The combat power of the Manchurian elite cavalry was extremely sharp, and the musket battalion of more than 2,000 people occupied the position on both wings, shooting at the cavalry continuously, but after all, it was not combined with artillery, and at the same time there was no response from the cavalry, and it was impossible to resist the cavalry of nearly 10,000 people with more than 2,000 musket battalions alone, after all, they did not use submachine guns, but flintlock muskets.

Now that the Manchurian elite cavalry has taken out the strongest combat state, and if they can't defeat the Ming army in front of them, then they will die without a place to be buried, who doesn't fight hard? It was really not easy to suppress the crazy Manchurian elite cavalry with musketeers alone.

The Manchurian elite cavalry worked hard and finally rushed to the front of the Ming army, but it was already the end of the crossbow, although the infantry of Nanjing Houzhen and Fengyang Town on both wings were not elite, but they were not rookies without any experience, on the contrary, they were all veterans, but they were just a little lacking in courage.

At this time, it was time to fight hard, the potential of the infantry elite was stimulated again, under the cover of muskets, after two or three hours of fierce fighting, finally the Manchurian elite cavalry was repulsed, in just two days, Sun Chuanting's three major military towns casualties directly reached tens of thousands, most of them were the infantry of Nanjing Houzhen and Fengyang Town, and the crazy Manchurian elite cavalry was not so easy to deal with.

Sun Chuanting's face was extremely solemn, nearly 10,000 casualties, this is still under the cover of artillery and musketeers, if there is no artillery and musketeers to help, I am afraid that my three major military towns together, may not be the opponent of 20,000 or 30,000 Manchurian elite cavalry, this combat power is too strong, fortunately, I withstood it, and withstood two full-scale attacks launched by the Manchurian Tartars in a row, and then, the attack of the Manchurian Tartars will not be so strong.

Sun Chuanting thought well, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties, why wasn't this the case with the Manchurian elite cavalry? The lethality of the artillery battalion and the musket battalion is too strong, especially the musket battalion, which is even more powerful, three musket battalions, more than 2,000 people, desperately blocked, and there are thirty or forty thousand foot cavalry successively participating in the battle, and the casualties of the Manchurian elite cavalry are also as high as thousands, and when Jierharang defeats Sun Chuanting, don't say turn around to fight against the fourth town of the Tianwei Army, even if the fourth town of the Tianwei Army comes up with a musket battalion, it will be able to take all the remaining remnants of Jierharang.

Of course, this is only the result of the ideal state, the two sides of the war, the competition is patience and will, whose will is strong, who can hold on to the last moment, who is the winner, once the will collapses, that is the tree fell and scattered, even if it is 350,000 troops, it is still vulnerable.

Whether it is Sun Chuanting or Zilharang, what they are waiting for now is the moment when the opponent's will collapses, either the cavalry is beaten by firearms, or the infantry is beaten by the impact of the elite cavalry.

In the next two days, Zilharang still occupied the offensive situation, trying to tear apart the defense line built by Sun Chuanting with a crazy offensive posture, but no matter how many troops you have, I will not move, the front town of Nanjing is in front, the cavalry and musketeers protect the two wings, defend their own gates, and never rush to attack, anyway, we are not afraid of delaying time, what we are afraid of is Zilharang.

That's true, now Zierharang is really a little unable to hold on, four days of attack, Manchurian elite cavalry casualties, such an attack continues to suffer too many casualties, it seems that Sun Chuanting's army, at least three or five days, absolutely no problem, but can he continue to attack for three or five days?

I'm afraid that my elite cavalry has this combat power and will, but the fourth town of the Tianwei Army in the south will definitely not give itself such a long time.

That's true, the fourth town of the Tianwei Army will definitely not give Manchuria such a long time to ride, just on the fifth day, a cavalry rushed over from the south, smoke and dust, it was the remnants of the defeated army led by Zu Dashou!

"See Prince Zhuang for the lower officials, the lower officials of the Mengjin ferry did not hold it, the green battalion soldiers all collapsed, the lower officials were incompetent, please Prince Zhuang to punish the crime!"

Zu Dashou hung his head down, his face was still injured, he was afraid that he would be cut by a bow and arrow, Zu Kuan, Shi Tingzhu and others around him knelt on the ground one by one, and pleaded guilty to Jierharang.

Zilharang's face turned pale, and he said viciously: "Zu Dashou, how did you promise this king in the first place? How to promise me! You said that you can hold on for at least a month and a half, and there is no problem with holding on for at least a month, but now, it's only been half a month, half a month! You were defeated from Mengjin to Qinzhou in one go, the green battalion soldiers were killed and wounded, and even the Manchurian elite cavalry was scattered by the Tianwei army! You—What else do you have to say! ”

Zu Dashou knelt on the ground, he didn't dare to put a fart, he really lost too badly, too miserable, even if he fought with Huang Taiji many times at the beginning, and fought with the famous generals of Manchuria, he had never lost so badly!

Shi Tingzhu on the side said astringently: "Lord Wang, this matter is really not that Lord Zu is ineffective in fighting, it is really that the surprise attack launched by the Tianwei Army is too sudden, Xu Yifan in order to help Li Dingguo successfully cross the Yellow River, in one breath from the front line of Zhangde Mansion mobilized nearly 10,000 elite cavalry, and there are two or three thousand musketeers among them, the combat power is extremely strong, as soon as they come up, they suppressed our cavalry, and then raided our artillery position with a small force of cavalry, and the bow battalion and artillery battalion were under the blow of the elite cavalry of the Tianwei Army. There was no power to fight back at all, the fourth town of the Tianwei Army took the opportunity to launch a river crossing, and rushed over hundreds of big ships from the south bank in one go, and thousands of troops landed on the south bank, we have no way to resist, no way to resist......"

"Lord Wang, defeat is defeat, the lower officials don't dare to quibble, but this battle is only afraid that it has already been calculated by the Ming Court, with Sun Chuanting besieging Taiyuan as a bait to transfer our main force elite cavalry away, and then almost at the same time, the Tianwei army elite cavalry attacked from the east to the west, creating an opportunity for the fourth town of the Tianwei army to cross the river, if it wasn't for their early planning, they couldn't have calculated the time so accurately, their target was not Taiyuan Mansion, but our entire Western Route Army, if it was just the fourth town to attack and cross the river, Xiaguan will definitely be able to resist the attack of the fourth town......"

Zu Dashou said astringently.

"Nonsense, doesn't this king know? Now we are entangled by Sun Chuanting's army, we have been fighting fiercely for four days and four nights, we have suffered heavy casualties, if the fourth town of the Tianwei Army pounces at this time, then we can only be killed! ”

(End of chapter)