In the vicinity of the intersection of the Daling River and the eastern border wall of Liaodong, there is a grotto built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, which is called the Ten Thousand Buddha Hall. The grotto is divided into two parts, east and west, built on two connected stone mountains, and there is an old Bodhi tree growing on the mountainside in the eastern area, and a white pagoda stands next to the Bodhi tree.

Standing on the edge of the White Tower, you can see the Daling River winding eastward at the foot of the mountain, as well as the dilapidated Liaodong border wall in the west. However, when Yongshan arrived here, he was not in the slightest interest in going up the mountain, because Hauge, who had agreed to meet him here, had already followed Du Du's trail out of the side wall.

Dai Shan didn't even need to ask the soldiers with yellow flags who stayed here, and he knew why Haoge would break his agreement with him, so he chased after him so recklessly. Because on the side of the road in the Daling River Valley, a wooden sign was erected, which read "Haoge, free of delivery".

Although because of their decisive attack, Du Du's subordinates left behind the forcibly relocated population and ran away, Hauge, who had been teased by Du Du for several days, obviously did not consider this a victory. It is not surprising that seeing this naked wooden sign humiliating him, he continued to pursue after being carried away by his anger.

Dai Shan knew that even if he sent someone to chase Hauge now, it might not be able to calm Hauge down. If someone else erects this sign, it can still be regarded as a method of agitation by enemy generals. But Du Du is the old owner of the Yellow Flag, if Hauge can even endure this, he will not have to continue to care about the Yellow Flag in the future.

As for Du Du's claim in the return of the captured Yellow Flag soldiers that he was forced to surrender to the Ming Kingdom, it was all because Huang Taiji and his son seized his property, and Dai Shan only heard about it, and he didn't take it seriously, but he didn't stop his subordinates from discussing this matter.

Since he couldn't send someone to recover Haoge, Dai Shan could only lead someone to catch up with him, lest Haoge really chase into the depths of the grassland without any care. Haoge can be deflated in front of Du Du, and Dai Shan is happy to see it, but if he really loses this eldest son of Huang Taiji, then he and Huang Taiji will really break up.

Huang Taiji now has only three sons under his knees, but in addition to Hauge becoming an adult, the other two sons are still nursing in the arms of the nurse. If something goes wrong with Hauge, Huang Taiji will definitely refuse to give up with him.

Daishan planned to let Hauge chase him for three or five days, and then persuade him to come back when he was dissipated. Anyway, now in this season, the mountains and forests on both sides of the Daling River have been blocked by heavy snow, whether it is the Ming army or the Houjin army, the only road that can be passed at present is the Daling River valley in front of you.

The Daling River valley from the east wall of Liaodong to the west is sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, until the tributary of the Yakniu River suddenly opens up. Therefore, even if Ming reinforcements appeared, they would be able to block them in a few narrow areas, and then cover the withdrawal of the brigade to Yizhou.

Dai Shan was extremely familiar with the geography of this section of the Daling River Valley, so just as he was mobilizing his men and horses to prepare to meet Haoge, Du Du and Yan Yingyuan were in the first narrow riverside valley behind the border wall, blocking the Haoge troops who were chasing after him.

This place is called the place where the waist horse ditch is, the south is a steep mountain, the north is the Daling River, and there is only a passage of more than 100 meters in the middle. To the north of the Daling River is a soothing mountain forest with overgrown trees that are difficult to navigate.

A Niu Lu under Du Du and a battalion under the command of Yan Yingyuan blocked the passage to death, and made several barriers on the road with chopped wood to stop the charge of the cavalry in the rear.

Under the strict orders of the enraged Hauge, the soldiers with the yellow flag finally became a little more active. Haoge's confidant Niu Hulu Mohai personally pursued at the forefront with 5 Niu Lu, and Haoge himself followed behind with the main force.

However, where the Ming army set up a barrier, it could only accommodate dozens of people to attack side by side. Therefore, although both sides had nearly 300 troops when they came into contact, they did not engage in any melee.

When he saw the fallen trees on the road ahead, he ordered his troops to dismount, and then ordered one of Niu Lu's men to shoot with a bow, while another Niu Lu took the opportunity to clear the barricades.

However, the Ming army set up roadblocks here, also under the guise of hindering the march of the Houjin army, and then shooting at the pursuing enemy.

Disrupting the enemy's formation with infantry shots, and then taking advantage of the enemy's confusion to attack, is the most basic tactic of the Houjin Eight Banners. Because the big bow and heavy arrows used by the Jurchens are conducive to armor piercing, but the range is not far from the small bows and light arrows of the Ming army, once the shooting is launched, it is basically the Jurchens who have the advantage.

The small bows and light arrows used by the Ming army not only did not have an advantage in range, but also had no lethality against those Jurchen archers who wore two or three layers of armor. Therefore, when the yellow flag shooters stepped forward after hearing the order, they were relieved to see that the first row on the opposite side was the Ming army with firearms, not the Jurchen archers under Du Du.

Compared with the bows and arrows of the Ming army, although the firearms of the Ming people were more powerful, the range was too close and the shooting speed was slow. Many archers breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and let them shoot arrows at the former master Du Du, they probably still had some mental obstacles, but in the face of these Ming soldiers, their hearts did not fluctuate.

Light arrows shoot at a long distance, heavy arrows shoot at close range, even if the Jurchens' physical fitness is good and the bows and arrows they use are more powerful, they cannot violate the laws of physics. Bow and arrow shooting within 60 steps has lethality, and the power of bow and arrow within 30 steps reaches the maximum, this is the understanding of Jurchen archers.

Rain and snow have the greatest impact on the power of the bow and arrow, but fortunately it is sunny on these days, and although the ground is covered with snow, it does not affect the strength of the bow. However, in such cold weather, the bowstring becomes brittle and hard, and it is inevitable that it will lose some of its elasticity.

Niu Lu Ezhen Baya, who came forward with this Niu Lu shooter, is an experienced veteran, so he naturally will not ignore these basic common sense. When he reached the distance of the first round of firing in the past, about 50 paces away from the enemy, he did not give the order to stop, but continued to lead the group forward, and he decided to attack ten more paces forward to make up for the loss of bow power that the bowstring could not be exhausted.

According to Baya's understanding of the Ming army's firearms, the firearms with slender pipes held by the Ming army opposite should be bird guns. At 30 paces away, this firearm was almost lethal to Jurchen archers clad in cotton and iron armor, and it was difficult to injure them within 30 paces as long as they were not hit on the part of the armor that was exposed.

Therefore, Baya ignored the more than 100 Ming soldiers who stood in front of him and squatted in two rows and aimed at his own Niu Lu with bird guns. He only paid attention to whether the pace of his own Niu Lu's advance was consistent, and whether the distance between him and the Ming army was shortened to a predetermined distance.

However, just as he lowered his head to calculate the step distance, he suddenly heard a series of sounds of burning soybeans, and his heart had just flashed that he was now 45 steps away from the enemy, and his subordinates around him continued to wail.

Baya turned her head to look at the subordinates next to her in a bit of a daze, not understanding why they were screaming like this. However, before he could see what had happened to his subordinates, he felt a chill in his left ear, and then something ran down his ear.

Baya subconsciously reached out and touched it, only to see that there was blood on his hands, "I was hit, how did the Ming army's bird gun become so powerful." After Baya understood, he immediately shouted to his subordinates: "Don't panic, they will be out of action after shooting this round, the first row will come forward to shoot..."

Just as Baya was commanding his subordinates hoarsely, Yan Yingyuan had already noticed him. Yan Yingyuan called a few soldiers and pointed to Baya, who was standing there and shouted, and said, "This person is too noisy, you guys aim at him and shoot him, tell him to shut up." ”

Several soldiers who were called over by Yan Yingyuan immediately raised the reed wheel gun in their hands, and after two or three breaths, Baya's shouting on the battlefield disappeared. Although more than a dozen yellow flag archers shot an arrow before Baya fell, under the interference of the Ming musketeers, these arrows had neither strength nor accuracy, and only two or three arrows fell into the tight array of the Ming army, causing one death and two injuries.

However, more than 20 people were shot and killed on the spot, and more than 10 were seriously injured, and the remaining Jurchens turned around and fled after Baya fell.

This was the first time that the Ming army and the Jurchens had the upper hand when firing at each other. Even in the street battle under Zunhua City last year, if it were not for the cover of the houses, the musketeers of the Ming army would not have been able to shoot at the Jurchens.

The soldiers with yellow flags on Mohai's side were naturally incredulous about this result, and even the Ming army was a little dumbfounded by the results they had obtained. After all, the reed wheel gun was used for the first time on the battlefield of Daming, and everyone didn't expect that this firearm, which seemed to be similar in shape to the bird's gun, would be able to catch up with the power of the heavy arquebus.

Although Yan Yingyuan was satisfied with the power of the reed wheel gun, he also felt a little regretful. Because the price of the reed wheel gun was too expensive, the cost of one reed wheel gun could make five or six heavy arquebuses, and the new army could not afford to equip it except for the imperial guards around the emperor.

Moreover, there are more than 20 parts of the reed wheel gun, most of which cannot be made universally, and can only be made by gunsmiths one by one, and the construction period can be described as long. The biggest problem is that this gun is easily damaged, and after it is damaged, it must be sent back to the factory for repair, and it is basically impossible to repair on the battlefield.

Therefore, soldiers armed with reed wheel guns should have at least two, and officers with good conditions will buy one more for use on the battlefield. Of course, a soldier armed with a two-shot reed gun could take turns using a reed gun with already loaded ammunition during counterfire, which ensured dense and rapid firepower in the initial stage.

Reed wheel guns that don't require arquebus, and here are the biggest benefits. After loading ammunition, you can maintain a ready-to-shoot posture for a long time without worrying about the burning time of the arquebus.

Du Du, who was originally standing behind the new army with his subordinates and ready to replace the new army musketeers at any time, although he was surprised by the power of the spring wheel gun, he soon realized an opportunity to shake the hearts of the Yellow Flag Army.

He stepped forward to talk to Yan Yingyuan for a few words, then stood on a stone and shouted at the yellow flag on the opposite side: "Haoge, that guts bandit, didn't dare to come to see me in person, so you were sent to death?"

Huang Taiji and his son took away my family property, this is the housework of our Aixin Jueluo family, although I resent the meanness of Huang Taiji and his son, but I will not vent this anger on you. I know that you minions are also forced by the situation to help the abuse.

Remembering our old feelings, you can come up with 20 people, take off your armor and put down your weapons, and carry these corpses and wounded back..."