The two sides were about two miles apart. Kong Youde ordered his soldiers to advance. Amid the rumbling drums, the soldiers lined up to move forward. The soldiers in the front row held long-range weapons such as bird guns, three-eyed guns, bows and arrows, arranged in a sparse array. These soldiers described them as fierce and were obviously preparing to harass.

The drum sound was dull and the rhythm was slow. The array of Han military flags slowly pressed towards the square formation. Zu Zerun couldn't stand the slow rhythm and rode his horse to Kong Youde and said, "King Gongshu, attack the enemy as soon as possible. Lord Turge is still waiting to attack."

Kong Youde smiled slightly, pointed to the several cavalry running towards the central army, and said casually: "Mr. Turg has come to urge him twice."

Zu Zerun was shocked. If it were before, the Three Kings and One Duke, as a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, had military independence and independent fiefs, as if it were a country. Few people could command it except Huang Taiji, then it would be fine. Now the Three Kings and One Duke are all with the flag. How could Kong Youde survive so arrogant?

Kong Youde pointed to the solemn array of the community and said, "You and I have been in war for half of our lives. Have you ever seen such a battle formation, spear, bird gun, and red barbarian cannons, but we have arranged so strictly and the array is not chaotic at all. There are no Ming and Qing dynasties. Look at the soldiers who are like thousands of wooden stakes, and they are not chaotic after being shot. I, Kong Youde, have never seen them, but I don't think about the island barbarians."

"The prince seems to be unsure?" Zu Zerun asked.

Kong Youdedao: "General Zu, you are not young anymore. It is the king who has soldiers in your hands. If you don't even understand the details of your opponent, I will not place a heavy bet. Let's try the depth of it today."

Zu Zerun knew that if he persisted, he was afraid that Kong Youde would push his people forward, so he chose to shut up keenly.

The array of Han military flags rolled forward like turbid waves, and the distance between the arrays between the two sides continued to shrink. The spirit riders who were originally harassing dog fights in the array dropped more than a dozen corpses and returned to their respective arrays.

Two hundred armored soldiers ran out of the Han army flag. These people were armored soldiers who were subordinate to Kong Youde's subordinates. They held carefully selected bird guns or powerful stair bows of more than one stone. When they accelerated their pace forward, they had formed a scattered arc array. They were scattered very wide, obviously preparing to shake the enemy's formation with muskets and bows.

"The soldiers of King Gongshun are really elite, even if they are not inferior to the Bayala white armor of the Eight Banners." Zu Zerun said with a smile.

Kong Youde nodded slightly. The elite soldiers in front of him were the elite soldiers he raised. They were the best for both daily supply and military equipment. However, as the array on the opposite side changed, Kong Youde's face changed directly. He frowned and took out a shiny monocular telescope from the cowhide bag on his body, looked at the elite soldiers who were crossing the array, and couldn't help but say, "How could this happen, how could this happen!"

Zu Zerun couldn't see clearly. He just saw two miles away, a row of infantrymen walked out of the island barbarian array. Each of them had strong bows and hard crossbows, and soon shot against Kong Youde's elite soldiers. Both sides shot each other for several rounds, and more than a dozen people fell down. It was impossible to see who won or lost. Zu Zerun was not surprised. After all, the Ming Dynasty had nine sides and millions of military households, and some elite archers were just right.

"Please look at Lord Zu, that's Baya La's outfit!" Kong Youde handed his telescope to Zu Zerun.

Zu Zerun took the telescope and looked carefully. Sure enough, the enemy troops who came out of the battle were all wearing silver armor. In terms of style and color, they all looked the same as the white armor of the Eight Banners. The details Zu Zerun also saw that the bows and arrows used by these armored soldiers were also long-shot bows commonly used by the Eight Banners Taijun.

"How could the island barbarians have so many Eight Banners equipment?" Zu Zerun asked in surprise.

Kong Youde looked solemnly, and looked at Zu Zerun deeply and said, "General Zu, it seems that the war in the East China Sea is not as simple as the rumors. There are so many armored soldiers in the island barbarians in front of him, and the Qing Dynasty will lose many white armored soldiers in the East China Sea."

With Kong Youde's words, Zu Zerun immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. You must know that Baya La white armor is the most elite force among the Eight Banners of the Qing army. They are all veterans who have lived for a hundred battles. One Niulu can have more than a dozen. This time, Abatai led half of the Eight Banners to fight, and there were only about 3,000 guard camps composed of Baya La. The enemy suddenly released more than two hundred white armor, which means that half of the Manchu flag's white armored soldiers had fallen to the hands of the island barbarians. Such combat power, coupled with the performance of Zu Zerun's cavalry at noon, the opponent's strength is really strong.

"Transfer the order, the array slowly advances, and the cavalry go to the right wing to prepare for support." Kong Youde ordered the people around him.

Zu Zerun focused his attention and issued such a military order. He knew very well that after Kong Youde took over the command of the right wing, his attitude was a little ambiguous. Through time control, he controlled the rhythm and made a fierce attack. It would be fine if he could break through the array, but if he couldn't break through, he could retreat calmly while it was dark. However, when the last order was issued, Kong Youde's attitude changed. He had no hope of hedging the array and just wanted to preserve his strength.

As a veteran, Kong Youde has a strong ability to control the battle situation. His infantry arrays are slowly advancing under the control of drums and flags, while the Red-Black Cannons concentrated on bombarding an infantry phalanx on the opposite side. Even if they encounter the opponent's cannon counterattack, they do not retreat. Speaking of which, Kong Youde's Red-Black Cannons are not inferior to the twelve-pound copper cannons of the heavy artillery battalion in terms of range and power, but the gun frame structure is too backward and has difficulty maneuvering. If you avoid the counterattack of heavy artillery, you will not be able to support the front line.

However, the initiative in the battle situation is not always under Kong Youde's control, especially when the army array approaches a mile in front of the square formation, the club's four-pound cannon begins to speak, and everything changes completely.

Within one mile, the four-pound cannons fired one after another. There were twelve four-pound cannons placed on the front. They belonged to the mixed brigade of two new military camps. The shells fired easily made a jump on the frozen ground. After the iron spherical cannon was shot out, it hit the ground hard, and then jumped up gently. After the Qing army's infantry array, there were only three shells in the first round of volleys. One of them first smashed the head of a veteran in the front row, then fell down in a perfect arc, cutting off the calves of a person behind, and then landed on the ground again, opening a flesh-and-blood alley in the thick array behind.

Within the area of ​​the shells, the Han army array was broken into pieces, and the broken limbs and armor and shield fragments flew everywhere, penetrated the array that was deep for a mile before being wrapped in flesh and blood and jumped to hear it.

The last round of volleys was born at thirty steps away. The front row of the Han army was already covered by smoke and dust. The front row of the attacking Han army had been thinned a layer, and the corpses were advanced behind them. The Han army array was very elite. They resisted the casualties and walked here, which was enough to prove this. Before the close forces, they shot the last round of volleys of arrows, and the square array was covered by the rain of arrows, and a jingling sound sounded.

The smoke of gunpowder was scattered and the spearmen who moved to the front saw that the Han army was already in front of him. The eyes of these cruel veterans were full of murderous intent, like wild wolves who chose to kill. As the impact began, the torrent of the impact formed by the Han army finally hit the square formation. At this time, all the elites were wearing heavy armored iron helmets, rushing up, stabbing the spears and slashing the big swords. The square formation maintained the array, and only flattened the four-meter-long spears. Many Han soldiers who could not stop rushing to crash and hit them. The selection of the front behind the square formation also came out. They rolled into the spear forest and stabbed the Han soldiers who rolled in and attacked with swords and daggers.

Time was meaningless at this moment. The two sides fought together. The first wave of impact was full of force, which made the array of six square arrays twist and turn, especially the two square arrays in the center. Due to the huge casualties, they were forced to curl up into two circular arrays. Instead of cooperating with the square array that was the one that was leaning against the edge. After seeing the Han cavalry approaching, they also responded with the circular array.

Kong Youde had sent all the infantry, but it was not very meaningful. Until the night came, he did not really open a circular formation. He did not send cavalry to raid, because it was meaningless. With the drums of the central army in the community, the circular formations of various square formations began to move and gather towards the central army, as if bubbles, the large ones were swallowing the small ones, and then they soon expanded, the bodies were left behind, the wounded were concentrated, and the scattered new military camps finally merged together in the bloody battle and condensed into two large square formations.

"Ming Jin to withdraw the troops!" Kong Youde shouted loudly.

Zuzerun said, "King Gongsun, Lord Turg has sent an order. The two thousand reinforcements he gave are coming soon. We must open the array of island barbarians."

Kong Youde cursed: "Didn't you hear my king's military strength? I'll stop the troops!"
Chapter completed!