Watching the phalanx leave, Zhang Liang was extremely frustrated, how could such a battle be fought? Long-range firearms are not good, and they must always guard against counter-charges, and until now, they have suffered more than 400 casualties on their side, but the Ming army on the opposite side is almost unscathed. If you really want to take down the hill, you don't know how many lives you will have to fill.

But at this moment, a loud noise came from the southwest direction of the hill, and it was the artillery charge of the Runing Army that began to "plough the ground". Due to the perspective relationship, Zhang Liang could not observe the situation there, so he thought that the reinforcements of the Runing Army to rescue Xiaoshan had arrived, and they were engaged in a fierce battle with Liu Shunbu.

This immediately made Zhang Liang have a sense of crisis. Obviously, he must capture this hill before the reinforcements arrive, otherwise, not to mention the difficulty of attacking the mountain, only to say that if the mountain is not successful, Prince Rui will definitely not show mercy when he uses military law to clean himself up. Although the reward for attacking the mountain is large, the risk is also great!

So Zhang Liang immediately deployed: according to the original Jihua to maintain the stragglers up the mountain, and when the Platana of the Runing Army attacked, all the stragglers retreated, and then ambushed the Korean musketeers on both sides of the road on the mountainside, and shot the soldiers of the Runing Army on both sides of the phalanx without heavy armor and in the rear, so as to consume the strength of the Runing Army, and then counterattack the mountain.

Zhang Liang's first operation was quite successful. The Runing Army did not see through Zhang Liang's tricks, and this time it was the four hundred soldiers led by the commander of the infantry regiment to countercharge. However, when they first rushed to the mountainside, they were immediately besieged by the Korean musketeers and Han soldiers who were ambushed here.

Although North Korea's firearms are less powerful, they can kill enough at such a close distance. Coupled with the cooperation of the Han army's banner soldiers, Ding bows and arrows, throwing axes and javelins, it immediately caused a large number of casualties in the Runing army's array, and even the commander of the infantry regiment was killed.

If it weren't for the fact that the situation was wrong, Shumo ordered the phalanx of the deputy head of the regiment to rush down to the rescue, maybe the phalanx of the head of the regiment would have fallen into a heavy siege. The whole army was annihilated. But even so, the Runing Army's counter-charge this time also suffered nearly 200 casualties.

But Zhang Liang's counterattack did not succeed. The calligraphy and ink department could not clear the entire hill, but it was always able to clean the open space in front of the artillery, and under the continuous bombardment of muskets and artillery shotguns, it finally met the infantry phalanx that rushed down the mountain, and also stopped the counterattack of the Han army flag and the Korean musketeers.

On the surface, the battle seemed to be a draw, but in fact, the personnel of the Runing Army could not withstand such attrition, and their own counter-charge was also ambushed by the Qing army. So in the next battle, the Runing army was a little shrunk.

So the Qing army took the opportunity to attack, first advanced to a place fifty paces in front of the Runing army's formation, formed a line, and transferred the main force here. First, use the numerical advantage to prevent the counter-charge of the Runing army.

Then, firearms from both sides began to fight. This white-hot heat weapon war lasted for quite some time. The casualties on both sides were modest. But there were problems with the guns and artillery one after another. The scrapping rate of the guns is constantly increasing, and the artillery of the Runing Army has also stopped firing and has begun to cool down, otherwise it will be blown up.

Although the firearms of the Runing Army were of high quality, after all, there were many firearms of the North Korean firecrackers, plus the bows and arrows of the Han army flag. Therefore, the two sides still maintain a balance of power. However, the attack density of this ranged weapon has gradually decreased.

Seeing that the scene of bullets and arrows flying everywhere could no longer stop the charge, the two sides were about to start a brutal hand-to-hand battle, and the battle advantage on the hill was gradually tilted towards the side of the Qing army.

It's more interesting. On this secondary battlefield, which was abandoned by the commanders of both sides, the climax of the battle was first reached. If Shumo and Zhang Liang knew about this situation, would they still be so energetic? Life is just helpless!

And the phalanx in the middle of the Runing army and on the west side of the march immediately made Dolgon calm. He hurriedly called a few of his own soldiers, and ordered one after another: "Hurry up and go to the artillery team to have a look, you can stay there and watch, and give them a stick of incense time, if the general artillery has not been set up, behead the commander of the artillery team and bring the deputy commander up!" The gun mount is ready, come back immediately and say goodbye! ”

"Wow!"

"You go to Mazari in the middle lane, and let him immediately order his troops and horses to charge. Don't leave your hands, it's best to be able to break the Ming army in the middle, if you can't, you have to leave the Ming army in place! ”

"Wow!"

"You go to Quangui on the west side and get him ready. If Mazari fails to rush there, wait for the king's order to let him continue to charge. Note! It's about stalling for time. ”

"You go to the east side and bring all the soldiers and horses of Jilang'a and Tan Tu."

"Wow!"

"Tubery! Hurry up and go to our Eight Banners, and wait for the king's order at any time!" ”

"Wow!"

Dolgon was already desperate, and he actually used the most taboo tactic of refueling, that is, to leave the Runing army in place and wait for the bombardment of the general's artillery.

Dolgon had figured it out that he was in a race against time. If he can catch up, he will concentrate the main force of the Qing army to charge into battle with all his might, and decide the victory or defeat of the day in one battle. If it was really too late, he had already assembled the whole army and was ready to retreat and retire. No matter how you say it, you can't be hot-headed, you have to face reality. Even if you admit today's defeat, you can wait until tomorrow to recuperate and fight again!

Seeing the big movement of the Qing army, He Fei was also immediately excited. He really judged correctly, as long as the Runing army moved forward, the Qing army would take the initiative to attack. Now it depends on whether it is the spear of the Qing army or the shield of the Runing army.

So He Fei ordered loudly: "The whole army moves forward and aligns with the phalanx on the right." All ready, ready for the Tartar charge. Go to Guan Xin there again and ask him to pull the artillery team back. The cavalry on the left and right flanks should also pay attention, and be ready to charge at any time! ”

Dozens of heralds immediately galloped to the troops.

He Fei's jihua is: first use the infantry phalanx to block the Qing army's charging formation, and then the sudden bombardment of the artillery array, and the covering of the Zuihou cavalry. If the Qing army was not defeated once, the infantry phalanx moved forward again, attracting the Qing army's charge again, followed by artillery bombardment and cavalry covering ....... Anyway, it was by relying on this trick that gradually consumed the strength of the Qing army, accumulated a small amount, and completely won the victory of Zuihou.

"Dolls! You have to keep up, don't have brain fever! Helichi admonished.

This expedition of Dolgon brought nearly half, more than 5,000 bannermen and coats of the Eight Banners. Now they are forming a team, which will be led by Tubery into battle.

Just as the Manchu Qing Dynasty used the Han military flag and the Mongolian Eight Banners as cannon fodder, the Eight Banners were also divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the blue flag, which was the lower five flags, was naturally ranked at the forefront.

"Uncle! What's so big about this Han dog? Our athletes rushed, and they still had to fart? Hutu said nonchalantly.

"Don't think that, you kid!" Helichi's expression was quite serious, "It's all about our Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, this battle is a bit dangerous." Hutu, you'll follow me later, don't be reckless! White Pig! What are you hiding behind for? Get out of here. ”

Because they had captured a lot after entering the customs, they all had war horses, armor and brand-new weapons, so now they have all changed their guns.

"Uncle He! Is the Han dog on the other side very powerful? A young man asked worriedly.

Helichi smiled reluctantly and said, "It's stronger than the one we met before, but we have Prince Rui and our Eight Banners Athletes, so we should definitely win." But we also need to protect ourselves. This time, we have made meritorious contributions, made money, and each of us has at least three coated minions, and we have to stay back to enjoy ourselves. ”

Listening to Helicchi's words, the few young men who followed him all nodded.

However, Helly himself was still worried, although he had just rested under his horse and could not see the battlefield in front of him clearly, the fierce sound of artillery bombardment made Hurley tremble. Maybe when you get older, you will be less courageous! Hurley laughed self-deprecatingly, but then he lowered his face and said fiercely to the young men, "You must follow me!" Don't just try to be in the limelight! ”

The white pig subconsciously touched the war knife on the horse's back, remembering that after entering the customs, he had killed five Han people with his own hands. One of the most impressive is the one killed in Jinan City: an old man wielding a sword and wearing an official robe. White Pig vaguely remembered his childhood memories, remembering that his father seemed to be wearing such clothes.

Seeing that the white pig was stunned, Helicchi immediately hit the back of his head, and then scolded: "Stupid? Open your eyes and pay attention to you! No one noticed that there was a slight tremor in Helic's shouting voice.

Mazari rode out with two thousand horsemen, and his mouth was a little bitter, because part of his troops had been transferred to Jilang'a and taken to the east side. The only ones who left him were the herdsmen of Mengbaqi and Xinying.

However, Mazari also understood Dorgon's intention, which was nothing more than sacrificing his cavalry to delay the pace of the Ming army on the other side. Besides, if the tactics are used properly, the victory or defeat on the battlefield is not certain. So he divided the cavalry into four teams and gave them their respective tasks, and then had each team charge in three rows. Under his loud command, the cavalry of the various teams immediately prepared.

The first team of cavalry selected by Mazari were all Mengbaqi, and their combat effectiveness was much stronger than that of the herdsmen in the new battalion, and under the harsh military law of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, these cavalry of Mengbaqi had already learned discipline, so this group of cavalry began to accelerate after forming a formation.

Seeing that the Qing army had entered the firing range, the Runing army still fired artillery first. But this time, the cavalry of the Qing army was lined up in a long column, and each shell hit the cavalry in the front and rear at most, so the shooting effect was not good.

Then there was the fire gun, but at this time the cavalry of the Qing army had increased the speed of the horse to the fastest, although the array continued to fall to the ground, but the Qing cavalry still rushed closer and closer. (To be continued......)