Hu Dawei rode on a war horse, carrying a big sword, and looked at the Ming army calmly.

At this time, Li Jiyu led 3,000 people, broke away from the team, bypassed the battlefield, and headed southeast.

They were trying to prevent the Ming warships from escaping, and at the same time, they were also trying to cut off the Ming army's connection with the naval division in the direction of Tianjin.

The shortcomings of the Wei army lie in the water division, Gao Yihuan often mentions this matter, and expresses his melancholy that the Wei army's water division cannot support the wall.

This situation made Gao Yihuan very dissatisfied, but he was helpless.

In order to maintain this advantage, the Ming army was very vigilant against the manufacture of warships and the establishment and training of sailors.

Like the Ming army, the Wei army also sent a lot of spies to infiltrate the Ming army's naval division, but the naval division was much more complicated than the infantry army, and the Wei army stole the division for several years, but the effect was not obvious.

The Ming army could get the Wei army's guns and artillery, but it was difficult for the Wei army to get a Ming warship.

Hu Dawei stared at the bright ships, feeling that it was an opportunity and he had to stay.

At the same time, the intelligence said that the Ming army was close to 20,000, but there were only more than 6,000 in front of him, which means that there were still men and horses behind, and they were still in Tianjin.

In order to prevent them from rushing to meet and suddenly arrive on the battlefield, it is also necessary to send troops to cut off the connection between the Ming army.

Gao Yiqi and Shi Lang, who were standing on the ship's tower in the Ming army's formation, saw the three thousand horse army leaving the brigade, and their faces became gloomy.

"What are they going to do?" The soldiers in the army formation all had panicked expressions on their faces.

One of the advantages of the cavalry was the ability to maneuver, intersperse and detour, and it was clear that the Wei cavalry was going to cut off their rear route.

In fact, if the Wei army is willing, these 3,000 cavalry cut off the connection between the Ming army and the water division, cut off their supplies and reinforcements, and then the cavalry will monitor them like this, as long as the siege is three or four days, the Ming army will inevitably not be able to maintain the formation, at that time, as long as they want to escape, or move, the formation is slightly loosened, the horse army will immediately rush, and the Ming army will soon collapse.

It's just that Hu Dawei wants to chase the Qing army, and he can't waste time here, so he must quickly defeat the Ming army, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

"General, the Wei army has gone to copy our back road!" An officer in the formation said urgently.

Gao Yiyi's face was gloomy, but there was nothing he could do, although he discovered Wei Jun's intentions, he couldn't resolve them. Retreat now? The Ming army and the horse army will pounce immediately! Active attack? The Wei army and the horse army must retreat first, and when you leave the canal and the formation is scattered, then turn back and rush, and the Ming army will still be finished.

Although the tight infantry formation is the nemesis of the cavalry, which can discourage the cavalry, the power of the cavalry is never just a charge, his strength lies in maneuverability, and the ability to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and rapid raid.

Gao Yiyan had a gloomy face, "Don't be afraid, strictly guard the formation, the Wei army will not dare to attack us!" ”

At this time, at the same time that Li Ji was desperate and left, in the Wei army's array, three thousand dragoons dismounted and lined up in a horizontal formation.

The officers quickly checked the equipment of each soldier, and then whistled one after another, and the three thousand Wei troops lined up in a line and did not move.

Seeing this, the Ming army's infantry was in turmoil again, and the Wei cavalry did not rush and changed to foot combat.

The advantage of the horizontal formation is that it can give full play to the firepower of the army, and the frontal platoon gun fire can defeat any other infantry formation, and only the cavalry and your own horizontal formation can resist it.

Seeing that on the wilderness, the Wei army was spreading horizontally, and the Ming army lined up in a phalanx immediately panicked.

At this moment, there was a roar on the canal, raising clouds of white smoke, covering the side of the warship, and the cannonballs drew a trajectory, smashing in front of the Wei army's formation, splashing up clumps of soil, and even falling directly in front of the Wei army, but the soldiers were holding muskets, standing still, and their expressions did not fluctuate.

The artillery of the Ming warships began to be set up on a trial basis, and there were Hongyi cannons on board, and there were thousand-pound Buddha Lang machines, with different ranges, and the shells smashed on the ground, penetrating the Wei army's front, which made the panicked Ming army breathe a sigh of relief.

In the Ming army's array, his expression became serious, but at this time, the military formation had been formed, and it was easy to change the formation, which would inevitably make the military formation chaotic and give the Wei army and the horse army an opportunity.

This made the Ming army in a dilemma, changing a horizontal formation and firing at the Wei army's platoon guns, the Wei army's horse army must directly surprise attack, and before the machine gun appeared, the fire of the infantry army was absolutely unable to stop the cavalry charge.

The horizontal formation is thin in depth, and the infantry arms are bound to be smashed by the Wei army and the horse army, but the formation does not change, and the hollow array cannot give full play to the frontal firepower of the infantry army, and it must not be the opponent of the horizontal salvo.

At this time, there was a commotion in the Ming army's formation, and it could only be expected that the Wei army, which dismounted and lined up, was not an elite line infantry army, and the artillery bombardment on the battleship undoubtedly gave the Ming army in the formation a sigh of relief again.

At this time, in the horizontal formation of the Wei army, each formation raised the corresponding flag, signaling that it was ready, and Hu Dawei immediately waved his hand, "Attack!" ”

When approaching Beijing, Hu Dawei received the news that the Qing army had fled south, and the Ming army had rushed from Tianjin to Beijing.

Although there are many dependents of the Qing army, they can't go fast, but most of the Manchurians can ride horses, and if they are late, they may have already run to Shandong.

Therefore, he was anxious to solve the Ming army, and when he saw that the Wei army's front was formed, he immediately gave an order.

At the sound of the order, the military flag waved, and the officers of each array immediately drew their waist knives and shouted: "The whole division forward, advance!" ”

"Tiger!" The soldiers of all formations shouted in unison, and the soldiers immediately resisted their shoulders, and in the mist caused by the bombardment of the Ming army's shells, they marched forward in unison.

The Ming army saw that on the wilderness, the Wei army formed a human wall and pressed towards them, and the Ming army in the formation hurriedly pushed out the artillery and began to load, ready to shoot.

On the canal, the guns on the side of the warship fired in turn, and a thin layer of smoke appeared in the sky, and on the way of the Wei army's advance, the smashed earth was splashed, and the front line was smashed through by shells from time to time.

The Wei army lined up in a wide horizontal formation, and the artillery on both wings, dragged by the horses, followed the infantry forward.

In the past, the artillery of the Wei army often had the advantage of range in war, but this time it was an exception, the Ming army was equipped with heavy artillery on the ships, so that the Wei artillery had to be suppressed by the Ming artillery, and advanced more than a mile in the artillery bombardment before it could shoot at the Ming army's front.

Under the bombardment of artillery, the Wei army followed the beat of the drums, slowly advanced, ran bullets and smashed through, smashing through a series of platoons of non-commissioned soldiers, creating a gap, but the Wei soldiers continued to move unswervingly.

The front advanced in the splashed mud columns, the army walked by, leaving the ground with the corpses of the Wei army scattered by shells~

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