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Closer, closer!

Why haven't we opened fire? Why hasn't anyone opened fire?

Is it because my expression is not ferocious enough, or is my aura not enough? Or is the power of the charge not enough?

The Manchu and Qing cavalry lay on their horses, thinking of various answers. As the distance got closer and closer, they finally panicked. They are all veterans. If they really charge forward like this, they will definitely be beaten into a hornet's nest, including people and horses. Of course, a corpse running at high speed might hit the Ming army's formation and cause damage to the Ming army.

So is it a rush or not?

The distance was no longer enough for the Manchu and Qing cavalry to think about. They saw the Ming army's musketeers, still motionless and waiting in the formation, like sculptures. Finally, the Manchu and Qing cavalry rushing in front took the reins and the horses. He turned in an arc, not daring to hit him and die, so he turned back to the city gate.

"Damn it, these cowards, if they get any closer, I will give the order to shoot!" The Ming army general in the first row couldn't help but cursed when he saw it. After scolding him, he spat on the ground with a look of contempt on his face.

Today's Manchu army, even the Manchus, no longer have the courage they once had!

The general cursed loudly and yelled loudly. The fusiliers of the Ming Army on the side looked at the backs of the Manchu and Qing cavalry. Seeing the panic on their faces just now, they also said "boo". Foaming.

So, Azig stood on the top of the Zhenjiang Fort and saw that the Ming army's musket phalanx did not fire. Instead, they all showed disdain and spit in his direction. Suddenly, his face turned the color of pig liver. When had the Qing army been so humiliated by the Ming army? In the past, it was the Qing army that humiliated the Ming army like this!

The expressions of disdain on the faces of the Ming soldiers, and the grain truck, which paid no attention to the Qing army in the city and walked unhurriedly around the city, also expressed their disdain to the Manchu and Qing troops in the city on the other hand. A deep sense of contempt. These contempts were like invisible thorns, piercing into Azig's heart again and again.

"Come on, behead the slave who escaped first and show it to the public!" Dorgon blushed and roared loudly, "The horse infantry immediately attacked the Ming army. We must not let the Ming dogs snatch the food away from us. Got it!"

Under his strict order, the Manchu cavalry troops marched out of the city again. When Lu Xiangsheng saw it, he just smiled coldly and nodded to Cao Bianjiao. Therefore, Cao Bianjiao ordered that the Ming army's cavalry have about a thousand riders, guarding the left and right sides of the fusilier formation, protruding forward. In their hands, there are powerful crossbows and three-eyed blunderbuss, which are the long-range troops of the cavalry.

Seeing the Ming army's formation, even if they knew that behind them was the Zhenjiang Fort wall, the Manchu and Qing soldiers were a little afraid. For a while, no one dared to rush forward. However, because of the military law team sent by Azig, they did not dare to retreat and froze outside the city gate.

The Ming army did not take the initiative to attack, but the grain truck had no intention of stopping and continued on its way along the official road. One after another, one after another, passed near the city gate of Zhenjiang Fort and slowly drove away.

Seeing this situation, Azig's face turned red and seemed to bleed. He immediately gave a loud order and used military law troops to drive the horse and infantry outside the city to attack the Ming army.

Either it was the threat of the military law team, or the temptation of truck after truck of food, or the only trace of dignity of the Manchu and Qing army, the Manchu and Qing army finally moved. Among the infantry, the shields were in front and slowly advanced, while the horse troops were on both sides and began to drive their horses to slowly increase their speed.

Seeing this situation, Cao Bianjiao, who was supervising the battle on the side, smiled coldly and whispered a few orders. Immediately, five guns were moved out of the queue and lined up at the front of the military formation. One person holds it, the other takes aim, and just waits quietly.

Emperor Chongzhen had seen the power of the guns in the Dongwu Baojing War and thought they were pretty good, so he also allocated some to Liaodong, specifically to supplement the lack of firepower when the artillery was inconvenient to carry. During this raid to rob food, artillery was not suitable to be carried, but it was no problem to carry the gun, so it was used at this time.

The Manchu and Qing soldiers, especially those at the front, immediately panicked when they saw such a big musket. Although they didn't know each other, such a big gun must be more powerful. They were terrified, wondering if the shields in their hands could block it, and wondering where such a big musket would fire?

While they were beating drums in their hearts, suddenly, something even more surprising happened to them. I saw the musketeer in the Ming army's formation standing up with a gun, as if he was going to move forward?

This...how is this possible? Aren't the Ming army's musketeers eager to stay as far away as possible? Do they have the guts to charge with muskets? Don’t forget, none of their matches were lit! Hey, where's the match rope? I don't seem to see any match rope. Only the five very large muskets have match ropes and they are lit.

As the distance got closer and closer, the Manchu soldiers were filled with doubts and everyone became nervous.

Closer, closer.

Azig was on top of the city, watching this scene. As the distance got closer, his heart began to lift.

Suddenly, they saw smoke rising from the five huge muskets in front of the Ming army's formation. In his eyes, he saw that the frontmost military formation on his side was suddenly missing a few holes, and a bunch of people fell down. It was only then that he heard the sound of "bang bang bang".

Just looking at it, Azig secretly thought that something was wrong. This large musket was really powerful. It even knocked down the front of the military formation, causing chaos to the military formation. Fortunately, there were many veterans in the military formation, who were busy moving forward and forming the team at the same time, trying to minimize the chaos just now.

But what they didn't expect was that the Ming Army musketeers actually came forward row by row with muskets in hand. At this time, they couldn't help but be dumbfounded. What is going on? The Ming Army musketeers have never been so abnormal!

Azig on the top of the city was also surprised. He quickly ordered the archers on the top of the city to support the battle below the city as soon as the Ming army entered the shooting range.

However, he was disappointed.

When the Manchu and Qing soldiers saw the Ming army approaching with muskets, they all showed a hint of relief. What they want is to shorten this distance. But what he didn't expect was that suddenly, the Ming army's musketeers did not light the fire and saw no match rope, and smoke suddenly appeared from the muzzle of the musket.

The sound of "bang bang bang" sounded continuously. Azig on the top of the city saw that after a row of Ming army musketeers finished fighting, the row of musketeers behind him immediately surpassed the front row, and immediately followed by "bang bang bang", Then the musketeers in the next row came to the front and started "bang bang bang" again. The Ming army's musketeers marched forward in cross paths like this.

Suddenly, rows of soldiers were knocked down on the side of the Qing army. Those shields were as if they were made of paper and were useless at all. Many cavalry troops on both sides were also affected. The war horses followed one by one to the ground, and people screamed and screamed.

Before this was over, the cavalry troops on both sides of the Ming army's formation also began to advance, and launched an attack on both sides of the Qing army's formation. After one round of shooting, he immediately retreated without any hesitation. The archers on the top of the city didn't even have time to react, and watched helplessly as the Ming cavalry retreated from the shooting range.

In just such a short time, about a quarter of the Qing soldiers who left the city were killed or injured. The remaining soldiers were all frightened and turned around and ran back. The military law team had no time to react before they were overwhelmed by the sea of ​​people running back. As for the injured soldiers, no one even thought of saving them.

The Ming army did not pursue them. They were just outside the range of the bows and arrows at the top of the city. The whole team retreated to the official road. After a while, everyone's muskets were loaded, and then they sat down row after row to rest.

The Manchu soldiers on the city walls could see the relaxed expressions on the faces of these Ming soldiers. It was as if no war had happened just now, and they were just out hunting.

This was also a humiliation, but at this time, the Manchu soldiers, including Azig himself, did not dare to respond and could only bear this humiliation silently. It was the Ming army's firepower just now that shocked them so much.

Fortunately, the guard of Zhenjiang Fort survived. He climbed to the top of the city, knelt down to Azig Daqian, and reported with a look of sorrow and anger: "Master Beile, the Ming army's firearms are too powerful, and we are not prepared." Many of the soldiers are hungry, so this battle is really unwinnable!"

Azig's strict order just now was for them to go out of the city to attack the Ming army and hold them back. Because of this, the Zhenjiang Fort guards were mentally prepared to be punished. But what he didn't expect was that Azig just sighed heavily and didn't say much.

Looking up, he saw Azig's face full of frustration. There was no more anger or excitement, just a low mood.

At this moment, suddenly one of Azig's personal guards pointed outside the city and shouted: "Master Beile, Master Yanguli!"

When Azig heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy. Could it be that Yangu Li came over so quickly with reinforcements? But why didn't you hear any movement from the army?

Thinking this, he looked up and was stunned again.

Azig did indeed see Yangu Li, but he only had one head, hanging on the barrel of a gun, flickering as the soldiers of the Ming army with guns moved around.

At this time, Azig was completely desperate and didn't even want to see the Ming army strutting past the city with grain trucks. Turn around and walk slowly towards the arrow tower, trying not to see but to clean.

His personal guard saw it and knew that his master had been severely hit by the Ming army. His eyes moved and he quickly reported: "Master, Sinuiju is not that far away. If Dodo Baylor's thousand elites can come over, they will definitely be able to fight with us." The Ming army is going to fight!"

Hearing this, Azig's step immediately stopped. His energy and energy seemed to have recovered a lot, and he immediately ordered: "Send someone to watch. If there is any movement, we will cooperate immediately."

"Cha!" The bodyguard took the order and left.

Outside the city, not many Manchu soldiers were killed on the spot. Most of them were injured and lay wailing outside the city. Those whose legs were not injured tried their best to stand up and walk back, while those whose legs were injured crawled on their hands. The remaining ones whose hands and feet were injured could only lie there crying for their fathers and mothers.

The gates of Zhenjiang Fort were closed, and the Manchus were afraid that the Ming army would seize the city. Therefore, when the wounded soldiers who could move arrived at the city gate, they were all crying for the city gate to be opened. Their cries had a huge impact on the morale of the city. Especially the cries of the local soldiers and the screams of familiar companions demoralized the city.

In the past, there were strict orders to rescue the dead and wounded companions, but now, the dead and wounded companions were abandoned outside the city. Qing Dynasty, what happened?

Azig was also upset by the cries outside the city, so he went up to the top of the city to take a look again. It was discovered that the Ming army had no intention of seizing the city. They were just sitting there to rest, pointing at the city with a smile on their face. Although he was humiliated, Azig breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ordered half of the city gates to be opened to receive the wounded.

Outside the city, Cao Bianjiao couldn't help but feel a little emotional when he saw Manqing being so cautious. Although he is not very old, he has been following Cao Wenzhao in the army. He has experienced the arrogance of Jianlu in the past, but now he is like this. The world has changed, but your Majesty is still awesome!

He had no sympathy for those wounded soldiers. Which of these captives didn’t have the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty in their hands? Over the years, there have been about ten lives per capita, right? The reason why he let them go back at this time was because he knew that those soldiers were hit by lead bullets. With the ability of the Qing Dynasty, it was nine out of ten that they would not be able to save these wounded soldiers. Even if the hands and feet are amputated, there is still a risk of death, and the risk is still very high. In this case, just let Jianlu do whatever he wants.

In the arrow tower at the head of the city, Azig was waiting anxiously, waiting for Duduo to lead the army to kill. But after noon, the grain carts snatched by the Ming army passed by one after another, until no more grain carts passed by. The Ming army horse and infantry troops outside the city also followed the last grain cart and left in a swaggering manner. Still nothing unusual was seen. This made Azig's face look extremely ugly, and he even suspected that Dodo would not save him until he died.

After all the Ming troops had passed, there were finally traces of Jianlu and Tanma outside the city. Many of them were scouts from the food protection team. They came to Zhenjiang Fort to report the situation there. It is said that the battlefield ambushed by the Ming army was full of corpses of Qing soldiers. The Ming army's cavalry chased them everywhere, which also spread the corpses over a large area. This Ming army was so powerful that even though the troops at Tangzhan Fort were assembled, they did not dare to come over immediately. They only came slowly after scouting the horses and reporting back.

What also made Azig feel better was that as soon as the war broke out, Tanma kept going west to call the police, one city after another. It would probably take a few days for the elite to catch up.

But he quickly remembered that if the Ming army went out to sea from the Yalu River, the reinforcements would not be able to catch up. Suddenly, he felt bad again. However, he was thinking that the cooperation between the Ming army on land and sea should not be so good, right?

Previously, no trace of the Ming Navy was found on the other side of the Yalu River. Could it be that they could still predict that they would pass by there today, and then they would rob food, and the navy would happen to be at the nearest place to meet them? This is impossible!

Thanks to Hope Heaven for the reward!