When Chen Xin received the battle report from the forward, he was still hurrying in the desolate wilderness at the foot of Dajian Mountain, and he was a little proud after knowing that he had stopped Dolgon's main force, Liu Pojun quickly went to give an order to General Qian, so that the army could increase its speed.

Chen Xin led the 1,000th headquarters of the Guards Battalion, the difference between the Guards Battalion and the ordinary soldiers is that the soldiers' helmets are printed with white lacquer in the shape of a tiger's head, they are mandarin duck formations, in the flexible surnames to adapt to different combat conditions, far better than the phalanx soldiers, and it is also the most skilled formation used by the generals of Dengzhou Town, so Chen Xin has specially reserved a thousand headquarters for each battalion in the new establishment, so that a single battalion can have a greater flexible surname when fighting.

Today's Dengzhou town population base has increased greatly, this year will exceed 300,000, with the largest number of displaced people in Shandong, there are also some people from Henan and North Zhili who come to visit, there are many people who have practiced martial arts in the north, the mobilization department will select the basic soldiers separately in the reserve army, as the reserve training of the mandarin duck array, skilled instructors and standardized canons make the supplementary time greatly reduced, and the power of the Dengzhou system is slowly emerging.

"My lord, the cavalry battalion has suffered a bit of a big loss this time." Lu Chuanzong listened to the battle report on the side, and recalled it in his mind, "Seven hundred people have lost more than seventy, which is already a loss of vitality. ”

Chen Xin nodded, "Yicheng has been killed or wounded, but Jiannu's losses are even greater, as long as the morale is safe, it will be easy to fight later." ”

Lu Chuanzong also agreed: "It is said that there are definitely twenty or thirty white armors, and it will take many years for these people to die to make up for it, and now that we are in southern Liaoning, they may not be able to make up for it." ”

At this time, the infantry behind began to accelerate, Chen Xin increased the speed of his horse slightly, and led the guards to pull the distance forward, so as not to affect the march behind, and after he walked out for a while, he said casually to Lu Chuanzong: "Are your hands itching too?" ”

"Yes, my lord, after being on Mi Island last year, the old 1,000 headquarters did not fight a hard battle, and this reorganization has also been messed up, and my subordinates also want to have the opportunity to come to Liaonan to lead the troops to fight, sharpen the people, and say that I can serve the adults more."

Chen Xin knew that Lu Chuanzong felt a little cold, and was ready to show his loyalty. This time, he brought Lu Chuanzong to southern Liaoning because the main forces of the guard battalion were transferred, and he was a little uneasy about Lu Chuanzong, so he specially took him with him to control him.

As a matter of fact, he knew very well that now each battalion has staff officers, non-commissioned officers, deputy battalion officers, training officers, and military judges, and the power of the chief officer is already very small, and the soldiers' families and assets are under the control of the civil administration.

As long as there is no problem with the general trend of Denglai, then no one will rebel, but for Chen Xin, maintaining the stability of the team is the most important thing, Lu Chuanzong is only slightly shaken, and there is no out-of-the-ordinary behavior, it is not suitable to completely enter the cold palace, and he also wants to take advantage of this expedition to southern Liaoning to give Lu Chuanzong a chance.

At this time, he smiled slightly when he heard this: "There is a chance to fight, you should have two sons now, right?" ”

Lu Chuanzong lowered his voice and said: "It's rare for adults to remember, it is indeed two, and there are two daughters, and there is another one in the belly of the concubine, I don't know if it is a man or a woman." ”

Chen Xin laughed, "I have so many children, and now I am better than before, but the prices and housing prices in Dengzhou are also expensive, can you have enough monthly salary?" If it's not enough, just come and talk to the official. ”

"My lord said with a smile, you know that my house didn't cost money, it was robbed from a big family, and the monthly expenses are not much."

"It's good at the end of the year, half of this year has passed, you have 1,000 taels of shares in Sihai Trading Company, and this year's dividends will be at least two or three hundred taels."

Lu Chuanzong looked up and said in surprise: "So many? ”

Chen Xin looked at the mountain shadow in front of him and said lightly: "This is the power of commerce, but all commerce must be guaranteed by agriculture and force, otherwise the silver will be someone else's in the end." ”

Lu Chuanzong said astringently: "The subordinates don't understand this, in short, what the adults say, the subordinates will do it." The silver is enough, my lord, your house is very frugal, the villains all know, and they will not compare these expenses with others, and now even the Qinglou is less. ”

Chen Xin smiled and said: "There is no need to deliberately save, the silver is used for spending, it should be used, it should be used for use, we should go to the Qinglou to the Qinglou, we are a military town, not a monk temple." It was difficult enough for you before, the income of the soldiers and generals in our Dengzhou town is about the same, and the income of the generals is lower than that of other military towns, it is not that the officers deliberately want to treat the generals poorly, and the treatment of the officers will be improved, but not from the soldiers, in the end, the soldiers can live a good life, and we can live a good life. ”

Chen Xin pointed to the ruins of a village in the barren grass in front of him, "The barrenness around you, why are the millions of Han people in Liaodong back then defeated by tens of thousands of Jiannu?" At that time, there were countless rich gentry and officials in Liaodong, where have they gone now, just like when you were suffering in Tianjin, are you willing to die for the imperial court? ”

Lu Chuanzong immediately said: "I don't want to, I'll go and mix some military salaries at most." ”

"It is precisely like this, whether it is a general, a soldier, or a tunhu, they are all members of Dengzhou Town, and together they are called Dengzhou Town. Without them, Dengzhou Town is no different from an ordinary military town, just like Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng and Geng Zhongming were in Dengzhou back then, because there was no strong organization, the Liao soldiers and Liao people were bullied everywhere, and who was willing to go to Daling River to aid Liao? Who will go to war for you, the Lord? You have to remember that each of our victories is the result of the joint efforts of the soldiers, everyone's strength is very small, away from the collective of Dengzhou Town, it will be like a fish leaving the water, and the war will not be so neat, if we Dengzhen generals are separated from Dengzhen, a single place is a general, although powerful in the camp, but there are also officials who want to look good, money and food are controlled everywhere, and they are bullied by the gentry outside, and in our Dengzhou Town, they have their own divisions to share, and the main general is only responsible for the war, the money and food are sufficient, and the generals are dignified, so that there is a strong army today, Once put into an ordinary military town, the soldiers have no heart to fight, how can a main general win the battle. In comparison, it is clear at a glance which is better and which is inferior. ”

Lu Chuanzong's face turned slightly red when he was fooled by Chen Xin, he knew that Chen Xin had already pointed out, but it was better to hint at him than to treat him coldly in private, so he bowed down and said: "My subordinates have figured it out, and I will always think of it at that time, loyal to Lord Chen, loyal to Dengzhou Town." ”

Chen Xin smiled and nodded: "In addition to loyalty, we must also think more about tactics and strategy, now that there are more and more people, it can be seen that the area and scale of the operation must also be expanded, and the officer must also continue to summarize and learn, this time I brought you to southern Liaoning, but also to let you feel it personally, after you go back, you must sum up your own experience, about the operation of the large corps, about the mobile ...... of the army."

Lu Chuanzong nodded again and again......

When Chen Xin was in a hurry and gushing, Dolgon had already arrived two miles south of the ferry, and at this time the Ming army was in a strict formation, the infantry and cavalry were sitting on the ground to rest, and the corpses of the Houjin soldiers who died in the battle just now were still in place, but the armor and human heads were gone.

Dolgon's young face, but there is no anger, although he is only twenty years old, but used to seeing life and death on the battlefield, not to mention that the enemy wants to pull out clothes, even the Houjin army itself, and often has to pull out the clothes and armor of comrades, there are many times during the battle of Daling River, and it is also wrapped to pull out the clothes of the dead armor soldiers, Huang Taiji specially punished a group of people, and asked each banner to take care of their own households.

What really made Dolgon angry was that his white-armored soldiers had suffered heavy losses in the forward battle just now, more than thirty white-armored soldiers were killed, and he only had more than two hundred white-armored soldiers in total, plus the loss of the island in Shenmi, he had already lost sixty or seventy old bayalas, which caused a serious loss to his strength, and the shape in front of him could also expand this loss.

More than 2,000 Ming troops were chasing after him on the seashore, and if Dolgon did not want to fall into the trap, he could only break the formation or bypass the military formation. Now the deployment of the Ming army is obviously not easy, and the sentry report is that there is still an infantry coming from the east. If you don't hurry, you will lose the last chance to break through.

On the left flank of the Ming army on the opposite side is the infantry, putting out a total of four phalanxes in front and back, two cannons on both sides of the phalanx, the edge is not far from the river bank, although there is a distance, but the fool also knows that the army cannot pass from there, the right flank of the Ming army is a color of cavalry, Dolgon roughly estimated at six or seven hundred people, and the outer side is a hilly area, they deliberately occupy the west side, in order to facilitate the expansion of the flank, to prevent the Houjin army from using speed to bypass the military formation. If Dolgon had to force his way around, the marching army could be attacked by the Ming cavalry in the inner circle at any time, and once the rear team was cut off, it would be a great defeat.

The official road in the north is empty, there is no trace of reinforcements, Dolgon is full of resentment towards Mang Gurtai at this time, the Ming army is in broad daylight, such a vast area will definitely be ridden by many sentinels, Mang Gurtai can't be unaware of the news, he is now sincere to little Baylor's joke.

At the same time, he was also complaining to himself, if he didn't come out of Fuzhou, the effect might be better, at least there was a city wall to protect it, and the retreat was smooth.

The wolf bèi fled back to Bayala Lama Ezhen was by Dolgon's side, at this time a face of shame, according to his heart expectations, with the white armor of the protector (Bayala) as the arrow, there was no unbreakable Ming army formation, and the Ming cavalry was still a little chaotic at that time, the result was much to his surprise, those Ming troops did not retreat, especially the group of musketeers who rushed from the flank, after shooting at close range, they came up to kill, so that he was still terrified at this time.

Meler Ezhen also had a sad face, he had never fought against this Denglai soldier, but he knew the ability of Kakduli before, and even Kakduli was captured alive by these soldiers, at least it shows that the opposite side is a strong man.

Meler leaned over to Dorgon and asked, "Master, shall we fight or bypass?" ”

Dolgon turned his head to the hills on the left, the hills and grass-men on that side were tall and withered, and it was by no means a good place to pass, and the few passable mountain passes were not wide, and the retreat in front of the enemy was originally a very dangerous action, and the soldiers' hearts would be very frightened, especially the soldiers walking in the rear were worried that they would be surrounded or abandoned at any time, and they were most likely to be shaken. Although the Ming army has not moved now, once they begin to retreat through those narrow mountain passes, the queue will inevitably lengthen or even congestion, and the Ming army may pursue it at that time.

There were still no reinforcements to the north, and Dolgon gritted his teeth, he could only choose to fight, and the sooner the better, at this time, the pursuers did not arrive, and if they were dragged out to the eye, as long as the soldiers found themselves in a siege, they would become vulnerable. Although Dorgon arranged for some horsemen to hold back the Ming army, he did not think that the horsemen could effectively harass the elite infantry of up to 2,000 men, especially since the other side had muskets with a range of more than bows and arrows.

Dolgon immediately made a decision, and pointed at Meler's forehead, "You lead the horsemen to the west side, the horsemen are divided into left and right flanks, and run sideways, and divide the team to contain the two wings of the Ming army's cavalry formation, so that they do not have a chance to hedge, even if they fight, they must be dragged down, and they must not be allowed to flank our infantry army." ”

Meler had also heard of the Battle of Golden State, and the Blue Banner Cavalry Hedge was beaten to pieces, and Dolgon's multi-unit combat method could delay time and avoid the enemy's frontal power.

Meler turned his head to the west, and there was a flat area before reaching the hilly area, but it was not very open, and it was not very difficult to carry out the fight, but he also knew that this was the moment of life and death, so he had to respond.

Dolgon just wanted to lure away the opponent's cavalry, still wanted to carry forward the advantage of foot combat, in fact, he also had a choice, that is, to concentrate all the horsemen on horseback to rush straight to the opponent's cavalry formation, but the place where the Ming army lined up was the hilly closest to the river, and there was almost no place to outflank, and just now Baya La's forehead really encountered him a little worried, if the opponent's infantry was firm enough, the cavalry did not have any advantage, just like the Houjin soldiers also dared to fight against the cavalry of the Ming army with foot, even against the excellent Yehe cavalry, Their superiority is still on foot.

He turned his head to Baya Layan, "Let the infantry dismount and line up, no matter what they used before, this time the front row will all use spears, and Nikan's infantry formation will only have a thousand people, defeat them and open the way to Fuzhou." Mount Buck, you lead the army. ”

Under the vicious gaze of Dolgon, Bakshan could only bow his head and lead the order, he and Meler Ezhen separately organized the people, through the command system of Guò Jia Lae Zhen, Niu Lu Ezhen, Feng De Pa Shiku, and Ling Xuan, and mobilized people and horses at all levels, thousands of Houjin soldiers dismounted one after another, and the infantry soldiers with spears in their hands came to the front row in turn, and what they held in their hands was a four-foot spear with a length almost equal to that of the Ming army.

Last year's battle of Shenmi Island was a severe blow to the confidence of the military aristocracy of the Houjin Dynasty, and Huang Taiji repeatedly convened the people who participated in the war to ask, in terms of armament, the Eight Banners were most concerned about fast small cannons, non-igniting muskets, and finally extra-long spears, artillery and muskets were trial-produced by Huang Taiji in the arrangement of craftsmen, which seemed to be quite difficult, and the best imitation was this spear.

Dolgon, as the banner owner who suffered the most losses on the island, also asked the survivors many times in the banner, although the eight banners were all making spears, but the first to use them in large quantities was Dolgon's own fifteen ox records.

After the golden armor soldiers are skillful, the phalanx is not a difficult formation, the phalanx they form is also very neat, the horsemen are divided into several groups, two of which began to move to the west, making it look like they want to outflank the flanks, and a strange military horn sounded in the cavalry formation of the Ming army, and it also divided into a part and began to move to the outside of the flanks. This kind of trumpet sound also made Dolgon a little strange, he remembered that all the departments said that Denglai was training according to Qi Jiguang's military books, and there were seven or eight kinds of trumpets and drums on those books, but this Ming army seemed to only have this kind of trumpets and foot drums.

Dolgon didn't have time to continue wondering, his tactics basically worked, whether he could get out of the infantry duel now, Dolgon's infantry was slightly more than the Ming army, but the advantage was very weak, and it still depended more on the stronger combat power of the soldiers.

At this time, the infantry was arrayed, and the army was lined with swords and guns, Dolgon waved his hand, and after a conch trumpet, the big drum sounded, and the infantry began to advance calmly.

The infantry of the Ming army also had a military horn, and the soldiers who were sitting on the ground resting stood up together, and the dense spears were erected, almost covering the background of the north, and the Ming army sounded another military horn, and the sound of the step drum sounded sharply, and then it became a step point, and the four phalanxes moved forward at the same time, like a forest of moving spears.

(To be continued)