The flames of the explosion were only fleeting, similar to the power of the Ming army's firearms in Dorgon's impression, causing only a few casualties or igniting the camp tents of the army, and did not have much impact on the battle-hardened Mongol cavalry and Han soldiers. The leaders of the Mongol tribes and the Han army banners shouted loudly in the camp, and finally brought the situation under control.

"Check the direction where the firelight is flying, order the scattered cavalry to investigate immediately, remember, the number of people cannot be dispersed, the Ming army is likely to be a formed force!" Dolgon took stock of the situation and immediately issued an order.

The Mongols were devouring dinner, but they were disturbed by the sudden arrival of dozens of Ming army flying spear-like things, and when they were in a rage, several tribal leaders immediately shouted orders, led their sons and daughters to rush out of the camp like a wind, and galloped towards the northwest direction where the flying spears came.

Before Dorgon could breathe a sigh of relief, something strange happened again, and smoke suddenly rose from the place where the Mongolian battalion and the Han army banner camp had fallen from the flying spears. Dolgon frowned, what the hell is this, it has exploded, why is there so much smoke?

Moreover, the smoke in front of me looked very strange in the night, because its color, yellow and white, intertwined with each other, did not disperse when the wind came, but swam with the wind, gradually sweeping away half of the camp.

Dolgon frowned, although it was not clear whether the smoke was harmful, but his years of experience in fighting the Ming army had allowed him to maintain the sharpest sense of smell on the battlefield. "Order the armies to stay away from the smoke for the time being, and wait for the smoke to clear. Return to camp. ”

was already short of food, but was raided by the Ming army while enjoying dinner, and the Qing army was inevitably a little depressed. The war outside the pass was smooth, the army of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how elite the soldiers, encountered the Eight Banners and only took the part of being beaten, how did they get to this place in Hebei, especially in the three prefectures, but this battle was so aggrieved.

The Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were soldiers when they went out and people when they entered. To put it bluntly, all the people are soldiers. There are many similarities with the Mongol army that dominated the world at the beginning. After Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne. Actively absorbing Han culture and learning from the operational structure of the Ming court, the military system has gradually changed, but in general, it still basically maintains the composition of the integration of soldiers and people. Maintain an astonishing win rate against Ming. It does not mean how amazing the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Army is and how high its military literacy is. What is more is reflected in the flexible and fierce tactics of the Eight Banners Army and its extremely high individual combat capability.

Let's take the present as an example. At the command of Dolgon, the whole camp was immediately busy, but it was disorganized. The natural barbarism of the Eight Banners Army was immediately revealed. The Eight Banners Army was empty-eyed, the Mongols were second-class mercenaries, and the Han Army Banner belonged to the cannon fodder troops.

In fact, it was a little late for Dolgon's orders. The Mongol barracks were the first to have an anomaly. First the horses, unusually restless, with a long neighing mixed with fear resounding through the sky. The Mongolian horse is a semi-wild horse breed with a small physique, strong limbs, good at long-distance running, strong weight-bearing capacity, and not easy to be frightened. But tonight it was a big deal, and the Mongol horses seemed to be collectively frightened, and even the simple fenced horse pens were kicked off in many places, and many horses simply rushed out of the barracks and disappeared.

The Mongols who remained in the camp were apparently no longer in the mood to take care of their companion-like mounts. The yellow and white smoke had already made them suffer. I don't know why, the nose and eyes of the Mongolian cavalry began to emit unimaginable pain, their eyes kept watering, and they even felt difficult to breathe. In such a situation, how can you notice the abnormality of the horse, and even self-protection is a difficult thing.

Many more were directly smoked to the ground by the white smoke, foaming at the mouth, unconscious. The situation of the Han army banner is even stricter, they have not eaten all day, and the rush for many days has made many people's night blindness recur again, and the leader of the Han army banner has strengthened the control of the Han people under the leadership of Gushan Ezhen Baiyintu, although these are also the people living in the land of Liaodong, but the treatment and status are very different from the eight banners, at best they are just some domestic slaves.

The lack of food, the deterioration of physical condition, and the fact that they were not allowed to go out in tents were all destined for the soldiers of the Han army to face a heavier blow than the Mongols.

After those things that seemed to be the firearms "flying guns" in the Ming army fell into the Han army flag, most of them just flashed a huge firelight on the surface, and when the Manchu and Han officers of the Han army flag breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the firearms of the Ming army were still useless as they were back then, thick smoke came out in an instant, even if it was splashed with cold water, it could not be stopped.

The raging wind seemed to have stopped curiously, quietly watching this strange scene. The wind suddenly stopped, allowing the smoke to hover over the Han Army Banner camp for a long time, as if it had become a huge cage, pinching nearly 10,000 lives in the palm of his hand.

When Dorgon saw this strange sight, he was as amazed as the generals. The white smoke completely flooded the Han Army Banner camp, but it seemed to be tightly wrapped in a qiē sound, and there was no sound of meaning, and a huge camp became a quiet place of death in the blink of an eye.

The Mongols left the camp in a disgraced way, and more than 200 people could no longer get out of the camp because they were unconscious, and some of the livestock and horses in the camp were scattered, and the losses were not small.

Soon after the new annexation of the Chahar Ministry, Huang Taiji was afraid that the head wolf of the original southern Mongolia would secretly contact the tribes and make any small moves. Therefore, he did not agree to Ezhe's request to send troops.

This time, the Mongolian tribes sent the most troops to the Horqin Department of Huang Taiji's father-in-law's family, knowing that Zhengming was to make a fortune, of course Huang Taiji would not treat his wife's maiden family badly, not to mention, this Horqin Department is also the maiden family of his three wives, especially his favorite concubine Hai Lanzhu.

The Horqin Department sent 6,000 troops this time, all of whom were strong men in the tribe. Among them, the elite were the children of the nobles of the small tribes under their command, who followed the army south to attack the Ming, firstly to plunder the goods and population, and secondly, to show allegiance to the Manchus. The leader of the troops was Temur, the younger brother of Taiji Badali of the Korqin Division.

Temur's face was soot, and his feet were vainly carried in front of Dolgon, "Lord Rui, Lord Rui, this is the punishment of the Immortal Heaven, I have to retreat quickly!" ”

Dorgon snorted. "Temur, you are also a famous warrior on the steppe. How was blown by the smoke of the Ming army. That's what it looks like! ”

"Lord Rui doesn't know anything!" Temur looked horrified, "This smoke is extraordinary! The bravest warriors of my tribe, when they smell it, immediately turn into a puddle of mud. pulled a pants. Now it's all gone! This is the plague. This is the devil's plague! ”

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Buhe was the leader of the Tangtuharang tribe in the front banner of the left wing of Horqin, and belonged to the descendants of Temur. When the battalion was attacked, Buhe was leading the tribe's five hundred cavalry to patrol the surroundings. Food is scarce these days, and he also wants to take advantage of the opportunity to get more game from the patrol. Therefore, they walked farther away from the camp.

As soon as he reached the edge of the Bishui River, a huge roar suddenly sounded in a forest five or six miles away, and then a ball of fire rose into the sky, straight into the sky, and then fell in the direction of the Mongolian camp not far away.

Buhe and the cavalry were taken aback, but this was not the end of it, and a succession of fire balls fired in the direction of the main camp. Bu He and his subordinates looked at this strange scene dumbfounded, and they were all stunned in place, and they didn't dare to take a breath.

After a short time, the rangers of the Eight Banners came to convey Dolgon's order, ordering all the scattered cavalry troops outside to search for the night attack troops of the Ming army, and look at the direction, which should be near here.

Only then did Bu He realize that this was just a trick of the southerners. A sense of joy arose in my heart.

You know, this is the first time that the Horqin tribe has been fortunate enough to follow the Manchu army south to conquer Ming. The Qing army entered the army many times, and each time they returned with a full load. I've heard of these cloths and all of them. There is gold and silver, there is silk, there is salt, there is tea, there are fine blades and armor, there are women who are more beautiful and gentle than the women of the steppe, and there are ......!

In short, all of these qiē attracted Buhe to join the Mongol army in the south.

However, it is a pity that in addition to grabbing a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, people cannot loot it now. Rui Wang Ye spoke, and the top priority at present was to eliminate the army of the "Lu madman" Lu Xiangsheng, and then turned east to plunder the Ming Dynasty's Shandong. The land of Hebei has been plundered by the Qing army many times, there is no oil and water, then Shandong is very rich, when the time comes, I am afraid to catch more slaves to help them transport goods.

Thinking of this, Bu He kicked his beloved mount hard, not to mention anything else, if he eliminated the barbarian army in front of him, Lord Rui and Lord Temur would definitely have rich rewards, and they would get these first.

Buhe couldn't help but think: the territory of the Ming people is too big, the land is fertile, the materials are abundant, but it is much stronger than the life on the grassland, it would be great if you could stay here and enjoy yourself!

Not only Bu He thought so, but also the cavalry of 500 people under his command thought so, rushing forward, no matter how dissatisfied Bu He reprimanded, it would be useless, at this time, who can control whom! The Mongols have always been heroes with martial arts, first come, first served, and if they have the ability, they will take military exploits, which is the golden rule of the Mongolian tribes.

The woods are not very large, the trees are very sparse, there is no problem with the cavalry charge, you can see from a distance, there seems to be light shining through the depths of the woods, and there are many figures, because of the arrival of the Mongol cavalry, it seems to have become panicked.

The Mongol cavalry rushed into the woods, but soon, something even stranger happened. The smug howls of the cavalry stopped abruptly, and the charging figures suddenly froze, and then were incredibly cut into two out of thin air. The war horse, which had lost its head, still galloped forward, and the knight on horseback was only half of his body left. There were no screams, not even the sound of weapons breaking through the air.

Buhe, who had to fall behind, saw this scene clearly, and finally reined in the horses with dozens of cavalrymen who had fallen.

There was still a strong smell of blood in the air, there were no swords, no feathered arrows, no roar of firearms, and hundreds of Mongol cavalry rushing forward died in the woods without saying a word, and they didn't even see the appearance of the enemy clearly.

The flesh and blood flowing on the ground made Bu He and the others scatter, and the potential danger made them shudder, Bu He and the others couldn't care about retching, and hurriedly turned the dock and ran in the other direction to kill them.

But suddenly, Buhe felt a chill on his neck, and then his eyes saw the last scene in his life, a headless corpse sitting upright on a horse and rushing forward, wait, how could the quiver and saber be so familiar, weren't they his own things?

Thinking of this, Buhe instantly lost all his senses, and the last thought came to mind: "I can't think of it, I really want to stay in this land!" (To be continued......) u