When the morning light on June 25, the eighteenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, sprinkled on the battlefield on both sides of Qingliu River, the night of fighting seemed to have come to an end.

On the top of Dagunling Mountain on the west bank of Qingliu River, at this time, there was already a big banner from Hao Shaoqi, the commander of the Ming Army's forward division!

Manchuria is blue flag solid mountain true love new jue luo. More than 2,000 people led by Bahana (including three Niu Lu of the Blue Banner, more than 1,000 Han troops and Baoyi), after holding out all night, have now been wiped out, leaving less than 208 banner soldiers, escorting Bahana to break through to the north before dawn and flee - although he ended up in a crushing defeat and fled, but Bahana's performance in this battle was actually quite good!

With only more than 2,000 troops, with the help of favorable terrain and night, he laid out five suspicious formations, delaying the model army of the Ming army of more than 22,000 people for a whole night.

Of course, the reason why he was able to achieve such a record is also related to the caution of Hao Shaoqi, Shi Ruien, and Li Yan - this is the first battle of the model army! This army, which completely refers to Western-style tactics and equipment, has many doubts even in the new army system. So Hao Shaoqi and Shi Ruien didn't dare to take too many risks.

Just as cautious as they were Wang Qi and Qin Mingtao, who were in charge of the front of the Ming army's large array on the east bank of Qingliu River, with twenty model battalions and 24 3-pounder guns, and Feng Sizhong also played with 24 3-pounder guns.

If the two of them had Wu Sangui's level, they would have launched a counterattack, and with the twenty battalions of model troops and 24 3-pounder guns, they would have beaten the bluffing Haoge down long ago.

But these two were just guards, and they really led the troops to fight after they broke through from Beijing with Zhu Cihong. Lack of experience and limited ability, of course, have little guts...... In the face of wave after wave of offensives by the Qing army, they adopted the strategy of defending steadily.

Although a large number of Eight Banners Han troops and Baoyi were killed and injured at a small price, it also gave Haoge the opportunity to calmly adjust the layout.

And similar problems also appeared in Wang Zhou, Tian Qingyi, Wu Sanfu and Zhu Cihong.

All of them have the problem of insufficient command ability! Even Wu Sanfu, who had the most combat experience, had never commanded an army of more than 20,000 people on the spot, let alone commanded a large army to fight against a comparable number of Tartars.

Therefore, the introduction of the Western French generals, the "997" and the last of the new armies, although the level of military training is very high, it can be said that it is no less than the armies of the Western powers of the same era. However, the level of campaign command of the model new army is very low, and it is not too much to describe it as dull and clumsy.

This kind of dullness and clumsiness, of course, can't escape the eyes of Hauge, who is watching the battle from a high place. And Hauge, who is extremely experienced in the battle, immediately came up with a response to give up the front, involve the two wings, and detour behind the back. He took the initiative to abandon the already defeated Han army and Baoyi, and at the same time ordered Mulima to make a big fanfare, and after attracting the attention of the Ming army, move eastward. He also ordered Arzin to fight and go, and to move north. In the end, together with Ao Bai, who had just woken up, he led 3,000 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners to quietly cross the Qingliu River and make a detour to the back of Zhu Cihong's army.

And when the sky began to shine, the Ming army array, which was originally very tight, had become very loose unconsciously.

Fourteen of the twenty model battalions originally arranged in the front had already rushed across Qingliu Creek, rushed to Dagunling, crushed the Han army and Baoyi abandoned by Haoge, and joined forces with Hao Shaoqi's troops who had crossed Dagunling.

On the right flank, Wang Zhou and Tian Qingyi were supported by two model battalions led by Wu Sanfu, and soon gained the upper hand, causing Arzin's troops to retreat one after another. The warbands of both sides continued to move northward, and in less than an hour, they moved four or five miles north.

On the left flank, before the division commander of the new army of the new army could make a detour of the four cavalry battalions and one model infantry battalion led by Wang Fu, Mulima stopped the offensive and began to move eastward—without Hauge's orders, Mulima would have moved, because he had long been guarding against being dumpled and scattered many scout sentries on his left flank and behind. So as soon as the king's bearded cavalry approached, Mulima stopped attacking and began to move.

The two regiments of the new army (not the model regiment) opposite Mulima immediately attacked and tried to entangle Mulima, but they were dragged by Mulima and moved several miles east.

In this way, the originally very close battle line of the Ming army not only became very loose, but also appeared three war groups that were far away from each other - a large number of people on the Big Gun Ridge were cleaning the battlefield and clearing out the traitor soldiers who had slipped through the net; The two regiments and two battalions commanded by Wu Sanfu, Wang Zhou, and Tian Qingyi defeated the Tartars under Arzin; The mixed infantry and cavalry troops led by Wang Fu and the two regiments on the left flank were trying to pursue a dozen Niu Lu under the command of Mu Lima.

As for Zhu Cihong's Chinese army, under the protection of the guard battalion, it slowly moved towards the east bank of Qingliu Creek - Prince Zhu was ready to move his Chinese army up Dagun Ridge after the battle on Dagun Ridge was completely over.

The six model battalions (6 out of 20 model battalions) originally placed on the front line of Qingliuxi moved north under the command of Tongzhi Tang Laosi, the commander of the Chinese army division, preparing to pursue the fleeing Qing army.

In addition, an infantry battalion that originally belonged to the reserve (rear formation) was dismantled and used, and the pikemen, under the command of the battalion commander Chen Zhong, set up a three-column spear formation to block the east of Zhu Cihong's Chinese army. Of the remaining 240 musketeers, 40 turtledoves and pikemen were together, and the rest were scattered in more than a dozen teams, scattered along the somewhat sparse woods behind the Ming army, and served as guards.

Yin Yun, who was born in the Tianjin Wei Army and served as a firecracker under Cao Youyi for several years, was one of the firecrackers who were sent out to sentry, and the heavy turtledove foot firecracker gave him full confidence. Although this firearm is a product of the government-run Nanjing Gun Bureau, its quality is very reliable. At the time of delivery, the master who built this fire gun personally demonstrated it in front of Yin Yun - testing the gun is not only a technical job, but also a conscience work. Technology and conscience are indispensable, and Yin Yun's skills are no problem, the old firecrackers are old, and there are seven or eight firecrackers of all kinds that he has played, of course he knows the good and the bad.

And his conscience ...... It was discovered when the gun was tested! Because according to the regulations, the veterans who are responsible for inspecting the guns will take one of the batches of guns they have accepted for their own use. As for which one to take, it was not decided by himself, but by the commander of the model battalion in which he was located.

Therefore, Yin Yun can not only ensure that the firearm in his hand will not explode, but also ensure that under normal play, this firearm can accurately hit a humanoid target a hundred steps away!

If a Tartar scout cavalry appears in front of him in the sparse woods, he promises to send him back to the west!

"Tartar cavalry!"

One of the bird-footed soldiers who was acting with Yin Yun suddenly shouted--according to the order of the battalion commander Chen, the turtledove-footed gunners like Yin Yun were now strengthened into the bird-footed guns-on class, and one bird-to-bird class strengthened two turtledove-footed guns, and then scattered and hidden at the edge of the woods.

Yin Yun, who was sitting against the big tree and still fiddling with the fire gun with his head down, hurriedly jumped up, leaned on the trunk of the tree and looked into the forest, and saw several knights in blue riding horses unhurriedly.

The jackets of the new army were all red, and there were no blue coats. So needless to say, these cavalrymen must be soldiers of the Tartar Blue Banner.

"Ignition, reloading......"

The leader of the fire gun squad pinched his throat and shouted.

Yin Yun took a deep breath, then took out the flint and began to light the fire rope. The loading process of the turtledove is very tedious, starting with lighting the fire rope, and it takes more than 30 steps to complete it all. Even a veteran like Yin Yun has to be busy for a while.

And when he completed all the loading processes and put the fire gun on the stand, the cavalry that appeared in front of him was no longer a few horses, but too many to count!