If Chahara was still heartbroken by the loss of half of the two Jurchen Niulu brought by Du Du one moment ago, then he felt a deep headache at the next moment, and he felt that maybe it was a good thing that these two Jurchen Niulu were left by the Ming people.

Zhuo Butai, the reserve officer of the Yellow Banner, was hit by the firearms of the Ming army, but fortunately he was wearing triple armor, and the armor on his body was relatively good, so the projectile that hit him only shattered the double armor outside, and was blocked by the last layer of chain mail vest.

Although this projectile did not penetrate the triple armor on Zhuo Butai's body, the impact of this projectile at least broke several of Zhuo Butai's ribs, leaving him unconscious.

Zhuo Butai was the nephew of the fifth minister, Fei Yingdong, who in turn was the leader of the Su Wan tribe, which was more powerful in Jianzhou. In the 16th year of Wanli, when the Su Wan Department was subordinated to Nurhachi under the leadership of the old leader Suo Erguo, Nurhachi was still in the early stage of the weak army.

Therefore, Nurhachi attaches great importance to Su Wanbu's coming to vote, and his trust in Su Wanbu's generals is no less than that of his own clansmen and nephews. This also made Nurhachi unify the Jurchen tribes, and the Suwan tribe also occupied a very important position among the Jurchen clan.

When Nurhachi set up the Eight Banners, Fei Yingdong was the actual ruler of the Yellow Banner, and also served as the Gushan Ezhen of the Four Banners of the Left Wing. At that time, the inlaid yellow flag was the inlaid white flag of which Dolgon was now the owner of the flag, so after Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he has been winning over the Guarjia clan of Su Wanbu.

Although Zhuo Butai was only a reserve official with a yellow flag, his status in front of the Great Khan was not lower than that of Chahara, the minister of the Zhenghong Banner. After Huang Taiji assigned his son Haoge to serve as the flag owner, Huang Taiji has been attracted by Huang Taiji, and his subordinates have gradually regarded themselves as Huang Taiji's descendants.

Therefore, the soldiers with yellow flags who were defeated and retreated, in order to save Zhuo Butai, did not take Chahara in their eyes at all, and shouted at the minister of war, asking them to withdraw to Zunhua first and find a doctor to treat Zhuo Butai.

This Niu Lu soldier was considered the private property of the Fei Yingdong family, and if Zhuo Butai died on the battlefield at that time, the soldiers who followed him on the expedition would inevitably be punished. However, since Zhuo Butai did not die in battle, but died because they delayed the treatment time, then not only they would be severely punished, but also their families would also be punished, and these soldiers with yellow flags would obviously not accept such an outcome.

After all, dying on the battlefield is a matter of luck, and it is a matter of loyalty if you can't actively save your master. Even Huang Taiji would not interfere with this punishment. After all, this is related to the self-interests of the Jurchen relatives and nobles, if their own servants do not care about the life and death of their masters, there will be that Jurchen relatives and nobles who will go to the battlefield regardless of life and death in the future.

For Chahara, this is a very difficult time, the main forces of Wunag and Ulut Banner, as well as the three Jurchen Niulu soldiers are fighting hard against the Ming army on the other side. Now on the west bank of the Luan River, there are some half-hearted Mongol vassal warriors and disgruntled Horqin soldiers.

If he agrees now to let these defeated soldiers with yellow flags continue to retreat with Zhuo Butai, then the Mongols on the west bank, who are already discouraged, will have to evacuate with them.

If the Mongol army on the west bank had a chaotic fleeing scene, then the Houjin army, which was fighting desperately against the Ming people on the other side, would inevitably be scattered and defeated.

On the one hand, Chahara tried to persuade the soldiers with the yellow flag to wait for Wunag to turn around before discussing the retreat, and on the other hand, he frequently gave the silent blue flag Bei Yu a glance, hoping that he would come out and turn around.

However, not only did this blue-flaged Bei Yu turn a blind eye to his gaze, but even the blue-flaged soldiers around him also remained silent.

Since the Blue Flag was defeated in Korea, it has been trying to recuperate and regain its strength. And after Amin Belle got on board with those Ming people, the days with the blue flag were better.

In fact, the soldiers of the Eight Banners who entered the customs this time, with the blue flag, were the most passive troops in combat. By reclaiming the wasteland in Hexi, logging wood, and collecting mountain goods, the blue flag exchanged a large amount of materials with the Ming people, and they didn't look down on the little property around the border people in Jizhou.

For these blue-flaged soldiers, this kind of weather should have been a good day for them to enjoy the fruits of a year's labor comfortably at home in Shenyang, and to carry out the man-making movement at home by the way.

Sending troops to attack the Chahar Department, they can still reluctantly accept it, after all, the Chahar people are the great enemies of the Houjin State, and they have no interest in the blue flag.

But changing the target halfway and taking a detour to make a detour made these blue-flag soldiers a little worried. What they are worried about is whether the blue flag, which has just passed a few comfortable days, will this time the war between the Ming and Ming Dynasty lead to the breakdown of trade with the Ming people, and they will have to live back to their original hard life.

What's more, the clothes of the Ming people that the Houjin soldiers liked to loot the most after breaking through the customs were not worth mentioning in the eyes of the soldiers with the blue flag. The bulk goods that Amin traded with the Ming people were first and foremost cloth and satin.

For the other Jurchen soldiers and the Mongols, the scarce Ming clothes, for the soldiers with the blue flag, they were just some old clothes that had been worn, and where could they be made of new cloth and new cotton.

used his life to fight, but in the end, all he got was some worthless old clothes, and the soldiers with the blue flag naturally couldn't raise much fighting spirit. Except for a few who followed Jilharang closely, the others were thinking about how to preserve their strength and bring their subordinates home as much as possible.

Du Du forced these soldiers with blue flags to charge after him, which actually angered the bull and the men with blue flags. This is also why, when Du Du fell off the horse, no one who escorted him with the blue flag got off the horse to help, but ran away directly with the yellow flag.

Finally brought back more than 30 people, this blue flag reserve official has been heartbroken and annoyed, his current mind is the same as these yellow flag soldiers, first retreat to Zunhua to join the main force, can not stay here to be entangled by the main force of the Ming army.

In such a situation, it is obviously impossible for Chahara to wait for the blue-flaged soldiers to speak out, so he can only bite the bullet and fight with these blue-flaged soldiers, hoping that Wunag can return as soon as possible.

However, it is not easy to cross the Luan River and set foot on the east bank, and it is extremely difficult to return to the west bank from the east bank of the Luan River. In such a fierce situation of fighting on the east bank, not to mention that Wunag escaped and returned to the west bank, even if a small army on the east bank fled towards the west bank, it could cause the collapse of the war situation.

Therefore, Chahara's attempt to call Vunag back was clearly a futile operation. And although the conflict between him and the soldiers with the yellow flag drove away most of the Mongolian soldiers to watch, the leader of the Horqin tribe like Budaqi naturally couldn't get rid of it.

As the stalemate between Chahara and the Yellow Banner soldiers began, the Mongol leaders on the west bank began to gather their horses in panic and prepare for the eventuality. The Mongolian soldiers on the east bank of the Luan River, especially the reinforcements crossing the river south of the stone bridge, had already noticed the abnormality of the friendly forces on the west bank at this time, and began to look to the west of the river frequently, and the offensive intensity of this army suddenly dropped a lot.

Before Chahara could come up with a solution to the problem at hand, the sentry he had released suddenly ran back, bringing back the news they feared the most, the Ming army.

Before Chahara could speak, Budaqi, who had been watching from the sidelines, had already hurriedly asked, "How many Ming troops are coming?" How far is it? What kind of troops are you focusing on..."

The sentry had obviously lost his courage, and when he saw a group of Ming cavalry rushing towards him in the distance, he turned around and returned, so he did not bring back much useful information at all, but only told everyone that the Ming cavalry was still about a mile away.

The cavalry of the Ming army that this Houjin sentinel saw was none other than a vanguard of more than 300 people led by Wu Sangui.

After discovering that the Houjin sentinel had fled, Wu Sangui ordered the team to stop, ordered a few cavalry to go to the outpost, and sent people back to inform them that they had encountered the main force of the Houjin, and then rested in place.

Wu Sangui's accompaniment of several cronies and family members rarely became a pursuer, they were in high spirits of pursuit, and after hearing the order to stop the lord to rest, they couldn't help but run to complain to him.

Wu Sangui naturally wouldn't say that he was afraid that the main force of Houjin was in front, and he didn't dare to continue to rush down with such a small number of men, so he reprimanded them with a straight face. The housekeepers touched their noses with a gray nose, and finally ran back to take care of their mounts.

After they rested for nearly a quarter of an hour, Zhang Xianzhong rushed up with 500 cavalry, and when he heard that the main force of Houjin was less than a mile ahead, he immediately ordered his subordinates to dismount and feed the horses to prepare for the battle.

Half an hour later, He Kegang also arrived with the rest of the cavalry. After listening to Zhang Xianzhong and Wu Sangui's reports, he ordered Zhang Xianzhong as his left flank and Wu Sangui as his right flank to attack the main force of Houjin in front.

In He Kegang's troops, Zheng Zhihu was also eager to wait for the order to come forward to fight. When he brought hundreds of subordinates to King Qin, he was still a little arrogant.

These of his subordinates are all old bandits at sea, who have experienced several battles at sea, and even the officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy Division are also their defeated generals.

Therefore, Zheng Zhihu didn't think that the Jurchens were very powerful at first, and in his opinion, the continuous defeat of the Ming army was entirely because the Ming army's combat strength was too weak, just like the officers and soldiers of the naval division who were defeated by them.

However, after seeing several cavalry battles, Zheng Zhihu and his subordinates finally had a little understanding of the real war, and they didn't dare to underestimate the combat effectiveness of the border army.

Although Zheng Zhihu reacquainted himself with the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, he still complained that the emperor always kept him by his side and did not allow him to participate in the battle. Under his strong pleading, he got the opportunity to fight.

However, he did not charge as a cavalryman, but was responsible for managing two 3-pound* guns. Wu Huai was limited by the terrain and could not carry real artillery, but there was a spacious official road here on the west bank of the Luan River, so the light 3-pound artillery could barely keep up with the main force of the cavalry.

Zheng Zhihu, who was born as a pirate, is no stranger to the use of artillery, so he was assigned this task by Chongzhen.