Huang Taiji's subconscious, as long as he knocked out the hot air balloon of the Dongjiang Army, he could fight hand-to-hand with the Dongjiang Army. Out of confidence in the combat power of his subordinates, he believed that he could make the Dongjiang army suffer, and the actuarial calculation would still be defeated in the end, and the Dongjiang army would pay a heavy price.

Under this kind of thinking, he believes that Mao Wenlong will definitely not be able to bear such consequences, and these are the conclusions he came to after observing Mao Wenlong for a long time. At the same time, this conclusion was also recognized by all the generals, so Huang Taiji did not doubt it and resolutely implemented his plan.

Looking at the Jin soldiers who were already preparing for battle in front of him, Mao Wenlong immediately smelled the slightest smell of war in the air. Judging from the formation set up by the Jin soldiers, it is obvious that Huang Taiji did not choose to retreat this time, but was ready to fight with the Dongjiang army.

In this regard, Mao Wenlong realized that a hard battle could not be avoided, since there was no room for maneuver, and he had completely lost patience with Huang Taiji in the outbreak of the plague in the army. Under the combination of the two, Mao Wenlong has no possibility of compromise.

"Pass the order down and prepare for war!" Mao Wenlong opened his mouth and ordered to Cheng Zuo beside him.

"Yes, Commander!" Cheng Zuo hurriedly responded, and then commanded the flag commanders to begin to pass on Mao Wenlong's orders through the flag.

When the Dongjiang Army arrived, it didn't even take a break, and immediately entered a state of combat readiness, which was obviously very unfavorable to the Dongjiang Army that had traveled a long distance. But Mao Wenlong didn't pay attention to these at all, it was only a few miles away, and the Dongjiang Army didn't run fast when it advanced, so there would be no need to rest at all. On the contrary, the trek of several miles just warmed up the officers and men of the Dongjiang Army.

After the Dongjiang Army entered a state of preparation, Mao Wenlong immediately ordered the battalion of 3,000 musketeers who followed him to go directly to the front of the battle. It was clear that he was going to let the musket battalion fight this opening battle.

Huang Taiji saw the formation of the Dongjiang army, and did not show the slightest weakness, and immediately ordered the sword and shield hands to be pushed to the front, and directly built a copper wall and iron wall.

Mao Wenlong saw the deployment of the Jin soldiers, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and a hideous smile was aroused, and he resolutely ordered: "Musket battalion, attack!" ”

The war drums were beaten for the first time, and the sound of the war drums made people's blood boil. The soldiers of the 3,000 musket battalion shouted the command in unison and marched forward in great stride, and the 3,000 men were arranged in thirty phalanxes, one hundred each.

And the Jin soldiers were also under the order of Huang Taiji, and the iron wall built by the sword and shield camp began to move slowly towards the front. Behind the sword and shield array are three thousand archers, and once they are in range, there will be a salvo of ten thousand arrows. Especially when they saw that the musket battalion of the Dongjiang Army actually had no protection, these archers had already begun to laugh.

The musket battalion had just advanced about fifty meters when Mao Wenlong gave another order. I saw a surge of people on the position of the Dongjiang Army, and suddenly twenty small tiger squat cannons appeared. Some of the 1,000 officers and men of the Dongjiang Army pushed the tiger squat cannon, and some worked together to carry the shells, and slowly followed behind the musket battalion.

The appearance of twenty artillery pieces surprised Huang Taiji, and his brows were twisted into hemp ropes. The Jin Kingdom has always been on the backward side in terms of firearms, which is why every time they attacked the city of the Ming Dynasty, they were unable to attack the city even though they had taken advantage. And the artillery owned by Mao Wenlong in front of him was much more powerful than the artillery of the Ming Dynasty, and twenty of them appeared as soon as they came up.

Huang Taiji suddenly felt that this time he was very likely to not be able to bargain, but at this point, there was no possibility of withdrawing his troops, and he had to fight no matter what, and there was no turning back from the bow.

When the two armies were about 500 meters apart, the musket battalion in front suddenly stopped, and then, under the order of the general, they all lay on the ground, and the muzzles of their guns were aimed at the golden soldiers in front.

And the artillery in the rear also began to place the artillery, adjust the muzzles, began to load the shells, and waited for the order to open the cannons. In the face of the deployment of the Dongjiang Army, the Jin soldiers were unmoved, and still moved forward slowly, and the effective range of the archers had to be within 100 steps. If they wanted to shoot the Dongjiang army, they had to keep moving, and with the protection of the shield, they didn't have to worry about the Dongjiang army's muskets causing them damage.

But they didn't see that there were still twenty artillery pieces waiting for an opportunity in the rear of the musket battalion, hiding behind the shield bearers, and the Jin soldiers couldn't see everything about the Dongjiang Army in front of them, although this move would bring them many disadvantages, but it was undeniable that the Jin soldiers and archers at this moment did not realize that they were moving towards death step by step.

The ignorant are fearless, and they do not find the danger ahead, so Jin Bing is naturally not afraid, and is full of confidence and fantasizes about giving the Dongjiang army a head-on blow.

"Shoot ......"

"Nourishing ......"

The fuses of the twenty guns were ignited at the same time, and the fuses of the gunpowder made a sizzling sound, which was soon extinguished in the barrels. At this time, the Jin soldiers were only about 200 meters in front of the Dongjiang Army, and they were still half a length of 100 meters.

"Boom ......"

Twenty artillery pieces suddenly roared like thunder, and twenty black cannonballs drew an arc in the air, accurately smashing into the golden soldiers' positions that were still slowly advancing.

"Boom ......"

The sound of the explosion was almost continuous, and after the explosion, it was clearly visible that the position of the golden soldiers, which had just been quite neat, was suddenly blown out of several quite large holes. The wails and screams, as well as the panicked crowd, made the Jin soldiers collapse in an instant.

However, the Dongjiang Army did not give the Jin soldiers time to react at all, and the second round of shells only smashed through after only a dozen breaths. With the roaring explosion, the Jin soldiers immediately collapsed. The golden soldiers, who were not affected by the explosion, began to turn around and run, and it was the shield hand who was originally at the front running the fastest. In the face of unstoppable artillery, they were not arrogant enough to think that they could stand with their shields alone.

The cannonballs are scattershots, and once they hit the ground, they will burst open, and the stone chips and iron filings contained inside are deadly things, and anyone who is affected is almost immune. After only two rounds of shelling, the Jin soldiers were directly beaten back, and the first battle was won.

At this time, the musket battalion, which had just been lying on the ground, quickly stood up at this time, and then continued to stride forward.

Mao Wenlong looked up at the sky at this time, and saw that the hot air balloon in the air had risen to the limit height, and he immediately ordered to attack again. After the hot air balloon departed, he informed Chengzuo that the whole army was advancing steadily.

The power of the artillery confirmed Huang Taiji's previous fears, and the Jin soldiers finally fled in defeat without any accidents. Fortunately, he also found that those guns were not flexible and could not be used flexibly, which meant that they could only be used for defense, and could not attack and attack at all.