Dozens of cannons continued to jump, constantly jumping in the military formation of the Mongol white flag, and most of the cannons formed ricochet, beating the Tartar soldiers and war horses in the place where they passed, and the flesh and blood were blurred, and the severed limbs flew sideways.

The banner lord Ibai shouted in horror, he had been fighting for many years, and it was the first time he had seen such a fierce artillery, at least dozens of heavy artillery pieces were bombarded in one place, such an accurate and ruthless artillery bombardment made the Mongolian Zhengbai Banner Iron Cavalry suffer heavy casualties, and there were soldiers who were hit by cannons everywhere, and more soldiers who tripped over their companions, and the entire Iron Cavalry Army was in chaos in an instant.

The more than 2,000 captive soldiers in front were also attacked, and they dispersed in a hurry, and many of them turned around and fled, colliding with the panicked Mongolian iron horsemen, and were directly trampled to the ground by iron hooves, and they did not know whether they were alive or dead.

Liu Yan looked at the chaotic battlefield in the distance, and at the same time paid attention to the movements of the two wings.

"Order the rear battalion and the middle battalion to hold their positions and block the iron cavalry attacking from the two wings of the slaves!"

"Order the heavy soldiers in the front battalion to step forward immediately and evacuate the people in front of the formation to the big array!"

"Order the town magistrate Xun Jingyun to immediately take a soldier of the personal guard battalion to review the people and others who have entered the big array, so as to prevent the slaves and thieves from entering!"

One order after another was passed on, and Chen Xun, the general manager of Qianqian in the front, immediately sent the picket Shen Donglai to lead the troops forward, and rushed to the captured people in a mess with more than 160 heavy soldiers from a sentry.

"Listen, all the people!"

Everyone put down their weapons, raised their hands high, and entered the rear from the middle of the two formations of officers and soldiers. No one is allowed to hold a weapon, and after entering the military formation, no one is allowed to move around at will, and no one has to listen to orders, otherwise they will be killed! ”

Many people who were already desperate before the battle saw hope, and under the guidance of the heavy soldiers, they entered the large army formation from the gap between the front battalion, the left battalion, and the right battalion phalanx.

At the rear of the phalanx, Xun Jingyun, the town magistrate, had already stopped on the road with the chief officers and men of the personal guard battalion Zuo, screening the people who entered the military formation, all those who had calluses on their hands, scars and scars on their bodies, had wrong accents, could not speak Chinese, etc., all of them were concentrated on one side and strictly guarded.

At the same time, more than 6,000 Mongolian iron cavalry with red flags had already rushed to the front, and the right flank phalanx of the Lingshanwei New Army was only more than 200 paces.

The 10,000 iron cavalry of the Mongolian Zhenghong Banner also rushed up, and the banner lord Engetu commanded 3,000 iron cavalry to immediately attack the left flank of the Lingshanwei New Army, and he led 7,000 main forces to press the formation behind.

The Qing army on both flanks was led by the Mongols, and the Manchurian Red Flag Banner Lord Du Du and the Manchurian Red Flag Banner Lord Yue Tuo led the army to supervise the battle in the rear.

I saw that the Mongolian Tatars on both wings had dismounted one after another, pushing shield carts and holding large shields in formation.

The king of the rear camp looked at the Mongolian Red Banner Iron Cavalry that was getting closer and closer, and the three thousand Tartar soldiers had already pushed the shield cart into a hundred steps, so he shouted: "Bird hand, fire!" ”

"Put!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Reload!"

"Put!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

Hundreds of birds in the rear battalion fired an orderly salvo, and many baggage soldiers were ready to shake the sky, just waiting for the Tartar soldiers to rush to within thirty paces, they ignited the earth-shaking thunder and began to throw.

However, to the disappointment of those baggage soldiers, the three thousand Mongol Tartars who charged forward were never able to go further, even with the cover of shield carts, and kept wandering at a distance of sixty or seventy paces.

"It's really boring, these Mongols can't help fighting!"

Wang Yue grinned and muttered, turning his head to look at the right wing, where there was also a loud sound of birds, and the roar of earth-shattering thunder could be heard during the process.

"Oh?"

Wang Yue was a little surprised, and said to himself: "Which banner of Tartar is over there, and Shen Tuo actually used the earth-shaking thunder over there!" ”

Right flank of the Great Army.

Shen Tuo looked ahead with a pale face, and saw that more than 6,000 Mongolian horses with red flags had broken into the distance of forty steps in front of the formation, these Tartar soldiers were equipped with dozens of shield vehicles, and there were also a large number of large shields, under the supervision of the banner lord Bu Yandai, all of them seemed to be crazy, and in the face of Shen Tuo's bird salvo in the middle battalion, they were able to advance step by step, even if the casualties surged.

"Bastard!"

Shen Tuo roared angrily: "Heaven-shaking thunder, throw it at me!" ”

More than a dozen tall and heavy soldiers immediately rushed forward, and crossed the battle formation, each holding a bundle of sky-shaking thunder in their hands, which was a big guy who tied three or four sky-shaking thunderbolts together.

I saw that the dozen or so baggage soldiers were running, lighting the fuse with a fire breaker, and then throwing it violently.

More than a dozen large sky-shattering thunderbolts all smashed into the Qing army's formation, and a few fell directly next to several shield carts.

"Boom!"

As an explosion sounded, Shen Tuo saw that three shield carts were directly blown into the sky, splitting in the air, and countless pieces of wood flew around, knocking down the surrounding Mongolian Tatar soldiers.

These dozen or so large earth-shattering thunderbolts had to cause hundreds of casualties to the Qing army, and the soldiers of the middle battalion immediately cheered, while the Qing army was in a panic for a while.

Buyan Dai also saw this scene in the rear, and immediately became angry, mobilized a thousand soldiers, and began to fire a salvo to suppress the bird gunners of the Lingshan Wei New Army in the rear, and the dense rain of arrows suddenly caused casualties to the officers and men of the New Army.

"Haha, okay, give me arrows, rush up at any cost, and get mixed up with the Ming army!"

At this time, Buyandai was already red-eyed, and even began to ignore the casualties of his soldiers, and prepared to oversee the onslaught.

At this moment, Buyandai received a message from the scouts that the middle lane was defeated!

On the battlefield in the middle of the road, Xun Jingyun, the magistrate of the town, successively gathered more than 10,000 people, and after a general verification, except for more than 300 suspicious people, all the people were sent to the city of Jinan and handed over to Lu Xiangsheng's subordinate supervision battalion for further screening.

At this time, the battlefield in the middle was much empty, except for a small number of people who had not dispersed, hundreds of captured Ming soldiers were still running in a panic, and the iron cavalry of the Mongolian white flag also retreated.

Seeing this, Liu Yan immediately ordered the front battalion, the left battalion, and the right battalion to rest for a while, and the baggage soldiers of all units immediately sent food and water to the soldiers to eat and drink to replenish their strength, and at the same time transported the wounded soldiers to the rear camp for treatment.

After some busyness, Liu Yan saw that the Qing army that was attacking on both wings of the army also began to retreat, and Miao Shao, the commander of the pro-guard battalion, also rushed to report: "My lord, the battle on both wings has stopped for a while, and the rear camp and the middle camp have sent people to report, and the Mongolian Tartars on both wings have begun to retreat!" ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "Dolgon wants to attack in three directions, thinking that with those more than 20,000 civilians and thousands of captive soldiers, he can break up the front of our army, and then rush up with the Mongol soldiers on both wings to pick up the cheap." The slave chieftain thought too simply! ”

Miao Shao pointed to the battlefield in the middle and said, "My lord, there are still many people on the middle side who haven't been able to come in, so it's better to send someone over to save some." ”

Liu Yan also had this impulse, but reason told himself: Those people are no longer saved!

At this time, Liu Yan was about to speak, but he saw a rain of arrows suddenly rising from the large array of the Qing army in front of him, and at such a distance, this rain of arrows naturally could not be shot on the side of the Lingshan Wei New Army, which was obviously to clean up the people and rout soldiers on the battlefield.

Liu Yan and Miao Shao and other soldiers watched this scene, and the Qing army fired two volleys, directly shooting thousands of people left on the battlefield in the middle of the road, and the remaining survivors were also killed by the Qing army scouts who rushed out later.

"Your Excellency!"

Liu Yan's face was very ugly at this time, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "Order all battalions not to attack at will!" ”

"Your Excellency?"

Liu Yan pointed ahead and said: "Dolgon knows that our army is backed by the city to facilitate defense, and this move is to provoke the officers and soldiers of our whole army, let our army take the initiative to attack, and give up the advantage of stubbornness!" ”

"Once our army advances, the artillery on the head of the city will no longer be able to provide fire support, and the rear of our army will also be exposed to the attack of the Qing army, which is too dangerous!"

Miao Shao slammed his fist on the wood next to him: "Dog Tartar, Lao Tzu will kill you sooner or later!" ”

Liu Yan said coldly: "Remember, if you want to take revenge, you must first save yourself, and only by living can you have a chance to take revenge!" ”

At the same time, Lu Xiangsheng, Yan Jizu and Dewang Zhu Youli also saw the scene in the distance, and the faces of the three were very ugly.

Lu Xiangsheng was furious, Yan Jizu was furious, and the German king Zhu Youli was terrified, if it weren't for Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu holding themselves left and right, they would have been frightened by the slaughter scene in the distance and ran back.

"Governor, why didn't Commander Liu send troops to rescue!"

In the face of the inquiry of the German king Zhu Youli, Lu Xiangsheng did not speak, and Yan Jizu explained: "Your Highness, Commander Liu commands his subordinates to be mainly foot soldiers, once they advance, it is very likely to be divided and surrounded by slaves and thieves and iron cavalry, which is not good for the battle!" ”

Dewang Zhu Youli nodded as if he didn't understand, and then said: "It's a pity, it's hateful!" ”

In the large array of the Qing army, Dolgon looked into the distance with a solemn face, at this time the banners had withdrawn, and the people of the Ming Kingdom and those captives on the battlefield in the middle were basically shot and killed, but Liu Yan still did not take the initiative to attack.

"Liu Yan is so ruthless, he didn't even attack!"

When the two wings attacked just now, Du Du and Yue Tuo were both behind to supervise the battle, at this time the two wings withdrew, and the two also rode back to the Chinese army, after seeing Dolgon, Du Du took the lead and said: "Prince Rui, our army is not attacking well in this battle, what should I do!" ”

Dolgon said: "Liu Yan's troops are advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, and the battle formation is strong, and if our army wants to break through Liu Yan's department, it must risk heavy casualties. ”

Du Du and Yue Tuo stopped talking, although one of the purposes of going south this time was to encircle and annihilate Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan's troops, but the premise was not to lose too many warriors in the banner.

For this reason, Dolgon first surrounded the point to send reinforcements, and then set up an ambush halfway, all of which were broken through by Liu Yan one by one. At present, Dolgon wanted to take advantage of the fact that Liu Yan's fortifications were not completed, and led the army to attack first, and the occupation fell into a stalemate.

At this time, Dolgon, Duoduo, Dudu, and Yue Tuo all fell into silence, and as the Mongolian banner owners came back one after another, and Shang Kexi, who was called back halfway, and did not participate in the battle, also rushed over, and the commanders of the Qing army gathered on the side of the Chinese army.

Dorgon looked at the crowd and said, "Today's battle will be suspended for the time being, and the casualties of the banners will be reported to me before nightfall. ”

After saying this, Dorgon ordered the whole army to withdraw from the camp, and Dorgon looked at the people, turned his horse, and went back. The rest of the crowd ordered the withdrawal of their troops.

Liu Yan looked at the Qing army retreating in an orderly manner, breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered the soldiers of each battalion to return to the main camp to guard.

At dusk, the officers and men of each battalion of the Lingshan Wei New Army began to bury pots and cook food, the baggage soldiers of each department were busy, and the soldiers of each battalion seized the time to rest.

After Liu Yan arranged the defense of each battalion, he entered the city of Jinan, accompanied by a team of personal guards.

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