On October 17, the Houjin army in Uiju made a big move, divided into left and right wings, and approached the vicinity of the defense line that the Ming army was building. The left flank of the Later Jin army was about 12,000 Mongol and Han troops led by Yue Tuo, and opposite was the Seventh Division led by Man Gui, the right wing of the Ming army.

On the right flank of the Later Jin was the Zhenglan Banner led by Derge, with about 11,000 Mongols, and opposite them was the first division led by Zuo Liangyu, the left wing of the Ming army. On the day of the 17th, the left and right flanks of Houjin sent hundreds of Mongolian light cavalry to carry out a tentative attack on the Ming army's position.

The information brought by this tentative attack to Yue Tuo and Dege is basically similar to the situation analyzed by Li Hongyuan. If the Houjin wanted to break through a section of the Ming army's defense line head-on, thereby shaking the entire Ming army's defense line, it was undoubtedly the most suitable place to choose 3 kilometers east of Batazi Mountain in the west as the breakthrough point.

Although the entire defense line of the Ming army is about 10 kilometers long, there are many hills in the east, lakes, woods and several canals in the middle, which are not conducive to the cavalry group to charge.

So on the evening of the 17th, Yue Tuo and Derge decided on the battle strategy, the left wing took a feint attack in the east to attract the attention of the Ming army in the east, and the right wing took strong offensive measures against the Ming army in the west, giving full play to their superiority in cavalry, breaking through the Ming army's defense line in the shortest possible time, rushing into the rear of the Ming army, and then attacking the rear of the Ming army in the east, and attacking the Ming army in the east with the left flank, completely defeating the resistance on the Ming army's position.

Returning to the Right Wing Army, the Derge immediately summoned the generals of the Zhenglan Banner and the Mongol leaders such as Bulgadu Daiqing for a military discussion to decide on the strategy and offensive deployment for tomorrow's battle.

The 1st Division has a total strength of 7,944 men and has six battalions, each with about 820 men. Five of the battalions were deployed in the first line, and one battalion was used as a reserve. And behind them, there was an artillery unit of nearly 3,000 men and the 1st Cavalry Division as a backing.

It should be said that this point of strength is deployed on such a long defensive line, and the strength is still a little thin, even if there are four battalions placed in the most difficult to defend the three-kilometer section, it is only more than 3,300 people.

The defense facilities in front of these Ming troops were nothing more than a shallow trench, a wooden fence half a man high, and a small river no more than a few meters wide. This is also the reason why Yue Tuo and Derge believe that the western road of the Ming army is easier to break through.

44 3-pound guns were assigned at the junction of the battalion defenses, and the firing range was within 500 meters. 32 6-kilogram guns were placed behind the 3-kilogram artillery position, and the firing range was the area between meters.

31 9-kilogram guns were placed behind the defensive lines of each battalion, and the firing range was 12-kilogram guns, which were placed in the center of the hillside of Batazi Mountain and the western defense line, with a firing range of 900-1600 meters.

According to the calculations of the staff officers of the former enemy headquarters, the cross-fire of these guns has covered most of the area within one kilometer in front of the formation, and with the range of musket fire of each battalion, a fan-shaped area of dense fire has been roughly formed.

Of course, this is the first time that everyone is not very sure whether this kind of firepower density, which is simply calculated on paper, will be able to stop the enemy's attack on the actual battlefield, so before the battle begins, the staff officers, including Li Hongyuan, have suffered some gains and losses.

The distance between companies is 50 meters, and the distance between battalions is 150 meters, which is equivalent to a defensive position with a company as a unit, and can only be lined up in two thin horizontal lines. From the distance of Houjin, it is just two thin black lines.

As the vanguard of the right wing of the Houjin, Bulgadu Daiqing, stood on a hill nearly 3 miles away from the western position of the Ming army, and said cheeringly to the tribal leaders around him: "Do you see, the number of the Ming army is just like this, as long as they break through the wooden fence, they are a group of lambs to be slaughtered."

Don't look at the benefits and disadvantages of the Ming army's clamor in the past two years, that is, there was the emperor behind them to supervise the battle, and the armies everywhere did not dare not fight without dedication. Now Yue Tobeile has checked very clearly, and the Ming army opposite us did not raise the emperor's banner.

In other words, it is these troops in front of us who are fighting against us this time, as long as we defeat them, this war will be over, and there will be no Ming army to continue to rush to reinforcements.

These Ming troops were infantry with muskets, as long as I let the Mongol knights get close, what is the difference between the muskets in their hands and the burning sticks? Will the low fence in front of them be enough to stop us from charging once? ”

The Mongol leaders around him were really a little moved, and suddenly a leader asked: "Bulgadu Daiqing, it's okay for us to go into battle and fight with the Ming, but how to divide the spoils?" Didn't the two Baylors mention..."

Many leaders immediately nodded and agreed: "Yes, yes, it's okay to fight for the Houjin Kingdom, but the spoils and rewards can't be missing, and our people can't die in vain..."

"Okay, be quiet, and listen to me." Bulgadu Dai Qing hurriedly stretched out his hands to stop everyone from continuing to make noise, and then said: "The two Baylors have already said that if we can defeat the Ming army on the opposite side, we can take thirty percent of the booty.

Let me tell you about the distribution of the trophies, the first batch of troops charging to the Ming army's position will be divided into an additional one, the second batch of troops charging will be divided into an additional half, the first team to attack the Ming army's position will be divided into one percent, and the remaining seventy and a half will be distributed according to the number of troops sent by each department and the number of Ming army leaders..."

Seeing the meager military strength on the Ming army's position, coupled with the desire to divide the spoils after the war, the leaders of the Karaqin tribes suddenly became high.

Bulgadu Daiqing divided more than 2,700 tribal soldiers into three troops, intending to attack the Ming army's positions in turn.

The first batch of attacking troops, no more than 500 people, formed an evacuation formation, rushed to the outside range of the Ming army's muskets and dispersed on both sides, the purpose of which was to attract the Ming army's muskets to open fire.

The second group of attacking troops consisted of more than 800 people, also in an evacuation formation, closely following the first batch of attacking troops, and directly rushed to the Ming army's position, disrupting the Ming army's firing rhythm.

With 1,200 men and horses, Bulgadu Daiqing himself was slightly behind the second group of attacking troops in a dense formation, and when the Ming army responded to the second group of attacking men, he broke through one or two gaps in the Ming army's position.

Behind Bulgadu Daiqing, the main force of the Zhenglan Banner led by Dege will rush into the Ming position along the gap torn by the Mongols, and continue to expand the gap, and finally force the entire Ming army's western position to collapse and flee, so that they can continue to detour behind the Ming army's position in the east.

Sergeant Zhao Si was standing in the core area of the Ming army's position, and in front of him was what the two commanders of the Later Jin Dynasty agreed to forcibly break through the center of the area.

The temperature in the wild in Jinzhou in October is already extremely cold, especially when the cold wind blows, and the exposed skin quickly feels cold and cold. However, fortunately, there has been little rain in Jinzhou during this month, and the wind is not strong today.

The soldiers of the Ming army with muskets in their hands looked at the shadowy Houjin cavalry in the distance, and they sweated slightly because of their nervousness and the thick clothes on their bodies. However, these tensions did not affect the battle of the Ming army, but made the attention of these soldiers even more concentrated.

After all, the First Division was reorganized from the Sixth Division of the New Army, and most of the officers and men were veterans who had participated in several wars, and less than one-fifth of them were recruits. But even these recruits have been training for at least a year.

Therefore, when hundreds of Mongolian cavalry rushed towards a front nearly 3 kilometers long, the entire Ming army's left flank position was eerily quiet, and only dozens of officers were heard giving orders unhurriedly.

The Mongol cavalry, on the other hand, brandished their knives and made all sorts of strange screams, as if they were emboldening themselves.

According to the measurements of the Ming army staff officers, the Houjin cavalry crossed the small river flowing in front of the Ming army's position, and there was less than 60 meters left from the Ming army's defense line, and this was also the maximum distance that the Ming soldiers were allowed to shoot.

However, most of the Houjin cavalry failed to cross the river, because the Ming army in the opposite position was too calm, and most of these Mongol cavalry had only experienced a fight between the tribes, and had not experienced a battle between two armies on this scale.

Braving rows of muskets all the way to the end was obviously too much to ask. With the exception of a few naturally daring knights, most of the riders turned their horses and ran to the sides before reaching the creek.

The battalion-level officer who commanded the shooting saw that there were only fifty or sixty cavalry left to cross the river, and immediately gave up the order to fire a half-salvo and handed over these Mongolian cavalry who had ventured across the river to the platoons to solve by themselves.

Looking at the two Mongolian cavalrymen rushing towards his squad, Zhao Si put down his gun instead, he didn't want to waste his first shot on this mortal prey. Sure enough, with the order of the captain on the side, half of the soldiers poured their fire on the two Mongolian cavalrymen, and both the horses and the Mongols fell to the ground in an instant, less than 2 meters away from the wooden fence in front of the Ming army.

Next, by order of the squad leader, the soldier who had finished shooting switched places with the soldier behind him and began to reload the ammunition.

And at this time, the second group of Mongol cavalry had already arrived at the river. This cavalry was much more resolute than the one just now. Spurred on by the reward, the first Mongol cavalry to charge into the Ming position, even if a small river hindered their dismounting, allowed them to maximize the speed of their mounts.

The battalion-level officers of the Ming army still did not give the order for a salvo, but ordered each company to fire in platoons. Under the continuous firing, the charging Mongol cavalry continued to fall horses, and even some fled timidly, but still nearly 4 or 50 horsemen broke through the wooden fence and broke through four or five gaps.

It's just that the Mongolian cavalry who rushed into the Ming army's position did not see the Ming troops around them scattering and fleeing, but organized themselves in twos and threes, stabbing them in the waist or the head of the horses with bayonets at the close, and shooting at the cavalry on the horses at a distance.

In just a few minutes, the 4 and 50 cavalry Mongols who finally broke into the Ming army were wiped out by the Ming army near the gap, although the Ming army also paid the price of 2 or 30 people. But these wounded Ming troops were soon sent to the rear for medical treatment by the auxiliaries on one side, and by the time Bulgadu Daiqing rushed up with his team, calm had already been restored to the Ming army's position.

Seeing the performance of the Ming army like this, Bulgadu Dai Qing immediately realized that he seemed to have hit an iron plate. The Ming army, which has such military discipline, is obviously not something that these rabble under him can shake.

In fact, after seeing the performance of the Ming army quickly recovering the defensive line, the cavalry led by Bulgadu Daiqing couldn't help but pull the reins and let his position fall behind.

It's just that Bulgadu Dai Qing can hear the sound of horses' hooves faintly coming from the ground behind him, and knows that the soldiers of the Blue Flag are three or five hundred meters behind him. Once they stopped, the iron hooves of the blue flag behind them would probably be trampled on them first.

"It's come to this, I can only fight hard." Bulgadu Dai Qing thought so in his heart, he gritted his teeth and raised his knife above his head and shouted: "Come forward, come forward, tear those Ming people apart for me..."