At this time, the person who came to deliver the letter from Dolgon finally chased back from Baoding and caught up with Duoduo and others.

"Spread the message of the regent," the messenger said weakly, "The regent wants the two princes not to fight with Li Yan, and to lead their troops out of the customs directly." Don't go to Shanhaiguan, take the Great Wall Pass. ”

Azig said dissatisfiedly: "It's late! It's already been typed. You should have seen the camp of Wuzhen Chaoha, and it will take some time to come. The subsequent retreat was also a troublesome matter. If you had come a few days earlier, you wouldn't have had such trouble. ”

The messenger said weakly: "There are four people who have received the same orders as the minions, and only one of the minions escaped the pursuit of Li Yan's cavalry. When the slaves arrived in Baoding day and night, they learned that the two princes were on the Gu'an line. The minions changed horses and rushed over, and the horses were all tired to death, and the minions did their best. ”

"How did the regent get out?" Duoduo asked: "Li Yan's cavalry is not weak, and our artillery is inconvenient to move, so it is impossible for Li Yan to let go of this opportunity." ”

The messenger bowed his head and hesitated for a moment before replying, "There is basically no artillery." It was either captured by Li Yan, or the gun truck was broken and abandoned. As for whether Li Yan pursued or not, the minions were not clear. ”

Azig and Duoduo glanced at each other, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes. Artillery was their most important weapon, and when there were no redcoat cannons, they were repeatedly blocked by fortified cities. The emperor also attached great importance to the manufacture of artillery, and the Han craftsmen who participated in the making of cannons were also repeatedly rewarded, and every time they won a great victory, they were inevitably rewarded. But Dolgon had lost all the cannons in red, and that didn't surprise the two?

The messenger suddenly added, "The regent seems to say that the craftsmen are still there, and the instruments can be remade." The regent specially instructed the two princes to protect our soldiers of the Eight Banners, especially the soldiers of the Two White Flags. ”

Dodor nodded, "Well, the Lord Regent is right. ”

The Qing army was exposed to the scorching sun and confronted Li Yan's cavalry. It didn't take long for the Qing army to take it anymore and complain one by one. Azig and Duoduo had no choice but to let most of the troops go back to their homes to escape the summer, leaving some soldiers and horses to guard. This time, however, there were two thousand horsemen left on guard, and they would be rotated in two quarters of an hour.

Li Yan observed for a while and found that there was no chance of a sneak attack, so he also transferred the cavalry back to rest and escape the summer. His cavalry was not as many as the Qing army, and the soldiers and horses suffered from heat stroke, which had too great an impact on combat effectiveness.

In the evening, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming finally led the Han army and the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion to join Duoduo's army.

Duoduo did not hide it, and explained the problems he was encountering now to Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming.

Kong and Geng were named the kings of the Qing Kingdom, and they remembered the kindness of the Qing Kingdom. The two knelt down without hesitation and clasped their fists: "The slave is willing to lead the soldiers and horses to stay behind, as long as the slave is still alive, he will definitely not let one of Li Yan's generals go after the main force of my Eight Banners." Please allow the two princes. ”

"Two of you, please." Duoduo and Azig helped Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming up. Duoduo said: "The two county kings who are also my Qing Dynasty are my humerus ministers, how can they talk about life and death lightly? Whether it is me and King Wuyingjun, or Prince Regent Rui, or even the emperor, there will be no mistakes for the two princes. ”

Azig also said: "That's right. This time, the two will be left with 2,000 iron cavalry of the Eight Banners, including 200 soldiers with teeth. Their mission is to protect the safety of the two, and the two of them can rest assured. ”

Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were extremely moved, knelt down again, kowtowed, and said: "The slave has thanked the two princes for their love, and the slave is willing to clean up my liver and brain for me, and then die." ”

Azig and Duoduo helped Kong and Geng up again, and after some persuasion and encouragement, they were sent out. After that, the two looked at each other and smiled, although the thinking of the Han people was a little strange, but as a minion, it was indeed easy to use.

Early the next morning, the Qing army's cavalry brigade moved east, leaving thousands of infantry and a dozen artillery pieces in place. At the same time, there were four or five thousand cavalry guards on both flanks, so Li Yan did not dare to send cavalry to follow the pursuit, so he could only send a small number of scouts to monitor.

In view of the shift of the main force of the Qing army to the east, Li Yan transferred more than 1,000 cavalry from the west to the east to strengthen the combat force in the east.

Li Yan observed carefully and found that there was a musket array in the Qing army, but it was only three rows. And it was an arquebus, and the soldiers had already prepared the arquebus, but it was not lit.

Li Yan observed, and was rewarded, that the cavalry brigade of the Qing army did not stop, but kept marching eastward. So it was decided to attack and defeat the troops in front of the liquidation.

He instructed: "The troops are ready, and immediately march forward with drums, and the distance from the enemy is limited to 600 paces." ”

When the troops were ready, the drums began to beat neatly. The infantry stepped on the drum beat and slowly approached the formation of Kong Youde and others.

Kong Youde looked at the neatly moving Li Yan team and frowned a little. He had never seen such a well-trained soldier. For ordinary troops, they have to stop and adjust after walking more than a dozen steps, otherwise the team will be out of order. However, Li Yan's troops were basically unaffected, and the military formation had always been very tight, so that they did not dare to send cavalry to sneak attack.

But fortunately, he didn't let the Manchurian cavalry attack, otherwise those Manchurian Zhangjing would definitely refuse. They had tasted the power of Li Yan's artillery, and now they were just waiting for Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming to retreat, and they didn't want to worry about other things.

When Li Yan's army formation was still eight hundred steps away from them, Kong Youde finally couldn't hold it anymore. He heard from Duoduo and Azig about the power of Li Yan's artillery, and he didn't dare to let Li Yan continue to approach, so he immediately ordered the shelling to begin.

His artillery was all taught by the Hongyi priest himself, and his archery skills were naturally the best in the Ming Dynasty. His artillerymen estimated the distance, aimed at the front sight and the illuminator, and selected the appropriate tail skids to adjust the angle.

"Boom", "boom", "boom", more than a dozen artillery pieces were fired one after another, and solid shells flew towards the advancing Li Yanjun formation.

When Li Yan saw the white smoke in front of him, he immediately ordered loudly: "Pay attention to the cannonballs!" ”

But his orders were destined to go undelivered. Some of the shells fell directly into his military formation, penetrating all the six rows of arrays in the corresponding position, and the shells continued to bounce and advance in the military formation. Some landed in front of his array, bouncing projectiles that broke the legs and feet of his soldiers.

A projectile bounced and rushed towards Li Yan, although Li Yan could see it clearly, but he didn't have time to dodge. He only had time to move his horse towards Zemian, but his horse was still hit in the hind leg.

With the wail of his mount, he quickly shook off his stirrups and, with a stroke of strength in his hand, jumped off his horse. At this time, his war horse also fell to the ground with a thud.

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