More than two miles away, the Qing army's Hongyi artillery fired cannons to bombard Wang Tingchen and Bai Guangen's soldiers and horses. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Wang Tingchen and Bai Guangen's army were heavily equipped with firearms such as Baizi guns and tiger squat cannons. However, these firearms could only fight at a maximum distance of 300 paces, and they could not fight against the Qing army at a distance of two miles. The two generals led the soldiers and horses to rush forward. Rushing to a distance of 200 paces, the Ming army laid down their firearms and began to shoot the Qing army.

The Baizi gun is a small firearm with a very slender muzzle and a weight of 20 or 30 catties. When used, it can be filled with dozens of projectiles in the barrel at a time, and shoot enemies hundreds of paces away like a shotgun, hence the name Baizi Gun. Of course, it is also possible to shoot with only one large projectile, which can shatter a vehicle at 200 paces.

The Tiger Squat Cannon is a small artillery piece that weighs thirty or forty pounds. In order to facilitate shooting, the cannon was placed in a fixed position, much like the appearance of a tiger squatting, hence the name. Most of the Tiger Squat Cannon shots are projectiles, and they are quite lethal within 500 steps.

Although the Ming army did not have a powerful Hongyi cannon, the number of firearms of various colors was greater than that of the Qing army. There were only six Hongyi cannons in the Qing army's array, and they fired at each other for a while, and the casualties were much higher than those of the Ming army.

The Qing army no longer used artillery to shoot, but rushed up on war horses.

The Ming army blocked 1,000 four-wheeled vans in front of the formation, defending against the cavalry of the Qing army. The wagon was a chariot several meters long, with wooden planks that resembled a wall to protect the infantry behind the wagon. Only the narrow gap between the chariots can pass. The cavalry of the Qing army rushed to the front of the formation and could not advance, so they could only dismount and fight on foot.

The Ming army carried Beacon Mountain to break the prestige of the Qing military camp, and the morale was high. At this time, the Ming army outnumbered the Qing army, and the Ming army was not afraid of the Qing army, and fought with the Qing army.

Wang Tingchen was originally a tiger general, he led a thousand family members, holding a halberd, and raided back and forth in the Qing army, killing countless people. Encouraged by the king's courtiers, the morale of the Ming army was even more boosted, and they fought to the death one by one.

After half an hour of fighting, both sides suffered heavy casualties, each with hundreds of dead and wounded. The Qing army could not bear the casualties in the first place, and Mingjin fled. The Qing army abandoned six bulky Hongyi cannons and fled into the mountains to the northwest. Wang Tingchen and Bai Guangen were willing to let go of this opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so they also abandoned their firearms and chased after them.

After chasing for five miles and entering a mountain col, Wang Tingchen suddenly turned pale and sweated coldly.

"In the middle of the ambush..."

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Li Zhi led an army of 15,000 and marched fifteen miles south of Xingshan. The army let go of the scouts to search for the military situation in the surrounding twenty miles, and marched on the official road in a long snake formation. Fifteen thousand men marched in a row of five, several miles from front to back. As far as the eye can see, there are flags in full swing everywhere.

The morale of the tiger division was full, and the soldiers were eager to rush to Jinzhou immediately to fight a decisive battle with the slave chieftain Taiji.

Li Zhi led the team to walk in the Chinese army, walking and walking, and suddenly saw smoke and dust billowing in front of him. Two Ming soldiers dressed as horses galloped, and Zhang Huang rushed towards this side in a daze.

Jia Ding rode his horse and rushed in front of Li Zhi, but was stopped by Li Zhi's personal guards. Jia Ding turned over and rolled off the horse, hurriedly took out his waist card to check his identity, and unloaded the saber on his body, and then rushed to Li Zhi.

As soon as the two family members arrived in front of Li Zhi, they knelt on the ground with a thud and said loudly: "Xingguobo, my family's marshal Wang Tingchen and Bai Guangen, the chief soldier of the Central Association, were ambushed and surrounded by 50,000 Tartars in Hejiaao, please Xingguobo quickly send troops to rescue." ”

Li Zhi was stunned when he heard this, and secretly said that these Ming troops were really careless, and this was ambushed by the Qing army again?

With a wave of his hand, Li Zhi made the army stop.

Seeing that Uncle Xingguo didn't speak, the two family members kowtowed on the ground like pounding garlic, and begged bitterly: "Uncle, my handsome family and Bai Guangen are guarding on a small hill, and they are about to be unable to hold it." Uncle quickly rescued, my master and Bai Guangen will not forget the kindness of uncle. ”

Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Bring the map." ”

Two guards ran up and spread out a one-man map of Liaoxi on the ground next to Li Zhima.

The family of the royal courtiers of the Li Zhi Dynasty asked, "Where is Hejiaao?" ”

The two family members looked at the map for a long time, and finally understood the map and pointed out the location of He Jiaao.

Zheng Kaicheng leaned up and looked at the map, took a breath and said, "Uncle, that place is full of mountains, and the mountains are full of woods, which is not conducive to the use of our tiger master's rifle." ”

Li Laosi groaned and said: "If it is full of woods, the rifle can only shoot within a few dozen steps, and no matter how far it goes, it will be completely blocked by the tree trunk." ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "In the mountains and forests, it is indeed difficult for my Tiger Master to perform. ”

When the two family members on the ground heard Li Zhi's words, tears flowed down in the four lines, and they kept kowtowing on the ground.

"Uncle, if 15,000 people from the Tiger Division are killed, the number of my Ming army will be as large as that of the Qing army, and we will definitely be able to support the arrival of other reinforcements!"

"Uncle, they are all friendly soldiers, you can't see death without saving!"

Li Zhi looked at the two Ming soldiers who were crying profusely, thought for a while, nodded and said, "If the more than 30,000 people of this royal courtier and Bai Guangen are surrounded and annihilated by the Qing army, this battle will not be able to be fought." Okay, I'll save your handsome! ”

The two housekeepers on the ground seemed to hear the sound of heaven, and their eyes lit up with joy.

Zhong Feng grinned and said, "Uncle, our soldiers and horses haven't fought in the mountains and forests yet!" ”

Li Zhi said: "There is a first time for everything, notify the whole army to march urgently and send troops to Hejiaao." ”

The Chinese army ordered the flag to be unfurled, and the herald galloped out from the Chinese army, transmitting the order to march to the whole army. The 15,000 Tiger Soldiers and 8,000 Heavy Men ran briskly and ran along the official road towards Xingshan City.

When the army arrived at Xingshan City, the heavy people left all the grain and grass in the city, and followed the army to Hejiaping with only a carriage and armor. After walking another ten miles of official roads, the army walked into the mountains and forests when it was only five miles away from Hejiaao.

The scout in front came back and reported that the Qing army of 50,000 people surrounded more than 30,000 Ming troops in the col, and the fighting was very fierce, and the Ming army was about to be defeated. The scouts searched the vicinity for twenty miles, and there were no other Tartar ambushes nearby.

Li Zhi asked the soldiers to put on their armor and their rifles with bayonets, and led the team into the mountains and forests.

The mountain forest was overgrown with pine and cypress trees, and occasionally a few maple trees, which grew densely. Li Zhi felt that in such a mountain forest, the enemies fifty meters away were all shaded by trees. Only when the Tartar rushes close can the Musket fire once.

After walking for another three miles, there was a shocking shout of killing in front of him. Li Zhi walked to a small hill, stood on a slightly open high ground and looked ahead, and saw tens of thousands of people in the distance densely mixed together and fighting. The Ming army wore red cotton armor or mandarin duck battle jackets, and was surrounded by the Qing army in the middle, struggling to support.