Wu Shigong and Ba Duli were facing each other because they had scruples about each other, when suddenly, there was a loud noise in the direction of Luanzhou City. It was the roar of artillery.

The sound of the artillery was the artillery team testing the artillery. From Shumo, I learned that after the artillery was going to shoot at the top of the city wall, Liang Hui, the captain of the artillery team, immediately arranged it. Liang Hui decided to personally operate one three-pounder gun, while the other three-pounder gun was also operated by the most Haode gunner in the artillery team.

And this shot required a high level of accuracy of artillery shot. The artillery shells were to be fired exactly at the battlements at the top of the city walls. Shells were used to break the masonry at the battlements, causing the masonry to fly and cause casualties among the Later Jin army.

The cannonball hit too high, and the cannonball flew into Luanzhou City; The cannonball hit the thick city wall too low, and the shooting effect was not very good. Moreover, between the impact points of the shells of the two guns, there was also a gap left for the rushing car to pass. So the requirements for shooting are particularly high.

Therefore, Liang Hui and the others could only constantly adjust the angle of fire before Qin Liangyu launched a general attack, make a good mark, and prepare to shoot artillery during the general attack.

But such scattered test artillery shells frightened the Houjin army in Luanzhou City. Don't say that the Houjin soldiers at the bottom are in a panic, that is, the Houjin generals in the city are all flustered.

Namutai summoned Turge and Tanggudai to his side, and whispered to them: "The Ming army has used artillery, to be honest, I think this Luanzhou city is dangerous. Go and make arrangements so that none of the people with the blue flag are scattered, and you can go together when the time comes. Suppress the surrendered Ming troops and herdsmen to the southern city wall. But don't let them find out what we're doing. ”

Turge and Tang Gudai hurriedly nodded in agreement, and then immediately went down to make arrangements. To be honest, don't look at the Houjin propaganda of Manchurian and Mongolian unity, when it comes to the critical moment, the Mongols are still the fate of cannon fodder.

At the beginning, after Huang Taiji seized the four cities of Yongping, he wanted to use these four cities as an enclave in the Guannei of the Later Jin, so that when the Later Jin often came and went to the mainland, it would be used as a passage and a base for the Later Jin army.

So at the beginning, Huang Taiji did not have a big looting except for letting the soldiers and civilians who surrendered in the four cities of Yongping shave their hair and change their clothes.

But after Huang Taiji led the main force of the Houjin army back to Shengjing, the Eight Banners stationed in the four cities of Yongping looted more and more. When they arrived in Zuihou, they got the news that the Great Wall Pass had been broken by the Later Jin Army, and the Jurchen Po Settlement and Mongolian herdsmen who did not enter the pass with the main force of the Later Jin Army came in. They are all free to plunder. The area of the four cities of Yongping has been turned into a hell on earth.

But that's not all. When he arrived in Zuihou, Amin's blue flag was stationed in the four cities of Yongping. When Amin found out that the Ming army was going to use a large number of main forces to attack, he was ready to save the main force with the blue flag and withdraw to the outside of the pass.

So, with the encouragement and indulgence of Amin, the leaders of the blue flag, the Houjin army carried out a raid on all the areas near the four cities of Yongping. It's a thousand miles away.

However, the harvest of the blue flag was indeed very large, in addition to most of their belongings and people had been transported to the Guanwai, some of them were concentrated in Yongping City.

But even so, now in Luanzhou City, in addition to Huang Taiji leaving a large amount of grain and grass for the defenders of Luanzhou City, there are also many belongings that the Houjin soldiers who defended the city did not have time to transport.

Therefore, the current Turge and Tanggudai, in addition to gathering the flags inlaid with blue flags, also have to gather all the soft that can be carried and prepare to take them away. As for heavy items such as grain and grass, they can only be abandoned. Of course, if you have time, you will definitely burn all these heavy items.

Not to mention the situation in Luanzhou City. After Wu Shigong and Ba Duli heard the sound of artillery, they also thought that Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers had begun to attack the city.

Wu Shigong's idea at this time, of course, is to maintain the status quo and maintain a state of confrontation between the two sides. But Baduli couldn't sit still. He immediately sent five or six white-armored soldiers to bypass Wu Shigong's army at high speed, and went to the distance of Luanzhou City to observe the siege status of the white-pole soldiers, so that he could keep abreast of the situation in Luanzhou City at any time.

Then, Ba Duli turned with all the Houjin troops and entered the farmland on the right side of the road to see if he could attack Wu Shigong's army on Wu Shigong's flank.

However, Baduli's action immediately caused Wu Shigong's panic. Wu Shigong received an order not to let go of a Tartar to the city of Luanzhou, but just now there were already five or six Houjin soldiers passing by him. But those Tartars are obviously going to be spies, so it's not a big problem.

But now that all the Tartars on the other side were about to bypass their own defenses, Wu Shigong felt very nervous. So Wu Shigong misjudged the movement of the Houjin army, and he immediately ordered his army to drive towards the farmland on the left to block the Houjin army.

But Wu Shigong's action immediately revealed a flaw. You must know that Baduli should try to avoid scuffles, so when Baduli's Houjin army went around in circles, Wu Shigong's army only had to turn around, and make a posture that if Baduli's Houjin army wanted to bypass it, his army would pursue. In that case, Baduli would definitely not bypass it, but would try to find a way to defeat Wu Shigong's army.

At that time, Wu Shigong could completely rely on the wooden fence in front of him and grasp an advantageous position in the battle. But now Wu Shigong wanted to intercept the Houjin army, so he had to leave the wooden fence and drive in the direction of the Houjin army.

"Huh?" Seeing the actions of Wu Shigong's army, Baduli was suddenly pleasantly surprised. When he was in the front, Baduli saw Wu Shigong's army lined up behind the wooden fence, thinking that Wu Shigong had seen through his thoughts, so Baduli did not dare to act rashly, but could only confront Wu Shigong. But now Wu Shigong's move has made Baduli understand: it turns out that the Ming army in front of him doesn't dare to let himself go at all!

It can be seen from here that Wu Shigong can be said to have little experience in commanding operations. He simply does not read the situation on the battlefield in order to judge the likely actions of the adversary.

Therefore, it can be said that the current Wu Shigong is not a qualified military commander at all, at most he is a commander of a small unit, responsible for completing the orders given by his superiors.

And Baduli's surprise was not only this, because Wu Shigong's army began to move, and the neat queue just now was a little loose. Those soldiers drawn from other thousand households have only gone through a few months of military training on the march, and when they are established, the queue can still be arranged relatively neatly, but as long as they move, because of the different footsteps of the soldiers, the whole formation looks a little chaotic.

"Uncle, why are you happy?" Seeing Baduli's smile, his nephew Mutha asked Baduli. This time, Batuli took Muta, who was only nineteen years old, to go on the expedition together, and also to earn some military merits for this nephew, and of course, to let Muta learn some things about the battle formation.

Therefore, Baduli explained to Muta: "Just now, my uncle saw the neat ranks of the Ming army on the opposite side, and he thought it was a strong army. Unexpectedly, this move showed the prototype. It's really an eagle all day long, but I was pecked blind by an eagle! You see, the Ming army in that phalanx is better, but the Ming army in this phalanx is not good. Later, I will defeat the Ming army in this phalanx first. ”

Batuli explained to Muta and showed him to him. The phalanx he was referring to was the phalanx of six hundred people, all of whom had been drawn from other thousand households.

Ba Duli immediately sent an order to let the Houjin army retreat to the back, he wanted to completely lure out Wu Shigong's army, and prevent Wu Shigong's army from retreating behind the wooden fence when the battle came. And Wu Shigong was completely led by Baduli at this time. He commanded the army to move further and further away from the wooden fence.

Seeing that it was almost over, Ba Duli asked the Houjin army to stop his horse, and when he saw that the Houjin army stopped, Wu Shigong also hurriedly ordered the army to stop. Try to line up the formation as much as possible. At this time, the distance between the two sides had been widened to a distance of about five hundred steps.

Baduli gave an order to a Niu Lu Ezhen to lead his own Niu Lu forward. Baduli himself led the remaining two Niulu to follow.

That Niu Lu really divided his Niu Lu's cavalry into three rows, and the white armor soldiers in Niu Lu were assigned to the first and third rows. Then, the three rows of Houjin troops trotted towards the phalanx of six hundred people.

As soon as they saw that the target of the Houjin army's attack was themselves, the soldiers of this phalanx were a little commotion. Seeing this situation, Yu Ji, who commanded this phalanx, shouted loudly: "Remember, just follow the usual training movements." That's how you can live. ”

Then, Yu Ji walked to the middle of the phalanx, drew his waist knife, brandished it and shouted: "No one wants to escape!" Lao Tzu is standing here today, defeated, this is where Lao Tzu died. Seeing Yu Ji's desperate appearance, the soldiers also quieted down, and they clenched the spears in their hands and tightened the formation according to the usual training movements.

After these three rows, the Jin army reached a place about two hundred paces away from the phalanx, and the last two rows stopped their horses. The Houjin army in the first row marched forward to a distance of 100 paces, still dismounted and began to shoot arrows.

Seeing that the Houjin army was about to shoot arrows, the musketeers lined up in front of the phalanx immediately ran forward under the order. But after a few steps, the first round of arrows had already been fired, and a dozen firecrackers were immediately shot to the ground.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the musketeers also opened fire one after another. But this is only a medium-sized firecracker, and the range is only fifty paces, and those firecrackers just now only ran a distance of about twenty paces. So the range of the firearm is definitely not enough.

But that's it, the fire gun without the right head also killed and wounded four or five people in the Houjin army. This also caused some confusion in the Later Jin Army. However, when they saw the gunners firing a round, they immediately ran back to the back of the formation, and there was no threat, and the arrows of the Houjin army were fired at the soldiers in the phalanx.