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Chapter 69 Fierce Battle

Tong Shoushan just ordered two guards to put on shields to guard Ma Yuan who was beating the Tartars with willow sticks to get the Shiku eggs.

This side turned around and shouted to his sergeant: "Everyone, get ready. If the Tartars come over later, remember to greet them with the guns in your hands. Boys who play bows, shoot when you aim, don't Wait until we call you."

Nearly a hundred of Xuanzhen's elite cavalry are on his side. At this moment, the war horses are loose in the wasteland south of the official road, and a few sergeants are left to guard them. They are all leaning against the earthen wall, ready to be used once the Tartars rush through the melee.

Hearing Tong Shoushan's yell, the archers cheered up, just waiting for the Tartars to show their heads. The sergeants holding the three-eyed guns also concentrated on watching the movement on the stone bridge. Some of them had already put the three-eyed guns on On the dirt wall, he held a shield in his hand to block the light arrows of the Tartars.

In just a short while, the Qing army had fired four rounds of light arrows. More than 30 light arrows had already injured nearly 20 people in the Ming army, and nearly [-] of them retreated directly, unable to continue fighting.

The two groups of Qing soldiers who came from the stone bridge were still heavily armored soldiers holding shields in front, and light armored eagle hands who were good at shooting followed behind and suppressed them.

At this moment, they had marched to the middle of the stone bridge, and nearly 20 people were killed and injured by the firecrackers. They only needed to rush up another [-] steps, and they would meet the Ming soldiers guarding behind the earth wall cart.

At this time, the platoon also played three rounds, and it was the turn of the first row to fire the guns. However, it may be due to lack of training in normal times, or because of the nervousness before the battle, the first row of gunmen was still busy loading the guns.

The Tazi's light arrows were thrown repeatedly, and the gunmen were unable to dodge their protection in time to set off their fire guns. More than ten people had already been hit by the falling light arrows, and they retreated from the firing line.

But the heavy arrows from the divine carving hands of the Tartars on the stone bridge kept coming, and the three rows of musketeers were constantly shot by them. The arrows shot by these divine carving hands of the Tartars were very powerful, and they all aimed at the heads, faces and chests of the people. , Most of those hit by their arrows were in danger of death.

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Zhang Cheng had led the cavalry headquarters with more than [-] knights to the stone bridge in the north, and Liang Song, the infantry commander, and his guards had also rushed to the place with Zhang Cheng on horseback.

Zhang Cheng watched his subordinates running across the stone bridge, and said to Liang Song, "Tiger Liang, let's run to the South Bridge first, and if you want to kill the Tartars, you lead your troops to catch up."

After he finished speaking, he led his guards and rode his horse across the stone bridge.

Zhang Cheng loudly ordered: "The left and right outposts and I form the central army, the outposts are the left wing, and the rear outposts are the right wing. Each department marches for the first time. Act according to the orders of the central army. Don't take the enemy lightly."

After finishing speaking, he rode his horse and galloped south. This section of the Liangshui River flows from northwest to southeast. The stone bridge on the south side is two miles away from here. Zhang Cheng's goal is a hill one mile away.

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At the stone bridge to the south.

The heavy infantry of the Qing army on the stone bridge, holding their shields, had been advancing to a distance of more than [-] steps, and they kept throwing spears between the gaps in the shields.

The cart was full of light arrows and spears thrown by the Tartars, and there were less than 40 firecrackers left behind the cart. They fired three more rounds of firecrackers, a total of six rounds before and after, but the quality of the firecrackers was not good. There are four firecrackers in the chamber alone, and there are quite a lot of misfires.

There were less than 20 Qing army heavy infantry who rushed forward, and they still rushed forward. Even the divine carving hands on both sides were harvested by firecrackers and cold arrows from time to time. About ten people were harvested.

But that Jialazhangjing of the Qing army heard the sound of the crackling of the firecrackers gradually fading away, he hurriedly yelled loudly, and there were more than fifty Tatar heavy infantry, who put away their bows and arrows and held their shields and chased after him. Get ready to rush across the stone bridge.

The first two rows of Tartar heavy infantrymen held large shields in their left hands, and picked up hatchets and iron bones in their right hands. All of them had fierce expressions, howled strangely, and charged suddenly.

At this moment, the blunderbuss behind the cart had just finished setting off the blunderbuss and had no time to reload the gunpowder. Chen Dakuan shouted angrily: "The blunderbuss retreat, bow and arrow salvo, prepare to engage the enemy in close combat, kill!"

The musketeers stepped back according to the order and continued to load the gunpowder. The archers on the north and south sides of the official road stretched their bows and arrows one after another, especially behind the earth wall on the south side of the official road. Some knights' three-eyed guns were placed on the earth wall. Holding the javelin, it has been raised.

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The heavy infantry of the Qing army rushed up, they didn't push the horse-rejection post at all, but rushed forward with all their strength, concentrated all their strength on the shield, and slammed into the horse-rejection post vigorously, smashing the horse-rejection post to both sides.

The Qing army in front had just rushed over the stone bridge, and more than [-] arrows from the north and south sides of the official road flew densely like a storm, and some spears were sandwiched among them.

An exceptionally short and stocky heavy infantryman of the Qing army, with black tassels on his helmet and a high flag behind him, he must be the one who led the charge, and he must be the one who led the charge. Three layers of armor, a bright breastplate on the chest.

More than a dozen arrows hung from his body at once, but it didn't affect his actions. He roared loudly and rushed towards the cart, bumping into the cart in the south, and the cart was immediately hit by his force. You have to fly back Zhangxu far.

But other heavy infantrymen were not as lucky as him. Immediately, more than a dozen of them fell to the ground and howled. struggling.

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Zhang Cheng stood on a hill, holding the binoculars given to him by Hanlin editor Yang Tinglin in his hand, and looked at the Qing army less than two miles away. A group of knights hid behind the hill, waiting Follow his orders.

Zhang Cheng observed for a while, then said in a deep voice: "The Tartars dismount and fight on foot. It looks like they are about to break the bridge. Chen Zheng, you lead the outpost and run eastward. The mules and horses that attacked the Tartars are all auxiliary soldiers and soldiers. Baoyi is guarding, and must drive away the horses so that the Tartars will not ride them;
Dake, you lead the rear sentry and charge across the bridge, concentrate the three-eyed guns on the left side of the cavalry, fire them at the Tartar archers as you rush past, and then come back to pinch the Tartars with me.

The right sentry followed me to the right, and the left sentry Zhang Guangda stayed on the left. They divided into two lines and went straight to the Tartar bow array. They opened the way with the three-eyed blunderbuss.

Gentlemen, be brave in front of the battle and kill the slaves! "

"Slave killing!"

Chen Zheng and the other four whistle chiefs responded with a low voice.

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Chen Dakuan, the head of the infantry sentry, saw that the Tartar had smashed the cart with the Shiku, so he swung the long ax in his hand and slashed at it. Debashku took two steps back.

He yelled and was about to charge again.

"Bang... bang... bang... bang..."

There was a roar of gunfire, thick white smoke rose behind the earth wall on the south side of the official road, and nearly thirty three-eyed guns fired a salvo at a distance of less than twenty steps.

The Tartar Fen De Pashiku was hit by bullets from two three-eyed guns at the same time. Even though he might be wearing three layers of armor, it couldn't protect him at a distance of ten steps.

A blunderbuss bullet shot directly at the breastplate on his chest, and immediately shattered the breastplate. His figure also stagnated because of this, and he spat out a mouthful of blood and saliva.

Another blunderbuss bullet came suddenly, smashing several layers of armor directly and shooting it into the chest. His short and sturdy body suddenly flew backwards, and fell heavily to the ground again. A bloody arrow shot out from his chest , his body couldn't stop struggling and twisting, howling.

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