From the distance between the two sides about 600 paces, the scout cavalry of the Ming army led by Zhu Cijiong began to fire, and according to the average rate of fire of about four seconds, about 15 shots could be fired.

Because of the cavalry charge, it took 60 seconds to complete 600 steps. However, in actual combat, there is no need to fire 15 guns at all.

Although Gao Lili led the elite cavalry of the rear camp of the Dashun army, and his will to fight was still relatively firm, when the Ming army scout cavalry finished firing six rows of guns, it still collapsed without any suspense.

Nothing else, it was really because the marksmanship of the Ming army scout cavalry was too accurate. Except for the first three rows of guns because of the long distance, the three rows of guns in the back were almost inaccurate, and they could knock down more than 100 horsemen every time.

After six rounds of guns, the Dashun cavalry who attacked had already suffered more than 400 casualties, and the formation was already in chaos.

What made Gao Ligong feel even more desperate was that there were still more than 300 steps between them and the Ming scout cavalry, and if they continued to rush forward, they could only die even more ugly.

So, Gao Ligong decisively ordered to retreat. Then on the way back there were six more rows of guns and the loss of almost four hundred horsemen.

When Gao Ligong fled back to Gao Yigong's side, the 3,000 cavalry had lost 900, and 30% had been lost.

"Er, what are you doing?" Gao Yigong's face was as black as Bao Gong,

"Three thousand elite horsemen against more than 100 cavalry Ming troops, failed to kill the other party and not to mention, and was beaten by the other party? It's just a fart, and you actually lost nearly a thousand rides? How did you lead the soldiers and how did you fight? Why don't you die? In a hurry, Gao Yigong didn't leave any face for Gao Ligong.

The battle was not fought well, and Gao Ligong had no face to defend himself, so he could only complain: "Big brother, I really can't beat it, these more than 100 scout cavalry of the Ming army are too ferocious, and their bird guns are far and accurate, almost biting meat with guns!" "Ahh

"Where's the ghost?" Gao Yigong didn't believe it,

"It's not like I've never seen the bird's gun of the Ming dog, isn't it just that bear? The range is only thirty steps, and if you exceed thirty steps, you won't be able to hit the ghost! Gao Yigong's understanding of the firearms of the Ming army is still stuck in the firearms of Chongzhen 17 years ago.

"No, it's not." Gao Ligong waved his hand again and again and said,

"The Ming army's bird gun on the opposite side is a real evil sect, and it can hit us from five or six hundred steps away, if you don't believe it, big brother, you can ask other brothers." Gao Yigong really found the Dashun cavalry who fled back, and after asking, he found that Gao Ligong really didn't lie, and the Ming cavalry's bird gun could really shoot the Dashun cavalry 600 steps away.

"Big brother, you can always believe it now, we really can't beat it." Gao Ligong said with a bitter face: "Ming Dog's bird gun is too sharp, this battle is really impossible to fight." Gao Yigong's brows frowned, this is tricky, because the performance of the firearms of the two sides is too different, and it is not at the same level at all, how can this battle be fought?

I can't fight! …… Also exclamating were Ma Chongxi, the general of the left Guoyi of the rear camp, and Zhang Neng, the general of the right Guoyi.

Ma Chongxu and Zhang Neng led an army almost at the same time to go out of the north in front of the Fallen Horse Pass and Tumen Pass, and immediately launched an attack on Baoding and Zhending Fucheng.

Except for a few county towns in Gyeonggi, most of the rest of the county towns have been abandoned. However, there are still a small number of inhabitants in prefectures like Baoding and Zhending, and there are also Ming army soldiers stationed in them, and the Ming army in each prefecture has an infantry regiment.

Of course, it was not a full regiment, because there was a shortage of officers and non-commissioned officers. However, these soldiers were all from the new army, all of them had received the most rigorous military training, and the defense of the city was relatively simple, and experienced veterans could serve as the most basic command.

So as a result, Ma Chongxu and Zhang Neng attacked many times, and they all returned. Not only did there be no progress, but many people and horses were lost in vain, and they were carrying a nest.

After several attempts to no avail, Ma Chongxu and Zhang Neng decisively led their troops to bypass Baoding and Zhendingfucheng, turned north and moved closer to Jingshi, preparing to join Gao Yigong first.

…… The smoothest progress is Li Yan's 30,000 cavalry. After Li Yan's cavalry left Huangyu Pass, he traveled day and night, passing through Shunde Mansion and Guangping Mansion to take Linqingzhou, as long as Linqingzhou was taken, the Grand Canal would be cut off by the Dashun army.

Gao Yigong, Li Yan, Ma Chongxi, and Zhang Neng were soldiers who would rise on the same day as the agreed date. So when Gao Yigong hit outside Beijing, Li Yan had already hit Linqingzhou.

Unlike the frustration of the three of them, Li Yan's department successfully won Linqingzhou. It's just that what Li Yan's subordinates have taken is only an abandoned and empty city, not to mention people, not even a wild dog can be found.

The reason for this is actually quite simple. Because when Jiannu and the Ming army confronted each other before, the area of Linqingzhou belonged to the front line.

Therefore, most of the population in this area was first moved away by the Ming Dynasty, and the rest were taken captive by Jiannu to Beijing or Gyeonggi, so the area between Beizhi, Shandong and Nanzhi became a white land.

As a result, Li Yan's department is facing a serious difficulty - it is about to run out of cooking!

"Big brother, the situation is not good." Li Nian reported with a dark face,

"The nearby Qinghe County, Wucheng County, Xiajin County, Gaotang Prefecture and even Liaocheng, the city of Dongchang, have all been found, and they are all empty cities like Linqing."

"What, it's all empty?" Li Mu exclaimed,

"How is this possible?"

"How can't it be, it's just the way it is." Li Nian said,

"These counties, prefectures, and even prefectures have been abandoned, and there is no one at all, and there is no food to collect."

"What can I do?" Li Mu frowned and said,

"The remaining grain and grass is only enough to eat for half a month." Li Nian pondered for a moment and said: "Big brother, this area was originally the war zone between Jiannu and the Ming army, and the local people either died in the war, or they have fled to other places, and it is impossible to collect grain and grass here, otherwise we will go north, or go south to Xuzhou, and Yinxi has not been in Xuzhou Tuntian for many years, there should be grain and grass there." ”

"But Xuzhou has the Nanzhi Zhentai of the Ming Army, and there are enough 150,000 battle-hardened town soldiers." Li Yan said quietly: "In addition, the Ming army also built a large number of fortifications between Xiazhen, Xuzhou and Bilzhou, and even the hundreds of thousands of Jiannu army led by Dolgon could not take it back then, not to mention our 30,000 cavalry. Li Nian was speechless, because what Li Yan said was the truth, and Nanzhi Zhentai was not a secret.

In fact, the intelligence work of the Dashun army is still okay, and I know a lot of intelligence about the Ming army. Li Mou said: "It's not okay to go south to Xuzhou, then go north to Beijing, Minggou has built a large number of fortifications in Xuzhou, and Beijing will not also build a lot of fortifications, right?" ”

"Beijing doesn't have a guntai, but it has 180,000 new troops." Li Yan said: "And these 180,000 new troops are equipped with the sharpest firearms of the Ming army. After a pause, Li Yan said again: "In the Battle of Bali Bridge, the 180,000 new troops annihilated the 700,000 Jiannu army, do you think our 30,000 cavalry can beat it?" "Ahh

"Gah?" Li Mu was speechless. For a long time, Li Mu said with a dark face: "Xuzhou can't win, and Beijing can't win, so we can just go back to Hetao, and take advantage of the fact that there is still half a month's ration left, otherwise we will starve to death in Shandong." ”

"Not to starve." Li Yan smiled and continued,

"Isn't Plug Yinxi in Tuntian, Xuzhou? And it's mainly sweet potatoes that are grown, and if I'm not mistaken, sweet potatoes can be dug in June, albeit a little smaller. ”

"Go to Xuzhou to dig sweet potatoes?" Li Mu was stunned and said,

"But we can't beat the Xuzhou town soldiers."

"Who said there was going to be a war?" Li Yan shook his head and said,

"We only dig sweet potatoes, we don't fight." The purpose of this visit was not to fight with the Ming army, but only to cut off the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

"Understood." Li Nian finally reacted and said with a smile,

"What the eldest brother means is to use the speed advantage of our cavalry to go to Xuzhou to harvest sweet potatoes, and then return to Qingzhou after receiving them." ...... When Li Yan led the army to Xuzhou to harvest sweet potatoes, Gao Yigong suffered another defeat.

After realizing that the Ming scout cavalry was equipped with extremely sharp guns, Gao decided to change his tactics and sent eight thousand cavalry teams to outflank the Ming scout cavalry from eight directions.

Because the cavalry of the Dashun army made a long detour, the scout cavalry of the Ming army could not find it in time.

However, what made Gao Yigong's lungs angry was that after the Ming scout cavalry found out that they were encircled, they only made a tactical move to break the eight-sided encirclement of the Dashun cavalry.

What tactical moves? It was to retreat to the vicinity of the monster. Gao Yigong was annoyed and angry, and launched a frontal attack on the monster.

It turned out to be another crushing defeat, and this time losing more cavalry. Three battles were fought in three days, not to mention all three battles, and the number of casualties exceeded 9,000.

Looking at the cavalry formation that is missing a large piece, Gao Yigong's heart is broken, how did this battle be fought? Obviously, he didn't exert much force, but he lost three adult horses in a daze.

Thankfully, Zhang Neng and Ma Chongxi rushed to Gyeonggi. After the meeting of the three roads, the main cavalry force of the rear camp recovered to about 40,000 horsemen.

But after the meeting of the three people, where to go next, there are extremely serious differences of opinion between the main generals.

Gao Ligong resolutely advocated retreating: "Big brother, we really can't beat the Ming army, even if it's cavalry, we still hurry back to Shanxi, and it's a good policy to hold on for a long time by virtue of Shanxi's terrain advantages." However, Ma Chongxu and Zhang Neng resolutely opposed the withdrawal of troops, believing that Beijing should be surrounded.

"It is the will of the Holy God to send troops to Beizhi and encircle Beijing, how can we resist the will?"

"What's more, the Ming army in Beizhi is all infantry, we are cavalry, we can't win, we can't win, we can't win, so why should we be afraid of them?" Gao Ligong, Ma Chongxi, and Zhang Neng seriously disagreed.

Gao Yigong is also undecided, I don't know what to do? After hesitating for a long time, Gao Yigong decided to ask Li Yan before talking.

has worked together in northern Shaanxi and Hetao before, Gao Yigong is still extremely convinced of Li Yan's vision, since it is difficult to make a decision, it is better to only listen to Li Yan.

Hmm