The Qing army, which was provoked by the Ming army, changed its original strategy of resting on the spot and waiting for follow-up troops and horses, and instead began to launch a full-scale offensive against the city of Huoshiling. On the one hand, because the effect of the light and swift horse attack was too great, the Qing army could not be allowed to reorganize for a long time, and on the other hand, because the Qing army, which had always been overwhelming, had a very high spirit and was unwilling to suffer.

The Qing army siege was divided into three parts: front, middle and rear. There were thousands of men in the front, with the horse armies of Ahsan and Malashi as the front, and these horse armies were all tied to the foot of the mountain, dismounted and fought on foot. Ahsan led the heavily armored soldiers with shields in front, and Malashi led the lightly armored soldiers to shoot in the rear; More than 2,000 people in the central part of the country, all of whom were melee infantry troops, commanded by Shi Tingzhu and Tong Dai, resisted the missile stray arrows with the help of the wooden planks of the chariot, not in a hurry or impatient, and slowly moved forward; There were nearly 2,000 Qing troops left in the rear, and most of the horse troops, so Ye Chen was stationed at the end of the formation, improvising.

Ye Chen's combat idea is very clear, that is, the front infantry horse army quickly climbs the ridge, attracts the attention of the Ming army, and shoots against it. At the same time, the main infantry in the central part of the city, which was really used for siege, did not go up the ridge head-on, but slightly opened up space with the front, so that the subsequent march along the trail to the mountain city would be reached. The Ma army deployed in the rear kept an eye on the Ming army and the horse army that might take advantage of the situation. The three ministries perform their own duties and give orders.

The Qing army under the mountain covered the hillside, and all kinds of horns and gongs and drums continued to sound in Han Gon's ears, buzzing in his ears. The soldiers on his side shuttled, and Wang Jinchao mixed in the middle, while trying his best to tighten his armor, he said loudly: "The Tartars want to play with their lives, and both sides of the front are rushing here, if they are attacked on three sides, it will be unfavorable to our army." Our army has the advantage of strength and can fight back! ”

Han Gon nodded and replied, "That's exactly what I mean. ”

As the Ming army returned to the city one after another, Ma Guangchun, who had been on the ridge for a long time, was ordered to lead the thousands of cavalry to copy out the artillery, and swooped down the slope towards the bottom of the mountain. On the other side, Wang Fu's ministers led the horse army out of the front, scattered from the ridges on both wings, and organized a large-scale flank fire at the Qing army on the frontal battlefield.

The Qing army in the front who was struggling to climb suddenly felt that the pressure of the frontal artillery fire dropped sharply, and did not relax, the experienced Ahshan Ling flag shook violently, and then the horn sounded, and all the heavy armored soldiers of his department stopped advancing in an instant, and selected each team at the mountainside, and quickly lifted the cowhide bag tied to the skull, and sprinkled the iron thistle terrestris inside to the ground.

Han Gon looked at the Qing army stationed from afar, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said secretly: "Good Tartar, I have a plan for a long time." ”

At present, Ma Guangchun led the Ma army to the point that it was irreversible in the middle and could not be mobilized again, so Han Gon called Bai Wang and asked him to immediately rectify the returning bird guns and deploy them under the city, so as to suppress the rear row of the Qing army and cover Ma Guangchun's troops.

In the blink of an eye, the Ming army and horse army that rushed down the mountain were like giant hammers, smashing into the Qing army's array. As the most elite warriors of the Zhao battalion, these horse soldiers were all wearing iron armor, armed with a single cavalry spear, and hung a waist knife and a meteor hammer on the left and right sides, the knife was used to kill and injure light armor soldiers, and the hammer was used to blunt heavy armor.

Although the Qing army threw thistles, but the swooping Ming army ironclad horse army could not retreat even if they wanted to, under the collision, the guns flew up, and rows of Qing troops fell from the mountainside, and dozens of people were killed in an instant. Although the rest of the Qing army scattered and evaded, the Ming army and the horse army did not give up, and they went on a rampage, quickly disrupting the Qing army's formation.

In the face of such a situation, the Ashan military flag still stood upright, and after the chaos of sacrificing nearly 100 people, the heavy armored soldiers of the Qing army looked at the flag and gathered, raising guns and shouting to besiege the Ming army and horse army. Ma Lashi, who was a little behind, also hurriedly dispersed the light armor and scattered to help stop the Ming army.

Ma Guangchun has led the Ma army for more than ten years, and has seen too many storms, and he is not ambiguous at the moment and adjusts in time. The gong struck three times, and all the Ming army horses abandoned their horses, dismounted and held knives and hammers, and began to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Qing army. The war drums on the mountains shook the heavens and the earth, and the shouts of the soldiers also soared into the sky, deafening.

"Kill the Tartars!" Ma Guangchun held a knife in his left hand and a hammer in his right hand, and he raised his arms and shouted in the middle of the formation, and the tall figure was carrying the sun on his back, like a hill. He rushed this time, there was no advance or retreat, and if he did not drive the Qing army down the hill, it was a dead word.

When the battle broke out, the horses on both sides of the ridge were in place, shooting relatively vigorously in the middle. Outside the city, Bai Wang also organized the birds, platoons of shooting, plus dozens of artillery pieces that were re-fired, up and down the flint ridge, the Ming army wantonly poured firepower, and the crossfire from several sides was like a weaving net, echoing in the mountains The sound of the sky falling apart almost made people think that the entire mountain range had collapsed.

"The Tartars are war-resistant to this point." Han Gon's face was like iron casting, and in just a few breaths, almost all of the mountainside was filled with thick smoke and it was difficult to distinguish the battle situation, but he saw that the fire kept flickering in the smoke, and it didn't stop. But Rao has reached such a situation, even if the surroundings have become hell on earth, the Qing army in the melee still does not retreat, and still insists on fighting.

"Zhou Yuji and Lu Yue's armies are on standby!" Han Gon gritted his teeth and exclaimed. Thousands of horsemen rode out of the city, and the wings of the bird and the handsmith converged in front, standing silent, waiting for orders, and they would follow Ma Guangchun's department and swoop down the mountain again.

After the pressure, the Qing army observed that the mountainside in front was in flames and a piece of erosion, and immediately divided hundreds of horsemen on the left and right to move to both sides, intending to force the horse army first, and then cover the main force of the infantry army that had advanced along the mountain road towards the mountain city. But to the surprise of the Qing army, the Pa'er Horse Army, which had fled after hearing the wind before, did not move like a mountain this time, not only continued to shoot in the direction of the mountainside, but even dispatched hundreds of horsemen to meet and entangle, as if they were determined to fight to the end.

"My son-in-law is the pillar of Datong Mansion, and the fathers and villagers of Datong support us with blood and sweat, and we can't embarrass them!" Wang Fu's ministers looked at the swarming Qing army and sneered a few times, turned around and shouted angrily.

At that time, the positions on the left and right sides also suddenly fell into a fierce battle.

Now only the main force of the Qing army's infantry army that is gradually approaching Flint Ridge City remains.

The mountain road was narrow, but it also gave the Qing army room to play. The Qing army used two chariots to withstand the fire of the Ming army, and the width was just enough to cover the mountain road. Braving the artillery fire of the Ming army, the Qing army was fast and slow, although there were delays and corpses along the road, but there were still hundreds of people who arrived at the mountainside in advance.

The flags in the city of Flint Ridge were immediately waved, and more than a dozen artillery pieces close to the Qing army pulled out the wheel wedge brakes and moved to the other side in an orderly manner to dodge. The bird gunners outside the city, under the order, immediately lowered the guns, and after releasing a gun, they followed Bai Wang and retreated into the city without hesitation to prepare to defend the city.

The flags continued, and although Zhou Yuji and Lu Yue, who had been waiting for a long time, saw the main force of the Qing army's infantry army gradually climbing the mountain, they turned a blind eye to it, followed Han Gon's instructions, and went down the slope without hesitation, speeding up and rushing towards the Qing army on the mountainside with all their might. Like Ma Guangchun, they had already given up the idea of retreating, and all they wanted in their hearts was to break the Qing army in front of them.

More than ten artillery pieces were deployed outside the city gate before the Qing army completely ascended the ridge, and turned to the target with the artillery on the city head. Even if the enemy was under their noses, these well-trained Zhao Ying's gunners and gunners could still keep their composure. With a lot of practice, they are ready to move consistently and skillfully, without any mud and water. The meticulousness of the movements seemed to affect their personalities, and at a glance, the faces of everyone who were busy were like iron bumps in their hands, cold as water, and not mixed with superfluous expressions.

While the Qing army was still in the middle of the formation on the mountain, the Ming army in Flint Ridge City was reorganized faster and had already begun to bombard them. The Qing army did not expect the Ming army's adjustment to be so rapid, although the position was unstable, but did not dare to continue the whole team, but divided half of the troops that had been organized, and rushed to the city first, and the troops that were still in chaos behind them retreated a little.

The Hongyi cannon at the head of the city destroyed most of the Qing army's array with a devastating force, but after all, there were still a few teams of Qing troops who pushed a few chariots to the root of the city. Due to the problem of depression angle, it was difficult for the artillery erected at the head of the city to continue to block, and the outermost part of the wooden cart with a thickness of several inches was covered with a layer of raw cowhide or iron sheet, oblique like a board house, and the bullets and arrows were bounced away and the falling wood and stones were resisted. Although the city wall is covered with bricks, as long as the outermost layer is broken, the inside is relatively soft rammed earth, as long as the foot of the city is chiseled out of several caves, the masonry and soil on the top have the possibility of collapsing at any time, if the masonry and mud slide just form a slope, the Qing army can use it as a stepping stone, and the horse infantry army rushes up.

In order to prevent the Qing army from digging the city, Han Gon ordered his soldiers to attack the Qing army from a prominent position such as the No. 2 Hongyi cannon and the Da Forang machine gun, which were smaller in shape, from the side of the horse. In addition, Bai Wang also organized soldiers to roll up the quilts collected from the city, stuff them with gunpowder, or hide gunpowder in bundles of firewood and grass and pour fire oil, and throw them under the city with torches.

The fire at the foot of the city was raging, burning the cars, the Qing army grabbed the road and ran, and the smoke billowed into the sky. The Ming army took the opportunity to select more than ten dead soldiers, went down the city, and raided the Qing army at the foot of the city. They received the promise of the aftermath in the army, and with the heart of death, they put life and death aside as soon as they landed, and as soon as they landed, they tried their best to cause even the slightest obstacle to the Qing army's siege of the city.

So far, the war has completely entered the white-hot stage. From the city of Flint Ridge to the foot of the mountains on the left and right and gentle slopes, everywhere is the figure of the Ming and Qing armies fighting bloodily.

On the hillside, as if wading out of the sea of blood, Ma Guangchun tightly hugged a Qing army warrior and rolled down the gentle slope, the two of them rolled to the flat ground vomiting blood and gasping, and the blades in their hands were gone, so they pinched their throats and picked their eyes with their bare hands, and even tore each other's ears, noses and cheeks without armor with their lips and teeth. Near the left, a big flag with the word "Ming" was planted on the ground, waving in the wind, the flag was sprinkled with blood, and Ma Guangchun pressed on the Qing army warrior and strangled the opponent's neck. The two of them were close at hand, and they both used every ounce of strength in their bodies to look at each other and roar, blood splattering all over their faces, just waiting for their opponents to take their last breath.

"Da Ming can't lose!"

Ma Guangchun gritted his steel teeth, and in a moment, the pupils of his eyes suddenly dilated, and the Qing army felt that his throat was as tight as a thousand catties, and his roar turned into a whimper, coughing all over his face with blood, and soon his body convulsed and died without blinking.

"Daming won't lose." Ma Guangchun was full of strength, and he didn't turn over on his own and fell on his back beside the opponent who couldn't cough up blood, exhaled a long breath, looked at the flag above his head in a daze, and seemed to be stunned for a while.

There are fierce battles and fighting each other around him, but everyone seems to have his mission in his body, and in the chaotic exchange of horses, no one paid attention to Ma Guangchun, who was weak and weak, as if he had lost his mind. He even narrowed his eyes as he listened to the shouts of killing that lingered on the hillside.

"Kill the Tartars—"

I don't know where a roar suddenly sounded from any corner, Ma Guangchun suddenly opened his eyes, and immediately smiled. Presumably, there must be another Ming army robe, who burst out with peerless courage and strength at the most critical juncture.

He listened to the sound of fighting one after another, as if he was hearing fairy music, and his whole body was suddenly full of strength, and the carp jumped up. His hand was empty, so he pulled out the flag gun beside him, his eyes were full of killing intent, and while taking it away to the most tragic place of the fight, he gritted his teeth and waved the flag, and shouted fearlessly: "Next!" ”