In order to survive, the prince of Manzhu Xili really didn't even care about his Manchurian relatives...... But the effect seems to be good, and before he shouts, many of the muskets that have been lit have been flattened, and the muzzles are pointed at him! As soon as he finished speaking, the muskets raised their muzzles.

The prince breathed a sigh of relief - he is the prince of the golden family! In the future, if the Great Tomorrow Dynasty wants to rule the grassland, maybe he will be needed!

Thinking of this, he stepped forward alone, and said as he walked: "Don't hurt me, I am the prince of the Golden Family, and I am the Zasak Manzhu Xili of the Horqin Left Wing Central Banner...... I sincerely defected to the Great Tomorrow Dynasty! ”

"Get off the horse, get off the horse and come over......"

Someone greeted him in Mongolian.

Manzhu Xili listened to the man's Mongolian well, and replied with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'll get off the horse immediately, I'll walk over." ”

He really dismounted, and walked by himself. Although it was dark at this time, there was still some moonlight spilling down, and when he got closer, he realized that something was wrong.

Why did these Ming infantry wear yellow cotton armor? It looks a bit like Emperor Shunzhi's pro-military camps (Emperor Shunzhi's new army wears yellow cotton armor, while Duoduo's army is all blue cotton armor)! Didn't the Ming army all wear red clothes with black cuirass on top? How did you change your clothes?

Before he could understand, several strong men wearing yellow cotton armor and dragging a braid on the back of their heads had already pounced on and cut the two arms of the prince of Manzhu Xili to the back, and also took out a cowhide band to tie his wrists.

"What are you doing? Do? ”

"What for?" A yellow-armored warrior snorted, "Of course, I'm going to see the emperor with you eating something outside the house!" ”

Manzhu Xili already knew that something was wrong......

"See the emperor? Where to meet? ”

The yellow-armored warrior smiled: "Of course, I went to Tianjin to see the emperor...... Lord, just wait to eat that knife! ”

"Go to Tianjin to see the emperor? Which emperor is that? ”

"Of course it's the Huang Shang of the Great Qing Kingdom!"

"Hey, you can't do this to me, I am the forehead of the Qing Dynasty, I have shed blood and contributed to the Qing Dynasty...... My sister is the Queen Mother! ”

"Less nonsense!"

It turned out that Manzhu Xi was courtesy of the Great Qing Firearms Battalion led by Zhuo Butai!

Well, surrender is still the wrong person......

It was Zhuo Butai who ordered the arrest of Manzhu Xili, but he couldn't kill this foolish prince with military justice, because he was the younger brother of the queen mother and the queen's uncle.

After having the Manzhu Xili escorted away, Zhuo Butai began to command the troops to retreat, and looked for dangers that could be used to set up the formation.

By asking the guards of Manzhu Xili, he already knew that the infantry of the Ming army had arrived.

Although the black lancers of the Ming army are powerful, they are not the main force after all, and the main force of the Ming army must be the infantry!

When the Ming infantry arrived, it meant that they had just bumped into the Ming army's brigade!

The infantry of the Ming army will definitely not be able to defeat it...... Zhuo Butai's firearms battalion had a total of 2,500 soldiers, including 8 infantry and more than 2,000 people, and 2 artillery Niulu, equipped with 12 3-pounder guns.

With this bit of strength, if you really meet the Ming army of the brigade, it will be consumed in a while.

Therefore, the firearms battalion of the Qing army was not used to attack, but to defend - the tactics adopted by the Qing army of the Shunzhi line now were to use the firearms battalion to attract the infantry of the Ming army, and then use the cavalry to make a detour to the rear of the Ming army. After all, they were mainly cavalry, and cavalry in the era of increasingly mature firearms, of course, played flanks and detours.

Zhuo Butai commanded the troops to retreat slowly, and without retreating too far, they retreated to an abandoned temple about three miles northeast of Zhuangqiao Village to set up defenses.

I don't know what the name of this temple is? But the scale is quite large, and it must have been prosperous. The walls of the temple were made of bricks, and they had been smashed down, and most of the good bricks had been taken, leaving only broken bricks and a wall base still piled on the ground.

Zhuo Butai's four shotgunners, Niu Lu, were deployed along the four collapsed walls, and three artillery pieces were placed in each direction.

As soon as the defense was completed, the Ming army came up.

But it wasn't the infantry that came, but their "black spearmen". Because the musketeers of the Qing army had already lit the arquebus, there were dots of light in the night, and they became a live target for the Ming gunners who used flintlock muskets.

They all dismounted, formed a loose formation, and advanced in the dark with their bayonets and ammunition-loaded flintlock pistols, and only half-crouched and opened fire thirty paces in front of the Qing infantry.

The Qing army's side also crackled, not in a volley, but in a scuffled gun.

The crackling you come and go, the excitement is very lively, but the casualties are close to zero...... At night, it's still so far away, or the smoothbore gun scrambles the gun, if this can hit, how much less character?

At the same time, Qi Yuanbi had already arrived in Zhuangqiao Village. The broken temple was the stronghold of the Qing army, while Zhuangqiao Village was the stronghold of the Ming army.

The infantry of both the Ming and Qing armies were more cautious at this time, the Qing army was cautious because of its small number of people, and the Ming army was afraid that the opponent would outflank them.

Therefore, both armies first set up a defensive position, and then cautiously tried to find out the enemy's situation.

And because the Ming army won the previous battle, they captured some prisoners, and through them they already knew some about the situation of the Qing army.

"Military advisor, the emperor of the Eastern Captives has arrived in Tianjin...... He also brought twenty or thirty thousand elite soldiers, most of whom were cavalry, of which 10,000 or several thousand were Horqin Mongol iron cavalry, the ones we had defeated just now. ”

It is Li Tieniu who is reporting to Qi Yuanbi, this guy is beaming now, he has made a great contribution!

Qi Yuanbi nodded and asked again: "Tell me about the terrain." ”

The military map in Cangzhou is not accurate, there is no Zhuangqiao Village at all, and there is no broken temple, but Li Tieniu has already inquired clearly.

He took a few cups and saucers and laid them out in front of Qi Yuanbi.

"Military Division, this is Zhuangqiao Village, where we are located, this is the Guanyin Hall that Dongyu now occupies, and there is a forest here, called the Wild Bear Forest...... There is also a small river, but it has frozen. The ground around us is very flat, and there is nothing to stop the horses from making a detour. ”

Qi Yuanbi nodded and said to Li Tieniu: "Platoon Commander Li, this official will ask for a first credit for you." Now you and your people go and rest for a while...... There will be a big battle tomorrow! ”

"Master Xie!" Li Tieniu thanked him and left.

Qi Yuanbi pressed his hand on the edge of the square table, looked at the tea bowls and saucers on it, frowned, thought for a while, and said to the two regiment commanders on the left and right: "Dongyu will definitely detour from our flank, after all, our cavalry is too small to stop them." Therefore, we should rush to defeat the Dongyu infantry of Guanyin Hall before their cavalry completes the detour, the cavalry is a hammer, and the infantry is an anvil...... Without the anvil, the hammer would not be able to hit. ”

Now the Ming infantry is very lethal to the cavalry, it is impossible to charge hard, and the cavalry is also sent to death. It may be effective to fight the logistics line, but there are many Han villages in Beizhili, and each village has food in stock to grab - those villages can block the Mongol cavalry, but they can't stop the Ming army's infantry army, which has a strong ability to attack fortifications.

Even if they can't find enough food, they can retreat with their whole body, and they can even leave a fortress in the hinterland of the Qing Kingdom, and it will be unbearable to die Shunzhi!

Therefore, if Shunzhi wants to achieve major results, it must cooperate with infantry and cavalry, take the infantry as the positive, and take the cavalry as the surprise.

If the infantry is gone, there will be no cavalry to fight!

"Military advisor," Huang Degong's adopted son Huang Fugui took the initiative to ask for battle, "The last general asks for battle!" Give the last general three hours, and I will defeat the tartar of Guanyin Hall for you! ”

"Good!" Qi Yuanbi nodded, "Both artillery companies are for you!" Commander Sun and I will lead troops to cover your left and right and rear, and you will go all out to attack! Don't be afraid of losses...... We must defeat the Donglu infantry army in the shortest possible time! ”

"Whoa!"