As the cavalry of the Qing brigade retreated in confusion amid the roaring artillery fire, the Mongol cavalry, which had not yet moved into place, also stopped. Le-wen - They were very alert, and did not stay where they were, but quickly retreated and went to join the large army.

The artillerymen to the east of Li Yan were all ready, planning to wait for the Qing army to rush closer before firing shotguns directly, so as to inflict maximum damage on the Qing army. After the battle with Dolgon, they also basically understood that these light horsemen basically would not charge directly into battle, so they did not need to fire solid bullets from a distance.

However, Li Yan was still satisfied with this round of artillery raids. The effect of solid bullets against dense targets is still quite good, and he can see the men and horses in the Qing army suddenly fall one after another from the outside to the inside.

He saw that most of the Qing army had dispersed and fled in all directions, so he ordered the artillery to stop firing. Their ammunition is not much, and special attention should be paid to the efficiency of use, there is no need to waste ammunition for the sake of a few Qing troops.

Azig and Dordor came to a stop when they were four miles away, and hid behind a house that had not been demolished.

"How can his artillery shoot so far? It's farther than the cannon of the great general of Kamui. Azig looked at the whining horses on the ground at the farthest distance and said in surprise. The position of the horses was almost four miles away from Li Yan's artillery.

Dodor said with a stiff face, "It seems that Dorgon wants us to come with reinforcements, and it makes sense. Li Yan's artillery is so powerful, I'm afraid it's not a good choice to fight in the field. ”

"What then?" Azig asked, "He has his back to the city of Beijing, and we can't surround him." ”

"Let's discuss it after we meet up with Dolgon, and before we do that, let's be careful." Duoduo also said helplessly.

It took a long time for all their cavalry to converge here. When the number of people was counted, it was found that the shelling actually caused more than 200 casualties, and more than 500 horses, which was really a huge loss. They fought a few battles with Li Zicheng's troops, but they were just equal to this loss. The difference is that they defeated tens of thousands of Li Zicheng's troops, but this time they didn't even touch a single hair of Li Yan.

At this time, the people at the head of Beijing cheered. Although they couldn't see the specific situation clearly, they saw it when the Qing army retreated. Moreover, after the defeat of the Qing army, the corpses of people and horses left on the ground like sheep dung and eggs proved the power of Li Yan's artillery.

The hands of these people with weapons no longer trembled, and their spirits were high. The unique arrogance and braggart characteristics of the people in the capital began to show up again, and they all shouted that if the Qing army dared to come, they would definitely be able to kill the Qing army without leaving a single piece of armor.

The officials and gentry in the capital were also crowded into several city gate towers and enemy platforms to watch the battle. Some of them were sent to inspect the city defenses when Li Zicheng attacked Beijing, and they knew about the lazy state of the Beijing camp in the past. Seeing the performance of Li Yan's troops today, I realized that Li Yan's previous invincible reports were all true, and there was no half-truth.

At this time, they sighed in their hearts, if Li Yan was loyal, it would be great. Use Li Yan to exterminate Li Zicheng, and then guard against Liaodong, and the Ming Dynasty will not have today's disaster of destroying the country. It's a pity that Li Yan was born with a backbone, and he actually divided the land and collected business taxes in a big rebellion, which was really clearly singing against them. In particular, the officials in the south absolutely could not tolerate commercial taxes, and now although they saw Li Yan's strong force, they still decided to go to Nanjing in the future.

The soldiers of the Beijing camp, who were arranged to camp three hundred steps west of Li Yan's army array, were even more nervous at this time. They were forced to cross the moat and camp, all of them with sad faces, and they were even ready to surrender to the Qing army. They've already shaved their hair anyway, so just take off their helmets.

These people have surrendered to Li Zicheng and the Qing army, and now they are under the command of Li Yan, they have long had no sense of honor and responsibility, what they want is just to live. But now that I see that Li Yan's artillery is so powerful, let alone 300 steps, even if you add another 300 steps, it is within the range of others. The proportion of firearms in their Beijing camp is much higher than that of other troops, but their miscellaneous firearms are really not as useful as Li Yan's cannons.

They couldn't defeat the Qing army or Li Yan. On this battlefield, they are characters who don't rely on each other, and if they are not careful, they will suffer a catastrophe, how can they be relaxed? Therefore, they can only wait for the battle at this time, not only to guard against the Qing army, but also to guard against Li Yan, so it seems that the military formation is also very tight.

Li Yan saw that the Qing army was hiding behind the houses, so he sent some scouts to check the situation.

And Azig couldn't find anyone to vent to, so he immediately sent dozens of cavalry to get rid of Li Yan's scouts. Duoduo didn't stop it, Li Yan's artillery was powerful, and the cavalry had no advantage.

The dozens of Qing cavalry rushed directly towards Li Yan's scouts, and they didn't take out their riding bows, but just held their respective weapons, preparing for a hard-fought hedge.

However, Li Yan's scouts didn't want to resist, they strangely stopped in place and waited, waiting for the Qing army to be within a hundred paces before they began to turn around and flee. They fled in the direction of the military formation, and the Qing army pursued them in hot pursuit.

The Qing army knew the power of Li Yan's artillery, but there were Li Yan's cavalry in front of them, and they were not very afraid. They even wanted to directly drive Li Yan's cavalry to charge Li Yan's army formation, and although their brigade was far away, they could quickly catch up. None of them shot with bows and arrows, but continued to close the distance between them.

But all their wishes were shattered by the sound of firecrackers. Li Yan's scouts suddenly turned around on the back of their running horses and fired at the Qing cavalry who were only about ten paces behind them with their handcuffs. The huge impact of the lead bullet knocked the Qing soldiers who were hit off their horses, and they were seriously injured if they did not die.

And each scout has four handguns, and after fighting one, they will immediately change to another and continue to fight. By the time they had finished beating all four handcuffs, there were basically few Qing cavalry left after them. At this time, the roles of the two sides were reversed, and it became Li Yan's cavalry chasing the cavalry of the Qing army.

Since Li Yan's cavalry was prepared, it was much faster to turn to pursuit. And before the surviving cavalry of the Qing army could figure out what the situation was, they found that Li Yan's cavalry rushed over.

Some of the Qing cavalry rushed over, but they were quickly smashed off their horses by the steel whips that were waved continuously. Some of them pulled out their horses and fled, but they were quickly caught up, and they were hit hard by a steel whip on their backs, and they vomited blood and died.

Azig watched as his men were annihilated, and there was no attempt to rescue them. The situation moved too fast and he didn't have time to react. And Li Yan's cavalry calmly loaded the handcuffs and ammunition on the spot, and then ran out, grabbed all the ownerless war horses, and then calmly returned to their military formation.

"The cavalry of the Han people is also so powerful?" Azig muttered.

Duoduo said hatefully: "Firearms, firearms again!" The brave Han people have firearms, and our cavalry and bravery have no place for bravery. ”

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