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After Yue Tuo and Haoge arrived at the Xiaozhang River, they glanced at the situation on the other side of the Xiaozhang River, and were suddenly taken aback in their hearts, they saw from a distance that there was a car camp on the west bank of the Xiaozhang River fluttering with the banner of the Xingtian Army, and there seemed to be a cannon on the high ground next to it.

And on the west side of the bridgehead of the Xiaozhang River, there are hundreds of soldiers of the Xingtian Army, and they seem to be all firefighters vaguely, and the ice on the river surface at both ends of the stone bridge of the Xiaozhang River has been chiseled by the people of the Xingtian Army, obviously it is impossible to force the crossing from the river, they can only quickly kill the river through the stone bridge, but walking on the river, there are not many people and horses to go at a time, and this time things seem to be a little troublesome.

Things seem to be a little different from what they thought, the auxiliaries of the Xingtian Army are indeed here, and it seems that the army carries a lot of food and ammunition, and there are also a lot of mules, horses and military tents, which is a covetous thing, but the problem is that the auxiliaries left here seem to be difficult to deal with, hundreds of gunners and a lot of cannons, if you want to eat them, it is estimated that it will not be possible without paying a price.

And now the war is tense, there is still a large force of soldiers and horses of the Heavenly Army is driving towards this side, they have all seen the terrible combat effectiveness of this group of Heavenly Army today, no one knows how long Dolgon can hold them back, anyway, they didn't think that Dolgon can destroy the soldiers and horses of this group of Heavenly Army, without exception they think that this group of Heavenly Army will break through the siege of Dolgon sooner or later and kill here.

Therefore, the time left for them will not be too long, if they want to eat this group of auxiliaries left by the Xingtian Army on the west bank of the Xiaozhang River before dark, they must take a risk, whether they succeed or not, they can only make up their minds immediately.

Yue Tuo and Hao Ge glanced at each other, and Hao Ge immediately said: "Since you are the general of the left side, you just have to make up your mind!" In my opinion, it is impossible not to fight, after all, as long as the car battalion of this gang of thieves is taken, then this thief army will naturally not be able to hold out here, otherwise, the future battle will be really difficult to fight! Otherwise, where is the face of our Qing Dynasty? Hauge said with a kind of pride on his face.

After listening to Haoge's opinion, Yue Tuo immediately made up his mind, because Hao Ge is the eldest son of the current Qing Emperor Huang Taiji, and this time he also went out with the army, nominally he and Dolgon are the commanders, but Hao Ge can be said to be the supervisor of the army, and he is also responsible for monitoring the two of them, if this battle is not fought, he Yue Tuo will be accused of fearing the enemy and avoiding the war if he doesn't get it right after he goes back, and he Yue Tuo is the son of Dai Shan, so he has to be careful.

So Yue Tuodang even gave an order, sent a Jia Lazhangjing to lead a thousand infantry soldiers, prepared more large shields and other things, prepared to cross the stone bridge, seize the west side of the stone bridge, so that the army could cross the river, and at the same time sent two cavalry, along the Xiaozhang River stone bridge, move on both sides, find the section of the river with ice, forcibly cross the river, and outflank the Xingtian army on the opposite bank.

So a large number of Tartar soldiers immediately began to prepare, and after the two cavalry received the order, they immediately began to move, and ran up and down the Xiaozhang River separately, and a group of infantry soldiers collected as many large shields as possible, and used these shields as a cover to force towards the bridgehead.

Li Fusheng stared intently at the other side of the stone bridge with his two eyes, watching the Tartar soldiers approaching the stone bridge step by step, silently calculating the distance in his heart, and shouting to keep his soldiers calm and not to open fire without authorization.

And after all, these soldiers did not fight as many as those soldiers, and this time it was the fierce Tartar soldiers they were facing, saying that they were not nervous was farting, many people even in such weather, their foreheads were slightly sweaty, or their bodies were a little stiff, and some people even had a little tendons in their calves, and there were not a few people who were nervous and trembling, if it weren't for Li Fusheng repeatedly yelling to stabilize them, when the Tartars were less than a hundred paces away, it was estimated that some people would not be able to help but get angry.

One by one, the soldiers nervously blew the fire rope on the bird gun, for fear that the fire rope would be blown out by the wind, carefully kept the fire rope burning, and at the same time constantly warned themselves, don't be scared to pull off the fire rope, and open fire before the battle is ordered, it is a felony in the Xingtian Army, and if you don't get it right, you will lose your head, they don't want to kill the Tartar, but they were chopped by their own commander first, so they all carefully held the bird gun and didn't dare to fire.

The artillerymen of the artillery array behind them were so anxious that they jumped up and down, but they couldn't wait for Huang Shengqiang to give the order to fire, for the six-pounder gun, the Tartar soldiers had already entered the firing range, and the three-pounder guns were basically enough to reach the Tartar soldiers, but Huang Shengqiang twisted a pinch of rat whiskers on his chin, and looked at the opposite shore for a long time, and never refused to give the order for the artillerymen to fire.

And Yue Tuo on the other side was also full of nervousness, he was most worried about the cannons of the Xingtian Army on the other side, afraid that these cannons would kill and injure a large number of Jianzhou soldiers under his command, but seeing that the team of infantry armor was already very close to the stone bridge, but the Xingtian Army on the other side had not yet opened the cannons, which somewhat reassured him, as long as the other side did not open artillery, these infantry soldiers under him would have the opportunity to rush to the stone bridge, and the soldiers of the Xingtian Army on the other side were obviously some auxiliary soldiers without armor, although they were holding bird guns, But if they can't withstand the attack of the infantry soldiers, they will soon be defeated, and sometimes it is impossible to fight without taking risks, and if their grandfather Wild Boar Pi (Nurhachi) did not dare to take risks, how could he take his children and grandchildren to lay down this field, so famous generals sometimes rely on adventure to obtain military exploits, Yue Tuo knows this very well.

"General Li Ying, the Tartar has reached seventy steps! You can fight! One of Li Fusheng's subordinates whispered to Li Fusheng.

Li Fusheng shook his head and said, "Don't worry, wait!" ”

All the soldiers who were standing with guns began to sweat nervously, and if they were closer, the arrows of the Tartar soldiers would be shot over, so why didn't they fire yet!

Li Fusheng was also a little nervous, his right hand pressed on the handle of the waist knife on his waist, and tightly grasped the handle of the waist knife, he didn't want to fight, but these Tartars were too cunning, it must have just seen the power of the fire guns led by their commanders, and they all hid behind the big shield and refused to show their heads, and he saw that the big shield of the Tartar soldiers was very strong, and he was afraid that he would not be able to break these big shields from seventy steps away, but it was a waste of ammunition and delayed the fighter, so he decided to take a risk, and it was not too late to fire when the Tartars reached a distance of fifty steps, Although fifty steps is the distance that the strong bow can reach, but after all, it is also the end of the strong crossbow, and the killing and wounding of the soldiers on their side will not be too powerful, but fifty steps can be said to be a place of lore for their firearms, as long as they are hit, they will be crippled if they don't die, and they will be crippled if they are injured in this season, and they will basically die more and live less, and the price that the Tartar has to pay is far more than his side, this kind of risk is still worth it, so he still gritted his teeth and ordered not to fire.

The Tartar soldiers were also nervous to death, one by one they were protected by the big shield and cautiously pushed forward, but when they reached seventy steps, they didn't hear the Xingtian Army release their guns, so they were even more nervous, the Tartar soldiers had just learned the fire guns of the Xingtian Army, and now everyone knew that the fire guns of the Xingtian Army were powerful, and the closer they were, the easier it was to be killed, but for the Jia Lazhangjing who led the team, he was more or less happy while worrying, because the closer he was, his archers could shoot bows and arrows to shoot their opponents, Although the casualties of the soldiers on your side may be a little larger, at least it is better than lying down and being beaten!

At this time, Huang Shengqiang whispered to the herald beside him: "I said how about we Yin Yi, these Tartar soldiers today?" Go and tell the brothers in the back that when I give the order, try to shoot as close as possible, don't shoot too accurately, and it doesn't matter how many cannons you put into the river! But for Lao Tzu to remember, no one is allowed to let go and fight me from a distance, so that the Tartar soldiers think that our cannons can only hit so far, tease them to converge in this direction, and then give them a ruthless one, I guess that this way can kill a lot of Tartar soldiers! ”

The herald is also a smart person, and he immediately understood what Huang Shengqiang's little abacus was thinking, so he bared his teeth and smiled: "The general is powerful!" Ha ha! This time the Tartars will be in bad luck! Humble and go to the order! Then he grinned and ran towards the artillery position.

After the officers of the artillery array received the order, they all quickly understood Huang Shengqiang's plan, so they all smiled and conveyed Huang Shengqiang's order, and the artillery commanders immediately began to adjust the aiming point of the artillery, and a big pit was dug for Yue Tuo and other Tartar soldiers.

When the Tartar archer jumped out and opened his bow and released the arrows, Li Fusheng roared wildly: "Kill the slave ......"

The first row of sweaty soldiers who had been waiting for a long time quickly pulled down the dragon head stuck in the fire rope, and in just a moment, the originally quiet environment in the area of Xiaozhang River was completely broken by a series of fire guns, and a row of nearly 100 guns roared out in the gun tube, splashing like a torrential rain in the shield array of the Tartars that had rushed to the bridge.

A few Tartars who had just jumped out of the shield array and wanted to release arrows to the west of the bridge, when they were beaten upside down and flew out even though they were covered in blood, and the bullets hit the big shields of the Tartar soldiers, almost all of them passed through the shields, and the distance of fifty paces even the big shields of the Tartars covered with cowhide could not be stopped, and many Tartar soldiers with shields were immediately knocked over to the ground, which made the formation of the Tartar soldiers suddenly chaotic.

The Tartar soldiers also let out a wild roar, they already knew that once the Xingtian Muskets fired, they would hardly stop, they had to rush across the stone bridge as soon as possible and approach those Torture Soldiers, otherwise they could only become the target of the opponent's Torch Soldiers, this is the experience and lesson they have gained from this day.

The Tartars were strictly disciplined, and the consequences of retreating and fleeing the battlefield without permission were serious, so they had no choice but to rush forward desperately, and a mere volley of bird guns completely disrupted the formation of the Tartars.

A large number of Tartar soldiers howled and rushed forward, some with bows and arrows, some brandished waist knives or hand axes and tried to rush onto the stone bridge, but at this time, the baggage musketeers on the west side of the bridge did not stop, and the five rows of baggage musketeers began to take turns to step forward and fire fiercely on the opposite side of the stone bridge.

A group of Tartars rushed up and were quickly knocked to the ground, and then another group of Tartars rushed up, and then they were overturned by another round of shells, and the whole west of the bridge was filled with puffs of white smoke, and the east of the bridge was splashed with blood.

In the east of the bridge from the bridgehead more than 20 steps away, as if it had become a dead place, the bullets flew sideways around the Tartar soldiers, and constantly fell on the Tartar soldiers who rushed up one after another, and the Tartar soldiers fell to the ground one by one, even if they held shields to cover their bodies, they could not block the blows of these bullets, and the flying guns crackled through the shields in their hands, and then they hit them solidly, and then burst into blood flowers one after another.