Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi of the Qing army, issued an order to withdraw his troops.

He had to retreat.

Wu Sangui knew that the combat effectiveness of the Guards was stronger than that of the previous imperial court officers, but he didn't expect that the Guards were now so strong.

With less than 10,000 infantry, he invested 50,000 troops successively, including his own 10,000 cavalry, but he still failed to move forward.

Wu Sangui is not a fool, as a famous general in Liaodong who has led troops for many years, he can see that the guards have not yet launched their full strength, and even artillery and cavalry have not yet been used.

However, the Guards only used what seemed to be only five or six thousand infantry to defeat his cavalry, and the infantry losses had reached more than 10,000.

Among the 10,000 cavalry, the leaders are all his family members who have been running for many years, not to mention the elite cavalry, and most of the losses in the infantry are his veterans and officers.

Therefore, Wu Sangui could only order a retreat, he didn't want to lose all his old capital here.

As for Hong Chengchou, he can naturally explain it, after all, the wounded all over the ground can also show that he is trying his best to seize the ferry.

Wu Sangui waited for the attack of the red-clothed cannon, and in his opinion, he could only hope that the red-clothed cannon could destroy all the obstacles set up by the guards in front of him.

However, what Wu Sangui didn't expect was that just as he ordered a retreat, Yan Yingyuan's side once again launched an attack on the artillery camp of the Qing army.

At this time, Hong Chengchou's main Qing army was also heading towards Sunjia Ferry, and he only paid attention to the battle between Wu Sangui and the Guards in front, so he ignored Yan Yingyuan's small group of Guards.

And Yan Yingyuan took advantage of this to take advantage of the mobility of the cavalry to emerge again, aiming directly at the artillery of the Qing army.

The Qing army naturally knew the importance of artillery, so Hong Chengchou directly asked Manchuria, with a blue flag, Meler, Ezhen Shaerhuda, to personally lead 500 Manchurian iron cavalry armored soldiers to escort here.

These Manchurian iron cavalry are naturally the strongest army of the Qing army today, even if they see Yan Yingyuan and other 1,000 guards killed, they are not afraid, and they immediately pull out heavy arrows to resist the enemy.

And even if these Manchurian iron horsemen have strong arm strength and bow horses, they can't compare to the range and agility of Chongzhen's 21-style flintlock pistol.

Yan Yingyuan directly exploded the head of the Manchurian Baijia Baya with one shot, and the blood of the Baya was immediately spilled on the spot.

Before the other Manchurian armoured soldiers could react, Yan Yingyuan shot another shot to make a Manchurian armoured soldier rush blood on the spot.

Yan Yingyuan pulled the trigger as much as he could, and shot these Manchurian iron horsemen, who were naturally furious, pulled away the arrows, and chased after them after sitting down on their horses.

Xia Wanchun took advantage of this to kill all the people along the way, and the infantry guarding the Qing artillery fled directly, and Xia Wanchun and others directly shot these Qing artillery on the spot.

The artillery of the Qing army naturally had to run, and Xia Wanchun naturally pursued it closely, trying to expand the number of casualties on these Qing troops and paralyzing the artillery units of the Qing army.

Hundreds of red-coated cannons became truly red cannons in a moment, and the cannons were covered in blood.

Here, Yan Yingyuan continued to pick up Chongzhen's 21-style flintlock pistol and shoot the chasing Manchurian iron horseman.

As a selected infantry and cavalry master among the hundreds of thousands of guards in the Ming Dynasty, his individual ability does not have to be weak in these Eight Banners, and it is not a problem to raise his hand and shoot this Manchu Iron Cavalry to make a shot of blood.

Meler Ezhen Shaerhuda hurriedly retreated with the remaining more than 100 horsemen, they were afraid, they didn't expect this small group of Ming troops to be so powerful, the firearms were sharp, not to mention the fighting, and the shooting was particularly accurate, but their best archers also had to have a process of taking arrows and pulling strings.

Yan Yingyuan naturally chased after him directly with his own people, and at this moment, what kind of Manchurian iron cavalry, what Bayala, in the eyes of the direct subordinates of the Generalissimo of the Guards, was almost like a lamb to be slaughtered.

"They're killing again! Run! ”

These Manchurian horsemen shouted in Manchu.

One by one, they didn't even bother to pick up their hats when they ran away, revealing their bare heads and running in the snow.

Syllable!

Syllable!

One after another, the Manchurian cavalry was killed by the direct subordinates of the Guards.

In the end, only Meler Ezhen Sharhuda managed to run out and successfully reconciled with the main force of the Qing army.

And Xia Wanchun's side also killed the artillery units and infantry of the Qing army.

The 500-strong guards chased these Qing troops around like chasing a herd of pigs, and in the end these Qing troops suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and the remaining thousands of people were so embarrassed that they ran back to the main camp of the Qing army.

"Lord Belle, Lord Zhongtang, the minions don't know where such a powerful Ming army came out, there are about 500 people, they are all skilled, not to mention, their firearms are also very powerful, no reloading and no aiming, one shot after another has to be shot, and it is very far, we can't parry it at all, I have five hundred armored soldiers with blue flags and all the troops are wiped out, but I am afraid that those red-clothed cannons will not be saved."

As soon as Mele Ezhen Shaerhuda finished speaking, an adjutant general of the green battalion of the Qing army who was guarding the artillery ran over:

"Zhongtang, it's all gone, it's all gone, the artillery is all gone, I don't know where to kill five hundred Ming troops, the artillery was killed in pieces, those Ming troops are too ferocious, their muskets haven't stopped, and they hit very accurately!"

"What about the cannons, what about the gunpowder, what about the cannons in red!"

Hong Chengchou roared and asked, his face turned the color of pig liver, and he angrily grabbed the collar of the deputy and asked.

"The gunpowder was ignited and exploded, and the cannon was destroyed and thrown into the river," the lieutenant said, trembling.

Hong Chengchou sat back in the chair directly, muttering to himself:

"How could it be, how could this be, how did these Ming troops break in, how dare they break in, is it really only five hundred, is there still five thousand, or even fifty thousand, the artillery is between Wu Sangui's 100,000 army and my more than 200,000 main force, and there are 500 Manchurian iron cavalry and tens of thousands of green battalions to protect it, how could they be attacked by them, could it be that the main force of the Ming army is really here?"

The more Hong Chengchou thought about it, the more confused he became.

At this time, Wu Sangui also suddenly walked in.

As soon as Hong Chengchou saw Wu Sangui, he immediately stood up: "King Pingxi, as a pioneer, why don't you take your soldiers and horses to seize the river and suddenly come back?" ”

"Zhongtang forgive me, and listen to my explanation, I think the opposite Guards is undoubtedly the main force of the Guards, and may even be the most elite main force of the Guards, I have invested 50,000 soldiers and horses, but the result is not able to advance half a step, the loss has reached 20,000, but the opposite Guards have only used less than 10,000 infantry, artillery and cavalry have not been used, I think they are likely to be the strongest main force of the Guards, we are afraid that it will be difficult to cross the river."

When Wu Sangui finished saying this, Hong Chengchou's first face was not shocked but he didn't believe what Wu Sangui said.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty's southern general Le Ke Dehun also asked Wu Sangui first:

"King Pingxi, less than 10,000 Guards infantry blocked your 50,000 horses, are you treating Ben Beile and Hong Zhongtang as three-year-old children, his guards are heavenly soldiers, and your Liao soldiers are blocked by less than 10,000 Guards infantry?"

(End of chapter)