When Dolgon received the news that there was an abnormal movement in the Ming army of Shiling Pass, he was standing at the back of the artillery camp, watching with his own eyes a red-clothed cannon slowly advancing towards a hard ground compacted with stones under the fiddling of hundreds of people.

"The Ming army switched on?" He turned his head and looked at Li Guoying, the chief soldier of the Han army, who came to report the news, his eyes were full of doubts.

"It's true!" Li Guoying replied firmly, with excitement in his eyes: "Not only did the door open, but even the low wall in front of the gate was put down to reject the horses, and the soldiers poured out, looking at the posture to line up!" ”

Because of the location, Dolgon's front was full of people, he stood here and couldn't see the movement on the other side, and the hill that had previously supervised the formation was wrapped in the back, and he didn't go back, he directly hit his horse and led the people to the front.

The battle formation of the Qing army was orderly, not to mention the army behind the formation, the Jurchen Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners of the Chinese army, 20,000 people were divided into several small squares, forming a huge Chinese army phalanx; On the left and right wings, there are soldiers of the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of the Han Army, the same phalanx is rigorous, the difference is that the cavalry is the majority, and the outermost side is a large number of Mongolian tribal cavalry outside the Mongolian Eight Banners; The front formation is mainly composed of the Han Eight Banners and the Han Army, the rectangular phalanx composed of 10,000 Han Eight Banners is a little behind, and the 30,000 Han Army is at the front.

The location of the red-coated cannon is just in the position of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, directly behind the Han army.

Looking out of the Wangshan Mountain of the cannon, the front is full of the heads of the Han army, and I don't know how the soldiers of the Han army feel when the cannon is fired, the rumbling cannon sounds, and the whistling cannonballs fly overhead.

However, Dorgon did not seem to have any scruples about this, and he hurried to the front of the battle. Li Guoying led the way in front, stretched out his hand and pointed forward, and said with a trembling voice: "Lord Wang, please look!" ”

In the sun, a rock sparrow flew from the direction of Shiling Pass, as if it had not woken up yet, and when it got closer, it was surprised that there was also a black crowd in front of it, and hurriedly flapped its wings upwards and flew over Dolgon's head.

Looking out from the direction where the rock sparrow flashed, a large area of white shook on the dirt that had turned into scorched earth, and the battle flags of various colors were waving in the wind, and the armor and blades reflected the sunlight, converging into a huge mirror, making the white over there even more shining.

Orderly positioning, orderly movement, the dispatch of the Ming army is more like a kind of performance art, tens of thousands of people in a short period of time from a few limited exits poured out, at an astonishing speed in the front of the formation of a square, the water chestnut angles are distinct, and the small squares form several huge squares, until it becomes a huge fish scale array.

A variety of iron cannons, bronze cannons and cannons that can't be handed over can be dragged by healthy horses, or pushed by manpower, along the passage between the blocks, from the flow of people, according to their respective range and role, parked in different positions, some cannons even have a side car in front, I don't know what the purpose is.

Dolgon felt a little itchy in his heart, and wanted to give an order immediately, so that the front army could take advantage of the opponent's unstable foothold and quickly kill him, and take him by surprise.

However, when he saw the dozens of divine cannons on both sides of the other party that had already been in place one step ahead, he dispelled this thought, those black hole cannon muzzles were the culprits of Nikan's defeat, and of course, they were also the treasures he desperately wanted to obtain.

On the unobstructed plain, both sides have a full view of each other's movements, and they can't hide or hide, the mountains on both sides are steep, and it is unlikely that they will send heavy troops to bypass and take advantage of the opportunity of the confrontation to sneak attack from behind, and a small group of troops can do it, but that doesn't make much sense, so Dolgon quickly decided that the battle with Wang Huan was in front of him.

The distance between the two sides is more than ten miles, although the weather is sunny and the wind is beautiful, but the distance is a little far, so that those who look at each other and have poor eyesight can only see a silhouette.

"Let's change the formation," Dolgon thought for a while, and said to the left and right: "Bring up the cavalry on both sides, and the artillery battalion should be further forward, looking at the posture of the Nanban, I want to copy the tactics of the Nikan, how can this king let him get his wish?" ”

Someone agreed to go, the Qing army moved, the cavalry was fine, galloping like the wind on their toes, the artillery battalion was pressing, while quickly sending people to the front to choose the ground, rolling the land, while humming to drive the cattle and horses, they also had to exert their strength, pushing a thousand pounds of heavy artillery to crawl forward.

Standing in front of the formation, a place that was about to be used as an artillery position, Sun Long was a little apprehensive, the Ming artillery battalion on the opposite side came first, obviously later than the Qing army, but it was in position first, and the action was several times faster.

Sun Long was very envious of the Ming army on the opposite side at this time, how could the heavy artillery, which seemed to be not much lighter than the red-clothed cannon, move so easily? It should be because of the gun carriage, two huge gun wheels are taller than a man, and two horses are running around, and if there is a chance to grab one of them, they must study the imitation carefully.

Gushan Ezhen Chagu, who came with the army from the Wuzhen Chaoha Battalion, rode a horse and came to Sun Long's side, looked at the opposite side with a pergola, shook his body slightly, and turned his face to Sun Long and said: "Have you seen the firearms of the Ming army?" ”

Sun Long shook his head: "I haven't seen their heavy artillery hit, but I've seen a lot of others, very sharp, but those things like earth-shattering thunder and bamboo tubes filled with gunpowder are not of much use in the future, and the opponents of our artillery battalion should be those heavy artillery with big wheels." ”

Cha Gu nodded, his eyes narrowed even smaller, stared into the distance and said: "I heard the people who followed Nikan say that the artillery of the Ming army can fight seven or eight miles, I don't understand, put so much gunpowder, it won't explode?" ”

Sun Long shook his head: "Eh, we really can't use our artillery, the Ming army's gunpowder is peculiar and infinitely powerful, and you don't need to add so much gunpowder to fight far." ”

Chagu glanced at him: "Have you seen it?" ”

Sun Long nodded again: "I've seen it, it doesn't smell right, the color is not right, the regent has sent someone to Shenyang, there are many people there, maybe you can crack the manufacturing method." ”

Cha Gu's face became more solemn, and he turned a little whiter: "In this way, the range of the red-clothed cannon may not be able to suppress the Ming army?" ”

Sun Long smiled bitterly and said to Cha Gu: "Ezhen, forgive the young general for saying something unpleasant, wait for the war, our artillery battalion is so forward, if the artillery battle is fought first, you have to choose a better place to avoid it, so as not to be injured by iron bullets." ”

Cha Gu's brows furrowed, and his words were displeased: "What words?" Qing Dynasty generals, how can they avoid war and be afraid of death? You and my colleagues, let it go, there must be no more such war-fearing words, otherwise, the Qing Dynasty military law will not recognize people! ”

Sun Long scolded in his heart for not knowing how to lift up, and he didn't know how to be kind. In his hand, he hurriedly surrendered his hand and said to forgive: "Yes, Sun Long is abrupt, please forgive me!" ”

Cha Gu is a bullish person, listening to Sun Long's apology, he snorted in his nose, walked forward for a while, and walked forward for more than ten steps before he stopped, and shouted: "It's good here, push the cannon over, just set it up here, and it will be convenient to cover the army later!" ”

The soldiers behind hurriedly came up and worked with a wooden mill, and Sun Long on the side shrank to the side and watched coldly.

(End of chapter)