On 13 May, Li Yan received a report that the Qing army had arrived in Daxing County. Just after noon, the cavalry of the Qing army appeared in the southern suburbs of Beijing. Since the Qing army did not send scouts, they came directly to the city of Beijing, but what they saw was Li Yan's army, which was waiting for the battle.

At the head of the city, there were already 50,000 people who had gone up to the city wall to help defend them. Li Yan lured the able-bodied people to the city wall on the condition that he was in charge of three meals and gave two catties of grain to the co-guards every day.

One is that the common people are indeed a little afraid that the Qing army will occupy Beijing again. After all, the Qing army invaded several times, and the place they passed was nothing more than looting and killing, although they were relatively restrained when they first entered the city, but when they retreated, they showed the professionalism of looting. The Qing army was divided into small units and went to loot from house to house, but fortunately they only robbed some gold, silver and silk, if it wasn't for the time being too tight, then their family would be ruined.

Then there is the depression in the capital, there is no job, and the people are short of food. This time, there is food to be obtained, so there are so many talents who are willing to go to the city to contribute.

Li Mu issued weapons to the people, and without such things as bows and crossbows, they couldn't use them. It's all spears, first mates, pushers, shields, and so on. These people did not need to be brave, they only needed to push the ladder back, or use spears and axes to attack the outcropping Qing army. The soldiers of their own army are responsible for the rest. That's all I've been practicing for the past two days.

Azig and Dordor were a little stunned when they saw the military formation in front of them. When they left, Beijing was under their control. It's only been four days since Dolgon received the news that he asked for help, so why is Beijing changing hands now?

"What's going on?" Azig asked suspiciously, "This is Li Yan's army?" Looking at the armor, these are not quite the same as the Ming army. ”

Duoduo said, "Let's send someone to Tongzhou first." ”

"Come on, go and arrest a few Han people and ask whose soldiers this is." Azig immediately commanded. Duoduo also sent a team of scouts to Tongzhou to investigate.

Li Yan didn't care about those scouts who went east here, after all, the Qing army had a lot more cavalry, and if it turned into a battle between cavalry, it would be extremely unfavorable for them.

After waiting for a while, the Qing army finally determined that the army there was indeed Li Yan's men, and it had been two days since they came to Beijing. Regarding the situation in Tongzhou, the people who were arrested did not know that it was not a peaceful season, and the people did not dare to go out, so the news was much more closed.

Azig looked at the hollow phalanx two miles away and said, "Look at the tens of thousands of people, still outside the moat, let's break them up first." ”

Duoduo was much more cautious and disagreed: "Let's wait for the news from Tongzhou first." Since you dare to put the military formation outside the moat, you are either a fool or have absolute confidence. But since he has already taken the city of Beijing, then he should not be an ignorant fanatic. ”

"What do you care about him so much?" Azig said impatiently: "I want to learn from Zhuge Liang if I put on an empty shelf, it's not such a good thing." Rush for a while, and you can see immediately what the goods are. ”

After saying that, he didn't care whether Duoduo agreed or not, so he sent a thousand Mongol cavalry. In terms of mounted archery, they Jurchens are inferior to the Mongols, so every time the task of disrupting the enemy's infantry camp like this is to let the Mongols attack.

And the Mongols were willing to do such a thing. Don't look at the Ming army's firearms, but the casualties that can be caused to them are not many, the soldiers of the Ming army don't seem to know the range of their firearms, and they always shoot projectiles early. And their cavalry shooting at a distance of twenty or thirty paces could easily collapse the infantry of the Ming army.

Although there are not many cavalry in the Ming army, those are the families of the generals, each with martial arts and strong combat effectiveness. The casualties against such cavalry were even greater, so they were all solved by the Manchurian cavalry. However, there are not many cases of this kind of cavalry hedging, and most of the main generals use these family members to protect their own safety, rather than to fight.

In the military formation, Sun Sifu came to Li Yan's side and reported: "Marshal, Ma Changqing of the artillery team asked, is it possible to fire the cannon now?" ”

Li Yan was a little hesitant, although a large part of the cavalry of the Qing army was within the firing range, especially the four-and-a-half-inch artillery, it was estimated that it could penetrate the entire array of the Qing army. But he was worried that firing at this distance would scare the Qing army away. The Qing army was all cavalry, and he did not dare to send cavalry to pursue him until he suffered heavy casualties.

Just as Li Yan was hesitating, he saw more than a thousand Qing cavalry drive out of the array and slowly began to circle to the east. He knew that this was the Qing army that was about to start attacking.

He immediately commanded, "You can begin." Let them develop their firepower, be fast, pay attention to adjust the direction, and do not give the Qing army room to dodge. Remind them to pay attention to the movements of the Qing army and change the ammunition type at any time. ”

"Yes!" Sun Sifu immediately went to send someone to pass the order.

Soon, five four-and-a-half-inch cannons from the south fired shells one after another. The other six three-inch guns waited for a while before they began to fire. The enemy is a cavalry and will attack quickly, so even if they are actively killing the enemy, they must keep taking turns firing.

"Boom", "boom", "boom", Li Yan's artillery suddenly opened fire, and white smoke instantly erupted from the muzzle.

Duoduo first saw the white smoke in Li Yanjun's formation, and subconsciously said, "Opened fire so far away?" How is this here? ”

"That's it." Azig said disdainfully: "Even if it's Shenwei~"

Almost as Azig and Dordor heard the cannons, they also heard the screams behind them and the wailing of the horses, and Azig's ridicule was instantly gagged.

They looked back in horror and saw that some of their men had been hit, had a transparent hole in their chest, or their entire arms were missing, and they were still howling right away. There are also some war horses that fall suddenly, some who react quickly and are fine, and some who are pressed by the horses and are also screaming and screaming. And casualties continue to grow in depth.

Dodor immediately commanded: "Disperse!" Go East! ”

After he gave the order to the troops, he pulled the stunned Azig warhorse, and under the escort of his personal escort, he first galloped to the northeast. They were lucky not to be patronized by the projectile this time, but the next moment it was hard to say, in the face of the projectile of the cannon, what armor was paper-paste.

They were relatively close to each other, so there were especially many casualties this time. However, Duoduo's orders were not easy to carry out, and with so many people together, it was a big problem to turn around. His orders, on the contrary, made their cavalry more dense in some places.

And Li Yan's artillery will not let go of this good opportunity, and the artillerymen are completing their respective actions as quickly as possible. The rumbling sound of artillery firing was like a muffled thunderbolt, and it continued to come from a distance.

In the sound of artillery again and again, the cavalry of the Qing army was still hit one after another, and the screams and curses were endless. They urged each other and cursed their companions, trying to get out of this dangerous place as soon as possible. But the more anxious they are, the more chaos they cause, and the slower they move, the more casualties they suffer.

Some of the cavalry on both sides and in the rear had already begun to run in other directions, and in this situation of being able to die at any time, it was important to save their lives first, and the military orders could not be taken care of for the time being.

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