Something like the main battle can't be done anywhere. It needed a suitable site. As the main forces of both sides approached each other, the Model Army stopped in front of an open plain.

This is a plain by the Chaobai River, because it relies on the Chaobai River and has a water source, so it was originally a good farmland, but several entrances of the Qing army passed through here, so the people here have long been either killed or plundered. A large area of fertile land has been abandoned because of this, although now you can still faintly see a little Tianlong, but it is completely a large piece of wasteland. However, this terrain is suitable for a main battle.

It didn't take long for the Qing army to appear on the other side of the wasteland, and then stopped somewhere, and the two sides confronted each other across the barren plain.

Azig held a telescope and looked at the enemy troops opposite. At this time, the sun had risen very high, and he could see the military formation on the opposite side clearly.

"It's rare that the Ming army dares to fight with us in the field." Azig sighed, he continued to hold the binoculars, did not look back, and said to Duoduo who was standing aside, "Fifteenth brother, you see this Ming army is very strange, their soldiers are all birds, neither spears, nor swords and shields, very strange......"

After saying this, he continued to observe the military formation opposite, and after a while, he realized that Duoduo had not answered him, so he put down his binoculars and turned his head to look at Duoduo. But I saw that Duoduo was also looking at the military array opposite, but his face didn't seem to look good.

"Old Fifteen, what's wrong with you?" Azigo asked.

Duoduo came back to his senses at this time, and reluctantly smiled at Azig, "Brother Twelve, this team, we have fought with them before. It's all birds. It's in the Silent Sea. But at that time they were not Ming troops, and they were still flying the banner of the Dutch. It should be them! Bayan, look, isn't it the look of those 'Dutch'? ”

In the Battle of Jinghai, it was a rare loss for the Eight Banners in recent years. However, because the main loss occurred during the attack on the fortress of the "Dutch", which was considered a siege disadvantage, for this battle, the Eight Banners only came to the conclusion that they could not easily attack the kind of castle with strange folded lines. However, Duoduo knew that in this battle there was also a hand-to-hand battle between the "Dutch soldiers" and the armor in his banner, and his people suffered losses. It's just that this hand-to-hand combat was covered up by the battle behind it, and more people didn't know that there was such a small hand-to-hand combat in it. Later, after the Battle of Songjin, when the "Dutch" mercenaries retreated, the Doduo men also participated in the pursuit, and suffered a great loss. The people in the Eight Banners of this battle all knew about it, but at that time, everyone felt that although the "Dutch" people were very capable of fighting, the number was too small, and it was actually of little use. So apart from a limited number of people, most people don't really care either.

Huang Taiji was one of the few people he cared about very much, he found the people who participated in this battle and inquired carefully, and began to build small cannons suitable for field warfare according to the way of the Dutch. Duoduo also suffered losses in Jinghai, so he naturally paid attention to this matter, so now that he saw the posture of the model army, he immediately thought of the "Dutch army".

Duoduo handed his telescope to a white armor next to him. The white-armored soldier took the binoculars and looked at them, then handed them back to Dordor and said, "Master, the slave has seen clearly, but it is exactly the same as those Dutchmen. ”

Azeco hadn't fought the "Dutch" too much, but he had heard of the reputation of the "Dutch" and knew which "Dutch" were very difficult to mess with. If so many enemy troops are "Dutch" like the team, I am afraid it will be really difficult to fight. Azigo looked at Duoduo again, looked at the white-armored soldier beside Duoduo, and saw that the white-armored soldier's face was white, obviously extremely afraid of the Ming army on the opposite side.

"Humph!" Azigo snorted coldly and said, "It's just a matter of learning." How can there be so many strong armies in the world all at once! ”

"What Brother Twelve said is that I look at the Ming Army opposite, that is, I have learned the same appearance as others, but it is just an embroidered pillow." Duoduo also understood, and hurriedly said loudly, "I think their things are good, and when this battle is over, we will be rich!" ”

When the others heard this, they burst into laughter.

Azigo laughed twice, but there was no smile on his face, for he saw that the opposing army began to move.

Because the left side was the Chaobai River, there was no possibility of enemy cavalry attacking from the left, so the Ming army on the opposite side deployed all the cavalry to the right side. Azeco understood this perfectly, for he had placed all the cavalry on his left side as well. But the opponent also placed the artillery on the right side, instead of the front, which Azigo found a little difficult to understand. However, although his heart was full of doubts, Azigo did not say it.

The cavalry of the Ming army began to move first, and their cavalry first moved forward by about three hundred paces.

"These Ming troops are not simple!" Azigo looked at the queue of Ming cavalry and was a little surprised. Because the cavalry of the Ming army was able to maintain a good formation even when they were moving. Although these cavalrymen led their horses, it was still very difficult for most armies of this era to walk more than 300 paces in a row without being in a disorderly formation. Moreover, these cavalry are so beautiful. Even if it was the enemy's cavalry, Azigo had to say that he had never seen such beautiful cavalry in his life.

The cavalry were leading tall horses that were rarely seen, and Azigo was sure that he had never seen such tall horses in his life, and compared to these horses, their horses were as short as donkeys. The horses wore silver vests on their chests, chain mail and thick felt—more than enough to hold off most bows and arrows. As for the cavalry on foot, they were also dressed in silver plate armor, holding the reins of their horses in one hand and a long spear in the other, which looked like a forest.

"It's an elite that took a lot of money to train. This battle is really not going to be good! "Although he hasn't fought yet, as a general who has fought an old battle, he can still see the strength of the enemy army at a glance.

The number of cavalry in this group was not too much, only about 300 people. But Azigo could deduce from their horses, armor, and weapons the terrible impact of their battlefield. With such a cavalry, many of their movements will be affected.

Further to the right of the cavalry, which was clearly used to charge into battle, there was a larger cavalry, but judging by their armor and weapons, it was supposed to be a light cavalry for pursuit.

After the cavalry moved, the infantry and artillery of the Ming army also began to move forward.

"Brother Twelve, do you look at their horses dragging cannons? Is that a horse? It's going to be fine, right? Dodor said suddenly.

"If we win, it's ours." "Fifteenth brother, in a moment, I will first send my cavalry to hold off their cavalry, and then let the infantry advance. You also let your infantry rush forward, let your cavalry harass the infantry of the Ming army, and cover the infantry to rush up for hand-to-hand combat. If it can be fought hand-to-hand, we will win. Otherwise, when their artillery arrives at its position, it will be difficult to bombard us with artillery first, forcing us to rush upwards against the artillery. ”

"At this distance, their cannons shouldn't be able to reach us? I reckon they'll have to walk 300 steps to get us. They must be putting their ranks together now. When they go forward again, we will meet them. "Dordor said.

The Qing army did not know much about the range of the 12-pounder gun of the Model Army, and could only make rough inferences based on the cannons they had cast. As for the belief that the model army stopped to organize the queue, this is also one of the characteristics of the military formation of this era. Because of the lack of sufficient rank and file officers and training, it was difficult to maintain a tight queue, and they had to stop and reorganize the queue almost every ten or so paces, and it was not easy for these enemy troops to stop after walking hundreds of steps in one breath.

At this time, the infantry and artillery of the Ming army on the opposite side were also in place. The infantry of the Ming army formed a long horizontal line and slowly moved forward. Compared to the cavalry, their infantry maintained a significantly better formation as they advanced, so much so that when Azigo saw their advance, he couldn't help but want to turn around and flee. Because, he noticed that when these infantry were advancing, their movements were almost exactly the same, even the left and right of their feet were the same, and the time of lifting their feet was the same. The oncoming breeze even brought the footsteps of the infantry as they advanced. Azigo knew that there was no doubt about the discipline of such an army, and there was almost no reason why a well-disciplined army could not fight.

The infantry and artillery of the Ming army stopped.

"Their cavalry should come forward a little more, then infantry and artillery." "I'll go back to my side to command the troops." After a while, when they start moving forward, you raise the flag and we'll do it......"

Azigo nodded and said, "That's it." ”

So Duoduo flew on his horse and ran towards his army with a few white armors.

When Duoduo returned to his army, the Ming army did not continue to move forward as he expected, but opened fire on them!

The Ming army's 12-pounder guns, when fired at a large elevation angle, were enough to shoot the shells two kilometers away. Today, the distance between the two sides is only one kilometer at most, and at this distance, the solid shells of the 12-pounder guns are already capable of firing more accurately.