In order to raise the army of 800,000 troops, the Liao court issued an edict ordering the Liao people to only store three months' winter grain and spring seeds, and the rest were collected by the imperial court, and violators were punished for resisting the decree.

Although this decree allowed him to raise all the rations, it also deprived him of the last of his subjects, all of whom were waiting for the outcome of the battle.

Yelu Jing naturally felt this, but he believed that as long as he won the war, he would be able to completely regain the prestige, reputation, and all his lovers, including the hearts and minds of the people.

Forced by the increasing domestic pressure and the pressure of military food and materials, Yelu Jing couldn't wait, and the time was not on his side, so he could only write a letter to order Yelu Xiuge to attack the Ming army as much as possible to recover the lost territory of the Liao State south of the Huang River, so as to give an explanation to the country.

It's a pity that Yelujing didn't know that in fact, the victory or defeat of this battle no longer meant anything to Yelujing personally, and he was doomed to be a loser since he ordered to collect the 800,000 troops and ordered to loot the rations of the people in the country for the winter. Regardless of whether this battle is lost or won, he can no longer sit firmly on the throne of the emperor of Liao. The Khitan royal family has begun to connect, Yelu Jing knows but can no longer stop it, he can only hope that the victory in this battle will bring him a chance to turn the tables.

As Yelu Jing's henchman, Yelu Hugo naturally knew Yelu Jing's difficulties, so he couldn't disobey Yelu Jing's will and launch a general attack in advance.

In the early morning of the first day of the first month of March, before the sky was bright, 400,000 Liao troops had quietly assembled on the north bank of the Huang River, and the sky had just dawned. The Ming soldiers found that the Liao army had swam into the middle of the Huang River.

The war officially broke out.

The defensive positions of the Ming army were built ten zhang from the river bank, because the effective range of the musket was within fifteen zhang. Therefore, ten zhang offshore is the most suitable position, which can not only obstruct the enemy who is about to land, but also carry out precision strikes on the enemy who has already landed, and most importantly, once the enemy lands, the throwing distance of the grenade of the Ming soldiers is about ten zhang.

Baili Yi was informed, and he was not in a hurry. It was still ordered that the Liao army must wait for the landing of the shore before starting the attack. And the only thing he did that was different from the previous one was to order the artillery to be ready for firing. The target is the north bank of the Huang River.

The Huanghe River is not wide, the widest part is more than 20 zhang, the narrowest place is only more than 10 zhang, and it is placed in the artillery behind the Ming army's defensive position for one mile. Any area on the Huang River can be blocked. In fact, this is also the real reason why Baili Wuji can face 600,000 Liao troops and fight boldly, within three miles, the artillery of the Ming army is like the iron cavalry of Jeruzara, that is the real king of the battlefield.

The soldiers of the Liao army swam forward with all their might, although they did not know the nature of the water, but the water of the Huang River was not deep, and the soldiers often carried a log or plank together in three or four people and swam forward in the river.

Fortunately, the Huang River is not wide, otherwise it would have been the current weather. The Liao soldiers were afraid that they would reach the other side and would not have the strength to attack the Ming army. But the distance of twenty or so zhang. It was also enough to exhaust these Liao soldiers who did not know water.

And this is not the most difficult part, Yelu Huge's biggest headache is that the Liao army is good at cavalry, and at this time, the war horse can not cross the river with it, and the consequence is that the Liao army can only rely on the scimitar in his hand to fight the enemy, which makes the Liao army's combat power four or five out of ten, and it is already the most to retain half of the combat power.

Without the resistance of the Ming army, it still took more than half an hour for the forward soldiers of the Liao army to "conquer" the Huang River, and the first batch arrived on the south bank.

Yelu Hugo is not a fool, the Ming army, like himself, has been preparing for this war for several months, and now let the Liao army cross the river, except for conspiracy, there is no other explanation, and the artillery of the Ming army has not yet appeared, this is the sharpest knife hanging over the head of the Liao army.

Jerehugo even had the urge to order the withdrawal again, but Jerujing's will hindered his impulse.

Yelu Hugo can only order the army to continue to cross south, he hopes that with the advantage of 600,000 troops in numbers, with human lives to consume the Ming army, even if it is worth fighting to the death, after all, as long as this line of Ming army is exhausted, it is quite difficult for the Ming State to send troops north from the Central Plains, therefore, the Liao State has every chance to recover the lost territory of Dading Mansion and its surroundings.

On the surface of the Huang River, there is no water in sight, only the wriggling tide of Liao soldiers.

And it was at this time that Bailiyi ordered the artillery to cover the target.

Suddenly, the sound of "booming" artillery firing covered up any noisy sound around the Huang River, and then the smoke column and dust raised on the north bank of the Huang River obscured everyone's sight, whether it was the Ming army or the Liao army soldiers, they couldn't see anything on the north bank at once, and this was a huge blow to the psychology of the Liao soldiers who swam to the south bank, they didn't know what happened on the north bank, and in the smoke and dust, whether the follow-up troops of the Liao army were unharmed.

Just when the Liao army on the south bank was in chaos, Bailiyi ordered the Ming army of the fortifications on the south bank to launch an attack on the Liao army on the shore.

This is a tragic massacre, it is said that it is tragic, because the Liao army has no power to fight back, and even has no possibility of escaping, the soldier's leather armor and pants are soaked by the river water, and it is too late to take off and wring it out.

Most of the soldiers were stupid and let the Ming army shoot and kill, the dense firepower made the Liao soldiers fall down in pieces, the Liao army behind began to retreat, but there was no way to retreat, behind the bank is the Huang River, the Huang River is full of dense Liao soldiers, some of them have stepped on the shore of the shallows, half of their bodies have been exposed on the water, and some are still in the water, only the head and neck are exposed, the crowded scene in the river makes the Liao army in front of them have nowhere to retreat, and even take a step back to the river, you can step on the head or shoulders of the soldiers.

On the other side, when Yelu Hugo suffered a sudden change, he issued an order that made the generals under his command very dissatisfied, that is, to order the entire Liao army on the north bank to retreat to five miles away to stand by, he did not send the Liao army to rescue the Liao army that had been swam across, but decisively broke his arm to survive and preserve his strength.

On the south bank, after waiting for the muskets to fire for half an hour, Bailiyi issued an order for 100,000 new troops on the south bank to countercharge, and at the same time ordered Chen Yanzheng's troops to stay in the fortifications.

Armed with bayonets, 100,000 new troops jumped up from the trenches like hungry tigers pounced on sheep, shouting in unison the slogan of "driving the Liao army down the Huang River" and rushed towards the chaotic Liao army landing troops. (To be continued......)