Ye Chen took more than 10,000 cavalry to intercept Li Yan's troops, but Jiang Xiang also stopped attacking Li Guo here. Li Guo here at the head of the city and outside the city, there are hundreds of large and small artillery, of course, the tiger squat cannon is the most. However, this kind of tiger squat cannon that fired flowering shells caused Jiang Xiang to suffer heavy losses, although there were not many deaths, but the camp was full of wounded soldiers, and they also lost the spirit of attacking the city.

Especially when the Qing army has already left. Originally, Jiang Xiang thought that the Qing army was coming south, but after a long time, there were only 10,000 people. Among them, the real Manchuria, but two thousand, what is this enough? Although Li Zicheng's troops were routed at first, they were later stalemate at the side pass, and the Manchurian iron cavalry did not have much effect. And he always drove them to the siege, which made his men extremely disgusted.

Not to mention the soldiers, they already knew the news that Li Yan gave the soldiers a field. It's just that there is no one to take the lead, they don't dare to act. Now that Li Yan's troops are coming, they have begun to connect in private. The officers also felt it, so they did not dare to drive the soldiers to attack the city.

"Commander, the soldiers are a little unstable." An officer came in to report.

Jiang Xiang said helplessly: "Retreat ten miles." Send more scouts, and be sure to pass back the battle situation between the Qing soldiers and Li Yan as soon as possible. What we do next depends on their results. ”

The subordinates hugged their fists and said: "The subordinates understand, so let's go and send more people." ”

Jiang Xiang and the others knew that no matter what, they could no longer surrender to Li Zicheng. Therefore, he had to retreat ten miles, temporarily disconnect from contact with Li Zicheng's subordinates, and when he needed to surrender to Li Yan in the future, it would be smoother. The hundreds of thousands of troops of the Qing army were defeated by Li Yan, and it was not surprising to defeat these 10,000 horses again.

Ye Chen walked forty miles east with his cavalry, and saw Li Yan's troops in a flat place, and they had already lined up in a phalanx, with two or three thousand cavalry standing in the distance. He wondered if his scout hadn't come back to report the situation.

They heard that Li Yan's artillery was powerful, and it was said that it was longer than the range of General Shenwei's cannon, so they stopped three miles away. However, in the northern Jin region, the ravines were undulating, and they were in a plain area in the valley, but within a radius of three or four miles, behind Li Yan's army array, the terrain began to narrow again, which was not conducive to their cavalry fighting.

Qian Er saw that the Qing army did not dare to move, so he ordered: "Beat the drum and advance." ”

The sound of the drums echoed loudly in the valley, and the soldiers marched forward step by step to the beat of the drums, and the whole army remained quite tight. And the cavalry in the distance behind also slowly followed.

Ye Chen watched Li Yan's army move forward, and finally knew why the people who entered the customs to fight had a lot of admiration for Li Yan's troops. It's not a big deal, but it's amazing how well a moving military formation can still be kept so neat. The point is that even if Li Yan's military formation is moving, they don't have much chance of a surprise attack.

Ye Chen hesitated, but still let the two thousand cavalry under Jiang Xiang go to charge first. These are all elite soldiers under Jiang Xiang, although they are not family members, but the treatment is much better than that of ordinary soldiers. However, they also knew the danger of rushing forward like this, especially when they saw that there were many artillery pieces in Li Yan's military formation. So they didn't really rush, they just went up and responded to it.

But when they played a trick, they lost their own lives. They rushed neither fast nor resolutely, but gave Qian Er enough time to prepare. When they had reached a distance of two hundred paces, a barrage of iron shrapnel struck them, knocking them down, even men and horses.

Jiang Xiang's cavalry hurriedly turned around and bypassed to both sides. But how much space can be given to them in the valley? The artillery on both sides of Li Yan's army formation also began to fire, killing and wounding many of the cavalry who were hiding on both sides.

Most of the Qian 2nd troops were three-inch Franc cannons, and the rate of fire was two or three times that of the front-loading guns. They are all weapons of the Ming army, selected and modified with reliable quality. They themselves are units that can easily fall into enemy encirclement, so they pay more attention to the rate of fire of artillery to provide more powerful fire support to the troops. Therefore, even the cavalry ran from the side in this short time, causing a lot of casualties to the enemy.

Jiang Xiang's cavalry could only continue to run, and when they rushed over, they found that Li Yan's cavalry did not embarrass them. However, they did not plan to fight any further, but continued to run directly to the east. Anyway, Shuoxian, Sanyin and other places have not been captured, and they still have a place to hide.

But as soon as they rushed into the valley, they heard several cannon shots and a dense explosion. Countless projectiles flew through the valley, and many more bombs exploded in the valley. The cavalry in front was quickly knocked out, while the horses in the rear stopped in fear, neighing and retreating.

But there are Li Yan's cavalry behind them, and they can't advance or retreat. Of the surviving cavalry, several withdrew from the valley, hid in places where there were no projectiles, and dismounted and surrendered. Other cavalrymen, after withdrawing from the valley, accelerated along the edge of the plain, risking their lives to retreat back to their brigade of men and horses.

As soon as Ye Chen and the others saw it, they knew that the defense of Li Yan's troops was very strong, and if they wanted to rush over, the casualties would not be small. After the phalanx, there were troops in the valley behind. Judging from the barrel of the cannon and the density of the explosion, they felt that if they broke through the resistance in the valley, their casualties would also be large.

Originally, they came to punish the Mongol tribes who withdrew their troops without authorization, and if they forced the Mongol soldiers to die, then these Mongols might really rebel. As for the cavalry of the Han army, although these people could be used as slaves, the Han people accounted for the absolute majority in Liaodong. It would be nice to say if we won the battle, but this time it is obviously unlikely that we will win the battle, and we still have to take into account the feelings of the Hermes-Epitek.

Ye Chen didn't hesitate much, and immediately retreated with his cavalry. Get out of this valley first, or the situation will be unfavorable to them even if there is a stalemate here.

Seeing that the main force of the Qing army was retreating, Li Mu left hundreds of cavalry to help collect the prisoners and horses, and immediately chased after him with cavalry. The pursuit in the valley is much simpler, you can only chase after you, and other tactics are not used. As long as you catch up from behind in an evacuation formation and shoot, although the casualties inflicted on the enemy will not be too large, it can also prevent the enemy from turning back.

What they had to do well was to guard against the cavalry counterattack of the Qing army. Although the craftsmen had already begun to make light armor for the horses, there was no shadow at all at this time, so they couldn't chase too close.

Jiang Xiang's scouts came back slightly earlier than the Qing army, so Jiang Xiang knew the news of the Qing army's defeat in advance.

"Well, that's fine." Jiang Xiang said helplessly: "Let the troops prepare and defend to the west, we are going to surrender to Li Yan." ”

The subordinate asked, "What about the Qing army?" ”

Jiang Xiang said in frustration: "What can it be?" What is Datong? Who knows who will prevail tomorrow. Li Zicheng is here, we can't vote for it anymore. But the remaining two parties, which side must also serve well, so that we can live for a long time. Go and inform all the troops that they must manage their soldiers well, and they must not cause accidental injuries to the Qing army and Li Yan's troops. Go for it. ”

"Obey the order, and the subordinates will go."

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