Unlike Dai Shan, a sober outsider, Hauge is now completely immersed in the happiness of chasing Du Du. Just a mile in front of him, the figure of Du Du and another Ming army general loomed in his field of vision, as if as long as he tried harder, he could keep this cousin behind and settle the old accounts that had humiliated him these days.

Not only Hauge, but also the soldiers with the yellow flag thought that Dudoubele would probably not be able to escape today, and they did not think it was a trap. Because today, from the moment they began to pursue, the Ming army did not stop to stop them, but just ran forward vigorously, as if they wanted to disappear from their field of vision.

This kind of rout situation is not unfamiliar to the veterans with yellow flags, because the Liaodong Ming army did the same when they fled. When facing the enemy on the frontal battlefield, the Ming soldiers were not lacking in courage, but once they turned into flight, they never dared to turn back, and only wanted to escape from the pursuit of the Houjin army and abandon their companions to the enemy. And this is the Ming army they are familiar with in their eyes, like the Ming army that dared to resist them layer by layer yesterday and the day before yesterday, which is abnormal.

However, the reason why the Ming army is still almost completely defeated now is that Du Dubeile and the Ming army general have been guarding the back of the ranks, stabilizing the last bit of military spirit of the Ming army. Although the Jurchens and Mongols often boasted of their archery skills, few of them boasted of their horse archery tactics at the moment.

Anyone who has fought an old war knows how difficult it is to shoot a target with a bow and arrow on a bumpy horse. Moreover, the small bow suitable for riding archers is not powerful enough, and it is basically lethal in the face of the infantry wearing armor, and can only interfere with the infantry's line of sight, which is really not as powerful as the Jurchen infantry bow and heavy arrows.

But there are times when it is very suitable for the use of mounted archery tactics, that is, when the light cavalry is chasing. The chasing cavalry turned around and shot back, which was not only conducive to firing the bow and arrows, but also did not need to aim, and the high-speed movement of the chasing cavalry also passively increased the power of the bow and arrows.

Du Du and the Ming generals were all good archers, and the cavalry guards of the Ming army with them as the core, with wave after wave of bows and arrows, repelled the yellow flag soldiers who approached them several times. But because of this, everyone thinks that this Ming army is already at the end of the crossbow.

Because only when the other party is exhausted, the main general needs to come out and fight hard. From the morning run to the present, the Ming army has changed its mounts twice, and the Ming army has no more horses, and the fallen horse corpses on the side of the road can be seen everywhere. Even the soldiers at the bottom of the yellow flag knew that as long as they got out of this canyon and reached a wider place, they would be able to surround them from both sides and wipe out the two or three hundred Ming troops.

Although the Yellow Banner soldiers led by Hauge had already changed horses once, they had not experienced a long-distance run before, and their horsepower was quite abundant, so everyone believed that victory would definitely belong to them.

As the day approached noon, the yellow flag soldiers were all lit up in front of them, and they finally ran out of the gloomy and narrow canyon, and a vast grassland appeared in front of them.

Hauge didn't care about horsepower, he commanded his subordinates to outflank him from both sides, intending to encircle and annihilate Du Du and the Ming army on this riverside grassland.

Just as the division of troops on both flanks of the yellow flag gradually caught up with the Ming army, they suddenly heard several horn cannons coming from the mountain in front of the left. A few vigilant soldiers with yellow flags subconsciously slowed down their mounts and looked around.

When the horn sounded, Chongzhen was sitting on the lower river mountain and looking down, although there was still some distance from the ambush site, but seeing that Du Du and Yan Yingyuan's troops were about to be surrounded, he finally gave the order to launch an attack in advance.

The 16 Niu Lu led by Haoge plus the guards assigned to him by Huang Taiji were more than 1,000 people. In the course of the chase there were some more losses, and less than a thousand people rushed into the grassland.

However, there were more than 3,000 ambush soldiers from the front and left of the yellow flag, and the first division of the guards and the Mobei cavalry were facing the yellow flag head-on, totaling more than 1,500 people. On the left side of the attack were the Chahar cavalry led by Gui Yingcha and a part of the men and horses of the 36 divisions of the closed gate, a total of more than 1,200 people.

The first cavalry division of the most elite new army around Chongzhen has not yet been used, and if you add the Chengde division, the imperial camp and other horses led by Zhou Wei, the unused strength of the Ming army at this moment is as high as 8 or 9,000 people.

This is the first time that the Ming army has used such superior forces to deal with a half-exhausted Houjin army on the battlefield of its choice. The soldiers with the Yellow Banner didn't even realize that they would be ambushed here, although they didn't collapse immediately.

However, the cavalry in a pursuit formation was simply unable to cope with the 1st Guards Division, which had formed a charging formation. Sang Ang, who commanded the 1st Guards Division, has always wanted to prove himself on the battlefield after he was transferred from Zu Dashou's subordinate to the Emperor's own Guards. This ambush battle in front of the emperor's eyes became the battlefield where he and the 1st Guards Division performed themselves best.

These Mongolian cavalrymen, who were very brave under the command of Zu Dashou, were changed to the First Guards Division, and their treatment and status were not comparable to those in the past. Just equipping them with armor is not comparable to the goods that were eliminated from the ancestors in the past.

Although the inlaid yellow flag has elevated its status after the change of flag, it is not a descendant of the positive yellow flag after all, although the armor materials they have allocated are much more than in the past, but it has not reached the point where everyone has two or three layers of armor.

The cavalry with the yellow flag, which was already in an unfavorable situation, collided head-on with the cavalry of the 1st Guards Division, which was stronger than its own armor and weapons, and the soldiers with the yellow flag who surrounded Du Du and others soon collapsed like waves hitting the rocks.

On the flank of the yellow flag, the Chahar cavalry led by Gui Yingcha was the most outstanding elite of the Chahar Division, and even if it was a head-on battle, it would not be weaker than the 1st Guards Division. It's just that as a guest army, they can't compete with the 1st Guards Division for the task of head-on.

However, for this flanking tactic, it is the most familiar tactic of the Mongols. In the steppe, where handicrafts are lacking, the use of cavalry tactics is once again extremely important.

Therefore, for Chongzhen, who watched the battle at the top of the mountain, the cavalry battle under the mountain was as wonderful as a magnificent 3D movie. On his left hand, the cavalry of the 1st Guards Division, dressed in red armor, swept towards the lobster-shaped yellow flag army in the middle of the battlefield like a red wave.

When the two armies were about to make contact, the red wave suddenly split in two, turning into two smaller waves and rushing towards the two big crows of the lobster, and after only a moment of stalemate, the red wave engulfed the two flank troops with yellow flags, and continued to roll towards the lobster's body.

The Chahar and the 36 cavalry of the Guanmen Army, dressed in black and white clothing, attacked from Chongzhen's right hand, and in the process of charging, they were divided into two and two into four, and soon divided into four columns to break the lobster body with the yellow flag into four sections, and the last column did not break the team with the yellow flag, but cut off the back road of the yellow flag.

The yellow flag, which was originally in sight, became a meal on the plate of the Ming army's ambush troops in an instant, and this contrast made many soldiers with the yellow flag a little overwhelmed. It's just that following the battlefield discipline imprinted in their minds in the past, these soldiers with yellow flags are still fighting around their own Niu Lu Ezhen, and they have not dropped their weapons and fled.

However, as the cavalry of the Ming army continued to intersperse, separate, and eliminate small groups of troops with yellow flags, dozens of large and small Ming army encirclements were soon formed on the battlefield. The largest of them was about a group of men and horses with yellow flags guarding Hauge.

Seeing that the opportunity was not good, Haoge ordered his subordinates to dismount after the Ming cavalry appeared and found that it was difficult for him to turn around and flee. He placed the horses in a circle outside, and the men stood behind the horses and fired arrows to prevent the Ming cavalry from approaching him. This combat method prevented the four or five Niu Lu around Haoge from being scattered by the Ming cavalry, and finally retained a certain combat capability.

But whether it was Hauge or the Jurchen generals around him, listening to the constant screams outside, they also knew that it was only a matter of time before their small defensive circle was broken after the Ming army eliminated those small troops that had been separated. Now their only hope is to wait for the Great Beledain to come to their rescue.

However, whether Da Baylor could rescue them, or whether they would also fall into the trap of the Ming army, everyone did not dare to think deeply. Hauge sat in the saddle on the ground, looking a little distracted. It was the first time he had suffered such a big loss, and it didn't seem like he even had a chance to turn over, and he didn't know what he had to do now.

The Ming army's attack on their defensive circle outside weakened, but no one showed joy, because the battle on the periphery seemed to be gradually subduing, and it was obvious that some people had begun to give up resistance. In this circle, every Jurchen person silently waits for the arrival of the last moment.

On the other side, Du Du, who was rescued, didn't have time to go up the mountain to see Chongzhen, so he asked for a few mounts from his colleagues, and with a few cronies around him, he turned around and ran into the battlefield.

He had put so much effort and risked his life to bring Hauge and the Yellow Banner here, not to get them to be destroyed. He wants to take this opportunity to let these old departments with yellow flags rejoin his arms.

When Du Du rushed around the various encirclements to recruit rebels, his actions were also reported to Chongzhen. Zhu Youzhen pondered for a while and then said, "Okay, let him recruit people." Hurry up and let the battlefield be cleaned up, and we can welcome the next table of guests.

In addition, the order was sent to Wednesday to surround Hauge first and not to be busy cleaning them up. Wait for Daishan's reinforcements to arrive, and this time let Huang Taiji taste the taste of being surrounded and sent to help..."

When Hauge was still in his mind, Chaohar, who was in charge of his defense, suddenly ran to his side and whispered: "Master, the movement of the Ming army is a little strange, do you get up and take a look?" ”

Hauge, who was distracted from his thoughts, glared at him fiercely, watched Chaohar lower his head, and then reluctantly got up and looked out at the wall of horses. Seeing that the Ming army had set up a larger circle with a partial van on the periphery, Haoge's mind was unusually clear at the moment.

He sneered and said: "These Ming people have a lot of appetite, it doesn't matter if they eat our yellow flag, even the red flag of Big Baylor wants to take a bite..."

Hauge stopped as he spoke, because he suddenly remembered that in the current situation, it was better for Zhenghongqi to suffer a little loss than to have only the yellow flag to be wiped out. Otherwise, even if he dies here, his uncles and brothers in China will probably accuse him of improper use of troops.