The sun sets, the sky is full of red glow, on both sides of the Liao River, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and the beauty is like a picture scroll.

However, at this time, neither Yuan Chonghuan nor Huang Taiji was in the mood to appreciate this picture, because they were deploying troops and preparing to fight to the death!

On Yuan Chonghuan's side, He Kegang was commanding the pikemen and sword and shield men to set up the formation, Zu Dashou was leading the Guanning iron cavalry to run desperately in the direction of the pontoon bridge, and Zu Zepu was leading the musketeers to board the pontoon bridge and retreat to the other side.

Huang Taiji saw the "car array" that was constantly spreading out on the bank of the Liao River, and he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, he couldn't help but recall the battle scene on the other side last year in his mind, Yuan Chonghuan didn't want to use this trick to trap him, this time this guy wanted to repeat the old trick!

It's better to be careful, he raised his hand to order all the cavalry to slow down, and thought about it, and soon, he ordered: "Order, order Yue Tuo to lead the Mengyuan cavalry to rush up to test it, to see if the Ming army has ambushed the artillery array again, and if there is no artillery array, rush up directly; The Eight Banners cavalry was ordered to assemble two miles ahead and stand by at any time to support. ”

He is still an old routine, and dangerous things let the association join the army and try to preserve the strength of the Houjin Eight Banners.

Yuan Chonghuan looked at the Jiannu cavalry chasing behind the Guanning Iron Cavalry from the telescope, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help showing a smile, he knew this, just play a trick to lure the enemy deeper, no matter how many people Huang Taiji has, as long as he arrives in front of Da Liaohe Fort, he has to kneel!

He roughly estimated the distance, and then ordered: "Order, order the defenders of Da Liaohe Fort to prepare for artillery bombardment, and once the enemy cavalry approaches the two-mile range of the car formation, immediately open fire!" ”

At this time, the 5,000 musketeers had almost withdrawn to the other side of the river, and the Quang Ninh iron cavalry had not yet rushed over, and the entire pontoon bridge was empty, and a herald jumped off his horse and galloped towards the opposite bank.

The distance of a few miles is only about a cup of tea for the cavalry, and soon, the Guanning iron cavalry has entered the range of the man-cart array, but they did not cross the river immediately, but assembled in the chariot array, and quickly lined up one phalanx after another.

Zu Dashou came directly to Yuan Chonghuan with a horse, and arched his hand: "My lord, are you going to fight Jiannu here?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan smiled and shook his head: "Just give Huang Taiji a lesson, it is estimated that he can't fight, Huang Taiji is not a fool, he won't do anything for nothing." ”

When Zu Dashou heard this, he looked at the Da Liao River Fort on the other side, looked back at the position of the car array, and couldn't help laughing: "Hahahaha, I forgot, the Da Liao River Fort is still set up with artillery, and if Jiannu dares to keep up, he must be bombarded to cry and cry his mother." ”

Yuan Chonghuan still smiled and said: "Yes, I didn't expect Huang Taiji to be able to gather so many people, if I had known that he still had so many people, he would have come directly to lure the enemy deeper, and he would definitely not be able to find the north, it's a pity." Fuyu, thanks to you this time, if you hadn't blocked the reinforcements of the Jiannu family, we would probably have to fight this time. ”

Zu Da Shouhan smiled: "It's nothing, it's nothing, I originally wanted to return this life to the adult, but unfortunately, Huang Taiji didn't have this ability, and he couldn't accept my rotten life for him." ”

Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help but be pleased: "You and I are all the same, don't say who owes whom, in short, thank you this time, you quickly lead Guan Ning Tie to ride back to the other side to rest." ”

Zu Dashou was about to retire, but the guards who had just run to the other side to give the order ran back and said in fear: "My lord, the artillery on the east side of the Da Liao River Fort has been ordered to be dismantled by Lord Hong!" ”

"Ahh When Yuan Chonghuan heard this, his face changed greatly, what does this Hong Chengchou mean, why did he dismantle the artillery on the east side of Da Liaohe Fort, isn't this nonsense!

He couldn't help but say angrily: "What about Hong Chengchou? ”

The guard said with a strange face: "Lord Hong seems to be sick, according to his guard, because Lord Hong insisted on commanding on the pontoon, and his soaked heavy shirt was often washed by the river, he had already been infected with the wind cold, and Lord Hong really couldn't bear it in the past two days, so he went back to rest." ”

Yuan Chonghuan was stunned when he heard this, this doesn't seem like he is lying, Hong Chengchou does often personally direct the construction of pontoon bridges on the Liao River, and he gets wet every day, and it is normal to be infected with wind and cold.

Question: Why did he order the artillery on the east side of the Da Liao River Fort to be demolished, even if the artillery was needed in Haizhou, he could also dismantle the other three directions, he didn't know that these twenty guns were the key to preventing Jiannu from crossing the river!

But at this time, he didn't have time to think about it, because Jiannu's cavalry had already grabbed Guan Ning's iron horse's ass and rushed to the vicinity of the car formation.

He hurriedly ordered: "Fuyu, you quickly lead Guan Ning Tieqi to cross the river, and I will take someone here for a while." ”

When Zu Dashou heard this, his face changed, Lord Yuan was a supervisor, and he had a life-saving grace for him, how could he let Lord Yuan cut off his queen, he couldn't help but shout urgently: "My lord, you cross the river first, I'll take someone to stand on it here." ”

Yuan Chonghuan's face was flat, and he said angrily: "Nonsense, the pontoon bridge can't run on horseback, how can you withdraw when the time comes, leave all the horses to Jiannu, and just run back to Daliaohe Fort with the cavalry?" Don't say it, hurry up and take the horse to lead the horse across the river. ”

Zu Dashou said anxiously: "No, my lord, you are the superintendent, I am a general, how can I let you stay and break the queen!" ”

Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help pouting and said: "Okay, hurry up and cross the river, don't worry, we still have thunder and guns, and Jiannu won't be able to break through the car formation for a while." ”

After saying that, he beat his horse and ran in the direction of the chariot formation, and Zu Dashou could only sigh when he saw this, and turned back to command the cavalry to cross the river.

In fact, at this time, Yuan Chonghuan didn't know if he could rely on the throwing gun and the thunder to resist the charge of the Jiannu cavalry, but he still chose to stay without hesitation.

Yuan Chonghuan is a bit of a braggadocio, and a little arrogant, but he is not the kind of selfish villain, on the contrary, he is the kind of person who takes the overall situation into account, and when facing the enemy, he will never be afraid or retreat, which was proved by the battle of Ningyuan at the beginning.

He also knew that if he only failed to attack Haizhou in this battle and lost thousands of men and horses, Chongzhen would not dismiss him from his post and investigate him, but if the Guanning Iron Cavalry or the more than 10,000 foot soldiers left on the east bank were annihilated by Jiannu, he would basically be finished, so he chose to stay and break the rear, sacrifice his life, and command the foot soldiers to resist the Jiannu cavalry.

He Kegang saw Yuan Chonghuan running over with his guards beating horses, and couldn't help but be shocked: "My lord, why are you here, it's dangerous here, you better cross the river quickly, just guard it here." ”

Yuan Chonghuan looked at the rapidly approaching Jiannu cavalry, and said decisively: "Don't talk about it, listen to my order, and hurry up and prepare to throw a gun." ”

Hearing this, He Kegang looked at the position of Jiannu's cavalry, and was puzzled: "Isn't there an artillery attack, can Jiannu rush over so quickly?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan said truthfully: "The artillery on the opposite side was dismantled by Hong Chengchou, don't worry about it so much, hurry up and prepare to throw guns and thunder, as long as we hold on for half an hour, we will retreat." ”

When He Kegang heard this, his face showed a resolute look, and he nodded heavily: "Okay, don't worry, my lord, the last general will definitely hold on for half an hour, you can cross the river first." ”

Yuan Chonghuan said sharply: "What are you talking about, listen to my orders, and prepare to throw guns." ”

At this time, the forward of the Mengyuan cavalry was only about two miles away from the car formation, it stands to reason that the artillery on the opposite bank should be fired, twenty guns, one round can destroy two or three hundred people, five rounds is thousands of people, although it is not enough to kill the enemy cleanly, but it can disrupt the enemy's formation, paving the way for the follow-up attack, but unfortunately, Hong Chengchou deliberately misinterpreted Yuan Chonghuan's order, and dismantled all the twenty artillery pieces on the east side of the Da Liao River Fort and transported them to Haizhou.

Without the harassment of artillery, the charge of 40,000 cavalry is quite terrifying, almost in the blink of an eye, the forward of the Mengyuan cavalry is less than a mile away from the car formation, at this time, if there is a musket, five rounds of salvo down, the 40,000 Mengyuan cavalry will be beaten to collapse, but unfortunately, due to Hong Chengchou's deliberate delay, the musket ammunition is gone, and the five thousand musketeers have already crossed the river.

Now, the only way to do this is to throw guns and thunder.

The infantry of the Liaodong Army here has not yet raised their throwing guns, and the Mengyuan cavalry over there has already taken out their longbows and shot arrows frantically here, "whoosh", a rain of arrows covered the sky, He Kegang hurriedly ordered: "Raise the shield." ”

"Papapa", there was a chaotic sound, and most of the arrow rain was blocked by the shield, but there were still many foot soldiers who were hit by arrows and fell to the ground and screamed.

Yuan Chonghuan was wearing armor, but he was not afraid of arrows, he estimated the distance, and immediately ordered: "Throw a gun, and prepare for the thunder." ”

"Whew", nearly 20,000 throwing guns flew into the sky almost at the same time, the whole sky seemed to be shrouded in a dark cloud, this throwing gun is much stronger than the arrow, the strength is much stronger than the arrow, the average person can put aside a throwing gun is good, a bunch of throwing guns over, few people can stop it, the forward of the Mengyuan cavalry suddenly fell a large platoon.

Yuan Chonghuan then ordered: "Boom the thunder, ignite the fire." ”

As soon as the Meng Yuan cavalry behind jumped out of the pile of corpses of men and horses, he immediately ordered: "Throw." ”

Another black shadow shrouded the past, "boom boom", an explosion sounded, the Mengyuan cavalry suddenly turned on their backs, at least half of them were injured, and some were thrown to the ground by the injured war horses, and the whole formation was suddenly chaotic.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan had no backhand, because he was going to attack the city, each foot soldier only carried a throwing gun, and the thunder, Zhang Bin only supported them in a total of 100,000, and more than half of it was used up last year, and there was only one in each foot pawn's hand at this time, and it was gone after throwing it away.

At this time, the only way to rely on hand-to-hand combat was to rely on hand-to-hand combat, Yuan Chonghuan pulled out his saber and shouted: "Sword and shield man, cloth shield array on the car formation, spearman, prepare, fight!" ”

"War, war, war!"

With the commander here, the morale of the Liaodong Army is high, even in the face of the cavalry, they are fearless, on the other hand, the Mengyuan cavalry, every time they are used as cannon fodder, they are getting more and more cowardly, and they are even more frightened by the thunder, and when they rush over, they have no momentum at all.

Less than 20,000 foot soldiers and more than 20,000 cavalry mixed together, due to the blocking of the car formation, the Mengyuan cavalry even had no advantage in charging, and the two sides were evenly matched!

Huang Taiji looked at the situation on the battlefield from a distance, his face was cloudy and uncertain, he wanted to lead the Jin Tieqi to rush up, defeat the foot soldiers behind the chariot formation in one fell swoop, and deal a fatal blow to the Guangning Tiecai who was crossing the river, but he was afraid that this was Yuan Chonghuan's trap.

Didn't the Ming army have artillery?

It doesn't exist, they definitely have, long-distance, short-distance, they all have it, why didn't they fire the cannon, in Huang Taiji's opinion, Yuan Chonghuan deliberately didn't open the cannon, because there were only so many Mengyuan cavalry who rushed up, he was sure that he would resist without firing the cannon, and his real goal was his own 60,000 post-Jin Tie cavalry!

Besides, if the Ming army didn't have artillery, would Yuan Chonghuan dare to stay behind the car formation and get into danger, he was obviously tempting himself to go over and eat cannonballs!

After weighing it again and again, Huang Taiji chose to watch the battle in place, anyway, the Mengyuan cavalry and the Ming army infantry were evenly matched, even if he didn't go to support, it wouldn't be too much of a problem, and at this time, the Guanning Iron Cavalry had already begun to cross the river, even if he rushed over, he could only destroy a small part, this risk was not worth taking, so let the Mengyuan Iron Cavalry fight with them, anyway, he didn't have any loss!

Yuan Chonghuan wanted to know Huang Taiji's thoughts, he had to laugh out loud, where did he have any artillery, the tiger squat cannon Qi Jiajun had already been taken away, and the thousand catties of Buddha Lang machine were also dismantled by Hong Chengchou, he decided to stay and sacrifice his life in order to cover Guan Ning Tieqi, where did he want to lure Huang Taiji to take the bait.

However, he really couldn't laugh at this time, because this hand-to-hand fight was too tragic, although the morale of the Mengyuan cavalry was low, but after all, they were cavalry, and the number was more than the infantry of the Liaodong Army, and the car formation could not stop them for long, because there was no food and grass on the car, let alone prepared soil, several people worked together to pick it open, and soon, there were several gaps in the car formation, and the Mengyuan cavalry took the opportunity to swarm in, and in less than half an hour, the remaining foot soldiers had already suffered more than half of the casualties, Yuan Chonghuan, He Kegang and Cao Gongcheng had to take their guards everywhere to plug the gap, and the situation on the battlefield could be described as precarious.

Fortunately, the sky is gradually getting dark, and it is almost time at this time, and it is going to be dark!

Huang Taiji looked at the sky, his face became cloudy again, and he hit this one, why didn't Yuan Chonghuan use his killer move, could it be that he did not hesitate to sacrifice tens of thousands of foot soldiers in order to lure himself into the bait?

Is it possible?

It's really possible, what is tens of thousands of foot soldiers, he is 60,000 iron cavalry, 10,000 foot soldiers for 60,000 cavalry, no matter how you calculate it, it will not be a loss.

In the end, he could only regretfully order Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

"Bang bang" A gong sounded, and the Mengyuan cavalry suddenly retreated like a tide, and even, many of the Mengyuan cavalry who fell a hundred steps away and were injured and howled miserably also got up from the ground with a grunt, and ran backwards quickly, if you calculate carefully, they actually ran back nearly 30,000 horses, obviously, there are many people lying on the ground and pretending to be dead!

Fortunately, the sky was too dark and the distance was too far for Huang Taiji to see clearly at all, otherwise, he would have to be so angry that he would have to cut people.