Most of Ma Shiying's subordinates in Fengyang have never seen any battles, at most they fought with Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and even the bandits of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, and when they fought, they were mainly based on Huang Degong's Luzhou Town, and the other military towns were just beating side drums.

Huang Degong won the battle, they followed behind to pick up some cheap, even if they fought with the peasant army a few times, the equipment of the peasant army was also tattered, not worth mentioning, which made these subordinates all frogs at the bottom of the well, they had never encountered any decent opponents, and they didn't know what the elite division in the world was like, in their opinion, Huang Degong's Luzhou Town, that is the most capable of fighting in the world, even Zuo Liangyu's Jiujiang Town had to bow down.

Seeing the musket battalion at the front of the Ming army today, I realized that the elite of Luzhou Town, compared with the musketeers in front of them, is simply a small thing, there is no comparison at all, the power of this musket is too great, even if Qian Hai has 3,000 cavalry, in the face of the strong resistance of 1,000 musketeers, it is not possible to get any cheap!

At the beginning, with the psychology of being outnumbered, the cavalry could barely launch a charge and assault the front of the musket battalion, but after only a few waves of attack, these cavalry were already grass and could not rush into the musket battalion within a hundred paces at all! The fire of the musket battalion was so ferocious, so fierce that it was chilling!

After the 3,000 cavalry threw down more than 200 corpses, they had to retreat in a hurry and attack? In the attack, there are even more dead people, even the elite will definitely not be able to withstand such a fierce shot from the musket!

Qian Hai was also covered with cold sweat, his heart was full of headaches, and in the blink of an eye, the cavalry had suffered hundreds of casualties.

"Lord Qian, we can't attack like this, we can't rush through at all! If we continue to fight like this, we will have to suffer a big loss! ”

He Jiu, the general beside him, said urgently.

"What are you afraid of! Their muskets are fucking powerful, there are only about a thousand of them, and our three thousand cavalry are attacking together, this time the cavalry is scattered and assaulting, I don't believe that their muskets can cover the entire battlefield, give the order, launch another assault, those who retreat, behead! Send cavalry to assault their flanks! ”

Qian Hai gave the order to charge again, he just boasted about Haikou in front of Ma Shiying, and he retreated as soon as he started, so he had to let his colleagues in the army laugh to death? Even if you bite the bullet, you have to launch two more attacks!

He Jiu was helpless, so he had to command the cavalry again to launch another charge towards the Ming army!

It was still a rain of bullets, and this time, it was even more ferocious than the last time, and one by one the cavalry fell from their horses, suffering heavy casualties!

In the distance, above the city, Zhu Jie is staring closely at Ma Shiying's army, this battle, Zhu Jie's heart is not steady, after all, Ma Shiying's army is too strong, far better than Zhao Zhenghang, the most terrifying thing is that Ma Shiying's artillery, in Fengyangwei and Hefei Town, there is an unknown number of artillery, although these artillery are ordinary general cannons, young guns, limited power, but, once Ma Shiying launched an artillery bombardment, the musket battalion will not be able to maintain the current neat formation, will leave a gap for Fengyang's cavalry to assault, at that time, It will be the most dangerous time for Zhao Zhenghang!

Zhu Jie couldn't help but think in his heart, he couldn't give Ma Shiying a chance to launch an artillery bombardment, but there were at least three or four thousand cavalry under Ma Shiying's command, even if the combat power of so many cavalry was not strong, it was not something that the new army outside the city could deal with now, and the cavalry must be defeated first, so that Zhao Zhenghang would have a chance to win.

The only chance is to defeat Ma Shiying's cavalry or abolish his artillery battalion before Ma Shiying's artillery battalion launches a surprise attack, and strike first!

Zhu Jie was thinking in his heart, and shouted in a low voice: "Duan Xuan! ”

Duan Xuan on the side hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, what are your orders?" ”

"Don't you have two hundred cavalry under your command?"

Zhu Jie said fiercely, "Immediately lead two hundred cavalry to attack, make a detour to the east, go straight to Ma Shiying's back, and aim at his artillery battalion for me, don't worry about the rest, we must defeat his artillery battalion and abolish his artillery in the shortest possible time!" Act now! ”

Duan Xuan was shocked, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the ministers have even transferred away the last two hundred people, what about your safety?" ”

Zhu Jie scolded: "What do you tell you to do, what do you do, my safety?" When I first went to Manchuria, I was able to retreat with my whole body, let alone being in Nanjing City now? No one in the world can take off my head, go quickly, once Ma Shiying launches an artillery bombardment, Zhao Zhenghang will be in big trouble, and he will send troops immediately! ”

Duan Xuan gritted his teeth and shouted: "Take care of the emperor, the ministers will come when they go!" ”

Duan Xuan understands that now is the most critical moment for Nanjing City, Zhao Zhenghang withstood it, then Nanjing City can sit back and relax, once Zhao Zhenghang is defeated, Nanjing City will really have no more soldiers to fight, and Zhao Zhenghang will definitely not be able to fail!

At this time, the second cavalry charge launched by Qian Hai was beaten back again, and he still could not break through the defense line of the musket battalion.

He Jiu on the side hurriedly shouted: "My lord can't charge like this, the casualties of our cavalry are too heavy!" If this fight continues, the cavalry battalion will definitely be crippled! ”

Qian Hai is also pale, special, just the infantry of more than 1,000 people in front of him, he can't deal with it, it's really embarrassing, if he also has a thousand muskets, I'm afraid that the Ming army in front of him will have been defeated by himself!

"He Jiu, launch the third attack, I don't believe it, their musket bullets can't be finished, they have already launched more than a dozen shots, but whenever the musketeers go into battle, under normal circumstances, the ammunition they carry will not exceed twenty rounds, the third wave of attack, if it still fails, then tell the Inspector, mobilize the artillery team, launch an artillery bombardment with all your might, and we will attack under the cover of artillery!"

Qian Hai was the chief soldier after all, and he still had some goods in his head, and shouted at He Jiu.

Even if he has not experienced the battle with a strong enemy, but he also knows something, the infantry battalion and cavalry battalion under Huang Degong were equipped with three-eyed eyeballs, and the ammunition load of their firearms is at most to support the soldiers to complete fourteen or fifteen shots, which is already the limit, and now two consecutive charges, I am afraid of the musketeers of the Ming army, and the bullets are about to run out, right?

At this time, if you launch another wave or two of charges, I am afraid that the musket battalion of the Ming army will be unable to parry!

He Jiu had no choice but to attack again, and the cavalry roared and rushed up again!

(End of chapter)