentum was quite shocking.

However, the Qing army's firearms were inherited from the Ming army, although they were willing to invest and were well-made, but under the influence of the Ming army, they still used three-money birds.

At a distance of seventy paces, this light firearm was no matter how lethal it was against the cotton-armored soldiers in the front row of the Dragon Guard.

As for the bow and arrow, it is even less threatening. At this distance, the bow and arrow are not accurate, and even if they are occasionally shot, they will not be able to penetrate the cotton armor.

However, the six-coin flint flint of the Long Wei Army could shoot through the cotton armor of the Qing army seventy paces away, not to mention that the armor rate of the Eight Banners Black Battalion in the front row was only less than 20%, and it was even more shot and died.

However, the combat capability of the regular Jianyu Eighth Banner Army should not be underestimated, even if it was subjected to heavy fire, it was still able to fire in rotation according to the order.

The first row of guns is reloaded on the spot after the guns are fired. The last row of gunners ran forward to become the first row, raised their guns to shoot, and then reloaded on the spot. The last row stepped forward to fire.

This rotates the shots, and at the same time, the whole formation will gradually move forward. When nine rounds of firing are completed, the entire phalanx will advance six to twelve zhang, and then nine more rounds of firing will be carried out, and then advance.

This is the Qing army's proud of the continuous round fire tactics, in the past, under the cover of the chariot, this method against the Ming army is almost invincible.

But this time, the second row of guns let go of the guns, and they saw that the Ming army on the opposite side was once again full of fire, followed by the roar of fire guns that made the eardrums tingle.

Not surprisingly, the guns in front of the Jianyu Formation were stripped off another layer by the "rain of lead bullets", and the corpses were scattered everywhere.

The battlefield was shrouded in gunsmoke, and although Turai could no longer see the situation on the side of the Qing army, he could hear the loud noises of the volleys clearly. Just now, he roughly counted it, his side fired a little more than three volleys, and the Ming army had completed two salvos!

This rate of fire is amazing! You know, taking turns shooting is the same as dividing the gunners into three or five groups, with only one group shooting at a time, and the others reloading or switching queues.

And the Ming army fired a whole salvo, and the rate of fire was not much slower than that of his platoon. That is, the rate of fire of the Ming army was at least three times higher than that of the Qing army!

This is the overwhelming advantage of flintlock and paper-wrapped cartridges.

Of course, Turai has no way of knowing all this. But according to his previous intelligence, almost all of the Ming troops were guns, and there were only thirty percent of them on his side. In addition, the Ming army's rate of fire is three times that of his, wouldn't it be self-inflicted on himself to shoot with firearms?!

In fact, if he saw that the Qing soldiers' three-coin bird guns had almost no lethality against the Dragon Guard, he would definitely spurt out a mouthful of old blood.

According to the strategy of continuous rotation fire, the Qing army usually relied on the cover of the chariot and the superior firepower to crush the opponent's formation, and then the pikemen and sword and shield men swarmed up.

At this time, the enemy has been shot with firearms and bows and arrows, and where there is still the ability to fight hand-to-hand, it is usually crushed at the slightest touch.

However, this time, the Ming army not only had an advantage in artillery firing, but also had an overwhelming advantage in artillery firing, and Turai felt a little unable to fight for a while.

At this moment, he faintly heard the shouts of killing from the north side, and then a messenger came to report that Lord Zhuo Butai had led the main cavalry force to the right flank of the southerners and was attacking and killing the enemy.

Turai was overjoyed when he heard this, and said in his heart that although Azig was arrogant and irritable, he really had a good way of fighting, and this cavalry came at the right time! If his side also attacked the Ming army, the enemy on both sides would inevitably be defeated.

Since the Ming army has excellent firearms, it is simply not to fight with firearms, and directly engage in short-handed combat, and cooperate with Zhuo Butai to exterminate these southerners.

As soon as he thought of this, he immediately said to the herald: "Pass my military order, beat the drum and march into the army!" The whole army directly takes the Nanren main formation! ”

"Huh!"

A moment later, drums rang out in the Qing army.

Although Niu Lu Zhangjing, who was in the middle of the formation, was a little surprised, why did he order a strong attack without seeing the chaos of the enemy army? However, the military order was like a mountain, and the Niu Lu Zhangjing immediately ordered the spearmen and sword and shield men of the department to simply form a formation to attack the Ming army.

Originally, according to the standard continuous rotation tactic, at this time, when the column of gunners made way of the gap, the hand-to-hand troops rushed out of the gap. However, after eight or nine volleys of the Dragon Guard, almost all the gunners in the Jianyu formation were killed.

Its spearmen and sword and shield bearers didn't have to wait for the gunners to change formations, with the elite red armor Bayala as the vanguard, and the black battalion behind, following the banners of their respective Jiala Zhangjing and rushing out.

Seeing that the captives were rushing up, the Long Wei army immediately made adjustments, and the whole army shouted in unison with the officers of each battalion, "Shoot back and shoot!" ”

The infantry line then switched to the front row to shoot at the enemy, and then to the last row to reload. The original second platoon fired, reloading backwards. The original third row fired, backing up.

In this way, it can maintain a very high frequency of continuous fire during the enemy's charge, which can greatly slow down the enemy's impact momentum.

The hunters, who had previously struggled to find their targets in the dense formation of the Jianyu army, were now in their spirits—the one who ran at the front, the one carrying the big flag, the one wearing eye-catching armor, and the one on horseback, they didn't know which one to fight first.

Subsequently, the two chasseur companies left on the side of the infantry raised their chasseur guns one after another, aiming at the most valuable Qing soldier in their hearts.