The snow was falling, and the cold wind howled the snowflakes to fly, and overnight, the sky and the earth were white.

In addition to the poor people who have to work hard for their livelihood, ordinary people are nested at home, sitting around the brazier to keep warm, and the moat enjoys a pot of red charcoal fire, the room is warm like spring, there is food and wine, and there are beautiful people to accompany them.

In the cold wind, a large caravan of more than 200 people marched with difficulty in the vast snow, and the caravan banner swept in the wind was embroidered with a big Liang character, representing the Liang family in the eight imperial merchants of Shanxi.

Wolves and thieves came in and out, caravans were robbed one after another, the eight imperial merchants and the Jin Empire have lost a lot, the most important thing is the food and other important materials for the winter, the eight imperial merchants had to step up the transportation of new materials, in order to ensure safety, Yue Tuo also sent an elite Eight Banners iron cavalry to guard, and the location of the delivery is only known to the steward who led the escort.

When the two sides were counting the goods to be delivered at the place of delivery, the sound of ping-pong gunfire suddenly rang out from the far left side, and the dozens of flag soldiers on the outermost part were not at all defenseless, screaming and falling from their horses, and the frightened war horses were neighing and galloping.

"Enemy attack, array." The officer who led the team reacted slowly, and quickly responded after being stunned for more than ten seconds, and the rear team was responsible for protecting the caravan withdrawal, and he personally led the front and middle teams to meet the enemy.

During the adjustment of the formation, another row of guns came from the ping-pong pong, and more than 30 flag soldiers or some war horses fell miserably.

The cold wind shouted, the snowflakes flew, the eyesight could not reach far, the banner soldiers of the Jin Army only saw a faint figure, and the specific number was not clear at all, however, the enemy's musket was quite powerful, and there was no need to guess that it was ambushed by the Ming army, but how did the Ming army know the specific delivery location?

On the snowy snow, the soldiers of the third battalion of the Phoenix Legion were slowly advancing in a dense defensive phalanx, all the soldiers were wearing thick cotton hats, thick cotton clothes, scarves, fur gloves and thick fur shoes, and white cloaks.

Military camouflage is one of the compulsory subjects of the three new armies, but it is a pity that the technology in these years is still quite backward, otherwise, Zhu Jian will also make a field camouflage uniform, he calculated that the eight imperial merchants will definitely transport all kinds of materials to the Jin army, so he secretly transferred Lu Hongniang's Phoenix Army back to Daankou and waited for the opportunity.

It snowed heavily for several days, and a thick layer of snow accumulated on the ground, making it difficult to ride even a war horse, but for the soldiers of the Phoenix Legion, war horses were not as convenient and fast as skis and sleds.

Lu Hongniang didn't know that the Liang family had a caravan out of the customs today, let alone the specific delivery location, she just sent the first, second and third battalions out of the customs to reconnoiter and lurk, and try her luck, the third battalion was very lucky, and caught a big fish.

According to Lu Hongniang's request, the three battalions operated in the specified area, and could not be separated too far, in case of any accidents, they could respond to each other, and the scouts of the third battalion heard the shaking of the ground, and knew that a large group of cavalry was passing by, and immediately reported to the battalion officer Dou Dayong.

Dou Dayong sent scouts to contact the first and second battalions while skiing and tracking, and the soldiers of the third battalion kept a parallel distance of more than 100 meters from the elite bannermen of the Jin army, and the cold wind and fluttering snowflakes gave the best cover.

After approaching the delivery site, the officers and men of the third battalion quietly sneaked closer, gave the elite Eight Banners two rounds of guns at close range, overturned more than 100 people, and then slowly advanced with a dense defensive phalanx, placing one round of guns at a time.

Dou Dayong is not arrogant, but knows in his heart that the prairie is flat and vast, which is very suitable for war horses to gallop and charge, although his battalion has skis, but it will definitely not escape the pursuit of elite flag soldiers, the most correct way is to form a formation to protect himself, waiting for reinforcements from the other two battalions.

He is not without reliance, the emperor equipped the Phoenix Legion with more than 1,000 Sui guns, the wolf has more meat and less meat, not enough to divide up, disperse and reduce the power and effect, and finally Li Qing gave Lu Hongniang an idea, each battalion held a military competition, whoever won the priority equipment, and finally the first battalion and the third battalion won, equipped with a Sui pistol that makes people jealous and jealous.

Equipped with a fire-starting gun, there is no need to be equipped with a fire rope to ignite the lead, just hook the plate machine directly, the rate of fire has increased a lot, there are fire-starting guns in the distance, and there are grenades in the near future, the three battalions have brought a large number of bullets and grenades, plus the other two battalions are nearby, and they can quickly come over to respond, which is also the main reason why Dou Dayong has the confidence to take the initiative to advance.

Nearly a thousand elite iron cavalry surrounded the five hundred soldiers of the third battalion, however, no matter which direction they attacked, they were subjected to intensive and fierce platoon gun bombardment, and suffered a lot of losses, which made the main general of the Jin army angry and screamed, but helpless, the musket of the Ming army was too powerful, completely different from the Ming army troops encountered in the past, and in the face of the crazy impact of the iron cavalry, this few troops did not have the slightest panic, and shrank into a big hedgehog, no matter which direction you started from was pierced with blood.

The two sides attack and defend, the Jin Army's iron cavalry can't break through the dense defensive phalanx laid by the third battalion, and the third battalion can't help this elite of the Eight Banners, after all, it's infantry, and it's already powerful and tenacious if it's not crushed by the iron cavalry.

The main appointment of the commander of the Jin army is to protect the safety of the caravan, he originally wanted to swallow the third battalion in one bite, but after breaking a few teeth, he reluctantly accepted the reality, with the existing superior forces, it is impossible to gnaw this hard bone, only to increase casualties, only need to besiege the enemy here, to ensure the safety of the caravan even if the task is completed, and it will be easy to do when the reinforcements come.

It didn't take long for reinforcements to come, but it was not the reinforcements of the Jin Army, but the first battalion of the Phoenix Legion, and the direction of the caravan was exactly the direction of the caravan's withdrawal.

The 1st Battalion, armed with rifles, advanced slowly, blasting the fleeing Jin soldiers with a platoon of guns, while driving the horses and dragging wagons full of goods, slowly approaching the 3rd Battalion.

When the main general of the Jin army saw that the caravan was robbed, he immediately became red-eyed, and ordered the whole army to charge, desperately trying to recapture the goods.

The Jin army's iron cavalry besieged the first battalion with all its might, and the pressure of the third battalion suddenly decreased, Dou Dayong commanded the officers and men under his command to slowly move closer to the first battalion, forming a flank attack on the Jin army.

It didn't take long for the second battalion of the Phoenix Army to arrive and launch a siege on the Jin army from the other side, and the Jin army commander had no choice but to order a retreat.

The officers and men of the third battalion did not pursue, except for one group to defend themselves, the other soldiers happily cleaned up the battlefield, according to the usual practice, did not catch a single prisoner, but the strong and fat war horses were captured more than 100 horses, as well as a lot of weapons and equipment, and even the clothes and shoes on the corpses were stripped off.

It's not that the Phoenix Legion is poor and crazy, but in the winter, the clothes and shoes of those tribesmen are mostly thick fur, very warm, even if they are sold for a good price, even if they are stained with blood and holes, they can be worn by washing and sewing, they are all trophies, don't be in vain.

When Yue Tuo received the news that the army was pouring out and chasing after him, most of the soldiers of the three battalions of the Phoenix Legion had withdrawn into the Shanhai Pass, and the troops behind the palace outside the city were still lining up in a dense defensive phalanx and slowly retreated, retreating to the range of the Fulang machine guns at the head of the city.

"I'm mad at me!" Yue Tuo watched the Ming army retreat into the city, roared, and spurted out a mouthful of blood in his heart in anger, and fell headlong on his horse.