Two small bronze cannons fired three times in a row, the Dengzhou phalanx was hit twice, and the gap that appeared was quickly filled by the men on the flanks of the rear row, and the front line remained intact.

When the large formation in Dengzhou Town stopped, it was about fifty paces away from the skirmish line, and it could support the skirmishers with a salvo at any time, and the skirmish line composed of detachments and mandarin duck pillows in front began to engage the opponent.

The straggler line in front of them accelerated to approach, and the ruins of Ertaizi Village resounded with shouts in Yi and Chinese, and dense barrels appeared on the rammed earth wall. The skirmishers of the 4th Battalion pulled out of formation, and the front row became more and more sparse, and within seventy paces of the 4th Battalion began to stop firing.

The Dengzhou skirmishers were always moving fifty paces away, using flintlock pistols to shoot at the ruins of Ertaizi Village, where the rammed earth walls were only half the height, and in some places even completely collapsed. The Dengzhou stragglers moved flexibly, avoiding the muzzles of the Houjin bronze cannons, and when they saw the Houjin soldiers firing the cannons, they would also crawl on the ground.

Two four-pounder guns were dragged by their four horses to the front of the Dengzhou military formation, quickly set up, and began to shell Ertaizi Village, and the flag captains of each detachment blew their whistles to remind their subordinates to give way to the shell channel. The skirmish line is not something that can be moved indiscriminately, and each division in Dengzhou is equipped with a four-pounder gun, which serves as the fire pillar of the infantry, and the skirmishers need to leave a channel of shells during the battle, so that the artillery can always support the skirmishers.

Immediately, the four eight-pounder cannons on both sides of the large array began to fire a salvo, and the six-pound shells rushed towards Ertaizi Village, and the remaining wheat straw and firewood branches in the ruins flew in the air everywhere they went, and the snowflakes piled up on the collapsed roofs were thrown high into the air, and then slowly sprinkled in the village.

The Dengzhou army did not pounce on it, and even the stragglers were also moving seventy paces away, and those Wuzhen Chaoha officers who were in battle for the first time did not know what to do, according to the requirements of those surrender instructors, they had to wait until the enemy entered seventy paces before firing a salvo, and repeatedly emphasized that the first round would inflict heavy losses on the other side, and now there were only these scattered soldiers and horses, and the commander of the blue flag Wuzhen Chaoha, Mele Zhangjing, could not make up his mind for a while.

Houjin's two bronze cannons continued to fire, and their rate of fire was slower than that of Dengzhou Town, causing considerable casualties to the Dengzhou Phalanx one hundred and fifty paces away, but the entire Dengzhou Town battle line of the Dengzhou Phalanx remained majestic.

Bursts of white smoke were emitted between the two armies, and the sound of firecracker-like shooting was endless, and the six-pound shells fired by the Dengzhou eight-pounder cannon were very destructive to the rammed earth wall in the village, and people were constantly hit in the Wuzhen Chaoha arrayed in the ruins. In the face of the constant musket fire from the other side, their spirits became more and more tense, and the screams around them gradually increased, and many soldiers had dry mouths and trembling hands.

After another furious round of eight-pounder shells, the first coat soldier could not bear it anymore, and a flintlock pistol rang out. The nervous soldiers opened fire one after another, and the Ertaizi Village was like a pot, and the flickering of the firelight became a piece, drowning the southern edge of Ertaizi Village in a cloud of white smoke.

More than a dozen Dengzhou skirmishers were hit and fell to the ground, while the other stragglers continued to stand up and shoot after squatting down and dodging the most intensive fire. Dengzhou Town only used more than 200 stragglers to cause chaos in Haoge's carefully arranged defensive line.

The beginning of the Dengzhou skirmish line originated from the Battle of Fuzhou Ferry, Zhong Laosi inadvertently used the detachment to defeat Wuzhen Chaoha, and there were follow-up experiments and improvements.

In Europe at this time, the way of skirmishing has not yet emerged, this kind of skirmisher combat has higher requirements for soldiers and junior officers, in the European professional army or mercenary, officers often have to worry that the soldiers leave the team and flee, and all those who leave the queue will be severely punished, so the skirmisher tactics can not be implemented in Europe at this time, the warring parties are strongly emphasizing the formation of the infantry and the importance of the salvo, even the Prussian army in the early eighteenth century, can only fight under the strict restrictions of the queue, Because Frederick feared that the soldiers he recruited would become deserters if the queue requirements were relaxed, it was even less likely that skirmishers would be used in the Prussian army.

In Dengzhou Town, this kind of skirmish tactic has been widely practiced and served as a barrier before the main force engaged. When attacking, it is often possible to disrupt the rhythm of the opponent at a small cost, and the ** practice method obtained by Houjin's Wuzhen Chaoha is Dengzhou ** two years ago, when the tactics of the detachment were not comprehensive, and Dengzhou Town has been improved at this time.

Hauge in the rear led a cavalry with a blue flag, when the shelling began, he had high hopes for Wuzhen Chaoha, these copper cannons were made by Houjin with great effort, and the collection of copper materials alone cost Houjin a lot of manpower and material resources, the total number of copper cannons in the entire Wuzhen Chaoha did not exceed twenty, and the shape was different, the iron bullets and charges were different. Houjin found some gunners of the former Ming army in various banners, and after practicing for a long time, he finally played a role at this time.

He didn't be happy for long, Dengzhou Town used the skirmish line to shake the defense of Ertaizi Village, from Haoge's point of view, he could only see the white smoke rising from the shooting, but listening to the gunshots was already very messy, but the Dengzhou skirmish line was constantly approaching, and the big array behind was a drum, and the four phalanxes behind began to advance again, and the four phalanxes behind also moved at the same time.

Haoge is very worried about Wuzhen Chaoha's hand-to-hand combat ability, these clothed soldiers can still be separated by muskets from a distance, once they enter hand-to-hand combat, they are worthless, Haoge does not have much hope for them, if these people are well-trained in close combat, Houjin will not be so light to seize Liaodong.

Haoge observed the speed of Dengzhou's phalanx for a moment, and then said to Jierharang beside him: "Sixth uncle, the blue banner is responsible for the left wing of Ertaizi Village, and my Zhenglan Banner is responsible for the right wing of Ertaizi Village, please send a cavalry to drag them down." ”

Without saying a word, Zilharan turned his horse and left, and a moment later the two horsemen roared away.

The Dengzhou infantry did not hesitate at all, the stragglers line had approached thirty paces south of the village, and the stragglers in the middle left the direction of the wilderness and converged towards the ruins of Ertaizi Village, from which the Houjin cavalry could not rush. As the distance approached, while the Dengzhou stragglers inflicted greater casualties on Wuzhen Chaoha, their own casualties also increased rapidly.

The first line phalanx was fifty paces behind the skirmisher line, and was advancing towards Ertaizi Village under the rapid beat of drums. After the first line of the phalanx, there are twenty mandarin duck array battle groups, and a hundred steps after the mandarin duck array are the four phalanx companies of the second line.

Hauge and Zilharang each sent about a thousand cavalry, and after the Houjin cavalry approached, the phalanx of the fourth battalion stopped advancing, and the phalanx spearmen facing the cavalry stepped on the tail of the spear shaft with their right feet, and grabbed the spear shaft with both hands, and the spearhead was obliquely upward, posing as a horse rejection, and the whole phalanx was like a hedgehog with spikes spreading.

The knights of Europe, dressed like tin cans, could hardly shake such a phalanx of heavy infantry, and the cavalry of Houjin was not good at shock at all, and the brigade immediately changed direction, and a small number of sentry cavalry ran around the perimeter of the phalanx at high speed, pinning down the flanks of the fourth battalion.

As soon as the horn was waved in the front of Dengzhou, the battle group of the Mandarin Duck Formation between the stragglers and the phalanx shouted loudly and rushed towards Ertaizi Village, the heavily armored melee soldiers of the Mandarin Duck Formation rushed in front, and the detachment was behind the Mandarin Duck Formation.

One of Jin's bronze cannons fired two scattered bullets, knocking over more than a dozen Dengzhou soldiers, and the other bronze cannon was already silent. There were a lot of two more blue flag armor soldiers between those chaotic Wuzhen Chaoha, and the sound of the bowstring replaced the roar of the muskets, and only two rounds were fired in the white smoke, and the Dengzhou melee soldiers had already rushed to the edge of the ruins, and the fierce melee battle quickly began......

"My lord, there is a bit of a stalemate on the right flank, do you want to send the first battalion of the guards to support? Or get the 7th Battalion to support. Liu Pojun put down the telescope on the high lookout, and the fourth battalion had a fierce confrontation with the two blue flags in Ertaizi Village, but both sides had not yet exerted their full strength, and the Houjin soldiers relied on their geographical advantages and mobility advantages to maintain the front.

Chen Xin's expression did not move, "It's not time yet." ”

Liu Pojun said? "Now Huang Taiji hasn't moved, I'm afraid I'm just watching the battle situation in Ertaizi Village."

Chen Xin smiled slightly: "So the right wing is glued and let it go, otherwise Huang Taiji's heavy troops will not move, let's give him more strength, we have to let him move." After the rocket company was ordered to be in place, a group of ten rounds continued to fire at the array on the right flank of Houjin. ”

While the two were talking, the rocketeers towed by the carriage passed from the front of the command platform, they had just been transferred from the direction of Xushan, and they were going to be transferred to the left flank of Dengzhou, and the rocket launchers they used were very simple, just a few wooden poles, which could be assembled to launch rockets similar to Congreve.

Chen Xin transferred the rocket corps to the left flank, which was to use the long range of Congreve rockets, and the formation of the main force of the cavalry on the right wing of the Jin after the chaos, Liu Pojun asked Chen Xin: "My lord, the right wing of the Houjin is extremely strong, if we don't suppress their middle lane, once Huang Taiji really attacks, the first battalion may be difficult to stop so many Houjin soldiers." ”

"Let them come." Chen Xin said firmly: "Houjin is stronger than the horsemen, most of its horsemen are on the side of Rotor Mountain, and the two yellow flag horsemen in the middle are also biased to the west, even if the official defeats the two blue flags of Ertaizi Village at this time, most of the Houjin horsemen can escape, and the official needs to stick everywhere, especially Rotor Mountain." ”

"Then give Huang Taiji a fatal blow, and it will be difficult for the horsemen in the stalemate to escape."

Chen Xin nodded and said: "Because of the imperial court, although we are not listening to the tune now, but it is not to the point of tearing our faces, after driving away Jiannu, the civil officials of the imperial court will definitely come, Dengzhou Town needs to take advantage of this winter to actually control Liaodong, so this battle must be eliminated as much as possible, and Jiannu must not be given the opportunity to delay in Liaozhong, and even play another trick of negotiating peace, it must be destroyed by the main force in a battle, and the recovery of Liaodong will be completed within a month, We can have two or three months to control all the key points in Liaodong and establish a grassroots system, so we must not only defeat Huang Taiji, but also recreate slaves as much as possible. ”

Liu Pojun looked back at the tens of thousands of Dengzhou soldiers in the rear formation, and only then did he transfer a thousand cavalry headquarters, and now there are two thousand headquarters of the first guard battalion, the second guard battalion, the thousand-strong guards cavalry team, the combat engineer company and the second cavalry battalion.

The front-line troops have been spread out, and these troops behind are the fists that Chen Xin has withdrawn, and if you want to achieve Chen Xin's campaign goal, it depends on the use of these troops.

Chen Xin pointed to the Rotor Mountain and said: "Rotor Mountain is a natural barrier, as long as the first battalion guards the Rotor Mountain Village, the best assault road for the right wing army of the Houjin Soldiers is to bypass the west side of the Rotor Mountain from Zhangwangzhai, and it will not be so easy for Huang Taiji to retreat at that time." ”

Liu Pojun agreed, but Huang Taiji could definitely see it, depending on whether he was determined to use his forces like that. At this time, the stalemate in Ertaizi Village showed that the Jin soldiers could use the bunker to fight against Dengzhou's firearms, which may give Huang Taiji confidence.

While observing, Chen Xin suddenly whispered, "It's here." ”

Liu Pojun looked up to the west, and Chen Xin pointed to the front, "It's the yellow flag in the middle road, and Huang Taiji has increased his troops to Wangjiatun." ”

"If he wants to completely capture Wangjiatun, is he going to attack from the middle?" Liu Pojun muttered to himself suspiciously.

Chen Xin and the two immediately stepped off the platform to discuss with several senior operational staff officers of the Military Command Division. The ruins of Wangjiatun are larger, and at present, the third battalion of Dengzhou and Jiannu each occupy a part, and several staff officers believe that the purpose of Huang Taiji is to stabilize the middle road, and at the same time, the reserve of Dengzhou's rear formation is mobilized, and the Huang Taiji army does not have much advantage, and the biggest threat to Houjin is the reserve of Dengzhou's second formation. Huang Taiji's biggest advantage is the mobile surname, and the best plan is to use the offensive to mobilize the Dengzhou reserves to move constantly, so as to expose the flaws in Dengzhou Town.

Chen Xin did not mobilize any troops, and the third battalion in front of Wangjiatun sent a mandarin duck formation division to join the battle for Wangjiatun.

White smoke rose from the front of Dengzhou's left flank, and the rocket company began to fire rockets, and the range of three miles could cover most of the cavalry formation on the right flank of Houjin.

Just after a round of fighting, the lookout post next to him shouted loudly to everyone: "About 3,000 Jiannu right-wing infantry troops are mobilized, the flag is inlaid with white flags, and the direction is Rotor Mountain Village; About 1,500 horsemen on the right wing of Jiannu were mobilized, with the banner of Jiannu Mongolian Left Battalion, facing Zhangwangzhai; 2,000 Jiannu right horsemen were mobilized, and the banner was the Korqin Department of the Outer Domain, and the direction was Zhangwangzhai ......"

Chen Xin raised his head and smiled: "The three lines are all fighting, so it's good." ”