Although nearly 1,000 cavalry casualties were paid, the charge of the Eight Banners of Kejianu continued.

After two more rounds of guns, the second row of Jiannu cavalry had already suffered more than half of the casualties, but the last remaining Jiannu cavalry in the first row finally rushed to the front of the Ming army, and the high raised saber slashed fiercely, and a soldier of the Central Army separated in an instant, and the Ming Central Army finally suffered casualties.

However, the Jiannu cavalry did not cause any confusion to the Central Army.

Jiannu has a good psychological quality, the psychological quality of the Ming Central Army is only stronger than Jiannu, and soon three soldiers of the Central Army were separated from the shooting queue, and surrounded the Jiannu cavalry in a zigzag shape, and the Jiannu cavalry strangled the reins of the horse and turned on the spot, and the raised saber was aimed at the neck of a Central Army soldier and slashed down again.

The Central Army soldier flashed quickly and dodged, while the other two Central Army soldiers took the opportunity to stab forward, and at the same time stabbed Jiannu on horseback, the chain mail on Jiannu's body can protect the knife and cut, but it is difficult to protect against the bayonet's stabbing, and in the crisp sound of the blade cutting through the flesh and bones, Jiannu's abdomen and waist were pierced at the same time.

"Whoa......"

Jiannu screamed miserably, and then fell straight down from the horse, and the three soldiers of the Central Army quickly closed up, and the snowy bayonets continued to poke at Jiannu's body, poking out one bloody hole after another in Jiannu's chest, until Jiannu was completely dead.

In front of the two armies, fierce fighting continued.

When the third row of Jiannu's cavalry suffered more than half of the casualties, the follow-up cavalry was finally seriously disturbed, and the corpses of the men and horses lying on the ground had formed a continuous obstacle, and the last two rows of cavalry had no way to continue to sprint, although the Ming army was already close at hand, but the Jiannu iron cavalry had to slow down the speed of the sprint, so as not to trip over the corpses of their companions.

At this time, a large number of black dots suddenly flew up from the Ming army's formation and smashed on the heads of the fourth row of Jiannu cavalry.

"Dragon King Cannon!"

"Damn, it's the Dragon King Cannon!"

"Rush over, rush over quickly, and kill all these damn Nanming barbarians......"

The Jiannu Jiala, who led the army, had already realized the danger, and shouted that the Jiannu cavalry rushed up at any cost to stop the Ming army from continuing to throw the Dragon King Cannon, but unfortunately it was too late, and suddenly, the countless black spots with green smoke had rained down on the Jiannu cavalry array.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The next moment, there was a sudden dense explosion between heaven and earth, and a tumbling flame rose from a distance of dozens of steps in front of the Ming army.

The 800 Jiannu cavalry who rushed to the rear were completely stunned.

Although these Jiannu cavalry are not afraid of death, although they are used to seeing the bloody rain and bloody wind on the battlefield, they have never seen such a terrible scene, the churning black smoke has completely covered the entire battlefield, in addition to the churning black smoke in front of them, only the mud and gravel flying in the sky, the arms, thighs, and a certain part of the body of countless companions are rolling and flying in the sky, and their ears are buzzing, and they can't hear any other sound.

No one can survive such a terrible explosion!

The last 800 Jiannu cavalry who charged from the front were stunned, they had never felt so helpless and desperate as now, the fierce gunfire started again, the Ming army musket team was shooting indiscriminately through the thick smoke, and dozens of Jiannu cavalry screamed and fell off their horses, and the mournful wails of their companions made the remaining Jiannu cavalry feel more and more at a loss......

"Whew!"

In the suffocating confusion, I don't know which cavalry roared first, and rushed forward again, and the remaining Jiannu cavalry let out a howl like a trapped beast, and followed the cavalry of Jiannu into the billowing smoke, because of the obstruction of vision, more than 100 cavalry Jiannu cavalry tripped over the corpses of their companions.

The remaining 600 or so cavalry finally rushed through the billowing smoke area.

Twenty steps ahead was the queue of the Ming Central Army, and the incomparably hideous gaze burst out from the eyes of the Jiannu cavalry, and they raised their cold sabers for the last time......

Three rows of Ming troops, kneeling in the front row, staggered in the second and third rows, a full 2,400 musketeers raised their rifles in their hands at the same time, and the muzzle of the black hole was already aimed at the Jiannu iron cavalry that rushed out of the thick smoke, accompanied by a burst of gunfire, the more than 600 Jiannu cavalry fell to the ground like a cut weed.

Only a Jiannu iron horse struggled not to fall, gasped twice on the horseback, and then raised the saber and threw it viciously at the Ming army twenty paces away, the sharp saber burst the air, let out a sharp roar, and in a flash it plunged into the Ming army formation, and a central army infantry could not block, was pierced by the steel knife through the chest, and fell down without a word!

The north wind howled, blowing away the smoke and dust that filled the battlefield.

The 3,000 Jiannu cavalry that attacked from the left and right flanks had also been defeated.

Wang Pu and Dolgon's eyes fell on the battlefield at the same time, and the battlefield that had just been noisy suddenly fell silent, only the seriously wounded Jiannu cavalry was still lying on the ground and wailing, and the continuous wailing made all the Jiannu soldiers watching the battle in the distance lower their heads, and they couldn't bear to see this miserable scene.

At this point, the 4,000 Jiannu iron cavalry that attacked from the front were all wiped out, and there were 1,000 people killed on the spot, and almost all of the remaining 3,000 people were seriously injured.

The 3,000 Gennu cavalry attacking from the left and right flanks fared slightly better, and about half of the cavalry returned to Dolgon's side alive.

"Hoo ......"

Dorgon let out a long sigh of relief, his heart full of flavors.

Defeated, really defeated! Seven thousand iron cavalry faced off against five thousand Ming troops, and it was a dignified head-to-head confrontation, and the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry was actually defeated, and it was a fiasco! The 4,000 iron cavalry that attacked from the front were almost completely wiped out, and the 3,000 iron cavalry that detoured from the two wings also suffered more than half of the casualties, and the Ming army ...... But only a few people were killed or wounded!

All of a sudden, Dorgon felt like he was in a dream, something like this that only happens in a dream, doesn't it?

The huge shock made Dolgon no longer feel bitter, no longer feel hopeless, at this moment, Dolgon was only confused, he was really confused, could it be that the era of the invincibility of the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry in the field has really passed? Could it be that the musketeers of the Ming Dynasty are really going to become the masters of this world?

In the distance, in the middle of the Ming army.

Wang Pu's ten fingers that were clasped behind him finally let go.

No one noticed that Wang Pu's palms were actually wet, and his back vest was also soaked with cold sweat, Wang Pu seemed calm and confident, but in fact, just now, his heart was always hanging! Since its formation, his musket team has defeated the Tartar cavalry, defeated the Former Ming Army, defeated the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Eight Banners of the Korean Army, but has never confronted the Iron Cavalry of the Eight Banners.

Although Wang Pu firmly believes in the power of the musketeers, he will inevitably be nervous until the final victory comes.

"Hoo ......"

Wang Pu also breathed a long sigh of relief, relieved, he felt extremely relaxed at this moment!

Today's war, Jiannu suffered heavy losses, from then on, Jiannu can no longer take the initiative to attack the Ming army, the only thing Jiannu can do now, the only thing to dare to do is to surround the central army with the advantage of troops, and then use endless harassment to exhaust the central army, as for the frontal decisive battle, Jiannu is afraid that he does not have the courage.

"Woo woo woo ......"

The muffled sound of bull's horns sounded from the distant horizon, like weeping, and in less than a moment, Dolgon's 10,000 iron horsemen with a white flag disappeared from the sight of the Ming army, and the tens of thousands of Tartar cavalry who confronted the Ming army across the swamp also disappeared on the distant horizon.

Jiannu and Tatar retreated, leaving behind more than 3,000 wounded soldiers on the battlefield and retreating.

Dolgon was very reluctant to throw down these more than 3,000 wounded soldiers, but he couldn't save these wounded soldiers from the guns of the Ming army, not to mention that even if he rescued these wounded soldiers back to the camp, he would not be able to save them.

There are even some barbaric Tartar tribes who will brutally kill the wounded warriors, because these wounded soldiers have difficulty moving and need to be cared for, which will seriously drag down the entire army.

Dolgon could not save the more than 3,000 wounded soldiers, and Wang Pu could not have mercy on them.

These Jiannu have been through a hundred battles, and their hands are stained with the blood of the Han people, let them go? To whom should the souls of millions of Han people cry to death? Without Wang Pu's order, the officers and men of the Central Army began to clean up the battlefield in groups of three or five, and when they encountered those who could still breathe, they were directly stabbed to death with bayonets.

Hatred between nations can only be commemorated with blood, and there is never a need for mercy and tenderness.

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For the next three days, the situation was relatively calm.

The Ming Central Army continued to move north along the right bank of the canal, and the Jiannu and Tartar cavalry really changed their tactics, and no longer dared to easily confront the Central Army, but constantly sent small groups of cavalry to harass along the way, trying to drag down the Central Army with endless harassment battles and delay the Central Army's journey.

This set of cavalry harassment tactics was invented by the ancestor of the Tartars, Temujin, and can be said to be the housekeeping skill of the Tartar cavalry, which was almost invincible in the era of cold weapons, and no matter how determined and well-trained the elite soldiers were, it was inevitable that they would have a nervous breakdown under the endless harassment of the Mongol cavalry.

Because the Mongolian cavalry is all-round, you want to surprise you when you want to eat, and you want to surprise you when you want to sleep, and when you open your posture and set up a formation, the Mongolian cavalry will fly away again, so it won't be long before the strong army will inevitably break down, and then the Mongolian cavalry will pounce like a wolf and bite the enemy in the throat.

But this set of tactics is to dominate in the era of cold weapons, and in the age of firearms, it will no longer be majestic.

The reason is simple, the musketeers are not afraid of harassment at all! If there are fewer cavalry coming to harass, the musket team can easily be killed, if there are more cavalry coming to harass, then it is not a harassment but a frontal raid, and it takes a while to organize a large group of cavalry to raid from the front, and the musket team has enough time to react.

Therefore, the harassment tactics of the Tatar cavalry had little effect, neither dragging down the Central Army, nor delaying the Central Army's journey, but instead lost hundreds of cavalry in vain! In the three-day harassment battle, the only achievement that the Tartar soldiers could get was that they once took advantage of the carelessness of the Ming army to rob more than 100 mules and horses!

Three days later, the Central Army successfully crossed Surabaya and appeared outside the east gate of Jining "escorted" by the Tatar cavalry.

Duoduo did not make any resistance to let go of the east gate, Wang Pu's main force of the Central Army entered the city smoothly, and finally joined the Scarface's mixed battalion and the two baggage battalions that had arrived in advance, and after the main force of the Central Army entered the city, Duoduo made a comeback, quickly plugging the gap outside the east gate and reclosing the blockade line

Wang Pu did not stop Duoduo's actions, for the Central Army, which had sharp firearms, it was too simple to break through the lock seal of Jiannu outside the city, it was no exaggeration to say that the Central Army could leave whenever it wanted, and it was impossible for Jiannu to stay guests, but the Central Army did not want to go.

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Zhigu, Tianjin Sanwei.

Shi Lang's Zhenhai division carried Tang Sheng's mixed battalion up the Weihe River, landed ten miles east of Zhigu, and then launched a surprise attack on Zhigu City under the cover of night.

There are only 200 Jiannu in Zhigu City, and another 2,000 former Ming troops are stationed.

As soon as I heard that the Ming Central Army had arrived, the two thousand former Ming troops immediately "anyway", did not wait for the central army to enter the city, the two hundred Jiannu in the city were solved by the two thousand former Ming army, Tang Sheng's mixed battalion took Zhigu City without a single soldier, a gun and a bullet, and the door of Yanjing was opened.

Tang Sheng had just entered the city with the Central Army, and a group of former Ming generals wearing horse coats and shaving their money rat tails greeted them in a chaotic manner, and from a long distance, the group of former Ming generals knelt on the ground and sang loudly: "Slaves wait...... Uh, no, the humble rank welcomes the Central Army to recover Tianjin Sanwei. ”

Tang Sheng didn't say a word, but a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes.

For these Han annihilations who turned their backs on the slaves, Tang Sheng hated them in his heart, if it weren't for the repeated instructions of the Hou Ye before leaving, let him not make any extraneous branches, he must arrest these guys and interrogate them well, if anyone has done something sorry for the Han people after surrendering to Jiannu, all of them will be corrected on the spot.

Seeing that Tang Sheng didn't say anything, these former Ming generals kept kneeling and didn't dare to get up, and a few timid ones were already trembling.

Shi Lang on the side came up and reminded Tang Sheng: "General, before leaving, the Hou Ye can instruct us not to make extraneous branches." ”

"Whew." Tang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, the coldness in his eyes disappeared suddenly, and he said indifferently, "Get up, although you have had a disgraceful past, as long as you can change your mind and be a new person in the future, you will still be a person of the Ming Dynasty, and you will represent the court Shuer and others without guilt." ”

"General Xie!"

"Thank you for your magnanimity, and thank you for your humble rank."

A group of former Ming generals kowtowed again and again, and exchanged tears of gratitude.

(To be continued)