However, just as Duoduo gritted his teeth, the Ming army's artillery bombardment on the left flank became more and more intense, and the 125mm howitzer that turned the muzzle of the cannon was like a shining death.

The charging formation of the Qing army on the left flank was already destroyed by the heavy artillery fire, and the shells fell in this dense formation, and each cannon could cause huge damage.

Why is artillery the god of war? Because he can greatly defeat the will of the enemy. No one can remain calm in such a bombardment environment.

Not to mention the fact that the Manchu army, which had not been transferred to hot weapons, was no stranger to artillery, but the shelling it had suffered in the past was not as fierce and violent as it is today.

The Qing army, which was constantly bombarded by artillery fire, finally couldn't support it, even Duoduo's inlaid white flag couldn't support it, they were originally hiding behind and putting cold arrows, which was absolutely safe, but now they had to eat cannonballs in front, and the horses that sat down were frightened by the huge sound of cannonballs and jumped on the ground and were completely uncontrollable.

After the dismounted Menghan Eight Banners rushed to the first trench, many Qing troops turned around and ran away crying under the shelling, and the cavalry with white flags behind had no intention of slashing and killing.

However, the artillery of the third battalion was in pursuit of the Qing army, and it continued to extend its strikes to the fleeing Qing army. The range of the 75-mm howitzer is only 1200 meters, but the range of the 125-mm howitzer is 1800 meters.

At this time, a dense 'whirring' sound suddenly sounded in the rear of the third battalion, and a piece of gunpowder smoke that filled the sky rose from the rear of the third battalion.

I saw dense rockets whistling and 'babbling' constantly rising into the sky, and these rockets rushed towards the Qing army on the right flank with a terrible whistling sound, and soon fell into the dense Qing army on the right flank.

"Boom Boom ......"

The explosions continued one after another, and with the explosions, the Qing soldiers fell as if they were cutting wheat. At the same time, the smoke from the explosion obscured the entire battlefield on the right flank, and the grass on the ground began to burn.

One hundred rocket launchers, one and a half thousand fifteen hundred rockets were launched. The number of casualties caused may have been only four or five thousand, but after the smoke of gunpowder obscured the sight of the Qing army, the Qing army fell into a great panic.

At this moment, three three-masted warships appeared on the right side of the V-shaped peninsula, and when they arrived, they immediately opened fire on the Qing troops on the right flank.

The broadside guns of the three warships together amounted to more than a hundred, and most of them were heavy cannons. That power is absolutely incomparable to the light howitzers used by the army.

When the cannonball rampaged through the pile of flesh for a distance, it exploded suddenly, and the air wave of the explosion could lift the human body up.

The grenades used in naval cannons are all grenades with engineering surnames, with a large gunpowder yield and less shrapnel. The visual effect shown is much more fierce than the army howitzer, and the lethality is not small, under the air waves, no meat shield will work, a 165 mm cannon shell will be hit, and the Qing troops within a radius of more than ten meters will be shocked to death.

The roaring cannon sound was like the sky falling apart, so that the Qing army charging on the right flank completely collapsed in an instant, just like the Qing army on the left flank, crying and fleeing backwards in the smoke of gunpowder.

What a warlord! Under this fierce artillery fire, even the war horses lost control, and one by one they were frightened by the sudden artillery bombardment, and they turned their horses' heads in horror and ran away.

A savage nomadic people, under the power of civilization, is so vulnerable.

Eight hundred meters away, Hauge and Dai Shan, both of them were full of ashes, they could never forget this scene for the rest of their lives, nearly 80,000 troops, under the fierce artillery fire of the Ming army, completely defeated.

The battlefield was filled with smoke, and Hauge and Daishan could no longer see what their army was in, and their ears were filled with the whistling of rockets and the roar of artillery.

"How is it possible, how is it possible! How can the Ming army have so many artillery! Hauge asked, pale.

"Fortunately, Minggou built fortifications, and they couldn't rush out, so my Qing army will definitely not lose too much." Dai Shanxin had palpitations, but he was happy.

"The Ming army on the other side is not something you and I can deal with...... After a while, the men and horses were gathered and immediately retreated. Hauge's heart was already hopeless about the victory over the 3rd Battalion.

Just as Hauge was about to retreat, Li Ran was paying attention to them. On the towering command vehicle, Li Ran held a telescope to take in the situation of the entire battlefield.

"Let the artillery bombard Lao Tzu kill the group of Tartars in the middle." Seeing the rout of the Qing army on the left flank, Li Ran pointed to the direction where Haoge and Daishan were located, and shouted to the heralds.

"Yes! Battalion commander. ”

As soon as the order was given, roars rang out one after another from the artillery positions in the rear.

"Nine hundred meters ahead, correct Zhuyuan~!"

"36 to the left, 930 meters, correct the ...... of Zhuyuan"

"Four-second bomb."

"Four-Second Bomb ......"

"Five-Second Bomb ......"

"Ignition."

"Ignition ......"

"Ignition ......"

Under the shouting of several commanders, the artillerymen loaded the ammunition with great diligence, and with an order, they lit the fuse ...... "boom, boom, boom......

Dozens of dodging smoke rose from the rear formation, and dense shells collectively flew towards Hauge and Daishan, who were 900 meters away from the artillery positions. Hauge looked up suddenly, and saw a flying ball of light...... "Ah~!" ”

......Dozens of shells exploded, and when the smoke cleared, there was no longer a single person standing in that area.

The ground was densely covered with stumps and severed arms, and it was impossible to tell who was who, or which part belonged to whom. Hauge and Daishan are gone.

A Qing soldier crawled out of the crater, only to see him look around blankly, and then suddenly pounced on the pile of corpses.

"Prince Su, Prince Li......" howled loudly and rummaged around in the corpse, and the Qing army that had been defeated from the front saw this scene, and immediately many Qing soldiers shouted: "Prince Su, Prince Li is dead, Prince Su, Prince Li is dead......

The artillery of the Ming army behind is constantly extending the attack, there is no safety at all there, and the remnants of the Qing army will run all the way to the defeat, and it doesn't matter what Prince Su is.

Duoduo was the luckiest one, he supervised the army to attack the left flank with a white flag, and retreated peacefully under artillery fire, and when he retreated to a distance of a thousand meters, he suddenly heard several Qing soldiers shouting something.

Listening carefully, it turned out that Haoge and Daishan were killed by the artillery fire of the Ming army.

"Dead ......" Duoduo was stunned for a moment, and suddenly became ecstatic again as he galloped on his horse, and then laughed three times: "Haha, haha, haha." ”

"Prince Yu, what's wrong with you?" Gu Shan on the side asked in astonishment.

"It's nothing, let people gather their troops and horses." Duoduo said excitedly, as soon as Haugdaishan died, wouldn't the soldiers and horses of the two of them belong to him?

Although he said that he suffered heavy casualties when he attacked the Ming army just now, there were only 20,000 or 30,000 horses in Dingtian, and he could still receive 40,000 or 50,000 people, plus 23,000 people in Zhenjiang, he would not have 60,000 or 70,000 troops in his hands. In the whole of Liaodong, except for him, there is only one blue flag of Jierharang left.

What Huang Taiji, to hell with it!

"It's just that the eldest brother is still in North Korea, hey!" In the excitement, Dorgon thought of Dorgon again, and his expression was a little melancholy, but the ambition in his heart was constantly bursting.

Duoduo retreated to a distance of two thousand meters, but the heavy guns of the three warships could hit three thousand meters, and they were still bombing, but the accuracy was not so good.

In order to be safe, Duoduo retreated to 3,500 meters away, retreating seven miles in a row, and finally escaped from the artillery fire of the Ming army, and the Ming artillery could hit so far that Duoduo's heart sank.

"The sharpness of the Ming army in Shandong is not something that my Qing Dynasty can resist." A thousand thoughts crossed his mind as his men began to gather the defeated troops.

There were many Qing troops who had been defeated from the front line, and although the artillery and rocket bombardment of the third battalion had caused them great casualties, it had not yet reached the level of fundamental damage.

Hauge and Daishan were killed, allowing Duoduo to control the defeated Qing army in the name of justice. The news of the death of the two princes spread quickly, causing great panic to the Qing army, so Duoduo became the only backbone.

Just when Duoduo gathered the defeated troops, Li Ran also ordered the soldiers to rush out of the fortifications to clean up the battlefield, the Qing army had retreated to seven miles away, and it was very safe to leave the fortifications, and the third battalion would not fight if it left the fortifications.

Planks were laid on the trenches, and after the thistles were cleared, the entire battalion rushed out of the fortified area. In order to prevent a sudden counterattack by the Qing army, Li Ran asked pikemen, musketeers, artillerymen, and rocket soldiers to prepare for battle, and baggage soldiers and engineers to clean up the battlefield, and at the same time sent scouts to reconnoiter the situation of the Qing army.

After Duoduo retreated to a distance of seven miles, he gathered the defeated army in the evening, and after counting the number of people, the original army of nearly 80,000 remained, and only more than 60,000 remained.

Fortunately, most of the people who died in battle were the Eight Banners of Mongolia and Han, and among the Eight Banners of Manchuria, his white flag was the largest dead, with nearly one-third of the casualties.

And Dai Shan's Zhenghong Banner died nearly a thousand.

The Eight Banners of Mongolia and Han originally had 65,000 people, but the owners of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and Han lost three, and all the soldiers added up to only more than 40,000 people, and the Han army still had more than 10,000 left.

According to preliminary calculations, nearly 20,000 people were killed in this offensive.

"20,000 people change the surnames of Haoge and Daishan, it's worth it!" Duoduo rejoiced that most of the 20,000 people killed in battle were Mongols and Han Chinese, and that the most elite troops had not lost much.

Coupled with the 23,000 people in Zhenjiang, the troops under his control can reach 83,000 people, and then go back to Shenyang to incorporate Haoge's Zhenglan Banner, there will be 98,000 people, and if you solve Zierharang, that is, 103,000 people.

This was only the most ideal outcome, and the first thing Dodor had to face was how to control the soldiers and horses that were gathered in front of him. When he received the scout's report that the Ming army was cleaning up the battlefield, he had no intention of fighting again and didn't care about him.

In the evening of the same day, Duoduo summoned the Mongol banner masters, as well as Gushan and Melle of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, to discuss important matters.

"Prince Yu, you must snatch back the bodies of Prince Su and Prince Li!" One of the Red Banner Mailer was weeping in the tent.

"I'm afraid it's too late, the Ming army has already snatched the bodies of Prince Su and Prince Li." Dodor said with a sad face.

"But ......"

"Alright! I'll give you 20,000 people, go and grab it!" Duoduo didn't wait for the Merle Ezhen to say anything, and said to the Merle Ezhen very cheerfully.

"This ...... That ......" that Meler was really squeaky and speechless, and as soon as the Ming army was mentioned, the atmosphere in the camp was suddenly depressed, and everyone's faces were not good-looking.

"Prince Yu, the Ming artillery is fierce, and they refuse to defend the location, we must no longer act rashly." One of the Mongol flag bearers was terrified.

If they still want to attack, their Manchurian Eight Banners are behind, and it is not their Mongolian Eight Banners that will be killed.

Duoduo looked a little sad, the artillery of the Ming army had scared these people out, and he didn't want to fight any hard battles with the Ming army in the near future.

"This time, I have suffered a lot of losses in the Qing Dynasty, and all the flags have not been formed, so I will carry out the reorganization of the flags and then withdraw to Zhenjiang." Duoduo came up with the reason for the reorganization, in fact, he wanted to install cronies in various banners to control it, and now he was left with a Prince Yu in Liaodong, Zierharang in Liaoxi, and all the affairs of Liaodong were up to him.

...... "Battalion commander, battalion commander, we found the bodies of Hauge and Daishan. Deputy battalion commander Qian Zhengguo rushed to report to Li Ran, Li Ran was shocked when he heard this, and asked, "Recognize it clearly?" ”

"Recognize clearly, we found more than a dozen captives to identify, from the dress to the appearance of the same." Qian Zhengguo said excitedly: "These are two pseudo-Qing princes!" ”

Li Ran clapped his hands and said, "Okay, we have made a great contribution this time, let the Education Commission go over to check." ”

"It's already being checked." Qian Zhengguo reported at this time: "The horses of the Qing army were frightened by the shells and ran around, and the scouts took more than 20,000 horses from the front, but we didn't have so much forage. ”

"This is more than the merit of beheading two princes!" Li Ran couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised, "Let people take care of these horses, and in a few days the support will come, and if the forage is not delivered, these horses can also be driven out of their own weeds." ”

The cleaning of the battlefield lasted until the next day, and yesterday's artillery bombardment killed nearly 20,000 Qing troops, of which only more than 3,000 were real prisoners, and the rest were Menghan Eight Banner soldiers.

The next day, Duoduo controlled an army of 60,000 by means of thunder, and at noon, the Qing army retreated directly to Zhenjiang. The retreat of the Qing army was also expected by Li Ran, and the morale of the Qing army no longer allowed them to fight again.

On the tenth day of the first month of March, Lin Yi's cavalry arrived at the landing site at the 1st Battalion and the Artillery Battalion, and after several hours of transportation, all the supplies were removed from the ship.

Although Liu Heng was born in a half-hanger, after two or three years of growth, he already has good military talents, and in addition, he knows the combat methods and habits of the Shandong Army well, and with the assistance of other staff officers, it is no longer a problem to command the Liaodong battlefield.

Lin Yi was also very happy when he heard the great results of the third battalion, and what excited him the most was the more than 20,000 horses he had grabbed, with these horses, the cavalry battalion could be expanded again.

"You kid did a good job, when the good news comes back, Zhao Yong and Wang Wenyue will definitely be jealous and their eyes are red!" Lin Yi laughed and patted Li Ran's shoulder with a smile.

"Hehe, I can't stop my luck!" Li Ran smiled proudly, and remembered the expressions of Zhao Yong and Wang Wenyue after drawing lots.

Liu Heng immediately asked people to send the good news back to Longkou, and then summoned Li Ran, Lin Yi, and Huang Yao to discuss the next move.

"Now that our infantry battalion, cavalry battalion, and artillery battalion have successfully landed and repelled the attack of the Qing army, we will enter the important link of encirclement and conquer Zhenjiang." Liu Heng said to the three of them: "If we can't conquer Zhenjiang, Huangtaiji, who reaches the south bank of the Yalu River, can cooperate with Zhenjiang, and there may be a leak at that time, so we must conquer the front line of Zhenjiang as soon as possible and completely block the river in the southeast." ”

"What does the chief of staff mean?" Li Ran asked.

"How about attacking Zhenjiang in the Ming Dynasty? It is likely that Huang Taiji has already reached the south bank. Liu Heng said, "Although it is relatively reluctant for an infantry battalion to take Zhenjiang, but with the cover of artillery and cavalry, there will be no mistakes, and when the first infantry battalion lands tomorrow, it can launch a general attack on Zhenjiang." ”

"No problem." All three agreed. Liu Heng's staff command at the front line, mainly to give advice and give various action plans, and then have to solicit the opinions of each battalion, and the minority obeys the majority.

The three battalions began to intensify their preparations, and on the eleventh day of the next March, the infantry battalion was in front, the artillery battalion was behind, and the cavalry battalion was on both wings, and 15,000 men marched towards Zhenjiang.

The prisoners and booty were transported back to Longkou by boat, and the three warships covered the advance of the brigade from the sea along the way, and it was only forty miles from the landing site to Zhenjiang.

If the Qing army dared to block the advance of the large army, they first used artillery to disperse the formation, and then the cavalry rushed again, and the infantry followed to clean up the remnants of the Qing army on the battlefield.

This is the usual tactic of the Shandong army, and it is also the tactic used by Zhu Di, and the tactics of Europe have also begun to change in this way. The main thing in such tactics is the quality of artillery and the quality of cavalry.

Naturally, there is no need to worry about artillery, the third battalion has artillery, the artillery battalion has a large number of heavy artillery, and there are three warships to escort it.

Lin Yi's cavalry battalion has been in the army for more than three years, although it has absorbed a large number of recruits, and there are only 4,000 people, but whether it is training or equipment, it is the most elite existence, and the cavalry battalion assisted by artillery can definitely beat the Qing army several times.

The scouts came out, scouting the surrounding situation, the whole army marched calmly, and the soldiers were a little enthusiastic, they finally set foot on Liaodong, fought on this lost land, and washed away the shame of the empire with the blood of Jiannu.

Just when the whole army was looking forward to a big battle, a soldier of the Liaodong Special Operations Brigade brought a piece of news that stunned the whole army.

"The Manchus retreated?" Liu Heng asked in disbelief.

"Yes, they all retreated, and Zhenjiang didn't even have a single tartar." The braided special operations soldier replied affirmatively.

"How is that possible! Their emperor is still in Korea! How do you say that you will retreat? Then they don't want an emperor anymore? Lin Yi was very dissatisfied, the cavalry battalion, which was the main force on the battlefield, had not yet shown its face on the battlefield! The enemy just ran away? And he ran so simply that he didn't do the slightest resistance to symbolize the surname.

"Originally, Hauge, Daishan, Duoduo, and Zilharang restrained each other. Haoge and Daishan were killed by our army, and Zierharang pinned down the Guanning army in western Liaoning. There was a vacuum in the power of Liaodong, and this Duoduo won the soldiers and horses of Hauge and Daishan, and it is estimated that he had ambitions. Liu Heng suddenly guessed a rough idea, "Duoduo is definitely going to take over Shenyang when he withdraws from Zhenjiang." ”

"So, it's something wrong with the inside of the Tartars. Originally, I thought that if Huang Taiji was blocked in Korea, Liaodong would attack us frantically, but I didn't expect it to become like this. I'm afraid this battle is not so easy to fight. Lin Yi sighed.

"If they don't send it to the door, at most, after they capture Liaodong, they will spend some effort to encircle and suppress it, and if they lose Liaodong, the Tartars will have no territory, and they will soon be weakened."

(To be continued)