The Ming soldiers who had finished shooting muskets on the battlefield held the muskets upright and quickly retreated, while the soldiers holding shields and knives behind immediately rushed out between the gap between the gunman and the archer.

As soon as they retreat and advance, the positions alternated, the melee killers had already rushed to the front, and the firearms and arrows that were shot at a long range retreated to the rear.

Amid the sound of the "bang bang bang" muskets, the Qing army in the front row fell in a row, and its sharp edges were in chaos. As soon as the Qing army behind rushed through the smoke, they saw that the people in front had turned into Ming soldiers who were wielding swords and spears.

The soldiers of the Taiping Camp were not as neatly equipped as the Qing army. Some were wearing war jackets, some were wearing cotton coats, and their infantry armor was covered with their heads, some were wearing armor of the Green Camp and the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing army. The weapons in their hands were also varied, including spears, waist knives, axes, and hammers.

The charging Qing army looked at the appearance of the Qingming Army and lowered their shields slightly to protect themselves.

There was a loud bang, and the two armies collided.

Zhao Ming took the lead, swept the big stick, and directly smashed the Qing soldiers in front of him back, sweeping away the figures of the Qing army.

The soldiers of Taiping Camp sprinted with all their might. When approaching the Qing army, the first row of soldiers gathered their shields, approached their bodies, jumped up suddenly, and smashed them toward the Qing army's shield formation. During the collision, the Qing soldiers were knocked back and even fell to the ground.

The spearman behind immediately stabbed the spear and assassinated the Qing soldiers who had lost their shield guards. The spear penetrated from the gap between the shields, stabbed the Qing army's body, and then pulled it out suddenly, bringing up a ball of blood mist. The Qing army who were stabbed fell to the ground wailingly.

During the Qing army's charge, the vanguard was shot by artillery shells, lead shells, and arrows, and the formation was scattered. When approaching the Ming army's front, it was also subjected to the Ming army's counterattack. It was difficult for a moment and was killed by the Ming army and retreated step by step.

"Hold on, encircle left and right!" Yang Chengzu roared angrily.

The archers behind the Qing army immediately raised their arrows and pointed at the sky, letting their bows open, and thousands of arrows rose into the air, jumped over the heads of the Qing army vanguard like locusts, fell into the Ming army formation, and shot the Ming army down.

Seeing this, Tian Xiong looked glamorous, "Forget it!"

On the other side, Ma Degong also directed his subordinates to encircle the flanks.

The Ming army had less than 10,000 people, but the Qing army had a total of 5,000. Although the Qing army died in the charge, the total number was still much greater than that of the Ming army.

Since there are many people, they can advance forward with their wings when fighting head-on, intending to encircle the Ming army and attack the Ming army from three sides.

At this time, the two armies were facing the front, with shields on both sides protecting each other, and the spears were leaping across the other side without any obstacles. The soldiers on both sides were stabbed to the ground.

A soldier from Taiping Camp stabbed the Qing army opposite with a spear. The Qing army covered his neck with his hands, and blood shot out from his fingers. He wanted to shout, but he could only make a gurgling sound from his throat and fell to the ground with his back on his back.

The frontal battle was fierce, and the horn sounded in the Qing army formation. Tian Xiong and Ma Degong troops began to exert force from left and right. The Qing army formation turned into a groove, trying to wrap the Ming army.

Li Chengdong was nervously concerned about the progress of the local war situation. He had to admit that the combat power of the three Qing troops was not inferior to him, and now they had more troops than him, so it was indeed difficult to defeat the other side head-on.

Seeing the Qing army surrounded the two wings and the Ming army was killed and retreated, Li Chengdong looked gloomy, "Let Zhao Ming and Li Yuanyin stabilize their wings!"

Zhao Ming swept across the formation, but when facing more than 10,000 Qing troops, he still had a tight formation, but he felt a little powerless. He felt like a small boat fighting with the sea. After killing a group of people, another group of people rushed up, and even the Qing troops could not kill them.

"General, the Qing soldiers on both wings are coming up!" During the fierce battle, Wang Deshun roared.

Zhao Ming looked at the Qing army, relying on the large number of people, surrounded the two wings, and was about to break into the archers and gunmen behind the Ming army.

"Kill!" Seeing this, Zhao Ming roared, rushed to the side, waved his big stick and smashed it hard. He was moved by a hundred kilograms of mace like a fan. The Qing army was killed when it touched.

Tian Xiong saw his subordinates killing the Ming army on the flank, and was just proud of it. When he saw Zhao Ming coming, he smashed the Qing army one after another, and his muscles twitched on his face.

"Come on, transfer a team of bird gunners and shoot him to death!" Tian Xiong raised his whip and pointed at Zhao Ming, who had stabilized his flanks with his own strength, and said in a deep voice.

"General, the two armies strangled together and shot bird guns, which may hurt their brothers!" Qianhu next to him reminded.

Tian Xiong glared at his eyes, Qianhu hurriedly clasped his fists and took the order and left.

At this time, the infantry strangled together, and the gunships on the river were difficult to fire, so the naval guns gathered fire and shot towards the Qing army's fort at the entrance of the canal.

In order to prevent raids from behind, the Qing army built a simple artillery array at the mouth of the river and arranged artillery to control the entrance of the canal.

At this time, the gunboats fired together, and the Qing army's artillery array was instantly filled with smoke and dust.

The huge roar of artillery alarmed the fighting Qing army, and Tian Xiong changed color instantly, "Calling the musket on, shooting Zhao Tiebang to death, and defeating the enemy soldiers!"

In the melee of infantry, the cavalry lost their speed and were easily subjected to cold arrows. Zhao Ming dismounted his horse and waved his mace, guarded him on the flank, smashed the rattan card with a stick, and smashed the Qing army's corpses backwards, smashing down a piece of Qing army.

Although strong generals are not a factor in winning a war, there are strong generals who can undoubtedly increase their chances of winning and even save their defeat.

The number of Qing soldiers was obviously greater than that of the Ming army, but under Zhao Ming's desperate fight, looking at the corpses covered with the ground on the flanks, the Qing soldiers were still frightened and blocked.

At this moment, a thousand households among the Qing army shouted loudly: "Do away!"

Before the Qing soldiers dispersed, a team of Qing army bird gunners directly picked up the bird gun and shot it at Zhao Ming.

"Bang bang bang~" The smoke of gunpowder filled, Zhao Ming was shocked and hurriedly grabbed a Qing army and blocked it. The Qing army was immediately penetrated by the projectile, and blood mist rose up on his body. The Qing army and Ming army fighting around were also hit by the projectile and fell down.

Seeing this, Zhao Ming was furious and smashed the Qing army's body directly, knocked down the rows of musketeers, picked up the mace, and rushed up.

Tian Xiong took a deep breath. Zhao Tiebang's charge was really terrifying.

"Go again!" Tian Xiong looked gloomy and waved his hand again.

Time gradually moved to noon, and the Ming and Qing armies were still fighting bloody battles on the battlefield more than ten miles east of the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou.

The battle situation was already in a stalemate. Li Chengdong and Yang Chengzu's troops were equally killed on the front, Li Yuanyin and Ma Degong strangled into a group in the south, and Zhao Ming and Tian Xiong fought to the death in the north.

More than 20,000 people strangled together, but they only killed the sky and the earth.

Although the Qing army had a large number of soldiers, the Ming army had a stronger will. On the battlefield, blood flowed into a river and corpses were everywhere.

The most intense battle happened between Zhao Ming and Tian Xiong. Zhao Ming charged several times and had been dyed into a bloody man. He rushed towards Tian Xiong several times, which was shocked to retreat on the northern front, but in the end they were forced back by the Qing army muskets.

At this time, Zhao Ming was injured in many places. He inserted his arrow into his body. He then continued to rush to kill with a broken arrow. He still had no intention of retreating. He attacked the Qing army again and again, and even killed Tian Xiong with his weak force.

This even-match battle has caused the generals of both sides torture on the battlefield.

Li Chengdong felt tremendous pressure, and Yang Chengzu, Ma Degong, Tian Xiong and others were no longer calm and began to become manic and uneasy.

As the war continued, the Qing army's unsolicited will gradually emerged.

At this moment, a sudden burst of cannon sound came from the rear of the Qing army, and then the Qing army archer and bird gunman in the rear were smashed over by cannonballs.

Tian Xiong and others, when they heard the cannons, looked back frightenedly, and their eyes almost collapsed out of their sockets. The Ming army captured the canal's estuary, and the fleet rushed into the canal, with roaring on the side, and countless artillery shells hit the Qing army's rear army.

The front was in a stalemate, and the back formation was attacked again. Under the attack on both sides, the Qing army became frightened when it was in a middle of the formation!

It's over! The Qing army, who had premonition of danger, burst into screams.

Seeing this, Ma Degong's muscles twitched on his face and made a quick decision, "Break south!"

"Hold on!" Tian Xiong roared like thunder on the horse's back. At this moment, the horse on the southern line saw that the situation was not good and ordered a breakthrough.

The Qing army fighting fiercely on the south side moved when they heard the order, quickly left the Ming army and ran wildly to the south.

Seeing this, the Central Army Yang Chengzu was full of horror. There was Li Chengdong in front and Ming army fleets behind him fired fire and bombarded him. The horse on the south side escaped again, and he immediately pulled out the reins and left.

Tian Xiong wanted to leave, but he was on the north side, close to the Yangtze River, and it was too late to break through, so the army would definitely not be able to take it away.

At this time, when he was panicking, he looked up and saw a Ming general covered in blood waving his mace and coming to him again. Tian Xiong was suddenly disintegrated and he pulled out his horse and ran away.

"Dog thief, die!" Zhao Ming swung his big stick and yelled angrily.
Chapter completed!