Engetu was actually distressed and fainted at this time, there were not many Mongolian soldiers under his banner, but today he broke a small half, and even lost more than half of his war horses, they came out to rob, not to be robbed, but today they have become the victims, and this time Engetu is considered to have lost a lot of money.

However, the failure of the Mongolian Zhenghong Banner also made Du Du begin to pay attention to the enemy army that came to attack them, he didn't know much about the name of the Xingtian Army, but he also knew that this time it was not the official army of the Ming Dynasty that came to fight him, but a mutant army that rebelled against the court.

This time, he did not hold on to the big ones, but gathered the soldiers and horses of the headquarters plus the soldiers and horses of the Mongolian two banners, totaling more than 7,000 people, and stopped at a place called Guanzhuang fifteen miles south of Neiqiu County, lined up in formation, and blocked the way of Luo Li and Li Xinsuo to lead the Xingtian army.

Four thousand against seven thousand, Luo Li's side is obviously at a disadvantage in terms of troops, but Luo Li is bold enough to cover the sky, and he didn't take it to heart at all, and he talked and laughed with Li Xin and his subordinate generals along the way, which made Li Xin admire this guy to death, and of course his confidence increased a lot.

When the two armies met, Du Du originally wanted to send someone to ask what the origin and meaning of the enemy was, but Luo Li didn't say much to him at all, and directly scolded the guy sent by Du Du to ask questions, and told Du Du that they were the Xingtian Army, and if Du Du knew each other, he would quickly hand over the people of the Ming Dynasty they had arrested, as well as the silver, livestock, and grain they had robbed, or he would be unkind to Du Du.

Du Du was furious, and when he sent troops to kill the Xingtian army led by Luo Li, the two sides immediately started a big battle in Guanzhuang.

The area around Neiqiu is a plain terrain with a flat river, and both sides have no terrain to use, and they are fighting for the battle formations of both sides, and Du Du thinks that he has the advantage of troops, and at the same time, in his opinion, the Han people are not even their opponents, let alone this rebellious people's army, so the contempt is still not completely restrained.

When the two armies opened their posture to start fighting, Du Du immediately chose to take the initiative to attack, sending two cavalry to attack the Xingtian army from both sides, and the infantry army under his command was facing the main attack of the Xingtian army.

After watching the Tartars launch, Luo Li was not nervous, and after a little meeting with Li Xin, he lined up the two battalions in front, the cavalry in the back, and the artillery teams of the two battalions were arranged in the front of the center, and the muzzles of more than 20 three-pounder guns pointed at the Tartar army in front.

The scene of thousands of men and horses acting together is quite large, and these Tartar soldiers with red flags are also quite fierce, after the array, one by one the eyes are fierce, holding bows and shields step by step, and some of the cannons they captured on this trip were pulled out, and began to be erected to prepare for the Xingtian army, but unfortunately they brought too few red-clothed cannons to Kou this time, and most of them were taken to Julu County by Dolgon to deal with Lu Xiangsheng, and as a result, Du Du basically only had some Fran machines captured from the hands of the Ming army. The gunners were also temporarily captured by some gunners of the Ming army.

These Ming gunners did not dare to slack off under the threat of the butcher's knife of the Tartars, and hurriedly loaded the guns to fire cannons at the Xingtian Army, and before they could set up the Fulong machine guns, the three-pounder guns of the Xingtian Army began to fire one after another.

The shells of the three-pounder cannon jumped and flew into the artillery of the Tartar soldiers, and the Tartar soldiers who were caught off guard and the captured Ming gunners were even beaten to a beating, which was also the advantage of the Xingtian Army, under Xiao Tianjian's training, they knew best what target to hit first in battle, and they collectively locked the target in the artillery team of the Tartar soldiers, and solved these troubles first.

More than 20 three-pounder guns fired at the same time, although they were not as powerful as the six-pounder guns and eight-pounder guns of the artillery battalion, but they should not be underestimated, and the field artillery of the Xingtian Army was cast according to the casting method of the Hongyi cannon, coupled with the technical advantages of iron mold casting cannons, the range and power of the artillery far exceeded the cannons of the Ming army or the Tartar soldiers of the same level, and although some of the Furlong cannons captured by the Tartars were slightly larger, the firing range was far less than the three-pounder guns of the Xingtian Army because of the casting. Moreover, Du Du did not know the power of the Xingtian Army's artillery, and as soon as he pulled it out, he placed these cannons within the effective range of the Xingtian Army's three-pounder cannon.

As a result, the artillery battle was carried out, even if the Tartar artillery team was covered by many shells, even if the three-pounder cannon was not equipped with flowering shells, the power should not be underestimated, and the result was that the dust suddenly flew in the Tartar artillery array, and the stumps and broken arms of the Tartar soldiers and the captured Ming soldiers flew sideways, and the two Furlong machines that had just been erected were blown apart, and these Ming prisoners of war were hugged and scurried.

After the first round of calibration, the artillery of the Xingtian military camp quickly reloaded and adjusted the muzzle of the gun, and prepared for the second round of firing, and at this time the Tartar artillery team was still a chaotic scene, and the angry Tartar soldiers cut down a lot of panicked Ming prisoners one after another, forcing them to return to the artillery mount to continue to prepare to fire back, and finally they began to fire back, but in a panic, The firing accuracy of these Tartar cannons was very poor, and some of the shells simply missed and could not find the north, which basically caused very limited losses to the Xingtian Army.

After adjusting the muzzle of the Xingtian Army, the gunners of the Xingtian Army immediately began the second round of salvo fire, this time more than 20 three-pounder guns were much more accurate, and the shells almost without exception fell in the Tartar artillery array more than 200 steps away, although in this era, no matter how good the technology of the Xingtian Army is, it is impossible to ensure the accuracy of the cannon cast to the meter level to hit the point target hundreds of steps away, but 200 steps away to aim at the surface target like the artillery array, the accuracy of these cannons can still be satisfied, and the result is after the second round of salvo fire, The artillery emplacements of the Tartars were almost ineffective.

Du Du's eyes widened suddenly, he didn't expect this Ming anti-thief artillery to be so sharp, and a sense of foreboding suddenly rose in his heart, since they followed the wild boar skin to raise troops, there are not a few people who have fought with the Ming army, and they have also suffered the loss of the Ming army's artillery, over the years, they have also attached great importance to the development of artillery, using the Han craftsmen who captured and took refuge in them, and also cast a lot of cannons, but although these cannons are very powerful, they are also very heavy, and they are thousands of catties, and they are thousands of catties. It is very inconvenient to carry the army, they did not bring much this time, and they could only rely on the artillery of the Ming army captured along the way to supplement them, but they did not think about this battle, and they were beaten by the opposite army of thieves without the power to fight back, and the next battle is afraid that the casualties will be relatively large.

The result was similar to what Du Du expected, after suppressing the Tartar artillery array, the gunners of the Xingtian Army immediately turned the muzzle of the gun and began to aim at the infantry of the Tartars who rushed over, and the tactics of the Tartar infantry were not much different from the infantry of the Ming Army, and they also advanced in a dense formation in rows, with shields in front, archers followed closely, and behind them were the armored soldiers responsible for the charge, such a formation was exactly the slaughter target of the firearms of the Xingtian Army.

With the sound of a dense rainstorm, the gunpowder smoke suddenly shrouded the perimeter of the Xingtian Army's large array, and the firecrackers on both wings were the first to fire, because the Tartar cavalry had begun to rush into their range at this time, intending to attack and harass the Xingtianjun Formation from both sides, creating a favorable fighter for the frontal infantry attack, once the dense bean-like gunfire sounded, it almost no longer stopped, and the biggest advantage of the Xingtian Army's phalanx was that the arrangement of the firecrackers in any direction was basically the same, and there was no weak point, The musketeers are concentrated on the four corners, and no matter which direction the enemy comes by, they will face the volley of their two groups of musketeers.

The number of the two Tartar cavalry is not very large, as soon as the firecrackers on both sides fire, they know the pain of the Mongolian soldiers who fled back from the Mongolian Red Banner, the firearms of the Xingtian army are indeed sharp and abnormal, the farthest distance of about 100 paces can cause great damage to their war horses, their armor is almost impossible to resist within 70 steps, and it can be said that it is a forbidden place of death within 50 steps, as long as the people and horses are shot, regardless of whether they are wearing armor or not, they will only be seriously injured or killed on the spot, and the firing rate of the firearms of the Xingtian army is very high, It's also something they can't understand, the rows of firecrackers are only a breath between the volleys, such firepower is almost endless, no matter how they impact, they can't rush to the front of the Xingtian Army, all these Tartar soldiers' understanding of the Great Ming Fire Guns, here is completely overthrown, although they are extremely brave, and they are going forward to charge the Xingtian Army, but they have been knocked to the ground by the Xingtian Army's firecrackers within fifty steps, even if there are individual super anti-beating ability, Or the Tartar cavalry, who had taken shit luck and were not hit, rushed to the front of the Xingtian Army, but what was waiting for them was rows of long spears, so that they could not rush into the large array of the Xingtian Army at all.

At most, there are a few Tartar cavalry rushing close to the formation of the Xingtian Army, opening bows and arrows on the horses in an attempt to disrupt the formation of the Xingtian Army in this way, but unfortunately their number is limited, and the discipline of the Xingtian Army is also very strict, the soldiers of the Xingtian Army who were hit by the arrow fell to the ground, and someone immediately took their place, and continued to face their shooting indifferently, and there was never the slightest confusion, and the wounded soldiers of the arrow will also be immediately rushed into the formation to rescue, after several charges, the two Tartar cavalry that attacked on both wings have suffered a lot of losses, but failed to achieve the goal of disrupting the Heavenly Army.

(Today, thanks to the three brothers Spicy Death, Jisufala, and Beastluna for their tips!) ）