On the second day, at 10 o'clock in the morning, Li Chongzhen led 7,000 men and horses from Changping to Shunyi, and met Zhu Cihong as soon as possible.

Zhu Cihong and Li Chongzhen explained carefully for a while, asking Li Chongzhen to guard Shunyi, be sure to defend Shunyi City, if Shunyi is lost again, he will sacrifice Shang Fang's sword to cut people.

Li Chongzhen saw that the crown prince raised the sword of Shang Fang in his hand, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly responded, and made a military order, swearing to defend Shunyi to the death.

After explaining everything, Zhu Cihong was a little relieved, and led the three battalions out of Shunyi and went straight to Huairou.

Huairou City is forty miles away from Shunyi City, and Zhu Cihong's army has just marched ten miles when he receives news from the night in front of him that there are a large number of Tartar cavalry in front of him, which should be heading for Shunyi City, about 3,000 people.

Zhu Cihong looked at the finely drawn map in his hand and said lightly: "It seems that the Tartars know that Shunyi City has been lost, and this should be here to find a field!" The army continued to advance and lined up at the Mapo Bridge in front. ”

There are lush trees on both sides of the bank of the Mapo Bridge, but the official road in front of the Mapo Bridge is barren, with a wide field of vision, and the situation on the opposite side can be seen at a glance.

Not long after, the army marched to the Mapo Bridge, Wang Wannian proposed: "Your Highness, this battle is for our Shenji Battalion and Shenshu Battalion to fight, Emperor Chengzu once said, Shenji is in the front, the horse team is in the back, our Shenji Battalion can attack with artillery fire first, and then the Shenshu Battalion will attack, and it will definitely break the slaves and thieves!" ”

Zhang Shize also took the opportunity to ask for battle, obviously discussed with Wang Wannian last night, and both of them wanted to make meritorious contributions.

Zhu Cihong directly refused the Shenji Battalion to participate in the war, he didn't believe in this group of young master soldiers, in case the Shenji Battalion opened fire, there were loopholes, and there was a nervous hand slip or something to blow up his own people, and the Eight Banners Army took the opportunity to disperse, and then the entire three battalions would collapse.

Zhu Cihong looked at Zhang Shize and said, "The Yongwei battalion and the Tartars are facing each other, and the cavalry of the Shenshu battalion is lying in the forests on both sides, and when the Tartars retreat and prepare to retreat, they will lead the troops to kill." ”

The front must be guarded by Yongwei, otherwise Zhu Cihong will not be at ease.

Although Zhang Shize didn't know why the crown prince was so sure that the Tartars would retreat, but the opportunity was rare, he was still excited and immediately clenched his fists and shouted: "The last general will take the order!" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "Then let's start deploying!" ”

Wang Wannian stood aside, a little speechless, from the beginning of the expedition, he had nothing to do in the Shenji Battalion?

Zhu Cihong originally had high hopes for the Shenji Battalion, but looking at their virtue when they marched, he felt that they were unreliable, so he hid them first, and usually let them drink some soup behind the army, and it was not in vain to push hundreds of artillery pieces in vain on a hot day.

Two quarters of an hour later, a red smoke continued to rise from the sky in front of him, passing from far to near, Zhu Cihong looked at the red smoke that was getting closer and closer, and knew that it was Long Xiang who did not send a signal at night, and the Tartar was coming!

Huang Degong said sharply: "Prepare for battle!" ”

The soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion had already lined up behind the Mapo Bridge, and the musketeers in the front began to load the medicine in an orderly manner.

Wang Wannian and other soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, who were watching the play on the side, jumped up suddenly, and looked from a distance, and sure enough, they saw a large cloud of smoke and dust rolling in front of them, which was the dust that would only be splashed when the Qing soldiers and large cavalry rode their horses and galloped.

Not long after, a large blue flag with white borders appeared in front of everyone's eyes, followed by a large blue flag, and under the dense flags, there were eight bannermen of the blue flag wearing blue armor.

Wang Wannian beat a drum in his heart and said: "The momentum of the Tartars is so strong!" Fortunately, His Highness didn't let the Shenji Battalion take the lead, so I can't imagine that the Shenji Battalion will experience Salhu again......"

Zhang Shize, who was hidden in the woods on both sides of the opposite riverbank, saw the Eight Banners Army surging in the distance like a blue ocean through the leaves of the jungle, and as the distance got closer and closer, he felt that the earth shook under the impact of iron hooves.

Zhang Shize's heart beat violently a few times, although this is the second time he has seen the Tartar army, but he is still a little nervous in his heart, after all, the last time was on the city wall of Beijing seven years ago, and now it is a field battle, and the difference between the two times is too great.

Zhang Shize looked around, fortunately, the cavalry of the Shenshu camp was quite calm, although many people were nervous and involuntarily let out heavy panting, but they were far away and would not be exposed.

A large group of cavalry of the Qing army with a blue flag roared in, and when they were two hundred paces away from the Mapo Bridge, they slowed down their horses' pace, and finally stopped about one hundred and fifty paces away from the Mapo Bridge.

Among the cavalry of the Qing army, a few scout horses rushed out, and cautiously rode their horses to the side of the bridge to watch the situation of the Ming army, and they galloped back after a short time.

The Qing army probed the horse and reported: "Back to my lord, the bridge deck is only enough for six horsemen to run in parallel, and the Ming barbarians are about 200 zhang away from the bridge, which will not affect the impact of our army!" ”

He wore an iron helmet and red tassels, wearing a bright helmet and dark armor inlaid with iron leaves inside, and thick copper nails nailed to the cotton armor, and a shiny heart guard on his chest.

Hearing the return of the Tanma, this Mel Zhangjing's sweaty face showed arrogance, and he laughed and said: "These stupid people, guarding the bridge is actually so far away from the bridge, which Menzi bridge is still guarding, even if they have firearms, they can't fight so far, and there are really few barbarians in the Ming Kingdom who can fight." ”

His face was full of flesh, and he said with anger: "Pass my order, the whole army will attack, and kill all these Ming troops within two quarters of an hour!" ”

There was a burst of shouting and shouting in the Qing army, some brandished spears, some threw sabers, rode horses and galloped, and killed the Ming army behind the Mapo Bridge in a linear formation.

When the Qing cavalry was about to enter the bridge, the Ming army on the opposite side was still motionless, which made the Mel Zhangjing a little curious, but in his eyes, any conspiracy and trickery were useless in the face of absolute strength, so he shouted loudly and ordered the front to speed up and rush towards the bridge.

Zhu Cihong calmly watched the Tartar soldiers rush closer, and when the Qing soldiers rushed to the bridge deck, Zhu Cihong waved his hand, and the herald quickly waved the command flag, and the drum sounded, and the artilleryman standing in front of the artillery turned around and trotted to the running position and began to load.

The artillery commander shouted violently: "Fire!" ”

The deafening sound of artillery sounded, and all the solid bullets from the Hongyi cannon were concentrated on the bridge deck, and smashed into the Qing cavalry group.

The bridge deck is so wide, under the simultaneous impact of dozens of Hongyi cannon shells, mercilessly slaughtering the Tartar cavalry crossing the bridge, the entire bridge deck is shattered, even the stone guardrail on the bridge deck has been smashed to pieces, and stone chips are scattered.

The leader of the Mele Zhangjing was pale, he really didn't expect the barbarian to be so cunning and actually hide the artillery!

Jia Lazhangjing beside him hesitated: "My lord, are you still attacking?" There is such a decent bridge within ten miles of here, and the others are single-plank bridges, and there is no way for cavalry to cross. ”

Melerzhangjing said hatefully: "I will not be able to sleep well for the rest of my life if I retreat like this!" Let the Han army and the Mongol soldiers go up first, consume their artillery, and wait for their artillery to stop some, and our warriors with the blue flag will go up again! ”

The Qing army first stopped the attack, and not long after, a group of Eight Banners Han Army and Mongolian soldiers rushed to the bridge, and the cavalry was sparsely pulled, and the density was completely incomparable with just now.