In ancient times, fighting a war relied on a mouthful of morale, fighting is a body, once the soldiers participating in the war have problems with their body and morale, there will be a big problem, although the Datong army broke out with great courage under the instigation of Wang Pu, and also fought well in the battle just now, but the Datong army commanded by Wang Pu also has a big drawback, that is, it relies too much on its own private army (that is, Jiading), as the core of the main force when the Jiading team casualties are too large, the morale of the troops will inevitably be affected.

Although Wang Pu had 3,000 cavalry and more than 500 family members, his family team suffered nearly 200 casualties in this battle, which had a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Seeing the rout of the Ming army, Engetu and Buyandai naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity, they waved the long knives in their hands, shouted loudly, and commanded the army under their command to chase in the direction of the retreat of the Datong army.

Seeing this situation, Azig, who was watching the battle, smiled, with his understanding of the Ming army, he was sure that once the Ming army in front of him was defeated, it would be difficult to organize a decent counterattack, and Engetu and Buyandai would never let go of this opportunity to beat the water dogs, you must know that they had lost a lot of men and horses just now, and they would not be willing to get this intestine back.

He turned his head to Yanguli and Abatai next to him and said lightly: "Let your men and horses get ready, as long as Engetu and Buyandai tear apart the Ming army's large array, you will immediately kill it, and strive to annihilate this Ming army in one fell swoop!" As long as we can completely annihilate this Ming army, within a radius of six or seven hundred miles around here, it will be our world! ”

"Huh!"

The people next to him also shouted excitedly, and the always brave Abatai had a look of eagerness on his face. Only the old Jiang Yangguli was still a little skeptical, he pointed to the thousands of foot soldiers in the distance and said, "Lord Wang, there is still a Ming army in front that has not yet moved. Isn't it appropriate for us to do this? ”

"Afraid of what?" Abatai laughed, "Isn't it okay to drive the defeated army to storm their own array?" If Ngotu and Buyandai didn't know how to take advantage of this, they would have eaten for so many years! ”

"Hmm!" Azig also nodded, "Ngetu and Buyandai are also veterans, if they can't even do this little thing, they will be too useless." ”

Sure enough, as Azig expected, Engtu and Buyandai were also experienced old men, and they would order to drive the defeated army of the Ming army to the large array of the Yingzhou army without being taught these things. But today they have miscalculated, to say that Wang Pu may not be very desperate in battle, but he seems to be very talented in escaping, under his command. The Datong cavalry consciously bypassed both sides of the battle array, but the Mongolian cavalry behind was a step slower and could only eat ashes in the back.

When the Mongol cavalry led by Engetu and Buyandai rushed to the front of the Yingzhou army, what they saw was the rows of black oppressive phalanxes and the black holes of the dozens of guns in front of the phalanx!

In the center of the phalanx, dozens of six-pounder guns were lined up, and the gunners who had long been ready had already taken their places, the powder packs and projectiles had already been loaded, the fire ropes were already on their faces, and the gunners were half-crouching next to the guns with a torch. Zhao Yongxin held a scimitar in his right hand, his eyes staring ahead. Soon the rumbling hooves of horses sounded, and a large group of black-pressed cavalry soon appeared in his sight.

A general standing behind Zhao Yongxin held a telescope in his hand, looked ahead, and kept reporting the distance of the enemy army.

"The enemy army is a thousand paces away...... Nine hundred steps ......"

"Eight hundred steps!"

"Fire!"

When I hear the distance of eight hundred. Zhao Yongxin shouted, and as soon as his words fell, almost at the same time, a deafening cannon sound rang out. A large cloud of smoke rose up, and one by one the whistling shells rolled and smashed forward.

At this time, it was not only Yue Yang in the phalanx. Even Azig and the others in the back were watching the battle intently with a clairvoyant mirror, and Azig and the others desperately hoped that the two of them could tear a hole open, and then they could wave their army to the Ming army's main position, annihilating the last Ming army in Gyeonggi Fujin.

In the era of cold weapons, the formation of the two armies was very important, in order to strengthen the impact, the two sides often had to line up in a dense formation, and the Mongolian cavalry was no exception, after the pursuit of the Datong cavalry led by Wang Pu failed, they planned to spread their anger on the Yingzhou army in front. The more than 1,000 Mongol cavalry at the front, under the command of their respective officers, rushed to the phalanx of the Yingzhou army, and in their opinion, these slow-moving, poorly reliant foot soldiers could only be defeated at the slightest touch of the cavalry.

But soon, something unexpected happened, and with a rumbling cannon fire, dozens of projectiles flew towards them.

The Mongolian cavalry's charge formation was very densely arranged, which also became the best target for the artillerymen, only to see a projectile hit the chest of a cavalryman at a speed that was difficult to see the naked eye, although the cavalryman was wearing leather armor, but in front of the six-pound projectile was so fragile, wrapped in the high-speed projectile to break his fragile body into a huge blood hole. The projectile continued to leap forward, knocking down three or four horsemen on a rampage along the way before running out of kinetic energy and finally landing on the ground. Dozens of projectiles tore through the bloody path of the Mongol cavalry with a brutal attitude.

Seeing the cavalry tearing apart what stood in front of it, the Mongols were frightened, and many Mongolian cavalry couldn't help but slow down and planned to stop attacking, but they were soon reprimanded by the officers next to them.

"Are you still the descendants of Genghis Khan? Look at what you have all become, hurry forward, the artillery of the Ming army will be wasted after firing, it will take a long time to reload, now hurry up, Changshengtian will not bless the coward! The officers shouted and urged the Mongol cavalry next to them to continue the charge.

On the opposite side, the gunners of the Yingzhou Army turned the cranks, tried to lower the muzzle, and reloaded the shells in less than a minute after cleaning the chambers.

"Fire!"

In Zhao Yongxin's earth-shattering shouting, a gunner lit the fire rope one after another, and dozens of projectiles flew over again.

This time the distance was closer, the gunners barely had to aim, and dozens of projectiles continued the situation just now. The Mongol cavalry in front of him made a blood-colored passage.

"Kill...... Kill it, I want to see how those bright dogs are still launched! ”

At this time, Engetu was also red-eyed, and in just two rounds of shelling, dozens of projectiles took the lives of at least one or two hundred Mongolian cavalrymen, and the power of these projectiles was so great that they simply died when they touched it, and they were crippled when they rubbed it. So far, Engetu's Zhenghong Banner has lost at least 2,000 cavalry, and this loss makes Engetu feel a pain in his liver when he thinks about it. Angry people tend to lose their minds. Engetu was the same today, he waved the scimitar in his hand and desperately drove his men forward, he firmly believed that as long as he could rush to the damned Ming army in front of him, these cowards who could only hide and shoot guns would definitely become fleeing lambs.

At this time, the Mongolian cavalry was less than five hundred steps away from the infantry of the Yingzhou army, and seeing that the Mongolian cavalry was still rushing over regardless of casualties, Zhao Yongxin sneered and ordered loudly: "Clean the cannon chamber." Change the shotgun! ”

"Boom......"

It was clear that the gunner first cleaned the barrel with a large cloth brush, and soon a powder bag was torn open, and a bag of black gunpowder was poured into the barrel, and after a few strokes with a large pestle, a bag of iron balls wrapped in a mesh bag was put into the barrel. The fire rope was also attached.

As Zhao Yongxin's loud voice rang out, the rumbling cannon rang out again, and when they fired, the Mongol cavalry had already rushed to a distance of less than three hundred roads from them.

Bursts of white smoke rose up. Bags of net bags wrapped with iron balls were shot out of the gun chamber, and under the destruction of high temperature and high speed, the net bags immediately dispersed more than 10 meters out of the gun chamber. Dozens of thumb-sized iron pellets flew like raindrops towards the Mongol cavalry in front.

This time, the salvo was different from just now, and the iron pills like scattered flowers of the Heavenly Maiden shot forward like raindrops.

"Ah......h

"Poof...... Puff ......"

Before the Mongol cavalryman could say his last words in the world, his whole head was like a watermelon hit by a high-speed object, and his head burst open with a soft "snap", and blood-red blood and white brains splashed in the air.

There are many people with the same fate as him, more than 30 six-pounder cannons fired thousands of iron pellets, so many iron pellets are scattered at the Mongolian cavalry who charge in a dense formation, even if they close their eyes, they will not fail, this round of artillery bombardment alone has nearly 100 cavalry shot down and dismounted, and the originally dense formation that rushed to the front suddenly became much more sparse.

Such a high casualty rate frightened the Mongols, who had never been subjected to such heavy shelling, and Engetu and Buyandai, who were supervising the battle in the rear, were also frightened by the horrific casualties, and more than 100 people died in a single round of shelling, and the cavalry of their tribe combined was not enough to fight a few shells.

The two glanced at each other, and no longer cared about grabbing any credit, and shouted loudly almost in unison: "Retreat...... Retreat! ”

In fact, there was no need for the two to order, the Mongolian cavalry who had been hit by artillery fire was on the verge of collapse at this time, watching their companions around them be shot down by projectiles one by one and dismounted, these descendants of Genghis Khan, who had long since lost their ancestors' bravery, had long been frightened, and hundreds of cavalry who ran in the front turned their horses and ran around to both sides towards the way they came.

Seeing the retreat of the Mongol soldiers, the Yingzhou army in front of the phalanx couldn't help cheering in unison.

"Wan Sheng!"

"Daming Wansheng!"

Zhao Yongxin even replaced the artillery with six-pound iron pellets and blasted towards the defeated Mongol cavalry.

As soon as the Mongol soldiers in front of them retreated, the Mongol soldiers behind naturally retreated, and they returned to their own camp under the orders of Engetu and Buyandai, and Engetu and the two of them also came to Azig with their heads down and knelt down with shame on their faces.

"King Qiyu Dorojun, we are incompetent and failed to break through the formation of the Ming army, please punish the prince!"

"Bastards, damn bastards, don't they know that this is going to be wasted?"

At this time, Azig's face turned pale, and the whip in his hand was drawn on the two of them without a head, and he turned his head to a Niu Lu next to him and said loudly: "You...... Grab the two idiots, Engetu and Buyandai, and I'm going to cut off the heads of these two cowards and hang them on the flagpole! ”

"Huh!"

The Niu Lu replied loudly, waved his hand, and immediately four Goshkha strode over and grabbed their arms and tried to press them down, but they were quickly stopped by Yanguli.

"Lord, no!"

Yanguli was frightened into a cold sweat, and he hurriedly walked up to Azig and said, "Lord Wang." Ngetu and Buyandai are the hand-picked bannermen of the Great Khan, and it stands to reason that you have no right to dispose of them. Besides, if you kill them, and they still have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under their command, then you can't make a fuss, and what will you do with them then? Once it arouses the dissent of the Mongolian tribes, then the matter will be a big trouble! ”

Yanguli's words poured cold water on Azig's feverish head, and he remembered that he, the commander, was really not qualified to kill two banner masters. Friendship with the Mongol tribes has always been the national policy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and this national policy has always been implemented very thoroughly by the two Great Khans of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji. For decades, I don't know how many Mongolian tribesmen married to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and I don't know how many Manchu Gege married to Mongolian nobles, and the two tribes have long been inextricably linked, and this relationship has been established bit by bit by the Manchus over the decades. Even Huang Taiji can't afford it.

At this time, even Abatai came over and persuaded: "Twelfth brother, these two people can't be killed, in my opinion." Let's let them make meritorious deeds. ”

After everyone's persuasion, Azig's face softened, waved his hand to signal Goshha to let go of the two, and shouted to the two: "Count your fate." There are super princes and spare Baylor to intercede for you, and this king will spare you from death today, but the death penalty can be avoided and the living crime cannot be escaped. Come on, drag them out, and give them twenty lashes each! ”

"Huh!"

Immediately, Goshha stood up, dragged the two to the side and whipped twenty lashes, and after a long while, he saw the two limping over, kneeling down to Azig and thanking: "Thank you for the grace of the prince not to kill!" ”

Azig shouted, "You don't want to thank King Ben, if it weren't for the fact that the two of you still have some use, you wouldn't be able to keep even ten heads!." ”

Engetu hurriedly distinguished: "Lord Wang, it's not that I don't care, it's really that the artillery of the Ming army is too powerful, especially those shotguns, as soon as they are scattered, they are a large piece, and hundreds of iron pellets fly out, although our soldiers are brave, but after all, they are flesh and blood, and we can't stop it!" ”

"!" Azig whipped Engetu's body, and with a snapping sound, he shouted angrily: "Obviously, you are greedy for life and afraid of death, just now you are less than three hundred steps away from the Ming army, as long as you work harder, you can rush to the front of them, and then the iron cavalry will rush, the Ming dogs will naturally collapse, and it will not be for you to slaughter at that time!" But it's good for you to turn around and run away one by one, but you still claim to be the descendants of Genghis Khan, you are a bunch of cowards! ”

In the face of Azig's scolding, the two were speechless, and could only bear it silently, until Azig was tired, and then stopped. Azig pointed at the two and scolded: "This king will give you another chance, immediately lead your own soldiers and horses to annihilate the Ming army, otherwise this king will want you to look good!" ”

"Ah......h

Engetu and Buyandai grew their mouths, and they couldn't speak for a while, the two of them had just come back from being beaten by others, and now they were going to let them go and attack the phalanx of the Ming army, didn't they go to death?

Buyandai, the banner owner with the red flag, was also anxious, and said loudly: "Lord Wang, in the battle just now, our Mongolian warriors have suffered nearly 3,000 casualties, and the warriors are also tired, and they need to rest now, so it's not appropriate for us to send troops now, right?" ”

Azig's eyes narrowed suddenly, and Sen Sen said, "You dare to disobey this prince's military orders?" ”

"Bullshit!"

Buyandai jumped up loudly, as the saying goes, the clay man is still a little earthy, Buyandai and the two have just lost the battle, and they were whipped twenty lashes, and their mood is already aggrieved enough, but Azig actually plans to send them to death, even if Buyandai is loyal to the Manchus, he can't stand it! Brother and you entered the customs to rob things and make a fortune, not to send them to death in vain, we Mongolians are obedient to you Jurchens, but we are not your slaves, this kind of thing to send to death Lao Tzu will not do it!

Engetu and Buyandai also opened their hearts, and Engetu also raised his head and said: "King Dorojun, when we sent the army, we originally said that we were here to grab things, not to fight with the Ming army. If you force us to die for you, then please forgive us for not being able to accompany us, we will return to Shengjing and report this matter to the Great Khan, I want to see if the Great Khan is talking to you or talking to us! ”

The two of them made such a fuss, but Azig was stunned, and he couldn't speak for a while. After all, theoretically speaking, the Manchus and the Mongols belong to the alliance, although the Manchus are respected, but from time to time the Manchus can be killed at any time, if the matter is brought to the Huang Taiji, Azig can be sure that he will never be pleased, for a while he didn't know what to do! (To be continued......)