At the same time that Dolgon attacked Huangsongyu, Duoduo also led tens of thousands of Qing soldiers to the south, and tens of thousands of Qing soldiers stopped on the bank of the Xun River east of Mafang.

This time, the Qing army marched in three ways, with Dolgon leading the troops in the north and Duoduo in the south, which clearly showed that Huang Taiji was taking the opportunity to consume the troops of 200 banners.

So before leaving, Dolgon's henchmen sent four words to Dordor: preserve strength.

At this time, Duoduo rode his horse and looked at the frozen Xun River in front of him, frowning slightly, Manchurian inlaid with white flags sent a total of 12,000 soldiers and horses to the south, of which 4,000 were divided under the command of Azig, and the troops in Duoduo's hands were only 8,000.

The soldiers and horses who came to attack Mafang with Duoduo also included 8,000 iron cavalry led by the Mongolian white flag Gushan Ezhen Suna, the Han army with a white flag Gushan Ezhen Wu Shoujin 15,000 Han traitor army, and the 7,000 Mongolian iron cavalry led by Gushan Ezhen Buchuhuer of the right banner of Tumut and Gushan Ezhen Shanba of the Tumut left banner, with a total of 45,000 troops.

In terms of troops, the cards in Duoduo's hand are stronger than Dorgon's, and the terrain on the side of the horse shop is much smoother, which is convenient for the Manchurian iron cavalry to charge and kill.

"Prince Rui wants to preserve his strength, the current battle situation is related to the fortunes of the Qing Dynasty, can he really preserve the strength of the two white flags and defeat Liu Yan's army?"

Duoduo took a deep breath, such an idea was obviously impossible, only if the warriors of all banners did their best, it was possible to defeat Liu Yan's hundreds of thousands of new troops.

Therefore, at this time, Duoduo was very entangled, and the troops and horses stopped for a while in the cold wind, and did not issue orders for the next step.

So it didn't take long for Mongolia to inlay the white flag and solidify the mountains and Su

Na and Han armies inlaid with white flags Gushan Ezhen Wu Shoujin, Tumut Right Banner Gushan Ezhen Omu Buchuhuer, Tumut Left Banner Gushan Ezhen Shanba successively rode horses and rushed to Duoduo for orders.

Duoduo looked at everyone, and then said: "First send someone to investigate the hardness of the ice of the Xun River, if the river is really frozen, the army will cross the river on the ice and go straight to the horse workshop!" ”

"Huh!"

Later, a large number of Qing scouts rushed to the front of the army, and Duoduo began to mobilize troops and horses, with the Han army inlaid with white flags and horses as the vanguard, especially the fifty artillery pieces that accompanied the army directly pushed to the front of the army.

Behind the Han army's flag soldiers and horses, there is the Mongolian white flag iron cavalry, the left wing is the Tumut left banner iron cavalry, the right wing is the Tumut right banner iron cavalry, Duoduo led the Manchurian white flag for the Chinese army to press the formation behind.

Mafang is just a small village with a small population, and there are no walls around it. At this time, the people in the village heard that hundreds of thousands of Qing soldiers were pressing the border, and they had fled in panic a few days ago, leaving only an empty village.

Duoduo stood on the edge of the Xun River, with gray-white withered grass under his feet, white river ice in front of him, and a howling cold wind in his ears.

"The flags have looted tens of thousands of people in the Ming Kingdom, but they refuse to give me even a thousand people, just let me put the white flag warriors directly with Liu Yan's new army, this is too obvious!"

Previously, although Huang Taiji also targeted Dolgon and Duoduo everywhere, he was still relatively subtle on the whole, at least in terms of reason, it was tenable, and he would not give people the truth.

But since the end of the Battle of Jinzhou, Huang Taiji has been abnormal, first not

For any reason, he took five cattle from Duoduo and gave them to Azig, who was friendly with Hauge, and then looked for opportunities to suppress Dorgon and the Duoduo brothers several times.

Now that the war is at the head, even some of the people of the Ming Kingdom are not cannon fodder, and they directly push the two white flags to take the lead and fight desperately, which is equivalent to tearing the face!

"Excuse me?"

Duoduo suddenly thought of a possibility, that is, is Huang Taiji's condition incurable?

Thinking of this, Duoduo suddenly became excited, as long as he made his achievements in this war of Faming, and then pushed Dorgon, the two brothers might be able to fight against Huang Taiji.

At this moment, the scouts in front of him rushed back one after another, reporting to Duoduo that the surface of the Xun River had been completely frozen, and it was completely possible for the army to pass through.

"Good!"

Dodor was steady, but he remained cautious, and ordered his men and horses to walk across the ice and distance themselves as much as possible.

Soon, 45,000 Qing troops stepped on the ice of the Xun River, and the army stretched for several miles, as if a layer of ash was spread on the ice, which was very conspicuous in the winter scenery.

Suddenly, a group of Ming troops appeared on the west bank of the Xun River, and then a large army could be seen coming from the west and pressing towards the ice surface of the Xun River at a very fast speed.

At this time, Wang Yue, the general of the rear battalion of the new army, was angry and urged the officers and men of the army to speed up the pace and strive to occupy the favorable terrain on the shore before the Qing army reached the west bank.

"It's really a bastard who is getting more and more alive, and he didn't send someone to find out whether the Xunhe River is frozen in advance, so that the dog Tartar picked up a bargain!"

Wang Yue and the commander of the third battalion of the garrison army made Han Qin lead the army to arrive

After Damafang, he began to build Mafang Village into a temporary Chinese army, and at the same time extended three miles to the north and south on the bank of the Xun River directly east of Mafang Village, and built a defense line of about six miles, intending to prevent the possible attack of the Qing army.

In Wang Yue's opinion, only this section of the river is relatively gentle, suitable for the army to rush to cross, and the water flow in the rest of the places is very turbulent, plus now in this cold winter, it is impossible for the Qing army to kill the river from elsewhere.

After everything was deployed, Wang Yue and Han Qin waited with peace of mind, the two of them never imagined that in just a day or two, the weather would take a sharp turn for the worse, and the Xun River would freeze!

Upon hearing the news, Wang Yue hurriedly ordered Han Qin, who had already been stationed on the riverbank defense line, to immediately cheer up and prevent the Qing army from taking the opportunity to attack.

Immediately afterwards, I received news that tens of thousands of Qing troops had crossed the river on foot directly from the ice.

So Wang Yue sent someone to urgently notify Han Qin to lead his troops to come to support, and at the same time led the rear camp of the new army to form a formation to kill, preparing to intercept the Qing army soldiers and horses who were crossing the river.

"Fuck!"

When Wang Yue led his troops to the west bank of the Xun River, Wu Shoujin had already led the 15,000 soldiers and horses of the Han army with white flags to the west bank, and was deploying artillery positions on the bank of the river. Wu Shoujin led 10,000 hand-to-hand soldiers to stand by in the back, and the Han army with white flags had firmly occupied the riverbank, and Wang Yue's plan to attack halfway across was completely defeated.

"The whole army forward, press up!"

It's just that now the Manchurian and Mongolian armies are still crossing the river, and only part of the iron cavalry has reached the west bank and is forming a team on the bank, and most of the soldiers and horses are still on the ice

Above.

At will, Wang Yue directly ordered the army to press up, and soon more than 10,000 soldiers in the rear camp of the new army formed a formation and moved forward, stopping at a position three miles away from the Han army's white flag formation.

In the distance, Wu Shoujin was nervously deploying the strategy, Wang Yue was holding a clairvoyant mirror, and he could even see the gunners of the Qing artillery team loading artillery, a full fifty guns, which made Wang Yue gasp.

"These second Tartars are really rich, they have so many artillery!"

At this time, the three guerrilla generals Kang Hui, Bai Hanyue, and Liu Jing also rushed to the Chinese army and asked how to fight this battle.

Wang Yue thought for a moment, and then said: "Now the enemy and I have to grab time, there are not so many fancy, just kill it, and before the Qing army all crosses the river, first overturn the two Tartars of the Han army flag!" ”

"Good!"

"The general is mighty!"

Although Wang Yue is still flattering and full of compliments to Liu Yan today, it is difficult to see the villain's face back then, and it is more of the heroic spirit of the soldiers of the New Army.

Even Liu Yan once sighed to Miao Shao, Chen Xun and others: "People will really change because of the environment, even if it is a villain, it can grow into a hero." ”

"Woo~woo!"

Soon, more than 10,000 soldiers in the rear camp of the new army began to approach forward, but fortunately, when Wang Yue sent troops in a hurry, he also brought the earthen cart in the camp, and the little precaution in his heart really saved himself at this time.

"The soldiers of each department should be cautious, use the earthen cart as a cover, and quickly advance forward!"

Wang Yue gave a loud order, as long as the birds and guns entered within a hundred steps, those two tartars were lambs to be slaughtered. At present, the Qing army's large iron cavalry is not over

The only threat to oneself was the fifty pieces of artillery.

Rumble!

Just when Wang Yue was thinking in his heart, Wu Shoujin ordered the cannon to be fired, and a large amount of smoke and fire erupted from fifty cannons, and dozens of shells smashed into the soldiers of the new army with a roar.

In the blink of an eye, most of the shells were blocked by the earthen carts in front of the new army, and about a dozen shells smashed on the ground, bounced off the frozen hard ground, and then rushed into the military formation behind the earthen carts.

"Ahh

Suddenly, a scream rang out, and more than a dozen shells caused casualties among at least dozens of officers and men of the New Army.

In the midst of the military formation, President Bai Lao Bai strode forward with anger on his face, and kept repeating loudly the order given by the superior: "Hurry forward!" Bird Gunner checks reload and gets ready to shoot! ”

In front of Lao Bai, the flag commander Shen Wen was also furious, just now Shen Wen saw a cannonball flying in front of the left, sweeping off the left arm of a comrade, and then smashed the head of a comrade behind.

The soldier with the broken arm fell to the ground and screamed, Shen Wen wanted to step forward to help, but he couldn't take a step, and his body still mechanically followed the army formation and drove neatly to the front.

Shen Wen involuntarily glanced back, only to see that the two baggage soldiers had already carried the broken arm soldier away, and he was relieved that he would be treated by the medical officer in the rear.

Lao Bai saw Shen Wen who was looking back, and couldn't help but shout angrily: "Looking left and right during the war, I want to die!" Look ahead, and then dare to look back, and immediately cut off your ears! ”

Shen Wen was so frightened that he immediately shrank his neck, and hurriedly looked ahead, but saw that those Han army with white flags were not far away

It's less than a mile away.

"Forward!"

"Bird's hand! Sixty paces from the enemy volley! ”

"After the whole battalion fired a salvo, the bayonets began to charge!"

One order after another was quickly issued, and the officers and men of the rear battalion of the new army pressed forward step by step under the bombardment of the Qing army's artillery.

At this time, Wu Shoujin was stunned and looked at the soldiers of the New Army who were getting closer and closer, and like the soldiers of the Han Army Banner around him, they all felt incredulous: Aren't Liu Yan's soldiers afraid of death? It was bombarded by fifty artillery pieces all the way, and there was no sign of rout!

"It's those dirt carts! The earththen cart stopped most of the shells, how could I forget this! ”

Wu Shoujin stared at the earthen cart in front of the new army, and was so annoyed that he wanted to smack his mouth a few times, and then pointed to the surrounding Han army flag soldiers, shouting loudly: "Go and dig the soil, the Ming army's bird gunners are going to fight back!" ”

The surrounding Han army banner soldiers suddenly dispersed in a hurry, and rushed to dig and bag one after another.

However, it was too late, and by this time the rear battalion of the new army had advanced to about 70 steps in front of the Qing artillery array, and the gunners on the artillery array had retreated in horror, and the 50 artillery pieces had stopped bombarding.

Immediately afterwards, more than 10,000 officers and men in the rear battalion of the New Army began to fire volleys in turn with the powerful firepower of more than 2,000 people in each platoon.

For a moment, the heavens and the earth shook, and Duoduo, who was riding his horse across the river, was also frightened by the roar, and his eyes widened and looked ahead.