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    "Hold it, hold it all, fire, fire at full speed!"

    The momentum of more than 20,000 war horses charging together was extremely astonishing. There was no other sound in the entire earth except the sound of horse hooves trampling on the ground.

    Seeing such a scene, no one dared to look down upon them. Without Wei Jiang's orders, the two guerrillas under specific command had already ordered their guns to be pointed at them.

    "Fire, fire at full speed!"

    Orders to fire resounded everywhere on the phalanx.

    "Bang bang bang"

    Diffuse white smoke once again enveloped the ground, and countless lead bullets roared forward.

    "Snapped"

    A knight who was marching forward bravely was hit in the chest by a sudden lead bullet. The huge force knocked him off his horse, but he fell to the ground before he could even let out a scream.  He was trampled to pieces by his companions who followed him.

    In fact, this is just a microcosm. Countless knights were knocked off their horses by the roaring lead bullets, and then more knights rushed forward. Their faces were ferocious, and they did not look like humans at all. At this moment, there was only one in their hearts.  The thought was to tear the Great Chinese Army in front of him into pieces.

    Facing the attack of such a large number of elite Manchurian Eight Banners cavalry, the two phalanxes blocking the front line seemed to be in danger and were in danger of being overwhelmed at any time.

    Wei Jiang's face changed slightly. He didn't expect that Huang Taiji would be so crazy. As soon as they crippled the Eight Han Banners, he took out the blue and red flags, and sent out all the elites in a desperate move.

    Wei Jiang sneered.  "Hehe Is Huang Taiji trying to take advantage of his military strength to defeat us in one fell swoop? Come here, order the two battalions at the back to come up as well, and be ready to add the two phalanxes at the front at any time!  "

    "yes!"

    The ordering soldier took the order and left, but only after a while, the ordering soldier returned to report: "General Qi, one of our remaining two battalions was intercepted by Lord Wang because it was on our two wings. The Tatars  Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner are attacking fiercely, and Mr. Wang said that they should be used as the general reserve team at the most critical moment."

    "What? A battalion was intercepted?" Wei Jiang couldn't help being stunned.  Then I felt relieved. No matter when, there must always be a reserve team on hand.  This is a view that Pang Gang has been instilling in his subordinates since he formed the army.

    As a general from the former Ming Dynasty, Wei Jiang had defected to Pang Gang early, but his understanding of this point was not as thorough as that of a general like Wang Zhi who grew up in a poor military family.

    But Wei Jiang didn¡¯t have time to think too long. He just froze for a moment and said, ¡°Just one, and quickly order them to come forward and be ready to reinforce the front at any time!¡±

    "Yes!" The ordering soldier bowed and ran away quickly

    At this time, in the center of the battlefield, the red flag commanded by Daishan and the blue flag commanded by Azig had replaced the Han army flag as the main force of the attack.

    Countless cavalry were either waving long swords or charging forward with bows and arrows. Behind them, Azig and Daishan were urging their men to advance regardless of life or death.

    It is different from the attack by the Han Army Flag just now.  The speed of the cavalry was naturally much faster than that of the infantry. Although they suffered heavy losses, the cavalry quickly approached a place fifty or sixty steps away from the two square formations.

    Without anyone¡¯s command, the Manchu and Qing cavalrymen in the front row consciously bent their bows and set arrows to shoot forward.

    ¡°Swish, swish, swish¡­¡±

    Rows of arrows flew forward in just a moment.  The rain of arrows flew over the phalanx.

    After the rain of arrows, the riflemen in the phalanx inevitably suffered casualties. Although the riflemen were all wearing iron armor, casualties were still inevitable.  Although the Qing army's bows and arrows didn't shoot very far, only about forty or fifty steps, their arrows were heavy and heavy.  The penetrating power is very strong, and the arrowheads have been soaked in horse manure. In this era without anti-inflammatory drugs, many people who were hit by arrows died of wound infection.

    Seeing the fallen riflemen in the front row, Wang Zhi couldn't sit still. He shouted: "Order, the shield men come forward and prepare the thunder to give the Tatars a taste."

    The shield bearer is a temporary new unit established in the past year. His weapon only has a heavy shield, and his task is to use the heavy shield in his hand to protect the rifleman behind him.  However, since it is a temporary unit, it is usually temporarily filled by baggage soldiers.  However, because the heavy shield is too heavy, a heavy shield weighs at least forty or fifty kilograms, so under normal circumstances, they who have difficulty moving will stay behind and only come forward when necessary.

    Soon, the two thousand heavy troops on standby carrying a thousand heavy shields quickly ran to the front, raised their heavy shields and headed towardsWith a strong thrust, the sharp iron thorns under the heavy shield penetrated a foot deep. In this way, the heavy shield was easily erected.

    Then, the torches were lit one by one, and the heavy soldiers hiding behind the heavy shields also began to remove the thunderbolts from their bodies and put them at their feet.

    When they did all this, the swarming Manchu and Qing cavalry had already rushed to a place less than thirty steps away from them.

    "Get ready for the thunderous thunder, ignite the fire!"

    "Throw!"

    ¡°Swish, swish, swish¡­¡±

    Like a strong wind blowing, countless thunderbolts were thrown out from behind the heavy shield.

    The Manchu and Qing cavalry who were struggling to rush forward had already reached a distance of twenty steps from the military formation. For the cavalry, this distance was only six or seven seconds. Seeing victory right in front of them, they all couldn't help but  They whipped the horses under their crotches with riding whips. They firmly believed that the row of thin shields in front of them would not be able to stop them, the Qing cavalry.

    But they were happy too early, and soon a group of black dots flew from behind the military formation and landed at their feet.

    Before they could see what it was, a series of deafening explosions sounded at their feet. Before many cavalry had time to react, a huge shock wave mixed with countless shrapnel came to them.

    Countless cavalrymen were knocked to the ground in bursts of explosions, and the tragic neighing of injured horses and the miserable cries of the cavalrymen were heard everywhere.

    The violent explosion alerted Daishan and Azig who were directing the battle from behind.

    "What kind of weapon is that?"

    Dai Shan was shocked and asked his deputy, Baya Lazhangjing.

    This Baya Lazhangjing bowed and said: "For your information, Dabeile, I heard that the Great Chinese Army has a melee weapon called Hongtian Lei. It is thrown by hand. It is very powerful. On the second day of the war,  Their lethality within forty steps is indeed great.¡±

    "I don't care what they are, I just want our warriors to rush into the enemy camp and kill all those damn Nikans!" Daishan's roaring voice echoed in the eyes of Baya Lazhangjing.  ear.

    "Cha!"

    Daishan's roar still had an effect, and more cavalry frantically attacked the phalanx in front, making the already unsustainable phalanx even more shaky.

    At this time, the Dahua Army had only two phalanxes blocking the front. Each phalanx had 5,000 people and a total of 10,000 people. After half a day of bloody battle, the phalanxes had suffered considerable losses. Now each phalanx only had about 4,000 people.  However, they each had to bear the attack of more than 10,000 cavalry, and the situation was already very critical.

    Looking at the two phalanxes that were already crumbling, Wei Jiang had to divide the only battalion in his hand into two halves to support them. However, due to the small number of people and the desperate attack of the Qing army, the effect was not very good. From now on  It seems that they can only barely maintain the phalanx from collapsing immediately.

    "No, we can't go on like this. If there is no support, the phalanx will collapse sooner or later."

    Seeing that the situation was already very critical, Wei Jiang ordered the messengers without hesitation and immediately asked Wang Zhi behind for support.

    "No! There are no reinforcements now. The only reserve team I have will be used when it is most dangerous, and it must not be used now!" Unexpectedly, Wang Zhi rejected Wei Jiang's request without hesitation.

    "Sir, General Wei said that even if there are no reinforcements, you can let the cavalry on standby attack. Even if it is just to contain the enemy, it is good!" The messenger looked at the two phalanxes and foot formations that were still on standby in front of Wang Zhi.  There were six thousand cavalrymen begging.

    Wang Zhi, with a serious face, said to the messenger who came to ask for help: "Go back and tell Wei Jiang that there are no reinforcements, and Wei Jiang must not take a step back. Even if they all die, they will still be held firmly by me."  Nail it in place, otherwise you will not blame me for being ruthless in military law!"

    "yes!"

    The messenger had no choice but to return to the front.

    Seeing the disappointed eyes of the messenger, Wang Zhi's heart couldn't help but twitch. He murmured and sighed: "General Wang, don't blame me for being ruthless. Huang Taiji in front of me is surrounded by two yellow and sided yellows."  The flag is waiting to give us the final blow. These two battalions and the cavalry division are our last support and must not be moved now!"

    "What? Mr. Wang said it's not the right time yet?"

    Wei Jiang looked at the riflemen in front who suffered heavy casualties under the desperate attack of the Qing cavalry, and his heart felt like a knife.  But since Wang Zhi had already talked about this, he had no choice but to prepare to fight for his life.

    Wei Jiang took out the foundation that Pang Gang had specially awarded to the guerrilla and above-level officers below.? Scimitar, shouted loudly: "Listen to my orders left and right, no one is allowed to take a step back, anyone who disobeys the order beheaded!"

    "Firefire at full speed!"

    Facing the enemy's crazy attack, the riflemen also went crazy. At this time, they seemed to have only instincts left, and they only knew how to load, fire, reload, and fire again, until they were flying from nowhere.  They were stabbed with arrows, javelins, throwing knives and other weapons, and then they were carried down dead or injured
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