Taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the Tartars was attracted by the white pole soldiers at the south gate.

Qi Jin led nearly 3,000 Qi family troops to rush out of the west gate in one fell swoop and passed through the trench dug by Jianyu.

Although Kuandian is not far from the straight-line distance of the border wall in eastern Liaodong, it is only 40 miles away.

But the distance from the passes on the north and south sides is not close, 120 miles to the south is the southernmost point of the east wall of Daming Liao, located in the Jiulian City by the Yalu River; 190 miles to the north is the Raven Pass.

Even in good weather, they would need to march for more than a day to reach Jiulian City in the south, and it would take at least two days if they chose to go north to Yahu Pass.

Therefore, it was impossible for the Qi family army to get rid of the pursuit of the Eight Banners cavalry with their own foot strength, and their goal was to enter a mountainous area 5 miles northwest of Kuandian Fort.

As long as the cavalry of the Eight Banners in the mountains is difficult to exert its might, the Mandarin Duck Formation of the Qi family army can better play its advantages in mountain combat.

Although the Qi family's troops moved very quickly, the muddy ground still limited their speed of movement.

The Kuandian Fort was not large, and soon the cavalry of Jianzhou caught up with them before they reached the mountains.

Although Qi Jiajun is good at combining a variety of weapons, it is not all spearmen like the white pole soldiers.

However, Qi Jiguang is proficient in a variety of battle formations, in addition to the Mandarin Duck Formation, the Qi Family Army also has a vehicle formation and a gun formation that specializes in dealing with cavalry.

Therefore, they did not hesitate to encounter cavalry.

Although due to the weather, they were forced to abandon the bird guns, so that at this time there was a lack of firepower for long-range strikes.

But soon a gun formation composed of wolf stalks (more than 3 meters long) and pikemen appeared in front of the Eight Banners.

Just now, these Manchurian cavalry suffered a loss in front of the white pole soldiers, and the good of this era will not dare to hold it up anymore!

In fact, the Eight Banners cavalry in Manchuria was supplemented by light and heavy cavalry.

The number of heavy cavalry that was actually used to charge the battle has always been only a few thousand, and it is still dominated by light cavalry.

Of course, their light cavalry also wore cloth armor, and their protective ability was not weak, and the impact of these light cavalry was also quite strong when they encountered the Ming infantry with weak defense.

At this time, in addition to the heavy cavalry that came forward to attack, a large number of light cavalry also bent their bows and arrows behind them, and a rain of arrows attacked the Qi family's army.

With Qi Jin's order, the rattan players and long players in the Qi family's army raised their shields one after another, while the other soldiers were well-trained to approach the shield players.

The rain of arrows of the Tartars was mostly blocked by their shields and did not have much effect, and even if some of the soldiers were hit by bows and arrows, some people quickly took their place.

Soon, Jianzhou's cavalry collided with the gun array of the Qi family's army.

Although some Ming troops were knocked over because they could not withstand the onslaught of the cavalry, the rush formation of these wolf warriors and pikemen still blocked the onslaught of the Tartars.

The Jianzhou cavalry, which was caught in the rush formation, was soon besieged by the Qi army.

The changeable coordination of the Ming army caused them to be attacked from different directions.

Fortunately, these white tooth trumpets were wearing several heavy armors, otherwise they would have been killed a long time ago.

Under the cover of a rain of arrows in the rear, they were able to withdraw.

Dai Shan only led more than 2,000 horsemen to chase first, and when he found that the Qi family's army was so difficult, he didn't dare to attack with all his strength.

had to suppress the Ming army in the rain of arrows and wait for the follow-up soldiers and horses to come for reinforcements.

Although the contact battle stopped the Tartar cavalry, many soldiers in the gun array were still killed by the cavalry impact, and the bows and arrows fired by the Jianyu still caused some casualties.

After losing nearly 500 men, the Qi army was able to retreat to a mountainous area called "Guhuling" in the northwest of Kuandian.

At this time, the main force of the Eight Banners had also arrived, and after learning that the Ming army had broken through, Nurhachi personally mobilized the men and horses of the banners to encircle and suppress.

They finally lured the Ming army out of the city, and naturally they couldn't easily let go of this opportunity to annihilate the Qi army.

However, judging from the current battle situation, it does not seem to be optimistic, and the Eight Banners cavalry does not seem to have any advantage in opposing infantry with cavalry when facing two Ming armies.

Now that there are not enough flags in the Eight Banners, it will not work if it continues like this.

So tens of thousands of Han army Baoyi were sent to the mountains to fight against this Qi army, and the Eight Banners only dispatched a small number of supervision teams to urge these Han troops to fight, and from time to time let go of cold arrows to sneak attack.

The Mandarin Duck Formation of the Qi Family Army was originally the most suitable for mountain warfare, and there was a tacit understanding between long and short weapons; In addition, the Mandarin Duck Formation itself can be flexibly split into "Second Talent Formation" and "Three Talent Formation", which makes them more comfortable in the melee.

Although the battle was very fierce, the Han army did not make a breakthrough, and was repelled by the Qi army several times in a row.

At this time, these Han soldiers had been fighting with the Qi army for an hour and a half, and from a distance, the mountains were full of corpses of Han soldiers wearing various colors of armor.

Mang Gurtai said: "Great Khan, the Han army has lost three or four thousand people, and the physical strength of these Qi family troops has also been consumed a lot. It's time for my Jianzhou warriors to strike. ”

At this time, the heavy rain had already stopped, and the sky had already brightened, it was indeed the time to encircle and suppress the Qi family's army.

However, yesterday's ambush of He Shixian's troops by the Eight Banners, as well as the battle with the white pole soldiers and the Qi family's army, have already lost 2,000 people.

If he folded a few thousand more people, he couldn't afford this loss.

So he said: "Since the rain has stopped, let the Han army's firecracker team participate in the battle, and be sure to destroy the Qi family's army." ”

When he saw these Han army clothes rushing up again, Qi Jin also began to frown.

It seems that the Tartars are determined to use this group of "cannon fodder" to consume themselves today.

Soon these Han soldiers were fighting with the Qi family's army, and at this time, the firecracker behind him did not ignite the bird gun in his hand.

Niu Luzhen, who supervised the battle, asked, "Why don't you light the fire?"

The firecracker of the Han army said: "The enemy and us are entangled together, we can't aim at all, if we ignite directly, we are likely to hit more of our own people than the Ming army." ”

The guns could not be projectile like bows and arrows, and the Han army must have killed more of their own people than the enemy when they fired them from behind their own troops.

Niu Lu really didn't force them to fire now, so he said: "All the firefighters are ready, once our army can't support it and retreats, you will fire and shoot me." ”

At this time, the Qi family army was killing the enemy heartily, and through the cooperation of the Mandarin Duck Array, they could easily kill these Han troops, and their own casualties were very small.

From midnight to dawn, the Han army killed by them was no less than 5,000 people, and the casualties of the Qi army were less than one-tenth of theirs.

Many of them were still killed by the Tartar archers, otherwise the battle damage would have been even more exaggerated.

Soon after, these Han troops retreated again, and just as the Qi family army relaxed, they found that a lot of white smoke came out of their rear formation.

"Bang, bang, bang"

Thousands of bird guns fired indiscriminately at the retreating Han army and Qi family's army.

In an instant, hundreds of people fell in front of the battle, wailing in pain.

Although these Han army's bird guns did not use granulated black powder, they were still able to penetrate the Qi family's rattan brand and armor at a distance of fifty or sixty paces.

"Grandma, these Tartars don't talk about martial arts, they even beat their own people", some Qi Jiajun scolded bitterly.

Soon, thousands of Han soldiers rushed up with weapons in hand.

Some of the wounded Qi soldiers were killed by them.

The two sides fought again.

The Qi family's army, which was attacked by the Han army's firearms, was also red-eyed at this time, and they broke up the Han army's formation in one go, and rushed over at the firecrackers behind.

The Eight Banners, who supervised the battle, quickly saw the intentions of the Ming army and hurriedly ordered the musketeers to shoot.

Although at least half of the people killed were their own people after this wave of firepower was exported, the panicked Han gunners couldn't care so much.

"Bang, bang, bang" was another burst of fire.

Although many Han soldiers were pierced through the backs by their own guns, there were also a considerable number of guns that pierced the chests of the charging Ming troops!

Reason told Qi Jin that he couldn't fight like this at this time, but it was impossible for Qi's army to let his injured companions retreat like this.

So with his order, all the Qi family troops descended the mountain like tigers, and directly counterattacked these Han troops.

At this time, the Eight Banners who supervised the battle also joined the battle with weapons in hand, but the Han army with firearms was like a flock of lambs to the slaughter.

This scene made the Jianzhou Baylors, who were watching the battle from a distance, tremble.

If the white pole soldiers and the Qi family army count Li Xianzhong's Liaodong Iron Cavalry, I am afraid that even the Eight Banners of the field will be beaten by them.

Fortunately, the Ming army fought on their own, and these teams did not fight together.

Now that they have finally surrounded the Qi family's army, they must not be allowed to escape.

This time, Mang Gurtai and Dai Shan and others personally went out and attacked from all directions with tens of thousands of Eight Banner soldiers.

The Qi family's army had already fought all night, and half of the 3,000 men and horses had been lost.

Soon the Eight Banners had the upper hand, if this continued, I was afraid that they would be completely annihilated by the Tartars, and Qi Jin had to order everyone to disperse and break through.

Thanks to the flexibility of the Mandarin Duck Array, the Qi family army, which was divided into pieces, was also able to burst out with a lot of combat power, and soon many Ming troops broke through the blockade of the Eight Banners and hid in all corners of the Lonely Fox Ridge.

After four days of searching the mountains, they finally forced the last few dozen remaining Qi family soldiers into a forest near the cliff.

In order to encircle and suppress these Qi family troops, the main force of the Eight Banners lost another 1,500 people, and the cumulative number of dead and wounded Han troops was as high as seven or eight thousand.

This price really made Dai Shan feel a little painful.

Huang Taiji said: "At this time, the wind direction is blowing towards the forest, I see that there are many dead trees and leaves in the forest, so it is better for us to take fire attacks." If the Ming army doesn't want to be burned to death, then they can only choose to jump off the cliff! ”

Although there was a heavy rain a few days ago, the sun is shining brightly these days, and the forest is not damp at all.

Some Han soldiers quickly collected a lot of dead wood, and they dug a fire trench to make sure that they would not burn themselves due to the change in wind direction.

Soon they set fire to many dead trees, and for a moment thick smoke billowed out, and the fire instantly burned the depths of the forest with the help of the wind.

Although this forest is not small, the fire will soon burn here.

Qi Jin and the others only had more than 30 people left, and most of them were injured.

At this time, Lin Haoran, the general manager, said: "I knew that the Tartars were so vicious, so I might as well rush out and fight with them!" ”

Many people are even ready to jump off the cliff, although this cliff is not too high, but it is also dozens of feet away from the bottom of the mountain.

There is no chance of survival by jumping, but it is better than being burned alive in a fire!

Although his eyebrows were already burning at this time, Qi Jin, as the chief general, was not disturbed by these emotions, and countless examples of battles from the past and present flashed in his mind.

He finally remembered a battle example that his uncle Qi Jiguang had told him.

In the Western Han Dynasty, Li Guang's grandson Li Ling once led 5,000 foot soldiers to be besieged in the woods by the 80,000 cavalry of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and the Huns also used fire to attack at the beginning.

Later, Li Ling preemptively set a fire before the fire burned himself, and then his troops went into the place that had been burned by the fire to take refuge, and the place that had already been burned by the fire naturally could not be burned again.

He quickly had people collect dead branches and dead wood on the ground, and dug a shallow fire trench with his weapon to prevent the fire from burning again.

Near the cliff, this place is only a few dozen meters wide, and they can still do it.

Although the remaining Qi family troops were choked by thick smoke in the middle of the two fires, fortunately, the woods were still relatively large, and they still had enough places to hide. And there was plenty of air near the cliffs, otherwise they would have been smoked to death if they weren't burned to death.

At last, the curtain hung in the sky, and the wind neither changed direction nor stopped.

When the fire was about to burn, they hurried into the area near the cliff that had been scorched by the flames, and finally escaped.

Lin Haoran found that a small cave before was almost impossible to see after being blackened by fire, and it was relatively narrow inside, but there was no problem in hiding seven or eight people.

So he said: "A few of you hurry up and take General Qi to hide in, and I will lead people to fight with the Tartars to attract their attention, maybe you can escape the catastrophe." ”

Qi Jin resolutely disagreed, and said, "How can I leave my brothers to live alone? ”

Lin Haoran didn't talk much nonsense, and took advantage of Qi Jin's inattention to punch him head-on, and directly knocked him unconscious.

Soon after, a group of Han soldiers searched for it, and at this time, Lin Haoran and others suddenly killed, killing dozens of people on the spot, and the rest of the Han army immediately turned into birds and beasts.

In the end, Lin Haoran and others chose to commit suicide by jumping off the cliff after killing many Eight Banner soldiers.

By this time, the Tartars had been completely attracted to the edge of the cliff, and it was already dark, so they didn't even notice that there was a cave nearby.

The Qi family army in the cave only heard Tartar say: "Inform the brothers guarding under the cliff to pay attention to the search for the Ming army who jumped off the cliff, and you must see people alive and corpses when you die." ”

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