Before the Houjin army was dispatched, an extremely spacious high platform had been built on the halfway slope of Batazi Mountain, which was used by Sun Chuanting and other senior generals of the Ming army to observe the battlefield situation and command the troops on the front line in the west.

The first and second batches of troops dispatched by the Houjin army could be seen by everyone on the stage, these were just bait sent by the Houjin, so everyone did not move. It wasn't until the third team of Mongolian cavalry moved that everyone on the stage changed color slightly.

The climate in the north is already dry, and there has been no rain for many days, so the ground is also very dry. The already withered yellow grass can not grasp much surface of the floating soil, the front two teams of cavalry have trampled the hay on the ground to a mess, when the third team of Mongolian cavalry began to charge, the dust on the ground suddenly flew up, more than 1,000 cavalry is in the flying dust, ran out of the momentum of more than 10,000 people.

However, what made the generals on the stage feel discolored was that behind this loess smoke and dust, a bigger smoke and dust appeared. Even if they couldn't see the number of troops inside through the smoke and dust, they knew that this was the main force of Houjin. The Jurchen cavalry apparently wanted to use the Mongols as their shields, and then rushed into the camp in one go.

Zuo Liangyu finally couldn't help but ask Li Hongyuan out loud: "Staff Officer Li, since Houjin has already moved, it's time to use artillery, right?" If they were to rush into the camp, the consequences would be unimaginable. ”

Seeing that several generals of the First Division shifted their eyes to themselves, Li Hongyuan also hesitated a little, and he couldn't help but stammer: "It's okay to use artillery, but now is not the best time to use artillery..."

"So when is the best time to do it? Was it rushed into the formation by the Houjin cavalry? Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but glared at Li Hongyuan and reprimanded him a little irritably.

Li Hongyuan immediately denied it: "No, I didn't mean that..."

Sun Chuanting put down the binoculars, interrupted the quarrel between the two and said: "Naturally, it is the time when the main force of the post-Kim Zhenglan Banner is approaching, of course, we can't let some worst happens."

Staff Officer Li ordered that all the 3-pound guns be fired in turn, the 6-pound guns could be fired on a trial basis, and the 9-pound and 12-pound guns were still in a state of readiness. In addition, the 1st Cavalry Division moved a cavalry regiment forward to guard the artillery and intercept the scattered cavalry that had crossed the position. Division Commander Zuo, you can also go and prepare, maybe it will be time for your reserves to fill the gap in a while. ”

Sun Chuanting spoke, Zuo Liangyu didn't dare to continue arguing, he and Wu Huai agreed, and walked down the hill to return to the army. After the artillery commander saw the flag issued on the high platform, the artillery commander quickly pointed the loaded cannon at the designated area.

In the course of building their positions in the past few days, the artillerymen did not sit idle, and made a distinction between the areas in front of the formation, from near to far to A, B, C, and D, and from east to west to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, making a total of 20 areas.

When Bulgadu Daiqing's troops entered the Jiazi area, the artillery positions on the east and west sides of the Ming army began to shoot three-catty guns from east to west, and the sound of six-catty cannons could occasionally be heard.

It should be said that the cavalry led by Bulgadu Daiqing was not so closely aligned, so that his team dodged a lot of shells at first. However, the artillery fire of the Ming army was clearly compressing the attacking cavalry units from both flanks, so except for some clever cavalry who desperately fled to the flanks, the other cavalry was squeezed into the middle, and the result was the destruction of the entire cavalry formation.

Unlike the 3-pound cannon, which was fired from both flanks to the middle, the unhurried six-pound cannon was aimed at the densest area in the middle of the cavalry ranks. This also made Danga Du Daiqing's team split and lost command before it approached the Ming army's position. From the original awe-inspiring charge of a thousand horses, it has become a small group, a small group of men and horses fighting separately.

Dealing with such a disrupted cavalry, the Ming musketeers were obviously much easier, and a salvo of company units could always take away 2 or 30 cavalrymen. The dust raised by the cavalry and the smoke caused by the firing of the Ming army's muskets soon covered the forward positions of the Ming army for nearly 2 kilometers.

In this area, whether it is the Ming army or the Houjin cavalry, they can no longer see the scenery within ten paces. The Ming soldiers gave up aiming, and just listened to the orders of the superiors, loading and shooting.

And many Houjin cavalry also began to charge forward desperately regardless of the false sense of security brought by the smoke. Shrouded in smoke, Bulgadu was terrified, for he had heard the screams of his guards more than once, who had been shot down by bullets from nowhere, and then trampled to death by the horses of his companions; Or he was directly cut off his head and half of his body by a cannonball the size of a melon, and he died at that time.

At this time, whether it is a clan leader or an ordinary cavalryman, the odds of facing death are the same. The sound of musket fire and cannon fire from the opposite side made Bulgadu feel as if he was marching in hell, and he didn't know where he was now, and where the guards around him had gone.

Running through this cloud of white smoke, time seemed to freeze, and finally Bulgadu Dai Qing ran to a place with light smoke unscathed.

Looking at the broken wooden fence in front of him, he knew that he had finally passed through the most dangerous place, and that he would be much safer if he jumped into the gap in the fence and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Ming musketeers.

However, just as he was urging his mount to pass through the gap, about five steps to his right, a Ming soldier with an unclear face was half-crouched and aimed at him with a gun, and before he could make a dodge gesture, the other party had already pulled the trigger.

Bulgadu Daiqing felt a strong push in his chest, and he fell off his mount, and while he was still in mid-air, he felt that the strength of his body was suddenly gone, and the smell of blood suddenly came out of his mouth.

Zhao Si, who had killed another Mongolian knight, had no interest in stepping forward to test his results at all, he quickly reloaded his ammunition again, while still nervously watching the situation around him.

I don't know how many comrades, after killing the enemy, because of a moment of slackness, were cut off by the follow-up enemies. This is a battlefield, and every negligence pays for life.

Just when the Mongolian cavalry was entangled with the Ming army on the west road, Li Hongyuan, who was standing on the high platform, finally saw that a larger puff of smoke and dust entered within a mile in front of the Ming army. He hurriedly asked Sun Chuanting for instructions: "My lord, the lower official requests that all caliber artillery be fully output. ”

Sun Chuanting stared at the battlefield expressionlessly, nodded and said, "Yes." ”

The 3,500 men led by the Blue Banner generals Yakto and Ebei were regarded as a decisive blow by the Derge class. No matter how low the morale of the Zhenglan Banner is, once it is on the battlefield, it will still rise a lot.

For these battle-hardened veterans, they never joke with their lives on the battlefield. The continuous roar from the front made the blue flag generals such as Xuanketuo and Ebei feel very pleasant.

The more fierce the battle in front, the more it proves that the Ming army has opened full firepower, and the slow loading of muskets and artillery tells these soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner that as long as they rush forward while the Ming army is still entangled with the Mongols, it is equivalent to picking up heads.

In their past memories, once the musketeers of the Ming army were close to them, they were equivalent to cattle and sheep to be slaughtered. In the process of charging in this team, the soldiers of the Blue Banner skillfully adjusted their formation, and they didn't even need to give any orders from Niu Lu Ezhen.

Although there is smoke and dust, in the looming, you can also find that these cavalry formations are neat, which is about the same as the Ming army when the wall charge is launched.

However, just when Yakto, Ebe, and the others thought victory was in sight, an unpleasant scream came from the sky. Running in the middle of the line, he looked up to see what it was screaming, and saw a black ball as large as a watermelon slanting past him.

Then he saw that the ball had cut a trench of flesh around him, and that there were 11 horsemen lying in a pool of blood. And this was just the beginning, in just half a minute, more than 60 shells fell into the well-formed Houjin cavalry. Except for six or seven rounds that hit the open field, the rest fell on the Houjin cavalry, causing direct casualties of more than 100 people and indirect casualties of more than 200 people.

At this time, this Houjin cavalry was 4-500 meters away from the Ming army's position, and it was also the place where they planned to increase their speed last. But the barrage of shells completely disrupted them, slowing down the entire team.

Before the Jurchen generals who led the team could react from their shock, a roar sounded again on the Ming army's position, and 4 or 50 shells slightly smaller than just now fell into Houjin's team again.

Such a fierce attack immediately woke up the Jurchen generals, and the Jurchen generals, who were running at the forefront, shouted desperately: "Rush over, rush over, and destroy the artillery of the Ming army, otherwise we will all die here..."

But in addition to the thousands of men in the front row who rushed forward with the Yakto, the nearly 2,000 cavalry in the rear shouted: "Defeated, defeated..." In fact, their escape happened to accommodate the shooting of the second * caliber artillery, and this time the shooting made the fleeing Houjin cavalry lose their formation, and Ling's Derge class could not collect this group of fleeing cavalry in a short time.

Sun Chuanting and other generals of the Ming army who were standing on the high platform saw the opportunity to win, and almost immediately, Sun Chuanting ordered Zuo Liangyu to take the reserve battalion forward to encircle and annihilate the Mongolian and Jin cavalry in front of him; He also ordered the 1st and 4th Cavalry Divisions to go forward in pursuit and drive the Zhenglan Banner, whose morale had fallen, out of the battlefield.

Zuo Liangyu, who accepted the order, quickly adjusted the defensive formation of the team, and drew out four battalions to squeeze and encircle the hundreds of cavalry who were still resisting before the battle. The cooperation of infantry and artillery soon caused these Mongolian and Jin cavalry, who had lost their speed, to disarm and surrender.

When the 1st and 4th Cavalry Divisions of the Ming Army approached the rear army of Derge, although they still had nearly 5,000 men and horses, looking at their subordinates who had no intention of fighting, Derge finally ordered to withdraw from the battlefield, and before leaving, he finally sent someone to report a letter to Yue Tuo.

Yue Tuo, who had just come into contact with the Ming army in the east, couldn't imagine the news, after all, it had only been less than two hours since the war began, but Zhenglanqi said that he had been defeated. For a moment, Yue Tuo wondered if there was some conspiracy among the Dergers, but as the Ming army continued to appear to the west, he had to order the entire army to retreat.

But once the two armies began to fight, how could they easily withdraw from the battlefield. Yue Tuo had to throw more than 2,000 Han troops and more than 1,000 Mongols to the Ming people, and he fled to the north with a red flag.

Due to his suspicions, Yue Tuo did not even go to Yiju to join the Derge, but withdrew until he crossed the Daling River before stopping.

In this battle, the 1st Division paid nearly half a battalion of casualties, and the 7th Division suffered almost no casualties, but the results were extremely brilliant. In addition to eliminating more than 700 Houjin cavalry, thousands of Mongols, and hundreds of Han troops. It also captured nearly 600 Zhenglan Banner men and horses, more than 1,500 Mongols, and more than 1,700 Han troops. It was almost the first victory of the Ming army in the field since the founding of the post-Jin Dynasty.

However, this is not the end, when Li Hongyuan heard that Yue Tuo did not go to Yizhou City to join the Dege class, he immediately rushed to Sun Chuanting and suggested: "Yue Tuo's refusal to go to Yizhou City to meet after the defeat is obviously suspicious of the Zhenglan Banner, which shows that the gap between the Houjin Banners is deep.

If the two militaries cannot trust each other and join hands, they will inevitably be weak. This is a good opportunity for us to besiege Uiju in one fell swoop and force the Jeong-blue flag to surrender. Please allow me to transfer Zhang Chun's division up and order He Kegang to defend the middle and lower reaches of the Daling River.

We have three divisions in hand, order the first division to monitor the Yue Tuo headquarters, the two divisions to besiege the city of Yizhou, and then order the 1st, 3rd, and 4th cavalry divisions to go to open the mouth of the Daling River and take in the partial division of Master Mao, then there is no way to retreat from the Zhenglan Banner in the city of Yizhou..."