10th year of Longwu, August 15.

A vast plain between Changchun and Songyuan in later generations. Tens of thousands of cavalry of the Ming and Qing armies finally looked at each other from a distance here, and each appeared on the horizon of the other party's field of vision.

To the west and south of the battlefield is the endless Songnen Plain.

The grasslands are dense and interspersed with numerous Hokkaido rice and rye fields dotted along the river. It's August, and the waves of rice and wheat are rolling, and if you can wait until the harvest, there will be a rare bumper harvest.

In the east and north directions of the battlefield, the Songhua River is turbid, flowing from northwest to southeast, rushing endlessly.

The first Ming troops to come to this battlefield and encounter the Qing army were thousands of Ming cuirassier pistols under Zhu Wenzhen's command, as well as 20,000 Mongolian servant cavalry.

Many of those Mongolian servant cavalry have seen the Songhua River, after all, they have lived in the northeast grassland for half their lives. And those Han cavalry from the south were amazed to see the scenery here.

First, they had never seen a great plain wider than the Hebei Plain, and second, they could not imagine that in the land of China, in addition to the Yangtze River, there could be a great river, whose water volume and river surface could far surpass the Yellow River.

In the minds of the Han people, the Yellow River is undoubtedly the second largest river in the world. And it is the subversion of this cognition that has contributed to Zhu Wenzhen's strategic pulling style today.

In the past few days, he and Hao Ge repeatedly pulled, and Hao Ge also used a false trick to pretend to deal with Li Yu from Changbai Mountain in the east, and finally killed a horse pistol, approaching Zhu Wenzhen.

But Zhu Wenzhen finally dared not to run away and chose to contact Haoge in this position, obviously he also relied on. This reliance comes from his observation of the battlefield.

He found that as long as he retreated to the Songhua River, leaned on the Songhua River on one side, and divided a part of the troops in advance to control the northwest bank of the Songhua River, then after Haoge's main force was killed here, it would be stuck to a considerable extent.

It is impossible for Haoge to have the strength to temporarily organize forces to cross the Songhua River on the battlefield! The river is too big!

In this way, the direction that the Ming army's troops that delayed time needed to block it was reduced by half, and it would be easier to drag Hauge!

Hauge certainly knows that, but he doesn't have a better option.

Sports warfare is supposed to find a battlefield where both sides are willing to fight, and both sides feel that they are not too much of a loss, and then they can fight.

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"Although there is the Songhua River blocking it, which affects the deployment and detour of the troops, it is not bad to be able to catch up with the enemy army here. Aobai, today you lead my main force as the vanguard, and you must defeat Zhu Wenzhen within half a day! It's better to make a forced landing on those spineless Mongol cavalry and let them turn against them! ”

After Hauge confirmed the deployment of Zhu Wenzhen's troops with a telescope, he gave the order for a general attack on Aobai.

"The last will obey!" Ao Bai Tiger roared, obeyed his holy decree of the Qing Emperor, and carried it out without hesitation.

Even if the Ming army on the opposite side had thousands of pistols, double-barreled breech sprays, and even more than 100 front-loading rifled sniper rifles that dismounted and fired, Ao Bai did not have the slightest fear.

At such times, hesitation will lead to defeat, and even if it is dangerous, there is no room for delay.

Zhu Wenzhen saw that Ao Bai had launched a charge, but he didn't let the Ming cuirassiers, who were less than 5,000, go directly up. After all, the number of his descendants is too small, and he mainly has to rely on the Mongol servant army to consume it first.

So Zhu Wenzhen issued an order, asking the Horqin Department and the Chahar part to outflank the left and right flanks, fight and shoot horses, and harass the offensive of Aobai.

Several major princes and nobles of the Horqin and Chahar tribes are now controlled by the Ming Dynasty, and even in front of Zhu Wenzhen's army, some high-ranking generals have been taken hostage, so they are not too worried about the Mongols directly defecting.

The revolver of the Ming cavalry did not have a long range, but it was extremely powerful in short-range bursts, and it could fire six shots in a very short time, so it was very convenient to use as a warlord at a distance close to the face.

Just like in modern warfare in later generations, a squad of soldiers is holding a bolt-action rifle and needs to pull it to shoot a shot, and the output speed is very slow, when a soldier with a repeating pistol or even a submachine gun stands behind them, and can barely control the situation.

The Mongol cavalry half-pushed and half-rushed on the spot, and soon fought with Aobai.

However, both sides were mainly rangers and cavalry, but did not directly hedge, but kept a distance and fired arrows at each other.

All of a sudden, the banks of the Songhua River were like rain, and tens of thousands of arrows flew staggered, splashing up columns of blood.

More arrows were lost in the fertile black earth, and the tail feathers of the shafts of the arrows still shook and swayed like the wind blowing the reeds.

The Qing cavalry generally had a higher armor rate, and although the endurance of running on the battlefield would also be weakened by the load, it was obvious that the losses were smaller in this kind of counter-shooting.

The Mongol cavalry on the opposite side kept falling from their horses and fell to death, but they did not dare to retreat, and when they wavered slightly, the Ming army supervising the pistols behind them immediately taught them to be human beings and strangled the bud of danger at the initial stage.

In addition, the Mongol princes and major generals were detained, and the Mongols did not dare to defect or mutiny on a large scale, and at most there were only sporadic incidents of greed for life and fear of death.

While the Mongol cavalry continued to lose, the Qing cavalry on the Aobai side suffered few casualties, and it was difficult for the Qing soldiers wearing iron cotton armor to be killed or seriously injured by iron cone arrows.

But from time to time, the war horses of the Qing army were shot down by the rain of arrows that were repeatedly fired, and the heavy cavalry in iron and cotton armor were thrown out with a wailing and miserable screaming, and their tendons were broken and broken.

The mobility and impact of the Qing army also weakened more and more in this tragic war of attrition. Even if some warriors were not seriously injured after falling off their horses, they could only barely get up and act as foot archers, and continued to bend their bows and release arrows.

In the chaotic sports war, it is very dangerous to stand in the center of the battlefield casually, and you will be trampled by your own people.

Therefore, many Qing archers who fell from their horses could only be naturally pushed closer to the banks of the Songhua River, gathered on the right side of the battlefield, and re-lined themselves in the relatively muddy and soft areas along the river where it was difficult for cavalry to enter.

It is precisely because these places are relatively muddy that the Mongolian cavalry cannot rush up and trample on the soft persimmons.

Some young and vigorous Mongolian cavalrymen who did not understand geography did not believe in evil, and as soon as they rushed up, their horses' hooves fell into the mud, and their hooves were thrown off, and then they were stabbed and killed by the Qing army's infantry archers with sabers and rifles.

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The bloody avant-garde war of attrition lasted for most of the hour, and the losses of the Manchu cavalry and the Mongol cavalry, which were servants of the Ming Dynasty, were quite small.

The Mongols had already suffered thousands of casualties, and although the number of direct casualties of the Qing soldiers was just over a thousand, there were many more lightly wounded and foot archers who lost their mobility because of arrows on their horses.

Hauge was in the rear, and seeing that Aobai had failed to make a breakthrough and had lost his impact and mobility, he also realized that this battle was destined to move from a movement war to a positional war.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to put the Han and Mongolian troops that he forcibly recruited into the army one by one, and let the only remaining Manchurian soldiers around him serve as the superintendent, and imitated the Ming army to force the cannon fodder soldiers to go first.

The bank of the Songhua River suddenly became a bloody meat grinder, countless lives were piled in, and the servant armies on both sides were afraid and retreated, but there was also a presence in the rear that made them afraid.

A small number of Mongolian cavalry on the side of the Ming Dynasty saw that there were also Mongolian compatriots on the opposite side who were killed, and there were pistol cavalry in the rear who did not dare to run back.

But as everyone knows, the Mongol soldiers under the command of Haoge are also afraid of the Manchurian warlords with bright blades and strong bows behind them, and they are afraid of the Ming servants in front of them, so they collapse and surrender.

As for the Han cavalry who were forced by Haoge, they were even more resentful, like a crater that could be ignited at any time, which was always a huge hidden danger. In the midst of the melee, thousands of Han cavalry began to fall towards the Ming Dynasty, and the entire front line was staggered, completely chaotic.

Under this tacit understanding that they want to work but can't make any effort, the meat grinder is like falling into a huge quagmire, and there is a lot of resistance every turn.

Everyone was messing around, and in the end, they even shot arrows indiscriminately into the sky, seeing who they could shoot if their luck fell, and they didn't plan to aim and shoot.

Hauge saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.

Da Ming can be rotten, he can work without effort, he can consume, but he can't!

As long as Zhu Wenzhen consumes, Li Yu will come soon! dragged on for most of the day, Huang Degong and Li Fuming may also rush to the battlefield!

And if he drags it down, there is only a dead end!

"Who let Ao Bai ride and shoot like this! Let him make a decisive charge! Never mind how our Manchurian warriors usually fight! Just put it up and rush to Zhu Wenzhen's flag array! Fight to the death with those Han cuirassiers! Never mind the Mongols who are consumed by throwing arrows on both wings! Don't be afraid of the revolvers of the Han cavalry! ”

Haug had already roared to the fullest, and the herald had finally delivered his micro-manipulation to Aobai.

Seeing that the impact of the troops was getting weaker and weaker, Ao Bai finally gritted his teeth and launched a decisive charge.

"Stop the worship! Can't let him rush up! Let the Mongolian cavalry flank the left and right and stick it to hand-to-hand combat! Cuirassiers ready! ”

Zhu Wenzhen saw that Ao Bai was desperate, and his expression was also solemn, and while directing the two wings to attack, he personally took precautions.

He had a hunch that the Mongol cavalry might not really fight hard in hand-to-hand combat, hedging with flesh and blood.

Sure enough, after just half a cup of tea, Zhu Wenzhen's worries were proved that after all, those Mongolian servant troops had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty not long ago, and their loyalty was very fragile, and they did not have the consciousness to fight to the death for the Ming Dynasty.

After a short and tragic hand-to-hand fight, they were scattered one after another, and returned to the state of hiding on the two wings and secretly releasing arrows, even if the Ming army supervised the cavalry to kill a few deserters to deter, it was useless, but caused chaos.

Zhu Wenzhen knew that he had to lead by example, so he took 4,000 cuirassiers and went up regardless of the enemy's numbers.

This is a head-on hedge without any fancy, and it kills both sides in an instant.

The Ming cavalry fired several shots with revolvers, but because of the lack of projectile power and range kinetic energy, the first two or three shots often did not cause any damage, and it was not until the last three rounds of bullets that they could be visibly killed.

The effective killing distance of the revolver against unarmored enemies may exceed thirty paces, but it is definitely not possible against enemies with iron and cotton armor. It's just that the rate of fire of the revolver is limited after all, and if you put it to fifteen or twenty paces before firing, it will be too late to run out of bullets in front of your face, so even if you waste a few of them, there is no way to do it.

Thousands of Manchu cavalry were shot and killed in the rounds of wild fire before they were close to their faces. However, the cavalry of the Qing army under the command of Ao Bai was still fearless of death and completed this round of charges that proved the dignity of the Manchu army.

Many Ming cavalry fired late, and they didn't have time to collect their guns for sabers and slash, so they were directly slapped in the face with a spear and stabbed to death under the horse.

The impact of this two-horse hedge is poured into the cavalry lance, and no matter how strong the forged steel cuirass is, it will not be able to stop it, at most, after stabbing the cuirassier to death, the head of the attacking horseman's cavalry will be broken.

However, this kind of Ming cavalry who were directly stabbed to death often shot more calmly, and the bullets they fired before death were more threatening, and each person could take three or four full cavalry with them before death.

In the initial hedge of just one cup of tea, thousands of people were killed! The speed of destruction is not nothing short of astonishing.

After the brutal casualties, Zhu Wenzhen suddenly discovered a problem: Ao Bai was obviously the first soldier and rushed in front of this group of Manchurian cavalry, why was he not killed by a pistol shotgun? No matter how brave he is, can't he be equal in front of the musket?

It's not scientific.

Zhu Wenzhen observed carefully for a while, only to find that Ao Bai had fallen from his horse twice in a very short period of time, and what happened after falling from the horse was too far away to see clearly, and his vision was blocked by the enemy's other escort cavalry.

But Ao Bai was soon able to get horses from his subordinates again, get on the horses and fight again.

It is estimated that this guy is wearing three layers of iron armor for the first time? So no matter how you shoot, the war horse dies and the person can't die? That's really a warrior with infinite strength, and he can still kill the enemy in such heavy armor.

"It is estimated that they are also guarding against the pistol shotguns of our cavalry and shooting them in the face, and the important generals have strengthened their armor in a targeted manner. One can only count on the armor-piercing ability of rifled sniper rifles. ”

Thinking of this, Zhu Wenzhen hurriedly gathered the only more than 100 dragoons in the army who used long-pole rear-loading rifled sniper rifles.

Dragoons are usually on horseback to march and move around, and when it comes to the start of the fight, they choose to dismount and shoot, and they have also left a strong mark in the history of the development of Western musketeers.

The bullet of a rifled sniper, of course, is ten times more powerful than a pistol shotgun, as long as it is not a body armor made of modern steel plates, no matter how many sets of ancient armor you have, you can't carry it.

Previously, the dragoons could not shoot, it was nothing more than that there was no good opportunity to shoot, and the battlefield was too chaotic.

But now there is no choice, Zhu Wenzhen ordered his Chinese army flag formation to be solid, and specially waved the eye-catching flag a few more times to seduce Ao Bai to rush, and then he put all a hundred snipers in front of the flag array, just waiting for the other party to approach.

"The generals obeyed the order, and all the pistols were not allowed to expose the dragoon sniper team to the enemy attack until the flag formation went to recharge and kill and make sure that Aobai did not rush over!

Unless you wait until Ao Bai personally leads his henchmen to storm the flag formation, you are allowed to withdraw to the two wings and give up a frontal shooting angle! ”

The Ming cavalry under Zhu Wenzhen's command are also veterans with extremely stable morale and military discipline, many of whom are old people who have been led by Zhu Shuren for more than ten years.

The two sides fought fiercely for a long time, and the casualties became more and more tragic, Aobai's subordinates never rushed to the Chinese army flag array in front of Zhu Wenzhen, and Aobai himself changed two war horses again, and had to personally lead the team to serve as the arrow of the wedge-shaped charging formation.

"Ao Bai rushed up! The whole army stared at him and fired! Don't dodge! Zhu Wenzhen shot sharply, and the snipers ignored the deterrence of the rumbling hooves and focused on aiming.

"Bang bang bang-" A hundred cone-shaped rifled sniper shells shot out in just a few breaths, and the eyes of Ao Bai on the opposite side narrowed, instinctively feeling the threat of life and death, but it was too late.

"Uhhh

But Zhu Wenzhen's adventure is obviously also a serious hidden danger. The 100 snipers didn't have time to get on their horses at all, and they had already rushed to the position close to their faces, so they could only insert their bayonets directly and stab on the spot to fight hand-to-hand with the Manchurian cavalry who frantically rushed up.

The sound of broken tendons, broken legs of war horses, and tearing iron armor was endless. The two sides collided directly, hundreds of Manchu cavalry rolled and fell to death under the bayonets, and the sniper team under Zhu Wenzhen's command barely survived, all of them died in the turbulent waves of hand-to-hand combat and trampling.

To replace the first general of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is really impossible not to pay the price at all.

"Avenge the sniper brethren of the Dragoons! Kill with me! Ao Bai is dead! Zhu Wenzhen only felt a needle of blood rushing to his brain, until he needed to be responsible for the sacrifice of the robes, and commanded the pistol cuirassiers next to him to rush towards the Manchu cavalry who had just appeared in chaos.

After the Manchu cavalry surged up in the initial anger and blood feud, regardless of the slashing and killing, as the courage was exhausted, the serious impact of Ao Bai being sniped finally gradually spread.

The Manchurian cavalry was clumsy, and the charge gradually became weak, and finally more than 1,000 corpses were left and wrong, and they were killed by Zhu Wenzhen.

But Zhu Wenzhen's pressure is also extremely great, just a little time ago, the pistol cuirassiers under his command have more than 1,000 dead in battle, and there are more wounded. Had it not been for the fact that the friendly forces would soon arrive, and that the Mongol servant army was dying, such casualties would have been enough to collapse the troops.

"Your Majesty, it's not good! Ao Bai is dead in battle! Can't cross Zhu Wenzhen's flag array! Let's think about it another way! ”

As the bad news from the front line reached Hauge's ears, Hauge only felt his head buzz and was speechless.

What else could he do? If he doesn't break through, when the reinforcements of the Ming army arrive, he will only die even worse!

He shouted hoarsely and ordered the rest of the troops to continue to charge and kill, and when Ao Bai died, he changed his generals. However, the days gradually drifted away from him.

Time passed minute by minute, and seeing that the time was already past noon, the battlefield was a mess, and it was no longer possible to form an effective breakthrough. At the beginning of the day, a piece of bad news finally further undermined the confidence of the Qing army.

"Your Majesty! Along the Songhua River in the east, Li Yu's Ming army in Dongjiang Town has appeared on the flank of our army! Please make a quick decision and how to divide your forces to meet it! ”

Hauge's face was like ashes, and he just mechanically divided a force to meet Li Yu, and at this point he couldn't think of how to break the situation at all.