Fengzhou purchased a large number of horses from the Western Regions from the Oirat, Heshute people, and also opened a horse farm in Hetao, this kind of war horse is strong, weighs seven or eight hundred catties, is a head higher than the Mongolian horse, the weight-bearing capacity is stronger, the speed is also faster, very suitable for cavalry combat, the current number is limited, only equipped with the Flying Tiger Battalion and the cavalry right association, thousands of Western Regions war horses are rolling over, the impact is amazing, it is not the flesh and blood can be blocked, the Qing army infantry formation was rushed out of a big gap in an instant.

"The left battalion dodged the gap, the right battalion went up and continued to rush, accelerate, accelerate, and break them, and the Chahar battalion, the Khalkha battalion, and the Oirat battalion followed, covering the iron cavalry assault with a rain of arrows." Zhu Shen, who has been honed in the ice and snow, has a tenacious character, and is never afraid of dangerous battles, and cannot let them ease their breath, otherwise the battle will be difficult to fight, Li Yu shouted loudly on his horse, while taking the horse gun and shooting continuously, Kong Guoer, Cha Gui, and Ma Bao reluctantly followed behind him, and kept handing him the loaded horse gun.

The slightly tired left battalion quickly dodged to both sides, and Brother Richard led the right battalion to rush forward and continue to crush the Qing army - Brother Richard was only in his early twenties, with the favor of Li Yu and his stepfather Li Fugui, Qingyun went straight to become the battalion officer of the right battalion of the cavalry, the bigger the officer, the more afraid of gossip from others, and the more he wanted to make military merits. The Chahar battalion, the Khalkha battalion, and the Oirat battalion followed closely behind the right battalion, constantly throwing arrows at the Qing army - these guys are clumsy and clumsy in playing with horses, but they are natural horse archers, they can easily shoot through the iron armor within fifty steps, and the stormy shooting is more lethal in the melee, and the Qing army's large array began to shake under the impact of the iron cavalry and the rain of arrows.

The Qing army's infantry formation was precarious, Haoge quickly led the cavalry to kill, the cavalry was waiting for the itch, the guns, arrows and arrows hit the head and face, the Qing army iron cavalry to support the infantry formation, not afraid of death and continued to rush, the long-range strike effect of the Fengzhou iron cavalry was not large, and it immediately started to accelerate.

"Kill these Toyosu thieves!" Hauge roared with his sword, and led the 6,000 Iron Cavalry of the Eight Banners to kill, leaving the bound Mongolian cavalry behind.

"Array assault, don't die today!" Sun Fuhu, the commander of the association, raised his sword and shouted, before the words fell, the right battalion of the cavalry was impatient to rush out of the cavalry formation, and the middle and left battalions had to follow behind to speed up, Sun Fuhu was so angry that he scolded, "Snow wolf, sorghum pole, you two bastards dare not to give Lao Tzu face, and then settle the account after the battle." ”

Most of the people in the right battalion have been horse thieves outside the eastern border of Liaodong or in the Xilamulun River, and they are used to being domineering, and they gritted their teeth when they saw the eight banners of iron cavalry that had surrounded and suppressed them, and crashed into the enemy cavalry to slash and kill, and the eight banner soldiers did not expect to meet this group of ruthless rivals in the pass, and for a while they were a little weak-hearted, and then the middle battalion and the left battalion were killed, and the five thousand iron cavalry rushed away from the Eight Banners cavalry formation, and the two sides caught and killed together.

The snow wolf and the sorghum pole were killed, and when they looked up at Haoge's Daxu, they pounced on it with a howl - after these two horse thieves defected to Fengzhou, they turned over and fought to promote the officer, and first mixed under Meng Ke, but they were always free and casual, and they couldn't do the disciplined heavy cavalry, and they followed Sun Fuhu, the big horse thief, and also became the chief and deputy battalion officer of the right battalion. Hauge was not afraid to shoot the bow vigorously, and the fierce soldiers around him continued to kill the horse thieves who rushed over, the sorghum pole was fierce, and he grabbed a fallen Eight Banners soldier and tore it in half, he used to kill the Ming army in this way when he was a Jin soldier, and often scared the opponent into a hurry, but the Eight Banners were not the Ming army, and they rushed up desperately with anger, and the sorghum pole could not stand the group beating and was knocked off the horse, and was cut into meat paste in an instant. The snow wolf lost his good brother, and he was almost mad with sadness, slashing several Qing soldiers with a knife, and went straight to Daxu, Haoge hit his horse with an arrow, and the snow wolf landed on the ground. Qiu Xian hurried over, quickly threw a meteor hammer, and smashed a Qing soldier who raised his knife to the snow wolf to burst his brain, and all the horse thieves also rushed up to intercept and kill the enemy horseman, Qiu Xian took the opportunity to grab the snow wolf and threw it forward, and the snow wolf took advantage of the situation to step on an empty horse and continue to kill with a knife.

Fengzhou Iron Cavalry won the opportunity with a fatal blow from the right battalion, taking the opportunity to divide and encircle the enemy cavalry, when the Qing army was passive, the Mongolian cavalry of the foreign domain happened to arrive, Haoge immediately ordered them to flank and outflank, and the Eight Banners cavalry had a chance to turn the tables and boost their morale, and they wanted to make up for the loss of the red eye, and the two sides forgot the formation, and cut the knife when they saw people, and the battlefield was chaotic.

"Blow the trumpet, and form a dense formation." Sun Fuhu's mind is much clearer, he only has 5,000 people, and he is by no means an opponent of tens of thousands of enemies, and only by forming a formation can he hold on to his opponent.

The Fengzhou army heard the trumpet and regrouped, and continued to fight with a dense cavalry formation, and the Qing army completed the encirclement but was unable to eat the other party in one bite. The main force of the Qing cavalry was dragged by the opponent, and the infantry formation was extremely critical, and Haoge was so anxious that he had to risk sending 2,000 cavalry of the Eight Banners to support quickly.

Li Yu actually couldn't fight anymore, and after a period of confusion in the Qing army, they gradually came to their senses - they had no way to retreat, there were more than two thousand miles from here to the side wall, once the team was defeated, no one could go back alive, and killing the Fengzhou army was the only way out. The Eight Banners soldiers sacrificed their lives to block the iron cavalry with their flesh and blood, and the Han people of Liaodong also picked up their spears and fought hard, and those Eight Banners idlers were even more ruthless, riding horses to hedge with the Fengzhou Iron Cavalry - at the critical moment, it was the tradition of Zhushen for the survival of the tribe that the old and weak women and children stood up for the survival of the tribe, even if they did not hesitate to suffer heavy casualties. Meng Ke was so anxious that he commanded Li Xuan, Li Chage, and Guo Xiu three battalions to take turns to go into battle, killing countless enemies but it was difficult to advance an inch, and the deputy co-commander Ji Da hit the red eye and personally led the troops to rush into battle, but the arrow fell off his horse and almost killed him, and the Chahar battalion, Khalkha battalion, and Oirat battalion on both wings were also attacked by the superior forces of the Qing army, and they were fighting desperately.

Haoge's reinforcements were inserted into the flank and rear, and the Fengzhou Iron Cavalry had no chance of winning, Li Yu sighed and ordered the trumpet to retreat, and the Fengzhou Iron Cavalry immediately formed a dense formation and withdrew from the Qing army's infantry formation. Li Yu was forced to retreat, Haoge immediately ordered a retreat when he saw that it was good, the cavalry and infantry of the Qing army reunited, Sun Fuhu was exhausted, and he did not dare to entangle anymore, and quickly got rid of the opponent and the main force to meet - a battle of Fengzhou iron cavalry, and returned to the starting point.

The frontal battlefield can not be fought anymore, although the Fengzhou army has few troops, but it is well-equipped and well-trained, the battalion soldiers firmly hold the large formation, and there is still the strength to launch a counterattack, and the auxiliary soldiers are used to training in the guard, and they automatically form a small formation with squadrons and brigades to fight separately, and they will not retreat if they hold the Qing army to the death. The Qing army was superior in numbers, but the elite was insufficient, and he couldn't gnaw on the hard bone in front of him, and Abatai still held on to five thousand elites and ten thousand eight banners in his hands, but he would never let go despite Dorgon's hard persuasion, and insisted on leaving this part of the army to guard against the Ming army's sneak attack.

The two sides have each other's attack and defense, can not help each other, the battle to dusk, each blow the trumpet to collect troops, the Fengzhou army directly stepped on the pontoon bridge to withdraw to the east bank, the Qing army saw in the eyes but was powerless to disturb, exhausted and retreated to the camp, the living Ming army suddenly found that no one paid attention to them, God blessed to pick up a life, while the sky became dark and scattered and fled.

The earth fell silent, and on the battlefield strewn with corpses, the horses that had lost their owners ran and let out a mournful roar, and some soldiers on both sides who did not carry weapons lowered their heads to search for their wounded and dead, which was agreed in advance - after the battle, the battlefield must be cleaned up, and try to avoid the outbreak of the plague and affect themselves.

Ma Er, the squadron leader of the auxiliary right association, was stabbed with a spear in the stomach, lying on the snow and moaning in pain, and his two soldiers bandaged his wounds, but the blood still couldn't stop flowing, and he could only watch his face become more and more pale.

"Forget it, it's dead," Ma Erhei shook his head and patted the head in his arms, this is a good head with a long braid, although Fengzhou did not count the first merit, but the soldiers all know that the head of Dongyu can be sold at a good price in the pass, Ma Erhei worked hard to behead the Qing soldier who stabbed him with a spear, "Dahuai, Erdan, you two are my fellow villagers of Huairen, this belongs to you, exchange some money to settle down in Fengzhou." ”

"Brother Erhei, what else do you have to instruct?" The two soldiers asked, bowing their heads.

"Tell our village of 100 uncles, my wife is still young, whether to change or not to marry her, but my son can't change his surname, my land and business are his," Ma Erhei felt that he was getting lighter and lighter, as if he had floated back to Fengzhou and saw his name engraved on the stone tablet of the Barbarian Mountain Tomb, with this honor, his son must be better off than himself in the future, he grinned, "I really can't imagine that I, a poor soldier, can also have a share of the industry to pass on to future generations." ”

Ma Erhei died, he was carried into the trench like more than 4,000 comrades-in-arms, more than a dozen Fengzhou lamas who volunteered to accompany the army prayed for them to be rich and safe in the next life, the Qing army who believed in Lamaism looked at the heat, wept bitterly and begged the lamas to chant sutras for their brothers, so the lamas did a ritual for the dead on both sides - the dead were quickly buried, and it would not be long before this place was full of spring, green grass and green, and this battle would be forgotten.

Li Yu saw Du Wenhuan who came down from the battlefield, and after the two watched the cannon cross the river, they went to the river together, Ma Shiying accompanied Yan Jizu and Liu Wenzhong to stand there, and everyone looked at each other speechless and got on the pontoon bridge. When the war was in full swing, Yan Jizu and Liu Wenzhong were persuaded by Ma Shiying to return to Hedong to supervise the battle, but they were frightened by the bloody scene in front of them, and stayed by the pontoon bridge and did not take a step forward.

The camp of the Qing army at night was desolate, except for the occasional sound of the Mongolian horse-head harp, there was no longer the laughter and play of the past, the soldiers sat together in a daze, looking at the crackling bonfire, and were dead silent - nearly 5,000 people were killed in one day, including more than 2,000 elites of the Eight Banners, this kind of bloody battle continued, could they return to their hometown in Liaodong alive?

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Hauge reclined on the blanket and closed his eyes to recuperate, a day's battle exhausted his energy and physical strength, he really didn't want to move, but Dolgon was full of energy, pointing fingers and talking about today's war situation, Du Du was wrapped in wounds on his face, hugged Abatai's thigh and cried and screamed, Abatai looked at him and was distracted - Erlu's brain was broken, and he became a natural general, Du Du's brain was also broken, will there be any future in the future? It's not like, people just forget the past, and have never been like him lying on the ground rolling and learning to bark as a dog, let alone holding people and calling Amma, the real guy is going to be a waste.

Dolgon couldn't stand Du Du's screams, so he sent someone to drag him out of the big tent, and then pointed at Abatai and began to attack: "I beat 50,000 with 100,000 people in the Qing Dynasty, and I have lost countless soldiers but have no size to achieve, Abatai, you are old and mediocre, and you have no way to use your troops, and the advantage of our army's strength is wiped out in your hands, and you must change your fighting style tomorrow." ”

"It's useless to have a lot of people, our elite troops are about the same as Elu, it's good to be able to fight like this, didn't Eru escape the river today, cross the river tomorrow and force him to fight a decisive battle, and at most two battles can drive him away." Abatai was full of confidence, but he was afraid that Li Yu would not confront him head-on.

"Nonsense, if we continue to fight like this, how many of us can get out of the customs alive? This king gives you an idea, the Fengzhou soldiers and my Qing soldiers are the same as the local replenishment of supplies, Elu is used to trading, and he has to buy grain and grass wherever he goes, if he sends out the elite to cut off his contact with Jinan, Elu will definitely be defeated. ”

"No, our army must not divide its forces." Abatai flatly refused.

"We divide the troops, Elu also divides the troops, my Qing Dynasty has a large number of soldiers, what is it to divide the troops into one or two thousand, and the attack on both sides will have a greater advantage in troops." Dolgon got angry, laughed a few times and said, "This king understands, you have a close relationship with Erlu, and you intend to help him secretly, I heard that he often gives you gifts, and you have obtained a lot of good things!" ”

"Old Fourteen, don't scare me, you know how Erlu is a person, how many years have everyone exchanged gifts, the emperor and the harem have taken the most gifts from him, Azig and Duoduo also have a share, your popularity is too poor, you can't get things to complain about others," Abatai blushed with anger, and walked out as soon as he flicked his sleeves.

"I'm Prince Rui, you have to listen to me." Dorgon yelled at Abatai's back.

"I'm quitting, it's up to you what you want to do." Abatai dropped his words and walked away.

Dolgon burst into a rage and scolded Abatai, and when he saw Haug also standing up, he hurriedly grabbed him: "Hauge, how is my plan?" ”

"It's good, it's good, you're the commander of the army, it's up to you how you beat you, I'll go back and sleep, I'm tired today." Haug shook off Dorgon and ran away with a puff of smoke.

Dorgon cursed for a moment at the empty tent, and feeling that enough was enough, ordered the guards to inform the generals to come and obey.

In the Fengzhou military camp on the east bank, the soldiers who had been tired for a day had fallen asleep, the Shanxi auxiliary soldiers and thousands of people were still digging trenches and reinforcing the camp fence with torches, and the Chinese army's big tent was also brightly lit, and the generals were still sitting around to discuss the military situation, Yan Jizu and Liu Wenzhong couldn't stand it, and went back to sleep with yawns.

"We lost more than 4,000 people in battle, some of the wounded could not survive for three days, and we lost more than 5,000 people in one day of battle. Mao Yuanyi shook his head and said.

"The Qing army is advancing step by step, it's not easy to mobilize them, we don't have the strength to spend it, what if we don't fight? Tomorrow is likely to be another fierce battle. Du Wenhuan replied contemplatively.

"Fight, fight, what are you afraid of, tomorrow I will take the lead, and the Shanxi People's Army is not a vegetarian." A guy with a big waist and a round face, stood and patted his chest and shouted-Xu Sheng, the leader of the Shanxi People's Army, the people of Fenzhou Mansion, have thousands of acres of fertile land, but he is not learned and unskilled, and he is a loser, he was driven out of the house by his father, and took refuge in the Tukou Gao Jiaji, and later turned his face with the Gao Jiaji and defected to the Shanxi People's Army, this person claims to be the big sword Xu Sheng, strong in martial arts, bold and ruthless, but also very righteous, was favored by Bai Xianzhi at a glance, and constantly promoted and reused, he also gave his life to exterminate the Gao family plan several times, This time, he took 5,000 Shanxi People's Army to the expedition but was used as an auxiliary, and he was very dissatisfied, and he wanted to jump out to show his ability.

Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu glared at Xu Sheng fiercely, this guy was making trouble to cross the river to help fight during the day, and was forced down, Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu were not afraid of the Qing army, but their subordinates were afraid, this kind of big scene of corpses and mountains of blood and sea was not at all something that the soldiers in the gate could hold down, and they had to add to the chaos.

"What are you shouting, if it's not good to fight, you won't fight, Lao Tzu is desperate, but hundreds of thousands of Ming troops are watching the excitement, why? Let's all go back to sleep, and continue to evacuate tomorrow. Li Yu waved his hand impatiently and said, Xu Sheng didn't even dare to let out a fart, this handsome man was more brave and capable of killing people than him, and he cut off hundreds of Guan Ningjun's heads without blinking, and it was best to be honest with him.

Li Yu walked away from the generals and walked out of the big tent to take a breath, Li Yao, Zhang Zhiyao and two scholar-like people were chatting outside the tent, and the two people looked a little familiar.

"Third uncle, do you remember them? Xue Zongzhou and Wang Rujin, students of Fenzhou Mansion, they want to ask you for something. Li Yao shouted to Li Yu, he and Zhang Zhiyao were sent to Hedong to gather the people during the day, and happened to meet old acquaintances Xue Zongzhou and Wang Rujin - these two people were scolding Li Yu in naturalization, and were brainwashed by the Propaganda Department and rushed back to Shanxi.

"Dashuai, we see it, you are really loyal to the country, we did it with you, Lord Xu doesn't like to read, transfer us to the Fengzhou Army." Xue Zongzhou and Wang Rujin pleaded.

There is a shortage of scholars in the Fengzhou army, and it is not difficult to arrange errands for them, Li Yu nodded: "Come after this battle, I remember that you still have one person, isn't he with you?" ”

"You're talking about Fu Shan and Fu Qingzhu, he has something at home, so he didn't come this time." Xue Zongzhou blushed and replied, in fact, Fu Shan has not yet figured out some things, and he is unwilling to get on the ship of Fengzhou easily.

Gao Heizi suddenly ran over and whispered a few words in Li Yu's ear, Li Yu's face changed, and he left in a hurry.