Wu Sangui gave an order, and the Liaodong Army, which was dominated by cavalry, was like a tide gushing out of the horizon, and this army was the best army in the late Ming Dynasty.

Their military salaries have never been in arrears, and their equipment is the best in the world, and they are a local army raised by the Ming Dynasty after exhausting the blood lipids of the people in the north.

It's a pity that these people never fight for the country, and if their interests are touched, it is as strong as the Eight Banners being blocked by them. The friendly army was very indifferent, and the Xuanda, Sichuan army, Baipole army, Qijia Zhejiang army, and Jizhou army who came to Liaodong to help the war were all dead, but the Guanning army was still there. During the decisive battle of Songjin, Chongzhen raised the last elite force of the Ming army to strike with all his strength, and Hong Chengchou led 100,000 Ming troops to relieve the siege of Jinzhou. At the critical moment, Wu Sangui led his Jiading troops, Wu Jiajun, to escape first, which turned the battlefield situation around, resulting in a crushing defeat for the Ming army and Hong Chengchou being captured. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the border army raised their own respect, which was not a secret thing, but there was nothing they could do.

Since entering the customs, they have been even more corrupt in military discipline, and they have plundered places no worse than Manchurians.

Under Wu Sangui's heavy reward, the army under his command converged with Hauge and Azig and pursued on horseback.

Hou Xuanyan personally pressed the formation, and sat with Li Haoxian in the middle army of the Agni Battalion, and when retreating, Hou could best test the combat power of an army. Gu Yanwu had already mobilized the people to collect the ships of Yuezhou Mansion and Wuchang Mansion, a total of more than 400 ships, to and from the river and water, transporting troops.

Thousands of miles of Jiangling are returned in one day, and the river is rushing down, although the speed is thousands of miles a day, but the water flow is too fast, and such a large-scale troop transport often has the risk of overturning. Therefore, although there are many boats and boatmen, they also need someone to block the Qing soldiers who may be chasing. Otherwise, if you are intercepted by the river, you will lose your ground. Hou Xuanyan took the initiative to take the fire to camp behind the palace, although Du Yinxi also wanted to be the queen of the palace, but thinking that his subordinates were all breaking into the army, if they were to be the queen of the palace, it would inevitably give birth to a feeling of being used, which was extremely detrimental to stabilizing the morale of the army. Therefore, Du Yinxi nodded silently and agreed to the queen of the Agni Camp.

Sure enough, this move won the favor of Li Jin, Yuan Zongdi and other generals of the army, and they were willing to be the queen of their palace, which shows that Hou Xuanyan has regarded them as his own, which is several times better than He Tengjiao not giving out military rations and calculating them everywhere, and I don't know.

Outside the river, Hou Xuanyan stood on the lookout car of the Chinese army and said to Li Haoxian beside him: "The advance and retreat are well-founded, the phalanx is not chaotic, and hundreds of battles of all sizes have not been fought in vain." Replacing training with combat is always the best way to train troops. ”

Li Haoxian's face was bitter, and he said with a miserable laugh: "It's just that the price is a little bigger, and nearly 10,000 brothers died." ”

Hou Xuanyan patted him on the shoulder and persuaded: "Don't laugh when you are drunk and lying on the battlefield, a few people will come back to fight in ancient times." The eldest husband took his life and made a name for himself, and he was originally nine deaths. After this battle, I will take you back to Jiangnan, no matter whether you live or die, those who have meritorious service will be rewarded. ”

The Shandong Han soldiers arranged for him by Li Haoxian next to him, Hu Bawan stared at a pair of mung bean eyes and shouted: "Dashuai, look, the Qing soldiers are chasing after him!" ”

Hou Xuanyan and Li Haoxian looked to the north together, only to see a large number of cavalry appearing at the end of the earth.

Hou Xuanyan scolded: "Dog thief Wu Sangui, he really didn't take us seriously, my big array is here, I want to see if he dares to rush into battle." ”

The gloom on Li Haoxian's face was swept away, and he raised his voice: "There is a wind word battalion to protect the left and right wings, and the cavalry rushing into battle is tantamount to looking for death, Wu Sangui is a veteran of war, and he should not make this mistake." ”

"Well, stabilize the camp first, in case they really rush into battle, it's good to withstand this wave of offensive first." As soon as Hou Xuan's speech fell, the flag bearer next to him waved the command flag. After the big array was formed, it operated smoothly, and Wu Sangui in the distance had also seen the whole picture of the Ming army, and said: "Hou Xuanyan is righteous, and he didn't let Li break into the palace of Yu Xian, these Jiangnan children were trained by him to look good, haha." It's a pity that Jiangnan fat powder is too heavy, where can you raise men who fight, sons, let them see what it means to fight. ”

Li Benshen, the staff general beside Wu Sangui, was riding on a horse, and after hearing Wu Sangui's words, his brows furrowed. He was originally Gao Jie's subordinate, and after Gao Jie's death, he surrendered to Duoduo, and a fire in Changzhou did not burn him, and he escaped. I fought several battles with Hou Xuanyan, but every time I lost inexplicably, and the coach made the mistake of underestimating the enemy.

Li Benshen frowned and said, "Lord Wang, Hou Xuan is treacherous and vicious, so I have to guard against it." ”

Wu Sangui's expression was upright, he was not a stubborn person, and he could listen to the opinions of his subordinates. After carefully observing for a while, Wu Sangui said: "Pressing step by step, shoot the enemy with a fire gun first, and wait for the enemy's formation to be chaotic, and then rush into battle to annihilate them." ”

The weapon of his cavalry is very famous, that is, the famous three-eyed firebolt, which has always been criticized by people and devalued by later forums. But at this time, it is actually a very good weapon, at least Hou Xuanyan is very blushing.

The Liaodong soldiers are familiar with loading gunpowder, and they keep firing on their horses, and after this three-eyed firearm is fired three times, the barrel is hot and red, and there are spikes on it, and it is really scary to raise it and beat people.

After a few rounds of firing, the sword and shield soldiers of the Flame Battalion gradually became unable to resist, and many of them were shot and killed. The formation loosened slightly, Wu Sangui could see it clearly from a distance, and with a wave of the flag, 60,000 cavalry launched a charge.

Hou Xuanyan scolded: "After this group of birdmen shaved their heads, are they so brave? This is to beat us as bandits, he should be here to suppress bandits? ”

Li Haoxian snorted coldly and waved the order flag in person, and the Chinese army quickly filled the vacancy, and although the phalanx was hit hard, it did not disperse. The archers and musketeers who were hiding behind the sword and shield soldiers began to counterattack.

The sound of strings rattled like raindrops, and the air was covered with white feathers, and countless arrows rained down on the horse's forward. These arrows rained down on the armor of the cavalry, making a terrible sound, and the Agni Battalion was full of 100,000 people, and a single round of shots took nearly a thousand lives of Wu Sangui's men.

The cavalry that rushed through the rain of arrows was less than a charge away from the phalanx of the Agni Battalion!

"Boom", the artillery of both sides opened fire at the same time, and the flames and smoke of gunpowder explosion shone together in the two formations. Every explosion of iron pellets, stones, and lead bullets is enough to kill a person.

The heavy infantry of the Flame Battalion replaced the sword and shield soldiers, standing at the forefront, and had just formed a defensive formation. The enemy cavalry had already rushed in front of them, and after the spear pierced the horses and men in front, it was difficult for the subsequent cavalry to step into the formation.

The two sides finally fought each other in a short battle, and Wu Sangui watched his men suffer heavy casualties, and his face became more and more ugly. He also knew that the infantry lined up in a phalanx on such terrain was actually very restrained from cavalry.

"Go around the flanks and cover their left and right armies!"