At present, in the battlefield within a radius of several miles, the Thunderbolt army has been formed, and Yang Dayuan's new annex army and the cavalry of Hudu are located in the direction of Pengxi Village and Qingju City. If you look down from the air, with the strength and position of the Mongolian army, it seems that an encirclement posture has been formed for the Thunderbolt army in the middle. But in fact, both sides know that Yang Dayuan is the object of the hunt. In order to prevent the new annexed army from escaping, Wu Qing and Yang Bangxian had their own division of labor, with the Perak cavalry fighting the Mongol cavalry, and the Banzhou army blocking the new annexed army.

Yang Dayuan saw that Hudu was coming with his army, but he was just watching from a distance, and he couldn't help but feel anxious. He had already received the news that Cao Ergou had led a large army to arrive in a hurry, and it was only less than twenty miles away from here, and he could arrive in half a day with light equipment. This news was brought by a group of rout soldiers under Yang Wenli. According to these defeated soldiers, after they escaped from Pengxi Village, they chose the deserted wild path for fear of being pursued by the Perak army, and most of the 500 soldiers scattered after half a day.

The reason why Kudu did not attack was also because Cao Ergou's army was about to come. He knew that with his 2,000 horsemen, not only would he not be able to defeat the 1,400 horsemen of the Thunderbolt army in a short time, but he would suffer heavy damage. Once the battle situation reaches a stalemate, it may be harvested by Cao Ergou who rushed over. He didn't understand this truth, and he was blindly impulsive in the cavalry duel in Fushun City, so that he lost his life. As for the front and back attacks with Yang Dayuan? The new annex army had to break through the blockade of the Banshu army blocking the road first.

The abacus in Yang Dayuan's heart also crackled, he wanted Hudu to lead the cavalry to attack first to attract the Thunderbolt army, and then take the opportunity to attack himself. The Mongol cavalry, who were the first class in the Mongol military system, were willing to be at his mercy. Of course, Kudu did not sit idly by, he sent someone to tell Yang Dayuan that he would contain the cavalry of the Perak Army and attack after the new annex army broke through the position of the Banzhou army. Yang Dayuan understood that he was asked to attract firepower, and he would lead the army to reap the benefits of fishing, and he couldn't help but feel resentful in his heart.

It's just that the more time drags on, the more unfavorable the situation will be for the new annex. Yang Dayuan had to grit his teeth and curse while ordering an attack. Although the Banshu army in front of him was strong, it only had 2,000 men, while its own side had 5,000 men, and it still had a great chance of winning. If you don't attack, when the Thunderbolt reinforcements arrive, you will only be wiped out.

Yang Dayuan thinks that the advantage lies in me, and Yang Bangxian thinks the same. In his opinion, although the enemy is numerous, his Banzhou soldiers can still block the enemy for half a day, and even win the battle. Yang Bangxian's confidence comes from firearms. Although the Banshu army traveled lightly, it still carried a lot of firearms, including hundreds of muskets and dozens of mines. In addition to this, each soldier carried five grenades. In order to bring as much ammunition as possible, Yang Bangxian even ordered to bring only one day's worth of water.

The attacking formation of the new annex was with sword and shield men in front, crossbowmen in the center, and spearmen still lined up on the sides to prevent cavalry from charging into formation. The number of new saber and shield soldiers who were the first to charge was not large, only a few hundred. They first stepped on the mines buried in front of the formation, and then received the baptism of musket three-stage shooting, rushed to the near place and were bombarded by a grenade, and were lucky enough to rush to the front of the formation and were stabbed by spears. With heavy casualties, only more than 100 people fled back crying.

Like the Song army, Yang Dayuan's new army had an extremely high proportion of crossbowmen, reaching fifty percent. When the sword and shield soldiers charged, they relied on their numerical superiority to rush to 30 meters in front of the Banzhou army formation, and raised their heads to the sky at 45 degrees to throw them into the Banzhou army formation. To say that the bow and crossbow is worthy of being a big killer weapon in the era of cold weapons, as the dense rain of arrows fell, a group of people in the Banzhou army turned on their backs, and more than 200 people were killed and injured in an instant.

After the Banzhou army forced its march to the battlefield, Yang Bangxian, who had always been sympathetic to the soldiers, just asked the soldiers to rest for a while, and then began to build walls and dig trenches. Because there were only simple sapper shovels and no sacks and other materials, the trenches were dug shallow and narrow, and the earthen walls only reached the knee joints. This improvised defense is good for dealing with the onslaught of swords and shields, but it can be difficult to deal with crossbowmen. If it weren't for the rattan shield that the Banshu army brought and equipped with rattan armor lined with silk, it is estimated that there would have been more casualties from bows and arrows.

Seeing the ferocity of the bows and crossbows of the new annexed army, Yang Bangxian hurriedly ordered the sword and shield men to cover the musketeers behind the earthen wall, and on the other hand, ordered the rest of the personnel to retreat beyond the range of the enemy's bows and arrows. As soon as the enemy's sword and shield men retreated, the musketeers turned their guns to the crossbowmen of the new annex. And Yang Dayuan also knew that sending sword and shield soldiers to charge hard was to send people to the head, so he ordered to cover the Banzhou army. The musketeers versus the crossbowmen became the focus of the confrontation.

In terms of numbers, there were only 700 musketeers in Banshu, and nearly 3,000 crossbowmen in the new annexed army. From the point of view of the rate of fire, the musket equipped by the Banshu army is not the latest model, its loading is cumbersome, and the rate of fire bow and arrow is much slower, which is similar to that of the rifle. Therefore, the Banshu musket fires one round, and the new annexed army bow and crossbow can fire two to three rounds. Judging from the amount of firepower delivered, it is 700 projectiles against nearly 10,000 arrows, and the new annex army occupies an absolute advantage.

War is never a simple comparison of numbers. After a round of musket fire, three or four hundred crossbowmen fell from the new annex army, while only a few dozen shield bearers fell from the Banshu army, and the casualties of the musketeers were in the single digits. The casualty ratio is so large, on the one hand, that although the muskets are not accurate, the new annex troops are densely positioned, and they can hit the target without aiming at all. Moreover, the musket is extremely powerful, it can pierce the shield at a distance of thirty meters, and even after penetrating the soldiers in front, it can still knock out the new annex soldiers behind. On the other hand, the musketeers lay behind the earthen wall, protected by shieldmen, and the bow and arrow could not help them.

Seeing that something was wrong, Yang Dayuan hurriedly ordered the sword and shield men and pikemen to charge together. Seeing this, Yang Bangxian also urgently ordered the whole army to pour down the earthen wall, and although he lost more than 100 people under the rain of arrows, he also repelled the attacking new annex army, leaving more than 200 corpses. After a few rounds of this, nearly a thousand new swordsmen, shieldmen and spearmen fell, and the casualties of the archers were close to that number. The Banshu army also suffered heavy casualties, with a total of more than 600 casualties, including nearly 100 musketeers. What's more, the grenades were almost depleted, and the barrels of the muskets were piping hot.

Just when Yang Bangxian was worried, an army appeared on the official road in the direction of Pengxi Village - Cao Ergou led the army to arrive, which became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Seeing this, the soldiers of the new annex army, who had already suffered heavy casualties, scattered and fled. Yang Dayuan couldn't stop the rout, and saw that the Mongolian cavalry in the distance also began to slowly retreat in the direction of Qingju City, knowing that there was nothing to do, he had to sigh and flee to the hill next to him with his own soldiers.

Wu Qing saw that he was fleeing suddenly, and he was willing to let go easily, and hurriedly chased after him with the cavalry. At this time, the battlefield was chaotic, and the new annexed army and the people were scurrying around, preparing to flee to the mountains and forests around the battlefield. For these strong laborers, Yang Bangxian and Cao Ergou were willing to let go, they couldn't catch up with the Mongolian cavalry, so they focused all their energy on capturing prisoners.

Seeing the Thunderbolt cavalry chasing after him, Kudu ran straight to Qingju City without heading. The Mongolian army is better than the Thunderbolt army in terms of riding skills and horses, where can Wu Qing catch up? I had to watch Kudu enter Qingju City. The Mongol army in Qingju City was superior in numbers, but they did not dare to go down the mountain to engage the cavalry of the Perak army. Wu Qing was angry in his heart, but he was helpless, so he had to order people to insult him in unison under the city, and then he returned in a huff.

In the summary afterwards, Ouyang Xuan gave a high degree of affirmation to this battle. In his opinion, the battlefield was only forty miles away from the location of the Marshal Dongchuan of the Mongolian army, and the cavalry of the Perak Army even pursued the Mongolian cavalry under Qingju City with weak troops, which was an export of the Mongolian army. This marked the offensive and defensive transposition of the Perak army and the Mongolian army on the battlefield. As a result, the Thunderbolt Army shifted from strategic defense to strategic offensive in Sichuan.