On the stone ridge pass, more than ten shirtless elite men, holding drumsticks in their hands, mustered up their strength, and vigorously beat the war drums of the mallets on the wooden frame, and the sound of drums was like a violent storm, blowing into the hearts of the people.

And down, there are several suona players on each side, as if echoing, blowing suddenly in the drum, the rapid and loud suona sound, with the rhythmic drum beat, suddenly mixed into a heart-wrenching trumpet.

The cavalry on both wings, Li Dingguo on the left flank had already shown his face in the one-sided battle with the Mongols just now, and Ding Guodong on the other side had not yet seized the opportunity, his eyes were tight, and when he heard the sound of drums and suona, he immediately became excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.

The Qing army in front of it is finished, and anyone can see that the only person who can continue to maintain a sense of combat under such artillery bombardment is probably the divine soldiers in the sky.

Of course the Qing soldiers are not, although in the myth of the invincibility of the Jurchens is said in the rumors of the population, but in fact, the Jianzhou Jurchens are also flesh and blood people, and they will also be afraid and afraid.

The steady formation of the Qing soldiers had collapsed, the cavalry rushing like a tide had turned into corpses all over the ground, the towering group of shield chariots had turned into pieces of burning and smoking broken wood, and the strong and brave soldiers had either fallen to the ground and become dead corpses, or the queen had retreated and fled for their lives.

Ding Guodong tightened his armor, felt out the mountain-destroying crossbow on his waist, and then looked to the left, but was surprised to find that on the other side of the distance, Li Dingguo had already led the troops to rush out, and the shouts of killing in the sky had already resounded in the sky.

Falling behind again! Ding Guodong scolded secretly, kicked the horse's belly with both feet, and simply roared: "Kill~~!" "Ride out.

Five thousand Gansu soldiers followed the call, the iron hooves shook the sky, the roar could be heard for hundreds of miles, and they crossed the artillery array like a tiger descending from the mountain and killed it.

Two white iron streams, from the two wings of the Ming army in front of the Shiling Pass, rushed out, menacing, the military power was at its peak, everyone held a strong crossbow and carried a long knife, and the white iron armor was very dazzling in the sunset.

"Too much deception!" In the chaotic Ruishi camp, Bolo scolded, if it weren't for the guards on the side who desperately grabbed his horse, this burly man would have caught up with him a long time ago: "Nanban actually dares to be so arrogant, where is my grandfather's descendant?" ”

He slapped one of the guards aside and shouted, "Don't pull this king, this king wants to let Nanban know that it is powerful!" ”

"The prince can't! No! A guard hugged his horse's neck without hesitation, and endured the big slap on his head with a big fan, and he didn't let go, and several other soldiers gathered around him in a hurry, and persuaded bitterly: "The prince can't do anything!" Now the Nanban firearms are fierce, and they are right to avoid it, so they can fight again in the future! ”

Bolo was furious, his eyes were bloodshot, like a man-eating ghost: "Hugh is restless!" As soon as he retires today, how can this king have a face to raise his head in front of the regent? There have been countless bloody battles in the outer and inner passes of this king, and he has never retreated in front of the Nanban and admitted defeat, is it necessary to make an exception today? You wait for the minions to get out of the way and follow this king to bloodbath the dogs! ”

A general of the guards cried with a sad face, full of helplessness, and said anxiously: "Lord, my Ruishi battalion is only 2,000 people, all of them are warriors who followed the prince when Emperor Taizu was in battle, if you want to say that in the water and fire, as long as the prince gives an order, there is no two words, but recently it is really urgent, the Ming army is strong, and it cannot be fought hard, the Han army is annihilated, and the Mongolian soldiers are also dead and fleeing, and the rest of our people are all seeds, it is a pity to lose here, even if you win a miserable victory today, what will you take to stand in front of the regent throne in the future?" Think twice! ”

These words hit the nail on the head, Bolo suddenly lost his heart, he said it well, Houjin has always valued strength, there is no soldier flag in hand, and it is idle to be a prince, sooner or later he will be driven down, and if he is a little worse, he may be framed by the enemy, after all, the struggle for rights and interests has never stopped.

Bolo sighed: "That's it, go and pick up the dead soldier battalion in front, let's withdraw." ”

The guards were overjoyed, and the lord finally figured it out, so he divided some men and rushed forward to meet the camp of dead soldiers among the Mongols who had fallen into a rout, and the rest hugged Bolo and retreated.

The Rui Shi battalion is all foot soldiers, and among the two thousand people, only Bolo and other more than 200 people rode horses, and they retreated at the moment, but they were able to keep the lineup unchaotic and retreat slowly, compared with the Mongols who were running around them, it was much stricter.

Later, Nikan's 2,000 and eight banner soldiers of the Chinese army are also slowly retreating, the big flag does not fall, the formation does not disperse, these two soldiers and horses, like the reef that is steadily exposed to the water when the sea is at low tide, let the surrounding chaos behold, I stand still.

At the back of the Qing army, there were thousands of Nikan Aha and other heavy logistics personnel, these people saw that the front was defeated, they were slightly panicked, and scattered people began to leave the brigade and flee, but in general, they still maintained the shape of the brigade.

This situation and this scene made Wang Huan, who had a general view of the climb on Shiling, feel all the way, he lightly slapped his palm on the stone wall, and said angrily: "Houjin really lives up to its reputation, defeat but not disperse, retreat but not chaos, these soldiers are worthy of being veterans of a hundred battles, and discipline and my Kuizhou army are between Zhongbo." ”

He sighed, but behind him he saw a person hurrying up from the city, and asked a few words beside Ma Wannian, Ma Wannian nodded, approached Wang Huan's side, and asked respectfully: "The two battalion commanders Li and Ma are asking below, what should they do?" ”

Wang Huan's fingers knocked on the wall tiles, turned around, swept the red big cloud, strode down the city, and said as he walked: "Let them go out with me to fight and crush the past!" The Tartars retreated in a group, and the cavalry of Li Dingguo and Ding Guodong may not be able to eat, and the gains outweigh the losses if they are bitten back. Herald! The cavalry went around to the rear to cut off its retreat, and the rest of the work was to be done by the infantry firearms! ”

Before the words fell, the people had gone down to the city, the horses under the city had been prepared, hundreds of guards lined up with one side, the swords were unsheathed, the bows were buckled, and the white-armored people were like dragons and tigers, looking at their main generals with disgust.

Wang Huan turned over the horse, turned around, the war horse neighed, the human residence horse, the white horse and white armor, the red tassel, the person is like a god, the horse is like a white dragon, and it is particularly powerful in a team of tigers and wolves.

These guards are the second batch of guards recruited in Shaanxi, and the earlier batch has been enriched to serve as officers in various 100-person teams, and everyone is a child of a poor family who suffers from great hatred.

The words of encouragement had already been said before the start of the war, and there was no need to say much at this moment, Wang Huan's eyes swept over their faces, and they were all hot eyes, as if they had also ignited everyone's hearts, and he raised the long knife in his hand, and the reflection of the snowy blade illuminated his face: "Kill the enemy with me!" Endlessly! ”

The long knife stabbed into the sky like a forest, and countless voices roared in response: "Kill! ”

The door was closed, Wang Huan took the lead, and left without dust.

Outside the pass, the Kuizhou army of the brigade began to stride forward, the bird commander returned to the team, became a member of the formation of the march, the Kuizhou army was like one person, the cowhide military boots stepped on the ground covered with the flesh and blood of the Qing army, bang, the long row became three phalanxes, the wind, the forest, the fire three battalion heads marched side by side, each phalanx was composed of several small phalanxes of thousands of people, the whole formation, orderly, not chaotic in the march.

In the distance, two groups of cavalry, one on the left and one on the right, abandoned the scattered Mongolian soldiers running around, and outflanked the rear of the Qing army.

Bolo and Nikan, mixed in the Eight Banners, saw all this clearly, and the shock in their hearts was no less than the initial surprise at the Kuizhou firearms, such tactics of outflanking and facing each other head-on, which had not been seen in the Ming army for many years.

"Formation! Formation! Bolo, who was dragging behind, first noticed that something was wrong, and shouted: "Ming Dog wants to eat us, and then retreat into their arms, form a formation to resist the enemy, and break their foot soldiers!" ”

The Eight Banners were not dispersed, slowly retreated, the formation was not dispersed, at this moment the two thousand sharp soldiers battalion was immediately locked into a group, the outer circle and the inner square, forming a circle formation that can be faced on all sides, the spear is facing outward, the archers are inside, the cavalry is sandwiched in the middle, and the advance can be attacked and retreated.

The composite horn bow in the hands of the Qing army, with elm as the fetus, animal tendon as the string, the pull force is strong and full of strength, much stronger than the Ming army's standard step bow, the rate of fire is fast and frequent, the accuracy is high and fine, many times in the Ming army bird commander in the shooting to seize the opportunity, even though the Ming army has the advantage in numbers, but in the bow and arrow firearms in the fire was made disgraced, but the few people after the Jin soldiers counterattack victory.

At this time, Bolo's abacus was exactly this, he saw that the Ming army chased out, out of the range of the cannon, and the cannon was bulky, it was impossible to carry it to chase, as long as he stood firm, there were still variables in this battle!

"The archers are in position, wait for the Ming army to come, fire ten thousand arrows together, and then take advantage of its chaos to counterattack!" Bolo commanded loudly, and with his own hands he pulled out an armor-piercing feather arrow with a heavy arrow with a barb from the quiver, and put it on the bow, his hand holding the iron wrench finger clasped the string, and his eyes were fixed on the approaching Ming army, ready to attack.

He never believed that the Ming army could defeat the Houjin soldiers in the cold weapon battle, and the Ming army encountered today had strong firearms, but without firearms, the Nanban was just a group of weak cattle and sheep.

The Ming army array that surrounded them was getting closer and closer, and the white Mingguang armor was shining silver in the sunset, and the bright and dazzling piece was not dazzling, Bolo thought fiercely, and when these hateful Ming troops were defeated, they must be stripped of their armor.

When the Ming army approached about one hundred and fifty paces, it stopped moving and stayed where it was.

Bolo was stunned, and was puzzled, but saw a group of rattan armor soldiers holding a shield in their left hand and a bamboo tube in their right hand rushing out, approaching a place less than twenty zhang away from the Qing army's circular array.

The Qing archers did not wait for the order, instinctively shot a wave of arrows out, a rain of arrows smashed on the shield of the approaching Ming army, "Zaza" sounded, but did not hurt any of the Ming soldiers hiding below.

When the rain of arrows stopped for a while, the Ming soldiers shouted, and immediately twisted their arms, threw them with one hand, and threw the sparkling bamboo tube in their hands high.

Bolo squinted his eyes and looked at the bamboo tubes flying in the sky, wondering, and then suddenly remembered that it seemed that the Mongols had seen such things when they first rushed to the Ming army's artillery array.

His pupils dilated suddenly, as if he had seen something terrifying, but he was helpless, and in a panic, he opened his bow and released the string, and with a "whoosh" arrow, he shot towards the bamboo tube in the air.

The incident happened suddenly, and the bamboo tube is small, where is it so easy to shoot? Dozens of bamboo tubes flew like flowing bamboo leaves, falling into the dense Qing army array.

Wang Huan pulled the horse in the army, and smiled slightly: "It's okay!" ”

(End of chapter)