Early the next morning, Bai Shixiong led the team to continue westward, while Jierharang and others also got up early and followed closely with their subordinates. Their goal was to entangle Li Yan's cavalry and buy time for the troops behind to catch up.

After several rounds of deliberations this time, they finally reached a consensus, and the Eight Banners sent troops together to completely defeat Li Yan's cavalry and make the Manchurian alliance more stable. In order to achieve their goal, they not only sent a large number of cavalry, but also nearly 100,000 infantry. As long as Li Yan's cavalry was entangled, the infantry could catch up and build several trenches on the grassland to trap Li Yan's cavalry inside. No matter how brave Li Yan's cavalry is, without food or drink, he won't be able to stand up for half a month.

Without this cavalry of 20,000 horses, Li Yan's threat to the grassland would be much reduced. At that time, the Qing court was again gracious and powerful, and strictly controlled the Mongolian tribes to trade war horses with Li Yan, and Moxi Mongolia alone could not support Li Yan's many horses. At that time, Li Yan couldn't attack, and they couldn't get in, but they could all threaten each other, and peace talks were the best choice for both sides.

Dolgon's desire for peace talks was for the sake of the future of the Qing Dynasty. He knew that as time went by, in the competition between the Qing Dynasty and Li Yan, who gradually unified the homeland of the Ming Kingdom, the Qing State became more and more weak, and only peace talks as soon as possible were the best results.

And Zilharang and the others also need temporary peace talks to let them recuperate for a while. Since the first year of Shunzhi, they have not won any battles, nor have they robbed people and animals and goods back, and their own casualties have been quite a lot. Although their goals were different, at least they reached a consensus, which finally led to the dispatch of troops to the battle.

There was a "boom", a sudden explosion exploded in the vanguard ranks, the horses neighed and scurried, and the cavalry shouted loudly, not knowing what was going on.

The place didn't stop yet, and the rest of the place suddenly exploded with a bang. At this point the procession stopped, and the knight began to calm the frightened horses, while the officer asked to make sure what had happened.

"What's going on up front?" Zilharang paused and asked with a frown. The scouts are gone, and there shouldn't be any ambushes.

After a while, the officers in front came over with a few scouts and reported: "Lord Wang, these bastards obviously know that Li Yan is secret, but they didn't report it in time, so I lost more than 20 people in the forward!" Please call the shots! ”

The scout hurriedly defended: "Lord Wang, when the minions and others passed, no one triggered the bomb, how could they know that Li Yan had this secret hand." However, the minions and others stepped on some thistles in front, and the minions stayed here to report the matter to the army. ”

"There's an thistle ahead?" Zilharang frowned and asked. At this time, the grass was everywhere, and the thistle terrestris was hidden in the grass, and he didn't know how long it would stretch, so he was worried about how the troops would pass.

Dorgon glanced ahead and said, "Let the empty horse come over." ”

"Tribulus terrestris, who knows how much he sprinkled. If you scatter enough, how many horses will you have to hurt to get through? Duoduo disagreed.

Dolgon said impatiently, "They don't even have much food with them, how many thistles can they have?" Now is not the time to feel sorry for the horses, as long as Li Yan's cavalry is eliminated, the horses on the grassland can be as many as they want. ”

Haoge, who had not spoken all this time, became impatient and said, "It's decided, don't let Li Yan's cavalry escape." ”

Now that everyone agrees, it's time to give the order. Of course, the period was not very smooth, after all, the horses were the property of the cavalry, and their losses could only be compensated by the booty. However, their opponent was Li Yan's troops, and they did not have much hope for the spoils of war, so naturally no one wanted to let their horses go ahead and drag each other.

In the end, there was no way, Hauge and the others forced each flag to immediately send out a hundred horses and pass in a line, so that the order could be carried out.

Some horses jumped as if they were suddenly frightened while they were moving, while others stumbled and fell straight down, and then neighed and rolled on the ground. However, in general, there are not many injured horses, at most about forty percent.

After that, the forward passed smoothly, and when the army passed, there were some tribulus terrestris that had slipped through the net and caused some trouble to the Qing army, but it was no longer able to stop the advance of the Qing army.

When it was almost noon, the Qing army finally caught up with Bai Shixiong and them. In fact, it was not they who chased it, but Bai Shixiong and they were waiting here on purpose. Because it is a flat river, the wind is not strong, and the wind direction is stable, which is a good place for pursuit.

At this time, Bai Shixiong had already asked Ke Shan to escort the caravan with a thousand cavalry, although a thousand cavalry was not much, but in the face of the cavalry of various tribes, there was still an absolute advantage, of course, provided that the tribes along the way did not collude with each other. But at this moment, he can only use the maximum number of troops to fight, after all, the Qing army has 50,000 people.

The Qing army got the news that Li Yan's cavalry was already waiting in front of the whole team, so Haoge and others immediately ordered their troops to line up first, and then slowly approached Li Yan's cavalry. In this way, you can avoid being caught off guard by Li Yan, and it is also convenient to launch an attack at any time. Playing cavalry, they still have self-confidence.

Seeing that the cavalry of the Qing army had lined up early five miles away, Bai Shixiong's side did not move at all, not because he saw that the enemy had already prepared to deal with it, but because they did not plan to attack immediately.

The Qing army was not moving fast or slow, but it was like Mount Tai pressing the top. 50,000 cavalry, plus two horsemen per person, a large area of black pressure stretches for miles, which really makes people feel pressure.

Four hundred steps, three hundred steps, two hundred steps, the Qing army finally stopped at a suitable distance. They adjusted their formation again and waited for the manager's instructions. Although Li Yan's cavalry had strong handcuffs, it was winter, and they believed that the thick cotton armor on their bodies would keep them safe. And most of the weapons in their hands have become smashing weapons such as bones, short axes, and iron whips, which will cause fatal damage to the enemy.

Bai Shixiong looked at the Qing army's cavalry formation and stopped, and asked the general next to him, "How do you look?" Will it work? ”

The cavalryman turned his head to look at the banner fluttering in the wind, nodded and said, "Yes." Although the cavalryman's attire was no different, his eight-petal iron helmet had a cockade with two cannons crossed, which was completely different from the horse-headed cockade of the cavalry around him.

This is Li Yan's reform of the military logo, because most of his soldiers wear chain mail, which will cover the class logo on the chest, so the logo is moved to the iron helmet.

Bai Shixiong instructed: "Then let's start." At the same time, he ordered his own soldiers: "Pass the order, get ready, mess up the team, and do military law." ”

The artilleryman waved the red flag in his hand twice quickly, while the cavalry troops took out two balls of cotton from their pockets, blocked the ears of their horses, and held the reins tightly.

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