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After Huang Taiji's restructuring, the elite troops of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were as follows -

Baya La Camp: A Niulu (300 households) selects the 17 strongest warriors as Baya La soldiers.

Alihachaoha camp: the Manchu Qing cavalry.

Garbush Xianying Camp: The elite selected from the Baya La soldiers are the forward troops on the two wings.

Wuzhenhachao Camp: There are Han Army Flag Firearms Units and Han Army Flag Heavy Armor Infantry Battalions.

There is also a special unit called "sizu", which are the coated slaves who fight with the Eight Banners soldiers. The main functions are: assisting in robbery, guarding property, escorting prisoners, and temporarily serving as civilian husbands and cannon fodder.

Duduo came to Shandong to fight this time. His troops were mainly with white flags, but the source of the troops was a bit confusing.

Due to the fact that Dorgon took away fifteen Niulu, Duduo's direct troops became very few. But you can't just bring that few people to the battlefield, so you throw in some generals with other flags to cooperate.

Dorgon felt that Shandong was unstable, so he threw Zu Zeyuan, the deputy commander of the Han army with a white flag, over.

Zu Zeyuan was Zu Dashou's subordinate, and he set out a little late. He had just arrived in Jining with his troops and confronted Fei Ruhe with Hong Chengchou.

In addition, in addition to the Eight Banners Army and the surrendered generals of the Ming Dynasty, Duduo also had 1,500 Korean fire rifle soldiers.

These fire rifle soldiers were the personal soldiers of the Korean king. They were often recruited by the Manchus to fight in the Qing Dynasty, and then they were not returned at all.

At this moment, the artillery troops under Geng Zhongming were pulled out to bombard the civilians of the Datong Army. But only two guns did so, and the rest continued to advance. On the way forward, one was blown away, and the remaining ones were fired upon by the artillery of the Datong Army.

One by one, the carriages advanced slowly, followed closely by Li Shutai and Geng Zhongming's heavy armored infantry of the Han Army, and Duduo's Garbushxian Battalion.

Duduo personally led 1,500 Baya soldiers and advanced together as the central army.

As for the surrendered generals and Korean artillery soldiers, they slowly advanced, and under the cover of the cavalry of the Garbush Xian camp, they circled the flanks of the Datong Army and attracted the artillery of the Datong Army.

Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty attached great importance to artillery, Geng Zhongming really didn't have many artillery in his hands.

Some of them were taken away by Dorgon and taken to Henan to fight. Now there are only ten artillery pieces, two of which are Fran cannons.

"Boom boom boom!"

The artillery of both sides fired at each other, and the Datong Army had twenty-five artillery pieces.

After a round of shooting, one of the Manchu and Qing artillery was smashed again, while only a few artillerymen of the Datong Army died.

"Speed ​​up!" Duduo quickly ordered.

The opposite side is too luxurious, with only ten thousand troops, but so many artillery.

In field operations, the Ming army generally used Hu Zun cannons, Fo Lang machine cannons, and Hongyi cannons that were set up to defend the city. The Manchu and Qing armies rarely encountered this kind of situation. The Datong Army actually went into the field with twenty-five red barbarian cannons.

Well...the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty called all front-loading cannons Hongyi cannons.

"Boom boom boom!"

Another round of artillery bombardment, one Manchu and Qing artillery was smashed again, and four more artillery shells fell into the Manchu and Qing infantry formations.

"Bang!"

One of the shells hit the carriage hard.

Even though it was wrapped in cowhide and iron sheets, one corner of the cart was still damaged. The solid iron bullet used its residual power to jump two feet high into the sky, then fell and hit an unlucky Garbushxian elite soldier.

As for the carriage, it seemed at first glance that only one corner was broken, but the side pillar on the same side had been broken.

After being pushed forward a few steps, the entire wooden shield tilted backwards, with the cowhide and iron pieces dragging it down without completely falling. One of the shooting positions of the carriage was eliminated, and the number of infantry that could cover it was also reduced by one-third.

The civilians of the Datong Army have all retreated, leaving only the artillery in front of the formation to attack.

A cannonball flew and hit three Datong Army artillerymen, killing two and injuring one. The injured one lost his right leg.

However, the Manchu and Qing artillery battalions suffered even worse losses.

Not only were four artillery pieces hit this time, but Lu Zhineng, the Ming "Guan Hongyi Artillery Staff General" who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with Geng Zhongming, was also hit by the Datong Army's artillery shells.

Lu Zhineng was directing and adjusting the muzzle, and an iron bullet roared in. The whole head was like a smashed watermelon, and only the neck was left standing in place.

"Boom boom boom!"

Facing the terrifying firepower, one's own artillery commander died again. The Manchu and Qing artillery collapsed directly, abandoned the artillery position and fled.

"Bang!"

Another truck was hit, this time hitting the center.

It was wrapped in cowhide and iron sheets to release the force. The wooden shield was not directly shattered, but the wooden beams below were broken. Not only was the carriage scrapped, it also fell down and hit two musketeers.

After defeating the enemy artillery battalion, the Datong artillery troops specifically targeted the carriage.

Unfortunately, the hit rate of the front-loaded smoothbore cannon was impressive. After a long time of bombardment, only eight carriages were damaged. Two of them were only partially damaged and could continue to cover the advance of the infantry.

Fortunately, the forward speed of the carriage was slow, and the Datong artillery had enough time to fire again.

Yild commanded the Manchu Qing cavalry, separated from the surrendered troops, and circled the flank of the Datong Army - General Zuo Liangyu who surrendered to the Datong Army.

Ma Wannian followed suit and led his dragoons around the opponent's Zuo Liangyu general.

There are also a thousand Korean fire rifle soldiers here, walking cautiously in the middle. Just when he was about to stop and take aim, Ma Wannian had already passed by with his dragoons and stopped near the troops of surrendered general Jin Shenghuan.

Jin Shenghuan's army has no long-range troops!

At a distance of about forty steps, 2,500 dragoons fired in three rounds to avoid saturating firepower with one salvo.

Jin Shenghuan was born as a bandit. Historically, he first surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and then to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Because he could not be granted a title for meritorious service, and was extorted money from the governor and chief envoy, he actually changed jobs again, killed the Manchu governor, governor, and chief envoy of Jiangxi, and fell into the arms of the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty. In the end, he attempted suicide after defeat and was executed by Lingchi of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

This old man was in a miserable state at this time. He had followed Zuo Liangyu for four years. Only his old thieves were wearing armor, and the rest of the newly recruited soldiers were not even fully equipped with leather armor.

After being hit by three consecutive fire cannons, Jin Shenghuan's troops immediately collapsed.

Ma Wannian led the dragoons to distance themselves, dismounted again to reload ammunition, and then rushed forward again to aim and shoot.

This time, the troops aimed at Hao Zhongzhong were thrown into confusion by Jin Shenghuan's broken troops. Three minutes had passed and they still hadn't formed their formation, and there were still some broken troops pushing and pushing among them.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Although Hao Zhongzhong had archers, the formation was chaotic and he could not form a formation to shoot.

After a three-attack attack, Hao Zhongzhong's troops did not collapse, but became more chaotic.

"kill!"

Ma Wannian extinguished the match rope, hung up the musket, drew his sword, and led his troops to kill the enemy.

"Team up, team up!"

Hao Xiaozhong shouted, but no one listened to him.

Among Zuo Liangyu's generals who followed Duduo on the expedition, only Li Guoying could barely be considered elite, and the rest were all a bunch of rabble.

They expanded their army too quickly, gathering surrendered troops and refugees into an army. Then there was a severe epidemic in Shandong, and they didn't dare to gather for training. Moreover, there was a shortage of food, and they were hungry and full. What kind of combat effectiveness can this have?

Ma Wannian, worthy of being Qin Liangyu's grandson, led the dragon cavalry to charge forward, taking the lead and killing several enemies. Hao Zhongzhong's troops also collapsed.

Hao Xiaozhong panicked, hit his horse and ran away, but Ma Wannian came quickly and killed him with a knife.

The flight of these two troops drove the friendly troops to pieces.

Those Korean gunmen also collapsed in confusion, leaving only Li Guoying's formation in chaos, moving closer to the main formation of the Qing Dynasty.

Ma Wannian did not pursue Li Guoying, but continued to pursue the defeated soldiers. He wanted to completely kill the defeated soldiers.

Ild's side was almost the same. He rushed to the formation of Zuo Liangyu's general and threw random shots into the crowd. Rush and shoot, then leave immediately, then rush and shoot again.

After only three rounds of attacks, Han Shixiao's troops who surrendered to the Datong Army were defeated.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ding and Song Yun also collapsed.

Neither Zhang Tieniu nor Duo Duo dared to keep Zuo Liangyu's subordinates beside them. Because it was so bad, both sides agreed to kill the opposing soldiers and generals first.

Duduo is luckier, at least there is still a fallen general Li Guoying who has not been defeated.

After chasing and killing the defeated troops, Ma Wannian relit the match rope and circled to the rear of the main force of the Qing Dynasty.

Ild did the same thing, moving around to the rear of the Datong Army's position.

The cavalry on both sides could not do anything to each other, so they simply ignored each other. They seemed to have great confidence in their infantry friendly forces, allowing the infantry to withstand the cavalry harassment while they themselves harassed the opponent's infantry.

By this time, 21 Manchu and Qing carriages had been destroyed by artillery, and more than 300 Eight Banners soldiers had been killed by artillery.

The distance between the two sides was still about sixty steps.

Ma Wannian and Yild each went around the rear of the other side's infantry, but neither could find a chance to strike.

100% of the Eight Banners soldiers wore armor, and even the archers wore cotton armor. It is useless for dragoons to shoot from a distance. If they get close, they will be fired back by enemy archers.

All members of the Datong Army also wore armor and were protected by rattan players. The bamboo helmets with iron plates on their heads could also effectively defend against bows and arrows. Ild's intimidating charges and horse-riding launches all seemed to be in vain.

Of course, Ma Wannian's harassment also had some effect, that is, it slowed down the advance of some Eight Banners soldiers.

"Bang!"

Four more carriages were destroyed, and several artillery shells rolled into the formation of the Eight Banners soldiers.

Duduo issued an order for the troops whose carriages had been destroyed to speed up and launch an attack.

Those Manchu and Qing archers and gunmen in armor started firing volleys at about forty steps. The sword and shield soldiers of the Datong Army stepped forward to cover the artillery so that the artillery could continue to fire.

Chen Fugui didn't wait for twenty steps to shoot, and ordered the fire gun soldiers to come forward and fire a wave of three bursts first.

There should be no dogmatism in fighting. In this situation, there is no room for shooting at twenty paces.

The two sides were forty steps apart, so whether they could hit or not was purely a matter of chance. Even if they hit, they may not be able to penetrate the cotton armor. Anyway, let's shoot each other for fun.

"Peng!"

The distance between them was getting closer and closer, and the artillery fire became more and more accurate. This time, five carriages were destroyed at once.

Duduo issued the order again, placing the troops at the front who had not yet destroyed the carriage, and the rest of the Eight Banners soldiers crowded behind the carriage. All the archers hid behind the carts and fired. This distance was enough to kill the enemy.

The last round of artillery fire directly destroyed eight carriages. The Datong Army's military formation moved forward to protect the artillery position, and the gunmen also withdrew and were protected by sword and shield men.

Both Zhang Tieniu and Duoduo were a little nervous, because in this series of changes, each other was very orderly, and they were definitely the most powerful rivals in their lives.