Liu Yan ordered: "Bird hand, check the gunpowder!" ”

As early as the time of the formation, the bird-screws of the Xiahezhai New Army had already loaded their fixed ammunition. At this time, in the shouting of the officers one after another, the dense Xiahezhai New Army Bird Gun Men took off the wooden cork of the gun mouth, and once again carefully checked the condition of their bird guns.

"Prepare for the front row, get ready to shoot!"

The dense bird guns turned down, and the six hundred bird guns in the front row of the new army in Xiahezhai were all aiming the black guns at the Qing soldiers who came in front.

The Qing array on the opposite side was still advancing densely, and their 2,000 archers were also divided into four rows, and at the front was the 500 inlaid white flag infantry soldiers who were good at shooting. Behind the archers, a group of Qing army heavy armor pikemen, is a row of 100 or 200 people, lined up in dense layers of many layers, each holding a spear and halberd, fierce and vicious, just wait for the archers in front of them to shoot open the mouth of the Ming army, they will form a formation to rush and kill.

Looking down from the air, the heads of the black pressure on both sides are getting closer and closer. One hundred and fifty paces, the Qing soldiers, who also formed a wide frontal formation, were still striding forward. It has been seen that the Ming army on the opposite side is all dressed in iron armor, so with the power of their bows and arrows, they have to enter within fifty paces before they can have fatal lethality to the enemy.

Soon it was within a hundred paces, but the Ming army on the opposite side had not yet shot, which made these Qing soldiers a little surprised, in the impression of these Qing soldiers, the quality of the Ming army's bird guns was not good, and it was easy to explode, and it was often difficult to ignite in the cold wind in winter. In particular, their will to fight is low, and they open fire indiscriminately before they even enter the firing range.

Up to now, the Ming army on the opposite side is still waiting patiently, and no one has moved. And their warriors are also determined, indeed well-trained, and have strict battle orders. And it is really rare to dare to confront them head-on without relying on the rejection of horses and chariots and other things. But so what, none of the Ming troops could stop the strong bows and arrows of their Qing soldiers.

The white-flag-inlaid archers who didn't know whether they were alive or dead were still striding forward, and the six hundred Xia Hezhai New Army Bird Gunners in the front row were already aiming at them with their guns.

In the blink of an eye, those Qing archers entered within a hundred paces, and the arrogance on their faces and the thick white breath exhaled from the cold sky could be seen. After a hundred steps, these Qing soldiers who were only wearing cotton armor or wearing iron cotton armor were already under the blows of their own birds.

Liu Yan exhaled a breath and said to the herald beside him: "Massacre, let's start!" ”

He gave the order, and immediately a trumpeter in the position of the Chinese army next to him blew a loud swan!

Seven hundred generals, the commanders of each outpost, the flag chiefs, and the captains of each team all pointed the long knives in their hands in front of them, and everyone shouted: "Shoot!" ”

The deafening sound of bird guns sounded, and the front row of bird guns fired a salvo of 600 shots, freeing up a long and dense area of gunpowder smoke on the hundreds of meters long front defended by the new army in Xiahezhai.

The dense Qing soldiers and archers in front of them, the cotton armor on their bodies stirred up a blood mist, and a large piece fell in an instant. After being shot, many people seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then they woke up and rolled to the ground screaming miserably.

Like a gust of wind blowing, there was a commotion among the Qing archers on the opposite side, and many of the archers in the front row were stunned, and some turned around and ran.

The Qing archers in the two rows behind them began to shoot sharp arrows desperately, but at such a distance, the arrows were only weak, and the bird gunners on the opposite side only had to bow their heads and use the fine iron helmets on their heads to resist the flying arrows. Some of them had arrows in the chest, but they could not penetrate their iron cuirasses. Dozens of birds were hit by arrows in their arms and retreated with a muffled grunt, but soon a reserve bird gunners rushed over to the top, maintaining the integrity of the battle formation.

After the bird-gunners in the front row finished shooting, they immediately retreated to the third row and reloaded, and in the terrified gaze of the Qing soldiers on the opposite side, hundreds of bird-gunners in the second row took a few steps forward. They raised their bird guns and aimed them at the Qing soldiers on the opposite side.

"Put!"

A large stream of gunpowder smoke erupted, and in front of him were a large number of fallen Qing archers.

The Qing soldiers were even more chaotic, they couldn't fight back just by being beaten, and watching the archers fall one by one around them, this kind of psychological pressure was too great. Moreover, after a large number of archers in the front row fell, the rest were auxiliaries in white flags, and their will to fight was not as firm as that of the armored soldiers.

After the Ming army fired two bird salvos, seeing that their archers were collapsing, the Qing army issued an order to retreat, and immediately these archers collectively exhaled and dispersed to both sides, revealing rows of heavily armored pikemen behind them.

The dense layers of spears and halberds turned up, shining dazzlingly in the cold winter, and a large wave of Qing army pikemen wearing heavy armor rushed towards them shouting and raising their guns.

The dense layers of Qing army's heavy-armored pikemen rushed with shouts, and the ten-foot-long eight-banner spear and eight-foot-long tiger spear in their hands were all bright and bright, standing up in pieces, shining a dazzling light. These Qing soldiers were all thickly armored and stout, and they rushed so desperately, as if they had an unstoppable momentum.

After the new army of Xiahezhai fired two bird salvos, the bird guns in the first two rows had retreated to the third row and reloaded. With the convenience of Xiahezhai to order ammunition and the harsh training of the new army in Xiahezhai, it was only a short time, and these two rows of bird guns had already loaded the bird guns in their hands.

The third row of bird-gunners raised their bird-guns again, aiming at the heavily armored soldiers who rushed in place.

"Put!"

The sound of shouting sounded, and there was a large deafening burst of intensive bird's gunfire.

A large area of gunpowder smoke rose up, and a large group of heavy armored soldiers of the Qing army with spears and halberds rolled to the ground. At a distance of seventy or eighty paces, in terms of the power of the flintlock bird guns of the new army in Xiahezhai, they could already break through their heavy armor, but the firearms did not penetrate their armor after being hit, and the huge impact of the bird guns projectiles was enough to break their bodies behind the armor.

"Put!"

After the platoon had finished firing his gunpowder, the platoon quickly retreated until he was behind the pikemen. The original first row of hundreds of bird guns were densely raised their bird guns layer by layer, aiming at the Qing troops who rushed nearly forty or fifty paces, mercilessly pulling the board machine. 33

The violent sound of the bird's guns was incessant, and finally merged into a large deafening salvo of birds' guns. Those Qing soldiers wearing heavy armor had clouds of blood mist on their bodies, and at a distance of forty or fifty paces, there was no armor that could not be broken in Xiahezhai. A large number of Qing soldiers who were shot fell to the ground one by one, covering their wounds and howling in pain.

I don't know if these Qing army heavy armor gunners are brave or stupid, after the two rows of Xiahezhai bird gunners fired a volley, they have already suffered hundreds of casualties, and the originally dense array is empty. However, the remaining Qing soldiers and heavy armor still rushed forward with their guns frantically. Many people stumbled and charged, and there was a long intestine under the lower abdomen.

As before, the platoon of ornitomen shot their own ammo, and immediately quickly retreated, until they reached behind the pikemen, nervously reloading their fixed ammunition. The last row of bird-swordsmen in the formation, under the orders of the officers, hundreds of people raised their guns to aim at the Qing soldiers who rushed frantically more than a dozen paces away.

"Put!"

A large amount of gunpowder smoke rose out, and in the deafening sound, a large number of Qing army heavy armor rolled to the ground, and dozens of Qing army heavy armor with spears and halberds were directly knocked out. Some could no longer hold back the fear in their hearts, discarded their weapons, and fled back screaming. The rest of the men were red-eyed, howling hoarsely, and lunged at each other.

"Kill!"

In the end, the row of birds retreated like a tide, and the dense layers of spears in front of the new army in Xiahezhai rose up, also flashing a dazzling light.

The three rows of pikemen of the new army in Xiahezhai in the formation all raised their spears, and the gunners in the front row aimed at the sparse and sparse soldiers who rushed to the front, but the heavy armor of the Qing soldiers who had been completely crazy raised their guns and stabbed. The sound of guns poking into the flesh was endless, and each other's muffled screams continued to sound.

After the heavy armor of the Qing soldiers through the blow of the three rows of birds of the new army in Xiahezhai, it can be said that nearly half of the casualties were killed, and many of the remaining people were also wounded, plus a large number of officers and soldiers in the army were killed and injured one after another, and many people fled, and only a small half of them rushed to the pikemen of the new army in Xiahezhai.

The Qing army's originally dense and dense military formations have long been out of formation, especially the bloody and brave spirit of these Qing soldiers has already been hit by more than half.

Even if the rest of the people are still crazy, who is the opponent of the new army in Xiahezhai? The pikemen of Xiahezhai are densely packed together, and they don't need to worry about their sides, they just need to stab forward. Their sharp spears stabbed out neatly, quickly retracted, and then stabbed out neatly, and each piece of spears poked out, harvesting the life of the heavy armor of the Qing army in front of them.

Almost all of them attacked a spear in front of them with a few spears, even if someone fell next to them, someone behind them immediately made up for it, and the dense pikemen in the front row always remained the same.

The gunmen shouted in unison, poking each other's spears back and forth, and the bodies of the stabbed warriors on both sides fell limply, and hot blood flowed out, moistening the dry and cold earth.

The remnants and bloody battle did not last long, in the blink of an eye, those Qing soldiers were killed and wounded by nearly half of them, looking at the Ming soldiers in front of them, the tips of the guns in their hands were still dripping with their brothers' blood from time to time, slowly, the madness in the eyes of the remaining Qing soldiers dissipated, and then everyone showed extremely frightened eyes.

The gun forest in front of him is still densely layered, and the warriors in the banner have already suffered more than half of the casualties, and they still can't break the military formation of Liu Yan's department a little. Many people could no longer suppress their fear and ran backwards screaming. Some people rushed to the ground screaming, and then were stabbed to death one by one by the new army gunmen of Xiahezhai.

Liu Yan stood in the position of the Chinese army, through the smoke of the bird guns that had not been blown away by the cold wind, he could see that many Qing soldiers over there had been beaten, some people were holding their heads and running around, some people were throwing away their weapons, screaming and fleeing back, and the rest of the people were stunned, not knowing what to do.

Liu Yan sneered: "The slave thief is defeated!" ”

The strength of this Qing army's heavy armor was beyond Liu Yan's expectations, and it lasted until more than half of the casualties before collapsing. Or maybe it's their habitual thinking, they didn't react all of a sudden, and it was too late to react.

At this time, Liu Yan snorted coldly and roared loudly: "Order: All the general soldiers march in formation!" ”

The beat of the Chinese army drum sounded, and all the soldiers of the new army in Xiahezhai stood straight again. They held guns in the front row, guns in the back, spears and birds like a forest, accompanied by the marching drums, and the whole array began to move slowly like a moving castle.

"Forward!"

The soldiers of the new army in Xiahezhai marched in formation, like a wall, and the Qing soldiers in front of them did not retreat, and no one dared to step forward to meet the battle.

"Forward!"

The momentum of the new army in Xiahezhai was unstoppable, and all their soldiers were armed with guns and guns, with a proud look on their faces. In this world, there is no one who can stop their progress, the Qing soldiers can't set white flags, and the rest of the flag Tartars can't either!

"Defeated?

Looking at the wolf rushing in front of him, the warriors in the banner who retreated like a tide, and Duoduo under the dragon flag in the Qing army formation lost his soul. He couldn't believe that the heavily armored warriors and strong archers in his white flags were not the opponents of the Ming army in front of him at all in a head-to-head duel.

He saw very clearly that the battle just now could not be called a battle, it was completely a one-sided slaughter, but on the contrary, the object of today's slaughter was himself.

The bird gunners of this Ming army are really very powerful, and the archers in their banners are not the opponents of their bird gunners at all, and they are simply standing and beaten. Not only that, but their pikemen are also very powerful, and their own heavily armored warriors braved the rain of bullets to rush close to the front and back, only to be killed and scattered!

Why is this happening?

Dodor couldn't figure it out, all he knew was that his white flag was finished. Most of the elite in the banner were destroyed in the battle of Fang Cai, and after returning to the territory of the Qing Dynasty, is there still a part of the Eight Banners to speak?

It's ridiculous that he was still full of confidence just now, and he was still laughing at Lu Xiangsheng for not knowing soldiers, it seems that he is stupid. At this time, Duoduo's tears flowed uncontrollably, and he choked up: "Seventh brother, I regret not listening to your words yesterday!" ”

Abatai sighed heavily, he also saw the battle in his eyes, the thousand heavily armored warriors in the banner are finished, that is the essence of the whole flag. The casualties of the two thousand archers are not small, and they have no desire to fight, and when they see the banner of the Ming State Lu Xiangsheng, these people are afraid that they will flee in despair. Fortunately, the 600 heavy cavalry warriors in the banner and the 200 Bayala soldiers sent up did not participate in the battle, otherwise the losses would have been even greater.

A large number of banner archers spread out to the rear of the wings, blocking the attack route of these heavy armors, and Duoduo was forced to jump like thunder, at this time he was glad that the most elite warriors of these banners were not sent, and some bloodline seeds were retained. He seemed to be a little flustered, and asked Abatai in a daze, "Seventh brother, what should I do now?" ”

Abatai glanced at Duoduo and said, "Mingjin collects his troops, hurry up and let the warriors retreat!"

He sighed, there are many cavalry on the Ming army's side, will they let go of this good opportunity to pursue? I am afraid that after today's battle, many of the warriors who have retreated will fall under the sabers and spears of the Ming cavalry.

In the battle formation of the Ming army, defending the left flank was Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town, and the battle scene of Fang Cai, the officers and soldiers of the town's main barracks were all looking at it, and they all had expressions that could not be closed. Yang Guozhu muttered to himself: "His mother's Liu Yan, it's really ...... What a ......."

He "really" lasted for a long time, but he couldn't find a suitable word to describe his feelings. At this time, Yang Guozhu saw with a complicated mood that the new army of Xiahezhai was still marching forward in formation, constantly harvesting the lives of the enemy, and he sighed heavily: "Liu Yanbu's firearms are sharp and the battle formation is strict, after this battle, I am afraid that no one in the world will dare to plunder its edge anymore." ”

On the right flank of the military formation, Hu Dawei, the chief officer of Shanxi Town, also exhaled slowly and sighed: "What a brave Liu Yan! ”

In the Chinese army, everyone was either stunned or full of incredulity, and Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong Town, couldn't stop inhaling. Lu Xiangsheng stood on the Yuan Rong car, he saw everything in his eyes just now, his eyes contained tears, and he looked up to the sky and sighed: "With Liu Yan here, I am blessed by the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Immediately afterwards, Lu Xiangsheng's face sank, the Qing soldiers in front of him were routing like a tide, Lu Xiangsheng naturally would not let go of a good opportunity, he shouted loudly: "Pass my general order, all the cavalry of the two wings and the Chinese army, pursue!" ”

On this day, the army with the white flag was defeated, and after Duoduo led the rest of his troops to flee back to the camp, he stubbornly defended the camp and did not dare to go out. Before dawn on the second day, Duoduo led the army to quietly leave Dingzhou, and the whole division went to Gaoyang. Most of the baggage in the army, as well as the plundered people's wealth, were all abandoned.

After Duoduo arrived in Gaoyang, seeing his younger brother's embarrassed appearance, Dolgon was surprised, after learning about the battle situation in Dingzhou, he first jumped like thunder, whipped Duoduo for a while, and listened to his crying, after understanding the cause and effect of the battle, Dolgon pondered for a long time: "If we encounter Lu Xiangsheng's department again in the future, our army must be cautious, and we must fight the enemy with superiority!" ”

A few days later, when Dolgon heard that Lu Xiangsheng was leading a large army, he took the initiative to lead the army and left the city of Gaoyang.

Beijing.

A horse galloped into the Yongding Gate of the Beijing Division, and along the way, the knight waved a good news in his hand, and shouted hoarsely: "Great victory, great victory, Lu Shangshu Dingzhou great victory, beheading more than 1,980 slaves and thieves......"

He ran all the way, and suddenly the whole city was in a sensation, and the good news was sent from the inner city to the imperial city, and then to the palace city. When the eunuch Wang Dehua cheered and sent Jiewen, Emperor Chongzhen's hands trembled, but he felt that this thin piece of paper was as heavy as a thousand and he almost couldn't grasp it.

Some people died, but not completely......