Ai Xing Ah threw away his baggage and the old and weak women and children, marched quickly with thousands of people, risked loading the cannon on the boat, and sailed up the Suzi River.

Some parts of the Suzi River have strong currents, and many rafting projects have been developed hundreds of years later.

It just so happens that the river near Mardun has a very turbulent flow rate. Mardun is built on a high mountain, and under the cliff is the river, and the mountains on both sides are towering.

The height drop of the riverbed is significant.

To transport the cannon by boat, you not only have to row the boat, but also have to pull the fiber on the shore.

Hurrying and hurrying, the Tartar gunboat, capsized halfway through. Time was urgent, and he didn't bother to salvage, Ai Xing'a docked on the west side of Mardun, and then entered the battlefield with artillery fire in a hurry.

Unfortunately, there was no defensive artillery on the stone wall of Mardun Fort at this time, and all of them were dismantled from the main battlefield before.

Yang Zhenqing could only watch as the enemy artillery advanced.

"You can't be beaten passively, you have to kill it!" Yang Zhenqing said to his soldiers.

Leaving 500 people to guard the village, Yang Zhenqing took the rest of the hundreds of people to kill.

The artillery of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was being slowly carried up the mountain. In front of the artillery, there were more than 300 Tartar soldiers, which were used to cover the artillery from surprise attacks.

These more than 300 Tartar soldiers were all the few fire control troops of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The mountain road is narrow, and there are not too many people standing on it.

Seeing that Yang Zhenqing led his troops to kill, the Eight Banners Army immediately stopped advancing. More than 300 Tartar musketeers lined up at the front, but they were feints, and the front row would block the firing angle of the rear row. Even if a few Tartars were squatting in the front row, only the second row would be able to shoot normally.

On the side of the Datong Army, the situation was just the opposite, condescending, and several platoons in front could shoot.

"Bang bang bang!

Don't talk nonsense when you meet, both sides open fire directly.

More than a dozen Tartar soldiers fell, and on the side of the independent regiment, only one soldier was shot.

"Change the fire!"

The Datong Army, which could not shoot in the rear row, quickly passed the loaded ammunition to the front and fired a second round at a very fast speed.

On the Manchu side, this could not be done.

Because the tartar's musket is still an arquebus.

When firing, arquebuses need to stand in dispersion, and the width of the battlefield is seriously insufficient. On the narrow mountain road, it is even more embarrassing, only three or four people can stand in a row, while seven or eight people can stand in a row of the Datong army. and fearing that the fire rope would get in the way, and the fire gunners all wrapped the fire rope around themselves,

It's a hassle to get the firebolt out.

The terrain is inferior and the muskets are inferior, resulting in the Tartar firecrackers being beaten passively.

More than 60 people fell one after another, and the front row of the Tartars finally couldn't bear it anymore, shouting and begging to withdraw to the bottom of the mountain first.

Man Dahai and Ai Xing Ah are further back at the moment, and they can't see the battle situation in front of them clearly.

Man Dahai felt that something was wrong, and squeezed towards the front in person. He struggled past the artillery unit, almost climbing over the barrel, and finally understood what had happened to his musketers.

"The fire battalion withstruck, and the rest of the troops, the former army became the rear army, and slowly withdrew to the bottom of the mountain." Man Dahai made a quick decision and quickly gave an order. If the fight continues like this, the whole army will collapse on the mountain road, and the only way to use the lives of the firecrackers is to buy time to retreat down the mountain.

This attack of the Tartars obviously failed again.

More than 300 Tartar firecrackers were almost wiped out. Only a few dozen people were killed by bullets, and the rest of the Tartar firecrackers died in pursuit when they were allowed to withdraw.

"Get on the bayonet, kill!"

Man Dahai waited for the artillery to retreat, and then he sounded the trumpet to signal that the firecrackers could withdraw. These Tartars, who had been beaten, scrambled to turn around and flee for their lives, and were chased and stabbed by Yang Zhenqing's troops.

In this battle, the independent regiment suffered 3 dead and 8 wounded, killed more than 300 Tartar soldiers, and found many ammunition bags by touching the corpses.

Back at the bottom of the mountain, Man Dahai's face was gloomy.

The walled wall of Mardun really can't withstand the bombardment. But if you want to use a cannon, you have to push it to a certain height, otherwise the devil knows where the cannonball will hit.

"Where's the car?" Mandahai asked.

Ai Xing replied: "The cars are still on the way, and there are not many of them. ”

These Tartars abandoned the city in order to break through quickly, and of course it was impossible to take all the heavy wagons with them.

Man Dahai said: "When Taizu attacked Mardun, he couldn't defeat it. Finally, the downhill passages on both sides were blocked, and the drinking water in the village was cut off, so that the enemies in the village were forced to surrender. But we can't wait, in case the water stored in the village for more than ten days, the southern barbarians behind it will catch up.

"The prince is very right." Aixing Adao.

"Our army can only attack," Man Dahai continued, "and there should not be many enemy troops in the village. Thousands of people should be separated and go over the cliffs on the banks of the river, under the hills southeast of the stockade, and cut off their water sources. When the chariot came, the north and the south attacked. The north side was advanced with a cart to cover the artillery up the hill.

The south side can't be transported by car, but it can also feint and contain the enemy's troops to defend. “

Ai Xing Ah said: "I immediately sent someone to urge the car. “

Man Dahai said: "I can't wait, I just need to pick an elite attack." You can no longer use firecrackers to cover the artillery up the mountain, you must use the elite infantry armor in front, fill it with human lives, and the artillery will step on the corpse to pass! "

"This ...... Will this work? Ai Xing Ah was skeptical.

In the face of the firearms of the Datong army, the elite of the concession armor charged in the narrow mountain road. I'm afraid that before I rushed over the melee battle, the elite of the infantry armor would die, and it would collapse before it died.

Man Dahai gritted his teeth and said, "You have to give it a try, go and choose a warrior." “

Before Ai Xing could leave, there was a sudden shouting voice on the hillside.

Amba, who had surrendered, held an iron horn and stood on the hillside and shouted: "Listen to the Jurchen brothers under the mountain, I am also a Jurchen." My name is Amba, and I'm the guard of the small fort. As long as you lay down your weapons and surrender, you will have a chance to live. Look at me, don't you live well? It has also been reused, and it can continue to fight and make meritorious contributions...

"Hetuara is gone, the Queen Mother and the Emperor have all died in the chaos, and the Qing Dynasty is gone. The Qing Dynasty is dead, who are you still working for? ”

"Quickly lay down your arms and surrender, if you don't surrender, it's too late. The main force of 200,000 soldiers of Datong Heavenly Soldiers is rushing over from Salhu. In a day or two at the latest, you will be able to kill Mardun, and then you will be flanked from front to back! “

"If you want to surrender, follow the cliff on the river bank, climb to the southeast of the mountain, and drop your weapons to surrender at Nanzhai Gate."

On the Tartar side, the whole army was noisy.

The shouting on the hillside can be heard clearly from the bottom of the hill. What made them panic was that there were two important contents, one was that the Manchu Empress Dowager and the emperor were dead, and the other was that the main force of the Datong Army would arrive soon.

The Datong army has occupied Mardun and blocked the back road of the Tartars, so it is very likely that both of these news are true.

Ai Xing roared: "It's all rumors, don't believe it!" “

The soldiers of the Eight Banners Army were still panicked, and there were many discussions in private, and even some of the Eight Banners nobles wanted to flee for their lives.

"What a vicious scheme!" Mandahai was about to be blown out of his lungs.

He had thought that he would send another force down the cliffs on the river bank to the southeast of Maldun. Then, the north and the south attacked together, filling the village with human lives.

Who knew that Yang Zhenqing made people shout, saying that those who surrendered ran along the cliff to the south.

This made Man Dahai hesitate, if he sent a few thousand people over, I am afraid that by then there would be no attack from the north and south, and the Tartar soldiers who went to the south would think of surrendering.

Man Dahai said to Ai Xinga: "You personally lead the troops to the south!" “

"I..."Ai Xing Ah also reacted, and immediately said, "Okay, I'll go!" “

Ai Xing persuaded some Eight Banner nobles not to believe the rumors, and then took their respective cattle records and walked along the cliffs along the river bank together.

Although the bank of the river is a cliff, it is also passable, because the "side road" was built in the time of Nurhachi.

Those sidewalks are usually walked by slender men.

When Nurhachi returned triumphantly, the river was so fast that supplies had to be pulled by slender men before they could be loaded onto ships back to Hetuala.

Ai Xing didn't dare to wear armor, and walked tremblingly on the cliffs on the shore. It can only be passed by one person, and sometimes it does not even fit two feet, and only one foot can step on the ground. Fortunately, the bottom of the cliff was concave, and even if the Datong army on the mountain threw stones, they would basically not hit the people below.

"There are a lot of southern barbarians ahead!"

A nobleman of the Eight Banners exclaimed, Ai Xing Ah was paying attention to his feet, and hurriedly looked up, and suddenly shouted in fright: "Withdraw quickly!" ”

However, it was the main force of the independent regiment, and after taking over Hetuala, the peasants who stayed with the army to defend the city finally came with the people and baggage to reinforce it.

The Eight Banners Army led by Ai Xing Ah is all on the cliffs on the shore at the moment, and if they continue to move forward, they will be blocked by the independent regiment.

When Ai Xing Ah returned to the camp, Man Dahai had already picked a death squad.

"How did you get back?" Mandahai asked.

Ai Xing's face was bitter: "The barbarians have come to reinforcements, and I am afraid that there are tens of thousands of people (including grain carriers)."

Man Dahai wanted to speak and stopped, and finally sighed: "I can't fight." Abandon the baggage, each of them bring some food with him, and all the ravines on the north side of the mountain, and get out as much as he can alive. “

Behind them, there are indeed several ravines in the north, but after the ravines are completed, they have to climb the mountains, and it is impossible for the army to take away the supplies.

Ai Xinga said: "If we don't set up an ambush in the ravine, maybe the enemy army will rush forward, and we will win again." “

"I can only try." Mandahai did not give up hope for this.

The Datong Army is not the army of the Ming Dynasty, even if it wins an ambush, it is impossible to defeat all the main forces of the Datong Army.

Man Dahai missed the time when he fought with the Ming army, the Ming army killed tens of thousands of people, as long as the Eight Banners Army defeated one, the rest of the Ming army troops would take the initiative to escape. Moreover, when the Eighth Banner Army attacked the first part of the Ming Army, other units of the Ming Army rarely took the initiative to rescue, and the Eight Banners Army could calmly move on the battlefield.

The Datong Army is different, all the departments are like mad dogs. Not to mention sitting back and watching friendly troops being attacked, even if the Eight Banners Army does not provoke, the Datong Army will take the initiative to attack.

"The whole army withdrew into the mountains." Man Dahai reluctantly ordered.

They retreated by the same route, joined up with most of the tartars, and plunged headlong into the ravines to the north, carrying the old and the weak, the sick, and the burdened.

It was a dead end, only a few miles long, and beyond that it was all mountains.

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