Li Yan arrived at the front, and through the smoke of artillery fire, he could only faintly see that the Qing army was indeed assembling in front of the formation, but it never rushed up.

The Qing army's horse team blocked their firing range in that section, so the Qing army's heavy artillery assembly area is now not fired, but most of those heavy artillery have been damaged, and there is not much power to open the cannon. However, artillery in other places was still firing, and although the threat to Li Yan's army was no longer great, it was still insisting on firing.

At this time, Li Yan didn't have a telescope in his hand, and their telescope was still with the artillery. However, the lookout on the watchtower has it, and the news has come at this time: "Marshal, the horse team of the Qing army does not seem to be cavalry, it can ride donkeys, mules have everything, and there are very few armor-piercing." ”

Li Mu frowned and said: "What the hell, their cavalry has not suffered much losses, how can they let these crooked melons and cracked dates come up?"

Li Yan was also puzzled, but he immediately ordered: "Let the four-and-a-half-inch artillery continue to destroy the artillery of the Qing army, and the other artillery pieces are on standby." After the enemy began to charge into battle, he would come to deal with the shock troops of the Qing army. ”

After waiting for the herald to give the order, Li Yan guessed: "Maybe these people are used as shields, and the elite will follow behind." ”

Li Mu sneered: "This time is not as good as just now, if they want to rush in again and don't pay a loss of 10,000 or 8,000, I'm afraid they won't be able to do it." ”

In order to be able to destroy the enemy's artillery quickly and more often, this time they brought out three guns from the inside of the formation, and one gun from each side of the other side was also transferred to the front. Therefore, the density of artillery in their front has greatly increased, plus the help of four-and-a-half-inch artillery, so Li Mu has such self-confidence.

Li Yan also said with a smile: "As long as they are willing to come to impact, it's a good thing." The harder they charged, the more casualties they inflicted. ”

He then instructed: "Give orders to the various formations to build a second line of defense to prevent a rout." ”

Li Yan was preparing to defend against the onslaught of the Qing army here, and there was no other action except for the five four-and-a-half-inch guns that continued to fire unhurriedly. However, the Qing army did not start to attack, behind more than 2,000 slave knights, other slaves were tying up those cannons, whether they were broken or not, they were ordered to carry all of them to the north bank of the Empress Dowager Xiao's river.

Dolgon finally couldn't sit still with the huge losses of his artillery, so he came up with a way to let the minions block the cannonballs and get back all the guns that couldn't be fired. Although he didn't want to admit it, he was still worried that the war would turn unfavorable.

Due to the heavy artillery losses of the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion of each banner, all banners were reluctant to divide their troops to besiege Li Yan. Li Yan's artillery fire was too powerful, and all the banners were worried that if Li Yan attacked them, they would be able to stop Li Yan's attack before digging a trench. So far, there has been no movement to divide the troops of the flags.

When Dolgon found out that it was only those slaves who were used to block the cannonballs, and he could actually make Li Yan stop the shelling, he immediately asked the slaves to start digging a trench, first establishing the encirclement on this side, and the other three sides were easy to say. At the same time, he also asked Shang Kexi's people to step forward immediately, as a barrier to block Li Yan's attack.

Although the troops of Kong Youde and others were also incorporated into the Eight Banners of the Han Army, they did not fight with the Han Army, but formed an army. From the musketeers, artillerymen, to the horse infantry, they were all their own subordinates. This is also a measure of the Emperor Taiji's family, he has been committed to weakening the strength of the banner owners, so let the king of Sanshun form an army and directly obey the emperor himself.

At this time, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming followed Duoduo and Azig to pursue Li Zicheng, and there was only Shang Kexi's men here.

After Shang Kexi received the order, he did not hesitate to lead his subordinates to line up behind those slave cavalry. Although there were not as many firearms in his troops as Kong Youde, they were not few. There are red-coat cannons and muskets, and the horse infantry is complete. Although he knew that he was in danger in front of him, he was still loyal to the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty has the grace of knowing him, and he must know how to be grateful. And he didn't think that the Qing Dynasty would fail, at most it was just a small setback.

Soon, Li Yan received news from the watchtower and knew that the Qing army was digging a trench.

"This group of treacherous guys" Li Mu scolded, and then said: "Fourth brother, we can't wait any longer, we have to fight over." ”

Li Yan nodded and ordered, "Notify all departments to prepare." The wounded were put on the empty baggage carts, and the bodies were left in place until they were collected after the battle. ”

After a while, the big drum in Li Yan's army began to sound again, and the three military formations began to move forward with the beat of the drum.

Although the slaves on mules, donkeys, and old horses were afraid, they still rushed towards Li Yan's army as instructed. They were slaves and had no courage to resist. The life and death of them and their families are under the control of their masters, and they dare not resist.

Li Yan's military formation stopped. The artillery had already been loaded with shotguns, and as soon as the military formation stopped, the artillery immediately began to flatten the ground, and immediately opened fire. Nearly fifty cannons were fired in turn on the entire front, so that these servant cavalry could not rush to a distance of a hundred paces in front of the formation.

The cattle fell to the ground screaming, and the slaves fell down screaming. Some died instantly, while others were trampled to death by the men and horses behind.

In less than half an hour, two thousand slave soldiers fell a hundred paces away from Li Yan's army, and the corpses of men and horses rested on each other, spreading a thick layer on the ground.

The Manchu and Mongol soldiers were terrified to watch. Fortunately, they were now in the rear of the Han soldiers, otherwise they would have fled immediately. They are all nobles in their hometown, have family businesses, and have wives and concubines, if they die under Li Yan's artillery fire in a daze, they will feel panicked.

The Han soldiers were also frightened, but their officers were loudly encouraging: "We are all surrendered soldiers of the Ming Kingdom, how did the Ming Kingdom deal with the defectors of the Ling Chiyi clan, Li Yan is the concubine of the Ming Dynasty, if we are defeated, and the family members outside the gate will also be punished, we can only hold on, as long as Li Yan is surrounded, we can make meritorious service and be rewarded." The rewards and punishments of the Qing Dynasty are clear, and the wealth and title of the population will not be slightly different whether you are a master or a ghost, you choose for yourself"

After a brief silence, someone began to shout the slogan "Fight to the death". After that, more and more Han soldiers began to shout, giving themselves a boost of courage. Then the troops who were still happy shouted after that. This made the Manmeng Eight Banners soldiers in the back very surprised, but they were also happy to see it, and at the same time, there was even greater disdain in their hearts.

"Fight to the death"

"Fight to the death"

The slogans of tens of thousands of Han soldiers were so loud that they even drowned out the drums of Li Yan's advance and the sound of their artillery firing.

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