Several forwards left the line of white armor and galloped towards Matouguan and the southern mountain pass respectively, and their riding skills were very skillful. Huang Taiji reformed the military system, each Niu Lu roughly set the white armor soldiers fifteen to seventeen people, and the white armor was divided into the forward soldiers, that is, the forward battalion of the later Manchu Qing Dynasty, each Niu Lu two people, in the Houjin army to assume the role of sentinel cavalry, is the elite of the whole army.

In real history, Huang Taiji's military reform has been nearly completed in the eighth year of Tiancong, and the Niu Lu of each banner is becoming a population unit, Niu Lu really needs to hold a separate military position to lead the army, but now because of his declining prestige, the progress of each flag is different, the two yellow flags, the red flag, and the blue flag are basically changed, and the other flags are just a look.

The wooden bridge on the Tang River is nearly two miles away from Matouguan, the river channel is relatively open, and the bank is relatively gentle, which is a relatively rare open terrain in Lingqiu Road.

During the time when the whistle horse was galloping, Abatai's cattle stopped one after another, and Abatai looked back, and the long queue of people behind him blocked the narrow mountain road. He was satisfied in his heart, in addition to here, he also caught thousands of young men in the Yingzhou camp, and he could replenish the coats this year, but it would take at least a few years to replenish the armor soldiers, and slowly replenish them from these coats and the birth of the Jurchens.

However, Darha's three bulls were still moving forward, and had already crossed the wooden bridge over the Tang River, and Abatai didn't care, after all, there was no definite threat to exist, and Darha's own decision on his own behavior was beyond his control.

A few sentries turned into small dots, and there was nothing unusual about them, and Abatai also felt that he might be a little too cautious, from behind the entrance. The various units of the Xuanda army were very resolute in defending the city, and there were not many opportunities for the Houjin soldiers to find a fortification. But as far as field warfare is concerned, it is not even a fleeing from the wind. It didn't appear at all.

He was about to give the order to continue advancing, when suddenly a few slight gunshots rang out in the wind, Abatai's pupils contracted instantly, and he looked in the direction of Matouguan, a little far away, he couldn't see exactly, he could only see that there seemed to be some small dots, as if he had encountered the sentry cavalry of the Ming army. Abatai immediately turned his gaze to the south, and there was an anomaly in the southern mountain pass. After a volley of gunfire, the two sentry riders were knocked over at the turn.

"All the armor soldiers and the rest of the soldiers dismount and line up! Bagala, go up the mountain," Abatai quickly made a decision and calmly ordered to the back. It would be a disaster to turn around on such a mountain trail, not to mention the large number of refugees and carts on the trail behind.

Darha also greeted the soldiers on the other side of the Tang River, and his three cattle were about three hundred people. Because the Zhenglan Banner had just passed, they still thought that the Ming army that appeared here would only be the sentry horses of some generals, not a large number of men. He was also confident that he would defeat any Ming army in this terrain. Or ten times more than the ordinary Ming army.

When the conch horn sounded, the Jiading behind them rushed to the formation and hurriedly set up a formation under the leadership of Pashiku and Niu Lu Ezhen, while Bayala climbed a few small slopes to the east. Occupy the high ground to cover the armoured soldiers coming from a long queue. The nearby Baoyi also rushed with knives and waited until the soldiers defeated the Ming army. They can also chase it down.

A red figure appeared in the distance, and Abatai's eyes kept rolling in both directions. Judging the number of people. Most of the border troops of the Ming army were red jackets, so Abatai didn't notice anything wrong from a distance. The reds of the north soon converged into a line. Pushing towards the south, the few remaining sentinels were fleeing for their lives.

"That's a lot of people." Abatai thought in his heart, he saw that Darha had gathered more than 100 of his people, and more than 100 coats, and the armor soldiers behind him were also rushing, and Abatai decided to deal with the Ming army coming from the south.

Darha didn't have time to gather all his men and horses, and led nearly 200 armored soldiers who crossed the river to meet the battle, and there were more than 100 coats behind him.

Abatai also urged the men and horses to go south, he was less than two hundred, about one hundred and fifty, and the others were mostly in the rear team to guard the people, and they couldn't be collected for a while.

The Ming army in the south was smaller in number than in the north, and as they advanced, they widened their front, which by this time had extended into the dry river.

Abatai's brows furrowed, as the distance approached, the movements of the Ming army on the opposite side became more and more familiar, Abatai's eyes widened and widened, the distance approached three hundred steps, the short clothes on the opposite side were exactly the same as the Dengzhou Town in Lushun, and rows of snow-bright sharp blades flashed on his head, and soon a strange horn sounded.

The Houjin soldiers in the front row also found out that something was wrong, they all participated in the battle of Lushun, and the military number in the Ming army on the opposite side was only Dengzhou, and the total number was only two or three hundred, but their advance was very resolute, although the formation was slightly chaotic, but there was no hesitation, and the posture of hitting up headlong was not at all like the shrinking of ordinary Ming troops. The advance of the Houjin soldiers in front slowed down significantly, and several Niu Lu Ezhen and Paishku were still turning their heads to look at the direction of Abatai.

A seven-foot red flag fluttered on the opposite side, and Abatai suddenly found a flying tiger on it, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva with a grunt, and hurriedly turned his head to look at the north, Darha was still a little far from the Ming army, and continued to advance.

Abatai quickly judged that his men were not opponents based on the number of people on the opposite side, he gritted his teeth and shouted at Goshha beside him, "Mingjin, all run to Guangchang, you open the way in front, and those who stand in the way are cut down." ”

As soon as Goshha left, the golden sound sounded, and the front inlaid with yellow flags collapsed instantly, and the armor soldiers and white armor turned around and rushed, cutting down all the clothes that had not yet reacted behind, clashing all the way, rushing back and forth, waving their knives at the people of the Ming Kingdom who stayed on the road......

When the sound of gold came from afar, Brother Guan was only about 300 steps away from the Houjin soldiers who crossed the bridge, the first company spread out along the west bank of the Tang River, and the front was a detachment scattered into three squads, and the first company was changed from a mixed spear and musket to a pure firearms unit, and even the establishment was still in the same state, and the training requirements given to Zhong Laosi by the Military Affairs Department also included exploring the most suitable establishment, but the change of establishment was thought to be a large-scale adjustment of grassroots officers and soldiers, and Zhong Laosi had not yet started to carry out it in order to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

The infantry formation of the dragoons is now dominated by three lines, which is the formation previously adopted by the detachment.

The first company was seventy paces wide and almost filled the open area on both sides of the road on the west bank, with the left flank just above the dry riverbed of the Don River, and the second company was similarly deployed, twenty paces behind the first.

Zhou Shao'er in front was holding a saber ten steps in front of the queue, and the standard-bearer walked beside him with the red flag of the first company, and Brother Guan only needed to tilt his head to see them. The platoon commander and the flag captain are five steps in front of the formation, controlling the speed of the team to follow the flag.

Brother Guan carried a flintlock pistol and maintained a jog with his comrades, the drummer did not play the dots, and the winding roads and rugged river banks made their queues look chaotic, not as straight as they were in training, but everyone could still ensure that the formation was dense.

There are only two hundred steps left in the Houjin army formation in front, if the artillery is there, it can start shelling, but Brother Guan didn't see the artillery following up, the other party suddenly sent a sentry horse, Zhong Laosi had to order to attack in advance, advance quickly, and contain the front of the Houjin soldiers, not letting them retreat, the artillery was not ready, and was left behind.

According to Brother Guan's experience, the first round of Houjin soldiers is generally very fierce, and now there is no used spear, and Brother Guan is still a little weak in his heart.

Soon after Mingjin, people in front suddenly shouted horse neighing, in the stunned eyes of Brother Guan, the original formation of the yellow flag armor soldiers was in chaos, hundreds of Houjin soldiers screamed loudly, scrambling to escape onto the narrow wooden bridge, and people were squeezed off the bridge deck one after another, falling into the icy water flowing under the bridge. Brother Guan looked at those Houjin soldiers with his mouth open, and the Houjin soldiers he met in Fuzhou had never looked like this.

A military horn sounded, and the flag leaned forward at a greater angle.

The flag captain shouted, "Run forward!" ”

Brother Guan sped up his speed, and kept looking at Zhou Shao'er's position with his spare eyes, recently he was indebted to Zhou Shao'er to help him train, Brother Guan finally reached the standard with countless additional training, and had surpassed most of the soldiers of the dragoon, every time he saw Zhou Shao'er's back, he felt a kind of peace of mind.

The bridge was crowded with Houjin soldiers, who originally dismounted and fought on foot, and the horses rode across the river, but at this time they were also running around in the chaos, aggravating the chaos of the Houjin soldiers. A large banner of solid mountain forehead fluttered a few times at the bridgehead, and then disappeared.

Dengzhou Town quickly arrived fifty paces away from the bridgehead under the rapid advance, the detachment in front gave way to the two wings, suppressed the small number of archers on the opposite side with a salvo of squads, and as soon as the stop horn sounded, all the dragoons stopped in unison, and the eldest brother Guan gasped and put the flintlock pistol on his shoulder at his side.

"First line, squat!" Zhou Shao'er's hoarse voice came.

Brother Guan in the first line immediately squatted down, and the Houjin soldiers in front of him became more and more panicked, only less than ten armor soldiers were shooting with bows and arrows, scattered arrows, and there was a low muffled snort in the queue, those arrows had to shoot through the chain mail in fifty steps, and they still had no strength.

"Ready!"

Brother Guan raised his gun in response, and pulled the dragon head to the firing position with the thumb of his right hand, and the queue was full of clicking sounds.

"Aim!" Zhou Shao'er shouted faster than when he was training.

More than 200 flintlock pistols were flattened in unison, and one was placed on the head of Brother Guan, and the third line poked out from the gap in the second row, and the detachment in front of them were all lying on the ground, and the Houjin soldiers at the head of the bridge shouted hysterically, these Tartar soldiers who were imposing in front of the people did not look like a strong army at this time.

"Put!"

More than two hundred flintlock pistols spewed smoke, and the thunderous salvo echoed in the valley, and the Houjin soldiers at the bridgehead fell down one by one, and the screams were earth-shattering, and more than a dozen horses scurrying around them also fell in this volley, struggling on the ground.

Later, Zhong Lao's four-controlled charge horn sounded.

"Charge!" Zhou Shao'er roared and rushed out first, the flag captains of the various leaders shouted in unison, and more than two hundred battle infantry followed them and rushed towards the bridge.

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