Seeing that Liu Zeqing's Shandong soldiers and horses were besieged by the cavalry of the Qing soldiers in this way, Lu Xiangsheng, who was watching the battle from behind, spit out a few words from his mouth word by word: "Mangu archery method!" ”

For the Qing soldiers used the "Mangu Gang", which was said to be the magic weapon of the Mongols galloping all over the world in the past, Lu Xiangsheng is naturally very clear, this kind of archery method is difficult to say and easy to say, as long as it is equipped with a long-range weapon with a range farther than the other party or to limit the opponent's mobile surname, in the past, it was said that Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, could repeatedly break the Mongols relied on firearms and the elite cavalry of the Ming army, but now these two things in the Ming army are almost all self-defeating, and the morale of the Ming army is generally low. So much so that now when the Ming army heard that it was going to fight with the Qing army in the field, they couldn't help but be three points shorter, and it was because they repeatedly suffered defeats in the field battles, so that some people shouted the slogan "The Jurchens are not satisfied with ten thousand, and they are invincible when they are full of ten thousand".

Now seeing that Liu Zeqing can only be beaten passively in front, Lu Xiangsheng is secretly anxious, he knows very well that Emperor Chongzhen and all the civil and military officials are watching the performance of himself and the Ming army on the city tower, if he allows his army to be beaten by the Qing soldiers and helpless, what will the emperor think of himself? What will civil and military officials say about themselves?

Lu Xiangsheng gritted his teeth, turned his head and said to Ma Rulong, the chief soldier of Suzhou, who was beside him: "General Ma, you immediately lead the soldiers and horses of your headquarters to rush to the aid of General Soldier Liu, he is almost unable to support it, if General Soldier Liu is defeated, it will be bad!" ”

Ma Rulong nodded solemnly and immediately hugged his fists and left, he naturally knew what Xiang Sheng meant when he said badly, if Liu Zeqing's troops were allowed to be defeated or even eaten by the Qing soldiers, the emperor who was watching the battle at the city gate at this moment would never spare Lu Xiangsheng.

Soon, Ma Rulong led more than 4,000 cavalry to run towards the direction of Liu Zeqing's troops, and the elite cavalry of the Qing army, who was shooting Liu Zeqing's foot soldiers with bows and arrows not far away, saw that the Ming army had dispatched cavalry again, and the Qing army generals led by them made a loud whistle, and all the Qing soldiers immediately turned their heads and ran towards their own formation, leaving only arrows and dead soldiers all over the ground.

When Ma Rulong escorted Liu Zeqing back to the main formation, as soon as he counted the soldiers and horses, Liu Zeqing, who had always been resolute, almost cried, his 7,000 soldiers and horses were killed and injured by such a burst of hanging fire by the Qing soldiers, and the rest of the soldiers were all depressed and demoralized.

"Inspector Lu, the last general is incompetent and has disgraced you, please punish the last general!" Dong Wenyong, the chief soldier of Baoding, and Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, knelt down in front of Lu Xiangsheng to plead guilty. One of them was defeated after a confrontation with the cavalry of the Qing army, and the other went to save people, but they were beaten by others and did not even have the strength to fight back, and they were defeated by others in front of the emperor and all the ministers of the court.

Lu Xiangsheng sighed, stretched out his hand to help Dong Wenyong and Liu Zeqing, "The two generals don't have to be like this, the two generals can't be blamed for the defeat of this battle, and the governor is also responsible for negligence, so the two don't have to feel guilty about it." ”

The reason why Lu Xiangsheng had a huge reputation in the army at the end of the Ming Dynasty was not only because he was proficient in training and fighting, but also because of his strict self-interest and leniency towards others, which made the Ming army very convinced of him. Liu Zeqing and Dong Wenyong heard Lu Xiangsheng say this, it was obvious that they wanted to take the blame for this defeat on themselves, and they were even more ashamed in their hearts.

Liu Zeqing said ashamedly: "Inspector Lu, no matter how incompetent the last general is, he can't let you take the blame for the last general, and the last general will ask the court for punishment in this matter." ”

"Yes, the general and General Liu will ask the court for punishment in this matter!" Dong Wenyong also clenched his fists and said.

Lu Xiangsheng patted the shoulders of the two, shook his head with a complicated face and stopped talking.

At this time, there was a desolate horn sound in front, this time it was the turn of the Qing soldiers to attack, more than 4,000 Qing soldiers slowly pressed towards the Ming army camp, on both sides of them were more than 1,000 elite cavalry guards on both sides, a sound of horses' hooves and footsteps slowly approached the front of the Ming army, it seems that the Qing soldiers did not intend to give the Ming army a breathing time to defeat the Ming army.

"The Tartars deceive people too much!" Seeing that the Qing soldiers were approaching step by step, Lu Xiangsheng and all the generals of the Ming army were very angry.

This time, without waiting for Lu Xiangsheng to ask, Zu Dashou, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, and Li Chongzhen, the chief soldier of Ningzhou, had already stood up and asked Lu Xiangsheng to fight, "My lord, please let the last general fight in this battle, the last general is willing to fight to the death with the Tartars!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the two and nodded slowly, and said seriously: "Remember, the two general soldiers are going to fight, our army can no longer afford to lose in this battle, you must know that the emperor and the civil and military officials are watching us on the city wall, and if our army is defeated this time, the Beijing division is in danger!" ”

Zu Dashou and Li Chongzhen glanced at each other and said in unison: "Supervisor, please rest assured, this battle will not be won!" ”

After saying that, he turned around and walked forward.

In a burst of war drums, Li Chongzhen led 5,000 foot soldiers Zu Dashou led 3,000 Guanning iron cavalry to meet the Qing army approaching step by step, and the Ming army foot soldiers were either wearing iron armor or leather armor, and held heavy shields or spears, sickles, hooks and guns and other long weapons in their hands to advance towards the Qing soldiers step by step.

On the other hand, the Qing soldiers were led by dead soldiers (vest soldiers), infantry armor and auxiliary soldiers and unarmored light infantry followed behind, with heavy knives in their hands, or short axes and spears, and pressed towards the Ming army with great momentum, and two thousand elite cavalry guarded on both sides of the Qing army's foot soldiers.

In the large array of the Qing army, the commander of the Qing army, King Azig of Yingwu County, looked at Yanguli, who had just returned from victory, and laughed: "Look, our third-class duke is back!"

Yanguli stepped forward and said to Azig: "Lord Qiqi, the last general has repelled the attack of the Ming army, and he is here to give the order!" ”

"Well done!" Azig patted Yanguli on the shoulder with satisfaction and said with a smile: "It seems that the combat strength of the Ming army is nothing more than this, we have won this battle!" ”

The surrounding generals also burst into laughter, and several generals also looked at Abatai and several generals around him with playful eyes, as if they were laughing at the blue flag A few days ago, they actually suffered defeat in the hands of such a Ming army, Abatai and several Jialazhangjing with the blue flag frowned slightly when they saw this, and Amur, who had suffered a big loss in the hands of Pang Gang, cursed in a low voice on the side, "When you meet the soldiers and horses surnamed Pang, you will know that you are powerful!" ”

At this time, a Qing general pointed to the front and said loudly: "Look, Durer and the Ming army are fighting." ”

Everyone looked at each other, at this time the Qing soldiers and the Ming army two foot soldiers have already exchanged hands, the two sides first used bows and arrows to protect the shooting, soon the foot soldiers of both sides collided together, the soldiers on both sides with the big knives in their hands, spears, short axes and shields to slash and collide with each other, the soldiers on both sides are desperately fighting, but just as soon as the battle of the Qing soldiers The advantages of the Qing soldiers were highlighted, the front of the Qing soldiers were the Qing soldiers' vest soldiers, they were skilled, at least wearing double armor or even triple armor, and holding a large shield to protect the body, It was difficult for the weapons of the Ming soldiers to hurt them.

The fierce battle continued, and a horse armor pulled out a throwing axe from his waist and threw it at a Ming soldier five or six paces in front of him, hitting the Ming soldier in the chest, and the Ming soldier let out a terrible scream, clutching his chest and slowly falling backwards. The hideous-faced vest took a few steps forward and took out a bloody flying axe from the Ming army, inserted it back into his waist casually, and then the big knife in his hand slashed towards the Ming army in front of him, a bloody light flew up, and another Ming army sickle hand covered his throat and fell.

The Qing army's attack was so fierce that after two moments of fighting, the Ming army was pressed back step by step, if it weren't for the family of Li Chongzhen in the back, who was eyeing the battle with bows and arrows, they would have collapsed long ago. The cavalry led by Zu Dashou is fighting with the elite cavalry of the Qing soldiers, the two sides are deadlocked, if the Ming army is defeated and retreats, the Qing soldiers are bound to take advantage of the situation to kill, then the consequences do not look at the assumptions.

The decline of the Ming army was seen by the commanders of both sides, and naturally they were happy and worried, and the two different moods were flooded in the hearts of the commanders of both sides.

Looking at Chongzhen on the wall of the Ming army who was defeated and retreated, he was anxious in his eyes, he never thought that the 80,000 Ming army would be beaten so badly by the Qing soldiers who were nearly half less in number, and he was angry and anxious as a great tomorrow. He turned around and scolded Yang Sichang, who also had a bad face beside him: "Look at it, look at it, this is our Ming officers and soldiers, Yang Sichang, Yang Shangshu, you bring good soldiers!" ”

Yang Sichang on the side also felt a little aggrieved in his heart, this soldier was not brought out by me, although I am the secretary of the Ministry of War, but which of the major affairs of the Ministry of War does not need you to make a decision!

Seeing that the Ming army was about to collapse, bursts of passionate drums came from the southeast of Xibianmen.

"Knock knock!"

"Knock knock!"

As the drums gradually came, several fast horses also came quickly from the southeast, and the knights on the horses galloped desperately towards the Qing army's main formation, and behind them there were several horses that bit very tightly in the back. Several knights in the back also shot arrows at the knights in front from time to time. At this time, the people in the camp of the Qing army had already seen clearly, and several spies from their own side were running in front, and several Ming soldiers wearing red mandarin duck armor were chasing after them at night, and suddenly, a spy of the Qing army fell off the horse and rolled on the ground a few times, not knowing whether they were dead or alive.

said that it was too late, then quickly, the Ming army who was chasing at the front did not retreat at night, leaned in front of him, leaned down and grabbed the Qing soldier scout who fell to the ground, and turned around in the eyes of the dumbfounded Qing army and roared away.

This scene stunned many Qing soldiers in front of the battle, and these few galls who didn't collect at night were also fattened, and they openly abducted people in broad daylight in front of tens of thousands of Qing soldiers.

Before Azig, who was the commander of the Qing army, had time to get angry, the rhythmic drums were getting closer and closer, and then the drums were getting louder and louder, and a banner with a big "Ming" character appeared in front of everyone's eyes

(To be continued)