The Qing cavalry, which was blocked by the attack on the right flank, did not retreat, but after breaking away from the distance of the Taiping artillery fire, they switched to shooting the Taiping army with bows and arrows outside the formation.
The Manchurian cavalry with good riding skills suddenly rushed up and shot an arrow with super high horsemanship, suddenly hit the horse and ran away, and then rushed with lightning speed, so that the wolf soldiers with spears were helpless.
Yu Shizhong snorted coldly, he had seen a lot of Tartars' riding and shooting.
Waving the flag and ordering the artillery on the right flank to move the artillery forward, forcing the Qing cavalry to go away again, but then the Qing cavalry in the distance hung up again, surrounded the thirteenth town like a pack of wolves, and from time to time took advantage of the weakness to launch a wave of fierce attacks.
The artillery of the Taiping Army was tired of coping, and finally pushed the cannon forward, but the Qing army ran when they saw that the situation was not good, and they took the cold air and killed again, which made the artillery unable to adjust the muzzle fire several times.
This guerrilla-like tactics of the Qing army caused some confusion among the wolf soldiers of the 13th Town, who were on the battlefield for the first time.
Shang Keyuan is Shang Kexi's cousin, who participated in many wars between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty after joining the enemy with Shang Kexi, so he is quite familiar with the pestering tactics of the Manchurian Eight Banners.
But there was no good way to deal with the Qing army for a while.
If you want to crack the Eight Banners, you must have enough cavalry to drive the opponent, and if not, you can have a firecracker that can suppress the opponent's bow and arrow.
Obviously, Shang Keyuan did not have cavalry in his hands, nor did he have an elite firecracker.
The cavalry of the horse harrier king and the auxiliary ministers has been holding still, this is Yu Shizhong's killer weapon, and he will not use it until the critical time.
And the Fifth Town, which is the most equipped with firearms, is now located in the middle army, protecting the front of the army and easily cannot be withdrawn.
The armor rate of the Taiping Army is still very low, and the Guangdong Military Uniform Factory can only barely supply the new military uniforms of the old four towns, and most of the other towns are the military uniforms of the original Ming Army, and even many are still worn by Qing soldiers.
Among the Qing army, especially the green battalion soldiers, the armor rate was even lower.
Most of the green battalions of the Qing army were adapted from the original Ming army, and these Ming army generals have been following a bad habit for a hundred years, that is, focusing on the use of money and food resources on their cronies, and not paying attention to ordinary soldiers at all, only treating them as cannon fodder.
Therefore, after these Ming troops surrendered to the Qing army and were reorganized into the Green Battalion soldiers, they were actually still the same as when they were the Ming army, and when they became the Taiping army, there was no difference.
Zhou Shixiang didn't want to equip all the towns of the Taiping Army, but Guangdong's resources were limited, and the output of the Foshan Iron Works was not enough to make so many armors, so he could only focus on a few towns that could fight.
Almost half of the newly built soldiers in the towns were adapted from the Green Battalion soldiers, so in addition to being able to eat a little more, they were no different from the Qing army in terms of equipment.
Even if Zhou Shixiang forbade the generals of each town to build private soldiers, under the condition of limited resources, he could not fundamentally change the situation of low armor rate.
In order to distinguish themselves, those soldiers who even had the same military uniform and hat as the Qing army either tied a red cloth around their arms or wrapped a red stripe around the hat on their heads.
The thirteenth town recruited all Guangxi Zhuang people, and the weapons and uniforms were basically captured by the Qing army's equipment, so there were less than 1,000 soldiers in the town who could wear armor, so in the face of the Qing army's guerrilla archery tactics, the wolf soldiers suffered heavy casualties.
After the artillery moved the artillery forward again and forced the Qing army to retreat, Shang Keyuan gritted his teeth and organized the B and C 2nd Brigades to pursue and kill the Qing army, hoping that the Qing army would no longer dare to attack the 13th Town without scruples.
Yu Shizhong sent an order, and his life was still far away.
Shang Keyuan had no choice but to try to gather the formation, and ordered the armored brigade with a higher armor rate to be on the front line, and the few gunners and archers among the generals organized to launch a counterattack against the Qing army.
After half a pillar of incense, the blind Li once again led the Iron Man Guard to delay a group of Qing cavalry rushing in, as before, after paying more than 100 casualties, this Qing army saw that it could not take advantage and turned around and retreated again.
The reason why Yu Shizhong did not allow Shang Keyuan to attack was that the Qing cavalry repeatedly attacked the defense line of the 13th Town, and if the defense line was broken, the Qing cavalry would pour in through the gap, tearing the defense line of the 13th Town, causing the right flank to collapse.
The right wing, as the weakest wing, undertook the task of consolidating and protecting the Chinese army in the battle deployment of Yu Shizhong.
Therefore, as long as Shang Keyuan stabilizes the front, even if there are heavy casualties, it is worth it.
Moreover, the presence of the right flank indirectly restrained a large number of cavalry of the Qing army, so that the strength of their cavalry was weakened.
And if Shang Keyuan chooses to counterattack, he is likely to be killed by the retreating Qing cavalry.
Pursuing different defenses, without the protection of a well-organized defensive line, the infantry in scattered formations simply could not cope with the onslaught of organized cavalry.
Once the right flank was crushed by the Qing cavalry, it would directly affect the left flank and the central army, and might even end the battle in defeat.
The Iron Man Guard is covered in iron armor, and even if the sergeants are tall and large, it is difficult to fight for a long time.
Therefore, Yu Shizhong asked the blind man Li to lead the iron guards to retreat to the rear for a temporary rest.
The 10th town on the right flank was completely passive, tired of dealing with the harassment and attack of the Qing cavalry, but the 4th town on the left flank gradually relied on firearms to stabilize its position after the initial defeat, and killed and wounded a large number of Qing cavalry.
Yu Shizhong stood on top of a large cart and commanded the battle condescendingly, and Luo Tuo also stood on a horse on a dirt slope to observe the dynamics of the battlefield.
However, Luo Tuo did not observe carefully by Yu Shizhong, who was on the front line, he only knew that Gushan Ezhen Arjin, who was responsible for outflanking the right flank of the Taiping army, was repeatedly attacking the front line of the Taiping army, and he did not know what the specific battle situation was.
On the left wing, the commander of the Qing army was Wang Sheng, the commander of the Han army under the Dingnan Domain, who was a close general of the line Guoan, and performed well in the first battle of Liuzhou, so he was very valued by the line Guoan, and personally recommended him to Luo Tuo as the commander of the left wing.
Wang Shengtong led more than 1,000 Han cavalry and the same number of Mongol soldiers, and the right flank Arzin was tired of dealing with the Taiping army in front of him, but he faced the danger of being surrounded by the Taiping army in person several times.
Although he repeatedly turned danger into a disaster, and also killed and injured many Taiping troops, Wang Sheng's side was unable to open the situation for a long time.
As time passed, gradually the cavalry of the Han army involuntarily thought of the Battle of Liuzhou and the Battle of Qingyuan, and their morale was a little low.
The Mongol soldiers were all desperate at first, but now they are all a little cringe.
The Mongol soldiers have always been reluctant to touch the hard bones, they want the Han army to gnaw the hard bones, and the Han army is also unwilling.
The left and right flanks were unable to make a major breakthrough, and the infantry Chinese army Li Benshen could not find fighters, and Daniel Zhang and Line Guoan did not dare to rush up easily.
Luo Tuo was a little impatient, so he ordered Goshha to beat the drum and beat the three links, and the cavalry generals such as Arzin and Wang Sheng did not dare to use their lives, and organized an assault one after another.
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The infantry army no longer hesitated, and Li Benshen ordered the whole army to kill the Taiping army.
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