The huge Wuzhen Chaoha artillery battalion marched sparsely and dragged far before and after, some cattle and horses were exhausted, and the heavy artillery that did not replenish the transportation capacity in time was far behind.

Some of the big francs, six-pounder guns and other artillery advanced very fast, far behind those heavy guns, not to mention the weight of the guns themselves, marching on this rugged and narrow mountain road, the four-wheeled gun carriage forward, the same is not as convenient as the two-wheeled.

Manchuria Zhenglanqi First Class Mel Zhangjing Weng Adai, as the official in charge of the Wuzhen Chaoha Battalion, kept whipping and scolding his subordinates, urging them to speed up their advance. From time to time, he waved the leather whip made of raw cowhide with copper wire in his hand to teach the lazy minions and folk men a lesson. However, for those gunners, he didn't touch it at all, at most he scolded a few words of "straight lady thief!" Lazy dog thing! ”

The artillery team of the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion was marching in front and behind, when suddenly, there was a loud exclamation from the front of the team. But when they were marching, a sound of horses' hooves sounded on the mountain road, and soon more than 100 cavalry cavalry of the Shun army appeared in the field of vision at the bend of the mountain road in front of them.

It was in the morning, the sun was rising in the east, Weng Adai had a good vision, he observed from afar and near the more than 100 cavalry of the Dashun army, all with eight-petal hats and iron-pointed helmets, and a small number of people with firearms on their backs in their hands, wearing well-made long armor. Most wore short armour, spears and sabers in their hands, and wore arms. The war horse under the crotch is fat and strong, and it can be seen that it is very finely fed on weekdays. There are also some iron-inlaid armor at the vital point of the neck of the war horse, which is used to protect the horse. In the rising sun, the armor of men and horses sparkles in the sun, showing off their might. In the mannerisms of people and horses, there is a faint sense of agility and fierceness. Judging from the armor, equipment, war horses, etc., Weng Adai easily judged that these cavalry must be the elite among the thieves!

"Go! Kill them! ”

With an order, Niu Lu Zhangjing, who was guarding Wuzhenchao's battalion, roared out with his cavalry.

According to the experience of these cavalrymen, they entered the pass several times to plunder, and the Ming troops they saw were all fleeing from the wind. This time into the customs, but also only in Shanhaiguan fought a tough battle, after the encounter of the Ming army, the Shun army are all looking at the wind and surrendering, these Shun troops in front of them, think of it is also a donkey dung egg surface light, we rush up they are bound to collapse, everyone just cut off the head to pick up the military merits, the war horse armor as a trophy put away!

"Bang bang! Bang! ”

No one would have thought that in a small battle that was originally relaxed and pleasant, when the cavalry of the two sides was less than fifty or sixty paces away, the firearm cavalry of the Dashun army suddenly opened fire from the queue at the galloping Qing cavalry.

After a round of shooting, there were more than ten riders under Niu Lu Zhangjing who were knocked off their horses, and several short screams came to an abrupt end in the dense sound of horse hooves. However, there were dozens of wounded and cavalrymen who were blocked and tripped by the fallen horse cavalry.

"Kill the Tartars!"

There was a loud shout in the ranks of the Dashun army, dozens of cavalry rode their horses and rushed forward, and the teams of both sides came in the opposite direction, and between breaths, they had already rushed within forty steps. However, in the blink of an eye, the dozens of cavalrymen suddenly turned their horses in unison and left! Leave the back to the Qing cavalry!

"Good! The thieves have retreated! Kill! A familiar scene appeared, and a proud bloodthirsty desire appeared in the heart of every Qing cavalryman. Rush up, slash and slash, and then, go back to the camp to report the merits!

However, just as their horses rushed within thirty paces of the cavalry of the Dashun Army, suddenly, there was a "Throw!" The sound sounded in the Dashun army horse team, and with this shout, more than a dozen black horsetail grenades flew out of the Dashun army cavalry team and went straight to the Qing army cavalry team!

"Not good!" Although he is the Blue Banner of Manchuria, the position of Weng Adai and other Meler Zhangjing was spelled out in Tashan. On the battlefield of Tashan, he has learned the benefits and disadvantages of this kind of unsophisticated, shameless earth-shattering thunder, no matter how much warrior you can fight, and then wear a few layers of armor on your body, as long as this thing explodes around you, a soybean-sized fragment can kill you! Countless warriors are dead or crippled in the face of the power of this iron lump.

In a series of explosions, the more than 100 cavalry under Niu Lu Zhangjing were blown up on their backs, and the war horses that were lucky enough not to be injured were also kicking and roaring, if it weren't for the riders on horseback, who were almost lifted off their horses by them, it was obvious that the war horses were frightened.

The horsetail grenade exploded, the shrapnel flying in all directions, the huge sound produced by the explosion, the shock wave, and the firelight not only had a huge lethality and shock to people, but also caused huge damage to the horses under the crotches of the riders. One by one, the horses were hit by shrapnel and fell to the ground with a wail, and the riders on horseback also fell to the ground, crushed to the ground by the heavy body and armor of the horses.

"Kill!" Before the explosion had completely stopped, the cavalrymen of the Shun army, who had just thrown their horsetail grenades, held their spears and sabers in their hands and rushed towards them.

Among the horse teams, those cavalrymen with guns in the center are in the center, and the cavalry guards with swords and guns are flanked by them.

Although these Manchurian Blue Banner cavalry had been learning to shoot archers since childhood, this was the first time they had fought with musketeers in the mountainous terrain environment. Cavalry battles with the Ming army in the plains and wilderness were usually fought on such narrow and rugged mountain roads? What's more, the other side also uses firearms as the main lethality, and from time to time reloads and shoots on horses. The firecracker combined with the hard bow of the cavalry, the projectile and the arrow, such a lethality can be described as huge. As a result, the less than 200 cavalrymen present were either killed or wounded in an instant.

Rushing to the front, the firearm cavalry stood guard at a distance, allowing the cavalry armed with swords and spears to fight the remnants of the Qing cavalry.

However, in Weng Adai's sight, hand-to-hand combat does not seem to be the advantage of the Qing cavalry. These cavalry of the Shun army not only have excellent personal riding skills and horse martial arts, but also cooperate with each other very tacitly. A few sabers against a Qing cavalryman, the pikemen stabbed through the air with a shot.

In the blink of an eye, this Zhenglan Banner Manchurian Niulu was slaughtered.

"Master! Look! He was surprised that his subordinates were killed by the Shun army like this, and the house slave guards beside Weng Adai exclaimed in surprise and pointed in two directions to alert him.

Behind the two hills in the distance, two groups of cavalry suddenly appeared. Although the number of people is not large, from the scale of the banner, there should be more than 1,000 people who will go down immediately. These two groups of cavalry moved quickly, and the position they chose was even more tricky and ruthless, and they rushed directly to the junction of the light artillery in the front and the heavy artillery in the rear of the marching team of the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion.

"Quick! Hurry up and go up! Weng Adai was a little flustered. He knew very well that the six-pounder guns and big Buddha Lang machines in front of him, the artillery trucks of each cannon carried cannons and gunpowder with them, and there was nothing else, as long as a cavalry of the Dashun Army rushed into the artillery team, only one earth-shattering thunder would be needed, and the dozens of artillery pieces in the vanguard would be afraid that they would go to the sky and the ground. At that time, Prince Yu and the great general Duoduo will not hesitate to let themselves go down to Huangquan to serve the master of Haoge!

With a roar of anger in his mouth, he did not slack off in his hand, drew out the long knife hanging on the saddle, and rode his horse with the accompanying escort horses towards the cavalry of the Shun army all the way.

However, the cavalry of the Dashun Army on the opposite side were more well-equipped than the cavalry that attacked the vanguard just now, and their fighting style was even more scoundrel. Seeing that Weng Adai led the men and horses to rush up, at first he stood still in place, but just took the horse gun on his back in his hand, and coldly observed the trajectory of Weng Adai's Mele Zhangjing banner charge.

Look at the distance that rushed to a distance of less than fifty or sixty paces from his own horses, as if thousands of thunderbolts sounded in the ranks of the Shun army, and the dense projectiles smashed head-on Weng Adai's men and horses.

"Quick! Rush over! Just rush over and you'll be fine! Weng Adai knew very well that no matter how good the firearm was, in front of the galloping horse team, there would only be one chance to shoot a salvo. If you want to reload the second gunpowder projectile, you must first ask yourself if the long knife in the hand of the war horse under your crotch agrees!

The hundreds of Manchurian cavalry with the Blue Banner and the entourage of the army around him were also red-eyed. First, this is a life-and-death moment, and second, after Tashan, the Qing army is extremely generous in dealing with things like carrying the flag and promoting military merits. Often after a war, hundreds of Baoyi have changed from Baoyi to their subordinates because of their military exploits. The current crisis may not be the step of our brothers' advancement!

Just when the hundreds of cavalry of Zhenglan Banner Manchuria rushed within 30 steps in a few jumps under the leadership of Weng Adai, they were already able to see the facial features and outlines of the cavalry of the Dashun Army not far away, and some of the Zhenglan Banner cavalry had already taken long-range weapons such as flying axes and javelins in their hands, something unexpected happened.

"Bang bang! Bang bang bang! "Those Dashun cavalrymen who didn't move on the spot, the horses in their hands actually fired again! At such a short distance, it's almost a head-to-head opening! What's more, it's such a big goal as even people and horses?! A row of gunfire has not stopped, and more than 100 cavalry under Weng Adai have fallen. Even Weng Adai himself, because of the successive fall of several war horses in front of him, the war horses across the direction of his mount's running, became the biggest obstacle, a stumble, the horse stumbled, and lifted him off the horse. In the midst of the galloping horses, the last sight he saw in front of him was a huge horse's hooves with a hoof stamping on his face.

"Oh! It turns out that the horseshoe is like this。。。。。 ”

"The master of Mel Zhangjing is dead! The master of Melerjangjing is dead! "Weng Adai's Melle Zhangjing recognized the flag and fell, which immediately caused a riot in the ranks of the Qing army.

"Cast!"

A cold shout rang out in the ranks of the Dashun army. Dozens of tall and arm-length bombardiers picked up the horsetail grenade vigorously, making a "buzzing" sound, and then fiercely threw it towards the already chaotic and abnormal team of the Qing army. Moreover, most of them had a directional target when throwing, and went straight to those Niu Lu Zhangjing and Jia Lazhangjing to recognize the flag!

In the blink of an eye, dozens of horsetail grenades exploded in the crowd of Qing troops, and more than a dozen officers of all levels of the Qing army followed Weng Adai to the underground to serve their old master Haoge in the flames and sounds of the explosion.

The battle in Niutouyuan was nothing more than a small-scale outpost attack and disturbance battle for the two Shunqing armies, each with hundreds of thousands of troops. However, the impact of this raid was enormous.

On the side of the Qing army, because the cavalry of the Shun army rushed into the front of the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion and threw the grenade into the ranks, not only did it blow up the scattered people and gunners who suffered heavy losses, but at the same time, I don't know which cavalry lacked virtue and smoked, and threw the horsetail grenade into the ammunition truck. The cart was loaded with ammunition for a six-pounder gun, and the power of the explosion of seven or eight barrels of gunpowder instantly sent the six-pounder cannon into the air, and then fell heavily from the air and rolled into a deep ditch. Not only that, but the huge shock wave caused a martyrdom in the ranks, and one after another the gun trucks exploded and burst into flames, blowing up the light guns everywhere.

More than 30 large francs, six-pounder guns, generals and other light artillery pieces were lost. As for the losses of gunners, ammunition, mules and horses, they were even more heavy.

This raid caused the Qing army to occupy Niutouyuan and set up artillery positions here to bombard the Shun army's plan to delay it for four days. In the past four days, the morale of the Dashun army has been greatly boosted! Li Zicheng passed on the holy decree to reward and reward the generals and soldiers under Wushan Boma Shiyao.

At the same time, the whole army seized the time to speed up the repair of fortifications and build trenches.

The two armies of Shunqing, from the commander to the soldiers, all tensed every nerve in their bodies, waiting for the moment when the war broke out.

In the early morning, the mist has not yet dissipated, and flags are already fluttering between the ravines on the loess plain, and the horns are cold.

"If you enter the former, you will die without a reward, and though you want to reward it, you will not be able to investigate it; The latter was born without punishment, and even if he wanted to punish him, there was no way to investigate. There must be moderation today! If the growth does not retreat and ten people retreat together, then the growth can kill ten people. If the distribution of the allocation of the Shiku does not retreat and the subordinates retreat together, they will be killed. Niu Lu Zhang Jing does not retreat and Niu Lu retreats together, then he will be killed. Jia Lazhang Jing does not retreat and a Jia Lazhang retreats together, then the cow is killed. Yijia Latong retreated only to kill Jia Lazhangjing. If one flag retreats together, the flag owner Baylor will be killed. All of the above. Look at it this way. No more than three or five people have been killed, it seems that they have nothing to do with the soldiers, and they can retreat, but you have to think carefully, this method is a line of millions of soldiers, and they have also been examined when they advance and retreat. Although there are only a few people killed, you are not afraid of a million people, and you will not be able to retreat. Listen to me for this sake. For example, a bull records people and retreats together. Kill Niu Lu Zhang Jing, Niu Lu Zhang Jing But when he saw him retreat, he would never retreat. If he Niu Lu Zhangjing does not retreat alone, he will not be able to support the enemy. It is necessary to die at the front. So the king slew several of his men. He will take his wife and children's property together to pay you Niu Lu Zhangjing's life. Seeing that Niu Lu Zhangjing did not retreat, he was afraid that Niu Lu Zhangjing would be killed in battle, so he should pay his life and pay off the debt. Even if he got the allotment, he didn't dare to retreat. His subordinates were strong, and when he saw that his boss did not retreat, he was afraid that he would lose his master, and he was afraid that he would have to pay for his life, so he protected the distribution of Pashku, and did not dare to retreat. Strengthen the soldiers under him, I am afraid that if he dies and grows, all his soldiers should be beheaded, so they will protect and grow, and they will not retreat. So it is not the death, but the death of three or five of the men. Even millions of people should be of the same heart, and that one dares to retreat first? This is called the joint sitting method! This method means that in the whole army, everyone is like a knife on their heads, like a rope tied to their heels, looking at each other one by one, even sitting and pulling, and no one can get out. ”

"Soldiers retreat, grow and kill! Grow and retreat, Niu Lu kills, Niu Lu retreats, Jia La kills! Jia La's retreat, the flag master is killed! When the general retreats, the whole army can be killed! ”

“…… Those who dare to retreat from the battle and retreat first against the enemy will be killed! One person retreats, beheads his people, all the armor retreats, and all the armor is killed! All the teams are retreating, and the whole team is killed! To the generals, leading generals, and all the officers, sit together as one! …… If the first commander does not retreat, the first commander who is killed will be merciful, and the rest of the soldiers will be beheaded. If each team retreats to the captain who is killed, he will show mercy to the captain's house, and the team leader will be beheaded and all the soldiers will be killed! ……”

Duoduo once again sacrificed the magic weapon developed by him and his second brother on the battlefield of Tower Hill, the method of sitting together. In view of the hundreds of thousands of Manchurian, Mongolian, and Han Eight Banners and the officers and men of the newly attached army under his subordinates, the sound of propaganda orders sounded one after another among the battalions, banners, and towns.

Looking at the hundreds of bloody heads hanging all the way in front of the Duoduo Shuai's tent, several newly surrendered general lieutenants resisted the physiological urge to release water between the two trembling thighs, and viciously swept the officers under them over, "You guys, listen to our old man!" When you are fighting, give us Lao Tzu a good sell! Cao Beile said that whoever first attacked the city and entered the Guanzhong could encircle the land of a county! If you dare to cower and hold back, you don't need Prince Yu to do it, let's take him to military law first! Then he sent his wife, aunts, concubines, and ordinary people to the camp as prostitutes to comfort his brothers! ”

In the tent, Duoduo's face was calm, and in the past few days, the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion had completed the heavy artillery of the artillery team on the Niutou Plain, and built an extremely tight artillery fort. Today is the time to start the attack on Tongguan!

The day before yesterday, there was already an urgent report of military intelligence from the direction of northern Shaanxi, Jiang Pai and others with more than 100,000 men and horses on their way south, the brigade had already arrived in Yan'an Prefecture, and the forward troops were in the vicinity of Luochuan and Fuxian, and they could reach Tongchuan, Pucheng, and other places in a few days. This is the progress of the military horses of the North Road.

In addition, reinforcements that Duoduo, Azig, and Dolgon had never thought of drove Li Zicheng's tens of thousands of horses from west to east, and retreated towards Guanzhong.

This is the Mongolian princes, Wusi Tibetan tribe soldiers and horses in Gannan, Qinghai and other places, under the call of the great sea division and the great erudite treasure and wise man, raised an army to rebel, and the tens of thousands of Shun troops stationed in this area were taken by surprise and had to retreat to the east.

"Humph! This king is in this Tongguan, attracting Li Chuang's main force. When the soldiers and horses from the north and west arrived, Li Chuang had to, "He stabbed the meat-eating knife in his hand to the table.