Shuolei finally chose to retreat.

If he continues to attack, he will die. And more importantly, the Jingnan Army suffered much less losses than his...

"Li Jin's army suffered 200 casualties, and the guard brigade had only 50 casualties.

Except for the first wave of attempting to attack the formation, the enemy then wandered around the periphery and tried to attack us with bows and arrows, but they didn't dare to enter within twenty feet of time to get bullets. The arrows that were separated by far had no power. Although the guard brigades were not wearing iron armor, the military uniforms also had raw silk linings. Those arrows could not even shoot through them when they were separated by far. Even if they shot through them, they would be a bit of skin wound."

Yang Huan, who was called by Governor Yang to act as chief of staff, reported on the outcome of the battle.

The guard brigade includes the Marine Corps and even the direct cavalry brigade. Although these do not wear iron armor, they are not without any protection.

The military uniforms have multiple layers of raw silk linings.

This thing is not expensive in Jiangnan. A pound of raw silk costs less than a ounce of silver. This is because the production of silk in Jiangnan has declined in recent years. When it is cheap, it is spinning silk or earthen silk, which means that the freshly reeled raw silk costs only four cents of silver per pound. After various processes, the colorful silk thread is only eight cents of silver per pound. There are countless senior weavers in Nanjing, and their skills are amazingly superb, so they let them weave it with raw silk to the densest, and then make a few more layers of military uniform linings similar to Governor Yang's soft armor. The bulletproof is indeed a bit exaggerated, but the arrows shot from a distance are really difficult to penetrate...

That's a cavalry bow.

That is not a divine arm bow, it is originally a soft bow of five or six buckets.

"What about the gain?"

Yang Xin asked.

"The enemy's corpses are left with six hundred."

Yang Huan said.

"No prisoners?"

Yang Xin asked.

"No!"

Yang Huan said with certainty.

"I like this result!"

Yang Xin said with satisfaction.

While speaking, he looked up at the distance. The vast plains in Huaibei spread out in his sight, and he could vaguely see the dust stirred by the cavalry. It was obvious that the defeated Mongolian cavalry was still wandering around, and the number should have increased at this time. These were Lu Xiangsheng's vanguards, the four Mongolian coalition forces headed by King Shunyi. The total number was 15,000, but the local conditions were not in compliance with the situation and the local conditions were reduced by 2,000. At present, there were 13,000, which was considered to be very well taken care of by Lu Xiangsheng.

Of course, it is mainly because summer has just arrived.

These light cavalry had previously been stationed in the Mengcheng area, maintaining a flank threat to the war zone, and they were all one man and two horses. The task was to harass the Jingnan Army's northward journey.

Shuolei's crushing defeat could not make them retreat.

They will continue to attack.

Lu Xiangsheng personally led the main force of the four cavalry troops to move south from Xuzhou. It is estimated that he had already arrived in Suzhou by this time. This is the real decisive force.

Of course, they cannot move south from Suzhou at present.

Because they had to wait for infantry or their cannons, while Sun Yuanhua, who transported their cannons, was blocked in Xuyi, so Lu Xiangsheng would not go south from Suzhou for a short time, and he could not rely on those cavalry without cannons to fight the Jingnan Army.

This is no longer the era when cavalry decides the battlefield.

There is no war without cannons.

In this way, before the Jingnan Army arrived in Guzhen, it was basically the harassment of these Mongolian cavalry, but Lu Xiangsheng was likely to block Guzhen.

The Jingnan Army must seize Guzhen.

This town will be the main battlefield next.

And the other main battlefield is Xuyi...

Xuyi.

A big battle is about to begin.

Sun Yuanhua landed in the Sishan Lake area, but if he wanted to attack Xiangshan Fort, he had to bypass Dajian Mountain blocking in front.

This hill blocks the north of Xiangshan, but is much shorter than Xiangshan. It not only cannot be regarded as an artillery position that bombards Xiangshan, but it prevents him from digging trenches from the north, so he can only bypass and attack from the east, especially attacking Qi Dashan, which is higher than Xiangshan, and then descending from a high place to bomb Xiangshan.

Of course, first of all, he had to defeat the Second Army of the Jingnan Army stationed in Xuyi.

"Is this the Liaodong Army?"

Xu An, the first battalion of the Third Brigade of the Second Army of Jingnan Army, looked at the opposite side and whispered to his good friend Yu Qi next to him in a low voice.

Both of them were originally Uraguchi military households.

They are also familiar with what the imperial army looks like.

But at this moment, the infantry lined up in front of them exceeded their imagination. Half inside and outside, chariots were combining to form a continuous shield wall, and muzzles were vaguely visible in the middle of the shield wall. Although flowering bullets were falling in the sky, these soldiers from the Liaodong battlefield were not affected at all, and still silently completed their formation combination in the explosion fire.

"This is much better than in the past. It should have been defeated at this time!"

Xu An said.

"No matter whether he is strong or weak, for the sake of our newly separated land, even the King of Heaven will take us a shot first."

Yu Qi said.

"go ahead!"

The battalion commander in front roared.

Xu An and the others quickly shut up and walked forward with neat steps amid the officer's shouts.

They have been training for more than half a year, and although they do not have any practical experience, the formation transformation has been very clear. They, carrying muskets on their shoulders, quickly stood on the left wing of the spear formation. The four people were close together, and this was one team, leaving enough space between the side and another team for one person to easily pass. This was used to walk backwards when shooting, but that was just a backup tactic.

The standard tactic is to go to the front and then shoot the enemy in the face.

Then charge with a bayonet.

The mezzanine also has bayonets.

The new convex gun weighs more than seven kilograms, eight qian gunpowder, and the bullet weight is also eight qian.

However, the former is actually less than eight cents, and even the bullets and gunpowder are packed in an oil paper bag, which is more convenient than the bamboo tube in the past. Although there are forks to be used, no one has actually used them. Unless specifically requested, the soldiers will not carry them. The new butt stock is better used and it is enough to put it on the shoulders.

As for the accuracy...

No major change.

At this moment, flames spewed out from the shield wall opposite.

Immediately afterwards, a shell hit them in front of them, but its power was very weak. After bounced on the ground, it began to roll weakly.

Xu An took a deep breath.

He finally really faced the war...

"go ahead!"

The officer's order sounded.

The entire formation began to move forward, and on their left and right wings, there were soldiers and officers who could not see at a glance. This was a huge three-brigade formation. The three brigades were all Pin-character formations. The three formations were closely connected to form a huge line. Three spear phalanxes took the lead, followed by spears and musket phalanxes arranged between spears and musket phalanxes. The two wings were cavalry phalanxes with musket phalanxes. The entire formation maintained a stable speed and slowly advanced forward.

Opposite them is the stretched wall of chariot shields.

Artillery soldiers on the mounds on both wings continued to bombard, and the shells of four and a half kilograms and two kilograms continued to hit the shield wall to smash them.

Similarly, the mortar flowering bullets continued to fall into it.

However, these infantry returning from the Liaodong battlefield were obviously not the officials who were about to collapse in the past. They still silently maintained their formation. At the same time, their cannons were constantly fighting back, especially the two-pound short cannons in the middle of the shield wall, which kept firing shells at this side, and even soon afterwards were hit.

Even if these two-pound cannons with short tubes are weak, the hit of one cannon can cause multiple casualties.

"Stay steady, Jingnan Army will advance but not retreat, for our good life!"

The roar of the instructor rang out.

"The Jingnan Army will advance but not retreat, and fight to the end!"

Xu An and Yu Qi roared.

Then there was a roar.

Suddenly, a shell hit the front, and the bounced shell hit a musketeer. Then he fell down in a splatter of flesh and blood, and one behind him also fell down.

The splashed blood even fell on Xu An.

But no one stayed.

Xu An moved forward silently.

The distance was getting closer and soon, and the distance was less than fifty feet long. A gunshot shot was sprayed out again, but this time the spearman in front fell down several times, but no one stopped. All the Jingnan soldiers seemed to have not seen the guns that were spraying flames on the opposite side. Moreover, at this time, turtledove guns extended out on the shield wall, followed by flames. Although the distance was a bit far, bullets still hit, and several Jingnan soldiers fell down.

"There is advancement but no retreat!"

Xu An roared.

"There is advancement but no retreat!"

Countless roars rang on both sides.

The opposite muzzle and muzzle continue to spray flames.

The formation of the Jingnan Army was like a suicide killer, facing the muzzle and muzzle.

The distance is thirty feet.
To be continued...