In the field of vision of the clairvoyant, the Ming army's copper cannon with huge wheels was dragged by two healthy horses, and began to move forward with the infantry array, surrounded by bird gunners and foot guards, the cavalry followed far behind, from a distance, like three groups side by side forward, the middle of the infantry formation slightly ahead, the artillery on both sides slightly behind, and the middle infantry phalanx is about 100 steps behind, there are more than 100 strange large-caliber iron barrel-like cannons pushed by manpower, and they are also moving forward, this kind of cannon is probably a curved artillery, Otherwise, the Ming army would not dare to place it behind its own soldiers.

"It's an attempt to beat us with Nikan." Dolgon squinted his eyes and pinched the barrel of the clairvoyant mirror: "The Nanban artillery is powerful, the Han army's shield car can't stop it, let them stop, and order the artillery battalion to move forward!" ”

After a pause, he said again: "Let Ye Chen and Guozhu come to see me!" Call Sun Long and Chagu as well. ”

Immediately, someone rushed away, and within a moment, two people came to see him, one was Ye Chen, and the Jurchen Eight Banners were inlaid with yellow flags, and Melle Zhangjing. Another national pillar, Meng Eight Banners with Yellow Flags Gushan Ezhen, a third-class viscount, married a Jurchen wife, known as "Concubine".

Both of them are generals who command the cavalry, and the men under their command are brave and invincible, in the Qing army with unparalleled infantry and cavalry, they can be regarded as a first-class strong army, and they are also subordinate to the yellow flag of the three banners, and the army of the Son of Heaven is even more superior.

The two of them were sturdy, with big shoulders and round waists, and when they arrived in front of Dolgon, they rolled their saddles and dismounted together, knelt down and buried their heads: "Slave Ye Chen (Guozhu), knock to see the regent!" ”

Dolgon put down the clairvoyant mirror and said indifferently, "Get up." ”

The two of them got up and stood beside the horses in an orderly manner, Dolgon looked at the two of them, and ordered: "You two, Ye Chen on the left and Guozhu on the right, will follow the artillery battalions that go up from the two wings, and slowly advance, first protect the safety of the artillery battalion, and prevent the Nanban from attacking the artillery battalion with cavalry." When the artillery battalion is properly placed, the two of you wait for the flag of the Chinese army, such as the flag, immediately lead the troops to rush forward, and attack the Nanban artillery array, so as to hit it, as long as the Nanban artillery array is occupied, this battle will be considered to win more than half, so you two have a heavy responsibility, and you must not relax! ”

Ye Chen is a veteran, and the number of battles he has fought is older than his age, so he thought about it for a while and asked: "Regent, if the Ming army presses forward with a large array of foot soldiers, how should we deal with it?" ”

Dolgon smiled and said happily: "If Nanban does this, then his cannon will be useless, and the infantry and pawns will fight in a melee, so we can't just bombard the enemy and me." Wang Huan won't be so stupid, he will definitely use a cannon, not a foot pawn, take 10,000 steps back and say, if Nanban really does that, it will be simple, you two will rush to kill casually! ”

Guozhu also smiled: "Killing the intimants, the defeated soldiers are defeated, and rushing back to his own camp will save us a lot of strength!" ”

Ye Chen nodded, and said, "Understood!" Please rest assured, Regent! ”

Dolgon waved his hand and let the two go, and at this time, the order of the army reached the Han army, and the Han army that was moving forward immediately stopped and stopped.

Subsequently, Sun Long and Chagu, the two artillery battalion commanders, also hurried over on horseback.

Dolgon didn't talk nonsense with the two, and directly ordered the two of them to take the artillery battalion, divide them into two sides, face the artillery battalions on both wings of the Ming army, and continue to move forward, and the range of the red-coated cannon can hit the Ming army before stopping.

When Sun Long heard this, he licked his mouth with some hesitation, and beads of sweat appeared on his head, the size of beans, rolling down his cheeks.

He peeked at Dolgon, and said in a low voice: "Regent, the red-clothed cannon is extremely heavy, and it is difficult to move on this kind of muddy ground without roads, even if it is barely moved forward, it is difficult to find a solid ground cannon, and it is easy to overturn when firing, and it has taken a lot of effort to drive to the current position, and it is necessary to ......move forward."

At this, he glanced up, and met Dorgon's ice-cold eyes, and couldn't help but shudder, and he couldn't go on with the rest of his words.

Dolgon looked at Sun Long expressionlessly, waved the long whip in his hand, pointed to the Shenwei cannon in the distance where the Kuizhou army was pulled by the horse and moved forward easily, and asked without a tone: "How did the Ming army do it?" Why can't you do it? ”

The cold sweat on Sun Long's head broke out like rain, sweating, trembling, almost speechless, he knew that Dolgon's expression was extremely angry, silent on the surface, and the next second he might be a butcher's knife fluttering.

Before he could answer, Chagu beside him quietly stabbed him, signaling him not to speak, and he said in a loud voice: "Please calm the regent's anger, Sun Long's public heart is out of the way, and he is not afraid of war, the minions will go down and work hard to do the errand, please rest assured regent!" ”

Sun Long bowed his head to the ground and kowtowed.

Dolgon glanced at the two of them and nodded: "Go, if anything goes wrong, this king will punish you two and nine clans!" ”

The two shuddered, shouted their orders, and retreated.

After walking far, Sun Long sighed and thanked Cha Gu: "Thank you for breaking the siege today, otherwise the regent will be angry, and Sun will die without a full body." ”

Cha Gu waved his hand and said, "It's okay, General Sun, you know the character of the regent, there is no advance or retreat in the war, even if there are great difficulties, you and I have to hold on to our necks." I still remember that in July of the fifth year of Tiancong, Zhang Chun, the superintendent of the Ming army, led an army of 40,000 with partial vans to reinforce the Daling River besieged by Emperor Taizong, the two armies faced each other on the river beach, Emperor Taizong ordered the red-clothed cannon to bombard the car array, and the artillery battalion commander at that time was the same as you, and said that there was a difficulty, Emperor Taizong didn't say a word, and pushed it out directly to cut it, and ordered the deputy general to take over, and the deputy general desperately led the gunners to push the cannon forward, and pushed it until the Ming army was under the nose of the car formation, before the artillery attacked, broke the car formation, Zhang Chun and other more than 30 main generals were captured alive, We won by a big margin. ”

He patted the knife on his waist and said: "Therefore, fighting a war depends on courage and determination, as long as you are not afraid of death, nothing is a problem, General Sun, you and I are colleagues in the artillery battalion, life and death are shared, I only said these words to you, and I hope to cherish them!" ”

Sun Long was ashamed of himself, embarrassed himself, and gave Cha Gu a deep sigh: "Sun has been taught!" ”

The two said goodbye to each other and went their separate ways. As soon as he walked away, several of Sun Long's lieutenants surrounded him and asked with a sad face: "General, do we really want to move forward?" How can such miracles be done? ”

"That's right, general, the front is full of mud, after days of fighting, it has long been overwhelmed, the red-clothed cannon is so heavy, not to mention stuck in the mud pond and unable to extricate itself, just a few brothers push and pull hard, and they can't keep up with the speed of the Ming artillery, their artillery mount is weird, the speed is not much different from a human walking, it must be in place before us, we go up slowly, isn't it equivalent to being a live target for others?"

"If you go any further, you will definitely be defeated, General!"

"Chagu is a layman, he hasn't fired a few shots, and what he says is not accurate. The general is a firearms expert, he knows himself and his opponent, but he can't be led by the nose! ”

A few people, you look at me and say a word, and talk endlessly in Sun Long's ear, Sun Long has a dark face, stunned and silent, and walks forward vigorously, several people follow him and continue anxiously, suddenly Sun Long's footsteps stopped, and he reached out and slapped the nearest general to the ground.

Several people were stunned for a moment, and they stood still at a loss. Sun Long's red eyes were red, like a mad dog, and he hissed and roared: "Defeat your mother's leg!" Who dares to disturb the army's heart again, Lao Tzu slashed him with a knife! The regent has already given the order to die, and if he can't get to the position, none of us want to live, let me go down, and move all the people, push the cannons, push the cannons! ”

In the last few words, Sun Long was already roaring hysterically, and several subordinates ran away in a panic.

The artillery battalion of the Qing army, under the coercion of Dolgon's knife, began to speed up, trying to keep up with the pace of the foot soldiers, but the red-coated cannon carriage was heavy, and the gun wheel was four small wheels, only a few inches high from the ground, and it was not easy to walk in the field.

On the other hand, on the side of the Kuizhou army, the light gun carriage and huge wheels of the Shenwei cannon are obviously much more suitable for this kind of occasion, and each cannon can move at a much faster speed than the Qing army's artillery battalion.

The men and horses on both sides of the battlefield approaching each other began to have a clear difference in speed, and the Qing army's infantry formation consciously slowed down in order to take care of the artillery battalion that was unable to move, while the Kuizhou army on the opposite side was simply galloping.

When Sun Long was still pulling a thick hemp rope in a mud pond to drag a cannon out of the mud, the Kuizhou Army artillery battalion had already reached the middle of the battlefield, and the muzzle of the gun was less than four miles away from the Qing army's front army array.

A shot here can match the Han army, which is dozens of rows thick with a wall of people, and the Han army of the Eight Banners.

(End of chapter)