Although Luck Dehun didn't look down on Wu Sangui, a Han prince who had obtained an official position by surrendering, he also knew that Wu Sangui was not a simple character.

Therefore, when Wu Sangui said that he invested 50,000 troops and was successfully blocked by less than 10,000 Guards infantry, Luckedhun first chose not to believe it.

It's not just Luckard who doesn't believe it.

Hong Chengchou and the other Qing generals present were also a little unconvinced, but Meng Qiaofang stood up: "Maybe King Pingxi is not wrong, this guard army is indeed not comparable to any soldiers and horses we have seen in the past. ”

"What's incomparable, is it possible that my Eight Banners Iron Cavalry is powerful, the Liao soldiers of the King of Pingxi are unknown to others, but Benbeile is very familiar, so that 50,000 people can't even defeat the guards of less than 10,000."

As soon as Luck Dehun asked like this, Meng Qiaofang had to shut up, he really didn't dare to question the Manchurian Iron Cavalry.

"Lord Belle, Zhongtang, Wu is indeed not lying, most of the elite of Wu's family has lost most of it, if you don't believe it, you can send someone to investigate!"

Wu Sangui clenched his fists heavily.

Seeing this, Hong Chengchou hurriedly held Wu Sangui's arm and Luckedhun's arm: "Don't fight anymore, what matters now is not how strong or weak the guards are, the most important thing for us now is how to retreat, Hong believes that King Pingxi will not have other thoughts at this time, Lord Belle, what do you say?" ”

Lucked snorted, waved his sleeve behind his back and said nothing.

And Hong Chengchou only smiled faintly, and glanced at Wu Sangui meaningfully.

Wu Sangui also knew that now was not the time to fight for these idleness, so he continued to ask Hong Chengchou: "Zhongtang, Wu thinks that we should retreat to Xuanwuwei, the direction of Sunjia Ferry is clearly the strongest main force of the Guards, and it is impossible for us to cross the river successfully, we can only seize Xuanwuwei and He Luohui's troops and return to Beijing from Shaanxi." ”

Hong Chengchou actually didn't believe Wu Sangui's words very much in his heart, and also thought that Wu Sangui might secretly want to preserve his strength, otherwise why 50,000 people couldn't break through the defense line of less than 10,000 people, the key was that he still had 50,000 soldiers and horses under his command.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou did not agree to Wu Sangui's proposal, he was still hesitating, hesitating how to choose, although now all signs of the Guards are indicating that the main force is here, but Hong Chengchou, who has always been cautious, is determined to test again:

"What King Pingxi said is not unreasonable, but the guards have always been cunning, maybe it is still a suspicious strategy, and the main force of our Qing army still has nearly 300,000 troops, no matter how strong his guards are, can they still stop my nearly 300,000 troops, since we have come to this ferry area, there is no reason not to attack once with all our strength, as long as we recapture the ferry, we can retreat smoothly!"

"Lord Belle, it's up to you this time", Hong Chengchou said and smiled at Le Ke Dehun, Hong Chengchou's main core force of the Qing army is the Manchu, Mongolian and Han iron cavalry led by Le Ke Dehun 50,000, so now to attack the Sunjia ferry with all his might, it is natural to need Dorobelle Lek Dehun to lead the army.

"Then ask Nakado to beat the drums for Ben Baylor!"

As he spoke, he threw his sleeves out of the tent, stepped on his horse, and ordered his soldiers to gather the whole army.

At noon, when the winter sun was shining, the Qing court Dorobele Lekedehun led 50,000 iron cavalry to the camp of the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards.

Not only these 50,000 iron cavalry, but also the generals of the green battalion of the Han army under Hong Chengchou also led their officers and soldiers from the east and west directions to the camp of the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards Army step by step.

Except for Wu Sangui's temporary rest, more than 200,000 Qing troops were only advancing rapidly in the snow like wild wolves all over the mountains at this time, and they were dense and overwhelming towards the camp of the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards.

This time, the 1st Corps of the 3rd Guards Army did not let only the infantry block it, and the artillery battalion was the first to participate in the battle.

One hundred and fifty heavy infantry field guns frantically fired sixteen or twelve pounds of iron bullets into the Qing camp, and the dense iron bullets fell into the Qing camp like a storm.

Although Luckedhun also expected an artillery attack from the Guards, he did not expect such a dense artillery attack from the Guards.

Although he had spread all the cavalry out of the attack as much as possible, many of them were still knocked down, and it directly led to the Qing infantry in multiple directions also began to rout.

Fortunately, Hong Chengchou also prepared a supervision team, and after killing some Qing troops who tried to escape, the entire Qing army also restored order and continued to maintain the posture of advancing step by step from all directions.

Luckedhun continued to charge frantically from all directions with his 50,000 iron cavalry, Rao is the first corps of the third army of the guards army prepared many traps but could not stop the attack of 50,000 iron cavalry, after losing thousands of cavalry, most of the cavalry still rushed close to the first line of defense of the guards.

However, fortunately, more than 300 light infantry field guns of the Guards continued to fire shells to block the attack of these tens of thousands of iron cavalry, and the three battalions of the Guards infantry also joined the battle, and nearly 20,000 flintlock pistols kept firing at the cavalry from three sides.

Countless Qing cavalry fell, but there were also many Qing cavalry that broke through.

The First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards Army had to withdraw into the second line of defense, and there was a distance of about 500 steps between the second line of defense and the first line of defense.

This kind of mine is made of nitrocellulose as the lead, with black powder and broken porcelain and iron sheet as the main body, the nitrofibre will explode when it is shaken, and the black powder that ignites the mine will explode, which is the best weapon for killing people.

The vibration caused by the war horse of the Qing army's iron cavalry when it stepped on the ground was naturally enough to detonate the mine, so when the infantry of the Guards retreated to the second line of defense, as soon as the Qing army's iron cavalry broke through to the open space in front of the second line of defense, there was an earth-shaking violent explosion, and many Qing army iron horses and horses were blown up and wailed in pain on the ground.

It was also because the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards Army did not bring too many mines because it was in a hurry to seize the river crossing at that time, so it only set up mines between the first line of defense and the second line of defense, in order to prevent large-scale iron cavalry from breaking through the first line of defense and blocking the Qing army's iron cavalry in the second line of defense.

Seeing this, Lucker was about to grit his teeth, because he was able to avoid the trap and rushed here, most of them were his Manchurian horsemen, and at this time, his Manchurian horsemen were blown to pieces, so he was very angry.

The Guards infantry took advantage of this to shoot fiercely at these frightened cavalry, and in a matter of moments, these Qing cavalry who rushed into the first line of defense shot and wounded more than 10,000 people.

(End of chapter)