Dorgon stood on a high platform and observed the battlefield with a clairvoyant mirror.

The rain curtain interferes with the view, and it is not very clear to see. But one thing is certain, the Datong army did not bother to bring in artillery, because there were no canopies or other buildings near the battlefield.

The two military camps were separated by miles, and the artillery had to be carried slowly. Having to shelter from the rain all the way, build a canopy at the fort, and clean the drying pot, Dolgon had already withdrawn.

The elite main force of the Eight Banners Army in the middle was led by Nikan and Yue Le respectively.

Both were grandsons of Nurhachi, and were promoted by Dorgon to rise to power quickly (more to win over the faction behind them). Especially Yue Le, who is only twenty years old this year, has been named the prince of Zhenguo, and can be called brave and good at fighting.

Moving forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow, Yue Le's boots fell into the mud and pulled them out several times.

He looked left and right, and saw that he was under his command, and many of his shoes had been torn off in the mud. Yue Le said to the herald: "The whole army stops, take off your boots and go again!" ”

On the Datong army's side, they took off their shoes halfway.

"Knock knock!"

The Chinese troops on both sides were beating the drums, but under the rain, the drums looked dull and weak.

Li Zheng was in charge of the Chinese army, and Xiao Zongxian and Hu Dinggui led their troops to advance respectively to engage Nikan and Yue Le.

Each other's cavalry, although they abandoned their horses and fought on foot, were still listed as two wings, and habitually flanked each other.

The troops that clashed head-to-head, on both sides combined, numbered more than 30,000 people. Due to the rainy and muddy battles, both sides did not increase the width of the battlefield, and invariably increased the depth of the formation - Dolgon was afraid that the army formation would be too thin and would be killed, but Li Zheng was trying to confuse the enemy.

Nikan sent two troops, intending to test the attack first, but saw Hu Dinggui scattering all the troops.

"The whole army presses up!"

Nikan thought that Hu Dinggui would give it a go, so he naturally didn't dare to slack off, leaving only a few reserves, and the rest were sent out to fight.

On Xiao Zongxian and Yue Le's side, the situation was similar.

On the east side of the battlefield, after abandoning their horses, the cavalry of both sides marched towards a slope, hoping to occupy the high ground in advance to gain an advantage.

On the west side of the battlefield, near the river, it was a depression, and the rainy season was like stepping on a paddy field. Both sides are moving slowly, and most of their strength is used to pull their feet out of the mud.

On the frontal battlefield, every time they advance a certain distance, the generals of both sides will stop, form up and continue to advance. Because the ground is too difficult to walk, if you advance more than ten steps, you will inevitably have an uneven formation.

Yue Le suddenly took his own soldiers and reserves, and also pressed forward.

He was afraid that if something went wrong, it would be difficult for the reserves to rescue. In the muddy ground, it is necessary to get closer to the line of engagement so that the reserves can quickly rush forward to fill the gap.

The elite main forces of the two sides are getting closer and closer. Fifty steps, forty steps, thirty steps, twenty steps......

They are all twenty steps away, and they are still stopping at each other, so let's sort out the formation first. Because there are no long-range troops, and they are not afraid of the opponent's charge, they can calmly force the whole team.

Today's battle is a cold-weapon positional battle, and whoever has a neat and strict formation will have a greater chance of winning.

Dolgon watched with a clairvoyant mirror, and there were soldiers around him with umbrellas. Although the clairvoyant mirror was not raining, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it was almost impossible to see the situation in the distance.

"Raise your gun!"

Thor and his sword were drawn, and the flag commander waved his flag, and the army began to advance with spears raised.

Solhe is from the Yehnara clan and is the founder of the third and ninth leaders of the Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner. He is also a small shareholder of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, because he created the Shiguan Commander, and this army can be passed on to his children and grandchildren in the future.

At this moment, the distance between the main forces of the two sides is only ten steps at the closest, and fifteen steps at the farthest.

The Datong army stopped advancing, and immediately after, Hu Dinggui and Xiao Zongxian successively let the heralds wave the order flag.

Yuan Siqian, as the front-line commander, also followed to convey the military order, and then looked at the troops of Solhe more than ten meters away.

Sol He led his troops to speed up, and when he rushed to eight meters in front of the Datong army's formation, he suddenly saw the front row of the Datong army squatting, revealing a pole of fire in the rear.

Can it be released on a rainy day?

Sol He was in confusion when he heard a burst of gunfire in the rain.

The platoon gun is only eight meters away, and it is only eight meters, and a pig can aim with a gun!

When Sol and Huang Taiji defected, they could only command 300 people, but now they can command 3,000 people. His troops, as the guns rang out, the front row fell instantly, and only a few lucky ones were still standing.

And that's just the beginning.

The first platoon of Datong firearms squatted down to load their bayonets after shooting, or went to pick up the spears that the Surrenderers had helped carry. And the second platoon of musketeers, after crouching down in the first platoon, fired forward again.

"Bang bang bang!"

The Eighth Banner Army, which was dead and wounded in the front row, ushered in another round of shooting, and was shot and fell down in a daze.

The second row of firecrackers crouched down, and the third row of firecrackers began to aim.

"The Southern Barbarians know how to demons!"

"Demon guns, it's demon guns, you can release them on rainy days!"

“……”

The back row of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which had not yet fallen, looked at the corpses of friendly soldiers, and simply turned around and ran away.

The main reason is that the Datong Army does not talk about martial arts, and says that it is a good cold weapon positional battle, and the result is a shuttle. With a row of guns at a distance of eight meters, which army in the world can carry it?

"Bang bang bang!"

A large number of Eight Banners soldiers were killed in the process of escaping, and the survivors suddenly ran faster. From time to time, some people slipped and fell, and even got up and continued to flee, all of them covered in mud and water.

"All the troops are attacking!"

"Doodoo Dot ......"

The order flag was accompanied by the charge horn, and the Datong soldiers of the front army stepped on the mud and charged on the whole line. The few Eight Banners Army formation, which was not shot by the firearms, immediately faced the situation of being surrounded on three sides, and subconsciously turned around and fled.

Dorgon was observing the battle and adjusting his troops according to the situation, but the battle was over as soon as it began.

What the hell is a gun on a rainy day?

Of the 10,000 former Manchu troops, three or four thousand were shot on the spot. And died without warning, and if this situation is not defeated, the Eight Banners Army will become immortals.

The front troops of the Datong army charged for a while, and according to the predetermined plan, they split up and killed on both sides, and combined with the friendly forces on both sides.

Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui's troops were all on the battlefield on the east side, and they were engaged in foot combat with the Datong Xiao cavalry.

When they heard the sound of gunfire coming from the front, they were already terrified, and when they saw the Datong army coming from the side, they would be attacked from both sides.

"Run!"

Wu Sangui once again gave full play to his strengths, and Zu Dashou also anointed the soles of his feet. The Han soldiers under their command did not need the order of the commander, so they rushed to flee, and they would not die if they ran faster than the friendly army anyway.

"Kill the Tartars!"

Wang Tingchen drew his sword and shouted, chasing Wu Sangui.

Wang Tingchen and Li Dingguo led cavalry to attack in Liaodong, rescued many Han people in recent years, and captured many Jurchens. Now, Li Dingguo was transferred to Hebei as a division commander, and Wang Tingchen stayed in Liaodong as a cavalry division commander.

Both sides chased and fled, both slipped on the soles of their feet, and fell into the mud in various embarrassments.

The Han army banner, which escaped slowly, was chased and stabbed. So after falling, these Han military banners simply knelt on the ground and asked for surrender, kowtowing frantically in the muddy water to beg for mercy.

Wu Sangui was wearing a rain-soaked cotton armor, the soles of his feet slipped, and the whole person rolled down from the breakthrough.

He was trying to get up and continue to escape, when suddenly he was stepped on his waist, and the soldier who stepped on him also tripped over. Immediately, another rout came and stepped on Wu Sangui's chest.

"Get out of the way!"

Wu Sangui reluctantly got up and killed a rout soldier next to him to vent his anger, and then continued to flee towards the northeast.

Yue Le, the rising Manchu general, is also fleeing with the remnants at this moment. His troops suffered too heavy losses and were blinded by the volley of firearms, although the Datong army did not chase after them, but went to flank the two flanks, but in a panic, Yue Le still attacked Dolgon's Chinese army.

"Your Highness, go quickly!" The pro-soldier shouted.

Dorgon stared blankly at the front army, which had completely collapsed, at the two wings that were collapsing. Everything in front of him seemed to be in a dream, completely different from the battle he had envisioned.

In Dolgon's prediction, the brave and fearless warriors of the Eight Banners will kill the Southern Barbarians in the cold weapon positional battle.

"Your Highness, hurry up, it's too late!" The pro-soldiers are still urging.

Dolgon finally came to his senses, and he saw that his Chinese army was in disarray, and that it had been disrupted by the rout of the previous army.

The battle had been lost to such an extent that Dorgon had no choice but to flee.

Or rather, don't have to make decisions with Dorgon. The nobles of the Eight Banners of the Chinese army have already fled spontaneously, they are all battle-hardened people, and they know that if they don't escape, they will definitely be wiped out.

Thor and he fell, and was trampled by the rout, but he survived like a corpse on the battlefield.

His calf bone was broken and he had to crawl in the mud.

The follow-up troops of the Datong Army chased after him, and Solhe struggled to stand up, and actually tried to raise his knife desperately, but was stabbed to death on the spot by several spears.

These follow-up troops, ignoring the fighting on both sides, pursued Dolgon's central army.

Wu Sangui crawled and escaped two miles away.

The cotton armor was too heavy to soak, and it was too difficult to run on muddy ground, and he was so tired that he couldn't run. I wanted to beckon the pro-soldiers to come over and help myself to run away, but I couldn't see the shadow of the pro-soldiers at all.

Wu Sangui heard footsteps, and a Datong army chased after him in the rain.

He saw the leader clearly, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother Wang, I am willing to surrender, don't kill me!" ”

Wang Tingchen laughed, and spat out again: "Who the hell is a brother with you?" Tie up and catch a traitor! ”

Zu Dashou was also tired of running, and sat in the mud in armor.

He drew a knife and crossed his neck, trying to kill himself. But he couldn't get his hands down, and the knife was clamped around his neck for a long time, until the Datong army chased after him, he threw away the waist knife and waited to be captured.

"Boom!"

Lightning and thunder roared, and the rain intensified.

The Eight Banners of Yaozhou City always pay attention to the situation on the battlefield. Knowing that Dorgon's main force was defeated, he did not dare to defend the city at the moment, and the generals took their families and abandoned the city in the rain and fled to Xinin Fort in the northwest.

As for the supplies that Dolgon brought to the city, they couldn't be taken with them at all, and they were just waiting for the Datong army to receive them.