Dolgon didn't think that the Ming army still had a secret weapon like a grenade.

Although the grenade appeared outside Taiyuan City, when he hunted the Eight Great Emperor Merchants, it was only seen by the eight dead soldiers who protected the Eight Great Emperor Merchants, plus Dolgon didn't care about the small role of the Eight Great Emperor Merchants at all, he only knew that the Eight Great Emperor Merchants were wiped out by the Ming Eradication Team, and he didn't have time to understand the specific details at all, so he also missed the matter of learning about the grenade.

Therefore, at present, Dolgon was also caught off guard by the grenades that suddenly appeared from the Ming army.

The Qing soldiers could not rush into the Ming army's military formation and engage the Ming army in hand-to-hand combat, so they could not annihilate the Ming army in a short time.

"Hateful! The Qing Dynasty can't be defeated again! Dolgon gritted his teeth, after the defeat of Shandong, the morale of the Qing army was not lightly hit, if it was defeated again this time, I am afraid that the morale of the Eight Banners would be hit, which Dolgon could not accept.

"Order, order the archers to hide behind the iron shield and shoot arrows at the Ming army from sixty meters away!" Dorgon ordered.

Although the grenades of the Ming army caught Dolgon off guard, but after all, Dolgon is known as a great talent, and there is no need to deliberately analyze, just at a glance he realized the shortcomings of the Ming army's grenades, that is, manpower throwing, fifty meters is the limit, the iron shield army stopped sixty meters away, the Ming army's grenades are absolutely out of reach, and the archers' bow and arrow range can reach the Ming army.

"Woohoo"

Qing archers hid behind iron shields to shoot arrows, thousands of arrows fell in the Ming army, and many Ming soldiers were killed or wounded on the spot.

"Bang Bang Bang"

The Ming army also fired back intensively, but unfortunately the Qing army's iron shield was not thin, and it was difficult for bullets and lead bullets to penetrate.

"Poof!"

"Ah" Except for a few bullets hitting one place several times in a row, and punching a few small holes in the iron shield, there is no effect, and even fewer can kill and injure the Qing army behind the iron shield, which is not enough to pose any threat to the Qing army behind the iron shield.

Due to the many casualties, Ji Feng and Chang Shun later ordered the Ming soldiers who were within the range of the Qing army's bows and arrows to retreat.

When the Qing army saw that the Ming army began to retreat, the iron shield immediately moved forward slowly.

"It's not the way to go on like this!" Chang Shunhou said with a frown.

"Yes, the Qing army's iron shield must be blown up!" Ji Feng made a decision: "Pass the order and order a part of the soldiers to rush forward with grenades and blow up the iron shield of the Qing army!" ”

Hundreds of soldiers of the Yinglong Army braved the rain of arrows of the Qing army with grenades, and when they were thirty or forty meters away from the iron shield, they threw grenades at the iron shield of the Qing army.

The Qing army's iron shield army was not happy, it was blown up by dozens of grenades, and the hundreds of soldiers of the Ying Long army who were still grenades were ordered in advance, and they immediately fell to the ground after throwing the grenades, and the Ying Long army and the Seventh Army took the opportunity to shoot intensively, and for a while, the Qing army suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat again.

On that inconspicuous high slope, Dolgon's face turned hideous, in this way, he simply could not annihilate this is the vanguard army of the Ming army before the arrival of the main force of the Ming army, and not only can not rely on this to boost the morale of the Qing army, but will also be hit by the morale of the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry and the Mongolian Iron Cavalry.

Although he was angry, it was a pity that Dorgon couldn't think of a good solution for the time being.

Of course, the Qing army could not give up, and the other iron shield army rose up again, and the Ming army still had to brave countless arrows and rain of arrows to still hand grenades, and there were also many casualties.

In addition, the artillery of both sides is still continuing the fierce artillery battle.

Although the 150 guns of the Ming army had the upper hand because the 50 new guns attached to the First Army had a faster rate of fire and were more powerful, the Qing army also had 200 guns in the end, and with two surprise attacks, the Ming army lost a part of the artillery first, so the two sides could not help each other for a while.

The two sides were thus at a stalemate.

The main force of the Ming army, which is nearly thirty miles away from Dongguang County, is blocked at this moment!

"Newspaper"

Not long ago, several huge explosions sounded, Zhu Ci stumbled to order someone to investigate, at this moment the scout finally returned, however, at this moment, there is no need for scouts to report, looking at some low-lying roads in front of him suddenly a large amount of water, Zhu Ci probably guessed what happened.

"Your Majesty, there are Qing army spies who have blown up a gap in a reservoir nearly ten miles ahead, causing a large amount of reservoir water to flow out and flood the road ahead!" Sure enough, the scout's report proved Zhu Cihe's conjecture.

"Your Majesty, something must have gone wrong with the vanguard army in Dongguang County, the Qing army has already planned it, I'm afraid it's not good!" Li Yan said to Zhu Ci.

"I'm afraid Dolgon is planning to encircle and annihilate the 40,000 vanguard army!" Zhu Ci is eighty percent sure.

"How deep is the road ahead? Can it still be passed? Zhu Ci asked the scout.

"Back to the emperor, there is a low-lying road, which is flooded about half a person deep and impassable!" The scout replied that the lowest-lying road was only five miles away, not far from the reservoir, and that they had already tried it.

Zhu Ci frowned, the water is so deep, it is definitely not easy to pass, not to mention the many baggage materials and cannons of the army, etc., it is absolutely impossible to take this road again, and it is impossible to do this by throwing down the cannons and baggage, and the main force goes first, it is too dangerous, so it seems that you can only take a detour.

"Bring me the map!" Zhu Ci asked people to bring a map of the vicinity, and find the way from the map, and the nearest one would take about an hour to detour.

The journey of an hour is not far, and Zhu Ci immediately decided to take a detour.

When the order was conveyed, Li Yan's brows furrowed tightly, looking extremely worried.

"Your Majesty, since the Qing army has premeditated, it must have calculated the time, with Dorgon's strategy, since he can be so calculated, I am afraid that he is at least eighty percent sure that he can move the vanguard army of 40,000 of the first army and the seventh army, for the sake of safety, we can't sit idly by!" Li Yan finally couldn't help but speak.

Zhu Ci was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, you really can't be careless." ”

Although he was sure of the First and Fourth Armies and was confident that they would be able to support the arrival of the main army, Dolgon could not be underestimated, and in order to prevent trouble, he could not let Dolgon lead the way, and it was not appropriate to take a detour without doing anything.

"What do you think of that?" Zhu Ci asked.

"Back to the emperor, the minister thinks that he should send a Ying Long army to wade through the water to support first!" Li Yan proposed: "Ying Longjun's new firearms are different from ordinary firearms, and they are not afraid of water, although cannons can certainly not be carried to follow, but people and guns can wade through the water, so it is the best choice for a Ying Longjun to take the lead." ”

"Li Aiqing is right, so let's do it." Zhu Ci nodded and agreed, even if the Ying Long Army did not carry cannons, its combat effectiveness was equally strong, with the support of the Ying Long Army, plus Ji Feng and Chang Shun, they themselves had an army of 40,000, and it was even more impossible for Dolgon to achieve his goal.

Immediately, Zhu Ciji ordered the Second Army to leave the artillery camp, and 18,000 infantry waded through the water on foot, and then marched quickly, rushing to support the vanguard army in Dongguang County.

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