After clearing out those slave soldiers, Li Yan asked the drummer to continue beating the drums, and the army still moved forward firmly. Although dozens of artillery pieces in the Qing army continued to fire, causing dozens of casualties to Li Yan each time, Li Yan still let the troops continue to advance against the shells.

What he needs now is time, as long as he is close to the distance of two hundred paces of the Qing army, he will soon be able to dumben the artillery of the Qing army. At a distance of three hundred paces, he would need more time to destroy most of the artillery of the Qing army. And the Qing army is digging trenches, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for them.

Li Yan and Li Mu were not under the banner of the Chinese army, and they walked on both sides of the military formation. In case one of them is unlucky and gets hit by a cannonball, their entire team will have a commander.

Drummers beat drums a little faster than usual, and they also know the importance of time. However, they were only a little faster, allowing the soldiers to calmly march in formation.

In the process of advancing, the wheels of a four-inch gun were brought with it, and half of the wheels were missing, and it was crooked in place and could not move. The two gunners, who were pushing the artillery forward, were also hit and fell screaming. One of the other gunners hurried to call the healer, while the rest immediately checked the damage to the gun carriage. After discovering that only the wheels were damaged, they immediately took the spare wheels from the accompanying ammunition truck and replaced them.

Fortunately, on the way forward, neither Li Yan nor Li Mu were patronized by the Qing army's shells. Even with their skills, they may not be able to dodge the flying cannonballs. When their military formation stopped at the place where the corpses of the Qing soldiers and horses were the largest, the artillerymen immediately tidied up the ground, placed artillery, and fired shotguns at the Qing army.

At this time, more than 200 steps away from the Qing army's front, the artillerymen first aimed at the Qing army's artillery and fired. All of a sudden, a dense number of small projectiles flew towards the Qing army, knocking the artillery of the Qing army and the surrounding infantry to the ground. The cotton armor of the Han army is much thinner than the cotton armor of the full army, especially the cotton armor of the swinging tooth army. The iron sheet sandwiched in the middle is also a thin piece of pig iron. Therefore, if the iron projectile hits, even if it can't penetrate the cotton armor, it can still cause them some internal injuries.

With only two rounds of artillery, there was basically no one standing next to the artillery of the Qing army. There were also large fires in several of the gun emplacements, and it was the torches of the igniters that fell on the powder kegs, igniting the gunpowder. The nearby people who were only injured were also engulfed in the flames, and several burning men screamed and ran around, but no one could help them.

However, the fighting will of those Han soldiers was still quite tenacious, and even if a few gunners were injured, they had to force their bodies to ignite the fuse and fire the projectiles in the barrel. They were rewarded and rewarded by the emperor every year in the Qing Kingdom, but in the Ming Kingdom, they were owed a small amount of food and wages. Therefore, they also knew how to repay their kindness and swore to serve the Qing Dynasty to the death.

Without artillery fire, the infantry in the Han army was a little embarrassed, and the bows and arrows and firearms in their hands could not cause any damage to the enemy more than 200 paces away. On the contrary, they were constantly killed and wounded by enemy fire. But they still stood in line and did not waver, as if they were practicing what they had just shouted, and they were really going to fight to the death.

In fact, they did not dare to retreat. The Manmeng Eight Banners in the back are the Warlords, and they will definitely be killed on the spot if they retreat without an order. Moreover, their families outside the border will also be implicated, and they will not dare to retreat easily.

Some of the archers didn't want to be beaten and not fight back, so they stepped forward and shot feathered arrows at Li Yan's military formation. However, the distance was too far, and only a dozen or so feather arrows could fly into Li Yan's army array, and the other feather arrows all fell in the pile of corpses in front of Li Yan's army array, and the wounded and undead people and animals among them also shot miserably and wailed.

Li Yan's artillery continued to fire, especially the five four-and-a-half-inch guns, which not only contained more shotgun pellets, but also had much more power. Swarms of projectiles flew over and knocked down the Han troops standing in formation one by one. The archers bore the brunt of the attack, and after a few cannon shots, the living ones retreated behind the infantry.

Without the interference of the enemy archers, Li Yan sent some reserve soldiers to push the corpses on the road of the artillery carriage to the sides and clear a way for the artillery to advance. If you stop here, it will also be in the hands of the Qing army.

The front was cleared some distance, and the artillerymen would push the gun carriage forward a little. And the infantry also kept up, although there were many corpses under their feet, but after all, they could still stand. They are now the protectors of the artillery, and they must follow the artillery, so that they are not damaged or snatched by the enemy. Artillery is now their main means of killing the enemy, and all tactics must be carried out around artillery, and artillery is naturally the key object of protection.

Of course, when the infantry passed by those corpses, they would also deal with the wounded of the Qing army by the way. After all, they want to continue to advance, and they don't worry about letting these Qing troops who are still alive stay behind them.

The closer Li Yan's artillery went, the greater the damage to the Han army. It may be far away just now, and the armor of the Han army can still play some role. However, as the distance between the two sides approached, they were hit by blood holes in their bodies, and even if the internal organs were not seriously damaged, the large amount of blood loss made them have no strength to resist.

As Li Yan continued to advance, the Manmeng Eight Banners behind the Han army were the first to waver. They saw that the Han army in front of them was getting smaller and smaller, and in a little while it would be their turn to bear the terrible artillery fire, and they were afraid from the bottom of their hearts.

Lord Baylor, the counselors of Zhang Jing sent someone to report to the regent, and then retreated to the north bank of the Empress Dowager Xiao with their subordinates. The Han soldiers in front saw that the master behind them had retreated, and they didn't care about digging a trench, so they immediately turned around and ran.

Dolgon's face grew paler as he listened to his men's reports, thinking of the chaos of his troops fleeing. His headache got worse and worse. This Li Yan is the only strong enemy he has ever seen, which can keep the military formation strictly organized, and the cannons are not only powerful but also numerous, so that even if he has superior troops, he is a dog biting a hedgehog and has nowhere to put his mouth. Even if he wanted to besiege him, he couldn't achieve it in the end.

At this time, a personal entourage came in and reported: "Regent, Tongzhou has come to report, Wu Sangui led his troops to rush out of the encirclement and went to the east. Only more than 4,000 infantry of the Guanning Army were intercepted there, and Wu Sangui himself escaped. ”

Dolgon instantly felt something choke in his chest, and he couldn't breathe. With a headache and chest tightness and shortness of breath, he slipped off his chair and fell to the ground.

His subordinates immediately surrounded him, fanning the fan, pinching the man, and sprinkling water on the face. It took a long time to get Dolgon awake.

"Are you alright, Lord Regent?" asked his men nervously.

Dorgon took two breaths before he forced himself to his feet. Su Ran was a little weak, but immediately ordered: "Let the flags retreat and defend in Tongzhou." Send someone to inform the king of Wuyingjun and ask them to leave a force in Jingcheng, and the rest of the army will immediately return to help. 100,000 in a hurry without delay"

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