The current situation is that the two sides are engaged in a decisive battle in the steppe.

Among them, Houjin had more than 30,000 archers, 20,000 infantry, and 500 artillerymen; The Ming army had 5,000 firecrackers, 1,000 artillerymen, 30,000 infantry as auxiliaries, and 20,000 Guanning iron cavalry; Houjin had 10 red-coated cannons, and the Ming Dynasty had 20 Franco-cannon cannons, plus 5 Hongyi cannons.

In terms of the number of firearms, the Ming Dynasty had an absolute advantage.

From the point of view of the will to fight and the sense of battle, Houjin has a slight advantage, which is equivalent to the case of a field battle, the Houjin soldiers get a 50% buff of increased combat effectiveness, and in the case of a field battle, the Ming army will suffer a 50% debuff except for the Guanning Iron Cavalry. It can also be seen that in the case of a field battle, the combat effectiveness of Houjin will be doubled. Not to mention, now that Houjin has just lost a prince (posthumously sealed), it can be regarded as a mourning soldier, and his combat effectiveness has been improved in a new round.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and this is no longer the time to chat face-to-face.

The artillery had already been prepared, and Houjin's cavalry moved quickly. Of course, the Guanning Iron Cavalry on the Ming side also moved for the first time to block the scattered Houjin cavalry. Then Jin had to disperse, and the only result of gathering together was to become bait for the opponent's artillery array.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer, and Houjin's arrow was finally shot. At the same time, the artillery and guns in the Ming position were also fired.

The total number of both sides changed in an instant, and the bow and arrow flew farther with the help of the inertia of the horse's running, which made the advantage of the firearm be weakened by a certain distance, but don't forget that the Ming also had auxiliaries, and the infantry had already prepared, holding their shields high just so that the firecrackers could reduce some casualties.

The firecrackers also followed Sun Chengzong's order, shooting in rows and rows, the distance between the two sides was still farther, and Houjin adopted the means of wandering shooting, and the distance between the horses was relatively far, which made the damage caused by a salvo far lower than the lead bullets fired.

Yes, the Ming army used buckshot, not Mini. At that time, Jinyiwei stole the drawings, and only the drawings of the fire gun were stolen, but the drawings of the Mini bullet were not stolen, which made Daming have no other choice than to continue to use the most primitive lead bullet. Without Mini bullets, the range naturally can't go up, not to mention that these muskets are all works that cut corners, and many musketeers don't even dare to fill up the gunpowder.

Not to mention, the formula of this gunpowder has not yet reached the extreme of black powder, and a series of backwardness makes the range of this firearm far greater than that of the Ming Dynasty, and the rate of fire has also increased a lot, but the weakness is that compared with bows and arrows, there is still a big gap.

But it doesn't matter, at a distance, there is something else to use as cover.

Like, artillery!

Yes, the Franc cannon, the Hongyi cannon was fired at this moment! The target, naturally, is the opponent's artillery array, which is definitely not easy to move. And the other party was not to be outdone, but also aimed at the artillery array of the Ming Dynasty and shelled.

A large number of shells drew arcs and sprayed out towards the front, poor Ming and Houjin troops, they used solid bullets. This means that when a cannonball hits, it can only be attacked at a single point or in a straight line, and there is no way to spread the damage of the attack.

Rao is like this, the black smoke billowing in the sky, the terrifying screams and the tragic situation after being hit by a cannonball will still directly stimulate the nerves and make people afraid. Only then will everyone realize that in the face of powerful artillery, the so-called force is actually nothing more than a joke. At this time, all people are equal, there is no distinction between high and low status, only luck and bad luck.

Don't forget jì, the founder of Houjin, the ancestor of the country, the wild boar skin, died in the shelling. In the original history, Huang Taiji also died from shelling.

The cannonballs are flying, but the difference is that Houjin can only fire ten shells on his side, which feels sparse. Even if Da Ming's side received harassment from the cavalry, he still fired more than 20 shells, but it was a black patch.

In the first round, Houjin was destroyed by two red-coated cannons, and more than 300 warriors were killed at the same time; The Ming lost 600 soldiers, three Franc cannons were destroyed, and two more were blown up. The firecrackers were not too optimistic either, with more than 300 firecrackers exploding.

"Why do you add so much gunpowder?" He always looked at the soldiers in front of him who were blown up but still alive, and asked them.

"Sir Qiqi, we added according to the basic amount of gunpowder, and this has already exceeded ten bullets, and it has been fine......" The soldier was helpless.

"Didn't Elder Sun Ge educate us before? No matter how good the craftsmanship is, it will still break if it is used too much, so the gunpowder is filled according to eighty percent, and it must not be filled according to the regular formula, in order to avoid exploding at such a critical juncture. Look at it, more than 300 of you blew up their chests, not only destroying more than 300 firearms, but also injuring more than 200 robes around them. The general said bitterly.

"Come on, don't talk nonsense, since the fire gun has exploded, go back to the rear immediately, and use it as an auxiliary to block bullets for the other robes!" The guerrilla generals couldn't stand it anymore, so they finally drew a way.

Since Shangguan said so, it naturally became a foregone conclusion. Since the firecrackers don't have the firearms, they lose the possibility of fighting the enemy. It's just that they were originally wearing ordinary cotton armor, but they were not as strong as the auxiliaries, and letting them be auxiliaries would be a matter of death.

However, at this moment, they had no other choice, if they wanted to escape, Shangguan probably wouldn't mind killing them for desertion.

In the blink of an eye, the two sides fought each other for several rounds.

Houjin made full use of their mounted archery, which was their invincible tactical means in the field. And Da Ming also gave full play to the power of the firecracker, as well as the fact that there are more artillery than Houjin, and slowly advanced with the cooperation of artillery, shooting little by little, and actually beat Houjin to lose his temper.

After a few rounds, Da Ming's side killed at least more than 3,000 Houjin soldiers, which was definitely a rare victory in the past. As for how many soldiers he died, he didn't care too much, after all, in these years, human life is cheap, and recruiting soldiers is the easiest thing. Daming is different from Houjin, Houjin's full people are less than a million, one less dead, Daming has a population of 20,000, even if it dies hundreds of thousands, it is not a problem.

Seeing that the odds of victory were in hand, the Ming army advanced step by step under the leadership of Sun Chengzong, and finally, their shortcomings were exposed.

First, there is insufficient funds and insufficient follow-up supplies of materials. The gunpowder and ammunition of the musketeers and artillerymen were depleted in the pursuit after pursuit!

Second, it is a false process, cutting corners is a common thing, of course, the situation of cutting corners in the Manchu Shenji Battalion is even worse, but that is the original history, and now I don't talk about this. It is only said that in order to save some money, these firearms and artillery have been cut corners for a certain amount of time, which makes the durability of firearms insufficient.

After a few ** shots, there are many blow-ups in the artillery and firearms, and many times they have not hurt the other party, and as a result, they have hurt themselves.

In the end, less than 500 of the 5,000 musketeers could still be used, and the artillery was also completely wiped out. At this time, the main force of Houjin had not yet been destroyed.

Huang Taiji is not a fool, he pays close attention to the battlefield Yiqiē, and even constantly retreats to lure the Ming army to attack is also the basic strategy he formulated, it is very interesting that the Ming army was really fooled, in order to expand the results of the battle, they even thought that they were so broken.

Houjin, where is there such a thing as a rout, even if you want to retreat, you just retreat calmly!

In the end, the main force of Houjin has not yet been extinct, and the main combat power of the Ming Dynasty is already negligible, so Houjin turned the horse's head, but he killed a horse pistol.

A battle that was supposed to be won, even if it was a small victory, was reversed in an instant.