The Fifth and Sixth Brigades of the 'Revolutionary Army' were originally stationed in Baoding and Jinan, and He Zhuo commanded these two brigades when he led his troops to sweep through Shandong last year. The 10,000 officers and soldiers of these two brigades were originally very awkward about a female commander, but as long as they were on the battlefield, He Zhuo's fast-fighting and fast-attacking tactics convinced the men of the two brigades.

As long as you can win the battle with fewer deaths, who cares if your boss is a man or a woman? can save his life and have military merits, where can such good things be found in the world? When Zhou Qingfeng wanted to transfer troops to deal with Nurhachi, the officers and soldiers of these two brigades did not reject He Zhuo's command, and even felt lucky. Both sides can play the effect of one plus one is greater than two after running-in.

Counterattacking the Karaqin Department from the Yanshan Mountain Range, this idea was conceived by He Zhuo. She is a member of Yehebe, who is actually a Mongol. Now that she turned around against her own people, she seemed extremely ruthless. Zhou Qingfeng originally felt that it would be good as long as she held a few passes in the Yanshan Mountain Range, but she strongly asked the army to march north through Yanshan and take the initiative to attack the enemy.

Kou can go, I can go too!

There is no reason why you barbarians can only beat us Han people every year, and we Han people can also fight you.

He Zhuo has a deep hatred for Nurhachi. The fundamental reason why she is willing to commit herself to Zhou Qingfeng is that Zhou Qingfeng can help her take revenge - she has never met Nurhachi in person, and has lived in Nurhachi's shadow since she was nine years old. As a stubborn woman, she is not willing to accept such a fate.

Leading troops to counterattack the Karaqin Department was the first step in Hezhuo's counterattack. Compared with Zhou Qingfeng, who may not know the forces on this grassland when he looks at the map and checks the information, her understanding of this land is much deeper. Zhou Qingfeng approved her to invade the grassland, and when she came out of the Yanshan Mountain Range, she immediately rushed to Qingcheng, which belonged to the Karaqin Ministry.

If Zhou Qingfeng is replaced to fight, he will definitely not dare to run all the way without stopping, and it will take great courage to attack the enemy's hinterland. But He Zhuo knows too well the living customs of the Mongols - the Mongols attack the strong and defend the weak, and they can't let them ease up if they move. You can't let them attack and disturb your back; You can't let them run around, and you can't catch them; We must not let them travel far away and become a scourge.

The Mongol barbarians are really not afraid of death, they don't care about their own lives, but they are afraid of enemies that they can't resist. So as soon as you make a move, you have to defeat these barbarians. They were beaten, they could not bear the casualties of the young and strong, and they lost the livestock and pasture on which they depended, and then they would cry and shout and crawl over to recognize the new master as the 'Heavenly Khan'.

He Zhuo knows too well who these compatriots are. In the past twenty or thirty years, there has been fighting and killing on the grassland. This is how the Mongols survived, and they only obeyed the strongest who could beat themselves violently.

Standing on top of the high lookout car, He Zhuo raised his hand and picked up the telescope and scanned the sides and backs of his two arrays. Everything was expected by her, that is, the number of Mongols gathered in Qingcheng was a bit large, "many like chaotic ants." ”

"My fellow clansmen will only do this trick, riding around the side to fight, it really won't change for 10,000 years." He Zhuo watched as the brave Mongol cavalry crashed into the militia's chariot formation, bleeding from the head. "These people thought that they had encountered the original Ming army, and now they should know the power of firearms."

The smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield drifted in the wind, and the Mongol cavalry behind the flank retreated. The ferocious onslaught took a heavy toll on the impact. The two Han army formations cooperated with each other to form crossfire, which stunned the Mongolian cavalry who only knew how to fight hard.

Behind the formation, a large number of militiamen armed with spears rushed out and drove the fleeing Mongol cavalry away. This was to buy time for the arquebus that was slow to load. These spearmen did not run far, but were within range of the artillery. After clearing the battlefield, they returned to the protective circle of the car formation after ten minutes.

With a critical hit just now, at least more than 2,000 corpses lay on the battlefield. The 20,000 militiamen stared out of the formation, and the smoke of gunpowder mixed with the strong smell of blood rushed into their noses. Many officers and men suffered from nausea and vomiting, and most of them were caused by fear afterwards. More people were excited, only to know that they could be so powerful as a second-line army.

There were only a handful of Mongol cavalry that could rush into the formation, and the damage caused by bow and arrow throwing was limited. There were not many casualties among the militia, only about five or six hundred. Most of them were minor wounds, and temporary bandaging did not affect the battle. The barbarians of the steppe lacked the fuel and technology to mine and smelt. For them, a pot is a treasure, and the weapons and equipment have always been poor.

With such a result, the mood of the militia was greatly stabilized, and even the migrant workers mixed in with it felt raised their eyebrows and raised their heads. Lu Xiangsheng ran to Sun Chuanting and shouted, "Brother Sun, I just fired a few shots, and it seems that I also killed one or two Tartars. It turned out that this war was completely different from what I had thought in the past. ”

Lu Xiangsheng's face was blackened by the arquebus, Sun Chuanting looked at him with an excited face, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Wei has been busy loading ammunition just now, and he has made mistakes several times, and he didn't care about anything else." The combat power of this 'revolutionary army' is so strong that the world does not think about it as a second person. ”

Just as the two were about to talk a little more, the officer came and gave the order to all the officers and men to advance in battle formation, continue to press the enemy's line, and launch an attack on Qingcheng, the old nest of the Karaqin tribe - the troops were very tired from the rapid march of hundreds of miles. But when they heard this order, the morale of the whole army was high, and everyone should obey it.

This aggressive posture made Amin on the other side even more uncomfortable. He carried more than half of the 30,000 female Allah forces equipped with firearms, which can be called a heavy army. But now in the face of the sudden killing of He Zhuo, a large number of cavalry charges failed to crush him. The flank and rear outflanking of tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry failed to make an inch, but was beaten and lost.

It doesn't matter if you lose, the Mongols have plenty of troops. But if this morale cannot be maintained, the battle that follows will be difficult to fight.

And on the other side, ...... morale is high!

Now that 20,000 militiamen were pressing, the 10,000 Wehrmacht troops were divided into more than a dozen infantry phalanxes and slowly advanced forward, pressing the Jurchen line step by step. Even the battalion's artillery was slowly pushed up, and the muzzle of the cannon was pointed directly at Amin's team. It's about waiting to close the distance and then give the opponent round after round of crit.

What to do?

He Zhuo didn't leave much time for Amin to react, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer. This is already in the range of the artillery, and soon it will be in the range of the flintlock guns. At this time, Abatai ran over from the flank in despair, crying and shouting: "Amin, my family is gone." Now I can't explain it to my father Khan. ”

Amin himself was sweating profusely, and he didn't care about what Abatai was talking about. He only ordered with a straight face: "You bring 10,000 of our own soldiers and horses to kill from the left flank." I'm going to reassemble those Mongol Beylers and rush again. It is necessary to block the momentum of this Han army. ”

Abatai cried out again in mourning: "My tenth child is dead!" ”

Amin was also angry, and also roared: "I don't care who dies, if we don't beat this group of Han people back, we all have to die." Can you still fight? If you can't fight, roll away. ”

Abbatay cried and yelled in hatred, tore the clothes on his chest with both hands, and turned around and scolded the leader. Amin is older, has fought a lot of battles, and has a lot of experience. He knew that he could not retreat easily, otherwise the momentum that had been mustered up with great difficulty would disappear, and the prestige of the Jurchens in the eyes of the Mongols would also plummet.

The Jurchens needed the Mongols as allies, and the latter had to be dragged into the water.

"Bulgadu, go and find all the people of the Korqin tribe, and whoever dares to run away at this time will cut him down." Amin was also ruthless, he sent out all his own soldiers, saying that he would firmly tie up the Mongolian troops who rushed to Qingcheng, "Those with big losses can be repaired." But others who have not been in battle are not allowed to retreat. Whoever dares to escape today, don't blame me tomorrow for killing him with big gold. ”

Bulgadu is the Taiji leader of the Karaqin tribe, and Qingcheng is his territory. He was also reluctant to let the men and horses of the other Mongol tribes leave, so that he would leave behind the hundreds of thousands of people who had gathered to keep his city—although this was a large stockade, it was extremely rare on the steppe.

The Han army beat drums and blew suona, and 30,000 horses and horses calmly and slowly advanced. It wasn't until the main force of the Jurchens went into battle in person that they stopped again. This time, the Mongol cavalry avoided it from a distance, and refused to move forward easily. The platoon of guns and shelling just now was beyond their comprehension, and the rumbling of guns frightened not only the horses, but also the men.

The battle soon turned into 30,000 Han Chinese versus 30,000 Jurchens, and a large number of Mongols watching. As soon as Zhuo saw that the Jurchens began to fight, he immediately ordered the two parts that were originally separated to close together and adjust the formation. When the 30,000 Jurchens wanted to surround the Han Chinese army, she ordered the two Wehrmacht infantry brigades to divide into companies and fight with the militia.

A regular infantry company was paired with two militia companies, and at the same time, the transport wagons were pulled out as bunkers, and the artillery was separated one by one, taking advantage of the light and flexible characteristics of the battalion's artillery, and assigned to the infantry company to strengthen the firepower.

The trained troops' ability to understand and execute orders is to be fast. Before Amin's 30,000 men were in place, Hezhuo's change of formation had already been completed. The 30,000 Han people shrank the formation and formed an authentic 'hedgehog array', with all their firepower outward.

Amin set up a battle for a long time, and he had to keep the somewhat timid Mongolian tribes, and he was in a hurry for a while. When he saw that his opponent was changing formation faster than him, he was even more distressed in his heart. He said to Zilharang beside him: "I really don't know where this group of Han troops came from? It's still so hard to fight. ”

Zilharang was Nurhachi's nephew and Amin's younger brother, and was not yet twenty years old. It was also the first time he had gone into battle to fight a big battle, but he encountered such a thorny problem. He had little experience but had a lot of momentum, and took the initiative to ask for an order: "Let me bring a thousand firecrackers to fight the front." Those cavalry of the Mongol tribes were too stupid to ram hard. I'm sure I'll be able to take down this gang of Han Chinese. ”

Amin shook his head, "These Han people are very fierce. Don't go, let the minions go first. It's a pity that I didn't bring the artillery made by the Tessians, otherwise bombardment would be the best way to break the formation. ”

Zilharang didn't think so, he felt that he had learned from those Dutch instructors in Shenyang, and mastered the knack of commanding firearms to win, and now he only lacked a chance to show his ability. The Mongols couldn't win because they didn't use the right way, and he would definitely not be defeated so badly, he would definitely win.

Amin was having a headache about how to fight the next battle, but he was unaware that his younger brother Zilharang was eager to try and secretly led the troops up.