Li Yan led the army to the vicinity of the Empress Dowager Xiao River, and the scouts in front found that the Qing army's troops were also not far to the north. So Li Yan asked the troops to retreat for a while, with their backs to the Liangshui River behind, waiting for the arrival of the Qing army. Tens of thousands of troops, as well as tens of thousands of mules and horses, do not have sufficient water.

In fact, Dolgon was also very surprised, he originally wanted to fight Li Yan further south, but he didn't expect Li Yan to come so quickly. But he didn't hesitate. Although the Empress Dowager Xiao River used to be the Cao Canal in Beijing, now it is dry year after year, and the water level is very low, which cannot prevent the troops from crossing the river.

After Dolgon led 50,000 troops to cross the river, he found that Li Yan had already lined up and was ready for battle. However, he saw that Li Yan's formation was very strange, it was actually three hollow phalanxes in the shape of pinzigs. Such a phalanx looked very thin, and each side was only six or seven rows of personnel, which was simply weak for them with the advantage of cavalry. The only thing to worry about is that there are almost ten guns on each side.

Dolgon had a full view of Li Yan's arrangement, and with a slight smile, he ordered the Mongol cavalry to attack first. The confluence of the Empress Dowager Xiao River and the Liangshui River is a triangle, and if Li Yan were to camp there, the defensive pressure would be much less. However, Li Yan was arrayed in an open area, and he did not reject horses and other things, it was completely a field battle, which made Dolgon look down on it a lot.

"It's wishful thinking to make a contribution with artillery!" Dorgon thought with a sneer in his heart.

They fought with the Ming army for decades, from the initial fear of artillery, to the ability to forge their own artillery. Their artillery technology is already much stronger than that of the Ming Kingdom, and last year they even newly cast the Heavenly Bless Shenwei General Cannon. The gun weighed 3,700 catties, the cannon was eight feet long, the charge was five catties, and the projectile was fired ten catties, with a range of three miles. The artillery of the Ming Dynasty, apart from the Hongyi giant cannon on the city wall of Beijing, which artillery was their opponent?

The reason why he let the Mongol soldiers attack first was to take a look at the strength of Li Yan's troops first. The Mongols were best at horse archery, and they ran around the army and shot arrows, which quickly shook the enemy's army. If he could let Li Yan's troops break and escape, then he would be able to annihilate Li Yan in the pursuit, which would be much easier than a serious siege.

And it was also to buy time for his artillery to carry across the river and release the columns. Although there are artillery carts, but in the end it is nearly 4,000 pounds of heavy artillery, and it is not an easy task to cross the river.

Without any hesitation, the Mongol cavalry immediately formed a formation, and then rushed towards Li Yan's army formation, which was five hundred paces away. They didn't feel that this battle was any different from the previous ones, although the group of enemies in front of them was relatively large in number and looked very well-equipped, but wasn't the Ming army also large in number and well-equipped? The point is that this group of enemy troops did not even let go of the horses, which is really a godsend. When this enemy army is defeated, most of these artillery and armor will be theirs.

Three thousand Mongol cavalrymen held horse bows in their hands and shouted for their horses to run. Instead of rushing in formation, they pulled a long line and marched diagonally towards the three formations, so that they could gallop around the enemy's formation.

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves sounded, and the Mongol soldiers' horses gradually picked up speed. They're still getting closer, closer. The range of their horse bows was limited, and they could not fire until they were within fifty or sixty paces. Although there was a lot of artillery in the enemy army, they were not too worried. The artillery in the Ming army looked thick, but the firing range was not far, and the artillery lacked training, and it took half a day to fire a cannon. At this time, they had already shot the Ming army with bows and arrows, unable to stand, and began to flee.

Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, they continued to approach Li Yan's military formation.

"Boom", "boom" A few cannon shots, and the artillery in the military formation directly in front was fired first. Four three-inch guns fired shotguns, and the small projectiles inside were all iron bullets.

In an instant, dozens of the Mongol cavalry fell, and people shouted and neighed, and there was chaos. There were still more than a hundred steps between the two sides, and such a long distance could still inflict such a lot of damage on them, which made them stunned.

Before they could calm down from their panic, there were a few more "boom", "boom" shots. Among them, some of the cavalrymen fell off their horses with screams, and some of the horses neighed and fell to the ground with a bang.

The Mongol cavalry did not dare to continue to charge, so they all controlled their horses and turned southwest in advance. They knew that it would not be easy to turn the artillery fire, and as long as they rushed out of this area, they would be fine.

However, they only cared about speed and direction, but they forgot the distance between them and Li Yan's southwest military formation. When they rushed quickly, they were attacked by shotguns again.

The penetration of iron projectiles is quite good, and the Mongolian cavalry is all light cavalry, and neither the war horse nor the cavalry has any protection. After the iron projectile penetrates the body of a cavalryman, it can continue to damage the cavalry or war horse behind it. Although the wounded war horse is not as serious as the lead projectile, the sore war horse will jump and run like crazy, causing greater confusion in the horse team and causing the horse team to slow down rapidly.

When the Mongolian cavalry was in chaos, Li Yan's artillery naturally would not let go of this opportunity. As long as the artillery fire is within range, all of them start to be fired in turns. The sound of "boom" and "boom" artillery was endless, and the white smoke from the firing rose in bursts, and soon the artillery was hidden in the white smoke.

At this time, the Qing army had already crossed the Empress Dowager Xiao River, and the soldiers in the same color armor were neatly arranged under the yellow, white, red, and blue banners, and there was a scene of Xiao killing. However, there was a loud trumpet behind him, and the slaves and Han soldiers were carrying the cannon across the river, and the gun carriage had already come over and waited.

Dolgon was a little stunned, he didn't expect Li Yan's artillery to be so powerful. He could see clearly from behind him that with every artillery fire, the Mongol cavalry would be killed and wounded, and a large number of them would be killed. This was something he had never encountered in his more than ten years of campaigning. In the past, the Ming army's tiger squat artillery could only kill in pieces at a distance of about ten paces, but Li Yan's artillery could do it more than a hundred steps away.

"Let them withdraw." Dorgon commanded.

Suke Saha clenched his fists and asked to fight: "Master, the slave asks to fight!" My fangs will definitely be able to rush forward and break up Li Yan's army formation! ”

The Tooth Warrior was the bravest of the banners, and was directly under the control of the Emperor. This is also a move by the Emperor Taiji family in the world, so that the power that the banner owners can mobilize is getting less and less, and the power controlled by the emperor is increasing.

Dorgon scolded, "Not allowed! How can my Manchurian life be wasted like this?! Go, collect the dead soldiers from the minions in the back, and prepare heavy armor. ”

Although Sukh Saha wanted to make meritorious deeds, he also knew that what Prince Rui said was right. If they have serious casualties, they will be poked in the back by the old man and the neighbors when they go back. It's still cheap to use those Han slaves. Whether dead or alive, just carry a flag for them. Not only can it increase the population of the Manchurian flags, but also can produce some more loyal eagle dogs.

"Oh, the minion will do it right away."

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