The shocking moonlight, quietly pouring # on the Prince River, reflected the river water into silver-white ribbons, which were cut off by new ripples and instantly shattered into countless pieces of white cloth.

Azig hated the bright moonlight very much, and they might have completely exposed the bodies of the Jurchen cavalry to the guns of the Ming army.

"Be careful, you're approaching the embankment!"

The Jurchen cavalry accelerated the speed of crossing the river, they were only one step away from the river embankment, as long as they climbed the river embankment, it was the world of the Jurchen cavalry.

Azig's eyes widened, but he was already at the back of the group, and for the time being, he couldn't see the situation on the other side.

"Whoa...... ......"

The front hooves of the first war horse finally hit the tidal flats!

Azig was even more nervous, but the embankment on the opposite side, under the illumination of the last quarter moon, seemed empty, and there was no ambush of the Ming army at all.

"The Ming army won't lie on the back of the embankment, right?" Azig again whispered the order: "Be careful to go ashore, bow and arrow ready." ”

The Jurchen soldiers put away their scimitars and began to draw their bows and arrows.

However, they miscalculated again, and there were no Ming troops in the embankment, they were just scaring themselves.

Azig still couldn't believe it: "Will the Ming army be ambushed in front?" ”

"Lord Belle, there is no Ming army here at all, maybe the Ming army didn't expect us to cross the river at all."

"Really deceived the Ming army?" Azig looked around, his vision could not be projected in the moonlight, and in his eyes, there was only a white expanse, and beyond the white, there was an endless night.

"Lord Belle, what now?"

The Jurchen cavalry all went up the embankment, but there was still no Ming army, Azig was sure that there was no ambush of the Ming army nearby, "Release four groups of rangers, respectively in front of the army five miles, ten miles, fifteen miles, twenty miles, we slowly move forward, the night outside is quiet, the horses' hooves are on the ground, easy to be discovered by the Ming army, while it is dark, we first slow down on the river embankment for twenty miles, by the way, let the war horses also rest for a while, after dawn, and then move at full speed." ”

"Yes, Lord Belle."

Nine and a half Jurchen cavalrymen marched slowly on the embankment on the south bank of the Taizi River, and while there was no interference from the Ming army, the soldiers gnawed on the beef jerky on the cold water on horseback.

When the sky was dark, Azig gave the order to advance at full speed, and now there was no need to hide from the Ming army.

"Da Da Da ......"

Like a hurricane from hell, the Jurchen cavalry suddenly emerged from the horizon, blowing through the morning light on the south bank of the Taizi River, and rushed towards Liaoyang City in the east.

At the time of the hour, Liaoyang City was already in sight.

Azig was in the middle of the cavalry, and he warned the soldiers behind him: "Be careful, there may be Ming troops nearby." ”

The Ming army's rangers really found Azig's nine and a half bulls, and they did not stop at all, nor did they separate their men and horses to monitor this Jurchen cavalry, but all rushed back.

Azig also spotted the Ming army's rangers, and he slashed his scimitar into the sky: "Jurchen warriors, the Ming army has discovered us, the battle is about to start, get ready for a battle." ”

The soldiers didn't speak, they were still urging their horses.

"Liaoyang, Lord Belle, is this Liaoyang?"

Azig looked up, and a castle appeared in front of him, and the walls could be seen clearly in the backlight of the sun.

"Liaoyang? That's our old capital. When Azig saw the city wall of Liaoyang, he also saw the soldiers under the city, all gray cloth, and the sun and moon military flags fluttering in the wind.

Azig "chuckled" in his heart, he didn't understand, why did he feel a heartache when he saw the Sun and Moon Military Flag, was it fear?

He can't take care of so much, the cavalry has fully exerted its strength, and at this time, even if he wants to retreat, it is not easy.

"Warriors, kill!" Azig stiffened, and he himself put away his scimitar and pulled out his feathered arrows and curved bow from his back.

Outside the West City Gate of Liaoyang, stationed was a part of Li Chenggong's Fifth Division.

Li Chenggong, like Du Wenhuan, did not expect the Jurchen cavalry to come from the west, and the focus of their defense was still at the north gate, and after the rangers sent him a message, he hurriedly formed a defensive position.

The speed of the Jurchen cavalry was so fast that they had just turned around and they entered the range of the flintlock muskets.

For flintlock shooting, it is necessary to establish at least three rows of gunners in order to fire uninterruptedly, and now the Ming army has only established the first row of defense lines, and the Jurchen cavalry has come.

"Shoot!"

Li Chenggong couldn't control it, and the Jurchens entered the range of the flintlock pistol, and shot down first.

"Bang, bang, bang......"

Hundreds of gunners of the Ming army, all of whom fired bullets.

The bravest soldiers, always at the forefront of the cavalry, were always the first to fall from their horses when they encountered flintlock muskets.

The Jurchen cavalry that fell from their horses is estimated to be less than a hundred.

Li Chenggong didn't have time to watch at all, he yelled at the soldiers behind him, "Quick, join the second row." ”

When the gunners in the first row were shooting, the soldiers behind them had already run over one after another, and Li Chenggong cut off his drink and let them quickly assemble.

"Shoot, fast."

The Jurchen cavalry was stopped by the flintlock pistol just now, but the time of hesitation was very short, and it was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, and when the cavalry entered the range of the flintlock pistol again, it just met the fire of the second row of gunners, and the tide of attack was once again shattered.

"Quick, join the third row, the Jurchens are coming."

"Master, we are all facing the cavalry outside the city, what if Dorgon kills from inside the city? There was such a big movement outside the city, and it was impossible for Dolgon not to know about it. ”

"I can't take care of it, leave Dorgon alone, hurry up, join the third faction."

The remaining hundreds of Ming troops could only join the battle formation and become the third row of gunners, and they just caught up with another wave of Jurchen cavalry.

Azig's offensive was temporarily suppressed by Li Chenggong, and they could not break through to the death line of a hundred paces, so they naturally could not enter the range of bows and arrows.

Li Chenggong's hanging heart temporarily returned to his chest, but the danger was not lifted, and Dolgon could go out of the city at any time to meet Azig.

"Quick, send someone to the military seat for help."

"Shizuo, we haven't sent someone to find the military seat yet, but after the ranger sent us a message, he has already gone to the North City Gate, and this military seat should already know."

"That's good, now the Jurchen cavalry has been blocked from the West City Gate."

"Shizuo, although we have blocked the cavalry outside the city, we have no reserves, in case Dolgon goes out of the city to respond, what will we do?"

"I have to defeat the cavalry outside the city first, it is better to annihilate them, and then I will clean up Dolgon."

"Master, in broad daylight, Dolgon will definitely see the battle outside the city clearly......

"However, we have no soldiers, reinforcements will come over, and there will be a moment ......" Li Chenggong pinched his chin and bit his lip, "Let's do it, withdraw twenty soldiers from each platoon, plus our own soldiers, there are already a hundred people, and they will be on the city gate for a while." ”

"Master, Dolgon has several bulls, if he wants to flee for his life, he will definitely come out, how can these hundred and ten people stop Dolgon's cavalry?"

Li Chenggong shook his head: "We can't retreat anymore, now the front is in a balance of power, the gunners are just blocking the cavalry on the periphery, and there is no cavalry escort on our two wings, in case the gun array is broken, none of us can run away, what is the point of blocking Dolgon in the city?" If we can eliminate the Jurchen cavalry outside the city in time, Dolgon will leave the city, and the soldiers will turn around, where can he run? ”

“……”

Each row of gunners fighting in front of the battle, or 20 people were transferred, plus Li Chenggong's cavalry, a total of 100 people, divided into three rows, blocked outside the west city gate, Li Chenggong estimated that the narrow city gate through Guò must be able to delay Dolgon's time out of the city.

Time, time, for Li Chenggong, the most important thing now is time.

If time permits, he can completely annihilate the Jurchen cavalry outside the city, and if time permits, the rest of the second army will rush over to reinforce it.

However, there is no if.

Inside the city of Liaoyang.

Dolgon had already sensed that there were horses galloping outside the city! This is a special skill that the Jurchens have practiced for a long time, and when Azig was still more than ten miles away from Liaoyang, he felt the tremor of the ground.

But Dolgon was not sure which army was coming, whether it was the Ming army or the reinforcements of the Dajin Kingdom.

Dolgon had already calculated that the Dajin Kingdom had just suffered a crushing defeat at the Taizi River, and it should not be sent reinforcements so soon, so this elite cavalry was likely to be the Ming army.

Since it was the Ming army, it had nothing to do with him Dolgon, and Dolgon went to drink mare's milk tea again. It turned out that he liked mare's milk wine the most, but after many breakthroughs were blocked, Dolgon felt that his chances of getting out of the city alive were getting slimmer and slimmer, so he had to keep a clear head at all times, and he had to seize any opportunity that the Immortal Heaven gave him.

Because Du Wenhuan often arranged soldiers to shoot the Jurchen soldiers in the city, the Jurchen soldiers generally did not show up in the city, as long as the Ming army did not attack the city, they had no plans to leave the city for the time being.

While Lee was holding off Azig's cavalry at the West Gate, Dolgon was still tasting mare's milk tea.

When Azig's cavalry had already lost half of it, the soldiers in the city felt that something was wrong, and several brave soldiers still looked down through the daughter wall.

At this sight, they were so shocked that they couldn't take their tongues back: the white flag and the blue flag came to their rescue.

When Dolgon got the message, he threw away the mare's milk tea and ran to the West Gate to watch it himself.

There was a fierce battle outside the city, the Ming army used flintlock muskets, and the attacking cavalry wore leather armor, which should be Jurchen, such a fierce battle, Dolgon was too familiar.

Dolgon was still not at ease: "Did the Ming army deliberately wear our leather armor, pretending to be our people, and luring us out of the city?" They won a big victory in the Taizi River a few days ago, and it shouldn't be difficult to find a few leather armors. ”

"Lord Belle, I seem to have seen it, it was a familiar brother of mine who fell just now."

"Really? You read that right? Dorgon wanted to tear the soldier's chest open and pull out his heart to see if he was telling the truth.

"Lord Belle, there is absolutely no mistake, he is really an acquaintance brother of mine."

Dolgon sensed that by drinking mare's milk tea today, he might have missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go home, but the battle was still going on, and he still had a chance.

"Jurchen warriors, take your bows and arrows, follow me out of the city, and we will kill and go home together."