The Ming army led by the Fan brothers had a strength of about 20,000 troops, and it was a local garrison of two capital divisions and nearly twenty acropolis forts.

On the north side of Zhangjiakou in the wilderness, the Ming army approaching Zhangjiakou was overwhelming.

In Feng Yuanshan's telescope, there is an army like a flower child, with messy uniforms and scattered banners, most of which are infantry, very few cavalry, and there is no formation or discipline in the march.

Although the sound of the Ming army cannot be heard from a distance, from the demeanor and expression, these Ming soldiers are still laughing loudly while walking, and even scolding, not like going to war, but like going to the market, it is precisely because of the loose formation that it is overwhelming. It's no wonder that these slow walkers are like shopping.

Feng Yuanshan shook his head secretly, he had fought against the Liukou, and these Ming troops were not much stronger than the Liukou.

The Ming army in the Xuanda region, with Lu Xiangsheng's new army and the regular army of the three general armies, had a certain combat effectiveness, and the combat effectiveness of the garrison troops in these places was not worth mentioning.

Historically, the Qing army has broken through the Great Wall Pass many times, and the Ming army in these places has never played a role. When the Ming Dynasty died, Li Zicheng came and they descended to Li Zicheng, and when the Manchu Qing came, they descended to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they had neither discipline nor will to fight.

These generals of the Ming army have no concept of the country, and it is really not important to them whether the Ming Dynasty dies or not, but people die for money, birds die for food, and the Tiance army wants to cut off their financial routes, so they have to work hard.

Drinking the blood of soldiers is the routine operation of the Ming army, so ordinary battalion soldiers are in tattered clothes like flowers.

It was the Tiance Army that also belonged to the camp of the Ming Army who came to cut off their financial route, so the Fan brothers had the courage to touch the tiger's beard.

The Ming army was still swaggering closer, and the formation was a mess, and they couldn't bear to look at it directly.

Feng Yuanshan couldn't help but shake his head again, and casually waved his hand and ordered, "Open the cannon." ”

"Fire!" On the artillery position, the commander of the artillery battalion immediately gave the order to open the artillery.

For the invading Ming army, which occupied a vast area and was loosely formed, the artillery of the Tiance Army did not fire calibration shells, and the first round was live ammunition, and then fine-tuned according to the previous round of shelling.

More than 100 mortars of two calibers and 12 self-propelled howitzers of 155 mm launched a fierce artillery attack on the current Ming army.

Mortars are easy to carry, so the Tiance army went out to Xuanda, and they all brought it, and the 155mm self-propelled howitzers were prepared for possible siege warfare.

The cannonballs whistled and flew over a distance of about a kilometer, accurately falling into the crowd of the Ming army, and the explosions continued to sound, the stumps and broken arms, the fragments of armor and weapons flew like snowflakes, and blood was splashed everywhere!

"Ahh

The first round of shells landed, and the Ming army was in chaos, some screamed, some were at a loss, some were sluggish, and some were jumping to try to dodge.

The rate of fire of the artillery of the Tiance Army was too fast, and in a few breaths, the second, third, and fourth rounds came one after another, like a ghost.

Every shell landing, it will create a small piece of uninhabited area, especially the 155 mm grenade, which is like an autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, sweeping away a large area of the Ming army, and the shrapnel fired out is like the sickle of death, harvesting countless lives.

The actual situation is that the artillery fire of the Tiance army is excessive, and the shells of the third round of shelling have still landed, and the current Ming army has collapsed.

The Ming troops garrisoned in these places did not have much will to fight, and they instinctively froze when they encountered such inhumane artillery fire.

After they reacted, they turned around and ran, without dragging mud and water, they shouted, howled, and ran in all directions, they panicked, threw away all their burdens, and fled in all directions, only hating their parents for missing a leg.

The speed of the Ming army's collapse exceeded Feng Yuanshan's expectations, just like the cannonballs of the Tiance army fell on the sheep and exploded the nest.

"Chase!" Feng Yuanshan decisively ordered according to the situation on the battlefield.

More than a dozen armored vehicles rushed out first, followed by more than 20 carriages with heavy machine guns, and then the bicycle army of the Tiance Army.

The armored vehicles hit people when they saw them, and the heavy machine guns loaded on the carriages frequently strafed the direction of the Ming troops who were crowded, and the Tiance army rode bicycles with one hand to hold the handle, and the other hand held the rifle around the neck and continued to shoot at the Ming army, and some simply dropped their bicycles to pursue the Ming army.

The Ming army ran in a panic and fled in all directions, while the Tiance army mainly pursued and killed those Ming generals who were neatly dressed, had relatively perfect armor, or rode horses.

The purpose of this battle was to kill the leaders of the Ming army, and to beat these Ming troops to the service and to be afraid.

The weapons of the Tiance army were too sharp, and the sudden tongue of fire made the Ming army have no heart to fight, and ran desperately, leaving countless corpses along the way, and blood was sprinkled all over the escape road.

Many people ran to the Qingshui River, they ran to the Qingshui River, hoping to escape through the other side of the river, the Ming army jumped into the river without hesitation, desperately swam to the opposite bank, the Tiance army rushed to the river, with rifles constantly shooting the Ming army wading across the river, the blood of the Ming army stained the river red.

Several armored vehicles also rushed to the river, and as soon as the driver stepped on the accelerator, the armored car also drove into the river and chased towards the opposite bank.

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"Report to the brigade commander, another Ming army reinforcement has come from the west, judging from the direction and banner, it should be the battalion of Lai Congxin, the general of the Xuanfu branch guarding the west road, with a strength of about 8,000 people." The pursuit continued, and the combat staff officer reported to Feng Yuanshan.

Feng Yuanshan ordered: "The first regiment gave up the pursuit, turned west, attacked the coming Ming army, and the artillery cooperated in the operation. ”

"Yes!" The combat staff recorded the order to turn away.

On April 23, the 5th Brigade of the Tiance Army successively defeated the Ming army of the Fan brothers in the north and west of Zhangjiakou City, and the Ming army led by Lai Congxin, a general of the Xuanfu Branch Guarding the West Road.

On 24 April, the Fifth Brigade again defeated another Ming army led by Fan Tianming's son, and later returned to the eastern suburbs of Zhangjiakou to defeat the Ming army driven by Wen Fangliang, a general of the Xuanfu Sub-Patrol Road.

On the morning of 25 April, Yang Fu, a general of the Xuanfu Sub-patrol Road, led more than 7,000 Ming troops to attack, but was again routed by the Fifth Brigade.

The Fifth Brigade of the Tiance Army entered the wolf pack like a tiger and staged a dazzling war drama outside Zhangjiakou City.

"The wicked still need the wicked to grind...!"

Zhu Zhifeng, the governor of Xuanfu, will go to the city to watch the battle these days, although the Ming Dynasty is said to be a noble and lowly martial artist, but these border army generals are the same and powerful, even if the governor and governor want to rectify the border army, they must weigh one or two, so as not to cause incidents or even mutinies.

Occupy the military field, fornication, the earliest was also started by these warriors, the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, the warriors have always lived a very nourishing life, especially the warriors of the guard, compared with the civil officials are prone to accidents, difficult to promote, many of them were born as a few grades, hereditary from generation to generation, forming a strong force in the local area.

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