readx; Seeing that the situation was not good, the Qing army immediately abandoned the camp and fled north, but it was too late. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoAs the night faded, the eastern horizon began to glow with a hint of red, which was a sign of the sun.

However, the Ming army in Qian'an City couldn't wait for this long-lost morning light, and after an earth-shattering salvo of all artillery, the main force of 15,000 cavalry was killed. The time for the decisive battle has finally arrived!

In fact, Zhu Youzhen had already learned from Cao Wenzhao that his Guanning Iron Cavalry was the vanguard, and the brigade of Man Gui and He Kegang arrived later. The main force of the eastern and western cavalry combined, reaching 35,000 people, far exceeding the strength of the white flag, which is almost all the elite cavalry units under the Ming Dynasty.

If the battle situation is still in a stalemate, Zhu Youzhen will definitely not have a cavalry field duel with the Qing army, because although the strength of the troops is superior, the cavalry and archery strength of the Eight Banners Cavalry is super strong, and the Ming army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties in a frontal battle, and even if it wins, it will be a tragic victory. This is only one of the eight banners, if the cavalry is exhausted, how can the more ferocious enemies such as Huang Taiji, Dolgon, and Duoduo be dealt with behind?

However, now the battlefield situation has undergone great changes, the Qing army has suffered heavy casualties after most of the day's siege battle, and has been constantly harassed by the Ming army at night, both in terms of physical strength and morale, is already on the verge of collapse. And the arrival of Man Gui and He Kegang's army finally made Amin completely desperate and began to retreat, which was an excellent opportunity to defeat the Qing army. Hao Yongzhong, Cao Wenzhao and other generals also saw the doorway, and asked for a decisive battle, which finally made Zhu Youzhen make up his mind.

Since it is a decisive battle, there can be no more reservations. In order to boost the morale of the whole army, Zhu Youzhen wore a golden helmet and gold armor, and rode his beloved jujube red horse to go into battle in person, with Hao Yongzhong, Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao and other generals supporting him on the left and right.

"Hooray! Banzai! Banzai!!! ”

As soon as Zhu Youzhen rode his horse out of the city gate, the soldiers of the whole army cheered in unison, like a tsunami in the mountains. The army of Man Gui and He Kegang in the south also heard the cheers from a distance, and they also shouted "Long live" with great excitement.

This continuous cheer rose to the sky, and perhaps even the heavens were moved, and the haze that had shrouded the earth for many days was dissipated little by little. Finally, a little golden light on the horizon pierced the sky and shone on the tassel of Zhu Youzhen's helmet. In an instant, Zhu Youzhen was like a golden light protecting his body, and the soldiers of the whole army were fascinated, and many people were actually dripping tears in a daze, and muttered: "Long live the Lord must be the Jade Emperor!" ”

Zhu Youzhen's mood was also agitated, he turned around, and shouted to all the soldiers with tears in his eyes: "Soldiers! Since the old slave Nurhachi rebelled, more than 20 years of burning, killing and looting have done all kinds of evil, my Ming Dynasty countless sons and daughters have spilled their blood on the battlefield, and thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in Liaodong have fallen into the hands of thieves. This time, the Tartars intensified, and even crossed the Great Wall to enter the pass and loot, and even came to the city of Beijing. In just over a month, dozens of prefectures and counties were looted, fathers and elders were killed, sisters were humiliated, and children were taken captive. It's tolerable, it's unbearable!

"But my dignified sons and daughters of China will never let the Tartars bully at will. In the first battle of the Beijing Division, the thief chieftain 'the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry' lost his troops and returned home. If I want to say, it's too cheap for him! I have inherited the land of China for thousands of years, how can you come and leave as soon as you say? Fortunately, there is still a Tartar who is not self-sufficient and dares to entrench in the pass, which is the inlaid white flag in front of us. Their leader is called Amin, and the name means 'life'. Everyone said, how much blood debt does this Tartar owe us, should we pay it with his dog's life? ”

When the soldiers heard this, they raised their arms and shouted in unison: "Capture Amin alive, pay for the debt with blood!" ”

Zhu Youzhen saw that the morale of the soldiers had reached its peak, so he turned his horse and raised the Traceless Sword, and roared angrily: "In today's battle, there is revenge and revenge, and there is revenge and revenge. If I don't kill all the Tartars, I will never withdraw my troops! Rush! ”

Before the words fell, Zhu Youzhen clamped the horse's belly with his legs and rushed out like an arrow from the string. The 15,000 cavalry burst out with a landslide-like shouting of killing, and the emperor who followed them slammed into the Qing army without hesitation.

Of course, Hao Yongzhong and Cao Wenzhao would not let Zhu Youzhen personally charge into battle. Soon they caught up with Zhu Youzhen, ordered fifty Guanning iron cavalry to protect him tightly, and seized a slightly raised dirt slope on the battlefield, named Zhu Youzhen to command here, in fact, let him get out of the front line of the fight.

Zhu Youzhen also knew that he was not a soldier, and he would get in the way on the battlefield. Now that the task of boosting morale has been accomplished, he immediately went to the dirt slope and watched with his own eyes how the soldiers broke the enemy.

At this time, the brigade with white flags had already rushed over. There were interceptions in front and chasing troops in the back, the troops were at a disadvantage, and the morale was extremely low, in this case, of course, Amin did not dare to fight with the Ming army, but just bypassed Qian'an City and desperately fled to Baiyangyu in the north.

However, the Qian'an area is already close to the mountainous area, and the nearby terrain is narrow, and there is only a little more than a mile wide flat land on each side of the city. Thousands of Manchu cavalry could only squeeze through here, and the density of the formation can be imagined.

"Boom, boom!" Suddenly, the cannon at the head of Qian'an City roared again, and eight shells smashed fiercely into the vanguard of the Qing army. There was a great chaos when the Qing army landed, and the formation that had been relatively well maintained was completely dispersed.

Immediately afterwards, Hao Yongzhong and Cao Wenzhao led a team to cut into the waist and cut the Qing army into two parts. Hao Yongzhong's troops were led by 200 Andalusian war horses, almost two feet taller than the Mongol horses of the Qing army, and rampaged through the Qing army's array; Cao Wenzhao's Guanning Iron Cavalry was even more invincible like a tank, and wherever it was killed, there would be a bloody alley.

As the saying goes, "trapped beasts are still fighting", to the point of exhaustion, the white flag cavalry that was stopped was also red-eyed, using skillful riding and archery skills, scattered into countless squads and the Ming army, the two sides formed a melee pattern.

In particular, the general Niyaha, worthy of being a first-class fierce general in the Eight Banners Cavalry, tied five or six quivers on his back, each with twenty iron arrows in it, and kept firing arrows at the Ming army. Even the broadsword of the Ming cavalry was about to slash at his head, but Niyaha still shot the opponent in an instant, and then deftly dodged it. In less than half a meal, more than 20 Ming soldiers had died under his sharp arrows.

However, this scuffle did not last long, because the 20,000-strong army of Man Gui and He Kegang had already copied from the back. Seeing that the situation was not good, Niyaha was about to take the road to escape, when he suddenly heard the sound of breaking the air behind his head from far and near, and knew that this arrow was coming very fiercely, and it was obviously too late to urge the horse to dodge, so he had to desperately turn his head to the side.

Then he let out a hoarse howl, and it turned out that a sharp arrow had slashed through the right side of his face, cutting off a large piece of the flesh on his face, revealing Bai Sensen's cheekbones!

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