Yierden first scattered 3,000 elite Manchurian iron cavalry into dozens of squads and ambushed them in the hills and woodlands near the Tiger Prison Pass, ready to attack the Ming army at any time.

He dug many horse traps hundreds of miles in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, but at the same time, he transported the red-coated cannons to the commanding heights, ready to bombard the main camp of the Ming army at any time.

The remaining guards in the Tiger Prison were all archers, and the infantry formed formations to train spear assassination.

The 1st Corps of the 4th Army of the Guards began to encounter attacks by small groups of Manchurian cavalry after entering the river, and these Manchurian cavalry were particularly cunning, and their fast horses came at a rapid pace, trying to sneak up on the Guards infantry and cause chaos.

However, Huang Degong also expected this to happen, so he also divided the 6,000 infantry armed with Chongzhen's Type 22 rifled guns into small formations and guarded the periphery of the infantry battalion and artillery battalion respectively.

Therefore, when a small group of Manchurian iron cavalry suddenly rushed out, and even the cavalry battalion did not have time to launch an offensive to defend the infantry battalion and artillery battalion, the infantry assault team on the periphery had already taken the initiative to attack these Manchurian iron cavalry with Chongzhen 22 rifled guns.

These Manchurian horsemen were all transferred from outside the pass by Zilharang, and although they knew that the flintlock pistols were very powerful, they did not think that the flintlock pistols could hit them at such a distance, and that their speed was enough to charge the advance camp before the infantry could shoot.

However, as soon as they drew their bows, the bullets from rifled guns knocked their horses to the ground, and even the men flew with them.

The loading speed and accuracy of the Chongzhen Type 22 rifled gun and even the firing range are epoch-making progresses, and the Manchurian Iron Cavalry must be careful and careful in front of the flintlock pistol, not to mention that now it is facing the Chongzhen Type 22 rifled gun!

Moreover, the infantry of the Guards on three sides could completely use rifled guns to flank these suddenly appeared Manchurian iron cavalry.

These Manchurian cavalry did not expect that the Ming army, which was hundreds of steps away on the right side, could also shoot themselves, and the survivors could only retreat frantically, but the speed of their retreat could no longer keep up with the speed of the Guards' shooting and the speed of the guns and bullets chasing them.

So in just a few rounds, all of these suddenly attacked Manchurian cavalry were annihilated or captured alive.

After some torture, Huang Degong began to gradually understand Yilden's tactical arrangements, and even took the initiative to expose his flaws, allowing these Manchurian iron cavalry to drill into the circle designed by the infantry of the Guards, and soon almost all the Manchurian iron cavalry were completely annihilated.

The 1st Corps of the 4th Army of the Guards Army successfully arrived at the front of Tiger Pass.

"What's going on, why did the Ming army appear in front of the pass so quickly, and what happened to the cavalry we sent out?"

Ilden asked in surprise, and he also began to anticipate that the Manchurian Iron Cavalry he sent might have encountered an accident, and at this time he could only defend the pass with all his might, and he had no time to care about his Manchurian Iron Cavalry.

Elden sent the spearmen out, and he wanted to use the infantry as bait to lure the Ming cavalry to come, so as to achieve his goal of trapping horses and other traps to cause damage to the Ming cavalry.

But what Yilden didn't know was that the development of the Ming industry, coupled with the capture of a large number of Western fans during the recovery of Dongfan Island, had made great progress in the Ming mirror-making technology, and the telescope had been popularized to the level of the commander of the Guards.

Therefore, as the chief military officer, Huang Degong, even if he did not send scouts to investigate at this time, he had already seen through the telescope what traps there were in front of the Tiger Prison Pass.

"Inform the artillery battalion to bombard the two hillsides in front of the Tiger Pass, those two hillsides are sparsely populated with trees and loose soil, just enough to fill the pit and cushion the road!"

Not long after Huang Degong finished speaking, thousands of cannons of the First Corps of the Guards Army were aimed at two hillsides.

Huang Degong is no longer the general who was only good at commanding the classical army in the past, and he can directly predict how much earthwork the artillery battalion can pave the road in front of the entire Tiger Prison Pass after bombarding the two hillsides.

Rumble!

Rumble!

Rumble!

The unnamed slopes on the east and west sides began to withstand the bombardment of hundreds of shells.

The shells formed by nitrifying explosives exploded even more with earth and rocks.

Not long after, the entire hillside collapsed, like a landslide after a rainstorm, directly covering the road in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, and all the tunnels and traps were buried by earth and rocks.

"Keep banging!"

Huang Degong suddenly thought of something and gave the order to continue the bombardment.

Because of the investment of the whole people, the Ming Guards are wealthy.

The artillery shells don't cost money at all, not to mention that Yuan Jixian, the governor of the Fourth Army, has a good relationship with Lu Jiude of the General Armament Department of the Generalissimo's Mansion, and Huang Degong is a hardcore general of the Ming Dynasty and has also worked with Lu Jiude.

Therefore, the Fourth Army obtained a lot of artillery shells, and it was completely possible to use a large number of expensive shells to bombard the slopes of the mountains that would not cause casualties to the enemy at all.

Yilden was directly dumbfounded, he didn't know if these Ming troops were panicked with too much money, and they desperately bombed the two hillsides in front of him and almost razed them to the ground, but soon he realized that something was wrong, and he couldn't be happy, so he hurriedly shouted: "Quickly withdraw the infantry army!" Fast! ”

But by this time it was too late, more and more dirt and stones were smashed into the road in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, and even the entire hillside was turned over, and the tens of thousands of infantry troops sent by Yilden were all buried.

Even after the shelling of the Fourth Guards Army stopped, the entire road in front of the Tiger Prison Pass had been piled up more than half a foot high.

"Rush!"

The cavalry of the Guards rushed uphill on their horses.

The main danger of the Tiger Prison Pass is that the city wall is not high, so after the foundation is raised by the earthwork, the cavalry with good equestrian skills can even jump up and directly let the horse jump on the Tiger Pass, and the infantry can also climb up through the mutual assistance of the two.

The officers and soldiers of the Guards rushed directly to the Tiger Prison Pass and began to fight with the Qing army.

Seeing this, Ilden couldn't help but cry bitterly:

"Oh my God, how can this be, why do they have so many cannons, and they can also collapse the two hillsides so accurately, how big is the gap between my Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty! God, why don't you bless you! ”

The Manchu general Yilden felt that the general situation had turned, so he wanted to draw his sword and kill himself.

However, at this time, Dong Zhining, the commander of the Guards, had already shot him first: "If you want to commit suicide, there is no way, escort him back to Nanjing, cut one more knife, and the Northern Expedition ticket can rise by one point!" ”

The Tiger Pass was easily taken by the First Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards, and the remnants of the Qing army were naturally annihilated.

Soon, the First Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards crossed Wangwu Mountain and entered Shanxi.

At this time, Shanxi was considered the richest and most peaceful area in the Manchu ruling area, so when the First Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards crossed Wangwu Mountain and came down from Wangwu Mountain, it also saw a large wheat field and people working in the fields.

As soon as these people saw the appearance of the Ming army, they panicked, hurriedly ran away, and shouted: "Oh no, the officers and soldiers have come to enclose the land!" ”

"Hey, they don't seem to be officers and soldiers, they don't have braids, they don't run into the wheat field, they don't trample on the wheat seedlings, but walk slowly to the ridges, where do these soldiers and horses come from?"

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